10 films you must see before you die?

[Narshty]

Not necessarily the greatest or best, but films so iconic and legendary, they simply must be seen for one reason or another before you pop your clogs (and I didn't nick this off an old issue of Neon!)

Only got a few:
Citizen Kane
The Seventh Seal
Halloween
Pink Flamingos
The Wizard of Oz
A Clockwork Orange

Any more genuine gobsmacking milestones?

[d.boyd1uk]

the films with the longest running time
"merry xmas"

[sidebog7]

The Wild Bunch
The Godfather 1&2
The Third Man
Nosferatu
The Birth of a Nation

etc....

[John Nelson]

Only one suggestion... Lawrence of Arabia. Finally got round to watching my R4 this afternoon, with no interruptions (apart from the interval :) ) They truly don't make 'em like that anymore.

-- J.

[Damage Inc]

For me:

The Seventh Seal
Lawrence of Arabia
Anything by hitchcock (not a joke)
Casablanca
The Third Man
Yojimbo
2001: A Space Odyssey
Apocalypse Now
Raging Bull
This Is Spinal Tap

[Yonathan Gal]

I've wached quite a few already, but all that I haven't seen by Hitchcock, an he made 62 or 63 films! And everything by corsese (again, seen quite a few, but not all)...

[MrMcrolly]

seven samuari
Lord of the rings, new one!!
anything with bruce lee
tora tora tora

[Yonathan Gal]

welcome to the forums MrMcrolly! :)

[MrMcrolly]

thank you very much....

[FightForTheRight]

A further welcome to MrMcrolly! :)

Back to the subject:

Alien
Godfather Part II
Ghostbusters
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Plenty more I'm sure....

[~phunk~]

Lord Of The Rings...Dammit!!!

[Just Call Me Wanda]

What springs to mind:

Apocalypse Now
The Exorcist
Jaws
Vertigo/Rear Window/Psycho/North Bu Northwest/39 Steps
Taxi Driver
The Empire Strikes Back

[Yonathan Gal]

Just Call Me Wanda: !!! You haven't seem some of Hitchcock's finest... They're incredible moies, incredible, you don't realise what you're missing. You MUST watch them :) and Taxi Driver too! :) hehe

[The Boogerman]

1. A funny Jim Carrey movie would be a start.
2. A not by the numbers teen movie.
3. An unpredictible summer block buster.
4. Star Wars on DVD (if only to stop all the where are they? posts)
5. The end of the singer/model/actress career move film.
6. The film that finally proves the non-English language original is better than the ropey Hollywood remake, to the masses.
7. Vanilla Sky - hopefully proving a remake can improve on a good film.
8. Amelie.
9. The next David Mamet film.
10. A Short film about Killing and A Short Film About Love by Krzysztof Kieslowski.

[Loser]

The Toy Box

E.T

The Naked Lunch

The Seventh Seal

Peeping tom

[Creamstick]

Jaws
Star Wars
Citizen Kane
Glen or Glenda
UP!!!!
Zabriskie Point
Wizard of Oz
The Red Shoes
The Haunting
Blue Velvet

[buffy-fan]

Citizen Kane
The shinning
The shawshank redemption
Run lola run
2001: A Space Odyssey
blade runner
spiderman2002
taxi driver
godfather1+2

[jroadley]

OK, gonna be cheeky on this one:

Anything Criterion release on DVD (Well almost :D )
Anything Hitchcock (He was the greatest director ever)
Anything Kubrick (He was second best director :D )
Jaws
Apocalypse Now
Some Like It Hot (Just so funny)
The Breakfast Club
Halloween
The Exorcist

Oh and I almost forgot Deep Blue Sea oh shucks I'm just kidding with that one :p

[Mike]

1. The Wild Bunch
2. The Searchers
3. Pat Garratt And Billy The Kid
4. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
5. Ulzana's Raid
6. Heaven's Gate
7. Rio Bravo
8. The Naked Spur
9. The Outlaw Josey Wales
10. Red River

[Cap'n Al]

In no particular order:

<i>Barry Lyndon
A Clockwork Orange
Citizen Kane
The Godfather</i> (parts 1 and 2)
<i>The Killer
Moulin Rouge
North by Northwest
Rear Window
Spartacus
Withnail and I</i>

[deftone666]

Wild Wild West R2

[mjb1975]

Simply Irresistable...

Superb stuff!

:D

[RichB]

The last 2 replies seem better suited to a '10 films you'd rather die than see' list :D

[McMikey]

hmm, admittedly my selection are mainly recent films but that's because I've still got a back log of older films to get through anyway..

Alien (the most impressive looking alien in a movie)

Jaws (duh dum, duh dum, need I say more :) )

Stand by Me ( still the best "friend" film I've seen)

Jurassic Park (breathtaking CGI I couldn't tell what was and what wasn't real)

The Godfather (THE maffia film)

Withnail and I (best british movie)

Memento (gotta love the order of the film)

Lord of the Rings (the original fantasy story)

L.A Confidential (I just really like this film not read the book yet, I'm onto "The big Nowhere" at the moment)

Lawrence of Arabia (an epic that even though is old really doesn't seem to show it)

ok a few of them weren't groundbreaking but it is my list and "IMHO".

[sidebog7]

Here are a few suggestions from a few different genres:

Horror:
Suspiria
The Beyond

Childrens:
The Iron Giant
Toy Story

Silent Movies:
Sherlock Jr.
Fantômas

Musical:
Southpark BLU
Duck Soup

Western:
(Mike's pretty much completed this section but...)
Wild Bunch (again)
The Shootist

Documentary:
Hearts of Darkness
Night and Fog

War:
Dr Strangelove
Paths of Glory

Action:
Seven Samurai
The Killer
(and The Wild Bunch:D )

[Mike]

And "The Wild Bunch" again.

[butters]

Then watch Dude Weres my car as before any film and it will make anything else seem like a top 10 film......... (I had to suffer this film again yesterday......)

[mikeyb0]

Lawrence of Arabia
Easy Rider
The Seventh Seal
Brazil
A Clockwork Orange
Dr Strangelove
Se7en
The Thin Red Line
Life of Brian
God of Cookery ;)

[McD]

It's nice to see that someone has come to their senses and edited Face/Off from their list. It belongs in a thread like this as much as Executive Decision or Timecop!

Amadeus
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
Jaws
Vertigo
The Sound of Music
The Wizard of Oz
The Empire Strikes Back
Midnight Run

[lorenzo]

So I married an Axe Murderer
Moulin Rouge
Goodfellas
Godfather I/II
Anything from the Private Collection ;)
Life is Beautiful
Fletch (to cheer you up after the last one)
True Romance

.. and lastly ....... Bambi :D

[Bob B]

Cinema Paradiso
Jean de Florette
The Bride of Frankenstein
Schindlers List
(and to cheer you up after that) something by: the Marx brothers and/or Buster Keaton

[Ed Parsons]

In alphabetical order:

Amelie
A Canterbury Tale
It Happened One Night
It's A Wonderful Life
King Kong
Modern Times
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Some Like It Hot
Star Wars
Vertigo

[Scoob]

Jaws - a legend of a film

Saving Private Ryan - best effects in a war film

Jurrasic Park - a top blockbuster with a unique story (at the time)

Bowling for Columbine - a very moving, eye-opening, documentary

Toy Story - the first of a new generation of films

Das Boot - best damn war story you can get on DVD

The Ring - possibly the best suspense, suggestive horror you will see

Schindler's List - the other side of the war many people didn't see at the time and the originality Spielberg showed to film in black and white in this time of colour.

Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory - a brilliantly entertaining family story

Star Wars - you have to see the film that started it all


If i could add an 11th i would put in The Pianist - a film in the same vein as Schindler's List and just as moving

As you can see i would have to say Steven Spielberg does make the movies you must see as he has a wide range and presents them all extremely well and originally

[AKPiggott]

Let's see...

Crossroads
Glitter
Swept Away
Gigli
That "American Idol" film
S-Club Seeing Double
Spiceworld: The Movie

Oh... and Citizen Kane.

[Barney_Tabasco]

Police Academy
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow

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sorry

[Crawf]

Originally posted by Barney_Tabasco
Police Academy
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow

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sorry

What a way to end it all. Suicide would be the only option after that lot!

[Tom Whitaker]

If anyone says Blade Runner they get punched full in the face.

Oh arse, someone already has...

[cm-9]

La Double Vie de Veronique
Au Revoir Les Enfants
Belle de Jour
Hiroshima mon Amour
The Wages of Fear
8 femmes
Das Boot
Metropolis
La Dolce Vita
Alexander Nevsky

[balstino]

Ran :luv: , Hard Boiled :notworthy not much else really!

Oh you want 10! Ok then, off the top of my head add these (reluctantly)....

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
The Usual Suspects
French Connection
Chinatown
Once upon a time in China
Touch of Evil
Seven Samurai
Woodstock
:thumbs:

[Tristan H]

1. L'Avventura
2. Rear Window
3. My Neighbour Totoro
4. Seven Samurai
5. The Maltese Falcon
6. Wild Strawberries
7. Taxi Driver
8. Vertigo
9. Eraserhead
10. Spirited Away

[StuBruise]

How come all these old threads keep getting dug up just now? :suspect:

~~stu

[Puhkipsy]

Not sure Stu :)

Odd seeing as the one below is along the same lines and only a couple of weeks old :confused:

http://www.thedvdforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=210121