Five movies everyone should see

[Portland Ute]

1. Shawshank
2. Sandlot
3. Tombstone
4. American History X
5. Boyz in the Hood.

Shawshank
Tombstone
River Runs Through It
Schindler's List
La Vita e Bella

This is a tough list to put together without much thought and I suppose it will change after I mull it over.

[FN Phat]

Shawshank Redemption
Saving Private Ryan
Apocalypse Now
American History X
Menace II Society

[MarkGrace]

The fast and the furious
2 fast 2 furious
The fast and the furious: tokyo drift
Fast & furious
Fast 5

[pellegrino]

We should expand this and do a series of lists of five films from different national film traditions that everyone should see. The idea being this would give you a flavor of that nation's cinema.

I'll start it off with Italy (big surprise here):

Umberto D
L'Avventura
Il gattopardo (The Leopard)
Amarcord
C'eravamo tanto amati (We all loved each other so much)

[creekster]

We should expand this and do a series of lists of five films from different national film traditions that everyone should see. The idea being this would give you a flavor of that nation's cinema.

I'll start it off with Italy (big surprise here):

Umberto D
L'Avventura
Il gattopardo (The Leopard)
Amarcord
C'eravamo tanto amati (We all loved each other so much)

Hold on there trigger; You tell us we need to see the Italian film the bicycle thieves in your first list but it doesn't even make your list of five Italian films to be seen?

[Uncle Ted]

* The Shawshank Redemption
* The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo for Pellegrino)
* Saving Private Ryan
* Gattaca
* Das Boot (The Boat)

[Mormon Red Death]

Hold on there trigger; You tell us we need to see the Italian film the bicycle thieves in your first list but it doesn't even make your list of five Italian films to be seen?

Put that pea-shooter down... I'll go next with Brazil & Spain

1) 4 days in September
2) City of God
3) Central Station
4) Women on the verge of nervous breakdown
5) All about Eva

[Viking]

Is "What About Mary" your english translation of a foreign rename of "There's Something About Mary"

(seriously, this happens all the time in Brazil: "Que Aconteceu com Mary?", for example)

[byu71]

Is "What About Mary" your english translation of a foreign rename of "There's Something About Mary"

(seriously, this happens all the time in Brazil: "Que Aconteceu com Mary?", for example)

No, it is a little known documentary released in the late 60's dealing with the emerging use of Marijauna amongst Montana Beaver Trappers.

[Viking]

No, it is a little known documentary released in the late 60's dealing with the emerging use of Marijauna amongst Montana Beaver Trappers.

now THAT is funny!

you have my vote for post of the year, even at this wee hour of the year!

[SoCalCoug]

1. My Cousin Vinny
2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
3. Better Off Dead
4. Blazing Saddles
5. The Princess Bride

To me, those are the most fun movies to watch, and I think people should have fun.

[Surfah]

1. North Shore
2. Rad
3. Field of Dreams
4. Pan's Labyrinth
5. Hoosiers

[ewth8tr]

Clerks
The Hangover
Superbad
Dogma
Natural Born Killers

[Coach McGuirk]

1. The Breakfast Club - A good look at the 80's
2. Rushmore - Great 90's Comedy
3. Big Trouble in Little China - Hell yeah.
4. The Flying Guillotine - The best of Kung Fu Theater
5. Pale Rider - One of my fav's

[Levin]

Dr. Strangelove
A Room With a View
Bambi
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Trip to Bountiful