Movies That Deserve To Be Seen

Update 09/04/09 This is an unfinished list of Movies that I think should be seen, at least once. It’s from 2008 and I’ll probably never finish it. There are just too many to list :P And I’m much, much too lazy;) so here it is, included for completeness sake. Enjoy:)

You need to see these movies! If you haven’t seen at least 50% of the movies on this list then you are an uncultured savage! Here is the list in no particular order. Some of these movies are just guilty pleasures of mine (re: Bill and Ted), and some are movies that move my mind in ways I can’t quite describe (re: Children of Men). But all of these movies deserve to be seen at least once…just because. I mean, there are so many movies now that one person cannot see them all in a lifetime (I haven’t even started the television or book lists yet!), so here is a list you can use to find something entertaining on a whim.

• Shaun of the Dead – A must see for all fans of zombie movies
• Mirrormask – A pure piece of fantasy – Neil Gaiman
• The Man in the Iron Mask – The later tale of the Three Musketeers
• The Fifth Element – Watch for the Diva
• Gattaca – Very good science fiction – Near future
• Jeepers Creepers – Unorthodox horror
• Jeepers Creepers 2 – More from the Creeper
• Blown Away – A guilty pleasure of my youth – The two Coreys
• Pulp Fiction – More quotable lines than a bible with the words of Jesus in red
• Children of Men – Probably an accurate assessment of how we’d behave in such a situation – Near future
• Pan’s Labyrinth – Dark fantasy – Alice in a not so wonderful land
• Memento – Short term memory and reverse ordered scenes…but in a good way
• The Prestige – Magic!
• 28 Days Later – The zombie movie redefined
• Eddie Murphy Raw – A little dated but still hilarious
• Eddie Murphy – Delirious – Even more dated – Watch before watching Raw
• Street Thief – It almost seems like a real live documentary of a thief
• Faster Pussycat Kill!..kill! – If you want to see where Tarantino gets it from
• Batman Begins – The guy that gave us Memento gave us this. Nolan
• O Brother, Where Art Thou? – A retelling of the Odyssey – Man of Constant Sorrows
• Little Shop of Horrors – Music by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman before Disney
• Beauty and the Beast – Truly a Broadway musical, yet animated
• The Lord of the Rings – The Fellowship of the Ring – If you read it you should see it!
• The Lord of the Rings – The Two Towers – If you read it you should see it!
• The Lord of the Rings – The Return of the King – If you read it you should see it!
• Malcolm X – Based on Alex Haley’s novel (as told by Malcolm) – Denzel at 100%
• American History X – All things being equal in American race relations
• Clerks – Dante: My girlfriend’s sucked 37 dicks! Customer: In a row?
• Clerks II – More pop culture from Kevin Smith
• Mallrats – Yup more Kevin Smith goodness…the guy just does good work *shrugs*
• Ninja Scroll – Some classic anime – very, very good stuff
• Kill Bill, Volume 1 – Tarantino doing what he does best, entertaining us! A mashup of over the top action and kung fu tropes.
• Kill Bill, Volume 2 – Wakey wakey, eggs and bakey. A continuation to Volume 1 – both should be taken as one long movie.
• Hustle & Flow – It’s hard out here for a pimp!!! Three 6 Mafia got an Oscar for Christ’s sake!!!!! …Three 6 Mafia…An Oscar…
• The Incredibles – Pixar doing what it does! And yes, this is a movie for the WHOLE family to enjoy.
• Wild Things – Neve Campbell and Denise Richards…kissing…also, a very good mystery movie too.
• Unbreakable
• Mystic River
• Chris Rock – Bigger and Blacker
• Chris Rock – Never Scared
• Reservoir Dogs
• The Matrix
• El Mariachi
• Desperado
• From Dusk Till Dawn
• South Park – Bigger, Longer & Uncut
• Swordfish
• Thirteen
• King of the Ants
• Coming to America
• Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey
• Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
• Serenity
• Casino
• Mezzo Forte
• Kite
• Princess Mononoke
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
• Kids
• American Beauty
• 12 Monkeys
• Knocked Up
• Superbad
• The Godfather
• The Godfather, Part II
• 7 Grand Masters
• Chasing Amy
• Big Fish
• The Butterfly Effect
• Final Destination
• Man on Fire
• The Evil Dead
• Evil Dead II
• Ong-Bak – The Thai Warrior
• Half Baked
• Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
• Saw
• Saw II
• King of New York
• Chicago
• Ghost in the Shell
• The Transporter
• The Blues Brothers
• Crash
• Blood – The Last Vampire

I’m sorry, and I know it might sound a little sacrilegious for a man from the hood to say so…but I never really thought Scarface was all that. And although I like science fiction, I was never really a fan of the original Star Wars trilogy neither. I liked the latter three much better (but as you can see they didn’t make the list neither). There, I said it.

Remember, this list isn’t done yet.

You can also search Ebay for any of these films