What are your "must-watch" movies?

[theminions@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Gah, I’ve tried to sit down and watch Flow on like 3 occasions. The lack of dialogue is a dealbreaker for my wife and kids. I got about halfway through it once and really enjoyed it!

[tal@lemmy.today]

• Lawrence of Arabia.

[theminions@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

I’d add Saving Private Ryan to the list.

The opening sequence is just abhorrent and showcases the reality of war far better than any other war movie I have seen.

[unknown@piefed.social]

Watch it alone at some point.

The lack of dialogue was one of the best things about Flow for me, after the cat, so much was 'said' without ever needing words and the acting of all the animals was captivatingly well done.

[theminions@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

That’s the plan! I’m just never alone! Part of the problem is that I want to watch it all in one sitting, which is extra difficult.

[aboubenadhem@lemmy.world]

Ones I haven’t seen mentioned so far:

• Rashomon
• Dr. Strangelove
• Princess Mononoke
• Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers
• Ran

[hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.org]

the thirteenth floor

back to the future

[maiq@piefed.social]

China Town

Young Guns 1&2

Naked Gun 1,2& 33 1/3

Repo Men

Everything Terry Gilliam ever made.

Ferris Buellers day off

Legend

Kung Pao Enter the Fist

Kung Fu Hustle

Tucker & Dale VS Evil

Evil Dead 1&2

Army of Darkness

American Werewolf in London

Spaceballs

Plains Trains and Automobiles

The Jerk

Beverly Hills Cop 1&2

Lucky Number Sleven

Snatch

Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Event Horizon

Shane

Ghost in the Shell - everything

Akira

Vampire Hinter D

Spirited Away

The Irishman

Reservoir Dogs

Pulp Fiction

Real Genius

Tombstone

My Cousin Vinny

High Plains Drifter

Outlaw Josey Wales

Big

LA Story

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

The Burbs

True Romance

Pump Up the Volume

Heathers

Beetlejuice

Multiplicity

[kelpie_returns@lemmy.world]

In no particular order:

• The Thing
• In The Mouth Of Madness
• Pulp Fiction
• Kill Bill (both volumes)
• The Princess Bride
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Thelma and Louise
• Secondhand Lions
• I ️ Huckabees
• Amadeus
• The Big Lebowski
• Princess Mononoke
• Spirited Away
• Red Line
• Summer Wars
• Evil Dead 2 *~
• Hellboy: The Crooked Man **
• John Wick 2 ***

*~ not a sequel, but a reimagining, if anyone's curious. No need to have seen the first to enjoy this.

** also not a sequel. By far the best live action piece to come out of this franchise. The only one worth watching tbh

*** direct sequel. They're all pretty good, but this one is, visually, as nice as the genre gets imo. The choreography and cinematography, both, are simply beautiful.

Edit: Fargo and Akira belong on this list too

[unknown@piefed.social]

Ngl, that sounds exhausting to never have time to yourself.

[nemo@slrpnk.net]

The Princess Bride

Shawshank Redemption

Jesus Christ Superstar

Life Is Beautiful

[kelpie_returns@lemmy.world]

Haven't seen K-pop yet, but everything else on your list are some of my favorites. Gonna have to check this out ig

[kelpie_returns@lemmy.world]

Dave Made a Maze! I forgot about that gem

[sergio@piefed.social]

Yah, OP seems to like war movies, so I'd add:

• A Bridge Too Far - a classic, tho kinda old-fashioned moviemaking
• Apocalypse Now - another classic, still seems fresh
• Waterloo - the only good movie about Napoleon
• 1917 - some really amazing camerawork

[modern_drift@lemmy.world]

Amelie

The Fall (mainly if you have a really nice screen and can watch full HD or 4k)

What Dreams May Come

[elanoideswahl@slrpnk.net]

Speed Racer (2009) by the Wachowskis

[onyxonblack@lemmy.zip]

Geez everyone's got a list! I got just one movie I watch over and over.

FIGHT CLUB

[zwuzelmaus@feddit.org]

Modern Times

Psycho

Dark Star

WarGames

Chinatown

1984

Soylent Green

Planet of the Apes

[philipthebucket@piefed.social]

Ones I have not seen in other comments, although you probably have enough at this point:

• The Fifth Element - Yes I know the director is a sexual predator, it's still really really good. One of the most creative movies ever made
• Run Lola Run - Surreal modern-style impossible narrative movie from way before movies really did that, also very well done
• O Brother Where Art Thou - Damn, we're in a tight spot
• Schindler's List - Warning, very very very heavy obviously, but there is a reason it won all the awards
• Conan the Barbarian - You may or may not like B movies, but if you like "Sword and Sandal" B movies, this one is the king
• The Sting - Absolutely top-notch gangster movie from before your parents were born
• Office Space - If you have ever worked a crappy tech job this movie will become your spirit animal in time of need

I've also heard great things about "Highlander." Don't watch the sequels.

There are also miniseries. "Stranger Things" season 1, "Chernobyl," and "Game of Thrones" up until about season 5. Yeah, it's a shame they never made any more after that, but you can just let it be. You'll know roughly when. If the three female assassins from Dorne come on the screen, you went too far, just turn it off immediately and be sure to take a shower right away.

Edit: Additions

[theminions@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

I usually stay up and read books late at night or game. Just not usually movies.

Edit: Young kids in sports just suck up a significant amount of time.