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BuckminsterF

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and Airplane
theres also this really bizare movie adaptation of a tom robbins novel that was really good called Even Cowgils Get The Blues
 

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you might be one of the few people who actually need ritalin, but what you say about The Holy Grail is mostly true and provides further evidence that I'm surrouded by zombies. I put it on this thread because it IS a must see pre-2000 movie and there are some people who haven't seen it or heard of it (sad as that is)
 

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Duel. It's Stephen Spielberg's first film. It was a TV movie in North America, but a feature film in Europe. It's about a businessman driving through a beautiful desert-like area being chased by a pyschotic truckdriver. It has a lot of 70s cheese, but it's sweet as hell. It makes me want to own a Plymouth Valiant.

Eat, Drink, Man, Woman. It's a Taiwanese film that is extremely charming and heartwarming. I highly recommend it.
 

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All I know about are comedies. ;p

Clue (Tim Curry, Christopher Lloyd, and a whole lot of other great talent)--yes, it IS based off of the game, but well-written in a way that a lot of spin-offs aren't.

See No Evil, Hear No Evil (Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder). It's about a blind guy and a deaf guy that get accused of a murder. Funny from the very beginning. :)

Real Genius (Val Kilmer primarily)--a bunch of college students who set their mind to a pretty great vigilante prank. They end up destroying the BBEG's house with popcorn. I mean, c'mon, you gotta love that.
 

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Spinwhiz said:
You know, for as well known as Dune is, I've met a ton of people that have never seen it. They know about it, but just haven't seen it! How odd is that? I've also heard it's better to read the books first. That true?
The first book is a must read for anyone who likes sci-fi. The sequels vary in quality, particulary with "God emporer" which tends to be either loved or hated. Too bad Frank Herbert died after 6 dune books. At least they did get basterdized or anything by a close relative(how much would that have sucked).

I personally liked the lynch movie, but it is kinda wierd(It's a lynch movie). The film is worth a watch in my opinion, if for nothing more then the visual effects.
 
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My pick of must see pre - 2000 movies are as follows:

The Thing [1982 version]
Withnail & I
The Good, the Bad & The Ugly
Unforgiven
American Werewolf In London
The Fly [80's version]
True Romance
Blazing Saddles
Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
Young Frankenstein
Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid
Groundhog Day
Glory
Ghandi
Rear Window
La cite d'enfant perdue
The Mission
Scarface
The Big Lebowski
Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas
Time Bandits
12 Monkeys
Sleepy Hollow
Beetlejuice
Conan the Barbarian
Predator
Mad Max II
Jaws
Saving Private Ryan
Kellys Heros
The Dirty Dozen
The Three Musketeers & it's sequel The Four Musketeers [1971 version]
Akira
Apocalypse Now Redux
Allegro Non Troppo
Dr.Strangelove
Silent Running
Meet the Feebles [this film almost made me choke since I was laughing so hard when I 1st saw it]
Gettysburg
Soylent Green
Taxi Driver
The 13th Warrior
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Stalingrad
Das Boote
On the Waterfront
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
 

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Good god people...I'll be watching movies until I'm old and gray!.....and I can't wait! Amazingly enough, I've seen about 85% of the movies everyone has talked about, but that still leaves me with a lot of movies to watch and I'm soooo pumped! Thank you everyone for putting a lot of thought into this! If there are more...please don't stop listing, just wanted to add my thanks.

So...THANKS! You guys (girls are included in that b/c I'm from upstate NY and "guys" means everyone) ROCK!
 

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Spin, if you're into Scifi, give some of these a try...

-DeepStar Six
-Defcon 4
-Space Truckers (Think i mentioned it already, but it's just EPIC fun)
-Soldier
-Outland (Yays, Sean Connery in Space)
-Robot Jox and its sequel Robot Wars (Not overly spectacular, but fun and the first time Mecha went Live Action)
-Metropolis (anime)
-Blade Runner
-Total Recall 2070 (Damn good, but no Ahnold Guvinator)
-Fortress (Epic Dystopian film of all time)
-Fortress 2
-No Escape
-Escape from Newyork
-Escape from LA
-Akira (Anime)
-Super Atragon (Anime)
-Logan's Run
-Brazil
-Species
-The Arrival / The Arrival 2

Also, I could be wrong, but I truly don't recall seeing Donnie Darko mentioned yet...
Good God Knell! You weren't kidding when you knew movies! I love it! And, I have seen 2 on that whole list. I've actually run out of ink in my pen writing all of these great movies down. Did anyone mention Big Trouble In Little China? That's a great one too!
 

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I can't believe nobody has said anything about this, even when mentioning Johnny Depp!

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

A almost trippy drug movie that has some good acting, laugh out loud moments, and truly bizarre drug sequences and disturbing scenes. Don't take it seriously or expect some kind of deep revelation, but the only theme was to point out the overdosed consumerism during the 70's.

Besides, where can you get human reptiles in a blood orgy, using a flyswatter at invisible bats, and watch the Depp be stoned out of his mind on a ether binge?

This line will be in my head forever. :D

"Two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine and a whole galaxy of multicolored uppers, downers, screamers, leaughers...Also a quart of tequilla, a quart of rum, a case of budweiser, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls.

We didn't actually need all this for the trip, but once you get locked into a serious drug collection, the tendancy is to push it as far as possible. The only thing that worried me was the ether. There is nothing more depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. And I knew we'd get to that rotten stuff soon."
 

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The Princess Bride
Spaceballs
This is Spinal Tap
Waiting for Guffman
Best in Show (2000)
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Austin Power: International Man of Mystery
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Harold and Maude
Time Bandits
Back to School
Adaptation
The South Park Movie
Bottle Rocket
Brazil
Office Space
Dr. Strangelove
There's Something About Mary
The Jerk
A Fish Called Wanda
The Big Lebowski
The Pink Panther
The Blues Brothers
Kingpin
 

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"Airplane!" and "Airplane 2: The Sequel!": Successors to the previously mentioned "Kentucky Fried Movie" and (IMO) the apex of the parody movie... in any case, they're the reason why the "Scary Movie" series doesn't really do much for me.

"LA Confidential": Film noir, stylish, and an oh-so-relevant actioner with a perfect cast.

"Who Framed Roger Rabbit?": Hilarious blend of live-action and cel-painted animation that put "cartoon physics" on the map.

More when I think of 'em.

-- Steve
 

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Will try to keep my list of films to ones that havent been listed (& in no real order):

Metropolis (the fritz lang & anime versions)
Battleship Potempkin
THX 1138
Dr Zhivago
Village of the Dammed (never heard of it? The Simpsons "We Know All Your Secrets" is a parody of it :))
Vertigo (I think probably my favourite Hitchcock movie of the few that ive seen)
The Producers (NOT the musical!!!!)
If...
Waterloo
The Black Hole
jaberwocky
Dog Day Afternoon
The Spook who sat by the door
Robin Hood: Men in tights
Event Horizon
The Shawshank Redemption
Ghost in the shell
Toy Story
Disneys Hercules

[another 70's sci-fi film I cant remember the name involving an ebil guy trying to conquer a planet that only had one spaceship & the ppl send that spaceship & its pilot on a comng of age journey collecting an assorted army of various aliens including one kewl group of tall white as snow aliens that fly their ship telecenetically & at one point one of those aliens gets captured by the ebil guy & for some reason that ebil guy has the aliens arm replace his own arm at whichpoint the aliens try to kill him telecenetically but fail...if ne1 knows its name pleas say :)]

thats all I can think of for moment. couple others I wanted to add but cant are Blood; The last vampire & Park Chan-wook's Vengence trilogy (if youve only seen Oldboy please at least see Sympathy for Mr Vengence)

oh, & I still have to watch (amoung many): Network; Citizen Kane; Fritz Lang's M; Nosferatu; Napoleon (silent movie vibe going here)
 
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@Spinwiz

I'd add a few more with a 5 star rating for those I think are truly masterworks:

A Man who Would be King - great action/adventure flick with Michael Caine & Sean Connery
Ribin & Marion - Interesting take on the Robin hood legend with Sean Connery as Robin
Alexander Nevsky - fantastic Esienstein movie *****
A Bridge Too Far - good solid WWII film with stella cast
Truly, Madly, Deeply - wonderful love/ghost film
The Last Valley - very rare but film set in the 30 years war [1600's germany]
FitzCarraldo - maddness in the Brazilian jungle - superb *****
Blue Max - great WWI fighter pilot film
Forbidden Planet - probably one of the best Sci-Fi movies that's right up there with BladeRunner & 2001 *****
The Crying Game - intersting film with a novel twist
The Quiet Earth - beats the hell out of "I am Legend" anyday *****
The Wicker Man - original version not the abomination with Nicolas Cage
Kiss of the Vampire - a great vampire movie with Nicolas Cage
The Great Escape - another good old WWII film with stella cast *****
Waterloo - the 60's version with Rod Steiger & Christopher Plumber - great period piece
Woodstock - the film of the event is great
The Doors - I swear Val Kilmer was channeling Jim Morrison in that film
The Producers - original film vgersion with Zero Mostel & Gene Wilder *****
Eraserhead - this film was so weird & creepy that it desrves the acclaim it got
Blue Velvet - probably David Lynch's masterpiece & Dennis Hoppers best role
Easy Rider - just awesome *****
Breaker Morant - an aussie film about 3 soldiers on trial for murder during the Boer War *****
Romancing the Stone - good fun action/adventure/romantic comedy
Dark Star - John Carpenters 1st film - a Sci-Fi classic and a real laugh too
Dusk til Dawn - balls out vampire maddness with George Clooney
MysteryMen - fabulous superhero/loser movie
The Last Emperor - visually stunning film about the last chinese emperor
Farewell to the King - great WWII movie set in the jungles of Borneo
Empire of the Sun - another great WWII film


I could go on but instead here's a link to IMDB's top 250 of all time:

http://www.imdb.com/chart/top

Enjoy
 
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Cousin_IT said:
[another 70's sci-fi film I cant remember the name involving an ebil guy trying to conquer a planet that only had one spaceship & the ppl send that spaceship & its pilot on a comng of age journey collecting an assorted army of various aliens including one kewl group of tall white as snow aliens that fly their ship telecenetically & at one point one of those aliens gets captured by the ebil guy & for some reason that ebil guy has the aliens arm replace his own arm at whichpoint the aliens try to kill him telecenetically but fail...if ne1 knows its name pleas say :)]
That film is "Battle Beyond the Stars" [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080421/]

Another version of The 7 Samurai/Magnificent 7 set in space.