Can anyone recommend a GREAT movie?

Question

just got netflix and i dont know what to start with. i like pretty much any kind of movie but would like to get ideas of great movies i might not have heard of. and if you have time maybe a short description?

Answer 1

Gridiron Gang (2006) (Bast on a true story) (Real good show)

Teenagers at a juvenile detention center, under the leadership of their counselor, gain self-esteem by playing football together.


Fly Boys (2006) (Bast on a true story) ( Real good show)

The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.


The hurricane (1999) (True story) (Real good show)

The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.


Training Day (2001) (Good show)

On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears as.


John Q (2002) ( Real good show)

A down-on-his luck father, whose insurance won't cover his son's heart transplant, takes the hospital's emergency room hostage until the doctors agree to perform the operation.


Phone Booth ( 2002) ( not bad)

Stuart Shepard finds himself trapped in a phone booth, pinned down by an extortionist's sniper rifle.

Cellular (2004) (not bad)

A young man receives an emergency phone call on his cell phone from an older woman. The catch? The woman claims to have been kidnapped; and the kidnappers have targeted her husband and child next.


Click (2006) (not bad)

"Click" focuses on a workaholic architect who finds a universal remote that allows him to fast-forward and rewind to different parts of his life. Complications arise when the remote starts to overrule his choices.


Transporter (2002) (good show)

This film is about a man (Statham) whose job is to deliver packages without asking any questions. Complications arise when he breaks those rules.


Transporter 2 (2005)

Mercenary Frank Martin, who specializes moving goods of all kinds, surfaces again this time in Miami, Florida when he's implicated in the kidnapping of the young son of a powerful USA official.


Bulletproof Monk (2003) ( not bad)

Based on the very underground comic book, a Tibetan monk (Chow) becomes a mentor to a young street kid (Scott) whom he can teach to protect a scroll.


The One (2001) (not bad)

A sheriff's deputy fights an alternate universe version of himself who grows stronger with each alternate self he kills.


The Matador (2005) (not bad)

A globetrotting hitman and a crestfallen businessman meet in a hotel bar in Mexico City in an encounter that draws them together in a way neither expected.


Hostel (2005) (not bad)

Three backpackers head to a Slovakian city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.


The Grudge (2004) (not bad)

An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life and spreading to another victim.


The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) (good show)

In order to avoid a jail sentence, Sean Boswell heads to Tokyo to live with his military father. In a low-rent section of the city, Shaun gets caught up in the underground world of drift racing.


The Illusionist (2006) (good show)

In turn-of-the-century Vienna, a magician (Norton) uses his abilities to secure the love of a woman far above his social standing.


The Green Mile (1999) (Real good show)

The story about the lives of guards on death row leading up to the execution of a wrongly accused man who has the power of faith healing.


Deep blue sea (1999) (not bad)

Searching for a cure to Alzheimer's disease a group of scientists on an isolated research facility become the bait as a trio of intelligent sharks fight back.


Con Air (1997) (real good show)

A newly released ex con and former US Ranger finds himself trapped in a prisoner transport plane when the other prisoners sieze control.


Taxi (2004) (good show)

A mouthy and feisty taxicab driver (Latifah) has hot tips for a green and inept cop (Fallon) set on solving a string of New York City bank robberies commited by a quartet of female Brazilian bank robbers.


Remember the Titans (2000) (real good show) (True story)

The true story of a newly appointed African-American coach and his high school team on their first season as a racially integrated unit.


Well That is all I can think of I gave some shows I do not mind watching and some I really liked. I would watch the ones that I put that are (real good)

Hope it helps

Answer 2

For comedy, Little Man, How High, Scary Movie 2 and 4, American Wedding, Who's Your Daddy and Without A Paddle.

For horror, The Amityville Horror, Saw 1 and 2, Grudge 2, Ring 2 and maybe Seed of Chucky which has some laughs.

For action, The Marine, DOA-Dead Or Alive, Kung Fu Hustle, B-13, The Great Challenge and Stormbreaker.

For romance, Princess Diarries 2.

For animated, Open Season and South Park(Asses On Fire).

Answer 3

What's great about Netflix is that you can get movies you normally don't have access to.

When I first got Netflix, I watched just about all of Hitchcocks' movies (which range from masterpieces to pretty good). "Rear Window", To Catch a Thief, Psycho, Marnie, 39 Steps, all interesting.

I also watched Kurosawa's movies -- some of the best are the Seven Samurai, Rashomon, and Ikiru.

Then there are people like Antonioni, Fellini, Traffaut... other foreign masters that have made "great" movies.

But I'd pepper any of those movies with some fun ones, too, like all of the Muppet movies, Clue, Ed Wood, etc.

Of course, there are the American Film Institute's top 100 movies --
Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Gone with the Wind, Spartacus, Dr. Zhavago (sp), Schindler's List, the Godfather I and II, all "great" movies.

With Netflix, I would want you to be challenged -- try movies you otherwise wouldn't enjoy or genres you haven't considered before.

Good luck!~

Answer 4

Patriot with Mel Gibson was a good one set in Revolutionary times.

Lady in White - good ghost story. Older movie.

Disney's Cars was cute. There is Narnia also.

How about the Lord of the Rings Trilogy?

Bad Boys and Bad Boys II with Martin Lawrence and Will Smith are both good action movies but the language they used could have been left out so if hearing the "F" word every two minutes offends you, don't watch it. They are cops.

Van Helsin (vampire killer) is good if you like that kind of movie as was Alien vs Predator. League of Extraordinary Gentlemen with Sean Connery was good also.

Answer 5

Paint Your Wagon. It's an old musical movie with Lee Marvin, in which Clint Eastwood sings, "I Talk to the Trees," and "I still see Elisa," among other tunes! It's hysterically funny, by the way, as well as being an all time classic. Another great old classic is "The Great Race" with Natalie Wood, Tony Curtis, Peter Falk, and Jack Lemon--definitely a must see!

Answer 6

I don't know if in America they showed already I just saw here in Hungary Mel Gibson's movie. APOCALYPTO. I love movies that show the real life or situation of ANY period of life. I know that is really bloody but trust me I don't like movie if just a horror or people just kill people but this movie beautifully show how men can be strong and what capable to do if really something so important for themselves. And if you think that all those people never acted in their life you will see this movie differently....!!!!
I also recommend TRISTAN & ISOLDE if you like some love story mix with drama, with historical backround.

Answer 7

needful things, The nightmare before christmas!, Edword scissorhands, Sleepy hollow, Bettljuice or anything by Tim Burton, All of Johnny Depps movies, The lost boys, The crow, nosferatum, Ed wood movies, Dead, Night Of The Living Dead, House Of 1000 Corpses, Dvils rejects,SLC punk, Almost Famous, Half Baked, Super Troopers, The Entity, 28 Days Later, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Interview with the Vampire, The Green Mile, Shawn of the Dead, Flowers in the Attic, Quintin Tarantino.. Pulp Fiction, Resevor Dogs, Joe Dirt, Dazed and Confused, It, One flew over the coo coo nest, Scarface, Cheech & Chong movies, Troy, Fight Club, Con Air, Face Off, High Fidelity, King Kong [2005], Oceans Eleven , The Perfect Storm, Drowning Mona, Clue, King Kong

Answer 8

Being John Malkovich with Cameron Diaz, John Cusack & John Malkovich - great movie about traveling into someone else's mind and body, but keeping the ability to think as yourself - quirky, but cool!
Braveheart with Mel Gibson
Legends of the Fall - Anthony Hopkins and Brad Pitt
Fight Club - Brad Pitt and Edward Norton

Favorite comedies:
Spaceballs - Mel Brooks parody of Star Wars and other space adventures - hilarious!
The Princess Bride
Jackass 1 & 2 - stupid humor, but really makes you laugh hard!

Enjoy!

Answer 9

a movie that just came out that I found to be very entertaining is "Flyboys" It is about the American pilots in the First World War who volunteered to go to France and fight in the French Air Force. They formed the Lafayette Escadrille, the Hat in the Ring Squadron, eventually the 93rd Aero Squadron when the US got into WWI. This squadron notable for the likes of Eddie Rickenbaker and other heroes of the First World War. good movie.

Answer 10

I can recommend three great movies.
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy:
The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King

All three movies are great and received lots of academy award nominations. The Return of the King won 11 academy awards including best picture.

They're epic films about a hobbit, Frodo, who is on his quest to destroy the one ring.

Answer 11

I recommend stand up comedians like George Carlin, Robin Williams, Denis Leary, Eddie Izzard, and Jeff Dunham.