Paranormal Activity

Director: Oren Peli

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1179904/

Review: The very end is a little bit silly but the rest of the film really sells the shocks and the extreme tension very well.

Go see it if: You don't think you have to see something to be scared of it.

And if you liked: The Blair Witch Project, The Exorcist

Paths of Glory

Director: Stanley Kubrick

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050825/

Review: A beautifully presented study on the selfishness and stupitidy of war.

Rent it if: You're some asshole who hasn't seen all of Kubrick's films like me.

And if you liked: Full Metal Jacket, Children of Men, Dr.Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Check this out: Paths of Glory

A Serious Man

Director: Joel & Ethan Coen

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1019452/

Review: Dark, strange, subtle, expertly executed and excellently performed.

Go see it if: You can handle a film not being solidly handed to you.

And if you liked: No Country for Old Men, Elephant, Fargo

Gohatto

Director: Nagisa Ôshima

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0213682/

Review: Subtly performed, beautifully shot and with an amazing soundtrack.

Rent it if: You think period dramas are stuffy and old-fashioned.

And if you liked: Atonement

Cold Souls

Director: Sophie Barthes

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1127877/

Review: Too long and not as emotionally engaging as it should be but is nicely shot and well acted.

Go see it if: You can handle a film without a strictly happy ending.

And if you liked: Being John Malkovich, Barton Fink, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Synecdoche New York

9

Director: Shane Acker

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472033/

Review: Quite cliché in parts but the action and visuals really hit home.

Go see it if: You can handle an animated film not being a hilarious comedy.

And if you liked: Coraline, The Matrix, Akira

Check this out: 9

Added cult bonus: Crispin Glover

Saw VI

Director: Kevin Greutert

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1233227/

Review: No better or worse than the other 5 Saw films.

Go see it if: You're stupid like me

And if you liked: The other Saw films

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Director: Wes Anderson

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0432283/

Review: Absolutely hilarious and full of lo-fi charm.

Go see it if: You can handle going to see a so called kids movie.

And if you liked: The Life Aquatic, The Darjeeling Ltd, The Nightmare Before Christmas

Check this out: Fantastic Mr. Fox

The Invention of Lying

Director: Ricky Gervais & Matthew Robinson

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1058017/

Review: Mildly amusing at best but not something hateable.

Go see it if: You're that bored. It's better fit for stumbling across on the TV one afternoon.

And if you liked: Liar Liar, Office Space

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Director: Terry Gilliam

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1054606/

Review: Dazzling visuals with a very dark undercurrent with some intriguing performances.

Go see it if: You agree that Terry Gilliam is brilliant

And if you liked: Brazil, Time Bandits