50 films to see before you die

[glynners]

don't think i have ever seen him. jackie chan did some good (if a little tacky films in his earlier days) like 'drunken masters' and some other 70's martial arts films - though i am not keen on his western martial arts films.

kill bill was a good film though

yeah the western kung-fu comedies are pretty

Think Stephen Chow is in drunken masters although i may be mistaken

You should check out Shaolin Soccer (cracked me up no end after a little smoke.... ) and Kung Fu Hustle.

I'm trying to get some of his earlier film imported but its proving quite difficult at the moment

[Fadetoblack]

Out of curiosity...

How many people have seen

Glengarry Glen Ross
The Sting
12 Angry Men

[mathare]

Out of curiosity...

How many people have seen

Glengarry Glen Ross
The Sting
12 Angry Men

Nope, not seen any of them I must admit

[Profit Seeker]

Scarface
Long Good Friday
Sword Of Gideon
Four Of The Apocalypse
Cut Throats Nine
All Clint's Spaghettis

[Fadetoblack]

You HAVE to watch them post haste. The Sting and 12 Angry Men are my two favourite movies of all time. GGR is there or thereabouts two. Seriously..I can't believe you haven't seen them. (The Sting is the Redford/Newman one btw)

[samantha1303]

Not quite 50 but here we go -

I.D - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...lance&n=283926
When Saturday Comes - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0IQ-...elated&search=
Patriot Games - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fb4ZVJNRxE
Clear and Present Danger
Godfather 1,2,3
Goodfellas - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt0Bl6kdpiU
Ronin - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDttS...elated&search=
The Sicilian
The Sting
Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDvda...elated&search=
The Ring 1,2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF6gbwU9Lro
Gothika - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuk_TORDk-s
Seven
Saw
Point Break - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygztZjtOA5E
In The Name Of The Father - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUMab1GYMIY
Michael Collins - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmuuymdgsDk
Bloody Sunday
Monster
Boys Dont Cry
Blade 1,2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iqdqtz_6q_U

( you can all groan now )

Fatal Beauty
Flatliners
Weekend At Bernies 1,2
City Of Angels - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zSG_oVliis
Ghost
Indecent Proposal - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4c7Q...elated&search=
Single White Female
Notting Hill - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq8MM5iBsrc
4 Weddings and a Funeral - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD31i9SKw80
Lost For Words
Jumping Jack Flash
Dancin Thru The Dark
Crazy Beautiful - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIGpSlHkME0
Pretty Woman

[samantha1303]

You HAVE to watch them post haste. The Sting and 12 Angry Men are my two favourite movies of all time. GGR is there or thereabouts two. Seriously..I can't believe you haven't seen them. (The Sting is the Redford/Newman one btw)

Just posted that in my list of must watch films.
Raindrops keep falling on my head and Butch Cassidy is much better though

[vegyjones]

I can't remember anything about Reservoir Dogs at all

I'm stuck in the middle with you!
Don't know what else I can do,
Clowns to the left of me
Jokers to the righyt
Here I am
Stuck in the middle with you!

[vegyjones]

How can anyone have the audacity to say that Shawshank Redemption
ican not make the top 50, but Shaun of the Dead can!

Okay, I've seen it, and it is funny, but it's not THAT funny!

[Fadetoblack]

don't think anyone said that it can't make the top 50.

[samantha1303]

don't think anyone said that it can't make the top 50.

It can't make my top 50 :)

[Fadetoblack]

It can't make my top 50 :)

You go girl :wink

[vegyjones]

It can't make my top 50 :)

Yes, but you didn't have Shaun of the dead in there! :D

[Fadetoblack]

But it's a 50 films you must see....not a 50 of the most aesteticly pleasing films ever made.

It's just a personal choice but Shaun scored a home run for me anyway...

[samantha1303]

I've never heard of Shaun of the dead to be honest.

Everyone should watch disney movies at least once -
my faves are -

Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs
Pocahontas
The Little Mermaid
The Jungle Book
The Fox and the Hound

And EVERYONE on here should watch Racing Stripes.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...UTF8&s=gateway

[vegyjones]

The bestest comedy... ever.
That must be seen at least once in everyone's lufe, is

Airplane

[Fadetoblack]

Haha I've watched that with the missus....warmed the cockels of my heart.

[sparkyminer]

Top Gun.
Apocalypse Now
The Deer Hunter
Alien
Aliens
The Matrix
The Thing
American Werewolf in London

There's loads more.

[sparkyminer]

I've never heard of Shaun of the dead to be honest.

Everyone should watch disney movies at least once -
my faves are -

Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs
Pocahontas
The Little Mermaid
The Jungle Book
The Fox and the Hound

And EVERYONE on here should watch Racing Stripes.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...UTF8&s=gateway

Oh yeah.
Toy Story
Toy Story 2
Alladin
Monsters Inc
Finding Nemo
:D :D :D

[mathare]

Okay, I've seen it, and it is funny, but it's not THAT funny!

I didn't find Shawshank Redemption funny

[samantha1303]

Racing Stripes clip -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqq8_eczPoI

[samantha1303]

I'll add clips to my list above as I find them

[mathare]

Top Gun.

A proper 80s classic that one, albeit rather homoerotic

[hudsonmat]

A few of my personal faves:

Usual Suspects
Mississippi Burning
Falling Down (Anybody who has had one of them days will surely know how he feels)

regards
matt

[muggsy1080]

city of god
scarface
seven
casino
oldboy
usual suspects
snatch
waterboy
stander

[lowe1]

The bestest comedy... ever.
That must be seen at least once in everyone's lufe, is

Airplane

nothing is funnier than life of brian

"is there a brian here"

"now what have the romans ever done for us"

"bigus diiickus"


I could quote all night

[GlosRFC]

Not all good films but ones that have cracking surround sound or amazingly realistic effects:
Black Hawk Down
Matrix
King Kong
Saving Private Ryan

Visually stunning films:
Traffic
True Romance
Ocean's Eleven

Jaw-dropping special effects/car chases/etc:
Gladiator
Kill Bill
House of Flying Daggers
Ronin
Bullit

Genuinely great films that will stand the test of time:
All of the Lord of the Rings
French Connection I and II
Oh Brother Where Art Thou
Leon
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Apocalypse Now
The Untouchables
Almost every Ealing comedy made

[Littlegaz]

Agree with a lot of the above, but as a fan of the gangster genre my all time faves would be The Godfather (all three) and Goodfellas. More recently trendy is the cockney gangster theme and here the unmissables are:

Sexy Beast (awesome performance from Ben Kingsley)
The Business
Love, Honour and Obey (more violent comedy than outright gangster stuff)

The Krays would be there if it hadn't been spoilt by such crap casting.

[TheOldhamWhisper]

Scum - looks quite dated nowadays but a must see (IMHO).

House of Flying Daggers (as mentioned by Glos) - stunning film with strong storylines and a very neat twist to a complex plot - should be watched at a cinema with the original subtitles.

Cool Hand Luke - just a darned good movie.

Blackboard Jungle (or just about any Sidney Poitier film will do).

Stir Crazy - possibly the funniest film I have ever seen!

[Merlin]

Some oldie films which are good(imo).......in addition to lots above already mentioned, which I havent duplicated)....

Psycho
Face Off
The Crying Game
The Manchurian Candidate
The Deer Hunter
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
A Clockwork Orange
Some Like It Hot
The Graduate
Scarface
Poltergeist
Rollerball