Burn After Reading

Director: Ethan & Joel Coen

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0887883/

Review: A very complex array of stories that are somehow very easy to follow and are also very satisfying and funny.

Go see it if: You can handle a bit of dark humour in terms of violence.

And if you liked: Fargo, The Big Lebowski

Pink Flamingos

Director: John Waters

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069089/

Review: An extremely shocking, vile, fiercely original and bizarrely funny film that pisses all over contemporary gross-out movies...literally.

Rent it if: You have a strong stomach.

And if you liked: Freddy Got Fingered, any other gross-out movies

Eyes Wide Shut

Director: Stanley Kubrick

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120663/

Review: An interesting and strange journey that, despite its length, really pulls you in all the way.

Rent it if: You can tolerate Tom Cruise's face for 2 and a half hours but seriously, Kubrick's great.

And if you liked: Kubrick... I mean, like, to put anything else here would imply that his films were like any others. They ain't.

How To Lose Friends And Alienate People

Director: Robert B. Weide

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455538/

Review: Enjoyable but not all that memorable piece of fun that's certainly worth a look.

Go see it if: You want a laugh and can handle a film with more than one tranny joke.

And if you liked: Simon Pegg's hilarious face

Check this out: How To Lose Friends And Alienate People

Pineapple Express

Director: David Gordon Green

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0910936/

Review: Wonderfully silly and violent stoner adventure that is sure to cause a few giggles.

Go see it if: You're ready to forgive James Franco for Spider-Man 3.

And if you liked: The Big Lebowski, Idle Hands, the Grand Theft Auto games

Tropic Thunder

Director: Ben Stiller

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0942385/

Review: Very funny but hard to shake the feeling that Ben Stiller might have just wanted to make an action movie but was worried of being ridiculed.

Go see it if: You can figure out that they're not making fun of black people the mentally disabled but rather the actors and filmmakers who exploit these groups for success.

And if you liked: Iron Man, Predator, Rambo

Added cult bonus: Wilhelm Scream

Fitzcarraldo

Director: Werner Herzog

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083946/

Review: An engaging (if a bit long) character study.

Rent it if: You can handle a film being very long if it means you get an excellent atmosphere.

And if you liked: Apocalypto, Aguirre: The Wrath of God

Added cult bonus: Klaus Kinski

Woyzeck

Director: Werner Herzog

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080149/

Review: A very saddening look into one man's forced exhaustion.

Rent it if: You want a short sharp shunt of perfect character portrayal.

And if you liked: Not quite sure to be honest.

Added cult bonus: Klaus Kinski

Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht

Director: Werner Herzog

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079641/

Review: Genuinely chilling and visually stunning.

Rent it if: You have the head for German art cinema, and if you don't I suggest you get one.

And if you liked: Nosferatu, Elephant, Last Days

Added cult bonus: Klaus Kinski

Michael Clayton

Director: Tony Gilroy

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465538/

Review: Wonderfully convoluted and brilliantly gripping.

Rent it if: You know how much George Clooney kicks ass.

And if you liked: Chinatown