Help me re-organize the "Staff Picks" section at my video store

[Triple A]

OK, I am basically trying to re-organize it. I have room on the shelves for 70 movies. These are the ones that are definitely in. This list has 53 movies (21 of which we also have on DVD), so that leaves room for 17 more. NOTE: This does not include comedies. They have their own staff picks section.

<font color=lime>12 Angry Men
Adaptation (DVD)
American Beauty (DVD)
American History X
Barton Fink
Being John Malkovich
Boiler Room
Boogie Nights
Bound
Blood Simple
Blue Velvet
Bully (DVD)
Clockwork Orange
Casino
Carlito's Way
Donnie Brasco (DVD)
Dog Day Afternoon
Do the Right Thing
Eyes Wide Shut (DVD)
Full Metal Jacket (DVD)
Fargo
Goodfellas (DVD)
Glengarry Glen Ross
Happiness
Insomnia (DVD)
Jackie Brown
Kids
Lolita
Mulholland Dr. (DVD)
Memento (DVD)
Magnolia
Menace II Society
Miller's Crossing
Of Mice and Men
Once Upon a Time in America
One Hour Photo (DVD)
The Others (DVD)
Pulp Fiction (DVD)
Punch-Drunk Love (DVD)
Rain Man
Reservoir Dogs (DVD)
Raging Bull (DVD)
Run Lola Run
Sling Blade
Shining (DVD)
Scarface (DVD)
Sea of Love
Storytelling
True Romance
Taxi Driver (DVD)
Vanilla Sky (DVD)
Welcome to the Dollhouse
Y Tu Mama Tambien (DVD)</font>

NOW...

This is the list of movies that have previously been in the section. Keep in mind they are not all necessarily my picks, but yeah, this is what I have to choose from that has been there before... Basically, which movies would you definitely add out of the list below? Or which movies would you add that are NOT on the list above? Keep in mind that it all depends on if we have them at the store or not, so if it's some really rare shit, we probably won't. Anyway, suggest some stuff.

<font color=orange>2001 Space Oddyssey
400 Blows
American Psycho
And Justice For All
As Good as it Gets
Bad Lieutenant
Born on the 4th of July
Bronx Tale
Basic Instinct
Devil's Advocate
Drugstore Cowboy
Elephant Man
Face/Off
Falling Down
Fatal Attraction
Fight Club
Forrest Gump
Few Good Men
Gladiator
Hard Eight
Hate
Honeymoon Killers
In the Company of Men
Jungle Fever
King of New York
LA Confidential
Lost Highway
Ocean's 11
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
People vs. Larry Flint
Primal Fear
The Professional
Psycho
Rear Window
Rounders
Requiem for a Dream
Stand by Me
Shawshank Redemption
Saving Private Ryan
Seven
Silence of the Lambs
Sleepers
Saturday Night Fever
Serpico
Scent of a Woman
Time to Kill
Usual Suspects
You Can Count on Me</font>

I am also trying to order these off eBay:

<font color=gray>Amores Perros
Paths of Glory
Freaks
Eraserhead
Audition
Ichi the Killer
Show Me Love</font>

[Vega]

Add:

Donnie Darko
Enter The Dragon
Forrest Gump
Good Will Hunting
Rocky
All The President's Men
Almost Famous
Bowling For Columbine
The Boondock Saints
Catch Me If You Can
The Count Of Monte Cristo (2002)
Finding Forrester
The Fugitive
Kill Bill Vol. 1

[Triple A]

No.

[Vega]

Check the edit

[el fregadero]

2001 Space Oddyssey
And Justice For All
Falling Down
Forrest Gump
Shawshank Redemption
Saving Private Ryan
Seven
Scent of a Woman

I guess.

[Triple A]

Donnie Darko - Nah.
Enter The Dragon - Nah.
Forrest Gump - Yeah but everyone already knows about it.
Good Will Hunting - Meh.
Rocky - See Forrest Gump
All The President's Men - Haven't seen it.
Almost Famous - Meh.
Bowling For Columbine - Still a new release. I will add it though.
The Boondock Saints - Nah.
Catch Me If You Can - Good but there are better movies that can fill the spot.
The Count Of Monte Cristo (2002) - Nope.
Finding Forrester - Meh.
The Fugitive - Meh.
Kill Bill Vol. 1 - Probably will eventually (still new).

[Triple A]

Leaning towards these...

American Psycho
And Justice For All
As Good as it Gets
Bronx Tale
Elephant Man
Fight Club
Forrest Gump
Gladiator
Lost Highway
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Primal Fear
The Professional
Rear Window
Rounders
Requiem for a Dream
Stand by Me
Seven

[Boondock Saint]

Ugh. Weird. Everytime I look over the list and think of something, I look back at it and it's already there.

Those are good picks. Randomly, one I'm thinking of is Breathless. Same guy who wrote/directed 400 Blows wrote it. I thought it was pretty good but not really as good as some of those.

I dunno, drawing a blank.

I wish the video store I work at had staff picks. They used to before I was there and now we just don't have the room. :-\

[Boondock Saint]

Leaning towards these...

American Psycho
And Justice For All
As Good as it Gets
Bronx Tale
Elephant Man
Fight Club
Forrest Gump
Gladiator
Lost Highway
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Primal Fear
The Professional
Rear Window
Rounders
Requiem for a Dream
Stand by Me
Seven


Sounds good.

[Triple A]

I dunno, wasn't crazy about Breathless. Oooh, he invented the jump cut. :eek:

Which of the ones on the second list would you definitely add, if any?

Also, how big is your store?

[Boondock Saint]

Haven't seen Rounders, Lost Highway, And Justice For All, or Primal Fear ( Yeah I know. Just took it out the other day so I'll get around to it soon).

but I'd say: Forrest Gump, A Bronx Tale, Cuckoo's Nest, Se7en, Rear Window, Fight Club, then either Gladiator or Stand By Me.

[Boondock Saint]

Um...it's really not all that big. I dunno how to describe it. It's in a little like mini-mall type area in my town. With all the HBO shows now and stuff, and we have the AFI Top 100 list separate, we needed to eliminate things like staff pix.

[Triple A]

Do you have every AFI top 100 movie?

[Triple A]

I think we had a section for that when it first came out but we got rid of it eventually. Before I worked there. A bunch of movies have the Top 100 sticker on them.

[Boondock Saint]

I just worked today and I'm actually not sure. I think so, all except Birth of a Nation which I've never seen anywhere in my life. I know that much for sure. Possibly one or two others.

[Triple A]

So you guys probably have a lot of rare shit, eh.

We have a fucking gigantic drama section, but like 75% of the movies are so shitty.

We have liek 15,000 titles or something. Dunno.

[Boondock Saint]

We have some, not sure if it's a lot compared to other places. I know we don't have many the obscure horror flicks that hardcore horror fans like. Like Cannibal Holocaust, Zombie etc. I'd like to get some.

If you know you can get your hands on any rare movies you should def. put them in your store's inventory. If people know you have rare stuff they'll keep coming back.

[Triple A]

Yeah, I wish I owned the place. I would buy so much shit it's not even funny. I already have ordered about 20 movies off eBay for the store with my own money and just put them in. My boss is an idiot. He is Chinese and can barely even pronounce the movie titles.

[Boondock Saint]

:lol: The owner of the place can be a dumbass and an ass sometimes too. Well, usually, actually. If we feel the store needs something, mainly just DVD now, we'll write it on a list and the manager will order them. But when the owner sees the list sometimes he'll just be like "that'll never rent" and won't let her order it. Pisses me off.

[Triple A]

How is your store set up? Like the new releases, do you put DVDs and VHS together and spread each copy out like Blockbuster or what.

Also, what about your old DVDs and tapes? Combined? Or do you have the old DVDs in their own section.

[#1-norm-fan]

Add Falling Down.

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind too. Though I guess that's still new so... add that one asap anyway.

[Boondock Saint]

The wall that goes around the store is the New Release wall. The DVDs are next to their video counterparts.

Older DVDs are separate from older VHS but my co-worker told me yesterday that while he was at the other store getting our checks, the owner told him we're going to combine the older VHS and DVDs. I'll be back at school by then so thankfully I'll miss that hellish transition.

[Triple A]

Do you have a lot of old DVDs? Like does the owner buy a bunch of old movies (like the staff pick ones I listed)? My owner is an idiot and won't buy any old movies on DVD. All the old ones we have now are from the last owner.

[Boondock Saint]

Yeah. The "classics" we have are far less but it's building. But as for the ones you listed, I'd say we have most of them.

I don't think we have Of Mice and Men, Jungle Fever, Hate, Honeymoon Killers, Freaks, Ichi the Killer, Show Me Love, Audition, 400 Blows, Carlito's Way, Casino, And Justice For All, or Lost Highway on DVD. Some of those (Audtion, Freaks, Ichi, possibly even 400 Blows) I don't think we have even on VHS. That's just from memory though so I'm not positive.

[Triple A]

Damn, nice. God, my boss is an idiot. Should just spend a couple hundred bucks and buy at least the staff picks on DVD.

How much are your prices? QUESTIONS KEEP COMING.

Also, is your old DVD section like in a small space, bookshelved, or are they in a pretty large space (equal to VHS) and faced up or what

[Boondock Saint]

All DVDs, new or old, are $3.98 (that's w/ tax included).

If it's wicked brand new, like say, Whole Ten Yards or Hidalgo, it's 3 nights. If it's still on the new wall but not brand new, I.E. Matrix 2 & 3, Master and COmmander, and more recently Secret Window, it's 7 nights. All brand-new and semi-new DVD and VHS are $3.98

Older DVDs, while same price, are 7 nights.

Older VHS are $2.93 for 7 nights.

Brand new/ semi-new kids movies are also $3.98, which I get bitched at about by yuppie parents sometimes, but people, I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER IT. Older kids movies are 99 cents for 7 nights. But kids older DVDs are still $3.98

$2.00 a day late fee. Kids movies are $1.00 a day late fee.

Um...the older (catalog) DVD section is not as big as VHS but obviously is and will continue to grow. They're bookshelved, if we're thinking of the same thing. But if there are numerous copies we'll face them front usually. Or while I am alphabetizing, I'll face front my favorite movies.

[Triple A]

Good stuff.

New releases here (VHS and DVD, movies about a year in release) and ALL DVDs - 2.75 (1 night), 3.50 (2 nights)

Old VHS - 1.99-2.99 (5 nights). I am gradually changing them all to $1.99 though.

I told him to make all old kids movies 99 cents. He doesn't wanna. Gay.

[Triple A]

Also, the fact that our old DVDs are only 2 days max is terrible. I keep telling him to change it to 5 days but NOOOO.

[Boondock Saint]

Hah. Is it just you and him? If not, are you like second in command under him? You seem to have a lot of stroke there.

[Triple A]

Yeah it's basically just me and him. My other friend is supposed to work all day Saturdays and Sundays but he barely works anymore because he is shooting a movie. He is the one who went to NYU.

[Boondock Saint]

Ah nice. So do you work everyday then? Damn.

[Triple A]

M-F (5-10, 11F), sometimes I work Sundays if I am up for it. He works every morning.

[Boondock Saint]

Sweet

[Vega]

Good stuff.

New releases here (VHS and DVD, movies about a year in release) and ALL DVDs - 2.75 (1 night), 3.50 (2 nights)

Old VHS - 1.99-2.99 (5 nights). I am gradually changing them all to $1.99 though.

I told him to make all old kids movies 99 cents. He doesn't wanna. Gay.

You should make it so all old VHS & DVD are $1.99 for 5 days, and kids movies .99 for 5 days (if he doesn't want to do that, at least lower it to $1.50 or something). You should also offer a deal if someone wants a new release for more than 2 days, seems too short amount of time.

[Triple A]

Yeah about the VHS prices. Old DVDs should be like 3.50 for 5 days, IMO. No one complains about the 2 day thing for new releases though.

[Vega]

I dunno, around here you get new releases for 5 days VHS or DVD for only like $3.79, and all old VHS (think DVD too) movies for .99 to $1.50 depending on how old it is for 7 days.

[Triple A]

New releases for 5 days is retarded really and would kill our business because as soon as every copy was rented out (which is usually in the first couple of hours), we would have no copies for the next 5 days.

Also, most people choose 1 day. Like 80%.

[Vega]

Yeah, that's only for like Hollywood Video where they have 29726 copies of all the new releases so I wasn't suggesting you do that.

[Jaded-Dragon]

I just wanted to add in 'A Few Good Men'

Most other of my favorites are already on the list. I am curious to see your comedy section though, Trips.


EDIT: Ok, here's my list from the orange list you posted....


Devil's Advocate
Fight Club
Gladiator
People vs. Larry Flynt
Primal Fear
Shawshank Redemption
Seven
Sleepers


I would also add...

The Sixth Sense
Pi
The Matrix (part one)
The Rock
Gone in 60 seconds
Tombstone

That's all I can think of right now.

[Shizzo]

you have to get godfarther 1,2,3

[Tony Montana]

As Good as it Gets
Bronx Tale
Face/Off
Fight Club
Forrest Gump
Gladiator
Stand by Me
Shawshank Redemption
Saving Private Ryan


Also, don't forget the Back To The Future Series.

[CosaNostra]

My ten picks:

Enemy At The Gate
Saving Private Ryan
Casino
Goodfellas
Donnie Brasco
Gladiator
Full Metal Jacket
Hamburger Hill
Apacolypse Now; and,
My sentimental favorite, Shawshank Redemption

[tucsonspeed6]

Fight Club and Seven should stay... Any David Fincher flick deserves to be in the Staff Picks section. Add some animated stuff too, like the two Toy Storys or Iron Giant. Put the original Alien in there...hell, add the whole original trilogy. (THough, you wouldn't need to add Alien 3 as well, because it's a David Fincher flick....clever, ain't I?)

[The Miz]

How come you get like 4556448998232432 staff picks. We get 5. :mad:

[Triple A]

Cause I just made it myself. Just used one whole part of the wall for it.