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My SO hasn't seen some all time movies - what should we watch this summer?

milkham

Member
Grosse Pointe Blank
Black comedy about a hitman returning to his hometown for one more job and his high school reunion. Starring John Cusack, Dan Akroyd, Minnie Driver,

The Man from Nowhere
Korean action flick, mysterious dude who works at a pawnshop puts his skills to work trying to save the kid who lives next door.
 
Good Will Hunting

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It's the greatest film of all time, and I've seen A LOT of movies.
 

BumRush

Member
Not necessarily sure you need to have seen the terminator to enjoy T2, but not seeing either should be a crime.

Also, watch Raiders with her
 

NervousXtian

Thought Emoji Movie was good. Take that as you will.
National Treasure 2.

I'm not gonna lie, I legit love the National Treasure movies.

What is there to wonder about? Bring up the AFI Top 100 list and just go through them all.

http://www.afi.com/100years/movies10.aspx

Yeah, just use a random number generator from 1-100 and watch what number it hits. You can't go wrong.

Good Will Hunting

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It's the greatest film of all time, and I've seen A LOT of movies.

Not on that 100 list, but deserves to be... great movie.
 
Check out:

Requiem For A Dream
The Wrestler
Black Swan
Panic Room
Enter the Dragon
Way of the Dragon
The 36th Chamber Of Shaolin
Police Story (Jackie Chan)
Ip Man
Sympathy For Lady Vengeance (Korean movie)
A Tale Of Two Sisters (Korean movie)
 
You could also binge by director/studio
Studio Ghibli
Roger and Hammerstein
Disney (might take a lifetime)
Coen Brothers

Or actor
Tom Hanks
Will Smith
Robin Williams
Denzel Washington
 
The Conjuring. It's prob the best modern horror movie.

A Nightmare on Elm Street is one of the top 5 horror movies ever.

The Fly (80's) Can't really call this underrated, but not a lot of mentions, and it's David Cronenbergs most popular, and arguably best, film.

The Haunting, if you guys actually like good older films. I like to rewatch this every now and again. That's saying something (for me). Also toss The Innocents in. Both 1960's

The Godfather franchise, if you can sit through it.

Edge of Tomorrow is great modern action/scifi.

Toy Story franchise is awesome, and great for the summer..

American Beauty is a movie I used to watch constantly, several years ago. It 's popularity seemed to garner some negative backlash, though. I still loved it. Haven't watched it in a few years. Kevin Spacey is the man.
 
Everything is debatable. Are these "all-time movies" might be, might not be. But here are some movies I think are wort a watch categorized in a way or another. It might be missing something. The list is mostly consisted of movies made after 2000.

The better romcoms and such

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Crazy Stupid Love
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Love Actually
About Time

Light-hearted and easy to watch

Chef
The Bucket List
Slumdog Millionaire
Life of Pi
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
The Judge

Quality Imports

City of God
Intouchables
Amelie
Amores Perros

For the Children

The Lego Movie
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Rango

Modern Classics

No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
The Shawshank Redemption
Green Mile
The King's Speech
Whiplash
In Bruges
Forest Gump
Brokeback Mountain
12 Years a Slave
American Beauty
Mad Max: Fury Road

Grim is Beautiful (most of these are in the vein of Se7en and Fight Club)

The Pianist
Requiem for a Dream
Donnie Darko
The Prisoners
Zodiac
Gone Girl
Children of Men
Black Swan
Nightcrawler
Sicario
The Hurt Locker

Stories About Growth

Cider House Rules
The Way Back
All is Lost
Into the Wild

Surprisingly good Sci-Fi

The Moon
Edge of Tomorrow
Looper
Predestination
Source Code
The Moon

Curve-balls

42
Moneyball
3:10 to Yuma
127 Hours
Dawn of The Dead
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Lucky Number Slevin
The Illustionist and then The Prestige
 

Timbuktu

Member
Recommend movies to her but let her have the choice. It's not always nice watching movies or tv, listen to music or appreciate a piece of art next to someone knowing he/she expect you to have the same reaction to it as they have.
 

Blade30

Unconfirmed Member
Terminator 1-2
Alien and Aliens
The Matrix (the first movie)
Braveheart
Lord of the Rings
Leathal Weapon (1-4)
Nice Guys (and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang)

bonus:
Big Trouble in little China, simple fun action movie.
 
Terminator 1-2
Alien and Aliens
The Matrix (the first movie)
Braveheart
Lord of the Rings
Leathal Weapon (1-4)
Nice Guys (and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang)

bonus:
Big Trouble in little China, simple fun action movie.
I liked BTiLC, aa Chinese folk I wonder what she'll think of it.
 
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