recommended films for Yukako to see by my friends

[Stevyn]

ok, my dear and I are visiting the mighty U.S.A. in a few months and want to turn her onto to some films to give her a feel of the culture. Tonight we just watched "Beyond the valley of the dolls" which is wacky for sure, we have also watched: 8mile, boogie nights, big lebowski, st.vincent, the warriors, colors, pineapple express, bagdad cafe, crocodile dundee, fatal attraction, furious7, traffic, scarface, blow, casino, groove, showgirls, airplane, big trouble in little china, raising arizona, rear window, what a wonder life, the doors, butch cassidy & sundance kid, zoolander, die hard, buffy vamp slayer, gone with the wind, ferris buellers day off, you've got mail, herbie love bug, benji, incredible journey, ace ventura, the money pit, groundhog day, uncle buck, pee wees advent., blue velvet, ghost, wild at heart, never cry wolf and the best is PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES... so what have i missed? what else can i share with her that shows the gritty real life side of America before we visit?



Pinguino Kolb do coming to america tongue emoticon

David Rice taxi driver, raging bull.
David Rice the godfather 1and 2

Noel Napolitan The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Deer Hunter, any George Carlin skit over an hour....

Carol L. Stimmel Misery. Pulp Fiction? Where's that, did I miss that?

Noel Napolitan Poltergeist, Nightmare on Elm Street , Natural Born Killers

David Rice unforgiven, kids

Ǥœg Willson fight club?

Wallace Winfrey Romero's dawn of the dead

Russell Goodman Well hell if you are going for the gritty gritty what about the movie Kids? How about the the movie Antichrist? Lol not a fair reflection of us here in the states but I get and dig the idea! Oh what about Requiem for a Dream?? Lol or how bout Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie? wink

Charles Wrona Bar fly, Down by law

Pierre Ardans Certainly "Gone With The Wind", arguably the best film ever. Any documentary on the life of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison, The Federalist Papers...

Farrell Lowe Birth of a Nation, The Grapes of Wrath, Lonely Are The Brave, Django Unchained, and Full Metal Jacket.

Cathy McConnell Ardans Atlantic City, One From The Heart, The Last Picture Show, Born on the 4th of July

Franklin Bell Repo Man. Stand By Me. Fargo.

Reza Beha Office Space, The Crucible, Back to the Future

Anwar Cato I would suggest documentaries. You can probably youtube Jerry Springer. As for flicks- Dirty Harry, Fargo, Bob Roberts (very fitting for our current issue), American Me, Basketball Diaries, Crooklyn
and of course--- Idiocracy

Reza Beha YouTube epic fails

Charles Wrona Ren and stimpy, Looney tunes

Tom Murphy American Hardcore, Heathers, The Informers, The Insider, The Wolf of Wall Street, Goodfellas, Ghost World, Dig!, Apocalypse Now, Thelma & Louise, Last Exit to Brooklyn, The King of New York (any Abel Ferrara movie), Gummo, Kids, River's Edge, Over the Edge. So much more.

Reza Beha Pumping Iron

Steven Blasius
Steven Blasius Se7en , American Gangster,Donnie Brasco,Goodfellas,Silence of the Lambs( to name a few)

Charles Wrona Escape from newyork

Laurette Reiff Excellent list. I think everyone should watch Bulworth. And Breaking Bad ... although watching the whole thing at once ...

Reza Beha Fritz the Cat

Beth Fitzpatrick Something Wild,any giggles

Carol L. Stimmel Dogma

Randy Prothero the Nat'l Lampoons Vacation movies are great. Then watch the new "Vacation" movie.

Sarah Jennifer Prothero Stand by me, The breakfast club, 16 candles, willy wonka and the chocolate factory, Farris buellars day off, back to the future, and doctor who!!!!

Mona Lucero Goodfellas, Annie Hall, Valley of the Dolls, Notorious, North by Northwest, Clerks, Casablanca, It's a Wonderful Life, The Graduate. Oh! Mystery Train by Jim Jarmusch! You'll understand why if you've never seen it.

Erin O'Brien Meet the Parents, UP, Trading Places, and don't forget the TV shows! SNL, Weeds, Oh... Frankie and Grace (on the internet) and of course Will and Grace. Friends, Everybody Loves Raymond, The Simpsons. And of course South Park!