Making A Movie List - Please Help

[Jace1709]

I just watched a programme on Channel 5 (UK) listing the top 40 movies of the 1980's. Despite the fact that they must have asked some complete morons to do the voting (No Star Wars movies, no Terminator, no Aliens, Temple Of Doom, but not Raiders or Crusade, etc) it did inspire me to look for more movies that i might have missed, or just dismissed stupidly.

Can anyone who replies leave a list of any movies from the 1970's until now that you feel should be on a list like this. I'm looking primarily for Action, Comedy and Science Fiction movies, im not interested in Artsy movies, and only like some Horror and Drama, but this list will help more than just me I hope, so feel free to list whatever you want, and i'll edit my post accordingly with all of them.

You can post 1 movie, or 100, it doesn't matter, im looking for as many as possible, please remember to list the year it was released, or at the very least the decade. Thanks for all your help.




1970's

Alien (1979)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Chinatown (1974)
Dirty Harry (1971)
Jaws (1975)
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Rocky (1976)
Star Wars (1977)
Taxi Driver (1976)
The Sting (1973)

1980's

Airplane (1980)
Aliens (1986)
An American Werewolf In London (1981)
Angel Heart (1987)
Back To The Future (1985)
Back To The Future Part II (1989)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Brazil (1985)
Clue (1985)
Das Boot (1981)
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Die Hard (1988)
E.T. (1982)
Evil Dead II (1987)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
First Blood (1982)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Ghostbusters II (1989)
Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (1989)
Planes, Trains And Automobiles (1987)
Platoon (1986)
Poltergeist (1982)
Predator (1987)
Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981)
Return Of The Jedi (1983)
Robocop (1987)
Scarface (1983)
Spaceballs (1987)
Terminator (1984)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Shining (1980)
The Thing (1982)
The Untouchables (1987)
Trading Places (1983)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

1990's

American History X (1998)
Army Of Darkness (1992)
Back To The Future Part III (1990)
Cube (1997)
Dark City (1998)
Devil's Advocate (1997)
Ernest Scared Stupid (1991)
Event Horizon (1997)
Fargo (1996)
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (1998)
Fight Club (1999)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Gattaca (1997)
Ghost In The Shell (1995)
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Goodfellas (1990)
Jackie Brown (1997)
Jacob's Ladder (1990)
Jurassic Park (1993)
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Leon The Professional (1994)
Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Men In Black (1997)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Se7en (1995)
Terminator II (1991)
The Boondock Saints (1999)
The Game (1997)
The Lion King (1994)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Silence Of The Lambs (1990)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
The Truman Show (1998)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Thirteenth Floor (1999)
Total Recall (1990)
Trainspotting (1996)
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
U.S. Marshalls (1998)
Unforgiven (1992)
What About Bob? (1991)

2000's

A Beautiful Mind (2001)
A History Of Violence (2005)
About A Boy (2002)
Amelie (2001)
American Psycho (2000)
Battle Royale (2000)
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Chaos (2005)
Children Of Men (2006)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
District 9 (2009)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Equilibrium (2002)
Gran Torino (2008)
Harry Brown (2009)
Hostage (2005)
Kill Bill (2003)
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Lost In Translation (2003)
Memento (2000)
Memories Of Murder (2003)
Milk (2008)
Moon (2009)
No Country For Old Men (2007)
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Red Cliff (2008)
Red Cliff 2 (2009)
Revolver (2005)
Sideways (2004)
Sin City (2005)
Snatch (2000)
Spirited Away (2001)
Taken (2008)
Thank You For Smoking (2005)
The Dark Knight (2008)
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004)
The Road (2009)
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Unbreakable (2000)
Up (2009)
Watchmen (2009)

2010's

Amour (2012)
Black Swan (2010)
Despicable Me (2010)
Drive (2011)
Frank And The Robot (2012)
Her (2014)
Let Me In (2010)
The Avengers (2012)
The Cabin In The Woods (2011)
The Man From Nowhere (2010)
We Need To Talk About Kevin (2011)

 

[DefunctTheory]

Activating Movie Dump Protocol (70-90s)

Alien (1979) - Perhaps one of the best examples of Sci-Fi horror. Remains the golden standard for the genre.

Aliens (1986) - Pure movie fun. Excellent example of a movie made to enjoy. Typical and excellent example of 80s action.

Predator (1987) - One of the best examples of 80s action, the movie is simple in concept and execution - Arnold + unstoppable alien menace = Action excellence.

Ghostbusters (1984) - Pure comedic genius. 80s comedy at its finest, with the perfect blend of slap stick, innuendo, and jokes.

Ghostbusters II (1989) - Worthy successor, for the same reasons as the first.

Evil Dead II (1987) - The ultimate camp movie. Join Bruce Campbell and Sam Raimi as they take the entire horror genre's tool bag and turn the dial so far it twist from horror to hilarity.

Army of Darkness (1992) - Worthy Successor to Evil Dead II.

Unforgiven (1992) - 'The Last Great Western.' Watch Clint Eastwood close the door on the Western with what is arguably one of the best examples of the genre. We all have it coming.

Terminator (1984) - The golden standard for horror/thriller/chasers, with special effects that still look excellent today.

Terminator II (1991) - Undeniably the best action movie of the 90s, and arguably the best action movie of all time. Unbelievable, still excellent special effects made the movie look great. Held the 'Best Chase Scene' title for 2 decades.

The Thing (1982) - Genre definer for Body Horror Horror. Excellent effects and execution of a simple concept.

American History X (1998) - The movie on racism from the white perspective. Excellent acting, excellent directing, excellent writing. You get the picture.

Ernest Scared Stupid/All (1991) - It's Ernest. No more needs to be said.

Apocalypse Now (1979) - The Anti-war film that makes war seems fun, as long as your in 1st Cav. An excellent all around movie that shows the horror of war, unless its being done to the tune of orchestra.

Das Boot (1981) - The sole Anti-War movie that doesn't have a moment of war glorification. Following the crew of a German attack submarine during the closing years of WWII, this over 2 hour war movie was so rough it actually made you feel bad for the Germans.

Rocky (1976) - On the surface a simple boxing movie. Underneath, a griping tale of a man, beaten down but still trying.

First Blood (1982) - Perhaps the first blockbuster PTSD movie, Rambo is a gut wrenching action movie about a troubled Vietnam vet. before there was the extreme violence of the sequels, there was the action movie that made you think about the affects of war on man. With violence.

Robocop (1987) - A action classic, Robocop is one of the 80s movies that took a concept - unchecked capitalism - and explored it by shooting their way through it. Again, on the surface, an excellent action movie. Underneath, a surprisingly smart movie.

Dirty Harry (1971) - Like Robocop, but 16 years earlier, this movie is a thinker. Follow Harry, a cop who just wants to save people and put away criminals, as he clashes with his superiors, who want to follow the law. The question is put to the viewer - whats more important to society, strict adherence to the law, or the pursuit of 'true' justice? Also, that's a big gun!

can't go any newer then that. I still think 2000+ movies need more time before we can decide if their 'classics' or 'must watch' movies.

Spoiler

 

[Rylot]

Event Horizon (1997) is considered a classic of both Sci-fi and horror. It still holds up and I'd say it deserves a spot on your list.

 

[DefunctTheory]

Event Horizon (1997) is considered a classic of both Sci-fi and horror. It still holds up and I'd say it deserves a spot on your list.

I'd argue against Event Horizon myself. The movie's only redeemable characteristic is it's concept, which is so blatantly close to another Sci-Fi franchise that it's considered canon by a large portion of its fans.

Personally, Event Horizon belongs on the 'needs a remake' list. Done correctly, I think it would be an excellent movie. As it is, its a poorly scripted and directed movie that has zero horror.

 

[qwertythepancake]

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Jurassic Park (1993)

Jaws (1975)

The Shining (1980)

 

[BlackBark]

Spoiler: Quite long list

The Usual Suspects (1995)

L.A. Confidential (1997)

Taxi Driver (1976)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

Die Hard (1988)

Twelve Monkeys (1995)

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Spirited Away (2001) - You can check out a number of other Studio Ghibli films. Many of them are very good.

Sin City (2005)

Dark City (1998)

No Country for Old Men (2007)

Hostage (2005)

Unbreakable (2000)

Thirteenth Floor (1999)

Back to the Future (1985)

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

The Untouchables (1987)

Leon the Professional (1994)

Se7en (1995)

Memento (2000)

Snatch (2000)

Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)

The Sting (1973)

Memories of Murder (2003)

Angel Heart (1987)

Ok...I think that's enough for now. Sorry they're not in chronological order. Just a few of my favourites off the top of my head.

EDIT: Oh, bugger it, here's some more:

Devil's Advocate (1997)

Goodfellas (1990)

U.S. Marshals (1998)

Red Cliff/2 (2000s)

Men in Black (1997)

District 9 (2009)

The Sixth Sense (1999)

The Game (1997)

Revolver (2005)

Ghost in the Shell (1995)

Harry Brown (2009)

Chaos (2005)

The Man from Nowhere (2010)

Fargo (1996)

Taken (2008)

Despicable Me (2010)

Black Hawk Down (2001)

Gran Torino (2008)

Platoon (1986)

Gattaca (1997)

Total Recall (1990)

Chinatown (1974)

Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

 

[BobblyDrink]

Spoiler: Love making lists.

Trainspotting - 1996

The Shawshank Redemption - 1994

Scarface - 1983

The Silence of the Lambs - 1990

Pan's Labyrinth - 2006

Fight Club - 1999

Brazil - 1985

Blue Velvet - 1986

Black Swan - 2010

Her - 2014

Up - 2009

What About Bob? - 1991

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - 2004

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - 1998

Amelie - 2001

Amour - 2012

Frank and the Robot - 2012

Little Miss Sunshine - 2006

About a Boy - 2002

We Need To Talk About Kevin - 2011

Thank You For Smoking - 2005

Sideways - 2004

The Shining - 1980

Seven - 1995

Poltergeist - 1982

An American Werewolf in London - 1981

Dead Poets Society - 1989

The Truman Show - 1998

A Beautiful Mind - 2001

Moon - 2009

Cube - 1997

Dark City - 1998

Event Horizon - 1997

District 9 - 2009

Children of Men - 2006

The Road - 2009

No Country for Old Men - 2007

Let Me In - 2010

A History of Violence - 2005

Lost in Translation - 2003

Drive - 2011

Gran Torino - 2008

There Will Be Blood - 2007

Jacob's Ladder - 1990

Edit: Remembered another

Milk - 2008

Would add more, but that's all I can remember from the top of my head.

 

[TheRiddler]

Yay! List time.

1970-79
Star Wars (1977)

1980-89
Airplane! (1980)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
E.T. (1982)
Return of the Jedi (1983)
Trading Places (1983)
Clue (1985)
Back to the Future (1985)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
Spaceballs (1987)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

1990-99
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Forrest Gump (1994)
The Lion King (1994)
The Boondock Saints (1999)
Jackie Brown (1997)

2000-09
American Psycho (2000)
Battle Royale (2000)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Equilibrium (2002)
Kill Bill (2003)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Watchmen (2009)

2010-15
The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
The Avengers (2012)

 

[Swarles]

I'll try to help you out, but the no artsy movies is kind of limited so I won't do anything too avant-garde (The Seventh Seal is where I'll draw the line)

Spoiler: List

I haven't watched a lot of movies before the 1970s so bear with me

30s
Frankenstein
Dracula (Not exactly good, but important)

40s
The Great Dictator
Citizen Kane

50s
Rashomon
Singin' In The Rain
Rear Window
Godzilla
The Seventh Seal
12 Angry Men

60s
Psycho
Lolita
A Fistful of Dollars
For A Few Dollars More
The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Bonnie and Clyde
2001: A Space Odyssey
Night of The Living Dead

70s
M*A*S*H
A Clockwork Orange
Dirty Harry
The Godfather
The Godfather Pt. II
Blazing Saddles
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Young Frankenstein
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Jaws
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Dog Day Afternoon
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
Barry Lyndon
Taxi Driver
Carrie
Rocky
Annie Hall
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Animal House
Dawn of the Dead
Halloween
The Deer Hunter
The Warriors
Alien
Apocalypse Now
Life of Brian

80s
Friday the 13th (Not very good and very dated, but important)
The Shining
Airplane
Caddyshack
Raging Bull
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Evil Dead
First Blood
The Thing
Blade Runner (My favourite movie)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Videodrome (Maybe a bit too weird)
Scarface
This is Spinal Tap
Ghostbusters
Gremlins
The Terminator
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The Goonies
Day of the Dead
Aliens
Stand by Me
Raising Arizona
Evil Dead II
Full Metal Jacket
The Untouchables
Spaceballs
Wall Street
My Neighbour Totoro
Die Hard
Akira
For All Mankind
Do The Right Thing


90s
Total Recall
Goodfellas
Miller's Crossing
The Silence of the Lambs
Terminator 2
Barton Fink
Cape Fear
JFK
Reservoir Dogs
Army of Darkness
Groundhog Day
Jurassic Park
True Romance
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The War Room
The Shawshank Redemption
Natural Born Killers
Ed Wood
Clerks
Pulp Fiction
The Usual Suspects
Clueless
Se7en
Heat
12 Monkeys
Trainspotting
Fargo
Scream
Perfect Blue
Boogie Nights
Good Will Hunting
Life is Beautiful
Jackie Brown
The Big Lebowski
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The Truman Show
Saving Private Ryan
Rushmore
American History X
American Movie
The Blair Witch Project
Office Space
The Matrix
SLC Punk
The Virgin Suicides
Fight Club
Eyes Wide Shut
American Beauty
Dogma
Magnolia

00s
High Fidelity
American Psycho
Memento
Almost Famous
Requiem for a Dream
Battle Royale
Donnie Darko
Amelie
The Royal Tenebaums
Spirited Away
Adaptation.
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Oldboy
Goodbye Lenin
The Room (The worst movie I have ever seen, it's hilarious)
Lost in Translation
Mystic River
Kill Bill Pt. I and II
Saw
Napoleon Dynamite
Mysterious Skin
Shaun of the Dead
Sideways
The Life Aquatic
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
This Film is Not Yet Rated
Inside Man
Little Miss Sunshine
Idiocracy
Children of Men
The Departed
The Prestige
Hot Fuzz
Zodiac
Persepolis
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The King of Kong
The Darjeeling Limited
No Country for Old Men
Be Kind Rewind
In Bruges
Bronson
Hunger
Polytechnique
Watchmen (But only the longest version of the film)
Enter the Void (May be too weird)
Moon
District 9
Inglourious Basterds
A Single Man
Fantastic Mr. Fox

10s
Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil
Exit Through The Gift Shop
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Submarine
Catfish
Waiting for Superman
The Social Network
127 Hours
The Fighter
True Grit
Midnight in Paris
Attack the Block
Drive
Jiro Dreams of Sushi
The Descendants
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Weekend
Shame
Into the Abyss
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Cabin in the Woods
Moonrise Kingdom
Indie Game: The Movie
The Invisible War
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Amour
Robot and Frank
Compliance
Spring Breakers
The Master
Killing Them Softly
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty
I Am Not A Hipster
Stoker
The Place Beyond the Pines
Frances Ha
V/H/S 2
The Way Way Back
The World's End
The Conjuring
You're Next
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Blue is the Warmest Colour (This movie still has me indecisive)
12 Years a Slave
Narco Cultura
Her
The Wolf of Wall Street


I kinda forgot about the criteria and just started listing movies I liked, sorry.