Thread: Recommended Movies

Movie: This is england
Year: 2006
Language: English
Genre: Drama
Director: Shane Meadows
Cast:
Thomas Turgoose ... Shaun
Stephen Graham ... Combo
Jo Hartley ... Cynth
Andrew Shim ... Milky



Story Line: 12 year old Shaun lives with his widowed mother in a small town in Britain. His father, an army officer, was one of the Falkland casualties. A loner, he is befriended by some older skinhead youth, who shave off his hair, date an older young woman, and subsequently introduce him to ex-convict Combo. Shaun unwittingly volunteers to be part of Combo's gang, and is taken to a meeting hosted by Britain's right-winged National Front, which openly advocates ethnic cleansing; re-defines Racism as Reality; and Nazism as Nationalism. Combo then takes his followers on a spree of sword and knife-wielding terror, looting a corner store run by Sandhu, all eventually get stoned, violence ensues - resulting in a murder...

Movie: 12 Angry Men
Year: 1957
Language: English
Genre: Crime | Drama | Mystery
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast:

Martin Balsam ... Juror #1
John Fiedler ... Juror #2
Lee J. Cobb ... Juror #3
E.G. Marshall ... Juror #4
Jack Klugman ... Juror #5
Edward Binns ... Juror #6
Jack Warden ... Juror #7
Henry Fonda ... Juror #8
Joseph Sweeney ... Juror #9
Ed Begley ... Juror #10
George Voskovec ... Juror #11
Robert Webber ... Juror #12

Story Line:
"12 Angry Men" focuses on a jury's deliberations in a capital murder case. A 12-man jury is sent to begin deliberations in the first-degree murder trial of an 18-year-old Latino accused in the stabbing death of his father, where a guilty verdict means an automatic death sentence. The case appears to be open-and-shut: The defendant has a weak alibi; a knife he claimed to have lost is found at the murder scene; and several witnesses either heard screaming, saw the killing or the boy fleeing the scene. Eleven of the jurors immediately vote guilty; only Juror No. 8 (Mr. Davis) casts a not guilty vote. At first Mr. Davis' bases his vote more so for the sake of discussion after all, the jurors must believe beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty. As the deliberations unfold, the story quickly becomes a study of the jurors' complex personalities (which range from wise, bright and empathetic to arrogant, prejudiced and merciless), preconceptions, backgrounds and interactions. That provides the backdrop to Mr. Davis' attempts in convincing the other jurors that a "not guilty" verdict might be appropriate

Movie: In Bruges
Year: 2008
Language: English
Genre: Crima, Drama, Thriller
Director: Martin McDonagh
Cast:
Elizabeth Berrington - Natalie
Rudy Blomme - Ticket seller
Olivier Bonjour - Film director
Mark Donovan - Overweight man
Ann Elsey - Overweight woman #2
Collin Farell - Ray
Jean-Marc Favorin - Policeman
Ralph Fiennes - Harry
Brendan Gleeson - Ken
Eric Godon - Yuri
Zeljko Ivanek - Canadian guy
Sachi Kimura - Imamoto
Anna Madeley - Denise
Louis Nummy - Harry's child #3
Clemence Poesy - Chloe
Jordan Prentice - Jimmy
Jeremie Renier - Eirik
Thekla Reuten - Marie
Theo Stevenson - Boy in Church
Inez Stinton - Kelly
Emily Thorling - Overweight woman
Angel Witney - Harry's child #2
Bonnie Witney - Harry's child #1
Ray Yaniv - Barman

Story Line: Bruges, the most well-preserved medieval city in the whole of Belgium, is a welcoming destination for travellers from all over the world. But for hit men Ray and Ken, it could be their final destination; a difficult job has resulted in the pair being ordered right before Christmas by their London boss Harry to go and cool their heels in the storybook Flemish city for a couple of weeks. Very much out of place amidst the gothic architecture, canals, and cobbled streets, the two hit men fill their days living the lives of tourists. Ray, still haunted by the bloodshed in London, hates the place, while Ken, even as he keeps a fatherly eye on Ray's often profanely funny exploits, finds his mind and soul being expanded by the beauty and serenity of the city. But the longer they stay waiting for Harry's call, the more surreal their experience becomes, as they find themselves in weird encounters with locals, tourists, violent medieval art, a dwarf American actor shooting a European art film, Dutch prostitutes, and a potential romance for Ray in the form of Chloë, who may have some dark secrets of her own. And when the call from Harry does finally come, Ken and Ray's vacation becomes a life-and-death struggle of darkly comic proportions and surprisingly emotional consequences.

Movie: Fifty Dead Men Walking
Year: 2008
Language: English
Genre: thriller
Director: Kari Skogland
Cast:

• Jim Sturgess as Martin McGartland
• Rose McGowan as Grace Sterrin
• Ben Kingsley as Fergus
• Kris Edlund as Mrs. Conlan
• Kevin Zegers as Sean
• Nathalie Press as Lara

Story Line:
Martin McGartland (Jim Sturgess) is a 22-year-old street hustler from Northern Ireland, living in the 1980s. The Irish Republican Army wants to recruit him, but he is reluctant because of what he sees as their cruel justice. Because of his connection to the community the British police want him to infiltrate and spy on the IRA. Marty agrees because of the car and money he gets from the police, and because he dislikes the IRA. The IRA accepts him in the "official" position of volunteer, in which he is informed about various planned attacks; thus he can tell such info to his police contact, to prevent these attacks. Thus he builds up a new sense of self esteem, but he cannot tell his family and friends about his activities. Even his new girlfriend Lara (Nathalie Press) only notices that he seems to do some work for the IRA, which worries her.
All along the British accept the risk that the IRA discovers that Marty works for them. They do not plan to rescue him in that case. So it happens. The IRA capture and torture Marty, but he manages to escape. His handler Fergus is now his only ally; he finds him and helps him hide. Fergus can arrange that Marty starts living with Lara and their child in Scotland, but Marty realizes that she would never be able to feel safe even there, so he goes on the run to Canada alone, leaving his family to live a safer life without him. As shown at the start of the film, he is shot there by the IRA.

If you enjoyed the movie: The Departed, with Leonardo Dicaprio, Matt Damon & Jack Nicholson you'll love Infernal Affairs. Infernal Affairs is the original and its a trilogy which Hollywood copied and condensed it into one movie called The Departed. The Infernal Affairs trilogy was made in Hong Kong and is sooooo much better even though its IMDB ratings are lower than the Hollywood COPY!

The Departed (IMDB): The Departed (2006)

Infernal Affairs I: Infernal Affairs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Infernal Affiars II: Infernal Affairs II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Infernal Affairs III: Infernal Affairs III - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Also if you end up watching Infernal affairs, whether you download it or buy it, make sure you get the Cantonese Version, as it is the original and the Mandarin Dub is horrible IMO.

Brick. I really liked this for some reason. The girl was HOT. I got a lot out of it. Highly recommended.

That said my friends hate it.

Movie: The Stoning of Soraya M.

Year: 2008

Language: Persian, English

Director: Cyrus Nowrasteh

Cast

* Shohreh Aghdashloo - Zahra
* Mozhan Marnò - Soraya
* James Caviezel - Freidoune Sahebjam
* Bita Sheibani - Leila
* Ali Pourtash - Mullah
* Parviz Sayyad - Hashem
* David Diaan - Ebrahim
* Noor Al Taher - Kataneh
* Haya Al Taher - Malaka
* Khalid Khan - Warden
* Vida Ghahremani - Mrs. Massoud
* Shima Poorsadeghi - Second Woman
* Farzaneh Yazdani - Bita
* Salti Hasan - Mrs. Hashem
* Laila Qutub - Mehri
* Mizyed Azrai - Reza
* Talal Nabil Morcos - Kamran
* Abdullah Shaheen - Mohsen
* Vachik Mangassarian - Morteza Ramazani
* Shukreyeh Thijeel - Mourning Woman
* Fadela Rashem - Mourning Woman
* Sabiha Faleh - Mourning Woman
* Zoro Shaswar - Ali's Friend
* Jalal Zadhaley - Ali's Friend
* Arash Kaftoesian - Ali's Friend
* Yousef Shwieyhat - Ringmaster
* Rami Hamati - Circus Boy
* Fadi Hamati - Circus Boy

Plot Summary:
Director Cyrus Nowrasteh teams with screenwriter Betsy Giffen Nowrasteh to illuminate the dangers of religious fundamentalism, gender apartheid, and mob rule with this fictionalized adaptation of Freidoune Sahebjam's best-selling novel centering on a true-life tragedy. The story takes place in 1986, just as Khomeini is coming into power in Iran. Undercover French journalist Freidoune Sahebjam (Jim Caviezel) is traveling though a small southwestern village when his car breaks down. Surrounded by strife but left with little choice other to wait until his car is repaired, the anxious Freidoune is soon approached by persistent local Zahra (Shohreh Aghdashloo), who convinces him to follow her into the courtyard behind her home. There, she reveals to him that she has just borne witness to a most heinous crime. Just the previous day, Zahra had watched the men or her town stone an innocent woman to death. That woman was Soraya (Mozhan Marnò), long-suffering wife of abusive tyrant Ali. Soraya wed Ali in an arranged marriage, never realizing the horrors that she and her children would endure under her husband's heavy hand. When Ali requested a divorce so that he would be free to marry a 14-year-old girl, Soraya boldly refused, knowing that she and the children would most certainly starve to death without a husband to support them. Ali was too poor to return Soraya's dowry as custom dictates in a divorce, but he found another way out of the marriage. Under Shariah law, adultery is a crime punishable by death if the accused is unable to prove her innocence. Scheming with the newly installed, counterfeit mullah, Ali accused his wife of adultery. In order to ensure that she had no chance of defending herself, he blackmailed several male villagers to testify on his behalf. A tribunal was quickly called, and Soraya's fate forever sealed.

Movie: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Year: 1964
Language: English, Russian
Genre: Black Comedy
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Cast:
Peter Sellers ... Group Captain Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove
George C. Scott ... General 'Buck' Turgidson
Sterling Hayden ... Brigadier General Jack Ripper
Keenan Wynn ... Colonel 'Bat' Guano
Slim Pickens ... Major 'King' Kong
Peter Bull ... Russian Ambassador Alexi de Sadesky
James Earl Jones ... Lieutenant Lothar Zogg
Tracy Reed ... Miss Scott
Jack Creley ... Mr. Staines
Frank Berry ... Lieutenant Dietrich
Robert O'Neil ... Admiral Randolph
Glenn Beck ... Lieutenant Kivel (as Glen Beck)
Roy Stephens ... Frank
Shane Rimmer ... Captain 'Ace' Owens
Hal Galili ... Burpelson AFB Defense Team Member

Story Line: U.S. Air Force General Jack Ripper goes completely and utterly mad, and sends his bomber wing to destroy the U.S.S.R. He suspects that the communists are conspiring to pollute the "precious bodily fluids" of the American people. The U.S. president meets with his advisors, where the Soviet ambassador tells him that if the U.S.S.R. is hit by nuclear weapons, it will trigger a "Doomsday Machine" which will destroy all plant and animal life on Earth. Peter Sellers portrays the three men who might avert this tragedy: British Group Captain Lionel Mandrake, the only person with access to the demented Gen. Ripper; U.S. President Merkin Muffley, whose best attempts to divert disaster depend on placating a drunken Soviet Premier and the former Nazi genius Dr. Strangelove, who concludes that "such a device would not be a practical deterrent for reasons which at this moment must be all too obvious". Will the bombers be stopped in time, or will General Jack Ripper succeed in destroying the world ? Written by Colin Tinto
Color: Black and White

Movie: Lola Rennt (English title is Run Lola Run)
Year: 1998
Language: German
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Director: Tom Tykwer
Cast: Franka Potente Moritz Bleibtreu Herbert Knaup Nina Petri

Story Line: The film explores the events that fate alone controls and displays the constant "what if's" that occur every moment and that can easily change the happenings of the next. The film follows the events between a woman, Lola, and her boyfriend, Mani, who she desperately tries to save from death by helping him obtain a huge amount of money he carelessly lost. It takes you on three different journeys with Lola, all controlled by fate, showing you what would happen in each, and all the "what if's" that provide the foundations for each outcome.