50 movies you should see before you die

[LynneSin]

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50 FILMS TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE
EXPERTS NAME THE BEST
By Anita Singh
APOCALYPSE NOW has been named the No1 film to see before you die.

Experts put Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 Vietnam War classic - starring Marlon Brando - top of their 50 must-see movies.

The list was compiled to mark digital channel Film4 goin free-to-air today.

Here's the list:

1. Apocalypse Now
   
2. The Apartment
   
3. City of God
   
4. Chinatown
   
5. Sexy Beast
   
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey
   
7. North by Northwest
   
8. A Bout de Souffle
   
9. Donnie Darko
   
10. Manhattan
    
11. Alien
    
12. Lost in Translation
    
13. The Shawshank Redemption
    
14. Lagaan: Once Upon A Time in India
    
15. Pulp Fiction
    
16. Touch of Evil
    
17. Walkabout
    
18. Black Narcissus
    
19. Boyzn the Hood
    
20. The Player
    
21. Come and See
    
22. Heavenly Creatures
    
23. A Night at the Opera 2
    
24. Erin Brockovich
    
25. Trainspotting
    
26. The Breakfast Club
    
27. Hero
    
28. Fanny and Alexander
    
29. Pink Flamingos
    
30. All About Eve
    
31. Scarface
    
32. Terminator 2
    
33. Three Colours: Blue
    
34. The Royal Tenen-baums
    
35. The Ladykillers
    
36. Fight Club
    
37. The Searchers
    
38. Mulholland Drive
    
39. The Ipcress File
    
40. The King of Comedy
    
41. Manhunter
    
42. Dawn of the Dead
    
43. Princess Mononoke
    
44. Raising Arizona
    
45. Cabaret
    
46. This Sporting Life
    
47. Brazil
    
48. Aguirre: The Wrath of God
    
49. Secrets and Lies
    
50. Badlands.
    

I find any list suspect if it doesn't include Roadhouse - a definate movie MUST SEE!

[TimeChaser]

1. Well, I've seen three of those.

I'm glad Mononoke hime made the list :D

[jobycom]

2. I've seen eleven. So I've got a lot longer to live, I guess. But why o why

is the Royal Tennen-baums on that list? Or any list? It wasn't even notable enough to be bad, much less good.

Replace it with Strictly Ballroom.

[Rabrrrrrr]

3. There are a couple movies I'd take issue with, but that's a damn good list

I'm quite impressed with it! A nice mix of genres and styles and types - the list makers truly were looking for the great movies, and not just movies in their favorite genres.

It's so nice to see Touch of Evil, Alien, Three Colors: Blue (which is the best of the three, IMO), and Royal Tanenbaums on there.

[RebelOne]

4. Throughout the years, I've seen most of them.

And I have even seen Roadhouse.

[LynneSin]

5. And so you agree with me - Roadhouse should have been on that list

:D

[Twillig]

6. See Lost In Translation

and die in your sleep.

[democracyindanger]

9. Conveniently,

Lost in Translation will put you to sleep so you can die.

[jpgray]

14. What, graceless ambiguity doesn't = genius for you?

:rofl:

[democracyindanger]

19. No, but creative neoptism does

:evilgrin:

[Orrex]

34. Wow--you said it exactly!

I've seen that exact story, with slightly different characters, a hundred times over in a range of basic fiction- and script-writing courses. Totally undeserving of the hype, then and now.

Ms. Johannson and Mr. Murray are fine thespians, but the film was still as boring as a gimlet.

[Deja Q]

7. Where's Star Trek II?

[ghostsofgiants]

8. Why did they hypheneate the word "Tenenbaums"?

[RetroLounge]

10. I bolded the ones I've yet to see...

Should save it as a must-rent list...

Apocalypse Now
The Apartment
City of God
Chinatown
Sexy Beast
2001: A Space Odyssey
North by Northwest
A Bout de Souffle
Donnie Darko
Manhattan
Alien
Lost in Translation
The Shawshank Redemption
Lagaan: Once Upon A Time in India
Pulp Fiction
Touch of Evil
Walkabout
Black Narcissus
Boyzn the Hood
The Player
Come and See
Heavenly Creatures
A Night at the Opera 2
Erin Brockovich
Trainspotting
The Breakfast Club
Hero
Fanny and Alexander
Pink Flamingos
All About Eve
Scarface
Terminator 2
Three Colours: Blue
The Royal Tenen-baums
The Ladykillers
Fight Club
The Searchers
Mulholland Drive
The Ipcress File
The King of Comedy
Manhunter
Dawn of the Dead
Princess Mononoke
Raising Arizona
Cabaret
This Sporting Life
Brazil
Aguirre: The Wrath of God
Secrets and Lies
Badlands.


RL

[everythingsxen]

11. My have seens vs. the list...

1. Apocalypse Now
   
   
2. The Apartment
   
   
3. City of God
   
   
4. Chinatown
   
   
5. Sexy Beast
   
   
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey
   
   
7. North by Northwest
   
   
8. A Bout de Souffle
   
   
9. Donnie Darko
   
   
10. Manhattan
    
    
11. Alien
    
    
12. Lost in Translation
    
    
13. The Shawshank Redemption
    
    
14. Lagaan: Once Upon A Time in India
    
    
15. Pulp Fiction
    
    
16. Touch of Evil
    
    
17. Walkabout
    
    
18. Black Narcissus
    
    
19. Boyzn the Hood
    
    
20. The Player
    
    
21. Come and See
    
    
22. Heavenly Creatures
    
    
23. A Night at the Opera 2
    
    
24. Erin Brockovich
    
    
25. Trainspotting
    
    
26. The Breakfast Club
    
    
27. Hero
    
    
28. Fanny and Alexander
    
    
29. Pink Flamingos
    
    
30. All About Eve
    
    
31. Scarface
    
    
32. Terminator 2
    
    
33. Three Colours: Blue
    
    
34. The Royal Tenen-baums
    
    
35. The Ladykillers
    
    
36. Fight Club
    
    
37. The Searchers
    
    
38. Mulholland Drive
    
    
39. The Ipcress File
    
    
40. The King of Comedy
    
    
41. Manhunter
    
    
42. Dawn of the Dead
    
    
43. Princess Mononoke
    
    
44. Raising Arizona
    
    
45. Cabaret
    
    
46. This Sporting Life
    
    
47. Brazil
    
    
48. Aguirre: The Wrath of God
    
    
49. Secrets and Lies
    
    
50. Badlands.
    

Looks like I have seen half the list.

I personally find the list suspicious as it does not include 12 Monkeys or The Professionl. I would also argue that the Star Wars films have a right to be there .... also, as I read the list again... L.A. Confidential should be on there.

[WoodyTobiasJr]

12. I guess they are assuming everyone has seen Star Wars trilolgy already

Otherwise it would've been number one.

[sakabatou]

13. What I need to see

# The Apartment
# Sexy Beast
# A Bout de Souffle
# Manhattan
# Lagaan: Once Upon A Time in India
# Walkabout
# Black Narcissus
# Come and See
# Heavenly Creatures
# Fanny and Alexander
# All About Eve
# Three Colours: Blue
# The Searchers
# Mulholland Drive
# The Ipcress Fill
# Manhunter
# Raising Arizona
# This Sporting Life
# Brazil
# Aguirre: The Wrath of God
# Badlands.

I've knocked out over half already.

[MissMillie]

15. I've only seen 9

I guess I'd better get cracking at the other 41. (I wish I hadn't seen Pulp Fiction!)

[ceile]

16. I've seen 22 of them.

Not a bad list though.

[smirkymonkey]

45. I've seen 21 of them, but there are only a very few of the rest

that I even have any interest in seeing. I don't really think this is such a great list - there are a few films in there that I have seen that I thought were passable at best.

[zonkers]

17. Tannenbaum, Flamingos, Darko, Arizona and Darko have their merit but

they are not on my top fifty list. Especially not Tannenbaum and Flamingos. Some nice films on that list though.

[MorningGlow]

18. Wow

The Breakfast Club nearly in the top half? I'm impressed. And there are even a few female-centric movies in there. Usually movie lists are way more testosterone heavy.

Alas, flame bait, thy name is MorningGlow: While I can respect it as a weird vision, I've always thought that Apocalypse Now is overrated. Ducking and covering now.

:hide:

[Ramsey]

20. Princess Mononoke???

:shrug:

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

22. The list was in part a promo for Film4 -- a film channel that used to be

pay-per-view but on Sunday became free for everyone here who can receive digital. It opened with the TV premiere of Lost in Translation and Princess Mononoke (along with several other Miyazaki films) is on next week. Apocalypse Now is on Friday and I'm sure the rest on the list will turn up over the coming months.

[Orrex]

21. What about Roadhouse II?

Be nice, until it's time to not be nice.

[LynneSin]

23. I'd like to see a Roadhouse/Showgirls combo sequel

where Dalton and Nomi fight injustice at a small town caberat where Nomi is the feature dancer and Dalton is the bouncer

[Orrex]

25. Now *that* sounds like some good watching!

Do I foresee a scuffle between Nomi and Dr. Elizabeth Clay? I sure do!

[LynneSin]

27. They'll do a sleezy dance/fight with alot of sexual overtones

:shrug:

[Orrex]

28. I am SO there!

"Pain don't hurt," sez the wise Dalton.

[LynneSin]

36. In the end a Polar Bear falls on Crystal Conners

:shrug:

[Orrex]

37. Way to spoil it for me!

I might as well not even watch, now.

[driver8]

49. You might have something there!! Let's pitch the idea!!

I work at Warner Bros. and have some connections...I'll see what I can do!

What a great movie that would be.

[KFC]

24. No Godfather or Godfather II?

Yes, I'm sure that Cabaret and the Breakfest Club are better.

[deucemagnet]

26. Manhunter?

I hope we're not talking about the fucking mess Michael Mann made out of the novel "Red Dragon".

[noonwitch]

29. Everyone should see "The Lion In Winter"

I also would put "American Beauty", "Lawrence Of Arabia", and "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner" on the list, way ahead of movies like "Erin Brokavich" or "Pink Flamingos".

[CBHagman]

38. There are a lot of people on DU who would agree.

There's practically a subculture of DUers who can quote The Lion in Winter until the cows come home. That movie is a life-changing experience...

[Dukkha]

30. Dawn of the Dead NICE!

one of my all time favorites for sure. The quintessential zombie movie and an excellent social commentary on capitalist consumerism.

[Orrex]

31. A Night at the Opera 2?!?

There was a sequel?

And I presume that they're talking about the original Ladykillers, and not the tepid remake.

[derby378]

32. CITIZEN KANE didn't make the list?

Dang. What gives?

[Joe Fields]

33. Did you forget Grapes of Wrath and To Kill a Mockingbird?

Or maybe not?

I would rate those two pretty high on anyone's list.

[Ezlivin]

35. I agree with everything Sheriff Tate said.

Besides TKAM, I'm surprised they don't have Dr. Strangelove.

[begin_within]

39. They left out the greatest film of all time?

That being "Au hasard, Balthazar" by Robert Bresson (1966)

[YankeyMCC]

40. Wow some glaring ommissions

Casablanca
Someone already mentioned Citizen Kane
Forbidden Planet
Star Wars - I mean come on even if you're not a fan how many movies impacted popular culture and the inducstry as strongly as this one

Many more that don't come to mind right now

[blondeatlast]

42. "Psycho," "Maltese Falcon," hell, I'd even add "Blazing Saddles"

to the list.

[blondeatlast]

41. No "Psycho?" "To Kill a Mockingbird," either?

Maybe my tastes aren't as refined as I like to think they are, but I can't possibly see how "Psycho" ISN'T a must-see.

[fudge stripe cookays]

43. Wow...

There's only about 7 of those I haven't seen. I RULE!

Actually, this is reflective of the portion of my life when I first moved to Dallas and had no life, so every Friday night was Chinese food and movie night. :D

[Buck Turgidson]

44. Ahem..."Dr. Strangelove"!

[OhioBlue]

46. I know I've seen at least five

I think I've watched some others... but they must not have left a great impression.

I would add to the list:
A time to kill
Life of David Gale
The Green Mile

... a few others I will think of later

... please don't attack....

[Fountain79]

47. Any movie list that does not include the Godfather...

is null and void in my book.

[driver8]

50. Amen, Fountain79...Amen!

Not a bad list, but there are a few on it that I have seen that aren't that great.

[outofbounds]

48. Where is

Jaws
O Brother where Art Thou
Jeremiah Johnson
The Mummy
Forrest Gump
Spaceballs
My Cousin Vinny
Animal House
The Longest Yard
The Doors
???
:shrug:

[KamaAina]

51. Terminator 2??

Was it, uh, better than the original? (I wouldn't know).

If that's one of 50 films I have to see before I die, I guess I'll live forever :evilgrin:

edit: Ahh-nuld-like spelling

[fujiyama]

52. T2 is pretty entertaining

It's better than the typical action film...and you almost forget you're watching a future brain dead governor.

I think most would say it's better than the sequel and I definetely think it is...but then again, it's a lot like the original as well, but with a much larger budget. Now OTOH, if you dislike sci-fi action, well I'd probably skip it...but within that genre, it's an important film.

[blm]

53. Can't take that list seriously - Some Like it Hot, Dagon, Audition aren't

on it. And where the heck is Save the Green Planet?

I miss kef.