Using MOVIE as an acronym, recommend 5 films. My picks:
M - Monterey Pop (1968)
O - Outland (1981)
V - Virus (1980)
I - I Am My Own Woman (1992)
E - Elmer Gantry (1960)
I almost picked another Fukusaku film, the 1978 Star Wars ripoff MESSAGE FROM SPACE, in which the late great Vic Morrow plays the Han Solo character as a drunk Ron Swanson by way of Burt Young's relationship with the ROCKY IV robot.
I picked Monterey Pop largely because of Otis Redding, though Otis at Monterey was right there lol
Outland is there because I saw it at 1am while reading the climax to The Catcher in the Rye and it really fucked me up.
Virus is exactly the right kind of fucked up shit for me.
I Am My Own Woman is the spectacular true story of a Nazi-killing East German trans woman who only informed on Westerners to the Stasi so she shouldn't be cancelled!
Elmer Gantry has both of Molly Ringwald's grandfathers from Sixteen Candles, and is also an incredible film in its own right.
