So my boyfriend and I have been looking at "must see movie" lists and randomly picking off them in order to discover some great movies we've never seen. Problem is that most of those lists contain mostly older films, and he is not used to old films like I am. We are trying to make a list of old and newer films that are considered great.

I know the question is a bit subjective, but we trust normal people (you guys) over critics. :P

TL:DR We would love to hear what your favorite movies are. Or movies you think everyone should see. Hopefully we'll get a good mix of older and modern films. :)

GA
GA: The Sequel

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I do not watch much movies, but I see that The Sunset Limited has not been mentioned yet, and that's one of my favourites.

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It's a telefilm and an adaptation from a teathre play from the genius Cormac McCarthy.

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Lets see Pink Flamingo is a really good family comedy ( ͡°⁄ ⁄ ͜⁄ ⁄ʖ⁄ ⁄ ͡°)

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Kill everyone now! Condone first degree murder! Advocate cannibalism! Eat shit! Filth is my politics! Filth is my life!

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Best quotes ever!

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The Hateful Eight
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (my profile Avatar comes form this movie)

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Thank you and happy cake day!

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12 Monkeys (1995)
Definitely, Maybe
Primer
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Make sure you watch the Swedish version from 2009, not the 2011 with Daniel Craig)
...The Girl Who Played with Fire
...The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
The Sixth Sense
Time Lapse

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Thank you. I've seen the Daniel Craig version but never the original. Can't wait to check it out.

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I would wait, :P
I discovered there are worse things than the books....the movies. They should be in their own genre....Cringe Cinema. :P

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stay away from Blade Runner unless you wanna fall aslep.

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Thanks. Also thanks for providing all the links!

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Good movies, many are my favs also 👌🏻

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That doesn't surprise me, considering your profile picture :)

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Here's some more to add to the list :P

Goodfellas (1990) - A classic, I'm honestly surprised nobody mentioned it here yet
Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
Falling Down (1993) - It's that movie where "I don't want lunch, I want breakfast" scene is from. Good movie, good memes
Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) - I was surprised how good this movie was. Spy-action-comeday where Samuel L. Jackson play's the autistic villain.
The Road (2009)
Event Horizon (1997) - One of my personal favorites, but it's kinda stupid and cheesy at times.

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Thank you. I've seen the Road and Kingsman but not the others. I absolutely loved Kingsman.

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I would recommend the trio written by Taylor Sheridan, they each tackle a different genre, but the common ground is that they are all very well made movies with top notch cinematography, story and acting.

Sicario (2015)
Hell or High Water (2016)
Wind River (2017)

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Added them. Thanks!

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my suggestions are known to most of the people, but here they are:

  • Django Unchained
  • Edge of Tomorrow
  • Matrix trilogy
  • Inception
  • Rise of the Guardians
  • 96 hours
  • Your Name emotional a bit cry xD
  • A Silent Voice even manly men and womanly woman start to cry
  • How to train your Dragon 1 & 2
  • The Conjuring 1 & 2
  • The Marsian
  • Intouchables
  • Ip-Man 1, 2, 3
  • Prestige
  • Split
  • Deadpool
  • John Wick 1 & 2
  • The Hateful 8
  • Chappie
  • District 9
  • The green Mile
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Thanks. I've seen some but not all. There are a lot of good looking movies in there :)

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Quick glance at my imdb listings :
A Most Wanted Man
Maleficent - for a little diversity in my suggestions. Enjoyed it nonetheless
Arrival - I was on edge the whole time watching it. Suspensful and full of mistery. (dont watch the trailer of this one. just see the movie as is. It will be more rewarding experiance.
Prometheus
Gone Girl - stepping away from sci fi, this is kind of thrilling movie, too.
Nocturnal Animals - yeah, another Amy Adams movie, but what can I do.. This ones.. different.. but interesting.
Interstellar - and for the sake of it - this one, because I loves it.

Hope at least something from my sugggestions was something new to you ;)

edit : this somehowslipped my mind, but one of the last few I saw that I really enjoyed -Wind River

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+1 for Arrival. Might not be as originally as Contact, but how could it be later on?!

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I really enjoyed Gone Girl and Interstellar. Haven't seen the rest so thank you! I've heard great things about Arrival specifically.

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Bump. Alien and Aliens.

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What would you guys consider "old movies"?
Also I'm sorry I don't have a lot to recommend since most things I know have been recommended here as far as I can tell. I'm still passing by to see a few recommendations myself :P

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I really enjoy older movies but I think for him, it would be anything from the 70s and older. I'm still hoping for suggestions of older movies though because I'm slowly trying to get him used to older flicks.

That's okay. There has been a lot more recommendations then I thought there would be! Over 200 so far. It looks like a great variety of movies.

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How about Casablanca then? Everybody loves that one.

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https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/6khu8/must-see-movies-lvl-2#gb5f1DY plus a few of my other favorites:

Schindler's List
Space Jam
Gremlins
The Expendables
Letters to Iwo Jima
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
The Green Mile
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
21
Moneyball
Okja

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Great suggestions, especially Schindler's List and Green Mile. Also Space Jam, Gremlins, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit are my childhood movies. I haven't seen Letters to Iwo Jima, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Moneyball or Ojka. They all look interesting and different from eachother. Thanks!

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I will not be providing you with a big list only 3 movies, but if you have seen Saw and you liked it you might want to see this:
Cube
Cube²: Hypercube
Cubeº: Cube Zero

I will not reveal the plot, but check them out.

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I'm not a fan of SAW but my boyfriend is. I'll let him know about these :)

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:-)

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I havent' heard of a lot of these. Thanks for bringing them to my attention :)

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"Funky Forest: The First Contact". Thank me later :P

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:P Added it to the list

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I'll check it out. I think there is even a tv show based on the movie now

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The Handmaiden
El abrazo de la serpiente
Hell or High Water
GoodFellas
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Starred Up
There Will Be Blood
The Thing
Come and See
Fallen Angels
Love Exposure
Sorcerer
The Witch
After the Storm
The Twilight Samurai
Air Doll
Hausu
Blue Ruin
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Mad Max: Fury Road
RoboCop

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Thanks!

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Any list that includes Sorcerer and Hausu is worth studying. Thanks for the heads up for El abrazo de la serpiente. That was not on my radar.

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A great hidden gem in my opinion is Franklyn :)
It's not a generic popcorn movie :P

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Added it to the list. Thanks!

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My top 5 haven't changed in a long while:

Ladybird Ladybird       1994
Memento                 2000
Short Cuts              1993
The Seventh Seal        1957
Umberto D.              1952
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Thank you! Also thanks for adding the years. It helps when trying to find the right films.

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Since nobody posted it yet:

Sunshine (2007) - could have been more focused on the philosophy than on action, but its photography and soundtrack are brilliant.
The Thin Red Line (1998) - doesn't have such an impressing intro like Saving Private Ryan, but it triggers way more thoughts.

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thanks!

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+2 :)

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Do you know this: https://agoodmovietowatch.com? Pretty good suggestions and you can sort it by genre or mood.

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I did not. Thanks for the link, I'll check it out. Sites like that are always helpful.

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The Big Lebowski, one of the greatest comedy-like films
No Country for Old Men, suspensful masterpiece.
Just naming two, but especially the first one will always stay on the tip of my tongue, I loved it.

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I love The Big Lebowski. Haven't seen No Country for Old Men yet. I'll check it out :)

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I update a little top-20 list for my own amusement, and sometimes add or change the films, but these are mostly my favourites of all time. I'm listing them in chronological order for you, rather than my own preference :-)

1979 - Alien
1980 - The Shining
1994 - Pulp Fiction
1994 - Léon
1995 - Seven
1997 - Perfect Blue
1997 - Princess Mononoke
1998 - The Big Lebowski
1999 - Fight Club
2000 - American Psycho
2003 - Oldboy
2003 - Kill Bill
2004 - Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
2007 - There Will Be Blood
2008 - The Dark Knight
2010 - Inception
2011 - Drive
2012 - Cabin In The Woods
2014 - Interstellar
2017 - Blade Runner 2049

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Thank you. Also thank you for putting the years!

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You're welcome :-) I love watching films, I tend to watch several a week with my wife, sometimes re-watching older ones, or sometimes going out to watch new ones. I could recommend a lot more, but hopefully for now you can find one or two you haven't see from that list.

The majority of those are English language, though I do also like foreign films from time to time. Here's some other favourite foreign-language films that I gave to a friend a while back:

Japanese
Perfect Blue (1997)
Battle Royale (2000)
Confessions (2010)
Akira (1988)
Yojimbo (1961)
Princess Mononoke (1997) (and most Ghibli films, but this happens to be my favourite one)

French
Tell No One (2006)
Intouchables (2011)
Amelie (2001)
La Haine (1995)
Delicatessen (1991)
The City of Lost Children (1995)
Diabolique (1996) (I haven't watched the 1955 original)

Korean
Oldboy (2003)
A Bittersweet Life (2005)
I Saw The Devil (2010)

German
Downfall (2004)
The Lives of Others (2006)
Run Lola Run (1998)
Goodbye Lenin! (2003)

Chinese
Chunking Express (1994)
Infernal Affrairs (2002)
House of Flying Daggers (2004)

Spanish
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Timecrimes (2007)
REC (2007)

Portuguese
City of God (2002)
(sorry Brazil & Portugal, I'm sure you have other great films but this is the only one I've watched)

Italian
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
Life is Beautiful (1997)

Swedish
Let The Right One In (2008)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

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sorry Portugal

Sorry Brazil. The language is obviously Portuguese though.

to add to the portuguese list i would recommend:
Tabu
A comédia de Deus
Arabian Nights trilogy

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Oops, quite right. Edited ;-)

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I see you already saw The Road, if you haven't, try the book too, it's even better.
I'll +1 The Thin Red Line, Sunshine.
I'll add (unless I missed them being listed already) Once Upon a Time in the West, the earlier works of Terrence Malick and The Fountain, and Moon.

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