What are your "must-watch" movies?

[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.

[fading_person@lemmy.zip]

Just taking this opportunity to recommend you tengers

[fondots@lemmy.world]

In no particular order, and not an exhaustive list

• The Big Lebowski
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Sin City
• Lord of The Rings Trilogy
• Star wars Original Trilogy & Rogue One
• Casablanca
• Mad Max Fury Road
• Arrival
• Pulp Fiction
• All the Studio Ghibli movies, but Especially Nausicaa, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited away, and Grave of the Fireflies
• Blazing Saddles
• Young Frankenstein
• Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
• Monty Python & the Holy Grail
• Jurassic Park
• Rocky Horror Picture Show
• Blade Runner
• Blade Runner 2049
• Mary & Max
• Akira
• Rocky
• The Godfather 1 & 2, and at that point I guess you might as well watch 3 as well
• Rashomon
• Chinatown
• Jaws
• All quiet on the western front
• Psycho
• Kill Bill 1&2
• The Shawshank Redemption
• Forest Gump
• Fight Club
• The Matrix (just 1)
• Silence of the Lambs
• Taxi Driver
• Back to the future trilogy
• The Usual Suspects
• Apocalypse Now
• Indiana Jones Trilogy
• Dune parts 1&2
• The Shining
• Dredd
• Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
• The Room
• A Clockwork Orange
• Gone with the Wind
• V for Vendetta
• Trainspotting
• Fargo
• Ben Hur
• Children of Men
• Shoot 'em Up
• Logan
  *The Princess Bride
• Old Yeller
• John Wick series
• Most Disney/Pixar movies
• Most Don Bluth movies

[impudentmortal@lemmy.world]

As much as I love Kung Pao, I would replace it with Airplane because Kung Pao is just so dumb and divisive. I know people who love that movie and I know people who absolutely hated it. You have to be a certain age (under 12 imo) to really appreciate it.

Airplane however, is timeless regardless of how old you are when you first watch it.

[deathbybigsad@sh.itjust.works]

Damn, I haven't watched 99% of these in the comments, I think I might be too picky about what to watch.

[theweirdestcunt@lemmy.today]

Rush is probably one of the best motorsports movies out there, definitely better than whatever the fuck the F1 movie was trying to be.

Also try Ford Vs Ferrari that one's good too.

[fritzapollo@lemmy.today]

I actually like Godfather III. Even more than II, which I also enjoyed. Maybe because I don't understand movies properly or something. Everyone seems cold on Godfather III.

[cybersec@piefed.social]

Please give this most amazing movie a look: Stay. Very mind bending and great acting by Ryan gosling, Ewan Mcgregor, Naomi Watts.

[fritzapollo@lemmy.today]

Orwell 1984?

[fritzapollo@lemmy.today]

I liked the Fight Club soundtrack. Movie was pretty good too.

[maiq@piefed.social]

Airplane didn't make my list only because I forgot/didn't think about it but defiantly should be there.

Really this list is only a small selection of movies I love and could think of right off the bat. I missed a huge portion of great recommendations. Ill leave them for others to fill in as there are a ton of great comments filled with great movies already and im sure there are more to come.

Im bookmarking this thread so I can get some ideas of things I haven't seen yet or things I must have in my collection.

[fritzapollo@lemmy.today]

I keep meaning to watch Dr Strangelove but never get around to it. I might watch it tonight.

[fritzapollo@lemmy.today]

I will give it a look!

[ivanafterall@lemmy.world]

A few nobody has mentioned:

• A Mighty Wind
• Best in Show
• Dumb and Dumber
• It's a Wonderful Life
• Moonrise Kingdom

[memfree@piefed.social]

Jesus Christ Superstar

I actually like the orginal album of the songs (which came out before the movie) more than any of the movie versions, but I grant that seeing a movie version makes the album even better!

[001guy001@sh.itjust.works]

Old classics:

• It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
• Citizen Kane (1941)
• Casablanca (1942)
• 12 Angry Men (1957)
• Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (1936)
• Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939)

Drama/misc:

• Gandhi (1982)
• Network (1976)
• A Few Good Men (1992)
• The Truman Show (1998)
• Dead Poets Society (1989)
• Pay It Forward (2000)
• The Green Mile (1999)
• The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
• Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (1967)

PG sci-fi/fantasy:

• Back To The Future (trilogy, 1985+)
• E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
• Jumanji (1995)

Action/etc.:

• The Matrix (1999)
• The Terminator (series, 1984+)
• Die Hard (series, 1988+)
• Mission: Impossible (1996)
• Air Force One (1997)
• Independence Day (1996)
• Speed (1994)
• Limitless (2011)

Generally romance-centered (other than Casablanca):

• Titanic (1997)
• Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004)
• The Notebook (2004)
• Ghost (1990)

Comedies:

• Duck Soup (1933)
• The Great Dictator (1940)
• Monty Python And The Holy Grail (1975)
• Office Space (1999)

[skarabrae@lemmy.world]

• Alien, then Aliens, then stop. If you watch Alien 3 then watch Alien: Resurrection, too, to get the taste out of your mouth, but then definitely stop.

• Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
• Indiana Jones and the Temple Of Doom
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
• House of Flying Daggers

If you watch Star Wars, then watch in this order:

• Episode 4 A New Hope

• Episode 5 The Empire Strikes Back

• Episode 2 Attack of the Clones

• Episode 3 Revenge of the Sith

• Episode 6 Return of the Jedi

[pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

I love Ahmir Khan's movies so any of those are great. Didn't really like Dangal Dangal but that's just me