Suggestion: Movies Discovered Thanks to the Poll Community (IMDb Poll Board)

@TheOldJalapenoman​ 

Added, thanks. I saw your comments in my email. :)

@Jessica​   Thank you.  I will try to think of a few more.  I don't remember who recommended that film to me as it was so many years ago!

@Vandurath​ 

Nice, thanks!

@Vandurath​   Glad to know that I could help you find and watch a couple of great films.

@rubyfruit76​ 

Thanks Sara. :)

I'm not including TV series or documentaries, so I added The Adventures of Prince Achmed, Soni and Prayers for the Stolen.

@Jessica​ ,

Like @rubyfruit76​, I love this poll. This would have been perfect for this version of the poll's 13th anniversary. 😊😻

My problem, there are so many great films that I've learned about that I learned about here, I will have a hard time narrowing it down to only three. I also have a significant backlog.

@TheOldJalapenoman​ 

Added.

Coppelia, the Animated Doll

Cat People

Sunset Boulevard

@Breumaster​ 

Thanks. Three is the limit, so I added the first ones (let me know if you want to change).

@Breumaster​   Funny you should mention Cat People.  I watched the remake just last week.  Completely different movie than the original, but still enjoyable in its own ways.

@Jessica​ 

Then I'd better change 'Coppelia...' to 'Sunset Boulevard'.

@Breumaster​ 

Done.

@Pencho15​ and Dan and some of the older poll makers may remember this, but we used to have a discussion thread on this board titled:  "What was the last movie you saw and how would you rate it?"

We would list the most recent movie we had seen (in the theatres or on television or on video or dvd rental) and then give it a rating.  I got some good recommendations just reading what my fellow board members had recently seen.  I also got good advice sometimes on what to avoid.

I think that it was on that discussion thread that I learned about the two movies I have already listed here.

For example, this afternoon I watched Disclosure Day.  It reminded me a lot of Close Encounters of the Third Kind which is about fifty years old.  Surprise!!!  Same director.  Not a great film, but not as bad as some of the reviews that I read.  It was at least enjoyable and kept my interest, so I give it a solid 6/10.

@TheOldJalapenoman​ 

Dan and some of the older poll makers may remember this, but we used to have a discussion thread on this board titled:  "What was the last movie you saw and how would you rate it?"

We still have that thread:

https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/imdb-poll/jff-what-was-the-last-film-you-saw-and-how-would-you-rate-it-pt-20/640a39d3f24ba958c58149b2?page=21

To be true, I don't get what it has to do with that poll idea here.

@Breumaster​ The poll question is about movies that we discovered because of this poll board.  The discussion thread that I mentioned was one of the ways to introduce each other to movies by talking about what we had seen recently.

For example, many years ago someone mentioned that they had seen "Red" in the theatre and really enjoyed it.  I liked the points that they made and went to the theatre and saw it myself and it became an immediate favorite (even though I don't normally like Bruce Willis).