Movies Everyone Should See

Some friends and I were chatting, and the topic led to movies that everyone should see at least once in your lifetime ((regardless of rating or genre)).
I thought it would be neat to see what some of you have to say, so just post as many as you want with some reason why you picked it.
Just to start off:
It's A Wonderful Life
I watch this movie every year at Christmas time with my family so I guess it's just a bit of a tradition for me.
Dumbo
Yes, Dumbo. Because the movie rocks 8) and it's the only Disney movie I ever cried my eyes out over after watching it after I turned ten.

Yeah, I know...I picked the cheesy ones...I might add some others later.

Pulp Fiction (the most influential movie of the 90s)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Kaufmann is a genius)
Waking Life (Mind blowing)
Scarface (De Palma is the man, Pacino unbelievable)
The Matrix (Mind bending)

Rainman - It's simply a great movie. It tells about an autistic man (Dustin Hoffman) and his brother (Tom Cruise).

Easy Rider (1969)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
Alien (1979)
Woodstock (1970)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Fight Club (1999)
Double Indemnity (1944)

The Thing - John Carpenter (1982)
28 Days Later - Danny Boyle/Alex Garland (2002)
The Warriors - Walter Hill (1979)
Boogie Nights - Paul Thomas Anderson (1997)

Aliens
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
The Shawshank Redemption
Spider-Man 2
Transformers The Movie :D
Die Hard
The Matrix Revolutions (Well, the whole trilogy really, but this one is the best)
Forest Gump
Ghost In The Shell
Castle In The Sky

The Warriors - Walter Hill (1979)

Now that is a movie everyone should see.

Snatch - Guy Ritchie (2000)
Locked, Stocked & Two Smoking Barrels - Guy Ritchie (1996)
Things To Do In Denver When Your Dead - Gary Fleder (1995) *great cast
Memento - Christopher Nolan (2000)
The Usual Suspects - Bryan Singer (1995)

What Dreams May Come-1998
A Beautiful Mind-2001
Edward Scissor Hands-1990
Ravenous-1999
Natural Born Killers-1994
Labyrinth-1986

A few lesser known (or not lesser known) ones:

The Dark Crystal (which I grew up on)
Mystery Men
The Poseidon Adventure
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Lord of the Rings (trilogy)
Gladiator
Dune - the newer version

Movies they should remake:
The Last Starfighter - they really could make that movie so awesome if done right

It's A Wonderful Life
Napoleon Dynamite ((Yesssssss...))
Grease-
My FAVORITE movie of all time. :D

Se7en (David Fincher)
Vanilla Sky (Cameron Crowe)
Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino)
Femme Fatale (Brian De Palma)
Before Sunrise/Before Sunset (Richard Linklater)
The People Vs. Larry Flynt (...?)

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Originally posted by bradybaker
Vanilla Sky (Cameron Crowe)

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Abre los ojos should also be considered. It is the original masterpiece that Crowe translated into Vanilla Sky. (no joke he basically translated it word for word from Spanish to English and redid it nearly shot for shot). Personally I find the original to be deeper, darker, and more artistic than the remake. (though if your brain can't handle foreign films or reading subtitles, then just settle for Vanilla Sky).

Pi
Requiem for a Dream
anything by Zhang Yimou
The Silence of the Lambs
Hotel Rwanda
A Clockwork Orange
The Shining
Psycho
Citizen Kane
The Godfather
Mystic River
Jaws
Pirates of the Caribbean
Platoon
Band of Brothers (ok it is a mini-series but you can consider it like a 10 hour film)
Downfall
This Is Spinal Tap

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Originally posted by Kula

The Matrix Revolutions (Well, the whole trilogy really, but this one is the best)

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:wtf2:

Since a lot of the movies I enjoy are already here...

Equilibrium counts as one my top favorite films, overall.

Gangs of New York (Marty Scorsese)
Catch Me If You Can (Steven Spielberg)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg)
The Sixth Sense (M. Night Shayamalan)

In the Mouth of Madness1994
The Crucible1996
Stand By Me1986
The Lost Boys1987

Spirted Away
Princess Mononoke
Both awesome anime films

Lethal weapon(s) (except 4)
Finding Nemo
Life Of Brian

Heat (Micheal Mann)

Ok, here's a list of movies that I strongly recommend:
* The Corporation (2003) - it's a documentary, a very interesting one.
* Donnie Darko (2001) - great movie, one of my all-time favs
* The Butterfly Effect (2004) - a movie about time travel and it’s side effects
* Forrest Gump (1994) - I liked this movie since the day I first saw it
* Waking Life (2001) - go figure :P ... who didn't saw it, it would be a good idea to go rent it ;)
* What Dreams May Come (1998) - interesting theories mixed together

Goodwill Hunting-1997
The Doors-1991
JFK-1991

I already listed 'What dreams may come", Dauntless ;)

hearts in atlantis (2001), by Scott Hicks, based on a story by Stephen King
The Forgotten (2004), by Joseph Ruben

Truman Show
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Contact
Phenomenon
Big Fish

Mulholland Drive, the only film I've found that gets better each time you watch it. Anything else by David Lynch also highly recommended.

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Originally posted by Lobe
Mulholland Drive, the only film I've found that gets better each time you watch it. Anything else by David Lynch also highly recommended.

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David Lynch is a Genius.

Have you seen his earlier work, stuff like Grandma and The Alphabet (highly interesting movies).

I love the dreamlike quality he brings to his movies (cant really think of another director who does that to the same degree who doesnt forsake the audiences intelligence for silly action sequences).