Films you have to see before you die

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You got that from me, Books.

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I didnt know a scanner darkly was the name of a movie I just thought you were being cryptic again. But you were because who the heck has ever heard of that besides you and Tweek

I knew of the book.
Someone was just telling me they read it

I know it. Do you know Piranha Part Two: The Spawning?

I've seen the original Piranha on TV a couple times. It's AWESOMMME..  I know I've said this at least about three times before, but I do quite love old horror movies.   For some reason I just can get into them more, than I often can with 'serious' films.

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I did at least 150 in a 24 hour period and was fine. You can do it with General Discussion easily. Hint: visit the "what if" thread and say "What if Fry was a girl lol"

Have you ever heard of For the Love of a Dog it has that guy from the Jeffersons in it

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Transcript please.

I just watched Sphere on the 30 inch tv, it was weird.

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Bear, have you ever eaten a piranha?

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Or have you ever been eaten by piranhas?

Piranhas in pajamas, even.

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BUUUMP.

Trying to put together a list of 10 Must see movies, that i've not yet seen, but aim to watch by the end of the year. Here is my list, it's a bit over 10, so I need to shrink it down a bit, so what should i take off and what do you think i should add?

Alien
Rear Window
One Flew over the cuckoo's nest
Apocalypse now
Planet of the apes
Casablanca
2001
Evil Dead
Virgin Suicides
The Pianist
Life is Beautiful
Requiem for a dream
Schindlers List
Journey to the Centre of the earth

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The Good, The Bad & The Ugly.

The French Connection.

The African Queen.

Forbidden Planet.

Super Mario Brothers: The Movie (bwahahaha)

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apocalypse now
taxi driver
stalker
gallipoli
forrest gump
the thin red line
platoon
the searchers
all quiet on the western front
gone with the wind
andrei rublev
the last temptation of the christ
vertigo
1984
brazil
8 1/2
the godfather trilogy
the first three alien movies (assembly cut of the third one)
seven samurai
some like it hot
born on the fourth of july
collateral
badlands
citizen kane
der untergang
some like it hot
the verdict
the sting
no country for old men
the big lebowski
platoon
the doors
black hawk down
the magnificent seven
open range
lawrence of arabia
african queen
sunset boulevard
pulp fiction
reservoir dogs
casablanca
treasure of the sierra madre
predator
terminator (the first two)
chinatown
dr. strangelove
north by northwest
rear window
blade runner
wild strawberries
m
aguirre: the wrath of god
deer hunter
once upon a time in the west
once upon a time in america
every star wars movie (or maybe just the originals if you despise the prequels)
39 steps
harold and kumar go to white castle
schindler's list
fargo
a clockwork orange
watchmen
letters from iwo jima
raising arizona
the shawshank redemption
dirty harry
one flew over the cuckoo's nest
the shining
the matrix (just the first one)
the indiana jones trilogy
the good, the bad, and the ugly
goodfellas
jaws
heathers
saving private ryan
midnight cowboy
the bridge over the river kwai
training day
rio bravo
glory
spartacus
midnight run
12 angry men
close encounters of the third kind

and i can't bring myself to make this list smaller. if anything i'm keeping myself from expanding it. goddamn i'm a movie nerd.

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I'm listing these as they come to me, hence the random order...

Citizen Kane
The Godfather
Casablanca
Dr. Zhivago
It's a Wonderful Life
Pulp Fiction
Psycho
The Shawshank Redemption
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Midnight Cowboy
Chinatown
Dog Day Afternoon
Star Wars
The Sting

Yes, I have seen about 0.024% of the movies worth seeing in life; I'm quite the philistine.

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I'm starting to thing 10 isn't enough...

Mmk, i'll plan to watch one a week till the end of the year-ish i'll write off this month and start in june, so June, 7 months x 4, 28 movies, Lets say 25, cause it's a nice number.

I'll have 10 super dooper MUST sees. 10 slightly less Must see, and then i think i'll reserve 5 places for less serious perhaps terrible movies (something on par with Doomsday?)

Here's my list so far.

The MUST SEE 10

Apocalypse now
Rear Window
Schindlers List
Life is Beautiful
taxi driver
citizen kane
Alien
One Flew over the cuckoo's nest
Casablanca
2001: A Space Odyssey


The MUST SEE (sorta) 10

Requiem for a dream
reservoir dogs
Blade Runner (I WILL watch this and pay attention this time...)
Dr Strange Love
Planet of the apes
Virgin Suicides
The Pianist
Journey to the Centre of the earth
the big lebowski
goodfellas

EDIT:
Other Films that i've not seen that didn't make either list
Goodfellas
Se7en
the Usual Suspects
Godfather (Any of them)
Léon
The Third Man

Some Potentials for the 5 MUSTN'T SEE

I have no idea yet...

Not sure whether i just want bad movies, or bad movies with a lot of hype. Maybe something so bad it has cult status.


Suggestions and comment plz!

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Never heard of Life is Beautiful, Rear Window, Virgin Suicide, or The Third Man. You must see the Evil Dead trilogy, count it as one movie. Same with Alien but the assembly cut of the third.

1984 and Brazil are both musts, and I'd actually recommend Brazil more than 1984 as (1) the book is far better and (2) Brazil is just plain better. If you have to pick on, do Brazil. And, if you do watch 1984, make sure it's the one released in 1984.

Stop Making Sense, the concert film for Talking Heads, is the best concert film, if you want to watch one of those too. Put it in at Other. Worth the look though.

Se7en reminded me of Fight Club reminded me of Death to Smootchy. Has Ed Norton and Robin Williams. I really liked it, nice black comedy about children show entertainers. Which also reminds me that Reservoir Dogs is a must watch period.

Garden State! Watch it!

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Seen Garden State. C'mon, it's Zach Braff, how could I NOT have seen it.

Also seen Death To Smootchy, it was good. How can you not have heard of Life is Beautiful! Or Rear Window (it's Hitchcock! EVERYTHING has parodied/Paid Homage to it...). Virgin Suicides is based on the book of the same name by Jeffrey Eugenides, and The Third Man, i've no clue what it's about, but i know OF it...

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The Third Man is good. Harry Lime is the Hannibal Lecter of his day (that is to say, a villain that gets all of 10 minutes screen time and steals the show),

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The MUST SEE 10
Apocalypse now
Rear Window
Schindlers List
Life is Beautiful
taxi driver
citizen kane
Alien
One Flew over the cuckoo's nest
Casablanca
2001: A Space Odyssey

The MUST SEE (sorta) 10
Requiem for a dream
reservoir dogs
Blade Runner (I WILL watch this and pay attention this time...)
Dr Strange Love
The Third Man
Virgin Suicides
The Pianist
Se7en
the big lebowski
goodfellas

Other Films that i've not seen that didn't make either list
Journey to the centre of the earth
the Usual Suspects
Godfather (Any of them)
Léon
Planet of the Apes


Some Potentials for the 5 Recent MUST SEE
The Wrestler
I've decided to make these 5 Films from the past 5 years. I'm thinking things on par with Gone Baby, Gone. So lesser known, but AWESOME movies.


Changes
Put The Third Man and Se7en in place of Planet of the Apes and Journey to the centre of the Earth

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Why is The Wrestler in your 'Mustn't See' list? I haven't seen it yet, but by most accounts it's apparently really good.

If you really want to see a god-awful film that will make you want to hate cinema, yourself and life in general, go watch the remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still. Possibly the worst movie I've ever seen.

I agree with the Brazil recommendation, it's a better Nineteen Eighty-Four film than the actual Nineteen Eighty-Four film (although it doesn't have a disturbingly hair-free John Hurt...)

In fact, go watch all of Terry Gilliam's films. Even the weird ones like Tideland (which is a stunningly beautiful example of his cinematic style, but with no cohesive story to speak of.)

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Just saw Milk. It almost made me cry. Almost.

Or any of the "movie" movies. Those would make you destroy the original negatives of Citizen Kane.

Terry Gilliam is much better than he's given credit for. Tis why I'm looking forward to Doctor Parnassus.

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STAR TREK PER IOD .

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The Third Man is good. Harry Lime is the Hannibal Lecter of his day (that is to say, a villain that gets all of 10 minutes screen time and steals the show),

Totally agree Orson Welles makes that film, I also realy enjoy the Zither music

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Why is The Wrestler in your 'Mustn't See' list? I haven't seen it yet, but by most accounts it's apparently really good.

Whoops, was Copy and Pasting, forgot to change the title of that category. No longer crap movies, but recent GREAT movies.

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You have Goodfellas on two lists, including the "didn't make either list" list. Dork!

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You MUST watch at least one Woody film, or I'm kicking you out of the tree house.

...Have you seen Lost in Translation?

Ps: I love Death to Smoochy. I watched it a few times while I was post wisdom teeth surgery and all drugged up. It's a great film.

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Have seen Lost in Translation and I have seen Matchpoint.

Edit: Irrelavant, i thought you'd said, have i SEEN one Woody film.

What should i add to the list then Rach?

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Matchpoint doesn't count- you were just watching it for Scar Jo. Or Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

You should watch Manhattan. Annie Hall is the "classic" classic, but I prefer Manhattan.

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Manhattan is nothing in comparison to Annie Hall! Annie is much funnier and wittier than Manhattan. However, for a true comedy piece, Bananas is better.

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Shut up, dog sandwich. Manhattan is wittier.

Bananas is OK - I prefer Crimes and Misdemeanors for comedy.

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I heard Twelve Monkeys was really good, I'll watch it soon and then decide whether it should be in this thread.

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12 monkeys is awesome. I think i should rewatch that soon.

The Fountain and Children of Men should be in here too.

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12 monkeys is a good film, but my favorite gilliam film has to be brazil

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I bought 12 Monkeys on a whim and was pleasantly surprised. Psycho-Brad Pitt is awesome against fluffy-killer Bruce Willis.

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12 Monkeys. Very good film. Based partly on my life, though my contribution is uncredited.

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12 monkeys is a great movie. brad pitt puts in a really cool performance as king of the nuthouse.

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12 Monkeys.

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12 Monkeys.

And the little-known sequel, Monkey's 13.

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12 Monkeys = meh in my collection. Thats why I don't have it in my collection.

Now Brad Pitt in Cool World is a must.

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nice, I'm a trendsetter

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12 Monkeys.

And the little-known sequel, Monkey's 13.

plus there's the tv sitcom twelve and a half monkeys.

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12 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Monkey

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And the little-known sequel, Monkey's 13.

Which was far better than the threequal - 12 Monkeys and Baby.

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12 monkeys later