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What movies are classics
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Dane Crane, former UW player, posted that he just watched Heat for the first time. He graduated UW in 17 and was a Sark recruit so I’m guessing he’s about 30.
If you were advising a 30 year old, what movies are you recommending (assuming they’ve not seen them)?
I recommended L.A. Confidential, Resevoir Dogs, Usual Suspects and Things to do in Denver when you’re Dead.
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Vision Quest, Princess Bride and Pulp Fiction.
Kidz have a fucked up attention span and could never make it through Godfather 1 or 2.
The app that the Godfather movies are on - can't recall at the moment - has them under classic movies. I laughed and felt old
Godfather lessons are as valid today as they were in 1972. Kids today need some of this
Did you know Vision Quest was filmed in Spokane? Thought you'd like to know.
Sports Classics:
Hoosiers
Rudy
Remember the Titans
The Natural
Bull Durham
Rocky
Little Giants
Longest Yard (Old & New)
Breaking Away
Sandlot
Bad News Bears
Brian's Song
Action Classics:
The Warriors
Conan the Barbarian (solid tits)
Top Gun (old and new)
Inception
Predator
Terminator 1 & 2
The Matrix (just the first one)
1917
Saving Private Ryan
Inglorious Bastards
Django Unchained
Kill Bill series
Enter the Dragon
Return to the 36 Chambers
Fast and Furious
James Bond (all of them)
Lord of the Rings trilogy
Red Dawn
Platoon
Full Metal Jacket
Dark Knight Trillogy
Avengers Movie
Indiana Jones - through Holy Grail
All Around:
Forrest Gump
Shawshank Redemption
Beverly Hills Cop
Godfather 1&2
Fight Club
Snatch
Back to the Future Trilogy
Harry Potter series
Braveheart
Taxi Driver
Ben Hur
10 Commandments (HHINFSS)
Stand by Me (I'm a sucker for coming of age films - strongly recommend The Way Way Back and Kings of Summer)
Star Wars (3-6) the rest is filler
Planes Trains and Automiles
Comedies:
Dumb & Dumber
Blazing Saddles
Trading Places
Big Lebowski
Uncle Buck
Caddy Shack
Virtually most of the movies by Adam Sandler
Great Outdoors
Revenge of the Nerds
Bachelor Party
Saving Silverman
American Pie
Weird Science
Old School
Brothers
Ricky Bobby
Christmas:
White Christmas
Home Alone 1-2
Elf
Klaus
Grinch
Santa Clause (1-2)
Christmas Vacation
Christmas Story
I have others but my brain is dying …
Dumb and Dumber, Big Lebowski, Airplane, Tommy Boy, Naked Gun.
I have teenager, when I've forced him to watch the above he loved them.
I also just made him watch The Thing. That movie holds up. God Damn Kurt Russell was an attractive man in 1983 - just sayin'. No Homo
Dr. Strangelove
Slap Shot
Chinatown
Dog Day Afternoon
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypto
Fight Club
Insterstellar
2001: A Space Odyssey
Scent of a Woman
Road Warrior
Mad Max: Fury Road
Hang 'em High
North by Northwest
McClintock
Tommy Boy
Uncle Buck
Hearts in Atlantis
The French Connection
Silence of the Lambs
Manon des Sources
A couple years ago I recommended Officer and a Gentleman to a 30-year old woman I knew. She had never heard of it. She absolutely loved it.
Tough OP. I mean, where do you start? Jeebus.
There are some good lists started. Good effert by @huskyhooligan . That list is as good as any I could come up with. I might add a more contemporary that I like: Silver Linings Playbook. I think that one will stand the test of time. Officer and a Gentlemen is a good call. God Fathers are obvious choices. Apocalypse Now if it hasn't been listed. Saving Private Ryan is one of my all-time favorites. Gotta love Gladiator.
I didn't notice any of the western classics, but I was just glancing. You have to add Outlaw Jose Wales. It has aged well. High Plains Drifter for the real western enthusiasts (it's a little weird for the uninitiated). Unforgiven. Tombstone … the one with Kurt Russell slapping overweight Bill Bob Thornton ("skin that smoke wagon").
Fuck, this thread could keep me here all day.
Gotta add It's a Wonderful Life to the Christmas list. Jimmy Stewart and the Buffalo Girls. JFC Donna Reed was a smoke show. I fell in love with that when I was a kid.
I definitely knew I was missing a bunch. Basically watch some fucking movies and find what works. There are a lot of cartoon movies I'd say are classics as well. Westerns in general are a grey area for me. You noted well, Tombstone, Unforgiven, and a slew of others. Oh, and the movie I kind of wish was 20 minutes shorter, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, one of the better endings in recent movie history.