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100 Modern Classic movies to see before you die

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Thats a pretty good list.

Some films on that list that are amazing to me

Ghost in the shell
Being John Malkovich
Fight Club
Princess Mononoke
Crouching Tiger
Amelie
Donnie Darko
In the mood for Love
City of God
Eternal sunshine
Old Boy
Children of Men
The lives of others
Diving bell and the butterfly

I love film. Love. There are others that aren't on this list that are huge but how do you make a list like this? I agree on office space being a modern classic btw 🙂
 
DesiPower said:
Its still grand enough to make the list... compared to some of the other shtuff in there...
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Grand doesn't warrant anything. Gladiator makes sense, though. Troy was rather universally panned at its first release.

The list isn't exactly opinion based as some of you seem to think.

Many of these films were picked b/c they have long been recognized as examples of genre changing or genre-defining films. You don't have to like them to understand why they are on there. There's plenty of films on here that I certianly didn't like, but understand why they are on there, and they certainly deserve to be listed (Scream).

I think the main problem is that is too heavily weighted to the US industry, and especially considering that some of these genre-representing films are redundant (Anchorman, 40 Y-O-V). Also, Best in Show should be replaced by Waiting for Guffman (off the top of my head, it was neglected. Or at least, only one of those should be on there.)

I'm not one for hard-action Chinese flicks--that Jackie Chan one, or anything involving John Woo--they just suck. Personally, I could do without them, and leave something like Old Boy up there to represent the "crazy Asian extreme" category.

Not enough Spanish/Mexican representation, which is probably the best overall non-US industry of the mid 90s-present.
 
I'm kind of surprised by how many foreign flicks made the list. Usually these things are very American-centric, with a nod to Cannes or whatnot.

Their criteria: "we chose movies based on their artistry, originality, and pure cinematic entertainment."

I have to question the inclusion of Anchorman on the same list that contains Unforgiven and Schindler's List.

I've only seen 40 of those chosen. Time to queue up the Netflix. However, I refuse to watch anything that contributes to the pocketbook of Roman Polanski, child rapist.
 
JSt0rm01 said:
Thats a pretty good list.

Some films on that list that are amazing to me

Ghost in the shell
Being John Malkovich
Fight Club
Princess Mononoke
Crouching Tiger
Amelie
Donnie Darko
In the mood for Love
City of God
Eternal sunshine
Old Boy
Children of Men
The lives of others
Diving bell and the butterfly

I love film. Love. There are others that aren't on this list that are huge but how do you make a list like this? I agree on office space being a modern classic btw 🙂
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I was so so so so so so so glad to see the bolded included. Other than Ghost in the Shell, I expected all the others up there by default. Seeing the bolded, though, makes me realize there was some thought put into it. Not that I didn't like Ghost in the Shell, it's been a long time since I've seen it. I remember it putting me to sleep, but it makes sense.
 
tk149 said:
I've only seen 40 of those chosen. Time to queue up the Netflix. However, I refuse to watch anything that contributes to the pocketbook of Roman Polanski, child rapist.
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So you haven't seen Chinatown?


...wtf. One of the greatest ever. EVER. 😛
 
InflatableBuddha said:
That would be me asshole :thumbsdown::twisted: 😛. I do like Wall-E better (I think it is the best Pixar movie), but Up is still a very good movie - touching story and good character development.

Dumb & Dumber is definitely more classic than Anchorman.
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Haha, whoops! 😀

I definitely agree on Reservoir Dogs though, I love that movie.

KT
 
zinfamous said:
I was so so so so so so so glad to see the bolded included. Other than Ghost in the Shell, I expected all the others up there by default. Seeing the bolded, though, makes me realize there was some thought put into it. Not that I didn't like Ghost in the Shell, it's been a long time since I've seen it. I remember it putting me to sleep, but it makes sense.
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In the mood for love is also esoteric...

to follow after that the film "2046"

and I should mention then "Lust, Caution"

Definitely films to be seen with your other...:sneaky:
 
PepePeru said:
I think The Departed is a pretty glaring omission.
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The Departed is excellent. ...and I must say it here: Infernal Affairs is fucking terrible.



(I'm sorry, but preferring a vague, overly-expositioned, characterless piece of rubbish to a greatly superior, well-written adaptation of such exposes an inability to discern skill in craft, or any sort of preference to real story structure. /rant)
 
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