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What are your "must-watch" movies? (lemmy.today)

submitted 2 months ago by FritzApollo@lemmy.today to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I'm not a huge movie fan, but I want to broaden my horizons a bit. I'll offer my list (that I've rewatched so many times I'm a bit tired of them):

Young Poisoner's Handbook
Full Metal Jacket
Life of Brian
Holy Grail
Sunset Boulevard
Curse of the Golden Flower
The Nightingale
Downfall
Amadeus
Once Were Warriors
Dusk to Dawn

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[–] greenbelt@lemy.lol 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Castle in the Sky (for the beautiful hand-drawn art) (also known as Laputa: Castle in the Sky)
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (for the memes)

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I love Ahmir Khan's movies so any of those are great. Didn't really like Dangal Dangal but that's just me

[–] AAA@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There's a lot of movies I really like. But I believe these to be my all time favorites:

Master and Commander

Rogue One

Tron: Legacy

Arrival

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[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Mystery Train

Baraka

Bad Boy Bubby

[–] bmpvy@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'll recommend Letterboxd for this: amazing lists and reviews of movies so you'll always know what to watch next :) I really love tracking the movies I've watched too. It has a free plan btw

(is there a non commercial version of Letterboxd, does anyone know?)

[–] didnt1able@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Goodfellas

[–] a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I found a few missing!

I personally loved Sunshine. if you are into Scifi; it's not Interstellar, but it's great in it's own right.

Then there are movies that are so bad that they come out on top, the Sharknado series fill that spot for me.

I'm also a big fan of The Machinist, seeing what actors do to their bodies opened my eyes to the dedication they show.

A movie that was so full of suspense for me that I couldn't watch it to the end in one sitting was The Hunt (2012), a Danish film about Mass Hysteria in a small village after someone gets falsely accused of child molestation.

All other movies that I can recommend are already mentioned in the other lists, and I've saved this whole thread for the huge amount of movies I'm still missing.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

-Boondock saints

[–] alt_xa_23@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Joe vs the Volcano
The Princess Bride
Monty Python and the holy grail
Inception
the matrix
UHF
Knives Out
Groundhog Day
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Various Studio Ghibli movies (spirited away, Howl's Moving Castle, etc.)

(I'm definitely forgetting some)

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[–] fritobugger2017@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Lawrence of Arabia

12 Angry Men

To Kill A Mocking Bird

The Thin Man or any of the sequels

Some Like It Hot

The Fifth Element

Grosse Pointe Blank

Life Boat

2001 Space Odyssey

Singing In The Rain

On The Town

Blazing Saddles

Dr. Stangelove

Young Frankenstein

Kubo and the Two Strings

Apocalypse Now

[–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Grand Budapest hotel.
All the movies made by Quintin Tarentino.
Lord of the Rings trilogy
2001 a Space Oddesy
Dracula dead and loving it.
Conspiracy (2001)
Star Trek: First Contact
the Incredibes
Mad Max: Fury Road
We were soldiers
Sweeny Todd
Tron Legacy
Office Space
Jurassic Park
Fury (2014)
Eurotrip
Redline (2009)
The 12 Tasks of Asterix
Gormenghast (mini series)
Conan the Barbarian
True Lies

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