As promised, the list of recommended movies. They are in no particular order
- Gone with the wind
- Sound of music
- Casablanca
- Citizen Cane
- Gosford Park
- The King’s speech
- The Green Mile
- Fucking Åmal
- Fanny and Alexander
- The Matrix
- Chariots of Fire
- Il Postino
- As Good as it gets
- Cinema Paradiso
- The Untouchables
- Finding Forrester
- Rainman
- Silence of the Lambs
- ET
- The Big Blue
- Out of Africa
- 4 Weddings and a Funeral
- Lord of the Rings
- Dirty Dancing
- Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
- Enemy at the Gate
- The Pianist
- Amelia from Montmartre
- A Clockwork Organe
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Next
- Deliverance
- Deer Hunter
- Doctor Zhivago
- Titanic
- Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- The Seventh Seal
- The Godfather
Some that I recommend are
- Galaxy Quest
- The Last Remake of Beau Geste
- Tropic Thunder
- The Reader
- Winter’s Bone
- Brokeback Mountain
- Shawshank Redemption (this one is often voted the best movie of all time)
- A Star is Born
- The Bang Bang Club
- Invictus
- Cry Freedom
If you would like to read more about certain movies or actors Wikipedia.org and imdb.com are good places to start. And there are always ‘top lists’ like this one
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_considered_the_best
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