What are some of the best movies you've seen that don't fall under the horror/gore/violence genres???
2006-09-01 20:32:55 · 16 answers · asked by Christy 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Some of my favorites include Dogfight, Grease, Dazed and Confused...if these are some of your favorites too I'd like to know which ones you'd recommend.
2006-09-01 20:40:23 · update #1
neverending story.. silence of the lambs.. donnie darko.. boondock saints..shawshank redemption..flight of the navigator.
2006-09-01 20:36:05 · answer #1 · answered by jennie r 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one EVER mentions this movie: Crooklyn by Spike Lee.
It's a great story about a young girl who is growing up in a house full of brothers in Brooklyn in the 1970's.
The mother is a school teacher (played by Alfre Woodard) and the dad is an out of work musician (played by Delroy Lindo).
I've never been a big fan of Spike Lee's but this movie is different from his others. He wrote this with one of his sisters and they totally capture such an authentic perspective of a girl from a working class family in the '70's. It's wonderful!
I would also recommend Best In Show and A Mighty Wind for some good laughs
and The Color Purple for a real good cry!
Enjoy!
2006-09-01 21:06:14 · answer #2 · answered by mamabunny 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Beautiful Girls - Matt Dillon, Lauren Holly, Natalie Portman, Timothy Hutton, and Uma Thurman (among many others). A good movie about growing up.
Nobody's Fool - Paul Newman, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith and Jessica Tandy. Movie has a great cast about a quirky New York Town. Phillip Seymor Hoffman has a small part.
MirrorMask - From Henson's Muppet Company, the guy who directed Brazil and written by Neil Gaiman (of graphic comic fame). It is visually stunning and a curiosity to behold.
2006-09-01 20:43:13 · answer #3 · answered by abaucco70 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Andie McDowell and Gerard Depardieu in 'Green Card'
one of my favorite romantic comedies...powerful ending
Jennifer Conelly and Billy Crudup in 'Waking the Dead'
a most unconventional love story...about letting go
Robert Montgomery and Evelyn Keyes in 'Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) '
Simple... beautiful...laughter...and tears...
Ronald Colman and Jane Wyatt in 'Lost Horizon'
My favorite fantasy of all time
Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal in 'The Fountainhead'
the language...the dialogue...the ideas...whew!
Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck in 'Meet John Doe'
devastating treatise on the power of words and the spine you need to back them up
Bette Davis andPaul Henreid in 'Now Voyager'
my favorite Bette Davis movie
Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison in 'The Ghost and Mrs.Muir'
Hauntingly beautiful
Eric Schaefferand Amanda De Cadenet in 'Fall'
the best modern day love story in my opinion
Dennis Leary and Hope Davis in 'Final'
Total guilty pleasure...comedian Dennis Leary rocks!
A sad and powerful tale.
2006-09-01 23:55:04 · answer #4 · answered by Zholla 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Wedding Crashers. In Her Shoes. The 40-Year_old_Virgin
2006-09-01 20:42:41 · answer #5 · answered by JaneDivided 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about :
Outsiders
Big Daddy
50 First Dates
Wedding Singer
Practical Magic
A League of Their Own
Crazy Beautiful
2006-09-01 20:59:35 · answer #6 · answered by Gemini 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Fisher King http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101889/
Adaptation
Leaving Las Vegas
Box of Moonlight http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115738/
O Brother Where Art Thou? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190590/
2006-09-01 20:38:05 · answer #7 · answered by shazam 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002 version) & Eight Below,
2006-09-01 20:57:19 · answer #8 · answered by splitchick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lord of the Rings - all 3 movies
2006-09-01 20:35:09 · answer #9 · answered by tenaciousd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lots! I am anti-scarry like you. Pretty Woman (of course)
How to Loose a Guy in Ten Days, Sweet Home Alabama, Maid in Manhattan, Good Will Hunting, Etc. these are my types of faves!
2006-09-01 20:40:52 · answer #10 · answered by dolphinroc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lord of the Rings
2006-09-01 20:39:51 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋