Must See Films?

[*Dawna*]

I have just started a Film Studies course and the first lesson taught me this. I have not seen many good movies.
It seems I have been watching kids films and comedies all my life. Nothing wrong with that but I'm thinking I may need to branch out a bit and see some of the great films I have missed over the years.
Does anyone have any recomendations for films that I MUST see?

I have already rented The Shawshank Redemption because that was recomended by my teacher.

[Amy]

Ooo, I took a film class over the summer and all we watched were MUST SEE movies...

By the way, these are all eighties movies but their pretty much the movies ANYONE must see.

Say Anything (The BEST Romantic Comedy EVER!)
Sixteen Candles
The Brekfest Club
Pretty In Pink
Fast Times at Ridgemont High

[*Dawna*]

Thanks.
I hadn't thought about that kind of thing. I'll definitely look into watching those.

[thesneaky]

All the classics, like Sabrina, Breakfast at Tiffany's...um yeah the list goes on and on, I'm not going to name them all.

AND Pearl Harbour. Awesome movie.

[bethANY (:]

thesneaky said:

All the classics, like Sabrina, Breakfast at Tiffany's...um yeah the list goes on and on, I'm not going to name them all.

AND Pearl Harbour. Awesome movie.

I cry everytime I see this film!

[*Dawna*]

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I will look into them.
Keep them coming ~ all suggestions are welcome because it will depend on what I can find at Blockbusters and the library.

[bethANY (:]

Pulp Fiction Is A must see movie!

[heroic]

Film student 101:
Battleship Potemkin
Kieslowski's Trois Couleurs
Schindler's List
Akira Kurosawa's films
A Clockwork Orange
Wong Kar Wai's films (I suggest "In the Mood for Love" and "Chungking Express")
The Breakfast Club
The Seventh Seal
Pedro Almodovar (check out "Volver" and "Todo Sobre Mi Madre")
Kill Bill 1 & 2
Pulp Fiction
Sin City
Miyazaki cartoons

As for my actual favorites, I'll list them by genre:

Comedy/Musical:
Everyone Says I Love You (Woody Allen)
Purple Rose of Cairo (Woody Allen)
Mary Poppins
About a Boy
High Fidelity (as a rule most Nick Hornby adaptations are ace)
Garden State
The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson)
Clerks (Kevin Smith)
Mallrats (Kevin Smith)
The Concierge/For Love or Money
Ferris Bueller's Day Out
Roxanne
Father of the Bride
The Jerk
The Man with Two Brains
Grease

Fantasy/Suspense/Sci-fi/Horror:
Army of Darkness
Tremors
The Innocents (I've not seen this actually, but the concept is interesting.)
Dracula (Gary Oldman/ Winona Ryder)
Labyrinth (Jim Henson)
The Dark Crystal (Jim Henson)
Dark City (Alex Proyas)
I, Robot (Alex Proyas)
Bicentennial Man
The Others
The Sixth Sense
Shaun of the Dead
Total Recall

Drama/Romance
Great Expectations (Cuaron)
Much Ado About Nothing (Branagh)
Chasing Amy (Kevin Smith)
Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater)
Before Sunset (Richard Linklater)
Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe)
Tortilla Soup (adapted from Ang Lee's Eat Drink Man Woman)
My Sassy Girl (Korean film)
Windstruck (Korean Film)
One Night Stand
Three of Hearts
Me And You And Everyone We Know
Higher Learning
The Joy Luck Club (adapted from the Amy Tan novel)
St. Elmo's Fire
Little Manhattan

Animation/ Children's:
An American Tail
Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki)
Pom Poko (Hayao Miyazaki)
Waking Life (Richard Linklater)
Ratatouille
Aladdin
Beauty and the Beast
Mulan
Triplets of Belleville
Tokyo Godfathers
Cats Don't Dance
The Last Unicorn
The Little Princess (Alfonso Cuaron)

Action/War:
Hudson Hawk
Casualties of War

Yeah. That's a lot but believe me, there's a lot more where that came from.

[[S]ophie_x]

Just a couple i picked out. Genres/Movies not in Alphabetical

Action/Adventure
Kingdom of Heaven
Harry Potter
Lord of the Rings
Posidon
Die Hard


Comedy
Knocked Up
Click
My Super Ex-Girlfriend
Shaun of the Dead
Scary Movie 1 & 2 & 3 & 4
Epic Movie

Cartoon
Ice Age 1 & 2
Over The Hegde
The Wild
Lion King
Finding Nemo
Madagascar
Wallace & Gromit

Musical/Movie
High School Musical 1 & 2
Hairspray
Grease

Horror
The Ring
The Grudge

There are just a few, i have plenty more!

[Chaz]

High School Musical and High School Musical 2

[Dylan]

heroic said:

Film student 101:
Battleship Potemkin
Kieslowski's Trois Couleurs
Schindler's List
Akira Kurosawa's films
A Clockwork Orange
Wong Kar Wai's films (I suggest "In the Mood for Love" and "Chungking Express")
The Breakfast Club
The Seventh Seal
Pedro Almodovar (check out "Volver" and "Todo Sobre Mi Madre")
Kill Bill 1 & 2
Pulp Fiction
Sin City
Miyazaki cartoons

As for my actual favorites, I'll list them by genre:

Comedy/Musical:
Everyone Says I Love You (Woody Allen)
Purple Rose of Cairo (Woody Allen)
Mary Poppins
About a Boy
High Fidelity (as a rule most Nick Hornby adaptations are ace)
Garden State
The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson)
Clerks (Kevin Smith)
Mallrats (Kevin Smith)
The Concierge/For Love or Money
Ferris Bueller's Day Out
Roxanne
Father of the Bride
The Jerk
The Man with Two Brains
Grease

Fantasy/Suspense/Sci-fi/Horror:
Army of Darkness
Tremors
The Innocents (I've not seen this actually, but the concept is interesting.)
Dracula (Gary Oldman/ Winona Ryder)
Labyrinth (Jim Henson)
The Dark Crystal (Jim Henson)
Dark City (Alex Proyas)
I, Robot (Alex Proyas)
Bicentennial Man
The Others
The Sixth Sense
Shaun of the Dead
Total Recall

Drama/Romance
Great Expectations (Cuaron)
Much Ado About Nothing (Branagh)
Chasing Amy (Kevin Smith)
Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater)
Before Sunset (Richard Linklater)
Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe)
Tortilla Soup (adapted from Ang Lee's Eat Drink Man Woman)
My Sassy Girl (Korean film)
Windstruck (Korean Film)
One Night Stand
Three of Hearts
Me And You And Everyone We Know
Higher Learning
The Joy Luck Club (adapted from the Amy Tan novel)
St. Elmo's Fire
Little Manhattan

Animation/ Children's:
An American Tail
Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki)
Pom Poko (Hayao Miyazaki)
Waking Life (Richard Linklater)
Ratatouille
Aladdin
Beauty and the Beast
Mulan
Triplets of Belleville
Tokyo Godfathers
Cats Don't Dance
The Last Unicorn
The Little Princess (Alfonso Cuaron)

Action/War:
Hudson Hawk
Casualties of War

Yeah. That's a lot but believe me, there's a lot more where that came from.

Thanks for that list ;D

Heads over to movieforumz ;D

[*~*K-Pop_Lover_4ever*~*]

Okay...well there are only a few movies that I would recommend, but if you choose one...it should be Hairspray...I recommend that movie to anyone even if you don't like movie/musicals...it's still good, but I do love movie/musicals so that may be a reason that I recommend it so much!!

[Love, Jenni ¤]

A Walk To Remember!!!!!!!(really sad film)

[Team Danny Jones.]

The Perfect Storm - very good movie.


OH Meet the Robinsons!!! haha another good one.
and Game Plan oh and Longest Yard.

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[Team Danny Jones.]

Selena!! ii love that movie. it's sooo sad. and romantic.