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"£1000 to spend on DVD's- need help!"

No, it's not my money, which is what makes it all the more brilliant. My school has decided to take a flying leap into the 21st century and purchase a DVD player and film library. On top of that I get a large say in which films to buy, and they've touted about a figure of one grand as a budget for the film side of the venture.

Basically in the next few weeks I'm supposed to be drawing up a list of ESSENTIAL films to buy. I would appreciate the opinions of the wise men (and women) who populate this forum as to which films are must buys.

From a personal view I'm aiming to introduce the people in the sixth form to some decent films and I don't plan to set aside a huge portion of the sum for dumb action movies. The only rules are:
1. It must be avaliable to buy on DVD
2. It should have some value as a cintematic work

So, while the Matrix would be included, Rush Hour might not. I'm going to push for the entire Coen brothers back catalogue but apart from that I'm open to suggestions..

Now it's over to you.

Audition is damn freaky. It's quite charming up until the last third where it all goes a bit nasty. But good nasty, not bad nasty.

Mr.Snuggly wrote:
> Audition
> Battle Royale

I got Battle Royale last night... Wow, that was a damn good film. I'm not too sure about the Clockwork Orange comparisons, Other than it being controversial, utterly brilliant and featuring violence set to classical music.

Is audition worth getting? I feel a Japanese film fetish coming on, particularly as "Brother" was in the sale at my local MVC and Beat Takeshi is a legend.

Final fantasy

Star Wars
Memento
Swingers
Jurassic Park
Requiem for a Dream
Terminator 2
Cube
Audition
Battle Royale
Fight Club
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

No, it's not my money, which is what makes it all the more brilliant. My school has decided to take a flying leap into the 21st century and purchase a DVD player and film library. On top of that I get a large say in which films to buy, and they've touted about a figure of one grand as a budget for the film side of the venture.

Basically in the next few weeks I'm supposed to be drawing up a list of ESSENTIAL films to buy. I would appreciate the opinions of the wise men (and women) who populate this forum as to which films are must buys.

From a personal view I'm aiming to introduce the people in the sixth form to some decent films and I don't plan to set aside a huge portion of the sum for dumb action movies. The only rules are:
1. It must be avaliable to buy on DVD
2. It should have some value as a cintematic work

So, while the Matrix would be included, Rush Hour might not. I'm going to push for the entire Coen brothers back catalogue but apart from that I'm open to suggestions..

Now it's over to you.