Movie List

[JelloKZ]

I'm working on a list of movies which I haven't seen, mainly due to being born too late to see them. Others I simply missed and regret having done so. I already have quite a bit of work done on it, and am in the finishing stages. I want some final opinions, and where can I get more varied opinions than the internet?

If you take the time to read the List, thanks, and let me know if there's any movies on there that are particularly poor. Please note that I included Plan 9 from Outer Space and Dragon Ball Evolution because of how bad they are.

If you don't take the time to read the List, I don't blame you, just make some suggestions if you please (perhaps simply give the title of your favorite movie).

Without further ado, the Movie List:

Spoiler: The Movie List

Pre-1970

King Kong
Citizen Kane
Gone with the Wind
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Casablanca
The Mark of Zorro
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Three Musketeers
The Kid
Dracula
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Frankenstein
Fantasia
War of the Worlds
Jason and the Argonauts
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Oklahoma!
Guys and Dolls
Scarface
The Ten Commandments
Around the World in Eighty Days
Old Yeller
The Vikings
Vertigo
Swiss Family Robinson
Psycho
Spartacus
To Kill a Mockingbird
Oceans 11
West Side Story
The Absent-Minded Professor
Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Son of Flubber
Dr. No
Dr. Strangelove
Goldfinger
From Russia with Love
The Pink Panther
Thunderball
Bonnie and Clyde
You Only Live Twice
2001: A Space Odyssey
Planet of the Apes

1970s

Dirty Harry
A Clockwork Orange
The Godfather
Young Frankenstein
Patton
The Godfather Part II
Jaws
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
The Sting
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
The Return of the Pink Panther
Rocky
Death Race 2000
Bad News Bears
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Grease
Superman
Alien
The Warriors
Hamburger Hill
The Jerk
Rocky II
Mad Max
Monty Pythons The Meaning of Life
Airplane!
Monty Pythons Life of Brian

1980s

Escape from New York
The Blues Brothers
Blade Runner
Conan the Barbarian
First Blood
Chariots of Fire
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Rocky III
Little Shop of Horrors
Beverly Hills Cop
Gremlins
Full Metal Jacket
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Police Academy
Back to the Future
The Secret of NIMH
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Rocky IV
The Goonies
Top Gun
Crocodile Dundee
Aliens
Brazil
Amadeus
Ferris Buellers Day Off
Robocop
This is Spinal Tap
Good Morning, Vietnam
Scarface
The Untouchables
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Lethal Weapon
Die Hard
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Beetlejuice
The Naked Gun
Batman
The Terminator
Back to the Future Part II

1990s

Home Alone
Dances with Wolves
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Total Recall
Back to the Future Part III
The Hunt for Red October
City Slickers
Hook
Naked Gun 2 ½
Batman Returns
Waynes World
Jurassic Park
Schindlers List
True Lies
The Santa Clause
Dumb and Dumber
The Mask
Pulp Fiction
Se7en
Starship Troopers
GoldenEye
Braveheart
Blade
Independence Day
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Mission: Impossible
Men in Black
Air Force One
The 13th Warrior
Liar, Liar
Pixar movies
The Fifth Element
Saving Private Ryan
The Matrix
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The Mummy
Gattaca

2000s

Pixar movies
X-men
Spirited Away
Daredevil
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Pearl Harbor
Planet of the Apes
Signs
Good Night, and Good Luck
Minority Report
Valkyrie
Defiance
The Core
Shaun of the Dead
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Bruce Almighty
X2
The Last Samurai
X-men: The Last Stand
Hancock
Iron Man
Casino Royale
Knowing
Watchmen
Moon
Public Enemies
In the Loop
Semi-Pro
Dragon Ball: Evolution
The Battle for Terra
X-men Origins: Wolverine
Star Trek
Angels & Demons
Step Brothers
21
Public Enemies
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Cloverfield
Kung Fu Panda
Get Smart
Igor
Religulous
Eagle Eye
Taken
Shooter
Gamer
The Day After Tomorrow
Tropic Thunder
Superhero Movie
Death Race
Inglorious Basterds
District 9
The Men that Stare at Goats
The Illusionist
The Prestige
Harry Potter 5, 6 (7?)
I, Robot
Zombieland
Ghost Rider
Sherlock Holmes
Fantastic Mr. Fox

Thanks again.

 

[Pimppeter2]

Nice, I like most of your taste in movies.

 

[DuplicateValue]

I scanned through it and nothing particularly horrible jumped out at me. Except maybe Ferris whatshisnames Day Off. I didn't like it at all. But that's really just opinion.

Also, how haven't you seen some of those movies?! There's must see classics in there! Airplane? Naked Gun? The Fellowship of the Ring? Saving Private Ryan?
Why are you posting here? Go watch them!

Edit: There's a disappointing lack of foreign movies there. I suggest Du Er Ikke Alene, Ils, REC, Novecento (1900), Del Toro's movies and (I know this isn't exactly foreign, but it's amazing) Mysterious Skin. =]

 

[TheLastCylon]

The only one I really dislike up there is 2001. I found it really boring.

Good job having The Sting up there, though. Great movie.

 

[Raven's Nest]

Jeez... The fuck you been all your life?

But that is a stellar list, go forth and enjoy...

Add the original "The Time Machine" and " Day of the Triffids" too...

The only one I really dislike up there is 2001. I found it really boring.

Good job having The Sting up there, though. Great movie.

I tried watching it (2001) the other day and I have to say it's one of the slowest films I've ever seen... Can anyone actually explain why the 15 minutes of monkeys is necessary? Becuase 2 or 3 minutes at best would have done it... It is a great film though, for it's time...

 

[Ziltoid]

Jeez... The fuck you been all your life?

But that is a stellar list, go forth and enjoy...

Add the original "The Time Machine" and " Day of the Triffids" too...

The only one I really dislike up there is 2001. I found it really boring.

Good job having The Sting up there, though. Great movie.

I tried watching it (2001) the other day and I have to say it's one of the slowest films I've ever seen... Can anyone actually explain why the 15 minutes of monkeys is necessary? Becuase 2 or 3 minutes at best would have done it... It is a great film though, for it's time...

Did you finish 2001? The film is about evolution and, well I'll spoiler this part

Spoiler

This is Stanley Kubrick's explanation

GELMIS: The final scenes of the film seemed more metaphorical than realistic. Will you discuss them -- or would that be part of the "road map" you're trying to avoid?

KUBRICK: No, I don't mind discussing it, on the lowest level, that is, straightforward explanation of the plot. You begin with an artifact left on earth four million years ago by extraterrestrial explorers who observed the behavior of the man-apes of the time and decided to influence their evolutionary progression. Then you have a second artifact buried deep on the lunar surface and programmed to signal word of man's first baby steps into the universe -- a kind of cosmic burglar alarm. And finally there's a third artifact placed in orbit around Jupiter and waiting for the time when man has reached the outer rim of his own solar system.

When the surviving astronaut, Bowman, ultimately reaches Jupiter, this artifact sweeps him into a force field or star gate that hurls him on a journey through inner and outer space and finally transports him to another part of the galaxy, where he's placed in a human zoo approximating a hospital terrestrial environment drawn out of his own dreams and imagination. In a timeless state, his life passes from middle age to senescence to death. He is reborn, an enhanced being, a star child, an angel, a superman, if you like, and returns to earth prepared for the next leap forward of man's evolutionary destiny.

That is what happens on the film's simplest level. Since an encounter with an advanced interstellar intelligence would be incomprehensible within our present earthbound frames of reference, reactions to it will have elements of philosophy and metaphysics that have nothing to do with the bare plot outline itself.

GELMIS: What are those areas of meaning?

KUBRICK: They are the areas I prefer not to discuss because they are highly subjective and will differ from viewer to viewer. In this sense, the film becomes anything the viewer sees in it. If the film stirs the emotions and penetrates the subconscious of the viewer, if it stimulates, however inchoately, his mythological and religious yearnings and impulses, then it has succeeded. (Gelmis, The Film Director as Superstar, 1970, p. 304.)

Although the beginning part did go on a bit long, I feel it was a necessary setup for the film.

Anyway back to the topic, you should definitely check out Dr. Strangelove, A Clockwork Orange, Pulp Fiction, The Godfather pt 1&2, Shaun of the Dead, Inglouroius Basterds just came out today.

Also have you seen Shawshank Redemption? That is a really good movie. Also Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is alot of fun.
Other films you should add.
Taxi Driver
Goodfellas
Unbreakable
Snatch
Kill Bill series
Reservoir Dogs
The Doors (if you are a Doors fan)
Pan's Labyrinth
Crash
Also Thank You For Smoking is hilarious, check it out if you are a fan of dark humor.

Some on your list I would recommend avoiding

The Men Who Stare at Goats - It is fucking retarded, such a waste of a great cast.
Valkyrie - Just not a very good movie. Considering how many excellent films you have on your list watching it would be a waste of time.
X-men movies
Angels and Demons

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Have you seen The NeverEnding Story circa 1984? I love that movie.

 

[Disaster Button]

V for Vendetta, you MUST see it.

And The Producres, The African Queen, Mary Poppins (seriously, it changed my life) and wow I can't think of any others, which is weird because I've seen a LOT of old movies, and new ones.

 

[The Shade]

Personally, I would do the list in chronological order.

You might think of adding The Maltese Falcon, and The Thin Man (the whole series, if you enjoy the first one) to your Pre-70s list.

Otherwise, there are so many on your list, it becomes a question of deciding which ones are better uses of your time.

For example:
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life is rubbish, compared to Holy Grail and Life of Brian. You could skip it without missing anything important.
Killer Klowns? Ehh... I wouldn't bother.
I, Robot wasn't bad, but it certainly can't contend with a lot of those titles.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit could go.
Daredevil could go.
The Core... was just plain bad.

Anyway, I wish I had time to talk cinema with you, but I have an exam in the morning... on cinema.

...hmm

 

[fanozelda9]

My internet is too slow to see your list but if it's not on there, I recommend The Princess Bride, not to be confused with the princess diary movies. It is one of the best movies I've seen

 

[JemJar]

I make that about 215 films already.

Don't add any more unless you're have no job and no need for a job.

 

[wooty]

Thats....quite a list youve got there, you must have a great social life or a short attention span

 

[PyroTiger]

Fight Club best movie ever.

 

[Cherry Cola]

You haven't seen Lord of the Rings.... I feel like I must break you.

Anything from Quentin Tarantino is good!

 

[rokkolpo]

where's sleepy hollow.

it's awesome.
also some previous posters have said like ''fight club & V for vendetta.

 

[twistedmic]

Unforgiven is an awesome movie, one of Eastwood's best. Do yourself a favor and rent/buy/watch it.

 

[Cargando]

That matches my list of not-seen films, a healthy warning: before you watch Monty Python's Meaning of Life... don't eat anything. And you missed out Silence of the Lambs... unless you have seen it of course.

 

[JelloKZ]

You might think of adding The Maltese Falcon

Which Maltese Falcon? 1931 or 1941?

 

[The Shade]

You might think of adding The Maltese Falcon

Which Maltese Falcon? 1931 or 1941?

Well, the 1941 one is definitely the more well-known (Humphrey Bogart and such) and I favour it over the 1931 version. Still, they're both good.

 

[Hutchy_Bear]

The Happiness of the Katakuris - wierdest and funniest film ever.