| okr said: Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) - It's already from 2006, but I only watched it a few days ago for the first time. I must say this drama is as brilliant as people said. Deserved the Oscar and all other awards it got. Best movie from Germany in years along with the bittersweet comedy Good Bye Lenin! from 2003. It's interesting that both movies deal with the last years/days of the GDR. The Lives of Others shows how the system worked behind the Iron Curtain. I have faith in my country's movie scene again (although it seems the only few movies they get straight are those about the country's history).
As you were asking for older movies as well. here are some movies I love and recently watched again: La Nuit américaine (Day for Night) - Most charming movie ever made about movie making. François Truffaut, 1973 Eat Drink Man Woman - A hundred times lesser known even than his version of Hulk, but a hundred times better. Ang Lee, 1994 The French Lieutenant's Woman - Excellent plot, brilliant acting. Karel Reisz, 1981 Hana-Bi - Still Takeshi's best. Takeshi Kitano, 1997 Todo sobre mi madre (All About My Mother) - Pedro's best along with La Mala Educación. Pedro Almódovar, 2004 Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid - In memory of late great Paul Newman. George Roy Hill, 1969 Les Triplettes de Belleville - Unique (and nearly silent) animation movie. Sylvain Chomet, 2003 The Name of the Rose - Excellent adaptation of Europe's best-selling book in the 80s. Jean-Jacques Annaud, 1986 1900 - A brilliant 4 to 5 hours behemoth about the end of an era. Bernardo Bertolucci, 1976 Heaven's Gate - A very good and desastrous 219 min behemoth about the begin of an era. Michael Cimino, 1980 Gosford Park - Wonderful late work about social classes, comes with director's trademark elements. Robert Altman, 2001 |
Since you're going off the deep end with massive epics, I'll add this:
Once Upon a Time in America - 1984. Make sure you watch the long version. It's, uh, long. But very, very good.
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