Movies
This is a list of movies I think everyone needs to watch at some point in time, some because they are just great movies, others because of their cultural and social impact, even if just because it will help someone understand random quotes that people throw out.
This list is not all inclusive, it is evolving and I will probably add to it as I think of other movies that belong on it since I know I have missed some and there are always new movies coming out. Movies in the same franchise I have tried to put in the order that you should see them if the titles allow for it, however, in some instances I have noted a movie that should be seen prior to it in (italics) after the title for connected movies that are not named similar, for example: Clerks -> Mallrats -> Chasing Amy -> Dogma -> Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.
For simplicity sake, I have moved both indefinite and definite articles at the start of the movie titles to make it easier to sort alphabetically. So Many of these movies might actually start with “The” or “A” in the actual title, for example, “The Natural” is “Natural, The” in this list.
- 12 Angry Men
- 127 Hours
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- 3:10 to Yuma
- 40-Year-Old Virgin, The
- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
- American Beauty
- American Gangster
- Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
- Apocalypse Now
- Argo
- Arlington Road
- Arsenic and Old Lace
- Back to the Future
- Back to the Future Part II
- Basic Instinct
- Basketball Diaries
- Batman Begins
- Beautiful Mind
- Beverly Hills Cop
- Beverly Hills Cop II
- Beveryly Hills Cop III
- Big Lebowski, The
- Bourne Identity, The
- Bourne Supremacy, The
- Bourne Ultimatum, The
- Braveheart
- Breakfast Club, The
- Bruce Almighty
- Bull Durham
- Butterfly Effect, The
- Cast Away
- Catch Me If You Can
- Chasing Amy (Mall Rats)
- Christmas Story, A
- Citizen Kane
- Clerks
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- Crash
- Crazy, Stupid, Love.
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Dallas Buyers Club
- Dances With Wolves
- Dark Knight, The (Batman Begins)
- Dark Knight Rises, The
- Days of Thunder
- Deliverance
- Demolition Man
- Departed, The
- Despicable Me
- Die Hard
- Die Hard II
- Die Hard with a Vengance
- Dogma (Chasing Amy)
- E.T
- Edward Scissorhands
- Equilibrium
- Escape From New York
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Eyes Wide Shut
- Fargo
- Fatal Attraction
- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
- Few Good Men
- Field of Dreams
- Fight Club
- Forrest Gump
- Full Metal Jacket
- Gangs of New York
- Gattaca
- Gladiator
- Gone in 60 Seconds
- Good Will Hunting
- Graduate, The
- Green Mile, The
- Groundhog Day
- Hangover, The
- Help, The
- Home Alone
- Hoosiers
- Hunt for Red October, The
- I Am Legend
- I Am Sam
- I, Robot
- Identity
- Illusionist, The
- Incredibles, The
- Indescent Proposal
- Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Arc
- Indiana Jones: Temple of Doom
- Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade
- Inside Man
- Into the Wild
- Iron Man
- It’s a Wonderful Life
- Jackie Brown
- Jaws
- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (Dogma)
- Jewel of the Nile, The
- Jurassic Park
- Karate Kid, The
- Kick-Ass
- Kill Bill: Vol. 1
- Kill Bill: Vol. 2
- King’s Speech, The
- Knocked Up
- Labrynth
- League of Their Own, A
- Les Misérables
- Lethal Weapon
- Lethal Weapon II
- Lethal Weapon III
- Lethal Weapon IV
- Life of Brian, The
- Little Miss Sunshine
- Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Lord of the Rings: Two Towers
- Lost in Translation
- Magnolia
- Major League
- Mall Rats (Clerks)
- Matrix, The
- Memento
- Minority Report
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- Mr. Nobody
- Mulholland Dr.
- Mystic River
- Naked Gun
- Napoleon Dynamite
- National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
- National Lampoons European Vacation
- National Lampoons Vacation
- Natural, The
- No Country for Old Men
- Ocean’s Eleven
- Office Space
- One Crazy Summer
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
- Pan’s Labyrinth
- Patriot, The
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
- Platoon
- Point Break
- Predator
- Prestige
- Princess Bride, The
- Psycho
- Pulp Fiction
- Pursuit of Happiness, The
- Raging Bull
- Rain Man
- Rear Window
- Requiem for a Dream
- Reservoir Dogs
- Road to Perdition, The
- Robin Hood: Men in Tights
- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
- Rocky
- Rocky II
- Rocky III
- Rocky IV
- Saving Private Ryan
- Scarface
- Schindler’s List
- Se7en
- Seven Years in Tibet
- Shawshank Redemption, The
- Shining, The
- Shrek
- Shutter Island
- Signs
- Silence of the Lambs, The
- Silver Linings Playbook, The
- Sixth Sense, The
- Slumdog Millionaire
- Sneakers
- Spaceballs
- Spartacus
- Spinal Tap, This Is
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
- Star Trek (2009)
- Star Trek Into Darkness
- Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
- Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
- Star Wars: Epicor VI – Return of the Jedi
- Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
- Star Wars: Episode II – The Clone Wars
- Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
- Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
- Starship Troopers
- Superbad
- Taxi Driver
- Ten Commandments
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- Top Gun
- Tron
- Truman Show, The
- Twelve Monkeys
- Unbreakable
- Untouchables, The
- Up
- Usual Suspects, The
- Vertigo
- Village, The
- WALL·E
- War Games
- Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory(Gene Simmons)
- Witness for the Prosecution, The
- Wizard of Oz, The
- Wolf of Wall Street, The
Last Updated: January 20, 2016 11:00 PM
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