walkonby
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ten films that define you as a generation
July 16, 2008 at 10:51 PM UTC
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now i'm not talking about the classics that everybody labels as the best of all time (casablanca, gone with the wind, citizen kane, etc…). i mean the films that you think are god, the films of your world that you can watch a thousand times and still watch again. the films that change you, emotionally effect you as you watch them. the ones that define who you are.
in no order of importance is required.
1. the goonies
2. shawshank redemption
3. empire of the sun
4. pink floyd the wall
5. the shining
6. blue velvet
7. heathers
8. the lost boys
9. the rocky horror picture show
10. dazed and confused
*honorable mention - naked lunch
vansmack
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Re: ten films that define you as a generation
July 16, 2008 at 10:54 PM UTC
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1. Star Wars
2. Say Anything
3. The Breakfast Club
4. Super Troopers
5. Bull Durham
6. Slapshot
7. Some later Western, probably Tombstone.
8. Some WWII movie, maybe Patton or the Big Red One
9. Swingers
10. Singles
HoyaSaxa03
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Re: ten films that define you as a generation
July 16, 2008 at 11:12 PM UTC
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zoolander, especially, is a film that emotionally affects me on each viewing
zoolander
swingers
rounders
election
the sting
donnie darko
full metal jacket
the thin red line
vansmack
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Re: ten films that define you as a generation
July 16, 2008 at 11:14 PM UTC
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
swingers
Good call. Now I have to edit mine.
Venerable Bede
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Re: ten films that define you as a generation
July 17, 2008 at 12:04 AM UTC
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in no particular order:
ferris bueller's day off
the good, the bad and the ugly
clue
field of dreams
seven
raising arizona
dirty harry
trainspotting
clerks
better off dead
honorable mention: welcome to the dollhouse (this was just such an emotionally draining movie to watch) and the sandlot
callat703
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Re: ten films that define you as a generation
July 17, 2008 at 12:09 AM UTC
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American Beauty
The Princess Bride
Dazed and Confused
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Almost Famous (Director's Cut)
Star Wars
High Fidelity
Billy Madison
Pink Floyd: Pulse (long story)
This was hard. I would probably come up with a slightly different list dependent on when I wrote it. Others that I thought of…
Adaptation
The Usual Suspects
Shawshank Redemption
Lost in Translation
This is Spinal Tap
Empire Records
Dig!
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Back to the Future
Ghostbusters
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Arthwys
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Re: ten films that define you as a generation
July 17, 2008 at 12:09 AM UTC
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In no particular order:
1.Goonies
2.Clerks
3.Braveheart
4.Trainspotting
5.Snatch
6.Indian Jones and the Last Crusade
7.Neverending Story
8.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
9.Lost In Translation
10.Love Actually
Honourable mention to Home Alone and Jurassic Park.
Arthwys
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Re: ten films that define you as a generation
July 17, 2008 at 12:10 AM UTC
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**double posting**
Arthwys
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Re: ten films that define you as a generation
July 17, 2008 at 12:12 AM UTC
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Whoops, forgot a biggie, Empire Records.
andyrichter
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Re: ten films that define you as a generation
July 17, 2008 at 12:46 AM UTC
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles
The Big Lebowski
Goodfellas
Band of Brothers
Fargo
Pulp Fiction
Back to the Future Part 2
Escape From New York
Office Space
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
SPARX
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Re: ten films that define you as a generation
July 17, 2008 at 02:48 AM UTC
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1. Liquid Sky
2. One flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
3. Head
4. Wild in the Streets
5. Clockwork Orange
6. Blue Sunshine
7. Eraserhead
8. Rude Boy
9. Psychedelic Glue Sniffin Hillbillies
10. Pink Flamingo's
chancegardener
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Re: ten films that define you as a generation
July 17, 2008 at 04:02 AM UTC
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After Hours
High Fidelity
Bull Durham
Life of Brian
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Three Kings
Young Frankenstein
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Hope and Glory
Love and Death
eddie
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Re: ten films that define you as a generation
July 17, 2008 at 04:13 AM UTC
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With your screen name I would have thought "Being There" would be there on your list…
Originally posted by chancegardener:
After Hours
High Fidelity
Bull Durham
Life of Brian
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Three Kings
Young Frankenstein
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Hope and Glory
Love and Death
eddie
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Re: ten films that define you as a generation
July 17, 2008 at 04:29 AM UTC
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Convoy
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Star Wars
Friday The 13th
Halloween
Heavy Metal
Lacob's Ladder
Wings Of Desire
The Matrix
Eat The Rich
ratioci nation
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Re: ten films that define you as a generation
July 17, 2008 at 06:29 AM UTC
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Big Lebowski
Big Trouble in Little China
Cloak and Dagger
UHF
Fargo
Clerks
Punchdrunk Love
Happiness
Empire Strikes Back
The Last Starfighter
sweetcell
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Re: ten films that define you as a generation
July 17, 2008 at 11:27 AM UTC
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- jesus of montreal (first movie that made me realize that they can do more than just entertain)
- le grand bleu
- empire strikes back
- best in show (first movie ever that i finished watching and immediately hit rewind to watch again)
- napoleon dynamite (long story)
- withnail and i (please please please add this to your netflix queue if you have never seen it)
- fear and loathing in las vegas
- the song remains the same (probably the movie i have seen the most often… yeah yeah, lemme guess: "that sure explains a lot" :roll: )
- the dark crystal
- so i married an ax murderer
honorable mention: amateur german sluts vol. 14
brokensocscene
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Re: ten films that define you as a generation
July 17, 2008 at 11:49 AM UTC
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Neverending Story
Being There
Mulholland Drive
Raising Victor Vargas
State and Main
All About My Mother
Edward Scissorhands
Go
Topsy Turvy
Seven
Relaxer
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Re: ten films that define you as a generation
July 17, 2008 at 01:15 PM UTC
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Repo Man - all-time #1
Polyester - all-time #2, and the funniest movie ever made
Hedwig & Angry Inch - Brilliant movie, great soundtrack
Dawn of the Dead (2004) – don't hate, visuate
Aliens
Dr. Strangelove - Never gets old
Blue Velvet
Happiness - Hurts so good
Lost in Translation – Only saw it once, and have not wanted to see it again, but was very taken by that one viewing, with the J&MC at the end the perfect close.
Saving Private Ryan – Changed the way I think about war
sonickteam2
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Re: ten films that define you as a generation
July 17, 2008 at 01:31 PM UTC
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ok, in no order (of course) and i could probably change a few if i had hours to think on it.
1. A Clockwork Orange
2. Fight Club
3. Suburbia (the old one, with Flea)
4. Seven
5. Blue Velvet
6. American History X
7. Four Rooms
8. the Big Lebowski
9. Wild At Heart
10. National Lampoons Vacation
edbert
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Re: ten films that define you as a generation
July 17, 2008 at 02:30 PM UTC
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Brazil
City Lights
High Plains Drifter
Fisher King
Wizard Of Oz
Clockwork Orange
Sin City
Grand Prix
Fistful Of Dollars
Planet Of The Apes (original)