In my original post, I admitted I’d never seen Blade Runner and then I took recommendations for movies I should see. In six hours alone, I received a *TON* of recommendations. Here’s the sorted list with duplicates removed and the titles sorted into “haven’t seen, won’t see,” and “already seen” categories.
MOVIES I HAVE NOT SEEN YET
…that have been recommended (currently 213 titles or franchise/series)
- 1984
- 2 Smoking Barrels
- 50 First Dates
- Across the Universe
- Addams Family — all the movies with Angelica Houston
- The Adjustment Bureau
- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (anything by Terry Gilliam really)
- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
- African Queen
- Agora
- August Rush
- Akira
- Aliens
- Amelie
- American in Paris
- As Good as it Gets
- Assassination Bureau
- Atonement
- Babette’s Feast
- Baraka
- The BandWagon
- Batman Returns
- La Belle et la Bรชte (1946)
- Bicentennial Man
- Big Fish
- The Big Sleep (1940s version)
- Big Trouble in Little China
- Blade Runner
- Blast from the Past
- Blow Dry
- Boondock Saints
- Bringing up Baby
- Brazil
- Breakfast at Tiffany’s — might have seen part of this
- Casablanca
- Chef
- Chocolat
- Citizen Kane
- The Clash of the Titans (original)
- Clear and Present Danger
- Cold Mountain
- Court Jester
- Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
- Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Dancing at Lughnasa
- Dangerous Beauty
- Don Juan de Marco
- Dracula (Bram Stoker’s)
- Easter Parade
- Empire of the Sun
- The Englishman Who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind — oooh, I’ve wanted to see this
- A Face in the Crowd
- The Field
- The First Wives Club
- Focus
- The Fountain
- Four Weddings and a Funeral
- Fred Astaire and Ginger Rodgers — I’d have to pull the list of these
- Frida
- Fried Green Tomatoes
- Frisco Kid
- The Game (with Michael Douglas)
- Gaslight
- Glory
- The Godfather
- Gone With the Wind
- The Great Escape
- Harlequin
- Harold and Maude
- The Harvey Girls
- The Help
- Hero
- His Girl Friday (almost anything with Cary Grant)
- The Holiday
- Holiday Inn
- Hope and Glory
- House of Flying Daggers
- House of the Green Dagger
- How to Lose a Guy in 10 days
- Ice Age — any of them
- Idiocracy
- If
- The Illusionist
- In & Out (Kevin Kline and Tom Selleck)
- In Bruges
- In Her Shoes
- In the Line of Fire
- In the Name of the Father
- Indiana Jones — need to see which ones I missed, I’ve seen I think the first one and maybe most recent
- James Bond — need to make a list and possibly watch them all in release order. (not sure if I’ve seen any of them or not)
- Jason Bourne — any of the Bourne movies
- Jerry Maguire
- Kate & Leopold
- anything with Kenneth Branagh and Derek Jacobi
- King Kong (the one by the guy who did the Lord of the Rings movies)
- Kingdom of Heaven
- Kung Fu Hustle
- The Lady Eve
- Lady Jane
- Lawrence of Arabia
- Legend — not sure if I’ve seen this or not
- Legends of the Fall
- Leon the Professional (Director’s Cut)
- Less than Zero
- Like Water for Chocolate
- Lion in Winter (O’Toole, Hepburn)
- Little Women (Kate Hepburn)
- Love Actually
- Madagascar — any of them
- Major League
- Maltese Falcon
- Mama Mia
- The Man Who Fell to Earth
- Master and Commander
- Meet Joe Black
- Meet Me in St. Louis
- Merry Christmas Mr. Laurence
- Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil
- Millers Crossing
- Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
- Mission Impossible — any of them
- Moonrise Kingdom
- Moonstruck
- Mongol
- Mr & Mrs Smith (2005)
- Mrs Brown
- Much Ado About Nothing (the Kenneth Branagh version) — maybe I’ve seen it?
- Much Ado About Nothing (Joss Whedon version)
- My Holmes
- My Left Foot
- Mystery Men
- Nanny McPhee
- Neverending Story
- Ocean’s Eleven — not sure if I’ve seen this
- Only Lovers Left Alive
- Oscar
- Out of Africa
- Peggy Sue Got Married
- Phantom of the Paradise
- Philomena
- The Pianist
- Pitch Perfect — not sure if I saw this or not, need to check. maybe?
- Pride & Prejudice (the 1995 mini series)
- PS I Love You
- Quadraphinia
- The Quiet Man
- Ran
- A River Runs Through It
- Robin & Marion
- Robin Hood (Errol Flynn)
- Roller Ball
- Roman Holiday
- Romeo and Juliet (Zeffirelli’s)
- Sabrina (1950s version)
- The Saint
- Samsara
- Scent of a Woman
- Schindler’s List
- The Secret of Roan Inish
- Secretary
- Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
- Shanghai Noon (Jackie Chan)
- Shawshank Redemption
- Shirley Temple, anything with ST in it
- Silk Stockings
- Silverado
- Sinful Davey
- Singing in the Rain
- Six Days, Seven Nights
- Sling Blade
- Snatch and Lock
- Something Wild
- Soylent Green
- Stardust
- The Sting
- Stock
- Straight Talk
- Strictly Ballroom
- Summer Stock
- Sunset Boulevard
- Surf’s Up
- Take the Lead
- Tampopo
- Tank Girl
- Thomas Crowne Affair (original with Steve McQueen)
- Time Bandits
- The Time Traveler’s Wife
- Titus
- To Have and Have Not
- Total Recall (the original)
- The Tourist
- Transcendence
- Tron (original or reboot)
- Troop Beverly Hills
- Twelve Monkeys
- Under the Tuscan Sun
- Undercover Blues
- Unleashed
- The Usual Suspects
- Waking Ned Devine
- What Dreams May Come
- What Women Want
- White Christmas
- Willow — maybe I’ve seen this? or only part of it?
- The Wind in the Willows (2006)
- The Wind Rises
- Winter’s Tale
- Withnail and I
- Wizards
- Working Girl
- Young Einstein
Movies that were recommended
…but I will NOT be watching (currently 6 titles)
- Clockwork Orange — Nope, nope, a world of NOPE
- House of 1000 Corpses
- Kill Bill
- Mad Max Fury Road — not really my type of movie
- Pitch Black — or any of the Riddick movies
- Warm Bodies — I donโt do zombie movies
Movies I have seen!
(currently 68 titles or franchise/series)
- 300
- Alice in Wonderland (Disney’s)
- Almost Famous — I may have seen this
- Airplane
- Austin Powers
- Blazing Saddles
- Blues Brothers
- Bridget Jones’ Diary
- Cabaret
- A Christmas Story
- Clerks
- Dead Poet’s Society
- Deadpool
- Devil Wears Prada
- Dogma
- Dune
- Edward Scissorhands
- Excalibur
- Fantasia
- Fifth Element
- Fight Club — didn’t like it. not my kind of movie.
- Galaxy Quest
- Grease
- Groundhogs Day
- Harry Potter — seen all of them ๐
- Highlander 1 — Dearheart, there HAS BEEN ONLY ONE!
- How to Train a Dragon — seen all of them ๐
- The Incredibles
- Inside Out (animation)
- It’s a Wonderful Life
- Jaws
- Jurassic Park — seen all of them
- Kingsmen (with Colin Firth)
- Kiss Me Kate
- Kung Fu Panda — seen 1 and 2, need to still see 3
- Labyrinth
- Ladyhawk
- Life of Brian
- Lion in Winter
- Lord of the Rings — seen all of them
- Maleficent
- The Man From UNCLE (2015)
- Marvel – I’ve seen *ALL* the recent Marvel movies. ๐
- The Martian
- Monsters Inc — seen all of them
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life
- Moulin Rouge
- Muppets — seen all of them
- Night at the Museum — any of them
- Nightmare Before Christmas
- O Brother Where Art Thou?
- Office Space
- Pirates of the Carribbean — seen all of them
- Practical Magic
- Princess Bride
- Real Genius – LOVED this!
- Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
- Serenity — OMG, seen so many times, plus all of Firefly!
- Shakespeare In Love
- Space Balls
- So I Married an Axe Murderer
- Star Trek — seen all of them
- Star Wars — seen all of them (although I might have missed II or III, in the prequels)
- Three Musketeer/Four Musketeer 1973 versions
- Up
- Victor/Victoria
- Wizard of Oz