I don’t get how you haven’t seen some of those. And I would only classify a few as “kids” movies, all of which are really good.
To echo a previous post, how an adult hasn’t seen Back to the Future is beyond me. Also Star Wars, but my brother told me he hasn’t seen it and we grew up in the same household.
I was an adult when Back To The Future was released. Is it good?
I’ve seen Star Wars but not those prequels/sequels.
Most of the rest still look like kids films.
Yes! Go for it! I’m kind of jealous that you get to see it for the first time.
WALL-E is definitely an “all ages” animated film. Finding Nemo is a kid’s film, but it’s enjoyable. I mean, it’s Pixar. The Marvel and Batman films are just good, fun super hero movies. Guardians is fantastic, as is Dark Knight.
I mean, LOTR are definitely not “kids” movies.
Well ok. I read The Hobbit as a kid and loved it, but I wouldn’t want to see a film version of it now. I applied the same thinking to LOTR which I didn’t like so much as a kid (the book) so is even less appealing now.
Fantasy stuff isn’t really my bag if it says nothing about real people (I know some of it does by drawing analogies). Ditto all the Narnia stuff for example. Ditto Nemo. Ditto super heroes.
I haven’t seen:
Any The Lord of the Rings movies
Interstellar
Schindler’s List
Avatar
Shutter Island
Guardians of the Galaxy
Titanic
V for Vendetta
Leon
Pirates of the Caribbean
I don’t feel particularly motivated to see any of them.
All are at least worth watching imo, at a minimum
I have owned Schindler’s List on DVD for probably 20 years and have never seen it. I cannot imagine a world where I’m like, “You know, I am super in the mood to watch Schindler’s List tonight.”
There are some movies where I wish there were a pill that I could take that would instantly result in me having seen the movie without actually watching it. Seven Samurai is on that list, too, and I’ve also owned it on DVD forever.
Not super proud of this character trait.
Shutter Island is Scorsese ffs!!
Lollllll I always forget this
Yeah even second rate commercial Scorsese is much better than 99% of Hollywood.
Lots of people do because it’s unlike any of his other films in that it has virtually zero rewatchability because of its ahem M. Night-ness and I’ll just leave it at that
Lord of the Rings was written as an observation on war,the rise of technology (especially as used in war), and an attempt to create an english mythology.
Also, it’s not exactly a happy story. Give it a shot, you might like it as an adult.
Also I don’t think his mom is in it :(
I’ll admit I watched a lot of old, foreign art movies in my time, but Kurosawa is close to the easiest watch of all of them. IMO there’s a reason he inspired westerns and Star Wars and so on, his films are generally approachable and entertaining in a pretty straightforward way. He’s great.
(I guess all I’m saying is that if you were moved to buy it you’d likely find it not just a ‘great film’, but a very engaging and enjoyable one.)
This is a good take for this list IMO. All are probably worth seeing but none are must sees. And I must be the only person in the world who can’t stand the LOTR movies. Even tried to rewatch them last year. Terrible.
Breakfast Club is a pretty grievous omission from any top 50 list as is Raging Bull
I’m a big fan of V for Vendetta.
Schindler’s List is an important movie in remembrance of the Holocaust. And is truly one of Spielberg’s best.
I put it next to The Pianist. Shit on Polanski all day as a person. The movie, based on an important memoir, deserves to be seen.
The Pianist - the Holocaust outside the camps
Schindler’s List - the Holocaust inside the camps
I went to the Holocaust museum in DC right around when Schindler’s List opened, and I was like “yeah, I got it.”