People ask me all the time for movie recommendations. Rather than suggest big movies most people know, I usually mention something on this list. They’re movies I have enjoyed that you may not be familiar with, but should take a look at. Links go to my reviews.
Latest addition: Cadillac Records
78/52
Ace In The Hole
Albert Brooks: Defending His Life
All Is Bright
All Is Lost
Anatomy Of A Murder
Arctic
Art and Copy
The Astronaut Farmer
Away We Go
Bad Times At The El Royale
Before Sunrise
Before Sunset
Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead
Being George Clooney
Big Fan
Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings
Blindspotting
Bob Roberts
Breach
Brooklyn Castle
Cadillac Records
Call Me Lucky
Can Mr. Smith Get To Washington Anymore?
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Captain Fantastic
Carny
Charlie Wilson’s War
The Cheap Detective
Cinema Paradiso
The Circle
Clive Davis: The Soundtrack Of Our Lives
Cold Souls
Comedian
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Contagion
Corporate.FM
Daddio
Day For Night
The Debt
Deceptive Practice (Ricky Jay)
Deli Man
Denial
Derailed
Devil In A Blue Dress
Dick
Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing
Don Juan de Marco
The Duke
Eighth Grade
Elvis and Nixon
Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room
Exporting Raymond
Eye In The Sky
Fair Game
Focus
Frankie and Johnny Are Married
The Freshman
Get On The Bus
Ghostlight
Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me
God Bless America
Going In Style (original)
Gone Baby Gone
The Great Buck Howard
The Guard
Hard Eight
Harry In Your Pocket
Heart of the Game
Herb Alpert Is…
Hired Gun
The Hollars
Hopscotch
The Hot Rock
Hysterical
I Am Woman
Immediate Family
In A World
In The Shadow Of The Moon
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Indian In The Cupboard
Inside Job
Interview
The Invention of Lying
Irreconcilable Differences
Jonathan
Keanu
The Kid Stays In The Picture
Killing Bono
The King Of Kong
Knox Goes Away
Landline
Language Lessons
The Last Blockbuster
The Last Cruise
The Last Seduction
The League
Let It Ride
Life, Animated
Lightning In A Bottle
Lion
Little Voice
Little Woods
The Lookout
Lost In America
Love and Sex
Lucky
Ace In The Hole
Albert Brooks: Defending His Life
All Is Bright
All Is Lost
Anatomy Of A Murder
Arctic
Art and Copy
The Astronaut Farmer
Away We Go
Bad Times At The El Royale
Before Sunrise
Before Sunset
Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead
Being George Clooney
Big Fan
Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings
Blindspotting
Bob Roberts
Breach
Brooklyn Castle
Cadillac Records
Call Me Lucky
Can Mr. Smith Get To Washington Anymore?
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Captain Fantastic
Carny
Charlie Wilson’s War
The Cheap Detective
Cinema Paradiso
The Circle
Clive Davis: The Soundtrack Of Our Lives
Cold Souls
Comedian
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Contagion
Corporate.FM
Daddio
Day For Night
The Debt
Deceptive Practice (Ricky Jay)
Deli Man
Denial
Derailed
Devil In A Blue Dress
Dick
Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing
Don Juan de Marco
The Duke
Eighth Grade
Elvis and Nixon
Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room
Exporting Raymond
Eye In The Sky
Fair Game
Focus
Frankie and Johnny Are Married
The Freshman
Get On The Bus
Ghostlight
Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me
God Bless America
Going In Style (original)
Gone Baby Gone
The Great Buck Howard
The Guard
Hard Eight
Harry In Your Pocket
Heart of the Game
Herb Alpert Is…
Hired Gun
The Hollars
Hopscotch
The Hot Rock
Hysterical
I Am Woman
Immediate Family
In A World
In The Shadow Of The Moon
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Indian In The Cupboard
Inside Job
Interview
The Invention of Lying
Irreconcilable Differences
Jonathan
Keanu
The Kid Stays In The Picture
Killing Bono
The King Of Kong
Knox Goes Away
Landline
Language Lessons
The Last Blockbuster
The Last Cruise
The Last Seduction
The League
Let It Ride
Life, Animated
Lightning In A Bottle
Lion
Little Voice
Little Woods
The Lookout
Lost In America
Love and Sex
Lucky
Moon
Moon Over Parador
Mud
My Bodyguard
My Date With Drew
My Kid Could Paint That
Mystic Pizza
Nightcrawler
No Escape
Nuclear Now
Obvious Child
Once
The One I Love
One Trick Pony
The Onion Field
Out of Sight
The Paper
Paper Moon
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
Pinball — The Man Who Saved The Game
Pool Hall Junkies
Pride
Primary Colors
Prizzi’s Honor
Proof
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Queen Of Katwe
Quick Change
Randy Bachman: Every Song Tells A Story
Real Life
Moon Over Parador
Mud
My Bodyguard
My Date With Drew
My Kid Could Paint That
Mystic Pizza
Nightcrawler
No Escape
Nuclear Now
Obvious Child
Once
The One I Love
One Trick Pony
The Onion Field
Out of Sight
The Paper
Paper Moon
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
Pinball — The Man Who Saved The Game
Pool Hall Junkies
Pride
Primary Colors
Prizzi’s Honor
Proof
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Queen Of Katwe
Quick Change
Randy Bachman: Every Song Tells A Story
Real Life
Red Rock West
Rescue Dawn
Rob The Mob
Robert Klein Can’t Stop His Leg
Safety Not Guaranteed
Salt
The Sapphires
Score: A Film Music Documentary
Searching For Sugar Man
Session Men
The Shallows
Shattered Glass
Shopgirl
Short Term 12
Rescue Dawn
Rob The Mob
Robert Klein Can’t Stop His Leg
Safety Not Guaranteed
Salt
The Sapphires
Score: A Film Music Documentary
Searching For Sugar Man
Session Men
The Shallows
Shattered Glass
Shopgirl
Short Term 12
Sing Street
Small Town Crime
Snowden
Solitary Man
Stephen Tobolowsky’s Birthday Party
Still Alice
Still Mine
Small Town Crime
Snowden
Solitary Man
Stephen Tobolowsky’s Birthday Party
Still Alice
Still Mine
Stranger Than Fiction
Sunshine Cleaning
Supermensch
Swimming With Men
Sword Of Trust
Taking of Pelham One Two Three (original)
Talk To Me
The TAMI Show
The Tao of Steve
That Thing You Do
The Thief Who Came To Dinner
Three Identical Strangers
The Tillman Story
Tom Dowd and the Language of Music
Too Late
The Trip
Tully
The TV Set
Twenty Feet From Stardom
Undefeated
Wait Until Dark
War Dogs
The War Room
The Way Way Back
Weiner
What’s Up Doc?
What The Hell Happened To Blood, Sweat & Tears?
When We Were Kings
Where To Invade Next
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
The Widow
Wild Target
The Wife
Working Man
The Wrecking Crew
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
Young Adult
Sunshine Cleaning
Supermensch
Swimming With Men
Sword Of Trust
Taking of Pelham One Two Three (original)
Talk To Me
The TAMI Show
The Tao of Steve
That Thing You Do
The Thief Who Came To Dinner
Three Identical Strangers
The Tillman Story
Tom Dowd and the Language of Music
Too Late
The Trip
Tully
The TV Set
Twenty Feet From Stardom
Undefeated
Wait Until Dark
War Dogs
The War Room
The Way Way Back
Weiner
What’s Up Doc?
What The Hell Happened To Blood, Sweat & Tears?
When We Were Kings
Where To Invade Next
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
The Widow
Wild Target
The Wife
Working Man
The Wrecking Crew
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
Young Adult