Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by jbmcb (A) on March 03, 2006 at 19:40:44

In Reply to: Great underappreciated movies, some recommendations? posted by edta on March 3, 2006 at 17:17:40:

Real Genius with Val Kilmer. Passed over as another stupid 80's teen college movie, it's quite a bit more intelligent than it's bretheren. It's pretty darn funny, too, with loads of geeky pranks and in-jokes.

Run through everything by Jeunet; Amelie, Delicatessen, City of Lost Children.

Donnie Darko falls under the weird comedy and science fiction category. Not the best acting and/or plot, but it's different, and fun to watch.

For hard sci-fi, check out some Japaneese animation, or anime, such as Ghost In The Shell, or Appleseed. The second Appleseed movie is a pretty good noir style detective story. Anything by Miyazaki is going to be fantastic.

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