Elena's recommendations

This are a few lists of my favourites over time, for one reason or another.

Movies

Making a point

• Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) and Vera Drake (2004), by Mike Leigh
• Finding Neverland (2004, by Marc Forster)
• The man in the white suit (1951, by Alexander Mackendrick)

Historical

• Missing (1982, by Costa-Gavras)
• Tierra y Libertad (1995, by Ken Loach)

Dialogues

• 12 angry men (1957, by Sidney Lumet)
• Woody Allen

Love story

• (500) Days of Summer (2009, by Marc Webb)
• When Harry Met Sally... (1989, by Rob Reiner)

Elegant

• Cabaret (1972, by Bob Fosse)
• The sound of music (1965, by Robert Wise)
• The Artist (2011, by Michel Hazanavicius)

Epic

• La meglio gioventù (2003, by Marco Tullio Giordana)
• It's a wonderful life (1946, by Frank Capra)
• Tiovivo c. 1950 (2004, by José Luis Garci)

Clever and rayantes

Tirando a románticas:

• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, by Michel Gondry)
• Stranger than fiction (2006, by Marc Forster)
• Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006, by Goran Dukic)
• Los amantes del circulo Polar (1998, by Julio Medem)
• Sliding Doors (1998, by Peter Howitt)

Tirando a misterio:

• Sleuth (1972, by Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
• Rope (1949, by Alfred Hitchcock)

Tirando a accion:

• The Truman Show (1998, by Peter Weir)
• Twelve monkeys (1995, by Terry Gilliam)
• Children of Men (2006, by Alfonso Cuarón)

For a laugh

• Groundhog Day (1993, by Harold Ramis)
• The Hangover (2009, by Todd Phillips)
• Bridemaids (2011, Paul Feig)
• Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis (2008, by Dani Boon)
• As good as it gets (1997, by James L. Brooks)

Fear

• The Others (2001, by Alejandro Amenábar)
• The Sixth Sense (1999, by M. Night Shyamalan)
• Paranormal Activity (2007, by Oren Peli)
• Janghwa, Hongryeon (two sisters) (2003)

Disturbing

• Dogville (2003, Lars von Trier)
• 37°2 le matin (1986, by Jean-Jacques Beineix)

Coming of age

• Me without you (2001, by Sandra Goldbacher)

Series

• The Wire (2002–2008)
• The Wonder Years (1988–1993)
• Sherlock (2010-, BBC)
• Utopia (2013, UK)

Disturbing

• Black mirror and Dead Set

Comedy

Ricky Gervais (UK):

Russell Brand (UK):

Dieudonne (France):

Carlile (USA)