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The - You're not allowed to leave this world until you've seen these movies - A list

LordPezix

LordPezix

Member
So I was starting to wonder about the greats of film that I had missed somehow while growing up. I decided to start pooling the "What movies must a person watch" list with a few friends. So far it has been successful, but I am wondering what does GAF think?

What movies should a person see before they die?


Here are mine right now.

Citizen Kane
Casablanca
E.T.
Star Wars 4-6
Terminator
Good Will Hunting
Vanishing Point
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Goonies
The Princess Bride
Rambo: First Blood
Taxi Driver
The Shining
Coming to America
Enter The Dragon
Dumb and Dumber
Labyrinth
Neverending Story
Princess Mononoke
Yojimbo
Saving Private Ryan
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Alien
Apocalypse Now
The Godfather
Pulp Fiction
Gone with the Wind
Psycho
Dazed and Confused
Beauty and the Beast
The Land Before Time
Matrix
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Predator



GAF!!! What am I missing?

What do you think are musts you must see before death?


Suggested by GAFers.

DunDunDunpachi DunDunDunpachi
Seven Samurai (1954)
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Ben Hur (1959)
Buffalo 66' (1998)
Spartacus (1960)
They Live (1988)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
 
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DunDunDunpachi

DunDunDunpachi

Patient MembeR
Seven Samurai (1954)
The Thing (1982)
Blade Runner (1982)
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Ben Hur (1959)
Buffalo '66 (1998)
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Spartacus (1960)
Akira (1989)
They Live (1988)
Patton (1970)
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Dune (1984)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
 
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LordPezix

LordPezix

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DunDunDunpachi said:
Seven Samurai (1954) Added
The Thing (1982) Seen
Blade Runner (1982) Seen
Chariots of Fire (1981) Added
Ben Hur (1959) Added
Buffalo '66 (1998) Added
My Neighbor Totoro (1988) Seen/Added
Spartacus (1960) Added
Akira (1989) Seen/Own
They Live (1988) Added
Patton (1970) Seen
Jason and the Argonauts (1963) Seen
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) Added
Dune (1984) Seen
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) Seen
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Thank you!


Gander said:
The Matrix is not on there, FOR THE LOVE OF COTTON CANDY!!!
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Oh dear Lord, how did I F that up! I even told my friend that was one! Thank you for the heads up.
 
Ancient Gray

Ancient Gray

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Eraserhead
Yojimbo
North by Northwest
Pretty much any Miyazaki movie
Stalker
The General
There Will Be Blood
The Act of Killing
Evil Dead II
 
brap

brap

Banned
Casino
Menace II Society
Back to the Future trilogy

Those are probably all I would add.
 
Kagey K

Kagey K

Banned
Lots of great movies already mentioned but I have a few to add.

A Clockwork Orange
Dog Day Afternoon
36 Chambers Trilogy
Fistful of Dollars Trilogy
Boyz ‘n tha Hood
Serpico
True Romance
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Pink Floyd The Wall
Alice in Wonderland
The Lion King
Untouchables
Tombstone
Falling Down

I’m sure there’s more but that’s all I can think of right now.
 
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DasPenguin

Member
I’d add the original Thomas Crown Affair and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind in there. Really love Good Will Hunting but it isn’t really a must see for me.

Rear Window, The Godfather, All The Presidents Men, Blazing Saddles... so many great old movies that you could name.
 
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Corrik

Corrik

Member
I haven't seen over half of your list.

Avatar
Titanic
Braveheart
Gladiator
American History X
Lion King
Die Hard
Back to the Future
Terminator 1 and 2
Aliens
Forrest Gump
Fight Club
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Star Wars OT
Black Swan
Matrix
Hero
Memento
Toy Story Trilogy
Shrek 1 and 2
Dirty Dancing
Fast and the Furious
Saving Private Ryan
Green Mile
Dark Knight
Avengers
Guardians of the Galaxy
Pretty Woman
Mallrats
Clerks
Rocky 1 2 and 4
Children of Men
Good Will Hunting
League of their Own
Love and Basketball
Nightcrawler
Whiplash
Remember the Titans
Boondock Saints
For Love of the Game
Rudy
Halloween 1
Moulin Rouge!
Perks of being a Wallflower
Shutter Island
Memento
The Raid: Redemption
Wolf of Wall Street
American Pie
Knocked Up
Silence of the Lambs
Clueless
Gone Girl
American Beauty
Se7en
Kill Bill Vol 1
Office Space
A Beautiful Mind
Mean Girls








And probably another 150 more movies or so after that.
 
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Gander

Gander

Banned
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
Training Day
Dune
Pale Rider
Fearless
Desperado
Bloodsport
Dreamgirls
Harold and Kumar go to White Castle
Harlem Nights
 
DiscoJer

DiscoJer

Member
Enter the Ninja
Revenge of the Ninja
American Ninja 1-3
Breakin' / Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
Night of the Creeps
Terrorvision
Everything by John Carpenter that doesn't star Sam Neil.
 
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Death Dealer

Death Dealer

Member
OP: I've seen everything on your list except, Princess Mononoke, Yojimbo and Vanishing Point. I know it was ground breaking for its time, but I didn't enjoy Citizen Kane that much.

A few of my other favorites I haven't seen mentioned yet.

Big Trouble in LIttle China
The Right Stuff
Apollo 13
Eyes Wide Shut
2001 A Space Odyssey
Night of the Living Dead
The Exorcist
Fright Night
Reservoir Dogs
 
VulcanRaven

VulcanRaven

Member
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
King Kong (1933)
Frankenstein (1931)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
RoboCop (1987)
 
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Kadayi

Kadayi

Banned
The Big Lebowski
The Royal Tenenbaums
Fargo
Mulholland Drive
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
 
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Graven

Graven

Member
Madmax Fury Road
Shawshank Redemption
Tucker and Dale vs Evil.
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Inception

To name a few
 
ilfait

ilfait

Member
Looks like you've got a lot of the average joe stuff covered, but most of the best stuff is missing.

Sticking to one movie per director,

Badlands
Oldboy (2003)
Solaris (1971)
Blue Velvet
Chungking Express
Gummo
Full Metal Jacket (other Kubrick has already been mentioned)
Gozu
Knife in the Water
Nobody Knows
Being There
Pierrot le Fou
Antichrist
Suspiria
Buffalo '66
Last Life in the Universe
Porco Rosso
eXistenZ
Drive
Turks fruit
Fucking Amal
Adaptation
 
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ilfait

ilfait

Member
ResurrectedContrarian said:
Given that you put these particular films on your list, I may have to check out the others. Although I'd perhaps put Mulholland Drive above Blue Velvet, and Still Walking above Nobody Knows.
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I wouldn't rank Blue Velvet over Mulholland Drive. To me they'd both be 10s if I had to rate them, but Mulholland was already mentioned. I haven't seen Still Walking yet.
 
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klosos

klosos

Member
The Invisible Man - 1933 version, starring Claude Rains. An absolutely fantastic film. With incredible special effects for the time.
 
-hal-

-hal-

Member
Gonna just have to go ahead and add The Godfather 2 to that list.

Also, Fantasia.
 
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bitbydeath

bitbydeath

Member
Let me stink up the list with a few of my favs I'm not seeing above.

A Nightmare on Elm Street 1-7
300
Scott Pilgrim Vs The World
Shaun of the Dead
The Cabin in the Woods
Yes Man
 
FloatingIslands

FloatingIslands

Member
No one said Point Break?

The Killing Fields.
12 Angry Men.
Spirited away.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
The Shining.
 
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Scopa

Scopa

The Tribe Has Spoken
Seemingly never a popular choice, but I think Before Night Falls is magical and everyone should see it.
 
King of Foxes

King of Foxes

Banned
Surprised this hasnt been mentioned yet

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