Good Movies You would Recommend Others to Watch

**Surya** · 29th July 2005, 01:40 AM

Fareinheight 9/11 - Micheal Moore

Supersize Me - Morgan Spurlock

Dawn of the Dead

Out of Sight

More Later...

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**Thiru** · 29th July 2005, 06:37 PM

Proof of Life was another good movie with Russel Crowe and Meg Ryan in the lead.. The movie might remind you of Roja at times but has a well-knit screenplay...I dont think this movie was a big hit when it came out..

**Surya** · 31st July 2005, 01:19 AM

No it wasn't a hit. I remember watching it on TBS after only a few months of it's theatrical release. It is a good movie!

**Nerd** · 31st July 2005, 06:39 AM

21 Grams - I watched this movie recently.. Its an amazing movie revolving around 3 characters and their lives and they end up together... Manirathnam certainly took some inspiration from this movie when making 'aayudha ezuthu'.. I would recommend this movie to any 'Drama' movie lover..

Very true Thiru

Just saw the movie.. Incredible performance by those three pivotal characters.. Esp. Sean Penn.. He was terrific in dead man walking and this performance is no less...

btw, DMW is another amazing movie, if someone hasnt watched it yet, I would highly recommend it.. 8)

**ramsri** · 1st August 2005, 03:23 PM

great thread, thiru! been waiting for someone to start something on these lines, and only stumbled upon this thread today ...

anyway, my initial contributions:

1. The Color of Money (Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio)
washed out pool champion 'fast' eddie felson (newman) runs into the prodigiously talented vincent (cruise) and takes him under his wing. But as vince becomes a big hit on the circuit, cracks develop between the two, prompting eddie to make a comeback as a player to prove that he still has the fire. check out this film - it has some of the most amazing pool table sequences ever put on film. i think paul newman won an oscar for this - not sure.

2. Awakenings (Robert De Niro, Robin Williams)
a bunch of deathbed patients in a hospital miraculously return to consciousness after extended periods in coma. De Niro is awesome as a terminally ill victim savouring his last few days, while Williams is uncharacteristically subtle as the genial doctor trying desperately to connect with his patients.

3. JFK (Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Oldman, Kevin Bacon)
a brilliant, controversial reconstruction of the events leading up to the kennedy assassination, told through the eyes of jim garrison (costner), the attorney who reopens the case six years after it was officially closed. this is one for the ages - an all-time classic.

more later ...

**Sinthiya** · 2nd August 2005, 08:09 AM

I AM Sam. Saw it on TV for the x # of times yesterday. Sean Penn was amazing in the movie. An emotional movie, and it was well done!

Closer. Jude Law (

); Clive Owen, Natalie Portman and Julia Roberts acted well. It's a twisted love story between the four. It's different and interesting to understand the complexities of each character. I thought it was nicely done.

More to come...

**ramsri** · 2nd August 2005, 10:14 PM

Originally Posted by Sinthiya

I AM Sam. Saw it on TV for the x # of times yesterday. Sean Penn was amazing in the movie. An emotional movie, and it was well done!

hmmm ... wasn't 'I am Sam' remade into a hindi flick with ajay devgan in the lead? i think the film came out not so long ago ... anyone seen it?

**ramsri** · 2nd August 2005, 10:26 PM

addition to the list -

- Witness (harrision ford, kelly mcgillis)
ford is an FBI agent assigned to investigate a high-profile murder case, in which a 10-year old boy is the key witness. good storyline, fast-paced ... great thriller overall. i think the kamal film 'Soorasamharam' was loosely based on this.

- Bruce Almighty (jim carrey, morgan freeman, jennifer aniston)
not what you might call an all-time great film, but very entertaining nevertheless. great concept of a real-life loser getting to play God for a while, and the hilarious situations that ensue as a result.

another film with a somewhat similar theme is 'Oh! God' - a 1970s comedy starring john denver as the loser and george burns as God.

NM · 3rd August 2005, 12:25 PM

Unchained melody and Ghost are two touching movies that I enjoyed and still hv tears in my eyes when I watch them!

**abbydoss1969** · 3rd August 2005, 08:22 PM

You guys watch such serious movies!
What about 1. Go west by Groucha marx
2. Shot in the Dark in pink panther series by Peter sellers. Any body liked them?