I have a lot of different favorites but the ones I’ve been thinking about watching lately are “Polyester” and “A Serious Man”. I really like both of those.

I used to always automatically answer Apocalypse Now for this question. I’m not sure anymore, but it’s still a great movie.

Don’t watch the director’s cut. It’s longer and adds nothing of value.

Blade Runner is also up there. Do watch the director’s cut with no narration.

The Korean version of hellboy was pretty good if you’re in the mood for a mindfucking.

My favorite three movies are Toy Story 3 (for nostalgia reasons), Spirited away and City of god.

I’m willing to concede that Toy Story 3 isn’t that good but the other 2 are amazing movies IMO.

Off the top of my head (after scanning the thread):

• About Time
• Looper
• Nightcrawler
• Dark Knight trilogy
• Your Name (Kimi no Na Wa)
• Suzume

Wreck it Ralph is made with such a love for (classic) gaming and in general being a really good animated movie I love it.

Also The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! Is great and can be rewatched endlessly.

Then again, Idiocracy. Getting less and less funny and more scary as we come closer to that future.

moves my top is the lotr trilogy for series its firefly. still.

There is no way I can pick one.

There are really good recomendations here. But there are very few recomendations for films around the world, while I like American films a lot I’m going with my favorites from other countries.

• Korea

  • Memories of a Murder (2003)
  • The Handmaiden (2016)
  • A Taxi Driver (2017)
  • My sassy Girl (2001)
  • Ajeossi (2010)
  • Whatever Chan-wook Park did, especilly the vengeance trilogy

• Hong Kong

  • Comrades almost a love story (1996)
  • Infernal Affairs (2002)
  • In the mood for love (2000)
  • Exiled (2006)
  • Fallen Angels (1995)
  • A better Tomorrow (1986)

• Japan

  • Seppuku (1962)
  • All the old Zatoichi films (epecially the ones directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda)
  • Hana-bi (1997)
  • Perfect Blue (1997)
  • Rashomon (1950)
  • Of course Seven Samurais, Yojimbo (everything Kurosawa made), GITS, Ghibli, etc…

• Italy

  • Sergio Leone, everyhting
  • Cinema Paradiso (1988)
  • Suburra (2015)

• Spain

  • La Isla minima (2014)
  • Que Dios nos perdone (2016)
  • As bestas (2022)
  • El milagro de P. Tinto (1998)

• Argentina

  • Relatos Salvajes (2014)
  • El secreto de sus ojos (2009)
  • Un oso rojo (2002)
  • 9 Reinas (2000)

I’m going to stop here, there are a lot of countries I didn’t mention, this comment is already long enough. Don’t stop yourself because the film is in another language, there are fantastic films out there.

Animalympics.

Heavy Metal

Synecdoche, New York or Lost in Translation

That is an impossible question because it depends on so many factors of what’s going on on the particular day that I’m asked.

So instead I’ll give you the three that most often rotate into top spot:

1. Children of Men

2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

3. LA Confidential

House of Flying Daggers is one of the most phenomenally made story’s of love, surprise, action, heartache, and betrayal ever made.

Give us a few to go on, OP.

i.e. Sci-Fi

• Arrival

• 2001

• Dune (2021)

i.e. Crime

• Heat

• Sicario

• Brick

i.e. Non-Blockbuster Comic Book

• Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys

• Comic Book Villains

• Dredd (2012)

i.e. Beautiful/Painful international

• Dancer in the Dark

• Incendies

• La Vita e Bella