MUST own dvd's

[MINETZ]

I consider to have a pretty good dvd collection, but am not sure if I have all of the "must haves", what are the titles everyone should have in their dvd collection?

B. Monkey. It stars my sweetheart Asia Argento.

[SL__72]

I pretty much gave up on buying DVDs when I joined netflix. Still, some must haves for me are movies I like rewatching a lot, usually to fall asleep to when intoxicated. Those include movies like the Big Labowski, Swingers and Go!.

[MINETZ]

agree /w rewatching to fall asleep to while intoxicated.

[Reef]

Fight Club
Matrix 1

[SL__72]

I think Fight Club was the first DVD I ever bought.
/edit or it was Gladiator.

[Shajen]

Tombstone
Brave Heart
Forrest Gump
The Usual Suspects
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Poon
The Grinch's 10 Inches

[2planka]

Blazing Saddles
Slapshot
History of the World pt 1
Things to do in Denver when you're dead
Killing Zoe
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Scarface
The Godfather
Red Rock West

to name a few

edit: forgot the Holy Grail (english subtitles to help us geeks memorize the lines)

[GoblinMason (Craig)]

Office Space, Rounders, The Godfather, Cool Runnings!

[daryn]

any movie you'd like to be able to see on a regular basis, is a "must have"

actually, it's not really a "must have" but a "would like to have"

[MINETZ]

i understand, but Its hard to remember every movie ive ever seend that Id want to see on a regular basis.

[MrTrik]

I agree with most of what's been said so far -- would add:

Bladerunner
Terminator 1 & 2
Point Break (dunno why, just like that movie and rewatch it)
Bourne (Both of them)
Romancing the stone (is that title correct?)
Easy Rider
The Doors
Basketball Diaries
Kill Bill 1 & 2
Pulp Fiction
Italian Job
Good Will Hunting
Apocolypse Now
Godfather (1 & 2)

Edit: Thomas Crowne Affair
Jonny Mneumonic (and all 3 Matrix)

[Reef]

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Office Space, Rounders, The Godfather, Princess Diaries 2!

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[stabn]

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Princess Diaries 2!

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I had to sit through that /images/graemlins/frown.gif. Damn girls.

Btw, the OP needs to change his avatar. I owned that card at one point and i can't even tell what it is in 80x80.

[Blarg]

Just some favorites that are either really great, really re-watchable, great bargains, or some combination of the above:

1. Frankenstein Collection from Universal Pictures(includes original, Bride of, and a bunch of others, with GREAT commentaries!)
2. Wolfman Collection -- ditto
3. Big fat collectors edition of The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly -- GREAT extras again, and incredibly re-watchable. If you've only seen it on t.v., you haven't seen it at all.
4. Spirited Away -- wistful, beautiful, intriguing anime
5. Graveyard of the Fireflies -- hard to watch repeatedly except for the fact that it's so thunderously brilliant and humane and just damn GOOD, because it's heartbreaking
6. Heat -- one of my favorite DeNiro performances and probably my favorite shoot-outs in movies
7. Futurama -- ultimately wound up being better than the Simpsons - more sly, more subversive
8. Rear Window -- Hitchcock, the most erotic kiss in movies(Grace Kelly), incredibly fun and rewatchable.
9. The Matrix -- oh, what could have been. This first in the series stands up extremely well and is terrific fun. Easily rewatchable many times.
10. Yojimbo -- my favorite Kurosawa flick, inspired "For a Fistful of Dollars" and made both Sergio Leone and Clint Eastwood stars, but was huge fun in itself. Clever and transports you into a very different world.
11. The Outer Limits -- Years 1 and 2, both sets(the original show, not the remakes). Tremendous value, and many truly great stars in one of the best shows ever to hit t.v., from back when shows actually had scripts and good actors. Lots of top notch talent that went on to become major stars, inventive themes and clever ideas.
12 & 13. Seven Samurai -- the most popular Kurosawa film, outside Japan at least. Huge fun again, innovative, and inspired The Magnificent Seven, which I also highly recommend. Both have fantastic commentaries that add enormously to the fun of already superior movies.
14. Pulp Fiction collector's edition or whatever the latest big fat version is called; super great extras, super good and super rewatchable movie

Some people just don't like Futurama, but I stand very strongly by all the others being flat out unassailably very good and well worth the money. Futurama's excellent too, but I'm aware that this is one of those things, like Monty Python, that you like or you suck -- I mean, that you like or you don't.

I have other favorites of course, and I also have a big DVD collection, but that's enough for now. If there's any genre you especially like or anything and want some more suggestions or opinions outta me, I'll supply 'em.

[touchfaith]

Big Trouble In Little China
24 - Season 1
Castaway
The Warriors
Boondock Saints
Suicide Kings
Boiler Room
The Royal Tennenbaums
Halloween
Chris Rock, Bigger and Blacker
Trading Places
Strips
Clerks

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Tombstone
Brave Heart
Forrest Gump
The Usual Suspects
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Poon
The Grinch's 10 Inches

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You left a lot out...

My cousin Vinny and our taboo relationships
The Nutty Professor (same title)
Hairpain
Not another Teen Floozy
Porky's (same title)
School of C*ck
Major League Gangbang
Fargo, North Dakotan Dykes
Blond & Blonder
There's Something Inside Mary
Three Men and a Whore
Old French Whore School
Ace ventura breast detective
National Lampoon-tang Vacation
Banging Arizona
Ho' Dirt
Meat the Parents
Shaving Silverman
Beverly Hill's Slop
Man-imal House
SpaceBalls (same title)
Monty Python and the Wet Cave
Dr. Strangelove (same title)
Old Frankenstein's wrinkly funbag
Orifice Space
A Christmas Glory-hole
Naked Clerks
Ferris Bueller's Gay Off
Naked Fun
History of the Girl Part I: Post-Puberty
*uck Soup
Big Lebowski (same title)
South Pork
Back to Whore School
Ass Act
Fluidless
Bachelor Party (same title)
Shrek (same title)

[Shajen]

subtle

[BiffMan]

At work, so off the top of my head:

Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan
Big Trouble in Little China
Contact
Joe vs the Volcano
Monty Python TV Series (pricey but worth it)
Hunt for Red October
Raiders
Real Genius
Blazing Saddles
Dr Strangelove
Die Hard trilogy (or just #1)
Amazon Women on the Moon
Muppet Show season 1 (plus the others as available)
Looney Toons Golden collections
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (BBC TV version)
Cosmos series
Christmas Vacation (possibly also the first one and Vegas)
Christmas Story
Tron
Disney's Beauty & the Beast
Firefly
Firefox
Terminator 1&2
2001 & 2010
Holy Grail
Family Guy
News Radio



Collector's editions whenver possible of course

[samjjones]

If you can only afford 10 DVD's, these are my "Must-Haves":
1) Predator
2) Commando
3) Jackass: The Movie
4) Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
5) Raiders of the Lost Ark
6) Caddyshack
7) Airplane!
8) Road House
9) The Ultimate Ric Flair Collection
10) Goldfinger

[correia]

Goodfellas
The Godfather
Raging Bull
Fight Club
Rounders
The Good, Bad, and The Ugly
Groundhog Day
Swingers

[DrunkHamster]

For A Fistful Of Dollars
For A Few Dollars More
The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

[CCass]

The Quiet Man
Risky Business
The Natural
Unforgiven

These are a few that haven't yet been mentioned.

[jokerthief]

Sklansky the DVD /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[jokerthief]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/DynastyPoker/nopkrinoot.gif


There, I saved you the trouble dynasty.

[flatline]

Why do these threads always turn into a "movies I really like" thread? There should only be a handful of must-have DVDs, and a majority of DVDs listed here are not must-have at all. The only one I can think of that absolutely every movie lover's collection should contain: Pulp Fiction.

[astroglide]

i have so many dvds that i've bought and literally never watched, i hate it. i'm really beginning to think that there are MAYBE 10 dvds i should actually own.

[B Dids]

[ QUOTE ]
Tombstone
Brave Heart
Forrest Gump
The Usual Suspects
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Poon
The Grinch's 10 Inches

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Forrest Gump!?

Do people really like this movie?

[johnnycakes]

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i have so many dvds that i've bought and literally never watched, i hate it. i'm really beginning to think that there are MAYBE 10 dvds i should actually own.

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And those 10 are?

[Wake up CALL]

The Fifth Element--superbit edition Best PQ and DD 5.1 sound you will find, a great DVD to demo your system.

Another would be Blackhawk Down for the same reasons

[Dominic]

I'm sure you'll get a bunch that everyone knows, so I'll give you two that most don't have, but are MUST HAVES for any cinefile:

The Decalogue

Blue
White
Red

(or, The Trois Coleurs trilogy)

All by Krystof Kieslowski.

why are there no porno movies in this thread???

[astroglide]

american pyscho, big lebowski, your friend and neighbors, and lost in translation are the first ones that jump to mind.

maybes include rushmore, spirited away, godfather 1/2, a few others.

there are so many i've bought and watched 0 or 1 times. i don't even have netflix and i manage to stay amused with cable/ondemand 99% of the time when i'm actually in a movie mood. with more ondemand stuff (especially high definition) i won't see much of a reason to own any of it.

i only buy very special cds for car listening, otherwise i just use rhapsody and stream it. if i had satellite radio in my car i doubt i'd care about owning a single cd.

[Brainwalter]

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why are there no porno movies in this thread???

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And no clint eastwood movies either!!!11

[astroglide]

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And no clint eastwood movies either!!!11

[/ QUOTE ]

nice catch, deadeye. time to re-read the thread.

[BaggyAnt]

anything distributed by Studio Ghibli

[johnnycakes]

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The Fifth Element--superbit edition Best PQ and DD 5.1 sound you will find, a great DVD to demo your system.

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If you're going to buy Fifth Element, go ahead and get the "Ultimate Edition". It's 2-discs. The first disc is the Superbit DVD. The 2nd disc is extras.

(And, strangely, it's generally slightly cheaper than if you buy the "Superbit" edition.)

[johnnycakes]

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there are so many i've bought and watched 0 or 1 times. i don't even have netflix and i manage to stay amused with cable/ondemand 99% of the time when i'm actually in a movie mood. with more ondemand stuff (especially high definition) i won't see much of a reason to own any of it.


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I agree. I work for the cable company and have every channel and OnDemand service available. Still, there is rarely anything OnDemand that I'm interested in watching (that I haven't already seen).

I have a Netflix subscription and currently have over 250 discs in my queue. I go through about a dozen discs per month. I love it.

I'm sure I'll watch more OnDemand content when it starts being available in HD.

And I'm nearly positive I won't buy another DVD until HD/Blu Ray hits the stores.

[TheIrishThug]

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3) Jackass: The Movie

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seriously, wtf were u thinking when u put this on ur list. and its #3! it was funny but hardly worth owning, let alone a must.

one that i think r up there that i don't think have been posted yet:
requiem for a dream
resivior dogs

[GuyOnTilt]

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i have so many dvds that i've bought and literally never watched, i hate it. i'm really beginning to think that there are MAYBE 10 dvds i should actually own.

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I just started feeling this way a few weeks ago.. : /

GoT

[Blarg]

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i have so many dvds that i've bought and literally never watched, i hate it. i'm really beginning to think that there are MAYBE 10 dvds i should actually own.

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Maybe you're just grumpy.

Anyway, I watch many DVD's repeatedly, and love it. How many DVD's you should own depends obviously on how much you like movies, maybe even how much you like art. There's no real number anyone could give to anyone else on that.

[Blarg]

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Why do these threads always turn into a "movies I really like" thread? There should only be a handful of must-have DVDs, and a majority of DVDs listed here are not must-have at all. The only one I can think of that absolutely every movie lover's collection should contain: Pulp Fiction.

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If you don't find at least a handful on my short list very, very good and rewatchable, I'm going to come out and say it's not just a matter of taste. You'd be wrong.

[GoblinMason (Craig)]

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Office Space, Rounders, The Godfather, Princess Diaries 2!

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"I'm sorry kurt; I didn't realize 4 black guys in a bobsled made ya blush..."

[_2000Flushes]

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american pyscho, big lebowski, your friend and neighbors, and lost in translation are the first ones that jump to mind.

maybes include rushmore, spirited away, godfather 1/2, a few others.

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I've never heard of those two movies, but I'll be watching them soon given the company you place them in.

-2kF

[MINETZ]

spirited away is far from the company of the other movies, havent seen it, just heard about it FYI

[Shajen]

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Forrest Gump!?

Do people really like this movie?

[/ QUOTE ]

Yeah, actually, I do.

[MonkeeMan]

Sin City

[Blarg]

Spirited Away is not only just plain great, it is very rewatchable, which argues for owning it. It's very metaphorical, moody, and lyrical. There's a heck of a lot going on visually. There are a heck of a lot of mood changes and much is suggested or left to its own discovery instead of pounded home and made obvious or flat. It's hard even to imagine getting the most out of it you could without a good number of viewings.

[TylerD]

Back to the Future triology, Godfather triology, Terminator 2, Fight Club, Rounders, Matrix, American Pie triology.

[ethan]

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Spirited Away is not only just plain great, it is very rewatchable, which argues for owning it. It's very metaphorical, moody, and lyrical. There's a heck of a lot going on visually. There are a heck of a lot of mood changes and much is suggested or left to its own discovery instead of pounded home and made obvious or flat. It's hard even to imagine getting the most out of it you could without a good number of viewings.

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I /images/graemlins/heart.gif this movie. I went to a preview screeening a good 6 months before its US release, and I was scared Disney would screw it up. This was my one experience in a focus group, and it taught me that focus groups are full of idiots and recommend the wrong goddam poster.

Thankfully, the poster I liked was eventually chosen:
http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00008O895.03.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

I worked up a surprising amount of angst over something that truly didn't affect me in the slightest. I guess that means the movie's good.

[YourFoxyGrandma]

This is Spinal Tap.

[Blarg]

Hell yeah. The biggest temptation in the world is to say that what you like is great by definition, so I try as hard as I can to not say something like, "You're wrong" if you don't like something, and just ascribe it to different tastes and personalities, maybe even levels of development, harsh or full of crap as that sounds. But Spirited Away is good enough to make me feel absolutely forced to say that if you don't think it's a really good movie, you're just plain wrong, period.

Miyazaki has a lot of spirit. We're damn lucky to have him, and that he doesn't keep it to himself.

[Blarg]

By the way, I've been in a couple of focus groups too, and they didn't increase my faith in the intelligence or taste of my contemporaries.

Kind of like when you realize the Nielsen ratings reflect actual living people.

[TheCroShow]

my list? man, tough one:

Rounders
The Matrix
Fight Club
Army of Darkness
Fubar
Star Wars Trilogy (Episodes 4-6)
The Godfather

more to come!

[nbake]

All Kevin Smith movies...except Chasing Amy (too sappy)
All Warren Miller films (skiing and snowboarding)
Tommy Boy
CKY movies
Dumb and Dumber

[Wake up CALL]

[ QUOTE ]
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The Fifth Element--superbit edition Best PQ and DD 5.1 sound you will find, a great DVD to demo your system.

[/ QUOTE ]

If you're going to buy Fifth Element, go ahead and get the "Ultimate Edition". It's 2-discs. The first disc is the Superbit DVD. The 2nd disc is extras.

(And, strangely, it's generally slightly cheaper than if you buy the "Superbit" edition.)

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Thanks for the recommendation, this sounds like another one for my collection. I like others cringe at spending more money on 480i DVD when BluRay and HDVD is coming right around the corner.

[someday]

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This is Spinal Tap.

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[lem45216]

Snatch, Ghostbusters

[diebitter]

Some of the above +
Princess Bride
True Romance
Once upon a time in the west
Apocalypse Now
12 Monkeys
Singin in the Rain
Dawn of the Dead (original)
African Queen
Get Carter (original)
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Dogma
Raw Meat
Blade Runner
Bubba Ho Tep
Cape Fear (both)
Night of the Hunter
Christmas Story
Cincinnati Kid
Clockwork Orange
Duck Soup
Lawrence of Arabia
Highlander
Ed Wood
Seven Samurai
Man with Two Brains
Mad Max 2
Platoon
Leon (The Professional)
The Prophecy
Star Wars (4-6)
Schindler's List
There's something about mary
Kingpin
Groundhog Day
Citizen Kane
Wicker Man
Withnail and I
The X-Files series with the episode "Home" (series 4?) + the one with the freak show
Twin Peaks series 1
Elephant Man
Star Trek (original series)
1984
AND THE ONLY MUST, MUST HAVE: The Prisoner

[lem45216]

Battle Royale

[whiskeytown]

the extended editions of the Lord of the Rings.

RB

[Paluka]

People in this thread have a pretty loose definition of "must have".

[swede123]

I have a few hundred DVDs by now. The ones I consider must haves are the ones I would immediately replace if there was a fire and my entire collection burned up. These are movies that I enjoy watching over and over, they never really get old.

In no particular order:

2001: A Space Oddessey
The Usual Suspects
Pulp Fiction
Office Space
Unforgiven
Braveheart
Shawshank Redemption
Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
Band of Brothers Collection

Swede

"Girls on Film". I mean, HOLY CRAP!

[Blarg]

To say the least.

[gcoutu]

Requiem for a Dream
Big Lebowski
Jesus's Son
Snatch
Resevoir Dogs
Donnie Brasco
Narc
Jackie Brown
Be Cool<----really growing on me

[TheCroShow]

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People in this thread have a pretty loose definition of "must have".

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i think it's turning into "movies i like" rather than MUST OWN DVDs. about 90% of the movies here are worth watching, and maybe worth watching a few times, but certainly not necessary for a DVD collection.

Dumb and Dumber? Come on man, that's not a MUST own DVD...Be Cool? I loved that movie but I'm not sure I would ever watch it more than twice.

Let's get back on topic ppl, MUST own, not MUST see or w/e you are thinking

On that note, "Sin City." Best comic book movie IMO, I know many ppl believe otherwise and that's cool.

[Blarg]

All movie threads on OOT turn into "what I like."

I'd say at most 80% here are very good, and many don't bear repeated viewings. There is some serious junk recommended here.

[swede123]

I agree with what you're saying, generally. Of course "must have" means different things to different people. The way I looked at it was movies that I repeatedly watch again and again, not necessarily critically acclaimed master pieces. I'd imagine other people feel similarly about certain movies and that's why they listed them. Still, there are a few picks here that seem pretty much random.

Swede

[Blarg]

Repeatedly watch again and again, I'd agree with. But if it doesn't mean more than that, it immediately becomes "my favorite stuff," which might as well just be a collection of random movies happily including total crap. I like some total crap quite a bit -- lots of cheesy horror movies, for instance -- but I didn't put Count Yorga, Vampire or The Incredible Dr. Phibes in the running for must-have's. I think you gotta pull out the big artillery for that stuff, flicks you don't have to be a cultist or stoned to love.

[Bulldog]

White Men Can't Jump

[TheCroShow]

just went through the thread...weeded out the ones that ARE NOT must haves. most in this list are exceptional movies and i enjoy/love a lot of these titles, but these ARE NOT a must have for a collection:

Point Break
Italian Job
Basketball Diaries
Jonny Mneumonic
Thomas Crowne Affair
Heat
Castaway
Suicide Kings
The Royal Tennenbaums
Christmas Story
Firefox
Jackass: The Movie
Road House
The Ultimate Ric Flair Collection
Unforgiven
american pyscho
rushmore
American Pie triology
Tommy Boy
Jackie Brown
Be Cool
White Men Can't Jump

[CaptSensible]

These are not "really likes". These are MUST HAVES:

Lawrence of Arabia
Godfather 1
The Good The Bad and The Ugly
Gunga Din
The Big Sleep
North by Northwest,Vertigo, or Rebecca (just about any major Hitchcock will do)
The Unforgiven
The Guns of Navarone
Any of the Universal Horror. Take your pick: The Wolfman, The Frankenstein Series, The Mummy, etc...Whichever you prefer.
Star Wars Episodes 4 & 5

The following are newer films that I feel would be great additions to any DVD Collection:

Sea of Love
Bull Durham
In The Line Of Fire
A Few Good Men
Master and Commander
L.A. Confidential
Open Range
Ronin
Tombstone
Miller's Crossing


This list is by no means comprehensive. Just some that came to mind. BUT, imho, the films in the first list are all must haves.

[Brainwalter]

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And no clint eastwood movies either!!!11

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nice catch, deadeye. time to re-read the thread.

[/ QUOTE ]

Whoa - yes, but not for me.

[GoblinMason (Craig)]

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Godfather 1

[/ QUOTE ]

Including this without Godfather II is almost as bad as including Godfather III.

-Craig

I'm not a big movie collector but people with Boondock Saints in their movie collections get bonus points in my book.

[Blarg]

[ QUOTE ]
These are not "really likes". These are MUST HAVES:

Lawrence of Arabia
Godfather 1
The Good The Bad and The Ugly
Gunga Din
The Big Sleep
North by Northwest,Vertigo, or Rebecca (just about any major Hitchcock will do)
The Unforgiven
The Guns of Navarone
Any of the Universal Horror. Take your pick: The Wolfman, The Frankenstein Series, The Mummy, etc...Whichever you prefer.
Star Wars Episodes 4 & 5

The following are newer films that I feel would be great additions to any DVD Collection:

Sea of Love
Bull Durham
In The Line Of Fire
A Few Good Men
Master and Commander
L.A. Confidential
Open Range
Ronin
Tombstone
Miller's Crossing


This list is by no means comprehensive. Just some that came to mind. BUT, imho, the films in the first list are all must haves.

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You've got to have a top Hitchcock or two, but I'd feel comfortable leaving out Rebecca.

The Unforgiven is not terribly rewatchable, to me anyway.

Star Wars 4 & 5 are so far from must haves it kind of invalidates your reliability a bit.

Ronin doesn't enhance it, nor does Master and Commander.

Overall though, there are some very solid movies here and these are good choices.

[JihadOnTheRiver]

The only thing that nobody has mentioned that I can think of is American History X

[KramerTM]

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Halloween

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So happy someone mentioned it.

[TheCroShow]

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The only thing that nobody has mentioned that I can think of is American History X

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nice one, American History X is an awesome movie, definately worth an addition to the library.

how about alien or aliens? aliens is freakin awesome and i think that is a must own.

[KramerTM]

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spirited away is far from the company of the other movies, havent seen it, just heard about it FYI

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I thought this movie was awful.

[kitaristi0]

Star Wars Episodes 4-6
Scarface
Godfather I & II
I guess you could make a case for the Indiana Jones trilogy.

[Blarg]

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spirited away is far from the company of the other movies, havent seen it, just heard about it FYI

[/ QUOTE ]

I thought this movie was awful.

[/ QUOTE ]

You're in a tiny minority, and for good reason. This was a great movie without question. And I do mean that it's not just a matter of taste. You're simply wrong.

[Blarg]

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The only thing that nobody has mentioned that I can think of is American History X

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nice one, American History X is an awesome movie, definately worth an addition to the library.

how about alien or aliens? aliens is freakin awesome and i think that is a must own.

[/ QUOTE ]

Roger Ebert has the first one up on his list of Great Movies. I agree. The second one is simple good fun that doesn't rise to the level of the first.

It's a fantastic movie(the first one). A huge leap up from its clumsy and cheesy arguable predecessor, IT: The Terror from Beyond Space and very different from any horror in omvies at the time, great atmosphere, great tension, fantastic look, very high quality actors who are given a little time to show personality and be human and not just advance the plot, great music score, unforgettable and startling scenes and shots, and the most awesome movie creature ever invented by far.

It's also one of the most rewatchable movies I've ever seen, which can be unusual in horror films, because, like a joke whose punchline you know, a lot of impact is lost when you know exactly what and when the scares are. Still, this thing is so tight and of such high quality throughout that its rewatchability isn't crippled even when you know every frame.