Some films to watch before you die / Algunas pelis que debes ver antes de morir
Saturday, August 19, 2006 9:24:04 PM
Comedy:
- L'auberge Espagnole (Una casa de locos)
- Manuale d'Amore
- Zivot je cudo (La vie est un miracle/La vida es un milagro)
- No sos vos, soy yo
- Al otro lado de la cama (comedy/musical)
- Mon Oncle (Mi tío)
- Lost in Translation (not a real comedy, but a very good film)
- Bridget Jones's Diary
- Four weddings and a funeral
- Año Mariano (sí, lo siento pero aquí no voy a meter a Torrente, ya es suficiente)
- Tootsie (Dustin is a master)
- Some like it hot (Con faldas y a lo loco)
- Anything Else (Todo lo demás)
- Tout pour plaire (¿Por qué las mujeres siempre queremos más?)
- Le dîner de cons (La cena de los idiotas)
- Ladykillers (you could also try watching the old one from 1955)
- Big (great and young Tom Hanks)
- The Money Pit (Esta casa es una ruina) - it's him again
Musical (sorry, I'm not a great fan of musicals):
- Chicago
- The Sound of Music (Sonrisas y Lágrimas... sí, has leído bien)
- Cabaret
Drama... But sooo nice... And even true
- Out of Africa (Memorias de África)
- Quiz Show (El Dilema)
- Casablanca
- Doctor Zhivago (the one from 1965)
- Billy Elliot
- A pack = Trois couleurs: Bleu, Blanc et Rouge (Tres colores: Azul, Blanco y Rojo)
- La double vie de Véronique (La doble vida de Verónica)
- Rain Man
- El hijo de la novia
- Philadelphia
- Ladri di biciclette (El ladrón de bicicletas)
- Cinema Paradiso
- Les Choristes (Los Chicos del Coro - comedy/drama)
- Brokeback Mountain
- Lord of War (El señor de la guerra - it's a pity to say it's true but a good film)
Romantic:
- Breakfast at Tiffany's (Desayuno con Diamantes)
- Sabrina (old version and new one)
- Love Actually
- Pretty Woman
- Dirty Dancing
- Dut yeung nin wa (In the mood for love/Deseando amar)
- Notting Hill
- Sense and Sensibility (Sentido y Sensibilidad; based on a Jane Austen's book)
Adventures/Science Fiction:
- Pulp Fiction + Kill Bill 1 & 2 (of course)
- Indiana Jones (all of them)
- Starwars (La guerra de las galaxias)
- The Lord of the Rings (El señor de los anillos)
- 007 (Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan)
- Jurassic Park
- E.T.
- Jaws (Tiburón)
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Encuentros en la Tercera Fase)
- War Games (Juegos de Guerra)
History:
- The Pianist (El Pianista)
- Lawrence of Arabia (Lawrence de Arabia)
- Good Bye, Lenin (just great)
- La vita è bella (La vida es bella)
- Bienvenido Mr. Marshall
- Schindler's List (La lista de Schindler)
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (El puente sobre el río Kwai)
- Munich
- The last emperor (El último emperador)
- Forrest Gump (all along history)
- The Great Dictator (El Gran Dictador - Hitler's parody)
- The Constant Gardener (El Jardinero Fiel- "history" because it's sth which is still going on)
Cartoons/Animation:
- Monster Inc. (Monstruos S,A.)
- Lilo & Stitch
- Antz (Hormigaz)
- The Incredibles (Los Increíbles)
- A bug's life (Bichos)
- Ice Age 1 and 2 (La edad de hielo 1 y 2)
- (Of course, Disney's like "Sleeping Beauty", "Cinderella", "Snow White and the 7 dworfs", etc...)
Documental:
- 11th September
- Bowling for Columbine
- (Any with Noam Chomsky; "Noam Chomsky and the Media")
- Broken Silence
- The Brain Sex
Well, to sum up, films from David Lean, Billy Wilder, Sydney Pollack, some Woody Allen's, Berlanga, Spielberg, Alec Guinness (who is like gold where he appears), Tom Hanks (he has made some great films), etc etc etc...
I know I forgot many of them, but thinking about all of them would take me days, so comments and suggestions are accepted
- L'auberge Espagnole (Una casa de locos)
- Manuale d'Amore
- Zivot je cudo (La vie est un miracle/La vida es un milagro)
- No sos vos, soy yo
- Al otro lado de la cama (comedy/musical)
- Mon Oncle (Mi tío)
- Lost in Translation (not a real comedy, but a very good film)
- Bridget Jones's Diary
- Four weddings and a funeral
- Año Mariano (sí, lo siento pero aquí no voy a meter a Torrente, ya es suficiente)
- Tootsie (Dustin is a master)
- Some like it hot (Con faldas y a lo loco)
- Anything Else (Todo lo demás)
- Tout pour plaire (¿Por qué las mujeres siempre queremos más?)
- Le dîner de cons (La cena de los idiotas)
- Ladykillers (you could also try watching the old one from 1955)
- Big (great and young Tom Hanks)
- The Money Pit (Esta casa es una ruina) - it's him again

Musical (sorry, I'm not a great fan of musicals):
- Chicago
- The Sound of Music (Sonrisas y Lágrimas... sí, has leído bien)
- Cabaret
Drama... But sooo nice... And even true
- Out of Africa (Memorias de África)
- Quiz Show (El Dilema)
- Casablanca
- Doctor Zhivago (the one from 1965)
- Billy Elliot
- A pack = Trois couleurs: Bleu, Blanc et Rouge (Tres colores: Azul, Blanco y Rojo)
- La double vie de Véronique (La doble vida de Verónica)
- Rain Man
- El hijo de la novia
- Philadelphia
- Ladri di biciclette (El ladrón de bicicletas)
- Cinema Paradiso
- Les Choristes (Los Chicos del Coro - comedy/drama)
- Brokeback Mountain
- Lord of War (El señor de la guerra - it's a pity to say it's true but a good film)
Romantic:
- Breakfast at Tiffany's (Desayuno con Diamantes)
- Sabrina (old version and new one)
- Love Actually
- Pretty Woman
- Dirty Dancing
- Dut yeung nin wa (In the mood for love/Deseando amar)
- Notting Hill
- Sense and Sensibility (Sentido y Sensibilidad; based on a Jane Austen's book)
Adventures/Science Fiction:
- Pulp Fiction + Kill Bill 1 & 2 (of course)
- Indiana Jones (all of them)
- Starwars (La guerra de las galaxias)
- The Lord of the Rings (El señor de los anillos)
- 007 (Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan)
- Jurassic Park
- E.T.
- Jaws (Tiburón)
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Encuentros en la Tercera Fase)
- War Games (Juegos de Guerra)
History:
- The Pianist (El Pianista)
- Lawrence of Arabia (Lawrence de Arabia)
- Good Bye, Lenin (just great)
- La vita è bella (La vida es bella)
- Bienvenido Mr. Marshall
- Schindler's List (La lista de Schindler)
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (El puente sobre el río Kwai)
- Munich
- The last emperor (El último emperador)
- Forrest Gump (all along history)
- The Great Dictator (El Gran Dictador - Hitler's parody)
- The Constant Gardener (El Jardinero Fiel- "history" because it's sth which is still going on)
Cartoons/Animation:
- Monster Inc. (Monstruos S,A.)
- Lilo & Stitch
- Antz (Hormigaz)
- The Incredibles (Los Increíbles)
- A bug's life (Bichos)
- Ice Age 1 and 2 (La edad de hielo 1 y 2)
- (Of course, Disney's like "Sleeping Beauty", "Cinderella", "Snow White and the 7 dworfs", etc...)
Documental:
- 11th September
- Bowling for Columbine
- (Any with Noam Chomsky; "Noam Chomsky and the Media")
- Broken Silence
- The Brain Sex
Well, to sum up, films from David Lean, Billy Wilder, Sydney Pollack, some Woody Allen's, Berlanga, Spielberg, Alec Guinness (who is like gold where he appears), Tom Hanks (he has made some great films), etc etc etc...
I know I forgot many of them, but thinking about all of them would take me days, so comments and suggestions are accepted






