Great must-see movies

[I Max95]

I made a new year's resolution to watch a lot of great movies that I haven't yet seen

so I ask you this, what are a few of the movies that you've seen that you consider to be "must-see" movies

(PS: the movies I've already watched this year are Moon and Pulp Fiction, and I plan to watch Drive)

 

[Rose and Thorn]

I don't really think there are "must-see" movies, as everyone has different taste.

I did however REALLY like Drive, so when you watch Drive and if you like it I can recommend two other car movies that are similar to Drive. "Vanishing Point", I found Drive to kind of be like a homage to that movie. Also "Death Proof", if you liked Pulp Fiction, I would recommend ALL of Tarantinos movies. Death Proof is a car movie directed by Tarantino.

If you like Ryan Gosling, another newer movie with him in it is "Blue Valentine" and I found it to be very good. Albiet about romance and kind of depressing.

I think if I had to say a MUST-SEE movie, I would say give Donnie Darko a watch, you might not like it, but you might love it. I could name another 100 movies, but I don't want to take other peoples suggestions.

 

[Pinkamena]

There's way too many to even list them here. But you can't go wrong with Fight Club [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137523/] or The Usual Suspects [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114814/].

I can also strongly recommend everything by Quentin Tarantino (that guy's got a very distinct style), a Clockwork Orange, Se7en, Memento, Goodfellas, Inception, the Matrix, the LotR trilogy, the Silence of the Lambs, Alien, the Shining, 2001: A space Odyssey.

EDIT:
And it's a good resolution you've picked! Movies are a good source of culture, and watching the classics builds a foundation which makes watching modern movies more entertaining.

 

[Thaluikhain]

On any such list, expect to see loads of high-profile movies from the last 5 years, and something like The Wizard of Oz.

When people talk about "the most _____ EVAH!" they tend to confuse it with recent things. Hell, the people of Britain voted Princess Diana's death as being more important than either World War in the list of important things in the 20th century, IIRC.

...

OTOH, that means that The Wizard of Oz or whatever older movies make the list are probably good bets, unless they are in because they are the sorts of movies people feel obliged to stick in these lists.

 

[Pinkamena]

On any such list, expect to see loads of high-profile movies from the last 5 years, and something like The Wizard of Oz.

When people talk about "the most _____ EVAH!" they tend to confuse it with recent things. Hell, the people of Britain voted Princess Diana's death as being more important than either World War in the list of important things in the 20th century, IIRC.

On any other forum, I'd expect to see lists filled with the latest blockbusters, but I like to think the members of the Escapist are a bit more cultured than that.

 

[Thaluikhain]

Oh, since this is for great films you have not seen, why not look at what are regarded as being great films in nations you doesn't usually watch films from?

On any other forum, I'd expect to see lists filled with the latest blockbusters, but I like to think the members of the Escapist are a bit more cultured than that.

I'd hope so, but years of list reading has left me bitter and twisted.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

I'm feeling creative so I'll post my favorite '70s movies. I'll even do it chonologically:

MASH
Catch 22
The French Connection
Klute
Deliverance
The Godfather
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
The Long Goodbye
The Exorcist
The Conversation
Serpico
The Parallax View
Chinatown
Dog Day Afternoon
The Three Days of the Condor
Network
All the President's Men
The Tenant
Sorcerer
Eraserhead
Woyzeck
Nosferatu
Apocalypse Now

 

[Shoggoth2588]

Ya know what genre I absolutely loath? Drama. Ya know what one of my all-time favorite movies are? 12 Angry Men. Absolutely go out there and watch that movie (or more realistically, find it on netflix or, where ever).

 

[R4ptur3]

Personally for me Snatch was a great film, and if you liked pulp fiction I would recommend it (If you haven't seen it already) as it has that sort of feel to it.

 

[PolarBearClub]

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

A Prophet (French film, might find it under original name instead)

On the Waterfront

Heat

Rosemary's Baby

Leon

True Romance

The Shining

Vertigo (recently voted the best film of all time in a BFI poll, so there must be something to it!)

Akira

Downfall

The Lives of Others

El Orfanato

Shutter Island

The Back to the Future Trilogy

In the Loop.

Get crackin'! (Not a film. I think)

 

[PuffinBox]

I'd recommend anything by: Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, or Stanley Kubrick

For Individual movies:
American Gangster
Braveheart
Gladiator
Hot Fuzz
Fargo
12 Monkeys
The Fugitive
The Birds
The Jackal
The Hunt for Red October
Platoon
Apocalypse Now

If you are up for reading subtitles:
Let the Right one in- Swedish
Infernal Affairs- Chinese
Life is Beautiful- Italian

EDIT: 3:10 To Yuma (love this movie{the remake))

 

[Trololo Punk]

I'll just put one recommendation:

All Simon Pegg- Nick Frost movies. They are such a good pair (and I'll be sad when they do finally go their separate ways).

 

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

I'm a Scorcese fan, I would recommend just about anything he did, especially from the early 90's and onwards.

Seven-Samurai is a wonderful film.

 

[NightmareExpress]

The Godfather
Goodfellas
Scarface (1932 and 1983 versions)
The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Full Metal Jacket
Platoon
A Clockwork Orange
Saving Private Ryan
Back to the Future
Eraserhead
Apocalypse Now
American Psycho
Snatch
2001: A Space Odyssey
It's a Wonderful Life
Citizen Kane
The Shining
Shaun of The Dead
Hot Fuzz

Those were all the films that I can recall being very happy to see and can recall fondly.
There's definitely more, but I would be a tad hesitant to list them for a few reasons or I can't remember them too well.

 

[The Hero Killer]

If you were into "Kick-Ass" I recommend "Super" it was a pretty good movie about a regular guy trying to be a superhero that kind of flew under the radar.

 

[PsychicTaco115]

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Man, that's an awesome movie. It's pretty surreal (well duh, idiot; it's full of two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers... Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls.)

 

[Asuka Soryu]

Scott Pilgrim vs the World

Batman Begins
Dark Knight
Dark Knight Rises
Batman Mask of the Phantasam
Batman(the Tim Burton one)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Lord of the Rings
Harry Potter 1 - 8
City of Ember
Journey to the Center of the Earth
The Mummy
The Mummy Returns
Jhonny English
Mr.Bean
and tons more

 

[Nazulu]

I love these, I watch them so often.

Fantasia 1940
Mary Poppins
Green Mile
Saving Private Ryan
Poltergeist
2001: A Space Odyssey
Full Metal Jacket
Titanic
Raiders of the Lost Arc
Fellowship of the Ring
Apocalypse Now
American Beauty
Gladiator
Kill Bill
The Matrix
The Wizard of Oz
Any Given Sunday
Silence of the Lambs
Star Wars Original Trilogy

There's a lot more but this should be enough for now.

 

[Beffudled Sheep_v1legacy]

I'll give 5.

Yojimbo - Akira Kurosawa

Arsenic and Old Lace - Frank Capra

A Clockwork Orange - Stanley Kubrick

M - Fritz Lang

Brick - Rian Johnson

Great movies all of em. Great acting and directing techniques. Very interesting to study and very enjoyable to watch.
I have more but 5 should be enough for now.