I haven't seen a ton of older movies - I joke that I never saw a movie before around 2000. There are tons of true classics and cult classic movies that "everyone" has seen that I haven't.
What are your favorites? I want ideas so I'm not always at a loss for movies to watch.
This is such a random, disordered list. Some of these are actually good movies, but a lot of them are just fun to watch.
80s and beyond:
When Harry Met Sally The American President Stand By Me Ferris Bueller's Day Off The Breakfast Club Sixteen Candles Father of the Bride Best in Show Love Actually Metropolitan Everyone Says I Love You Baby Boom Working Girl Pretty Woman Mystic Pizza Shag
Pre 1980s:
Annie Hall Casablanca The Apartment Adam's Rib Desk Set
Post by rachelgreen on Mar 20, 2014 19:11:23 GMT -5
I love choco's list. So many good ones in there. Other ones I have to add:
The cutting edge A league of their own Back to school Caddyshack While you were sleeping Pretty woman Billy Madison Breakfast club Mighty ducks Major league Dogma Twister
Tons of dittos. So many great old movies out there!
Here are a few more: Waiting For Guffman The original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory To Kill a Mockingbird (classic and one of my all time favorites!)
Movies based on re-watchability. If it's on, I have to watch, I can't help myself:
Shawshank Redemption
Pulp Fiction
Full Metal Jacket
Jurassic Park
Groundhog Day
Bring it On
Romeo and Juliet (Baz Lerhman edition with Claire and Leo)
Robin Hood, Men in Tights
Fifth Element
Die Hard
The Lion King
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
The Little Princess (with Shirley Temple)
The Parent Trap (both the Haley Mills and Lindsey Lohan versions)
A Christmas Story
Movies I don't ten to re-watch as often, but think people should see because of the pop culture references you'll see in other movies and TV shows (it's good to know the backstory):
The only ones I would recommend that haven't already been said are Almost Famous (but I think this is slightly past your 2000 cutoff) and the BBC Pride and Prejudice. Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy is amazing.
The only ones that haven't been listed that I would add is Forrest Gump and Titanic (not the best, but you really should see it).
The Killing Fields is a really powerful movie from the 80s about the Cambodian genocide. Highly recommend, just make sure you have a kleenex box handy.
Pre 80s Casablanca The Maltese Falcon Key Largo The Sting The Godfather Bringing up Baby Funny Face Roman Holiday Arsenic and Old Lace You Can't Take It with You The Thin Man The Women (1939 version only)
Pre 80s Casablanca** The Maltese Falcon** Key Largo The Sting The Godfather** Bringing up Baby** Funny Face Roman Holiday Arsenic and Old Lace You Can't Take It with You** The Thin Man The Women (1939 version only)
Yours is the list that I, personally like the most. I've starred the ones that I especially loved, and would add three more to your list:
Gone with the Wind Some Like it Hot All about Eve
And while we're at it, if she's never seen any, then swing by the dance studio and check out: Top Hat, starring Fred and Ginger (but you can see any Fred and Ginger and know the general gist).
Some of my favorites--Cool Hand Luke, Casablanca (it is my all time favorite movie), The Godfather, Jaws (really surprisingly good), Gone with the Wind, Lawrence of Arabia, The Last Picture Show, Good Will Hunting, Shawshank Redemption, The Shining, The Graduate, West Side Story, Oklahoma, The Princess Bride, Trading Places, Big, The Indiana Jones trilogy
We're currently running through som Hitchcock movies and Rear Window is the only one I can really recommend. Psycho was really disappointing. Some films don't age well. I haven't seen Vertigo yet though.
Gone with the Wind Pride and Prejudice (both BBC and the newer one) North & South (not a movie, but whatever, I love it) Bridget Jones's Diary Silver Linings Playbook Beasts of the Southern Wild Old School Volver Flor de Mi Secreto Office Space Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Big Lebowski