Let's help people fill their Netflix queues!

I'm open to suggestions but I thought I'd share a list of some perhaps lesser-knowns or probably-missed movies that I think are awesome and you (everyone) might enjoy...


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The Thing


This is a horror movie from the 80s starring Kurt Russell -- make sure you get the one from the 80s as there are several versions which are all good apparently - but this is the one I like.

It's VERY scary and Kurt Russell is super bada$$. Lots of jumpy-scare moments -- so if you don't like that kind of thing skip this... but if you are into being scared this is a great, fun movie.


Zodiac


Seriously one of my favorite movies of the last five years that A LOT of people missed. It's one of those movies that has EVERYONE in it. Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr. -- but also Anthony Edwards, Chloë Sevigny, Adam Goldberg.

It's directed by David Fincher who just did The Social Network -- if you want to see WHY there's such a hype around that movie -- rent this. It's a detective/mystery movie about the Zodiac killer who was a serial killer in the 1970s. So great.

Book of Eli


Denzel and Gary Oldman (another one of my favorites) in this movie about a man named Eli who is on a cross-country adventure in a post-apocalyptic world. Interesting and smart twist at the end -- I still want to see this again.

Hotel Rwanda


Don Cheadle is a hotel manager is Rwanda during the Civil War that broke out there in the 90s. He risks his and his family's life to save over 1,000 of the refugees that are in hiding. Such a heartbreaking movie -- but everyone should really see it.




Other movies...so that my post doesn't get even more huge and blabbering:

The Mosquito Coast (Harrison Ford)
District 9
Zombieland
A Single Man (Colin Firth)
Cold Souls (Paul Giamatti)
Adam
Gorillas in the Mist
The Prestige (Director Christopher Nolan 'Dark Knight' and 'Inception' Starring Christian Bale, Scarlett Johanson, Hugh Jackman)

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Here is my alphabetical list of my 30 favorites that I recommend to everyone with a netflix account. Some are pretty popular but there are quite a few unknowns that most people usually haven't yet seen or heard of.

-Akeelah and the Bee
-Almost Famous
-Bend It Like Beckham
-Big
-Big Fish
-Black Snake Moan
-Casablanca
-The Cider House Rules
-The Cove
-Garden State
-Hackers
-The Kite Runner
-La Misma Luna (Under the Same Moon)
-Little Miss Sunshine
-Lost in Translation
-March of the Penguins
-Maria Full of Grace
-Meet Joe Black
-Memoirs of a Geisha
-Moon
-The Motorcycle Diaries
-Newsies
-The Notebook
-Pleasantville
-The Prestige
-Rain Man
-Secondhand Lions
-Sliding Doors
-Sunshine Cleaning
-Tuesdays with Morrie

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-Inception
-My Name Is Khan

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-Pan's Labrynth
-Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas
-Love, Actually
-Law Abiding Citizen

ETA: -Black Dynamite: It's a satire of the 1970's 'blaxsploitation' films and it's ridiculous.

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Magnolia
Punch Drunk Love
Nice Guy Johnny
Defending Your Life

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Donnie Darko
The Rules of Attraction
Closer

ETA: I heart Garden State as well...

and also Eyes Wide Shut and A Clockwork Orange for any Kubrick fans out there.

and Momento (another Christopher Nolan movie) - so confusing but love it.

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Closer

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Loooooooooooooooove this movie. This movie is the reason for my obsession with Damien Rice.

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Closer

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Loooooooooooooooove this movie. This movie is the reason for my obsession with Damien Rice.

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AHHHHH ME TOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!