Nobody has mentioned half of these
Life is Beautiful - It's an Italian film with subtitles so that isn't the proper name. Tells the story of a man protecting his son from the horrors of the concentration camps by pretending it's all a game. Explanations don't do it justice. It's the only film which can make me cry. Funny and sad. Brilliant.

Lars and the Real Girl - Man falls in love with sex doll isn't the best sounding synopsis, I agree, but this film is not to be missed. One of those "Wow, that was actually brilliant" films.

Atonement - equal parts creepy and sad. Old lady Briony is scarily delusional.

Fight Club - Pure awesome.

Troll 2 - The best of low budget shite. Stay away from towns called Nilbog.

Flags Of Our Fathers/Letters From Iwo Jima - By themselves, good. Together - wonderful, although Iwo Jima tended to drag out a little.

Edward Scissorhands - Sad. Their town is like normal on crack.

The Bothersome Man - A subtitled Norwegian/Icelandic film about a man who commits suicide. Upon waking up, he can't decide whether he's in heaven, hell or Norway. Macabre humour. A good look at our ideals of perfection.

Happenstance - Another French film featuring Audrey Tatou, quite similar to Amelie. Cute and feelgood.

Tsotsi - Another subtitled one. Brilliant.

Battle Royale - but the book was better.

That's all, for now anyway.
(Holy Gabrielle is Holy, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 3:57, Reply)