Movies to see before you die
 

What, in yr opinion, are some movies that one must see in their life? Just compile a list and give a brief explanation for each or some if you like. I feel this is an interesting and enlightening experiment. You can learn alot about a person by their taste in art, movies being a prime example of such.

My list
1. Casablanca-needs no explanation
2. Citizen Kane
3. A Clockwork Orange
4. Annie Hall
5. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly-Leone was a master
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey
7. Amadeus
8. Psycho
9. Seven Year Itch
10. Shawshank Redemption
11. Forrest Gump
12. Platoon
13. National Lampoon's Vacation
14. Trainspotting
15. Caddyshack
16. Raiders of the Lost Ark
17. Ben-Hur
18. The Maltese Falcon
19. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory-a personal favorite that I refuse to buy because I enjoy watching it on TV late at night when I find that its on
20. Goodfellas

That's my short list. I might expand it to 50 later. Looking forward to seeing everyone else's take on this.

I am going to keep checkinh to this thread. I've gotten really into movies and shit lately. I probably did not watch any movies for like 10 years. I gotta catch up on the good shit!

The only one I can think of right now is Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind. I just bought it today at a flea market.

Yeah, I came across Trainspotting in a similar manner. $8 in a used movie store.

i was about to say name that movie. have you watched it yet?

Mullholland Drive, and after watching that movie your only wish will really just be death, fast and without any mental pain, please. So looked and felt my pants afterwards.

I wrote a really kickass essay on Amadeus once.

you've got some up there that I would, sy 37. Psycho is my #3 & 2001 is my favorite Kubrick & is in the top 10.

Dazed and Confused and The Empire Strikes Back need to be on there.

And Platoon. My essay on Platoon was longer than it should have been. But I've seen that movie hundreds of times. That is the price I pay for being a rabid Willem Dafoe fan.

I don't know. Here are my favorite movies.

the Big Lebowski
Office Space
Bottle Rocket
Rushmore
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
What's Eating Gilbert Grape?

I'll second that. Mullholland Drive is the movie you have to watch before you die, as you'll spend the rest of yr life wondering what the f*ck it's all about, as well as wondering why you've spent 5$ at bluckbuster for something harder to solve than a rubik's cube.

That's a great movie. It was that film that got me into Creedence Clearwater Revival, too.

My 10 favourite films of the past 20 years (stops it being a ludicrously long and time-consuming list):

Pi
Noi Albinoi
What to do in Case of Fire
Withnail and I
Dog Soldiers
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking BArrels
Versus
And the Wind Will Carry Us
Real Fiction

Seven Samurai!!!!

Taxi Driver, Interview With the Vampire, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Hellraiser I and II, stuff....

In Cold Blood
Running on Empty
anything John Waters directed, namely Pink Flamingos, Hairspray, Female Trouble

you should (if you are into crude comedy) check out Anchorman (where my signature comes from). Rashomon is also a good choice.

Harold and Maude
2001: A Space Oddessy
Amadeus
Airplane
The Exorcist
Raising Arizona ("Son, You Got A Panty On Your Head" One of the greatest lines in movie history)
The Wild Bunch
Raiders of the Lost Ark (The opening sequence is one of the greatest introductions to one of the greast film characters of all time)
A Christmas Story

I'll post more if I think of more.

Yeah, I watched it two weeks ago for the first time. Fucking amazing. Jim Carey used to annoy me, but he does a hell of a job in it.

I just rented Eraserhead, so this should be fun.

I'm not much of a movie fanatic and don't care about most of the classics, but before I die I want to see as many Takashi Miike films as possible.
Today I saw his short film Box, it was ok.

My high school English teacher showed this video to us, and I'm still not sure if I like it. The Cat Stevens soundtrack fit very well. Odd sex scene. VERY ODD.

SEVEN

Mulholland Drive
Martin (George A. Romero) - for a little more confusion, and a romantic comedy aspect
Deep End (Jerzy Skolimowski) - nowhere to be seen, unfortunately; for the central scene, at the Skol, with some music by Can
The Red Shoes (or Black Narcissus) (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger) - magic and colors (especially Black Narcissus which has the most beautiful lighting I ever saw, even before Days of Heaven)
Le roman de Renard (Ladislas Starewitch) - 1941 animated picture with stuffed animals
Johnny Guitar (Nick Ray) - so cool
Sheena, Queen of the Jungle (John Guillermin) - to convince you that making a good movie ain't that easy, see that crap, or King Kong by the same director, not the original that was so good

Withnail & I - it's so hard to find it in France. I remember seeing it when it was released. Always kept it in mind. Its green image, its trout fishing, Withnail's commitment towards his Art... his strange grin when "I" is given a great opportunity in the end... that cop's voice...

John Boorman pictures, in a row (not the whole of them) - to see how he used color for the purpose of his films (Point Blank, The General, Excalibur, Leo the Last, The Tailor of Panama, Deliverance)

And Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, please

I wouldn't know where to start. :confused:

slacker by richard linklater

almost made me leave for austin right after i saw it


also "the great silence"
spaghetti western from 1969, i watched it on acid after listening to earth's "hex or imprinting in the infernal method"and it really showed me how inspiring italian movies can be, despite the awkward dubbing and sort of halfassed plots....the movie is so beautifully shot, and a western int he snow gives it a very eerie feel. also the first time i saw the movie tenebre by dario argento, i got a similiar feeling. only replace snow with blood. something about italian films really connects with me sometimes

fight club
apocalipse now
virgin suicide
coffee & cigaretts
down by law (jarmusch)
all lynch movies....

QUOTE: Slacker by richard linklater

That's a definite must see!
Good one contort.

To list.

I'll decide on that. :)
And besides, it could take me a week.
Have you got time to wait?

I wouldn't bother.It's not all that.

You're joking right?

Nope.I have that movie and i never liked it.It's a good one,sure,but it doesn't do it for me.

What would you recommend me to watch before my last dying breath?

Women in revolt.

That's a good one, but according to you it's IN to be gay, so I prefer Lonesome Cowboys. :D

the waking life

The wanking life?Hehe sorry nicfit i'm just being silly.

dancer in the dark
bob roberts
drugstore cowboy
boys dont cry
my own private idaho
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind

there are so many its too hard to name them all.

ha ha,no need to apologize,that was a good one...

"You must spread your wings and fly before giving a lift to heaven to porkmarras again."

Lawrence of Arabia

Guns of Navarone
any Marx Brothers movie

naked lunch
crash
a history of violence
requiem for a dream
barfly
fight club
trouble every day
taxi driver
videodrome
trainspotting
reservoir dogs
pulp fiction
deconstructing harry
elephant


the list goes on...