Monday, October 3, 2011

FÜBBtastic Movies [Recommended Viewing List]

The following movies have been CERTIFIED DOPE by MC FÜBB (in alphabetical order, several start with "The"):

50/50
A Clockwork Orange
A History of Violence
A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Time to Kill
Absentia
Alien
Aliens
American Beauty
American History X
American Mary
Army of Darkness - Bruce Campbell, campiness, hilarity.
Antiviral - A look at futuristic society sickeningly obsessed with celebrities.
Audition (WARNING - extremely graphic/disturbing)
Austen Powers - International Man of Mystery
Bad Boy Bubby - Pretty messed up and disturbing at times, but overall unique and triumphant.
Batman
Batman Begins
Beetlejuice
Black Snake Moan
Black Swan
Blazing Saddles
Blood Diamond
Blue Velvet
Boiler Room
Brazil
Byzantium
Carrie
Casino
Casino Royale
Chained
City of God
Clean, Shaven - A unique tragedy portraying the life of a man suffering from schizophrenia.
Cold Fish
Contracted - This is a gross one.
Cool Runnings
Defiance
Deliverance - Dueling banjos anyone?
District 9
Dogtooth (Kynodontas) - A well-made experiment in the absurd.
Donnie Darko
Do the Right Thing
Drag Me to Hell - Another fun horror offering from Sam Raimi.
Drive
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Eastern Promises
Edward Scissorhands
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Evil Dead
Falling Down
Fargo
Fight Club
Forrest Gump
Fruitvale Station
Full Metal Jacket
Ghostbusters
Glory
Goodfellas
Gran Torino
Groundhog Day
Half Baked
Halloween 
Happiness
Heartless
Hotel Rwanda
Ichi the Killer (WARNING - extremely graphic/disturbing)
Inception
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Inglourious Basterds
Ironman
I Saw the Devil - Pretty violent and bloody.
Jacob's Ladder
John Dies at the End - Low budget but good fun for the whole family!
Jug Face
Kill Bill Volume 1
Kill Bill Volume 2
Kill List - Good British thriller with a creeptacular twist ending.
King of New York
King of the Ants
Lake Mungo - Creepy mockumentary horror that left me feeling quite uneasy by the end.
Let Me In - Surprisingly great remake of "Let the Right One In."
Let the Right One In
Life of Pi
Little Children - Suburban dystopia, unfaithfulness, great acting.
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Life is Beautiful
Memento
Meet the Parents
Men Behind the Sun (aka Squadron 731) (WARNING - extremely graphic/disturbing)
Misery
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python's Life of Brian
Monty Python`s The Meaning of Life
Napolean Dynamite - "What are you drawing?" ... "A liger."
No Country for Old Men
Office Space
Oldboy
Old School
Pan's Labyrinth
Paths of Glory
Pet Sematary 
Requiem for a Dream
Poltergeist
Poltergeist II: The Other Side - Mostly because of the creepy old man/poltergeist "Kane."
Predator
Prisoners
Psycho
Pulp Fiction
Raging Bull
Repulsion
Red State
Resevoir Dogs
Resolution
Rosemary`s Baby
Rounders
Saving Private Ryan
Scarface
Schindler's List
Seven (aka Se7en)
Sin City
Sleepers
Society - Mostly just weird and campy, but the ending makes it all worth it.
Snatch
Spiderman 2
Star Trek
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
Straw Dogs
Take Shelter
Taxi Driver
The Battery - A different kind of Zombie apocalypse movie; more about the relationship between the two main characters than anything else.
The Big Lebowski
The Client
The Constant Gardener
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight Rises
The Departed
The Devil's Backbone
The Evil Dead
The Evil Dead II
The Exorcist
The Fly
The Fugitive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
The Hurt Locker
The Innkeepers
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (except for the super-long lame ending)
The Matrix
The NeverEnding Story - Word to Falcore!
The Pianist
The Shawshank Redemption
The Shining
The Silence of the Lambs - "Hello, Clarice..."
The Sixth Sense
The Skin I Live In - Antonio Banderas in a twisted psychological horror.
The Social Network
The Tenant
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Thing
The Town
The Usual Suspects
The Warriors
The Woman - A real sick movie this is.
Thirst - Good vampire movie.
Traffic
Trainspotting
Transsiberian
Triangle
Troll Hunter
Twins
Unforgiven
V for Vendetta
Valhalla Rising - Eerie, atmospheric, visually engrossing, horrifically violent.
We Are What We Are - This is a remake; never saw the original but I read good stuff about it as well.
Welcome to the Dollhouse - It's like Napolean Dynamite, but before Napolean Dynamite, and probably a bit more awkward to watch.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
X-Men: First Class

This list is being edited on an ongoing basis. If you have a suggestion, please leave a comment. If you'd like some commentary on why any of these films made the list, just ask!


5 comments:

  1. cant wait to check these out!

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  2. check out parents
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098068/?ref_=tt_rec_tti
    here is a MUST see not so known classic

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  3. one of the most intense horror films ive seen and its from the late 60s
    hour of the wolf
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063759/?ref_=sr_1

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  4. heres another cult gem "possession"
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082933/?ref_=tt_rec_tti

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