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Simple question; what s a good movie?

I m a 20 year old guy, to give you some basis of genres. I m looking for a movie with good acting and a good plot. A movie I can really get into. Thanks guys!

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  • 6 years ago

    Action: John Wick, Red (1 and 2), original Die Hard, Django Unchained, all Marvel movies, Casino Royale, No Country for Old Men, Pulp Fiction

    Horror/thriller: Oculus, 1408, You're Next, Fight Club, Cabin in the Woods

    Comedy: Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Super Troopers, Hitch, The Big Lebowski

    Basically anything by Joss Whedon, the Coen Bros, Quentin Tarentino

    Source(s): Movie Enthusiast
  • 6 years ago

    If you have Netflix you should try watching Daredevil. It's a show, but each episode is about an hour long and it's a marvel show, so the plot's pretty good. It's basically like a movie that goes on for 13 hours-- I'm really into it!

  • ?
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    Older movies depended more on acting and plot than do the movies today which depend more on action and technology. People used to want those things and now they want something else so Hollywood obliges them.

    On the Waterfront had an all star cast and a great script and holds up even today.

    Night of the Iguana, great job by Richard Burton

    the Green Mile

    The Grey

    Saint Vincent, Good acting by Bill Murry and others

    The Remains of the Day, good story good acting

    A Street Car ;Named Desire, Marlon Brando and Karl Malden team up again in a movie from a terrific play by Tennessee Williams

    The King's Speech

    Good Will Hunting

    A Beautiful Mind

    The French Connection, Gene Hackman has acted well in many movies.

    The Wrong Man, Henry Fonda

    Grapes of Wrath, another good job by Henry Fonda

    Captain Phillips 2013 good job by Tom Hanks in a true story about modern day pirates.

    Philadelphia, another good job by Tom Hanks playing a lawyer who gets AIDS and loses his job then fights it in court.

    The Truman Story, Jim Cary shows his acting skills in a good story

    Chariots of Fire, inspiring story

    Marty, Ernest Borgnine does a great job acting

    Lawrence of Arabia, an epic film with lots of good actors and a great story

    Room at the Top

    North by Northwest, a great Hitchcock film with terrific acting by Cary Grant a thriller without all the blood and guts and endless action

    Breaker Moran, A very good Australian movie showing injustice in wartime.

    Summertime, one of Katherine Hepurn's best with Rossano Brassi

    Casablanca, a classic Bogart Movie

    A Man for All Seasons, good historical drama

    Billy Budd, a good sailing days yarn lots of good acting

  • 6 years ago

    Shawshank Redemption

    The Hunt for Red October

    Conspiracy Theory

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  • Jamie
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    Running On Empty ( 1988 ) . The plot is a guy who was raised on the run from the FBI with his parents and aged 17 he meets a girl and goes his way . Very good plot and characters I truly believe in . Think it has been put on You Tube . Whatever you watch , enjoy it .

  • 6 years ago

    Have you seen The Interview? It's a comedy.

  • 6 years ago

    You might have already seen Django but if not, it has good acting, a well-written script, it's funny but still has drama, and the plot is great.

  • 6 years ago

    Casino, Divergent, John Wick.... first 3 that came into my head!

  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    the count of monte cristo jim caviezel.

  • 6 years ago

    in bruges

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