Movie List

Movies I like to watch include (not necessarily in this order):
comedy, documentaries, foreign, independent, psychological thriller (but nothing gory, not into horror).  I also like some fantasy, and TV mini-series.  I relish in topics that make me think.  I seek films that provide insight into the lives of others who live in a different environment or country than I do; those who face similar and/or varying challenges and how they overcome them.

These are my own categories, and some films you will see I've placed in several categories.
Marked with * they are my top Favs!


FUNNY:

• MouseHunt *
• Charlie Bartlett
• Oh Brother Where Art Thou?
• The Big Lebowski
• Harold & Maude *
• Talledega Nights
• Blazing Saddles
• Superbad

NOT your typical ROMANCE & then some--FOREIGN FILMS:

• Amelie *
• Y Tu Mama Tambien
• Life is Beautiful
• Once
• Il Postino *
• Elsa & Fred
• Eat Drink Man Woman
• XXY
• Fire (the one about 2 Hindi women) (in English & Hindi)

NOT your typical ROMANCE & then some--American:

• Untamed Heart *
• The Love Letter
• Harold & Maude *
• Closer
• Red Shoe Diaries (the 1st full length film, NOT the shorts!)
• Moulin Rouge
• The Lover *
• Forrest Gump

SHOULD BE REQUIRED VIEWING:

• Crash
• For Colored Girls
• What I Want My Words to Do to You
• XXY

GAY/LESBIAN (but please don't shy away from these films if you label yourself as straight!):

• Chris & Don:  A Love Story
• Milk
• XXY
• Beginners
• Brokeback Mountain
• Boys Don't Cry
• Fire (the one about 2 Hindi women) (in English & Hindi)

GREAT STORY/GREAT SOUNDTRACK & more:

• Slumdog Millionaire
• Forrest Gump

BOOKS TO FILM:

• Waiting to Exhale
• How Stella Got her Groove Back
• Mary Shelley's Frankenstein * (my Favorite book!)
• The Talented Mr. Ripley
• The English Patient
• The Lover *
• Henry & June *

STREET LIFE:

• Hustle & Flow
• Shottas
• What I Want My Words to Do to You
• The Dhamma Brothers
• Grand Ave (an HBO movie, not sure how u can find this, but it's superb!)

ARISTS/MUSICIANS/POETS/writers:

• Frida
• Pollock
• Il Postino *
• Henry & June *
• Chris & Don:  A Love Story
• Naked States
• Naked World
• What I Want My Words to Do to You
• For Colored Girls
• Hustle & Flow
• A Man Named Pearl
• Poetry in Motion
• The Lover *
• Dangerous Beauty

DOCUMENTARIES:

• What the Bleep do We Know?
• Chris & Don:  A Love Story
• The Dhamma Brothers
• Emmanuel's Gift
• What I Want My Words to Do to You
• A Man Named Pearl
• I Know I'm Not Alone
• Mad Hot Ballroom
• Scottsboro:  An American Tragedy
• Winged Migration *

ADORABLE & GOOD PLOT:

• WALL-E
• ET *
• Up
• MouseHunt *
• Ratatouille (the girl chef's name is Colette!) 

About FAMILY relationships:

• Dad *
• Eat Drink Man Woman
• Yesterday
• Grand Ave (an HBO movie, not sure how u can find this, but it's superb!)
• Fire (about 2 Hindi women & their husbands) (in English & Hindi)

FOODIE FILMS:

• Eat Drink Man Woman
• Chocolat
• Ratatouille (the girl chef's name is Colette!)

INDEPENDENT FILMS:

• XX/XY (not to be confused with XXY)
• Grand Ave (an HBO movie, not sure how u can find this, but it's superb!)
• I'm Not There
• Slumdog Millionaire

ALCOHOL/DRUG ABUSE:

• Crazy Heart
• When a Man Loves a Woman
• Gia

FAVORITE FILMMAKERS & on the weird tip:

Coen Brothers

• Oh Brother Where Art Thou
• The Big Lebowski 
• No Country for Old Men
• Fargo

David Lynch

• Twin Peaks (mini-series)
• Wild at Heart
• Blue Velvet

FANTASY:

• Underworld
• Underworld: Evolution
• Mary Shelley's Frankenstein *

TV:

• Sex and the City
• The L Word
• True Blood
• Mistresses
• My Name is Earl
• Weeds

I'm sure I've left out many worthy films.  As I think of, or watch more, I'll add to this list.  If you have a suggestion, please leave me a comment!  If you watch any of these, I'd love to hear your opinions!