Thread: Recommended Movies

Please ensure you read this post before you post in this thread!

In this thread the idea is to post movies you feel are great movies, which gives others a quick story line about them. Basically its a review thread for movies only.

There is a strict format that needs be followed here, posting anything else will result in an infraction.

This is NOT an opinion thread, meaning do not post your feelings on the film for example, I like or dislike this film because...Instead just follow the format below. Everything highlighted blue is considered the format, it goes in order like so:



Movie:
Year:
Language:
Genre:
Director:
Cast:
Story Line:

I hope you guys enjoy this thread for what it is meant to be, feel free to post any movies you consider good or great movies. Below is an example of what the format would look like.

I will try my best to post movies that already have been posted this way we wont have doubles or triples of the same movie, be sure to look at the very bottom for movies that have already been posted. I will also try to include the permalink (Post count) number beside the movies so when looking through we have an idea of where the movie might be.


Movie: Last Samurai
Year: (2003)
Language: English
Genre: Drama, Action, Adventure, War
Director: Edward Zwick
Cast:
Ken Watanabe ... Katsumoto
Tom Cruise ... Nathan Algren
William Atherton ... Winchester Rep
Chad Lindberg ... Winchester Rep Assistant
Ray Godshall Sr. ... Convention Hall Attendee
Billy Connolly ... Zebulon Gant
Tony Goldwyn ... Colonel Bagley
Masato Harada ... Omura
Masashi Odate ... Omura's Companion
John Koyama ... Omura's Bodyguard
Timothy Spall ... Simon Graham
Shichinosuke Nakamura ... Emperor Meiji
Togo Igawa ... General Hasegawa Satoshi Nikaido ... N.C.O. Shintaro Wada

Story line: n the 1870s, Captain Nathan Algren, a cynical veteran of the American Civil war who will work for anyone, is hired by Americans who want lucrative contracts with the Emperor of Japan to train the peasant conscripts for the first standing imperial army in modern warfare using firearms. The imperial Omura cabinet's first priority is to repress a rebellion of traditionalist Samurai -hereditary warriors- who remain devoted to the sacred dynasty but reject the Westernizing policy and even refuse firearms. Yet when his ill-prepared superior force sets out too soon, their panic allows the sword-wielding samurai to crush them. Badly wounded Algren's courageous stand makes the samurai leader Katsumoto spare his life; once nursed to health he learns to know and respect the old Japanese way, and participates as adviser in Katsumoto's failed attempt to save the Bushido tradition, but Omura gets repressive laws enacted- he must now choose to honor his loyalty to one of the embittered sides when the conflict returns to the battlefield...

Already Posted Moives:

Last Samurai: Permalink #1
G.I. Joe: The Rise Of The Cobra: Permalink #3
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: Permalink #4
V for Vendetta: Permalink #5
Blade Runner: Permalink #6
Sin City: Permalink #7
Departed: Permalink #8
Grace: Permalink #9
FaceOff: Permalink #10
Grand Torino: Permalink #11
Rise Of The Foot Soldier: Permalink #12
Vantage Point: Permalink #13
Vampire Hunter D: Permalink #14
Dark City: Permalink #15
PI: Permalink #16
Goodfellas: Permalink #17
Bastoru Rowaiaru: Permalilnk 18
Snatch: Permalink#18
Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back: Permalink #18
A Man Apart: Permalink #19
Black Rain: Permalink #20
Ong-Bak: Permalink #21
Dune: Permalink #22
District 9: Permalink #23
Banlieue 13 Ultimatum: Permalink #24
Fight Club: Permalink #25
American Beauty: Permalink #26
The Dark Night: Permalink #27
Old Boy Permalink #28
Heat: Premalink #29
Nuovo cinema Paradiso: Permalink #30

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Movie: G.I. Joe: The Rise Of The Cobra
Year: 2009
Language: English
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: Stephen Sommers
Cast:
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje ... Heavy Duty
Christopher Eccleston ... McCullen / Destro
Grégory Fitoussi ... Baron de Cobray
Joseph Gordon-Levitt ... The Doctor / Rex
Leo Howard ... Young Snake Eyes
Karolina Kurkova ... Courtney A. Kreiger / Cover Girl
Byung-hun Lee ... Storm Shadow
Sienna Miller ... Ana / Baroness
David Murray ... James McCullen - 1641
Rachel Nichols ... Shana 'Scarlett' O'Hara
Kevin J. O'Connor ... Dr. Mindbender
Gerald Okamura ... Hard Master
Ray Park ... Snake Eyes
Jonathan Pryce ... U.S. President
Dennis Quaid ... General Hawk

Story Line: Paramount Pictures and Hasbro, whose previous collaboration was the worldwide blockbuster "Transformers," join forces with Spyglass Entertainment for another extraordinary action-adventure "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra." From the Egy****n desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization to prevent them from plunging the world into chaos. "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra." is directed by Stephen Sommers ("The Mummy," "The Mummy Returns").

Movie:Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Year:1998
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Gonzo
Director:Terry Gilliam
Cast:

• Johnny Depp as Raoul Duke
• Benicio del Toro as Dr. Gonzo
• Tobey Maguire as The Hitchhiker
• Ellen Barkin as The Waitress at North Star Cafe
• Gary Busey as The Highway Patrolman
• Christina Ricci as Lucy
• Mark Harmon as The Magazine Reporter at Mint 400
• Cameron Diaz as The Blonde TV Reporter
• Katherine Helmond as The Desk Clerk at Mint Hotel
• Michael Jeter as L. Ron Bumquist
• Penn Jillette as The Carnie Talker
• Craig Bierko as Lacerda
• Lyle Lovett as The Road Person
• Michael "Flea" Balzary as Hippie
• Laraine Newman as The Frog-Eyed Woman
• Christopher Meloni as Sven, Clerk at Flamingo Hotel
• Harry Dean Stanton as The Judge
• Troy Evans as Police Chief
• Debbie Reynolds as Herself (voice only)
• Jenette Goldstein as Alice the Maid
• Verne Troyer as Wee Waiter
• Gregory Itzin as Clerk at Mint Hotel

Story Line:
The big-screen version of Hunter S. Thompson's seminal psychedelic classic about his road trip across Western America as he and his large Samoan lawyer searched desperately for the "American dream"... they were helped in large part by the huge amount of drugs and alcohol kept in their convertible, The Red Shark.
Raoul duke is a drug addled gonzo journalist. he is sent to cover a motorcycle race as an article for his magazine, but then the situation escalates into him and his psychotic attorney searching for the American dream, aided by almost every drug known to man in the boot of his red convertible.
An adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's novel of the same name. The film details a whacky search for the "American Dream", by Thompson and his crazed, Samoan lawyer. Fueled by the massive amount of drugs they purchased with an advance from a magazine to cover a sporting event in Vegas; they set out in the Red Shark. Encountering police, reporters, gamblers, racers, and hitchhikers; they search for some undefinable thing know only as the "American Dream" and find fear, loathing and hilarious adventures into the dementia of the modern American West.

Movie:V for Vendetta
Year:2005
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller, Action
Director:James McTeigue

Cast:

Natalie Portman ... Evey
Hugo Weaving ... V
Stephen Rea ... Inspector Finch
Stephen Fry ... Deitrich
John Hurt ... Adam Sutler
Tim Pigott-Smith ... Creedy
Rupert Graves ... Dominic
Roger Allam ... Lewis Prothero
Ben Miles ... Dascomb
Sinéad Cusack ... Delia Surridge
John Standing ... Lilliman
Eddie Marsan ... Etheridge
Clive Ashborn ... Guy Fawkes
Emma Field-Rayner ... Guy Fawkes Lover (as Emma Field Rayner)

...

Story Line:
Adapted from David Lloyd's graphic novel of the same name, "V for Vendetta" tells the story of Evey Hammond and her unlikely but instrumental part in bringing down the fascist government that has taken control of a futuristic Great Britain. Saved from a life-and-death situation by a man in a Guy Fawkes mask who calls himself V, she learns a general summary of V's past and, after a time, decides to help him bring down those who committed the atrocities that led to Britain being in the shape that it is in. ( OriginallyWritten by ameelmore in IMDB)

Movie: Blade Runner
Year: 1982
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Action/Thriller
Director:Ridley Scott
Cast: Harrison Ford
Rutger Hauer
Sean Young
Edward James Olmos
M. Emmet Walsh
Daryl Hannah
William Sanderson

Story Line:

In a cyberpunk vision of the future, man has developed the technology to create replicants, human clones used to serve in the colonies outside Earth but with fixed lifespans. In Los Angeles, 2019, Deckard is a Blade Runner, a cop who specialises in terminating replicants. Originally in retirement, he is forced to re-enter the force when six replicants escape from an offworld colony to Earth. Written by Graeme Roy {gsr@cbmamiga.demon.co.uk}

Movie: Sin City
Year: 2005
Language: English
Genre: Action / Crime / Thriller
Director: Frank Miller & Robert Rodriguez
Cast:

• Jessica Alba as Nancy Callahan
• Devon Aoki as Miko
• Alexis Bledel as Becky
• Powers Boothe as Senator Roark
• Cara D. Briggs as Hearing Panel Person
• Jude Ciccolella as Liebowitz
• Jeffrey J. Dashnaw as Motorcycle Cop
• Rosario Dawson as Gail
• Jesse De Luna as Corporal Rivera
• Benicio Del Toro as Jackie Boy
• Jason Douglas as Hitman
• Michael Clarke Duncan as Manute
• Tommy Flanagan as Brian
• Christina Frankenfield as Judge
• Rick Gomez as Klump
• Carla Gugino as Lucille
• Josh Hartnett as The Man
• Rutger Hauer as Cardinal Roark
• David H. Hickey as Juicer
• Evelyn Hurley as Josie
• Greg Ingram as Bouncer
• Nicky Katt as Stuka
• Jaime King as Goldie/Wendy
• Helen Kirk as Maeve
• Michael Madsen as Bob
• Ethan Maniquis as Bozo #1
• Jason McDonald as Ronnie
• John McLeod as Mercenary
• Clark Middleton as Schutz
• Frank Miller as Priest
• Brittany Murphy as Shellie
• Ethan Rains as Bozo #4
• Lisa Marie Newmyer as Tammy
• Tommy Nix as Weevil
• Nick Offerman as Shlubb
• Clive Owen as Dwight
• Marco Perella as Skinny Dude
• Sam Ray as Interrogator #1
• Randal Reeder as Man with Hitman
• Mickey Rourke as Marv
• David Alex Ruiz as Thug #2
• Ryan Rutledge as Painted Cop
• Marley Shelton as The Customer
• Jeff Schwan as Louie
• Korey Simeone as Priest #2
• Nick Stahl as Roark Jr./Yellow Bastard
• Paul T. Taylor as Assistant DA
• Scott Teeters as Lenny / Benny
• Ken Thomas as Bozo #2
• Rico Torres as Cop #2
• Makenzie Vega as Nancy, Age 11
• Arie Verveen as Murphy
• Patricia Vonne as Dallas
• Shaun Wainwright as Doctor
• Chris Warner as Bozo #3
• Bruce Willis as Hartigan
• Elijah Wood as Kevin
• Danny Wynands as Big Mercenary
• J.D. Young as Store Employee
  

Story Line:"Sin City" is infested with criminals, crooked cops and sexy dames, some searching for vengeance, some for redemption and others, both. The film incorporates storylines from three of Miller's graphic novels including 'Sin City,' which launched the long-running, critically acclaimed series, as well as 'That Yellow Bastard' and 'The Big Fat Kill.' Where Hartigan, a cop with a bum ticker and a vow to protect stripper Nancy. Marv, the outcast misanthrope, is on a mission to avenge the death of his one true love, Goldie; there's also Dwight, the clandestine love of Shelley who spends his nights defending Gail and her Old Towne girls from Jackie Boy, a dirty cop with a penchant for violence.
Sin City comes to life on the screen directly off the pages of Frank Miller's comic book series. Sin City (Basin City) is a violent city where the police are crooked, crime is rampant in the streets, and the women are beautiful and deadly. The film is a collection of three story lines that connect all the characters to Sin City. The main character is Marv (Mickey Rourke) a street thug who is framed for the murder of a gorgeous and kind prostitute, Goldie (Jaime King), while she was asleep in his bed. To avenge the death of Goldie, Marv sets out on a mission of violence where no one better get in his way. The second storyline is Dwight (Clive Owen) a friend and old flame of the head of the Sin City hookers, who gets caught up in the killing of a corrupt cop and must cover it up to save the girls. The third storyline is about a policeman, Hartigan (Bruce Willis), who was only one hour away from early retirement, but instead of retiring, is shot and arrested and put in jail for 8 years for a crime he didn't commit.

Movie: Departed
Year: 2006
Language: English
Genre: Action, Crime, drama, Thriller
Director: Maritn Scorsese
Cast:
Leonardo DiCaprio ... Billy Costigan
Matt Damon ... Colin
Jack Nicholson ... Costello
Mark Wahlberg ... Dignam
Martin Sheen ... Queenan
Ray Winstone ... Mr. French
Vera Farmiga ... Madolyn
Anthony Anderson ... Brown
Alec Baldwin ... Ellerby
Kevin Corrigan ... Cousin Sean
James Badge Dale ... Barrigan
David O'Hara ... Fitzy (as David Patrick O'Hara)
Mark Rolston ... Delahunt
Robert Wahlberg ... Lazio - FBI
Kristen Dalton ... Gwen
Story Line: Movie:
In South Boston, the state police force is waging war on Irish-American organized crime. Young undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate run by gangland chief Frank Costello. While Billy quickly gains Costello's confidence, Colin Sullivan, a hardened young criminal who has infiltrated the state police as an informer for the syndicate, is rising to a position of power in the Special Investigation Unit. Each man becomes deeply consumed by his double life, gathering information about the plans and counter-plans of the operations he has penetrated. But when it becomes clear to both the mob and the police that there's a mole in their midst, Billy and Colin are suddenly in danger of being caught and exposed to the enemy-and each must race to uncover the identity of the other man in time to save himself. But is either willing to turn on the friends and comrades they've made during their long stints undercover? Written by Anonymous
Two just-graduated officers from Massachusetts State Police Academy follow opposite sides of the law: Billy Costigan is assigned to work undercover with the Irish mobster Frank Costello to get evidences to arrest him. His true identity is only known by his superiors Dignam and Oliver Queenan. The protégée of Costello, Colin Sullivan, is promoted in the Massachusetts State Police and is the informer of Costello. Each police officer gives his best effort trying to disclose the identity of the other "rat". Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Years ago, a powerful Irish mafia figure placed a small selection of his youngest, brightest men into the Massachusetts State Police Academy as cadets. Their purpose is to eventually rise within the prestigious ranks of the state police department, to serve as the eyes and ears of their boss. While somewhere else, a young cadet was assigned with an equally dangerous task: infiltrate the Irish syndicate headed by the man sending in his own to the Massachusetts State Police. Now, one cadet is an up and coming police official with a torn allegiance to his job and to the criminal mastermind that put him there. While the other cadet is the trusted number two of that man, only finding his professional duties are becoming blurred with his current state. But new clues have lead to unfortunate discoveries, when both sides realize they're being watched by the enemy.

Movie: GRACE
Year: 2009
Language: English
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Director: Paul Solet
Cast: Jordan Ladd, Gabrielle Rose, Samantha Ferris

Story Line:
Madeline Matheson is eight months pregnant and determined to deliver her unborn child, Grace, naturally. When an accident leaves the baby dead inside her, Madeline insists on carrying the child to term. Weeks later, when she delivers, the baby miraculously returns to life, but after returning home, Grace’s health begins to deteriorate. When the baby’s appetite for milk is replaced by a more sinister hunger for human blood, Madeline must make a mother’s ultimate decision and discover how far she is willing to go to save her child.