Must Own DVDs - films that matter

[Ruben_Williams]

Try not to think of this as your favourite movies, but more or less films that have had something important to say or maybe revolutionalised cinema, List of 10, can cross choose films too so don't worry if someone else has something you wanna pick too, I'll start with mine first then (obvs)

01. Fight Club - Blu Ray of this is excellent and it still looks cutting edge today.
02. Toy Story 2 - I know what you're thinking, but for me this outshines the original.
03. Full Metal Jacket - The scene where the camera moves through the battlefield.
04. The Shining - A look at fear from someone you should trust.
05. Rocky (1971) - The most heartfelt boxing movie ever.
06. Requiem For A Dream - I liked it, but couldn't watch it again.
07. Seven - Probably the most shocking ending to a film I can recall.
08. The Godfather Part 2 - You see a young almost faultless man turn cold, amazing movie.
09. The Matrix - At the time I hadn't seen anything quite like it.
10. Terminator 2 - James Cameron has alot to answer for in general, but this is probably my fav movie of all time.

[Ladd279]

1) dogtown and z boyz

2) toy story (1st one)

3) back to the future

4) your avatar

5) pursuit of happiness

6) lion king

7) godfather

8) reign over me

9) bill and Ted?

10) Fast time at ridgemont high

Not in any order srry couldn't think on top of my head

[thesignguy]

Movies I must have on DVD most I must have on dvr as well

Millers crossing
No country for old men
Kalifornia
Se7en
Time bandits
Jaws
Close encounters
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
The first X-files movie
Bad Boys or Total Recal it's a tuffy

Edit: I just read your list, how can you have reqeium for a dream on your list and then say you can't watch it again? Doesn't really fit the logical reason for purchasing a DVD. unless this is a list of DVD's we want people to see on your shelf.
That's the reason that movie is on my top 10 movie list and not this one

[skHate88]

fight club
confessions
fear and loathing in las vegas
goodfellas
the killing room
the shawshank redemption
fargo
martyrs
i saw the devil
no country for old men

[PoppySquidJr]

Blues Brothers. That is all.

[Clayfighter]

I saw the devil is an amazing film here's my list

Toy Story franchise- one of the most heart warming group of films ever. And if you don't get at least testy eyed during 3 you have no soul.

Terminator 2- one of the best sci fi films made.

The incredibles- visually stunning and great superhero film

No country for old men- Has one of the greatest villains ever put on celluloid

13 Assasins- gorgeous film all I can say

The matrix- revolutionized cinema and still gets parodied 12 years later

Edward scissorhands- great visuals and actually a touching story

The dark knight - you know why.

Back to the future- just a great film

The room- probably THE funniest non comedy ever.

[thesignguy]

Angus and uncle buck
Fuck 10

[Clayfighter]

Dude i love angus thank you sg

[Antwan]

13 assassins was pretty crazy.. no surrender!

[fallingskyline]

top 10

01 the last unicorn (one of the most beautiful animation films ever made)
02 wild zero (trash with message)
03 barry lyndon (candlelight only filming)
04 no country for old men (Anton Chigurh, nuff said)
05 avatar (FX in perfection)
06 the big lebowski (cause its the dude)
07 guesthouse paradiso (perfection of british humor)
08 adam's apples (best danish film (i've seen))
09 monsters, inc. (if you don't like it YOU ARE EVIL!)
10 being john malkowich (BECAUSE!)

[replicant]

Since we're not doing a Top 10 favorites list, but a Top 10 "influential" list so here goes:

01) Blade Runner - Cyberpunk gets a face and it's not that different from what we see each day.
02) Raiders of the Lost Ark - Iconic beyond words.
03) Star Wars: A New Hope - The Bible retold in space.
04) Apocalypse Now - War is hell.
05) Seven Samurai - Where "Action Movies" truly were born.
06) Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Bristish Comedy meets THE WORLD!
07) The Maltese Falcon - Film Noir at its finest.
08) The Good, The Bad and the Ugly - Spaghetti Westerns... No more bland American Westerns.
09) Citizen Kane - Orson Wells is a fucking beast.
10) Enter the Dragon - Bruce Lee shows American theater goers that martial artists are here to stay.

Honorable Mentions:
Nosferatu - Max Schrek was a fucking vampire.
King Kong - True genius with special effects.
Psycho - Terror masterpiece.
The Matrix - Camera work...
The Lord of the Rings - Camera magicians...

[Monk]

full metal jacket; 5 dolla you watchy!
the big lebowsky; doooood....
the secret of nihm; awesome animation from the 80s as usual
dead snow; THIS MOVIE IS FUCKING WIN!
no country for old men; i need me a silenced 12ga
fight club; you do not talk about this!
time bandits; because john cleese and midgets just work..
the green mile; very powerful drama
a christmas story; youll shoot your eye out kid....
the goonies; one eyed willy.... what more can i say besides watch out for the booty traps!
watership down; great uber violet animation from the 80s
mallrats; its a fuckin sailboat!
natural born killers........doesnt need anything said about
real genius......its just that good
halloween......because its the greatest real life horror flick adapted to cinema ever based off a true story
apocalypse now... charlie DONT surf!
rambo: first blood part 2; that vietmese chick is too hot
red dawn; survivalism at its best vs cuba and ze russians
risky business; self made pimp in 1 day cant beat that
the breakfast club; it is what it is
gymkata; overlooked 80s martial arts epicness
the dark crystal; jim henson RIP
heavy metal (1); the apex of animation in the day
the black hole; great flick from disney back early 80s
tron ( 80s); what can i say about this that most dont already know?
i am legend; this is how SHTF works; good drama being self aware and sustaining
the deer hunter; man this movie is so damn good it needs its own category
deliverence; squeal like a pig!
re-animator; a cult favorite and only second to dead alive for being the most graphic film in existence
fear and loathing in las vegas; if you watch and understand hunter S; chances are youll fail that drug test tomorrow
where the buffalo roam; bill murray as hunter the first time around
the hitcher ( rutger hower version)c thomas howell was great in this awesome but sucks they redid this classic
blair witch 2 ( has the dude from burn notice in it; his premiere role)
smokey and the bandit ( all) sumbitch! gotta love some jackie gleason
salem's lot; this is how nosferatu should have been.
an american werewolf in london
the howling
dead alive ( if you havent seen peter jacksons first movie you are deprived)
weird science
terminator 1
se7en; just a kickass movie
the usual suspects
snatch; ya like dags?
lock stock and 2 smoking barrels ( gotta love some guy richey)
amityville horror
the shining

[Monk]

sorry i went off on a tangent but i dont really have a top ten i just have a collection of hundreds of epic movies that should be known to everyone that has not seen them; might a part 2 tomorrow night because the list is rather large.

[SK8ERatWAR]

rec, spanish version.
all monthy python movies!!
pursuit of happiness is an amazing movie, get jiggy with it bitch
apocalypse now too
and we were soldiers

oh and I truly thought the shining was one of the most boring movies evar

[fallingskyline]

rec, spanish version.

muy buenas noches, les habla angela vidal - Manuela Velasco <3

[Jebotek]

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Jay and Silent Bob
Human Traffic
Half Baked
The Shawshank Redemption!
Trainspotting
Mystic River
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
The 51st State
How High

[Ruben_Williams]

Thst girl from Rec is the cutest thing ever, loved that movie . . .there's 2 more coming out apparently, the last one with the source of the virus, n the last one erm, the virus inevitably gets out! Cant wait for that.

[fallingskyline]

Ruben, your avatar is really distracting me and i don't know why, lol

[Ruben_Williams]

Some awesome films there Monk. . . . Dont blame u for going over 10 ha

[momadaddy]

A Prophet best movie in the last ten years. what a journey!

The Princess Bride Hello. My name is Inigio Montoya. You killed my father, Prepare to die

into the wild everything about this movie is great

In Bruges beautiful, funny, well written and acted. its just a win

UP heart warming and what a soundtrack

American Movie my fav movie ever. movie about making movies

[Antwan]

Uh..
Fallen : Ride the Sky
Element : Elementality
Girl : Yeah Right
Adam Sandler
Jim Carrey

[agusbmxarg]

Appocalypse Now: Not much to say, if you like it, you should watch Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse, a documentary by Coppola's daughter about how tuff was filming that masterpiece.

Shichinin no Samurai: This movie influenced ALOT in the movie industry. Plus it's a Kurosawa movie; Akira was perfect in everything he did, from choosing costumes, to direct the characters.

Full Metal Jacket: I like everything about this movie, Kubrick was so careful, meticulous and precise. Every shot in this movie is full of small details that make them even better. Also, D'onofrio's acting in the first part of this film is something from another world. SO GOOD. Also, soundtrack is so good to, get the BF: vietnam feel when listening to it.

Ronin: Is one of the best action movies ever made, Frankenheimer raised the bar by coming up with that last car chase down the streets of Paris featuring Dreidre on a fckn E34 M5 (which is actually not. Just a 535i with ///M details) and Sam (De Niro), on the Peugeot.
Proof we don't need 5 million dollars sets, millions of angles, explotions, crashes, and Michael Bay behind the camera to truly enjoy one good 1 on 1 car raw, pure, car chase.

Pulp Fiction: Quentin is deff one of the best directors ever born, everything about this movie is memorable, every little line. I enjoy watching this movie and thinking how well Tarantino did working on it. I forgot, the soundtrack is so friggin good.

The Big Lebowski: STFU Donny. I think what I most like about this film is Buscemi's paper, it's so insignificant, yet peculiar and great.

I don't feel like writing anymore cuz I have to go soon so I'll just list the other ones:


Donnie Darko
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Serpico


And many more I can't think of right now. I love movies so much, it would be so good if we have a 'what movie you've seen lately' thread or something, where we could recommend films, and review what we've see (without spoiling anything heh).

[Roke]

Easy:

-City of God: Brazil drug life
-A Beautiful Mind: One of my favorites; Nash Theory.
-Godfather (1 & 2): To omit Vito is to omit opulence; can't do that.
-Scarface: Tony Montana; nuff said.
-Training Day: Arguably one of Denzel's finest roles (but I concede there are others in his collection that are a worthy replacement).
-Schindler's List: Just watch.
-Ocean's 11: The boys took the bank!
-The Excorcist: Still one of the benchmarks for scary movies/horror.
-Wall Street: Every investment banker of the last 20 years will list this as an inspiration; certainly was for me.
-Anchorman: The most quotable, laughable, all-around brilliant movie Will Ferrell has ever done. He's been steady falling since...

R


**Edit**: Special mention to Asian cinematography (so good!): House of Flying Daggers, Hero, Memoirs of a Geisha, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, etc etc.)

[agusbmxarg]

-Training Day: Arguably one of Denzel's finest roles (but I concede there are others in his collection that are a worthy replacement).

-Ocean's 11: The boys took the bank!

YES! those 2 are a must-have too. Ocean's 11 is a movie a watch everytime I catch it on tv.
And yes training's day, both Hawke and Denzel were great in that film. Denzel is such a good actor. As you said, one of his finest roles, along with, IMO, his papers in The Manchurian Candidate and American Gangster.

[Jebotek]

i forgot to mention Old School, so far the funniest will ferrell movie imo

[knexzor]

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

Yes!

a few that has yet to mentioned:

Scarface, because of how it affected real life criminality. Terrifying.
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, because it's a fucking trip and the special effects are suprisingly well done for such an old film. I warmly recommend this film to anyone.
Reservoir Dogs, well, it's Tarantino in all his glory.

[agusbmxarg]

Reservoir Dogs, well, it's Tarantino in all his glory.

^^
So many memorable quotes in that movie man, that's something not too many people think about when watching Tarantino's movies: Arguments. Tarantino isn't all about blood/gore/splatter/black humor. It's all about arguments, like, for example in Reservoir Dogs:

Mr. Pink: You kill anybody?
Mr. White: A few cops.
Mr. Pink: No real people?
Mr. White: Just cops.


So many good lines to point just one but what the hell.

Oh, the I don't tip bit. My god...



I forgot also:

Taxi Driver
A Clockwork Orange (Kubrick did so much for the filming industry, besides the artistic part, like introducing long-term close ups shots, the use of the dollycam/steadycam).
Kill Bill's (again, tarantino with this western-spaghetti-ish films kept up doing things like from-the-trunk shots he introduced several years before).


I downloaded the Star Wars Saga the other day, saw chap. IV and V last night, and I'll finish watching them 'all this week. I've never seen these before, and I bet I'm going to put the saga in my list of must-own...

[FullyFl4RED00]

1. Fear and loathing
2. Blow
3. The dark knight
4. Harry potter (all of them)
5. Donnie darko
6. Mr. Brooks
7. Lord of the rings ( all of them)
8. The new planet of the apes ( don't hate just because you are obsessed run the original!
9. Scarface
10. Inception

I know I left out tons of groundbreaking films but those aren't th etypes of films I watch when I'm looking to be entertained

[Monk]

honorable mentions from the past posts;
the princess bride ( MLT's!)
reservoir dogs ( why do i have to be mr pink? because your a FAGGOT! rofl)
Ghost Dog (FTMFW!)
Inception ( i was really impressed by this one, gotta have your totem)
Donny Darko ( fucked up)
Kill Bill 1 was fantastic!
heres some extras:
Lord of the Flies
Taxi Driver
Angel Heart
From Beyond
Fright Night ( the 80s one)
The Wrath of Khan
Dead Alive
Jurassic Park 1
Hackers
Big Trouble in Little China ( the birth of Raiden lol)
Tromeo and Juliet ( troma fans only!)
Transformers the movie ( get to see optimus prime kick the shit out of megatron for once)
ET
Christine ( epic)
Better off Dead ( one of John Cusacks better performances) TWO DOLLARS!
Im Gonna Git you Sucka
Mars Attacks!
Edward Scissorhands
The Road Warrior
Cast Away
A Nightmare on Elm Street 1
Hellraiser 1-2
The Thing (80s)
THEY LIVE! (one of the best fights ever in cinema history!)
Drunken Master ( jackie chan's first movie)
The Nude Bomb ( Get Smart show made a movie its funny)
Raiders of the lost Ark
the Temple of Doom
Grosse Point Blank
thats it for now :P

[Roke]

The essay KING!

[Deacon]

1. Star Wars (all of them) though special mention to Empire Strikes Back - Proved that a film doesn't need to have a happy ending to keep the audience happy.
2. Donnie Darko - very clever and at times witty indie movie that had me hooked from my first watch.
3. Inception - Amazing visuals, great story, impressive cast
4. Blade Runner - Rutger Hauers adlib speech still gives me chills.
5. Schindlers List - The perfect example of good versus pure evil.
6. Lost In Translation - Proved you don't need slapstick or gross out comedy to be funny.
7. Se7en - Extremely stylish and intense thriller
8. Brukbaker - My fav prison film of all time
9. The Dark Knight - Nolan is a master!
10. The Godfather - Hands down my fav gangster movie of all time.

Special mention on the following though:

Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels
Snatch
Eternal Sunshine of thr spotless mind
Weird Science
Shawshank
Bill & ted
Dogma
American Pie
Shaun Of the Dead
Hot Fuzz
Apocolpse Now
Dawn of the dead (original)
Zombieland
Basic
There will be blood
Lions for Lambs
The Hustler
Top Gun
Saving Private Ryan
We were Soliders
Sucker Punch
Star Trek (reboot)
Start Trek 2 Wrath of Kahn
First Contact
Indian Jones
A Clock Work Orange
1984
The Hangover
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Superbad
Knocked UP
40 yr old Virgin
Everything is Illuminated
Garden State
A beautiful Mind
Iron Man 1 & 2
Blade
Matric Trilogy
Watchmen
Sin City
A Scaner Darkly
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Lethal Weapon Series
The Last King of Scotland
Invictus
Pulp Fiction
Resevoir Dogs


and special mention to Xmen First Class

Big fan of James McAvoy and his scenes with Michael Fassbender were excellent, plus it had January Jones and Rose Byrne in it who are both well fit IMO.

[Granka]

No specific order and too lazy to do it in alphabetical.

Scarface.
Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels.
Pulp Fiction.
A Clockwork Orange.
American History X.
The Boondock Saints.
The Warriors.
The Dark Knight.
Fight Club.
Crank.

[bengrover]

Probably some disagreements here but...

Toy Story - Original, other two lacked a little, but still on a whole different level to other animations.
Anchorman - Never gets old or any less funny each time I watch it.
Ocean's 11 - The comedy side lacked, but the cleverness of the operation was pretty cool.
Inside Man - Watched it for the first time a few nights ago, set a new level for cleverness of robberies that I've seen. Need to watch again to fully understand it.
Rock N Rolla - One of the best films to come out of UK imo. Preferred it to Lock Stock.
The Dark Knight - Obvious choice for some. Watched it for the first time today. Rather enjoyed it.
The Hurt Locker - That shit was pretty good.

Maybe not revolutionized cinema, but my personal must owns.

[Monk]

one came on tonight on AMC i completely forgot about and i dont think it was mentioned yet was Ghost with patrick swayze and demi moore. just an all around great flick.

sorry no essay tonight roke

[i am a snail]

how about something surreal?

eraserhead
blue velvet
being john malkovich
synedoche, new york

etc etc etc

[Permy]

1. Dr. Strangelove
2. Big Trouble In Little China
3. Blazing Saddles
4. Black Dynamite
5. Yellowbeard
6. Monty Python Holy Grail
7. Anything Pixar made
8. Any Mel Brooks movie
9. Hollywood Shuffle

10. For Colored Girls


edit:
and anything else that was actually good that i watched with clay, mack, skatehead, shady, or whoever on netflix when xbox wasn't fucking gay.
rip netflix parties.

[Ladd279]

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Jay and Silent Bob
Human Traffic
Half Baked
The Shawshank Redemption!
Trainspotting
Mystic River
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
The 51st State
How High

How high and half baked wonder what you do...lol
Also wanna mention despicable me great movie