The collective ideal movies collection thread

[deletethisaccount]

 

Hi,

 

I am currently making a list of all the movies I want to buy for starting my blu-ray movie collection and I thought that would be great if you guys could give your input and add or remove movies, by stating why you would add a movie or why you would remove a movie, from the list I'll provide.

 

As you might see from the list, I like artsy movies and masterpieces, and some other random stuff here and there.

 

I would like to get to the magic number of 250 movies which will all be bought in a one shot deal (Probably from 3 or 4 online store since prices are pretty random). 

 

So here is my current list (150 movies):

 

 

2001: A Space Odyssey

A Clockwork Orange

A Serious Man

Aliens

American Beauty

American Gangster

Andrei Rubble

Annie Hall

Back to the future 1

Back to the future 2

Back to the future 3

Barry Lyndon

Barton Fink

Batman

Batman Returns

Batman & Robin

Batman Begins

Batman Forever

Beetlejuice

Ben-Hur

Big Fish

Blade Runner

Blue Velvet

Braveheart

Burn after Reading

Carlito's way

Casablanca

Casino

Casino Rozale

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Chinatown

Citizen Kane

Corpse Bride

Death Proof

Die Hard 1

Die Hard 2

Die Hard 3

Die Hard 4

Doctor Zhivago

Donnie Darko

Dr. Strangelove

E.T.

Ed Wood

Edward Scissorhands

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind

Evil Dead

Evil Dead 2

Eyes Wide Shut

Family Plot

Fargo

Fight Club

Frenzy

Full Metal Jacket

Gladiator

Gone With the Wind

Goodfellas

Heat

Hustler

Inception

Indiana Jones 1

Indiana Jones 2

Indiana Jones 3

Indiana Jones 4

Inglourious Basterds

Inland Empire

Intolerable Cruelty

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[deletethisaccount]

Anybody wanna contribute ?

[jerzdawg]

I'll start it off..

Remove - batman and robin and batman forever - reason - they suck

Remove - Indiana jones 4 - reason - as far im concerned it was never even made

Add - princess bride - reason - a classic movie that has it all, romance comedy action ..

Add - american history x - reason - great movie, Edward Norton at his best

[Zathras5]

Alien - you can't just own Aliens without alien

 

Planet of the Apes - original version and maybe the recent prequels would be a worthy addition

 

Rocky 1-4 and First Blood - because duh, 2 classic characters etched in cinema history

 

Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind - classic Speilberg

 

Space Balls, Robin Hood Men in Tights, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Airplane, Naked Gun - can't forget the classic spoofs

 

And replace Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - because Gene Wilder

[Nick H. Supervisor]

Oh, awesome! I'm so glad someone is doing this. I've been doing it privately since getting a PS3 - updating my "must have" film collection to Bluray - so it's great to see a thread about it!

If you can wait until this weekend I'll take a look at my bluray collection and let you know what I have; as far as I'm concerned a majority of them have to be in any person's collection if they like films.

One that I notice you haven't included so far is The Proposition. It's an amazing film, personally. Nick Cave for the music, Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone and Emily Watson for a cast, and the story is great!

Another one for me would probably be The Man from Earth. However, I accept that it is a debatable option - the story fascinates me but there can be ideas that disgruntle some and bore others.

[+Raze Subscriber²]

Here's my list.   Ignore any that may already be on yours.  Year of release included to distinguish from any remakes.

 

The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
West Side Story (1961)
The Country Girl (1954)
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
Les Diaboliques (1954)
La Dolce Vita (1960)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Dr. Zhivago (1965)
Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Duel in the Sun (1946)
12 Angry Men (1957)
East of Eden (1955)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
African Queen (1951)
From Russia with Love (1963)
Rebecca (1940)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Giant (1956)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
My Fair Lady (1964)
Frankenstein (1931)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Killers (1946)
Ten Commandments (1956)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Third Man (1949)
King Kong (1933)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane (1962)
Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
On the Waterfront (1954)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
Rear Window (1954)
Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
The Sound of Music (1965)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Spartacus (1960)
Stagecoach (1939)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Easy Rider (1969)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Cape Fear (1962)

[Copernic Reporter]

Snatch (2000)

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)

Body of Lies (2008)

The Great Escape (1963)

Forrest Gump (1994)

The Next Three Days (2010)

Gran Torino (2008)

City of God (2002)

The Notebook (2004)

Training Day (2001)

The Intouchables (2011)

The Prestige (2006)

Django Unchained (2012)

Requiem for a Dream (2000)

Matchstick Men (2003)

Brain Donors (1992)

Lord of War (2005)

The Family Man (2000)

The Patriot (2000)

Space Cowboys (2000)

Man on Fire (2004)

The Kingdom (2007)

Basic (2003)

The General's Daughter (1999)

Red Planet (2000)

Mission to Mars (2000)

Eastern Promises (2007)

The Last King of Scotland (2006)

Good Bye Lenin! (2003)

Charlie Wilson's War (2007)

We Own the Night (2007)

The Crying Game (1992)

Falling Down (1993)

Crash (2004)

The Big White (2005)

Middle Men (2009)

A Simple Plan (1998)

The Truman Show (1998)
The King's Speech (2010)
The Social Network (2010)
King of Devil's Island (2010) [bastoy]

Collateral (2004)

[deletethisaccount]

It seems that I can't modify the OP (Maybe I just don't know how) so here is the new list (maybe we can go to 500) 

 

12 Angry Men (1957)

2001: A Space Odyssey

A Clockwork Orange

A Serious Man

A Simple Plan (1998)

A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

African Queen (1951)

Airplane

Alien

Aliens

American Beauty

American Gangster

American History X

Andrei Rubble

Annie Hall

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Back to the future 1

Back to the future 2

Back to the future 3

Barry Lyndon

Barton Fink

Basic (2003)

Batman

Batman Begins

Batman Returns

Beetlejuice

Ben-Hur

Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

Big Fish

Blade Runner

Blazing Saddles

Blue Velvet

Body of Lies (2008)

Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

Brain Donors (1992)

Braveheart

Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

Burn after Reading

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Cape Fear (1962)

Carlito's way

Casablanca

Casino

Casino Rozale

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Charlie Wilson's War (2007)

Chinatown

Citizen Kane

City of God (2002)

Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind

Collateral (2004)

Cool Hand Luke (1967)

Corpse Bride

Crash (2004)

Days of Wine and Roses (1962)

Death Proof

Die Hard 1

Die Hard 2

Die Hard 3

Die Hard 4

Django Unchained (2012)

Doctor Zhivago

Donnie Darko

Double Indemnity (1944)

Dr. Strangelove

Dr. Zhivago (1965)

Duel in the Sun (1946)

E.T.

East of Eden (1955)

Eastern Promises (2007)

Easy Rider (1969)

Ed Wood

Edward Scissorhands

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind

Evil Dead

Evil Dead 2

Eyes Wide Shut

Falling Down (1993)

Family Plot

Fargo

Fight Club

Foreign Correspondent (1940)

Forrest Gump (1994)

Frankenstein (1931)

Frenzy

From Here to Eternity (1953)

From Russia with Love (1963)

Full Metal Jacket

Giant (1956)

Gladiator

Gone With the Wind

Good Bye Lenin! (2003)

Goodfellas

Gran Torino (2008)

Grapes of Wrath (1940)

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)

Heat

Hustler

In the Heat of the Night (1967)

Inception

Indiana Jones 1

Indiana Jones 2

Indiana Jones 3

Inglourious Basterds

Inland Empire

Intolerable Cruelty

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

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