Funny, but…what exactly is this doing in this thread?
Sorry i misposted. I ought to move it to the low content thread.
Fail-Safe, Platoon and Carlito’s Way, but generally I find there are more good TV-series than good movies. It makes sense as they have more time to develop a more complex story progression.
Yes, I do agree that television shows these days are much better than movies. Television - private television that is - seems to be experiencing a golden age. This is one of the main reasons I listed Breaking Bad on my list even though it isn’t a movie.
When reading this, I can’t believe I forgot to list one of the best movies of all time - Almost Famous.
How about hurt locker or stop loss?
Some of the best war films ever include Apocalypse Now and Letters from Iwo Jima. Never seen those two you mentioned.
I love pretty much anything by Kubrick. Shot beautifully and very thought-provoking.
One of my favorites that seems to be underappreciated would have to be Dr. Strangelove. It is said that, working off only one photograph I think, Kubrick managed to recreate the interior of a B-52 bomber so accurately it made the U.S. Air Force a bit uncomfortable, lol. So many unforgettable, witty moments. “Gentlemen! You can’t fight in here - this is the war room!”, the U.S. soldiers shooting at each other with the “Peace is our profession” billboard in the background and the ending with a series of nuclear explosions while the song “We’ll Meet Again” plays. Friggin’ love it!
I also liked Letters from Iwo Jima. I always find war movies told from the ‘enemy’s’ perspective very interesting, especially when they show that a lot of the time, the people we’re actually fighting and killing have the same values that we do. This includes movies such as Letters from Iwo Jima, Das Boot, Stalingrad, etc.
Oh yes, Kubrick is THE MAN. Dr. Strangelove, I believe, is a very libertarian film. In fact, if you look up the FilmList here on the Mises website, a guy puts on his list that Dr. Strangelove is of critical interest to libertarians, and he explains why.
I suggest Akira Kurosawa if you like Kubrik. Makes me wish I could speak Japanese.
Here is my list in no order excluding some already mentioned.
My Man Godfrey
The Thin Man
Mister Roberts
White Heat
The Public Enemy
Trainspotting
Shallow Grave
It’s A Wonderful Life
Dangerous Liasons
Memento
Rashomon
El Mariachi
Safety Last
Girl Shy
The Life of Brian
The Jerk
The Muppet Movie
The Princess Bride
What About Bob
Boondock Saints
Fight Club
Reseviour Dogs
The Usual Suspects
Oh, and I need to check out the film “Taegukgi.” (It’s listed on the guy’s libertarian movies)
Oh, and another libertarian classic, “Shanendoah.” (I’ve already seen it, I own it on VHS)
@OP: Yeah the Must See Movie Thread was about that…
It however, became a pain ###$ because you can no longer edit the origional post… then you make another big one updating things, and can no longer edit that.
So I got over it; and that’s about that.
12 Monkeys
Dark City
The Thing original and new one.
Zombie movies in general - Dawn of the Dead 1978 classic 
Transformers series (awesome sound production and great effects)
Die Hard series
Office Space
Con Air
The Rock
Event Horizon
Pandorum
Mission Impossible series
Underworld series
Enemy of the State
Inception
District 9
30 Days of Night 1 and 2
I have 450 bluray rips and I watch a lot of movies so you could say I am a movie fan. But above list is some of my favourites.
Funnily enough I’ve known Japanese people who said they needed Japanese subtitles to watch Kurosawa’s movies.
Magnolia
8 1/2
Vivre Sa Vie
Taxi Driver
Mirror
Persona
Woman Of The Dunes
Raging Bull
A Clockwork Orange
Andrei Rublev
That Obscure Object Of Affection
Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid
My Night At Maud’s
Le Cercle Rouge
Pickpocket
Le Fils
Heart Of Glass
The King Of Marvin Gardens
Days Of Heaven
Nashville
Zelig
Catch 22
Carnal Knowledge
Apocalypse Now
L’Amour Fou
Amarcord
Blow-Up
The Conformist
I Fidanzati
Winter Light
In The Mood For Love
The Third Man
Walkabout
Brazil
The Red Shoes
City Lights
The Hustler
You Can’t Take It With You
Glengarry Glen Ross
All The Real Girls
The Royal Tenenbaums
Ugetsu
Don’t forget about The Bicycle Thief.
@SoNowThen Quite a mature list, my former film professors would love it. Mine is less refined.
Troll 2
Dr. Strangelove
The Warriors
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Being John Malkovich
Tears of the Sun
Fantasia
Man on Fire
But the greatest scene of all time:
This is my favorite scene of all time.
Or perhaps it’s the Russian roulette scene from The Deer Hunter.