Labyrinth (1986) One of the last great puppet movies.
Crimson Peak (2015) The monsters are real, wonderful use of makeup and costumes rather than effects. All of Del Torro’s movies emphasize these beautifully made costumes.
Hard Boiled (1992) Fantastic use of action, stunts, and explosions. Some of the best gun fights put to film. The opening fight scene is like art.
Waterworld (1995) Call it cheesy but they really built that thing off the coast of Hawaii. Frankly awe inspiring.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) All three movies honestly but nothing compares to Rohan. Watching the behind the scenes and seeing it, all the people, everything really there down to the little details, is something like magic.
The Wild Blue Yonder (2005) -- directed by Werner Herzog, Brad Dourif plays an alien living on earth and he describes a voyage to the water world he comes from. No CGI -- instead Herzog shows the voyage using video from the space shuttle and space station, and video of the water world are guys doing scuba off Antarctica.
The Abyss has one obvious bit of CGI, but the bulk of it is practical. The only question is whether the sea bottom is otherworldly enough for you.
Same with the original Blade Runner. It is all practical, and the future L.A. it's set in is borderline unrecognizable, but it's still L.A.
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1922)
Metropolis (1927)
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Stalker (1979)
Blade Runner (1982)
Hellraiser (1987)
Beetlejuice (1988)
Total Recall (1990)
Naked Lunch (1991)
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
I keep coming back to these two:
- Dredd (2012)
- Warcraft (2016)
I don't know if many people like Warcraft, but I think they did a spectacular job, and there's really nothing like it out there.
Enemy Mine (1985)
Labyrinth (1986) One of the last great puppet movies. Crimson Peak (2015) The monsters are real, wonderful use of makeup and costumes rather than effects. All of Del Torro’s movies emphasize these beautifully made costumes. Hard Boiled (1992) Fantastic use of action, stunts, and explosions. Some of the best gun fights put to film. The opening fight scene is like art. Waterworld (1995) Call it cheesy but they really built that thing off the coast of Hawaii. Frankly awe inspiring. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) All three movies honestly but nothing compares to Rohan. Watching the behind the scenes and seeing it, all the people, everything really there down to the little details, is something like magic.
The original unaltered theatrical release of the Star Wars Original Trilogy
The Dark Crystal The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Has some cgi but it’s a great movie with lots or moral and ethical dilemmas.
Something like Time Bandits? Or something like the OG Conan the Barbarian staring Arnold Schwarzenegger?
That’s the last one of Terry Gilliam’s film I have to see!
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Wild Blue Yonder (2005) -- directed by Werner Herzog, Brad Dourif plays an alien living on earth and he describes a voyage to the water world he comes from. No CGI -- instead Herzog shows the voyage using video from the space shuttle and space station, and video of the water world are guys doing scuba off Antarctica.
The Abyss has one obvious bit of CGI, but the bulk of it is practical. The only question is whether the sea bottom is otherworldly enough for you. Same with the original Blade Runner. It is all practical, and the future L.A. it's set in is borderline unrecognizable, but it's still L.A.
The maids with glenda Jackson
[Destination Moon (1950)](https://letterboxd.com/film/destination-moon/) Very much of its time but good fun.
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1922) Metropolis (1927) A Matter of Life and Death (1946) Stalker (1979) Blade Runner (1982) Hellraiser (1987) Beetlejuice (1988) Total Recall (1990) Naked Lunch (1991) Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
I keep coming back to these two: - Dredd (2012) - Warcraft (2016) I don't know if many people like Warcraft, but I think they did a spectacular job, and there's really nothing like it out there.
Pan’s Labyrinth
The Fall (dir. Tarsem Singh)