Movies Everyone Should See At Least Once

What movies do you think everyone should see at least once before they die?

Mine are:

24 Hour Party People
A Fish Called Wanda
Control
Edward Scissorhands
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Ferris Beuller's Day Off
Fight Club
Gone With The Wind (yes it's long and boring but it's an extremely important film)
Human Traffic
Monty Python's Life of Brian
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse Of The Black Pearl
Requiem For a Dream
Sleepy Hollow
St Elmo's Fire
The Breakfast Club
The Graduate
This Is England


There's probably more, I just can't think

*edit:

Forrest Gump
(obviously) HP 1,2,4,5 (I HATED 3)
Pan's Labrinth
Meet The Parents
Peter Pan (the Disney one)
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Notting Hill
Sweeney Todd

Half of those I could do without :D But here we go- there are no friends if colour or taste are concerned, as the Russians say. As for the others, they are some truly amazing movies- like Fish called Wanda, yes :D

Anyway, my list is going to be too long..better start with a couple of movies only, I'm comming back to this thread for sure :)

-Amelie (Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie)
-Snatch
-Nim's Island
- LOTR 1,2,3
-Indiana Jones 1,2,3 (can't wait to see 4 in May!!!)
-Star Wars 1-6
-The Matrix 1 and 3
- Black Cat, White Cat

...I'll be back :)

What movies do you think everyone should see at least once before they die?

Mine are:

24 Hour Party People
A Fish Called Wanda
Control
Edward Scissorhands
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Ferris Beuller's Day Off
Fight Club
Gone With The Wind (yes it's long and boring but it's an extremely important film)
Human Traffic
Monty Python's Life of Brian
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse Of The Black Pearl
Requiem For a Dream
Sleepy Hollow
St Elmo's Fire
The Breakfast Club
The Graduate
This Is England


There's probably more, I just can't think
Ah all good movies... I've seen Sleepy Hollow, The Breakfast Club, Edward Scissorhands, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse Of The Black Pearl.

Mine are:


Robin Hood: Men In Tights
Mr. Holland's Opus -- good movie about how important music can be in schools
Good Morning, Vietnam
Mrs. Doubtfire
Tootsie
Aladdin
Toy Story
The Shawshank Redemption
The Green Mile
V for Vendetta
Pan's Labyrinth
Forrest Gump
Some Like it Hot (haven't seen the entire film myself though -- everytime that I try, the dang copy messes up :p)
Batman Begins
The Wizard of Oz
Ratatouille
The Sixth Sense
The Grapes of Wrath
Groundhog Day
The Lion King
A Christmas Story
Young Frankenstein
Blazing Saddles
The LOTR series of movies

* Blazing Saddles
* Life of Brian
* Mad Max & Mad Max 2
* Good Night, and Good Luck
* Bridge on the River Kwai
* Lawrence of Arabia

Some of my faves:

-LotR, all of them
-HP of course :p
-The Pursuit of Happiness
-Pirates of the Carribean
-Elf
-Dodgeball
-I am Legend
-Bourne movies
-Forrest Gump
-Oceans Movies
-Star Wars (especially Episode III, Revenge of the Sith)

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Mr. Holland's Opus -- good movie about how important music can be in schools

Ah, I'm glad you brought that movie up. :) It's really a good, heart-warming film, but I don't think many people have heard of it.
My list of MUST-SEES:

Aladdin
Peter Pan
Pocahontas
The Little Mermaid
Mulan
Beauty and the Beast
Ratatouille--I LOVE this movie! :love:
Hercules
Pirates of the Caribbean 1, 2, and 3
The Princess Bride--this is my all-time favorite :clap:
Enchanted--this movie is one of the funniest I've ever seen :D
Lord of the Rings 1, 2, and 3

Wow...I just noticed that practically my whole list is comprised of Disney films. :whistle: But what can I say? No one's life is complete if they haven't seen the Disney classics. :D I may have more later, but this is all that I can think of right now. :)

- Star Wars IV to VI at least.

- Watched Citizen Kane for film studies class and liked it. But not everyone will. (I'm no snob!)

Ah, I'm glad you brought that movie up. :) It's really a good, heart-warming film, but I don't think many people have heard of it.
My list of MUST-SEES:

Aladdin
Peter Pan
Pocahontas
The Little Mermaid
Mulan
Beauty and the Beast
Ratatouille--I LOVE this movie! :love:
Hercules
Pirates of the Caribbean 1, 2, and 3
The Princess Bride--this is my all-time favorite :clap:
Enchanted--this movie is one of the funniest I've ever seen :D
Lord of the Rings 1, 2, and 3

Wow...I just noticed that practically my whole list is comprised of Disney films. :whistle: But what can I say? No one's life is complete if they haven't seen the Disney classics. :D I may have more later, but this is all that I can think of right now. :)
Yea, I second that :lol:. Yep it's a shame that not that many people have heard of Mr. Holland's Opus -- I remember the first time that I went and saw it, I thought it was going to be a boring movie... but boy was I proved wrong. It ended up being a good, well-made, thought-provoking movie.

Umm... HARRY POTTER! The sorceror's stone at least :)

The Terminal (2004)

- Star Wars IV to VI at least.

- Watched Citizen Kane for film studies class and liked it. But not everyone will. (I'm no snob!)

i must see citizen kane - i bought it ages ago and haven't jad the chance to watch it yet.

I actually am not the biggest movie buff, but here is my list:

1. Forrest Gump
2. LotR (all)
3. Harry Potter (all)
4. Star Wars (all)
5. The Da Vinci Code
6. I am Sam
7. Mary Poppins
8. The Lion King
9. Aladdin
10. Wizard of Oz
11. August Rush
12. Blazing Saddles

I guess I'd better get started, i havent even seen all the ones on my list :lol:

Tears of the Sun
Invisible Children (Documentary...amazingly horrifying)
Hotel Rwanda
The Constant Gardner
The Last King of Scottland
Blood Diamond

I have so many more, but I will add them later :), but I think movies that seek to raise awarness about issues around the world everyone should see. Some of these movies if not all are really hard to watch and what is harder is that they are all based off of true events. My heart is the crisis of different places in Africa so that is the focus of the movies above, but there are many other great movies everyone should see and learn from :)

EDIT:

I just realized that I don't think you can rent Invisiable Children, a college group I was a part of got it from a man that was in Rwanda when the genocide happened. He gave us the DVD to raise our awarness. However, I found a link to the movie's site Invisiable Children (http://www.invisiblechildren.com/home.php)

8. The Lion King
Ah, I completely forgot all about the Lion King! That was my favorite Disney animated movie ever. :D It was released the year I was born, so I've pretty much grown up with it.

I guess I'd better get started, i havent even seen all the ones on my list :lol:
:lol:

Thank you all for sharing your favourite movies with us! I have watched many and like also many of those mentioned (girl, I love Ratatouille, too..), but there are also more I'll have to watch, it seems! :D

I am back from the cinema tonight with an absolutely must-see:
The Wave (Die Welle). It is an amazing German movie, and I'd recommend it to everyone...anyone. Please, watch :)

(Not to be confused with a list of all my favorite films.)

-Star Wars (The whole saga, as it is one story told in six parts.)
-Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
-Toy Story (It may not be Pixar's best as Snow White may not be Disney's best, but their position as the first make them absolutely essential.)
-Raiders of the Lost Ark (Action/adventure movies don't get much better.)
-The Godfather trilogy
-Citizen Kane
-Batman: Mask of The Phantasm
-Beauty and the Beast (1991)
-Jaws (Just the first film.)
-The Lord of the Rings trilogy
-Dracula (1931)
-Frankenstein (1931)
-Bride of Frankenstein
-Goldfinger (The quintessential Bond movie.)
-Superman (1978) (The barometer by which all serious superhero movies are judged.)
-Aladdin
-The Nightmare Before Christmas
-Psycho (Just the first film.)
-E.T.
-The Lion King
-Blazing Saddles
-Young Frankenstein

Tears of the Sun
Invisible Children (Documentary...amazingly horrifying)
Hotel Rwanda
The Constant Gardner
The Last King of Scottland
Blood Diamond

I'm in total agreement about Hotel rwanda & Blood Diamond - loved them. They are two of the best movies i've seen in a long time.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail. IMO, it's more important than Life of Brian because more people will quote it, and if you haven't seen it, you won't get the jokes...but that's just me, Life of Brian isn't my favorite Python movie.
I think everyone should see some version of Pride and Prejudice, or at least a movie based on a Jane Austen novel.
Also, The Sound of Music, West Side Story, and a few other musicals should be seen by everyone, espeically musical buffs :D

(Not to be confused with a list of all my favorite films.)

-Star Wars (The whole saga, as it is one story told in six parts.)
-Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
-Toy Story (It may not be Pixar's best as Snow White may not be Disney's best, but their position as the first make them absolutely essential.)
-Raiders of the Lost Ark (Action/adventure movies don't get much better.)
-The Godfather trilogy
-Citizen Kane
-Batman: Mask of The Phantasm
-Beauty and the Beast
-Jaws (Just the first film.)
-The Lord of the Rings trilogy
-Stranger Than Fiction (Such an underrated movie; an intelligent, thought-provoking, hilarious, romantic gem, in my opinion.)
-Goldfinger (The quintessential Bond movie.)
-The Incredibles
-Superman (1978) (The barometer by which all serious superhero movies are judged.)
-Aladdin
-Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
-Psycho (Just the first film.)
-E.T.
-The Lion King
-Blazing Saddles
-Young Frankenstein
The bolded films are all ones that I've seen as well and would recommend to anyone. They're classics and very good movies. I enjoyed watching all of them and I wouldn't mind watching them again.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail. IMO, it's more important than Life of Brian because more people will quote it, and if you haven't seen it, you won't get the jokes...but that's just me, Life of Brian isn't my favorite Python movie.
I think everyone should see some version of Pride and Prejudice, or at least a movie based on a Jane Austen novel.
Also, The Sound of Music, West Side Story, and a few other musicals should be seen by everyone, espeically musical buffs :D
I don't know- the Monty Python movies are all either found to be incredibly funnt or really stupid, depending on the person watching. I personally loved them but I know many who think they are stupid. I think everyone should see it, but many people would disagree with me, I'm sure.

I Am Legend
Hide and Seek
The Princess Bride
Narnia
Harry Potter(Deffinitly!)
Batman Begins(Oh so deffinitly!!!!)
The Passion

I Am Legend
Hide and Seek
The Princess Bride
Narnia
Harry Potter(Deffinitly!)
Batman Begins(Oh so deffinitly!!!!)
The Passion
I second Batman Begins!! :clap: That movie had a good plot and was well acted, I'd recommend it to anyone :).

I second Batman Begins!! That movie had a good plot and was well acted, I'd recommend it to anyone .

See, I absolutely love Batman Begins: there's an intriguing plot, a compelling story, an engaging set of characters adapted faithfully, a fantastic cast, some exciting action sequences; to date, the best treatment the character's had in live action. However, I think the animated Mask of The Phantasm is the stronger film in those regards and a couple others, and that's the Batman picture I feel is 100% essential viewing.

See, I absolutely love Batman Begins: there's an intriguing plot, a compelling story, an engaging set of characters adapted faithfully, a fantastic cast, some exciting action sequences; to date, the best treatment the character's had in live action. However, I think the animated Mask of The Phantasm is the stronger film in those regards and a couple others, and that's the Batman picture I feel is 100% essential viewing.

Ah, I think I saw that one before. But's it's been awhile since I've seen it last though. Guess I'll have to see if I can rent it sometime and watch it again.

Narnia

11. August Rush
:wow: :wow: How could I forget Narnia and August Rush!??!? :no: What was I thinking? August Rush is so magical and Freddie Highmore does such a great job! And I like the lessons it teaches about music. :) And I LOVE Narnia! I always enjoyed the books, and the film brought it all to life, and I think they did a very good job of it. :tu: I'm really looking forward to Prince Caspian!!


-Star Wars (The whole saga, as it is one story told in six parts.)
-Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
-Toy Story (It may not be Pixar's best as Snow White may not be Disney's best, but their position as the first make them absolutely essential.)
-Raiders of the Lost Ark (Action/adventure movies don't get much better.)
-The Godfather trilogy
-Citizen Kane
-Batman: Mask of The Phantasm
-Beauty and the Beast
-Jaws (Just the first film.)
-The Lord of the Rings trilogy
-Stranger Than Fiction (Such an underrated movie; an intelligent, thought-provoking, hilarious, romantic gem, in my opinion.)
-Goldfinger (The quintessential Bond movie.)
-The Incredibles
-Superman (1978) (The barometer by which all serious superhero movies are judged.)
-Aladdin
-Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
-Psycho (Just the first film.)
-E.T.
-The Lion King
-Blazing Saddles
-Young Frankenstein
:wow: I have more Disney films on my list that you?? :wow: :p

Oooh, I also forgot The Nightmare Before Christmas and Stranger Than Fiction!! *claps hand to forehead* I love both of my movies and they are definitely good ones to watch!. :D

:wow: :wow: How could I forget Narnia and August Rush!??!? :no: What was I thinking? August Rush is so magical and Freddie Highmore does such a great job! And I like the lessons it teaches about music. :) And I LOVE Narnia! I always enjoyed the books, and the film brought it all to life, and I think they did a very good job of it. :tu: I'm really looking forward to Prince Caspian!!
Yeah, the Narnia movies were really good. I'm glad they could pull that book through because Eragon, another famous book attempted to be a movie, was a failure. :no:
Oooh, I also forgot The Nightmare Before Christmas and Stranger Than Fiction!! *claps hand to forehead* I love both of my movies and they are definitely good ones to watch!. :D
Meh- I didn't like the Nightmare before Christmas. I'm probably alone on that, though. :whistle:

Btw, I love your new avatar John! :D

Hmmm

1) The Shawshank Redemption
Watched it for the first time last night and thought it was REALLY good.
2)Bridget Jones' Diary
Just...because!
3) The Corpse Bride
I love this movie alot. I haven't seen NBC, so I can't comment on that one!
4)Any Disney Movie.
There's a couple of stinkers, but chances are you'll pick a good one! (Lion King, Hercules, Aristocats...)
5)Shrek.
Obviously.

I'm sure I'll think of more, watching Forest Gump tonight!

Hmmm

1) The Shawshank Redemption
Watched it for the first time last night and thought it was REALLY good.
2)Bridget Jones' Diary
Just...because!
3) The Corpse Bride
I love this movie alot. I haven't seen NBC, so I can't comment on that one!
4)Any Disney Movie.
There's a couple of stinkers, but chances are you'll pick a good one! (Lion King, Hercules, Aristocats...)
5)Shrek.
Obviously.

I'm sure I'll think of more, watching Forest Gump tonight!
I love that movie too -- The Shawshank Redemption. It had a really good storyline and was well-acted. And I also love Shrek, it was one of the few movies as of late that made me laugh :lol:.

I love that movie too -- The Shawshank Redemption. It had a really good storyline and was well-acted.

It was on the telly last night, and we might have to do it for English coursework, so I watched it, and I loved it! The storyline kept taking me by surprise, I kept thinking I knew what would happen next but I never did! I really liked it, especially the way it tackles life AFTER prison, and how hard it is.

It was on the telly last night, and we might have to do it for English coursework, so I watched it, and I loved it! The storyline kept taking me by surprise, I kept thinking I knew what would happen next but I never did! I really liked it, especially the way it tackles life AFTER prison, and how hard it is.
Yea, it took me by surprise as well! It took turns that I didn't even think that it would. I liked that too, it showed just how hard it was for a prisoner to get used to being out of prison.

Yea, it took me by surprise as well! It took turns that I didn't even think that it would. I liked that too, it showed just how hard it was for a prisoner to get used to being out of prison.

Yup, all round a fantastic movie, plus Red's narration was excellant. Morgan Freeman is an amazing actor.

Another must see movie is probably 'Life is Beautiful', and 'Top Gun'. I just love them both :] Oh, and 'Footloose' and 'St Elmo's Fire'! I have a thing about eighties movies. 'The Breakfast Club' is on my list of movies to see.

Yup, all round a fantastic movie, plus Red's narration was excellant. Morgan Freeman is an amazing actor.

Another must see movie is probably 'Life is Beautiful', and 'Top Gun'. I just love them both :] Oh, and 'Footloose' and 'St Elmo's Fire'! I have a thing about eighties movies. 'The Breakfast Club' is on my list of movies to see.

Yea he is. Also, I saw The Breakfast Club. It's a good and well acted movie. Somewhat cheesy, but meh :p, a lot of movies from that decade were that way.

The Shawshank Redemption
The Constant Gardener
The Passion of the Christ
E.T
Jaws

Gattaca. It's just a really amazing movie.

I saw Rendition and Charlie Wilson's War the other week. I thought they were both good political films.

Oooh also, everyone should have at least watched a few Disney films in their life. Everyone should definitely see (if they haven't already) The Lion King, Poccahontas, Aladdin, Toy Story (is that Disney? I've forgotten...) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. I still enjoy them now :D.

Toy Story (is that Disney? I've forgotten...)

Well, Pixar, meaning it was released under their banner 'though not produced by them.

Yeah, the Narnia movies were really good. I'm glad they could pull that book through because Eragon, another famous book attempted to be a movie, was a failure. :no:
Yep, I have to agree with you on that. Narnia was great...Eragon? Not so great. :td:

Meh- I didn't like the Nightmare before Christmas. I'm probably alone on that, though. :whistle:
:wow: :wow: :wow: Impossible. :no: :p
I've only seen it once, but I really liked it. Maybe it's just Tim Burton's style that some people don't like. I like it, though, it's really unique. :)

Btw, I love your new avatar John! :D
Me too, Johnny. :D It is awesome. :cool:

Oh yeah, I thought of another one: You've Got Mail. :D I've always liked this one and Tom Hanks does a fantastic job. :clap:

The Princess Bride, but it really needs to be seen many more times than once.

- LOTR Trilogy
- Life of Brian
- Amadeus
- The Sixth Sense
- Empire Of The Sun
- About A Boy
- Song For A Raggy Boy

Oh yeah, I thought of another one: You've Got Mail. :D I've always liked this one and Tom Hanks does a fantastic job. :clap:

I love this movie! Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan are great in it, good chemistry! & the actors who play their partners are funny too. I love the whole feel of the movie: New york in the fall, and the quaint little bookshop...

Oooh also, everyone should have at least watched a few Disney films in their life. Everyone should definitely see (if they haven't already) The Lion King, Poccahontas, Aladdin, Toy Story (is that Disney? I've forgotten...) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. I still enjoy them now :D.

YESSS! Disney movies, how could I forget?! My favourites which I have seen a million times are: Aladdin, Lion King, Peter Pan, Cinderella, Little Mermaid

I just thought of 2 more:

Anne of Green Gables (the entire series)
Willy Wonka (the original version)

Oooh I didn't like the original Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It was just so...weird. It wasn't as true to the book as I would have hoped. I much prefered the newer one with Johnny Depp :D.

Oooh I didn't like the original Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It was just so...weird. It wasn't as true to the book as I would have hoped. I much prefered the newer one with Johnny Depp :D.

Me too, but we wouldnt have the new and improved one without the original.

I almost thought the Johnny Depp Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was too weird. Let's face it, those singing dolls were really strange. :lol: Funny, but strange. I don't know. The original was cool, not super-exciting, but cool, and I found the new one to be overwhelming. Just my opinion, though. :)

I almost thought the Johnny Depp Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was too weird. Let's face it, those singing dolls were really strange. :lol: Funny, but strange. I don't know. The original was cool, not super-exciting, but cool, and I found the new one to be overwhelming. Just my opinion, though. :)Not just your opinion... I never saw the new one myself. But I still think that the original was better. Gene Wilder rules :cool:! Even though the movie could be rather creepy at times :whistle:...

I just thought of 2 more:

Anne of Green Gables (the entire series)
Willy Wonka (the original version)

Oooh, I have all the Anne of Green Gables, I love them :]
For Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, although I think the second version is truer to the book, I do like the original as well, it makes me happy. Gene Wilder is an awesome Wonka, but so was Johnny Depp....

Too hard to pick!

Here are some from my list:


Casablanca
The Godfather
King Kong (1933)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Se7en
Two for the Road


There are many movies that I have yet to see, but I know are definite must-sees.

jaws
batman begins
HP movies specially Poa
v for vendetta
the mummy
pirates of the caribbean
the lion king
beauty and the beast

The Secret Garden is also a really good movie imo. (Before the HP movies came out and were officially cast, I thought Kate Maberly would have made the perfect Hermione).

As for Disney movies, my top two are The Lion King and Treasure Planet.

The Secret Garden is also a really good movie imo. (Before the HP movies came out and were officially cast, I thought Kate Maberly would have made the perfect Hermione).


The Secret Garden is one of my favourite movies :) Heydon Prowse with white blond hair would have been my perfect Draco. Andrew Knott could have been a good Neville too :)

skistar123, thank you so much for recommending Control. I did see it last night and liked it very much! Now, I've just got to watch the few more on your list I don't know. Thanks :D

Cheers,
HarrietaPotter

The Princess Bride, but it really needs to be seen many more times than once.
Oh, I agree completely. :D Once is just not enough. :no: The Princess Bride needs to be a regular part of life...if it's not, then you're missing out. :p

Oooh I didn't like the original Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It was just so...weird. It wasn't as true to the book as I would have hoped. I much prefered the newer one with Johnny Depp :D.

Me too. :) I did like the original, but I like the newer one with Johnny Depp in it better. The newer one stays closer to the book (the Oompa Loompa songs are almost exactly the same!) and I like the newer Charlie better. But I think I like the Wonkas the same...they're both really weird, but in different ways, if you know what I mean.

And the chocolate river looks much more delicious in the second Wonka movie. :drool: I also like that line in one of Willy Wonka's flashbacks when his dad says, "Lollipops...otherwise known as cavaties on a stick." :rotfl:

Yea he is. Also, I saw The Breakfast Club. It's a good and well acted movie. Somewhat cheesy, but meh :p, a lot of movies from that decade were that way.The 80's were great for movies! Ah, the era of the Brat Pack and John Hughes movies. :lol:

Movies from the 80's you must see...
ET
16 Candles
The Breakfast Club
Pretty in Pink
War Games
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Weird Science
Real Genius (Early Val Kilmer)
Better Off Dead (Love John Cusack)
Heathers

Other movies that I can watch over and over:
The Shawshank Redemption (excellent every time)
The Hudsucker Proxy (more Tim Robbins)
Star Wars (Episodes 4 & 5 at least)
The Matrix
Clueless
Bend it Like Beckham
The Princess Bride
Waiting for Guffman (and nearly any other Christopher Guest movie)

The Smart/Stupid comedies I love:
Legally Blonde
Animal House
Old School
Super Troopers
National Lampoon's Vacation
Office Space

I could go on and on!

The 80's were great for movies! Ah, the era of the Brat Pack and John Hughes movies. :lol:


Yay the 80's was a good time for movies :), one of my favorite series of movies from that decade was the Back to the Future movies. I just loved seeing Doc Brown and Marty going back and forth in time :lol:.

Here's a few that I can think of at the moment:

- Love Actually
- The Shawshank Redemption
- Forrest Gump
- The Wizard of Oz
- V For Vendetta
- The Lion King
- The Secret Garden
- Lord of the Rings Trilogy
- To Kill A Mockingbird
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Fight Club
- Stand By Me

I will return with more as I think of them. :)

Oh, I can't believe I forgot to put the 1939 The Wizard of Oz on my list! Well...put me down for that one as well.

Oh, I can't believe I forgot to put the 1939 The Wizard of Oz on my list!!! Well...put me down for that one as well. :D

Yay that movie is a classic :)! I loved watching that movie as a child.

The 80's were great for movies! Ah, the era of the Brat Pack and John Hughes movies. :lol:


John Hughes made fun films but he was no David Lean.

Here's a few that I can think of at the moment:

- Love Actually
- The Shawshank Redemption
- Forrest Gump
- The Wizard of Oz
- V For Vendetta
- The Lion King
- The Secret Garden
- Lord of the Rings Trilogy
- To Kill A Mockingbird
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Fight Club
- Stand By Me

I will return with more as I think of them. :)

There is actually a movie To Kill a Mockingbird?! I admire this book..realy like it so so much..I would have to rent that right away! Thanks.

I forgot to add how's moving castle and spirited away to my list. Great movies.

I just saw a really funny 80's movie last night called Bill and Ted's Most Excellent Adventure. :D It was really dumb...but that's what made it so hilarious! :rotfl: It cracked me up. If you haven't seen it, you should give it a try. :D

I just saw a really funny 80's movie last night called Bill and Ted's Most Excellent Adventure. :D It was really dumb...but that's what made it so hilarious! :rotfl: It cracked me up. If you haven't seen it, you should give it a try. :DI so was thinking of adding that to my list - but then I didn't know if it would still be funny now. I was in High School when that came out - and I thought it was brilliant. Gosh I feel old. :) But I love Keanu Reeves in that movie - I don't think his acting was ever better. :)

Watch my favorite Paul Walker movie: Pleasantville
To anyone who has seen it, do you know who he is in there? I'll give you a hint: "Hey Bud!.....Hey Bud!"
I like 2 Fast 2 Furious too.

I think the casting people of Spider-Man must have seen Tobey Maguire in that movie and thought "Wow, he can be a leading man"

Watch my favorite Paul Walker movie: Pleasantville
To anyone who has seen it, do you know who he is in there? I'll give you a hint: "Hey Bud!.....Hey Bud!"
I like 2 Fast 2 Furious too.

I think the casting people of Spider-Man must have seen Tobey Maguire in that movie and thought "Wow, he can be a leading man"

Yea I liked Pleasantville myself. That movie made me laugh, and the acting was good in it :).

TMNT1 & 4, skip the inbetweens

TMNT1 & 4, skip the inbetweens

Yea I liked 1, but I don't have 4. What was the title of it? I have 2 and 3 though :whistle:. They weren't too bad, by comparison to some other movies that I've seen over the years. I was a pretty big TMNT fan myself when I was younger :).

Well I got most of these from my facebook favourites... and I'm sure I'm forgetting some, but these are the ones I most often recommend to people.

Monty Python films
Murder by Death
The Life Aquatic
Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain
Moulin Rouge
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Pirates of the Caribbean
Star Wars
Little Miss Sunshine
Pride and Prejudice (BBC)
Big Fish
Dogma
The Wizard of Oz

Monty Python films
Murder by Death
The Life Aquatic
Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain
Moulin Rouge
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Pirates of the Caribbean
Star Wars
Little Miss Sunshine
Pride and Prejudice (BBC)
Big Fish
Dogma
The Wizard of Oz

Big Fish! I forgot to add that to my list. I just love Big Fish. It's such a unique and creative movie.

Movies everyone should see at least once... hmmm well from a personal point of view I would go as follows.

1. Battleship Potemkin - its a 1925 silent Russian movie about the crew of said ship rebelling against the Tsarist leadership. Potemkin has been called one of the most influential films of all time, it was directed by Sergei Eisenstein


2. A Night at the Opera - 1935 movie. Its a Marx brothers and its still really funny.

3. King Kong - the 1933 original. A landmark film.

4. Rebel without a cause - 1955. James Dean and a glimpse of what could have been.

5. Lord of the Rings - All three films, truely amazing work.

6. Star Wars - all 6 films, they may not be masterpieces of script but they show just how fantastic the imagination can be.

7. Saving Private Ryan - 1998. Just for those opening moments showing how brutal it could be.

There is actually a movie To Kill a Mockingbird?! I admire this book..realy like it so so much..I would have to rent that right away! Thanks.
Yes, there is. :) Starring Gregory Peck as Atticus and it's in black and white, if I remember rightly. As you're a fan of the book, I definitely recommend it.

It's an excellent movie. Gregory Peck won the Best Actor Oscar and it won Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Art Direction-Set Direction.

And, it remains true to the book.

I watched Little Miss Sunshine for the first time and that's a beautiful film
Apart from that:
- Romeo and Juliet (the Baz Lurhman version)
- Moulin Rogue
Even if you don't like them the cinematics of both are pretty amazing
- Four Weddings and a Funeral- not Hugh Grant's best in my opinion but it's kinda his classic must see one
- Monty Python's Holy Grail- even if just for the songs
- A beautiful life- really a beautiful, sad, funny film

Oh, I agree completely. :D Once is just not enough. :no: The Princess Bride needs to be a regular part of life...if it's not, then you're missing out. :p



I've read the book but not seen the film yet, it's on my high priority list for Lovefilm but so far they've not sent it to me but sent me 3 other high priority and 2 medium priority (however 1 of the medium priority was Little Miss Sunshine which was amazing)

Even though this is probally kind of a stupid movie to some people, I love it. The Wedding Singer is one of my favorite movies. It's with Adam Sandler and Drew Berrymore and it came out in the late 90's I think. It is really funny and romantic and I think it's one of Adam Sandler's best roles.

Well...hmm...here goes!

- Moulin Rouge.
- Sixty Six.
- Fight Club.
- Sweeney Todd.
- The Notebook.
- Elf.
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Tim Burton's version)
- Women Talking Dirty.
- Corpse Bride.
- Pirates of the Carribean 1, 2 + 3.
- Shrek 1, 2 + 3.
- Harry Potter of course.

I'm sure there's more that I can't think of right now.

I just saw a really funny 80's movie last night called Bill and Ted's Most Excellent Adventure. :D It was really dumb...but that's what made it so hilarious! :rotfl: It cracked me up. If you haven't seen it, you should give it a try. :D

YES! Sooo funny and its the movie that started me saying "dude" during the majority of my high school years. :lol:


Ok, so my movie suggestion is Amelie, true cinema!

12 Angry Men (1957)
American Graffiti (1973)
An American Tail (1986)
Back to the Future trilogy (1985-89)
Bandits (1999)
Casablanca (1942)
Die Hard (1988)
Ghostbusters (1984)
The Godfather (1972)
The Incredibles (2004)
Lethal Weapon (1987)
The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-03)
Major League (1988)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Natural (1984)
Office Space (1999)
The Princess Bride (1987)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
Rocky (1976)
Schindler's List (1993)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Star Wars original trilogy (1977-83)
The Usual Suspects (1995)

Even though this is probally kind of a stupid movie to some people, I love it. The Wedding Singer is one of my favorite movies. It's with Adam Sandler and Drew Berrymore and it came out in the late 90's I think. It is really funny and romantic and I think it's one of Adam Sandler's best roles.
Definitely not a stupid movie - I love it too! So funny and so cute! I'd add it to my list of films everyone should see.

(You're right by the way - it came out in 1998)

YES! Sooo funny and its the movie that started me saying "dude" during the majority of my high school years. :lol:


Ok, so my movie suggestion is Amelie, true cinema!


oh I remember that being good, but a bit odd, I'd like to see it again

There are so many!

I pick
Psycho, Star Wars, Grease, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and The Sixth Sense.

I watched Little Miss Sunshine for the first time and that's a beautiful film


I tried to watch that film, but sadly I could not stand it... no offense, I didn't find the movie beautiful or funny... Only boring.

And I truly tried to give it a chance, it just didn't click with me.

Hmm, I haven't seen Little Miss Sunshine yet.

I tried to watch that film, but sadly I could not stand it... no offense, I didn't find the movie beautiful or funny... Only boring.

And I truly tried to give it a chance, it just didn't click with me.
I only saw a part of that movie at my friends house and it didn't look too interesting to me.

I kept putting off watching Schindler's List for years because I wanted to be in the right frame of mind when I saw it. I went through a long period of depression so there was no way I was going to watch a depressing movie no matter how good everyone said it was. Well, luckily I'm over the depression and I finally watched the movie. It is incredible! Everyone, in the right state of mind, should see this movie. I even bought the DVD because I will definitely watch it again.

Oh, I am so with you Fawkesfan - I really didn't get Little Miss Sunshine at all. Perhaps because I'm a Brit. That might have something to do with it.

Movies you should see?

Schindler's List
The Shawshank Redemption
Un Homme et Une Femme
"Rings" - of course
and an odd fave of mine apollo 13 - just listen to the music ! ...

Oh, I am so with you Fawkesfan - I really didn't get Little Miss Sunshine at all. Perhaps because I'm a Brit. That might have something to do with it.

Movies you should see?

Schindler's List
The Shawshank Redemption
Un Homme et Une Femme
"Rings" - of course
and an odd fave of mine apollo 13 - just listen to the music ! ...Ah, well I'm American and I didn't get it either :lol:. Guess it just wasn't our kind of humor.

I saw The Shawshank Redemption... I loved that movie!! It's a true classic and the acting was very, very good. I haven't seen any of the other movies though. I might have to go and check them out sometime.

Ah, well I'm American and I didn't get it either :lol:. Guess it just wasn't our kind of humor.I really really didn't like Little Miss Sunshine. It seemed just ridiculous. I agree though, it is a very subjective type of humor. :)

Ah well not for everyone I guess. I must admit I was a bit unsure at the start, but once they were on the road I started enjoying it

I enjoyed Little Miss Sunshine but I still don't really understand why everyone thinks it's so great. It's a nice film but a bit overrated in my opinion. Maybe I just don't get it. I don't think I'd recommend it as a film everyone should see at least once.

An inconvenient truth... The best documentary there is... Brilliant! People who live in this place called earth must definitely see it :lol:

The Shawshank Redemption
Excellent suggestion! Yes, this movie is a classic.

An inconvenient truth... The best documentary there is... Brilliant! People who live in this place called earth must definitely see it :lol:

Seconded -- that movie was very good!! I'd recommend to anyone, since it was a very well done documentary.

Remeber the Titans.... I don't know if this is just me but thsi movie hasss to be seen by everyone!
I mean I love shrek and pirates and stomp the yard but this one should be see no matter what.

Remeber the Titans.... I don't know if this is just me but thsi movie hasss to be seen by everyone!
I mean I love shrek and pirates and stomp the yard but this one should be see no matter what.

Yea, definitely!! I saw that movie and loved it :clap:. It was one of the best movies that I have ever seen. Very well written and well acted in. A movie that has a moral to it along with a plotline.

Remeber the Titans.... I don't know if this is just me but thsi movie hasss to be seen by everyone!
Oh absolutely! I forgot about Remember the Titans. As Fawkesfan1 said, it has a great storyline and a nice message to it too. Definitely add this one to my list.

I think Freedom writers should be seen by everyoneee!

It's not just because I love the movie but because, it gives you a whole differnet perspective on the world and how you see i. Whilst watching anyway/.. :lol:

But seriously, it should be seen by all...

I really really didn't like Little Miss Sunshine. It seemed just ridiculous. I agree though, it is a very subjective type of humor. :)

ughh! I agre! It was pointless and absolutely ridiculous!!!
Didn't seem like it was going to be. an it didn't have to be but.. :no:

- Pirates Of The Caribbean: Curse Of The Black Pearl
- Bridget Jones
- Shaun Of The Dead
- Whats Eating Gilbert Grape?
- Shrek

I soo agree with the first and last!!!
Also sewcond last was good.. andI know I've mentioned it but remember the titans Is waitingg!! WATCH!!

Oh yeah, and you have to see Titanic before you die, it's just one of those things. And Grease.

I hated Titanic, real disappointment. If you're going for a Leonardo Decapprio movie go for Romeo and Juliet

I hated Titanic, real disappointment. If you're going for a Leonardo Decapprio movie go for Romeo and Juliet

IMO, if you want a DiCaprio movie go with Gangs of New York or The Departed.

Oooooh, I loved Titanic... but then again I hated Romeo and Juliet. ;) Haha! Maybe we're just completely different?

If you want a Leo DiCaprio movie, see Whats Eating Gilbert Grape? He is beyond amazing in that.

I think
10 things I hate about you.
Scream
Back to the future
Titanic
Pirates of the caribbean
The lion king
Speed
Goodnight Mr Tom
Indiana Jones
The railway children
Matlida
Grease
The wizard of Oz
The lion, The witch and the wardrobe (older version)
Cruel intentions

There are more, but I just can't think...

I think the films that everyone should see at least once are:
All the star wars movies (1-6)
The butterfly affect
Donnie darko
28 days later
28 weeks later
Seven (bradd pitt and samuel L Jackson)
Blade (1-3)
Sin City
The dead Zone

Has anyone seen these movies?

The Green Mile
Forrest Gump
Stand by Me
Fried Green Tomatoes
The Princess Bride
The Family Stone
Steel Magnolias
The Fox and the Hound
Love Actually
Lean on Me

I'll be back! :)

Haha, I adore "Love Actually"!

My list would be:

-Pride and Prejudice (either, as long as you see one!)
-Wuthering Heights (Again, doesn't matter which one!)
-The Notebook
-Romeo and Juliet (Especially Baz Luhrmann's)
-Gone With the Wind
-The Lord of the Rings (1,2, and 3)
-Forrest Gump
-The Shawshank Redemption
-From her to Eternity
-Singing in the Rain
-The Last of the Mohicans
-Monty Python's The Life of Brian
-Braveheart
-Grease
-Into the Wild (OMGF YESS)
-And the original Disney Collection...
Snow White, Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella
-And a special disney mention to Tarzan!

Yep, that's my long and somewhat complicated list!

Gone With the Wind
The Wizard of Oz
Casablanca
Mary Poppins
Toy Story
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Titanic
Beauty and the Beast
Peter Pan
The Lion King
Aladdin
Harry Potter
Indiana Jones
Grease
Rent
Finding Nemo
The Princess Bride
Star Wars
Batman
Superman

I can't think of that many, but here goes nothing...

*Monty Python and The Search of the Holy Grail
*The Passion of the Christ


I shalt be backeth to thy thread. :lol:

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Chronicles of Narnia 1,2
The Matrix 1,2(no 3, 3 is turrible)

I just watched Becoming Jane and bawled. I get so sad looking at James McAvoy's wee little face at the end, the music gets me everytime.

Steel Magnolias


Oh, I love that movie! :clap: It's the kind of movie that makes you laugh at some parts and cry at others.

"In Bruges." Hilarious dialogue and storyline. The first half hour is the set up and after that everything rolls out in one of the funniest movies I've seen lately.

"In Bruges." Hilarious dialogue and storyline. The first half hour is the set up and after that everything rolls out in one of the funniest movies I've seen lately.

I really wanted to see that when it was in theaters but it wasn't playing anywhere near me, so looking forward to the DVD release on Tuesday.

"In Bruges." Hilarious dialogue and storyline. The first half hour is the set up and after that everything rolls out in one of the funniest movies I've seen lately.

Yes, definitely a small film that everyone should keep an eye out for. Here in the U.S., it comes out on DVD this Tuesday. It's my favorite film of the year so far.

"In Bruges." Hilarious dialogue and storyline. The first half hour is the set up and after that everything rolls out in one of the funniest movies I've seen lately.

Brilliant movie. I saw it twice in the cinema and loved it! Colin Farrell was in brilliant form for it

-Forrest Gump
-The Bucket List
-The Wizard of Oz
-What a Wonderful Life
-White Christmas
-Titanic
-The Sound of Music
-Star Wars: Episode IV (Even if you don't like Sci-Fi, modern media makes so many references to it, you just kind of need to see it to know what they're talking about)
-Little Women
-Memoirs of a Geisha

Brilliant movie. I saw it twice in the cinema and loved it! Colin Farrell was in brilliant form for it


"In Bruges." Hilarious dialogue and storyline. The first half hour is the set up and after that everything rolls out in one of the funniest movies I've seen lately.

I did finally see In Bruges last week, and I just loved it! One of the best movies I've seen in years: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, and Ralph Fiennes at the top of their game, an incredibly sharp, funny, unique, surprising script, just a terrific debut from Martin McDonagh. I highly recommend it.

My choices are:
LOTR (all 3 in 1 day preferred)
City Lights
Sweeney Todd
Pan's Labyrinth
2001: A Space Odyssey (just saw it today and can't spell it at all)
Little Miss Sunshine
Citizen Kane
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Last Unicorn

Wow, having a really hard time thinking of movies today.

Mine are:
*Mamma Mia (2008)
*Kung Fu Panda

Two great movies! :)

Smokey and the bandit 1 + 2
The Lost Boys
Fright Night
Anchorman
Star Wars series
White Chicks
The Bucket List
The Green Mile
IT
Stand By Me
Sleep Walkers
The Butterfly Effect
Convoy
Little Man
Wild Hogs

I could go on all day but these few will do for now lol.

Lion King
Toy Story
(All classic Disney films)
Forrest Gump
Harry Potter 1,2,3,4,5(6,7 eventually...)
E.T
The LotR trilogy
Star Wars 1,2,3,4,5,6
Blood Diamond
Titanic
Simon Birch (still gets me everytime)

Theres more, but I can't think straight right now :lol:

Added to my first list: The Dark Knight. The best movie I've seen in a long time. :D

The Shawshank Redemption
Green Mile
Pan's Labyrinth
Donnie Darko
Misery
Grease
Titanic
Pretty Woman
Sound of Music

plus loads more I can't think of at the moment...

xx

Promises
Hotel Rwanda
Little Miss Sunshine

The Dark Knight and The Prestige.

Casino
Crash
The Departed
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Godfather Trilogy
Goodfellas
Heat
Letters From Iwo Jima
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Love Actually
Pulp Fiction
There Will Be Blood
Traffic

I think there are definitely a few greats.

The Shawshank Redemption (For the Rorschach idea of what makes hope)
The Green Mile (Because sometimes, things aren't what they seem)
The Great Dictator (Because Chaplin was a genius)
City Lights (Proves that films don't need talking to instill awe; also, Chaplin)
The Lord of the Rings (All three parts, they're so pretty)
Munich (Because one man's terrorist might not be another man's freedom fighter)
And finally, Omagh (Because everybody should know what happened in Tyrone, 1998)

Adding to my list:
-The Dark Knight: If there's any Batman movie to see, it's this one. (I do still totally recommend the film I mentioned in here before, Batman: Mask of The Phantasm.) See Batman Begins before it too.
-Memento: The movie that established Christopher Nolan's tremendous talent, and one of my favorites. Guy Pearce is excellent in this really compelling thriller, told (for the most part) backward.

Pulp Fiction (but not for the kiddies :p)

Terminator 2:Judgment Day

An American Werewolf In London

East of Eden

The Goonies

Brokeback Mountain

A Streetcar Named Desire

A Clockwork Orange

The Empire Strikes Back

Grave of the Fireflies

The Iron Giant

Platoon

The Seven Samurai

Tombstone

Blade Runner

The Big Lebowski

Taxi Driver

Raging Bull

Donnie Darko

The Great Escape

Shaun of the Dead

Princess Bride

Heat

The Godfather

Mysterious Skin

2001: A Space Odyssey

Jaws

The Lookout

Into The Wild

Candy

Jurassic Park

The Outsiders

Godzilla: King of The Monsters

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Robocop

Mutiny on the Bounty

Idiocracy

And The Dark Knight

-Indiana Jones (all of them)
-Life Is Beautiful
-The Sandlot
-It's A Wonderful Life

-Titanic
-Jurassic Park
-Godzilla
-Terminator
-Harry Potter
-Bat man

Titanic, now that's a good one. I'll go along with it, but I do think once is quite sufficient.
If I ever see that boat sink again, I'll go down with it.

;)

Hmm, well there are a lot. Some movies are pretty much essential to be seen, like Star Wars, Jurassic Park or Titanic for instance. I mean you pretty much feel alone in the world if you haven't seen those :lol: But of my limited exposure to film (compared to some) these are the ones I've either enjoyed the most and/or didn't really like but at least would say they are worth watching. I've seperated by genres sorta...

Top Gun
The Bourne Trilogy
Air Force One
Leon: The Professional
Blood Diamond
Basic Instinct
The Dark Knight
Shutter Island
L.A. Confidential
Prestige
The Usual Suspects
Fight Club
Se7en
Memento
Love Actually
Sleepless in Seattle
Dirty Dancing
The Notebook
Just Like Heaven
You've Got Mail
P.S. I Love You
Forever Young
Titanic
Time Traveler's Wife
Romeo + Juliet
(500) Days of Summer
The Philadelphia Story
It Happened One Night
Casablanca
West Side Story
Grease
50 First Dates
A Walk to Remember
Sweet Home Alabama
Cruel Intentions
Jerry McGuire
Blazing Saddles
Airplane!
Caddyshack
Arsenic and Old Lace
Harold and Maude
Meet the Parents
The Ugly Truth
National Lampoon's Vacation
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
His Girl Friday- the dialogue is at the speed of light, but it's a unique film
Bringing Up Baby
Dumb and Dumber
Harvey
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Duck Soup
In Bruges
Snatch
Juno
Secondhand Lions
The Graduate
Goodwill Hunting
The Breakfast Club
The Outsiders
Varsity Blues (the whipped cream bikini scene alone makes this worth watching :lol:)
The Shawshank Redemption
12 Angry Men
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
It’s a Wonderful Life
Citizen Kane
American History X
Forrest Gump
American Beauty
To Kill A Mockingbird
Saving Private Ryan
Network
Doctor Zhivago
The Grapes of Wrath
Chinatown
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Rain Man
A Few Good Men
A Beautiful Mind
Anatomy of a Murder
Crash
Days of Heaven
The Hurt Locker
Up in the Air
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Harry Potter Series
The Pirates of the Carribean Trilogy
Big Fish
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Princess Bride
Harvey
The Wizard of Oz
The Green Mile
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
American Pie
American Pie 2
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
40 Year Old Virgin
Superbad
Wedding Crashers
National Lampoon’s Van Wilder
Knocked Up
Eurotrip
Road Trip
Porky’s
Zack and Miri Make a Poro
40 Days and 40 Nights
National Lampoon's Animal House
Defiance
Pearl Harbor
Hotel Rwanda
Munich
Troy
Apollo 13
300
21
The Bank Job
Changeling
Into the Wild
Freedom Writers
American Gangster
Catch Me If You Can
Black Hawk Down
Erin Brockovich
Titanic
Glory
Mississippi Burning
La Bamba
Raging Bull
Bonnie and Clyde
Zodiac
Psycho
The Shining
Halloween
Identity
Jaws
Sleepy Hollow
Final Destination
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
The Lion King
Bambi
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The Little Mermaid
Pinocchio
Aladdin
Beauty and the Beast
Toy Story
Shrek
E.T.
The Fox and the Hound
Dumbo
Peter Pan
Finding Nemo
The Karate Kid
Mighty Ducks
The Sandlot
The Incredibles
The Rescuers
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Frosty the Snowman
Rudolph the Red Nosed Raindeer
101 Dalmations
The Land Before Time
Old Yeller
Where the Red Fern Grows
Rear Window
Vertigo
To Catch a Thief
Spellbound
North by Northwest
Strangers on a Train
Dial "M" For Murder
Rope
The Lady Vanishes
Shadow of a Doubt
The Big Sleep
The Maltese Falcon
Double Indemnity
Mystic River
Mulholland Dr.
Zodiac
Star Wars
The Matrix
Avatar
Star Trek
V for Vendetta
Children of Men
12 Monkeys- Brad Pitt's character makes this worth watching :lol:
Transformers
Jurassic Park
Iron Man
Field of Dreams
Bull Durham
The Natural
Cool Runnings
A League of Their Own
Major League
Remember the Titans
Hoosiers
Rocky
Raging Bull
Cinderella Man
The Pride of the Yankees
The Blind Side
Brian's Song
Friday Night Lights
Radio
Brokeback Mountain
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Unforgiven


And if you want to narrow all those down to the very best, the following could be considered cinematic masterpieces, IMO

Rear Window
Psycho
Vertigo
Spellbound
North by Northwest
Strangers on a Train
Dial "M" For Murder
Foreign Correspondent
Shadow of a Doubt
To Kill A Mockingbird
The Big Sleep
Raging Bull
The Shawshank Redemption
Citizen Kane- style over substance, but should be seen for the groundbreaking film-making it used
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Saving Private Ryan
The Dark Knight
Some Like It Hot
Bringing Up Baby
The Hurt Locker
The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
A Beautiful Mind
American Beauty
Forrest Gump
Unforgiven
Rain Man
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
West Side Story
Casablanca
It Happened One Night


In addition, I think you should see these for their awesome twists, if nothing else...

Prestige
The Usual Suspects
Fight Club
Shutter Island
Se7en
Memento
Identity

Here's a few:
-Pirates of the Caribbean
-the Notebook
-Titanic
-the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
-the Time traveler's wife
-the Beauty and the Beast
-the Lionking
-LotR
-Pretty Woman
-Pearl Harbor
-ET
-Starwars
and many more

It's A Wonderful Life
White Christmas
Singin' in the Rain
The Sandlot
Benchwarmers
Food Inc.
...&the list continues.

Wow, I'm still reeling from lcbaseball22's impressive list of movies. It is interesting that your "Short list" contains so many films that are from an older era. Though I don't disagree (coming from an older era myself :) ) - just one question for you - what would you chose as the most recent movie you should see at least once.

Wow, I'm still reeling from lcbaseball22's impressive list of movies.

Thanks, I'm glad someone actually looked at :lol: :) It took a few hours to compile... :whistle: Which are your favs and/or ones you agree with?

It is interesting that your "Short list" contains so many films that are from an older era. Though I don't disagree (coming from an older era myself :))

Yeah, well I'm only 22 but this last year I started getting into the older classics and I've gained a real appreciation for them...even those in black and white :lol: Before that I'd really only seen movies from after I was born. Now I'm discovering that movies just aren't made the way they used to be and I think a lot of the older films are maybe better. Seems like there was more focus on script and acting...whereas nowadays it's all about the SFX, CGI, etc. As you may have noticed, a lot of those I listed as "masterpieces" on the "short list" were directed by Hitchcock, who is now without a doubt my favorite director. I've seen about 15 of his movies and nearly all of them were fantastic :D



just one question for you - what would you chose as the most recent movie you should see at least once.

Hmm, interesting question. Well, the last great movie I saw was Shutter Island (directed by Martin Scorcese...and sort of a tribute to various works of Alfred Hitchcock ) but I wouldn't say everyone needs to see it unless you like Hitchcock, psychological thrillers, and/or movies with a nice twist. Now from the last decade (which makes up more over half of the 600 movies I've seen) these are my Top 10-


The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Dark Knight
The Bourne Ultimatum
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Wedding Crashers
Meet the Parents
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Memento
Love Actually
Secondhand Lions


But again, I wouldn't necessarily urge everyone to see those...

On the other hand, I would urge everyone to see The Hurt Locker...the most recent Best Picture winner. It's not like one of my ultimate favorites (it's around #90 on my list) but it's superbly crafted. :tu: Besides, it's nice to say you've seen the winner...whether you agree with the Academy's choice or not :p Eventually I hope to have seen all of the Best Picture winners. I think that's going to be a goal of mine :whistle:

Anyways, I'm not really sure what sort of answer you're looking for here, but I guess I'd have to say from the past 25 years or so that these are the ten I think EVERYONE should see at least once and reasons why...

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (the last is the best, but I'm grouping these as one)
The Bourne Trilogy (same as above...and these might be the greatest action movies ever)
The Dark Knight (maybe this is a bit over-rated, but you should at least see it for Heath's Oscar winning performance :))
Memento (for its unique narrative structure, mind-bending twist, and thought provokingness)
Forrest Gump (almost a perfect movie)
Saving Private Ryan (perhaps the best war movie ever made...should at least see it for that incredible D-Day re-creation sequence)
Top Gun (if you ask me this is one of the most enjoyable and re-watchable movies of all time)
The Notebook (perhaps the most romantic movie...but even guys should like this "chick flick")
Love Actually (the best rom-com since It Happened One Night :lol:)
Titanic (because of it's iconic status)

EDIT:

Oh yeah, and one more- obviously everyone should see the Harry Potter movies...duh! :p

Any title in the Disney Diamond/Platinum DVD line. Those are agiven.
Enchanted
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Song of the South
Pixar
Batman
Superman
Any Miyazaki/ Studio Ghibli movie
Lord of the Rings
Edward Scissorhands
Bolt
Wizard of Oz
Mary Poppins
Pete's Dragon
Slumdog Millionaire
Beetlejuice
Lilo and Stitch
Star Wars
Titanic
Forrest Gump
Saving Private Ryan
King Kong (1933 AND 2005)
A Beautiful Mind
Nightmare Before Christmas
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Coraline
The Iron Giant
(at this point Im pretty much listing movies I like)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
The Santa Clause
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
the Princess and the Frog
The Sixth Sense


The Disney Diamond/Platinum Lines include

Snow White
Beauty and the Beast
Fantasia
Fantasia 2000
Dumbo (presumably)
The Lion King
??????
Aladdin(removed)
Bambi
Cinderella
Lady and the Tramp
The Little Mermaid
Peter Pan
The Jungle Book
101 Dalmatians
Sleeping Beauty
Pinocchio

These are in order of impending release strategy. Aladdin was removed, and the ????? represents an unannounced title in addition to Aladdin's replacement.

In reply to lcbaseball22 - I can quite understand why Hitchcock has grabbed your interest. He was a master of his craft. The thing about the older movies is that I never actually went to the cinema to see them - so my experience is all about the small screen - hiring the video or dvd, and that somehow diminishes them.

As you say, they used different ways to tell the story, lighting; often stunning soundtracks (just think of the music to North-by-Northwest) - and superb acting.

Today we take all the visuals for granted, and so often the general impression of the movie is what we remember. The art of storytelling is lost. But I'm a fan of the "epic" (always have been, so I have a very lop-sided view when it comes to my favourites) - I love it when everything comes together, story, acting, visuals, soundtrack - so my personal "best movies" of recent years - well Gladiator and the Rings trilogy. But I do have some non-epic choices - The Shawshank Redemption, Schindler's List, Pride and Prejudice ...

... and Avatar - which was my first 3D experience, and I absolutely loved it. :)

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Nice! It's easy to compile a list of must-see films, but sometimes it feels there are just too many of them. While they don't often represent the best in the craft of filmmaking (often they do, but it's sort of a whole different way of making film), I would recommend people see more documentaries. More often than not, the truth is more chilling and memorable than fictional or dramatized stories.

But I do have some non-epic choices - The Shawshank Redemption, Schindler's List, Pride and Prejudice ...


Haven't seen Schindler's List yet, but I can't believe I forgot Shawshank Redemption! This would def be another must see film from recent years...afterall, it's #1 on IMDB! :p I do tend to forget this one though cause it was in the same year as Forrest Gump, gets overshadowed

Funny how we had 2 of the greatest films ever in the SAME year and then others are so crappy, with hardly any standouts... :shrug: (eg. 1996)

Funny how we had 2 of the greatest films ever in the SAME year and then others are so crappy, with hardly any standouts... :shrug: (eg. 1996)

Go back and watch these 1996 films and then tell me there were no standouts: The Bird Cage, The Crucible, A Time to Kill, The English Patient, Shine, Fargo, Trainspotting, Ridicule, Jerry Maguire, Evita, From Dusk Till Dawn, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (one of Disney's best old animated films), The Island of Dr. Moreau, Romeo + Juliet (an excellent adaptation of a story that has too many of them), Kolya. Plenty more where that came from.

Besides, Forrest Gump was a 1994 film (or were you saying 1994 and 1996 were both dry years?) From that year, watch these: White, Red (one of the best films I have ever seen and easily better than Forrest Gump), Blink, Corrina, Corrina, Pulp Fiction, Clear and Present Danger, Eat Drink Man Woman, Speed, Quiz Show, Ed Wood, Lamerica, The Client, The Lion King (another excellent Disney film), Dumb and Dumber.

It's too easy to say that no films really stand out from a particular year when you were only four or six years old. Granted, I have the same problem. The older films are, the harder it is for me to compile a sizable list of good films. At least for the past several decades, there has been a large list of "crappy" films and a small list of must sees each year. This year and last year are no exceptions, though it might be easier to make a list of films we enjoyed because we easily saw more from recent years. Enjoyable, good and recommendable aren't always the same.

Go back and watch these 1996 films and then tell me there were no standouts: The Bird Cage, The Crucible, A Time to Kill, The English Patient, Shine, Fargo, Trainspotting, Ridicule, Jerry Maguire, Evita, From Dusk Till Dawn, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (one of Disney's best old animated films), The Island of Dr. Moreau, Romeo + Juliet (an excellent adaptation of a story that has too many of them), Kolya. Plenty more where that came from.

Besides, Forrest Gump was a 1994 film (or were you saying 1994 and 1996 were both dry years?) From that year, watch these: White, Red (one of the best films I have ever seen and easily better than Forrest Gump), Blink, Corrina, Corrina, Pulp Fiction, Clear and Present Danger, Eat Drink Man Woman, Speed, Quiz Show, Ed Wood, Lamerica, The Client, The Lion King (another excellent Disney film), Dumb and Dumber.

It's too easy to say that no films really stand out from a particular year when you were only four or six years old. Granted, I have the same problem. The older films are, the harder it is for me to compile a sizable list of good films. At least for the past several decades, there has been a large list of "crappy" films and a small list of must sees each year. This year and last year are no exceptions, though it might be easier to make a list of films we enjoyed because we easily saw more from recent years. Enjoyable, good and recommendable aren't always the same.

Heh, I knew I shouldn't have given an example year :lol:

Well ok, admittedly I've only seen four of the films you've listed for '96, but can any of those really be considered some of the greatest films of all time like Gump and Shawshank typically are? :hmm: I mean Jerry McGuire is a great film, but I would not put it in the same league. :shrug:

Now perhaps The English Patient is...I know that won like 9 Oscars or something and I've been meaning to watch it some day.

And no, I was not saying 1994 was a dry year...quite the opposite. I was actually suggesting it was one of the greatest years for film, if only because it consisted of both Forrest Gump and Shawshank Redemption. I just thought it quite incredible that 2 masterpieces like that were released in the SAME year :) And yeah, The Lion King as well, one of the best from Disney. :tu: However, I've actually heard 1939 referrred to as the greatest year in cinema due to it consisting of Gone with the Wind, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Wizard of Oz, etc... :whistle:

I'm curious, considering you've seen such a ridiculous amount of films, what years would you consider the best? :p

Also, you have an idea just how many total films you've seen, Rabastan? Like 5,000? 10,000? Or is it not quite that many?

You know, I was just doing a quick calculation (615 movies/22 yrs) to see how many films per year I've seen on average and it comes out to around 28...which seems like quite a lot to me, but I know that really pales in comparison to some of you here who've seen thousands upon thousands :lol: Or even one of my buddies in RL, he's seen like twice as many and we're the same age :shrug: Well, at the rate I'm going now I suppose it won't be too long before I catch up. I'm pretty sure I saw close to a hundred in the last year alone :lol: :whistle: (between the 40 some from '09, all the classics I've been trying to catch up on, and the more recent IMDB Top 250's or occasional random films from whenever)

Well ok, admittedly I've only seen four of the films you've listed for '96, but can any of those really be considered some of the greatest films of all time like Gump and Shawshank typically are?
Well, I didn't really like Forrest Gump and I wouldn't rank it in my top films nor would I say it was one of the greatest films of all time, but I suppose that's where differences of opinion come into play. As far as epic films go, it was good (but still not of the best), but I typically don't like epic films, so it's no surprise we have different opinions about it.

However, I didn't realise you were speaking of some of the greatest films of all time, so I'll narrow those lists down a bit. Fargo, Trainspotting, Ridicule, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Romeo + Juliet, Kolya, Red, Pulp Fiction, Eat Drink Man Woman, Lamerica. That's still a fairly big list, but I thought all of those were better than Forrest Gump (if that's the standard) and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend any of those for one reason or another. (Funnily enough, I emboldened all of those titles earlier to set them apart slightly from the other ones I suggested, hehe, though I didn't include Ed Wood in this list since I didn't personally like it.)

I'm curious, considering you've seen such a ridiculous amount of films, what years would you consider the best?
Hmm ... I dunno, it hurts my brain a bit to think about that. I recall '07 and '97 both being very good years. Then, '94 was a good year, like you said, and '84 as well. I would probably hurt or embarrass myself if I tried to think up good years before that. I have heard that critics say '39 was one of the best years in film, but just thinking off the top of my head (and Wikipedia hehe), '59 was equally as good, with films like The 400 Blows, Ben Hur, North by Northwest, Sleeping Beauty (I know, not a big deal really, but my favourite ever Disney film), Rio Bravo, Some Like it Hot and a few more perhaps, though ironically, that was also the year Plan 9 from Outer Space, widely regarded as one of the worst films ever made, came out.

Also, you have an idea just how many total films you've seen, Rabastan? Like 5,000? 10,000? Or is it not quite that many?Oh, I highly doubt it's that high. Maybe somewhere in the neighbourhood of 1,000-2,000. I attempted to count and start counting several years ago, with the help of IMDb, but I realised that would become a rather daunting task and I gave up after just a few films, hehe.

Nice! It's easy to compile a list of must-see films, but sometimes it feels there are just too many of them. While they don't often represent the best in the craft of filmmaking (often they do, but it's sort of a whole different way of making film), I would recommend people see more documentaries. More often than not, the truth is more chilling and memorable than fictional or dramatized stories.

Amen. If it werent for documentaries, my instant watch queue would be standing-room only.:rockon:

Well, I didn't really like Forrest Gump and I wouldn't rank it in my top films nor would I say it was one of the greatest films of all time, but I suppose that's where differences of opinion come into play. As far as epic films go, it was good (but still not of the best), but I typically don't like epic films, so it's no surprise we have different opinions about it.

Hmm, I wouldn't call it an "epic"...more like romantic dramedy. When I think of epic films it's more like Titanic, Australia, Dr. Zhivago, etc
But yeah, we def have a difference of opinion cause it's in my Top 3 and it seems to get better every time I watch it. My friends love it too.

However, I didn't realise you were speaking of some of the greatest films of all time, so I'll narrow those lists down a bit. Fargo, Trainspotting, Ridicule, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Romeo + Juliet, Kolya, Red, Pulp Fiction, Eat Drink Man Woman, Lamerica. That's still a fairly big list, but I thought all of those were better than Forrest Gump (if that's the standard) and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend any of those for one reason or another. (Funnily enough, I emboldened all of those titles earlier to set them apart slightly from the other ones I suggested, hehe, though I didn't include Ed Wood in this list since I didn't personally like it.)


I've seen Hunchback of Notre Dame, Romeo + Juliet, and Pulp Fiction...they're good, but not great. Certainly wouldn't put them in the same league as the aforementioned. As for the others, I've read that Trainspotting is one of the most over-rated and I've not liked much of the Coen Bros. work so I doubt I'll like Fargo. I know both are in the Top 250 though. Oh, and I have no idea what the rest of those are...haven't even heard of 'em. They well known? Can't say I've seen 'em on any lists anywhere. Eat Drink Man Woman is an intriguing title however :hmm:

Oh, I highly doubt it's that high. Maybe somewhere in the neighbourhood of 1,000-2,000. I attempted to count and start counting several years ago, with the help of IMDb, but I realised that would become a rather daunting task and I gave up after just a few films, hehe.

Oh really? :lol: I guess I figured anyone who's seen as many films from the IMDB Top 250 as you have, had done so through sheer amount...
Yeah, that's not nearly as many as I thought. My friend has actually seen close to that many. But he's only seen approx 150 from IMDB's list.

Hmm, I wouldn't call it an "epic"...more like romantic dramedy.That's not really a matter of opinion. It is an epic film. However, the film's depth fails to keep up with its scope. It watches much more like a dramedy, like you say, which is part of the reason I think it fails. Like I said, it was a good film, but for me, it didn't achieve greatness. I can appreciate it did for a lot of people. There are some really excellent things about the film; the story just didn't do it for me though.

I've seen Hunchback of Notre Dame, Romeo + Juliet, and Pulp Fiction...they're good, but not great. Certainly wouldn't put them in the same league as the aforementioned.From what it sounds, you wouldn't put very many films at all in the same league as Forrest Gump. As far as the other films go, if I had to pick just one to recommend to you, I would say see Red. It's the last in a trilogy of films, but it's a stand-alone story really. And it is a great film.

Can't say I've seen 'em on any lists anywhere.Well, you ought to know lists don't really mean a whole lot. They're good for a synopsis or a starting place, but they don't do much for individual tastes. I'd recommend finding two or three film critics out there who have similar tastes to you if you're really interested in more quality film experiences without relying on the recommendations of everyone out there.

Oh really? I guess I figured anyone who's seen as many films from the IMDB Top 250 as you have, had done so through sheer amount.I don't know. Like I said, several years ago I attempted to make a list, but it was so daunting I gave up almost immediately. Perhaps I have seen more, but I honestly don't know. I see a lot of non-American films, which could account for some of the films your friend hasn't seen, perhaps. But I'll see about any film my friends talk about, so it's not really a surprise to me I've seen a lot of the 250, since that's a user-rated list.

That's not really a matter of opinion. It is an epic film. However, the film's depth fails to keep up with its scope. It watches much more like a dramedy, like you say, which is part of the reason I think it fails. Like I said, it was a good film, but for me, it didn't achieve greatness. I can appreciate it did for a lot of people. There are some really excellent things about the film; the story just didn't do it for me though.

Hmm, I've never seen it described as such and it doesn't come up under "epic" on flickchart, IMDB, etc :hmm: I guess I can see what you mean though...the story is far-fetched for one thing and there are actually a few moments that irritate me still. However, those few moments aside I find it a joy to watch and it's full of heart and emotion. Just the right mix of romance, drama, and comedy...perhaps my 3 favorite genres, aside from mystery maybe. Also, I love the looks at historical events that are thrown in, in unique ways. The visual effects used to do this are astonishing. Last but not least, TOM HANKS...his performance is amazing in that movie. Likely my fav actor of our generation

From what it sounds, you wouldn't put very many films at all in the same league as Forrest Gump.

Nah, I don't think that's true. At least all of those films I singled out for the "short list" on the previous page I would put in the same league. It's just I may not enjoy 'em quite as much. For instance, Citizen Kane- I can see why it's commonly considered the greatest film ever, despite the fact that I wasn't too enthralled by the story. :shrug: I suppose it's like your reaction to Gump, but I find it hard to fault elsewhere. Another example would be Unforgiven. Excellent film but I don't care for Westerns much, hence I would not call it one of my favorites. And then there is American Beauty, which I think is a fantastic film but it's too damn depressing to watch over and over. Anyways, yeah there are various reasons why I might not place a movie at the top of my favorites list...yet I would consider it in the same league as say Forrest Gump in terms of quality. Conversely some of my favorite movies admittedly aren't of the highest quality filmmaking. :p :lol: (eg. Top Gun)

Hmm, I wouldn't call it an "epic"...more like romantic dramedy. When I think of epic films it's more like Titanic, Australia, Dr. Zhivago, etc
But yeah, we def have a difference of opinion cause it's in my Top 3 and it seems to get better every time I watch it. My friends love it too.



I've seen Hunchback of Notre Dame, Romeo + Juliet, and Pulp Fiction...they're good, but not great. Certainly wouldn't put them in the same league as the aforementioned. As for the others, I've read that Trainspotting is one of the most over-rated

Different tastes I suppose. I watched Gump once and while liking it found it to be typical of Hollywood and Hanks of the time, triple-tested to the point of blandness. Had it not been for some neat effects it would have been a bust. I found the main sub-text particularly distasteful.

Trainspotting on the other hand has genuine wit bolstered by great performances and doesn't shy away from the real ugliness of the characters.

Ok, if you all could help me out here I need more info on this movie Requiem for a Dream because the trailer and plot summary doesn't reveal much. I suppose mainly what I'm trying to figure out is if this is a film I should subject myself too. I mean I've frequently heard it described as the most depressing movie ever. Is this a film that could actually push someone with depression over the edge? :whistle: :scared: I am considering watching it, but when I read comments like "left me psychologically scarred for life" that seems against better judgement...

Then again, so many people I've run into say it's an unbelievable film and I see quite a few have listed it in this thread.

Then again, so many people I've run into say it's an unbelievable film and I see quite a few have listed it in this thread.You know, I hear the same thing all the time. The funny thing is, I have seen this film three times. The second and third times, I watched it because I remember always hearing my friends talk about how much they love it and thinking, "Man, how come I haven't seen this film yet?" The second time, I was like, "I really think I've seen this film before." The third time, I remembered seeing it twice before about 10 minutes into the film, but watched it again anyway because I was trying to figure out why I didn't remember it. And, believe it or not, it took a Wikipedia page for me to remember enough about it to give you my opinion, true story.

So, I really don't know what that all means, but something's got to be said for a mind that's usually clear as a bell when it comes to film willing itself (without permission) to forget it. If you didn't like Trainspotting, you might like this one a little more, but I really couldn't tell you exactly why. I found myself trying to like Requiem for a Dream, but it just didn't move me. I thought the filming was pretty cool, the script was pretty good, the message was really good. But it was just so boring and forgettable (if you hadn't already figured that out) and there were about 20 more trippy montages than I can handle in a film.

It certainly didn't leave me psychologically scarred. It's not the most depressing film ever by a long shot. Should you watch it? I'm probably not the best person to ask, so I'll let someone else actually answer your question. XD

I found myself trying to like Requiem for a Dream, but it just didn't move me. I thought the filming was pretty cool, the script was pretty good, the message was really good. But it was just so boring and forgettable (if you hadn't already figured that out) and there were about 20 more trippy montages than I can handle in a film.

I felt similar while watching this. I saw it in the cinema prior to any hype and it just didn't do anything for me. Some shots were fantastic, however using the same techniques over and over was very tiresome. I found the characters uninteresting underdeveloped stereotypes. And the story, though well meaning, was too raw, unreal and predictable again more stereotype than substance.
In short the film had nothing original to say - and what it did have to say was communicated with clichés.

but when I read comments like "left me psychologically scarred for life" that seems against better judgement

I don't think it would have that much of an impact - maybe if you watched "Salò" or "Palindromes"

Just from last year, everyone should see MOON, with Sam Rockwell....it's a really haunting, yet hopeful movie about life, death and self identity....not to be "that guy," but I'm pretty shocked it wasn't nominated for something at this year's Oscars.

not to be "that guy," but I'm pretty shocked it wasn't nominated for something at this year's Oscars.

You're not the only one. I thought it was an excellent screenplay and I loved Sam Rockwell's performance.

Just from last year, everyone should see MOON, with Sam Rockwell....it's a really haunting, yet hopeful movie about life, death and self identity....not to be "that guy," but I'm pretty shocked it wasn't nominated for something at this year's Oscars.

Moon was without doubt my favorite film from 2009. It is one of those films I own two copies of incase I enthusiastically let someone borrow it and want to watch it before its returned.
Sam Rockwell was magnificent. He is normally so flamboyant (and wonderfully so) in his roles; it was great to see him hold his own in a more serious role. I don’t really rate the Oscars and this is one of the reasons…he definitely deserved a nomination.

I am really looking forward to the next Duncan Jones project. :)

Shaun of the Dead
Trainspotting
Star Wars (eps. 4-6)
Jaws
Schindler's List
Sleeping Beauty
Kill Bill (vols. 1 and 2)
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

This is basically a list of my favorite movies.

Let's see how much of a non movie geek I am :( (Bolded are the ones I've watched)

Any title in the Disney Diamond/Platinum DVD line. Those are agiven.
Enchanted
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Song of the South
Pixar
Batman
Superman
Any Miyazaki/ Studio Ghibli movie
Lord of the Rings
Edward Scissorhands
Bolt
Wizard of Oz
Mary Poppins
Pete's Dragon
Slumdog Millionaire
Beetlejuice
Lilo and Stitch
Star Wars
Titanic (I liked the part where Jack died :))
Forrest Gump
Saving Private Ryan
King Kong (1933 AND 2005)
A Beautiful Mind
Nightmare Before Christmas
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Coraline
The Iron Giant
(at this point Im pretty much listing movies I like)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
The Santa Clause
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
the Princess and the Frog
The Sixth Sense


The Disney Diamond/Platinum Lines include

Snow White
Beauty and the Beast
Fantasia
Fantasia 2000
Dumbo (presumably)
The Lion King
??????
Aladdin (removed)
Bambi
Cinderella
Lady and the Tramp
The Little Mermaid
Peter Pan
The Jungle Book
101 Dalmatians
Sleeping Beauty
Pinocchio

Surprisingly, that's a lot!

These are the ones I like (not listed):
Shrek
Princess Diaries
Ella Enchanted
Alice in Wonderland
Sherlock Holmes,
Poke'mon Celebi
Poke'mon Jirachi Wish maker (OH! There's Jirachi tonight! see ya!)

I'd say this should be split into "tiers."

The 100%-perfect, most-beautiful-film-soundtrack-and-artistic-work-ever, tier-of-its-own, none-of-the-rest-even-come-close, people-500-years-from-now-should-admire-this-the-way-we-admire-the-Mona-Lisa tier:

Schindler's List

The holy-****-somebody-MADE-this-piece-of-work tier:

The Shawshank Redemption
Slumdog Millionaire
Sense and Sensibility
Casablanca
Hero (starring Jet Li)

The relatively-underrated-that-people-should-all-see tier:

The Sound of Music
The Princess Bride
Braveheart
La Vita e` Bella (Life is Beautiful)
Lost in Translation
Jurassic Park
Any Monty Python film

The extremely-overrated-but-people-still-should-see-it-for-its-historical-value tier:

Citizen Kane
Gone with the Wind
Lord of the Rings trilogy (extended edition)
The Godfather parts 1 and 2
Forrest Gump
Pulp Fiction
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Saving Private Ryan

Just from last year, everyone should see MOON, with Sam RockwellThanks for reminding me about this movie. I am moving it to the top of my Netflix queue.

Probably a lot of repeats but here is my list.

28 Days Later
The Silence of the Lambs
The People under the Stairs
The Terminator
Alien
Mulholland Dr.
Harriet the Spy
Billy Elliot
The Wizard of Oz
What's Love Got to do with It
the first Harry Potter
Life is Beautiful
Malcolm X
Fanny and Alexander
Cries and Whispers
To Kill a Mockingbird
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
Superbad
Clueless
Airplane!
Napoleon Dynamite
Forrest Gump
Citizen Kane
Great Expectations
The Matrix
V for Vendetta
Apocalypto

Ok, if you all could help me out here I need more info on this movie Requiem for a Dream because the trailer and plot summary doesn't reveal much. I suppose mainly what I'm trying to figure out is if this is a film I should subject myself too. I mean I've frequently heard it described as the most depressing movie ever. Is this a film that could actually push someone with depression over the edge? :whistle: :scared: I am considering watching it, but when I read comments like "left me psychologically scarred for life" that seems against better judgement...

Then again, so many people I've run into say it's an unbelievable film and I see quite a few have listed it in this thread.

There isn't much to say that you haven't already read or figured out. It's a film about drug use and how it destroys lives. It's very graphic and disturbing... but I love this movie. I've watched it multiple times without any psychological damage haha, so I think you're fine. It's depressing but also eye opening, so unless you go and do what the characters do, I don't think you'll be pushed "over the edge."


To add more disturbing films.. A Clock Work Orange and Donnie Darko are two films people should see.

A Clockwork Orange is definitely a must see. It was very disturbing when released. I remember, of course, since I'm ancient. The violence and degenerative society seemed over the top at the time. Now it is just astonishingly prophetic. And the violence can even seem a little tame by today's standards.

A Clockwork Orange is definitely a must see. It was very disturbing when released. I remember, of course, since I'm ancient. The violence and degenerative society seemed over the top at the time. Now it is just astonishingly prophetic. And the violence can even seem a little tame by today's standards.

I found it disturbing too, even though I saw it circa 2003... I don't think it's lost much of its shock value. It startles and lingers on days after you've seen it.

Ah all good movies... I've seen Sleepy Hollow, The Breakfast Club, Edward Scissorhands, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse Of The Black Pearl.

Mine are:


Robin Hood: Men In Tights
Mr. Holland's Opus -- good movie about how important music can be in schools
Good Morning, Vietnam
Mrs. Doubtfire
Tootsie
Aladdin
Toy Story
The Shawshank Redemption
The Green Mile
V for Vendetta
Pan's Labyrinth
Forrest Gump
Some Like it Hot (haven't seen the entire film myself though -- everytime that I try, the dang copy messes up :p)
Batman Begins
The Wizard of Oz
Ratatouille
The Sixth Sense
The Grapes of Wrath
Groundhog Day
The Lion King
A Christmas Story
Young Frankenstein
Blazing Saddles
The LOTR series of movies


This is a good list from two years ago Fawkes. I'd probably relpace Batman begins with The Dark Knight, but for the most part--excellent list.

Lots of Disney and Pixar love but no Beauty and The Beast or The Incredibles?


MistressofRaven--I love Billy Elliot. To Kill a Mockingbird is a well-made and well-acted film, but I reccommend the book above the film (and would probably advise folks not to watch the film just after reading the book)

Which version of Great Expectations are you citing? The Ethan Hawke "update?" I think there are 4 versions.

Hmm, well there are a lot. Some movies are pretty much essential to be seen, like Star Wars, Jurassic Park or Titanic for instance. I mean you pretty much feel alone in the world if you haven't seen those :lol: But of my limited exposure to film (compared to some) these are the ones I've either enjoyed the most and/or didn't really like but at least would say they are worth watching. I've seperated by genres sorta...

Top Gun
The Bourne Trilogy
Air Force One
Leon: The Professional
Blood Diamond
Basic Instinct
The Dark Knight
Shutter Island
L.A. Confidential
Prestige
The Usual Suspects
Fight Club
Se7en
Memento
Love Actually
Sleepless in Seattle
Dirty Dancing
The Notebook
Just Like Heaven
You've Got Mail
P.S. I Love You
Forever Young
Titanic
Time Traveler's Wife
Romeo + Juliet
(500) Days of Summer
The Philadelphia Story
It Happened One Night
Casablanca
West Side Story
Grease
50 First Dates
A Walk to Remember
Sweet Home Alabama
Cruel Intentions
Jerry McGuire
Blazing Saddles
Airplane!
Caddyshack
Arsenic and Old Lace
Harold and Maude
Meet the Parents
The Ugly Truth
National Lampoon's Vacation
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
His Girl Friday- the dialogue is at the speed of light, but it's a unique film
Bringing Up Baby
Dumb and Dumber
Harvey
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Duck Soup
In Bruges
Snatch
Juno
Secondhand Lions
The Graduate
Goodwill Hunting
The Breakfast Club
The Outsiders
Varsity Blues (the whipped cream bikini scene alone makes this worth watching :lol:)
The Shawshank Redemption
12 Angry Men
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
It’s a Wonderful Life
Citizen Kane
American History X
Forrest Gump
American Beauty
To Kill A Mockingbird
Saving Private Ryan
Network
Doctor Zhivago
The Grapes of Wrath
Chinatown
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Rain Man
A Few Good Men
A Beautiful Mind
Anatomy of a Murder
Crash
Days of Heaven
The Hurt Locker
Up in the Air
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Harry Potter Series
The Pirates of the Carribean Trilogy
Big Fish
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Princess Bride
Harvey
The Wizard of Oz
The Green Mile
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
American Pie
American Pie 2
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
40 Year Old Virgin
Superbad
Wedding Crashers
National Lampoon’s Van Wilder
Knocked Up
Eurotrip
Road Trip
Porky’s
Zack and Miri Make a Poro
40 Days and 40 Nights
National Lampoon's Animal House
Defiance
Pearl Harbor
Hotel Rwanda
Munich
Troy
Apollo 13
300
21
The Bank Job
Changeling
Into the Wild
Freedom Writers
American Gangster
Catch Me If You Can
Black Hawk Down
Erin Brockovich
Titanic
Glory
Mississippi Burning
La Bamba
Raging Bull
Bonnie and Clyde
Zodiac
Psycho
The Shining
Halloween
Identity
Jaws
Sleepy Hollow
Final Destination
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
The Lion King
Bambi
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The Little Mermaid
Pinocchio
Aladdin
Beauty and the Beast
Toy Story
Shrek
E.T.
The Fox and the Hound
Dumbo
Peter Pan
Finding Nemo
The Karate Kid
Mighty Ducks
The Sandlot
The Incredibles
The Rescuers
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Frosty the Snowman
Rudolph the Red Nosed Raindeer
101 Dalmations
The Land Before Time
Old Yeller
Where the Red Fern Grows
Rear Window
Vertigo
To Catch a Thief
Spellbound
North by Northwest
Strangers on a Train
Dial "M" For Murder
Rope
The Lady Vanishes
Shadow of a Doubt
The Big Sleep
The Maltese Falcon
Double Indemnity
Mystic River
Mulholland Dr.
Zodiac
Star Wars
The Matrix
Avatar
Star Trek
V for Vendetta
Children of Men
12 Monkeys- Brad Pitt's character makes this worth watching :lol:
Transformers
Jurassic Park
Iron Man
Field of Dreams
Bull Durham
The Natural
Cool Runnings
A League of Their Own
Major League
Remember the Titans
Hoosiers
Rocky
Raging Bull
Cinderella Man
The Pride of the Yankees
The Blind Side
Brian's Song
Friday Night Lights
Radio
Brokeback Mountain
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Unforgiven


And if you want to narrow all those down to the very best, the following could be considered cinematic masterpieces, IMO

Rear Window
Psycho
Vertigo
Spellbound
North by Northwest
Strangers on a Train
Dial "M" For Murder
Foreign Correspondent
Shadow of a Doubt
To Kill A Mockingbird
The Big Sleep
Raging Bull
The Shawshank Redemption
Citizen Kane- style over substance, but should be seen for the groundbreaking film-making it used
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Saving Private Ryan
Memento
Some Like It Hot
Bringing Up Baby
The Hurt Locker
The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
A Beautiful Mind
American Beauty
Forrest Gump
Unforgiven
Rain Man
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
West Side Story
Casablanca
It Happened One Night


In addition, I think you should see these for their awesome twists, if nothing else...

Prestige
The Usual Suspects
Fight Club
Shutter Island
Se7en
Memento
Identity

Inception def needs adding to my above list...and you should (actually, let me rephrase, you must) see it at least twice, not just once! :p

BTW, it would go under either sci-fi or action/thriller as well as the short list of cinematic masterpieces in the list above.

This is a good list from two years ago Fawkes. I'd probably relpace Batman begins with The Dark Knight, but for the most part--excellent list.

Lots of Disney and Pixar love but no Beauty and The Beast or The Incredibles?


MistressofRaven--I love Billy Elliot. To Kill a Mockingbird is a well-made and well-acted film, but I reccommend the book above the film (and would probably advise folks not to watch the film just after reading the book)

Which version of Great Expectations are you citing? The Ethan Hawke "update?" I think there are 4 versions.
Maybe... I tend to like Batman Begins a little more than The Dark Knight.

:lol: I love Beauty and the Beast... forgot about that one. It would be on my list as well. Loved Angela Lansbury and Jerry Orbach in it :). Haven't seen the Incredibles though -- but I've heard of it though.

Oh, definitely Fight Club, Requiem For A Dream, The Dark Knight, Donnie Darko, Hard Candy, Shutter Island..there are sooo many! :)

I guess I'll give this a go (although my list should probably be titled "Movies which we both have enough interest in to start-up a conversation" as it leans toward Horror).

So, in no particular order:

1) Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2) The Impostors (the 1998 period comedy)
3) Cube
4) V for Vendetta
5) [REC]
6) The Golden Compass
7) The Addams Family movies
8) Saw (yes, just the first one!)
9) The Grudge
10) The Neverending Story
11) Stardust
12) Amélie ("Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain")
13) Jurassic Park 1 & 2
14) Sleepy Hollow
15) Kill Bill 1 & 2
16) The Orphanage ("El Orfanato")
17) The Ring movies
18) The Nightmare Before Christmas
19) Transformers
20) X-Men 1 & 2
21) Labyrinth (the Jim Henson one!)
22) Bram Stoker's Dracula
23) Let the Right One In ("Låt den rätte komma in")
24) A Muppet Christmas Carol
25) Interview with a Vampire
26) Dogma
27) Hedwig and the Angry Inch
28) Avatar
29) The Sixth Sense
30) The Lady in the Water

Some of these are guilty pleasures and many were pleasant surprises (and, therefore, more memorable) upon being dragged to the cinema or forced by friends to view while not expecting much....;)

My updated list...

Mr. Holland's Opus
Mrs. Doubtfire
The Back to the Future Trilogy
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
V for Vendetta
Batman Begins
Beauty and the Beast
Toy Story 3
Toy Story
Toy Story 2
Monsters Inc.
Avatar
The Lion King
Aladdin
ET
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Star Trek (2009)
The Nutty Professor (Eddie Murphy)
Shrek
The Corporation
An Inconvienent Truth
Batman
The Dark Knight
Any Laurel and Hardy movies
Any Buster Keaton movies
Ghost
Grumpy Old Men
Grumpier Old Men
Dennis The Menace
Food Inc.
Field of Dreams
A League of their own
Dances with Wolves
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
The X-Files: Fight the Future
The X-Men Trilogy
Capitalism, a Love Story
The Naked Gun series
The Shawshank Redemption
The Green Mile
Michael Jackson's This is It
Hearts in Atlantis
Young Frankenstein
The Harry Potter movies
The rest of the Star Trek movies
Casino Royale (Daniel Craig)
Quantum of Solace (Daniel Craig)
Tootsie
Fried Green Tomatoes
Manniquin
Little Shop of Horrors
Edward Scissorhands
Beetlejuice
Nightmare before Christmas
Sleepy Hallow
Newsies
Some Like it Hot
Spider-Man
Spider-Man 2
The Wizard of Oz
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Forrest Gump
Remember the Titans
Groundhog Day
Sleepless in Seattle

A Clockwork Orange is definitely a must see. It was very disturbing when released. I remember, of course, since I'm ancient. The violence and degenerative society seemed over the top at the time. Now it is just astonishingly prophetic. And the violence can even seem a little tame by today's standards.


I read a bit of the book and even just reading that little bit and seeing a little of the trailer looks disturbing, still curious nonetheless. :)

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The Lion King
The Breakfast Club
Juno
Toy Story

Star Wars
Lord of the Rings
Forrest Gump
Patton
The Queen (Helen Mirren about Princeess Diana's death)
Apocalypse Now
Groundhog Day
Three Kings (first gulf war four soldiers originally trying to steal gold end up helping refuges cross the border to Iran hilarious at one spot, completely tragic the next)
Harry Potter
all Pixar movies particularly Ratatouille
Indiana Jones
The Dark Knight
Rudy

just to name a few

Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Once Upon A Crime
The God's Must be Crazy I & II
Jurassic Park
Mr. Holland's Opus
the Star Trek movies (especially IV - The Voyage Home)
Star Wars
The Bounty
Titanic
Forrest Gump
The Matrix
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
When Harry Met Sally
The Princess Bride
Office Space
Baby Boom
Father of the Bride I & II
Beauty and the Beast
Up
Shrek I, II, III, & IV

I find it truly mind-blowing that such an artistically brilliant, soul-stirring, hard-hitting, realistic, personally stunning movie as Schindler's List is appearing on so few of these lists.

Because it wasn't a good movie especially compared to the book. It was a simplistic morality play.

The Boondock Saints
Zombieland
Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory(original)
Alice in Wonderland
Kalifornia
Gracie's Choice (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0395565/)
Lost in Austen (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1117666/)
Away We GO
Life as a House
Garden State
Sunshine Cleaning
Young Frankenstein
The Chumscrubber (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0406650/)
Spaceballs
Burn After Reading(this you may need to watch more then once, I know some people who didn't like it at first, I loved it right away. It didn't have the expected Hollywood ending.)


Battle for Terra
Despicable Me(its just so cute)


I tend to like more happy type movies, rather then depressing ones.

A Clockwork Orange is definitely a must see. It was very disturbing when released. I remember, of course, since I'm ancient. The violence and degenerative society seemed over the top at the time. Now it is just astonishingly prophetic. And the violence can even seem a little tame by today's standards.

I read the book about 3 years ago, before I (finally) saw the film earlier this year. I was really disappointed. The book is a lot more disturbing than the film, I think, and although I found the film very disturbing (I disagree that it seems a little tame), it was nothing compared to the book. I didn't rate it. I would say it's a book everyone should read but not a film everyone should see!

I learned many important lessons in life from:

Indiana Jones
The Godfather
Forrest Gump

The LOTR Trilogy
Star Wars
The Godfather
Pulp Fiction :D
Life is Beautiful
Sunset Boulevard
A Clockwork Orange
Gone with the wind
Ben Hur
Schindler's List
Avatar (Just for it's magnificence)
Inception
Titanic
300
The Dark Knight
Edward Scissorhands
Dial M for Murder
Rear Window
Psycho
Raging Bull

Jeez, this can go on and on! :|

I'm really confused as to why so many people (here and in RL) think everyone should see Titanic. I haven't, and I've yet to hear a convincing argument as to why I should.

I'm really confused as to why so many people (here and in RL) think everyone should see Titanic. I haven't, and I've yet to hear a convincing argument as to why I should.



Because it is one of the first of its kind and keeping aside the story and performances, it was a fantastic cinematic experience. This thread is not about the greatest movies ever, but movies you should see at least once, just so that you know you have not missed a great visual treat.

Because it is one of the first of its kind and keeping aside the story and performances, it was a fantastic cinematic experience. This thread is not about the greatest movies ever, but movies you should see at least once, just so that you know you have not missed a great visual treat.

I personally don't think it was all that impressive. The visuals are definitely not worth the tired storyline and predictable dialogue in my opinion.

I'm really confused as to why so many people (here and in RL) think everyone should see Titanic. I haven't, and I've yet to hear a convincing argument as to why I should.

How do you know it's not worthy of the praise if you haven't watched it? Ah, preconceptions and scepticism: "How can such a cliched lovestory make a good film? Why does everyone I know recommend it? It just looks bad and unoriginal."

If you need to be "sold" to watch a film, it puzzles me that 11 Oscars (whatever you think of the Academy), great financial and critical success and good word of mouth isn't convincing enough to watch it. What other arguments do you need to be sold?

None, I think, because motivation to do anything in life, like watch a film, comes from within yourself. None of the lists and comments in this thread will convince you to watch anything unless you open up for it. That being said, I don't think everyone should watch everything recommended here. Different strokes for different folks.

The Green Mile- Really well done film.
Stranger Than Fiction- Great performance by Will Ferrial and a very interesting story.
The Lookout- Just because it is my favorite.
All The Real Girls- A very real, down to earth, truthful film about relationships. + Zooey Deschanel.
The Dark Knight- Greatest comic film I have ever seen.
Good Will Hunting- Just one of those films people need to experience.
and probably many more...

This is not just a list of my favourite movies (in fact, at least one of these would probably not even make my top 100), but a list of movies that I think it is important for people to see, whether this is because of a message in the movie, or just because they demonstrate why cinema is so magical.

Jurassic Park
Trainspotting
Mad Max 2
Bowling for Columbine
Das Experiment
Thank You for Smoking
Platoon
The Terminator

And I know this is a thread about movies and this is a TV show, but EVERYBODY should watch all five seasons of The Wire.

Tears of the Sun
Invisible Children (Documentary...amazingly horrifying)
Hotel Rwanda
The Constant Gardner
The Last King of Scottland
Blood Diamond

I have so many more, but I will add them later :), but I think movies that seek to raise awarness about issues around the world everyone should see. Some of these movies if not all are really hard to watch and what is harder is that they are all based off of true events. My heart is the crisis of different places in Africa so that is the focus of the movies above, but there are many other great movies everyone should see and learn from :)

EDIT:

I just realized that I don't think you can rent Invisiable Children, a college group I was a part of got it from a man that was in Rwanda when the genocide happened. He gave us the DVD to raise our awarness. However, I found a link to the movie's site Invisiable Children (http://www.invisiblechildren.com/home.php)

The Invisible Children group came to my college and showed us the Tony film. Crazy that all that is happening and has been happening. I would suggest everyone to read up on it.

The Titanic I felt was a bore. We watch almost 4 hours of people on a boat for an ending we all know is going to happen. Regardless of the visual appeal, it still can only get you so much into the film. The pathetic love story is appealing to those people only--people who like romance movies. To anyone else, it is boring until the end, where you watch everyone die as the ship sinks. ooh, sorry, that was a spoiler.

Movies that should be watched at least once? It depends on taste, really.

For action movies, I would always recommend First Blood (better known as Rambo), the Terminator, Indiana Jones, Braveheart, Gladiator and Die Hard.

Comedy wise, I would have to say Beetlejuice, Duck Soup, Dr. Strangelove, Princess Bride and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Drama...I would have to go with Forrest Gump, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Shawshank Redemption, and of course the Godfather.

Horror is your taste? We can get along real well! You have to see The Shining, The Exorcist, Stephen King's It, King Kong (original) and I will throw in there Hellraiser and Suspiria because they are two films I really enjoy.

Westerns? Good the Bad and the Ugly, McLintock, Fist Full of Dollars Unforgiven and of course True Grit

Something for the family? A Nightmare before Christmas, Gremlins, any given Disney cartoon (Snow White, Lion King etc.)

I don't know much about Romance, so I will skip that one.

However, there are only two that pop into my mind as almost mandatory that everyone see.

They Are: (drum roll)

The Wizard of Oz

and

Star Wars

Shhocking, isn't it?

I'm going to go with Lock, Stock, and Two Smokin' Barrels, The Usual Suspects, and Memento. I really just love each one of these movies and would gladly recommend them to anyone in the mood for action/comedy/drama.

I'm going to say Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean, Back to the Future, Lord of the Rings, and Inception. These are the ones I can think of at the moment.