Recommendations.md

Must Watch

• Adaptation

  Kaufman
  Nicolas Cage, Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper
  Charlie Kaufman is hired to write the screenplay for a book about flowers.

• The Big Lebowski

  Coen and Coen
  Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi
  A case of mistaken identity and a ruined rug

• Baraka

  Ron Fricke
  An amazing look at life across the world. Breathtaking visuals.

• Battle Royale

  A classic. Over population and unruly children force the adults to take drastic action. Somewhat gory but fun.

• Hollywood Ending

  Woody Allen
  Woody Allen, Téa Leoni
  Once big time director finally has another chance to make a big film when the stress causes him temporary blindness.

• Being John Malkovich

  Kaufman
  John Malkovich, John Cusack, Cameron Diaz
  Ever wanted to be someone else?

• The Number 23

  Joel Schumacher
  Jim Carrey, Virginia Madsen
  The idea that the number 23 holds some cosmic significance plagues Walter Sparrow as he reads a book by a mysterious author.

• Dr Horrible's Sign-along Blog

  30 minutes of great internet TV with Nathan Fillion, Neil Patrick Harris and Felicia Day. You can find this on youtube.com so go watch it now!!

• Primer

  Independent film
  A group of scientists build a machine with unforeseen properties.

• The Game

  David Fincher
  Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger
  What do you get for the man who has everything?

Other Highly Recommended

• Children of Men

  Alfonso Cuaron
  Clive Owen, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Julianne Moore, Clare-Hope Ashitey
  The youngest person on earth was 18 years old.

• Donnie Darko

  Richard Kelly
  Jake Gyllenhaal, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mary McDonnell, James Duval, Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze
  The world will end in 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds.

• Wicker Park

  Paul McGuigan
  Josh Hartnett, Rose Byrne, Matthew Lillard, Diane Kruger
  Matthew is soon to be married when he thinks he sees the girl of his dreams who he hasn't heard from in 2 years. The truth is revealed as the story unfolds from various perspectives.

• Tron

  Steven Lisberger
  Jeff Bridges
  Classic 80s sci-fi. Hacker enters a computer :D and embarks upon an epic adventure to return to the real world.

• Hackers

  Iain Softley
  Jonny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, Mathew Lillard
  Classic 90s sci-fi. Hackers attempt to prevent the spread of a computer virus.

• O Brother, Where Art Thou?

  Coen and Coen
  George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman
  Nice soundtrack. Unpredictable series of humorous coincidences.

• The Prestige

  Christopher Nolan
  Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine
  Two rival magicians each puzzle over the other's techniques. Can you work it out before the end of the movie?

• Hero wanted

  Brian Smrz
  Cuba Gooding Jr.
  A man is haunted by memories of saving a child from a vehicle sinking into a lake. When he is helpless to save a someone during a bank robbery he decides to take revenge.

• Melinda and Melinda

  Woody Allen
  Radha Mitchell, Will Ferrell, John Lee Miller, Chiwetel Ejiofor
  Is the nature of human existence comedy or tragedy?

• Deconstructing Harry

  Woody Allen
  Woody Allen, Richard Benjamin, Kirstie Alley, Billy Crystal
  A novelist who thinly disguises his own life in his books starts hallucinating his fictional characters.

• Everything you always wanted to know about sex but were afraid to ask

  Woody Allen
  A series of funny sketches about sex.

• Cidade de Deus (City of God)

  The escalation of gang culture in Rio de Janeiro. Violence begets violence. Good vs evil.

• Brazil

  Terry Gilliam
  Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Robert De Niro, Bob Hoskins, Michael Palin, Ian Holm
  Set in a future where bureaucracy has gone mad. A fly falls into a machine and causes the wrong man to be arrested with disastrous consequences. Pretty weird.

• Synecdoche, New York

  Kaufman
  Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener
  Prize winning theatre director plans an autobiographical play set in a life-size replica of New York.

• Push

  Paul McGuigan
  Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning, Camilla Belle, Djimon Hounsou
  Cold war experiments on mental abilities such as telekinesis, remote viewing and telepathy, etc. were successful. Their children are now teenagers and are discovering their new abilities.

• Fargo

  Coen and Coen
  William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Frances McDormand, Peter Stormare
  Be careful what you wish for.

• A Scanner Darkly

  Richard Linklater
  Rory Cochrane, Robert Downey Jr., Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder
  Live action rendered in a comic book style. Based on a Philip K Dick book. Spooky soundtrack.

• Serenity

  Joss Whedon
  Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite, Sean Maher, Summer Glau, Ron Glass, Chiwetel Ejiofor, David Krumholtz
  Cowboys in space. You should watch Firefly first.

• Good Dick

  Marianna Palka
  Marianna Palka, Jason Ritter
  Independent film. An interesting look at an unconventional relationship.

Documentaries

• Best Worst Movie

  A documentary about the worst movie every made.

• Helvetica

  A documentary about art and design in the modern world.

• King of Kong

  A documentary about the video game King Kong.

TV

• Firefly (TV)

  Joss Whedon
  Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite, Sean Maher, Summer Glau, Ron Glass
  Cowboys in space

• Castle (TV)

  Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic
  Mystery writer helps solve crimes. Hilarious.

• Avatar: The Last Airbender (TV)

  The power to control the elements is bestowed upon a chosen few.