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What are your "must-watch" movies? (lemmy.today)
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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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[–] 7 points 11 months ago

Old classics:

  • It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
  • Citizen Kane (1941)
  • Casablanca (1942)
  • 12 Angry Men (1957)
  • Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (1936)
  • Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939)

Drama/misc:

  • Gandhi (1982)
  • Network (1976)
  • A Few Good Men (1992)
  • The Truman Show (1998)
  • Dead Poets Society (1989)
  • Pay It Forward (2000)
  • The Green Mile (1999)
  • The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
  • Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (1967)

PG sci-fi/fantasy:

  • Back To The Future (trilogy, 1985+)
  • E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
  • Jumanji (1995)

Action/etc.:

  • The Matrix (1999)
  • The Terminator (series, 1984+)
  • Die Hard (series, 1988+)
  • Mission: Impossible (1996)
  • Air Force One (1997)
  • Independence Day (1996)
  • Speed (1994)
  • Limitless (2011)

Generally romance-centered (other than Casablanca):

  • Titanic (1997)
  • Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004)
  • The Notebook (2004)
  • Ghost (1990)

Comedies:

  • Duck Soup (1933)
  • The Great Dictator (1940)
  • Monty Python And The Holy Grail (1975)
  • Office Space (1999)
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