Must Watch Films

[Chili]

This is Spinal Tap. One of the most quotable comedy films ever made.

[Magnum Milano]

The Sting 

Ya folla?

Midnight Run too.

Edited September 13, 2025 by Magnum Milano

[Devon Malcolm]

2 minutes ago, Magnum Milano said:

The Sting 

Ya folla?

Midnight Run too.

This is the best answer so far that wasn't mine. MARVIN!

[lars85]

I'd go with Jaws and Ghostbusters. 

[DEF]

Sword of Doom (1966) woefully under seen and easily my favourite and imo best black and white Samurai film.

Hard Boiled (1992) the greatest action movie ever made?

Police Story (1985) the greatest action movie ever made?

 

 

[SaitoRyo]

I don't trust anyone who doesn't think Paris, Texas is one of the most beautiful films ever made. 

[waters44]

David Lean’s Brief Encounter from 1945 is a must watch film and is actually on BBC2 tomorrow afternoon!

[Tim Healys Chutney Spoon]

This is one that isn't well known but I think its right up as one of, if not the, best performances from Kevin Costner and that is Thirteen Days

 

Green Mile too is a must watch for me. 

Edited September 13, 2025 by Tim Healys Chutney Spoon

[johnnyboy]

1 hour ago, waters44 said:

David Lean’s Brief Encounter from 1945 is a must watch film and is actually on BBC2 tomorrow afternoon!

An absolutely beautiful film, some heartbreaking moments in it.  Visiting the Brief Encounter visitor's centre at the station is on my to do list.

[Chris B]

The talk around Casablanca tends to make it sound like homework - the weight it has as a classic can make it seem like it's going to be heavy-going, slow and serious.

It isn't. It's a fun, whip-smart and incredibly fast-moving film. It's still staggeringly well-made, and if anything, you have to keep up with it, as it establishes a bunch of stuff in the first five minutes. And yet, it does it all with a lightness of touch and easy dialogue throughout. 

I've probably seen it more than any other film, and it's a film I'm always in the mood for. And while the cast is generally brilliant, a shout-out has to go for Conrad Veidt, who had the most remarkable career and tends to be far too ignored (even with a lovely section about him in Mark Gatiss' history of horror).

I tend to talk about that, Jaws, Die Hard, and The Exorcist as pretty much perfect films - by which I mean they do everything they set out to do brilliantly and offer more as well. Die Hard is as compact and tight a thriller as you'll see, with every single scene moving the momentum forward in ways that most films don't manage. Jaws is a film school in itself. And The Exorcist tends to be underrated as a great 70s horror movie, when it's one of the absolute great 70s movies full-stop.

I'll also throw in Some Like It Hot - still incredibly funny, and this video by Matt Baume (who does a bunch of queer TV/Film history stuff) gave some fantastic context to it as well - really worth a watch if you've seen it.

 

[RIDDUM_N_STYLE]

The original Nosferatu from 1922 is a beautiful piece of German expressionism as is Das Cabinet Des Dr Caligari

For effects, the original King Kong still looks incredible even at 92 years old as does the make up work done by Lon Chaney Sr for the Phantom of the Opera and his son Lon Jr for the Wolf Man, one of my favourites of the Universal Monster movies

[Tennessee Moltisanti]

No Country For Old Men

Jackie Brown

Donnie Brasco

[Jazzy G]

Godzilla. The one from 1954.

Shin Godzilla. 

Godzilla -1 (-c) 

The Goonies

Superman (1978)

Scott Pilgrim Vs The World. It's my favourite film. 

Peewee's Big Adventure

Ghost In The Shell (the anime) 

 

[BomberPat]

I'm another who will always go to bat for Casablanca; of the canon of classic Hollywood greats, I think it holds up the best, and is absolutely brilliant. Witty and clever and moving, and just brilliantly made. It's one of those films that you'll already know most of through references alone - if you grew up watching old Looney Tunes cartoons, then you'll recognise every voice and half the dialogue - but seeing how it all stitches together is wonderful.

 

[BigJag]

Transformers The Movie

Kudaar-Starring Amitabh Bachan

The Love Bug-Original Herbie Movie

Hooper- Burt Reynolds plays the role of a Stuntman

Night and The City-Richard Widmark