I like magic realism, I don't like CGI shit. Any suggestions

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>>82866648
Pans labyrinth used some pretty good practical effects even though there was tons of cgi. For 20 years I think Starship Troopers held up well, they used a lot of puppets and models for the aliens and ships. There is a lot of cgi but I feel it's aged well because of the use of practical effects. Blade Runner and Alien and pretty much any pre 1995 sci fi that's mentioned here favorably might suit you.

>>82866289
A Monster Calls had more practical effects than I thought after seeing the making of. If you like GDT you sl Gould dig it.

>>82866289
John Carpenter's movies

>>82866289
Labyrinth
The Dark Crystal

>>82866289
Gremlins is the best practical effects movie ever created.

>>82866289
every movie with practical effects ages beautifully
every movie with mostly cgi ages like shit

See: Original Star Wars vs Prequels

>>82866289
The motherfuckin transformation scene in An American Werewolf in London, you know the one. A great movie, too. If you haven't seen it before Anon, you should.

>>82868774
Even Ghosts of Mars? Or maybe that was just a shit movie

But you are right about most of his movies, The Thing, They Live, Vampires (which as a kid I thought was badass)

>>82873504
Fuck yes

>>82873978
Christine too. The car reesembling itself was coll

As much as the first 2 hours bored me, in Titanic, James Cameron made excellent use of miniatures, real sets, and costumes. I think his success was he used CGI to complement practical effects and not as the basis for all the effects.

Same idea with Jurassic Park.

>>82874066
Haven't seen that yet, I'll have to check it out.

Freaked (1993) has some fun monster make-up.

>>82866289
Dog Soldiers
Underworld (only the first one)
Hellboy 1 and 2
Virtually all Batman movies
Evil Dead series
The Fly
Star Wars 4-6
American Werewolf in London
Tron (most of the movie was filmed in black and white, then color was added frame by frame to achieve the effect)
Wizard of Oz
Lord of the Rings
First two Harry Potter films (half the scenes with the basilisk are a huge animatronic snake.
Honorable mention: Minority report (it's about 50/50 for practical vs cgi, but it looks pretty good)