Must see Pre 2000 movies!

[Man_In_Gauze]

RoboCop. Enough said. See the uncut one.

 

[mshcherbatskaya]

older Cohen Brothers films:
Raising Arizona
Millers' Crossing
Barton Fink

Classic Hollywood movies:
The Court Jester - You ever hear the phrase, "Get it? Got it. Good." It's from this movie.
Rebel Without a Cause
The Manchurian Candidate (the original)
Dr. Strangelove

Art films:
Wings of Desire
Titus (a rather surreal production of one of the more minor Shakespeare plays, Titus Andronicus)

Sci-Fi:
Dark City

 

[Mr. Blonde]

The Bourne Identity/Supremacy/Ultimatum

Since when was the bourne series a mind-fuck?

Also, a good mind-fuck is 2001: A Space Oddessy. A MUST SEE for anybody that's remotely interested in film. For pre 2000 stuff, see Pulp Fiction, Die Hard, Clockwork Orange, Dr. Strangelove, Pi, and The Godfather series (But those are obvious ones.) For something a little less known, see Pink Floyds The Wall.

And Darth Mobius, Hot Fuzz was a 2007 movie.

 

[qbert4ever]

The Boondock Saints - This is one of my favorite movies, and one of William Defoe's best roles ever. The biggist crime against this movie is the piss-poor score it got on rotten tomatoes. See it. See it now.

Star Trek 2: the Wrath of Kahn - You know how every now and then, you see William Shatner screaming on some website? This is where it all began. One word: KAAAAHHHHHNNNN!

 

[J-Val]

How could no one of mentioned Steven Speilberg's epic "Schindler's List"?
It's the greatest movie ever made.

 

[Minic]

Its been briefly mentioned above but:
HEAT

its a long movie, but after the first 10 minutes I don't think I even blinked until the end, never mind look away.

Oh hell yes. Brilliant movie.

 

[Seldon2639]

Grosse Point Blank, Threesome, Dark City, Event Horizon, Eight Heads in a Duffle Bag, They Live, Pi (mathematical symbol), Trainspotting and Gattaca (I am always surprised that not a lot of people know about this flick) to name a few.

I'm surprised how few people know Gattaca, too, especially since it's a fantastic film. I'd also throw in the other John Cussack classic: High-Fidelity.

Action movie: Boondock Saints

I'm with Khell on Donnie Darko as a royal mind-fuck

Comedies: Liar, Liar; Clerks; Mallrats; Chasing Amy (closer to romantic comedy, though); 10 Things I Hate About You

If you can stand anime there were a bunch of good Miazaki films. Castle in the Sky, Kiki's Delivery Service, My Neighbor Totoro, Porco Rosso.

 

[Spinwhiz]

Do they need to be pre 2000? aww

i'm gonna cheat anyway, The Prestige

Hugh Jackman, magic, Murder, Tesla, and...

I WARN YE! TO READ THIS SPOILER IS TO NEVER BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE MASTERPIECE FOR WHAT IT TRULY IS

Spoiler

teleports, twins and clones

it doesn't get much cooler than that

LOL, I hope people have seen the movie!

 

[Dosed]

A few brilliant films such as Forrest Gump, Waynes World 1 & 2, Austin Powers etc. However Oldboy was released in 2003 and that's insane too.

 

[tooktook]

Fight Club. (Brad Pitt, Edward Norton)

 

[Tyron1172]

101 movies all men must see before they die:
most are well known and after 2000, but a few fit the criteria. Although i don't think there's more then 5 in the list that doesn't have some hot-shot actor in it.

http://www.justaguything.com/100-great-movies-every-guy-should-see/

Film4's 50 movies to see before you die:
this one's better although the no.1 spot is 'Apocalypse Now' there are a couple of good entries and it really takes into account foreign film making

http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/feature.jsp?V=3&SV=2&id=161521

 

[Killcushley]

Bad Taste and Escape From New York :-D They are some of my all time favourites

 

[Avida]

The Apartment - The oldest film ive seen, loved it, depressing subject matter has never been done in such a brilliantly cheerfull way

Grave Of The Fireflies - A studio ghibli minus childfreindliness + unrelenting sadness punctuated with short lived optimism and genius

Cowboy Bebop the movie - Should have been crap -a anime tie-in film aside from the normal plot... but... well you can guess

 

[wewontdie11]

I am shocked and ever so slightly appalled that only one person so far has said Goodfellas. By far and away my favourite film of all time, a proper gangster masterpiece.

A few more:
Aliens
Friday The 13th
Nightmare On Elm Street
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
The Matrix
Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels
The 3 original Star Wars
Fight Club
Se7en
Apocalypse Now
Platoon
Saving Private Ryan
A Clockwork Orange
Taxi Driver
Raging Bull
Leon
and the first 3 Indiana Jones films.

 

[Walden]

Depends on what you like, really.
War:
-Platoon
-Full Metal Jacket
-Apocalypse Now
-Patton
Comedy:
-A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
-Mighty Aphrodite
-Love and Death
(I know those are all Woody Allen movies, but I do like the guy's work very much)
Drama
-The Lion in Winter (Peter O'Toole/Catharine Hepburn version)
-On the Waterfront
-Room with a View
Science Fiction
-The Fifth Element
-Blade Runner
-Ghost in the Shell
-2001: A Space Odyssey
-Planet of the Apes

Of those, I'd pick Platoon, Blade Runner, and Mighty Aphrodite as the best. Enjoy!

 

[black lincon]

I'm betting at this point someone has mentioned them but just in case, every movie made by Kevin Smith and every Mel Brooks movie. 2 shining examples of comedic writer/directors.

 

[SomeBritishDude]

The Fly. The Fly to Alien is what His Dark Materials is to Harry Potter. Its better, but it came out a little too late, and was left behind.

 

[Eldritch Warlord]

Haven't seen these yet:

Godzilla (the American one that came out in '98)
A Bug's Life (Pixar is brilliant)
Toy Story (again, Pixar)
Jurassic Park (suprising that this wasn't said)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (opinions vary)

That's all I can think of for now.