Movies

I always liked to watch movies. I like the foreign and/or independent ones. When I was in Paraguay it was difficult to find the ones I wanted to watch because the video rental stores didn't have unusual movies, they just had the ones everybody wanted to rent like Hollywood production. I won't say all the movies made in Hollywood are bad, but I really prefer the simple-complicated stuff. Not too many guns, good dialogues. Now that I have a wonderful internet connection, I'm on a quest for good movies. Here's my list of some "better than average" movies.

- La vita e bella/Life is beautiful (1997) Wonderful italian movie about the WW2 and how a simple man gives his son a happy life during the war.
- The Matrix (1999) I liked the part one, maybe my geek side liked it ;) "There's no spoon". I liked the "philosophy" on it.
- Hable con ella/Talk to her (2002) Director Pedro Almodovar's spanish movie about a guy in love with a coma patient. I love the music in it.
- Requiem for a dream (2000) If I never planned to take drugs, after watching this movie I assured I wouldn't do it.
- Se7en (1995) Bloody but goody.
- Back to the future (1985) If someone said the sagas aren't good, this is an exception.
- The Goonies (1985) An adventure movie that is a must when you're a kid.
- Gattaca (1997) Futuristic movie, I liked the story.
- Pulp Fiction (1994) No comments needed. This movie is number 95 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies
- Fight Club (1999) "You are not your job. You are not how much money you have in the bank. You are not the car you drive. You are not the contents of your wallet. You're not your fucking khakis. You are the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world." - Tyler Durdeen.
- Forrest Gump (1994) This movie has a wonderful quote "I might be dumb but I know what is love" - Forrest
- The Sixth Sense (1999) You shouldn't believe all that you see.
- Almost Famous (2000) I love this movie, I don't know if it is because I love music, but I found this movie worthy of watching many times.
- Memento (2000) What can you do if you can remember only 10 minutes of your life?
- Lost Highway (1997) A movie you need to analyse to understand. And after you analyse it you have to analyse it again
- Cinema Paradiso (1989) Italian film about the magic of the movies.
- Lord of the Rings (2001-2002-2003): Who doesn't know about this saga? Everything is perfect but I prefer the book... I loved the book when I read it, and I didn't want to wait 3 years to see all the movies, but after these years, I stay with my "imaginary scenes".
- The Shawshank Redemption (1994) An excellent drama about an innocent man that was condemned for killing his wife.
- Face/Off (1997) Action movie with a bit of sf. A criminal and a police have their faces switched and their lives as well.
- Thirteen (2003) Drama about the problems of adolescence. I thinks this is closer to the reality than other movies that just show an immature bunch of kids.
- The Hole (2001) English movie. The first 40 minutes are kind of boring, but the switch of the story is really good. How many truths are there?
- Bedazzled (2000) A romantic comedy that shows that what you want is not always what you deserve. It made me laugh, smile and think a bit.
- Cidade de Deus/City of God (2002) A brazilian movie about the reality in the "fabelas". Shocking, a bit excessive but close to the reality that we are blinded to.
- Das Experiment/The Experiment (2002) German movie based on a true story of an experiment held in a prison to study the human behaviour.
- Lola rennt/Run Lola Run (1998) A good action movie, it's different and entertaining. German movie.
- Amelie (2001) French movie about Amelie Poulain, a girl with a great imagination. No bad situations, sometimes it's nice to see happy movies.
- Girl with a pearl earring (2003) The story behind a painting of Johannes Vermeer; "Girl with a pearl earring" has a beautiful photography and even though the story is not vivid, the beauty of the scenes are worthy.
- Amores Perros (2000) Love, hate and dogs are put together in this mexican movie. I don't know about the subtitles, but I saw it in spanish and I liked the movie.
- Abre los ojos/Open your eyes (1997): A spanish movie by Alejandro Amenabar. Abre los ojos is a psychological thriller about the power of the human mind to bend and break reality. The movie "Vanilla Sky" was based on this movie.
- 50 First Dates (2004) Romantic, comedy version of "Memento". About a girl who can remember only one day of her life and a guy who fell in love with her and has to deal with it. Fun and nice.
- Shaolin Soccer (2001) Chinese movie, it's so silly that makes you laugh the whole movie. I reccommend it :P
- The Ring (2002) I liked this movie better than the original version. Maybe because the story was clearer and I found it a bit scary.
- Final Destination 1 & 2 (2000-2003): Something wasn't good about the movies, but it made me be more careful about what I do because death could be anywhere.
- Cube (1998) and Cube 2: Hypercube (2002): Low budgeted sci fi movies but the story is so good that it overcomes the problem.
- The Butterfly Effect (2004) I like the philosophy of the movie, but they could have made it better.
- The Fast and the Furious (2001): I just love the cars, no good story. I could watch it many times just to hear the engines.

These are the ones I remember now, reccommend me any because I'm always in search for good movies :)