Evenin’ all :)

I am hearing over time suggestions of more and more movies that I haven’t seen. I’m trying to catch up, and as an example I say Terminator for the first time about a month ago.

I’m really not interested in seeing things like The Sound Of Music or Titanic, but I’d like to find a longer list of ‘big’ movies that I haven’t seen yet that I probably should watch at some point. Work is very quiet at the moment and I’m only working about 20 hours per week (down from 75hrs/wk earlier this year).

Any suggestions on classic and popular movies would be appreciated :)

Things To Do In Denver When You’re Dead

I think it’s interesting that the words “classic” and “popular” do not have the same connotations in movies that they do in music.

Debbie Does Dallas

Various lists:

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=100+films+to+see+before+you+die&oq=100+films+to+see&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l3.6620j0j4&client=tablet-android-samsung&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

A list of classic movies is huge, you can go for directors, you can’t go far wrong with Tarantino or the Coen bros, Sergio Leone for spaghetti westerns, Clint Eastwood and whats his face from Happy Days.

Go to someplace, like IMDb and look up a movie like, for example, Terminator and they have a section where “People who liked this also liked… “ and follow the trail…

Re reading that I realise it had a lot “likes” in it…

furious said:

Go to someplace, like IMDb and look up a movie like, for example, Terminator and they have a section where “People who liked this also liked… “ and follow the trail…

But don’t take too much attention of what the IMDB contributors say. I have found they have a tendency to take movies that are intended to be an enjoyable diversion without too much thinking waaaaay too seriously.

And to put it out there, forget the Tom Cruise haters as well, he does some good stuff.

No country for old men, is still top of my list

One that won’t be on many lists as a classic or popular is the fantastic “The Boondock Saints”..

I think it was diddly who raved about it last year after seeing it. My take was “how haven’t you seen this before?” The movie dates from 1999 and Billy Connolly has a cameo appearance in it.

The_observer said:

No country for old men, is still top of my list

That’s a Coen one.

AwesomeO said:

And to put it out there, forget the Tom Cruise haters as well, he does some good stuff.

Thanks :) I’m going through a couple of googled lists now.

And as for the Tom Cruise thing…. I’m really not a fan of his stuff at all, with the exception of Valkyrie… brilliant movie.

AwesomeO said:

The_observer said:

No country for old men, is still top of my list

That’s a Coen one.

Its a classic on the Observer’s Top Ten

• And as for the Tom Cruise thing…. I’m really not a fan of his stuff at all, with the exception of Valkyrie… brilliant movie.

I didn’t mind Collateral…

The Sum of Us.

The Cars that ate Paris

And best of all……the movie of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Donald Sutherland is brilliant. And the vampire dying scene near the end is….almost endless…

Mr buffy suggests George of the Jungle. (Brendan Fraser)

The Dish

The Last Wave

You may notice I tend to mention films from the Australian golden age.

buffy said:

You may notice I tend to mention films from the Australian golden age.

There was a doco in several parts about that period it was worth watching. Tits featured heavily.

AwesomeO said:

buffy said:

You may notice I tend to mention films from the Australian golden age.

There was a doco in several parts about that period it was worth watching. Tits featured heavily.

David Stratton’s movies.

A Pure Formality

But he missed out Cars.

buffy said:

AwesomeO said:

buffy said:

You may notice I tend to mention films from the Australian golden age.

There was a doco in several parts about that period it was worth watching. Tits featured heavily.

David Stratton’s movies.

No, another one. It was more about cultish and el cheapo produced movies.

Passengers

a very good sci fi movie I saw the other night.

Thought provoking, could make Observers Top 15, maybe

• No, another one. It was more about cultish and el cheapo produced movies.

Something about “ozploitation”?

furious said:

• No, another one. It was more about cultish and el cheapo produced movies.

Something about “ozploitation”?

That sounds like the one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_Quite_Hollywood:_The_Wild,_Untold_Story_of_Ozploitation!

This?

Can you give us some clue about what kinds of movies you do like?

Mad Max: Fury Road

• Can you give us some clue about what kinds of movies you do like?

Would also be handy to know whether he actually enjoyed The Terminator, for a start…

buffy said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_Quite_Hollywood:_The_Wild,_Untold_Story_of_Ozploitation!

This?

Yep, that’s the one, it was on late at night on SBS and was in about three parts, Paris was in it.

That list of films referenced reminded me that my parents took us to the drive in to see Age of Consent. When I think about it, it’s a bit odd that they did that.

Bad Boy Bubby

It’s a heartwarming tale of a young man travelling with his cat and finding his place in the world after than unfortunate death of his parents. Has many classics quotable lines such as “That be mum, that be pop, and this be cat.”, “Well, if that’s all there is, we’re stuffed” and “Christ kid, you’re a weirdo”.

• Has many classics quotable lines such as “That be mum, that be pop, and this be cat.”, “Well, if that’s all there is, we’re stuffed” and “Christ kid, you’re a weirdo”.

“Get off of the f#%kin’ road you greasy bastard!”

Avoid Erasorhead, it makes every list of classics. It’s boring rubbish.

AwesomeO said:

Avoid Erasorhead, it makes every list of classics. It’s boring rubbish.

+1

dv said:

AwesomeO said:

Avoid Erasorhead, it makes every list of classics. It’s boring rubbish.

+1

I was silly enough to watch it twice, first time I thought that’s a famous classic, beauty. I was very underwhelmed, didn’t even finish watching it. It came around again years later and I thought, no, must be a reason it’s a classic, I will give it another go. It was even more boring the second time.

AwesomeO said:

dv said:

AwesomeO said:

Avoid Erasorhead, it makes every list of classics. It’s boring rubbish.

+1

I was silly enough to watch it twice, first time I thought that’s a famous classic, beauty. I was very underwhelmed, didn’t even finish watching it. It came around again years later and I thought, no, must be a reason it’s a classic, I will give it another go. It was even more boring the second time.

Mmm. It is boring, stupid and pointless.

The first couple of sentences in Wikipedia suggests you might be right on that.

You haven’t seen Terminator (1984) so I guess your movie drought starts in the 1980s? Here are IMDb’s top movies from 1980 onwards based on user ratings.

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Schindler’s List (1993)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Inception (2010)
Forrest Gump (1994)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Fight Club (1999)
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Dunkirk (2017)
Goodfellas (1990)
The Matrix (1999)
Dangal (2016)
City of God (2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Interstellar (2014)
Léon: The Professional (1994)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Se7en (1995)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) The Usual Suspects (1995) Spirited Away (2001)
The Intouchables (2011)
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
My Father and My Son (2005)
The Prestige (2006)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Memento (2000)
The Departed (2006)
The Lion King (1994)
Whiplash (2014)
Back to the Future (1985)
Gladiator (2000)
The Green Mile (1999)
Your Name (2016)
American History X (1998)

Just an update… I’m still here, and trying to compile a movie list of ones I’ve seen and ones currently on my to-watch list….

Will post them soon :)

Bloody hell. I’d rather watch “Erasorhead’ again than be forced to watch the LoTR trilogy again.

Here’s a couple of lists of movies… first list is ones I’ve seen and like, and the second list is my current to-watch list (from various people including here tonight).

Seen and do like (obviously seen more than this but this is a short selection):

• The Shawshank Redemption
• Anchorman
• The Dark Knight
• Inception
• The Matrix
• Léon: The Professional
• Baraka
• Valkyrie
• The Fuzz (If you haven’t seen this, it’s hilarious…)
• Psycho
• Back to the Future
• The Green Mile
• The Prestige
• The Illusionist
• The Breakfast Club
• Hacksaw Ridge
• Labyrinth
• The Castle
• The Dish
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• The Princess Bride
• Kingsman: The Secret Service
• The Golden Child

Current to-watch list:

• Pulp Fiction
• Schindler’s List
• Fight Club
• Interstellar
• Saving Private Ryan (I had this on DVD but my ex stole it)
• The Silence of the Lambs
• The Usual Suspects
• Se7en
• A Clockwork Orange (attempted multiple times but haven’t been able to get through it yet)
• See No Evil, Hear No Evil
• Blazing Saddles
• Wonder Woman
• Lost in Translation
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Boogie Nights
• Scream
• Blade Runner
• I Know What You Did Last Summer
• Casino
• Me Myself and Irene
• 100 Ways to Die in the West
• Candyman
• Hannibal
• The Lost Boys
• Saw (series)
• The Fifth Element
• Scarface
• The Shining
• Erin Brokovich
• Kenny
• Invictus
• Rain Man

Specifically avoiding:

• Anything with David Spade, Rob Schneider, Ben Affleck, Sylvester Stallone

Zorro the Gay Blade

The Time Bandits.

The Last Waltz.

Geordie.

:)

AwesomeO said:

Avoid Erasorhead, it makes every list of classics. It’s boring rubbish.

Probably won’t surprise anyone here to learn that I really enjoyed Eraserhead.

Don’t have a movie list. Do have a list of books based on movies that are better than the movies.

The book “Buffy the vampire slayer” is better than the movie – genuine humour & less horror
The book “Star Trek, the motion picture” is much better than the movie
The book “ET” is as good as the movie
The book “Shrek” is almost as good as the movie

JTQ said:

Evenin’ all :)

I am hearing over time suggestions of more and more movies that I haven’t seen. I’m trying to catch up, and as an example I say Terminator for the first time about a month ago.

I’m really not interested in seeing things like The Sound Of Music or Titanic, but I’d like to find a longer list of ‘big’ movies that I haven’t seen yet that I probably should watch at some point. Work is very quiet at the moment and I’m only working about 20 hours per week (down from 75hrs/wk earlier this year).

Any suggestions on classic and popular movies would be appreciated :)

Morning all.
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade, usually shortened to Marat/Sade, is a 1963 play by Peter Weiss. The work was first published in German.
After the play it was made into a movie in 1967.

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nor the same connotations as “classical” or “popularist”

Madman usually do good movies.