I need your top 5 films

[fluffhead]

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Oh! I forgot about "The Sweet Hereafter" - I saw this about 15 years ago, and still can't get it out of my head.

Now that you mention it,I recall this one as well. I thought then "no school buses for my kids."

Well, since we don't live in an area with many frozen lakes, I don't worry about that one too much. But the story within the movie about the nest of black widows freaked me out - I always sweep out my kids beds and shoes for spiders before letting them in.

[poky]

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Out of curiosity, what IS the line between "movie" and "film"? I kinda know what you mean from context, but I'm curious if there's actually anything objective one can point to, or if it's just a "I know it when I see it" thing. Seems to me there's a HUGE gray area between "Dumb and Dumber" and "Lost in Translation"

[Momo]

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Oh! I forgot about "The Sweet Hereafter" - I saw this about 15 years ago, and still can't get it out of my head.

Now that you mention it,I recall this one as well. I thought then "no school buses for my kids."

Well, since we don't live in an area with many frozen lakes, I don't worry about that one too much. But the story within the movie about the nest of black widows freaked me out - I always sweep out my kids beds and shoes for spiders before letting them in.

We do this too everytime before going out & before putting the kids down! We have found 1 scorpion in each of their rooms and a few black widows outside but up near the house . My dad was highly allergic to bee stings, therfore there is a chance my kids could be as well and if that's the case, the bark scorpion could potentially kill them !

Back to the question w/in the thread...I too heart the Choen brothers' Movies/films as well as Wes Anderson's...but was uncertain if they qualified as Films? :huh:

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Suz...

I'm enjoying the lists. I will have to read through this list and update my Netflix queue with some of them.

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Personally, I think everything the Coen bros. have done qualify as films. And yes, Barton Fink was awesome.

Lily, if you come to visit I'll cue up "Drowning Mona". Though I like movies, er films, I rarely like to watch them again. But I bought Drowning Mona b/c I thought it was so funny.

[alison]

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I loved Amelie and Lola rennt is awesome.

He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not is a French thriller with Audrey Tautou (I wish I had eyes like hers, I wish I had eyes like hers)

I love French comedies: Tanguy (about 30-something guy whose parents do EVERYTHING to try to get him to move out. I saw it in Germany years ago, but can't find it on dvd in the States) and The Dinner Game (hilarious). I wish more movies from France would make it to the US.

[ladymoreta]

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Here are my favorite 5 that I can think of right now. I'm sure as soon as I hit Submit, I'll think of 5 different ones...
- Casablanca
- Children of Men
- Brick
- House of Flying Daggers
- Once

And my not-quite-"film" top 5:
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- Idiocracy
- Stand By Me
- The Lord of the Rings trilogy
- Wizard of Oz

[poky]

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Personally, I think everything the Coen bros. have done qualify as films.

Have you seen Pass the Ammo? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095832/

[DCJenn]

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What is the line? I have no idea but the 4 and 5 year olds did!

I think the Coen brothers manage to straddle both worlds.

Keep the suggestions flowing- and if anyone is interested, she shows the movies/films for free at Hemisphere Park every Thursday (9 months of the year) They're trying to come up with a winter (indoor) series now.

Jenn

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I am partial to Irish and British films
The Commitments,
The Snapper,
Once,
Veronica Guerin (any Cate Blanchett fans who have not seen it, do!),
East is East

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Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain
Lola rennt
Watership Down
Un long dimanche de fiançailles
Die Blechtrommel
The Commitments
Once were warriors

Okay, so there's 7 of them. Tough!

I just noticed the Commitments is already mentioned, so I'll add some more!
BTW Watership Down is so great! The book too, I read it about once a year

The Counterfeiters,
Notes on a Scandal (Cate again).

[Vishenka69]

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Don't know I missed this thread.

Here's my list (in no particular order) and it's really hard to narrow down to only 5.
East-West
Burnt By The Sun
Mysterious Skin
Last King of Scotland
Talk to Her
Shopgirl
Requiem for a Dream
Lilya 4-ever
Y tu mama tambien

any comedy starring Daniel Auteuil

[GreyhoundsRUs]

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I've only got two to add:
Thank you for Smoking
Persepolis