Life is Beautiful
Whale Rider
Once Were Warriors (this and the one above are Maori films)
Anne of Green Gables/Anne of Avonlea
Sixteen Candles

A mix of the new and the old in no certain order. :)

• Holes
• Pirates of the Carribean
• Bull Durham
• When Harry Met Sally
• Christmas Vacation

my list part 2
 

Life Is Beautiful
Monsoon Wedding
What Dreams May Come
The Diary of Anne Frank
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the original animated version)

- 25th hour
- emma
- ten things i hate about you
- narc
- seven

clockwork orange
swingers
vanilla sky
mulholland drive-strangest movie ever
kung pow

~ Bamboozled

~The Antwoine Fisher Story (have plenty of tissue on hand)

~Imitation of Life

~Sleepaway Camp

Old School
The Life of David Gale
The Count of Mote Cristo
Goonies
Chicago

In no particular order, here we go, now these are REALLY a must

BEST ALL AROUND -- The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (the greatest story ever told. period. listed as one cuz it's ONE MOVIE, I highly suggest reading the books, read them like 3 times and see if it doesn't change your life!)
BEST "UNDERDOG" -- Donnie Darko
BEST COMEDY (for engineers...) -- Office Space
BEST COMEDY (for all college students) -- Van Wilder
BEST SCARY MOVIE -- The Ring
BEST MOVIE TO WATCH DRUNK -- Evil Dead 2 OR Army of Darkness
AND JUST FOR SHIT AND GIGGLES -- Airheads

Frailty

My one addition to this list of must sees. Why you ask. One reason the movie made me think. Check it out or else i will cry.

ROOTS
The Green Mile
Shawshank Redemption
Imitation of Life
Fried Green Tomatoes
Remember the Titans
A Time to Kill
To Kill A Mockingbird

I agree, just saw it and it was an amazing film. The little girl is an amazing actress.

Great thread...I am a big John Cusack fan, so my list would include:

High Fidelity
The Grifters
Say Anything

as well as my other favorites:

Bowling for Columbine
The Shawshank Redemption
Longtime Companion
About a Boy
Jerry Maguire
The Color Purple
Dead Poets Society

and the list could go on and on...

AXPGoBot: You are absolutely right. The books are incredible. The more you read them, the more you get from them.

I can't wait to see how P. Jackson handles two key scenes in "Return of the King." The scene in the turret and another one I won't mention for fear of spoiling it for others who haven't read the books. (We should start a separate LotR thread!) ;)

My list would consist of...
 

here's mine...

~Ferris Bueller's Day Off
~Cruel Intentions
~Mothman Prophicies
~Abandoned
~Little Women

I had a hard time thinking those up i know as soon as i turn off this thing i'll think of like 100 movies...grrrrr:rolleyes: