My Netflix DVD queue is empty, so I need some good movie recommendations, that I will like!....and I'm picky:p...If you suggest a film that I might like, I'll watch it and review it on my review thread.

If you know my taste in films, you'll have the best shot at getting me to watch your recommendation. Here's some tips:

I usually get newer films from Netflix/DVD.com, but I'll consider older movies too. I like period pieces, historical based films and dramas best.

I generally don't watch: Hollywood block busters, action/thrillers, animation, superhero movies, graphic violence.

List of what I've watched and rated
Start suggesting!

...What's your take on TV...

How about 1947’s Crossfire? I’m trying to watch more films that people ended up on the black list for:


A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of demobilized soldiers he met in a bar. But which one? And why?

https://dvd.com/Movie/Crossfire/60010268

I love that one! Great Noir, and cool tag line too "Hate is Like a Loaded Gun". Gloria Grahame is awesome in it too.

It’s next up on my queue and I’m really excited about it

Wow, I have 170 movies in my Netflix Q & 87 in my saved Q. Never had an empty Q.

@Citizen Rules, any movie I actually finish is a good movie if you want to have a quick look through recent entries in this thread.

https://www.movieforums.com/communit...0846&page=2217

Have you seen Monsieur Lazhar CR? Not entirely convinced it'd be your cup of tea but I found it quite worthwhile. Also no idea whether Netflix offer it on dvd or not :shrug:

I don't have Netflix streaming, so I have to choose wisely to my taste. I only get the DVDs in the mail so if I don't like it and shut it off, I have to watch some days before I get another.

Not sure how that relates to my post since I have the same plan as you.

Ex_Machina
Moon (2009)
Blade Runner 2049

I'm not too aware of your taste and I don't know what's on Netflix DVD but...

Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949): Dark comedy where Alec Guinness plays 9 characters.

Kes (1969): Extremely down-to-earth drama about a British boy and his kestrel.

Memento (2000): Mystery thriller that's told backwards.

The Before Trilogy (1995-2013): Dialogue heavy romance that leaves out all the gooey stuff and focuses on the brilliant characters.

Thelma and Louise (1991): Road crime film starring a fantastic duo that gets very emotional.

Documentary wild wild country on Indian guru Osho Rajneesh.

Mainly I'm looking for English language films from 2000 and up. I've got the old stuff covered pretty well, but I've not seen enough from this century.

How about:


Let Me In (2010)
Annihilation (2018)
Iron Sky (2012)
Never Let Me Go (2010)
We Bought a Zoo (2011)
and
The Cure for Wellness (2016).

I need some good movie recommendations, that I will like!....and I'm picky:p...If you suggest a film that I might like, I'll watch it and review it on my review thread. I'm mainly looking for newer films from the 2000s on.

I generally don't watch: Hollywood block busters, animation, superhero movies, graphic violence. List of what I've watched and rated

No interest in Make Way For Tomorrow huh...
based on your lists, what you haven't seen but should like

I though you streamed movies from Netflix?

Thanks for recommending Please Stand By, I was sold on it as soon as I read this at IMDB: I'm a huge Star Trek fan and once started on a Star Trek novel. Adding it to the 1st post of movies I'm watching:up:

So glad. Like I said before, I think you would like many of the movies I have posted in the last movie we saw thread. If I finish a movie - ergo, it’s good. :)

...I know you like history, I saw some earlier.. I'll check back, as I would like more stuff to watch, and lately I haven't had the energy to watch movies.

@Citizen Rules, interesting choices. Haven’t seen the 1st or the 3rd, but #4 is very good.

Have you seen that one?

I add things to "My List" but can never find them.. When I "enter" I'll see "My List", but it's definitely not complete, and underneath has to be "Trending Now" (ugh).. And if I'm searching inside a category and go left one step too much, my search is gone and I have to start from the top.

Matt, what site are you talking about? None of that sounds familiar to me.

Netflix - but I hear it's different depending on region.

OK, it must be Netflix streaming? I don't have that I have Netflix DVD.com and I just click to Add to my queue. Unless they list the movie but don't actually offer it:rolleyes: then I click Save (which does no good at all as I have over a 100 saved movies in my queue but Netflix/DVD.com will never get them in stock. I'd call that false advertising.

Unless they list the movie but don't actually offer it:rolleyes: then I click Save (which does no good at all as I have over a 100 saved movies in my queue but Netflix/DVD.com will never get them in stock. I'd call that false advertising.

I can't believe my friend's mom is paying $200/month for Netflix!

I somewhat disagree. I have about 80 or so in save & I find that, eventually, quite a few of them roll out of my save list to my regular Q. Having said that, there are old movies that have been in save forever.

Yeah, most all of my saved are old movies. When I add a brand new release it will eventually be made available.

@Citizen Rules, Lean on Pete, Phantom Thread, American Made, Stronger are a few movies I’ve enjoyed lately.

"There Will Be Blood"

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I think I recommended The Last Voyage (1960) to you - based on the sinking of the Andrea Doria - since we both like ship movies! Did you see that one yet?

I've seen There Will Be Blood, I can't really remember it, except I thought it was OK. Nope not seen The Crow, it does look kind of interesting, so maybe...But The Last Voyage, yahoo! I don't want it is about singing ships but movies based on that are often my favorites. Which is odd as I've been on a lot of ships! I find The Last Voyage and will watch it real soon. I'm excited, it looks good and I never had heard of it before.

Have you seen The Wreck of the Mary Deare We've might have talked about that before. I really liked it and reviewed too. It has Charlton Heston in the lead.

1980’s but Once Upon a Time in America is up.

Have you seen Young Mr. Lincoln?

I would recommend:
Tiger House with Kaya Scodelario. It's a creative home invasion thriller.
and Thumper came out last year and was a really intense and realistic drama/thriller about drugs.

You gotta see if you can get TerrorVision (1986) on there. Best bad movie ever made.

Judging by your lists section, there's still a lot of iconic films you've yet to see, so that might be an easy way to fill out your DVD queue. I think you might need to be temporarily removed as our 30's Countdown host until you've seen City Lights, since that's essential viewing.

Judging by your lists section, there's still a lot of iconic films you've yet to see, so that might be an easy way to fill out your DVD queue. I think you might need to be temporarily removed as our 30's Countdown host until you've seen City Lights, since that's essential viewing. Hell, you might have to be revoked of your MoFo membership altogether until you've watched Chinatown. If I could recommend just one film to you, it'd be Paper Moon, which I guarantee you'll love.

It's difficult for me to recommend modern films to you since I feel like you're turned off by many aspects of modern filmmaking, or at least a lot of the content found within them. Mud is one of my favorites from this decade that I think you might like. It's a coming-of-age film that's sort of a modern retelling of Huckleberry Finn.

I also have still never seen Chinatown!
(Haven't seen City Lights or Mud either.)
But yeah, Paper Moon is a great film!

But yeah, Paper Moon is a great film!

Thanks but I hate home invasion movies and I hate intense thrillers. I don't like feeling the emotion of tension and anxiety while I watch a film. I'm sure those are good but nope.

I also have still never seen Chinatown!
(Haven't seen City Lights or Mud either.)
But yeah, Paper Moon is a great film!

That is so unbelievably lame.

Lean On Pete, The Rider, Leave No Trace are recent releases I think you will enjoy.

CR just said on the previous page that he didn't care for Lean on Pete. Stop dozing off in class, sean!

Lean On Pete, The Rider, Leave No Trace are recent releases I think you will enjoy.

Lean on Pete (2018)

I liked it, but didn't love it. I could have liked it a whole lot more with a few needed and simple tweaks. This felt like a Hallmark movie, and that's not a criticism. This felt like a Hallmark movie in that it was a very personal story of one determined teen boy Charley and his love for the race horse Pete, seemed like a subject matter of a PG rated Hallmark channel movie. I like those, when they're done well.

It could have had 20 minutes cut out as it felt too long for what was happening on the screen. By eliminating the scene of the two war veterans living in the middle of the desert the movie would've had better pacing. That scene added little to the overall movie, other than to hear the blonde girl get verbally hurt by her grandfather (what a jerk he was!). I guess the point was to say her only place to live wasn't all that great. Too much film footage for a 10 second pay off when she confides in Charley. It didn't need to be an R rating either, as nothing R rated really ever happens, so that feels dishonest to me as it's basically a PG13 movie with a few swear words.

In short, I liked the movie's theme and the actors, and the settings were nice too.

Thanks Sean. I've considered The Rider before, but seeing how you liked it I might watch it. I hadn't heard of Leave No Trace...we have a winner! I just read it's synopsis at IMDB and I want to see this, so I just added it to my queue. Excited about it.


Lean on Pete is a nom in the 17th Hof. I wrote this about it:

Leave No Trace reminds me in tone of a Kelly Reichardt film. I will be surprised if you don't like it. I will try and think of some more. Maybe a Marvel film or two. ;)

Sorry that another person's opinion upsets you so. Especially when I was cordial and thanked you. Really dude, you need to get over yourself, especially when I've been nice to you in the past.

Thanks @Diehl40 I've seen and really liked Juno, and I liked Inception too. I recently watched Pan's Labyrinth, I was middle of the road on that one, but I can see how people would enjoy it.

Reefer Madness-The Musical...That looks crazy:p and it could be fun too, I should watch the original first as I've never seen it.

Ghost Dog-The way of the Samarai-1999...I've been meaning to watch more Jarmusch films. I really enjoyed Mystery Train and Night on Earth and Dead Man too.

American Hustle.... Been meaning to watch this as I like both Christian Bale and Amy Adams.

Bottle Shock (2008)...Never heard of it, but the subject matter looks interesting! My kind of film and I just added it to my Netflix queue.

Scotland, Pa. (2001)...That looks like my kind of movie! I love those well made, small indie films. I think I'll like it and so I just added it to my Netflix queue.

So that's 2 movies I'll be watching soon and I might catch the others one's later. Good choices, thanks:)

My wife and I always watch Sideways and Bottle Shock together. The only thing they have in common is the California's winery's, but they compliment each other nicely. (If you have not seen sideways add it).

I've only seen Sideways once, but yes great film!

Just watched Chappaquiddick. I think you might enjoy it.

How many times do you reckon you've watched Sideways and Bottle Shock together? I've only seen Sideways once, but yes great film!

This is an old recommendation, but when I think of Noir, I think of you, Citizen!
And when I think of Noir comedy, I think of the only one anyone thinks of: Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982).

It's kind of a requisite for anyone versed in Noir, and I've still yet to find another movie that utilizes the same gimmick through an entire film!
Plus, it's pretty funny too.

At least 4. I would rather watch the same good movie several times, rather than just watch something for the hell of it. I must have 50-100 movies I've watched 3+ times. Why buy the DVD to watch it once. Maybe that would be a good thread poll.

Leave No Trace reminds me in tone of a Kelly Reichardt film. I will be surprised if you don't like it. I will try and think of some more...

I see you haven't reviewed Children of Men, Se7en, No Country for Old Men, the Kill Bill movies or The Godfather Part III. And you should give those Godfather movies another shot first. Most of these movies aren't all that graphic. The first Kill Bill is but the violence is very toned down in the second.


Try the Truman Show, Million Dollar Baby, and Gran Torino. I'll think of more for you.

? Holy crap! You really liked my one!

Thanks KeyserCorleone:) I've seen those 3 that I bolded and really liked them all. Someday I'll have to see Godfather III, I know people tend not to like it as much, but who knows I might like it better than Godfather I & II.

Yeah, most people say it's the worst of the three, but I'm a bit of a Coppola nut. I found greatness in all of his movies I've seen.

The third one gets more personal with the Corleone family, as opposed to the "business" that the first two centered around. And without giving away spoilers, I found the ending very effective. It makes the cast perfect again.

...I recommended The Last Voyage (1960) to you - based on the sinking of the Andrea Doria - since we both like ship movies!...

I just watched The Last Voyage last night, wow! A very impressive and ultra realistic movie that was both exciting and gripping! I mean it starts off on an old cruise ship with George Sanders as a stubborn captain. I loved the way one small disaster, leads to the next bigger disaster and through it all the captain thinks he can keep a lid on it and so doesn't evacuate the passengers.

What blew me away was how real the sets looked, especially the exterior shots of the ship sinking. I freeze framed the DVD and realized that was a real full size luxury liner that they were sinking! Damn who needs CG when you got the real ship to blow up and sink. I of course loved seeing the inside of the ship it was almost like taking a sea cruise.

Thanks for the recommendation:up:

Are you still looking for suggestions, Rules?

Maybe I'm thinking of this because of Veterans' Day (or maybe because I was a fan of Powers Boothe)... but for some reason I remembered Southern Comfort (1981).

Don't know if it would be up Rules' alley, but think Platoon meets Deliverance! (well... not really, it's not as good as either of those movies) ;)

The plot is a platoon of National Guard on an exercise in the Bayou. They only have blanks in their weapons so they are essentially unarmed. One of the Guardsmen thinks it a funny prank to fire blanks at some Cajuns on shore - the Cajuns don't take kindly to that kind of humor and... well, you can figure out where it goes from there as the soldiers become the prey. It's in the thriller / survival genre.

I may only have liked this movie due to the age I was when I first saw it... don't know if it's held up over time.

Just watched Chappaquiddick. I think you might enjoy it.