[Movies] 1,001 Movies to See Before You Croak (Halforums Edition)

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Basically, what it says on the can: what are the movies that one should see in this life? What films have made the greatest impact in our popular culture? Which films have stood the test of time and have become classics? Or which movies are just so quote-worthy that not knowing them demands that you immediately turn in your Geek License? ;)
I've put up a (nigh-)empty list here, divided by genre. Let's hear some discussion, and see if we can't fill it, shall we?
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Action
1. Air Force One
2. Batman Begins
3. Beverly Hills Cop
4. Bullet
5. Casino Royale (new?)
6. Chocolate
7. Commando
8. Con Air
9. Crank
10. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
11. The Dark Knight
12. Demolition Man
13. Die Hard
14. Enter the Dragon
15. Escape from New York
16. Face/Off
17. First Blood (aka 'Rambo I')
18. Hard Boiled
19. Hellboy
20. The Hunt for Red October
21. Independence Day
22. Ip Man
23. Kill Bill
24. Lethal Weapon
25. Mission: Impossible
26. Old Boy
27. Ong Bak
28. Predator
29. Rambo 2
30. Repo Men
31. Robocop
32. The Rock
33. Ronin
34. Rumble in the Bronx
35. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
36. Seven Samurai
37. Terminator
38. Terminator 2 - The Judgement Day
39. Thunderball
40. Top Gun
41. The Transporter
42. V for Vendetta
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Adventure
51. The 10th Kingdom
52. The Adventures of Robin Hood
53. Back to the Future
54. Back to the Future 2
55. Back to the Future 3
56. Big Trouble in Little China
57. Captain America
58. The Goonies
59. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
60. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
61. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
62. Iron Man
63. Jurassic Park
64. King Kong (1933)
65. Ladyhawke
66. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
67. The Mark of Zorro (1940)
68. Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl
69. The Princess Bride
70. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
71. The Rocketeer
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102. Akira
103. Aladdin
104. Allegro Non Troppo
105. Beauty and the Beast
106. Charlotte's Web
107. Fantasia
108. Fantasia 2000
109. Final Fantasy VII - Advent Children
110. Finding Nemo
111. Ghost in the Shell
112. Grave of the Fireflies
113. Heavy Metal
114. Hunchback of Notre Dame
115. The Incredibles
116. The Iron Giant
117. Kung Fu Panda
118. Lion King
119. Millennium Actress
120. My Neighbour Totoro
121. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
122. Porco Rosso
123. Princess Mononoke
124. Ratatouille
125. Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
126. Spirited Away
127. The Thief and the Cobbler
128. Toy Story
129. Wall-E
130. Watership Down
131. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
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152. Ali
153. Amadeus
154. The Aviator
155. Ed Wood (1994)
156. Gandhi
157. Malcolm X
158. Milk
159. Mountains of the Moon
160. Patton
161. The Pursuit of Happiness
162. The Queen
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Comedy
203. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
204. The Addams Family
205. Amélie
206. Animal House
207. Annie Hall
208. Army of Darkness
209. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
210. Bananas
211. The Big Lebowski
212. Billy Madison
213. Blazing Saddles
214. Blood Sport
215. The Breakfast Club
216. Caddyshack
217. Christmas Vacation
218. Clerks
219. Dick
220. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
221. Dogma
222. Duck Soup
223. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
224. Friday
225. Galaxy Quest
226. Ghostbusters
227. Gold Rush
228. The Great Dictator
229. Gremlins
230. Gremlins 2
231. Groundhog Day
232. Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
233. History of the World: Part I
234. Hot Fuzz
235. Life is Beautiful
236. The Life of Brian
237. The Mask
238. The Meaning of Life
239. Modern Times
240. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
241. Moon Over Parador
242. A Night at the Opera
243. O Brother Where Art Thou?
244. Office Space
245. Old School
246. Out of Sight
247. The Producers (original)
248. Road Trip
249. Romancing the Stone
250. Shaolin Soccer
251. Shaun of the Dead
252. Silver Streak
253. Some Like It Hot
254. Spaceballs
255. Undercover Brother
256. Young Frankenstein
257. Zoolander
 
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Crime
258.Casino
259. Fargo
260. Godfather
261. Godfather, Part 2
262. Goodfellas (1990)
263. Michael Clayton
264. No Country For Old Men
265. Ocean's Eleven
266. Public Enemy (1931)
267. Pulp Fiction
268. Scarface
269. The Sting (1973)
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Documentary
304. Bigger, Faster, Stronger
305. Bowling for Columbine
306. Conspiracy
307. My Date with Drew
308. Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)
309. King Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)
310. The Life and Times of Harvey Milk
311. Supersize Me
312. The World at War (1973-1974)
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Drama
354. Forrest Gump
355. The Green Mile
356. Rocky
357. Rocky IV
358. Legends of the Fall
359. The Shawshank Redemption
360. What Dreams May Come
361. Stranger than Fiction
362. The Wrestler
363. Run Lola Run
364. Fight Club
365. The Truman Show
366. Ran (1995)
367. A Bronx Tale
368. Sleepers
369. The Color Purple
370. Hachi: A Dog's Tale
371. The Last Emperor
372. Of Mice and Men
373. Driving Miss Daisy
374. Cool Hand Luke
375. Hustler
376. Color of Money
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Family
405. The Black Stallion
406. A Christmas Story
407. The Muppet Movie
408. Sky High
409. Old Yeller
410. Homeward Bound
411. Big
412. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
413. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (old? new?)
414. Mary Poppins
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Fantasy
455. Legend
456. Conan the Barbarian (1982)
457. Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring
458. Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers
459. Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring
460. The Wizard of Oz
461. The Dark Crystal
462. Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
463. Clash of the Titans (1981)
464. The Labyrinth
465. Willow
466. MirrorMask
467. Dragonheart
468. Interview with a Vampire
469. Pan's Labyrinth
470. Big Fish (2003)
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Film Noir
506. Casablanca
507. Out of the Past
508. Maltese Falcon
509. The Big Sleep
510. Chinatown
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North_Ranger

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History
556. Schindler's List
557. Gladiator
558. Braveheart
559. Ben-Hur
560. The Ten Commandments
561. The Pianist
562. Black Hawk Down
563. Barry Lyndon
564. Amistad
565. The Bounty (1984)
566. The Arrow
567. The Right Stuff
568. The Dish
569. Downfall (Der Untergang)
570. Seven Years in Tibet
571. Gangs of New York
572. The Untouchables
573. Apollo 13
574. Lawrence of Arabia
575. Spartacus
576. The Crucible (1996)
577. Little Big Man
578. The Lion in the Winter (1968)
579. Quo Vadis
580. Exodus
581. Zulu
582. Papillon
583. Life is Beautiful/La Vita e Bella
584. Jakob the Liar
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Horror
607. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
608. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
609. Day of the Dead (1985)
610. Alien
611. Jaws
612. Evil Dead 2
613. Friday the 13th
614. Nightmare on Elm Street
615. Halloween
616. Poltergeist
617. The Exorcist
618. The Ring
619. The Grudge
620. Ghost Story
621. Hellraiser
622. Candyman
623. Nosferatu
624. Arachnophobia
625. Saw
626. House of Wax (w/ Vincent Price)
627. The House on Haunted Hill (original)
628. Carrie
629. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
630. Psycho
631. Killer Klowns From Outer Space
632. Trick 'R Treat
633. The Shining
634. John Carpenter's The Thing
635. The Pit and the Pendulum (w/ Vincent Price)
636. The Amityville Horror
637. Dead Alive
638. Brain Dead
639. The Fly
640. Gojira
641. Eraserhead
642. Sleepy Hollow
643. 28 Days Later
644. Hard Tension
645. *REC
646. The Descent
647. Rosemary's Baby
648. Cabin Fever
649. Carriers
650. La Horde
651. From Dusk till Dawn
652. Event Horizon
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Musicals & Music
657. Blues Brothers
658. Mary Poppins
659. Sound of Music
660. The Nightmare Before Christmas
661. The Fiddler on the Roof
662. The Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
663. Hello Dolly
664. Singing in the Rain
665. Paint Your Wagon
666. Moulin Rouge
667. This Is Spinal Tap
668. Enchanted
669. A Hard Day's Night
670. Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
671. Flashdance
672. Guys and Dolls
673. Rent
674. Repo: the Genetic Opera
675. Chicago
676. Hans Christian Andersen
677. Pink Floyd's The Wall
678. Moonwalker
679. Interstella 5555
680. An American in Paris
681. Swing Time (1936)
682. Grand Hotel (1951)
683. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
684. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
685. Empire Records
686. South Park - Bigger, Longer and Uncut
687. Cannibal the Musical
688. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg) (1964)
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Mystery
708. To Catch a Thief
709. The Sixth Sense
710. Lost Highway
711. Donnie Darko
712. Murder on the Orient Express
713. Memento
714. Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte
715. Citizen Kane
716. Rear Window
717. Death Trap
718. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
719. Dark City (1998)
720. Rashomon (1950)
721. Vertigo
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Romance
758. Titanic
759. Ghost
760. When Harry Met Sally
761. Bull Durham
762. Say Anything
763. Sideways
764. Edward Scissorhands
765. Roxanne
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Sci-Fi
809. Star Wars IV - A New Hope
810. Star Wars V - The Empire Strikes Back
811. Star Wars VI - The Return of the Jedi
812. The Forbidden Planet (1956)
813. Metropolis
814. Fifth Element
815. Star Trek (2009)
816. Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
817. Star Trek: First Contact
818. Aliens
819. Blade Runner
820. Logan's Run
821. District 9
822. The Matrix
823. 2001: A Space Odyssey
824. Total Recall
825. Outland
826. Moon
827. 12 Monkeys (1995)
828. Them (1954)
829. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
830. The Thing from Another World (1951)
831. Close Encounters (1977)
832. Planet of the Apes (1968)
833. Silent Running
834. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
835. Brazil
836. WarGames (1983)
837. Inception
838. The Black Hole
839. Tron (1982)
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Thriller
859. Silence of the Lambs
860. Se7en
861. The Usual Suspects (1995)
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War
910. The Great Escape
911. Saving Private Ryan
912. The Devil's Brigade
913. The Flags of Our Fathers
914. Letters from Iwo Jima
915. Sergeant York
916. Das Boot
917. Hamburger Hill
918. Full Metal Jacket
919. We Were Soldiers
920. Inglorious Basterds
921. Bridge on the River Kwai
922. Jarhead
923. The Killing Fields
924. Dirty Dozen
925. Tora Tora Tora
926. Platoon
927. Hart's War
928. Stalag 17 (1953)
929. 30 Seconds over Tokyo (1944)
930. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
931. When Trumpets Fade
932. The Lost Batallion
933. The Blue Max
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951. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
952. Cat Ballou
953. Shane
954. The Magnificent Seven
955. 3:10 to Yuma (2007)
956. High Noon
957. True Grit (1969/2010)
958. Silverado
959. The Searchers
960. Tombstone
961. Wyatt Earp
962. Once Upon a Time in the West
963. Unforgiven
964. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
965. Winchester 73 (1950)
966. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
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A few notes:
1. The lists don't go from best to worse or vice versa, but in order of posting.
2. Genres have been taken from imdb.com.
3. If you see a movie in the list that you don't think it belongs there, let us know why and it may drop.
4. When posting a suggestion, name the movie's genre.
5. If you know the movie is a remake or has been remade, include the year of the version.
6. Be polite.
7. Have fun ;)
 
Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

Animation is a medium, not a genre, and that many animated films have been solid contributions to other genres such as action, comedy, and fantasy. If I suggest Spirited Away for the fantasy genre, does it just get stowed with Animation? (Or hell, Musical.) And then you've got Who Framed Roger Rabbit in there, but my guess is that it has less animation in it than Avatar or Transformers 3.

I know there will be other genre fights too, but that's mine.

Also, you forgot to bold and underline Western.

I would argue that The Expendables doesn't belong because it's not that great a movie, BUT it has so many action movie icons in it that it is pretty necessary, if only as a time capsule.

Onto less controversial stuff though...

Western: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly is necessary viewing, being one of the most referenced, but also being a great movie and probably my favorite movie of all.

Musical: The Nightmare Before Christmas (or animation, whatever...)

Fantasy: The Dark Crystal

What genre is Casablanca? War? Thriller? Romance? Comedy? It feels like one of those films that has it all, but whatever it is, it's necessary viewing just for being so damn enjoyable, quotable, and timeless.
 
checkeredhat

checkeredhat

Quotemander Prime said:
Animation is a medium, not a genre, and that many animated films have been solid contributions to other genres such as action, comedy, and fantasy. If I suggest Spirited Away for the fantasy genre, does it just get stowed with Animation? (Or hell, Musical.) And then you've got Who Framed Roger Rabbit in there, but my guess is that it has less animation in it than Avatar or Transformers 3.
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Quotemander Prime, I don't say this enough, but I love you.
 
TommiR

TommiR

I am not entirely sure if this is what you're looking for, but I'd suggest:

Documentary: The World at War (1973-74)

It is a british documentary series of 26 episodes concerning the events of WWII, so it's not exactly a movie. Still, I found it to be very good, and useful in giving people a basic understanding of the war. I can recommend, though old hands probably already know most of the stuff.

If the suggestion is appropriate, then let me offer another one in the same vein:

Documentary: World War One (1964-1965)

Quite much the same as the previous, an american-produced tv-series of events in WWI. I personally liked the previous one better as a documentary, but this one is good too, and serves much the same informational purpose for the war before.

In my opinion, watching these two documentary series will give a person a solid everyman's understanding of the two world wars.
 
North_Ranger

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Blame the Internet Movie Database, I took the genres from there. And yes, I know there's plenty of overlap but that's not my problem. I'm just here to list movies, that's all :p
 
checkeredhat

checkeredhat

I don't see the point in having a History and a War genre if the History one is packed with war movies. And as much as I love Braveheart, its so woefully historically inaccurate that I would seriously hesitate to put it in the History section.
Action- Die Hard, Terminator 2, Jaws (?)
Adventure- Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (imo, you can skip Temple of Doom. Maybe one day they'll make a 4th one, that would be awesome so long as they didn't put in random cgi gophers and monkeys and make the story all about that guy from the Transformers movies or something.) Jurassic Park
Fantasy- Jason and the Argonauts (1963), Clash of the Titans (1981),
Western- Once Upon a Time in the West (This has become one of my favourite movies. Period.)
Comedy- Ghostbusters, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Clerks.
Horror- Night of the Living Dead (1968), Dawn of the Dead (1978), Day of the Dead (1985), Alien, Jaws (?)
Thriller- Silence of the Lambs. (Duh.), Jaws (?)
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Fine, I'll add to the Animation "genre". I seriously really hate that.
Fantasia, Fantasia 2000, The Thief and the Cobbler, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Just for the historical purpose. I don't really like it but it is a must-see), Wall*E
 
North_Ranger

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Just out of curiosity, why wouldn't you add Temple of Doom? Granted, it's not as epic as Raiders or funny as Crusade, but personally I think it's still head and shoulders (and torso and navel and...) above the 4th Indiana Jones film which simply cannot exist.

Also, your mention of Monty Python made me add some of their other films, too.
 
checkeredhat

checkeredhat

I guess objectively its a solid adventure flick, but I really just can't stand Spielberg's wife's wailings all throughout. Points for Shortround though.
And if you're going for the most important, most influential, etc, I don't think its really necessary to include every entry in a series, if one or two of them are so much better than the other and exemplify the genre better and dfine the characters on their own, unless the series tells an ongoing story in several parts a la Lord of the Rings. Each Indy movie is its own story, and the first and third are simply the best entries.

Which reminds me: Adventure: The Goonies, and Back to the Future
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Comedy- Blazing Saddles
Young Frankenstein
And the Producers, if you like.

Hey, why no Once Upon a Time in the West? Its incredible.
 
LittleKagsin

LittleKagsin

To be honest, I'm somewhat scared to say anything - the boards as of late are quite..cantankerous. You guys are all going to shoot me down, I can just tell. :eek:

But, I would add:
Thriller: Se7en
Fantasy: Labyrinth (And kudo's for having Legend and Dark Crystal on there already!!)
Musical: Little Shop of Horrors (the 86' remake of the 83' broadway musical..)
 
Bowielee

Bowielee

I'll contribute to the horror section.

I would take out Evil Dead and put in Evil Dead 2. It's a far better film, but it's your list.

Friday the 13th
Nightmare on Elm Street
Halloween
Poltergeist
The Excorcist
The Ring
The Grudge
Ghost Story
Hellraiser
Candyman
Nosferatu
Arachnaphobia
Saw
House of Wax (with Vincent Price)
The House on Haunted Hill (original)
Carrie
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Psycho
 
checkeredhat

checkeredhat

War/History- The Devil's Brigade (Its one of few war movies I can think of that actually acknowledges that countries other than the States and England fought against Nazi Germany during World War 2. It's based on the true story of the Black Devils; the Canadian-US coalition force that is now remembered as the US's first Special Forces unit.)
I'd add The Arrow to the History section because the Avro Arrow is super interesting, but I don't think thats REALLY required viewing unless you're a Canadian.
 
Sara_2814

Sara_2814

Family:
The Black Stallion
A Christmas Story
The Muppet Movie

Comedy:
The Addams Family
Addams Family Values
The Breakfast Club
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Dick
Galaxy Quest
Moon Over Parador
Romancing the Stone

History:
The Right Stuff
The Dish

Musical:
Singing in the Rain
Paint Your Wagon
Moulin Rouge
This is Spinal Tap
Enchanted
A Hard Day's Night

Sci-Fi:
Star Trek (2009 remake)
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek: First Contact

Western:
3:10 to Yuma (the 2007 remake -- I haven't seen the 1957 original)
High Noon
True Grit (the 1969 original and/or the 2010 remake)
 
North_Ranger

North_Ranger

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Nice list, Sara. Consider them added. The only one I'd personally argue against is the Star Trek remake. Personally I disliked it heavily; partly because of the lense flare, partly because I thought they were playing hell with the universe; and partly because I constantly expected Spock to try and open Kirk's skull :p But that's just my €0.02.
 
Bowielee

Bowielee

North_Ranger said:
Nice list, Sara. Consider them added. The only one I'd personally argue against is the Star Trek remake. Personally I disliked it heavily; partly because of the lense flare, partly because I thought they were playing hell with the universe; and partly because I constantly expected Spock to try and open Kirk's skull :p But that's just my €0.02.
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To be fair, it was still way better than Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
 
North_Ranger

North_Ranger

Staff member
Here's a thought, Charlie: tell us why some of those movies don't belong there, or better yet, offer some opinions as to what films do belong there. Also, this isn't a Top 100 Comedy films listing; it's about what are the 1,001 movies Halforumites think one should see before facing the music :p
 
ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Well, I'll offer my own list instead of just being snarky and judgemental.

Film Noir:
-Out of the Past

Action:
-Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
-Crank
-Hellboy

Horror:
-Killer Klowns From Outer Space
-Trick 'R Treat

Drama:
-The Shawshank Redemption
-What Dreams May Come
-Stranger Than Fiction (though it's usually categorized as "Comedy", I feel it's closer to a light drama)
-The Wrestler

Comedy:
-Gremlins
-Gremlins 2

Animation:
-The Iron Giant
-The Incredibles

Foreign:
-Pan's Labyrinth
-Life is Beautiful
-Run Lola Run
-Seven Samurai
-Yojimbo

Fantasy:
-Mirrormask

Adventure:
-The Rocketeer
-Captain America

Sci-Fi:
-Aliens

Family:
-Sky High
-Old Yeller
-Homeward Bound
 
LittleKagsin

LittleKagsin

Mystery: To Catch a Thief
Comedy: O' Brother, Where Art Thou?
Musical: Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
Fantasy: Dragonheart, Interview with a Vampire
Action: Any of the Sean Connery James Bonds'. (Thunderball is my personal favorite. :))
 
Bowielee

Bowielee

More horror selections (can you tell what my favorite genre is?)

The Shining
John Carpenter's: The Thing
The Pit and the Pendulum(again with Vincent Price)
The Amityville Horror
Dead Alive/Brain Dead (this could also go under comedy)
The Fly (Jeff Goldbloom version)
 
strawman

strawman

This is me "subscribing" to this thread so I notice it later and maybe add to your list.

I like the idea of a list of movies that isn't "the top 100, 10, 1,000, etc" - but merely a list of movies that, while perhaps some aren't critically acclaimed, have enough merit that one should see them at least once.

I have to admit, though, 1,000 movies is a lot of movies.

And to those who hated star trek reboot, tell me again where the bad man touched you? I love both the original series and the reboot, and I thought the way they handled the reboot was utterly fantastic.

Besides, anyone who throws R2D2 out into space just for kicks is a friend of mine. That little droid really knows how to push one's buttons.
 
Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

Fantasy: Spirited Away
Action: Princess Mononoke, The Incredibles
Family: Toy Story
There's a part of me that really wants Ratatouille on there, but then another part questions if it's really essential. 1001 movies sounds like a lot, but really, there are so many good ones that so few people see.
Also, I'd suggest people abstain from including every entry in a series or every entry from a particular director. Even if each film is a gem, they can't all be essential. And so I support the excepting of the 2nd and 4th Indy movies. They're just not individually relevant.
I hate to do this, but why is Clash of the Titans up there? It's a terribly paced movie, although the stop-motion is amazing and I believe it was one of Lawrence Olivier's later films.
In which case, Adventure: King Kong (1933). So ground-breaking in special effects that people still don't know how they did some things, if the documentary on the DVD is to be believed, and it's a good story too. Much as I love the Peter Jackson version, it fails to be as iconic or essential as the nearly 80-year-old original.
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I'm gonna also say Day of the Dead isn't as important a horror film as its predecessors, Night and Dawn. I wouldn't, but the horror genre is filling up awful fast and I worry we're going to miss something much more crucial.
 
Bowielee

Bowielee

Quotemander Prime said:
Fantasy: Spirited Away
Action: Princess Mononoke, The Incredibles
Family: Toy Story
There's a part of me that really wants Ratatouille on there, but then another part questions if it's really essential. 1001 movies sounds like a lot, but really, there are so many good ones that so few people see.
Also, I'd suggest people abstain from including every entry in a series or every entry from a particular director. Even if each film is a gem, they can't all be essential. And so I support the excepting of the 2nd and 4th Indy movies. They're just not individually relevant.
I hate to do this, but why is Clash of the Titans up there? It's a terribly paced movie, although the stop-motion is amazing and I believe it was one of Lawrence Olivier's later films.
In which case, Adventure: King Kong (1933). So ground-breaking in special effects that people still don't know how they did some things, if the documentary on the DVD is to be believed, and it's a good story too. Much as I love the Peter Jackson version, it fails to be as iconic or essential as the nearly 80-year-old original.
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I'm gonna also say Day of the Dead isn't as important a horror film as its predecessors, Night and Dawn. I wouldn't, but the horror genre is filling up awful fast and I worry we're going to miss something much more crucial.
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I think given the nature of this not being a top 1001, Clash of the Titans is EXTEMELY culturally relevant and definately deserves a spot.
 
Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

And I'm gonna throw on

Horror: Gojira
Not the Americanized version with Raymond Burr--the original film in Japanese. It is an honestly good movie and much better expresses the Japanese sentiment and horror over the nuclear weapons than the version that was chopped to bits by American studios. I think we've grown enough as a culture at this point that we view it from Japan directly rather than needing an American observer as our eyes--we're already the outsiders.
 
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