Support NeoGAF

[SantaC]

If you could recommend ONLY 5 must see movies for someone; what would it be?

1. Jurassic Park

2. Terminator 2

3. Never Ending Story

4. Twelve monkeys

5. The Abyss

solid list?

 

[esbern]

that is a solid list, Jurassic Park is my all time favorite movie.

 

[goomba]

Cant believe i forgot.

Back to the future
Fight Club
2001
Psycho

 

[SantaC]

that is a solid list, Jurassic Park is my all time favorite movie.

mine also actually

 

[madara]

Friday the 13th 1-5 Everthing you need to know about humanity is in these films. Camp sex kills folks!

 

[PhoenixDark]

that is a solid list, Jurassic Park is my all time favorite movie.

Watch out, the haters and revisionists will be here any minute.

 

[esbern]

mine also actually

sweet.

i saw it in 3rd grade....went absolutely dinosaur nuts after it came out. bought this big book about dinosaurs, around 1500 pages long, and memorized every damn thing about them.

i finally saw the deinocherius skeleton in london in august, gave me a huge 3rd grade geek moment.

 

[xsarien]

If I had to recommend just five movies? maybe Jurassic Park would stay on the list, but the rest? 12 Monkeys probably isn't even Gilliam's 5-best.

 

[SantaC]

sweet.

i saw it in 3rd grade....went absolutely dinosaur nuts after it came out. bought this big book about dinosaurs, around 1500 pages long, and memorized every damn thing about them.

i finally saw the deinocherius skeleton in london in august, gave me a huge 3rd grade geek moment.

yeah same here. Also, JP1 was probably the most hyped movie in history...atleast close to it.

 

[Illuminati]

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

If only this was a movie because it is better then any war movie out there:

 

[SantaC]

ghostbusters was awesome. good pick.

 

[Futureman]

Rear Window
Terminator 2
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
Fanny and Alexander
Taxi Driver

 

[Defcon]

Aliens
Terminator 2
300
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Empire Strikes Back

 

[MetatronM]

You know, I like all 5 movies on that list and all, but :lol .

I mean, really? OK, MAYBE if this list was to highlight some of the major advancements in effects in the last 20 years, then it would be a pretty decent list, but as "the 5 must-see movies throughout history?" Really? Did history start in 1985?

 

[decon]

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

All pretty new movies I know, but it's pretty damn hard to only recommend 5 movies.

 

[Cheebs]

HOLY SHIT. Have none of you guys seen the classic films? Movies came out before 1990 you know.

 

[Illuminati]

Did history start in 1985?

It is a fact that every good movie in existence was made between 1975-1989.

 

[Cheebs]

It is a fact that every good movie in existence was made between 1975-1989

Someone shoot me now. Please.

 

[SantaC]

You know, I like all 5 movies on that list and all, but :lol .

I mean, really? OK, MAYBE if this list was to highlight some of the major advancements in effects in the last 20 years, then it would be a pretty decent list, but as "the 5 must-see movies throughout history?" Really? Did history start in 1985?

1984? Yeah I am born in 79 so I tend to like the 80s and forward. It's only natural.

 

[decon]

HOLY SHIT. Have none of you guys seen the classic films? Movies came out before 1990 you know.

Replace Hot fuzz with this one then

 

[Gaborn]

HOLY SHIT. Have none of you guys seen the classic films? Movies came out before 1990 you know.

THANK YOU. Where's Rosemary's Baby? Some Like it Hot? Anatomy of a Murder? Animal House?

 

[Illuminati]

Someone shoot me now. Please.

Robocop, Terminator, Johnny 5, Patrick Swayze in Road House, need I say more. That time period can't be beat.

 

[Defcon]

THANK YOU. Where's Rosemary's Baby? Some Like it Hot? Anatomy of a Murder? Animal House?

You would recommend Rosemary's Baby to someone? I wouldn't want to put them to sleep.

 

[Kung Fu Jedi]

You know, I like all 5 movies on that list and all, but :lol .

I mean, really? OK, MAYBE if this list was to highlight some of the major advancements in effects in the last 20 years, then it would be a pretty decent list, but as "the 5 must-see movies throughout history?" Really? Did history start in 1985?

QFT!

 

[Chichikov]

The OP was the worst top five list I've seen in my life.
The sad thing it has already been topped twice in this thread.

 

[Gaborn]

You would recommend Rosemary's Baby to someone? I wouldn't want to put them to sleep.

Hey now, it's a great movie, it's a psychological thriller, not hack 'n slash, very eerie if you're in the right mood.

 

[Cheebs]

Here you go kids. Some REAL movies:

 

[SantaC]

The OP was the worst top five list I've seen in my life.
The sad thing it has already been topped twice in this thread.

Wait, so I have the worst top 5 you seen in your life, but it's been topped twice already?! That doesn't make sense.

 

[Chichikov]

Here you go kids. Some REAL movies:

pfffft, such an obvious list.

Spoiler

Obvious because they are all brilliant movies who deserve to be there.

 

[HyperZone<3]

anybody who busts Cheebs on picking more then five can go fornicate themselves.

 

[Chichikov]

Wait, so I have the worst top 5 you seen in your life, but it's been topped twice already?! That doesn't make sense.

Doesn't it?
I read threads in order, when I read the OP it was the worst top 5 list I've read in my life.
It didn't kept its title for a long time though.

 

[Bluemercury]

5 movies?
Well , my favorite movies are, THE THING, BLADE RUNNER, ALIEN, 2001, THE ROADWARRIOR, yes im a sci-fi nut......

 

[JdFoX187]

Here you go kids. Some REAL movies:

Good god...what a list. I'd also add:

 

[The Interrobanger]

The OP was the worst top five list I've seen in my life.
The sad thing it has already been topped twice in this thread.

:lol

 

[Illuminati]

anybody who busts Cheebs on picking more then five can go fornicate themselves.

Vertigo is boring though compared to some of Hitchcock's other movies like Dial "M" For Murder, North by Northwest, or Rear Window.

 

[Snaku]

No order...

 

[Gruco]

1-5) Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy

 

[Armitage]

THANK YOU. Where's Rosemary's Baby? Some Like it Hot? Anatomy of a Murder? Animal House?

In your list, it looks like. ZOMG DIFFERING OPINIONS

 

[worldrunover]

HOLY SHIT. Have none of you guys seen the classic films? Movies came out before 1990 you know.

Srsly. I'm surprised it took so long for someone to mention Casablanca.

 

[Cheebs]

Here you go kids. Some REAL movies:

Updated my list for you poor kids.

Jesus Christ, top 5 lists with MATRIX on them, NEVERENDING STORY? Wow.

 

[Fuzzery]

Seven Samurai Anyone?

 

[Illuminati]

NEVERENDING STORY? Wow.

Woah Cheebs you have gone to far. Do I need to put Willow on this list?

 

[Armitage]

if there's one thing this thread needs it's quoting huge posts

 

[SantaC]

NEVERENDING STORY?

I loved it

 

[Futureman]

Updated my list for you poor kids.

Jesus Christ, top 5 lists with MATRIX on them, NEVERENDING STORY? Wow.

Matrix could be considered one of the best sci fi/action movies ever made, so I'm fine with that. Neverending Story just seems like someone feeling a bit nostalgic.

 

[Cheebs]

Matrix could be considered one of the best sci fi/action movies ever made, so I'm fine with that. Neverending Story just seems like someone feeling a bit nostalgic.

If you think Matrix is better than Day The Earth Stood Still, 2001: A Space Odyssey, the original Star Wars, Forbidden Planet, Alien, Blade Runner be my guest.

 

[Drychtnath]

if there's one thing this thread needs it's quoting huge posts

Indeed, I'm glad someone took the time to post pictures of 10 movies so I don't have to read text. However, I've seen the list once already, why do you have to quote it 4 times in the same thread?

Anywho:

1. Braveheart
2. Shawshank Redemption
3. Boondock Saints
4. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
5. The Big Lebowski

 

[Kung Fu Jedi]

I like most of the films mentioned in this thread. However, aside from the ones Cheebs listed, the movies in here are not all time great of history.

Some people need to learn to distinguish between movies they love and films that are great. There really is a big difference.

 

[Futureman]

If you think Matrix is better than Day The Earth Stood Still, 2001: A Space Odyssey, the original Star Wars, Forbidden Planet, Alien, Blade Runner be my guest.

Wow, that screams elitist movie SNOB.

 

[Cheebs]

Whatever elitist piece o' shit.

You said "could be considered" not "IMO" and all those films I listed "are considered" classics far more than Matrix.