Tell Me Your Essential Movie List

[whitak24]

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!

[Burzhui]

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

[Pinkgirl36]

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

[attgig]

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

[Memo]

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.

[topane]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Airplane!
Indiana Jones trilogy
Zulu
Primal Fear
Pulp Fiction
2001
Air Force One
The Shawshank Redemption
Austin Powers movies (yeah baby)
Star Wars trilogy
Raising Arizona
The Matrix
Crouching Tiger
Full Metal Jacket

[attgig]

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

[mojo]

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
the professional
ronin
goodfellas
casino
heat
hoffa
raging bull
jackie brown

[styleee]

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

[DoPeY5007]

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[Pinkgirl36]

Originally posted by DoPeY5007
Snoop Doggs: Doggy Style

that's just wrong.....

[Markel]

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!"

[Cantacuzene]

I'll limit myself to 3:

Star Wars Trilogy
Pulp Fiction
Back To The Future

[Grimm]

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.

[ZrEo0]

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

[DoPeY5007]

Originally posted by ZrEo0
GGW

I have those

[Ladogaboy]

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. ;-)

[Sir_Froggy]

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

[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.

[whitak24]

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

[attgig]

Originally posted by cpugeek04

oooo i'll help ya

oooh oooh ooooh, me too!

[soldius]

Evil Dead 2
Hannable
FightClub
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Dogma
X-Men
Dirty Duzen
Unbreakable
Evolition
Big Money Huslers
Full Metal Jaket
Ghostbusters
Lonesome Dove
Dirty Harry

[aglio412]

apocalypse now
full metal jacket
clockwork orange
dr. strangelove
the shining
pi
rounders (guilty pleasure)
wayne's world (1 and 2)
all of the original 3 star wars
traffic

...many many more

[brainsmile]

American pie 1 and 2

[jujubees]

Tombstone
Ever After (with the gf! )
12 Angry Men
It's a Wonderful Life
Mister Smith Goes to Washington
The Longest Day
Red Dawn
Purgatory

[Sir_Froggy]

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.....

[jujubees]

Forgive the shovel (or trowel ), but I thought of a movie that HAD to be added to this list ...

Gattaca

*sneaks out the back door*

[ChrisMG187]

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!!!

[Ladogaboy]

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.

[Nanotech9]

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)