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FreeHugs — 2 years ago(November 26, 2023 07:09 PM)

What are the films you consider to be essential films that every film buff must see? Not necessarily your personal favourite or the best, but the films that are required viewing. List yours and tell me how many have you seen from my list? Here is my list of essential films:
2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
8½ 1963
A Clockwork Orange 1971
All About Eve 1950
Apocalypse Now 1979
Ben-Hur 1959
Bicycle Thieves 1948
Bonnie and Clyde 1967
Citizen Kane 1941
City Lights 1931
Dog Day Afternoon 1975
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982
The Exorcist 1973
Freaks 1932
The Godfather 1972
The Godfather: Part II 1974
Gone with the Wind 1939
The Graduate 1967
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages 1916
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels 1975
King Kong 1933
La Strada 1954
Lawrence of Arabia 1962
M 1931
Man with a Movie Camera 1929
Metropolis 1927
Midnight Cowboy 1969
Nashville (1975)
Network (1976)
The Passion of Joan of Arc 1928
Persona 1966
Picnic at Hanging Rock 1975
Psycho 1960
Pulp Fiction 1994
Raging Bull 1980
Ran 1985
Rashomon 1950
Rebel Without a Cause 1955
The Red Shoes 1948
Rosemary's Baby 1968
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom 1975
Sanshô dayû 1954
Schindler's List 1993
Seven Samurai 1954
The Seventh Seal 1957
The Shining 1980
Singin' in the Rain 1952
Solaris 1972
Star Wars 1977
Sunrise 1927
Sunset Boulevard 1950
Taxi Driver 1976
Vertigo 1958
West Side Story 1961
The Wizard of Oz 1939

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Filmboards: The Motion Picture (in development)

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Back To The Future
The Wizard Of Oz
Jaws
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Come And See
Requiem For A Dream
Psycho
Star Wars
King Kong

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Pulp Fiction.
My password is password

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2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 - yes
8½ 1963 - no
A Clockwork Orange 1971 - yes
All About Eve 1950 - no
Apocalypse Now 1979 - no
Ben-Hur 1959 - no
Bicycle Thieves 1948 - no
Bonnie and Clyde 1967 - no
Citizen Kane 1941 - no
City Lights 1931 - no
Dog Day Afternoon 1975 - no
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964 - no
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 - yes
The Exorcist 1973 - yes
Freaks 1932 - no
The Godfather 1972 - yes
The Godfather: Part II 1974 - yes
Gone with the Wind 1939 - yes
The Graduate 1967 - yes
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages 1916 - no
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels 1975 - no
King Kong 1933 - no
La Strada 1954 - no
Lawrence of Arabia 1962 - no
M 1931 - no
Man with a Movie Camera 1929 - no
Metropolis 1927 - no
Midnight Cowboy 1969 - yes
Nashville (1975) - no
Network (1976) - no
The Passion of Joan of Arc 1928 - no
Persona 1966 - no
Picnic at Hanging Rock 1975 - yes
Psycho 1960 - yes
Pulp Fiction 1994 - yes
Raging Bull 1980 - no
Ran 1985 - no
Rashomon 1950 - no
Rebel Without a Cause 1955 - yes
The Red Shoes 1948 - no
Rosemary's Baby 1968 - yes
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom 1975 - yes 🙈
Sanshô dayû 1954 - no
Schindler's List 1993 - no
Seven Samurai 1954 - no
The Seventh Seal 1957 - no
The Shining 1980 - yes
Singin' in the Rain 1952 - yes
Solaris 1972 - no
Star Wars 1977 - yes
Sunrise 1927 - no
Sunset Boulevard 1950 - no
Taxi Driver 1976 - yes
Vertigo 1958 - no
West Side Story 1961 - yes
The Wizard of Oz 1939 - yes
Honestly I don't think I've even heard of most of those 😂
Some of my favourites which I guess mean something to me are
21 Grams
The Orphanage (El orfanato)
The Devil's Backbone (El espinazo del diablo)
Lost Highway
Rec
Stigmata

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Dog Day Afternoon sucks
Ain't nothing changed, but the mileage on the range

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Back to the Future
My password is password

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