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Sofa King

05-25-2007, 02:36 AM

I couldn't agree more with this fantastic list

25 - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly - Sergio Leone
24 - 25th Hour - Spike Lee
23 - Seven Samurai - Kurosawa
22 - Big Lebowski - Joel Coen
21 - Donnie Darko - Richard Kelly
20 - Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones
19 - Saving Private Ryan - Spielberg
18 - Battle of Algiers - Gillo Pontecorvo
17 - Mulholland Dr. - David Lynch
16 - 2001: A Space Odyssey - Kubrick
15 - The Third Man - Carol Reed
14 - Network - Sidney Lumet
13 - Taxi Driver - Martin Scorsese
12 - Lawrence of Arabia - David Lean
11 - The Empire Strikes Back - Irvin Kershner
10 - Do the Right Thing - Spike Lee
09 - The Godfather - Francis Ford Coppola (i would also add part 2)
08 - A Clockwork Orange - Kubrick
07 - Annie Hall - Woody Allen
06 - Blade Runner - Ridley Scott
05 - Goodfellas - Martin Scorsese
04 - Dr. Strangelove - Kubrick
03 - Fight Club - David Fincher
02 - Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarantino
01 - Apocalypse Now - Francis Ford Coppola

http://labuzamovies.com/25%20Must%20See%20Movies.html

kledster

05-25-2007, 02:42 AM

i pretty much agree with that list. and i think A.N. is quite worthy of the top spot.

p.s. holy hell, i never realized that spike lee directed 25th hour. that was a badass movie.

MooCowzRock

05-25-2007, 02:49 AM

i pretty much agree with that list. and i think A.N. is quite worthy of the top spot.

p.s. holy hell, i never realized that spike lee directed 25th hour. that was a badass movie.

seen most of the top ten, but not the #1...I'll check it out...

Whats it about?

atreyu_2020

05-25-2007, 03:01 AM

I couldn't agree more with this fantastic list

25 - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly - Sergio Leone
24 - 25th Hour - Spike Lee
23 - Seven Samurai - Kurosawa
22 - Big Lebowski - Joel Coen
21 - Donnie Darko - Richard Kelly
20 - Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones
19 - Saving Private Ryan - Spielberg
18 - Battle of Algiers - Gillo Pontecorvo
17 - Mulholland Dr. - David Lynch
16 - 2001: A Space Odyssey - Kubrick
15 - The Third Man - Carol Reed
14 - Network - Sidney Lumet
13 - Taxi Driver - Martin Scorsese
12 - Lawrence of Arabia - David Lean
11 - The Empire Strikes Back - Irvin Kershner
10 - Do the Right Thing - Spike Lee
09 - The Godfather - Francis Ford Coppola (i would also add part 2)
08 - A Clockwork Orange - Kubrick
07 - Annie Hall - Woody Allen
06 - Blade Runner - Ridley Scott
05 - Goodfellas - Martin Scorsese
04 - Dr. Strangelove - Kubrick
03 - Fight Club - David Fincher
02 - Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarantion
01 - Apocalypse Now - Francis Ford Coppola

http://labuzamovies.com/25%20Must%20See%20Movies.html

Not a bad list but the 25th Hour shouldn't even sniff that list, nor should Taxi Driver either really. Big Lebowski should be a bit higher too, everyone has to see the greatest comedy ever made. Fight Club, way too high, it's not that important.

kledster

05-25-2007, 03:04 AM

seen most of the top ten, but not the #1...I'll check it out...

Whats it about?

a captain in vietnam who's sent on a mission in cambodia to assassinate a renegade beret (marlon brando) who has gone insane and considered God by a local tribe.

it's really really good, you'll probably like it.

Sofa King

05-25-2007, 03:07 AM

seen most of the top ten, but not the #1...I'll check it out...

Whats it about?

Wow. You've never seen Apocalypse Now? You're in for a treat. It's nearly a documentary. Also watch Hearts of Darkness (after). It takes place during the Vietnam War.

Not a bad list but the 25th Hour shouldn't even sniff that list, nor should Taxi Driver either really. Big Lebowski should be a bit higher too, everyone has to see the greatest comedy ever made. Fight Club, way too high, it's not that important.

I don't agree with this statement. At all. The order is not so important anyway. Many of these films, like Godfather and Goodfellas, are equally great but different. Hard to order. Fight Club is a way underappreciated film.

atreyu_2020

05-25-2007, 03:08 AM

Fight Club is a way underappreciated film.

I really hope that's a joke.

MooCowzRock

05-25-2007, 03:18 AM

Haha, I was going to suggest Lawrence of Arabia be put on there because I didnt think it would have made the list, but when I saw it, it did...that made me happy, that movie is pretty cool.

And we JUST saw Battle of Algiers in AP Euro...also an awesome old movie...

I really hope that's a joke.

Hell no, dude, Fight Club is an awesome movie. It is worshipped by those who have seen it, but its so surprising how many people havent seen it...

People look at it and think its just some movie where people fight each other, but it is so much deeper and more awesome.

Sofa King

05-25-2007, 03:22 AM

I really hope that's a joke.

Nope. You must be one of the underappreciaters.

And we JUST saw Battle of Algiers in AP Euro...also an awesome old movie...

Hell no, dude, Fight Club is an awesome movie. It is worshipped by those who have seen it, but its so surprising how many people havent seen it...

People look at it and think its just some movie where people fight each other, but it is so much deeper and more awesome.

Yeah Battle of Algiers is way ahead of it's time and utterly amazing.

frazzled

05-25-2007, 04:47 AM

01 - Apocalypse Now - Francis Ford Coppola

We tried watching it in my Media class, but everyone was being such a dillhole that the teacher just shut it off. I was really getting into it, too.

Dr. Zombie

05-25-2007, 04:53 AM

Minus "Do The Right Thing", I pretty much agree with every movie on that list, good stuff ;).

Spike Lee

05-25-2007, 04:57 AM

Minus "Do The Right Thing", I pretty much agree with every movie on that list, good stuff ;).

Why not Do The Right Thing? Because it deals with race relations? I'm really starting to have a problem with people negating any movies like that because of race as a topic.

Dr. Zombie

05-25-2007, 05:34 AM

Why not Do The Right Thing? Because it deals with race relations? I'm really starting to have a problem with people negating any movies like that because of race as a topic.

Interesting assumption, but no I don't fall in the racist category of Ebaum posters. I just found it to be very boring for some reason, although....in retrospect, I may actually be thinking of "Mo Better Blues"...actually I think that is what I was thinking of...so yeah, nevermind, ahahha, my brain is so fucked with all the movies in it.

But yeah, I dunno, I've enjoyed some Spike films, especially "Son of Sam".

Dane

05-25-2007, 05:51 AM

I thought Donnie Darko sucked.

[H]

05-25-2007, 06:49 AM

Wheres American Beauty, American history x, gladiator, the green mile?

kledster

05-25-2007, 09:05 AM

;3509860']Wheres American Beauty, American history x, gladiator, the green mile?

well if you're going to say gladiator, you might as well say braveheart first. and if you're going to say green mile, you might as well say shawshank redemption first. :)

speaking of which, i just realized the other day how good braveheart really is. i mean, it's really really really fucking good. i had forgotten.

Just Spurplin

05-25-2007, 01:19 PM

I'd take out 25th Hour, Donnie Darko and Fight Club. Good movies, but not great enough to take place of other ones.

I think I'd replace The Big Lebowski with Fargo. It should be a law that everyone sees a Coen Brothers movie, and Fargo is just the best one.

Fight Club, definately over rated. That doesnt mean it sucked, I love it. But people acting like its some super deep, end all thesis of how people should live... thats just bull shit. People should not live their lives through their material possesions? Coming from people who own multi million dollar houses and cars and private jets and all that shit? And what the fuck are we working for our entire lives if not to surround ourselves with things that make life more enjoyable? I love coming home to a nice house, walking on my beautiful finished floors, sitting on my big comfy couch, turning on my nice sized tv and watching one of my 200 DVDs, and I sure as fuck am willing to work hard to get all that. And this movie is calling me some mindless drone for doing so? Fuck that. If anyone takes that message that seriously its because you are looking for a reason to love a movie with kick ass fights even more.

So happy to see Annie Hall, such a genius movie. I saw it almost 30 years after its release and remember thinking "Wow, I have never seen that done before, or even thought of anyone possibly doing that..." When a movie that old makes you think that, there is really something special about it.

Maybe would say The Birth of a Nation. There are tons of differnt art forms, painting, poetry, music. And of all these forms, there is no way to actually see how it really started. We have no clue what the first artistic renderings looked like, because paintings were probably just drawings in dirt, or poetry was just one thing some guy said one time and no one heard. The earliest recordings we have of anything are likely thousands of years after it actually started. But with film we can actually see how it all started, and watching The Birth of a Nation is like being able to see the first human create a logical thought.

Also consider The Graduate, The Wizard of Oz, and one Hitchcock movie.

Shmoopie

05-25-2007, 02:28 PM

lol.. I haven't seen any of them.

I did watch half of A Clockwork Orange though..

Sketcher

05-25-2007, 03:08 PM

There are a TON of movies that should be in the top five rather than those.

L4NC3R

05-25-2007, 03:26 PM

lmao... I saw the title of the thread and pretty much assumed every title in the fucking list. Pretty typical. That's your typical motherfucking list.

Mysterio

05-25-2007, 05:17 PM

I couldn't agree more with this fantastic list

25 - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly - Sergio Leone
24 - 25th Hour - Spike Lee
23 - Seven Samurai - Kurosawa
22 - Big Lebowski - Joel Coen
21 - Donnie Darko - Richard Kelly
20 - Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones
19 - Saving Private Ryan - Spielberg
18 - Battle of Algiers - Gillo Pontecorvo
17 - Mulholland Dr. - David Lynch
16 - 2001: A Space Odyssey - Kubrick
15 - The Third Man - Carol Reed
14 - Network - Sidney Lumet
13 - Taxi Driver - Martin Scorsese
12 - Lawrence of Arabia - David Lean
11 - The Empire Strikes Back - Irvin Kershner
10 - Do the Right Thing - Spike Lee
09 - The Godfather - Francis Ford Coppola (i would also add part 2)
08 - A Clockwork Orange - Kubrick
07 - Annie Hall - Woody Allen
06 - Blade Runner - Ridley Scott
05 - Goodfellas - Martin Scorsese
04 - Dr. Strangelove - Kubrick
03 - Fight Club - David Fincher
02 - Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarantion
01 - Apocalypse Now - Francis Ford Coppola

http://labuzamovies.com/25%20Must%20See%20Movies.html

Prety good list, I just don't like 25th Hour and Saving Private Ryan.

FuNkYFreSH

05-25-2007, 06:08 PM

no SPACEBALLS!?!?

GALLIENVS AVG

05-25-2007, 06:26 PM

I like that The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly made the list, that movie is great.

But I can't say I agree with Pulp Fiction being number 2? I mean, I loved the movie, but on a list of the top 25 movies that everyone should see, I think it should be farther back.

BaxterII

05-25-2007, 06:51 PM

Where the fuck is Shawshank Redemption?

It should be in the top 3 and it isn't even on the list.

gigglemuffin

05-25-2007, 07:01 PM

American History X should be on that list.

MooCowzRock

05-25-2007, 07:08 PM

lol.. I haven't seen any of them.

I did watch half of A Clockwork Orange though..
ARE YOU SERIOUS??

Shmoopie, get the hell off the internet, go to blockbuster, and rent at least the top 5, and dont you dare come back until you've watched them all the way through!!
I like that The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly made the list, that movie is great.

But I can't say I agree with Pulp Fiction being number 2? I mean, I loved the movie, but on a list of the top 25 movies that everyone should see, I think it should be farther back.
I disagree, it is a brilliant movie. I dont really care about the whole "what it did for hollywood" argument, but in terms of the overall message, the content, the acting, etc, it was an amazing movie.
Where the fuck is Shawshank Redemption?

It should be in the top 3 and it isn't even on the list.

Definitely...I'd have put Shawshank somewhere in the top ten...

Spike Lee

05-25-2007, 10:42 PM

24 - 25th Hour - Spike Lee

22 - Big Lebowski - Joel Coen
21 - Donnie Darko - Richard Kelly

17 - Mulholland Dr. - David Lynch

08 - A Clockwork Orange - Kubrick

03 - Fight Club - David Fincher

These in my opinion are great, but not top 25 must see. Maybe top 100 sure.

Anyways I would add:

Cidade de Deus
Citizen Kane
Beauty and the Beast (Disney)
Rashômon
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
The Wizard of Oz

Sofa King

05-26-2007, 12:39 AM

It's not a list of the best movies, just movies everybody should see.

Spike Lee

05-26-2007, 01:30 AM

Yeah I know. Those pics are movies that are meant to be seen.

poopchow

05-26-2007, 01:37 AM

well if you're going to say gladiator, you might as well say braveheart first. and if you're going to say green mile, you might as well say shawshank redemption first. :)

Yes, *insert QFT here*

i agree with most of those on the list. I would probably put breakfast club in there (yea its actually good) and the one that flew over the cukoos' nest.

I should make a list of "good" movies everyone loves.

Starting with Fight Club and Shawshank, those two always come up..

liquid jesus

05-26-2007, 02:30 AM

kledster

05-26-2007, 04:55 AM

These in my opinion are great, but not top 25 must see. Maybe top 100 sure.

Anyways I would add:

Cidade de Deus
Citizen Kane
Beauty and the Beast (Disney)
Rashômon
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
The Wizard of Oz

damn dude, are you sure you wouldn't put a clockwork orange on that list? IMO that is definately one of the most important and must-see films of the past 25 years.

and hell yea about rashomon. that's gotta be near the TOP of the list for me.

Just Spurplin

05-26-2007, 03:59 PM

damn dude, are you sure you wouldn't put a clockwork orange on that list? IMO that is definately one of the most important and must-see films of the past 25 years.

Yeah I would definately keep Clockwork.

Might add Life is Beautiful. Such a great fucking movie about the human spirit. Can really really change your outlook on everything that has ever happened to you in your life. And Roberto Benigni, he has every single ounce of spirit that Charlie Chaplin had, but does not feel for one second like he is copying Chaplin.

MooCowzRock

05-26-2007, 04:29 PM

Yes, *insert QFT here*

i agree with most of those on the list. I would probably put breakfast club in there (yea its actually good) and the one that flew over the cukoos' nest.

I should make a list of "good" movies everyone loves.

Starting with Fight Club and Shawshank, those two always come up..

Yes, both totally awesome movies...I've seen The Breakfast Club probably at least 20 times in my life...

navid

05-26-2007, 04:32 PM

some boring ass movies in that list.

MooCowzRock

05-26-2007, 04:36 PM

I just finished watching Apocalypse Now...

With how many different things derive from it, and joke about it, I'm surprised I have never seen it...

Bad-ass movie tho.

poopchow

05-26-2007, 07:13 PM

im surprised se7en isnt put in there. fincher is gold

SYCink

05-26-2007, 07:36 PM

Where the fuck is Shawshank Redemption?

It should be in the top 3 and it isn't even on the list.

Quoted for the motha fuckin truth.

Metalocalypse

05-26-2007, 08:51 PM

I definitely agree with most of the stuff on that list that list. Especially 1-10.

Sofa King

05-26-2007, 09:43 PM

Just Spurplin

05-26-2007, 10:35 PM

Well if we're swapping movies by director I like Resevoir Dogs better than Pulp Fiction. And I'd rather see Raising Arizona on there instead of Big Lebowski. And instead of Mulholland Dr. I'd put Wild at Heart.

Well its not simply what you like better. Almost Famous is my number 2 movie, I wouldnt put it on that list. Its what movies demand being seen by any fan of film more, and Pulp Fiction demands it more then Reservoir Dogs. The Coen brothers have a crazy awesome fucking style, they definately deserve to be on that list because everyone should see their style, and I think Fargo is the best showcase of what they can do. Lewbowski and Arizona are great Coen Brothers movies, but Fargo just takes what they can do even further.

Minitrini

05-27-2007, 01:00 AM

I love you because of 2 and 21.

MooCowzRock

05-27-2007, 01:28 AM

I love you because of 2 and 21.

True dat, both awesome movies...both in my personal top ten...

DazednConfused

05-27-2007, 02:44 AM

im surprised se7en isnt put in there. fincher is goldI enjoyed it, but I wouldn't put it on a list like this. It was obviously partially geared towards the type of people who idolize these sick fucks. I found myself sympathizing with Pitt's viewpoint more than Freeman’s and that only a very artificial feeling serious of plot devices made him prove to have the wrong attitude.

skater910

05-27-2007, 09:23 PM

Shit, I just realized I spend hours reading every single review on this list (unless I didn't want to spoil the endings).

Sofa King

05-27-2007, 11:39 PM

Well its not simply what you like better. Almost Famous is my number 2 movie, I wouldnt put it on that list. Its what movies demand being seen by any fan of film more, and Pulp Fiction demands it more then Reservoir Dogs. The Coen brothers have a crazy awesome fucking style, they definately deserve to be on that list because everyone should see their style, and I think Fargo is the best showcase of what they can do. Lewbowski and Arizona are great Coen Brothers movies, but Fargo just takes what they can do even further.

If you like Patrick Fugit you should check this movie coming out in a few months.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477139/

temp100

05-30-2007, 05:14 AM

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest should be up there IMO - I love that movie.