100 Movies to See Before You Die: Modern Classics

[lucv13]

Originally Posted by iam1bearcat

your wish has come true...!

Thanks man, you

I've seen 72 of them

[MarkJ801]

I've only seen 30...

[QuasidodoJr]

Originally Posted by iam1bearcat

ironically enough there is 101 films listed...

Nah. You just accidentally listed Boogie Nights twice.

[Suntory_Times]

Originally Posted by jk1138

I have seen 17 of them and olny wish to see 3 of the ones I have not seen yet. Wow what a crapy list!

I've seen over eighty of those and agree for a 100 films you must see, it is a super crappy list.

[kelvin555]

Where is Braveheart, American History X, The Departed, Kill Bill, Million Dollar Baby and Gladiator? Theres also alot more missing too.

[chefazn]

I only seen around 1/3 of those movies!

[SJD]

Memento

[SJD]

Originally Posted by iam1bearcat

your wish has come true...!

1. goodfellas
2. misery
3. beauty and the beast
4. the silence of the lambs
5. terminator 2: Judgment day
6. thelma & louise
7. hard boiled
8. malcolm x
9. the player
10. raise the red lantern
11. super cop
12. unforgiving
13. dazed and confused
14. groundhog’s day
15. schindler’s list
16. chungking express
17. ed wood
18. forrest gump
19. four weddings and a funeral
20. pulp fiction
21. shawshank redemption
22. red
23. babe
24. before sunrise
25. clueless
26. heat
27. living in oblivion
28. sense and sensibility
29. toy story
30. the usual suspects
31. big night
32. dead man
33. fargo
34. ghost in the shell
35. lone star
36. scream
37. secrets & lies
38. boogie nights
39. sling blade
40. swingers
41. trainspotting
42. eve’s bayou
43. l.a. Confidential
44. the sweet hearafter
45. titanic
46. the big lebowski
47. fireworks
48. out of sight
49. saving private ryan
50. there’s something about mary
51. all about my mother
52. american beauty
53. being john malkovich
54. election
55. fight club
56. the matrix
57. princess mononoke
58. run lola run
59. the sixth sense
60. three kings
61. almost famous
62. best in show
63. crouching tiger, hidden dragon
64. yi yi
65. emelie
66. donnie darko
67. in the mood for love
68. the lord of the rings
69. memento
70. mulholland drive
71. the royal tenenbaums
72. the pianist
73. y tu mama tambien
74. city of god
75. elephant
76. finding nemo
77. anchorman: The legend of ron burgundy
78. eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
79. shaun of the dead
80. sideways
81. the 40 year-old virgin
82. brock back mountain
83. a history of violence
84. oldboy
85. borat
86. children of men
87. the lives of others
88. pan’s labyrinth
89. 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days
90. the bourne ultimatum
91. the diving bell and the butterfly
92. michael clayton
93. no country for old men
94. there will be blood
95. the dark knight
96. slumdog millionaire
97. wall-e
98. avatar
99. the hurt locker
100. inglourious basterds

+100

[Suntory_Times]

Originally Posted by kelvin555

Where is Braveheart, American History X, The Departed, Kill Bill, Million Dollar Baby and Gladiator? Theres also alot more missing too.

Agreed, there's a lot of must see's not on that list, and a lot of fluff on it.

[QuasidodoJr]

I'm alright with Kill Bill not being on there. I'm not really a fan of those films.

[J. J. Hunsecker]

Originally Posted by kelvin555

Where is Braveheart, American History X, The Departed, Kill Bill, Million Dollar Baby and Gladiator? Theres also alot more missing too.

These types of lists are always asking for trouble, since one's choice of the best is always subjective. For myself, I would have liked to have seen the following movies included:

1990
Europa, Europa
The Grifters

1991
Delicatessen

1992
Glengarry Glen Ross
Reservoir Dogs

1993
Carlito’s Way
Six Degrees of Separation


1995
The City of Lost Children
Twelve Monkeys

1996
Flirting With Disaster

1997
Donnie Brasco

1998
A Simple Plan

1999
The Talented Mr. Ripley

2000
American Psycho

2001
Gosford Park

2002
Catch Me if You Can

2004
I (Heart) Huckabees
Kung Fu Hustle

2006
The Departed

2007
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead

[OrlandoEastwood]

I've seen most of the stuff except for some of the early 90's stuff.

[GreenScar]

79 of them. Many that I wouldn't put on the list. Many that I want to see again because it's been too long.

[BluRayTim]

Originally Posted by Me Myself and I

There are a TON of movies they missed if you ignore their criteria. You can't complain that they skipped those two when they are only counting flicks made in 1990 or later.

I've seen 80%-85% of what they have up, and quite a few I would not include on my list of top 500, let alone 100. Also, here are some of the ones that needed to have made the list (unless I missed seeing them):

- Tombstone. How can they leave off Tombstone.

- Se7en. Thankfully they have Silence of the Lambs, Memento, Mulholland Drive and the Usual Suspects though.

- The Incredibles. It's my favorite Pixar film, and above some of the ones they've listed.

- Spirited Away. I'll have to check the list again, but if they have Princess Monoke and not SA, the list is officially a joke.

- Friday. OK, comedy quality is highly subjective, but this movie was beyond hilarious.

- Miller's Crossing. There is no shortage of Coen magic on the list (Lebrowski, Fargo, No Country), but I think MC is their best film.

- O Brother Where Art Thou. Wasn't this the Coen's most popular hit when it came out? It needs to be on the list for the soundtrack alone.

With the exception of True Crime 1999 (the one movie with Clint Eastwood I did not care for), I would put every Clint Eastwood movie that did not make that list (The Good, The Bad and The Ugly made that list-and rightfully so, I might add) as well as Face/Off, RoboCop and Total Recall on that list before any of the movies you mentioned, Me Myself and I. All Clint Eastwood movies other than True Crime that did not make the list as well Face/Off, Friday, Porky's, Revenge Of The Nerds, RoboCop and Total Recall absolutely as should have made the list.

The only movie that you mentioned that I saw was Friday Admittedly, Friday does belong on that list, but no less and no more than Cheech and Chong's Up In Smoke, Porky's and Revenge Of The Nerds belong on that list. These movies, all Clint Eastwood movies other than True Crime 1999 (there was also an unrelated movie called True Crime in 1995 with Alicia Silverstone, which I believe was direct to video) that did not make the list and the three movies in the paragraph above (and even Next Friday, Porky’s II: The Next Day and Revenge Of The Nerds II: Nerds In Paradise) belong on that list more than the first two actual American Pie movies and much more than American Wedding (and certainly far more than those dreadful American Pie Presents movies that are spin-offs and not sequels-and certainly not remakes of the three actual American Pie movie).

The first two actual American Pies movies are good (the first Pie was, of course, better than Pie 2). American Wedding was initially half way between the first Pie and Pie 2. Unfortunately, American Wedding has aged poorly (but is still a lot better than the dreadful American Pie spin-offs).

All of the above being said, the Actual American Pie Movies (especially the awful spin-offs), Next Friday, Porky’s II: The Next Day and Revenge Of The Nerds II: Nerds In Paradise do not belong on the list.

[Secretagentnumber6]

Originally Posted by BluRayTim

With the exception of True Crime 1999 (the one movie with Clint Eastwood I did not care for), I would put every Clint Eastwood movie that did not make that list (The Good, The Bad and The Ugly made that list-and rightfully so, I might add) as well as Face/Off, RoboCop and Total Recall on that list before any of the movies you mentioned, Me Myself and I. All Clint Eastwood movies other than True Crime that did not make the list as well Face/Off, Friday, Porky's, Revenge Of The Nerds, RoboCop and Total Recall absolutely as should have made the list.

The only movie that you mentioned that I saw was Friday Admittedly, Friday does belong on that list, but no less and no more than Cheech and Chong's Up In Smoke, Porky's and Revenge Of The Nerds belong on that list. These movies, all Clint Eastwood movies other than True Crime 1999 (there was also an unrelated movie called True Crime in 1995 with Alicia Silverstone, which I believe was direct to video) that did not make the list and the three movies in the paragraph above (and even Next Friday, Porky’s II: The Next Day and Revenge Of The Nerds II: Nerds In Paradise) belong on that list more than the first two actual American Pie movies and much more than American Wedding (and certainly far more than those dreadful American Pie Presents movies that are spin-offs and not sequels-and certainly not remakes of the three actual American Pie movie).

The first two actual American Pies movies are good (the first Pie was, of course, better than Pie 2). American Wedding was initially half way between the first Pie and Pie 2. Unfortunately, American Wedding has aged poorly (but is still a lot better than the dreadful American Pie spin-offs).

All of the above being said, the Actual American Pie Movies (especially the awful spin-offs), Next Friday, Porky’s II: The Next Day and Revenge Of The Nerds II: Nerds In Paradise do not belong on the list.

The problem with many of the movies you listed is that they are made before 1990. The list only deals with movies made since 1990. And Unforgiven was on the list not Good, Bad and The Ugly.