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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

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)
313. World War One (1964-65)
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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
377. Twelve Angry Men
378. El Norte
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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
415. Field of Dreams
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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
511. Touch of Evil (1958)
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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
722. Clue
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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
934. The Longest Day
935. Battleship Potemkin
936. Paths of Glory
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Western
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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Yes, who can forget timeless classic "The Expendables"? Just put in the movies in which the cast of the Expendables are A) good and B) relevant instead.

Charlie Don't Surf said:

Yes, who can forget timeless classic "The Expendables"? Just put in the movies in which the cast of the Expendables are A) good and B) relevant instead.

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Easy on the snark there, Chucky boy. If you've got some suggestions, then spit 'em out.

Comedy: The Big Lebowski

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.

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..)

Drama (?): Forrest Gump
Drama (?): The Green Mile

Rocky
Rocky IV
Pulp Fiction
Fargo
No Country For Old Men

all the genre stuff is weird

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

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.

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)

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 But that's just my €0.02.

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 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.

I think the Star Trek reboot was a Star Trek movie for people who are not fans of Star Trek. Like me. I loved it.

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I think the Star Trek reboot was a Star Trek movie for people who are not fans of Star Trek. Like me. I loved it.

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Same here.

I'm staring at the Comedy listing. There is no fucking way HALF of those are in the top 100 Comedy movies of all time.

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

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

Do we really need a category for foreign films?

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. )

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)

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.

The only thing I didn't like about the reboot was JJ Abrams usual love affair with lens flare.

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.

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.

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.

Biography is really slim, so let me add some.

Patton
Malcom X
Ali
Ray
The Queen

Bowielee said:

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.

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It's not a point I feel needs too much arguing against, so I won't further. It just got my attention. Considering there's a shitty remake trouncing the memory out, I'll concede the need for Clash of the Titans on the list.

Quotemander Prime said:

It's not a point I feel needs too much arguing against, so I won't further. It just got my attention. Considering there's a shitty remake trouncing the memory out, I'll concede the need for Clash of the Titans on the list.

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I really understand your point about the film's pacing and whether or not it's one of the greatest movies of all time, however, I think if something is referenced often in pop culture, it's something that should be watched at least one if you want to become one with the overmind

Bowielee said:

I really understand your point about the film's pacing and whether or not it's one of the greatest movies of all time, however, I think if something is referenced often in pop culture, it's something that should be watched at least one if you want to become one with the overmind

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True. And maybe someone who didn't watch it waaay too many times as a kid (*cough*) would see it in better light than I do when I try to watch it nowadays.

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Do we really need a category for foreign films?

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Whoops, sorry. I thought I saw a Foreign category already listed. It might be good to put it in there since there are a great deal of good foreign movies.

If not, then here's some suggested categories for the ones I mentioned:

Foreign:
-Pan's Labyrinth (Fantasy)
-Life is Beautiful (Comedy)
-Run Lola Run (Drama)
-Seven Samurai (Action)
-Yojimbo (Action)

Addams Family Values? Feel like the first movie is all you need, really.

Action: Commando, Top Gun, Mission: Impossible, any given Bond movie, Enter the Dragon, Hard Boiled, Ong Bak, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ip Man, Old Boy, Beverly Hills Cop, Lethal Weapon
War: Sergeant York, Das Boot
Crime: Oceans Eleven
Drama: Fight Club, The Truman Show
Fantasy: Big
Horror: Eraserhead
Mystery: The Sixth Sense, Lost Highway, Donnie Darko
Romance: Ghost, When Harry Met Sally, Bull Durham, Say Anything, Sideways, Edward Scissorhands, Roxanne
Sci-fi: Blade Runner, Logan's Run, District 9, The Matrix, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Total Recall, Outland, Moon
Comedy: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, seconding Blazing Saddles, Silver Streak, Spaceballs, Shaolin Soccer, Half Baked, Friday, Billy Madison, The Mask, Harold and Kumar go to White Castle, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, Old School, Zoolander, Office Space, Caddyshack, Bloodsport, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

I'm with Quotemander: animation is not a genre, but eh:
Ghost in the Shell (sci-fi), Akira (sci-fi), My Neighbor Totoro (family), Millenium Actress (drama), Watership Down (drama), Grave of the Fireflies (war)

Also, probably doesn't deserve to be on the list, but The Man From Nowhere has some pretty sweet fight scenes.

I'd probably put Big in Family.
Fantasy would be more like Dragonheart, Sword of the Valiant, Willow, etc..
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BTW, I love this thread
War(good god y'all):
Hamburger Hill
Full Metal Jacket
We Were Soldiers
Top Gun(?)
Inglorious Bastards
Bridge on the River Qwai
Jarhead
The Killing Fields

Yeah, I was going to, but I like it in fantasy more. Nostalgia, probably.

Ha! I have nothing to really contribute right now other then the fact I saw Springtime for Hitler up there. I can only assume North_Ranger or one our foreign
forumites added that as that is the European title for The Producers.

It just made me giggle.

Charlie Don't Surf said:

I'm staring at the Comedy listing. There is no fucking way HALF of those are in the top 100 Comedy movies of all time.

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North_Ranger said:

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

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That right there is the difference between when Charlie was a well liked and respected member of the forum, to the forum cliche Emo Hipster Try Too Hard Troll that he's become.

LittleKagsin said:

Comedy: O' Brother, Where Art Thou?

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You are a pleasure and a delight to have here, don't ever leave

Bowielee said:

The Fly (Jeff Goldbloom version)

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Really? Maybe it's because I'm a huge Vincent Price fan, but I'd go with the original over Goldblum's version.

drifter said:

Addams Family Values? Feel like the first movie is all you need, really.

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The second was fantastic, but I'm going to agree, the only "must" watch is the first one.

Documentary:
Bowling for Columbine (for sanity's sake, I'll only include one Michale Moore movie, but it is culturally relevent for better or worse)
The Life and Times of Harvey Milk (you could also add Milk to Biographies)
Supersize Me
My Date with Drew
Bigger, Faster, Stronger
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I already had two Vincent Price movies up there, and pop culture wise, I think Brudlefly is more well know.

Music and Musicals:
Guys and Dolls
Rent
Repo: The Genetic Opera
Chicago
Hans Christian Anderson (Danny Kaye is awesome)
Pink Floyd's The Wall
Moonwalker
Interstella 5555
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Mystery:
Murder on the Orient Express
Momento
Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte
Citizen Kane
The Maltese Falcon
Rear Window
Man this genre is under represented in current film.

North_Ranger said:

Do we really need a category for foreign films?

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It would make your job easier, since they are all foreign to you...

Musical: An American in Paris - easily the best one that I've seen, Pink Floyd the Wall

Western: Silverado, The Searchers - best western EVER, Tombstone, Wyatt Earp - widely panned but I liked it.

Adventure: The Adventures of Robin Hood - greatest adventure movie (too bad Hollywood ignores this version when doing RH remakes)

Animation: Fritz the Cat,

Mystery: Deathtrap, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes - could also go to comedy.

Noir: Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep, Chinatown.

More Biography:

Amadeus
Lawrence of Arabia

Biography: Mountains of the Moon - it's about Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton.

Okay, I think I've put all the movies suggested on the list, along with a few of my own. If I've missed any, lemme know.

Also, I'm NOT going to start re-categorizing the movies because of the debate over Animation. It's there, I'm certain you can live with it. And feel free to mention more comedies if you feel like it, I'll just snap more slots from some other category.

Looks like comedy might need some paring down (I was joking with Bloodsport as a comedy, although it is hilarious. Really it belongs in action, if at all). Romancing the Stone seems better suited in Adventure, and Gremlins 2 probably doesn't need to be there at all. Also, Dick? A must see? (genuinely curious here; never saw it, seems like a trifle)

Hmm, now that I think about it, I wonder if Beverly Hills Cop would be better served in adventure? Also:

Adventure: Big Trouble in Little China
Animation: Charlotte's Web
Drama: The Last Emperor
Family: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Mary Poppins
Sci-fi: Brazil
Mystery: Clue
Musical: Little Shop of Horrors

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Musical: Little Shop of Horrors

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I'm glad someone else agrees with me that Little Shop of Horrors should be on here. =^^=

Thriller/Suspense:
Hard Candy

Horror Movies to Add:

Hard Tension
28 Days/Weeks Later
*REC/*REC2
The Descent
Rosemary's Baby
Cabin Fever
Carriers
La Horde
From Dusk Till Dawn

If I may make a suggestion/question first: Can you alphabetize the list in each category? It makes it a lot easier to see whether a movie has been listed already or not.

Next to that, I feel that some sequels/trilogy's should be up there too (like Die Hard, Lethal Weapon and Back to the Future), they sort of come in a package deal. So I listed them below as well.

[ACTION]
Air Force One
Batman Begins (i feel it's more action than adventure, but then I saw other comic hero movies in adventure as well, so use your own discretion)
Die Hard 2 - Die Harder
Die Hard 3 - Die Hard With a Vengeance
Face/Off
Independence Day
Lethal Weapon 2
Lethal Weapon 3
Rambo II - First Blood Part II (This one is a must I think: a classic action movie where a buff guy runs around, killing lots and lots of bad guys with over the top weapons)
Rumble in the Bronx
The Dark Knight (same as Batman Begins)
The Hunt for Red October
The Rock (one of my favorites, great action, great cast)
V for Vendetta (Really gripping, great story and inspired a real life movement)

[ADVENTURE]
Back to the Future II
Back to the Future III
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (not sure if this is the same one as the one mentioned, but I think this one is known as THE Robin Hood movie in most peoples mind)
Water World (notorious for having flopped due to bad critic reviews, but an adventure of epic proportions back in its day)

[ANIMATION]
Final Fantasy VII - Advent Children (story wise it doesn't make much sense, but it stems from a game so popular they have tons of spin-offs, including this movie (with the awesome graphics), decades later)
Finding Nemo
Kung Fu Panda

[BIOGRAPHY]
The Aviator
The Pursuit of Happiness

[COMEDY]
wow this one's so full already.. I'll just add a few
Groundhog Day
Kick-Ass
Out of Sight (Not really sure on the Comedy tag, but it beats Action and Crime)

[CRIME]
Scarface (Say hello to my little friend! Come to think of it, I think all movies with famous quotes should be in here)

I'm gonna stop before I go on all night with this... just one more that really should be here: Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain [I dunno, Romance? Fantasy? would be easier if there were a Foreign category ]

Crime: Goodfellas, Godfather Part II (Normally I would shy away from Sequels, but this movie is as good if not better than the original).
Beauty and the Beast should go in either Animation or Musical, but it deserves a spot on there.
If you're putting Band's music video movies on there you should include Tommy
The Longest Day, is a must have War movie.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance for Western. Jimmy Stewart and John Wayne, the stars don't get much bigger.
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Ok the Comedy list is nearly full and there's not a single Marx Brothers film on there?
A Night at the Opera. (or Duck Soup, or any of their other films, this one's just preference as it was the first I saw all the way through).

My suggestion is WarGames (1983). Per IMDB, it can be in Drama, Sci-Fi, or Thriller.

Crime
Cool Hand Luke
Action
Casino Royale - My favourite of the Bond movies
Comedy
Amélie
Sci-Fi
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Brazil
Romance
Roman Holiday
Horror
28 Days Later

Adventure: Ladyhawke.

Ah, and how could I have forgotten one of my favorite movies of all time?
Adventure: The 10th Kingdom

Another for Sci-fi, actual sci-fi at that... Silent Running

Vertigo should be added to Mystery, I think. That's a fantastic movie.

Animation:
Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame

Especially because of the dark beginning sequence; steaming horse, chased gipsy girl, death and one evil villain. Also for the Hellfire sequence, and just all the other scenes with nasty Frollo. And I absolutely like like the scene and song God help the outcasts.

Just spare me the gargoyles and the unfitting comedy elements.

What I would call a drama, but also could be in the crime or thriller category: Michael Clayton

George Clooney is amazing.

Four Drama movies I always thought were good (not sure if they've already been listed)

A Bronx Tale
Sleepers
The Color Purple
Hachi: A Dog's tale

War:
When Trumpets Fade
The Lost Batallion
The Blue Max

History:
Life is Beautiful/La Vita e Bella
Jakob the Liar

Action:
Robocop (Yeah, I went there)
Chocolate
Repo Men

I'll doubtless have more later...

Officer_Charon said:

War:

Robocop (Yeah, I went there)

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Ouch, you got horribly maimed and killed at your job and brought back to life and duty as a kick as cyborg? Grats methinks.

The pattern of this thread seems to be...

Culturally Relevant Important Films to Favorites to Movies You Kind of Like.

A graph showing a leaning between areas would be more precise but I'm not xkcd, so I can't do that.

Action:
Adventure:
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
Animation:
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Biography:
Ed Wood (1994)
Comedy:
Crime:
Goodfellas (1990)
Public Enemy (1931)
White Heat (1949)
The Sting (1973)
Documentary:
King of Kong: A Fist Full of Quarters (2007)
Exit through the Gift Shop (2010)
Drama:
Ran (1995)
Family:
Miracle on 34th street (1947)
Fantasy:
Big Fish (2003)
Film Noir:
Touch of Evil (1958)
History:
Horror:
Musicals and Music:
Swing Time (1936)
Grand Hotel (1951)
Mystery:
Dark City (1998) (Could be under Fantasy or Noir)
Rashomon (1950)
Romance:
Sci-Fi:
12 Monkeys (1995)
Them (1954)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
The Thing from Another World (1951)
Close Encounters (1977)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Thriller:
The Usual Suspects (1995)
War:
Stalag 17 (1953)
30 Seconds over Tokyo (1944)
All Quiet on the Western Fromt (1930)
Western:
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
Winchester 73 (1950)

The Royal Tenenbaums didn't make it?

Interesting kind of petered out, methinks.

And here I was afraid I killed the thread.

What's all this then?

Some suggestions;

Cool Hand Luke
Hustler
Color of Money
Zulu
Twelve Angry Men
Of Mice and Men
Dirty Dozen
Conspiracy
Field of Dreams
Unforgiven
Escape from New York
Tora Tora Tora
Attack of the Killer Tomatos
Papillon
Kill Bill

HCGLNS said:

What's all this then?


Tora Tora Tora

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I'd like to see a mash up of Tora Tora Tora, with Pearl Harbor. Have the Authenticity, and good acting of T.T.T. with the budget and special effects of P.H.

Nah, I've just been hella lazy lately - or irritable, thanks to some side effects from the treatments. I'll get back to updating soon... ish

HCGLNS said:

What's all this then?

Some suggestions;

??Cool Hand Luke
??Hustler
??Color of Money
Zulu
??Twelve Angry Men
??Of Mice and Men
Dirty Dozen
??Conspiracy
??Field of Dreams
??Unforgiven
Escape from New York
Tora Tora Tora
??Attack of the Killer Tomatos
Papillon
Kill Bill

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Can you please put these in some kind of genres? I admit, I haven't seen all of these (or they may have wildly different names in Finnish), so I'm not sure where to put them. I've put question marks before the ones I'm not sure of.

Of Mice and Men - Drama
Field of Dreams - Boring
Unforgiven - Western
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes - Comedy

Okay, the list has been updated. Keep 'em coming and I'll keep putting them in.

"Film Noir" is going to be difficult to fill up, I think, since almost all of the most notable recent Noir movies fit snugly into other categories.

For instance, Blade Runner and Dark City are both very, very noir, but are also Sci-Fi (though I see you've got Dark City listed under mystery -- which is also a good fit for it.) All the good Batman films are heavily noir-influenced, but they're also action films. Se7en is about as noir as it gets these days, but it also fits snugly into the thriller category.

It's pretty much the inverse of the issue Quotemander had with the animation category -- I love the style, but its style is so often mixed with so many other genres that no one will think to categorize noir films as noir.

That said, I think Sin City deserves to be put under Noir, if only because its heavily-stylized aesthetic influenced the way later comic book movies were filmed, such as Watchmen and 300.

I've heard L.A. Confidential and Basic Instinct were good, but alas, I haven't gotten around to seeing either .

(ALSO: Hi guys!)

EDIT: Also, put in Children of Men in there. I guess it'd be considered a thriller? Maybe Sci-Fi?

Added some new films...

Driving Miss Daisy (Drama)
Forbidden Planet (sci-fi)
Event Horizon (horror... it always struck me as more of a horror film than sci-fi)

Let's see if we can't find some more, shall we?

Man does this list ever need a lot of editing.

Plus, I'm still waiting for HCGLNS to give me about a dozen films' genres. In all honesty, though, I figured alphabetizing and such is best left after we have the whole list.

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Plus, I'm still waiting for HCGLNS to give me about a dozen films' genres. In all honesty, though, I figured alphabetizing and such is best left after we have the whole list.

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I meant more in terms of trimming the fat (striking a few off there).

So start suggesting, bub.

Musical: Rocky Horror Picture Show. Probably the silliest musical I've ever seen. While the plot makes almost no sense, the music and characters will stick with you forever. Gotta see it at least once.

I'm awake! No really!

??Cool Hand Luke - Drama
??Hustler - Drama
??Color of Money - Drama
Zulu - History/Action
??Twelve Angry Men - Drama/Crime/Film Noir
??Of Mice and Men - Drama/Film Noir
Dirty Dozen - Action/History
??Conspiracy - Documentary/History/Horror (this is the HBO film, free to view on youtube)
??Field of Dreams - Family
??Unforgiven - Wester
Escape from New York - Action/Horror/Sci-Fi
Tora Tora Tora - Documentary/History
??Attack of the Killer Tomatos - Comedy
Papillon - Biography/Drama
Kill Bill - Adventure

Music: Empire Records, cheesy nineties goodness!

Musical: Dr Horrible's Sinalong blog. I know it was a web-series first-SHUDDAP!

Family: Harry and the Hendersons. I haven't seen it, but I have seen the 30 Rock episode parodying it. Needless to say, it made me cry.

Harry and the Hendersons was a good family movie. It is funny that at that time John Lithgow was typecast as a family man. Then shortly there after he became typecast as an insane killer.

sixpackshaker said:

Harry and the Hendersons was a good family movie. It is funny that at that time John Lithgow was typecast as a family man. Then shortly there after he became typecast as an insane killer.

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Either way, it gave him a long varied career.

North_Ranger said:

So start suggesting, bub.

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Event Horizon. Cut that shit.

I saw Event Horizon when I was a kid. I had nightmaaaaaaaaaaaaares. Good movie though.

Everything seems good when you're a kid. Watch it now.

Hell, even when I saw it in theaters I don't think I was a teenager yet and it was some awful shit. Paul WS Anderson can't seem to make a good movie. You watch he lands the Bioshock director's seat just for all the horrible Resident Evil movies under his belt.

Look, I like Die Hard 2 and 3 (I even like 4, and would go so far to saying I like it more than 2, not as much as 3), but neither are "MUST SEE" films, while Die Hard 1 is. Same with Lethal Weapon 3. I can actually see a legitimate argument being made for Lethal Weapon 1 & 2 both being there, but 3 is only a decent action film, not an amazing one.
And even the Addams Family, I like those movies well enough, but I wouldn't classify them both as must see. Maybe one of them, cause the Addams Family is a pretty big thing in North American pop culture, but both?

And just.. yeah, suff like that. There aren't really too many films on this list I look at and think are bad, just, not as important to see, not as groundbreaking or innovative, or as prevalent in pop culture.

I mentioned it before, but I guess it got overlooked; my suggestion of Bloodsport was a joke, unless we're including "so bad they're good" movies. It does not belong anywhere on this list. Well, unless you think Van Damme was popular enough to be considered culturally relevant in any way. And if you do think that, then Bloodsport belongs in action, not comedy.

Musical:South-Park Bigger Longer and Uncut + Cannibal the Musical. Both hilarious and AWESOME.

Hookay, took me a while but I got back here. Added some new films as suggested, and trimmed some fat as suggested. Also, had to take out Fritz the Cat. I don't know why, but that film always bugged me in there... I saw the Nostalgia Critic review and the film segments made me want to gouge my eyes out. Also...

Yoshimickster said:

Musical: Dr Horrible's Sinalong blog. I know it was a web-series first-SHUDDAP!

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Sorry, no... Let's stick to actual movies. If we add web series to the mix we'll be opening a whole damn can of worms...

checkeredhat said:

And just.. yeah, suff like that. There aren't really too many films on this list I look at and think are bad, just, not as important to see, not as groundbreaking or innovative, or as prevalent in pop culture.

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To be fair, I don't think there ARE 1001 movies I'd call absolute must-sees. That's a pretty high number.
Anyway, for my money, I'd add some of the oldies. And I mean Das Boot (war), Battleship Potempkin (war), The great Dictator (comedy), L'arrivée du Train (errr...Honestly, where *would* I class that?), otto e mezze (drama?),....

action

Ronin- Best car chase ever on film.
Bullet - Long time record holder for best car chase.
The Transporter


Sci-Fi

Inception

Comedy

Some Like it Hot - widely considered the funniest movie ever.
Annie Hall
Bananas

War

Paths of Glory - It is a film I need to see but it should be here by reputation alone.
War Horse - see above.

Ok, finally dropping a few, in no particular order:
Animation: Allegro Non Troppo
War: Kelly's Heroes
Drama: El Norte
Fantasy: Ladyhawke
SciFi: The Black Hole
SciFi: Tron (1982)
Western: Young Guns (aka The Breakfast Club in the old West)

--Patrick

Updated. PatrThom , Ladyhawke was already listed under "Adventure".

Also decided not to alphabetize the movies yet beyond the ones I've already done. It takes a long time to update lists - particularly long ones. I'll slap on the alphabetization should we ever actually complete this list

sixpackshaker ... Just curious, is War Horse actually any good? I remember some forumite seeing it and saying it was basically fishing for an Oscar and nothing else.

Added The Umbrellas of Cherbourg to the Musicals. A heartbreaking movie, to say the least. I don't know how well it's known over in the States.

I feel you need to add Kung Fu Panda 2 to the animation list. It pretty much pulls off what a sequel always should be. It's funnier, more beautiful, more touching, and so much more epic than the first.

You have to add The Jerk and All Of Me to the comedy section. I know it's already filled out, but they are easily both ahead of several other entries on that list. Classic, classic steve martin comedy gold.

Steve Martin has never been a strong comedian in my opinion. Though Dirty Rotten Scoundrels definitely benefits from his style of comedy.

Romance/drama: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind: Not sure which genre to stick it to, but either way people have to see it any way.

Animation: Vampires in Havana: This is one of the most ridiculous things I've seen, you have to see it at least once.

Animation/family:Wreck-it Ralph: I love this damn movie with a great message that I'm not spoiling.

Sci-fi: 1980s Flash Gordon: As I've said before, both awful and awesome at the same time. You will be a different person after watching it.

Horror: Cabin In the Woods. I don't really know how to say anything about this movie without giving anything away. It's a love letter to the horror genre that has brought "meta" to the cabin in the woods genre as "Scream" did with the slasher genre. But I can guarantee that it has one of the most iconic scenes in horror history that will be remembered fondly for years. Basically there is a point where shit hits the fan, and that fan is called "Purge Button".

Fantasy: Stardust
This is the lovechild that Legend and The Princess Bride gave birth to in the recent decade. Lovingly based on a story by Neil Gaiman the story is your typical hero's journey, but with plenty of twists, turns, and a good number of pleasant surprises. It's quirky, funny, and has some of the most memorable quotes I can think of in recent history. Please. Please. Please. See this movie.

Action: Dredd
Fuck Stalone. Karl Urban does the character proud by playing the Judge as a cold, calculating, persistent messenger of lethal justice. The Judge and his new rookie partner find themselves cut off from reinforcements when a crime boss named "Mama" seals the building complex she operates out of, and sends out every underling available to rid her of her "pest" problem.

Animation: Twice Upon a Time
A forgotten treasure of the 80's and Lucasfilm. This animated masterpiece follows the misadventures of Ralph the All-Purpose Animal (Voiced by Lorenzo Music of "Garfield" fame) and his silent partner Mumford. The two unwittingly assist an evil man in his plot to give the world eternal nightmares and must quickly turn their lives around and become the heroes they always wanted to be.

Animation: Wreck-It-Ralph
There is no denying it. This movie is hands-down the best video game movie ever.

Action: Kung Fu Hustle
You don't need an explanation. You just need a trailer.

Action: Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained
There is a reason that Tarantino has the right to inflate his own ego by giving Brad Pitt the final line of "I think this might be my masterpiece" at the end of Basterds. Because I think it truly is one of the greatest films he has ever directed. But both Basterds and Django share a crucial element that makes them must-sees-before-you-die. That element: Christopher Waltz. When it comes to Tarantino films there are always two things you'll find in every movie. Disturbing violence and conversation. Waltz is the ultimate conversationalist. When he speaks you are entranced. Don't believe me? Watch the opening act of Basterds. He is the perfect villain. Calm. Intelligent. Polite. Ruthless.
In Django he's pretty much the same character, but this time he's a good guy. Plus this film gives him some memorable quotes that will keep you chuckling for hours.
Waltz isn't the only thing to watch the films for. There is plenty of good stuff from everyone in these films. The infamous "Bear-Jew" scene in Basterds always gets me snickering at the same time as averting my eyes.
And both films end with some of the most brutal and yet satisfying acts of violence I have ever seen in film (with the exception of Cabin In The Woods).

Looks like I've got some work to do...