Okay, well how about a few recent-ish indie films? You could start with Half Nelson, Juno, Winter's Bone, The Station Agent, and Me, You and Everything We Know.

I'd also suggest you watch just about anything by the Coen Brothers, but (in my opinion) their masterclasses are No Country For Old Men, Fargo, and The Big Lebowski. With their latest film True Grit about to hit cinemas over here, there are worse times to check them out.

If 70s grit is your thing, try The Conversation, Duel, The China Syndrome, and Chinatown.

http://film.guardian.co.uk/1000films/0,,2108487,00.html presents an interesting list, filled with conversational films, foreign gems, gigantic classics and odd individual tastes. I will one day strive to watch everything on it.

Good question! And one I don't have an easy answer to. I'm intrigued by the concept of supposed "classics", but I think I prefer slightly more recent things. That said, I'm open to pretty much anything.

I don't have much time for the steroid-infused action movies of the 80s, I find them a bit shallow (well, derp) and not that interesting. Besides that, though? Comedies are always good. And having watched Dirty Harry last night I wouldn't mind seeing more cop dramas.

They have Shawshank Redemption at number one, for Christ's sake. Good film, but best film of all time? Nah.

So, what are you really interested in? Cinematic classics, films Like Birth of a Nation or Metropolis or Wages of Fear or Public Enemy or On the Waterfront or The Third Man? Or stuff that's still really decent, but a bit newer? Maybe the trippy acid-inspired experiments of the 60s, or gritty realism of the 70s, or some of the great modern-ish comedies of the 80s? Or perhaps some really good indie stuff from the last 20 years?

Let me know 🙂

Awesome, thanks. It's not that I don't like films… it's just I rarely remember to watch them! I'll have a dig through your list. 🙂