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?

I don't know your son's taste but these are my favourite classic films
(leaving out the musicals and romcoms).

Casablanca
Das Boot
Vertigo
Apollo 13
Brief Encounter
The French Connection
The Graduate
Dr Zhivago
Easy Rider
Zulu
Metropolis
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Battleship Potemkin
The Birds

The rock
con air
cliffhanger
cocktail
roadhouse

Thanks all - he's gone for the Daniel Day Lewis Lincoln film but there are lots of ideas here for future viewing, as well as lots he has seen and enjoyed.

Apocalypse now

An old classic - The Great Escape
Rear Window - an Alfred Hitchcock
The Godfather

The 39 Steps with Robert Donat was my first thought too!

Having similar aged DS I would say the list suggested by @TertiaryAdjunctofUnimatrix01 is very good and my DS has watched many of those. Favourite films watched more than once have been most of Stanley Kubrick, Beau Travail, La Haine, Solaris (original) and Stalker, most Bergman films. However recent world cinema Vermilligio, Seed of the Sacred Fig went down well with DS.
Recent indie stuff like The Holdovers have been watched twice too.

I really liked
Breaker Morant
Master and Commander
Empire of the Sun

Nicolas cage Con Air, the Rock and face off
80s The thing, The running man, Total recall.

Guess it depends what vibe he is after...
Aliens - surely now counts as a classic!
The Artist - mostly silent
Run - Japenese film
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Shawshank Redemption
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's nest
Platoon
Good Morning Vietnam
Awakenings
The Usual Suspects

Will also add The Lives of Others and Django Unchained and Jackie Brown.

Delicatessen (French)

Kind Hearts and Coronets (1940s British classic)

12 Angry Men
Rope (Hitchcock)
Rear Window
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Spielberg)

My all time favourite movie!

Jean de Florette

and the sequel

Manon des Sources

DH and I did an overnighter with both years ago, because we couldn't bear to stop half way. 😄

Silence of the Lambs. Absolutely stands the test of time.

French? I really loved Jean de Florette and its sequel Manon des Sources.

For fun - (but is it a classic?) - Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

Back to The Future
Shawshank Redemption
Green Mile
Stand By Me
Truman Show
Taken

My DS (15) has recently taken to doing this. 12 Angry Men went straight to number 2 on his list, behind Shawshank. Agree with tons already mentioned. What else...

Rocky Horror
Schindlers List
Breakfast Club
JFK
Deerhunter
Grave of the Fireflies

Sorry, didn't register Schindler's List in your OP!

Dambusters
Reach for the Sky

Yes!

Thought of some more (including some modern classics; forgive the oxymoron):

Romancing the Stone
Splash
Call Me by your Name
Little Miss Sunshine
The Dish

The Goonies
The Mummy (1999)
Back to the future
Top Gun
Schindlers list
Sophies choice
Saving private Ryan
The longest day
The bridge over the river kwai
Some like it hot
Moonstruck
The princess bride

The Commitments