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So chatting with my younger coworkers I found out that a lot of them haven't seen classic moves such as Ghostbusters, Goonies, Nightmare on Elm Street, Jurassic Park, and E.T.

What are some movies that you believe are a must see? I would like to compile a list so that when I have kids they won't grow up so deprived.

My answer is always The Shawshank Redemption and Predator.  

Classics HMMMMMmmmmmm......
Just about all the early John Hughes movies. Pretty in Pink, Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller, Some kind of Wonderful.

Then we move into the John Hughes wannabees, Valley Girl, Can't Buy me Love, etc..

The Blockbusters - Jaws, First 3 star wars, Indiana Jones and the such and such, Close Encounter of the 3rd Kind, Aliens

Horror - John Carpenter's The Thing, Alien, The Fly, Rosemary's Baby

Classic Sci Fi- Logan's Run, Soylent Green, Silent Running

Wait, are these "must see because they are good movies" or are they "must see to understand the cultural significance" type movies? Or both?



 

Control (2007)

Agreed on Shawshank and good John Hughes.

I'll add Princes Bride, and Little Miss Sunshine

The Imaginarium of Dr. Pernassus

What about Disney?!

Lion King
Little Mermaid
Beauty and the Beast
Alice in Wonderland
Peter Pan
... the list goes on!

neecole: What about Disney?! Lion King Little Mermaid Beauty and the Beast Alice in Wonderland Peter Pan ... the list goes on!

Can you rank them?



I think out of the animated (non-CG) Disney movies, Aladdin takes #1.

Dylan:




Can you rank them?



I think out of the animated (non-CG) Disney movies, Aladdin takes #1.

#1! I'm surprised!

Peter Pan was always in the top for me. And Jungle Book.

neecole:
What about Disney?!

Lion King
Little Mermaid
Beauty and the Beast
Alice in Wonderland
Peter Pan
... the list goes on!

Basically ALL Disney movies.
Even the ones like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Jessica:

Basically ALL Disney movies.
Even the ones like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Bedknobs & Broomsticks!

They Live

Star Wars 4-6
Schindler's List
The Godfather
Batman
Army of Darkness
Beetlejuice
American Beauty
Fight Club
Clerks
The Exorcist
Poltergeist
Pulp Fiction

spazdaq: They Live

I am shocked and ashamed that I have not seen this.

Magnolia, hands down.

Also....
Adaptation
Requiem For A Dream
Spirited Away
Gladiator
Pan's Labyrinth
The Royal Tenenbaums
Vanilla Sky
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Agreed on Little Miss Sunshine
V for Vendetta
Gattaca
Patch Adams
Mona Lisa Smile
Pay It Forward