20 Movies Everyone Should See

[Crucifax Autumn]

Not my list...Would have been a bit different and I couldn't limit it to 20, but this could be a great jumping off point for discussion, despite it's many glaring flaws:

http://www.movieseveryoneshouldsee.com/the-silence-of-the-lambs-1991/

I've seen all of this list but 2...And I'm not gonna say which 2 as it would lead to ridicule and embarrassment! lol

How many have you seen? What would you take off or add to the list?

[StoopTroup]

8 1/2 is the only one I haven't seen.

[Crucifax Autumn]

So if it was your list what are some of the things you'd add or remove?

[olevetonahill]

If TeeVee counts ive seen 6 :D

[StoopTroup]

So if it was your list what are some of the things you'd remove?

Schindler's List. I hate fantasy type movies.

[Okla-homey]

Fight Club? YGBSM!

[StoopTroup]

Fight Club? YGBSM!

FYI...

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[Crucifax Autumn]

I've seen that before and it's awesome...I love those little touches some filmmakers pull off like that. Isn't the actual message all onscreen at once? OR am I thinking of something else?

[yermom]

it's flashed after the FBI warning in the same lettering

[StoopTroup]

Should I give him the crotch or the *** as I go by?

I love that part....lol

[oklaclarinet]

Seen 13 of them

[Chuck Bao]

Any list without Rocky Horror Picture Show is no list at all, as far as I am concerned.

[Crucifax Autumn]

Can't believe Goodfellas is twenty years old.

Me either. Seems like just last week I was sitting in the theater bored with lame trailers and waiting for it to start. Having read Wiseguy I was looking forward to the movie, but had no idea just how great the movie would be.

IT had one of the greatest tracking shots in movie history IMO:

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My favorites are all in Paul Thomas Anderson movies, The Shining, about 1 per every Coen brothers movie, a couple of foreign films, the Jack Rabbit Slim's scene in Pulp Fiction, the one in Kill Bill at The House of Leaves, a couple by Spike Lee, Both great ones in Children of Men (though he supposedly cheated), and the FANTASTIC one in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind where Berris is coming up with "The Dating Game" but this one ranks up there for sure.

There's another one...Can't remember the name of the movie, so someone help me out here. It's a Spanish film with a ridiculously long and crazy shot that zooms into a sports stadium. Anyone remember?

Yeah...I'm a nerd! :O

[JLEW1818]

everybody should see hotel erotica

[StoopTroup]

It's to bad Linda Lovelace passed away....she could have cleaned up politics like she did porn.

[Crucifax Autumn]

Well, she certainly did polish knobs.

[StoopTroup]

Well, she certainly did polish knobs.

She was forced to polish them too. :rolleyes:

[SanJoaquinSooner]

Raiders of the Lost Ark, 2001, Fight Club, Star Wars Number Whatever wouldn't make my top 100.

I'd certainly add Lilies of the Field (the perfect movie), One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, and of course The Lives of Others.

[StoopTroup]

Taking Chance

[Crucifax Autumn]

Raiders of the Lost Ark, 2001, Fight Club, Star Wars Number Whatever wouldn't make my top 100.

I'd certainly add Lilies of the Field (the perfect movie), One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, and of course The Lives of Others.

I can see a number of reasons why RotLA and SW:TESB could be excluded by a certain type of person, but why specifically would you knock Fight Club and 2001 off the top 100?

Would you include Memento, Magnolia, and the Usual Suspects?

[Crucifax Autumn]

The good news is that as snobby and judgemental as I am about movies I can reference this thread as proof that I'm not the absolute worst about it.

[StoopTroup]

Sometimes I like a nice milkshake.

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[Crucifax Autumn]

Is that the unreleased sequel to Bowling for Colombine?

[Collier11]

Ive seen 9

12 Angry Men is a great movie, I saw the newer version

I would add The Departed, The Big Kahuna, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Boondock Saints, and The Big Lebowski just off the top of my head

[Crucifax Autumn]

Like I said before, no way I could limit a list like this to 20, but top 100 or 250 would have all those for me as well. Finally just saw Boondock Saints a few weeks ago and it gets in on coolness factor alone.

[yermom]

i kinda thought it was a little overrated

[Collier11]

Like I said before, no way I could limit a list like this to 20, but top 100 or 250 would have all those for me as well. Finally just saw Boondock Saints a few weeks ago and it gets in on coolness factor alone.

Glad you finally got to see the epic greatness that is BDS


i kinda thought it was a little overrated

how dare you :eek:

[SanJoaquinSooner]

I can see a number of reasons why RotLA and SW:TESB could be excluded by a certain type of person, but why specifically would you knock Fight Club and 2001 off the top 100?

Would you include Memento, Magnolia, and the Usual Suspects?

As one reviewer put it, 2001 falls somewhere between hypnotic and boring. So it's visually stunning. Lots of movies are. I care more about well developed, multidimensional characters set in good stories. 2001 tries too hard to be profound.

What distinguishes The Fight Club?

[yermom]

other than being bad ***?

[Crucifax Autumn]

I'll sound like one of those cryptic film nerds that utters a contradiction expecting to be regarded as profound, but it's the sheer amount of subtle nuance within a frame of in your face hyper-reality that is simultaneously evrything but reality. I don't think it's the best film of it's type really, but it does have a character all its own.

I do see your point as far as 2001. Yep...It's boring as hell and I thought the coldness and isolation prtrayed in it was outdone by this last years' stunning Moon. I'd probably still rank it higher than you though simply for the thought provoking nature despite it's lack of real character development. After all, the most interesting character is a computer.

All that said, what do you think of the 3 films I mentioned in my post? They certainly do a better job on character than 2001, so I'm interested in your take.

And since we're on character, what do you think of the 25th Hour?


And Yermom...Boondock Saints was underrated when it came out and is now overrated thanks to its cult status among a certain type of male movie fan, but it is a solid movie and a lot of fun wrapped in a "cool" package.

[SanJoaquinSooner]

All that said, what do you think of the 3 films I mentioned in my post? They certainly do a better job on character than 2001, so I'm interested in your take.

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They may fall in the "cleverist films" category - clever in how the writers/directors chose to tell the story or clever in creating an elaborate jigsaw puzzle of a story.


Ok, OK, ... I haven't seen Magnolia or Momento. Between to two, which should I see? I'll review it following your review of The Lives of Others.

[yermom]

personally, i like Magnolia over Memento. Memento is really good, i just didn't enjoy watching it as much

they are both totally worth seeing though

[Crucifax Autumn]

Memento is a bit of work to watch. But like Yermom says, watch 'em both.

And watch Primer. That's science fiction for a more intelligent crowd.

[sooner_born_1960]

Any movie list that doesn't include Christmas Vacation isn't worth the web server it's posted on.

[StoopTroup]

Adam Sandler should have gotten an Oscar for Happy Gilmore and Waterboy.

[MrJimBeam]

What distinguishes The Fight Club?

Meatloaf's tits. Other than that not much.

[Leroy Lizard]

Obviously the list had nothing to do with artistic merit or historical importance. Where's Battleship Potemkin? A Clockwork Orange? Metropolis? The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly?

[Boomer.....]

I've seen 12 of them.

[C&CDean]

Stupid list.

[soonermix]

rocky?

[Crucifax Autumn]

Stupid list.

Well no shat...That's why I posted it and asked for input from people on what would be on their list. If I'd posted a perfect list there would be 800 replies saying "yup".

[Leroy Lizard]

What defines a "must see" movie?

Wives and girlfriends should not be allowed to offer input once they utter the word "romantic."

[StoopTroup]

Oprah defines it. You should know this. Are you sure your a man?

[Leroy Lizard]

You lost me on that one. If I don't know how Oprah defines it, why would that make me woman?

[StoopTroup]

All men know the Oprah is in charge. You've been expose honey.

[StoopTroup]

All men know the Oprah is in charge. You've been expose honey.

[StoopTroup]

All men know the Oprah is in charge. You've been expose honey.

[nighttrain12]

I don't see any Jesse Jane movies on this list. Pirates, Teachers, Island Fever 4. Also, Fly Girls just came out this week (too late to make that list apparently).

[nighttrain12]

She was forced to polish them too. :rolleyes:


That's not what the German Shepherd said. :eek:

[Leroy Lizard]

All men know the Oprah is in charge.

I've never heard West Hollywood called Green Country before.

[Crucifax Autumn]

Isn't it referred to as tranny country?