Movies

This is a list of movies I think everyone needs to watch at some point in time, some because they are just great movies, others because of their cultural and social impact, even if just because it will help someone understand random quotes that people throw out.

This list is not all inclusive, it is evolving and I will probably add to it as I think of other movies that belong on it since I know I have missed some and there are always new movies coming out. Movies in the same franchise I have tried to put in the order that you should see them if the titles allow for it, however, in some instances I have noted a movie that should be seen prior to it in (italics) after the title for connected movies that are not named similar, for example: Clerks -> Mallrats -> Chasing Amy -> Dogma -> Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.

For simplicity sake, I have moved both indefinite and definite articles at the start of the movie titles to make it easier to sort alphabetically. So Many of these movies might actually start with “The” or “A” in the actual title, for example, “The Natural” is “Natural, The” in this list.

  1. 12 Angry Men
  2. 127 Hours
  3. 2001: A Space Odyssey
  4. 3:10 to Yuma
  5. 40-Year-Old Virgin, The
  6. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
  7. American Beauty
  8. American Gangster
  9. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
  10. Apocalypse Now
  11. Argo
  12. Arlington Road
  13. Arsenic and Old Lace
  14. Back to the Future
  15. Back to the Future Part II
  16. Basic Instinct
  17. Basketball Diaries
  18. Batman Begins
  19. Beautiful Mind
  20. Beverly Hills Cop
  21. Beverly Hills Cop II
  22. Beveryly Hills Cop III
  23. Big Lebowski, The
  24. Bourne Identity, The
  25. Bourne Supremacy, The
  26. Bourne Ultimatum, The
  27. Braveheart
  28. Breakfast Club, The
  29. Bruce Almighty
  30. Bull Durham
  31. Butterfly Effect, The
  32. Cast Away
  33. Catch Me If You Can
  34. Chasing Amy (Mall Rats)
  35. Christmas Story, A
  36. Citizen Kane
  37. Clerks
  38. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
  39. Crash
  40. Crazy, Stupid, Love.
  41. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  42. Dallas Buyers Club
  43. Dances With Wolves
  44. Dark Knight, The (Batman Begins)
  45. Dark Knight Rises, The
  46. Days of Thunder
  47. Deliverance
  48. Demolition Man
  49. Departed, The
  50. Despicable Me
  51. Die Hard
  52. Die Hard II
  53. Die Hard with a Vengance
  54. Dogma (Chasing Amy)
  55. E.T
  56. Edward Scissorhands
  57. Equilibrium
  58. Escape From New York
  59. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  60. Eyes Wide Shut
  61. Fargo
  62. Fatal Attraction
  63. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
  64. Few Good Men
  65. Field of Dreams
  66. Fight Club
  67. Forrest Gump
  68. Full Metal Jacket
  69. Gangs of New York
  70. Gattaca
  71. Gladiator
  72. Gone in 60 Seconds
  73. Good Will Hunting
  74. Graduate, The
  75. Green Mile, The
  76. Groundhog Day
  77. Hangover, The
  78. Help, The
  79. Home Alone
  80. Hoosiers
  81. Hunt for Red October, The
  82. I Am Legend
  83. I Am Sam
  84. I, Robot
  85. Identity
  86. Illusionist, The
  87. Incredibles, The
  88. Indescent Proposal
  89. Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Arc
  90. Indiana Jones: Temple of Doom
  91. Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade
  92. Inside Man
  93. Into the Wild
  94. Iron Man
  95. It’s a Wonderful Life
  96. Jackie Brown
  97. Jaws
  98. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (Dogma)
  99. Jewel of the Nile, The
  100. Jurassic Park
  101. Karate Kid, The
  102. Kick-Ass
  103. Kill Bill: Vol. 1
  104. Kill Bill: Vol. 2
  105. King’s Speech, The
  106. Knocked Up
  107. Labrynth
  108. League of Their Own, A
  109. Les Misérables
  110. Lethal Weapon
  111. Lethal Weapon II
  112. Lethal Weapon III
  113. Lethal Weapon IV
  114. Life of Brian, The
  115. Little Miss Sunshine
  116. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  117. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  118. Lord of the Rings: Two Towers
  119. Lost in Translation
  120. Magnolia
  121. Major League
  122. Mall Rats (Clerks)
  123. Matrix, The
  124. Memento
  125. Minority Report
  126. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  127. Mr. Nobody
  128. Mulholland Dr.
  129. Mystic River
  130. Naked Gun
  131. Napoleon Dynamite
  132. National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
  133. National Lampoons European Vacation
  134. National Lampoons Vacation
  135. Natural, The
  136. No Country for Old Men
  137. Ocean’s Eleven
  138. Office Space
  139. One Crazy Summer
  140. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
  141. Pan’s Labyrinth
  142. Patriot, The
  143. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
  144. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
  145. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
  146. Platoon
  147. Point Break
  148. Predator
  149. Prestige
  150. Princess Bride, The
  151. Psycho
  152. Pulp Fiction
  153. Pursuit of Happiness, The
  154. Raging Bull
  155. Rain Man
  156. Rear Window
  157. Requiem for a Dream
  158. Reservoir Dogs
  159. Road to Perdition, The
  160. Robin Hood: Men in Tights
  161. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
  162. Rocky
  163. Rocky II
  164. Rocky III
  165. Rocky IV
  166. Saving Private Ryan
  167. Scarface
  168. Schindler’s List
  169. Se7en
  170. Seven Years in Tibet
  171. Shawshank Redemption, The
  172. Shining, The
  173. Shrek
  174. Shutter Island
  175. Signs
  176. Silence of the Lambs, The
  177. Silver Linings Playbook, The
  178. Sixth Sense, The
  179. Slumdog Millionaire
  180. Sneakers
  181. Spaceballs
  182. Spartacus
  183. Spinal Tap, This Is
  184. Star Trek: The Motion Picture
  185. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
  186. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
  187. Star Trek (2009)
  188. Star Trek Into Darkness
  189. Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
  190. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
  191. Star Wars: Epicor VI – Return of the Jedi
  192. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
  193. Star Wars: Episode II – The Clone Wars
  194. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
  195. Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
  196. Starship Troopers
  197. Superbad
  198. Taxi Driver
  199. Ten Commandments
  200. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
  201. Top Gun
  202. Tron
  203. Truman Show, The
  204. Twelve Monkeys
  205. Unbreakable
  206. Untouchables, The
  207. Up
  208. Usual Suspects, The
  209. Vertigo
  210. Village, The
  211. WALL·E
  212. War Games
  213. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory(Gene Simmons)
  214. Witness for the Prosecution, The
  215. Wizard of Oz, The
  216. Wolf of Wall Street, The

 

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