The Definitive movie of 'X'

[Hudson_sir_he's_Hicks]

Speed - definitive action movie involving public transport

Superbad - definitive teen comedy

Aliens - definitive sci-fi action film about aliens in space/on a different planet

Predator - definitive sci-fi action film about aliens on Earth

Blade Runner - definitive masterpiece; should replace The Godfather as the go-to perfect film example

The Big Lebowski - definitive Coen Brothers movie

Infernal Affairs - definitive organised crime movie

The Hurt Locker - definitive most overrated movie

 

[Ekonk]

Still waiting for World War Z to give us the definitive zombie movie.

Surely either Night or Dawn of the Dead are already far closer to that than a WWZ movie ever could be?

Yeah... but neither films give as much emotional, geopolitical, and psychological depth to the zombie apocalypse as WWZ does. If the film manages to do this as well, it will beat those by a mile.

 

[fullbleed]

I nominate The Wind That Shakes the Barley as the definitive movie about Irish conflict, I nominate Aliens as the definitive sci-fi/Horror, I nominate Taxi Driver as the quintessential 'vigilante' film, Dawn of The Dead as the definitive 'Zombie' film (Yep), Das Boot as the definitive Submarine film and I nominate Date Movie as something that should be beaten relentlessly with a croquet mallet.

Seconded. And Twelve Monkeys for best time-travel film(gonna get shit for that one). Natural Born Killers for best serial killer film. Silent Hill for best videogame film. Postal for best Uwe Boll film. Snatch for best heist film. Prestige for best magician film. In the Mouth of Madness for best Lovecraft film(lotta competition, I know)

Twelve Monkeys yes, the only truely acurate time travel film I can think of, Back to the Future is ridiculous.

But Snatch as best hiest film? Really, it isn't even a heist film anyway it's about illegal boxing, there's only the one scene where they try to rob the bookies.

Heat is the definitive heist film, the bank job that was the inspritation for that one level of GTA4. I think the best action film ever, because it all builds up to the one big fight scene you really root for the both the good guys and bad guys in equal amounts and I've never seen a film that managed that. Excelent cast and superb performances all round, you really do care about the characters.

 

[blindthrall]

I nominate The Wind That Shakes the Barley as the definitive movie about Irish conflict, I nominate Aliens as the definitive sci-fi/Horror, I nominate Taxi Driver as the quintessential 'vigilante' film, Dawn of The Dead as the definitive 'Zombie' film (Yep), Das Boot as the definitive Submarine film and I nominate Date Movie as something that should be beaten relentlessly with a croquet mallet.

Seconded. And Twelve Monkeys for best time-travel film(gonna get shit for that one). Natural Born Killers for best serial killer film. Silent Hill for best videogame film. Postal for best Uwe Boll film. Snatch for best heist film. Prestige for best magician film. In the Mouth of Madness for best Lovecraft film(lotta competition, I know)

Twelve Monkeys yes, the only truely acurate time travel film I can think of, Back to the Future is ridiculous.

But Snatch as best hiest film? Really, it isn't even a heist film anyway it's about illegal boxing, there's only the one scene where they try to rob the bookies.

Heat is the definitive heist film, the bank job that was the inspritation for that one level of GTA4. I think the best action film ever, because it all builds up to the one big fight scene you really root for the both the good guys and bad guys in equal amounts and I've never seen a film that managed that. Excelent cast and superb performances all round, you really do care about the characters.

It starts off with, and the whole movie is propelled by, the initial diamond heist. Remember the Jews in Zurich, and Frankie Four-fingers?

Eraserhead- Definitive mindfuck

Dark City- Definitive existential crisis (Fuck Matrix, they just ripped of Stephenson and Invisibles).

 

[Skuffyshootster]

Gummo: The definitive movie about white trash.

 

[Les Awesome]

I nominate Forest Gump as the definitive movie about EVERYTHING.

I second that nomination

 

[Cheesus333]

Dirty Harry is the 'cop' movie. I mean the whole series, but that said... the first one of the same name was amazing.

People who want Films Set In Space tend to look no further than Star Wars, right?

Silent Hill is the only decent video game movie, if you ask me... BUT if the definition of a game movie is 'bad' then it doesn't fit the bill here.

 

[RobCoxxy]

I nominate The Wind That Shakes the Barley as the definitive movie about Irish conflict, I nominate Aliens as the definitive sci-fi/Horror, I nominate Taxi Driver as the quintessential 'vigilante' film, Dawn of The Dead as the definitive 'Zombie' film (Yep), Das Boot as the definitive Submarine film and I nominate Date Movie as something that should be beaten relentlessly with a croquet mallet.

Spot on.

I loved The Wind That Shakes The Barley, brilliant film, amazing characters/actors... it's just... well, great! <3 Taxi Driver, Das Boot, DotD....

Definitive "how not to make a movie movie"/"shit zombie film": The Zombie Diaries.

So bad I emailed the Director.

Who called me a twat. And told me to "Make a better film then."
REALLY not hard.
I take a Bachelor's in Film Production. So, give me time.

 

[notsosavagemessiah]

I'd say that letters from iwo jima is the definitive war movie.

 

[Dango]

Ghostbusters- Definitive 80s movie.

 

[Squarez]

I nominate Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind as the definitive non-linear time movie.

Say what?


OT: I nominate the above film for definitive non-linear movie AND for definitive movie featuring a full conversation about foreign burgers.

Eraserhead- Definitive mindfuck

I dunno, anything by Stanley Kubrick, particularly 2001, could be a pretty strong contender for this.

 

[No_Remainders]

I nominate The Wind That Shakes the Barley as the definitive movie about Irish conflict

I'd say "Michael Collins" instead, to be honest.

Edit: I nominate "Gran Torino" for the definitive movie about Clint Eastwood being VERY RACIST!

 

[More Fun To Compute]

I nominate The Straight Story as the definitive lawn tractor movie.

 

[No_Remainders]

I nominate The Wind That Shakes the Barley as the definitive movie about Irish conflict

I'd say "Michael Collins" instead, to be honest.

Good film, but way, way too many historical inadequacies. A lot of the events are changed, removed or just made up for dramatic purposes, and while this means it's a good film, it's not a good record of Irish conflict.

The Wind That Shakes the Barley however, is accurate to a tee, thanks to Ken Loach's documentary experience.

I suppose. I was just thinking about which was better as a movie.

I guess one might say that The Wind That Shakes The Barley documents the actual occurrences of the conflict, while Michael Collins is better from an entertainment viewpoint.

 

[Blizzarded Soul]

I am going to re-nominate Eteranl Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, but this time as the definitive Jim Carrey Movie.

I nominate Apocalypse Now (although Platoon and Full Metal Jacket are close) as the definitive Vietnam War movie.

All three very good films, I however would choose the much underrated Hamburger Hill, this film can easily stand up there with the other amazing Vietnam War Movies.

 

[Super Toast]

I nominate The Last Airbender as the greatest movie to rape the source material.

 

[Squilookle]

list

Definitive, not personal favourite.

 

[tigermilk]

I nominate 'Stranger than Paradise' (Jarmusch 1984) as the definitive... Movie. It utilises all elements of cinema in my opinion truly encompassing the theory of 'the medium is the massage'.

I would also have to respectfully disagree with the person above who said 'Taxi Driver' was the ultimate vigilante movie. It really is to sophisticated in my opinion to be a 'vigilante' movie. I think identification and projection are to complex (as opposed to the two dimensional 'Death Wish' for example. Scorsese (director) and Schraeder (wrote script) both don't see it as a vigilante movie. I suppose cinema is as much about audience reading as well as authorship. It really just doesn't sit comftorably with my definition of "vigilante" film, which is more than just a film with a vigilante.

I do think 'Taxi Driver' is a very strong contendor for the definitive post-noir.

edit: Dirty Harry is an example of vigilante done well, intelligently engaging with cultural anxieties in the early 70's as America to an extent was a culture in flux (Death Wish was a misanthropic shallow cash in).