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Old 09-23-17, 06:59 AM
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Old 09-23-17, 10:40 AM
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Re: Which movies do you consider "masterpieces"?
2001: A Space Odyssey
Forbidden Planet
Bride of Frankenstein
North by Northwest
The Haunting (1963)
The Searchers
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Seven Samurai
I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Casablanca
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
The Wild Bunch
Ride the High Country
Excalibur
Eyes Without a Face
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Hateful Eight, along with most other QT films.
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^ I'm mad at myself for forgetting NbNW in my list.
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^ I'm mad at myself for forgetting NbNW in my list.
there is still time to post. this thread won't close until next week...
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for me

Terminator 2
Pulp Fiction
Die Hard
Enter the Dragon
the Great escape
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Re: Which movies do you consider "masterpieces"?
Off the top of my head...

Seven Samurai
Ikiru
Ran
High and Low
The Bad Sleep Well
Yojimbo
Citizen Kane
Casablanca
The Big Sleep
The Maltese Falcon
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Shootist
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Goodfellas
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Casablanca for me to. absolutely, hands down...
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Old 09-24-17, 01:13 PM
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Off the top of my head...
Akiru
A hybrid of AKIRA and IKIRU...I'd pay to see that:

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Re: Which movies do you consider "masterpieces"?
Blade Runner The Final Cut
Brazil (Gilliam's Cut)
Apocalypse Now (theatrical cut)
Taxi Driver
Blue Velvet
2001 A Space Odyssey
A Clockwork Orange
Rear Window
Psycho (original)
Vertigo
North By North West
Casablanca
Citizen Kane
The Wizard Of Oz
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Jaws
Star Wars (theatrical cut)
The Empire Strikes Back (theatrical cut)
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (theatrical cut)
E.T. (theatrical cut)
Rocky
Raging Bull
Goodfellas
Dr. Strangelove
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original)
Halloween (original)
The Wild Bunch
The Good The Bad And The Ugly (US theatrical cut)
Once Upon A Time In The West
Chinatown
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Old 09-24-17, 04:54 PM
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For me, the films that immediately come to mind:

"Close Encounters of the Third Kind"
"Donnie Darko"
"Chinatown"
"Schindler's List"
"Double Indemnity"
"Godfather 1 & 2"
"The Shawshank Redemption"
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (2009)
"Fargo"
"Sunset Boulevard"
"The Elephant Man"
"Alien"
"Blade Runner"
"Rear Window"
"Goodfellas"
"L.A. Confidental"
"Drive"
"The Exorcist"
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Old 09-24-17, 11:23 PM
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Re: Which movies do you consider "masterpieces"?
Seven Samurai
Casablanca
Rear Window
Mary Poppins
The Sound of Music
The Empire Strikes Back
Beauty and the Beast
The Lion King
The Shawshank Redemption
Schindler's List
Saving Private Ryan
The Iron Giant
Fantasia 2000
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
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The Dark Knight
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Citizen Kane
It's A Wonderful Life
To Kill A Mockingbird
Rear Window
Casablanca
A Street Car Named Desire
The Godfather
Apocalypse Now
Lawrence of Arabia
Saving Private Ryan
One Flew Over Cuckoo's Nest
Gone With The Wind
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