What are your "must-watch" movies?

[insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world]

Is it too much though? I used to think I should spend less time watching TV shows and movies but on balance it's fine. It's one of my favourite things to do!

[aaa@feddit.org]

There's a lot of movies I really like. But I believe these to be my all time favorites:

Master and Commander

Rogue One

Tron: Legacy

Arrival

[jordanlund@lemmy.world]

It's an amazing film, which makes the sequel, Faraway, So Close even more bizarre... it's the polar opposite.

[clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works]

No, I think that's a common opinion. I share it.

[twohardcore@lemmy.ca]

• The Godz Must be Crazy
• The Godz Must be Crazy II
• Top Secret!

[highlandcow@feddit.uk]

The wicker man (1973)

Shaun of the dead

The Shawshank redemption

The thing

[mwproductions@lemmy.world]

Heist (2001)

I like all of Mamet's films, but Heist is head and shoulders above the rest, IMO. Besides being a well written heist film with a great cast, it rewards rewatching. I've watched it so many times, but the last time I watched it, I caught a new detail I hadn't noticed before.

[qevlarr@lemmy.world]

Ratatouille on the other hand...

[hossenfeffer@feddit.uk]

Ooh, my kids are heading deep into teenager territory so this feels like my chosen, specialist subject. Avoiding OP's picks (the Python stuff would be on my list too), and in no particular order:

Bladerunner (Directors cut)
The Blues Brothers
This is Spinal Tap
Alien
Aliens
Terminator
Terminator 2
Seven Samurai
Yojimbo (+ A Fistful of Dollars)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Schindler's List
12 Angry Men
Rear Window
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Memento
Dune (the Lynch 1980's one)
The Princess Bride
The Cornetto Trilogy (Sean of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World's End + Baby Driver)
Die Hard
Pulp Fiction
Fight Club
The Silence of the Lambs
Se7en
The Usual Suspects
2001 A Space Odyssey
Platoon
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Trainspotting
My Neighbour Totoro
Do The Right Thing
The Thing (John Carpenter version)

Some they've seen, most they haven't yet.

[hossenfeffer@feddit.uk]

Did @[email protected] stutter? They never made any sequals.

[khannie@lemmy.world]

Haha. Sorry! I mean I really did enjoy it. But "must watch" is a high standard.

I faced similar with Aliens (my favourite movie of all time) with my 15 year old. I deliberately didn't watch it for nearly 10 years to wait on the 4k release. Got gifted a Blu-ray player between my wife and eldest son for Christmas, had a big "Aliens night" when the disc arrived and she called it "mid"

I appreciated the recommendation of something slightly obscure enough to watch it straight after your comment though for what it's worth.

[steeznson@lemmy.world]

• La Haine
• City of God
• Alien
• The Shining
• 2001 Space Odyssey
• The Exorcist
• Texas Chainsaw Massacre
• Blue Velvet
• 12 Angry Men

Edit:

• The 39 Steps (Hitchcock original)
• The Third Man
• Some Like It Hot
• Royal Tenenbaums

Edit2:

• Shaun of the Dead
• The Act of Killing
• Nosferatu (1979)
• Yojimbo
• Rashomon
• A Serious Man

(Will stop making edits)

[barneypiccolo@lemmy.today]

Exactly.

[barneypiccolo@lemmy.today]

I don't know about that. Try saying that on Reddit, and you'll be down voted to oblivion.

[steeznson@lemmy.world]

Shaun of the Dead is so good! I can't believe I missed it from my list. Pretty much anything by Edgar Wright is amazing, I even enjoyed Midnight In Soho, which was his weird Giallo horror tribute.

[fritzapollo@lemmy.today]

Tron has an amazing soundtrack.

[steeznson@lemmy.world]

I prefer El Topo to Holy Mountain as it has more of a uh script. Looks like they had a lot of fun filming the latter though!

Both of them are worth taking the time to watch though. Nothing else quite like them.

[steeznson@lemmy.world]

It's definitely underrated due to a Seinfeld Effect like phenomenon where everyone feels like they've seen it - even when they haven't.

[dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de]

• There Will be blood.
• No country for old men
• Sicario
• Anora
• Amadeus
• The Big Short
• Children of Men
• Collateral
• A Complete Unknown
• The Departed
• Djanjo Unchained
• Dune 1 & 2
• Ex Machina
• Fracture
• Gone Girl
• Good Time
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• Her
• Heretic
• Hotel Rwanda
• The Killer
• The killing of a sacred deer
• Lord of War
• The Menu
• The Pianist
• Terminator 2
• Uncut Gems
• warfare
• Whiplash

Anything with Daniel Day-Lewis really. Or nothing by Aaron Sorkin. If bored and wanting to watch something familiar I like the Bourne (Jason) films.

[steeznson@lemmy.world]

There's a director's cut like version of Alien 3 that fixes many of the issues (and unfortunately creates a few new ones)