Most recent was eXistenZ and i can sincerely recommend it along with ANY david lynch production and any other movie of the confusing genre... including the top-notch movie primer

Hell, I work for an independent arthouse in my city, so I could dole out recommendations all day. Kelly Reichardt's two earlier films before Meek's Cutoff, "Old Joy" and "Wendy and Lucy" and definite recommendations from me.

Jim Jarmusch is arguably the most important American film-maker out there from the 80s onward. I'd say the whole current "mumblecore" movement owes everything to 70s Mike Leigh and Jarmusch's "Stranger than Paradise." His entire oeuvre is fantastic; check out "Down by Law," "Mystery Train," "Night on Earth." Its been said that Jim is more interested in what happens during the pauses between action scenes in a film, than the action itself. He'd rather see the film that's not in the film. And it shows particularly in his early work.

John Sayles is another important monolith of American independent film. "Matewan", based on the West-Virginia coal miners' strike, is a must-see, and I also think "Silver City", and "Honeydripper" are criminally underrated.

Gus Van Sant is one of those directors who still bothers to make independent films in a very minimalist, cinema verite style after having obtained mainstream success ("Good Will Hunting"). His "Death Trilogy," "Gerry," "Last Days," and "Elephant" are his most essential work, in my opinion, though "Drugstore Cowboy" is probably his best introductory film.

Julian Goldberger is an American film-maker that I have to give a shout out to. He's only made two films, but his second one, "The Hawk is Dying," I thought was a tremendous effort, and Paul Giamatti's best work. I didn't know there was such a thing as swampy, "redneck noir," until I saw that film.

Brad Anderson is a canadian film director, like David Cronenberg, so technically doesn't apply, but his early work encompasses some great indie gems: "Next Stop Wonderland," one of the better rom-coms I've ever seen (in that it isn't plucky, placating, sentimental drivel) with prime-of-her-career Hope Davis, and "Session 9", perhaps the best "horror" film I've ever seen, in that it emphasizes horror more as a state of mind, a state of regret, than a boogeyman. Also it helps that it takes place entirely in the late, great, Kirkbride 19th-century asylum building Danvers State Hospital.

Love him or hate him, misanthropic cult director Todd Solondz always makes provocative, darkly satirical takes on American bourgeois society and values, in a way that makes Sam Mendes' overrated "American Beauty" seem trite and obvious by comparison. Check out his work "Welcome to the Dollhouse," "Happiness" and "Storytelling". He's a rare example of a man whom I sort of loathe for his outlook and relentless pessimism, but respect the hell out of for his art.

Whit Stilman is another cult american director who makes sardonic movies gently skewering the American bourgeoisie, though with very different sensibilities and a far lighter (and funnier) touch than Todd Solondz. Check out: "Metropolitan," "Barcelona," and "Last Days of Disco," which is probably his most popular, with early performances by Chloe Sevigny and Kate Beckinsale (before her "Underworld" stage).

I'll stop now. That should be enough to whet your palate. There are many indie films out there that are "one-off" efforts by mostly unknown directors, who came from obscurity, got noticed by larger studios, and could accrue the funding for one film that failed to make a splash (or there follow-up lost money) and they sort of faded away. "Shadow of the Vampire," a revisionist retelling of the myth behind the making of F. W. Murnau's 1922 "Nosferatu," is like that for me, one of my favorite American films.

I guess if your name isn't Jean-Pierre Jeunet, you're shit out of luck. His latest "Micmacs" was one of the loudest, most whimsical pieces of phantasmagoria I've ever seen.

Never a borrower nor a lender be. ;-)

I saw The Magnificent Seven recently, it's by far the best western I have ever seen. Highly recommended.

Blade Runner. Go watch it. Watch it now!

Great ! You gave me more than I was expecting. Thx a lot !

The sound of music (1965, USA). Excellent movie.
If I want to whistle, I whistle (2010, Romania). Interesting and disturbing movie. I don't really know what to think of it. The end of the movie is quite surprising.

Oldboy. Great movie.

The Crow: Brandon Lee is great and it's a pity this film is getting a remake. :(
Piranha 3D: This film sucked. I got tired of the amount of boobs and pathetic CGI real fast. Turned into a comedy for me.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series: Epic series with awesome action sequences and brilliant acting.

Cinema Paradiso

I love Movies about Movies™

Battle Royale - awesome film. watched this about 4 or 5 times now. I would recommend this film to anyone. In fact i've passed it around my work colleagues for them to try out. Just hoping they're not ignorant and diss the film for having subtitles.

I've got this one implanted in my brain. I watch it constantly.
Heck, I even play it now and then

I just saw Last Man Standing a couple nights ago, I was surprised how well it turned out. Highly stylized with an interesting cast. Plus, Christopher Walken playing a mentally unhinged mad man, how can you go wrong with that?

I finally saw The Naked Gun...genius. Pure genius.

Best scene has to be when Leslie Nielsen is interrogating the dock foreman and they keep exchanging his money to bribe each other.

Yesterday's thread about favorite space movies got me to thinking about whether or not John Carpenter's 1981 version of The Thing starring Kurt Russell would qualify as a space movie. I suppose not since it was set in the Arctic, so I didn't put it on my list. But it is a fave of mine. And sure enough, serendipity stepped in and the movie was on cable last night. I watched it and remembered just why I like the movie so much.

If you're a fan of the sci-fi genre and haven't seen this movie, do so. If you've seen it before, but haven't seen it recently, refresh yourself with it. It's a worthy 90 minutes.

Childs: "He's gotta sleep some time."

MacCready (cradling dynamite to his chest): "Yeah, well I'm a real light sleeper, Childs. Anyone messes with me, and we all go."

Classic.

An absolute classic. One of my favourite films of all time, definitely in the top 10. Not sure what to think about the upcoming prequel. Hope they do the orginal justice!