Really ENGROSSING movies:

[UTUSN]

And this is from a NOT-movie-geek.


1) Sunset Boulevard.

2) Chinatown (playing now). ("I borrowed your husband's car; I'll bring it back in the morning.")

3) Wizard of Oz.

4) Barflies (and, no, NOT just because of Faye DUNNAWAY, and, now that we're on the topic, WHY do later generations RIDICULE great stars like Ms DUNNAWAY and Liza and others?!1 Whew!1 Thank Zeus I got THAT off my chest!1

[WCGreen]

1. Inherit the Wind....

Seven Days in May

Advise and Consent

The Best Man

Them Manchurian Candidate

Pretty much the greatest political movies ever made...

[Kat45]

2. The Usual Suspects and Memento n/t

[UTUSN]

3. The Third Man n/t

[UTUSN]

6. O.K., let's get these out of the way: Cabaret and Funny Girl. n/t

[UTUSN]

8. Now that we're on the subject, did Price-Waterhouse REALLY "tie" the Oscar for STREISAND-HEPBURN?!1

And, given that Barbra delivered (like Liza's Caberet) a watershed performance, WHY did the system have to "share" it with Kate?!1 That woman had THREE f-ing others. And WHY does whassisname Chocolate is like a whatever got TWO f-ing Oscars and Barbra had to fake one with a "song-writing" gig and Liza only has ONE?!1 Well, for that matter, Judy got none except the honorary child deal.

Anyway.

[Bucky]

4. The Right Stuff.

I love that movie.

[Duer 157099]

5. The Deer Hunter

I could probably list a hundred more

[UTUSN]

7. GO for it!1 But, as for DH, the roulette scene is mesmerizing. That said,

for this and other Vietnam movies, I ask myself, "Is this the SAME Vietnam *I* was in?!1"

[XemaSab]

9. Fight Club

:D

[MiddleFingerMom]

10. "Babette's Feast"

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A quiet little movie, but fascinating throughout.
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"Sin City" had me FOCUSED on the screen for the whole movie.
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SEVERAL times.
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[TorchTheWitch]

11. Hotel Rwanda

Amadeus

The Great Escape

Dances with Wolves

Blood Diamond

... just a few of my favorites.

[lovemydog]

12. here's a few

Judgment at Nurembourg
The Good the Bad and the Ugly
The Baader Meinhoff Gang
No Country for Old Men
John Adams (HBO miniseries)