Your Top 5 Must-Watch Movies

• Jester

  

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNdKBPcVGJI
  
  One of my favorite scenes of all time.
• Pick6

  

  my top 5, in no order would be....
  
  Friday Night Lights
  Slumdog Millionaire
  Taken
  The Fighter
  The Hangover
  
  Honorable Mentions:
  Fighting
  Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
  The Expendables
  Superbad
• gport_tennis

  The bourne trilogy
  Slumdog millionaire
  Step brothers
  300
  Saving private Ryan
  
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• Terry_Tate

  

  The Shawshank Redemption
  Inception
  The Dark Knight
  Field of Dreams
  Dumb and Dumber
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  Too many to mention
• Sonofanump

  Not surprised how many on here have not watched a movie made before 2004.
• tcarrier32

  

  five must watch movies. hmmm.
  
  1) The Godfather
  2) Cleo de 5 a 7 (for anyone who likes film as an art)
  3) The Waking Life
  4) The Union: The Business Behind Getting High
  
  i really don't have a fifth selection, it would probably be Religulous if I had to choose. Maybe, The God Who Wasn't There.
  
  i love how this turned into a place for people to put down their favorite 50 movies, even though the OP asked for five. Even better is the fact that people are trying to argue that the Big Lebowski is overrated. dipshits.
  
  edit: just saw someone posted Moon, which I also recommend.
• fan_from_texas

  It seems like The Shawshank Redemption is making the most lists here. A bit surprising, since most Stephen King novels turned movie aren't very good (with the exception of Shawshank and The Green Mile).
• Sonofanump

  fan_from_texas;857633 wrote:It seems like The Shawshank Redemption is making the most lists here. A bit surprising, since most Stephen King novels turned movie aren't very good (with the exception of Shawshank and The Green Mile).

  
  Stand by Me is in my top 10.
• Sonofanump

  tcarrier32;857624 wrote:i love how this turned into a place for people to put down their favorite 50 movies, even though the OP asked for five.

  
  The OP listed 13 movies, so which arbitrary number should we use?
• tcarrier32

  

  Sonofanump;857641 wrote:The OP listed 13 movies, so which arbitrary number should we use?

  
  i'd imagine 5 would be the easiest arbitrary number to follow. but you can do whatever you want, i know how hard it is to pick five movies (hell i had such a hard time i put down 6 LOL!).
• OneBuckeye

  

  fan_from_texas;857633 wrote:It seems like The Shawshank Redemption is making the most lists here. A bit surprising, since most Stephen King novels turned movie aren't very good (with the exception of Shawshank and The Green Mile).

  
  Why is this surprising? It is #1 on IMDB's top 250 movies of all time. Standy by me and The Shinning are not far behind Shawshank as well and are Stephen King novels to movies that you must watch. Both are 10x better than the green mile.
• Mister Twister

  1. My Cousin Vinnie
  2. Blazing Saddles
  3. Caddyshack
  4. Airplane
  5. Stripes
• se-alum

  

  fan_from_texas;857508 wrote:What's on your list? We haven't seen a good movie lately, so I'm looking for suggestions.
  
  To start things off, I think my list would be:
  
  The Shawshank Redemption
  Slumdog Millionaire
  Schindler's List
  Lord of the Rings (I'll treat 'em all as one)
  Forrest Gump
  
  Honorable mention for:
  The Usual Suspects
  Zoolander
  Saving Private Ryan
  Life is Beautiful
  The Prestige
  Gladiator
  The King's Speech
  Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels

  Agree with:
  
  Shawshank
  Slumdog
  Forrest Gump
  
  Would add:
  
  Tombstone
  Inglorious Basterds
• Sonofanump

  Mister Twister;857649 wrote:1. My Cousin Vinnie
  2. Blazing Saddles
  3. Caddyshack
  4. Airplane
  5. Stripes

  I guess Holy Grail just missed out on this list.
• Mister Twister

  Sonofanump;857662 wrote:I guess Holy Grail just missed out on this list.

  
  Actually, Holy Grail and The Meaning of Life are in my top 100. I definitely have more of a taste for comedy. This is Spinal Tap also just missed out on the list.
• Sonofanump

  Mister Twister;857668 wrote: This is Spinal Tap also just missed out on the list.

  
  This is Spinal Tap should be ranked #11 and no other number.
• fan_from_texas

  OneBuckeye;857644 wrote:Why is this surprising? It is #1 on IMDB's top 250 movies of all time. Standy by me and The Shinning are not far behind Shawshank as well and are Stephen King novels to movies that you must watch. Both are 10x better than the green mile.

  
  
  I agree with Shawshank, and it was on my list--it's a great movie. But when I think of King, I think of great books/bad movies in general. I may have to track those two down. When thinking of his flops, I was thinking about Pet Semetary, Dreamcatcher, Graveyard Shift, Sleepwalkers, Maximum Overdrive . . . just a lot of bad movies.
• Sonofanump

  I like Carrie and Children of the Corn is not bad. I have seen Firestarter and don't remember much about it. Langoliers was bizarre. I wonder if they'll make “The girl who loved Tom Gordon”.
  
  *edit*
  
  Not sure how I forgot about Misery which is a great movie.
  
  *2nd edit*
  
  I know there was another King movie with Bates in it, I think Dolores Claiborne was excellent.
• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  The_Crosby_Show;857589 wrote:Top 5:
  Pulp Fiction
  Casino
  Inception
  The Dark Knight
  The Empire Strikes Back
  
  Next 5:
  Raiders of the Lost Ark
  Halloween
  Fight Club
  Forrest Gump
  Saving Private Ryan
  
  Hon. Mention:
  LOTR: The Two Towers
  LOTR: Return of the King
  Star Wars: A New Hope
  Total Recall
  Rudy
  Back to the Future Part I
  Back to the Future Part II
  Caddyshack
  Terminator 2
  Friday Night Lights
  Backdraft
  The Natural
  Gettysburg
  JFK
  Schindler's List
  Batman Begins
  American Pie
  Spaceballs
  Gladiator
  Fargo
  Rocky IV
  Dumb and Dumber

  
  This was a VERY good list. All the way down to honorable mentions.
• rydawg5

  1. Superbad
  2. Tommy Boy
  3. Old School
  4. Pirates
  5. City of God
• Sonofanump

  rydawg5;857743 wrote:4. Pirates

  
  I have not seen that Walter Matthau film in years.
• Iliketurtles

  

  1)Inception- Just pure amazing
  2)The Departed- My favorite Mob movie surprised no one else has said it
  3)The Shawshank Redemption- Amazing and very well done movie
  4)Hangover- Hilarious
  5)The Dark Knight- Best comic book movie ever.
  
  

  Sonofanump;857610 wrote:Not surprised how many on here have not watched a movie made before 2004.

  I have seen plenty of movies before 2004 doesn't mean that they are any more "must watch then movies after 2004. There are many great movies from before 2004(which a lot have been mentioned).
  
  I will go ahead and list a few movies that haven't seen being said yet:
  
  A Beautiful Mind, Without Limits, Billy Madison, American Pie(First 4), Cool Runnings, Finding Forrester, The Guardian, Road Trip, Rounders, The Waterboy, Up in the Air, The Adjustment Bureau, Titanic, The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, Toy Story(all 3).
• bigdaddy2003

  

  In no order:
  
  Departed
  Tombstone
  Pulp Fiction
  American History X
  Remember The Titans
  Inception
  
  Honorable mention
  
  Lord of the Rings trilogy
  all six Star Wars
  300
  Dark Knight
  Fighter
  Green Mile
  O Brother Where Art Thou
  No Country For Old Men
  Big Lebowski
  Varsity Blues
  Inception
• OSH

  

  I'll be another to add The Shawshank Redemption!
  
  I can't figure out my next four though. Probably throw in No Country For Old Men, Green Street Hooligans, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (my favorite movie as a kid), American History X, Dumb and Dumber (my favorite comedy), and O Brother, Where Art Thou?.
  
  I am sure there are several that I could put in front of those movies, but I can't think of all of them. I like Airplane!, the Bourne movies, the first 3 Indiana Jones movies, anything by John Candy, the Back to the Future movies, Remember the Titans, and The Green Mile.
  
  
  Movies I despise that people have listed:
  300
  Old School
  Religulous -- more of a documentary
  Hangover
  Slumdog Millionaire