Classic film for ds 18 to watch

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This is what he said he wants to do this evening and he's asked me for suggestions but I can't think of any as he's already seen a lot of the obvious contenders such as The third Man, Some Like it Hot, Schindlers List, The Truman Show, The Big Lebowski and many many more.

What classics do you think a keen 18 year old should see?

Citizen Kane
seven samurai
Lost in translation
Thelma and Louise
Desperately seeking Susan
Breakfast club
Oldboy
Do the right thing
Heathers

The original 39 Steps Hitchcock version is wonderful.

The Ladykilllers with Alec Guinness would be my absolute top pick.

True Romance
Argo
The Green Mile
Forrest Gump
Good Morning Vietnam
Training Day
Philadelphia
Apocalypse Now
Apollo 13
Fargo

Misery!

Shawshank redemption
the green mile
scarface
karate kid
all the Rocky films

if he likes classic action era films -
Top Gun
Die Hard

Fargo
I Married A Witch
A Matter of Life and Death
To Kill A Mockingbird

Groundhog Day
Blue Brothers

28 days later and the sequel
Reservoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction
From Dusk Til Dawn
Lost Boys
Full Metal Jacket
Platoon
The Shining
Euro trip 😂
ID
And Mike Bassett England Manager 😂😂

Deliverance.

I haven’t rewatched it but Memento springs to mind

Lethal Weapon
Beverly Hills Cop
When Harry Met Sally
Kramer vs Kramer
The Graduate
The Godfather

Some more mentions..

stand by me
gremlins
predator
taken
seven
Legends of the fall
troy

The Bridge on the River Kwai
Rear Window
Goodfellas
Monty Python
The Fugitive
The Italian Job
Gladiator

If he’d like to try some world cinema, off the top of my head:

Pyaasa
Mother India
Sholay
Do Bigha Zamin
Mughal-e-Azam
Pather Panchali
Aparajito
Apur Sansar
Salaam Bombay!
Omkara
Monsoon Wedding
A Better Tomorrow
Farewell My Concubine
In the Heat of the Sun
Spring in a Small Town
The Blue Kite
The Color of Paradise
A Separation
The Wind Will Carry Us
The Taste of Cherry
Children of Heaven
Close-Up
The Apple
The Seventh Seal
La Dolce Vita
7 Samurai
Ran
Rashomon
City of God
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Bicycle Thieves
The 400 Blows
La Haine
The Passion of Joan of Arc
The Battle of Algiers
Parasite
The Piano
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
The Maltese Falcon
The Godfather
Beau Travail
White Material
Cléo from 5 to 7
Vagabond
The Gleaners and I
Le Bonheur
Sans toit ni loi
L'Avventura
Blow-Up

My top film which is a masterpiece in every way is Lawrence of Arabia ( however it is rather long ) but the direction of David Lean and the acting of Peter O’Toole and the other supporting actors makes it one of the best films ever made.

12 angry men
Rebecca (the original black and white one)
and then there were none (1965 version)
she (Ursula Andrea’s)

@TertiaryAdjunctofUnimatrix01Thanks for that list I am going to use it as a list to work my way through.

Fantastic list! I love world cinema so I’ll be coming back to this for myself.

Wow - loads to look up here, thanks all. He is keen on world cinema, especially French as he's doing it for A level- in fact, the film he studies is on that list!

Adding to the great suggestions (sorry if Ive doubled any):

A Touch of Evil
Double Indemnity
Rear Window
North by Northwest

Withnail and I. Surprised no one has mentioned it yet.

great french film
intouchables

High Noon
Tinker Tailor
Erin Brockovich

Not a classic, not yet anyway but French language film, cracking cast (but niche so might be difficult to find on streaming):

“Juste la Fin du Monde”

Completely different genre- English language, WW2 classic, B&W, tends to make the room go dusty at times….available on YouTube:

”Twelve O’Clock High”