Let's build the essential movie list

[Circle_One]

2001
A Knight's Tale
Almost Famous
A Man For All Seasons
American Beauty
Amistad
Annie Hall
Army of Darkness
Bad Boys
Barefoot in the Park
Batman (with Michael Keaton)
Blow
Braveheart
Casino
Casualties of War
Dawn of the Dead
Day of the Dead
Dazed and Confused
Dead Poet's Society
Donnie Darko
Down with Love
E.T.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fight Club
Forest Gump
Full Metal Jacket
Gladiator
Godfather, The
Gone with the Wind
Good Morning, Vietnam
Green Mile, The
Hamlet
House of 1000 Corpses
Indiana Jones (Temple of Dome, Last Crusade)
Leon, the Professional
Lion in Winter, The (both releases)
Lord of the Ring Trilogy
Jaws
JFK
Kingdom of Heaven
Magnolia
Mask (with Cher)
Matrix, The
Men of Honor
Mommy Dearest
Night of the Living Dead
O Brother, Where Art Thou
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Planet of the Apes
Pearl Harbor
Pirates of the Caribbean
Platoon
Princess Bride, The
Pulp Fiction
Pyscho
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Resevoir Dogs
Rocky
Rocky Horror Picture Show, The
Romeo and Juliet (version with Olivia Hussey)
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List
Shawshank Redemption
Silence of the Lambs
Slingblade
Superman
Stand By Me
Star Wars (all 6 when they come out in a set)
Terminator, The
Titanic
To Kill A Mockingbird
Unbreakable

JS, you put Dawn and Night, but you forgot Day! If one of the trilogy is essential, they all are

 

[Shadow Wolf]

2001
A Knight's Tale
Almost Famous
A Man For All Seasons
American Beauty
Amistad
Annie Hall
Army of Darkness
Bad Boys
Barefoot in the Park
Batman (with Michael Keaton)
Blow
Braveheart
Casino
Casualties of War
Chronicles of Riddick, The
Dawn of the Dead
Day of the Dead
Dazed and Confused
Dead Poet's Society
Die Hard Trilogy
Donnie Darko
Down with Love
E.T.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fight Club
Forest Gump
Full Metal Jacket
Gladiator
Godfather, The
Gone with the Wind
Good Morning, Vietnam
Green Mile, The
Hamlet
Hannible
House of 1000 Corpses
Indiana Jones (Temple of Dome, Last Crusade,Raiders of The Lost Ark )
Leon, the Professional
Lion in Winter, The (both releases)
Lord of the Ring Trilogy
Jaws
JFK
Kingdom of Heaven
Magnolia
Mask (with Cher)
Matrix, The
Men of Honor
Mommy Dearest
Night of the Living Dead
O Brother, Where Art Thou
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Planet of the Apes
Pearl Harbor
Pirates of the Caribbean
Pitch Black
Platoon
Princess Bride, The
Pulp Fiction
Pyscho
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Resevoir Dogs
Rocky
Rocky Horror Picture Show, The
Romeo and Juliet (version with Olivia Hussey)
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List
Shawshank Redemption
Silence of the Lambs
Sixth Sence, The
Slingblade
Superman
Stand By Me
Star Wars (all 6 when they come out in a set)
Terminator, The
Titanic
To Kill A Mockingbird
Unbreakable
XXX

 

[Prima]

Perhaps we should limit everyone to five or less, you crazy movie obsessees...

 

[Original Freak]

I think the list will taper off soon. It's an impressive list though.

 

[Unedited]

Perhaps we should limit everyone to five or less, you crazy movie obsessees...

With so many great movies out there, I don't think we've got nearly enough yet.

 

[Unedited]

Can I still add one?

2001
A Knight's Tale
Almost Famous
A Man For All Seasons
American Beauty
Amistad
Annie Hall
Army of Darkness
Bad Boys
Barefoot in the Park
Batman (with Michael Keaton)
Blow
Braveheart
Casino
Casualties of War
Chronicles of Riddick, The
Dawn of the Dead
Day of the Dead
Dazed and Confused
Dead Poet's Society
Die Hard Trilogy
Donnie Darko
Down with Love
E.T.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fight Club
Forest Gump
Full Metal Jacket
Gladiator
Godfather, The
Gone with the Wind
Good Morning, Vietnam
Green Mile, The
Hamlet
Hannible
House of 1000 Corpses
Indiana Jones (Temple of Dome, Last Crusade,Raiders of The Lost Ark )
Leon, the Professional
Lion in Winter, The (both releases)
Lord of the Ring Trilogy
Jaws
Jerry Macguire
JFK
Kingdom of Heaven
Magnolia
Mask (with Cher)
Matrix, The
Men of Honor
Mommy Dearest
Night of the Living Dead
O Brother, Where Art Thou
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Planet of the Apes
Pearl Harbor
Pirates of the Caribbean
Pitch Black
Platoon
Princess Bride, The
Pulp Fiction
Pyscho
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Resevoir Dogs
Rocky
Rocky Horror Picture Show, The
Romeo and Juliet (version with Olivia Hussey)
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List
Shawshank Redemption
Silence of the Lambs
Sixth Sence, The
Slingblade
Superman
Stand By Me
Star Wars (all 6 when they come out in a set)
Terminator, The
Titanic
To Kill A Mockingbird
Unbreakable
XXX

 

[Prima]

Can I still add one?

NO! :149:


2001
A Knight's Tale
Almost Famous
A Man For All Seasons
American Beauty
Amistad
Annie Hall
Army of Darkness
Bad Boys
Barefoot in the Park
Batman (with Michael Keaton)
Blow
Braveheart
Casino
Casualties of War
Chronicles of Riddick, The
Dawn of the Dead
Day of the Dead
Dazed and Confused
Dead Poet's Society
Die Hard Trilogy
Donnie Darko
Down with Love
E.T.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fight Club
Forest Gump
Full Metal Jacket
Galaxy Quest
Gladiator
Godfather, The
Gone with the Wind
Good Morning, Vietnam
Green Mile, The
Hamlet
Hannible
House of 1000 Corpses
Indiana Jones (Temple of Dome, Last Crusade,Raiders of The Lost Ark )
Leon, the Professional
Lion in Winter, The (both releases)
Lord of the Ring Trilogy
Jaws
Jerry Macguire
JFK
Kingdom of Heaven
Magnolia
Manchurian Candidate (the original)
Mask (with Cher)
Matrix, The
Men of Honor
Men in Black
Mommy Dearest
Night of the Living Dead
O Brother, Where Art Thou
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Planet of the Apes
Pearl Harbor
Pirates of the Caribbean
Pitch Black
Platoon
Princess Bride, The
Pulp Fiction
Pyscho
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Rambo (First Blood)
Resevoir Dogs
Rocky
Rocky Horror Picture Show, The
Romeo and Juliet (version with Olivia Hussey)
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List
Shawshank Redemption
Silence of the Lambs
Sixth Sense, The
Slingblade
Superman
Stand By Me
Star Wars (all 6 when they come out in a set)
Terminator, The
Titanic
To Kill A Mockingbird
Unbreakable
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (the original)
XXX

 

[Original Freak]

I think the list will taper off soon.

...or I could be wrong

 

[Jaymes]

2001
A Knight's Tale
Almost Famous
A Man For All Seasons
American Beauty
Amistad
Annie Hall
Army of Darkness
Bad Boys
Barefoot in the Park
Batman (with Michael Keaton)
Blow
Braveheart
Casino
Casualties of War
Chronicles of Riddick, The
Dawn of the Dead
Day of the Dead
Dazed and Confused
Dead Poet's Society
Die Hard Trilogy
Donnie Darko
Down with Love
Edward Scissorhands
E.T.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fight Club
Forest Gump
Full Metal Jacket
Galaxy Quest
Gladiator
Godfather, The
Gone with the Wind
Good Morning, Vietnam
Green Mile, The
Hamlet
Hannible
House of 1000 Corpses
Indiana Jones (Temple of Dome, Last Crusade,Raiders of The Lost Ark )
Leon, the Professional
Lion in Winter, The (both releases)
Lord of the Ring Trilogy
Jaws
Jerry Macguire
JFK
Kingdom of Heaven
Magnolia
Manchurian Candidate (the original)
Mask (with Cher)
Matrix, The
Men of Honor
Men in Black
Mommy Dearest
Night of the Living Dead
O Brother, Where Art Thou
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Planet of the Apes
Pearl Harbor
Pirates of the Caribbean
Pitch Black
Platoon
Princess Bride, The
Pulp Fiction
Pyscho
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Rambo (First Blood)
Resevoir Dogs
Rocky
Rocky Horror Picture Show, The
Romeo and Juliet (version with Olivia Hussey)
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List
Shawshank Redemption
Silence of the Lambs
Sixth Sense, The
Slingblade
Superman
Stand By Me
Star Wars (all 6 when they come out in a set)
Terminator, The
Titanic
To Kill A Mockingbird
Unbreakable
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (the original)
XXX

 

[Aqualung]

2001
A Knight's Tale
Almost Famous
A Man For All Seasons
American Beauty
Amistad
Annie Hall
Army of Darkness
Bad Boys
Barefoot in the Park
Batman (with Michael Keaton)
Blow
Braveheart
Casino
Casualties of War
Chronicles of Riddick, The
Dawn of the Dead
Day of the Dead
Dazed and Confused
Dead Poet's Society
Die Hard Trilogy
Donnie Darko
Down with Love
Edward Scissorhands
E.T.
Face/Off
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fight Club
Forest Gump
Full Metal Jacket
Galaxy Quest
Gladiator
Godfather, The
Gone with the Wind
Good Morning, Vietnam
Grease
Green Mile, The
Hamlet
Hannible
House of 1000 Corpses
Indiana Jones (Temple of Dome, Last Crusade,Raiders of The Lost Ark )
Leon, the Professional
Lion in Winter, The (both releases)
Lord of the Ring Trilogy
Jaws
Jerry Macguire
JFK
Kingdom of Heaven
Magnolia
Manchurian Candidate (the original)
Mask (with Cher)
Matrix, The
Men of Honor
Men in Black
Mommy Dearest
Montey Python and the Holy Grail
Night of the Living Dead
O Brother, Where Art Thou
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Planet of the Apes
Pearl Harbor
Pirates of the Caribbean
Pitch Black
Platoon
Princess Bride, The
Pulp Fiction
Pyscho
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Rambo (First Blood)
Resevoir Dogs
Rocky
Rocky Horror Picture Show, The
Romeo and Juliet (version with Olivia Hussey)
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List
Shawshank Redemption
Silence of the Lambs
Sixth Sense, The
Slingblade
Superman
Stand By Me
Star Wars (all 6 when they come out in a set)
Terminator, The
Titanic
To Kill A Mockingbird
Unbreakable
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (the original)
XXX

 

[The Black Whirlwind]

2001
A Knight's Tale
Almost Famous
A Man For All Seasons
American Beauty
Amistad
Annie Hall
Army of Darkness
Bad Boys
Barefoot in the Park
Batman Begins
Batman (with Michael Keaton)
Blow
Braveheart
Casino
Casualties of War
Chronicles of Riddick, The
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Dawn of the Dead
Day of the Dead
Dazed and Confused
Dead Poet's Society
Die Hard Trilogy
Donnie Darko
Down with Love
Edward Scissorhands
E.T.
Eurotrip
Face/Off
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fight Club
Forest Gump
Full Metal Jacket
Galaxy Quest
Gladiator
Godfather, The
Gone with the Wind
Good Morning, Vietnam
Grease
Green Mile, The
Hamlet
Hannible
House of 1000 Corpses
Indiana Jones (Temple of Dome, Last Crusade,Raiders of The Lost Ark )
Leon, the Professional
Lion in Winter, The (both releases)
Lord of the Ring Trilogy
Jaws
Jerry Macguire
JFK
Kingdom of Heaven
Magnolia
Manchurian Candidate (the original)
Mask (with Cher)
Matrix, The
Men of Honor
Men in Black
Mommy Dearest
Montey Python and the Holy Grail
Night of the Living Dead
O Brother, Where Art Thou
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Planet of the Apes
Pearl Harbor
Pirates of the Caribbean
Pitch Black
Platoon
Princess Bride, The
Pulp Fiction
Pyscho
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Rambo (First Blood)
Resevoir Dogs
Rocky
Rocky Horror Picture Show, The
Romeo and Juliet (version with Olivia Hussey)
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List
Shawshank Redemption
Silence of the Lambs
Sixth Sense, The
Slingblade
Superman
Stand By Me
Star Wars (all 6 when they come out in a set)
Terminator, The
Titanic
To Kill A Mockingbird
Unbreakable
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (the original)
XXX

 

[Jaymes]

2001
A Knight's Tale
Almost Famous
A Man For All Seasons
American Beauty
Amistad
Annie Hall
Army of Darkness
Bad Boys
Barefoot in the Park
Batman Begins
Batman (with Michael Keaton)
Blow
Braveheart
Casino
Casualties of War
Chronicles of Riddick, The
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Dawn of the Dead
Day of the Dead
Dazed and Confused
Dead Poet's Society
Die Hard Trilogy
Dogma
Donnie Darko
Down with Love
Edward Scissorhands
E.T.
Eurotrip
Face/Off
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fight Club
Forest Gump
Full Metal Jacket
Galaxy Quest
Gladiator
Godfather, The
Gone with the Wind
Good Morning, Vietnam
Grease
Green Mile, The
Hamlet
Hannible
House of 1000 Corpses
Indiana Jones (Temple of Dome, Last Crusade,Raiders of The Lost Ark )
Leon, the Professional
Lion in Winter, The (both releases)
Lord of the Ring Trilogy
Jaws
Jerry Macguire
JFK
Kingdom of Heaven
Magnolia
Manchurian Candidate (the original)
Mask (with Cher)
Matrix, The
Men of Honor
Men in Black
Mommy Dearest
Montey Python and the Holy Grail
Night of the Living Dead
O Brother, Where Art Thou
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Planet of the Apes
Pearl Harbor
Pirates of the Caribbean
Pitch Black
Platoon
Princess Bride, The
Pulp Fiction
Pyscho
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Rambo (First Blood)
Resevoir Dogs
Rocky
Rocky Horror Picture Show, The
Romeo and Juliet (version with Olivia Hussey)
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List
Shawshank Redemption
Silence of the Lambs
Sixth Sense, The
Slingblade
Superman
Stand By Me
Star Wars (all 6 when they come out in a set)
Terminator, The
Titanic
To Kill A Mockingbird
Unbreakable
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (the original)
XXX

 

[Original Freak]

2001
A Clockwork Orange
A Knight's Tale
Almost Famous
A Man For All Seasons
American Beauty
Amistad
Annie Hall
Army of Darkness
Bad Boys
Barefoot in the Park
Batman Begins
Batman (with Michael Keaton)
Blow
Braveheart
Casino
Casualties of War
Chronicles of Riddick, The
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Dawn of the Dead
Day of the Dead
Dazed and Confused
Dead Poet's Society
Die Hard Trilogy
Dogma
Donnie Darko
Down with Love
Edward Scissorhands
E.T.
Eurotrip
Face/Off
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fight Club
Forest Gump
Full Metal Jacket
Galaxy Quest
Gladiator
Godfather, The
Gone with the Wind
Good Morning, Vietnam
Grease
Green Mile, The
Hamlet
Hannible
House of 1000 Corpses
Indiana Jones (Temple of Dome, Last Crusade,Raiders of The Lost Ark )
Leon, the Professional
Lion in Winter, The (both releases)
Lord of the Ring Trilogy
Jaws
Jerry Macguire
JFK
Kingdom of Heaven
Magnolia
Manchurian Candidate (the original)
Mask (with Cher)
Matrix, The
Men of Honor
Men in Black
Mommy Dearest
Montey Python and the Holy Grail
Night of the Living Dead
O Brother, Where Art Thou
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Planet of the Apes
Pearl Harbor
Pirates of the Caribbean
Pitch Black
Platoon
Princess Bride, The
Pulp Fiction
Pyscho
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Rambo (First Blood)
Resevoir Dogs
Rocky
Rocky Horror Picture Show, The
Romeo and Juliet (version with Olivia Hussey)
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List
Shawshank Redemption
Silence of the Lambs
Sixth Sense, The
Slingblade
Superman
Stand By Me
Star Wars (all 6 when they come out in a set)
Terminator, The
Titanic
To Kill A Mockingbird
Unbreakable
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (the original)
XXX

 

[jewscout]

12 Angry Men
2001
28 Days Later
A Clockwork Orange
A Knight's Tale
Almost Famous
A Man For All Seasons
American Beauty
Amistad
Annie Hall
Army of Darkness
Bad Boys
Barefoot in the Park
Batman Begins
Batman (with Michael Keaton)
Blow
Braveheart
Casino
Casualties of War
Chronicles of Riddick, The
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Dawn of the Dead
Day of the Dead
Dazed and Confused
Dead Poet's Society
Die Hard Trilogy
Dogma
Donnie Darko
Down with Love
Edward Scissorhands
E.T.
Eurotrip
Face/Off
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fight Club
Forest Gump
Full Metal Jacket
Galaxy Quest
Gladiator
Godfather, The
Gone with the Wind
Good Morning, Vietnam
Grease
Green Mile, The
Hamlet
Hannible
House of 1000 Corpses
Indiana Jones (Temple of Dome, Last Crusade,Raiders of The Lost Ark )
Leon, the Professional
Lion in Winter, The (both releases)
Lord of the Ring Trilogy
Jaws
Jerry Macguire
JFK
Kingdom of Heaven
Magnolia
Manchurian Candidate (the original)
Mask (with Cher)
Matrix, The
Men of Honor
Men in Black
Mommy Dearest
Montey Python and the Holy Grail
Night of the Living Dead
O Brother, Where Art Thou
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Planet of the Apes
Pearl Harbor
Pirates of the Caribbean
Pitch Black
Platoon
Prince of Egypt, The
Princess Bride, The
Pulp Fiction
Pyscho
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Rambo (First Blood)
Resevoir Dogs
Rocky
Rocky Horror Picture Show, The
Romeo and Juliet (version with Olivia Hussey)
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List
Shawshank Redemption
Silence of the Lambs
Sixth Sense, The
Slingblade
Superman
Stalingrad
Stand By Me
Star Wars (all 6 when they come out in a set)
Terminator, The
Titanic
To Kill A Mockingbird
Tombstone
Unbreakable
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (the original)
XXX