Here are some other films I found to be excellent, interesting and intriguing (or occasionally just shocking). Obviously not a comprehensive list…
- The 6th Day – cloning, interesting reflections on identity.
- 28 Days Later – 2nd best “zombie” film
- American Pie movies –
- Avatar – good propaganda against industrialism, capitalism, and cultural imperialism.
- Battle Royal – good Japanese idea.
- Белое солнце пустыни (White Sun of the Desert) – a classic Russian film
- Берегись автомобиля (Beware of the Car) – excellent Soviet crime comedy
- The Big Lebowski – I love White Russians. The alcoholic kind, anyway.
- The Brothers Bloom -
- Cannibal Holocaust – not really, it’s quite disgusting actually.
- Cliffhanger – Bad guy: “Do you know what real love is, Kristel?; Kristel / his gf: “No”; Bad guy *whispers* “Sacrifice…” *shoots her* Lol.
- Cube – one of my favorite sci-fi horror movies
- The Day after Tomorrow – unrealistic and the human story is boring and cliché, but good CGI-enhanced doomer flicks are hard to come by.
- Die Another Day – I love the bad guy; he is a postmodernist hero.
- Dr. Strangelove – ode to the nuclear bomb.
- Fahrenheit 9/11 – best political comedy.
- Fight Club – cult classic extolling the virtuous vices of neo-primitivism and self-improvement.
- Get Smart – spy spoof
- The Godfather – mafiosi.
- The Hole – excellent British horror film about schoolgirl psychopath-murderer.
- I, Robot – interesting reflections on machine intelligence.
- Иван Васильевич меняет профессию (Ivan Vasiliech changes profession) – time-travel to medieval Muscovy Soviet comedy.
- Inception -
- Léon -
- The Life of Brian – excellent anti-religious comedy.
- The Lord of the Rings -
- Lord of War – the cynicism of the arms trade…but good profits.
- Magnolia -
- The Matrix (trilogy) – a brilliant cyberpunk film that perhaps spawned more philosophical reflections than any other. And some great humor.
- Ночной дозор (Night Watch) -
- Операция “Ы” и другие приключения Шурика (The Adventures of Shurik) – one the best Soviet comedies.
- The Pianist – also very powerful.
- Пираты XX века (Pirates of the 20th Century) – premier Soviet action film.
- REC – best zombie film (Spanish)
- Resident Evil 2: Apocalypse – I like Milla Jovovich.
- Saw III – best film in the Saw series, pretty sick.
- The Shawshank Redemption – triumph of hope over adversity.
- Schindler’s List – very powerful movie.
- Солярис (Solaris) – the Russian interpretation of Lem’s classic.
- Сталкер (Stalker) – Soviet existentialism and intellectual nihilism at its finest.
- Slumdog Millionaire – another hopeful film.
- Taxi Driver -
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day – I’d like to have a Terminator as a slave.
- Threads – great film about nuclear war, and best of all it’s available online (legally that is).
- Total Recall – the Gubernator on Mars, interesting reflections on memory.
- Under Siege 2: Best quote evar: Assumption is the mother of all fuck up’s!
- Wanted – interesting reflections on causality and the moral status of “the ends justify the means”.
- The World is Not Enough – another great Bond film.