Name some must see movies

[mretzloff]

It has become apparent to me that I have yet to see many of the "must see" movies. Some of the more obvious ones, such as Casablanca and Citizen Kane, I have seen, but others I have not.

So...please list me your top five must see movies (any genre). My Netflix queue is standing by.

 

[A-Man]

I'm not much of a movie buff, but some of my favs:

There Will Be Blood
Raging Bull
American Graffiti
Stand By Me
My Left Foot

*Oops, forgot One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

 

[Luc]

Here's a mixture...

Once upon a time in the West
Leon
Sideways
Hot Fuzz
Rumble in the Bronx

 

[luvmysuper]

Not in any particular order;

The Haunting (1963 version NOT the 1999 version)
The Usual Suspects
Schindlers List
Lawrence of Arabia
12 Angry Men

 

[RichGem]

Monty Python & The Holy Grail

and

anything Mel Brooks prior to "Life Stinks"

"My Favorite Year"

 

[demaro]

I have been watching Step Brothers with Will Ferrell over and over again lately. I think it is a hillarious movie!!!

 

[chfair]

the hunt for red october

 

[xpavar]

North by Northwest
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Godfather
Dr. Strangelove or (How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love the Bomb)
The Maltese Falcon

 

[rm71]

Nine Queens
American Splendor
Goodfellas
The Motorcycle Diaries
Taxi Driver

 

[azmark]

Support Your Local Sheriff. Hilarious!!

 

[Luc]

Some 'non-English' movies

El Mariachi (pre-quel to Desperados - Spanish)
Seducing Dr. Lewis - French
Wasabi - French
Full Contact (with Chow Yun-Fat - Mandarin or Cantonese, not sure)
Yojimbo - Japanese

 

[liege]

North by Northwest
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Godfather
Dr. Strangelove or (How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love the Bomb)
The Maltese Falcon

That's a good list.
Also, Schindler's List, as mentioned above.

 

[Dustinl]

1) Apocolypse Now
2) Sling Blade
3) No Country For Old Men
4) There Will Be Blood
5) Sin City



DL

 

[BladeDE40]

Not in any particular order;

The Haunting (1963 version NOT the 1999 version)
The Usual Suspects
Schindlers List
Lawrence of Arabia
12 Angry Men

+1 on The Usual Suspects....that is my all time favorite! Others named like the Godfathers and Goodfellas... Something more recent, if you haven't already seen it is The Hangover...fall out of your chair funny!

 

[Telecaster52]

in no particular order...

the producers (w/wilder and mostel)
smokey and the bandit
this is spinal tap
the abominable dr. phibes
and of course,
rocky horror picture show

 

[Uncle Erik]

Let's get some more cult movies in here:

1. Plan 9 From Outer Space
2. The Terror of Tiny Town
3. The Toxic Avenger
4. Surf 2
5. Freaks

A little sci-fi:

1. Gattaca
2. Moon
3. Forbidden Planet
4. Silent Running
5. Metropolis

And a sprinkling of foreign films:

1. The Seventh Seal
2. Rashomon
3. The Red, White, Blue trilogy (three movies, but see all three)
4. The Young Poisoner's Handbook
5. Nosferatu

 

[Kouros]

Rain Man
Scent Of A Woman
Rudy
Field Of Dreams
American Beauty

 

[dpm802]

In no particular order:

• Lilies of the Field
• Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Gone Baby Gone
• Doctor Zhivago
• The Wizard of Oz
• Fantasia

+1 on Citizen Kane and especially Casablanca. These appear on almost every film critics' list of Must-See films. Regarding the latter, I've seen it fifty or sixty times, and I'm still not tired of it. One day, I even sat through two showings back-to-back on TV, and enjoyed them both. Its THAT good.

 

[Stain]

A few of mine are:

Snatch
Super Troopers
Christmas Vacation
City of God
Shawshank Redemption

 

[Live2Ride]

A few additions to the already great suggestions and in no particular order:

Blade Runner
The Outlaw Josie Wales
The Shawshank Redemption - includes a favorite line, "Get busy livin' or get busy dyin'".
Saving Private Ryan
The Good The Bad & The Ugly