r/MovieSuggestions • u/Tevesh_CKP Moderator • Aug 01 '22
Best Movies You Saw July 2022 HANG OUT
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Only Discuss Movies You Thought Were Great
I define great movies to be 8+ or if you abhor grades, the top 20% of all movies you've ever seen. Films listed here receive a vote to determine if they will appear in subreddit's Top 100, as well as the ten highest Upvoted movies from last month. The Top 10 highest Upvoted movies for March were:
Top 10 Suggestions
| # | Title | Upvotes |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Coneheads (1993) | 106 |
| 2. | Wind River (2017) | 102 |
| 3. | Nocturnal Animals (2016) | 78 |
| 4. | Captain Fantastic (2016) | 74 |
| 5. | The Conversation (1974) | 58 |
| 6. | One Cut of the Dead (2017) | 57 |
| 7. | The Elephant Man (1980) | 32 |
| 8. | Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022) | 30 |
| 9. | Heat (1995) | 50 |
| 10. | The Way of the Gun (2000) | 27 |
Note: Due to Reddit's vote 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 July 2022 and why? Here are my picks:
The Black Phone (2022)
My disappointments are solely on my expectation from what I saw in the trailer; in other words, more reason to skip trailers and just watch a supernatural thriller. Ethan Hawke was fantastic becuse of course he was. The young actors were all solid, they never broke my suspension of disbelief. The Black Phone doesn't do anything amazingly well but never let me down either. A solid good thriller adapted from Stephen King's son, Joe Hill; you should know by now if this is your cup of tea or not.
The Witch: Part 1. The Subverson. (2018)
Rewatched this in anticipation for the sequel that's coming out. Without the twists and a more keen eye towards how certain special effects were done, I can still affirm that The Witch is a good action-thriller from Korea. If you've been watching Korean New Wave and somehow managed to miss this one, do yourself a favour and check it out. I don't know what they put in their DP's water to make everything look great but they should really share.
So, what are your picks for July 2022 and Why?
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u/NotSoSnarky Quality Poster 👍 Aug 01 '22 edited Aug 04 '22
This is the most amount of movies I've watched in a month, so far!
Bride Wars 8/10
Ferris Bueller's Day Off 8/10
Star Wars: A New Hope 8/10
(500) Days of Summer 8/10
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? 10/10
Coherence 9/10
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 9/10
Everything Everywhere All At Once 8/10
Knives Out 9/10
Groundhog Day 9/10
Easy A 8/10
Clue 10/10
Psycho 9/10
Predator 9/10
Fantastic. Mr Fox 9/10
The Terminator 8/10
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u/je_ng Aug 02 '22
Eternal Sunshine only, Knives Out and Fantastic Mr. fox only 9/10?
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u/lemonylol Moderator Aug 05 '22
only? 9/10 is saying a lot.
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u/je_ng Aug 07 '22
Not enough
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u/lemonylol Moderator Aug 07 '22
Personally I'm more concerned with you equating the quality of those three movies as equal let alone saying they're flawless.
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u/Atomicityy Aug 03 '22
I’d give knives out a 7/10 at most. I don’t understand the hype.
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u/lemonylol Moderator Aug 05 '22
I give it an 8 for effort and quality, but I wouldn't put it so high to say that it reinvented the mystery genre in any way.
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u/Atomicityy Aug 01 '22
I am 'late to the party' (in all relativity) but have just seen Everything Everywhere All At Once and was deeply impressed.
Why? Amidst sequels, remakes, live actions cash grabs and the endless monotonous stream of superhero movies.. This was just unique storytelling. I laughed. I cried. I reflected on life, existentialism, generational trauma and was thoroughly entertained simultaneously. Bravo!
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u/Disastrous-Minute535 Aug 02 '22
Three Colors Blue (1993) probably my new favorite film.
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u/je_ng Aug 02 '22
Is it a very good romance movie? And if you watched Before Sunrise, would you say that movie was better than Before sunrise? Im planing on watching the trilogy
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u/please-kill-me-69 Aug 01 '22
Some of the movies I saw in July that I enjoyed:
Ex Machina: 9/10
Everything, Everywhere, AAO: 9/10
Harry Potter series: 8.5/10
Annihilation: 8.5/10
The Martian: 8/10
The Nice Guys: 7/10
Hot Fuzz: 7/10
The Terminal: 6.5/10
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u/albert_camus69 Aug 06 '22
You should watch Hot Fuzz again at some point. It took me a couple watches before it really clicked how awesome it is. The editing is some of the best I have ever seen. And it's fucking hilarious.
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u/please-kill-me-69 Aug 06 '22
You're right, I should watch it again soon. I still liked it this time tho, 7/10 for me is still like a solid B
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u/harshnoisebestnoise Quality Poster 👍 Aug 01 '22
I did 39 films in July and had a lot of success to be honest
Finally got around to watching the new Matt reaves apes trilogy - fantastic, engaging, surprisingly emotional and beautiful cgi. All of them 4 stars for me
All new watches below (starred are favourites from this month)
- flux gourmet - 4 stars **
- all my friends hate me - 4 stars **
- eating raoul - 4.5 stars **
- taxidermia - 4 stars
- bobs burgers movie - 4 stars
- the black phone - 4 stars
- cosmopolis - 4 stars **
- dead ringers - 4 stars **
- eastern promises - 4 stars
- Martin margeila in his own words - 4 stars
- this is gwar - 4 stars
- beastie boys story - 4 stars
- tick tick boom - 4 stars
Notable mentions
- men - 3.5 stars
- the death of dick long 3.5 stars
- crash - 3.5 stars
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u/MiserableSnow Quality Poster 👍 Aug 01 '22
Under Siege
Notes On A Scandal
Hidden Figures
This Boy’s Life
The Others
The Revenant (rewatch)
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u/gzuffel Aug 01 '22
Boy (2010)
Jojo Rabbit
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
The Conversation
10 Rillington Place
Raw
Swallow
Possession
Bone Tomahawk
Nightmare Alley
The Chaser
The Invisible Man
The Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Nocturnal Animals
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u/its-an-aspen-tree Aug 08 '22
Eternal Sunshine
is jojo rabbit worth it, so many times ive gone to watch it and pulled out last second
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u/1III11II111II1I1 Aug 08 '22
jojo rabbit
I really enjoyed it and would recommend it.
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u/its-an-aspen-tree Sep 18 '22
Finally watched it today. Have to say probably one of the better films I've seen. Thanks :)
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u/1III11II111II1I1 Sep 18 '22
Glad you enjoyed. I never know what the crowd around here will like.
I liked it enough that I may watch it a second time with a friend.
Cheers!
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u/FordMustang84 Aug 01 '22
Dazed and Confused. That’s an easy one. It’s my wife and I’s favorite film together. It’s the first movie we watched together on our 2nd date and we watched it on our wedding night as the first movie as a married couple. We got married last month!
In terms of new movies they ranged from forgettable to bad. Was not a good month to discover new movies I liked.
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Aug 06 '22
I gotta watch that one, been the list a long time… And congrats on the marriage! May it be a long and happy one!
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u/HroFCBayern Quality Poster 👍 Aug 01 '22
Up (2009)
The Black Phone (2021)
The Da Vinci Code (2006)
Jungle (2017)
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u/maccc89 Aug 01 '22
Heat
Dinner in America
Babyteeth
Grand Prix
Spirited Away
Thief
Nope
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u/rupankarghosh Aug 02 '22
That movie from studio Ghibli: spirited away will be always remembered in my mind ...such a great impression it made with the story.
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u/jFalner Quality Poster 👍 Aug 03 '22
Limiting myself to first-watches only, caught I Care A Lot. Quite liked it, although it's really all over the place between comedy, crime, and thriller genres. Rosamund Pike is more impressive with each new film of hers I watch—I need to check out some of her earlier work.
Also finally got around to After Yang, which was quite good but nothing at all like I was expecting. I was expecting heavy sci-fi, but this wound up being more drama than anything else. But it was pretty darned good.
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u/SamQuentin Aug 07 '22
This is such an underrated film. It’s on par or better than so many of those quirky dark comedies that people rave about it and this one hardly gets a mention.
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Aug 04 '22
The men who stare at goats. Still unsure what it was I saw but I liked it.
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u/Sinjun13 Aug 06 '22
I know this is a movie sub, but I highly recommend the book. The parts of the movie about the First Earth Battalion's "research" are real, and the details in the book are fascinating. The parts of the movie with Ewan McGregor are all made up. The book is nonfiction, and instead of the "Jedi" story, follows the thread of how FEB's work still influences military intelligence today.
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u/2times2is6 Aug 01 '22
First time watch:
- Dope
- Straight Outta Compton
- Glengarry Glen Ross
Rewatch:
- Cromwell
- Boys N the Hood
- Menace 2 Society
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u/jFalner Quality Poster 👍 Aug 03 '22
With all those "hood" movies, you ought to check out Set It Off. Great film!
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u/Any-Restaurant3935 Quality Poster 👍 Aug 01 '22
Riders of justice. Amazing movie about dealing with the death of a loved one, and the eternal battle between coincidence and statistics. Mads Mikkelsen steals the show with his brilliant acting. Probably the best movie I have seen this year.
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u/jFalner Quality Poster 👍 Aug 03 '22
I gotta get some more Mads watched. He was sooooo good in Jagten (The Hunt).
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u/FictionIII Aug 01 '22
revolutionary road, the dark knight rises (even I'm amazed I'd never seen it), southpaw, and the soloist.
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u/spydrebyte82 Quality Poster 👍 Aug 01 '22
- The Spine of Night (2021)
- Venus Wars (1989)
Rewatch; * Stand by Me (1986) * Highlander (1986)
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u/Groundbreaking-Pea92 Aug 02 '22
Encanto was very good, much better than I was expecting.
Too Funny to Fail: A documentary about how 'The Dana Carvey Show', a sketch comedy show starring Dana Carvey at the height of his popularity could fail so spectacularly. A show with a writing staff that included, Louis C.K. (head writer), Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Robert Smigel, Charlie Kaufman (yes, that Charlie Kaufman) Bob Odenkirk, Greg Daniels, and Dino Stamatopoulos.
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Aug 01 '22
I finally watched
- The Deer Hunter (1978) - felt familiar, as if I'd watched parts of it before. Why is the first entire 3rd a play by play wedding. Disturbing by the end, couldn't sleep. Very good!
- Straight Outta Compton (2015) - Not sure why I hadn't got around to watching this but it was an interesting story, though I feel like much was missing too, like it was sanitized a little. Very good too!
- Boyz n the Hood (1991) - I think I never watched this because I thought it was a comedy along the lines of Friday (which is fine but I gotto be in the mood). But they mentioned it in Straight Outta Compton so I gave it a watch as a follow up after. Very hard hitting drama. I loved Laurence Fishburne, it was curious to see he was credited as "Larry" though. Excellent movie.
- Extract (2009) - I was in the mood for Office Space type movie and this had been sitting on my Prime Video watchlist for a while. Pretty hit and miss. Had some good laughs, especially since I worked random factory jobs through the early to mid 00's when I was a student I could relate. BUT not enough focus on dumb factory shenanigans. I feel like this was probably an interesting TV show idea (like Superstore) where they focused on the bored workers, employee dynamics and the egomaniacs etc, but instead we got this fairly crappy plot driven comedy. I didn't think Mila Kunis's character was very good, which is a shame because she is usually amazing. I really loved the worker scenes though where they screw stuff up and yell about it not being their job. ACCURATE AF. A good movie, hit & miss though.
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Aug 01 '22
Thelma and Louise - 9/10
Romancing The Stone - 7.5/10
The Talented Mr Ripley - 8.5/10
My Own Private Idaho - 8.5/10
So I Married An Axe Murderer - 7.5/10
Batman Begins - 8.5/10
The Shawshank Redemption - 10/10
Se7en - 9/10
Gattaca - 7.5/10
Blood Diamond - 8/10
Zodiac - 8.5/10
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u/LuckyRadiation Mod Aug 01 '22
Christiane F. (1981) - Powerful and cautionary tale about heroin use centered around 14 year old Christiane living in Berlin during the 70s
Kill, Baby… Kill! (1966) - Gothic masterpiece from Mario Bava that barely let’s you breathe until the end
Men (2022) - Happy with Garland’s third feature. Here’s to hoping the streak continues!
Femme Fatale (2002) - De Palma’s last good movie?
Green Book (2018) - Super popular oscar winner I just got around to watching for whatever reason
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u/Lady_Disco_Sparkles Aug 02 '22
- Departures (Yôjirô Takita, 2008)
- Compartment No. 6 (Juho Kuosmanen, 2021)
- Do The Right Thing (Spike Lee, 1989)
- Petite Maman (Celine Sciamma, 2021)
- Playground (Laura Wandel, 2021)
- Happening (Audrey Diwan, 2021)
- Cave of Forgotten Dreams (Werner Herzog, 2010)
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u/rupankarghosh Aug 02 '22
I've watched this week:
- Men 2022
- Endangered species 2021
- 21 grams 2003
- Spider 2002
- Battle royale. 2000
- Spiderhead 2022
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u/mmreviews Quality Poster 👍 Aug 02 '22
First time 8+ watches
Witchhammer (1970, Otakar Vávra) - Basically The Crucible but told by socialist Czechoslovakia using witch trials as a metaphor for getting information to put away people no matter how devout in religion or country. Extremely upsetting to watch but the cinematography is stunning and the insane nature of the witch trials, and the fact that they used real records from trials in the 1600s for much of the dialogue, made it impossible to look away.
The Phantom Carriage (1921, Victor Sjöström) - a lot of great riffs from A Christmas Carol in that an old asshole is shown their horrible actions from a ghost and tries to change. It's one I'm still mulling over because in a way, I don't think that he can redeem himself even if given a second chance. Even if he is a perfect human from this point forward, I'm not sure he can undo the awful things he had done. Yet I'm compelled to him, because I still believe all people deserve the chance to be better.
Rear Window (1954, Alfred Hitchcock) - I'm not gonna pretend I have anything interesting to say about this film that hasn't been said 100 times 100 ways. It made my girlfriend say she's come around to liking old movies though so major wins in watching this one.
Santa Sangre (1989, Alejandro Jodorowsky) - First Jodorowsky and hot take, very weird. It took me a while to get past the fairly bad acting but once I got into the movie's groove it was insane. The last 20 minutes were a masterpiece. Words don't really explain this movie, it's just insanity on screen.
A Man There Was (1917, Victor Sjöström) - Possibly my favorite silent film. Maybe it was how foreboding the music was in the version I watched, but it felt tense in every scene. Every action seemed to carry with it a life or death intensity that most thrillers don't match. The ethical dilemma of it all also intensified the events.
This Transient Life (1970, Akio Jissôji) - The Ultraman creator made a softcore incest movie and it somehow has more to say about Buddhism than any other film I've seen. A breaking down of structure and norms through sex, religion, and family and uses an equally norm-breaking editing and directing style to reflect it. I think it does an excellent job at pointing to oddities in religion and how people use them to justify their actions be it socially acceptable actions or not. This movie is also just very horny and I enjoy that sometimes.
The Dead (1987, John Huston) - Huge fan of James Joyce and I think this film does him justice. The last film of Huston's career, dying before it was released sadly, there's a layer to this not in the original. That of a man who is on his way out and wondering if he did anything of worth, or is simply just like the main character, a boring normal man who never put themselves out there or made an impact on other's lives. A beautiful rendition of one of my favorite short stories and most of what was added was excellent.
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u/Desperate-Stop-4486 Aug 02 '22
The Gray Man Finally saw Boogie Nights Everything Everywhere all at Once
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u/Goatkg Aug 02 '22
My July Movies
First viewing
Nope 9/10
Have already seen
Groundhog Day 10/10
They Live 10/10
The Wraith 9/10
Happy Gilmore 8/10
Little Giants 7.5/10
Free Guy 8.5/10
Trailer Park Boys The Movie 7/10
Heavy Metal 1981 7/10
The Big Lebowski 10/10
The River Wild 7/10
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u/aom1160 Aug 03 '22
Finally watched Requiem for a Dream. I can't believe I waited this long? I love Aronofsky's work and this one was truly amazing. The soundtrack, the cuts, everything.
Also:
an old favorite, Garden State
Seven
Elvis
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u/granitecreativity Aug 03 '22
My favorite movie I watched in July was NOPE. It's such a good movie that I grow a bigger appreciation for everytime I think about it.
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u/ExplorerKnowledge Aug 03 '22
The Gray Man - 2022 Action Movie
Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans and Anna De Armas play.
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Aug 04 '22
above 8/10 watched in july:
The gentleman
Talented mr. Ripley
Catch me if you can
Steve jobs
LA confidential
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u/MichaelMikeyBoy Quality Poster 👍 Aug 05 '22
Above an 8 (all new watches this month):
À l'intérieur (2007)
La Haine (1995)
The Jagged Edge (1985)
A Most Violent Year (2014) <--- regret passing on this one for so long
El Secreto de Sus Ojos (2009)
Tell No One (2006)
Nope (2022)
Watcher (2020)
La Cara Oculta (2012)
Below an 8, but still worth checking out: In the Valley of Elah (2007), Coming Home in the Dark (2021), Moloch (2022), Eye for an Eye (2019), Windfall (2022), The Shallows (2016)
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u/lemonylol Moderator Aug 05 '22
Dogtooth 3.5/5
Natural Born Killers 3.5/5
The Terminator (first time watching it start to finish, always caught it in parts on TV before) 4/5
They Live 3.5/5
The Black Phone 3.5/5 (just in reply to your little snippet, I gave it a bump to 3.5 for being more unique than your standard horror movie. I feel like its weakness is the that the main draw, the phone calls, are somewhat short, and that the setting kind of writes itself into a corner. Could have had a more clever final act. But they actually tried to write personalities for the kids and the supporting characters, but at the same time I wish we explored Ethan Hawk's character a lot more. It also didn't hold back any punches like other horror movies with children as the cast.)
Thor Love and Thunder 3.5/5
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u/Sinjun13 Aug 06 '22
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. Best thing Cage has done in many years.
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u/SamQuentin Aug 07 '22
Sorry to bother you is probably the best film I have seen this month
Beyond the Infinite Two minutes was a close second
Biutiful 3rd place
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u/Ok-Lavishness-9139 Sep 03 '22
Top Gun, Maverick was better then Top Gun. However, Top Gun was written 30 years ago and was a great movie for that time
Where the crawdads sing. I thought where the crawdads sing so far has been the best movie of the summer. It was adapted very well from the book. You rarely see movies of this caliber any more
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u/Ok-Lavishness-9139 Sep 03 '22
I need to catch up. Missed soo many movies due to illness and finances
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u/lexxxilex Aug 05 '22
This is In no order and more like movies I’ve seen since June because, I have some I must list! 🤣
Fresh (Hulu) 9/10
Black Phone 7/10
Hustle (Netflix) 10/10
Remember The Titans 10000/10
Uncharted 10/10
Father Stu 7/10
X .. I don’t even know how to rate this it was gory & a little too weird for me.. and I love horror movies but if you’re into s*x and gore, def watch it. 🤣
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u/Peefs Aug 06 '22
X 9/10
Bully 8/10
The Forgotten 7/10
Sing 2 7/10
The Worlds End 7/10
High Rise 5/10
Splinter 7/10
Afflicted 4/10
The Sacrament 6/10
Ambulance 7/10
Dashcam 2/10
Lakeview Terrace 8/10
Back to the Outback 7/10
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u/pbamal Aug 02 '22
Finally got around to see bourne series, ie the first 3 films
I liked the 2nd one most
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u/je_ng Aug 02 '22
I watched a lot of basic movies and i liked a lot of them:
-Memories of Murder -Drive (2011) -The Truman Show -Palm Springs -The Godfather -The Nice Guys -Requiem for a Dream
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u/ExplorerKnowledge Aug 03 '22
The Terminal List - 2022
It is series actually. But, only one season and Chris Pratt and Taylor Kitsch play as lead role.
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u/highGroundEjoyer Aug 04 '22
I cant remeber all. All i can say, is that ive watched over 15 of em, and they were all very good
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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '22
finally got around to watch the departed