What are your "must-watch" movies?
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I'm not a huge movie fan, but I want to broaden my horizons a bit. I'll offer my list (that I've rewatched so many times I'm a bit tired of them):
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Young Poisoner's Handbook
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Full Metal Jacket
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Life of Brian
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Holy Grail
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Sunset Boulevard
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Curse of the Golden Flower
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The Nightingale
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Downfall
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Amadeus
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Once Were Warriors
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Dusk to Dawn
Snatch
And watching Napoleon Dynamite with a 10-12 year old is HILARIOUS.
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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.
Now this is a good list.
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Finally! I Heart Huckabees mentioned! There are dozens of us! I rewatch it once a year on average.
It is truly an underrated classic! The only complaint I have about it is the presence of Wahlberg, but even he aced his role if I'm being totally honest. The entire cast utterly slays it, really. And that's not even getting into the stellar themes, writing, and transcendental message! Easily one of my favorites of its genre and era
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- Lawrence of Arabia.
wrote last edited by [email protected]I have watched this movie several times over the years, but I recently watched the 4K UHD Blu-Ray release of the 2012 50th anniversary digital restoration and it feels like this was the first time I truly saw the full greatness of this movie — until now I had always regarded it as a truly great movie, one of the great classics, but seeing it like this now finally made me see why so many of the greatest filmmakers who came after it are obsessed with it.
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- La Haine
- City of God
- Alien
- The Shining
- 2001 Space Odyssey
- The Exorcist
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- Blue Velvet
- 12 Angry Men
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- The 39 Steps (Hitchcock original)
- The Third Man
- Some Like It Hot
- Royal Tenenbaums
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- Shaun of the Dead
- The Act of Killing
- Nosferatu (1979)
- Yojimbo
- Rashomon
- A Serious Man
(Will stop making edits)
I was hesitant about adding Blue Velvet to my list because it's so...'difficult', let's say. Lynch knocked it out of the park (as usual), but it's just so deeply unsettling on so many interesting levels. Thinking about it tho, that might be exactly why I should have added it. Eh. Either way, great picks!
And please continue making edits lol. You've got good taste and I plan on checking this thread over the the next couple days just to compare notes/see what I want to watch next.
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No movie collection is complete without Scott Pilgrim versus The World
It reads more and more like a relic of its time, but it's still just such a damn good watch. You speak truth
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Why would you post a dead link? Pacific Rim does not have any sequels. Pacific Rim has never had any sequels. As it should be.
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It is truly an underrated classic! The only complaint I have about it is the presence of Wahlberg, but even he aced his role if I'm being totally honest. The entire cast utterly slays it, really. And that's not even getting into the stellar themes, writing, and transcendental message! Easily one of my favorites of its genre and era
It's a case of having to separate the artist from the art, for me. David O. Russell is also not a very nice person but I don't let it ruin the movie for me; it's so good.
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I'm not a huge movie fan, but I want to broaden my horizons a bit. I'll offer my list (that I've rewatched so many times I'm a bit tired of them):
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Young Poisoner's Handbook
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Full Metal Jacket
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Life of Brian
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Holy Grail
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Sunset Boulevard
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Curse of the Golden Flower
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The Nightingale
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Downfall
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Amadeus
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Once Were Warriors
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Dusk to Dawn
I'm more into just about anything animated, so my list is absolutely biased against most any live action film:
• Prince of Egypt ( Pixar's last good film before they started flying off a cliff, in my opinion )
• An American Tail ( Fivek Goes West as well, but the first one is definitely better )
• The Land Before Time ( specifically movies 1 & 5 since they're my favorites of the overdone franchise )
• Secret of NIMH
I can't think of any others off the top of my head that aren't your standard 1970s animated Robin Hood ( the dosney one ) or Zootopia, but I can't say I'd put them up there despite how much I adore those movies.
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- 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.
Add Shawshank Redemption to this list and it would basically be my list.
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I'm not a huge movie fan, but I want to broaden my horizons a bit. I'll offer my list (that I've rewatched so many times I'm a bit tired of them):
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Young Poisoner's Handbook
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Full Metal Jacket
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Life of Brian
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Holy Grail
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Sunset Boulevard
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Curse of the Golden Flower
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The Nightingale
-
Downfall
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Amadeus
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Once Were Warriors
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Dusk to Dawn
wrote last edited by [email protected]- Airplane
- Shawshank Redemption
- Shrek
- Secretary
- Dead Poets Society
- Bo Burnham: Inside
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I'm not a huge movie fan, but I want to broaden my horizons a bit. I'll offer my list (that I've rewatched so many times I'm a bit tired of them):
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Young Poisoner's Handbook
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Full Metal Jacket
-
Life of Brian
-
Holy Grail
-
Sunset Boulevard
-
Curse of the Golden Flower
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The Nightingale
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Downfall
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Amadeus
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Once Were Warriors
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Dusk to Dawn
wrote last edited by [email protected]- LA Confidential
- One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
- Chinatown
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Alien
- Wrath of Khan (Director's Cut)
- Moulin Rouge
- Children of Men
- Gattaca
- The Usual Suspects
- Fight Club
- The Thirteenth Floor
And probably a thousand more I'm not thinking of off the top of my head.
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My thought process for this was asking myself what movie I'd recommend to people who have little to no experience or interest in specific genres. Tried to pick a wide range of movies
Comedies (my favorite genre)
- Kung Fu Hustle (probably favorite movie of all time): fun comedy action movie involving gangsters and a poor neighborhood. Think classic Hong Kong kung fu meets super hero movie. Haven't met anyone who didn't like the film
- Airplane: insanely funny movie with nonstop jokes. One of the best movies for comedy because you've got all types of jokes (puns, visual humor, recurring jokes etc)
- Blazing Saddles: revovles around a small western town through the perspective of a former slave turned sheriff. Gene Wilder and Cleavon Little have such great chemistry
- The Naked Gun trilogy: if you liked Airplane you'll love the Naked Gun. Has a lot of ridiculously silly lines told with a straight face.
Action
- LOTR trilogy: I feel like this needs no explanation.
- Star Wars original trilogy: no hate to the prequels (and a lot of hate to the sequels) but nothing quite hits like the OG Star Wars trilogy
- The Mummy: fun, interesting plot, charming characters just the quintissential 90s action movie. Also a great first movie for many people's bi-awakening
- Police Story (trilogy, but mainly 3): it's been a while since I've seen this trilogy but I distinctly remember really liking the third one because it features both Jackie Chan and Michel Yeoh as equal badasses. If you've never seen Jackie Chan's Hong Kong films, this franchise is a great start.
Animation
- Spiderman Into The Spiderverse: beautifully animated movie that does an amazing job of capturing the feel comics in both style and vibes. Definitely way better than the sequel, in my opinion.
- Tokyo Godfathers: touching anime movie about 3 homeless people who ind a baby on Christmas. Don't want to spoil any more than that but it has a good balance of comedy and drama and unlike other anime movies I've seen, completes the story so well that you're not wanting more
- Up: my personal favorite Pixar movie and the first 20 min are a master class of short story telling. Was debating between this an Wall E but I think Up has a better story
Horror
Admittedly my least favorite genre. These movies are closer to thrillers than they are horror
- Train to Busan: zombie outbreak on a train. Premise is simple enough but the storytelling and characters are so well written that you get too attached and actually get anxiety when things are happening. It's a movie with an ending that stays with you
- The Silence of the Lambs: there's a reason Hannibal Lector is the most memorable part of this movie despite having only 16 minutes of screen time
Movies to watch only once
These are movies that will make you feel such intense emotions (usually sadness but not necessarily) that I would only watch once. No descriptions to avoid spoilers
- Grave of the Fireflies
- Schindler's List
- Old Boy
I watched Blazing Saddles... Oh boy. I was not expecting the full-on racial slurs right from the beginning. I know it's mocking racists but it was still a shock. I wouldn't watch it again but it was a fun watch.
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Yeah it really is. Denis Villeneuve Is great.
I’ve updated my list now I’m home and can access my media server. If you’re interested in any you’ve not seen.
Out of everything you listed, I only watched Sicario, Terminator and Django Unchained lol.
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I watched Blazing Saddles... Oh boy. I was not expecting the full-on racial slurs right from the beginning. I know it's mocking racists but it was still a shock. I wouldn't watch it again but it was a fun watch.
That's a weird attitude. You know the jokes are about the racists and you still feel you are somehow doing something bad by enjoying it?
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Flow - if you like cats and beautiful animation.
Dave Made A Maze - is a fun watch with good writing.
Death Of Stalin - will be funny to you if you like British comedy.
Prospect - interesting scifi with Pedro Pascal (who I mistook for Nathan Fillion till I looked the cast up, lmao)
Triangle - well done time travel fuckery
Arq - more time travel fuckery
Primer - yet more time travel fuckery
Edit: pretty sure the title of the post has changed, or I somehow just didn't notice it fully before? Idk, none of the movies I've listed are 'must watch' they're just fun watches. I don't think any film is really a must watch.
Triangle is great, just watch it without googling it.
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I'm not a huge movie fan, but I want to broaden my horizons a bit. I'll offer my list (that I've rewatched so many times I'm a bit tired of them):
-
Young Poisoner's Handbook
-
Full Metal Jacket
-
Life of Brian
-
Holy Grail
-
Sunset Boulevard
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Curse of the Golden Flower
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The Nightingale
-
Downfall
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Amadeus
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Once Were Warriors
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Dusk to Dawn
I'm saving this thread to make a watch list, but I'll add a comedy I haven't seen mentioned: The Blues Brothers
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"I'm so original! I'm not like other girls!"
wrote last edited by [email protected]"How dare he call out my low standards!? Doesn't he realize we're only allowed to approve of people's taste, that way nobody is critical about what they waste their money on!? Now let's watch Frozen!"
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I'm not a huge movie fan, but I want to broaden my horizons a bit. I'll offer my list (that I've rewatched so many times I'm a bit tired of them):
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Young Poisoner's Handbook
-
Full Metal Jacket
-
Life of Brian
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Holy Grail
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Sunset Boulevard
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Curse of the Golden Flower
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The Nightingale
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Downfall
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Amadeus
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Once Were Warriors
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Dusk to Dawn
Here ya go!
- Ghost in the Shell 1998
- Hard Boiled
- Inception
- Aladdin 1992
- It's a Mad Mad Mad World
- The Raid
- Coco
- It's a Wonderful Life
- Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt
- Godzilla Minus One
- The Lord of the Rings trilogy
- Mask of Zorro
- Searching 2018
- Carnival of Souls
- Casino Royale
- The Dark Knight
- The Social Network
- Angel's Egg
- Wicker Man 1975
- Wild Robot
- Idiocracy
- Arrival
This list is in no particular order. And it's admittedly all over the place in time and genre. Feel free to use it as a grab bag rather than a checklist.
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Out of everything you listed, I only watched Sicario, Terminator and Django Unchained lol.
You won the right to suggest me my next movie! What it will be?Such an honour.
I would have to suggest three and you see which piques your interest.
There will be blood, no country for old men, or Whiplash.
