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"Great films I have not seen"

As some of you may know, and many of you won't, I'm turning into a bit of a film buff, in so far as I love watching films, reading about films and talking about films. So much so, in fact, that the older I get and more movies I absorb, I'm seriously considering including something film-like into possible future careers. Herein lies the rub; I've only been properly into movies for about 4 years or so (wasted the rest of my youth playing videogames and jerking off, frankly) and though I've built up a pretty reasonable DVD collection and back catalogue of movies over the past few years (not to mention a level of trivia that would make the nerdiest film geek blush) I still haven't seen enough truly great classic movies to official call myself a 'buff'.

So here's the thing. I'm setting off to Uni in the autumn, which is round about the time I officially stop having money and being able to buy things. Not only does this suck for obvious reasons, but I'll also lose my broadband super-powers and won't be able to download movies like I can at the moment. Therefore, before I go I'm totally abusing my 1MB connection and am pilfering as much media as possible. I'm talking great, classic movies here, not Dude, Where's My Car or anything starring Freddie Prinze Jr, and I'm also not talking about things that are currently at, or have just been at the cinema - chances are I've seen it if it's half-decent. I want your suggestions for classic movies.

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This right here is a list of all the films I own on DVD. I have a select few burned to disc that I've 'obtained' thanks to Kazaa. Obviously I have also seen a large amount of films, which I subsequently do not own. This list is a small collection of films I have yet to see, plan to in the near future and really should do if I want to build up a proper knowledge of movies.

The Godfather I-III (I'm geniunely ashamed I have yet to see these)
Raising Arizona
Blood Simple
Trees Lounge
Schindler's List
Citizen Kane
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Dr Strangelove
Apocalypse Now (see first on list, used to own but lost it)
The Third Man
Das Boot (missed it on telly yesterday)
Chinatown
Raging Bull
2001
Blade Runner (erk)
The Princess Bride (may have seen, not for about ten years though)
The Deer Hunter
The Conversation
Mystic River
Magnolia
Dog Day Afternoon
Miller's Crossing
21 Grams
The Untouchables
Heat
Once Upon A Time IN America
The Game (big Fincher fan)
Killing Zoe
Scarface
Bottle Rocket
Rushmore
Get Carter (own on VHS, quality is unwatchable)
... and the list goes on.

So, if you'd be so kind to add any movies which you think I'd benefit from watching, I'll appreciate it greatly - even better, stick a link to a cheapo DVD of it. Alternatively (and this is pushing it, frankly) if anyone wants to be super-generous and do me a copy of any of the above on disc, I'd repay them with eternal man-love (and give them a credit in my first movie). Or just a lend - I've got more stamps than I know what to do with, and a mean army of padded envelopes.

I'm seriously giving this a go; apart from girls and music, film is practically all I think about. All help will be appreciated.

Oh and:

Two Hands
The Craic
American Beauty
Go
Taxi Driver
We Were Soliders - Purely for the gore and action, really.
Goodfellas
The Informer
Event Horizon

And more but I can't think of 'em.

The Godfather I - III was hideously overrated monotonous crap. I was the best. III was feeble.

allardini wrote:
> Amadeus
> Annie Hall
> A Day at the Races
> American Beauty
> All of Tarantino's films
> Goodfellas
> Taxi Driver
> All them films related to Spike Jonze, Michel Gondry, Kaufman etc.,
> espcially Adaptation
> Living in Oblivion
> And many more!

All the film you've not seen.
Are all crap

Manic Moaner wrote:
> The Blob

YaY

The Blob rocked!

Hedfix wrote:
> Is Friday the one where some guy moves to the suburbs and it's funny?

It stars Ice Cube and Chris Tucker. It's just about two guys chilling out really, then they get high by using a drug dealers 'stuff' so they have to pay him back. It's a great comedy though.

anyway, Thursday is much better (and yes it's not a joke the name's in my first post to this thread - which unedited).

Is Friday the one where some guy moves to the suburbs and it's funny?

One of my favourite films is Friday. It's by no means a classic but you still need to see it, as it's a very underrated movie. There's also the sequels, Next Friday and Friday After Next, but they aren't as good.

Dakarus Joe wrote:
> Hedfix wrote:
> Hudson Hawk (Yes I think that it works as a film :P)
>
> Oh dear.

Well I hate musicals, but people singing during a crazy gun fight/set pieces is cool, especially the way it's done in HH.

Yeah, Donnie Brasco's better than Goodfellas in my opinion - although I haven't seen the latter in a while.

Didn't like Snatch, though. Found it pretty dull.