Posted on 08/21/2011 12:00:53 PM PDT by mamelukesabre
I'm interested in what everyone would add to the list. In no particular order, my list of 15 "must see" movies of the last 30 years...
Bladerunner
The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy
Stand and deliver
The big labowski
Buckaroo banzai
Oh brother where art thou?
Phenomenon
Fargo
Open range
Cindarella man
The Hitcher
Pay it forward
Once upon a time in america
Forest Gump
Last of the mohicans
I’ve been wondering what happened to the remake of “butch cassidy and the sundance kid” I heard about a few years ago.
1. When Harry Met Sally
2. Top Gun
3. Running Scared
4. Planes, Trains and Automobiles
5. Silverado
6. The Big Chill
7. Bull Durham
8. A Christmas Story
9. Untouchables
10. Lethal Weapn
11. Driving Miss Daisy
I have been watching those Zatoichi black and white shows. I do not have high speed internet so have to order the dvd’s from Netflix.
Although the idea that a blind person could have such incredible senses is pretty ridiculous, they are very entertaining.
Something interesting to me is the girls. About half of them truly are beautiful but about half are really plain or even ugly. The Japanese must have a different idea of beauty.
They do manage to have just about the right mixture of comedy, not too much but enough.
I loved that scene where the grandfather is sitting at the kitchen table and says “Im sooo confused.”
How about..
The Great Santini...
and what was the one with Jack Nicholson as the aging astronaut with shirley Mclain?
But my ALLTIME favorite is: ANIMAL HOUSE
“I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody’s part!
We’re just the guys to do it.”
The Remains of the Day
The Shawshank Redemption
Magnolia was an excellent film in spite of Tom Cruise. Blade Runner was also very good.
One can raise a lot of objections to Goodfellas and Pulp Fiction (also Reservoir Dogs) and The Matrix but they did more to change movie-making than just about anything else. It wasn't always change for the better, but they were all worth seeing.
Brazil
The Mission
Someone mentioned This Is Spinal Tap and will heartily second that recommendation.
Pan’s Labyrinth
Hellboy I and II — both were excellent, as is pretty much anything by Guillermo del Toro as far as I can tell.
This thread has reminded me that I need to see The Lives of Others.
Although better known for the YouTube parodies, “Downfall” is an excellent movie.
Patton
Kelly’s Heros
Rob Roy
Braveheart
L.A. Confidential
Das Boot
Unforgiven
Full Metal Jacket
The Shining
Alien
Animal House
I saw that. It was good.
We just got Netfliks so I need to make some notes. :D
The Terminator
..in spite of the fact that I listened to the race when it happened, therefore, I knew for sure the outcome.
Especially poignant if you actually speak German, but even with the subtitles is highly watchable.
Lots of great films, but I failed to post The Patriot earlier.
A must see, even with the blood...
what no Michael Moore?
that one I didnt know about.
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