Movie/film suggestions.

"Iceman" is darker. 

Love Bill Murray. He’s great along with Melissa McCarthy in..."St  Vincent"

I arrived late to this conversation, but I’m really glad I found it. Thanks to all who took time to share your faves! The list of recommended films I haven’t seen is looong and will, I predict, provide for many hours of movie watching joy. And, it is great to have been reminded of old favorites I now want to see again. 
 

Here are a few directors I love and didn’t see mentioned above:

Bela Tarr: especially Satantango and The Werkmeister Harmonies (if you’re a reader, I strongly recommend the books upon which these films are based, both by Laszlo Krasznahorkai: The Melancholy of Resistance and Satantango)

Hal Hartley: especially The Unbelievable Truth, Trust, Simple Men, and Henry Fool

John Waters: Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, Polyester, Hairspray, Cry-baby (where I first saw Johnny Depp sing and play guitar)

Atom Egoyan: someone mentioned The Sweet Hereafter above, which I enjoyed thoroughly. Also of note: Exotica, Calendar, Speaking Parts, and Ararat

Gus Van Zant: Drugstore Cowboys and Good Will Hunting were mentioned above, and I second those recs. Also excellent: To Die For (written by Buck Henry, with stunning performances by Nicole Kidman, Joachim Phoenix, Matt Dillon), Paranoid Park, Elephant, Milk, Finding Forrester

David Mamet movies, especially State and Main, House of Games, Heist, and The Winslow Boy

Bong Joon Ho: Parasite, The Host, Snowpiercer

Akira Kurosawa: Seven Samurai was mentioned above, and several others also are essential: Rashomon, Ran, Yojimbo, Red Beard; my two favorites are Ikiru and Dersu Usala

Majid Majidi movies, especially Children of Heaven (one of the most moving and profound I’ve ever seen) and The Color of Paradise 

Yasujiro Ozu: Early Spring is, to me, his masterpiece. I especially recommend everything he did after 1940

Jan Svankmajer: I’m a huge fan of the Czech new wave, but I’ll mention only one here; it is one of my very favorites and funny as hell: Little Otik.

Watched "BlacKkKlansman" by Spike Lee for my first time .

Thought it had relevant commentary regarding our current administration.

@immatthewj 

David Aaron Baker played Alan Jackson

that is just fascinating .

I thought Al Pacino was spot on and flawless for Spector. When I learned that he killed a woman I was conflicted about listening to his music. I felt I should have refused to but I have loved his body of work since I was a teenager. 

I do not have a strong feeling whether he was innocent or not. I think putting a loaded gun in someone’s mouth is risky enough to warrant a conviction. It’s kind of like Baldwin and rust, you cannot play with a loaded gun, and call it an accident if t goes off. Falling off the first vs the 20th floor can be both accidents but with very different consequences which is why we behave differently in those two situations.

I have no doubt Spector was  "crazy". I don’t know if he was a decent human being before his decline/bipolar diagnosis, but being mean is not a crime. He should not have had a gun. (and I could go on about who else should not have a gun, and have my comment deleted)