Movies to watch before you die

[shticks]

Inglorious Basterds
The Big Lebowski
The Breakfast Club
Machete
The Grindhouse (Death Proof & Planet Terror)

 

[black-magic]

Saving Private Ryan
Cloverfield
The girl with the dragon tattoo
Paprika

I mostly watch anime movies, and I don't remember a majority of the movies I saw off the top of my head XD

 

[SaintMorose]

Its unfortunate that bucket list wouldn't make this bucketlist

 

[Nouw]

Its unfortunate that bucket list wouldn't make this bucketlist

ZING!

Saving Private Ryan.
Black Hawk Down.
Forrest Gump.
Predator.
Alien.
Aliens.
Hellboy 1 and 2.
Spider Man 1.
Batman.
Yes Man.
Bridge to Teribethea.
9.
Sherlock Holmes.
Starship Troopers.
The Dark Knight.
Pulp Fiction.
Die Hard 1 and 2.
Toy Story 1,2,3.
Finding Nemo.
Monster's Inc.
Cars.
A Bugs Life.
Any of the Winnie the Pooh movies.
Disney's Robin Hood.
Any of the James Bond movies.
Gran Torino.
Dirty Harry.
Shrek 1.
Shaun of the Dead.
Dawn of the Dead.
Day of the Dead.
District 9.
G.I.Joe. The Rise of the Cobra.
Oldboy.

Note that I haven't seen some of these movies but feel they should be up here. And why was there no mention of Oldboy???? <One of 'em but seen snippets.

 

[Padwolf]

The Shining, it's a brilliant film

 

[Lerxst]

I'm going to go for originals and series here:

Westerns:
The Outlaw Josie Wales
Pale Rider
Unforgiven
Tombstone
Wyatt Earp
Silverado

Sci-Fi:
2001: A space Odyssey
2010:The Year We Make Contact
Alien
Aliens
Terminator
Terminator 2; Judgment Day
The Abyss
Blade Runner
Highlander
Equilibrium
Cube
Time Bandits
12 Monkeys
Postman

Drama:
The Rainmaker
Shawshank Redemption
A Few Good Men
Seven Years in Tibet
Patriot Games
Goodfellas
Casino
Clear and Present Danger

War:
Lawrence of Arabia
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Platoon
Blackhawk Down
Saving Private Ryan
Band of Brothers (the whole thing)
Schindler's List
We Were Soldiers
The Incredible Mr. Limpet (yes, I know... but still a WWII movie!)

Comedy:
Better off Dead
Army of Darkness
One Crazy Summer
1941
Stripes
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
A Christmas Story
Christmas Vacation
National Lampoon's Vacation
NL's - Animal House
Revenge of the Nerds
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Meaning of Life
A Fish Called Wanda
Fierce Creatures

Action/Fantasy/Misc:
Troy
Gladiator
Krull
The Never-ending Story
Gremlins
The Goonies
Braveheart

 

[Arsen]

Seven Samurai.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
Heaven and Earth (another Kurosawa epic).
Eraserhead.
Mulholland Drive.
Lost Highway.
Irreversible.

These are all masterpieces in some way, shape, or form.

 

[gorfias]

Clerks
Evil Dead 2
The Day the Earth Stood Still (Original of course)
True Grit
Fight Club
Toy Story
Airplane (Don't call me Shirley)
The Godfather
On the Waterfront
To Kill a Mockingbird
Milk
There Will Be Blood
The Wizard of Oz
Gladiator
Raiders of the Lost Ark
A Beautiful Mind
District 9
Pulp Fiction
Nosferatu

Ninja'd me, especially on To Kill A Mockingbird and On the Waterfront.

Anyone mention Citizen Kane? It is supposed to be cool to mention that, like you're a real film buff if you know of it, but the truth is, even by today's standards, it is just a terrific movie experience.

On the frivolous side, I'll add:
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Ralph Bakshi's Wizards
The Muppet Movie
The Back to the Future movies
The original Karate Kid movie.

 

[David_G]

Some great movies that may change your life:
American History X (1998)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Rashômon (1950)
Otherwise, if you just want great cinema, go here and watch the top 150 movie listings: http://www.imdb.com/chart/top

I just watched American History X, and I mean, it's a great movie, but I don't see what's so life changing about it.