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Need Some Help / Suggestions (WARNING: EPIC LIST AHEAD)
Ok guys - here's another "give me a hand" thread.
As some of you might know, I'm graduating high school this year, in about 10 days. I'm not going off to university just yet: I'm staying home for a year to work / accumulate money / get some of my many film projects off the ground / build an acting resume / ect. But on top of all that, I have another major goal for this year. Like many of you, I have a pretty decent sized DVD collection...it's nothing compared to a lot of the folks around here, but it's still a pretty solid size. Now, my problem - and I've gotten a lot better then I used to be - is that I buy far, far more movies than I have time to watch. Therefore, a whole bunch of movies have accumulated on my shelves that I've never even taken out of the case. My goal? I want to have watched everything that I own before I go away to school in about a year + a month. It should be more than doable...I mean, there are a lot, but it's a manageable number for sure. I'd shudder to think what Urge or Zwoti's list of unseen films must looks like...yikes. Anyway, if I post the list here, would you guys be willing to skim through it and suggest some that I bump to the top of the pile? It would be highly appreciated! List to come shortly... |
So as I went through my collection to make this list, I became really ashamed of my self for a couple reasons: first because I have a whole bunch of classics that I have no excuse for not having seen yet, and second because I own a LOT of crap that I dont have a lot of interest in watching :p
Anyway - here we go: 1. 3 Extremes, Vol. 2 2. A Perfect Murder (1998) 3. Adventures of Ford Fairlane 4. Alamo, The (1960) 5. Alien: Resurrection 6. All About Eve 7. American History X 8. American Madness (1932) 9. American Werewolf in Paris 10. Apocalypse Now 11. Apt Pupil 12. AVP: Alien Vs. Predator 13. Batman: The Movie 14. Beast from 20,000 Fathoms 15. Beverly Hills Cop 16. Beverly Hills Cop 2 17. Beverly Hills Cop 3 18. Blade in the Dark 19. Blade: House of Chthon 20. Breathing Fire 21. Bride of Re-Animator 22. Brides of Dracula 23. Bringing Out the Dead 24. Candyman 25. Chasing Amy 26. Children of the Damned (1963) 27. Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury 28. Conan the Destroyer 29. Congo 30. Crimes and Misdemeanors 31. Curse of Frankenstein 32. Dances with Wolves 33. Daredevil - Director's Cut 34. Dark Water (2002) 35. Demons 36. Diamonds Are Forever 37. Dirty Dozen, The (1967) 38. Dirty Mary Crazy Larry 39. Doctor Blood's Coffin 40. Dolls 41. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) 42. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) 43. Dr. No 44. Enter the Dragon 45. Eraser 46. Evening with Kevin Smith 47. Evil of Frankenstein 48. Exorcist 3 49. Family Plot 50. Fire Down Below 51. Flight of the Phoenix 52. Four Rooms 53. From Russia with Love 54. Ghost and the Darkness 55. Ghost World 56. Glen or Glenda? 57. Godfather Part III 58. GoldenEye 59. Goldfinger 60. Grand Hotel 61. Graveyard Shift 62. Grosse Pointe Blank 63. Groundhog Day 64. Hard Boiled 65. Hatari! 66. Heat 67. High and the Mighty 68. High Fidelity 69. Hollywoodland 70. Horror in the Attic 71. I Wake Up Screaming 72. Ice Harvest 73. Iguana 74. In Harm's Way 75. Incident at Loch Ness 76. Infernal Affairs 77. Infernal Affairs 2 78. Infernal Affairs 3 79. Interview with the Vampire 80. Invisible Agent (1942) 81. Invisible Man's Revenge, The (1944) 82. Invisible Woman, The (1940) 83. Island in the Sky 84. Jail Bait (1954) 85. Kiss of Death (1995) 86. Kiss of the Vampire 87. Lady in the Water 88. Lady Vengeance 89. Land of the Minotaur 90. Last Days of Frank & Jesse James 91. Last Days of Pompeii (1935) 92. Laura 93. Lawrence of Arabia 94. Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3 95. Life & Death of Peter Sellers 96. Macabre 97. Magnificent Seven, The (1960) 98. Mallrats 99. Maltese Falcon, The (1931) 100. Man Who Knew Too Much, The (1956) 101. Man with the Golden Gun 102. Man with the Screaming Brain 103. Masters of Horror: Brad Anderson - Sounds Like 104. Masters of Horror: Peter Medak - The Washingtonians 105. Masters of Horror: Tobe Hooper - The Damned Thing 106. Masters of Horror: Tom Holland - We All Scream for Ice Cream 107. Midsummer Night's Dream, A (1999) 108. Mighty Joe Young (1949) 109. Misery 110. Moonraker 111. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) 112. Mystic River 113. Near Dark 114. Nick of Time 115. Night Creatures 116. Night Strangler, The (1973) 117. Nightmare 118. Ninja Scroll 119. Nomads 120. On Deadly Ground 121. One-Armed Swordsman 122. Out for Justice 123. Paranoiac 124. People Under the Stairs 125. Puppet Masters, The (1994) 126. Quest for Fire 127. Quicksand 128. Rain Man 129. Raising Arizona 130. Ravenous 131. Rich and Strange 132. Robocop 3 133. Roman Holiday 134. Satan Met a Lady (1936) 135. Scarlet Street 136. Secret Agent (1936) 137. Serpico 138. Shadow of the Vampire 139. Shocker 140. Silver Bullet 141. Sister Street Fighter 142. Sleeping Dogs (1977) 143. Smash Palace 144. Snake & Crane Secret 145. Snatch 146. Starship Troopers 147. Stealth 148. Stephen King's Desperation 149. Stir of Echoes 150. Street Fighter (1974) 151. Street Fighter's Last Revenge 152. Streetcar Named Desire 153. Suddenly 154. Surviving the Game 155. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance 156. Taste the Blood of Dracula 157. Terror 158. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation 159. The Fog (2005) 160. The Game (1997) 161. The Hitcher (1986) 162. The Keeper 163. The Lost Voyage 164. The Majestic 165. The Ninth Gate 166. The Phantom Creeps 167. The Philadelphia Story 168. The Score 169. The Woods (2005) 170. Thirty-Nine Steps 171. This Is Spinal Tap 172. Thunderball 173. Tigerland 174. Topaz 175. Torn Curtain (1966) 176. Training Day 177. Trapped in Paradise 178. Tremors (1990) 179. Tremors 2: Aftershocks (1996) 180. Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001) 181. Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (2003) 182. Trouble with Harry 183. Truth About Charlie 184. Undead (2003) 185. United 93 186. Vanishing Point (1997) 187. Village of the Damned (1960) 188. Waking Life 189. War of the Worlds, The (1953) 190. Waxwork 191. Waxwork II: Lost in Time 192. Wayne's World 193. Wayne's World 2 194. When Worlds Collide (1951) 195. White Christmas 196. White Heat 197. Wild Bunch, The 198. You Can't Take It with You (1938) 199. You Only Live Twice 200. Young and Innocent 201. Young Guns 202. Young Tiger 203. Zombie 4: After Death 204. Zombie 5: Killing Birds ...and there you have it folks. Any suggestions as to where I should start? |
batman : the movie.
move to #1 spot (i'm not joking) |
The Hitcher, The Ninth Gate, This is Spinal Tap, and Raising Arizona need to be moved up for sure. So many good ones you haven't seen though... it's hard to choose.
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My girlfriend adores that movie, so we're waiting for a chance to watch it together...cant wait. |
those for sure ..
also - incident at loch ness ..grosse point blank .. shit - it's easier to provide a list of the ones that arent worth watching. |
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only my opintion of course .. but these stand out as the ones i would consider a waste of time unless you've seen EVERYTHING else : 3. Adventures of Ford Fairlane 5. Alien: Resurrection 9. American Werewolf in Paris 12. AVP: Alien Vs. Predator 17. Beverly Hills Cop 3 19. Blade: House of Chthon 28. Conan the Destroyer 29. Congo 50. Fire Down Below 79. Interview with the Vampire 87. Lady in the Water 120. On Deadly Ground 128. Rain Man 132. Robocop 3 140. Silver Bullet 148. Stephen King's Desperation 159. The Fog (2005) 160. The Game (1997) 179. Tremors 2: Aftershocks (1996) 180. Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001) 181. Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (2003) 203. Zombie 4: After Death 204. Zombie 5: Killing Birds there were other 'meh's' and a few i didnt know .. but these were the ones that reall stood out |
Here would be my list of top picks, so you'll probably want to, like, skip them altogether or something.
All About Eve Apocalypse Now Bride of Re-Animator Curse of Frankenstein Evil of Frankenstein Glen or Glenda? Maltese Falcon, The (1931) Mighty Joe Young (1949) Misery Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) People Under the Stairs Raising Arizona Ravenous Stir of Echoes Roman Holiday This Is Spinal Tap Village of the Damned (1960) War of the Worlds, The (1953) When Worlds Collide (1951) White Christmas White Heat Wild Bunch, The |
Nevermind what to watch first.
Buy portable dvd players and one that is waterproof. Put them everywhere...the car, the shower, in front of the toilet.... |
Theme nights. You gotta have theme nights. Get your Bond out of the way. Doctor No , Goldfinger and You Only Live Twice are a great triple feature. Next, work on the Hammer Box. Kiss and Brides go well together, Nightmare is kinda crappy. Then work on your noirs. I believe in you. You can do this. My girlfriend and I once watched the fifty horror classics over a long weekend and still got stuff done. Pace yourself and don't be a hero. There will be days you're doing nothing. You're an artist taking a year off from college. It will not be hard to find movie time. Trust me on this.
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Thanks for the suggestions / encouragement guys! :D
Wanna hear some really great news? I realized that I was sitting beside a pile of DVDs that I had yet to enter into my DVD Aficionado account, so they missed out on the originally posted list! So here's a small little addition: 205. River’s Edge 206. Gods and Monsters 207. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982) 208. The Quiet Earth 209. The Wild One 210. The Conformist 211. Inland Empire 212. Happy Accidents 213. 5 Days to Midnight 214. The Hustler 215. Sunset Boulevard |
Ooh...Sunset Boulevard and All About Eve double feature all the way. Screw you fifties Hollywood!
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ghost world (read the graphic novel if you get a chance first, makes the movie so much better) chasing amy enter the dragon (little slow to start but keep with it) evening with kevin smith (hilarious) four rooms (i really liked it) mall rats( ok so i have a thing for kevin smith) misery (ive only seen it once but it made a huge impression on me) the majestic (really was a gem imo) tremors (but only really the first one) all the waynes worlds (hehe can't go wrong there) the wild bunch stir of echoes (my perfect movie) |
You ever have one of those nights you can't sleep and it's about to storm (cool winds blowing, strong misty scents in the air)
Watch The Quiet Earth:) |
So are these movies movies you have never even seen before??
Just curious. Here is my list. 7. American History X 10. Apocalypse Now 11. Apt Pupil 25. Chasing Amy 46. Evening with Kevin Smith 52. Four Rooms 63. Groundhog Day 66. Heat 68. High Fidelity 72. Ice Harvest 76. Infernal Affairs 79. Interview with the Vampire 88. Lady Vengeance 98. Mallrats 124. People Under the Stairs 145. Snatch 155. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance 171. This Is Spinal Tap |
1. 3 Extremes, Vol. 2
2. A Perfect Murder (1998) 3. Adventures of Ford Fairlane 4. Alamo, The (1960) 5. Alien: Resurrection 6. All About Eve 7. American History X 8. American Madness (1932) 9. American Werewolf in Paris 10. Apocalypse Now 11. Apt Pupil 12. AVP: Alien Vs. Predator 13. Batman: The Movie 14. Beast from 20,000 Fathoms 15. Beverly Hills Cop 16. Beverly Hills Cop 2 17. Beverly Hills Cop 3 18. Blade in the Dark 19. Blade: House of Chthon 20. Breathing Fire 21. Bride of Re-Animator 22. Brides of Dracula 23. Bringing Out the Dead 24. Candyman 25. Chasing Amy 26. Children of the Damned (1963) 27. Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury 28. Conan the Destroyer 29. Congo 30. Crimes and Misdemeanors 31. Curse of Frankenstein 32. Dances with Wolves 33. Daredevil - Director's Cut 34. Dark Water (2002) 35. Demons 36. Diamonds Are Forever 37. Dirty Dozen, The (1967) 38. Dirty Mary Crazy Larry 39. Doctor Blood's Coffin 40. Dolls 41. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) 42. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) 43. Dr. No 44. Enter the Dragon 45. Eraser 46. Evening with Kevin Smith 47. Evil of Frankenstein 48. Exorcist 3 49. Family Plot 50. Fire Down Below 51. Flight of the Phoenix 52. Four Rooms 53. From Russia with Love 54. Ghost and the Darkness 55. Ghost World 56. Glen or Glenda? 57. Godfather Part III 58. GoldenEye 59. Goldfinger 60. Grand Hotel 61. Graveyard Shift 62. Grosse Pointe Blank 63. Groundhog Day 64. Hard Boiled 65. Hatari! 66. Heat 67. High and the Mighty 68. High Fidelity 69. Hollywoodland 70. Horror in the Attic 71. I Wake Up Screaming 72. Ice Harvest 73. Iguana 74. In Harm's Way 75. Incident at Loch Ness 76. Infernal Affairs 77. Infernal Affairs 2 78. Infernal Affairs 3 79. Interview with the Vampire 80. Invisible Agent (1942) 81. Invisible Man's Revenge, The (1944) 82. Invisible Woman, The (1940) 83. Island in the Sky 84. Jail Bait (1954) 85. Kiss of Death (1995) 86. Kiss of the Vampire 87. Lady in the Water 88. Lady Vengeance 89. Land of the Minotaur 90. Last Days of Frank & Jesse James 91. Last Days of Pompeii (1935) 92. Laura 93. Lawrence of Arabia 94. Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3 95. Life & Death of Peter Sellers 96. Macabre 97. Magnificent Seven, The (1960) 98. Mallrats 99. Maltese Falcon, The (1931) 100. Man Who Knew Too Much, The (1956) 101. Man with the Golden Gun 102. Man with the Screaming Brain 103. Masters of Horror: Brad Anderson - Sounds Like 104. Masters of Horror: Peter Medak - The Washingtonians 105. Masters of Horror: Tobe Hooper - The Damned Thing 106. Masters of Horror: Tom Holland - We All Scream for Ice Cream 107. Midsummer Night's Dream, A (1999) 108. Mighty Joe Young (1949) 109. Misery 110. Moonraker 111. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) 112. Mystic River 113. Near Dark 114. Nick of Time 115. Night Creatures 116. Night Strangler, The (1973) 117. Nightmare 118. Ninja Scroll 119. Nomads 120. On Deadly Ground 121. One-Armed Swordsman 122. Out for Justice 123. Paranoiac 124. People Under the Stairs 125. Puppet Masters, The (1994) 126. Quest for Fire 127. Quicksand 128. Rain Man 129. Raising Arizona 130. Ravenous 131. Rich and Strange 132. Robocop 3 133. Roman Holiday 134. Satan Met a Lady (1936) 135. Scarlet Street 136. Secret Agent (1936) 137. Serpico 138. Shadow of the Vampire 139. Shocker 140. Silver Bullet 141. Sister Street Fighter 142. Sleeping Dogs (1977) 143. Smash Palace 144. Snake & Crane Secret 145. Snatch 146. Starship Troopers 147. Stealth 148. Stephen King's Desperation 149. Stir of Echoes 150. Street Fighter (1974) 151. Street Fighter's Last Revenge 152. Streetcar Named Desire 153. Suddenly 154. Surviving the Game 155. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance 156. Taste the Blood of Dracula 157. Terror 158. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation 159. The Fog (2005) 160. The Game (1997) 161. The Hitcher (1986) 162. The Keeper 163. The Lost Voyage 164. The Majestic 165. The Ninth Gate 166. The Phantom Creeps 167. The Philadelphia Story 168. The Score 169. The Woods (2005) 170. Thirty-Nine Steps 171. This Is Spinal Tap 172. Thunderball 173. Tigerland 174. Topaz 175. Torn Curtain (1966) 176. Training Day 177. Trapped in Paradise 178. Tremors (1990) 179. Tremors 2: Aftershocks (1996) 180. Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001) 181. Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (2003) 182. Trouble with Harry 183. Truth About Charlie 184. Undead (2003) 185. United 93 186. Vanishing Point (1997) 187. Village of the Damned (1960) 188. Waking Life 189. War of the Worlds, The (1953) 190. Waxwork 191. Waxwork II: Lost in Time 192. Wayne's World 193. Wayne's World 2 194. When Worlds Collide (1951) 195. White Christmas 196. White Heat 197. Wild Bunch, The 198. You Can't Take It with You (1938) 199. You Only Live Twice 200. Young and Innocent 201. Young Guns 202. Young Tiger 203. Zombie 4: After Death 204. Zombie 5: Killing Birds |
You need to drop what you're doing right now and watch Apocalypse Now. Whatever expectations you may have about the film will be shaken and you will experience an escapism you have never felt before while watching a movie. It isn't a war movie, despite what Blockbuster tags it as. It stands alone as one of the most ferociously original pieces of filmmaking of any generation.
Also, slide All About Eve, Lawrence of Arabia, White Heat, The Philadelphia Story, Rain Man, and Near Dark to the top of your list. |
These are the ones I recommend for your yearly viewing :-
And these are the ones you can skip for now, or rummage through at a later date when you have nothing else to watch :-
Happy viewing! |
Pretty much everyone has given great recommendations, especially Apocalypse Now and The Wild Bunch.
The only recommendation that I can really add is to take number 159, The Fog (2005) and move it slowly away from the dvd player...don't let it come close, you may be tempted, but no...don't let it happen. For the love of god, don't let it happen. |
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#1 Bringing Out the Dead
#2 Tremors (1990) #3 Stir of Echoes other movies that are really good The Hitcher (1986) American History X 63 Groundhog Day 68 High Fidelity Candyman Stir of Echoes |
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Those are both great flicks! Watch Ford Fairlane A.S.A.P it's a fuckin' classic! One of my favorite comedy films ever. |
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When I have a lot of movies piled up that I haven't watched yet, I separate them into 2 piles
1) Movies that might not be so great 2) Movies I think I'll really like I watch the not-so-good movies first, then save the best for last...That way the possibly bad movies don't seem AS bad (like if Britney Spears had to follow Children Of Bodom, she would suck so much harder :p)...and the good ones, are even better :) Then, when I get to the good ones...I close my eyes, reach into the pile, and we watch whatever I pull out...Makes it kinda fun |
At the moment my DVD collection is abysmal. Good DVDs, but there are only about 20. Seriously, when I get a job, my lifes goal is to get a DVD collection that big. Watching them, I'll think about later!
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I have over 300 DVDs but for the most part I have seen mostly all of them either in the theatre, on TV, on the actual DVD itself. I do have a few....maybe 5-10 that I have never seen.
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Yeh, I've seen countless films, but have very few at my disposal. When I get a job you bet your cotton socks I'll get a big collection.
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This is awesome guys, thanks a ton!
My first order of business is to finish off Twin Peaks, which shouldn't take me past the end of the week...then as soon as that's out of the way I'll start digging in to some recommendations :D |
So, instead of working on shortening this list...I've kinda been making it longer :o
Here are some additions: 216. Roma 217. Satyricon 218. Gotham Knight 219. Glengarry Glen Ross 220. L.A. Confidential 221. Road House 222. Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead 223. The Nin9s 224. Hot Fuzz 225. Dogma 226. Bug 227. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm I need to watch more + buy less.... |
I never got into LA Confidential it was always just a lot of hype to me.
Before The Devil Knows You're Dead and Bug were two of the best flicks I've seen in awhile. Road House is a pretty fun watch from what I remember. I was thinking of grabbing it the other day. Sam Elliot and Ben Gazzara are great in it and The Jeff Healey band fuckin' rock in it. The final fight scene always stood out to me cuz it had some brutal shit in it. It should stand out as a really good B-Movie that I'm looking forward to revisiting. I liked Hot Fuzz too but it seems to get a mixed reaction from people. Timothy Dalton looks like he's having a lot of fun as the villain anyways. |
#1 Bringing Out the Dead
#2 Tremors (1990) #3 Stir of Echoes have you watched these three yet? |
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216. Roma - no idea,
217. Satyricon - no idea, 218. Gotham Knight - hearing very good things about it, 219. Glengarry Glen Ross - Very, very good, 220. L.A. Confidential - Excellent, 221. Road House - Another good one, 222. Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead - Hearing excellent reports, 223. The Nin9s - No idea, 224. Hot Fuzz - Fun and entertaining, 225. Dogma - great movie, 226. Bug - Excellent...must watch, 227. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm - Superb, best Batman yet I guess I d say this :- Bump Bug, Dogma, LA Confidential, Glengarry Glen Ross, Gotham Knight/ Mask of Phantasm higher on your list of must-watches, then take it from there. |
I'm surprised you haven't watched these Fellini classics, V!
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