Interesting Movies I would recommend owning
A mixed verity of movies I have found entertaining and unique.
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- DirectorEnki BilalStarsLinda HardyThomas KretschmannCharlotte RamplingIn the distant future, Earth is occupied by ancient gods and genetically altered humans. When a god is sentenced to death he seeks a new human host and a woman to bear his child.One of the fist movies to combine live actors with CGI characters and CGI backgrounds to tell a story of Egyptian Gods, humans and mutants trying to exist in the future.
- DirectorLuc BessonStarsAnne ParillaudMarc DuretPatrick FontanaConvicted felon Nikita isn't going to jail; she's given a new identity and trained, stylishly, as a top secret spy/assassin.Convicted felon Nikita, instead of being executed for killing a police officer, is given a new identity and trained, stylishly, as a top secret spy/assassin.
- DirectorLuc BessonStarsJean RenoGary OldmanNatalie Portman12-year-old Mathilda is reluctantly taken in by Léon, a professional assassin, after her family is murdered. An unusual relationship forms as she becomes his protégée and learns the assassin's trade.Professional assassin Leon reluctantly takes care of 12-year-old Mathilda, a neighbor whose parents are killed, and teaches her his trade. Natalie Portman in her first movie is great.
- DirectorJames McTeigueStarsHugo WeavingNatalie PortmanRupert GravesIn a future British dystopian society, a shadowy freedom fighter, known only by the alias of "V", plots to overthrow the tyrannical government - with the help of a young woman.A shadowy freedom fighter known only as "V" uses terrorist tactics to fight against his totalitarian society. Upon rescuing a girl from the secret police, he also finds his best chance at having an ally
- DirectorJacques TatiStarsJacques TatiNathalie PascaudMicheline RollaMonsieur Hulot comes to a beachside hotel for a vacation and accidentally, but good-naturedly, causes havoc.Monsieur Hulot comes to a beachside hotel for a vacation, where he accidentally (but good-naturedly) causes havoc. You don't need to speak Frenchto enjoy this movie.
- DirectorFred M. WilcoxStarsWalter PidgeonAnne FrancisLeslie NielsenA starship crew in the 23rd century goes to investigate the silence of a distant planet's colony, only to find just two survivors, a powerful robot, and the deadly secret of a lost civilization.This is the movie that got me interested in SiFi.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsBrigitte HelmAlfred AbelGustav FröhlichIn a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences
- DirectorLouis MalleStarsBrigitte BardotJeanne MoreauGeorge HamiltonSomewhere in Central America in 1907: Maria II is the daughter of an Irish terrorist. After her father's death, she meets Maria I, a singer in a circus. She decides to stay with the circus, and on her debut as a singer, she unintentionally invents the strip-tease and makes the circus famous. Then they accidentally meet a socialist revolutionary and find themselves leading a revolution against the dictator, the capitalists and the Church.A western of sorts with Brigitte Bardot as a terrorist who likes to blow things up who meets Jeanne Moreau, a dancer and they invent the strip tease.
- DirectorJules DassinStarsMelina MercouriPeter UstinovMaximilian SchellA conman gets mixed up with a group of thieves who plan to rob an Istanbul museum to steal a jewelled dagger.A small-time con-man with passport problems gets mixed up with a gang of world-class jewelry thieves plotting to rob the Topkapi museum in Istanbul. Not your typical caper film.
- DirectorPeter CollinsonStarsMichael CaineNoël CowardBenny HillA comic caper movie about a plan to steal a gold shipment from the streets of Turin by creating a traffic jam.The original is always better than the remake. This movie literally leaves you hanging.
- DirectorSergio LeoneStarsHenry FondaCharles BronsonClaudia CardinaleA mysterious stranger with a harmonica joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.Henry Fonda is one of the most dangerous villains in the old west. He shoots a kid. A truly great western
- DirectorRalph NelsonStarsCary GrantLeslie CaronTrevor HowardDuring World War II, a man persuaded to live on an isolated island and spot aircraft finds himself responsible for a teacher and several students, all female."It looked like a Snake"
- DirectorNeil JordanStarsPeter O'TooleDaryl HannahSteve GuttenbergWhen a hotelier attempts to fill the chronic vacancies at his castle by launching an advertising campaign that falsely portrays the property as haunted, two actual ghosts show up and end up falling for two guests.Peter O’Toole wants people to believe his castle is haunted only to discover it really is by Liam Neeson and Daryl Hannah.
- DirectorGary SinyorStarsDavid ArtusKevin FurlongNicholas SelbySpoofs Merchant-Ivory films: Aunt Agnes (Prunella Scales) tries to force Emily (Georgina Cates) to marry boring Cedric Trilling (Robert Portal) by taking her to Italy and India in hopes will forget about handsome George (Sean Pertwee).A satire on all those old Merchant and Ivory films about stuffy old Englishmen, a twist on Jane Austin and a jab at Chariots of Fire. It is very funny.
- DirectorWalter HillStarsMichael ParéDiane LaneRick MoranisA mercenary is hired to rescue his ex-girlfriend, a singer who has been kidnapped by a motorcycle gang.A musical of sorts with bikers and sledge hammers and the music is very enjoyable.
- DirectorMel BrooksStarsZero MostelGene WilderDick ShawnA stage-play producer devises a plan to make money by producing a sure-fire flop.Mel Brooks should have never remade his own movie. This is very funny and after the “Springtime for Hitler” song the look on the faces of the people in the theater is priceless.
- DirectorHal NeedhamStarsKirk DouglasArnold SchwarzeneggerAnn-MargretFacing hanging, a bank robber makes a deal with the corrupt banker to avoid execution in exchange for a dirty assignment.A roadrunner cartoon set in the old west with live people and Arnold Schwarzenegger as Handsome Stranger who was named for his father of course.
- DirectorTerence YoungStarsAudrey HepburnAlan ArkinRichard CrennaA recently blinded woman is terrorized by a trio of thugs while they search for a heroin-stuffed doll they believe is in her apartment.If Alan Arkin had not had not terrorized Audrey Hepburn he might have earned an Academy Award nomination.
- DirectorDario ArgentoStarsJessica HarperStefania CasiniFlavio BucciAn American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.A newcomer to a fancy ballet academy gradually comes to realize that the staff of the school are actually a coven of witches bent on chaos and destruction.
- DirectorRichard BenjaminStarsPeter O'TooleMark Linn-BakerJessica HarperAn aging, dissolute matinee idol is slated to appear on a live TV variety show in 1954, and a young comedy writer is tasked with the thankless job of keeping him ready and sober for the broadcast.Did Mel Brooks really get his start in Show Biz this way?