What are some essential films every person should see before they die?

[JayPettryMMA]

I'm expecting people to say The Godfather, Pulp Fiction, Empire Strikes Back, Predator, and other critically acclaimed masterpieces.

What's on your list of essential films that everyone should see?

 

[BillytheFish]

Django Unchained is pretty awesome
Saving Private Ryan
Gladiator
Braveheart

 

[Medical Marijuana Man]

Godfather 1 & 2
Goodfellas
Saving private Ryan
Dumb and dumber
Wizard of oz

 

[Hidden_Hand]

Gladiator
Wizard of Oz
Saving Private Ryan
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Goodfellas
Shawshank Redemption
Black Hawk Down
Forrest Gump
Fight Club

I could go on and on but that list of films are a masterclass in story telling and character development, I would feel legit sad if a person on their death bed said they had never got round to seeing one of them.

 

[Zer]

I guess the first 10 that come to mind, trying to be hipster and stay away from mainstream American films

Ran (Kurosawa)
The 400 Blows (Truffaut)
Aguirre, The Wrath of God (Herzog)
Chungking Express (Wong Kar-wai)
Solyaris (Tarkovsky)
Stalker (Tarkovsky)
Hana-Bi (Kitano)
Army of Shadows (Melville)
Nights of Cabiria (Fellini)
The Wages of Fear (Clouzot)

 

[Hans Gercmiov]

 

[Sir Galahad]

I guess the first 10 that come to mind, trying to be hipster and stay away from mainstream American films

Ran (Kurosawa)
The 400 Blows (Truffaut)
Aguirre, The Wrath of God (Herzog)
Chungking Express (Wong Kar-wai)
Solyaris (Tarkovsky)
Stalker (Tarkovsky)
Sonatine (Kitano)
Army of Shadows (Melville)
Nights of Cabiria (Fellini)
The Wages of Fear (Clouzot)

Where's the love for Drive? @Zer

 

[closequarters]

Last of the Mohicans
Avatar
Last Samurai
Tombstone
Magnificent Seven (Original)
Outlaw Josie Wales
The Missing
Gone Baby Gone

 

[Headkicktoleg]

Going to avoid the completely obvious

Animal House
The Ring
Snatch
Caddyshack
28 Days Later
Monty Python and the search for the Holy Grail
Jurassic Park
Kill Bill
The Raid
Ong Bak
Almost Famous
Jackass the Movie
Tommy Boy
Blade Runner
7 Samurai
13 Assassins

 

[danny23]

There Will Be Blood.

 

[mb23100]

Slap Shot
Blazing Saddles
Spaceballs
Counte of Monte Cristo (2002)
Monte Python and the Holy Grail

 

[KONG-D'SNT-TAP]

Godfather
Casablanca
Psycho
Metropolis
Clockwork Orange
2001
Pulp Fiction
Maletese Falcon
Jaws
Star Wars
Annie Hall
Do the Right Thing

 

[Joe_Armstrong]

The Truman Show.

 

[MaureenCretis]

In Bruges.
Airplane!
LA Confidential.
Blazing Saddles.
The Andromeda Strain.
Star Trek, The Wrath Of Khan.
Big Hero 6.
Back To The Future.
Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Every which way but loose.
Dead Man’s Shoes.

 

[Zer]

Where's the love for Drive? @Zer

Drive is an all-time great bro, but I'd guess everyone on Sherdog has seen it. Trying to get these films attention

 

[n...not crazy]

Pretty much just Saving Private Ryan.

oh and Spaceballs.

 

[MaureenCretis]

The Sting.

 

[Lovestorm]

Conan The Barbarian
Shawshank Redemption
For A Few Dollars More
The Dark Knight
Goodfellas
Ladyhawke
Star Wars 4 - 6
Lord Of The Rings
Terminator 1 & 2
Willow
Way Of The Dragon
Enter The Dragon
Big Boss
Boys N The Hood
Robocop 1 & 2
Tombstone
Predator 1 & 2
Captain America 1 -3
Avengers 1 - 3
Alien 1 - 3

 

[raty tat tat]

Star Wars 4-6
Alien/Aliens
The French Connection
Casablanca
King Kong '33
Enter the Dragon/Chinese Connection
Universal Monsters of the 30's and 40's
Bonnie an Clyde
Tombstone
The Searchers

 

[KONG-D'SNT-TAP]

Midnight Cowboy
Cool Hand Luke
Out of Africa
French Connection
Goodfellas
Taxi Driver
Social Network
Breakfast Club
Boogie Nights