Movie Must watch movies (classic or recent)

[Ed_Gein]

^ Sunshine is brilliant, but i thought the ending let it down some-what.

Love Total Recall too. Could do with Predator as well. Classic sci-fi.

 

[Magpira]

I love movies in general and almost every single genre of film... It all depends on my mood at the time, but some that automatically come to mind and all for different reasons are:

Closer
American Beauty
In My Father's Den (brilliant NZ indie film)
Midnight Express
Clerks
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Bitter Moon
Cinema Paradiso
Seven Pounds
Sexy Beast
Requiem for a Dream
Christane F
Gone Baby Gone
Almost Famous
Happiness
Goodfellas
In Brugges
City of God
The Club

 

[placebo]

In no particular order:

The Seventh Seal
Wild Strawberries
Cries and Whispers
Through A Glass Darkly
Scenes From a Marriage
Persona
Manhattan
Annie Hall
Crimes and Misdemeanours
Hannah and Her Sisters
Deconstructing Harry
The Godfather Trilogy
2001: A Space Odyssey
Full Metal Jacket
Eyes Wide Shut
Dr. Strangelove
The Shining
Apocalypse Now
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Melancholia
12 Angry Men
Sunset Boulevard
City of God
Citizen Kane
Star Wars (original trilogy)
Inherit The Wind
Nuremberg Trials
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Duck Soup
Animal Crackers
Horse Feathers
Night at the Opera
Fargo
No Country For Old Men
A Serious Man
Paris, Texas
American Beauty
In The Mood for Love
Ikiru
Life of Brian
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Solaris (Original Tarkovsky)
The Mirror
Rope
Vertigo
Magnolia
Pulp Fiction


I'll add to it when I can think of some more.

 

[Asgardian]

A few off the top of my head ... which have not already been mentioned

The Cruel Sea
White Heat
The Wages of Fear
The Great Dictator
Battleship Potemkin
Miller's Crossing
Anatomy of a Murder
Paisà
Lang ist der Weg
Forbidden Planet
The Burmese Harp
The Roaring Twenties
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
This Sporting Life
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Scarface (1932)
Seven Samurai
The Warriors (1979)
Casablanca
Duel
Judgment at Nuremberg
Zulu
Touch of Evil
Witness for the Prosecution
Ran (1985)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Raging Bull
Downfall
The Box of Pandora
Little Man, What Now?
Rear Window
Two Women (1960)
And Then There Were None
The New Lot (1943)
Fiddler on the Roof
Becket (1964)
Schindler's List
Hotel Rwanda
Dracula (1931)
Paths of Glory
Bad Day at Black Rock
The Exorcist
Fantasia (1940)
All About Eve
To Have and Have Not
Man of Aran
The Mad Parade (1931)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Peeping Tom
The Killing (1956)
Nosferatu (1922)
It's a Wonderful Life
Les diaboliques
The Defiant Ones
Metropolis
Liberation (1969)
Lawrence of Arabia
Lifeboat (1944)
Frankenstein (1931)
The Apartment
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
North by Northwest
The Sand Pebbles
The Pawnbroker
Harvey
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Call Northside 777
The Ascent (1977)
The Devil and Daniel Webster
La Grande Illusion
Television Spy
Ace in the Hole
Singin' in the Rain
I Will Fight No More Forever
Ivan's Childhood
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Death of a Salesman
Das Boot
Story of a Prostitute
Ben-Hur
Tunes of Glory
M (1931)
Psycho
The Last Picture Show
Wings (1927)
Western Approaches
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
The War Game (1965)
Fires on the Plain
Ed Wood
She Goes to War
A Hard Day's Night
The Man from Earth
The Right Stuff
Life Is Beautiful
Die letzte Brücke
The Caine Mutiny
Come and See
Rebecca
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
The Adventures of Martin Eden
Double Indemnity
A Streetcar Named Desire
Triumph of the Will
The Sorrow and the Pity
The Public Enemy
Lilies of the Field
Die Wannseekonferenz
Shock Corridor
The Great Escape
Queen Christina
The Searchers
A Man for All Seasons
Johnny Got His Gun
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
High Noon
Culloden (1964)
The Execution of Private Slovik
Night and the City
The Wild Bunch
A Time to Love and a Time to Die
Le vieux fusil
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
Mrs. Miniver
Pan's Labyrinth
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Naked City
King Kong (1933)
Hangmen Also Die!
Soldier of Orange
'Breaker' Morant
Japan's Longest Day
High Sierra
Sweet Smell of Success
Joyeux Noel
In the Heat of the Night
Black Book
The Wicker Man (1973)
Some Like It Hot
The Hill (1965)
Germany Year Zero
Stalag 17
Army of Shadows

 

[buddyruff]

Is this a pissing comp to see whos watched the most films? MUST watch movies is the title, not every movie throughout time

 

[Papa Juggs]

Asgard always wins.

I do admit it is a bit over the top though.

MUST WATCH - Every movie ever made.

Sorry but you have to narrow it down a bit.

 

[placebo]

Is this a pissing comp to see whos watched the most films? MUST watch movies is the title, not every movie throughout time

As someone rightly pointed out earlier, if it was an actual must watch list, the titles would number over a 1000, so this is pretty tame.

Also, knowing Asgardian's knowledge of film, and Roobs' taste, if they were to actually have a pissing contest, it'd probably last for days.

 

[scottjr]

A few off the top of my head ... which have not already been mentioned

The Cruel Sea
White Heat
The Wages of Fear
The Great Dictator
Battleship Potemkin
Miller's Crossing
Anatomy of a Murder
Paisà
Lang ist der Weg
Forbidden Planet
The Burmese Harp
The Roaring Twenties
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
This Sporting Life
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Scarface (1932)
Seven Samurai
The Warriors (1979)
Casablanca
Duel
Judgment at Nuremberg
Zulu
Touch of Evil
Witness for the Prosecution
Ran (1985)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Raging Bull
Downfall
The Box of Pandora
Little Man, What Now?
Rear Window
Two Women (1960)
And Then There Were None
The New Lot (1943)
Fiddler on the Roof
Becket (1964)
Schindler's List
Hotel Rwanda
Dracula (1931)
Paths of Glory
Bad Day at Black Rock
The Exorcist
Fantasia (1940)
All About Eve
To Have and Have Not
Man of Aran
The Mad Parade (1931)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Peeping Tom
The Killing (1956)
Nosferatu (1922)
It's a Wonderful Life
Les diaboliques
The Defiant Ones
Metropolis
Liberation (1969)
Lawrence of Arabia
Lifeboat (1944)
Frankenstein (1931)
The Apartment
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
North by Northwest
The Sand Pebbles
The Pawnbroker
Harvey
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Call Northside 777
The Ascent (1977)
The Devil and Daniel Webster
La Grande Illusion
Television Spy
Ace in the Hole
Singin' in the Rain
I Will Fight No More Forever
Ivan's Childhood
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Death of a Salesman
Das Boot
Story of a Prostitute
Ben-Hur
Tunes of Glory
M (1931)
Psycho
The Last Picture Show
Wings (1927)
Western Approaches
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
The War Game (1965)
Fires on the Plain
Ed Wood
She Goes to War
A Hard Day's Night
The Man from Earth
The Right Stuff
Life Is Beautiful
Die letzte Brücke
The Caine Mutiny
Come and See
Rebecca
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
The Adventures of Martin Eden
Double Indemnity
A Streetcar Named Desire
Triumph of the Will
The Sorrow and the Pity
The Public Enemy
Lilies of the Field
Die Wannseekonferenz
Shock Corridor
The Great Escape
Queen Christina
The Searchers
A Man for All Seasons
Johnny Got His Gun
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
High Noon
Culloden (1964)
The Execution of Private Slovik
Night and the City
The Wild Bunch
A Time to Love and a Time to Die
Le vieux fusil
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
Mrs. Miniver
Pan's Labyrinth
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Naked City
King Kong (1933)
Hangmen Also Die!
Soldier of Orange
'Breaker' Morant
Japan's Longest Day
High Sierra
Sweet Smell of Success
Joyeux Noel
In the Heat of the Night
Black Book
The Wicker Man (1973)
Some Like It Hot
The Hill (1965)
Germany Year Zero
Stalag 17
Army of Shadows

I would add
Wings Of Desire
The Usual Suspects

 

[CLUBMEDhurst]

Asgardian, no love for "Out of the Past"?

 

[silverscope]

Backdoor Sluts 9

.....

daylight.

.....

Unforgiven.
Shawshank Redemption.

...

daylight.

....

Any other movie.

You have daylight in there twice. Did you like it that much??

 

[Dirtywhirl]

A lot of bases already covered but I'll add

Heat
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Spirited Away
My Neighbour Totoro
A Very Long Engagement
This Is England
Boogie Nights
Down By Law

 

[djrossie16]

The Big Red On
Come and See
Das Boot
Stalingrad
The Battle of Algiers
The Cross of Iron

I think these are some of the better war films.

 

[Papa Juggs]

Sorry but this thread is just way too diluted to actually know what to watch.

Really needs to be narrowed down.

How about a top 5 or 10 from those that have posted monster lists?

 

[woopedazz]

My favourite movie is Unforgiven. Everyone should watch it.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1041911-unforgiven/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105695/

My favourite scene ever is in this movie; up on the hill overlooking town. Amazing dialogue.

 

[placebo]

Sorry but this thread is just way too diluted to actually know what to watch.

Really needs to be narrowed down.

How about a top 5 or 10 from those that have posted monster lists?

The Seventh Seal
Manhattan
2001: A Space Odyssey
12 Angry Men
The Assassination of Jesse James by The Coward Robert Ford
Duck Soup
City Of God
No Country for Old Men
Rope
Paris, Texas

 

[Papa Juggs]

Thanks that makes it much easier.

No Country for Old Men was cool. 2001 I've seen most of them I haven't.

 

[djrossie16]

Boogie Nights
Leaving Las Vegas
City of God
Oldboy
Adaptation
Master and Commander
Malcolm X
Head-On
Into the Wild
Dazed and Confused
There Will Be Blood

Modern Favourites

 

[Roobs321]

The Seventh Seal
Manhattan
2001: A Space Odyssey
12 Angry Men
The Assassination of Jesse James by The Coward Robert Ford
Duck Soup
City Of God
No Country for Old Men
Rope
Paris, Texas

Manhattan is my favourite Woody as well. I think it works as a decent entry point into Woody's work, so it's a good one for this thread.

City of God is one of those popular (for good reason) foreign films of the 2000's. If Silent Alarm hasnt seen it yet, he might enjoy it based on his 4 film choices.

The others should all be staples in any cinephile's diet, all perfect films, and good representations for their directors. Great list!

 

[djrossie16]

Manhattan is my favourite Woody as well. I think it works as a decent entry point into Woody's work, so it's a good one for this thread.

City of God is one of those popular (for good reason) foreign films of the 2000's. If Silent Alarm hasnt seen it yet, he might enjoy it based on his 4 film choices.

The others should all be staples in any cinephile's diet, all perfect films, and good representations for their directors. Great list!

Yep mine as well

 

[Roobs321]

Don't think any sane person would have Alien3 above Aliens on any list to be honest.

Agree with American History X. Great film.

Fair enough, Aliens is a more fully realised production, objectively it's a superior film. But Alien 3 always appealed more to me, it's more interesting. Better acting, art direction, score, plus more atmosphere. It's basically a drama with some horror thrown in. The finals cuts are both flawed, but the overall story and sci-fi mythology of Alien 3 reminds me of Alien.
This is a favourites thread afterall, I just find more to like in Alien3.

I dont particularly like American History X, I think it appealed more to my teenage self, but yes, it is a must watch.

 

[Quokka]

12 Angry Men
The Usual Suspects
Dark City
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Night of the Living Dead

 

[hawks realist]

first blood
rise of the footsoldier
once were warriors
the descent
the hurricane

 

[Ed_Gein]

Fair enough, Aliens is a more fully realised production, objectively it's a superior film. But Alien 3 always appealed more to me, it's more interesting. Better acting, art direction, score, plus more atmosphere. It's basically a drama with some horror thrown in. The finals cuts are both flawed, but the overall story and sci-fi mythology of Alien 3 reminds me of Alien.
This is a favourites thread afterall, I just find more to like in Alien3.

I dont particularly like American History X, I think it appealed more to my teenage self, but yes, it is a must watch.

Fair call. I think Alien3 had a lot of potential, quite a lot to match Aliens personally, but when you watch the cinematic version and the directors cut it's almost like watching 2 different movies. I think it really suffered during filming when they were changing bits of the script on the fly. I agree that the atmosphere was very, very good and i liked the acting overall. But the story didn't sit quite right with me.

 

[Marlowe]

Toy Story,Caddyshack, Die Hard, The Warriors, Easy Rider, Glenngary Glen Ross, Children of Men, Wall-E

 

[Asgardian]

Is this a pissing comp to see whos watched the most films? MUST watch movies is the title, not every movie throughout time

You have to be joking????????????

I have 3 1/2K movies in my collection, several movie collectors have well in excess of 10K movies.

I listed some great movies, ignoring many that had already been mentioned in this thread.

How do I include Nosferatu (1922), but leave out The Box of Pandora? (as an example)

I freely admit my favourite movie is The Cruel Sea, everything else is a close run 2nd.

Asgard always wins.

Not at all, there are many great movies I have not yet seen.

I do admit it is a bit over the top though.

MUST WATCH - Every movie ever made.

Sorry but you have to narrow it down a bit.

Okay, pick The Cruel Sea & any 9 more, but make allowance for the great movies I did not list because they had already been done so in this thread.

Also, knowing Asgardian's knowledge of film, and Roobs' taste, if they were to actually have a pissing contest, it'd probably last for days.

Sandeano & Nicky on Bigfooty are very knowledgable.

I would add
Wings Of Desire
The Usual Suspects

The Usual Suspects had already been listed.

Asgardian, no love for "Out of the Past"?

Yes, very much so, but I do not yet have it in my collection.


Wings Of Desire is not a movie I'm going out of the way to get.