Movies You Should See
Originally published, May 26, 2015
I worked for Domino's for 35 years. For a long time, I was as old as my co-workers' parents. There is a generational cultural gap.
This led to someone asking for a list of movies he should see. This was shortly after someone else said "Excuse me while I whip this out." and he had no clue where it came from. A movie list was started. This is the full monty. (ok add "The Full Monty" to the list. "Waking Ned Devine" too.)
This list has been compiled from several sources. We all have our opinions. The first list includes films not on the other lists and some that are. It would be a good start. They should all be the un-edited for TV versions, as close to the theater release as possible.
Not in any particular order
- Blazing Saddles
- Risky Business
- The Blues Brothers
- Animal House
- Top Gun
- Casablanca
- The Maltese Falcon
- Star Wars (the pre digital version if possible), The New Hope if you must. (Machete Order is OK too.)
- Citizen Kane
- The Sting
- Schindler's List
- Rocky
- Bull Durham
- Raiders of the Ark, Indiana Jones, 2 and 3. Skip 4
- It's a Wonderful Life (uncut and in black and white)
- Saving Private Ryan
- When Harry Met Sally
- An American President
- Bladerunner (the theater version with the bizarre ending and the commentary) not Blade Runner 2049
- Bananas/Sleeper or another Woody Allen COMEDY, pre Interiors.
Highlights from "Esquire Magazine's 100 Best Movies of All Time"
- In The Heat Of The Night
- Slap Shot
- Jaws
- 12 Angry Men (the Fonda version)
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High
- Chinatown
- The Godfather/Godfather II
- Ghostbusters
- Glory
- Wall Street
- The Exorcist
- The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
- Johnny Dangerously
- The French Connection
- The Great Escape
- Night of the Living Dead/Dawn of the Dead (the originals)
- First Blood
- Tootsie
- The Front Page
- The Terminator
- Dirty Harry
- Raging Bull
- Citizen Kane
- The Shining
- Fatal Attraction
- Blade Runner
- Sling Blade
- Giant
- Glengarry Glenn Ross
- Serpico
- The Searchers
- Do The Right Thing
- M*A*S*H
- The Warriors
- Alien
- Stalag 17
- Bridge on the River Kwai
- The Misfits
- The Maltese Falcon
- Dr. No
- Cool Hand Luke
- The Road Warrior
- Patton
- True Romance
- Run Silent, Run Deep
- All Quiet On The Western Front
- Platoon
- Caddyshack
- Blazing Saddles
- On The Waterfront
While moving this page to its new home, I realized the list was a little dated. So, a partial list from IMDB's best movies of the 2000's.
- The Hobbit/ The Lord of the Rings
- 12 Years a Slave
- Capote
- The Imagination Game
- Lincoln
- Memento
- Elephant
- Pan's Labyrinth
- There Will Be Blood
- Up
- The Dark Knight
- Hotel Rwanda
- Slumdog Millionaire
- The King's Speech
- Children of Men
- The Departed
- Amour
- Gravity
- Amélie