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What's your favourite classic movie you think everyone should have seen once in their life? (piefed.jeena.net)
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Me and two friends had "classic movie nights" for a couple of years before I moved away. We would watch something which is considered a classic and it had to have been released before 2000. We watched only those which none of us three have seen before and we would watch it like once every two months or so. Movies like:

  • M
  • Gone with the Wind
  • The Godfather
  • Taxi Driver
  • Murder on the Orient Express
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • Rear Window
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
  • Chinatown
  • Le Grande Bouffe
  • L'Avventura
  • Tengoku to jigoku
  • etc.

It was a ton of fun and we talked about the movie before, what our expectations are and after just generally and each of us would give it a IMDB star rating.

Now sadly my friends live 9 time zones away, so we can't really do that anymore. But I was thinking to try to convince my wife to do this classic movies night with me. Right now she is reluctant because English is her 4rth language and especially older movies are using language differently too, but one day she will give in :D.

Anyway, now that you know the rules, what movies do you think I still missed and should watch?

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

Does it have to be serious? There are a ton of great comedies or dramadies.

  • Cool Hand Luke
  • Rebel Without a Cause
  • Hard Days Night (this is terrible and great, you still have to see it)
  • Psycho
  • Forest Gump
  • Star Wars
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • Local Hero
  • Rocky Horror Picture Show
  • Joe vs the Volcano (it might be too on the nose right now)
  • Life of Brian or The Holy Grail by Monty Python
  • Highlander (just to see Sean Connery be a Spaniard)
  • So I married an Ax Murderer and Wayne's World
  • The Game
  • The Terminator
  • Bull Durham
[–] MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Hell yea brother. So many "movies you must see lists" are like Come & See, Grave of the Fireflies and the whole Decalogue. Don't get me wrong these are all great but we so often leave silly joy out of the great film canon. I'm gonna continue this vibe

  • Tampopo
  • Paper Moon
  • Sing Street
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit
  • The Sting
  • Hunt for the Wilderpeople
  • About Time
  • School of Rock
  • O Brother Where Art Thou
  • Midnight Run
  • Barb and Starr Go To Vista Del Mar
[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago

I can't believe I missed O Brother, it's in my top 3.

[–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Ooh these are awesome!

May I add:

  • Spaceballs

  • Uncle Buck

  • Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

  • Airplane! (Haven’t seen this one but it’s supposed to be a classic)

  • Father of the Bride

  • The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941 I believe, Bette Davis is fabulous in this)

  • Death Becomes Her

  • 9 to 5 (Dolly Parton!)

  • Clue

  • Cutting it close but Office Space is another classic, as is The Matrix

  • Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure is also another great comedy

  • Can’t help myself but The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) is possibly my favorite hard sci-fi movie of all time

I could go on forever but those are just off top of my head that stand out as bucket list quality.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You haven’t seen Airplane!? Surely you can’t be serious‽

[–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I am serious! And don’t call me Shirley!

(Only line I know from that movie, it’s on my bucket list though)

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

It’s absolutely worth a watch. It’s a great slapstick comedy.

when you watch it, if it’s not funny, try watching the beginning of another (slapstick) comedy as a warmup.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

These are fantastic. It's going to be a huge list for him to get through. I haven't seen Death Becomes Her, but I'll put that on my list.

  • Look who's coming to dinner (your The Man Who Came To Dinner reminded me of it).
  • Grumpy Old Men
  • The 6th Sense
[–] WHARRGARBL@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

So many of my pre-2000 favorites are listed in this thread. Here are a few more:

The Sandlot (1993)

The War (1994)

Enemy of the State (1998)

Fandango (1985)

Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Being There (1979)