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Movie Recommendation Contest!!!
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I give you my movie preferences, you try to recommend movies. We will see who gives best recommendations. I have faith that some knowledgable and thoughtfull movie lovers will be able to give better recomendations than any recommendation system currently in existence.
Think of it as Kasparov versus IBM's Deep Blue.
Let's test it out!! (If I haven't seen the movie you recommend I will go and watch it). I will start out giving you some information about my movie tastes if you want more information just ask me.

MOVIES LOVED BY MANY (BUT NOT BY ME).
1. Forrest Gump
2. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001)(I don't like any of the movies)
3. Down and Out in Beverly Hills
4. Batman Begins
5. Kill Bill Vol. 1
6. Braveheart
7. 2001: A Space Odyssey
8. Dune
9. Braveheart
10. Shrek
11. Pirates of the Caribbean:The Curse of the Black Pearl
12. Fantasia
13. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
14. Elf
15. Pick one: Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
16. Pick one: Jurassic Park (1993)
17. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
18. Basic Instinct
19. Being John Malkovich
20. Brazil
21. Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls.
22. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
23. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
24. Lost in Translation
25. American Beauty
26. Fight Club

BEST SCIFI
The Abyss
The Empire Strikes Back
Aliens
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Predator

BEST COMEDY
(2)The Big Lebowski
A Fish Called Wanda
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Fletch (1985)
Good Morning Vietnam
Roxanne
Bottle Rocket
The Breakfast Club
Sixteen Candles

BEST ROMANCE
L.A. Story
Immortal Beloved
Pick one: Moulin Rouge (2001)
Ghost
Pretty Woman


BEST ACTION
Die Hard (1988)
Hunt for Red October
Die Hard 2
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Boondock Saints
Jaws

BEST CRIME/THRILLER
(3)The Usual Suspects
Reservoir Dogs
Rear Window

BEST MYSTERY
Mullholland Drive
Momento
Se7en

BEST DRAMA
(1)Field of Dreams
The Shawshank Redemption
Gladiator (2000)
House of Cards
Dead Poets Society
Wonder Boys

MY ALL TIME TOP 10 (in order)
1. Field of Dreams
2. The Big Lebowski
3. The Usual Suspects
4. L.A. Story
5. The Shawshank Redemption
6. Planes, Trains & Automobiles
7. Dead Poets Society
8. Wonder Boys
9. Hunt for Red October
10. Immortal Beloved

I like heady movies with complicated well thought plots but first and foremost are well developed interesting characters. SciFi and Fantasy movies that count on special effects to win the day don't usually win me. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001) doesn't agree with me because they break the key element of story writing "show don't tell".
 
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Lando

Answered 7 years ago
  I try to pick You some movies with interesting plot and some cool chracters.

I notised that You don't like when special effects take over story. I also noticed that You like movies from 60's, 70's and 80's so I will pick You some of my favorits from that era.

You might also be a little bit of romantic, because You like films with heroes and without too much of violence.

Cool Hand Luke (Because of Shawshank Redemption, one of my favourites escape films)
Great Escape, The (Another great escape film)
Snatch (twisted plot and cool characters)
Sting, The (just like snatch, great plot)
Trainspotting (fast but not furious)
Animal House (this is a wild quess because You don't like Shrek, anyway this is comedy classic)
Game, The (surprising plot, better than se7en)
Good, The Bad and The Ugly, The (Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il) (Clint Eastwood was at 60's like Bruce Willis was at 80's in John McClane roles, take a look for other Sergio Leones films too!)
Rio Bravo (John Wayne, in his best, was like john McClane)
Lion King, The (romantic epic where good conquers evil)
Goodfellas (crime film with an attitude!)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (fairy tale with great characters, Coen brothers kicks ass)
Fargo (because of Big Lebowski, Coen's are genious!)
Terminator, The (original terminator didn't have too much special effects)
L.A. Confidential (kevin spacey was great in this and Usual suspects)
Top Secret! (Because of Fletch)
Airplane! (Zuckers did'nt zuck on those days)
Virgin Suicides, The (because of Wonder boys)
Ice Storm, The (because of Wonder boys)
Lethal Weapon (good and funny action movie from 80's)
 
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