Movies everyone should see

[Guest C.H.U.D.]

"3 O'clock High"...shut up!

Holy shit, that movie rocks.

 

As for my pick, I'll go with Blade Runner. It's a great example of technical perfection and it looks better using miniatures and blue screen than any sci-fi films made with CGI these days.

[Guest converge241]

"The Salton Sea. I just watched it a couple days ago and DAMN that movie is well written and acted. Kilmer is freakin fantabulous in it."

 

i just bought salton last night, but havent watched it yet

 

 

Fast times at ridgemont high

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Taxi Driver

Full Metal Jacket

Pulp Fiction

The Blues Brothers

Raging Bull

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

The Wizard of Oz.

[Guest Si82]

I'm going for The Shawshank Redemption just 'cause it is a fantastic movie with a real message of hope. It's probably my favourite film ever.

[Guest Blue Bacchus]

Cannibal! The Musical

 

That movie is SUPER~... SUPER~ I tells ya!

[Guest Rob Edwards]

Apocalypse Now - Thought provoking and carries a powerful message

[Guest Dr. Wrestlingphysics]

Ghostbusters!

[Guest TheHulkster]

Scarface

The Deer Hunter (don't know if anyone said this one yet)

Forrest Gump

Goodfellas

Castaway

[Guest Marshall]

A Better Place!

 

This movie should be shown in every high school. Anyone whos seen it will know why.

[Guest areacode212]

I'm a huge mark for Dazed and Confused.

[Guest gthureson]

The Life of Brian: Holds together as a movie better than Holy Grail. HG is, to use a wrestling term, a spotfest. Life of Brian is a movie with a complete story.

 

"He's not the Messiah! He is just a very naughty boy!"

 

Green Mile or Shawshank: Both are very, very good movies. Neither have some world-shattering message, and both were criticized with being too long. Watch either, and tell me that you could tell they were over 90 minutes long without looking at a clock. Simply very good story-telling.

 

Road Warrior: Now this is an action movie. Doesn't insult your intelligence by giving some lass excuse for a post-apocalyptic world, it *just* is. Great characters, great sequences, and the best screw-job in movies ever.

 

Cool Hand Luke: Oozes atmosphere, and great performances.

 

Taxi Driver: What you get out of it depends on who you are. Some like drawing conclusions to alienation of Viet Nam vets. Others to decay of society. I think it just shows how fine the line between heroes and psychopaths truly is. Its all a matter of timing.

 

Das Boot: There are three versions of this. The theatrical release, the 'Director's Cut' and the original mini-series. They range from long, even longer to really blood long. All are very good though. Not your average war film, to say the least. And I won't ruin the ending, but after everything to movie puts you through, their is honestly no other way I could see ending it. Its appropriate.

 

Dr. Strangelove: While a bit of a spotfest, it has, over time, defined 'black comedy' and is one of the best satires I've ever seen.

 

Citizen Kane: Probably the most influential movie ever made. See it at least once, just to see what everybody has ripped off from it.

 

Overrated:

 

Apocalypse Now: Its Heart of Darkness, people. Messages are fine, but you don't need to use a sledgehammer to get it through. The making of the movie is a far more interesting tale than the movie itself.

 

Blade Runner: Visually appealing, but notice how no one ever raves about how the story kicks ass. You need both for a great movie. Beautiful movie with an average story.

 

Saving Private Ryan: Very little character development. I can only remember the personalities of maybe three people in it. If cut off the landing at Normandy and the battle at the end, you have a pretty run of the mill war movie. Again, effects don't make a great movie. This is an average movie with a couple of excellent sequences.

[Guest Youth N Asia]

Arlington Road...I was shocked how much I liked this damn movie

Young Guns

High Fedility...great movie about relationships that's NOT a chick flick

Braveheart

[Guest DawnBTVS]

Office Space!!!

 

The Usual Suspects(Just a fun movie and a great ending that caught me by surprise)

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Office Space is hilarious.

 

Some other essentials I thought of:

 

The Stoned Age-I swear, this movie is about my hometown.

 

"We got the Schnappster, half a joint of rag weed, all we need's some chicks."

 

UHF-The best worst movie ever.

[Guest RobJohnstone]

I think these have all been mentioned but if I had to pick a handfull of movies to show a person who's never seen them, here's what they would be.

 

Pulp Fiction

Fight Club

Citizen Kane

Shawshank Redemption

The Big Lebowski

and Apocalpse Now

 

--Rob

[Guest godthedog]

The Life of Brian: Holds together as a movie better than Holy Grail. HG is, to use a wrestling term, a spotfest. Life of Brian is a movie with a complete story.

 

"He's not the Messiah! He is just a very naughty boy!"

 

Green Mile or Shawshank: Both are very, very good movies. Neither have some world-shattering message, and both were criticized with being too long. Watch either, and tell me that you could tell they were over 90 minutes long without looking at a clock. Simply very good story-telling.

 

Road Warrior: Now this is an action movie. Doesn't insult your intelligence by giving some lass excuse for a post-apocalyptic world, it *just* is. Great characters, great sequences, and the best screw-job in movies ever.

 

Cool Hand Luke: Oozes atmosphere, and great performances.

 

Taxi Driver: What you get out of it depends on who you are. Some like drawing conclusions to alienation of Viet Nam vets. Others to decay of society. I think it just shows how fine the line between heroes and psychopaths truly is. Its all a matter of timing.

 

Das Boot: There are three versions of this. The theatrical release, the 'Director's Cut' and the original mini-series. They range from long, even longer to really blood long. All are very good though. Not your average war film, to say the least. And I won't ruin the ending, but after everything to movie puts you through, their is honestly no other way I could see ending it. Its appropriate.

 

Dr. Strangelove: While a bit of a spotfest, it has, over time, defined 'black comedy' and is one of the best satires I've ever seen.

 

Citizen Kane: Probably the most influential movie ever made. See it at least once, just to see what everybody has ripped off from it.

 

Overrated:

 

Apocalypse Now: Its Heart of Darkness, people. Messages are fine, but you don't need to use a sledgehammer to get it through. The making of the movie is a far more interesting tale than the movie itself.

 

Blade Runner: Visually appealing, but notice how no one ever raves about how the story kicks ass. You need both for a great movie. Beautiful movie with an average story.

 

Saving Private Ryan: Very little character development. I can only remember the personalities of maybe three people in it. If cut off the landing at Normandy and the battle at the end, you have a pretty run of the mill war movie. Again, effects don't make a great movie. This is an average movie with a couple of excellent sequences.

aside from the part about 'the green mile' going by quickly (that first hour is brutal, this is one of the most intelligent movie posts i've ever read.

 

of course, translated, that really means i just agree a lot with it, but...still, that counts for something.