Movie/film suggestions.

@immatthewj The whole cast was great in Zodiac, almost as if they went against type. Fincher can bring out the best in an actor. I thought John Carrol Lynch as Arthur Leigh Allen was fantastic. He such an underused actor. 

@thecarpathian  I hope they never do a remake of The Ninth Gate. It's perfect as is. Polanski can make things look so simple with his framing and methods but the actors really stand out as a result as they carry the scene and not the other way 'round. I was tempted to buy a Ninth Gate replica book and put it on my shelf to see if anyone would notice.

All the best,
Nonoise

I agree with so many that have been mentioned. One more vote for "The Lives of Others". A brilliant movie!

As far as acting is concerned. No one can top Elizabeth Taylor's transformation into a pathetic, codependent, alcoholic in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" She won the Oscar for it. And she deserved two for that performance.

And since we are on the subject. "Cat On a Hot Tin Roof". With Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor, and Burl Ives should get a mention.

Also, going way back.1933.  "Dinner at Eight" with all three Barrymores, Jean Harlow, Billie Burke, among many others, makes my list.

Another fan of The Ninth Gate (directed by Roman Polanski), which I have now watched a half dozen times. Polanski's Chinatown is a perfect movie.

My circadian rhythm is a mess and I stayed up late (or early, depending on how you look at it) last night watching Vengeance (2022),starring BJ Novak (of The Office). I was thinking that I probably was not going to like it and would probably turn it off in the early going as it also featured Ashton Kutcher, which made me think it was going to be a stupid or sappy comedy. However: it was a real good movie. Not a GREAT movie, but still a good one. It turned out to have a serious and grim plot, but the dialogue was good, and there was lots of fairly dark humor wove in. Novak did a good job with his part. Movies have to have twists, I guess, and this was no exception, it had a couple of plot twists, and I will say that I was surprised by the ending.

It was not at all a Cormack McCarthy screen play (which if it was would have done nothing to redeem anyone’s soul) but everyone did not exactly live happily ever after either. Not exactly.

Worth watching, in my opinion, if you’ve got a couple of hours to kill and you are looking for something kind of new.

The Wicker Man (original not remake). Incredible soundtrack and engaging plot.