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What are your "must-watch" movies?

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  • pat_riot@lemmy.todayP [email protected]

    Big Trouble in Little China

    Tank Girl

    The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

    Princess Bride

    Labyrinth

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    Time Bandits

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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.

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      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!

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      • fritzapollo@lemmy.todayF [email protected]

        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

        • Curse of the Golden Flower

        • The Nightingale

        • Downfall

        • Amadeus

        • Once Were Warriors

        • Dusk to Dawn

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        • Lawrence of Arabia.
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        • fritzapollo@lemmy.todayF [email protected]

          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

          • Curse of the Golden Flower

          • The Nightingale

          • Downfall

          • Amadeus

          • Once Were Warriors

          • Dusk to Dawn

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          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.

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            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!

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            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.

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              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.

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              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.

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              • fritzapollo@lemmy.todayF [email protected]

                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

                • Curse of the Golden Flower

                • The Nightingale

                • Downfall

                • Amadeus

                • Once Were Warriors

                • Dusk to Dawn

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                Ones I haven’t seen mentioned so far:

                • Rashomon
                • Dr. Strangelove
                • Princess Mononoke
                • Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers
                • Ran
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                • fritzapollo@lemmy.todayF [email protected]

                  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

                  • Curse of the Golden Flower

                  • The Nightingale

                  • Downfall

                  • Amadeus

                  • Once Were Warriors

                  • Dusk to Dawn

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                  the thirteenth floor

                  back to the future

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                  • fritzapollo@lemmy.todayF [email protected]

                    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

                    • Curse of the Golden Flower

                    • The Nightingale

                    • Downfall

                    • Amadeus

                    • Once Were Warriors

                    • Dusk to Dawn

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                    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

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                    • fritzapollo@lemmy.todayF [email protected]

                      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

                      • Curse of the Golden Flower

                      • The Nightingale

                      • Downfall

                      • Amadeus

                      • Once Were Warriors

                      • Dusk to Dawn

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                      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

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                        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.

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

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                        • fritzapollo@lemmy.todayF [email protected]

                          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

                          • Curse of the Golden Flower

                          • The Nightingale

                          • Downfall

                          • Amadeus

                          • Once Were Warriors

                          • Dusk to Dawn

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                          The Princess Bride

                          Shawshank Redemption

                          Jesus Christ Superstar

                          Life Is Beautiful

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                            Poor things

                            Everything Everywhere All At Once

                            K-Pop Demon Hunters

                            Black Swan

                            All I can think of right now.

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

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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.

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                              Dave Made a Maze! I forgot about that gem

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                                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.

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                                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
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                                • fritzapollo@lemmy.todayF [email protected]

                                  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

                                  • Curse of the Golden Flower

                                  • The Nightingale

                                  • Downfall

                                  • Amadeus

                                  • Once Were Warriors

                                  • Dusk to Dawn

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                                  Amelie

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

                                  What Dreams May Come

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                                  • fritzapollo@lemmy.todayF [email protected]

                                    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

                                    • Curse of the Golden Flower

                                    • The Nightingale

                                    • Downfall

                                    • Amadeus

                                    • Once Were Warriors

                                    • Dusk to Dawn

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                                    Speed Racer (2009) by the Wachowskis

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                                    • fritzapollo@lemmy.todayF [email protected]

                                      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

                                      • Curse of the Golden Flower

                                      • The Nightingale

                                      • Downfall

                                      • Amadeus

                                      • Once Were Warriors

                                      • Dusk to Dawn

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

                                      FIGHT CLUB

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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

                                        • Curse of the Golden Flower

                                        • The Nightingale

                                        • Downfall

                                        • Amadeus

                                        • Once Were Warriors

                                        • Dusk to Dawn

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                                        Modern Times

                                        Psycho

                                        Dark Star

                                        WarGames

                                        Chinatown

                                        1984

                                        Soylent Green

                                        Planet of the Apes

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                                        • fritzapollo@lemmy.todayF [email protected]

                                          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

                                          • Curse of the Golden Flower

                                          • The Nightingale

                                          • Downfall

                                          • Amadeus

                                          • Once Were Warriors

                                          • Dusk to Dawn

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                                          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

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