Keanu Reeves he may be a big movie star, but the guy is also a cinephile who loves watching movies. If you’ve ever wondered what kind of movies Reeves recommends to people, here’s a list he shared in an interview with Esquire. Carrie-Anne Moss he said he shared the list with her towards the end of filming Matrix Resurrections when she asked about the movies she should have watched with her teenage children.
You can check the list below. If you haven’t seen any of these movies, you should check them out!
The Neon Demon
The Neon Demon is a 2016 psychological horror film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and stars Elle Fanning. The plot follows an aspiring model in Los Angeles whose beauty and youth generate intense fascination and jealousy within the fashion industry.
A Clockwork Orange
This 1971 dystopian detective film was directed by Stanley Kubrickand is based on Antonio Burgess1962 novel of the same name. In a future England, Alex (Malcolm McDowell) and his “Droogs” spend their nights getting high at the Korova Milkbar before embarking on “a little bit of the old ultraviolence”, while cheerfully warbling “Singin ‘in the Rain”. After being jailed for beating the Cat Lady to death, Alex undergoes a behavior modification technique to gain his freedom; he is conditioned to abhor violence. Returning to the helpless world, Alex becomes the victim of his previous victims.
Roller
Rollerball is a 1975 sci-fi sports film directed and produced by Norman Jewison and stars James Caan. The year is 2018 in a futuristic society where companies have replaced countries. A violent futuristic game known as Rollerball is the world’s recreational sport, with teams representing various areas. One player, Jonathan E., fights for his personal freedom and threatens corporate control.
The bad lot
The Bad Batch is a 2016 American dystopian thriller film directed and written by Ana Lily Amirpour and stars Jason Momoa. Arlen is abandoned in a Texas wasteland that is fenced off by civilization. As she tries to navigate the unforgiving landscape, Arlen is captured by a savage band of cannibals led by the mysterious Miami Man. With his life in danger, she heads to The Dream. As she adjusts to life in the bad group, Arlen finds that being good or bad mostly depends on who’s around you.
Doctor Strangelove
Doctor Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, known simply and more commonly as Doctor Strangelove, is a 1964 black comedy directed by Stanley Kubrick. A movie about what could happen if the wrong person pressed the wrong button – and played the situation for laughter. US Air Force General Jack Ripper goes completely insane and sends his bomber wing to destroy the USSR. He thinks the Communists are conspiring to pollute the “precious bodily fluids” of the American people.
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai is an epic 1954 Japanese samurai drama film written, edited and directed by Akira Kurosawa. A samurai responds to a village’s request for protection after falling in a difficult time. The city needs protection from bandits, so the samurai rallies six others to help teach the people how to defend themselves and the villagers provide food for the soldiers. A gigantic battle occurs when 40 bandits attack the village.
Amedeo
Amadeus is a 1984 American period biopic drama film directed by Miloš Forman. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce) is a young Viennese composer of considerable talent who unwittingly finds a fierce rival in the disciplined and determined Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham). Feeling for Mozart for both his hedonistic lifestyle and his undeniable talent, the cleric Salieri is gradually consumed by his jealousy and becomes obsessed with Mozart’s fall, leading to a sneaky plan that has dire consequences for both men. .
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is a 1990 tragicomedy film written and directed by Tom Stoppard based on his 1966 play of the same name. Rosencrantz (Gary Oldman) and Guildenstern (Tim Roth) wander unknowingly through Elsinore Castle and its surroundings as the events of William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” unfold around them. While visiting their old friend Hamlet (Iain Glen), the two engage in an ongoing philosophical debate on free will versus predestination, each attempting to demonstrate absurd positions through poorly generated experiments. Meanwhile, the clueless friends try to make sense of the strange happenings in the castle.
The Wicked Dead
The Evil Dead is a 1981 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Sam Raimi. Ashley “Ash” Williams (Bruce Campbell), his girlfriend and three friends hike through the woods to a hut to have a fun evening. There they find an old book, the Necronomicon, the text of which awakens the dead when read aloud. Friends inadvertently release a wave of evil and have to fight for their life or become one of the evil dead. Ash watches as his friends become possessed and must make a difficult decision before dawn to save his life in this, the first of the Sam Raimi trilogy.
Raise Arizona
Raising Arizona is a 1987 American crime comedy directed by Joel Coen and stars Nicolas Cage. Frenzied farce about an unlikely couple going to great lengths to have a child. When an incompetent robber marries a policewoman, they discover they are sterile. To appease his wife’s wishes for a baby, the man steals one of a series of five twins, but chaos ensues when the baby’s wealthy father sends a bounty hunter to hunt rabbits to find the kidnapper.
The Big Lebowski
The Big Lebowski is a 1998 black crime comedy written, produced and directed by Joel And Ethan Coen and stars Jeff Bridges. Jeff ‘The Dude’ Leboswki is mistaken for Jeffrey Lebowski, who is The Big Lebowski. Which explains why he was mistreated and his precious carpet peed on. Seeking reward, The Dude tracks down his namesake, who offers him a job. His wife has been kidnapped and she needs a reliable delivery boy. Aided and hindered by his friends Walter Sobchak, a Vietnam veteran, and Donny, a master of stupidity.
The Nikita woman
La Femme Nikita is a 1990 action thriller film written and directed by Luc Besson. Convicted Criminal Nikita (Anna Parillaud), instead of going to prison, he receives a new identity and is trained to be a murderer of the government-controlled secret police. His lonely life heats up when he falls in love with a man who knows nothing of his mysterious life.
The professional
Léon: The Professional is an English-language 1994 French action thriller film written and directed by Luc Besson. Matilde (Natalie Portman) is only 12, but already knows the dark side of life: her abusive father stores drugs for corrupt police officers and her mother neglects her. Lion (Jean Reno), who lives down the hall, takes care of his houseplants and works as a hitman for mobster Tony (Danny Aiello). When his family is killed by the dishonest DEA agent Stansfield (Gary Oldman), Mathilda joins forces with a reluctant Léon to learn his deadly craft and avenge the death of his family.
The young Frankenstein
Young Frankenstein is a 1974 American horror comedy directed by Mel Brooks. Respected medical professor Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) learns that he has inherited his infamous grandfather’s estate in Transylvania. Arriving at the castle, Doctor Frankenstein soon begins to recreate his grandfather’s experiments with the help of the servants Igor (Marty Feldman), Inga (Teri Garr) and the fearsome Frau Blücher (Cloris Leachman). After creating his monster (Pietro Boyle), new complications arise from the arrival of the doctor’s girlfriend, Elizabeth (Madeline Kahn).
Fiery saddles
Blazing Saddles is a 1974 American satirical black comedy directed by Mel Brooks. In this satirical version of the westerns, the wily railwayman Bart (Little Cleavon) becomes the first black sheriff of Rock Ridge, a frontier town that is about to be destroyed to make way for a new railroad. Initially, the people of Rock Ridge harbor a racial prejudice towards their new leader. However, they grow fond of him after realizing that Bart and his perpetually drunk gunslinger friend (Gene Wilder) are the only defense against a wave of thugs sent to rid the city of its population.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a 1975 British comedy inspired by Arthurian legend, written and performed by comedy group Monty Python and directed by Gilliam and Jones. A comic comedy about the sad circumstances of the Middle Ages told through the story of King Arthur and framed by a modern day murder investigation. When the mythical king of the Britons leads his knights in search of the Holy Grail, they face a wide range of horrors, including a persistent Black Knight, a three-headed giant, a group of shrub-challenged knights, the dangerous Castle Anthrax, a killer rabbit, a house of virgins and a handful of rude French.
Outlaw Josey Wales
The Outlaw Josey Wales is a 1976 American revisionist western film set during and after the American Civil War. It was directed and starred by Clint Eastwood. Josey Wales watches helplessly as his wife and son are murdered, by Union men led by Captain Terrill Seeking revenge, Wales joins the Confederate army. He refuses to surrender at the end of the war, but his fellow soldiers go to deliver their weapons and are massacred by Terrill. Wales shoots some of Terrill’s men and flees to Texas, where he tries to make a new life, but the cut on his head puts him and his new surrogate family in danger.
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
Mad Max 2 is a 1981 Australian post-apocalyptic action film directed by Giorgio Miller. After avenging the deaths of his wife and young son at the hands of a ferocious gang leader, Max (Mel Gibson) drives the post-apocalyptic highways of the Australian outback, repelling attacks from nomadic tribes who prey on outsiders. Falling into a camp led by the relatively peaceful Parrot, Max initially plans to steal their oil, but soon becomes the reluctant defender of the group against the giant Humungus and his ruthless marauders.
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
