Movies you HAVE to have seen

[ECasThat]

What? nobody is saying King Kong??

King Kong
The ONLY Matrix
The Terminator 2
Aliens
2001 a Space Odyssey
V for Vendetta
Up
Kingdom Of Heaven
Phone Booth ( this film got the coolest bad guy... EVER!)
The Lord of the Rings - Extended Trilogy
The Dark Knight
The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy

 

[Lemon Of Life]

2 Girls 1 Cup, a real masterpiece.

 

[OmegaXzors]

I barely ever watch movies. I was looking through the list and I've seen about 1/10 of all the movies listed. To give a better estimate, I've never seen any of the movies mentioned in the OP.

GO ME!

I've seen all the Star Wars movies at least about ten times each for the original trilogy, and maybe five times each for the later trilogy. I've also seen the Lord of the Rings trilogy about maybe three times all the way through each one?

EDIT: Someone said "Kingdom of Heaven." I fell asleep during that movie. It's the only film that has ever done that to me.

Will Ferrell and Nicolas Cage. ANY MOVIE WITH THEM IN IT, SUCKS. Yes, Night at the Roxbury was ruined for me BECAUSE of Will. He's just so...UNFUNNY. And Nicolas is so bland. He reminds me of that guy who does the Red-Eye commercials. You know, that older gentleman.

 

[FolkLikePanda]

Star Wars, c'mon its an amazing Film series, Episode II's a bit shitty compared to the rest but its still a fucking good film.

 

[Baron Von Evil Satan]

1. Quills
2. There Will Be Blood
3. Band of Brothers
4. Lord of the Rings (the whole series)
5. Anything by Pixar
6. Jesus Christ: Vampire Slayer

There are many more, but that's just the top of my head.

 

[shadyh8er]

Any Miyazaki movie (Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Ponyo, etc). The guy is the George Lucas of anime (except without the prequels). Also the first three Indiana Jones and Star Wars films, Saving Private Ryan, Watchmen (the REAL smart comic book movie), Clerks, and pretty much all the movies that get parodied all the time (Godfather, Citizen Kane, etc).

 

[Broady Brio]

A Uwe Boll movie. Any one of his.

Only because everyone must know the definition of rock bottom awful.

A good movie?
Iron Man 1 or 2. Guns, stuff getting blown up, story, armour suits, it's got alot of good stuff.

 

[Monocle Man]

A little background. I work at a cinema, and during a slow patch the staff all sat down for a cup of coffee. We started talking about the new James Bond movie being put on hold, and the trainee projectionist said he had never seen any of the James Bond movies. I was taken aback by this as they are such a large (in popularity and number of iterations)franchise and he works at a cinema. Pressing him further it turns out he had never seen the Godfather, Pulp Fiction, The Matrix, Blade Runner, or A Clockwork Orange.

So I ask you, Escapists, what films, if any, do you think everyone needs to see?

From all those movies I've only seen The Matrix.

You've never seen a James Bond film?

No, never. Apart from those few minutes when changing channels when it happens to come on TV.

 

[Les Awesome]

Back to the future trilogy
original star wars trilogy
this is spinal tap
indiana jones TRILOGY ( BECAUSE THEIR WAS ONLY THREE!!!! [] )

 

[tjarne]

Full metal jacket, Star Wars, Taxi driver(if only to get the "are you talking to me" line), Lord of the rings, Watchmen(a good super hero movie)and Matrix. Guess most of them have been mentioned already and there are of course a lot more must have seen movies, but those where the ones that popped up in my mind.

Edit: The Russian Stalker movie, if only because it is a good example of the opposite of how an american would have done it.

 

[Tandrews]

You should have seen the goonies, the sandlot and princess bride while you were growing up otherwise your childhood was deprived. You should also see The Room just because of how hilariously bad it is.

If you thought the room was funny on a small screen then imagine watching it on a big screen it is SO much better. I went to see a live screening of it about a month back in London and I nearly died laughing. My throat was very sore afterwards from 2 hours straight laughing. I beg anyone that has seen the room to see a live showing. Look it up on youtube if you want to see for yourself.

OT: A couple of my favourites are...solaris, moon(good if you like 2001, has a similar vibe), fight club, saints and soldiers and 1408.

 

[Martinalexander]

I really hope this one has been mentioned before but i'll say again:

American Beauty.

not that its one of the best movies there is but it really made an impression on me. Worth seeing

 

[Hat of Controversy]

Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. Just because the argument 'comic book movies are stupid' is something I hear way too often.

But those movies were stupid though, and considering that comic books/movies are at their best when they accept their quirky stupidity and just try to have fun with it, well...

Eh, nevermind...

 

[rddj623]

Eulogy, Yojimbo and Secretary (last one only if you are mature enough to look through premises).

That is a hell of an eclectic and great set of films to include!

No Country For Old Men.

This for sure!

There are many films that I would say need to be seen but being a film major that makes it a bit tough to pick the most worthy. I mean in some ways Wizard of Oz and Citizen Kane are extremely poignant and need-to-see films. Though not so much for the average cinema goer. I'd default to the Academy's list of top 100 movies, though there are many more than that that should definitely be seen.

 

[V TheSystem V]

Dark Knight and Shawshank Redemption. Forrest Gump also, as that is the only film that has ever made me cry. Apart from My Dog Skip when I was 7

 

[Jamieson 90]

Just some of my favourites that I think everyone should watch in no particular order.


1.Gattaca
2.The Shawshank Redemption
3.The Godfather
4.Terminator 1 & 2
5.Alien and Aliens
6.Fight Club
7.iRobot
8.Artificial Intelligence
9.Equilibirum

10.The Matrix
11.LOTR films.
12.Bicentennial Man
13.Pulp Fiction
14.Master and commander of the Far side of the world
15.Ramson
16.Original Star wars films.
17.Gladiator
18.The Mist
19.City of God
20.District 9
21.Leon
22.The Bourne Films
23.Jurassic Park
24.The Pursuit of Happyness

 

[V TheSystem V]

Kick Ass must also be seen. Never has a film made me laugh at death so much, then one death make me nearly cry. THAT is good directing

 

[adamson1000]

Fight club, what a masterpiece

hell yeah greatest movie ever made

 

[SilentBobsThoughts]

I've never seen any James Bond movies either :S But I think the movie 'Trainspotting' Is epic and must be watched... Whatch iiiit... Watch iiiittt!!!!

 

[SilentBobsThoughts]

I've never seen any James Bond movies either :S But I think the movie 'Trainspotting' Is epic and must be watched... Whatch iiiit... Watch iiiittt!!!!

EDIt--- Didnt mean to double post, Browser messed up.