Top 20 Movies You Have To See Before You Die

[chknptpie]

Joe's Apartment... I mean, how they got all those roaches to sing and dance is just mind boggling.

[MetalManiac666]

I think the OP's list was pretty darn good, although I would take a few out and put a few in.

This.  Two movies I would definitely add are A Clockwork Orange and The Shining.

[robwebster]

Silly dinosaur jokes aside, I'm amazed that nobody's mentioned Trainspotting, yet.

[bout to crash]

Oh, hell yeah.

[Adami]

Thanks Jack, guess I won't be sleeping tonight.

[Perpetual Change]

[Dimitrius]

The Godfather and Casablanca are both overrated.

*runs*

The fail is strong in this one.

[ReaPsTA]

The most lucidly thoughtful piece of art produced by history.

[Sigz]

I still haven't seen that.

[bout to crash]

Thanks Jack, guess I won't be sleeping tonight.

[lateralus88]

I find the lack of City of God in this thread severely disturbing. Seriously people, if any movie is to be defined as an "absolute MUST FUCKING SEE!", it's this film.


Also I will probably work on a list sometime this weekend.

[MetalJunkie]

Terminator (any)

Even the latest one? D:

I was thinking original trilogy. So, no.

The hell? Are you saying T3 is better than Salvation?   

[wolfking]

Damn,  forgot both Bill and Ted Movies.  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1 and 2 and Weekend at Bernies (1 only)

[emblempride]

Oh man, so many movies to choose from. At the top of the list would be Citizen Kane and everything Stanley Kubrick has ever done.

[King Postwhore]

I see that most of my favorite movies have been spoken for already by Here is a few others,

L.A. Confidential (My fav of all time)
The Quiet Man
Memento



That is all.

[zxlkho]

Wow, no one has mentioned Dr. Strangelove? Seriously?

[bout to crash]

You just did, now enough with the "omg I can't believe nobody has thought of this one movie that I did yet" 

[Xanthul]

OMG I can't believe nobody has though of the first Matrix yet!

[Portrucci]

Memento

That is all.

[hefdaddy42]

Wow, no one has mentioned Dr. Strangelove? Seriously?

Well, it's great, but is it really Top 20 great?  Not to me, certainly.

[Dimitrius]

I find the lack of City of God in this thread severely disturbing. Seriously people, if any movie is to be defined as an "absolute MUST FUCKING SEE!", it's this film.

Definitely! Everyone should see this movie.

[GuineaPig]

Wow, no one has mentioned Dr. Strangelove? Seriously?

Well, it's great, but is it really Top 20 great?  Not to me, certainly.

I'd say it's a cornerstone of the comedy genre.

[ddtonfire]

Silence of the Lambs
Apollo 13
Black Hawk Down
Saving Private Ryan
Memento
Shawshank Redemption
Up
Grand Torino
Star Wars
Psycho
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Prestige
Amadeus
No Country for Old Men
District 9
The Incredibles
Planet of the Apes (original)
Dark Knight
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Skewed to newer movies since I'm younger and haven't yet gotten around to seeing the older classics.

[MetalManiac666]

I have never gotten the love for Gran Torino.

[kári]

A Clockwork Orange
Earthlings

[Adami]

Metropolis.

I don't feel like listing all of my favorite movies, and I don't want to repeat everything. Maybe someone else already posted Metropolis, but if they did I missed so suck my tits.

[hefdaddy42]

Wow, no one has mentioned Dr. Strangelove? Seriously?

Well, it's great, but is it really Top 20 great?  Not to me, certainly.

I'd say it's a cornerstone of the comedy genre.

*shrugs*

[Progmetty]

Peter Sellers Pink Panther Movies
Back To The Future Trilogy
The two Tim Burton Batman movies
The Matrix Trilogy
Jacob's Ladder
The Dark Knight
The Prestige
Der Untergang
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
As Good As It Gets
Dr. Strangelove
The Dark Knight
Pulp Fiction

[Marvellous G]

My top 10 films are:

1. Before Sunrise/Before Sunset - seriously if people haven't seen these, they're missing out on the two best romance and dialogue-based films I've ever seen, and I hate romance films normally.
2. Insomnia
3. Memento
4. LA Confidential (yes, I like noir  )
5. Sleepless In Seattle
6. Shutter Island
7. Speed
8. A Scanner Darkly
9. Carlito's Way
10. The Godfather

[Adami]

Carlitos Way? Ehhhhh. I was so dissapointed with that movie.

[PuffyPat]

Reservoir Dogs
The Big Lebowski
The Boondock Saints
Army of Darkness
Die Hard
Shaun of the Dead
Full Metal Jacket
The Princess Bride
The Wrestler
Iron Man

[PuffyPat]

and everything Stanley Kubrick has ever done.

[Marvellous G]

Carlitos Way? Ehhhhh. I was so dissapointed with that movie.

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? Then again, I am a Pacino fanboy.

[hefdaddy42]

No particular order after the top 3:

Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Godfather
Casablanca
The Maltese Falcon
Unforgiven
Star Wars
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Jaws
Pulp Fiction
Ghostbusters
Goodfellas
Taxi Driver
Citizen Kane
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Dirty Dozen
The Dark Knight
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
Caddyshack
Godfather II

It's actually 21, but I don't care.

[GuineaPig]

No particular order after the top 3:

Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Godfather
Casablanca
The Maltese Falcon
Unforgiven
Star Wars
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Jaws
Pulp Fiction
Ghostbusters
Goodfellas
Taxi Driver
Citizen Kane
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Dirty Dozen
The Dark Knight
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
Caddyshack
Godfather II

It's actually 21, but I don't care.

/thread