Ask HN: What are your recommended, must-watch movies?
What movie(s) should one watch in this lifetime? IMDB 250?
I get it's not the kind of movie that appeals to mass tastes: it's admittedly bleak and a slow burn, and requires subtitles if you don't speak French. Still, when I recommend it to people who I think would like it, no one's even heard of it.
There are reasons to recommend it. It's tense, has decent production values, and I liked the characters and themes. With a 106 minute runtime it tells the story it wants to tell without out-staying its welcome.
If you're interested in something different, you could do worse than giving it a look.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aniara_(film) [2] Trailer: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi3426859545/?playlistId=tt758952...
I like the art style, but if you can't stomach that it's still worth it for the Phillip Dick story-line.
Plus if you're from the LA area it's a way to see a lot of familiar areas in a 'drawn' movie, which is neat.
This one was an unexpected surprise!
- Office Space, 1999 (especially for people who work at offices) - The Matrix, 1999 - Fight Club, 1999 :)
Umm, what else? - Spirited Away, 2001 (and many others from Miyazaki) - Requiem for a Dream, 2000 (Very Heavy addiction-related film! I actually got watery eyes just by typing this, I've seen it too many times.) - Joker, 2019 - Full Metal Jacket, 1987 (and many others from Kubrick, such as Dr. Strangelove and The Shining) - Django Unchained, 2012 (and many others from Tarantino, at least Pulp Fiction) - Alien, 1979 - The Silence of the Lambs, 1991 - Saw, 2004
I made a bit longer list, so that I can share the link to my friends.
Actually there are many quirky ones which came to my mind, such as Borat, the South Park movie, Team America, Airplane! (alternatively titled Flying High!), Idiocracy and Hangover, but I wouldn't say these are in the must-see category. Actually I wouldn't even recommend these to most people, if I didn't know what kind of humor they like.