Name some absolutely first-rate movies everyone should own

[DS1]

;-)

[WillParkinson]

1. Rocky Horror Picture Show

And Mulan.

[hfojvt]

2. I heard that Rocky Horror

does not work as a video - you need an audience there to really capture the feeling. I guess you could invite 30 friends over.

[LeftyMom]

63. That would work

provided they were drinking, willing to sing and dance along and a few showed up in costume. It's so much better as a group thing.

[taterguy]

3. Breaker Morant

details about why available upon request

[DS1]

6. Okay

Why?

[taterguy]

26. why

It's a real man's chick flick. It's got enough action sequences to satisfy our blood lust but it's also very thought provoking. Its examination of duty and honor is something that everyone should devote time to thinking about.

[Reverend_Smitty]

4. Dr. Strangelove

The there's no fighting in the war room scene was priceless

[StaggerLee]

12. Second that one!

:thumbsup:

[terrya]

5. "Inherit the Wind"

Absolutely first rate film based on the Scopes Monkey Trial in 1925. Get the original...with Spencer Tracy, Fredric March and Gene Kelly. There's a remake with Jack Lemmon and George C. Scott that isn't as good as the original. IMO.

[fight4my3sons]

17. That is my husband's favorite movie.

Excellent choice.

[lpbk2713]

71. Judgment at Nuremberg

Bridge on the River Kwai
High Noon
Cool Hand Luke
French Connection I
Failsafe
The Stand - Miniseries
Giant

[SOteric]

7. Ronin

[DS1]

15. Got it!

[SOteric]

21. Dr. Strangelove

[SOteric]

22. Fight Club

[DS1]

24. Used to have it, deluxe edition

but then it 'disappeared'

Will have it again :bounce:

[DS1]

23. Will have it

:*

[SOteric]

27. Brazil

[DS1]

28. Oooh yes, need that one

:-)

[SOteric]

29. Léon

[DS1]

34. Got it

Director's Cut

:patriot:

[CBGLuthier]

8. Starting with Citizen Kane and Casablanca

I always view those as two of the greatest ever made. Kane is more in a technical nature, story-telling device, cinematography, use of music and Casablanca is more of the populist best. You can;t go wrong with either movie.

Going back from there,

Chaplin's Modern Times
Lang's Metropolis
Murnau's Sunrise: A Tale of Two Humans
Keaton's The General



Going forward gets harder. So many great films;

Lean's Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia
Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, Rashomon, Ikuru
Coppola's The Godfather I and II, Apocalypse Now and The Conversation.
Speilberg's Jaws and Raiders of the Lost Ark
Sergio Leone's The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly; Once upon a Time in the West.
Hitchcock's Psycho, North by Northwest, Vertigo
Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away

[DS1]

16. Good list, thanks!

:thumbsup:

[progmom]

9. The Apartment

[Reverend_Smitty]

31. Thats a really good one too!

Jack Lemmon is one of my all time favorite actors

[azmouse]

10. A Shot in the Dark

One of the best comedies ever made!

[Shell Beau]

11. Sling Blade, Shawshank Redemption,

Crash, etc. etc. etc. etc.!! Lots!

[w8liftinglady]

67. Slingblade is one of my favorite movies

It had SO many good messages in it..about unconditional love

[Shine]

13. Titanic.

kidding.
:D

[AlCzervik]

14. To kill a mockingbird, All about Eve, Network, All the presidents men

Sunset boulevard, The women. The Godfather 1&2, we don't speak of 3 in my house. Goodfellas.

[Shell Beau]

19. Yeah, #3 was pointless IMO!! 1 & 2 were great.

[Bridget Burke]

39. All About Eve & The Women are my favorite "chick flicks"

Plus The Philadelphia Story. And Now Voyager when a 3-hanky movie is called for.

For the music: Amadeus & O Brother Where Art Thou

Science fiction: Bladerunner & Serenity (although I like Firefly better)

Historically/sociologically significant: Lone Star & Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas.

No excuse needed: The Princess Bride, Local Hero, My Favorite Year.

& LOTR, of course....

[AlCzervik]

40. I think The Women was so ahead of it's time, the dialogue was just so

cutting and witty.

[supernova]

18. The Lion in Winter

I never get tired of watching it.

edit: To those already mentioned I would also add:

any of the Cohen brothers' work: The Big Lebowski, Raising Arizona, Oh Brother, Where Art Thou, especially (I'm blanking on the others)

any Christopher Guest work: Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman, This is Spinal Tap, etc.

[jpgray]

46. You stink. You are a stinker and you stink.

[redqueen]

20. 12 Angry Men

Dr Strangelove
Apocalypse Now
2001
Blade Runner (:7)
Casablanca
North by Northwest
A Clockwork Orange (the book's better, though)
The Wizard of Oz
etc. etc. etc.

[AngryAmish]

25. Slapshot

[CBGLuthier]

35. very underrated film

Yeah, crude as hell but damn funny too.

Made all the funnier because it's Paul Newman saying some of those nasty things. :-)

[AlCzervik]

38. i bought that for my husband for christmas, he loves that one

[Mizmoon]

30. "The Right Stuff" and "The Outlaw Josey Wales"

eom

[Omphaloskepsis]

32. Office Space and Amélie..

[malta blue]

33. Gandhi and Big Night. eom

[Squatch]

36. LOTR trilogy

[Ron Mexico]

37. The Usual Suspects, A Few Good Men

[Catch22Dem]

55. Usual Suspects is one of my all time favs

Great movie!

[Ohio Joe]

41. Some from my collection

Silverado
Unforgiven
I, Claudius
Stir of Echos
They Live
Dark City
12 Monkeys
Stop Making Sense
Brazil
Grosse Pointe Blank
A Fish Called Wanda
The Hidden Fortress
Leon: The Professional
Fallen

[Taverner]

42. Terry Gilliam's "Brazil"

Nuff said.

[Initech]

43. The Big Lebowski

:smoke:

[DS1]

44. Definitely have that one

:smoke:

[deadparrot]

45. "All the President's Men."

And Monty Python's Life of Brian and Holy Grail.

[KitchenWitch]

47. Dr. Strangelove

It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
After Hours
Field of Dreams
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Wizard of Oz (if nothing else, for one of the first examples of color film)
Schindler's List
The Shawshank Redemption

[Fenris]

48. "Sexy Beast"

The word "cunt" has never been used more artfully.

[swag]

54. You're the fucking problem you fucking Dr White honkin' jam-rag fucking

spunk-bubble!"

[swag]

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[Goblinmonger]

49. Memento

Great narrative structure

[Nevilledog]

50. Oooh..... so many.....

a select few:

Time Bandits
Dogma
Knight's Tale
My Cousin Vinny
Roman Holiday
It's a Wonderful Life
12 Angry Men
To Kill a Mockingbird

[mitchum]

51. "Aguirre, The Wrath of God"...

greatest movie ever

[Catch22Dem]

52. American History X

I can't believe I'm the first one to say it.

[Catch22Dem]

53. Catch-22

Duh!

The movie was a very good interpretation of the book and the cast was incredible!

[yellowdogintexas]

57. Victor, Victoria, Gone With the Wind, In the Heat of the Night

The Sting, Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid, The Great RAce, Pocketful of Miracles, Aladdin (Disney Animated), Shrek

[swag]

58. Here are some, winkie.

King of Comedy,
Goodfellas,
Five Easy Pieces,
Andy Warhol's "Bad",
Female Trouble,
Mildred Pierce,
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?,
Rosemary's Baby,
Blue Velvet,
Bad Santa

a lot of others.

[WindRavenX]

59. "A.I.", "The Royal Tenenbaums", " The Fifth Element"

"Crash", "Garden State"...

[Neshanic]

60. Yes...A.I. Also 42nd Street, Laura, Eraserhead, Blazing Saddles

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

61. Sexy Beast

with Ben Kingsley.

[LSK]

62. JFK, Farenheit 9/11, Casino

[jus_the_facts]

64. What ever floats yer boat....

:-)

...I shouldn't voice an opinion around here anymore...it's not acceptable...somebody might accuse me of needing psych treatment for having a mind of my own. :crazy:

[samplegirl]

65. Schindlers list North & South The color purple

[w8liftinglady]

66. Good Will Hunting was very healing for me.

[WCGreen]

68. The Thin Man.... Westside Story... Grapes of Wrath... Matewan

[Scooter24]

69. "Stand By Me"

:D

[enigmatic]

70. 5

Ikiru

The Crowd

Carnival Of Souls

Vanishing Point (the Barry Newman original, of course)

Magnolia

[Katherine Brengle]

72. I Heart Huckabees...

This movie is one of the best I have ever seen. I watched it twice the first night after I bought it, and again the next day.

The Royal Tenenbaums is another great one.

Hmm... I also have a personal love affair with Love Actually--it manages to show so many different kinds of love in one movie, and all of them are beautiful in their own ways. I've seen this one about 20 times, and own two copies, lol, in case one gets scratched and I can't watch it anymore.