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

[ChD]

i don't think we should do a PM this time. just post them in the thread. should get more people that way.

 

What difference does it make if it's PM'ed or not.

[mahnamahna]

What difference does it make if it's PM'ed or not.

Well it's easier to keep count and debate on them if they're posted here but I'm okay with either

[luna]

What difference does it make if it's PM'ed or not.

 

it's way more fun if we see what everyone posts

[mahnamahna]

FYI, the following three films would be preferably not on the list -

 

1. A Hard Day's Night (1964) 

2. Out of Africa (1985) 

3. The English Patient (1996) 

 

Hahahaha 

 

But of course, if everyone wants them on I won't object... but The Muppet Movie WILL have a slot on this list 

 

So far, I like what I see... and I guess I can move the maximum to a set number of 25 so that everyone has an easier time.

 

Also, 1500 is the maximum number of nominees for the list and the first 100 listed are all guarenteed a spot on the list. 

Edited August 14, 2013 by mahnamahna

[Plain Old Tele]

Might be worth a brief mention why you think each film should be included. I know everything I list here is quite famous (and obvious), but if you're making a list, you simply can't ignore these:

 

 

The Great Train Robbery (one of the first actual narratives)

Voyage to the Moon (gotta have a Melies in here and this is one of his most famous)

Sunrise (Murnau, plus broke new ground in cinematography and drama on-screen)

Battleship Potemkin (groundbreaking in editing technique and visuals)

Metropolis (hugely influential)

The General (representing Buston Keaton)

Gold Rush (representing Chaplin)

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (German Expressionism for the win!)

Nosferatu (the first -- and one of the best -- on-screen Draculas)

The Thief of Bagdad (Fairbanks at his best) 

Intolerance (famed for its intercutting of sequences and huge scale)

Phantom of the Opera (Lon Chaney!)

The Blue Angel (Dietrich!)

The Public Enemy (Cagney!)

The Gold Diggers of 1933 (Busby Berkeley!)

It Happened One Night (Capra! all-time screwball comedy classic)

The Awful Truth (ditto)

His Girl Friday (ditto)

Triumph of the Will (Riefenstahl, the power of propaganda)

The Adventures of Robin Hood (Errol Flynn at his finest)

Stagecoach (the ancestor of all westerns)

The Grapes of Wrath (Ford again, a new naturalism)

[mahnamahna]

I'm changing out The General from my ballot to Steamboat Bill Jr. since Telemachos listed it, really appreciate how you listed all of those silent classics! Can't have everything be from after 1980! 

 

So far we have 62 films! Only 938 before we reach 1000 and 1438 until we reach the limit of 1500 nominees

Edited August 14, 2013 by mahnamahna

[DAR]

FYI, the following three films would be preferably not on the list - 1. A Hard Day's Night (1964) 2. Out of Africa (1985) 3. The English Patient (1996) Hahahaha   But of course, if everyone wants them on I won't object... but The Muppet Movie WILL have a slot on this list   So far, I like what I see... and I guess I can move the maximum to a set number of 25 so that everyone has an easier time. Also, 1500 is the maximum number of nominees for the list and the first 100 listed are all guarenteed a spot on the list.

Why wouldn't Hard Days Night be considered?

[mahnamahna]

Why wouldn't Hard Days Night be considered?

I was just joking around  but I kinda disdain the movie. However, it's not my choice so it's whatever everyone here votes in! 

 

Same with Out of Africa and The English Patient!

[DAR]

I was just joking around  but I kinda disdain the movie. However, it's not my choice so it's whatever everyone here votes in! Same with Out of Africa and The English Patient!

I hate the other two films but A Hard Days Night should get in on the music alone

[mahnamahna]

I only dislike A Hard Day's Night because it's obvious it was only made to capitalize on the Beatles' popularity but the music is phenomenal

 

BTW, here's the first 62 entires in order

 

1. A Voyage to the Moon (1902)

2. The Great Train Robbery (1903)

3. Intolerance (1916)

4. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

5. Nosferatu (1922)

6. The Thief of Bagdad (1924)

7. Battleship Potempkin (1925)

8. The Gold Rush (1925)

9. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

10.  The General (1927)

11.  Sunrise (1927)

12.  Metropolis (1928)

13.  Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928)

14.  The Blue Angel (1930)

15.  The Public Enemy (1931)

16.  The Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

17.  It Happened One Night (1934)

18.  Triumph of the Will (1934)

19.  The Awful Truth (1937)

20.  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

21.  The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

22.  Stagecoach (1939)

23.  The Wizard of Oz (1939)

24.  His Girl Friday (1940)

25.  The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

26.  Casablanca (1942)

27.  It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

28.  On the Waterfront (1954)

29.  Rear Window (1954)

30.  Psycho (1960)

31.  Dr. Strangelove (1964)

32.  The Graduate (1967)

33.  2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

34.  The Godfather (1972)

35.  The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

36.  Annie Hall (1977)

37.  Star Wars (1977)

38.  Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

39.  E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

40.  Back to the Future (1985)

41.  Ran (1985)

42.  The Princess Bride (1987)

43.  My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

44.  Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)

45.  Do the Right Thing (1989)

46.  Edward Scissorhands (1990)

47.  Goodfellas (1990)

48.  Beauty and the Beast (1991)

49.  Forrest Gump (1994)

50.  Pulp Fiction (1994)

51.  The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

52.  Toy Story (1995)

53.  Fargo (1996)

54.  The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

55.  Spirited Away (2001)

56.  Oldboy (2003)

57.  Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

58.  Ratatouille (2007)

59.  WALL-E (2008)

60.  The Social Network (2010)

61.  The Avengers (2012)

62.  Cloud Atlas (2012) 

Edited August 14, 2013 by mahnamahna

[ThatMovieGuy]

Rushmore

Sixteen Candles

Adaptation

Detachment

Matchstick Men

Dark City

Waking Life

Audition

Gattaca

Side Effects(2013)

Where the Wild Things Are

The Devil and Daniel Johnston

A Bridge Too Far

Monty Pythons The Meaning Of Life

Into The Wild

Breaking the Waves

Lost in Translation

Synedoche New York

Amores Perros

Battle Royale

 

I'm not sure how many were doing now so il put down 5 extra to make a grand total of 25, maybe if each person added 50 films this would move along quicker.

 

Stranger Than Paradise

Menace II Society

Another Earth

My Sassy Girl

Y tu mama Tambien

[mahnamahna]

Rushmore

Sixteen Candles

Adaptation

Detachment

Matchstick Men

Dark City

Waking Life

Audition

Gattaca

Side Effects(2013)

Where the Wild Things Are

The Devil and Daniel Johnston

A Bridge Too Far

Monty Pythons The Meaning Of Life

Into The Wild

Breaking the Waves

Lost in Translation

Synedoche New York

Amores Perros

Battle Royale

 

I'm not sure how many were doing now so il put down 5 extra to make a grand total of 25, maybe if each person added 50 films this would move along quicker.

 

Stranger Than Paradise

Menace II Society

Another Earth

My Sassy Girl

Y tu mama Tambien

Well I've decided it's 25 maximum so you're good!   And you deserve kudos for thinking outside of the box with your picks - love that you put Sixteen Candles on there!

 

Everyone, you're allowed to have up to 25 films on your list so Telemachos and Spaghetti, you can edit your lists to include more films if you so choose! 

 

In fact, I'll add 5 more myself 

 

1. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

2. Soylent Green (1973) 

3. The Muppet Movie (1979) 

4. The Goonies (1985)

5. Anchorman - The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) 

 

 

Here's the list to date -

 

 

1. A Voyage to the Moon (1902)

2. The Great Train Robbery (1903)

3. Intolerance (1916)

4. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

5. Nosferatu (1922)

6. The Thief of Bagdad (1924)

7. Battleship Potempkin (1925)

8. The Gold Rush (1925)

9. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

10.  The General (1927)

11.  Sunrise (1927)

12.  Metropolis (1928)

13.  Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928)

14.  The Blue Angel (1930)

15.  The Public Enemy (1931)

16.  The Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

17.  It Happened One Night (1934)

18.  Triumph of the Will (1934)

19.  The Awful Truth (1937)

20.  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

21.  The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

22.  Stagecoach (1939)

23.  The Wizard of Oz (1939)

24.  His Girl Friday (1940)

25.  The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

26.  Casablanca (1942)

27.  It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

28.  On the Waterfront (1954)

29.  Rear Window (1954)

30.  Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

31.  Psycho (1960)

32.  Dr. Strangelove (1964)

33.  The Graduate (1967)

34.  2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

35.  The Godfather (1972)

36.  Soylent Green (1973)

37.  The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

38.  Annie Hall (1977)

39.  A Bridge Too Far (1977)

40.  Star Wars (1977)

41.  The Muppet Movie (1979)

42.  Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

43.  E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

44.  Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (1983)

45.  Sixteen Candles (1984)

46.  Stranger Than Paradise (1984)

47.  Back to the Future (1985)

48.  The Goonies (1985)

49.  Ran (1985)

50.  The Princess Bride (1987)

51.  My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

52.  Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)

53.  Do the Right Thing (1989)

54.  Edward Scissorhands (1990)

55.  Goodfellas (1990)

56.  Beauty and the Beast (1991)

57.  Menace II Society (1993)

58.  Forrest Gump (1994)

59.  Pulp Fiction (1994)

60.  The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

61.  Toy Story (1995)

62.  Breaking the Waves (1996)

63.  Fargo (1996)

64.  Gattaca (1997)

65.  Dark City (1998)

66.  Rushmore (1998)

67.  Audition (1999)

68.  Amores Perros (2000)

69.  Battle Royale (2000)

70.  The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

71.  My Sassy Girl (2001)

72.  Spirited Away (2001)

73.  Waking Life (2001)

74.  Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001)

75.  Adaptation (2002)

76.  Matchstick Men (2003)

77.  Lost in Translation (2003)

78.  Oldboy (2003)

79.  Anchorman – The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)

80.  Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

81.  The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2005)

82.  Into the Wild (2007)

83.  Ratatouille (2007)

84.  Synecdoche, New York (2008)

85.  WALL-E (2008)

86.  Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

87.  The Social Network (2010)

88.  Another Earth (2011)

89.  Detachment (2011)

90.  The Avengers (2012)

91.  Cloud Atlas (2012)

92.  Side Effects (2013) 

 

92 films listed as of now, only 908 to go till we reach 1000, and 1408 until the 1500 nominee limit

Edited August 15, 2013 by mahnamahna

[Kvikk Lunsj]

Birth of a Nation (1915)

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

Dracula (1931) 

King Kong (1933)

M.  (1933)

Citizen Kane (1941)

Dumbo (1941)

Bicycle Thieves (1948)

Rashomon (1950)

seven samurai (1954)

Gojira (1954) 

Wild Strawberries (1957)

Seventh Seal (1957)

Paths of Glory (1957) 

North By Northwest (1959)

Ben Hur (1959) 

Dr. Zhivago (1965)

Battle For Algiers (1966)

Clockwork Orange (1971) 

Elephant Man (1980)

[mahnamahna]

Birth of a Nation (1915)

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

Dracula (1931) 

King Kong (1933)

M.  (1933)

Citizen Kane (1941)

Dumbo (1941)

Bicycle Thieves (1948)

Rashomon (1950)

seven samurai (1954)

Gojira (1954) 

Wild Strawberries (1957)

Seventh Seal (1957)

Paths of Glory (1957) 

North By Northwest (1959)

Ben Hur (1959) 

Dr. Zhivago (1965)

Battle For Algiers (1966)

Clockwork Orange (1971) 

Elephant Man (1980)

Some solid picks Dexter! I like the many foreign films you got there and Dumbo's gotta be on somewhere  really some great picks so far from everybody! 

 

So far, we've got 137 films listed and here they are, in order:

 

 

[*]A Voyage to the Moon (1902)

[*]The Great Train Robbery (1903)

[*]The Birth of a Nation (1915)

[*]Intolerance (1916)

[*]The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

[*]Nosferatu (1922)

[*]The Thief of Bagdad (1924)

[*]Battleship Potempkin (1925)

[*]The Gold Rush (1925)

[*]The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

[*]The General (1927)

[*]Sunrise (1927)

[*]Metropolis (1928)

[*]Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928)

[*]All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

[*]The Blue Angel (1930)

[*]Dracula (1931)

[*]M (1931)

[*]The Public Enemy (1931)

[*]The Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

[*]King Kong (1933)

[*]It Happened One Night (1934)

[*]Triumph of the Will (1934)

[*]The Awful Truth (1937)

[*]Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

[*]The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

[*]Stagecoach (1939)

[*]The Wizard of Oz (1939)

[*]His Girl Friday (1940)

[*]The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

[*]Citizen Kane (1941)

[*]Dumbo (1941)

[*]The Maltese Falcon (1941)

[*]Casablanca (1942)

[*]It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

[*]The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

[*]Bicycle Thieves (1948)

[*]Rashomon (1950)

[*]Ikiru (1952)

[*]Gojira (1954)

[*]On the Waterfront (1954)

[*]Rear Window (1954)

[*]Seven Samurai (1954)

[*]Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

[*]Paths of Glory (1957)

[*]The Seventh Seal (1957)

[*]Wild Strawberries (1957)

[*]The Hidden Fortress (1958)

[*]Ben-Hur (1959)

[*]North by Northwest (1959)

[*]Psycho (1960)

[*]Dr. No (1962)

[*]The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

[*]Dr. Strangelove (1964)

[*]Doctor Zhivago (1965)

[*]The Battle of Algiers (1966)

[*]The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)

[*]The Graduate (1967)

[*]2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

[*]Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

[*]A Clockwork Orange (1971)

[*]The Godfather (1972)

[*]Soylent Green (1973)

[*]Blazing Saddles (1974)

[*]Chinatown (1974)

[*]Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

[*]The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

[*]Annie Hall (1977)

[*]A Bridge Too Far (1977)

[*]Star Wars (1977)

[*]Halloween (1978)

[*]Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)

[*]The Muppet Movie (1979)

[*]The Elephant Man (1980)

[*]Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

[*]E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

[*]First Blood (1982)

[*]Star Trek II – The Wrath of Khan (1982)

[*]The Thing (1982)

[*]Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (1983)

[*]Sixteen Candles (1984)

[*]Stranger Than Paradise (1984)

[*]Back to the Future (1985)

[*]The Goonies (1985)

[*]Police Story (1985)

[*]Ran (1985)

[*]The Princess Bride (1987)

[*]Die Hard (1988)

[*]My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

[*]Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)

[*]Do the Right Thing (1989)

[*]Edward Scissorhands (1990)

[*]Goodfellas (1990)

[*]Beauty and the Beast (1991)

[*]Reservoir Dogs (1992)

[*]Unforgiven (1992)

[*]Army of Darkness (1993)

[*]Menace II Society (1993)

[*]Clerks (1994)

[*]Forrest Gump (1994)

[*]Pulp Fiction (1994)

[*]The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

[*]Toy Story (1995)

[*]Breaking the Waves (1996)

[*]Fargo (1996)

[*]Gattaca (1997)

[*]Dark City (1998)

[*]Rushmore (1998)

[*]Audition (1999)

[*]Amores Perros (2000)

[*]Battle Royale (2000)

[*]The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

[*]My Sassy Girl (2001)

[*]Spirited Away (2001)

[*]Waking Life (2001)

[*]Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001)

[*]Adaptation (2002)

[*]Matchstick Men (2003)

[*]Lost in Translation (2003)

[*]Oldboy (2003)

[*]Anchorman – The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)

[*]Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

[*]The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2005)

[*]Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

[*]Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)

[*]Into the Wild (2007)

[*]Ratatouille (2007)

[*]Synecdoche, New York (2008)

[*]WALL-E (2008)

[*]The Wrestler (2008)

[*]Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

[*]The Social Network (2010)

[*]Another Earth (2011)

[*]Detachment (2011)

[*]The Avengers (2012)

[*]Cloud Atlas (2012)

[*]Side Effects (2013) 

 

 

With lists thus far from:

1. mahnamahna (myself)

2. Spaghetti

3. Telemachos 

4. ThatMovieGuy 

5. Dexter of Suburbia 

6. Phil in the Rim 

Edited August 15, 2013 by mahnamahna

[Phil in the Blank]

1. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1938)

2. The Maltese Falcon (1941)

3. Ikiru (1952)

4. The Hidden Fortress (1958)

5. Dr No (1962)

6. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

7. The Good The Bad The Ugly (1966)

8. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

9. Blazing Saddles (1974)

10. China Town (1974)

11. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

12. Halloween (1978)

13. Life of Brian (1979)

14. Rambo First Blood (1982)

15. Star Trek II - The Wrath of Kahn (1982)

16. The Thing (1982)

17. Police Story (1985)

18. Die Hard (1988)

19. Army of Darkness (1992)

20. Reservoir Dogs (1992)

21. Unforgiven (1992)

22. Clerks (1994)

23. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

24. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

25. The Wrestler (2008)

 

Ran out of spots, fast!

Edited August 15, 2013 by Phil in the Rim

[mahnamahna]

1. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1938)

2. The Maltese Falcon (1941)

3. Ikiru (1952)

4. The Hidden Fortress (1958)

5. Dr No (1962)

6. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

7. The Good The Bad The Ugly (1966)

8. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

9. Blazing Saddles (1974)

10. China Town (1974)

11. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

12. Halloween (1978)

13. Life of Brian (1979)

14. Rambo First Blood (1982)

15. Star Trek II - The Wrath of Kahn (1982)

16. The Thing (1982)

17. Police Story (1985)

18. Die Hard (1988)

19. Army of Darkness (1992)

20. Reservoir Dogs (1992)

21. Unforgiven (1992)

22. Clerks (1994)

23. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

24. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

25. The Wrestler (2008)

 

Ran out of spots, fast!

Nod of the hat for The Hidden Fortress, Star Trek II - Wrath of Khan, First Blood, Army of Darkness and Police Story - those aren't your typical movie list choices 

Edited August 15, 2013 by mahnamahna

[XenoZodiac]

[*]Battlefield Earth

[*]Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

[*]After Earth

[*]Grown Ups 2

[*]Live Free of Die Hard

[mahnamahna]

[*]Battlefield Earth

[*]Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

[*]After Earth

[*]Grown Ups 2

[*]Live Free of Die Hard

You're lucky I like 2 of those otherwise I'd pop a vein lol you should put a real one though!

[Films]

Beauty and the beastThe lion kingTitanicToy storyChicken runShrekFinding nemoWallace and gromit: curse of the were rabbitBarnyardHappy feetAlvin and the chipmunksMamma miaAvatarAlvin and the chipmunks 2Shrek 4Toy story 3DDespicable meThe inbetweeners movieHappy feet 2TedThe dark knight risesSkyfallGreat gatsbyDespicable me 2Monsters university

[Plain Old Tele]

The Fly (1985)KoyanisqaatsiBlack NarcissusRepo ManStalker

Edited August 15, 2013 by Telemachos