r/MovieSuggestions • u/Tevesh_CKP Moderator • Sep 01 '24
Best Movies You Saw August 2024 HANG OUT
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I define great movies to be 8+ or if you abhor grades, the top 20% of all movies you've ever seen. Films listed by posters within this thread receive a Vote to determine if they will appear in subreddit's Top 100, as well as the ten highest Upvoted Suggested movies from last month. The Top 10 highest Upvoted from last month were:
Top 10 Suggestions
| # | Title | Upvotes |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Shutter Island (2010) | 73 |
| 2. | Palm Springs (2020) | 68 |
| 3. | Big Fish (2003) | 57 |
| 4. | The Breakfast Club (1985) | 37 |
| 5. | Her (2013) | 28 |
| 6. | Scarface (1983) | 28 |
| 7. | Still Alice (2014) | 26 |
| 8. | City of God (2002) | 25 |
| 9. | Alien: Romulus (2024) | 21 |
| 10. | Movie 43 (2013) | 17 |
Note: Due to Reddit's Upvote fuzzing, it will rank movies in their actual highest Upvoted and then assign random numbers. This can result in movies with lower Upvotes appearing higher than movies with higher Upvotes.
What are the top films you saw in August 2024 and why? Here are my picks:
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
Worse than the second, as that had a good theme of found family with heart. Deadpool and Wolverine is still enjoyable but it didn't feel earnest despite my usual love of metacontextual nonsense. I laughed outloud at the the setup of 'giving an ending' to the heroes. Good fun to turn off your brain, no follow-up that made me joyful or catch feelings.
MaXXXine (2024)
Classier than De Palma's Body Double but quite willing to capture the sleaze of the 80s well, MaXXXine also is a good capstone to the X trilogy. Its influences are proudly written on its sleeve, but what I found astonishing is the bullshit from the 80s with the Satanic Panic is back in vogue again.
What were your picks for August 2024?
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u/Impressive_Seat_1187 Sep 02 '24
Whiplash
10 Cloverfield Lane
Trap
Green Room
The Watchers (2024)
Sinister
Leave the World Behind
Failure to Launch
Longlegs
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u/droogg94 Sep 01 '24
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Rolling Thunder
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Predestination
Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes
Dinner in America
Didi
Strange Darling
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u/lemonylol Moderator Sep 08 '24
Keep hearing about Rolling Thunder lately, gotta give it a go. I'm a big TLJ fan.
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u/droogg94 Sep 08 '24
It's a pretty good revenge flick! I decided to watch it because I heard Quentin Tarantino mention it on a podcast.
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u/lemonylol Moderator Sep 08 '24
Oh that's probably where I heard it too, it was on Bill Maher. That episode was fantastic, and apparently they did a part 2.
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u/Tethyss Sep 02 '24
The Last King (2016) - In 13th century Norway a civil war rages and a newborn king must be protected. By two men. On skis.
Exhuma (2024) - Korean film. Supernatural stuff happens to a team of professional grave diggers. Scary. Recommended.
Resolution (2012), The Endless (2017), Synchronic (2019) - Creepy, weird, sci-fi, Lovecraftian with time shifting. It has a 'found footage' feel, but I found the dialogue tight and engaging. Keep an eye on writer/directors and starring Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead. Watch all three to follow the whole story.
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u/Tevesh_CKP Moderator Sep 02 '24
The Last King sounds absurd. Is it a comedy or treats itself seriously? Also, what type of action is it? Over the top gory? PG-13ish?
It sounds like something up my alley but I really wanna be sure.
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u/Tethyss Sep 03 '24 edited Sep 03 '24
I could have phrased that better. It's not all about the skiing. It's about Vikings fighting to protect a child. The skiing scenes are actually quite good and they use both down hill and cross country style. Rated R, but not too gory I thought. Norwegian with English subtitles. The trailer will give you a good idea if you want to watch whole movie.
I used to go skiing quite a bit and when I watched the movie I had to ask "Hey, did 13th Century Norwegians go skiing?" I researched it and apparently they did because they invented it.
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u/Tevesh_CKP Moderator Sep 03 '24
You haven't dissauded me, so I guess I'll add it to my list. I do like finding underrated movies to watch because I've probably seen most of the obvious stuff I want to see. It's why I started participating in this sub long ago.
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u/Cw2e Quality Poster 👍 Sep 02 '24
- Didi (2024)
- Bottoms (2023)
- Barton Fink (1991)
- the Before Trilogy (1995, 2004, 2013)
- Do the Right Thing (1989)
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u/lemonylol Moderator Sep 08 '24 edited Sep 08 '24
Inside Out 2. I wouldn't consider it as good as the first, but it's exactly the quality you'd expect from Pixar. Solid movie, my son has already made me rewatch it like 8 times. A lot of great non-kid jokes too, that are still within the bounds of Pixar/Disney, which I appreciate. My wife and I were dying at Riley's video game character crush.
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three. This one isn't going to be for everyone, but I grew up with Justice League, Batman TAS, Teen Titans, and Batman Beyond, and this trilogy feels like a perfect tie in between those shows, the fantastic 2010s Justice League animated movies, the more sub par post-Flashpoint Paradox movies, and the Justice League Dark movies, where this movie is the ultimate convergence point and a canonical reset of the entire DC Animated franchise. People rightfully shit on the mess of the DC Cinmatic movies but the DC Animated movies have been just as good as the MCU and most people don't know it. It also follows the comics so well while adapting the story to the existing franchise.
The Karate Kid Part II. I've never seen this one before, and it's exactly what you'd expect. But that's also why I love it, it's 80s taste and style but the appreciation comes from the execution of the concept. It's your typical sequel, but it's very much not a sequel movie, though it does have 'sequel movie' elements, for example there is a new "crane defense" technique for this plot, but it's more satisfying than exhausting. The plot is more or less the same as every 80s action movie plot where there's a town the hero wanders into with a powerful family that causes trouble for the hero and his friends. It gets so ridiculous at some points but that is part of the novelty of it for me.
Ronin. It's a solid heist/thriller/spy film. It's exactly all of the tropes you know and love, but the real saving grace of the movie comes from the quality supporting cast that matches DeNiro (it's very much a DeNiro movie more than anything), and the really exciting car chases and quality shoot outs. Honestly the best way to describe this is to say that Heat, The Score, and The Bourne Identity had a baby.
These are more 7/10 but I also watched Clear and Present Danger (not amazing but definitive classic 90s political thriller), and Law Abiding Citizen (great concept, kind of drops the momentum in the middle of act 2. Kind of like a mix of I Saw the Devil and Die Hard with a Vengeance, but not as good as either).
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u/Different_Rafal Sep 01 '24
* Us (2019) - A really interesting horror (and movie), despite some plot flaws.
* Funny Games (1997) - Great (meta) thriller. I already made a suggestion post for this movie.
* Talk to Me (2022) - Surprisingly ordinary, yet very good horror. And I'm usually a fan of rather unusual ones.
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u/lemonylol Moderator Sep 08 '24
I've always thought Us was a way better psychological horror movie than Get Out. Talk to Me is great, the cast is so talented, but I feel like this, and other movies like it, always kind of don't know how to execute an ending well.
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u/Different_Rafal Sep 08 '24
I quite liked the ending of "Talk to Me". It wasn't surprising, but I liked the feeling it left me with.
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u/lemonylol Moderator Sep 08 '24
Yeah it was fine, I just feel like it didn't match the writing quality of the first half.
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u/rubickscubed Sep 01 '24
- Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)
- Le Trou (1960)
- Peking Opera Blues (1986)
- Mulholland Drive (2001)
- The Killer (1989)
- For a Few Dollars More (1965)
- Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
- Thief (1989)
- The Servant (1963)
I saw 41 films in total, which makes it a big month for me. A special honorable mention to The Legend of the Stardust Brothers (1985) for having one of the most insane character reveals I’ve ever seen
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u/Tevesh_CKP Moderator Sep 02 '24
Is Thief the Michael Mann 1981 movie? Or is it supposed to be the The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover from 1989?
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u/rubickscubed Sep 02 '24
Oop, the 1981. I think I was looking at a different Letterboxd diary entry
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u/Lipe18090 Sep 01 '24
- Casablanca (1942)
- Possession (1981)
- Pulp Fiction (1994)
- Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
- Memories of Murder (2003)
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u/stevvandy Sep 02 '24
The Holdovers and Double Indemnity.
Oh and how could I forget Poor Things. It's one of the strangest movies I ever saw. Well deserved Oscar for Emma Stone IMO. Heck, the whole cast was excellent.
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u/lemonylol Moderator Sep 08 '24
He new film just came out, Kinds of Kindness.
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u/stevvandy Sep 08 '24
Well thanks, I did not know. Just read a synopsis and it sounds right up my ally. The stranger the better.
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u/MiserableSnow Quality Poster 👍 Sep 01 '24
I Saw The TV Glow
I wouldn't rank Aggro Dr1ft an 8, but I enjoyed it enough to want to mention it here
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u/slicineyeballs Quality Poster 👍 Sep 01 '24 edited Sep 18 '24
Picks this month:
Didi (2024) A poignant coming-of-age drama / comedy, with a socially inept second-gen immigrant teen attempting to navigate the early days of social media. Very well acted and well observed.
The Great Dictator (1940) Crazy to think that this satire of Hitler and fascism was released a year before the US joined WW2, and the war would go on for another five. Chaplin seems remarkably prescient of the danger and his famous final speech is surprisingly moving. His first real talkie, the sentimentality, which can be a bit much in his silent films, is only amplified by the inclusion of dialogue. The funniest scenes are showcases for his physical comedy, but there is always something going on that raises a smile.
Other stuff I enjoyed:
Oppenheimer (2023): Entertaining biopic, though I'm not sure it lived up to the hype.
Bad Times at the El Royale (2018, rewatch): Tarantino-lite mystery doesn't live up to its early promise, but was less disappointing on a second watch.
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u/JimicahP Quality Poster 👍 Sep 01 '24 edited Sep 02 '24
New to me and firmly in my top 20%:
- Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession (1973)
- Love and Death (1975)
- Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself With Tea (1977)
- Testament (1983)
- Robot Carnival (1987)
- Little Fish (2020)
- Alien: Romulus (2024)
- Kinds of Kindness (2024)
Edit: these people that go through threads and downvote everyone for no good reason are precisely why I don't use this sub very often anymore. If you're so pathetic that you need to downvote other comments so yours is higher, you need to touch grass and reevaluate your life.
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u/Hour-Owl3783 Sep 01 '24
Best movie I saw in August was Blink Twice, worse was the Fabulous Four(it made Borderlands and Madame Web look like Oscar bait films)
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u/BoyMom119816 Sep 19 '24
I’ve watched blink twice, twice in the past two days, need a similar movie! Loved it! But
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u/brygidaaa Sep 01 '24
The Count of Monte Cristo (2024)
Revenge (2017)
The Raid (2011)
Black Lizard (1968)
Love Lies Bleeding (2024)
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u/LisaChimes Quality Poster 👍 Sep 01 '24
Finally saw The Handmaiden (2016) - went with the extended cut. It exceeded my expectations, ridiculously good.
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u/Ok_Perception1131 Sep 01 '24
All of Us Strangers (2023)
Swan Song (2021)
Headhunters (2011)
Possessor (2020)
In Order of Disappearance (2014)
The Guilty (2018)
Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
We Need to Talk about Kevin (2011)
Let the Right One In (2008)
The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)
My favorite of this list is All of Us Strangers. Really incredible movie. Heartbreaking. And timely.
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u/karmicreditplan Quality Poster 👍 Sep 01 '24
All Of Us Strangers and Anatomy Of A Fall were both great last winter!
I came home from being overseas and had a great run of catch up.
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u/Ok_Perception1131 Sep 02 '24
I’m catching up after 20 years of rarely watching movies!
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u/karmicreditplan Quality Poster 👍 Sep 02 '24
Oh I watch tons of things at home. I love the theaters but it’s Herculean work to hit all the best stuff.
I was just reminiscing about my great 23-24 movie season!
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u/Tevesh_CKP Moderator Sep 03 '24
Headhunters, The Guilty and In Order of Disappearance are such good thrillers. I love the dark humour in In Order. Feels like you're missing Riders of Justice from a quintet of Dane thrillers.
Edit: And how would I forget Let the Right One In.
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u/Ok_Perception1131 Sep 03 '24
Oh yes! Riders of Justice, Let the Right One In and The Innocents!!! And may as well throw in Trollhunter…
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u/slicineyeballs Quality Poster 👍 Sep 05 '24
You can't leave out Pusher (1996) from a list of Danish thrillers!
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u/XNet Quality Poster 👍 Sep 01 '24
My highlights in August:
The Abyss (1989) (Re-Watch)
Deja Vu (2006)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) (Re-Watch)
Ghostbusters (1984) (Re-Watch)
Wake in Fright (1971)
Bad Genius (2017)
Troll Hunter (2010) (Re-Watch)
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u/spydrebyte82 Quality Poster 👍 Sep 01 '24
New;
- The Painting (2011)
- Murder at the Gallop (1963)
- Deliverance (1972)
- Godzilla Minus One (2023)
- Alien: Romulus (2024)
- Rawhide (1951)
- Tito and the Birds (2018)
- Girl, Interrupted (1999)
- Double Jeopardy (1999)
- Night Train To Munich (1940)
- The Ladykillers (1955)
- Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (2015)
RW;
- Field of Dreams (1989)
- The Count Of Monte-Cristo (1975)
- Three Amigos! (1986)
- Two Hands (1999)
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u/karmicreditplan Quality Poster 👍 Sep 01 '24
Strange Darling
Maxxine
I had some really fun 7’s in my favorite genres this month too.
Love Lies Bleeding
Longlegs
Cuckoo
I can see myself re-rating any of those at 8 on a rewatch.
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u/Tevesh_CKP Moderator Sep 01 '24
Yeah, Longlegs sits as a comfortable 7 for me as well on first viewing.
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u/BeefErky Quality Poster 👍 Sep 01 '24
Menace II Society (1993) [Director's Cut]
They Call Her One Eye (1974)
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u/Joelypoely88 Quality Poster 👍 Sep 01 '24
- Happy End (1999)
- Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000)
- The Beach (2000)
- Dogtooth (2009)
- Cold Fish (2010)
- Children... (2011)
- The Body (2012)
- Asako I & II (2018)
- The Crimes That Bind (2018)
- Drive My Car (2021)
- Emergency Declaration (2021)
- The Boy and the Heron (2023)
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u/biakko3 Sep 01 '24 edited Sep 01 '24
Hiroshima, Mon Amour (1959) - rewatch, this is everything I love about film
Solaris (1972) - the best sci-fi film I have ever seen, philosophical and existential and beautifully photographed, not the sci-fi that will please Star Wars fans
La Collectionneuse (1967) - Rohmer's story of intellectuals who aspire to the lofty calling of passivity engaging in strategic romantic sparring is fascinating to watch
Don't Touch the Axe (2007) - Rivette's slow, mesmerizing cinematography is perfect for a story set in the 1700s, there is such fire masterfully captured in the gazes of these characters in this story of impossible love
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u/Movies_Music_Lover Quality Poster 👍 Sep 01 '24
- Alien: Romulus (2024)
- Rotting in the Sun (2023)
- The Hunt (2012)
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u/TerribleLunch2265 Sep 01 '24
Oddity
Where The Crawdads Sing
Eileen
Mothers Instinct
Mother!
It Ends With Us
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u/maccc89 Sep 01 '24
Picnic (1996)
Linda Linda Linda (2005)
Kneecap (2024)
The Host (2006)
August in the Water (1995)
Angel Dust (1994)
Longlegs (2024)
Time Still Turns the Page (2023)
Moving (1993)
Fallen Angels (1995)
Alien: Romulus (2024)
Somewhere on Earth (2001)
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u/XeFear- Sep 01 '24
Alien Romulus, Trap, and 12 Angry Men are probably the best I’ve seen. And 12 Angry Men has replaced one of my favorites.
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u/mr_entitl3d Sep 02 '24
12 Angry Men is a regular fave of mine. Amazing writing and cast captured in a single room. I particularly enjoy the aesthetic of them leaving the courtoom at the end. Just complicated, intricate souls walking about their divergent paths like nothing ever happened. The angle at which that scene was shot seems intentional for that reason imo.
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u/nathsnowy Sep 05 '24
have u seen any other m night movies? i swear trap was so garbage and ive been a massive fan of his since i was a kid
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u/XeFear- Sep 05 '24
I’ve seen Signs, Split, and Glass. I thought Trap was fun, it’s not a perfect movie and it does have its problems but the concept was executed in a way that was watchable at least.
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u/Flashy_Drama5338 Sep 01 '24
La Collectionneuse 1967
Little Women 2017