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what are your 'must see' movies?
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Knuckle Sandwich
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Monster Squad
Kingdom of Heaven: Director's Cut
Willow
The Last Boy Scout
Timecop
Kingdom of Heaven: Director's Cut
Willow
The Last Boy Scout
Timecop
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
Thats not your opinion but a verifiable fact.
Very cheap effects in some scenes, but the characters and premise elevate it to something grand.
JohnMatrix
Banned
Children of Men
In Bruges
In Bruges
God I wish Dredd was still on Netflix. That movie blew my mind the first time I watched it.
starchild excalibur
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Black Dynamite for comedy
The Warriors for old school cool
Green Room for bottle films
The Lobster for dry and surrealist comedy
Pop Star for mockumentaries
House of the Devil for slow horror
Alien for sci-fi horror
Mad Max Fury Road for intense chase scenes
Annie Hall for rom com (The Big Sick can be added to that, too)
and on and on
The Warriors for old school cool
Green Room for bottle films
The Lobster for dry and surrealist comedy
Pop Star for mockumentaries
House of the Devil for slow horror
Alien for sci-fi horror
Mad Max Fury Road for intense chase scenes
Annie Hall for rom com (The Big Sick can be added to that, too)
and on and on
Goldenroad
Member
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Easy Rider
Yellow Submarine
...if you're into Psychedelic culture and all that.
Easy Rider
Yellow Submarine
...if you're into Psychedelic culture and all that.
I like you. Great recommendations.
TDLink
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These are my favorite live action films:
- The Matrix
Goodfellas
The Departed
Gladiator
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Back To The Future
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Star Wars Original Trilogy
True Lies
Alien
Aliens
The Abyss Special Edition
Jurassic Park
Django Unchained
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
The Prestige
Inception
Children of Men
Mad Max: Fury Road
Kingdom of Heaven: Director's Cut
Blade Runner
Ex Machina
Good Will Hunting
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Speed Racer
Batman Begins
The Dark Knight
The Good, The Bad, and The Weird (Korean)
The Raid (Indonesian)
The Raid 2 (Indonesian)
Taco_Human
Member
Baby Driver and Hot Fuzz.
Terminator 2. Alien and Aliens.
Terminator 2. Alien and Aliens.
Nightwing123
Member
Spirited Away
The Dark Knight
No country for old men
Mad Max Fury Road
The Shining
Princess Mononoke
The exorcist
Zodiac
Pan's Labyrinth
Memento or Inception
Get Out
Blue is the warmest color or Brokeback Mountain
Yi Yi
In the mood for love
Children of Men
Grave of the fireflies
Seven Samurai
Honorable mentions to:
Your Name (I need to watch again to properly place it)
Mulholland Drive
A separation
The Godfather
Paprika
Alien
Batman Begins
Ghost in the shell animated movie
Spring Breakers
My Neighbor Totoro(I might boost this up to must watch It makes me feel happy)
The Dark Knight
No country for old men
Mad Max Fury Road
The Shining
Princess Mononoke
The exorcist
Zodiac
Pan's Labyrinth
Memento or Inception
Get Out
Blue is the warmest color or Brokeback Mountain
Yi Yi
In the mood for love
Children of Men
Grave of the fireflies
Seven Samurai
Honorable mentions to:
Your Name (I need to watch again to properly place it)
Mulholland Drive
A separation
The Godfather
Paprika
Alien
Batman Begins
Ghost in the shell animated movie
Spring Breakers
My Neighbor Totoro(I might boost this up to must watch It makes me feel happy)
I'd put Spring Breakers in this list, especially alongside Fear & Loathing.
chaostrophy
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The only universal must-see movies IMO are Metropolis and 2001. Everything else is dependent on what kind of movies you and your GF like.
One Eyed Willy
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Alien(s)
Jaws
The Shawshank Redemption
Most of the industry has tried for decades to capture the magic in these movies and failed.
Jaws
The Shawshank Redemption
Most of the industry has tried for decades to capture the magic in these movies and failed.
jacksepticeye
Member
Hot Fuzz!
A masterclass in editing and pacing.
A masterclass in editing and pacing.
randomengine
Banned
(1971) - A Clockwork Orange, Straw Dogs
(1986) - Blue Velvet
(1987) - Planes, Trains and Automobiles
(1989) - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
(1991) - Terminator 2: Judgment Day
(1992) - Sneakers
(1994) - Leon: The Professional, The Shawshank Redemption
(1995) - Se7en
(1996) - Jerry Maguire
(1997) - Contact, Face-Off, The Game, Gattaca, Princess Mononoke
(1998) - American History X, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Truman Show
(1999) - American Beauty, Eyes Wide Shut, The Iron Giant, The Matrix
(2000) - American Psycho, Gladiator, Memento, Requiem for a Dream, Traffic
(2001) - A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Vanilla Sky
(2003) - The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions
(2004) - The Incredibles, Kill Bill Vol. 2, Kung Fu Hustle, Saw I-III
(2005) - The Proposition
(2006) - Casino Royale, The Departed, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
(2007) - Knocked Up, Sunshine
(2008) - Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
(2009) - Star Trek
(2010) - Inception, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
(2012) - Looper
(2013) - Prisoners
(2014) - Interstellar, Noah, Whiplash
(2015) - Ex Machina
(1986) - Blue Velvet
(1987) - Planes, Trains and Automobiles
(1989) - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
(1991) - Terminator 2: Judgment Day
(1992) - Sneakers
(1994) - Leon: The Professional, The Shawshank Redemption
(1995) - Se7en
(1996) - Jerry Maguire
(1997) - Contact, Face-Off, The Game, Gattaca, Princess Mononoke
(1998) - American History X, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Truman Show
(1999) - American Beauty, Eyes Wide Shut, The Iron Giant, The Matrix
(2000) - American Psycho, Gladiator, Memento, Requiem for a Dream, Traffic
(2001) - A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Vanilla Sky
(2003) - The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions
(2004) - The Incredibles, Kill Bill Vol. 2, Kung Fu Hustle, Saw I-III
(2005) - The Proposition
(2006) - Casino Royale, The Departed, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
(2007) - Knocked Up, Sunshine
(2008) - Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
(2009) - Star Trek
(2010) - Inception, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
(2012) - Looper
(2013) - Prisoners
(2014) - Interstellar, Noah, Whiplash
(2015) - Ex Machina
The Hamburglar
Banned
Gattaca.
No point naming all the usual suspects.
No point naming all the usual suspects.
Vincent Alexander
Member
A Few Good Men
Interview with the Vampire
Ernest Scared Stupid
Interview with the Vampire
Ernest Scared Stupid
DarkMaigle
Member
Die Hard
There are many...some great suggestions already made so far. I just re-watched after many years and would definitely recommend:
12 Monkeys
Blade Runner
Blues Brothers
The Breakfast Club
Castle in the Sky
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Dragonslayer
The Fifth Element
The Goonies
King Kong (1933)
The Lord of the Rings - Peter Jackson movies all of them
Mary Poppins
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
My Neighbor Totoro
Mystery Men*
Nacho LIbre*
(* - personal favorites .. your mileage may vary)
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Psycho
Shine
Spirited Away
Star Wars (1977)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Superman (1978)
Watership Down (1978)
... there are many others....but that is a pretty broad list.
12 Monkeys
Blade Runner
Blues Brothers
The Breakfast Club
Castle in the Sky
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Dragonslayer
The Fifth Element
The Goonies
King Kong (1933)
The Lord of the Rings - Peter Jackson movies all of them
Mary Poppins
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
My Neighbor Totoro
Mystery Men*
Nacho LIbre*
(* - personal favorites .. your mileage may vary)
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Psycho
Shine
Spirited Away
Star Wars (1977)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Superman (1978)
Watership Down (1978)
... there are many others....but that is a pretty broad list.
The Boom Camel
Member
Carlito's Way
AngmarsKing701
Member
The Princess Bride
The Hunt for the Wilderpeople
The Hunt for the Wilderpeople
RespectThySole
Member
Goodfellas
Heat
Pulp Fiction
No Country for Old Men
City of God
Once Upon A Time in America
Spirited Away
Schindler's List
The Dark Knight
Memento
The Prestige
The Matrix
Back to the Future
Mad Max: Fury Road
Star Wars Trilogy
Heat
Pulp Fiction
No Country for Old Men
City of God
Once Upon A Time in America
Spirited Away
Schindler's List
The Dark Knight
Memento
The Prestige
The Matrix
Back to the Future
Mad Max: Fury Road
Star Wars Trilogy
MagicWithEarvin
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The Prestige
The Raid 1 and 2
Oldboy (Korean)
I Saw the Devil (Korean)
City of God
Incendies
The Raid 1 and 2
Oldboy (Korean)
I Saw the Devil (Korean)
City of God
Incendies
pantsattack
Member
Brick. It's severely underappreciated.
L4DANathan
Member
Glad to see Memento getting quite a few mentions, still my favorite movie.
I'll add votes to:
Alien/Aliens
Terminator/T2
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Back to the Future Parts 1 & 2
Pulp Fiction
I'll add votes to:
Alien/Aliens
Terminator/T2
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Back to the Future Parts 1 & 2
Pulp Fiction
MidnightCowboy
Member
My all time favorite movie is Days of Heaven. It is, I believe, the most beautiful movie ever made.
Hambulance
Member
Freeza Under The Shower
Member
'mine' or 'do I expect everyone to have seen' or 'do I want to shill for right now' ?
This is an extremely vague way to get an answer, but the only movies that fit all three for me are obviously:
12 Angry Men (1957)
Network (1976)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
2001 (1968)
Alien (1979)
Jurassic Park (1993)
The Matrix (1999)
I Saw The Devil (2010)
All of them having a specific cinematic or cultural impact, except for the last one that I included more for the moral obsessions of modern times, but that completely ignores the far wider, more diverse, and meaningful global aspects of cinema.
For instance, the original Gojira (1954) definitely deserves to be on a 'must have seen' list, but can also be on 'must see, but shamefully not seen' list, like how Citizen Kane (1941) is most likely on everyone list. Or Russian films, or Charlie Chaplin films, or films from various Asian countries that aren't Japan's specific production genre of anime, and so on. For instance, horror stories or thrillers with bureaucratic themes usually get twisted into meaningless drivel in their Hollywood remakes.
Even an independent Western movie can find that hard to get made, as with Brazil (1985).
Also, documentaries and movies on movies can be just as 'must see' as any theatrical release. F for Fake (1973) is for instance highly worth watching as both a movie that was kind of a project gone off-rails, but also on explaining what editing is and why it matters.
edit: oh right, and I completely ignored critical movies, as you can tell by my list being 'white male, the list'. I would thoroughly put Blazing Saddles on 'must see' too, but a lot of people seem to be incapable of realizing it exists to point out the problem of the existence versus depiction of racism, not just be a racist and think that's funny. So then the point of it being on the list is lost, unfortunately.
This is an extremely vague way to get an answer, but the only movies that fit all three for me are obviously:
12 Angry Men (1957)
Network (1976)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
2001 (1968)
Alien (1979)
Jurassic Park (1993)
The Matrix (1999)
I Saw The Devil (2010)
All of them having a specific cinematic or cultural impact, except for the last one that I included more for the moral obsessions of modern times, but that completely ignores the far wider, more diverse, and meaningful global aspects of cinema.
For instance, the original Gojira (1954) definitely deserves to be on a 'must have seen' list, but can also be on 'must see, but shamefully not seen' list, like how Citizen Kane (1941) is most likely on everyone list. Or Russian films, or Charlie Chaplin films, or films from various Asian countries that aren't Japan's specific production genre of anime, and so on. For instance, horror stories or thrillers with bureaucratic themes usually get twisted into meaningless drivel in their Hollywood remakes.
Even an independent Western movie can find that hard to get made, as with Brazil (1985).
Also, documentaries and movies on movies can be just as 'must see' as any theatrical release. F for Fake (1973) is for instance highly worth watching as both a movie that was kind of a project gone off-rails, but also on explaining what editing is and why it matters.
edit: oh right, and I completely ignored critical movies, as you can tell by my list being 'white male, the list'. I would thoroughly put Blazing Saddles on 'must see' too, but a lot of people seem to be incapable of realizing it exists to point out the problem of the existence versus depiction of racism, not just be a racist and think that's funny. So then the point of it being on the list is lost, unfortunately.
Serious:
Michael Clayton
Life of David Gale
Shawshank Redemption
Revenge/Plotting:
Count of Monte Cristo
Usual Suspects
Lucky Number Slevin
Action:
Raid 1 and 2
Kiss of the Dragon
Akira
Heat
Comedy:
Coming to America
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Make Sure You Raise Your Kids' Right:
Thirteen
Good Son
Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Scary:
Exorcist
Candy Man
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Michael Clayton
Life of David Gale
Shawshank Redemption
Revenge/Plotting:
Count of Monte Cristo
Usual Suspects
Lucky Number Slevin
Action:
Raid 1 and 2
Kiss of the Dragon
Akira
Heat
Comedy:
Coming to America
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Make Sure You Raise Your Kids' Right:
Thirteen
Good Son
Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Scary:
Exorcist
Candy Man
The Serpent and the Rainbow
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
TheCthultist
Member
Since most of the ones I'd normally suggest have already been said and repeated, I'll keep it to a specific type of movie instead.
Throw The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly and then Django Unchained on there too as two very different, incredibly solid representatives for the Western genre. Both of which I'd consider Must Sees if you're looking to get into westerns in general... Though don't expect many others to get much better than those two.
Throw The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly and then Django Unchained on there too as two very different, incredibly solid representatives for the Western genre. Both of which I'd consider Must Sees if you're looking to get into westerns in general... Though don't expect many others to get much better than those two.
Good Job Bob
Member
Fargo
Sorry for the long list.
12 Angry Men
The Way of the Gun
Universal Soldier: Regeneration
Coming to America
Guyver: Dark Hero
Seven Samurai
Aliens
Breaking News
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Undisputed 2 &3, Boyka: Undisputed
Key Largo
Screamers
Wyatt Earp
Men of War
A Few Good Men
Cool as Ice
Blood and Bone
Sneakers
Commando
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
They Live
Brick
Collateral
Zero Effect
Time and Tide
Groundhog Day
Hard Boiled
The Terminator
Black Dynamite
Rope
Bad Boys 2
Halloween (1978)
L.A. Takedown
The Empire Strikes Back
Blade, Blade 2
Memories of Murder
The Matrix
Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Duel
Thief
Road House
Ratatouille
The Last Boy Scout
The Man from Nowhere
Exiled
Masters of the Universe
No Country for Old Men
Robocop
Dredd
Miller's Crossing
Mad Max: Fury Road
Hot Fuzz
Highlander
Aragami
Ghost Dog
The Princess Bride
Notting Hill
Sucker Punch - Extended Cut
The Mission
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Grosse Pointe Blank
12 Angry Men
The Way of the Gun
Universal Soldier: Regeneration
Coming to America
Guyver: Dark Hero
Seven Samurai
Aliens
Breaking News
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Undisputed 2 &3, Boyka: Undisputed
Key Largo
Screamers
Wyatt Earp
Men of War
A Few Good Men
Cool as Ice
Blood and Bone
Sneakers
Commando
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
They Live
Brick
Collateral
Zero Effect
Time and Tide
Groundhog Day
Hard Boiled
The Terminator
Black Dynamite
Rope
Bad Boys 2
Halloween (1978)
L.A. Takedown
The Empire Strikes Back
Blade, Blade 2
Memories of Murder
The Matrix
Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Duel
Thief
Road House
Ratatouille
The Last Boy Scout
The Man from Nowhere
Exiled
Masters of the Universe
No Country for Old Men
Robocop
Dredd
Miller's Crossing
Mad Max: Fury Road
Hot Fuzz
Highlander
Aragami
Ghost Dog
The Princess Bride
Notting Hill
Sucker Punch - Extended Cut
The Mission
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Grosse Pointe Blank
All of Villenueve's films are good to great.
Enemy. Incendies. Arrival. Sicario. Prisoners. Polytechnique. This guy has a great track record and no better director out there to helm Blade Runner. I hope it goes well.