The DU Lounge

Justice wanted

(2,657 posts) Sat Mar 10, 2012, 01:05 AM Mar 2012

IF you could only suggest one movie for someone to watch what would be the movie?

For me... It would be the one movie with a happy ending that makes me cry (Don't ask me why it does but I always cry at the end even though it is a happy ending.) and shows Rosalind Russell's full range.

Auntie Mame.

44 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

IF you could only suggest one movie for someone to watch what would be the movie? (Original Post) Justice wanted Mar 2012 OP

Showgirls (1995) LonePirate Mar 2012 #1

Gina Gershon Is Topless for About 25% of that Movie Yavin4 Mar 2012 #9

John Sayles' "Lone Star." Ron Green Mar 2012 #2

A very nice film, indeed. aikoaiko Mar 2012 #35

No. 1 on imdb is pretty good jakeXT Mar 2012 #3

Lawrence of Arabia bluedigger Mar 2012 #4

My first thought as well... (nt) petronius Mar 2012 #16

"Nightmare Before Christmas" HopeHoops Mar 2012 #5

I love the Movie Giantsfootball10 Mar 2012 #6

It would depend on who the person was WhoIsNumberNone Mar 2012 #7

Tombstone Amerigo Vespucci Mar 2012 #8

Boondock Saints AtomicKitten Mar 2012 #10

DARYL! nt alphafemale Mar 2012 #12

To Kill a Mockingbird alphafemale Mar 2012 #11

That would be my pic nt nadine_mn Mar 2012 #39

Ah...so hard to pick just one. RiffRandell Mar 2012 #13

My first thought as well... CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2012 #15

Lost In America... EmeraldCityGrl Mar 2012 #14

Three movies that come first to mind are all ultimately about perseverance and hope: MiddleFingerMom Mar 2012 #17

as someone else said ..... it depends on the person grasswire Mar 2012 #18

I've seen almost all the movies you have listed but let me ask are you thinking of Wilder/Mostel Justice wanted Mar 2012 #19

well I love Nathan Lane but not so fond of Matthew Brodderick grasswire Mar 2012 #20

I hate to say it...It depends on my mood. They are in a sense two different movies One being Justice wanted Mar 2012 #23

"Plan 9 from Outer Space" (1959) directed by Ed Wood. Lionel Mandrake Mar 2012 #21

My go-to movie is always.... pink-o Mar 2012 #22

My Cousin Vinny Motown_Johnny Mar 2012 #24

Immortal Beloved graywarrior Mar 2012 #25

Dr. Strangelove. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2012 #26

Spaceballs... JSnuffy Mar 2012 #27

Amadeus Noodleboy13 Mar 2012 #28

Great movie! Logical Mar 2012 #41

Duck Soup ... surrealAmerican Mar 2012 #29

12 Angry Men Go Vols Mar 2012 #30

Gone With the Wind femmocrat Mar 2012 #31

so many... Dead Man Walking dana_b Mar 2012 #32

Shawshank Redemption lunatica Mar 2012 #33

+1000 Logical Mar 2012 #40

I like to throw out The Last Temptation of Christ on these lists. aikoaiko Mar 2012 #34

The man who would be king. JoePhilly Mar 2012 #36

Latcho Drom greendog Mar 2012 #37

Besides a few already listed---The Green Mile. Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #38

The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam (2005) Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2012 #42

The African Queen. kath Mar 2012 #43

mulholland drive pitohui Mar 2012 #44

LonePirate

(13,427 posts)

1. Showgirls (1995)

Reply to Justice wanted (Original post)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 01:27 AM

Mar 2012

Showgirls is a movie that is so bad that it circled around back to good and has become a classic.

Yavin4

(35,443 posts)

9. Gina Gershon Is Topless for About 25% of that Movie

Reply to LonePirate (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 01:16 PM

Mar 2012

That alone makes it a classic.

Ron Green

(9,823 posts)

2. John Sayles' "Lone Star."

Reply to Justice wanted (Original post)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 01:29 AM

Mar 2012

aikoaiko

(34,177 posts)

35. A very nice film, indeed.

Reply to Ron Green (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 09:52 PM

Mar 2012

jakeXT

(10,575 posts)

3. No. 1 on imdb is pretty good

Reply to Justice wanted (Original post)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 08:51 AM

Mar 2012

http://www.imdb.com/chart/top

Shawshank Redemption

bluedigger

(17,087 posts)

4. Lawrence of Arabia

Reply to Justice wanted (Original post)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 09:59 AM

Mar 2012

petronius

(26,602 posts)

16. My first thought as well... (nt)

Reply to bluedigger (Reply #4)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 02:17 PM

Mar 2012

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

5. "Nightmare Before Christmas"

Reply to Justice wanted (Original post)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 10:47 AM

Mar 2012

Giantsfootball10

(74 posts)

6. I love the Movie

Reply to Justice wanted (Original post)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 12:57 PM

Mar 2012

"A scent of a Woman" My all time favorite.

WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts)

7. It would depend on who the person was

Reply to Justice wanted (Original post)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 01:04 PM

Mar 2012

A few from the short list:
Alien
Casablanca
Excalibur
Yellow Submarine
2001
Trainspotting

Amerigo Vespucci

(30,885 posts)

8. Tombstone

Reply to Justice wanted (Original post)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 01:14 PM

Mar 2012

Pretty much anything you need to know about life can be found in that movie.

AtomicKitten

(46,585 posts)

10. Boondock Saints

Reply to Justice wanted (Original post)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 01:27 PM

Mar 2012

alphafemale

(18,497 posts)

12. DARYL! nt

Reply to AtomicKitten (Reply #10)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 01:54 PM

Mar 2012

alphafemale

(18,497 posts)

11. To Kill a Mockingbird

Reply to Justice wanted (Original post)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 01:53 PM

Mar 2012

It shows the absolute best and worst of us.

"hey, Boo."

nadine_mn

(3,702 posts)

39. That would be my pic nt

Reply to alphafemale (Reply #11)

Sun Mar 11, 2012, 01:22 AM

Mar 2012

RiffRandell

(5,909 posts)

13. Ah...so hard to pick just one.

Reply to Justice wanted (Original post)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 01:56 PM

Mar 2012

Shawshank Redemption came to my mind first.

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,656 posts)

15. My first thought as well...

Reply to RiffRandell (Reply #13)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 02:06 PM

Mar 2012

EmeraldCityGrl

(4,310 posts)

14. Lost In America...

Reply to Justice wanted (Original post)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 02:01 PM

Mar 2012

But others would be,

The Accidental Tourist
Fargo
The Deer Hunter
Kitchen Stories ( a sweet little Swedish film)
Waterworld, thought by most to be the worst film ever made and I still love it.

MiddleFingerMom

(25,163 posts)

17. Three movies that come first to mind are all ultimately about perseverance and hope:

Reply to Justice wanted (Original post)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 03:50 PM

Mar 2012

.
.
.
1. Shawshank Redemption
.
2. Trainspotting
.
3. Big Fish
.
.
.

grasswire

(50,130 posts)

18. as someone else said ..... it depends on the person

Reply to Justice wanted (Original post)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 04:00 PM

Mar 2012

If the person is somewhat like me:

Victor Victoria
O Brother Where Art Thou
Night On Earth
Cinema Paradiso
Last Emperor
Topsy Turvy
Life Is Beautiful
Derzu Usala -- Akiro Kurisawa

But I would assume that someone like me has already seen those.

If I had to recommend one movie to any one random person, it could be:

The Producers

Off the top of my head, that is. So many movies!!

And I actually don't really care for Shawshank Redemption.

Justice wanted

(2,657 posts)

19. I've seen almost all the movies you have listed but let me ask are you thinking of Wilder/Mostel

Reply to grasswire (Reply #18)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 04:04 PM

Mar 2012

version or The Lane/Broddrick version?

grasswire

(50,130 posts)

20. well I love Nathan Lane but not so fond of Matthew Brodderick

Reply to Justice wanted (Reply #19)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 04:25 PM

Mar 2012

Which one do you like better?

Another funny movie to recommend might be "To Be Or Not To Be"

Justice wanted

(2,657 posts)

23. I hate to say it...It depends on my mood. They are in a sense two different movies One being

Reply to grasswire (Reply #20)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 04:56 PM

Mar 2012

more comedy one being a musical. Both are excellent (I do understand your feeling about Brodderick. It did take me a while to get use to his acting style. )
Hmmm.

I do like Mel Brook's version of the movie and not the older version.

(Mom and Grandmom always had AMC when it was American Classic Movies and Turner Classic movies so I grew up seeing all kinds of older movies.)

Lionel Mandrake

(4,076 posts)

21. "Plan 9 from Outer Space" (1959) directed by Ed Wood.

Reply to Justice wanted (Original post)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 04:46 PM

Mar 2012

Just kidding.

You can tell from my user name what my real answer is.

pink-o

(4,056 posts)

22. My go-to movie is always....

Reply to Justice wanted (Original post)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 04:48 PM

Mar 2012

Harold and Maude!

Motown_Johnny

(22,308 posts)

24. My Cousin Vinny

Reply to Justice wanted (Original post)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 05:21 PM

Mar 2012

it always makes me laugh

graywarrior

(59,440 posts)

25. Immortal Beloved

Reply to Justice wanted (Original post)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 05:24 PM

Mar 2012

or Citizen Kane.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,780 posts)

26. Dr. Strangelove.

Reply to Justice wanted (Original post)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 06:05 PM

Mar 2012

JSnuffy

(374 posts)

27. Spaceballs...

Reply to Justice wanted (Original post)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 07:47 PM

Mar 2012

Noodleboy13

(422 posts)

28. Amadeus

Reply to Justice wanted (Original post)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 08:01 PM

Mar 2012

peace,
Noodleboy

Logical

(22,457 posts)

41. Great movie!

Reply to Noodleboy13 (Reply #28)

Sun Mar 11, 2012, 01:36 AM

Mar 2012

surrealAmerican

(11,362 posts)

29. Duck Soup ...

Reply to Justice wanted (Original post)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 08:18 PM

Mar 2012

... or, maybe Airplane, or The Pink Panther.

If you only have access to one movie, I'd want to be sure it could make you laugh every time.

Go Vols

(5,902 posts)

30. 12 Angry Men

Reply to Justice wanted (Original post)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 08:24 PM

Mar 2012

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)

31. Gone With the Wind

Reply to Justice wanted (Original post)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 08:49 PM

Mar 2012

I've watched it several times. It defines "epic" IMO.

dana_b

(11,546 posts)

32. so many... Dead Man Walking

Reply to Justice wanted (Original post)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 09:08 PM

Mar 2012

was a great one. Others have mentioned Shawshank and I agree with that one too. Also most Clint Eastwood directed movies. of course there is always Spinal Tap.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)

33. Shawshank Redemption

Reply to Justice wanted (Original post)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 09:47 PM

Mar 2012

I think it's one of the best movies ever made.

Logical

(22,457 posts)

40. +1000

Reply to lunatica (Reply #33)

Sun Mar 11, 2012, 01:35 AM

Mar 2012

aikoaiko

(34,177 posts)

34. I like to throw out The Last Temptation of Christ on these lists.

Reply to Justice wanted (Original post)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 09:48 PM

Mar 2012

Its epic, challenged the status quo, had a great sound track, made me think about an alternative reality, and Scorsese directed it.

Great dialog between Judas (Harvey Keitel) and Jesus (Willem Defoe).

Jesus: Judas, my brother, I have something to tell you. I have a terrible secret from God. You know why I came to Jerusalem?
Judas: Yes. This is where the revolution is going to begin.
Jesus: Last night, Isaiah came to me. He had a prophecy, I saw it written. It said, "He has borne our faults; he was wounded for our transgressions, yet he opened now his mouth. Despised and rejected by all, he went forward without resisting, like a lamb led to the slaughter."
Judas: I don't understand.
Jesus: Judas, I am the lamb. I'm the one who's going to do.
Judas: Die? You mean you're not the Messiah?
Jesus: I Am.
Judas: That can't be. If you're the Messiah, why do you have to die?
Jesus: Listen, at first, I didn't understand myself...
Judas: No, *you* listen. Every day, you have a different plan. First it's love, then the ax, and now you have to die. What good could that do?
Jesus: God only talks to me a little at a time and tells me as much as I need to know.
Judas: We need you alive!
Jesus: Now I finally understand! All my life-all my life, I've been followed by voices, by footsteps, by shadows. And do you know what that shadow is? The cross. I have to die on the cross, and I have to die willingly. We have to go back to the temple.
Judas: And after you die on the cross, what happens then?
Jesus: I come back to judge the living and the dead.

I remember leaving the theater thinking if this had been the Jesus of the bible, I could have believed.

JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)

36. The man who would be king.

Reply to Justice wanted (Original post)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 09:58 PM

Mar 2012

greendog

(3,127 posts)

37. Latcho Drom

Reply to Justice wanted (Original post)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 10:08 PM

Mar 2012

No plot. No dialog. Just beautiful visuals and music.

&feature=share

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)

38. Besides a few already listed---The Green Mile.

Reply to Justice wanted (Original post)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 10:27 PM

Mar 2012

That movie evokes so much emotion in me. And a moral lesson.

Manifestor_of_Light

(21,046 posts)

42. The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam (2005)

Reply to Justice wanted (Original post)

Sun Mar 11, 2012, 01:37 AM

Mar 2012

gorgeous movie about Omar Khayyam and his present day descendants living in Houston. Made by an Iranian. About the importance of family traditions. has Rade Serbedzija and Moritz Bleibtreu.

Also has Vanessa Redgrave.

www.greatomar.com

kath

(10,565 posts)

43. The African Queen.

Reply to Justice wanted (Original post)

Sun Mar 11, 2012, 02:16 AM

Mar 2012

The recently restored version is absolutely gorgeous.

pitohui

(20,564 posts)

44. mulholland drive

Reply to Justice wanted (Original post)

Sun Mar 11, 2012, 02:35 PM

Mar 2012

i assume you mean *i* can recommend only one movie, not that the person can only watch one movie

obv. if this is the only movie the person is ever gonna watch, they have no visual vocabulary and i would have to offer something with a simple narrative line but assuming a normal person with a decent background in viewing film who wants a recommend then mulholland drive is probably the choice

or maybe lost highway

Reply to this discussion