Must See Movies

A few more for the list:

Arlington Road (1999)
Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusak and Hope Davis
Widowed when his FBI agent wife is killed in an FBI anti-terrorist operation gone wrong, a college professor (Bridges) becomes increasingly obsessed with the culture and sub-society of these dangerous groups. The arrival of new neighbors (Robbins, Cusack), gives him new spirit, as they are gregarious and friendly, with two children (Gamble, Green) that his son (Clark) can be friends with. He is even beginning to see another woman (Davis). However, he begins to suspect something is odd about the neighbors, something about the way they don't want him to see certain parts of the house, or a set of blueprints they have there. Are his neighbors terrorists... or is the stress of losing his wife merely driving him past the point of paranoia?

Demolition Man (1993)
Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes
Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes square off on opposite sides in this sci-fi action-adventure. What used to be the ruthless 20th century, has become a tranquil world of peace law abiding citizenship. Unhealthy foods, swearing and even firearms have been banned. However, when convicted criminal Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes-Passenger 57, New Jack City) escapes from a cryo prison on the day of his parole hearing and escapes to go on a murderous and often hilarious rampage. Coincidentally, the only person who can stop Phoenix is the police officer that Phoenix framed in the crime of manslaughter 36 years before, John Spartan (Sylvester Stallone-Cliffhanger, Rocky).

Shooter (2007)
Mark Wahlberg
Yesterday was about honor. Today is about justice.
A marksman (Wahlberg) living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why.
(Personal note - this is one of the extremely rare Hollywood movies that get the firearms stuff right, according to some top-notch gunnies I know.)
 
George Romero's Diary of the Dead is an excellent satire on the MSM and the way the media is being handled in general nowadays.

I also recommend all his other films as well, just because Romero is awesome. :D
 
Let's see...

I know it's not a movie but Les Miserables is not only an excellent musical but also a great book. Deals with corruption in government, revolution, etc.

Probably my favorite movie is "Amadeus". Doesn't really have much to do with Ron Paul, but it does feature the best theatrical score of all-time.
 
Silent Hill. If you watch it and understand the theme, you'll see it's relevance to liberty.
 
Ryan's Daughter

Along with Dr. Zhivago another David Lean classic. This one is set in Ireland during WWI. The Germans are going to supply the Irish rebels arms to fight the British. This film sparked my fascination with WWI. If more Americans knew about and understood this war, they would better understand world events today. So many of the things going on today are the direct blowback from this war. Also this is a truly beautiful film. It is cinema as poetry.
 
Robin Hood (1938)

Shit you not... saw a vital bit; not the whole thing - Olympics is on...

The exchange went, from a princess to Robin Hood; but you're thieves, robbers, murders... what will you do with all the money you've taken (from the king)

He then has a little good little exchange and asks her to come with him... he takes her and shows all these poor people, hungry, beaten up, abused,.. and literally says, they had their houses burned from the tax collectors, they come to him for protection... against the normans (the state), they'll give the money back to the people

The quality of it was epic.. color, all good actors, great exchanges - far better than anything that could be written today imo.

:)
 
Conza88 said:
Robin Hood (1938)

Shit you not... saw a vital bit; not the whole thing - Olympics is on...

The exchange went, from a princess to Robin Hood; but you're thieves, robbers, murders... what will you do with all the money you've taken (from the king)

He then has a little good little exchange and asks her to come with him... he takes her and shows all these poor people, hungry, beaten up, abused,.. and literally says, they had their houses burned from the tax collectors, they come to him for protection... against the normans (the state), they'll give the money back to the people

The quality of it was epic.. color, all good actors, great exchanges - far better than anything that could be written today imo.

:)
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Hey, this reminds me....I was having a discussion with a friend recently about Robin Hood. He said he didn't like Robin Hood because he was nothing but a damned socialist. I tried to argue the counterpoint, saying that Robin Hood only stole from the tax collectors and gave back to the people who rightly owned the property.

Although, he does still have the admittedly socialist-sounding motto of "steal from the rich and give to the poor." I suppose back in 1938 was the more accurate rendition without the silly motto thrown in?
 
Maverick said:
Hey, this reminds me....I was having a discussion with a friend recently about Robin Hood. He said he didn't like Robin Hood because he was nothing but a damned socialist. I tried to argue the counterpoint, saying that Robin Hood only stole from the tax collectors and gave back to the people who rightly owned the property.

Although, he does still have the admittedly socialist-sounding motto of "steal from the rich and give to the poor." I suppose back in 1938 was the more accurate rendition without the silly motto thrown in?
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It's a tough one... i.e reading the early references as "The Robin Hood legend has thus been subject to numerous shifts and mutations throughout its history."

It all comes from nowhere really... lol, emerged as a fairy tale, but there are also theories linking it to real life events back in the day.

The film The Adventures of Robin Hood portrayed Robin as a hero on a national scale, leading the oppressed Saxons in revolt against their Norman overlords while Richard the Lionheart fought in the Crusades; this movie established itself so definitively that many studios resorted to movies about his son.

^ I think thats the one from 1938.

"The idea of Robin Hood as a high-minded Saxon fighting Norman lords also originates in the 19th century. The most notable contributions to this idea of Robin are Thierry's Histoire de la Conquête de l'Angleterre par les Normands (1825), and Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe (1819). In this last work in particular, the modern Robin Hood — "King of Outlaws and prince of good fellows!" as Richard the Lionheart calls him — makes his début."

I see it as an on going battle... esoteric agenda so to speak. Socialists are good at corrupting stuff.. i.e Liberal..... now they are 'progressives'... If it was originally technically true, Robin Hood has taken from the rich (who got rich from taxation of the people) and then gives it back to the poor... they just drop the taxation reference... and bobs your uncle.

I'm not sure that's his motto primarily... it's the theme I guess, but no doubt it's been attributed to him.

Ayn Rand had a good reference to this in Atlas Shrugged or Fountainhead :)
 
I highly recommend everyone who is old/mature enough see Cidade de Deus (City of God) as soon as possible. Someone could come to the wrong conclusion, though, as with any work I suppose.
 
Here are a few suggestions from me as I'm somewhat of a cinema buff. :p :D

2001: A Space Odyssey - full of masonic symbols
2010: The Year We Make Contact - same as above
Ace in the Hole - Billy Wilder's vision of America's media circus
Air America - CIA drug smuggling
Andrzej Wajda: Three War Films: The Criterion Collection (A Generation, Kanal, Ashes and Diamonds)- struggle for personal and national freedom (I especially liked Kanal, very intense)
Army of Shadows - Melville's masterpiece about underground fighters in battle against Hitler's regime
The Bad Sleep Well - Kurosawa exposing the corrupt boardrooms in post war corporate Japan
The Beast (1988) - Soviet Union in a futile war in 80's Afghanistan
Casualties of War - Brian DePalma Vietnam war epic
City of God - of the the best films you ever see, Brazilian
Born on the Forth of July - Oliver Stone protests the war
Cypher - great cyber thriller about corporate espionage
The Dreamers - besides all the nudity I find the film to be a great criticism of the French 60's communist movement and Jean-Luc Godard, honest :)
Equilibrium - Fahrenheit 451 with guns :)
Eyes Wide Shut - again Kubrick with masonic symbology
Gattaca - genetic perfection
Glengarry GlenRoss - classic film, "Lie, cheat, steal. All in a days work"
I, Claudius - BBC series about Roman emperors
The Insider - about the tobacco industry, big corporate interests
La Haine - great modern day French film about racial and cultural volatility, immigration
Lawrence of Arabia - I think it's about the middle east or something... ;)
Krzysztof Kieslowski's The Decalogue - Polish cinematic masterpiece, uses the Ten Commandments as a thematic springboard, 10 part TV series (if you watch just one thing I recommend make sure it's this)
The Leopard - Italian film about when the aristocracy lost it's grip and the middle classes rose up
Lord of the Flies - I prefer the 1990 version
Natural Born Killers - Oliver Stone criticizes the media
Nixon - Oliver Stone again
Nosferatu - the Rudy Giuliani story ;)
The Pentagon Wars - government waste at it's funniest, A Ron Paul fan should love it
Platoon - Oliver Stone war epic
Pump Up the Volume - freedom of speech on the radio
Rome - HBO series historic, Old World Order ;)
Rules of the Game - regarded as one of the greatest films ever made, French
The Ruling Class - Peter O"Toole is hilarious
Salvador - Oliver Stone film about war torn El Salvador
Serpico - Pacino finds out that honesty is not expected to be part of his job as a cop
Stalker (1979) - one of the greatest movies ever made (IMO), Russian film
Traffic - useless drug war
Wall Street - Oliver Stone takes on...
The Wire - HBO series about real life in the streets (drugs, political corruption, etc.)

All of those films are more worthy to be up there than some those you have already listed. :)
 
The Fog Of War

Conspiracy

The Path To War

A Bright Shining Lie

And The Band Played On

The Grey Zone

The McMartin Trial
 
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