Your must watch movies
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- _niko
If you have young kids and you're dying, you hand them a piece of paper and say, watch these movies when you're older. What's on your list?
me:
Goodfellas
clockwork orange
pulp fiction
true romance
taxi driver
godfather 1,2
apocalypse now
badlands
usual suspects
fight club
seven
oldboy
- kona0
the shawshank redemption
the godfather
the dark knight
pulp fiction
the good, the bad and the ugly
fight club
forrest gump
goodfellas
seven samuri
its a wonderful life
raiders of the lost ark
the untouchables
apocalypse now
gladiator
alien
citizen kane
braveheart
the great escape
heat
good will hunting
butch cassidy and the sundance kid
the natural- really nice post btw. having 3 boys of my own and all. I'm going to email them a list after this.kona
- they all already have email accounts. i'll hand them over when they're 18. i've been sending them stuff since they were born.kona
- were born.kona
- shit. i'm talking to myself in a note.kona
- that's pretty cool, great idea_niko
- that's an awesome idea. and you can filter it before you hand it over, in case you change your mind on some thingsMilan
- I've been sending them inspirational stuff. Notes on funny things they did. What's new in the house.kona
- wish i had one when i was a kid. im definitely doing that when i have kidsMilan
- Cool ideagoldieboy
- just pray for Google to not shut down Gmail. (if those are gmail accounts)benfal99
- Milan0
we have similar tastes
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Fight Club (1999)
Inception (2010)
Goodfellas (1990)
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Léon: The Professional (1994)
Alien (1979)
Back to the Future (1985)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974)
Braveheart (1995)
Downfall (2004)
Heat (1995)
Snatch (2000)
Fargo (1996)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
Trainspotting (1996)
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Casino (1995)
Amores perros (2000)
Platoon (1986)
Scarface (1983)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Stand by Me (1986)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Rocky (1976)
Office Space (1999)
Ong-Bak - Muay Thai Warrior (2003)
The Counterfeiters (2007)
Lethal Weapon (1987)
Point Break (1991)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Tropa de Elite (2007)
Un prophète (2009)
Death at a Funeral (2007)
The Ghost Writer (2010)
Nueve reinas (2000)
Apocalypto (2006)
Dumb & Dumber (1994)
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Gomorra (2008)
Oldboy (2003)
Harsh Times (2005)
Mad Max (1979)
Mad Max 2 - The Road Warrior (1981)
Munich (2005)
Revanche (2008)
Ronin (1998)
Rounders (1998)
The Edge of Heaven (2007) - Fatih Akin
Animal Kingdom (2010)- yeah I could easily add the rest of these to my list as well_niko
- how did i forget mad max, rocky, and back to the future! this could be the greatest thread ever.kona
- the only one i haven't seen in your list is badlands. i'm getting it nowMilan
- Great list.
I know I'm alone but I can't stand Goodfellas or any Joe Pesci at all.CyBrainX - Thats two mentions of Badlands. Not seen it.HAYZ1LLLA
- You aleady had this saved right?set
- dirtydesign0
Please add
Mean Streets
Deerhunter
- HijoDMaite0
never head of this
- *heardHijoDMaite
- Great movie, you should check it outukit2
- organicgrid1
Seven
Goodfellas
Inception
Metropolis
A Clockwork Orange
Blade Runner
Casino
Good Will Hunting
Raging Bull
Minority Report
The Breakfast Club
he Dark Knight Trilogy
The French Connection
Fight Club
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Seven
Heat
The Green Mile
The Matrix Trilogy
- BusterBoy0
2001: A space odyssey. Even if I don't understand half of it.
- prophetone0
Blade Runner
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Empire Strikes Back
E.T.
Breakfast Club...that's all you need really.
- and Weird Scienceprophetone
- < No need, all males have seen that by the age of 16, it's a fact!MrT
- HijoDMaite0
Milan's list plus:
Aliens
Children of men
Life of Pi
The Shinning
Full Metal Jacket
The Exorcist
Sideways
Chinatown
Saving Private Ryan
American Psycho
True Grit (new)
The Departed
Gladiator
Inglorious Basterds
Adaptation
The Terminator
Drive
Bourne on the 4th of July
Cape Fear
Stagecoach
Elizabeth
The Fountain
American History X
Flight
The Grey
Jackie Brown
Rocky 4
Schindler's List
Shutter Island
6th Sense
Gravity
Traffic- Great list, except for Drive, Sideways and The GreyMilan
- i liked themHijoDMaite
- The Fountain yup!organicgrid
- MrT0
To the excellent lists above I'd add
All the President's Men
and a few more foreigners...
Amelie
The Lives of Others
Headhunters
Jean de Florette
Manon des Sources
- freedom0
Star Wars 4,5,6
- inteliboy0
This is hard. A favourite film list in terms of entertainment? Or must watch in terms of pure cinema? Entertainment I'd say is more fitting on qbn...
Anyway.... some more that haven't seen above...
Cape Fear (original and scorsese remake)
The Sting
M
Ran
Seven Samurai
Rat Catcher
Amadeus
Akira
Ghost in the Shell
Princess Mononoke
Ghostbusters
Hard Boiledand some new ones that have become personal must watches:
The Hunt (Jagten)
Whiplash
Fish Tank
- babydick0
The Face of Another (1966)
Woman in the Dunes (1964)
Harakiri (1962)
High and Low (1963)
The Cure (1997)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
- HijoDMaite0
can't believe I forgot The Pianist. duh
- VectorMasked0
Se7en
Fight Club
Old School
American History X
Ichi The Killer
Amélie
Interview With The Vampire
Dumb & Dumber
Birdman
Whiplash
Point Break
Incendies
Terminator 2
Stand by Me
Good Will Hunting
Clueless
Dancer In The Dark
Gone Girl
The Bourne Trilogy
Signs
Kick-Ass 1 & 2
Religulous
Old School
Gravity
Ghost World
Crash (the one with Luda, Bullock, etc...)
Cat Shit One
Magnolia
The Silence Of The Lambs
The United States of Leland
The Sixth Sense
V for Vendetta
The 40-year-old Virgin
Rocky (all of them)
Forrest Gump
12 Monkeys- my last wish to my child, "don't ever watch Crash..."HijoDMaite
- "El Sexo me da risa" could also be a good choice. Fue mi primera pelicula de ficheras. ah... the memories...VectorMasked