For A Few Dollars More (product link) Western / Action/Adventure This entry in the "Dollars" trilogy is a major improvement on the first. Even better direction, Morricone score, editing and acting helped a lot by veteran Lee Van Cleef... This movie is pure fun. Another must-see from Leone.
Duck, You Sucker (product link) Western / Action/Adventure Another spaghetti western classic from the master, Sergio Leone. starring Rod Steiger and James Coburn, who both shine. Great, eerie score by Morricone and awesome action scenes. Not the best of Leone's westerns but still light years ahead of anyone else. A must-see
Reservoir Dogs (product link) Crime / Drama A classic of the gangster genre. The acting, dialogue, directing and script are superb. Tarantino's low-budget debut is a masterpiece. A must-see.
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Tarantino's debut is still cool today. The movie has great dialogue
Aliens (product link) Science Fiction / Horror A classic almost on par with "The One". The action is amazing, the script is really good, and Weaver is better than ever. The alien-queen still looks incredible and the score by James Horner is striking. This movie is scary, funny and always entertaining. A must-see.
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I agree "Aliens" comes close to "Alien". James Cameron pumped up the series in a loud action packed way. The movie is a must-have I agree with your stuff.
Psycho (product link) Horror / Thriller This is the first and still the best slasher film. The script, acting, directing and score are exemplary. It's scary and funny and still surprising after all these years. A classic.
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The mother of all slasher films. The film is brilliant & still puts up scares today. The film is def. a classic & one of Hitchcock's greatest work.
Dawn Of The Dead [1978] (product link) Horror / Thriller A masterpiece. A terrific script and superb Savini effects, and Romero at the top of his game. The best Zombie movie ever. Watch it now!!
Alien (product link) Science Fiction / Horror A timeless classic. Amazing cinematography, exciting as hell, and a great score and a relentless ending. If monster movies are your thing, then this is as good as it gets.
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"Alien" is a classic. Nobody can beat the first, it's errie & amazing.
Warriors Two (product link) Martial Arts / Action/Adventure This is a perfect kung fu film: awesome fights, never a dull moment and near endless fightscenes. Casanova Wong is superb and uses his kicking skills to full effect (and what skills). Leung Kar Yan in his best role ever and Sammo in top figting form. It doesn't get better than this. As good as "Drunken Master".
Hard Boiled (product link) Action/Adventure / Bullet Ballet Superb heroic bloodshed movie. Tons of killer actions scenes. Chow is perfect and Leung is even better. John Woo at his best. Nearly as good as "The Killer". Dont miss this!!
Drunken Master (product link) Martial Arts / Action/Adventure This is as good as it gets. Near plotless movie with endless fighting. And the fighting is incredible. The two bouts between Jackie and Superkicker Whang Jang Lee are out of this world. Jackie never looked better.
The Martial Club (product link) Martial Arts / Action/Adventure Great Shaw Brothers classic starring Gordon Liu as Wong Fei Hung, with many superb fight scenes directed by Lau Kar Leung. A must-see.
Ong-Bak 2 (product link) Martial Arts / Action/Adventure Another kung fu classic from Tony Jaa. The man is even better than a young Jackie Chan (and that is something). The action is out of this world, the editing and camerawork both fantastic, and even the music is good. The plot of the movie seems somewhat choppy, but this is a surefire kung fu classic.
Tom Yum Goong (product link) Martial Arts / Action/Adventure A kung fu classic. The movie itself is not very good, but the fighting is better than anything else these days. Tony Jaa is by far the best kung fu guy right now.
The Day The Earth Stood Still [1951] (product link) Science Fiction / Drama A sci-fi classic with a message of peace, and the coolest robot in history. A must-see.
The Matrix (product link) Science Fiction / Martial Arts A clasic sci-fi-kung-fu-action movie. With the best-ever shootout scene (the one when Neo and Trinity go to rescue Morpheus). Great screenplay, acting, editing and a killer rock score. Don't miss.
Suspiria (product link) Horror / Thriller This is Argento's masterpiece. It is scary, atmospheric, gory, stylish as hell and has a superb hypnotic score by Goblin. See this if you like horror.
Down By Law [6-Disc Set] (product link) Comedy / Art A true cult classic. Beautiful black and white cinematography and typical witty Jarmusch dialogue. It is a slow but rewarding little movie and Benini is hilarious.
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Jarmusch is a unique director but I love his style
Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn (product link) Horror / Thriller A timeless horor-classic. The camerawork is extraordinary and so is the direction, and the pace never lets up. It is funny, demented, scary, and entertaining at the same time. It is a remake of the first one, but with a better budget and more asured filmmaking. A must-see.
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One of the best remakes ever made. Evil Dead 2 adds humor, gore, & scares in a fun offbeat way that entertains people today. I hear Ash is coming back for the 4th, I am def keeping my fingers crossed.
Predator (product link) Action/Adventure / Thriller This is easily one of Arnie's best movies. It is exiting, bloody, and boasts some amazing action scenes and a great score by Alan Silvestri. It starts off a little slow, but when the action starts it never slows down. See this.
Shaun Of The Dead (product link) Dark Comedy / Horror This movie has it all: it is funny, exciting, clever, and utterly charming. It is an homage to the old zombie movies, especially the Romero ones. The script is really good. This movie should be seen by all and many times.
Shaolin Challenges Ninja (product link) Martial Arts / Action/Adventure An excellent weapons movie by Lau Kar-Leung (who cameos as Begger So). Gordon Liu (sporting a wig) is brilliant and gets to fight with spear, sword and the three-section staff. The look of the movie and production value is splendid. There are many great fights and some humor in this this semi-classic from Shaws. A great buy.
Chocolate [2008] (product link) Martial Arts / Action/Adventure A pretty good movie with some awesome fighting in it. This girl knows how to fight. She kicks and flips all through the movie using little or no doubles. The action in this movie is spectacular and is probably only topped by Tony Jaa. Watch this if you like kung fu flix.
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YoMama is essentially correct. The action is only slightly inferior to Tony Jaa, while the other factors are superior.
Yes, its an awesome movie. I don't get these people who say the action sucked, or the story was lacking. The story was far better than Ong Bak, production values were better, and action just as entertaining.
Return Of The 5 Deadly Venoms (product link) Martial Arts / Action/Adventure A sure-fire classic with out of this world martial arts fights. More action than the first installment.
Five Deadly Venoms (product link) Martial Arts / Action/Adventure A kung fu classic mostly because of the ending, which contains no-holds-barred kung fu action from the five Venoms. The film starts of slow though, with almost no fighting. But when the fighting finally starts it is really good. Cool sets and unforgettable costumes.
The Death Duel Of Kung Fu [DOUBLE FEATURE] (product link) Martial Arts / Action/Adventure This is one of the best films starring John Liu and Wong Tao. The kung fu is superb, with a lot of bootwork; and the bad guy (not Hwang Jang Lee) is pretty good and really fast. Even Wong Tao gets to show off his Tae Kwon Do kicking skills. This film is nearly plotless but has a great many cool fights.
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I agree 100%. the only thing keeping this from 5 stars is the storyline. The action however is top notch and John Liu is unbelievable.
My Young Auntie (product link) Martial Arts / Comedy This is part kungfu and part musical. IIt is a really fun ride wiht lots of music, dance and killer kungfu fights. Lau Kar Leung is really in a really playfull mood here, one scene stars of with a dance rutine and end of becoming a nifty fight. The direction is really dynamic and the shawbrother sets are really beatyfull.
Especially the end bout is spetacular. This is a movie to own
The Last Hurrah For Chivalry (product link) Swordplay/Sword(s) / Martial Arts This is a really cool kung fu movie. Without any superstars. Filled with lots of great fights. Lee Hoy San is supercool as the bad guy (isn't he always?) and Fung Hark On has two awesome bouts as well. John Woo shows here some promise of what he would become. The film is very well directed with a lot of his usual flair. Easily the best of Woo's kung fu flix.
SPL: Sha Po Lang (product link) Crime / Drama Cool movie. Donnie is back and so is Sammo. But it is Jackie Wu who almost steals the show as a silent killer. Great fights, especially the ones between Donnie and Jackie Wu. And the end fight with Sammo.
The Victim [1980] (product link) Martial Arts / Action/Adventure Classic movie with superb kung fu starring Sammo Hung and Beardie. Cool movie with lots of great bouts.
Challenge Of The Masters (product link) Martial Arts / Action/Adventure An early, really good Shaw Brothers flick starring Chen Kuan Tai and directed by Lau Kar Leung.
Heroes Two (product link) Action/Adventure / Martial Arts A solid Shaw Brothers Chang Cheh movie starring Chen Kuan Tai and charismatic newcomer Fu Sheng. Lots of good little fights (for the time, 1972) with good action direction by master Lau Kar Leung.
Three Evil Masters (product link) Martial Arts / Action/Adventure Pretty good kung fu flick with some very acrobatic kung fu, especially by first time leading man Yuan Tak. Chen Kuan Tai is typically impressive in a co-starring role. Yuan Tak is a strangely feminine looking leading man, and this is one of the few times he got to be anything but a heavy or a stunt double.
Fistful Of Dollars (product link) Western / Action/Adventure The first of Leone's spaghetti westerns. A remake of Akira Kurosawa's classic "Yojimbo". An iconic turn by Eastwood, a cool score by Morricone, and solid, innovative direction by master filmmaker Leone. A must-see.
Quarantine (product link) Horror / Thriller A pretty scary little zombie flick. It's a really good remake of the movie "[REC]". The sound in this movie is fantastic, and it certainly delivers on the scares. Not enough gore for my taste, but what there is, is great. If you like zombie movies, then this is for you.
An American Werewolf In London (product link) Horror / Thriller A funny and scary horror classic, with superb makeup effects by Rick Baker. The best werewolf movie around. See this!
The Boondock Saints (product link) Crime / Action/Adventure A cool, stylish action-drama with some great humor and acting and shootout scenes. See this if you like like action movies.
Unsane (product link) Horror / Thriller Argento's second-best movie [after "Suspiria"] is stylish, scary, atmospheric, gory and the camerawork is awesome. See this if you like giallo or horror in general.
Black Sabbath (product link) Horror / Thriller A cool horror movie by Bava, with several great scenes, especially the superior opening scene. The whole movie is filled with hypnotic images and it has a strange feel to to it. My favorite Bava movie.
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