A Lion in Winter, starring Peter O'Toole, Kate Hepburn, Timothy Dalton and Anthony Hopkins with a great script.
Lawrence of Arabia
Citizen Kane: these last two speak for themselves
The Best of Youth: Italian epic which manages to be also very personal.
The Constant Gardener: very moving
Sophie Scholl— The Last Days: still in theatres
Ladies in Lavender: underated gem
Travelers and Magicians: a Buddhist masterpiece from a different world
A Little Romance: best romance film and best family film I have ever seen.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail: defines comic excellence
A Bridge Too Far: all-star cast (Michael Caine, Laurence Oliver, Sean Connery, Anthony Hopkins et al) makes one of the finest war films ever.
Twealve Angry Men: an American classic
Motorcycle Diaries
Dead Poet's Society
Emperor's Club: these last three are great coming of age films.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
I haven't seen all of these... but I do believe our tastes are diametrically opposed. =/
Even about Holy Grail. An amazing film, but I'm a Brianist.
Pix
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Ten movies I think people should see
1) Ferris Buellers Day Off - in fact, I would go so far as to say it's near impossible to go through high school without seeing this movie.
2) Lean On Me
3) Super Size Me
4) Shawshank Redemption
5) The Stand
6) Bridge Over River Kwai
7) Sparticus
8) Jakob The Liar
9) V For Vendetta
10) A Night At the Opera by The Marx Brothers - has stood the test of time, remains funny to all who watch it, and is perfect for whatever age.
Posted by Kasie H (Member # 2120) on :
Top Gun, for the pretty men.
And Pretty Woman, for the pretty woman and the pretty man. Posted by Bella Bee (Member # 7027) on :
Off the top of my head...
The Princess Bride. Gone with the Wind. One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest. It's a Wonderful Life. Lord of the Rings. The Heiress (with Olivia de Havilland). North by Northwest. Withnail and I. Sense and Sensibility. Labyrinth. The Philadelphia Story.
Don't ask me why - I just think everyone should have seen them.
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
quote:Originally posted by The Pixiest: I haven't seen all of these... but I do believe our tastes are diametrically opposed. =/
Even about Holy Grail. An amazing film, but I'm a Brianist.
Oh, no! Really? I wouldn't have thought it...
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Galaxy Quest Serenity It's a Wonderful Life A Christmas Story The Sound of Music Wit Life is Beautiful Ladyhawke Forrest Gump My Big Fat Greek Wedding
I agree with the ones in the first post (that I've seen.) All good films. These 10 that I've listed are such that when a friend of mine hasn't seen one, my jaw drops and I drag them over to my house to watch it.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
Lisa: You don't like Life of Brian? Or simply not as much as Holy Grail?
Holy Grail is a completely different type of Funny from Life of Brian. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE both movies, but something about Brian... the more you watch it the funnier it is. You catch the subtle things you missed before.
With Holy Grail pretty much the only thing you catch on repeated viewings is the children beating rugs with cats.
Then again, maybe I've watched HG too many times and the funny's gone out of it.
True Conversation-
Me: Ok, Jean's never seen Holy Grail before so NO QUOTING! Daniel: Ok. Got it. No Quoting. .... .... Daniel: Mind you, M00se bites can be pretty nasty! --
We didn't even make it through the credits.
Pix
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
Mine (starting w/ the overlap):
The Philadelphia Story The Princess Bride Lord of the Rings A Little Romance It's a Wonderful Life To Kill a Mockingbird Silverado The Ten Commandments Casablanca Waking Ned Devine
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
Ferris Bueller's Day Off 12 Monkeys Dirty Harry The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3 (the original) Much Ado About Nothing The Breakfast Club The Blues Brothers Animal House Monty Python and the Holy Grail Buckaroo Bonzai Through the Eighth Dimension The Wizard of Oz Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang The Sound of Music Mary Poppins Singing in the Rain Guys and Dolls Oliver! West Side Story Fly Away Home Frequency Miracle on 34th Street Chasing Amy Somewhere in Time
Posted by SenojRetep (Member # 8614) on :
Man for All Seasons Cool Hand Luke The Hustler From Here to Eternity East of Eden Schindler's List His Girl Friday Some Like It Hot To Kill a Mockingbird Manchurian Candidate (1962) Notorious
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
Significant overlap here:
Ferris Bueller's Day Off Life Of Brian Aliens Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back (Then you can stop if you want) Shawshank Redemption Raiders of the Lost Ark Fiddler On The Roof (or better, see it on the stage) Soylent Green Princess Bride Sparticus (Unabridged version please.) Chasing Amy It's A Wonderful Life Better Than Chocolate Like Water For Chocolate Amodeus
How can I name them all? There are so many wonderful movies out there. There's no way to avoid leaving some of them out!
Pix
Posted by airmanfour (Member # 6111) on :
Rebel Without a Cause Edward Scissorhands
I'm shocked these two were missed.
Posted by Swampjedi (Member # 7374) on :
I must be really uneducated, as I've only seen a few of these.
I can't believe only one person so far has mentioned Serenity, though. By the way, thanks Hatrack for introducing me to Firefly. It's the only show I've ever watched that I really connected with. I'm still feel sad whenever I think that there won't be any more, though. Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
Serenity was a good movie. I didn't include it in my list though because while it gave us closer on the Firefly 'verse, I don't think it was as good as most of the individual episodes in the series.
Joss is great in characterization. That's why we watch his stuff. He just doesn't have time to do that in a movie like he does in TV. And that's where Serenity suffered.
Please don't hurt me.
Pix
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
I agree, Pix. Firefly was fantastic, and I'll definitely see Serenity again, but not my favorite movie ever.
Posted by Swampjedi (Member # 7374) on :
You know, you're right. I suppose my love for Firefly kinds bleeds over. Posted by Irami Osei-Frimpong (Member # 2229) on :
I don't know what is so good about The Philadelphia Story, but it made my favorite list, also. I have the hots for Katharine Hepburn in a bad way, but of all of her movies, this is the one that sticks with me the most.
Here are some of my other favorites: The Usual Suspects; Brother, Where Art Thou?; Spellbound; The Competition; City of God; For the Love of the Game
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
I think that everyone needs to see:
1) Remember the Titans
2) The Jerk
3) Lawrence of Arabia
4) 12 Monkeys
5) Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
6) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
7) The Princess Bride
8) Walk the Line
9) The Wizard of Oz
10) Star Wars; not the prequels
11) Stanley Kubrick's The Shining
12) 2001: A Space Odyssey
13) Halloween
14) The Pink Panther
15) Saving Private Ryan
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
Blade Runner Brasil Alien Raising Arizona
Posted by Shawshank (Member # 8453) on :
1. The Godfather (only the first one) is important for everyone to see.
2. The Shawshank Redemption 3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
(My two personal favorites)
4. Braveheart 5. Pleasantville 6. The Fox and the Hound 7. The Lion King 8. The Lion, the Witch, And the Wardrobe 9. The Truman Show 10. Doctor Strangelove: Or How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
Posted by TheGrimace (Member # 9178) on :
hmm, a list of must-sees eh? Love Actually Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind Garden State Chasing Amy City of Angels Blazing Saddles Forrest Gump Finding Neverland Dead Poets Society Princess Bride Monty Python's Search for the Holy Grail Contact Gattaca Lord of the Rings The Untouchables Almost Famous Pirates of the Carribean
the list goes on but these are some of the highlights
Posted by Jeni (Member # 1454) on :
The Shawshank Redemption and Amadeus. After that there's a big gap before we get to anything else.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
quote:Originally posted by The Pixiest: I haven't seen all of these... but I do believe our tastes are diametrically opposed. =/
Even about Holy Grail. An amazing film, but I'm a Brianist.
Pix
::squints at Pix::
Are you a follower of the Gourd or the Shoe?
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Honestly I've seen all three* of the Python movies often enough to have sucked The Funny out of them, but Life of Brian was always my favorite of them as well.
*I don't count the big screen versions of their TV sketch comedy as movies, really.
Posted by Luet13 (Member # 9274) on :
1. The Philadelphia Story 2. Duck Soup 3. Citizen Kane 4. Singing in the Rain 5. A Clockwork Orange 6. Labyrinth 7. Amelie 8. Y Tu Mama Tambien 9. Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark 10. Lord of the Rings Trilogy 11. An American in Paris 12. Top Hat 13. Breakfast At Tiffany's 14. Charade 15. Notorious
Um, I guess I'll stop, otherwise I'll just list every movie I own. Posted by Luet13 (Member # 9274) on :
Wait, wait... I forgot
16. Michael Collins 17. Braveheart
My Celtic blood must be taking a nap.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
Noemon: It is a SANDLE!
Brian: You're all individuals! Crowd: YES, WE'RE ALL INDIVIDUALS! Brian: You're all different! Crowd: YES, WE'RE ALL DIFFERENT! Man in crowd: (I'm not)
Pix
Posted by Malakai (Member # 8731) on :
Unfortunately SHAWSHANK is ruined for me (too many viewings. Same for PRINCESS BRIDE. Perhaps after a 20 year break, I'll watch them again.
A few films that have been important to me:
Streetcar Named Desire (anything Tennessee Williams wrote, but that's the top) Hedwig and the Angry Inch Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind Garden State Lord of the Rings Butterfield 8 (camp value) Miss Firecracker The Piano Closer Sordid Lives The Dark Crystal (which has a sequel coming next year) Frida Matrix The Color Purple Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf? Being John Malkovich Home for the Holidays House of Yes Gone With the Wind
From reading OSC's columns, I've realized that, like almost all of his other tastes in life, our tastes in movies follows suit - diametrically opposed. That's a GOOD thing, right?
Posted by Tresopax (Member # 1063) on :
1. Braveheart 2. Star Wars Trilogy (original) 3. Princess Mononoke 4. Schindler's List 5. It's A Wonderful Life 6. The Matrix 7. Forest Gump 8. The Lion King 9. Gladiator 10. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 11. Groundhog Day 12. Fight Club 13. The Godfather 14. Citizen Kane 15. The Neverending Story
Posted by jebus202 (Member # 2524) on :
quote:Wait, wait...
I forgot
16. Michael Collins 17. Braveheart
My Celtic blood must be taking a nap.
Keep an eye out for The Wind that Shakes the Barley. I doubt it'll be released in America though.
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
The Secret Policeman's Ball. All of them!
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
I forgot GWTW... How can I continue to call myself a southerner???? : :
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
quote:I would go so far as to say it's near impossible to go through high school without seeing this movie.
I managed it.
But yes, excellent film- as soon as I saw it I showed it to my younger sister.
Posted by Shawshank (Member # 8453) on :
Actually Malakai- OSC had a great fondness for some of the movies you posted.
He has mentioned previously his great love of Eternal Sunshine and Being John Malkovitch and he's mentioned in the past the he also loves Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Posted by TheGrimace (Member # 9178) on :
mm, forgot: The Adventures of Baron von Munchausen
Posted by Malakai (Member # 8731) on :
Shawshank,
Wow, OSC loves Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Wonders never cease! Thanks for clarifying.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
quote:The Dark Crystal (which has a sequel coming next year)
You've got to be kidding me!
EDIT:
Not kidding about putting it on the list, I can respect that. I meant kidding about the sequel part.
Posted by Malakai (Member # 8731) on :
I know... it's bound to be bad, but I'll still see it.
I love the fact that the original had NO computer/cgi effects whatsoever. The new one will have plenty.
![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
![[Frown]](frown.gif)
![[Blushing]](graemlins/blushing.gif)
![[Cry]](graemlins/cry.gif)
:
![[Wink]](wink.gif)
![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)