What are some of the most iconic movies ever?

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16 May 2012, 5:34 am

The original Star Wars trilogy.
Blue Velvet
Eraser Head
King Kong (original)
The Thing (Carpenter remake)
Gone With The Wind (which I concede grudgingly - racist, cracker movie)
Superman (Christopher Reeve)
Blazing Saddles

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16 May 2012, 12:57 pm

By iconic you mean what the general critics think? Rather than our own personal favourites.

I would say:

Citizen Kane
Wizard of Oz
Anything by Hitchcock
The Wicker Man
Alien
Star Wars
The Godfather
Grease
Rebel Without a Cause
Halloween
The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Jaws

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16 May 2012, 1:03 pm

HAS ANYONE MENTIONED THE FIRST THREE STAR WAR FILMS, YET?

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16 May 2012, 3:05 pm

ZX_SpectrumDisorder wrote:

HAS ANYONE MENTIONED THE FIRST THREE STAR WAR FILMS, YET?

Yes. But it never hurts to mention them again.

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16 May 2012, 3:47 pm

Here's some films I love that are probably considered iconic in no particular order.

The Star Wars Original Trilogy
The Dark Knight
The Toy Story Trilogy
The Shawshank Redemption
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Terminator
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Back to the Future
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Lion King
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
The Matrix
Avatar
Jurassic Park
Beauty and the Beast
Superman
Spider-Man
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Jaws
E.T The Extra Terrestrial
and probably more.

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16 May 2012, 4:53 pm

ahaha

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31 May 2012, 4:14 pm

The Austin Powers movies.

The first two Harold and Kumar movies.

Full Metal Jacket.

The first two Emmanuelle movies.

The Shrek movies.

The Full Monty.

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08 Jul 2012, 4:42 pm

The Outlaw Josey Wales
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid
2001: A Space Odyssey

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08 Jul 2012, 5:44 pm

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08 Jul 2012, 7:01 pm

Icheb wrote:

Metropolis
The Great Dictator
The Wizard of Oz
Casablanca
Lawrence of Arabia
Bicycle Thieves
The 400 Blows
Dr. Strangelove
Easy Rider
2001 - A Space Odyssey
Once Upon a Time in the West
A Clockwork Orange
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Blade Runner

This is a great list--those in bold are especially good... :wink:

For comedies, I'd add:
Airplane!
The Naked Gun

For Westerns I'd say:
Fist Full of Dollars (far superior to and more influential than its overrated sequel-- The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly)
High Plains Drifter

For Sci-Fi I'd add:
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (pulpy space opera, DONE RIGHT!)

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08 Jul 2012, 7:08 pm

GoonSquad wrote:

Icheb wrote:

This is a great list--those in bold are especially good... :wink:

For westerns, I'd add The Wild Bunch,Sam Peckinpah's bloodbath tale of old time desperadoes still trying to live as they once had in early 20th century Mexico, co-starring Ernest Borgnine who just passed away.

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08 Jul 2012, 7:49 pm

How Could I have forgotten The Wild Bunch ? That movie changed violence on film forever.

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Also, I'd just like to clarify my thoughts on Fist Full of Dollars vs. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly....

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly is a good movie and great art, but the often overlooked Fist Full of Dollars defined an entire genre... So many good films, including The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly , would not exist if not for Fist Full of Dollars .

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R.I.P. Ernie....