What films are a must watch before you die?

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Schindler’s List

green mile

Terms of Endearment
Gregory's Girl
Chariots of Fire

I’ll say:

Mary Poppins
Sound of Music
Anything Quentin Tarantino

Life is short and often hard, so I’ve stopped using my free time to watch depressing films.

The Pianist has come up a few times on this thread but i’d actively tell people not to bother. I saw it in the cinema and that wheelchair balcony scene has stayed with me.

The departed
usual suspects
little miss sunshine

@MariaVT65 I feel the same. I know I should watch schindlers list or the pianist but I know it’ll be sad. Same with supposedly fluffier ones like one day or the notebook

The Godfather

The Good The Bad The Ugly.

Fistful of Dollars.

Last of the Mohicans.

Tampopo
Truly Madly Deeply
About Lastnight
Bridges of Madison County
Pulp Fiction

5 of my faves anyway

A man for all seasons.
Becket.
2001 A space odyssey.
Cat on a hot tin roof.
Lawrence of Arabia.

The boy in the striped pyjamas

Oh god I remember watching For Sama

Absolutely brilliant film. So affecting

But so shocking

So well done

I Love Pan's Labyrinth

So do I. So amazingly beautiful but brutal at the same time

This is England is amazing film.

But unusually, all the series following on from it are just as good I think

I, Daniel Blake

Yes. Tory arse lickers should be made to watch this

Anne of the Thousand Days

Ditto to Gaslight, whoever said it.

Whistle Down The Wind (brilliant old B&W with child Hayley Mills)

And for anyone needing a laugh, Blithe Spirit - the original with Rex Harrison and Margaret Rutherford as the medium.

Goodbye Mr Chips (the old B&W but I thought the remake with Martin Clunes was also excellent).

(I can no longer watch anything very violent, sadistic or depressing).

The Thornbirds

I did a list for DS over lockdown .
This was the top ten

The Silence of the Lambs
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Pillow Talk
Blow Up
Rear Window
The Matrix
8 Femmes
The Trial
Citizen Kane
Howards End (the Merchant Ivory version)
The Maltese Falcon
I Shot Andy Warhol
The Shining
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
This is Spinal Tap
Europa Europa
Chung King Express
Last Night at Marienbad
Calamity Jane
Borderline
Mrs Dalloway
The Bullshitters
The Supergrass
The Yob
Metropolis
Waiting for the Moon
Terminator I
Meet me at St Louis

Agree Schindler's List was an unforgettable film with a beautiful score. Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes both surpassed themselves. That ending, oh my.

Green Street

Now I hate football. Always have. It’s not my thing but I do think this is a film worth watching as it really shows the violence that can occur during something stupid as football.

i love football but what put me off this film was an American actor cast in the lead role…

True but I suppose it could be a shock for an American when the British know a lot about the hooliganism

Titanic! Yes it’s cheesy but it’s also very heartbreaking