Which of IMDB's top 250 movies that I haven't seen should I really see?

[Triple A]

46. 8.3 Boot, Das (1981) 24,561
53. 8.3 Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957) 19,077
55. 8.3 All About Eve (1950) 11,152
57. 8.3 Rashômon (1950) 9,199
67. 8.2 Manchurian Candidate, The (1962) 11,300
68. 8.2 Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948) 8,793
70. 8.2 Touch of Evil (1958) 9,976
71. 8.2 Modern Times (1936) 8,376
76. 8.2 Great Escape, The (1963) 16,697
77. 8.2 Ran (1985) 9,662
85. 8.1 High Noon (1952) 10,371
86. 8.1 Metropolis (1927) 9,834
90. 8.1 Strangers on a Train (1951) 8,667
91. 8.1 City Lights (1931) 6,378
92. 8.1 General, The (1927) 5,487
93. 8.1 Blade Runner (1982) 65,291
97. 8.1 Great Dictator, The (1940) 8,340
103. 8.1 Rebecca (1940) 9,489
105. 8.1 Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946) 5,093
106. 8.1 Ladri di biciclette (1948) 5,953
107. 8.1 Yojimbo (1961) 6,996
108. 8.1 Big Sleep, The (1946) 8,389
112. 8.0 It Happened One Night (1934) 6,548
113. 8.0 Patton (1970) 12,022
114. 8.0 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 17,064
123. 8.0 Cool Hand Luke (1967) 11,998
124. 8.0 Philadelphia Story, The (1940) 8,957
126. 8.0 Searchers, The (1956) 8,665
127. 8.0 African Queen, The (1951) 11,977
133. 8.0 Bringing Up Baby (1938) 7,792
135. 8.0 Stalag 17 (1953) 5,922
136. 8.0 Grapes of Wrath, The (1940) 6,589
141. 8.0 Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 9,613
142. 8.0 Night of the Hunter, The (1955) 6,257
144. 8.0 Wild Bunch, The (1969) 9,007
147. 7.9 Christmas Story, A (1983) 16,616
148. 7.9 Gone with the Wind (1939) 24,388 (dunno, too long for me)
150. 7.9 All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 5,613
151. 7.9 Hustler, The (1961) 6,860
152. 7.9 Gold Rush, The (1925) 5,253
154. 7.9 Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938) 5,985
155. 7.9 His Girl Friday (1940) 5,568
157. 7.9 Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925) 4,710
162. 7.9 Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (1962) 5,995
163. 7.9 Grande illusion, La (1937) 4,203
165. 7.9 Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 4,188
166. 7.9 Charade (1963) 7,411
167. 7.9 Hotaru no haka (1988) 4,899
171. 7.9 Roman Holiday (1953) 7,804
174. 7.9 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 8,619
178. 7.9 Night at the Opera, A (1935) 4,983
181. 7.9 All the President's Men (1976) 10,770
184. 7.9 To Be or Not to Be (1942) 2,895
188. 7.9 Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 4,543
189. 7.8 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) 5,935
190. 7.8 Ikiru (1952) 2,935
197. 7.8 Gandhi (1982) 13,272
198. 7.8 Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) 6,735
205. 7.8 Lion in Winter, The (1968) 4,885
206. 7.8 Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, La (1928) 2,619
209. 7.8 Strada, La (1954) 4,007
212. 7.8 8½ (1963) 6,450
213. 7.8 Laura (1944) 3,829
219. 7.8 39 Steps, The (1935) 6,422
222. 7.8 Stagecoach (1939) 4,648
225. 7.8 In the Heat of the Night (1967) 5,457
227. 7.8 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) 2,017
228. 7.8 Thin Man, The (1934) 3,901
229. 7.8 Rio Bravo (1959) 5,969
231. 7.8 Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 3,687
236. 7.7 Red River (1948) 3,145
237. 7.7 Fanny och Alexander (1982) 3,391
238. 7.7 Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 2,719
240. 7.7 Enfants du paradis, Les (1945) 2,720
241. 7.7 Persona (1966) 2,770
242. 7.7 Being There (1979) 8,869
243. 7.7 Sullivan's Travels (1941) 2,214
244. 7.7 Sleuth (1972) 4,070


I have not seen any of those. Am I REALLY missing out on anything great?

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Christmas Story is classic

Also I told you to watch Die xue shuang xiong a lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnng time ago

[el fregadero]

A Christmas Story is great.

[El Santo]

You haven't seen "A Christmas Story"? That movie plays 24/7 every Yuletide. :)

I personally like "Patton", since that man had some of the best catchphrases in all of history. ("War is hell. Dear God, I love it so.")

But, considering the movie recommendations you've posted on this board, I think you'd enjoy "Ran" more.

[el fregadero]

I don't think I've ever seen like one movie made before the sixties that I liked or would like.

[Triple A]

Christmas Story is classic

Also I told you to watch Die xue shuang xiong a lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnng time ago
I have probably seen a Christmas Story on TV withotu realizing. And wait yeah I have seen The Killer. Fucking translations.

[Triple A]

I don't think I've ever seen like one movie made before the sixties that I liked or would like.
Yeah, I dunno, me neither really. :o

Hitchcock is good shit but besides that, I can't think of any "classics" that I actually like.

[DaveWadding]

I LOVE All Quiet on the Western Front.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

You've seen A Christmas Story...cmonnnnnnn its a fuckin classic

They play it for 24 hours on TNT every x-mas...You probably don't even celebrate Christmas you sick fuck

[el fregadero]

Grapes of Wrath was a pretty bad movie.

[el fregadero]

A Christmas Story is the one where the nerdy kid wants a bb gun.

[Triple A]

I don't remember. Maybe I haven't seen it. I will watch it tomorrow.

[Triple A]

What else is good, Supreme?

[el fregadero]

I just realised that I have barely seen any of the movies in the top 250.

[el fregadero]

In the top 100 alone, I have not seen:

5. 8.7 Shichinin no samurai (1954) 25,180
6. 8.7 Schindler's List (1993) 83,320
7. 8.7 Casablanca (1942)
11. 8.7 Citizen Kane (1941) 52,312
12. 8.7 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
14. 8.6 Rear Window (1954)
18. 8.6 Usual Suspects, The (1995) 88,762
19. 8.6 Memento (2000) 74,294
20. 8.6 Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) 22,698
21. 8.5 North by Northwest (1959) 30,506
22. 8.5 12 Angry Men (1957) 24,046
23. 8.5 Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 26,682
24. 8.5 Psycho (1960) 46,530
25. 8.5 Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) 47,048
26. 8.5 Cidade de Deus (2002)
28. 8.5 Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) 79,321
29. 8.5 Goodfellas (1990)
30. 8.4 American Beauty (1999) 93,835
31. 8.4 Sunset Blvd. (1950) 13,345
32. 8.4 C'era una volta il West (1968) 12,714
33. 8.4 Vertigo (1958)
35. 8.4 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 25,666
36. 8.4 Apocalypse Now (1979) 54,694
37. 8.4 Pianist, The (2002) 21,884
38. 8.4 Third Man, The (1949) 15,510
39. 8.4 Paths of Glory (1957) 11,833
40. 8.4 Taxi Driver (1976)
42. 8.3 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 15,175
43. 8.3 Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) 17,118
44. 8.3 Some Like It Hot (1959) 21,513
45. 8.3 Double Indemnity (1944) 9,813
46. 8.3 Boot, Das (1981) 24,561
47. 8.3 Singin' in the Rain (1952) 17,291
48. 8.3 Chinatown (1974) 21,489
49. 8.3 L.A. Confidential (1997) 60,542
50. 8.3 M (1931) 9,914
51. 8.3 Requiem for a Dream (2000) 36,794
52. 8.3 Maltese Falcon, The (1941) 16,739
53. 8.3 Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)
55. 8.3 All About Eve (1950)
57. 8.3 Rashômon (1950)
61. 8.2 American History X (1998)
63. 8.2 Léon (1994) 41,863
64. 8.2 Sting, The (1973)
66. 8.2 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 9,826
67. 8.2 Manchurian Candidate, The (1962) 11,300
68. 8.2 Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948) 8,793
69. 8.2 Vita è bella, La (1997) 32,291
70. 8.2 Touch of Evil (1958) 9,976
71. 8.2 Modern Times (1936)
75. 8.2 Clockwork Orange, A (1971) 54,796
76. 8.2 Great Escape, The (1963) 16,697
77. 8.2 Ran (1985) 9,662
78. 8.2 Amadeus (1984) 31,630
79. 8.2 On the Waterfront (1954) 10,465
80. 8.2 Annie Hall (1977) 17,863
81. 8.2 Apartment, The (1960)
83. 8.2 Wo hu cang long (2000)
85. 8.1 High Noon (1952) 10,371
86. 8.1 Metropolis (1927) 9,834
87. 8.1 Aliens (1986)
89. 8.1 Shining, The (1980) 41,965
90. 8.1 Strangers on a Train (1951) 8,667
91. 8.1 City Lights (1931) 6,378
92. 8.1 General, The (1927) 5,487
93. 8.1 Blade Runner (1982)
95. 8.1 Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)
97. 8.1 Great Dictator, The (1940) 8,340
98. 8.1 Duck Soup (1933) 8,364
99. 8.1 Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1989) 11,672
100. 8.1 Mononoke-hime (1997)

I have seen parts of some of them, but not the whole thing.

[Triple A]

12. 8.7 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
14. 8.6 Rear Window (1954)
19. 8.6 Memento (2000) 74,294
22. 8.5 12 Angry Men (1957) 24,046
24. 8.5 Psycho (1960) 46,530
26. 8.5 Cidade de Deus (2002)
28. 8.5 Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) 79,321
29. 8.5 Goodfellas (1990)
30. 8.4 American Beauty (1999) 93,835
35. 8.4 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 25,666
39. 8.4 Paths of Glory (1957) 11,833
40. 8.4 Taxi Driver (1976)
42. 8.3 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 15,175
51. 8.3 Requiem for a Dream (2000) 36,794
61. 8.2 American History X (1998)
63. 8.2 Léon (1994) 41,863
75. 8.2 Clockwork Orange, A (1971) 54,796
80. 8.2 Annie Hall (1977) 17,863
89. 8.1 Shining, The (1980) 41,965

Watch those now.

[Vega]

181. 7.9 All the President's Men (1976) 10,770

SEE THAT NOW.

Also,

197. 7.8 Gandhi (1982) 13,272

Those 2.

[asphyXy]

Amadeus is an awesome movie.

[Triple A]

K so so far the only movie I've been convinced to watch is A Christmas Story.

You have all been a good help. Not great, but good.

[Vega]

Trust me, see All The President's Men. If you don't like it you can disregard any future recommendations by me.

Christmas Story is only good because we all saw it 296276 times when we were kids and remember it being good then.

Seeing it now is kind of :-\

[Triple A]

I dunno doesn't seem that interesting to me from the plot.

[Triple A]

Also, you are a big Star Wars and Lord of the Rings fan.

[Vega]

Also, you are a big Star Wars and Lord of the Rings fan.
Yeah, but I know what type of movies you like and I think you would like this one.

[Vega]

http://www.tpww.net/forums/showthread.php?t=17434

Also gave you suggestions there.

[Triple A]

Yeah I checked and none of those movies are at the library. :'(

Where did you hear about them?

[Vega]

I just checked the banned lists for certain countries and figured there would be some pretty fucked up movies on those lists.

[What Would Kevin Do?]

The Great Escape is a awesome movie. One of my favorite "war" movies.

I'd say watch Ikiru, but with your distaste of watching Seven Samurai, I don't know. It's a totally different story, but it is a tad slow. Ikiru is about a man who's basically only achievment is that he hasn't missed a day of work in so many years. All he really does is work. Then he finds out he's dying of stomach cancer, and wants to do something with his life before he dies.

Also watch Cool Hand Luke... I'm surprised you haven't seen that one.

[Boondock Saint]

Nosferatu, 39 Steps, Great Escape, The Third Man, Charade, Butch Cassidy, Arsenic and Old Lace, The Wild Bunch, Patton, Philidelphia Story, Metropolis, Strangers on a Train, Bridge on the River Kwai, Gone With the Wind, A Christmas Story.

That was just from a quick skim of the list. I know you seem to like more odd and strange movies, I'm more of a classics fan, which is what these mainly are. But good sees nonetheless.

[DaveWadding]

All Quiet GODDAMNIT :mad:

[Downunder]

1. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
2. Das Boot
3. Gandhi
4. The Great Escape
5. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

SEE THEM IN THAT ORDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MrMeJW]

67. 8.2 Manchurian Candidate, The (1962) 11,300
76. 8.2 Great Escape, The (1963) 16,697
114. 8.0 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 17,064
147. 7.9 Christmas Story, A (1983) 16,616
184. 7.9 To Be or Not to Be (1942) 2,895


I've seen these and liked them

[Champion of Europa]

Amadeus rocks my cock.

[Champion of Europa]

It'd be much easier to tell you all which of the top 250 movies I HAVE seen :-\:

1. 9.0 Godfather, The (1972)
3. 8.9 Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) 69,597
4. 8.8 Godfather: Part II, The (1974) 58,796
8. 8.7 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002) 90,374
9. 8.7 Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001) 132,505
16. 8.6 Pulp Fiction (1994) 109,300
19. 8.6 Memento (2000) 74,342
20. 8.6 Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966)
26. 8.5 Cidade de Deus (2002) 14,796
27. 8.5 It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 35,644
34. 8.4 Matrix, The (1999) 122,662
51. 8.3 Requiem for a Dream (2000) 36,822
62. 8.2 Wizard of Oz, The (1939) 32,920
66. 8.2 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 44,227
72. 8.2 Reservoir Dogs (1992) 56,852
78. 8.2 Amadeus (1984) 31,650
82. 8.2 Jaws (1975) 39,965
85. 8.1 Braveheart (1995) 79,355
111. 8.0 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
115. 8.0 Forrest Gump (1994) 75,243
117. 8.0 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 22,289
130. 8.0 Green Mile, The (1999) 49,390
137. 8.0 Shrek (2001) 52,122
139. 8.0 Lost in Translation (2003) 27,714
146. 8.0 Back to the Future (1985) 58,278
168. 7.9 Gladiator (2000) 77,653
176. 7.9 Toy Story (1995) 39,213
186. 7.9 21 Grams (2003) 12,657
187. 7.9 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 44,889
199. 7.8 Mulholland Dr. (2001) 28,046
201. 7.8 Terminator, The (1984) 50,868
203. 7.8 Groundhog Day (1993) 37,182
216. 7.8 Adaptation. (2002) 18,681
227. 7.8 X2 (2003) 29,277
235. 7.7 Spider-Man 2 (2004) 20,011
239. 7.7 Beauty and the Beast (1991) 21,456
247. 7.7 Minority Report (2002) 42,016
250. 7.7 Fantasia (1940)

I've only recently (2000) started getting into seeing movies and buying them and such.

[Guest #1]

Oh man, I just checked again, and I've seen all the 250. Either I waisted too much of my time, or I've luckly seen mostly good movies. Meh

I'll skip the Kurosawa films, since you've balked at them in other threads and suggest:

1. (167) Graveyard of the Fireflies (Hoyaru no Haka) Disturbingly depressing anime.
2. (68) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
3. (93) Blade Runner

I like my movies a little dark, so take that into consideration. Also, I love silent films, but it's not for everyone, but there are some excellent ones on the list, especially late European silent films like Nosferatu and Battleship Potempkin.

[The Miz]

Don't listen to these homos. These are the ones you need to see.

70. 8.2 Touch of Evil (1958) 9,976
76. 8.2 Great Escape, The (1963) 16,697
142. 8.0 Night of the Hunter, The (1955) 6,257
147. 7.9 Christmas Story, A (1983) 16,616
198. 7.8 Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) 6,735

[Jordan]

Cool Hand Luke is a great movie, it has Paul Newman in it, it's the movie that made the phrase "what we have here, is failure to communicate".

Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf, is an amazing movie, you really should see it, its very very intense.

[MrMeJW]

Oh shit, how did I miss Night of the Hunter on that list?

[Buzzkill]

Das Boot is great

[John la Rock]

I still havn't seen The Shawshank Redemption # 2 :(

[Triple A]

Oh man, I just checked again, and I've seen all the 250. Either I waisted too much of my time, or I've luckly seen mostly good movies. Meh

I'll skip the Kurosawa films, since you've balked at them in other threads and suggest:

1. (167) Graveyard of the Fireflies (Hoyaru no Haka) Disturbingly depressing anime.
2. (68) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
3. (93) Blade Runner

I like my movies a little dark, so take that into consideration. Also, I love silent films, but it's not for everyone, but there are some excellent ones on the list, especially late European silent films like Nosferatu and Battleship Potempkin.
Where have you seen every movie? I'm curious as to where people find all these films. It is real hard to find a lot of shit here, even at the library.

Also, thanks everyone. :kiss:

[John la Rock]

Cidade de Deus (City of God) # 26 is SO FUCKING GOOD

[Tony Montana]

46. 8.3 Boot, Das (1981) 24,561
76. 8.2 Great Escape, The (1963) 16,697


There the only one's out of all of them that I have seen.....

Them 2 are pretty good.

[The Miz]

lol get off me with that library shit. Yeah it's free but they carry shit. Try to find the cult section on an independent video store, thats where I get all my movies.

[Vega]

Cidade de Deus (City of God) # 26 is SO FUCKING GOOD
:|

how the fuck did that make it to #26?

Wasn't anything special IMO.

6/10

[Triple A]

lol get off me with that library shit. Yeah it's free but they carry shit. Try to find the cult section on an independent video store, thats where I get all my movies.
You dickhead. The library here has almost everything and on DVD.

http://webpac.wls.lib.ny.us/webclient.html

Check for yourself.

[Triple A]

:|

how the fuck did that make it to #26?

Wasn't anything special IMO.

6/10
Vega, your top eight movies consist of all Star Wars and Lord of the Rings movies.

[The Miz]

You just said you can't find anything you clown. I was trying to help you BUT NO

[Supreme Olajuwon]

City of God is easily one of the 5 best movies ever made

[Triple A]

You just said you can't find anything you clown. I was trying to help you BUT NO
The library has every movie you listed, I think all on DVD too.

I was just asking a general question. He said he saw every movie on the top 250, but he probably doesn't have a hot ass library. That is why I was wondering where he sees them from.

[Triple A]

City of God is easily one of the 5 best movies ever made
I DUNNO ABOUT THAT.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

I dunno about you

[Guest #1]

[QUOTE=Triple A]Where have you seen every movie? I'm curious as to where people find all these films. It is real hard to find a lot of shit here, even at the library. QUOTE]

Actually, I saw most of them on late night cable. Also, I have a membership at an arthouse theater which shows mostly classics and foreign films. Libraries are full of the high praised low distribution type films which populate the IMDB top 250, plus being free :love:, I own 1 DVD and borrow a few several times a week. I have taken a few cinema courses at university where we watched movies for credits and have a card at a video store that specializes in foreign films. My friend gave me a couple of books a few christmases ago which listed cult and classic films, which I used to pick some of the movies I wanted to see. I also used to subscribe to Film Comment and American Cinematographer which often made reference to films listed on the 250. All in all it added up. Unfortunately, I've also been caught watching some of the bottom 250 as well, but all in all....

Gees I thought this would be short too. :-\

[Triple A]

:y:

[Vega]

Vega, your top eight movies consist of all Star Wars and Lord of the Rings movies.
1) Star Wars: A New Hope
2) Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back
3) Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
4) Spaceballs
5) Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade
6) Lord Of The Rings: Return of the King
7) Indiana Jones And The Raiders Of The Lost Ark
8) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Only 5/8

Unless you count Spaceballs.

Also, all the star wars and LOTR movies are high on the top 250.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

yeah but considering you just said the list was flawed becuase of City of God

I guess that means the list is flawed for everything then RIGHT VEGA

[Vega]

yeah but considering you just said the list was flawed becuase of City of God

I guess that means the list is flawed for everything then RIGHT VEGA
No, it means that some people are smart, and others are stupid.

Kind of like in the real world.

[John la Rock]

:|

how the fuck did that make it to #26?

Wasn't anything special IMO.

6/10

:wtf:

[DrA]

1) Star Wars: A New Hope
2) Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back
3) Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
4) Spaceballs
5) Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade
6) Lord Of The Rings: Return of the King
7) Indiana Jones And The Raiders Of The Lost Ark
8) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Only 5/8

Unless you count Spaceballs.

Also, all the star wars and LOTR movies are high on the top 250.
You need to branch out.

[Vega]

You need to branch out.
I have 461 movies rated on IMDB, I think that's branching out quite a bit.

Just like those movies a lot.

[El Capitano Gatisto]

City of God is easily one of the 5 best movies ever made
I agree.

I have seen a fee of those films but I can't think of any I remember standing out. Things like "Bridge over the River Kwai" are films my dad recommends to me, but I end up not really liking.

The Great Escape is excellent, though.

[Ogen]

Gonna go watch City Of God now brilliant film

[FakeLaser]

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf was good. Pretty messed up.

[da_king]

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yeah cool hand luke is good. also
the great escape
stalag 17 ( i think hogan's hero's was kind of bassed on this)
the man who shot liberty vallance (c'mon it's got jimmy stewart)
blade runner (it's sci fi so you probably won't like it)




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[Vega]

Just Watched One Flew Over the Coocoo's Nest and A Clockwork Orange yesterday, so I can cross those off my list.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Blade Runner - overrated but still mostly holds up today
Cool Hand Luke - Paul Newman, iconic performance
The Hustler - Newman again, total self-destructive trip in this one though

All worth watching for different reasons. You might not necessarily love them or anything but they're still worth watching.

(I'm impressed you've seen Hero btw :o )

[John la Rock]

Just Watched One Flew Over the Coocoo's Nest and A Clockwork Orange yesterday, so I can cross those off my list.

shit I still need to see those movies :(

[YOUR Hero]

I can't believe there are so many great shows you haven't seen. Cool Hand Luke and Blade Runner jump out.

[YOUR Hero]

The Hustler as well.