Movies everyone must own

[RetiredGreyFox]

I'm sitting here watching Drop Dead Fred.
Its nearly as funny as Life of Brian & The Holy Grail.

 

[nat666]

Die Hard 1, 2 and 3
The Negotiator
Leon
Hot Fuzz
Back to the Future
Reservoir Dogs
The Departed
Con Air
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

 

[Breezy]

Die Hard 1, 2 and 3
The Negotiator
Leon
Hot Fuzz
Back to the Future
Reservoir Dogs
The Departed
Con Air
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

nice collection but u missed a couple out. they are

Pulp fiction
The lord of war
war
and the alien collection

 

[m0r94n]

Original 23 Star Wars films
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Bourne Trilogy
Face/Off
Fight Club
American History X
Naked Gun Series
Hot Fuzz
Shaun of the Dead
Super Troopers

 

[davethe11]

Casablanca (I challenge you to find me a movie with more famous quotes than casablanca )
The day the earth stood still (I treasure my criterion collection laser disk of this one!)
Vertigo (maybe hitchcocks best, I like Strangers on a Train a lot too)
2001
Das Boot (the Boat)
La Jetee (12 monkeys was based on this, 12 monkeys is good too imho)
Things to come (screenplay by H.G.Wells! (based on his book))
Matinee (ok, this is a personal fav of mine lol)
The Manchurian Candidate (the original)
Charade and Breakfast at Tiffanys (I like Audrey Hepburn )
The Usual Suspects
The Dollars trilogy (For a Few Dollars More is my fav)
The Wild Bunch
Once Upon a Time in America
Bulllit

 

[Cosimo]

1900
Ben Hur
Gone With The Wind
Jean De Florette
Cinema Paradiso
Once Upon a Time in the West
Lawrence of Arabia
The Searchers
ET
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Longest Day

 

[Gaijin]

I am disgusted that Top Gun has not yet been mentioned

 

[lee32uk]

I am disgusted that Top Gun has not yet been mentioned

Probably because its rubbish

 

[G-MAN2004]

twelve angry men is a classic movie made in the fifties (dont bother with the remake)

Watched that in law once, quite liked it.

EDIT: Definitely Face/Off and Con Air.

 

[davethe11]

The Crow is a great film too imho

 

[ElvisFan]

Casablanca (I challenge you to find me a movie with more famous quotes than casablanca )

Robocop, for starters

 

[davethe11]

Robocop, for starters

I'd buy that for a dollar!

 

[RetiredGreyFox]

Probably because its rubbish

And Top Gun is the gayest film ever.

 

[lee32uk]

Laurel and Hardy - Way out west is one that everone should own.The greatest comedy duo of all time

 

[Gaijin]

Probably because its rubbish

Sacrilege!

 

[matt99man]

American Psycho needs to be mentioned as does the naked gun trilogy!

 

[ins0mn1ac]

Dogma
Falling Down
Seven
Anchorman
A Bronx Tale
The Hitcher (original not the recent remake)
American History X
Donnie Darko
Demolition Man
Gladiator
Leon
Enemy at the Gates
Training Day
Harsh Times
Equilibrium
A Clockwork Orange
Pitch Black
Man on Fire
Friday/Next Friday/Friday After Next - (Pure comedy)
Face Off
Silence of the Lambs
City of God
The Rock

I could go on forever, but they stand out in my mind

 

[oxist258]

Hotel Rwanda

Painted Veil - watched this last night and it was beautiful.

 

[atpbx]

Movies everyone MUST own?:

Airplane.
Planes trains and Automobiles.
Ghostbusters.
The Matrix.
Where Eagles Dare.
The Good the bad and the Ugly.
Zulu.
Heat.
Gladiator.
Alien.
Aliens.
Predator.
Taxi Driver.
The Deer Hunter.
Apocalypse Now.
Lord of the Rings Trilogy.
Pulp Fiction.
Midnight Run.
The Sixth Sense.
The untouchables.
Mad Max.
Terminator.
Terminator 2.
BubbahoTep.
Indiana Jones Trilogy.
Die Hard.

 

[Guru]

Think I've pretty much seen everything in this thread apart from the ipcress file.

Some really good films here.

Surprised nobody has said Sin City though. I thought that was a great film.

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