Any films by directed by Kevin Smith. Dogma was the second last one we watched, and we've been telling all our friends about it. Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back was excellent too, but it helps to see previous movies first because characters re-occur from one to the next. Kevin Smith plays Silent Bob. Look for the scene where Silent Bob talks.

I also loved Chasing Amy, especially for the subtle but funny messages from Amy about gender stereotyping.

See if you can find Death in Brunswick (but I don't really like your chances because it's about 15 years old and Australian). Very dark humour.

I love all the Coen brothers films I have seen, but especially Fargo, and The Hudsucker Proxy.

Three of my favourite dramas happen to be written by Stephen King, which amazes me because I resisted reading his horror stories when I worked in the library because of their "blockbuster" status:

The Shawshank Redemption (I'm a fan of Tim Robbins now)
Dolores Claiborne (better than the book because of Kathy Bates)
The Green Mile.

I've always loved Drop Dead Fred, and if you like Rik Mayall, see if you can find videos of the Brit tv series called The Young Ones.

Talking of Brit tv, also see if you can find the Red Dwarf series, but try to find the *original* made Part 1, rather than the re-made Part 1. On a par with Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, IMHO.

I second the recommendation for the three movies called Three Colours: Blue, White, and Red. And I also second the Johnny Depp ones called Benny & Joon, and also What's Eating Gilbert Grape. I didn't really like Dead Man, although I appreciated what it was aiming at.

Memento is excellent. I was just talking about that over the weekend.

Russell Crowe was in a very good Oz movie with Hugo Weaving called Proof.

My hubby loves the animated movie called Tank Girl.

Was the Campion (The Piano) film about a writer called My Brilliant Career, about a 19th century Oz author who used the pseudonym Miles Franklin?

And since someone mentioned "Texas", I've been thinking about finding a copy of Paris, Texas and watching that again.

Helen