WURLI´s personal MOVIE RECOMMENDATIONS
Ying Xiong (Hero) |
2002 | IMDB Fantastic movie by Yimou Zhang - a must see !!! |
Eyes wide shut |
1999 | IMDB |
American Beauty |
1999 | IMDB |
A beautiful mind |
2001 | IMDB |
Dragonfly
|
2002 | IMDB |
Barry Lyndon |
1975 | IMDB One of the greatest films of Stanley Kubrick - although, all his films are great.... ;-) |
The usual suspects (Die üblichen Verdächtigen) |
1995 | IMDB Kevin Spacey... outstanding |
Bowling for Colombine |
2002 | IMDB |
Mullholland Drive |
2001 | IMDB |
Fight Club |
1999 | IMDB |
The Story of Joan of Arc (Johanna von Orleans) |
1999 | IMDB |
Starship Troopers |
1997 | IMDB |
Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain
|
2001 | IMDB |
The Big Lebowski |
1998 | IMDB |
The Fifth Element (Das fünfte Element) |
1997 | Two hundred and fifty
years in the future, life as we know it is threatened by the arrival of Evil. Only the
fifth element (played by Milla Jovovich) can stop the Evil from
extinguishing life, as it tries to do every five thousand years. She is helped by
ex-soldier, current-cab-driver, Corben Dallas (played by Bruce Willis), who is, in turn,
helped by Prince/Arsenio clone, Ruby Rhod. Unfortunately, Evil is being assisted by Mr.
Zorg (Gary Oldman), who seeks to profit from the chaos that Evil will bring, and his alien
mercenaries. Incredible beautiful and humorous film from my favorite director Luc Besson with cute Milla Jovovich and Bruce Willis. |
Contact (Kontakt) |
1997 | Contact, based on the
novel of the same name by Carl Sagan, is the story of a free thinking radio astronomer
(Jodie Foster) who discovers an intelligent signal broadcast from deep space. She and her
fellow scientists are able to decipher the Message and discover detailed instructions for
building a mysterious Machine. Will the Machine spell the end of our world, or the end of
our superstitions? Will we take our place among the races of the Galaxy, or are we just an
upstart species with a long way to go? By Robert Zemeckis, with Jodie Foster |
2001:
A Space Odyssey
|
1968 | A milestone film by Stanley Kubrick |
The
Name Of The Rose
|
1986 | Unusual film (to say
the least) based on Umberto Eco's best-seller With Sean Connery and Christian Slater |
A fish
called Wanda
|
1988 | John Cleese, Jamie Lee
Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin ROTFL! |
Young
Frankenstein
|
1974 | Gene Wilder, Peter
Boyle, Marty Feldman, Teri Garr, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Richard Haydn, Gene
Hackman By Mel Brooks - a fun-classic! |
Strange
Days
|
1995 | Ralph Fiennes, Angela
Basset, Juliette Lewis, Vincent D´Onofrio By Kathryn Bigelow and James Cameron, music by Skunk Anansie - a thrilling must! |
Léon
/ The Cleaner / The Professional
|
1994 | With Jean Reno, my favorite french actor |
Harvey
|
1950 | James Stewart gives one of his best performances as tippler Elwood P. Dowd, by Henry Koster |
Monty
Python and the Holy Grail
|
1975 | One of Monty Python´s best - watch out for the dialog between the king and the two guardians... |
Things to come |
1936 | Stunning visualization of H.G. Wells's depiction of the future, b/w SF-classic, rare broadcasts on TV |
A
Clockwork Orange
|
1971 | Classic with Malcom McDowell, by Stanley Kubrick |
High
Anxiety
|
1977 | Affectionate, well-made but uneven spoof of Hitchcock films, by Mel Brooks |
Muriel´s
Wedding
|
1994 | Not the simple, straight-ahead "feel good" movie you might expect, but a darker, more idiosyncratic comedy-drama about friendship, dreams, reality, and the joys of ABBA music. A very satisfying film, full of wonderful performances |
Capricorn
One
|
1978 | First manned flight to Mars turns out to be a hoax, incredible flight-stunts |
L´aile
ou la cuisse
|
1976 | Louis des Funes - one of his best |
Dragnet
|
1987 | Incredible comedy with Dan Akroyd, Tom Hanks, Christopher Plummer |
Trainspotting |
1996 | Choose life! |
When
Harry Met Sally
|
1989 | Billy Crystal, Meg
Ryan - full of great dialogue and knowing remarks about the way men and women view each
other Director Reiner's mother has the movie's single funniest line, at the end of the delicatessen scene |
Platoon
|
1986 | Penetrating first-person account of life on the line as a young soldier in the Vietnam War, by Oliver Stone |
Monty Python´s flying circus -live- at the Hollywood bowle |
1982 | Britain's bad boys invade Los Angeles with this madcap series of sketches and routines, including many old favorites. A must for Python aficionados |
The
Gods Must Be Crazy
|
1981 | Highly original, offbeat comedy about cultural clashes in Africa |
Chances are |
1989 | Surprisingly skillful blend of fantasy and romantic comedy manages to maintain its sweet-natured tone from start to finish |
Somewhere
in time
|
1980 | Romantic movie with Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour. Stilted dialogue, corny situations, pretty scenery (on Mackinac Island) |
Born
on the Fourth of July
|
1989 | Relentlessly realistic and powerful saga of real-life Vietnam vet Ron Kovic. Tom Cruise delivers a top-n, by Oliver Stone |
Rain Man |
1988 | Top-drawer performances from Dustin Hoffman, as the idiot savant, and Tom Cruise, as his selfish sibling, make this a must-see |
Revenge
|
1990 | Kevin Kostner, Anthony Quinn, Madeleine Stowe - love hard and die young, the short description, by Tony Scott |
The
Big Blue
|
1988 | As much a psychological study as a drama of athletic competition but who cares? Underwater photography is the main attraction here, and the pictures are incredible... |
Pulp Fiction |
1994 | Quentin Tarantino - what more do I have to say? |
True Romance |
1993 | Christian Slater, Dennis Hopper, Brad Pitt, Patricia Arquette, Christopher Walken. A 90s twist on the young-lovers-on-the-lam genre, with hedonism, highly stylized (but potent) violence, and colorful supporting characters (played by a knockout cast) the main ingredients. |
Forrest Gump |
1994 | Forrest becomes representative of the baby boomer generation having walked through life blindly - the top of the top with Tom Hanks |
Plan 9 From Outer Space |
1959 | Hailed as the worst movie ever made, by Edward D. Wood Jr. |
© 1998 Wurli • Revised: November 02, 2004