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Highly Recommended Movies List

(Pink Highlighted means a very special, meaningful must-see movie)

Highly Recommended Movies: (print out without background and take list to video store or Netflix)

Drama/Message Movies:
Sci-Fi / Fantasy:
Foreign:
A Few Good Men Ferris Bueller's Day Off Pan's Labyrinth The Abyss  
A Hard Day's Night Field of Dreams Patch Adams Bladerunner All About My Mother
A Beautiful Mind Fierce Grace Pay It Forward Brainstorm Amelie
About A Boy Finding Neverland Philadelphia Bridge to Tarabithia Barbarian Invasions
Adaptation Forrest Gump Phoebe in Wonderland Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind Central Station
Almost Famous The Game (intense) The Piano Cocoon The Chorus
Amadeus Gandhi Playing By Heart Contact Cinema Paradiso
American Beauty  The Golden Compass Pleasantville Dead Zone (not scary) Departures (Japan)
Amistad  Good Night & Good Luck Powder Dune Enchanted April
An American President Good Will Hunting Pretty Woman Enemy Mine The Full Monty
Australia Grand Canyon Prince of Tides E.T. Hero (Chinese)
AVATAR The Green Mile The Rainmaker The Fellowship of the Ring IL Postino (The Postman)
Babel Greystoke, Lord of the Apes Regarding Henry The Fifth Element Jodhaa Akbar
Before Sunrise Groundhog Day

Restoration

Ghost King of Masks
Before Sunset Harry Potter  (All of them) Romeo and Juliet Hangar 18 Kolya
Being John Malkovich Hearts in Atlantis Room with a View Highlander (1) Life Is Beautiful
Being There High Fidelity The Saint Lord of the Rings Trilogy Like Water for Chocolate
Benny & Joon Holy Man Scent of a Woman MATRIX   Trilogy Man Facing Southeast
Big Fish The Horsewhisperer Sea Biscuit Raiders of the Lost Ark Monsoon Wedding
The Big Kahuna The House of D Sex, Lies & Videotape Return of the King Motorcycle Diary
Billy Elliot I Am Sam Shakespeare In Love The Seventh Sign My Life as a Dog
Braveheart (but violent) I Heart Huckabees Shawshank Redemption The Sixth Sense Nowhere in Africa
The Bucket List In America Sirens Solaris RedBeard (1965)
The Breakfast Club Instinct (Anthony Hopkins) Six Degrees of Separation Star Trek 1,2,3,4,6 & Nemesis Samsara
Bridge To Tarabithia Jerry McGuire Slingblade (intense) Star Trek 2009 The Sea Inside
Brokeback Mountain Just Between Friends Smoke Signals Star Wars Movies (all 6) Secrets & Lies
Chain Reaction The King and I Somewhere in Time Stargate Shall We Dance? (Japan)
Changing Lanes K-PAX  Stand By Me Starman Shirley Valentine
Chariots of Fire Last Samurai Stepmom Superman 1 Shine
Chocolate Les Miserables (1998) Syriana Terminator 2

Sliding Doors

Citizen Ruth Letters from Iwo Jima The Tao Of Steve Total Recall Slumdog Millionaire
The Color Purple Life As A House This is It (Michael Jackson) The Two Towers Story of the Weeping Camel
Coraline Little Miss Sunshine Thumbsucker V for Vendetta Strangers in Good Company
Cider House Rules LORD OF THE RINGS (all 3) Thunderheart Watchmen Talk to Her
Crash Magnolia Traffic 2010 The Way Home
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Man from Snowy River Tuesdays with Morrie   Three Seasons
Dances With Wolves Man in the Iron Mask Vanilla Sky   Tsotsi
Dangerous Beauty Man on Wire The Visitor   Whale Rider
The DaVinci Code Man Without a Face Wall Street   Wings of Desire
Day of the Dolphin Manchurain Candidate (2004) Weeds  
Dead Man Walking Meet Joe Black What Dreams May Come    
Dead Poet's Society Michael What the Bleep Do We Know?    
The Devil's Advocate Miss Potter What About Me?  (2008 UK)
Divine Secrets of Ya-Ya Monster's Ball White Squall    
The Doctor My Left Foot Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill    
Don Juan DeMarco My Life Winged Migration    
Edward Scissorhands Nell Yellow Submarine    
The Emperor's Club The Notebook Yes (2004 excellent drama)    
Erin Brockovich On Golden Pond (500) Days of Summer    
Eternal Sunshine One Giant Leap      
Fairytale: A True Story Ordinary People    
     
       
 More further below
Horror:
(for those who like it)
Imporant   Documentaries
Watch many great documentaries FREE online here!
Children (of all ages):
Everyone should see these and share them with others:
Babe
Good Movie & Scary: The 11th Hour The Money Masters (watch free online!) Black Stallion
Alien 2 America, From Freedom to Fascism The Oil Factor Bolt
Bram Stoker's Dracula (Gary Oldman) Bill Moyers - The Secret Government OutFoxed  Chicken Run
The Changeling Capitalism - A Love Story The Power of Nightmares (watch free online!)   Ever After
Jacob's Ladder Carlyle Group * (watch free online!) The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (watch free online!) Fantasia
Interview with a Vampire The Century of Self (BBC 4 episodes) Sicko   Little Lord Fauntleroy 
Poltergeist The Corporation ** Speaking Freely Vol 1 - John Perkins (must see!!!)   Mary Poppins
  Earthlings (watch free online!) Speaking Freely Vol 3 - Ray McGovern (must see!!!)   Monsters Inc.
  Enron (watch free online!) Speaking Freely Vol 4 - Chalmers Johnson (must see!!!)   The Neverending Story
  Fahrenheit 9/11 The Story of Stuff
(watch free online - 22 mins)
  Pinocchio (Disney)
  FLOW (about water) Super Size Me    Princess Mononoke
  Food, Inc. (must see!!!) Trudell   Ratatouille
  From Science to God by Peter Russell The US vs John Lennon   The Secret Garden
  Howard Zinn  Walmart   Shrek 1 & 2
  Home Why We Fight   Sound of Music
  An Inconvenient Truth  The World According to Monsanto (watch free online!)   Spirited Away
  The Yes Men   Up
  Jesus Camp Zeitgeist & Addendum (watch free online!)   Wizard of OZ
  Kymatica (watch free online!)      
  Orwell Rolls in His Grave      

*  Carlyle Group - Must see documentary documentary online exposing information on the Bush group and the Carlyle Group - the brains and money behind the Military-Industrial complex - those who profit hugely from war. This is important information for all to know about. A good film to tell all your friends to see.

** The Corporation - If you could only see one movie, see this one. It reveals information every human needs to know about our world. Watch this and share it with others. Sames goes for Why We Fight and Food, Inc. and Capitalism A Love Story! - Must see by everyone - tell everyone to see it.

Why We Fight -  This is a MUST SEE documentary about the Military-Industrial Complex.  Information that needs to be known by every American about our country and what is really running things. Just go see it and get the DVD and share it with people. Here is some more details about it: http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=8484

Honorable Mention - VERY worth seeing:
The Accidental Tourist Coach Carter Ever After The Lost Boys Saved!
Agatha of God The Commitments EXistenZ Mass Appeal Silkwood
Altered States Conan, the Barbarian Family Man Men in Black Silver Bullet
Always Conspiracy Theory Fearless Metropolis (1984 Georgio Moroder)
Andromeda Strain The Constant Gardener Firestarter Million Dollar Baby Sleepless In Seattle
Angels in America The Contender The Five People You Meet in Heaven Mission to Mars Sluth (Michael Caine)
A Time to Kill Crocodile Dundee (1) Flatliners My Fair Lady South Pacific
A Trip to Bountiful The Crying Game Fried Green Tomatoes Mystic Pizza St. Elmo's Fire
A Walk in the Clouds Cyber Wars (Australian) Fright Night National Velvet Steel Magnolias
Back to the Future Dad Ghost Story Norma Rae Terms of Endearment
Big Dark City Gladiator Nothing In Common Thelma & Louise
Das Boot Guess Who's Coming to Dinner October Sky Titanic
The Big Chill The Day After Tomorrow The Hurricane Off the Map Thank You For Smoking
Bliss Dead Again Identity One Flew Over The Cucoo's Nest Tootsie
The Boy Who Could Fly Deep Impact Italian For Beginners Phantom of the Opera The Truman Show
Bulworth Defending Your Life Karate Kid Phenomenon 12 Monkeys
Children of a Lesser God Dirty Dancing Kiss of the Spider Woman Pieces of April War Games
Children of Men Dragonfly Lady In The Water Pulp Fiction What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
China Syndrome Dragonslayer Lawnmower Man Rainman Wonder Boys
City of Hope Driving Miss Daisy Last Temptation of Christ Robin and Marion You Can Count On Me
City Slickers 1 Educating Rita The Lion in Winter Rocky Young Sherlock Holmes

Ratings for current or recent movies at theaters or new on DVD:


 AVATAR  Best Film I have ever seen!  
 Capitalism - A Love Story   documentary MUST SEE!  Vantage Point
 SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE  Changeling
 What About Me? 2009 British Music Documentary  Revolutionary Road
 This is It (Michael Jackson)  The Dark Knight
 Departures   Kung Fu Panda
 The Visitor   Dan in Real Life
 Food, Inc. documentary MUST SEE!  Twilight
 Australia  Twilight 2 New Moon
 Star Trek 2009  Nim's Island
 Watchmen (great story but extreme violence)  Spiderwick Chronicles
 Man on Wire documentary  Inkheart
 Secret Life of Bees  Prince Caspian
 Milk  Wall-E
 Happy Go Lucky  State of Play
 Doubt  Seven Pounds
 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix  Terminator Salvation
 Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince  Angels & Demons
 Bolt  Iron Man
 The Love Guru  Yes Man (Jim Carrey)
 I Love You Man  
 2012 d  Wolverine
 Awake  Bruno   Way out there, but not as funny as Borat
 Mama Mia  Outlander
 Tropic Thunder  The Day the Earth Stood Still 2008
 Gran Torino  Knowing
 The Wrestler  Quantum of Solace
 Frost/Nixon  Flightplan
 Wendy and Lucy  Hancock Not worth watching
 The Reader  Taken Not worth watching
 Sita Sings the Blues (Indian Cartoon)  Sex in the City Not worth watching
 Frozen River  Echelon Conspiracy Not worth watching
 Taking Woodstock  Dragonball Evolution Not worth watching
 Curious Case of Benjamin Button  District 9 Not worth watching
   The Hangover Not worth watching

Tell me if you think I missed something worth telling people about. I will check it out first.

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