Essential Movies

Khaos wrote: Fight Club

Legend

FC one of the best movies ever imo

do you mean tom cruise legend or tom hardy legend?
i would guess the tom hardy legend but hey, you never know, the cruise was a great movie imo

Legend with Tom Cruise in it.

I love movies...

So many...

And the ones mentioned are awesome...

So, short list:

I'm going to tell you Forest Gump, as already suggested....

Pulp Fiction

Identity, Pushing Tin, Say Anything, Grosse Point Blank, Being John Malcovich, High Fidelity, Serendipity, Better Off Dead - anything john Cusak really, lol...

Blues Brothers

Hair

Sound of Music

The Doors

The Apprentice (Nick Cage)

Oh man, the list goes on...

Young Frankenstein (1974) is a must see. But first watch Rosemary's Baby (1968). You'll be a nervous wreck after it and Young Frankenstein will be all the more welcome. Both have particularly lovely theme songs. After that promise me you'll see Being There (1979). I can't wait to hear what you think about Chance (the gardener). If you like these I have more to suggest. In my book these movies rise to the level of transcendent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOPTriLG5cU

Here is the theme song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3vsB-f0HyY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PewtQsgN5uo

And it's theme song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wRNX94fU94

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOOghKacg40

• 12 Angry Men, my favorite courtroom drama.
• Blade Runner, for interesting questions about what constitutes humanity.
• Big Trouble in Little China, for a movie where the sidekick is convinced he's the main character.
• Unbreakable, that plumbs the depths to which we will go for "destiny."
• Fallen, to show us there's nowhere we can hide from ourselves.
• Equilibrium, on days when we feel emotion is overrated.
• Kagemusha, a film about identity and self-worth.
• Rashomon, a tale of the importance of perception.
• Blazing Saddles, to drive home the lunacy of racism.
• Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, for a look at the end of the Cold War era through a sci-fi lens.
• The Big Lebowski, a crash course in "takin' it easy, man."

I've seen quite a few movies but I'll keep the list short and only list the ones I didn't see posted already.
"Pay it forward." about a kid just trying to make the world a better place.
"The Voices" Ryan Reynolds shows us an interesting perspective on mental illness
"Pitch perfect" Because come on who in there right mind doesn't want to sit on a couch covered in 30 blankets yelling the words to these all to catchy songs.

Thanks V for this thread. I've noticed mostly we all watch the same stuff. My selection is Day breakers. The vampires finally win.

Kurosawa’s 1958 samurai classic, The Hidden Fortress.

It really is a broad topic and it depends on which genres you like, but i'd start with any movies from Imdb Top 250 you haven't seen yet.