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Blacksheep

Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 3:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I started this thread for people to post films in their collection that are a "must have" - all time greats to person favorites. This is open to all genres.

I'll get started with my list:

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Halloween (1978)
House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Touch of Evil (1958)
The Godfather (1972)
Animatrix (2003)
Spirited Away (2001)
Alien (1979)
Star Wars (1977)
Event Horizon (1997)
Psycho (1960)
North by Northwest (1959)
Rear Window (1954)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

I know I'm missing a few good flicks on my list that was made in haste, but it's good enough to start the thread.

Mamie316

Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 10:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm not going to put the years but...

The Star Wars collection, of course
Back to The Future
The Matrix
Lord of the Rings
every Tom Hanks movie made
Beauty and The Beast
Finding Nemo
The Princess Bride
Labryinth
The Godfather
All About Eve
Gone With The Wind
Jaws
Chicago
To Kill A Mockingbird

and way too many to even begin to mention

Bananaclip

Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 10:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Mamie, I love Labryinth! It used to be in my collection but it was stolen years ago.

Mamie316

Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 10:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Isn't it one of the best? David Bowie is wonderful in it. My daughter loved that movie when she was little. She never really liked the cartoon kids movies, she went for the stranger films. Her favorite book was Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak which was a lot like the movie.

Yankee_In_Ca

Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 11:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My partner is a DVD collector/freak. I haven't counted, but I think we have over 100 DVDs on our shelves. At least.

I just looked, and jotted down those DVDs that I would NOT choose to part with.

They include (in alphabetical order):

* Baraka
* The Crow
* Eat Drink Man Woman
* Finding Nemo
* Gandhi
* Fight Club
* Godfather (complete set)
* Gosford Park
* Jacob's Ladder
* The Limey
* Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
* Lord of the Rings -- first two movies, extended editions
* Magnolia
* The Matrix (first one only)
* Muriel's Wedding
* Portishead NYC (concert)
* Pulp Fiction
* Red / White / Blue (Kieslowski)
* Run Lola Run
* Sanford & Son -- first, second & third seasons
* Such a Long Journey
* Shallow Grave
* Spirited Away
* Talk to Her (Almovodar)
* The Tall Guy
* Trainspotting
* The Usual Suspects
* Whale Rider
* Wizard of Oz

Pamy

Friday, January 16, 2004 - 7:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
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Eliz87

Friday, January 16, 2004 - 7:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Okay these are mostly old because I was in the RCA Video Club in the 90's. Here goes...

Babe
Bambi
Basic Instinct
Big Daddy (with Adam Sandler)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
The Doors (the Oliver Stone movie with Val Kilmer!)
Dances With Wolves
A Christmas Story (my all-time FAVORITE)
Dirty Dancing
Eddie Murphy's Delirious
Evita (with Madonna)
Fatal Attraction
Goodfellas
Hairspray
A League of Their Own
Boyz 'N The Hood
Mask (the one with Cher -- not THE Mask with Jim Carrey (hate him!)
The Silence of the Lambs
Rain Man
Rosemary's Baby
Wayne's World
Sweet Dreams (Patsy Cline story)
Titanic
Lion King II

And I could swear that I had Interview with the Vampire at one point but I don't seem to have it anymore.

Tashakinz

Friday, January 16, 2004 - 8:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
We have a massive collection going back to the '80s which I'm now (very) slowly switching over to dvd. Rather than list them all, if I could only keep 5 they would be...

A Fish Called Wanda
Pulp Fiction
The Breakfast Club
Gone With the Wind
and
Working Girl

Kimmo

Friday, January 16, 2004 - 12:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, we have around 600 movies on tape (I can't think about moving to DVD!), but some of my favorites are...

Defending Your Life
Bedazzled (original with Moore and Cook)
Little Women (Katharine Hepburn and Winona versions)
Gone With the Wind
Empire of the Sun
Rosemary's Baby
Chinatown
Sling Blade
The Matrix
The Limey
Three Colors trilogy (but my favorite is White :))
A Room with a View
Rushmore
The Collector
The Dresser
Lolita (original)
A Place in the Sun
Gone With the Wind
Roman Holiday

I'm sure I'm missing something really obvious! Some that I just like watching over and over ("comfort food" movies) are...

Little Women (Katharine Hepburn and Winona versions)
Back to the Future
Blast from the Past
Dick
Rain Man
Superman

Again, probably missing something painfully obvious. :)

Lycanthrope

Friday, January 16, 2004 - 6:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Out of my collection, these are the 11 must haves for my tastes:

Gladiator
A Knight's Tale
Frank Herbert's Dune
Almost Famous
Armageddon
The Fifth Element
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
True Romance
Pulp Fiction
Speed
Tombstone

Not1worry

Friday, January 16, 2004 - 8:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I've pared down my videos and DVDs to only the ones that I really love and don't think I will see them on TBS every week. Top Gun? Love it, but it's on all the time. The kids have their massive collection and DH has a few faves, like Scarface. These are mine:

Scorchers
That Thing You Do
The Full Monty
Good Will Hunting
Smokey and the Bandit
The Sound of Music

Mamie316

Saturday, January 17, 2004 - 12:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
You know Not1, my kids do have a greater selection than I do. I buy them movies for their birthdays and holidays and I don't really get that many for myself.

Maris

Saturday, January 17, 2004 - 8:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I too am a collector with too many to count but these are some of the ones I could not part with:

Amistad
All the Presidents Men
America: Tribute to Heroes
Austin Powers: the Spy who shagged me
Apollo 13
Apocalypse now
Hard Days night
Blair Witch project
Blade Runner
Caine Mutiny
Charade
Clockwork Orange
Das Boot
Diva
Dr. Strangelove
Gladiator
Green Mile
Gigi
Heat
psycho
Notorious
LA Confidential
My James Bond Collection
Monty Python's Flying Circus collection
Mystery Science Theatre Collection
My Fair Lady
Patton
Pulp Fiction
Poltergeist
2001 a Space Odyssey
Star Wars
Shrek
Truman Show
Usual Suspects

Kimmo

Saturday, January 17, 2004 - 10:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Looking back on my movies spreadsheet, I missed a couple:

Fahrenheit 451
Henry V (Branagh version)

"Comfort" movies:

Mildred Pierce
Moonstruck
Peggy Sue Got Married

Mamie316

Saturday, January 17, 2004 - 1:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
And any old movie with Cary Grant! I love those on a rainy day.

Sher

Saturday, January 17, 2004 - 2:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I can't beleive nobody has said My Big Fat Greek Wedding. That is my number one.

Also:
Top Gun
The Princess Bride
Anything from Disney (for the kids)
Wizard of Oz

Maris

Saturday, January 17, 2004 - 4:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I have my Big Fat Greek Wedding, but after seeing it the second time, I dont get the urge to see it again, like some movies. I agree on the Cary Grant Movies. The only one I own is Charade.

Mamie316

Saturday, January 17, 2004 - 4:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I own most of Cary's films that are available on video. I have found some on dvd though.

Tashakinz

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 8:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
TCM just had a CG marathon yesterday, Operation Petticoat and Mr. Blandings Builds His Dreamhouse and Bringing Up Baby, three truly classic comedies. I could watch him all day (and did lol).

Maris

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 10:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
One of my favorites Tash is Bringing up Baby. Nobody looks as good saying intercosta Clavicle as our Mr.Grant.

Mamie316

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 11:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
And I missed it?! Man, Cary to me will always be the ultimate man!

Djgirl

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 1:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
For me, these are the must haves:

Sense & Sensibility
Harry Potter - all of them
Lord of the Rings (extended versions)- all of them
Dirty Dancing
Sound of Music
X-men - all of the movies
Emma

I'll be sure to come up with a few more, I'm sure

Mamie316

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 2:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
One of my ultimate favorites that I didn't post before is Pride and Prejudice. The A&E version with Colin Firth as my Mr. Darcy. I can watch that over and over. I really love English films. (Love Sense and Sensibility and Emma, too!)

Calamity

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 2:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh, I saw Bringing Up Baby for the first time last week! My favorite lines by Grant were (have to paraphrase here) "I'm attracted to you in quiet times but there haven't been any quiet times" and "I'm surprised they didn't run the other way". He was essentially playing the straight man in that movie but I thought he was the funniest thing in it.

DVDs
-Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Goofy and Silly Symphonies (Looking forward to the Chronological Donald Vol. 1 and Mickey Mouse in Living Color Part 2 sets that are finally to be released in May!)
-Looney Tunes Golden Collection (Detecting a pattern here? Yes, I do love old cartoons.)
-The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers
-The X-Files: Seasons 2-5 (I’d like to get Seasons 1, 6, and 7, as well. Seasons 8 & 9 - bleh.)
-Fly Away Home
-E.T. the Extra-terrestrial
-Catch Me If You Can
-Chicago
-Real Genius
-Jim Henson’s The Storyteller
-WarGames
-Finding Nemo
-Holes
-Memento
-Eerie, Indiana
-M*A*S*H: Seasons 1 & 2
-The Back to the Future trilogy collection (But I’ve only watched the first movie.)

VHS tapes
-Northern Exposure: Aurora Borealis, Northern Lights, and Spring Break
-Otters
-Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
-The White Seal
-The Curse of the Cat People
-The Wizard of Oz
-Flight of the Navigator
-Fantasia and {Fantasia 2000
(And a whole bunch of other Disney movies I saved to share with my little niece.)

I didn't bother to include all the Christmas and holiday-themed movies and specials I have. And really, I’m not as blazingly unsophisticated as my list seems to suggest - it’s just that I don’t have a very extensive collection! Now if we were talking DVD wish list…

Calamity

Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 10:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Sign. I kill every thread I post to...well, anyway I checked last night and there were a few titles I forgot. So adding to my list -

DVDs
Spider-man
Signs
Toy Story 1 & 2
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Schoolhouse Rock
Harry Potter 1 & 2
Gormenghast
Edward Scissorhands

VHS tapes
Secret of Roan Inish
Koko's Kitten
The Piano Lesson
Benji the Hunted
National Geographic - Gorillas, Tigers, and Pandas

Apparently I have more videos than I thought...oh, but I did find a Christmas tape that I didn't even remember having! (That's bad, isn't it?)

Kaili

Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 10:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hmmm...I have a lot of movies stored in the basement, but the ones I have in the living room are:

VHS
Saving Private Ryan
Shawshank Redemption
Amadeus
Star Wars Trilogy
The Rock
Lord of the Rings
Contact
Sling Blade
Heathers
The Wall
Pump Up the Volume
X-Files Movie
Apollo 13
Reservoir Dogs
Top Gun
Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves
The Crow

DVD
Old School
Labrinth
Freeway
Matrix Reloaded

Brenda1966

Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 11:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
No, Calamity, I am the thread killer. :)

As far as must haves in my collection:
Road Warrior
E.T.
Big
Willy Wonka
The Usual Suspects
Disney's Beauty and the Beast
When Harry Met Sally
The Shawshank Redemption

Kaili

Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 12:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I love Willie Wonka- it's always been on my list of movies I want to own but then I never get around to buying.

Ooompa Loompa Doobity Dee!!!

I love the songs in it, especially when they go through the tunnel. The one where it goes something like "There's no earthly way of knowing, which direction we are going. Is it raining, is it snowing? Is a hurricane a blowing?"
I. Love. It.

Midlifer

Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 1:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ah, yes, Mamie, why am I not surprised that you are a Cary Grant fan, as I am? It doesn't get any better than "Notorious"!

My DVD/Video collection? ANYTHING romantic:

Sleepless In Seattle
While You Were Sleeping
Sound of Music
Rebecca
Charade
Harry Potter 1 & 2
Charlie's Angels 1
The Parent Trap (new one)
When Harry Met Sally
Yours, Mine, and Ours
White Christmas
All Disney Movies (anything Hayley Mills)
The Wedding Planner

...and others I just can't remember

Colordeagua
Member

10-31-2003

Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 8:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I've got app. 170 DVDs. Never did get too many tapes. I'm not necessarily a Russell Crowe fan, but I have watched The Insider a number of times. Some other favorites:

Ulee's Gold
Cross Creek
Passion Fish
Big Easy
Truman Show (cuz I vacation where it was filmed)

And because I am a sucker for Julia Roberts and her smile:
Pretty Woman
Notting Hill
Steel Magnolias
Erin Brockovich

Three movies I wish would come out on DVD:
Ruby In Paradise
Milagro Beanfield War
Enchanted April


Cassie
Member

07-23-2003

Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 1:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Surprised no-one listed The Big Chill. Every couple of years or so I pull that one out to watch.