This is very true, great movies!
Out of loyalty I have to recommend all the Halloween and Friday The 13th movies. The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a must watch. TCM 2 , 3, remake and prequel to remake are good as well. Next Generation is a**.
I would also recommend Evil Dead (Or ED 2) Evil Dead (2013), Cabin In The Woods, 28 Days Later, Donnie Darko, Night Of The Living Dead, The Thing, Alien, Dawn Of The Dead, Psycho, Behind The Mask: The Rise Of Leslie Vernon (If you like Slashers).
Itās a great list. Iām always sorry to say I found Serenity somewhat disappointing. I thought the Firefly series was the best show ever, and the cancellation still makes me sad ten years later. But the movie didnāt really capture what made the show great to me.
In my quest to say controversial things about movies, I will say that the Lord of the Rings movies are not only better than the books, they are FAR better. The Hobbit not so much.
Reading TLOTR itās facing the descriptions made by a man who thought that nobody but him had imagination, so to be sure everyone understood him he described EVERY ā ā ā ā ā ā ā LEAVE of each tree, each ingredient of each food, and so, making insanely boring read all the descriptions.
The movie doesnāt have this problem.
The Hobbit film its total garbage, especially the third
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I saw the series and movies back to back for the first time so they feel like a whole to me, but I can understand where youār coming from. Iām just glad they gave some storylines closure.
Alsoā¦
I read the books in English (not my language) and struggled some with the description, they are veryā¦floweryā¦however the parts that worked were exceptional.
The movies however are a totally different beast, and to me are one of the 7 movie āwonders of the worldā. They just got everything so rightā¦
The Hobbit movies were indeed far inferior but still a fun ride to be had and work fine for a younger age group. And I still had fun visiting middle earth again. Iām glad to not be one of those people that let sequals/prequels like this retro-actively destroy their enjoyment of the originalsā¦
What still surprises me now though is how well those movies turned out quality and profit wise, and seeing not a single fantasy movie since that really workedā¦
Iām discounting Harry Potter (which I love by the way) because they are more āmodern real worldā fantasy, and the Narnia were fun movies but far from masterpieces nor very succesful. besides that we got stuck with movies like Eragonā¦
I dont know about you guys but I am ready to again be transported to a totally fantastical world and have a magical 2-3 hours thereā¦
Dive in the Tarantino vault in you havenāt already.
Pulp Fiction
Kill Bill Vol 2
Inglorious Bastar(d)s
Django Unchained
Tolkein was a professional linguist who studied languages. So he was obsessed with language and the written word, more so than the actual plot of the story. Heās writing in Elvish and making up poems for 1000 pages. But the books have about ten pages of dialogue total. Itās a wonderful world he created and he certainly describes it well. But as an author, he just wrote too much. And there are useless digressions (Iām looking at you Tom Bombadil) that donāt really serve the narrative. The LOTR books are just too long. But if you look at the Hobbit, itās a very concise and wonderful book - among the best of all time. He didnāt waste a thousand pages on Elvish poetry. Itās a short book telling a clever and impactful story. This was the first thing I ever read that made me cry.
And I say all this with love. I read everything the guy ever wrote, including the unpublished works that were turned into The Silmarillion - which makes LOTR look fast paced and breezy. At 12 I devoured these all and I loved them all. But I re-read them as an adult before seeing the movies, and analytically, the movies were better.
I actually read Eragon. It was a mediocre book. The movie was essentially terrible and didnāt even follow the plot of the book.
Iāve read the entire series and it wasnt that bad considering the author was only 16 when he wrote the first book, but it essentially was a mash up of lord of the rings/star wars/pop culture cliches. And his writing was still in need of maturing, the world he created over the four books was impressive though. Havent followed the writer since though, so dont know if he improvedā¦
Anyone here also reads a lot by the way? I read a lot of fantasy books for one, want to know if a thread for such might be warrantedā¦
WAIT HOLD UP
Thereās one major animated movie that I need to recommend to you guys:
Quite possibly one of my favorite films of all time.
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Blazing Saddles
Black Sheep
Dead Men Donāt Wear Plaid
The Pink Panther(original)
Wild Wild West
The Blob(80ās vers)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Knocked Up
Heavy Metal 2000
Birds
Night of the Living Dead
Freddy Got Fingered
All Dogs Go To Heaven
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
The Artist
Fido(the zombie movie)
Fifth Element
Hard Candy
Clerks 2
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Fantastic Mr.Fox
American Pop
Paprika
Twilight Zone
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I like almost anything by the Coen brothers. Blood Simple, Fargo, Millerās Crossing, No Country for Old Men, and True Grit are solid dramaās. O Brother Where Art Thou and Big Lebowski are comedy gold.
If youāre looking for some drama/slightly more artsy movies, Momento is a pretty fun movie. Interesting concept, and an interesting way to tell a story, although I didnāt have quite as much fun re-watching it as I did the first time I saw it. I also enjoyed Moonrise Kingdom, Being John Malkovich. I really loved There Will Be Blood, but itās a pretty dry plot.
One of my favorite movies that others seem down on is Drive, with Ryan Gosling. Itās not quite the action movie that people were expecting, but I love the slow deliberate pace.
As far as Sci Fi goes, I think Dark City is a solid movie that few people saw. Snow Piercer was interesting, although I felt it when on just a little too long and I started to get bored by the end.
Inside Out is one of my favorite movies ever.
#Live Action
Jungle Book 2016
Mad Max fury road
Guardians of the Galaxy
LOTR and The Hobbit
Clash of the Titans 2010
Avatar
Alien
Aliens
Predator
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
John Carter (was okay In my books not the best movie)
Pacific Rim
#Animated
Emperors new groove
Tarzan
Ferngully (more of a kids movie)
A Letter to Momo
Iāll think of more later
wont you take that ride - on heavy metal
its the only way to travel down that road
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Pink Panther was awesome. If you like Peter Sellers, you should check out Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
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My fave movie listā¦
Jurassic Park
Land Before Time
The Lion King
Life is Beautiful
The Matrix
Inside Out
Mad Max: Fury Road
Alien and Aliens
Prometheus
An American Werewolf in London
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Wolf Children: Ame and Yuki
Secret of Nymn
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Secret of Nymn! That thing is so trippy. Very nice.
As a child of the 80ās it was practically a requirement to have seen Nymn. 
Speaking of 80ās!!!
How could I forget āThe Dark Crystal!!!ā
If anyone likes old school animated movies, the Rankin Bass āThe Hobbitā from the late 70ās is a treasure. Campy but catchy songs, great voice acting. Return of the King (animated) is also solid, but more in the super campy so bad itās good type.