BoxOffice.com Presents... 1000 Movies to See Before You Die

[Michael Gary Scott]

Coraline(2009)

[Jack Nevada]

Gertie the Dinosaur (1914)

Steamboat Willie (1928)

The Skeleton Dance (1929)

Flowers and Trees (1932)

Three Little Pigs (1933)

The Wise Little Hen (1934)

The Old Mill (1937)

Duck Amuck (1953)

One Froggy Evening (1955)

What's Opera, Doc? (1957)

Bambi Meets Godzilla (1969)

The Snowman (1982)

Luxo Jr. (1986)

Tin Toy (1988)

The Wrong Trousers (1993) 

Genre (1996)

Geri's Game (1997)

Rejected (2000)

[Jake Gittes]

A quick skim of the list and these are the movies from >2005 that really ought to go IMO

 

Pacific Rim (2013)Now You See Me (2013)Monsters University (2013)Man of Steel (2013)Iron Man 3 (2013)Grown Ups 2 (2013)After Earth (2013)Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)The Hunger Games (2012)Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2012)Super 8 (2011)Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)Happy Feet Two (2011)Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)Space Chimps 2 (2010?)Shrek Forever After (2010)Nanny McPhee Returns (2010)Alice in Wonderland (2010)Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009)Alvin and the Chipmunks - The Squeakuel (2009)Space Chimps (2008)Mamma Mia (2008)Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)Live Free or Die Hard (2007)Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)Night at the Museum (2006)Click (2006)Charlotte's Web (2006)Barnyard - The Original Party Animals (2006)War of the Worlds (2005)King Kong (2005)Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) 

King Kong needs to stay, everything else needs to get the hell out.

[Sims]

Persona (1966)

Memories of Underdevelopment (1968) (WATCH THIS!!!)

Carrie (1976)

Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

Edited August 19, 2013 by Sims

[Jake Gittes]

Here's basically all I've got left, I might as well put it all out in one fell swoop:

 

Gaslight (1944)

The Boys in the Band (1970)

Lenny (1974)

The Tenant (1976)

The Dead (1987)

Dead Ringers (1988)

Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds (1989)

Les amants du Pont-Neuf (1991)

The Crying Game (1992)

Dazed and Confused (1993)

Spanking the Monkey (1994)

Bound (1996)

Crash (1996)

Irma Vep (1996)

Pusher (1996)

Gummo (1997)

There's Something About Mary (1998)

One Day in September (1999)

Ratcatcher (1999)

Three Kings (1999)

Dog Days (2001)

Pusher II (2004)

Pusher III (2005)

A History of Violence (2005)

The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2006)

My Winnipeg (2007)

 

And for some 2009-present films:

 

Enter the Void (2009)

The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (2009)

The Damned United (2009)

Beginners (2010)

Submarine (2010)

The Illusionist (2010)

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)

Attack the Block (2011)

Hanna (2011)

Killer Joe (2011)

Young Adult (2011)

Killing Them Softly (2012)

Spring Breakers (2012)

[Dementeleus]

Gertie the Dinosaur (1914)Steamboat Willie (1928)The Skeleton Dance (1929)Flowers and Trees (1932)Three Little Pigs (1933)The Wise Little Hen (1934)The Old Mill (1937)Duck Amuck (1953)One Froggy Evening (1955)What's Opera, Doc? (1957)Bambi Meets Godzilla (1969)The Snowman (1982)Luxo Jr. (1986)Tin Toy (1988)The Wrong Trousers (1993) Genre (1996)Geri's Game (1997)Rejected (2000)

We can include shorts?

[Jack Nevada]

We can include shorts?

Yeah i guess cause Trip to the moon and Train arriving at a station are altmready on the list

[Dementeleus]

In that case, I'm in favor of removing anything less than 45 minutes from the list (I think that's the point where Sundance decides you're a feature instead of a short). There's simply too many movies that'll lose out if 20 spots or so are taken up by short films (no matter how good they are). Just my two cents, though.

[Sims]

I think shorts should be allowed, but only if we believe they truly advanced the medium of film. Films like Trip to the Moon, Un Chien Andalou, La Jetée, and a few others deserve to be on the list. Shorts shouldn't take up any more than 10 spots, though.

[Sims]

Uh, wow, Requiem for a Dream (2000) isn't there yet.

[Films]

To make people even more irritated (not on purpose)Beautiful creatures- saw it today and thought it was amazing

[mahnamahna]

Well certain shorts advanced filmmaking or were influential:1. Trip to the Moon2. Steamboat Willie3. Flowers and Trees4. Duck and Cover5. One Froggy Evening6. The Red Balloon7. What's Opera, Doc?8. Boys Beware9. Luxo Jr And we'll add La Juten to make it 10 shortsReally any of the others are just classic shorts whereas these all changed the medium or in Boys Beware's case, turned into the most unintentionally funny short ever after 30 years or so :)Speaking of which, I'll add Reefer Madness and Night of the Living Dead to the list!Really, once we start removing films from the list, there'll be plenty of room for any iconic films left

Edited August 19, 2013 by mahnamahna

[baumer]

Im not going to read all 14 pages to see whats on here but i will add my list if 25 and they wont be films that are all in my top 25 films of all time.

[baumer]

1) Jaws:  one of the most influential films of all time (1975)

2) Porky's: the start of the 80's teen films.  Animal House came before but didn't do it to the extreme the way Pork's did.(1982)

3) Fast Times at Ridgemont High:  (1982) One of the most influential American comedies of all time. Launched careers of Oscar winners Sean Pean and Forrest Whitaker

4) The Breakfast Club:  (1985):  The quintessential teen film.  No one writes like John Hughes.

5)Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974): The art of guerilla, low budget film making.  One of, if not the best horror film ever made.

6) Rocky: (1976) Not so much for the film (although it is one of the best of the decade) but for a true underdog story in real life.  Stallone's story should be told at film school for the next 500 years.

7) JFK (1991): It might not be a 100% true account of the assassination but it is 1000X more truthful than the Warren report.  One of the 5 best films of all time imo.

8) Nightmare on Elm Street (1984):  There are better horror films imo but none more influential.  Freddy is a cultural icon.

9) Mississippi Burning:  (1988): The best film of 88 imo, much better than Rainman.  The best civil rights film I've ever seen and Alan Parker's best work.

10) Terminator 2:  (1991) Cameron's most visionary film.  While not his best, his most iconic and the one with the loudest message.

11) Halloween (1978) the best horror film ever made imo

12) First Blood: (1982) The start of Rambo and one of the best action films of all time imo.

13) Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986): Arguably John Hughes' best film

14) Planes Trains and Automobiles (1987) Candy should have been nominated for an oscar and Hughes should have won for best screenplay.  

15) Tombstone (1993): The best western film in the last 40 years and yes that includes Unforgiven.

16) Angel Heart (1987): One of the best directed, acted, edited and nuanced films.  Alan Parker's best imo.

17) Rounders:  (1998) The film that basically started the poker craze.

18) Clerks (1994) one of the best low budget films ever made.

19) Last House on the Left (1974): Craven's first film and without a doubt the most disturbing film I have ever seen.

20) Evil Dead: (1983) Started Sam Raimi's career

21) Indian Summer (1993): Terrific cast, terrific story and widely ignored when it came out.

22) Swingers (1996) Started Favreau and Vaughn's careers

23) Office Space (1999): Yea, I'm going to have to ask you to come in tomorrow too

24) The Ring (2002) A terrifying film and is all due to Verbinski

25) American Beauty (1999) one of the 5 best films of all time imo

 

I realize a lot of these might already be here.....but this is my list for now

 

I'll add more later and fix this up to code.

Edited August 20, 2013 by baumer

[Phil in the Blank]

You might want to take a look at the current list Baumer,

 

Jaws, Breakfast Club, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Rocky, JFK, and Terminator 2 are already in the list.

[baumer]

You might want to take a look at the current list Baumer,

 

Jaws, Breakfast Club, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Rocky, JFK, and Terminator 2 are already in the list.

 

Ok, thanks.  I'll revise.  I'll look at the list of films already on there once I'm done.  Then I'll revise it. 

[Phil in the Blank]

The first 500 (up to 1994) are on page 13. If you go back to page 11, almost at the bottom is the movies that were listed at that time from 1995 onwards

Edited August 19, 2013 by Phil in the Rim

[Jake Gittes]

Brief Encounter (1945)

[Ezen Baklattan]

Allow me to add an oldie but goodie:

 

The Circus (1928)

[Sims]

Fame (1980)