Need help with film title of a documentary about the director's missing friend. [more inside]
posted by orehek on Dec 29, 2009 - 1 answer

Please ID this Kung Fu movie with missiles and menstruation. [more inside]
posted by Lutoslawski on Dec 22, 2009 - 3 answers

Avatar (the film) has a very generic-off-the-shelf-storyline. Where did it originate? Possible spoilers ahead. [more inside]
posted by P.o.B. on Dec 21, 2009 - 18 answers

There is a movie I saw very distractedly around 1996-2000, featuring a scene I keep thinking about. I don't remember much beyond that one scene but I do recall the haunting mood of the film. I'd like to watch it again sometime, but can't seem to identify it. [more inside]
posted by mindwarp on Dec 20, 2009 - 11 answers

Help me find the name of this Asian film about a love story in three different time periods. [more inside]
posted by jaywalker on Dec 20, 2009 - 2 answers

A few years ago I saw a foreign film. I have forgotten the title, but it ended with a line like "I spent a lifetime looking for a diamond in a mountain of glass." Anyone remember the name of it? [more inside]
posted by Mickelstiff on Dec 20, 2009 - 6 answers

Recommend some good movies to LISTEN to. [more inside]
posted by 1f2frfbf on Dec 14, 2009 - 40 answers

Non-Christmas, non-holiday wintry movies to show in 7th grade? [more inside]
posted by NHlove on Dec 10, 2009 - 30 answers

The Room viewing party ideas? [more inside]
posted by theRussian on Dec 8, 2009 - 14 answers

Name that Japanese movie: seen onboard Japan Airlines in 2002-2003. Salaryman becomes obsessed with building a space rocket in his back garden. [more inside]
posted by Beautiful Screaming Lady on Dec 7, 2009 - 5 answers

Maggie The Cat (on a Hot Tin Roof). . . . . . . . [more inside]
posted by pamspanda on Dec 5, 2009 - 4 answers

Movie-fi: I am trying to remember the name of a movie I saw maybe 10 years ago, involving 3-4 married couples having arguments. Does this ring a bell? [more inside]
posted by nyc_consultant on Nov 29, 2009 - 5 answers

What was the name of this movie? Martial arts-themed/action (think JCVD-style). Cheesy scene description - the only one I can remember - inside. [more inside]
posted by aberrant on Nov 19, 2009 - 9 answers

What's the title of this movie (that came out around 2005, give or take)? A teenager is left for dead and becomes a ghost. He seems to influence things around him but then what he did didn't actually happen. In the trailer, he yells his girlfriend's name in an empty high school, and it seems like she almost hears him. It turns out he's not dead but dying. The reviews were not good. Thank you!
posted by zeek321 on Nov 19, 2009 - 7 answers

Does anyone have any recommendations for somewhat recent (post-2000) TV or movie popular music soundtracks (or some other kind of compilation)? I tend to like alternative rock, but I'm open to any genre. [more inside]
posted by cosmic.osmo on Nov 15, 2009 - 15 answers

I read non-fiction story of a career change to a successful Hollywood movie producer. Help me find who it was and a copy of the story. [more inside]
posted by SantosLHalper on Nov 14, 2009 - 4 answers

Call it the Psycho Effect: Me: Lover of horror movies and analysis thereof. Problem: Having read so much analysis I've been either spoiled by or inured to most Classics Of Horror and have developed odd prejudices against certain devices. Help me scare myself silly with new movies. Prejudices inside. [more inside]
posted by The Whelk on Nov 9, 2009 - 69 answers

I'm looking for films where female characters cheat... yes, I've seen this question, but most of the films involve men cheating on their female partners, and I am looking for the other way around (without having to read a summary of every film on that list). [more inside]
posted by pumpkin11 on Nov 5, 2009 - 55 answers

Looking for a movie from 10-15 yrs ago (I think) about a shady car dealership. All I remember is the first few minutes of it. [more inside]
posted by Saxon Kane on Nov 1, 2009 - 5 answers

Sci-Fi Movie Filter: Trying to locate the title of a movie I saw in the late 80's. It was set in the US in the near future. A private eye or cop was trying to track down someone smuggling a deadly drug or chemical that - when it came in contact with the human body - dissolved it in a fantastically gruesome fashion with smoke and screaming. [more inside]
posted by ninazer0 on Nov 1, 2009 - 5 answers

I'm looking for examples of the film and tv cliché where images from surveillance video or photos are magnified and enhanced (usually to a ridiculous degree). [more inside]
posted by dunk on Oct 30, 2009 - 36 answers

I loved the plot of Bel Canto by Ann Patchett. Any recommendations for similar books, shows, or movies? [more inside]
posted by reenum on Oct 28, 2009 - 10 answers

How can I figure out what song was in the obscure movie I watched last night? [more inside]
posted by Breav on Oct 27, 2009 - 4 answers

IdentificationFilter: I watched "Away We Go" this weekend and need help identifying this song and also finding an online retailer for this lamp (or something close). Ready . . . set . . . go! [more inside]
posted by siclik on Oct 26, 2009 - 3 answers

Name the 80s/90s skate movie that contains the line, Cabriolet is Yugoslavian for "fast car" [more inside]
posted by nomisxid on Oct 26, 2009 - 6 answers

Plateofbeaning Dark Corners the movie? Oddities, trivia and overanalysis for your amusement. Spoilers inside, I'm sure. [more inside]
posted by Iosephus on Oct 24, 2009 - 0 answers

OK, something that been bugging me for a long time: Can someone identify a foreign film/tv show from the 80's given some memories of production details? [more inside]
posted by pjern on Oct 24, 2009 - 5 answers

What are some documentaries/movies/video clips that are about the Annexation of Texas? [more inside]
posted by kylej on Oct 23, 2009 - 1 answer

Serious movies with a female spy or secret agent as the main character, preferably about her working solo to solve a case/perform a mission --that somehow involves her own past? [more inside]
posted by np312 on Oct 22, 2009 - 25 answers

I recall reading in a thread about a trick used in movies to simulate the background noise of a crowd engaged in a number of separate conversations - like a party - by having a small number of people repeat a few syllables out of sync with each other. What were the details of this?
posted by srboisvert on Oct 18, 2009 - 13 answers

I am trying to figure out the name of a horror/sci-fi movie from my childhood. It's a movie where a guy wakes up one day and he has a little alien slug/worm that lives on the back of his neck and talks to him. The alien has drilled a hole in the back of his neck and now injects a powerful narcotic/hallucinogen directly into his brain and controls the guy's life. Nobody knows about the alien slug, and at the end of the movie, he squeezes the alien slug to death and it administers a lethal dose to him, and his head blows up. Name that movie! As I'm older I realize it was a metaphor for drug addiction... and frequently try and explain the plot of the movie to people as best as I can remember. It was probably released around 1991. It may have gone straight to DVD or cable. TIA
posted by Mr_Crazyhorse on Oct 11, 2009 - 7 answers

I'm looking for famous movie quotes that contain either the word "here" or the word "now". [more inside]
posted by painquale on Oct 10, 2009 - 26 answers

An independent film from Australia about a kidnapping? [more inside]
posted by mikoroshi on Oct 8, 2009 - 3 answers

I watched a film called "Return Of The Jedi" recently. Perhaps some of you have seen it. In the first act, a motley band of heroes executes an ingenious plan to rescue a comrade from an obese crime lord. Wait, what exactly was their ingenious plan? [more inside]
posted by chrchr on Oct 6, 2009 - 38 answers

Can you think of a movie in which a doddering old servant makes his way, at painful and ridiculous low speed, across a room carrying a tray of drinks?
posted by markcmyers on Oct 4, 2009 - 20 answers

What are the best websites that review DVDs? Not the movies that come on the DVDs, but the DVDs themselves? [more inside]
posted by soonertbone on Oct 1, 2009 - 4 answers

A film festival accepted my little short, and now I need to come up with a one-sheet movie poster really, really fast. But I don't know what this involves. [more inside]
posted by Kirklander on Sep 30, 2009 - 14 answers

Name that Aussie kids' movie - - does anyone remember a kids' movie back in the 80s about a boy and his lost border collie, Gypsy? [more inside]
posted by Jubey on Sep 29, 2009 - 2 answers

What movies have the most difficult plots to understand? Movies that are mentally challenging and require multiple viewings but aren't nonsensical. [more inside]
posted by FuManchu on Sep 29, 2009 - 76 answers

What feature film production company uses the introductory logo of a painted man that starts running very quickly and suddenly turns into a bird (maybe a raven)? It's one of those companies like ICON Entertainment, Lucasfilm, et cetera.
posted by Timen on Sep 29, 2009 - 4 answers

Name this movie about Cruising Sailboat couples on a remote island, murder and the ethical dilemma of the woman who was (married to? dating? sleeping with?) the murderer. [more inside]
posted by DetonatedManiac on Sep 27, 2009 - 7 answers

Why was the spider removed from the movie poster for Arachnophobia between the theatrical release and the video release? [more inside]
posted by toomanyplugs on Sep 25, 2009 - 3 answers

Help ID 70s or 80s movie: Graffiti artist tricks drug dealer into committing one last crime. [more inside]
posted by Alaska Jack on Sep 22, 2009 - 2 answers

What t-shirt is Zach Galifianakis wearing in the hangover? [more inside]
posted by Twinedog on Sep 21, 2009 - 7 answers

What are some movies in which the main character shares his head space with another (unseen) entity? [more inside]
posted by np312 on Sep 17, 2009 - 20 answers

For the past few years I've been trying to remember the name of a movie I saw as a kid. The only scene I remember involved a group of kids trapped and hanging inside a net and one of the kids using his remote control helicopter to chop down the net. [more inside]
posted by ydant on Sep 17, 2009 - 4 answers

Does anyone know the lyrics to Sir Smoke A Lot's rap song from Half-Baked? [more inside]
posted by leecohen on Sep 16, 2009 - 7 answers

Movies inspired by films of the 30's-50's? [more inside]
posted by Ndwright on Sep 16, 2009 - 28 answers

What movie did I watch with Water Polo as an allegory for Socialism/Communism? [more inside]
posted by mnop on Sep 12, 2009 - 4 answers

Movie ID help please: 18th century England, noblewoman looking for husband, writes letters with rich American who made fortune in slave trade, she befriends a slave who works in the house, they fall in love, later there is a childbirth scene. Movie made in the early 90s, low-budget look, could be made-for-TV. [more inside]
posted by jocelmeow on Sep 9, 2009 - 2 answers