Movies to watch before you die

[IrradiatedFish]

Dark City. I highly recommend the directors cut edition. I love this movie.

 

[Korenith]

I'm going to chuck some martial arts movies in there since nobody seems to be mentioning them much atm:

Ong Bak
Drunken Master
Fearless
Hero
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
Fist of Fury (way better than enter the dragon for my money)

Also I'm going to say

The Crow
Nightmare on Elm Street (original)
The Exorcist
Ichi the Killer (for sheer screwed-upness)
Dusk Till Dawn
Watchmen

There are loads of others but I either can't think of them or others have said them.

 

[movienut]

2001: A Space Odysey. You will want to kill youself with the pacing but it is almost the film that every other sci fi film is based off of. Then Go watch Moon as a palet cleanser.

Edited to add, you should also see the original Dead series (night, dawn, day) if only to understand what started the whole zombie thing. The first Dawn of the Dead (well, and Night to a certain extent) was one heck of a satire as well.

 

[ZombieGenesis]

If nobody has suggested it yet, Fritz Langs "Metropolis" is an absolute MUST.
And if you're into that sort of thing, the modern anime version is pretty good too.

 

[movienut]

Tonight I am going to watch High Fiedelity. I have heard that it is one of the iconic 80s Cusack films and a must watch, we shall see. I did like Grosse Point Blanke and it is by the same crew so it might be worth something.

My only issue is that I have noticed the John Cusack always plays the same darn character. 2012 might as well have been Say Anything, the sequel.

 

[Flac00]

Yet again, both Alien and Aliens. Seriously, those two movies were badass. Also, though, the again-previously-noted 12 Angry Men, and of course Casablanca.

And possibly Pixar's WALL-E. I am still shocked by how good that movie was.

I liked "Up" a lot

 

[Trilbi]

Unless it has already been suggested, I'd say Inherit the Wind.

 

[madriani]

Ghostbusters
Kill Bill
Goldfinger and Thunderball (best of the Bond Films IMO)
the original Halloween

 

[CoL0sS]

Wow so many good movies were mentioned.....
Here's my contribution-
The Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile, Back to the Future trilogy, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Brick, The Warriors, Pitch Black, works of Monty Python, Braveheart, Crazy Heart, Fanboys....could probably name a lot more but I'll leave that to others.

 

[UltraDeth]

There are 2 versions of Alien 3, the Theatrical version & the assembly cut. The assembly cut is a lot longer and strangely better. I watched the that one first and I'd probably recommend that

 

[Astoria]

The Blade trilogy is definitely worth watching and I'll say Grease just cuz it's a classic.

 

[Jazzyjazz2323]

Citizen Kane
Lord of the Rings trilogy
Blazing Saddles
A Few Good Men
Indiana Jones

 

[Instant K4rma]

Boondock Saints and Pulp Fiction, for sure. And Forrest Gump.

EDIT: Let's toss in the Mad Max movies for good measure.

 

[OrokuSaki]

American Beauty
Sweeney Todd
Underworld (1 at least, 2 and 3 if you REALLY need the disappointment)
A Knights Tale
Labyrinth (kids movie, but GREAT)
Rent (It's a great movie, if a bit sad, have to see it at least once)
There are quite a few more, but they've been said already, like Fight Club, The Dark Knight, Donnie Darko, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, The Matrix, etc.

But most importantly, don't ever EVER YOU HEAR ME?!? DON'T EVER WATCH TRANSFORMERS 2!

 

[thereverend7]

Fight Club
Pineapple Express
Blow
The Social Network
V for Vendetta
Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children (If your into that sort of thing)
The Boondock Saints
Zeitgeist
Zeitgeist Addendum
American History X
Amadeus
12 Angry Men
Shutter Island
Requiem for a Dream
Inception
The Butterfly Effect (Directors cut ending)
The Dark Knight
The first 2 Terminator Movies
Toy Story 1, 2, and 3.
Heat
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
Se7en
Taxi Driver
West Side Story
Sweeney Todd
Waiting
Thank You for Smoking
Sexdrive
Underworld (at least the first one, i enjoyed all 3 though)
Robin Hood (The disney one)
Snatch
Lock, Stock, and two smoking barrels
Smokin' Aces 1 and 2

That about raps it up... I could go on but those are probably my favorite movies.

 

[zombiestrangler]

Monty Python and the Meaning of Life
Full Metal Jacket
Sherlock Holmes's Smarter Brother
The Life of Brian
9

 

[CrustyOatmeal]

here are a few more to add that i though of

little nemo
boondock saints
lucky number sleven
saving private ryan
300
equilibrium
fern gully
the land before time