100 Must See Movies?

[Taylirious]

As a film fan?

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/top/bestofrt/

&

http://www.amc.com/movie-guide/tim-dirks-top-100

I am not a film buff and never really get to see movies in the theater too much. I was hoping to get into movies more in the near future and maybe write about them. I know critics and bloggers and fans here see a lot of movies.

So I was wondering what would your list look like? Maybe top 5 per genre. Do you agree with the lists I linked? Do you have to see like every movie to be able to talk about them?

I am thinking movies that have historical significance, movies that are a virtual course in film making & movies that have a timeless quality. I know this sort of thing is subjective cause there were movies I loved growing up people hated and movies people loved I hated.

As for the 2 links the top 20 are quite varied as are the lists as a whole. Are listed as "top" movies.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Those lists have a lot of must see films on them but they're very Anglo-centric and Hollywood-centric.

If you want to look into more international, more auteur-oriented films, this is a good list:
http://www.theyshootpictures.com/gf1000_all1000films_table.php

 

[Taylirious]

Those lists have a lot of must see films on them but they're very Anglo-centric and Hollywood-centric.

If you want to look into more international, more auteur-oriented films, this is a good list:
http://www.theyshootpictures.com/gf1000_all1000films_table.php

This is very good. Thank you.

987 930 Gilda Vidor, Charles 1946 USA 110

My favorite film and I would have it in my 100.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Won't go out to 100 but here are my top 20, just in the order I happen to think of them:

Bicycle Thieves (De Sica)
Taxi Driver (Scorcese)
Sunrise (Murnau)
Vertigo (Hitchcock)
Pulp Fiction (Tarantino)
Fargo (Coen)
Rashomon (Kurosawa)
Andrei Rublev (Tarkovsky)
The Mirror (Tarkovsky)
Stalker (Tarkovsky)
Persona (Bergman)
Night of the Hunter (Laughton)
Dr Strangelove (Kubrick)
Chungking Express (Wong)
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (Leone)
Stantango (Tarr)
Chimes at Midnight (Welles)
The Cabinet Of Dr Caligari (Wiene)
Days of Heaven (Malick)
Touki Bouki (Mambety)

 

[martok2112]

Hmmm..... not sure I can go to 100, but here's my shot at a good list:

Science Fiction:
Star Wars (1977) or the Special Edition
The Empire Strikes Back
Star Trek The Motion Picture
Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country
Star Trek 2009
Star Trek Into Darkness
Forbidden Planet
Dune (1984) and even the very flawed extended cut
StarGate
Independence Day
The Terminator
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
RoboCop
Blade Runner (any version)
Prometheus
Alien
Aliens
2001: A Space Odyssey
2010: The Year We Make Contact
Tron
Tron Legacy

Crime Drama:
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
The Godfather Part III
Goodfellas


Westerns:
The Magnificent Seven
Dances With Wolves
Pale Rider
The Unforgiven
Tombstone
Wyatt Earp
True Grit (either Wayne or Bridges)

Action:
The 13th Warrior (to me, this is the perfect action movie)
Conan the Barbarian (Ah'nold)
Escape from New York
Skyfall
First Blood
Rambo First Blood Part II
Rambo
Olympus Has Fallen
Die Hard
Die Hard 2
Live Free or Die Hard
Air Force One
The Hunt for Red October
Patriot Games
Clear and Present Danger
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Horror:
The Exorcist
The Omen
The Shining (either the Kubrick film or the miniseries)
Carrie (either the original with Sissy Spacek, or the recent one with Chloe Grace Moretz)
Rosemary's Baby


Drama:
Lawrence of Arabia
Terms of Endearment
A Few Good Men
Saturday Night Fever
Rockstar


War:
The Green Berets
Patton
Glory
Red Dawn (either the original or the remake)
Das Boot
U-571
Lion of the Desert
Black Hawk Down


Comic Book:
Superman the Movie
Superman II (either the theatrical or the Donner Cut)
Man of Steel
Batman
Batman Returns
Batman Begins
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight Rises
The Avengers
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Iron Man
Iron Man 3
Thor
Thor The Dark World
Spider Man 2

Musical:
Fiddler on the Roof
Grease

Concert movies or Rockumentaries:
U2 Rattle and Hum
The Rolling Stones: Shine A Light
Sting: Bring on the Night
This Is Spinal Tap (the ultimate mockumentary)

Comedy:
South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut
The Kentucky Fried Movie
Blazing Saddles
The Frisco Kid
M*A*S*H*
Young Frankenstein
Spaceballs


Animated:
Despicable Me
Despicable Me 2
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Heavy Metal
Fantasia
Aladdin
The Lion King
Up!
Shrek
The Aristocats
101 Dalmations
The Road to El Dorado


I could probably go on but I'll stop for now.

 

[Tom Hendricks]

I only made it 50, so here are my 50 top movies. If you see a movie with sequels, I'm including all the movies in that spot.

1. Citizen Kane
2. Lawrence of Arabia
3. Godfather series
4. Schindlers List
5. 2001: A Space Odyssey
6. The Fountain
7. Star Wars Series
8. Amadeus
9. The Third Man
10. The Martian
11. The Seven Samurai
12. A Clockwork Orange
13. Jaws
14. Rear Window
15. Midnight Cowboy
16. Apocalypse Now
17. Pulp Fiction
18. ET
19. Amelie
20. Raiders of the Lost Ark series
21. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
22. Contact
23. Taxi Driver
24. All About Eve
25. Forrest Gump
26. Good Fellas
27. Patton
28. Rocky
29. Color Purple
30. Mad Max series
31. Titanic
32. Amistad
33. Aliens series
34. Terminator series
35. 13th Warrior
36. Black Hawk Down
37. Amazing Grace
38. Batman series
39. Dances with Wolves
40. Mutiny on the Bounty
41. Platoon
42. Unforgiving
43. The Quiet Man
44. My Fair Lady
45. Frozen
46. Moulin Rouge
47. Dr. Strangelove
48. The Lord of the Rings series
49. Leon: The Professional
50. The Snapper

 

[Starbreaker]

Here's my list. Lots of science fiction, horror, and oddball films, but that's what I like.

http://www.imdb.com/list/ls002772651/

 

[Push The Button]

Metropolis
Citizen Kane
The Godfather (I and II)
2001: A Space Odyssey
It's A Wonderful Life

 

[Trekkin]

I'm going to have to make a list on Letterboxd. It's difficult because my order tends to shift according to my mood. At least 20 of them would be:

1. The Shawshank Redemption
2. To Kill A Mockingbird
3. Rocky
4. The Princess Bride
5. A Nightmare on Elm Street
6. All's Quiet on the Western Front
7. Blade Runner
8. The Searchers
9. The Elephant Man
10. Star Wars
11. Spartacus
12. The Lord of the Rings
13. Gojira
14. LA Confidential
15. Children of Men
16. Notorious
17. Rear Window
18. Pans Labyrinth
19. The Wicker Man
20. The Night of the Hunter

 

[martok2112]

I would have to add the Harry Potter series of movies to my collection, also Excalibur and Monty Python and the Holy Grail. By this point, I may have met or exceeded 100. . I kinda lost count when posting my list.

 

[DonIago]

I don't know about Must-See films, but if anyone's that curious, the list of films I've liked enough to own (or just haven't gotten rid of yet) is at http://movies.fishslayer.net

 

[hux]

1) The Hairdressers Husband
2) Dawn of the Dead (78)
3) Arsenic and Old Lace
4) Holiday
5) Only Angels Have Wings
6) The Double Life of Veronique
7) The Thing
8) Terminator 2
9) Life of Brian
10) Wild Strawberries
11) About a Boy
12) Camera Buff
13) Day of the Dead
14) Army of Shadows
15) The Silence
16) The Awful Truth
17) His Girl Friday
18) The Philadelphia Story
19) 10 Things I Hate About You
20) The Selfish Giant

 

[Taylirious]

5) Only Angels Have Wings

I own along with a bunch of other movies with Rita Hayworth!

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

I could watch Blues Brothers or Cannonball Run a hundred times.