The Movies List

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So, lucrecia posed a question elsewhere, but one that got me thinking; and the question is, what movies SHOULD be in a good DVD collection?

Now, this is a tricky one. In terms of the absolute bar-none classics that deserve to be bought because FUCK YOU, THAT'S WHY, there are very few. But a DVD collection, in my opinion, should be able to do the following:

• A film for every mood
• A (good) film for every genre you enjoy, if not every genre
• The keystone films that everyone references, in order to properly grok The Simpsons/Coupling/How I Met Your Mother/Castle/a dozen other shows that do this
• Films to challenge you, to engage with mentally
• Films to watch and enjoy without needing your brain on
• Film franchises/chains of association/TV series that you can watch as ongoing enjoyable projects, building on one another

Ideally, the list should be longer than that; you can be in a particular mood long enough to want to see multiple films, absolutely.

I'm not going to attempt to subdivide what follows in that way, but I'm using it as a keystone. You can make your own assumptions about things or ask me in the comments.

FILMS WHAT I REALLY RECOMMEND HAVING IN YOUR DVD COLLECTION (in entirely subjective order)

10 Things I Hate About You
12 Angry Men
Airplane
Alien
Aliens
American Psycho
Austin Powers
Back To The Future trilogy
Barton Fink
Batman
Batman Begins
Beverly Hills Cop
Big Trouble In Little China
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Blazing Saddles
Burn After Reading
Cape Fear
Casablanca
Casino Royale (2000s)
Chasing Amy
Chicago
Chinatown
Citizen Kane
Clerks
Clue
Desperado
Die Hard
Die Hard With A Vengeance
District 9
Django Unchained
Dog Soldiers
Dogma
Dr No
Dr Strangelove
Dracula Prince Of Darkness
Face (1990s British gang flick)
Fargo
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Fight Club
Finding Nemo
Four Lions
Galaxy Quest
Get Shorty
Ghost Dog: Way Of The Samurai
Ghostbusters
Godfather trilogy
Goldfinger
Gone Baby Gone
Grosse Point Blank
Groundhog Day
Hard Boiled
Heat
Highlander
Hot Fuzz
Hot Shots
Hot Shots Part Deux
Hudson Hawk
In Bruges (It's In Belgium)
In The Heat Of The Night
Inglourious Basterds
Iron Man
It's A Wonderful Life
Jurassic Park
Kill Bill
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
La Femme Nikita
Layer Cake
Leon
Licence To Kill
Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
Machete
Megamind
Miller's Crossing
Moon
Night of the Living Dead
No Country For Old Men
O Brother, Where Art Thou
Ocean's 11 (remake)
Once Upon A Time In The West
Police Squad!
Police Story
Predator
Predator 2
Psycho
Pulp Fiction
Rear Window
Revolver
Robin Hood: Men In Tights
Ronin
Run Lola Run/Lola Rennt
Seven Psychopaths
Sherlock Holmes
Sliding Doors
Snatch
Sneakers
Spaceballs
Strangers On A Train
Super Troopers
Superman I & II: The Donner Extended Cuts
Talk Radio
The 13th Warrior
The Avengers
The Big Lebowski
The Birds
The Blues Brothers
The Bourne Identity (& sequels if desired)
The Breakfast Club
The Dark Knight
The Devil Rides Out
The Dollars Trilogy (Fistful of Dollars; A Few Dollars More; The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly)
The Hudsucker Proxy
The Incredibles
The Killer
The Ladykillers (Coen Brothers)
The Ladykillers (Ealing comedy)
The Living Daylights
The Long Kiss Goodnight (despite its directors best efforts)
The Matrix
The Mexican
The Princess Bride
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Shootist
The Sting
The Taking Of Pelham 123 (original)
The Thing (John Carpenter)
The Third Man
The Thomas Crown Affair (original)
The Thomas Crown Affair (remake)
The Usual Suspects
The Wicker Man (Original)
The Wire (Yes, TV series. You should still own it.)
The Wolfman (Modern)
The Wolfman (Universal)
This Is Spinal Tap
Toy Story 1-3
Training Day
True Grit (Coen Brothers)
Up
Vertigo
Wall Street
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Withnail & I
Zulu