MyMovies: Must See (Picks 5)
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- DirectorNeill BlomkampStarsSharlto CopleyDavid JamesJason CopeViolence ensues after an extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth finds a kindred spirit in a government agent exposed to their biotechnology.41) After "Children of Men" (2006), this is the next great, and highly important, must-see sci-fi/action film of the 21st century.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsChristian BaleJohn MalkovichMiranda RichardsonA young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation of China during World War II.42) One of the best movies about World War II, and is one of my favorite Steven Spielberg films; a pre-"American Psycho" Christian Bale stars as the main character - a young boy held captive by the Japanese.
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsNaomi WattsViggo MortensenArmin Mueller-StahlA teenager who dies during childbirth leaves clues in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.43) David Cronenberg's most accomplished mainstream movie, yet? I think so.
- DirectorKevin SmithStarsBrian O'HalloranJeff AndersonMarilyn GhigliottiA day in the lives of two convenience clerks named Dante and Randal as they annoy customers, discuss movies, and play hockey on the store roof.44) Kevin Smith directed "Clerks." There's nothing PC about this ambitious debut feature, as the explicit sex-related dialogue initially got the film an "NC-17," which was successfully appealed to an "R."
- DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsIvana BaqueroAriadna GilSergi LópezIn the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.46) The most original fairy tale I've seen in years.
- DirectorSergio LeoneStarsClint EastwoodEli WallachLee Van CleefA bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.47) Clint Eastwood is the western genre's most iconic film star; before properly sending the genre off with "Unforgiven" in 1992, "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (1967) was the grandfather of all great westerns.
- DirectorAng LeeStarsJake GyllenhaalHeath LedgerMichelle WilliamsEnnis and Jack are two shepherds who develop a sexual and emotional relationship. Their relationship becomes complicated when both of them get married to their respective girlfriends.48) The greatest love story ever: painful, heartfelt, and moving. This should have won Best Picture for 2005.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCary GrantEva Marie SaintJames MasonA New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt.49) "North by Northwest," a thrilling, chilling, action-adventure masterpiece!
- DirectorEdgar WrightStarsSimon PeggNick FrostMartin FreemanAn overachieving London police sergeant is transferred to a village where the easygoing officers object to his fervor for regulations, all while a string of grisly murders strikes the town.50) The best buddy-cop satire ever made, from those same guys who made "Shaun of the Dead" (2004)!