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Hey, I was wondering if you guys could give me any good movie recommendations (not current movies though)? I should probably say before hand that I don't like horror or romance movies, and that I'm not allowed to watch movies that are rated R (And no I don't really want to discuss this.). But other than that, I'm open to anything.

I'd hate to admit but yesterday I saw a kiddie MUSICAL movie called "The Scarecrow" and I enjoyed it... :shifty:

But since I am a B movie series fan, I can't help you much since they usually rated R or higher...

How about some Miyazaki movies? (Princess Mononoke, Castle in the Sky, Kiki's delivery service....)

All the rest of the movies I have or I have watched are horror, martial arts or anime.... :P

Hmm, are Scooby-Doo movies considered horror ones? Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island is one of my favorites! The only Scooby movie with a PG rating...

I could help a tad bit more if I knew if R was equal to the UK "15" rating or not...

Ha! I saw it on an airplane. Let's just say that I don't plan on seeing it again anytime soon. :shifty:

I don't believe that there is a direct correlation between 'R' and '15'. For example, the Blade movies are rated R in the US, but they got an '18' rating in the UK. I also believe that some movies that get a PG-13 rating in the US have gotten a '15' rating in the UK. If I remember correcty they didn't put the m-tv Council of Elrond on the Uk FOTR:EE because it would have upped the rating, hehe. :P

Hmm, the movies I recommend that I've seen most recently and guess is not R rated:

Amélie
Monthy Python: The Life of Brian
Monsters Inc.
North By Northwest
Rear Window
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Sleepy Hollow


(of course, I'm not sure how the ratings work, so I might be wrong about one or two. :P)

Then I guess you should try some Miyazaki movies, but I have no idea if P. Monoke is R rated or not, the rest should be U or PG at least...

check out my movielist for movies that I like, and each movie has a link to imdb.com so you can check the ratings for most countries yourself :)

Oh and princess mononoke and spirited away are a must see :)

Difficult... I'll just pick at random from my brain:

Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Ghost World
Equilibrium
Brazil
The Shawshank Redemption
One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest
Dr. Strangelove
12 Angry Men
Once Upon a Time in the West
Almost Famous
Ed Wood
This is Spinal Tap


I could go on...

I doubt Moos' parents would approve of that. ;)

One of my favorite movies, if not number one: Lawrence of Arabia. If you haven't seen it, please do.

Actually, I recommend you look at this list:
http://www.imdb.com/top_250_films

For each movie, under the credits where it says "Certification", it tells you how the movie is rated in some countries.

R is over 17. I know from personal experience. How old are you now? Wait 'til next tuesday and then present your parents with an ultimatum: Either they let you watch American Beauty, or you're wear a dirty bib everywhere they take you out of protest.

I don't think ANY of those movies will fly with them...

Sorry, Moos-face, most of the films I'd recommend you are rated 'R'. But, off the top of my head:

- Truffaut's Forbidden Games, and The 400 Blows
- Most anything by Hitchcock, particularly Vertigo, Rear Window, North by Northwest, Shadow of a Doubt, Rebecca, Suspicion, and most from his London years (before he went to Hollywood), specifically The Lodger, Murder, The Lady Vanishes, and The 39 Steps (which was remade into North by Northwest)
- Cocteau's La Belle et la Bete
- Chris Marker's La Jetee (which was Terry Gilliam's inspiration for Twelve Monkeys)
- Peter Webber's Girl With a Pearl Earring
- Patrice Leconte's Monsieur Hire
- Jean-Jacques Beineix's Diva
- Claude Chabrol's Rien Ne Va Plus (The Swindle)

:D I may post more suggestions soon.

SHUSH!

:D

Almost all of those are R

Well, (most) of them aren't R, which seems to be the sticking point. Do you think Moos would be emotionally harmed by watching movies with " language and some drug content."?

They are? I didn't bother checking most of them (except for Once Upon a Time... It was PG-13), I can't remember much explicit content in any of them, except that people are killed in some of them, which I thought the American Rating people were okay with...

Moos: If you haven't seen Amadeus, do so. It's probably the best PG-rated movie I've ever seen, and it's pretty much a must-see.

I will heartily endorse that nomination. An absolutely awesome movie!!!

Nice suggestions Intrepid. You have good taste in movies...