Must-See Movies!

[bigdirtyfoot]

Alright. I thought everyone would enjoy listing out their favorite classic movies... whenever I'm at Blockbuster I'm standing there thinking "Omglolz I forgot that one movie... argh" so now I'll have a longer list and I may not end up spending 15 minutes walking around in that cold, wet place.

My list:

American History X
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Lion King
Land Before Time
Jackie Brown
Kill Bill
The Matrix
.... a few more but I wanna see what y'all come up with.

[max]

these two gems by Guy Ritchie:

- lock stock & 2 smoking barrels
- snatch

I'd also suggest a Luc Besson movie that has achieved cult status here in France:

- The Proffessionnal (it's in English btw)

if you havn't seen these, rent them if you can!

[kaos]

Nice choices Max. I recently saw the directors cut of The Professional, its such a good movie. Snatch and LS&2SB are two of my favourite movies of all time.

Others to watch (just random picks):
-Fight Club
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (book is better though)

-Mulholland Drive
-Lost Highway
(Anything else by David Lynch...)

-Supatroopers
-Office Space

-The Evil Dead series

[ashleyd]

Starwars*
Rocky
Rambo ( First Blood)
Last Samuri
Minority Report
Girl Interupted
Scarface
Drop Dead Fred
Theres a Monster Under my Bed
True Lives
Preditor
The Ring
The Professional
Home Alone (The first one)

* sickest movies of all times

[max]

yes the Evil Dead are a good laugh! In the same line I'd add Bad Taste by Peter Jackson (director of Lord Of The Rings), it's his first movie I think..

Personnaly I loath David Lynch films. I know lots of people who swear by his movies but I can't understand why...

[crazydwarf]

OK lets see

Great Movies

Edward Scissorhands
Princess Bride
Tombestone
Alien

Old Movies

Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Dr. Strangelove
Rear Window
Phsyco

Stupid Movies

The Stupids
Dumb and Dumber

Oh and Ashleygrlshreder have you seen blade runner, same writer as minority report, but I liked it better...

[ashleyd]

i have the book but i only read the first chapter. i think ill read the rest now.

[sampotter]

Ghost in the Shell
Akira

Anything else I would have added has already been mentioned. Max named three of my favorite movies in his post, good job.

Ashley -
Bladerunner is terrific. I haven't read the book, but the movie is very, very good. If you like books like that, I imagine you'd like Neuromancer by William Gibson, though.

[ebo]

Night on Earth
Down by Law
Dead Man
Le fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain
Ghost Dog
Life of Brian
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Brazil
12 Monkeys
Samurai Fiction
Vengo
Jaques Tati's Traffic
Mon Oncle
The Man who wasn't there
Tron
Requiem for a dream
Koyaanisqatsi
Big Lebowski

i could go on and on...

[Flipsider]

Many greats listed so far; my recommendation:


City of God

Easily the best movie I've ever seen. Plus, the DVD has a provocative documentary for bonus material.

http://www.miramax.com/cityofgod/
http://cidadededeus.globo.com/

[kaos]

Oh yeah, I can't believe I forgot about that one. I have to agree, its a great film. I only saw it a couple of weeks ago, its definitely a must see...

[ebo]

Oh yeah, thanks for the reminder, I really want to see this one, but almost
forgot about it.

Some more:

Magnolia
Pi
Divine Intervention (Israel/Palaestina)
As bodas de deus (God's Wedding, France/Portugal)
What time is it there? (France/Taiwan)

[Spadrick]

I think the book that Blade Runner is based on is called; "Do androids dream of electric sheep". Also, there are 5 different versions of Blade Runner. US Release, UK Release, Directors Cut, Digitally Remastered Ver. and the DVD Extended Version.

Directors cut is the best by far, It shows CLEARLY that Deckard is a replicant. He dreams of Unicorns, and Gaff leaves a paper unicorn on his doorstep in the last scene.

The BR computer game was also great for Its time. Loved it.

My Fav Movies;
Blade Runner
Donnie Darko
Boondock Saints
Waking Life
Run Lola Run
Any James Bond Movie (Sean Connery, w00t!)
Dawn of the Dead (Gotta have at LEAST ONE zombie movie...)
Ninja Scroll (Anime, but VERY VERY GOOD Anime)

Also, I believe that Peter Jacksons first movie was called Dead Alive. A very baaaad B zombie movie. Very funny watch, good way to kill a few hours (no pun intended).

[lightningbolt]

Heres mine:

Mircale
8 mile
Scary moive 3
The ring
Toching the void
Butterfly effect
Just married
Pirates of the Carribean
Signs, can't forget signs.
Indepence day
In the army now

Thats all I can really think of now.

EDIT: Oh yeah, can't forget the shred video, Champions League

[Colin]

Bring it On

Took cheerleading movies to the next level. I'm sure you can all appretiate that.

[ted]

Bring it On

Took cheerleading movies to the next level. I'm sure you can all appretiate that.

You Got Served?!?

[Whatsfootbag?]

any of you ever see 13?it was about a teenage girl and drugs and stuff,..i really enjoyed it.alien vs predator was kidna kick ass..but yea everyone has listed all my favorite movies,so just read the other post to see what i liked(everything)

[LameR]

-Supatroopers
-Office Space

Werd.

Miracle-good.
Remember the Titans-good
Lord of the Rings has to have already been mentioned.
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure-classic
Walking Tall-who doesn't enjoy seeing a guy beat the crap outta people with a 4X4, bonus points for being based on a true story.
Dodgeball-duh
Last Samurai-see it!
I, Robot-well done
Napoleon Dynamite-Hilarious plus the main character grew up (maybe still lives?) within 10 minutes of me.


Not really a movie, but Band of Brothers is a DVD box set, been on tv multiple times. That's reallyyyyy good.

[Jeremy]

City of Lost Children (French)
The Delicatssen (French)
Not One Less (Chinese)
House of Fools (Russian)
Life is Beautiful
Requiem For A Dream
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The Cars That Ate Paris (Australian - there is a US version called "The Cars That ate People" - which is the same movie with american dubbing because Australian accents are so hard to understand )
The Mad Max Triology (Australian)
Dark City
Bliss (Australian)

I guess I'm a bit of a sureality fan.

[C-Fan]

The Terminal.