Thread: Suggest me a movie! :-)

I'm in the mood to watch an absolutely fantastic movie.
I want an amazing movie. A movie that will make me cry aswell as make me laugh. A movie with intense drama and a well written plot (perhaps even a really twisted and brillinatly confusing plot that finaly makes perfect sence in the ending)
It can be any kind of genre except for chick flick or horror. If it has an element of fantasm or maybe even a relation to lucid dreaming that would just be even more fantastic!
So as they say: Hit me!

Cloud Atlas

Originally Posted by Original Poster

Cloud Atlas

Thanks, it looks really good. The music in the trailer was enough to make me watch it

Feel free to add more movies anyone!

Naughty Nurses Nine

Memento

Originally Posted by TRL

Memento

Already watched it. It's a really good movie though

The Fall, its all of those things. Almost exactly what you described. I teared up a little myself.

Originally Posted by IndieAnthias

The Fall, its all of those things. Almost exactly what you described. I teared up a little myself.

Uhhh, looks awesome! Gonna watch it today!

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind.

It doesn't have anything to do with Lucid Dreaming explicitly - but a lot of the movie is played out in the character's Dreams. If you havn't seen or heard of this DONT BE TURNED OFF BY JIM CARRY PLAYING THE LEAD. He is GREAT in this movie.

The Science of Sleep is also by the same people, but not as good as Eternal Sunshine.

Originally Posted by PennyRoyal

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind.

It doesn't have anything to do with Lucid Dreaming explicitly - but a lot of the movie is played out in the character's Dreams. If you havn't seen or heard of this DONT BE TURNED OFF BY JIM CARRY PLAYING THE LEAD. He is GREAT in this movie.

The Truman Show is in a very similar vein.

The Graduate
Easy Rider (phenomenal, but don't expect much of a plot to kick in; probably my favorite movie)
The Godfather
Goodfellas
Menace II Society
Boyz N The Hood
Carlito's Way
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
The Last American Virgin (80's teen comedy drama gold)

None of those are lucid dreaming or fantasy movies, but for the other stuff you requested, those are the greatest movies I can think of. I very highly recommend all of them.

Excalibur is the greatest fantasy movie of all time, in my opinion. It has awesome drama and top notch acting, but there isn't much comedy in it.

Vanilla Sky might be something you are looking for.

If you want pure comedy that will make you laugh so hard you can't breathe, my top suggestions are Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's Life of Brian, and Kentucky Fried Movie. I don't think anything else touches the level those three are on.

Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Dazed and Confused are some really entertaining movies about high school social life. They involve drama and comedy, but not the knock you on your ass kind. They are just a lot of fun to watch. They're more amusement oriented than anything else.

If you want to see some pure drama that will mess with your mind for days after you watch it, Schindler's List and Ordinary People are my top picks. Don't expect to laugh while watching them.

You might have seen a lot or even all of those, but those are my favorite movies.

The Butterfly Effect, speaks of a protagonist who's able to travel back in time to fix several parts of his life but every time he tries to change something, things get even worst, thus the butterfly effect.

Love Me If You Dare, it's a French movie, brilliant plot, I would never have guess it's ending.

Originally Posted by Carrot

Love Me If You Dare, it's a French movie, brilliant plot, I would never have guess it's ending.

I think the french title is something like "Jeux d'enfant." Fantastic movie, I would also recommend this.

Originally Posted by PennyRoyal

I think the french title is something like "Jeux d'enfant." Fantastic movie, I would also recommend this.

Yes it is! I don't speak French so I thought I should type it in English, searching for the English title leads you to the right movie too.

Powder (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This.

K-PAX (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

And this.

Originally Posted by Bansheet

I'm in the mood to watch an absolutely fantastic movie.
I want an amazing movie. A movie that will make me cry aswell as make me laugh. A movie with intense drama and a well written plot (perhaps even a really twisted and brillinatly confusing plot that finaly makes perfect sence in the ending)
It can be any kind of genre except for chick flick or horror. If it has an element of fantasm or maybe even a relation to lucid dreaming that would just be even more fantastic!
So as they say: Hit me!

my question for you is this.... how far down the rabbit hole are you willing to go ?

Inception
Scarface 1983 or 1932 film
The Professional
Over the top
The quick and the dead
Gangster squad
Public enemies
The bourne legacy
Fight or Flight
Arena
Drive
Killer Elite
Priest
Soul surfer
The long kiss goodnight
Point of no return

Casablanca! I am appalled such a masterpiece has gone unmentioned thus far.

A little bit of everything.

Blade Runner (not the Director's Cut) - Sci-Fi Drama
The Illusionist - Mystery/Drama
Sunshine - Mystery/Sci-Fi/Horror
Spirited Away - Anime/Drama
The Quiet Earth - Mystery/Sci-Fi
Fail Safe - Drama
Gone With the Wind - Classic/Historic Drama
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Original) - Musical
The Good, The Bad,and The Ugly - Western
Joyeux Noel - Historic Drama
Clerks - Comedy
Poltergeist - Fantasy/Horror
Grave of the Fireflies - Anime/Historic Drama
Whale Rider - Drama
A Clockwork Orange - Fantasy/Violence
Curse of the Golden Flower - Historic Drama
Hero - Historic Drama
The Emerald Forest - Historical Drama
Sleepers - Suspense Drama
The Mission - Historical Drama
Glengarry Glen Ross - Adult Dmama/Comedy
Pay It Forward - Drama
American Beauty - Adult Drama
Heat - Crime Drama
Se7en - Crime Drama/Mystery
The Shawshank Redemption - Crime Drama
The Green Mile - Mystery/Drama
Amadeus - Historic Drama/Comedy
Unforgiven - Western/Drama

Originally Posted by melanieb

A little bit of everything.

Blade Runner (not the Director's Cut) - Sci-Fi Drama
The Illusionist - Mystery/Drama
Sunshine - Mystery/Sci-Fi/Horror
Spirited Away - Anime/Drama
The Quiet Earth - Mystery/Sci-Fi
Fail Safe - Drama
Gone With the Wind - Classic/Historic Drama
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Original) - Musical
The Good, The Bad,and The Ugly - Western
Joyeux Noel - Historic Drama
Clerks - Comedy
Poltergeist - Fantasy/Horror
Grave of the Fireflies - Anime/Historic Drama
Whale Rider - Drama
A Clockwork Orange - Fantasy/Violence
Curse of the Golden Flower - Historic Drama
Hero - Historic Drama
The Emerald Forest - Historical Drama
Sleepers - Suspense Drama
The Mission - Historical Drama
Glengarry Glen Ross - Adult Dmama/Comedy
Pay It Forward - Drama
American Beauty - Adult Drama
Heat - Crime Drama
Se7en - Crime Drama/Mystery
The Shawshank Redemption - Crime Drama
The Green Mile - Mystery/Drama
Amadeus - Historic Drama/Comedy
Unforgiven - Western/Drama

I do believe I could very much enjoy a movie marathon orchestrated by you Mel
Awesome choices.

Originally Posted by melanieb

Spirited Away - Anime/Drama

Don't forget every single one of Miyazaki's other films also.

I cant believe no-one has suggested Lord of the Rings yet.
Lord of the Rings: Fellow ship of the ring
Lord of the Rings: The two towers
Lord of the Rings: The return of the king

Others i would suggest:
The last samurai (Tom Cruise) Epic movie with emotional parts and unbelievable music.

Originally Posted by Mikasan527

I cant believe no-one has suggested Lord of the Rings yet.
Lord of the Rings: Fellow ship of the ring
Lord of the Rings: The two towers
Lord of the Rings: The return of the king

Not a fan, but i do like Gladiator which is historical and has action and emotions combined which i love.

If you don't mind anime, check out Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, there's both anime series and anime film versions, but it's definitely the most amazing anime i ever seen in my life.

Garden State.