I have a friend who never watches movies.

She can pretty much count the number of movies she has seen on her fingers. I have decided to change that. We've watched all of the X-Men movies and Fifth Element. Do you have any other must-see movies that we can watch together? I want her too see all of the good ones,for interest's sake.

 

Stephen King's It
Amazing Spider-Man
Batman Begins
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight Rises
The Avengers
Iron Man
The Incredible Hulk
Thor
Captain America
Iron Man 2

 

Ah, superhero movies. I was going to start on those too. I just need to convince her that streaming won't kill her laptop...

I've never seen It. What's it about?

 

Although I do like those movies (and comics in general), "must see" is pretty much the last thing that would come to my mind to describe them. The first movie I would show her ... huh ... how about Forrest Gump ?

 

I'm not much of a movie person, so I don't know any good ones. I just wanted to know what's streaming?

 

Streaming is when you go onto the internet and watch movies, without downloading. Youtube does this, but the good streaming sites have full movies, regardless of copyright laws.

 

Pan's Labyrinth

Inception

Hugo

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

EVERY SINGLE STANLEY KUBRICK FILM

 

I think Inception is one of the few she's seen. I shall write down the rest though.

 

Spoiler

In the town of Derry, Maine, six-year old Georgie Denbrough is lured to a storm drain when his paper boat drops down into it. He encounters a seemingly friendly clown who calls himself "Pennywise the Dancing Clown." Pennywise tempts Georgie closer with promises of candy and balloons, exclaiming that they all float down into the sewer. He says that Georgie can float too (hinting at being a dead body) before revealing his true nature, grabbing him and viciously tearing his right arm off. His older brother Bill is overwhelmed with guilt for inadvertently sending Georgie to his death and is terrorized when his picture comes to life, giving him a stutter from the trauma.

He befriends several similar "misfits." One is Ben Hanscom, a loyal, determined, overweight and ingenious builder from a home broken after the death of his military father. He is terrorized by visions of his father trying to goad him into the sewer plant. Another is Eddie Kaspbrack, a hypochondriac, asthmatic boy who is frail and shy. Kaspbrack is taunted and harassed by Pennywise (who shows a strong dislike towards him for being "girly"), while attempting to shower at school.

The group later includes Beverly Marsh, a tomboy with an abusive father and a dead eye with a slingshot. She believes Bill's stories when her bathroom is destroyed by a geyser of blood that he helps clean up before her father gets home. Richie Toizer is a comedic red head who isn't afraid to stand up to the school bully, Henry Bowers, and his friends. He is a movie buff, which prompts Pennywise to attack him as the Wolfman. Mike Hanlon, an African American student facing a difficult time in the newly integrated school, often finds himself in the crosshairs of the racist Henry Bowers as well. A photography book comes to life showing him and the others Pennywise's history as he threatens the group. There is also Stan Uris, a Jewish boy scout and bird watcher, who is the last to see It that summer when he is trapped by a mummy in an abandoned house.

As each of them face their greatest fears (as well as Henry Bowers's harassment), they vow to avenge the deaths of Georgie and every other child killed by "It." They travel into the sewers followed by Henry, who is intent on murdering them for humiliating him. But instead, he witnesses the death of his best friend Belch in a manner that turns his hair completely white. Pennywise attempts to attack the children by separating them, but Eddie manages to wound him and Beverly drives him back by striking him with a silver slug made from one of Ben's silver dollars. Their job done, the seven vow to return some day if ever It returns. Meanwhile, Henry is arrested and sentenced to life in an asylum for confessing to the counts of murder of all the children.

1990

Mike had become the only member of the Losers Club to remain in Derry after the events of the 1960s. His memory of the events are still completely intact, and when he hears of the mysterious, unexplained death of a little girl (shown in the film's prologue), he begins to suspect It has returned. He calls up each of his friends, who have all become successful in their own right. Bill has become a horror novel writer married to a beautiful actress named Audra; Ben has become a famous architect as he'd always wanted; Beverly has become a fashion designer; and Richie has become a late night TV comedian. Eddie owns a successful limousine service and Stan has become a real estate broker. Having moved on into comfortable lives and having barely a glimmer of the memories of that summer, they are all traumatized by the memories awakened by Mike's phone calls. While they agreed to return as promised, Stan is unable to cope with the fear and kills himself.

Upon the return to Derry, their reunion is lighthearted until terrifying events unfold that test their resolve. Beverly encounters a kindly old woman in her old home who tells her that her father is gone, but the woman is more than she appears. Ben sees the skeleton of his father, which is still trying to get him to return to the sewers; later, the group's reunion dinner comes to life and tries to attack them. Pennywise, unable to kill them because his influence over them as adults is limited, sends Henry to do the job. Bowers manages to attack Mike and wound him, which forces Bill and others to consider another direct confrontation with the clown.

Meanwhile, Audra follows Bill to Derry but falls under the influence of It's "Dead Lights" and is made catatonic by him. As the five remaining "Losers" find their way to It's cave they are confronted by his true form; a massive, hideous spider-like creature that mortally wounds Eddie when he steps forward to save Ben and Bill's lives. Once again, Beverly is able to use her slingshot on the creature; this time the strike rings true and mortally wounds It. In their rage, Ben, Bill and Beverly slaughter and dismember it; they return to Eddie, who dies in their arms. They are able to leave, taking Eddie's body and the catatonic Audra with them.

In the aftermath, Mike marks his own fading memories of the past as a sign that It was truly destroyed that time, and the adult Losers Club can return to their lives as the memory of the traumatic events fades entirely. Beverly and Ben solidify their childhood crushes and get together, while Audra, still catatonic from her encounter, is coaxed back to life aboard Bill's old bicycle "Silver" when he takes her to outrun It's fading influence. All as it was, they realize that they can now move on with their lives and leave Derry behind.

 

btw, don't read the spoiler unless you want the whole damn movie ruined for you.

 

Scott Pilgrim vs The World
Fight Club
Tron
Tron:Legacy
The Fast and the Furious Pentology

 

my recommendations:
Batman 1989
Batman and Robin
Batman Begins
The Dark Knight
Spiderman 2
Superman Returns
Pirates otc 1
Pirates otc 2
Pirates otc 3
Inception
Titanic
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Juno
Iron Man
Argo
Saving Private Ryan
Finding Nemo
The Incredibles
The Iron Giant
Aladdin
The Lion King
Forest Gump
The Shawshank Redemption



I'm pretty sure I'm forgetting stuff but this should do

The reason I didn't put the other movies from the Burton continuity is because 1989 and B&R are polar opposites in terms of what is a good movie and what is an abomination. If you're trying to culture him you want to give him some examples of bad movies as well.

 

STAR WARS. EVEN THE PREQUELS, THEY HAVE THEIR MOMENTS. AND THEN SHE WILL APPRECIATE THE ORIGINALS MORE.

 

Pokemon the first movie.

Disney, Studio Ghibli films and LotR.

 

Fight Club

How to Train Your Dragon

Donnie Darko

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

The Breakfast Club

The Boondock Saints

Zack and Miri Make a Porno

October Sky

Brokeback Mountain

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Contact

Armageddon

 

The movie for Stephen King's It is honestly pretty terrible.

Watch:

The Thing (80's version)
Shaun of the Dead
I Am Legend (even though the ending's kinda lame)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Sinister

 

Tigger movie

:3

Or basically what everyone else said.

 

A selection of various random films I liked, some classics. You should have given us a genre to work with.

The Talented Mr. Ripley
Castaway on the Moon
Let The Right One In
Artificial Intelligence
The Sixth Sense
The Incredibles
L'illusionniste
Paper Moon
Casablanca
AKIRA
Alien

I haven't seen enough films myself.

 

Hunger Games

 

Seconding:
How to Train Your Dragon as you can see from my avatar my love for this film just a little bit unhealthy
The Iron Giant
Forrest Gump
Pan's Labyrinth
Inception
Scott Pilgrim
Alien
The Sixth Sense
+any Pixar, Disney, & Ghibli movies noted

Recommending:
Groundhog Day
Amadeus
Apocalypse Now
Little Miss Sunshine
Star Trek (2009) caveat: LENS FLARE OVERLOAD
Die Hard
Battle Royale
The Red Violin
When Harry Met Sally
Ferris Bueller's Day Off