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    Tell Me Your Essential Movie List

    this was kind of touched on in a couple other threads, but i want everyone to pitch in:

    What, in your opinion, are the great movies that everyone should see?

    I ask because I've never watched that many movies, but have started to see quiet a few lately. I want to know what all of you think are the movies that I should make sure that I see.

    List away!

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    pulp fiction
    u turn
    train spotting
    snatch
    lock stock and 2 smoking barrels
    run lola run
    pi
    scent of a woman
    taxi driver
    clock work orange
    slc punk
    kids
    fear and loathing in las vegas
    jacobs ladder
    natural born killers
    apocalipse now

    all that comes to mind right now
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    The Breakfast Club
    National Lampoons Animal House
    uh.....I can't think right now....but those are 2 of my favorite that I still actually need to get
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    don't like a lot of those movies burzh oh well..

    anyways, a few that come to my head are:
    Dead Poets Society
    Platoon
    Hoosiers
    Schindler's List
    Terminator I&II
    Top Gun
    Back to the future (II and III aren't must see imo)
    E.T.
    Hoop Dreams
    12 Monkeys (one of the few scifi's i'll put on my list)
    Rain man
    Usual suspects
    Braveheart
    Billy Elliot (just a personal fav )
    Almost Famous (another personal fav)

    my tilogy list:
    Godfather trilogy - in one sitting
    starwars trilogy - in one sitting
    Die Hard trilogy - not necesarily in one sitting
    Indiana Jones trilogy - not necesarily in one sitting

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    american history x
    willy wonka and the chocolate factory
    peewees big adventure
    requiem for a dream
    silence of the lambs
    the kid (persnal fav too)
    snatch


    those are more personal favs , i think burzhui and attgig named most of my "must sees"

    although Back to the Future II was my personal favorite of the series

    althought there are a million i didn't mention. if you join netflix.com (great service, i think) they have lists of tons of great DVDs to rent, when I did the free month trial this past summer I watched all the greats that I had missed over the years.
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    ooooh, good call UT & topane..
    forgot about American history X, silence of the lambs, The Shawshank Redemption, and matrix

    and I think I'll have to add in Sound of Music

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    clockwork orange
    the shining
    pulp fiction
    very bad things
    reservoir dogs
    bad lieutenant
    the matrix
    star wars...all of them
    crouching tiger hidden dragon
    leaving las vegas
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    i can't believe no one has said
    the princess bride

    also...
    some kind of wonderful
    slc punk
    the professional
    traffic
    la femme nikita
    basketball diaries
    edward sissorhands
    the fifth element

    and i'm sure i can think of a few more if i htink of it

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    Originally posted by DoPeY5007
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    that's just wrong.....
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    Originally posted by styleee
    i can't believe no one has said
    the princess bride
    That's because it has gotten so much attention already in the other thread.

    Also, you should have begun your reply with "Inconceivable!"
    stay low... keep moving...

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    I'll limit myself to 3:

    Star Wars Trilogy
    Pulp Fiction
    Back To The Future

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    Originally posted by styleee
    i can't believe no one has said
    the princess bride
    Actualy I was waiting to see who mentioned it first. I am mortified that it took so long for someone to post it.

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    matrix
    star wars (all of them)
    die hard triigy
    sharshank
    spaceballs
    all the bonds
    LOTR
    final fantasy
    fast and frouis
    GGW

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    Originally posted by ZrEo0
    GGW



    I have those

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    Hmmm... Well, I'll only name a few movies, but I'll try and name some directors that are worth noting. Almost anything they've directed is worth watching.

    Movies:
    Kenshin OAV
    The Professional
    Princess Mononoke
    Mujeres al Borde de un Ataque de Nervios
    Abre los Ojos
    Burnt by the Sun
    Glory
    Tora!Tora!Tora!
    Fight Club
    Shawshank Redemption

    Directors:

    Steven Spielberg
    George Lucas
    Akira Kurosawa
    Tim Burton
    Martin Scorsese
    Francis Ford Coppola

    That should amount to a decent list. ;-)
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    well depends if u can understand chinese or u don't mind reading english subtitles

    Chinese speaking movies
    God of Gamblers I II and III
    Movies with Wong Fei Hong (a lot better than Crouching Tiger)

    English movies
    Braveheart
    The Patriot
    Monty Python and the Holy Grail
    Shrek
    Monsters Inc.
    Rocky I and I think III
    Blade
    Brotherhood of the Wolf
    Spaceballs
    LOTR
    Shawshank Redemption
    Boondock Saints
    Gladiator
    Lion King I and II
    Toy Story I and II
    Black Sheep
    Tommy Boy
    Cast Away
    Scarface

    i think there's more but that's all i can think of
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    Seems like everybody's recommending "recent Hollywood hits." If you really interested in experiencing cinema at its best, it is essential to look past the "cool" movies and to include at least some timeless classics. You know, movies have been around for about one hundred years. Wouldn't you think it's silly to look only among films from the past decade? Of course many Hollywood hits are entertaining, but you'll achieve a much richer and lasting experience by boldly reaching beyond the New Releases section of your local Blockbuster. The scope of cinema is too vast for me to recommend a few off the top of my head. I'll come up with a list and tell you when I'm feeling less lazy.

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    thanks for all the suggestions everyone! this list should keep me busy for a few months

    I agree w/ Stan about watching the old movies as well as the new ones. i just watched Citizen Kane a week ago -- awesome movie. i would highly recommend it to all who haven't seen it. the copy i had was (i think) from Fox...a 50th anniversary special edition that had a documentary at the end where various directors talked about how much director Orsen Wells and the movie Citizen Kane have influenced cinema today.

    if anyone else has more ideas, please keep them coming.

    btw, sorry if this is the wrong forum. i'll go ahead and punish myself

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    Originally posted by cpugeek04

    oooo i'll help ya

    oooh oooh ooooh, me too!

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    Unbreakable
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    Big Money Huslers
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    Originally posted by ArkiStan
    Seems like everybody's recommending "recent Hollywood hits." If you really interested in experiencing cinema at its best, it is essential to look past the "cool" movies and to include at least some timeless classics.

    i don't think Scarface is really a new movie...is it? i thought it was kinda old......

    i saw Rebel Without a Cause in English class about a month ago...it wasn't too good but it's an old movie maybe some of u would like it.....
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    Forgive the shovel (or trowel ), but I thought of a movie that HAD to be added to this list ...

    Gattaca

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    I'd have to go with:
    The Matrix
    Office Space
    Half Baked
    Mallrats
    Full Metal Jacket
    Terminator 2
    SLC Punk
    Mission Impossible
    Gone in 60 Seconds


    And I can't believe no one has mentioned the greatest comedy of all time:

    ANIMAL HOUSE!!!

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    Originally posted by ArkiStan
    Seems like everybody's recommending "recent Hollywood hits." If you really interested in experiencing cinema at its best, it is essential to look past the "cool" movies and to include at least some timeless classics. You know, movies have been around for about one hundred years. Wouldn't you think it's silly to look only among films from the past decade? Of course many Hollywood hits are entertaining, but you'll achieve a much richer and lasting experience by boldly reaching beyond the New Releases section of your local Blockbuster. The scope of cinema is too vast for me to recommend a few off the top of my head. I'll come up with a list and tell you when I'm feeling less lazy.
    Like Birth of a Nation? Oh, that was a good one.

    Seriously, though, there are some good, older movies, but there aren't a whole lot worth mentioning. Most anything by Alfred Hitchcock is pretty good. Some of the older science fiction movies are good as well: Forbidden Planet, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Time Machine, and War of the Worlds to name a few.

    There is also a long list of "classics": Casablanca, Snows of Kilimanjaro, and Gone With the Wind.

    I think the writing and stories used to be better in older movies, but they had their share of problems as well. Personally, I'd rather not watch Amos and Andy or a bunch of white guys with red face-paint running around in leather pants and chanting.
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    The Shawshank Redemption
    Indiana Jones trilogy
    Star Wars trilogy
    The Matrix
    Austin Powers movies
    Die Hard trilogy
    Terminator I&II
    Top Gun
    The Fifth Element
    Back To The Future
    Mission Impossible
    Gone in 60 Seconds

    Not yet mentioned:

    Replacement Killers
    FERRIS Behuler's Day off!
    Rock Star (a little weird though)
    Training Day (very disturbing movie - not for the weak of heart)
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