Trainspotting is good. Real good.
There was also a film made of another Irvine Welsh book called The Acid House. Not exactly on a par with Trainspotting but it's pretty true to the series of short stories in the original publication. Very dark and shows you the more sinister side of life in Scotland which is something that Welsh excels in.
Met him once in a Buckinghamshire pub (Irvine Welsh) and he was a lovely chap but you sensed that much of his writing comes from personal experience. I was sitting there waiting for him to fly off the handle at any minute!
I would suggest you to watch;
Outsourced
A Walk to Remember
Love Actually
The notebook
Inception
October Sky
Two new additions:
A Room for Romeo Brass
Dead Mans Shoes
Two early efforts from Shane Meadows (the first film has a few of the cast from 'This is England' in it. Both star Paddy Considine, a seriously fantastic Brit actor who also featured in the Arctic Monkeys video for 'Leave Before the Lights Come On'.
Both very enjoyable.
The Fugitive!
It's a very fantasticing film.
Waliking in the sun...
TRX suspension makes your body machine!
Not English but if you want to watch a seriously stylish film that messes with your head (and don't mind a few sex scenes and bad language), Enter the Void is worth a look. Watched it last night after getting back from a club with friends and it was really trippy. Not for everyone but cleverly done.
I've been doing the Monty Python films again recently Worth a second look (or a first if you haven't seen them before).
Life of Brian
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Meaning of Life
I think you have to be English to really appreciate them, but they are pretty funny no matter where you come from.
I think, Titanic
Water world
Anaconda
2012
Are very nice English films.
Apart from the fact none of them are English and only one of them is even remotely good!
Come on! Waterworld was absolutely SLAMMED by the critics and the public and rightfully so. A crying shame that a great actor such as Dennis Hopper has to walk through eternity knowing that he has that crap on his CV. I'd rather spend an evening drowning kittens that having to watch that.
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