5 Modern Movie Classics

[CrvenBan]

Eternal sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Hehe I just saw Eternal sunshine this morning...again that is...wicked good movie

[Sufficient]

Office Space

Good one.

[Melon]

Butterfly Effect
Saw
Pulp Fiction
Final Destination
American History X

[Pressure]

i've heard American History X is good, what's it about??


Fight Club has to be on top.. i can't think of top 5 i've liked so many

[Galleleo]

American History X
Matrix I
Saving Private Ryan
LOTR
Forrest Gump
Gladiator
The Green Mile

I know, that are 7 movies not 5.. but I cannot pick between them right now.

[Cylor]

The Royal Tenenbaums
The Life Aquatic
Donnie Darko
Pulp Fiction
Requiem for a Dream (although I enjoyed the book more, but not as much as Last Exit to Brooklyn)

[Fluffz]

from dusk till dawn - the most brilliant movie without story
Sixth Sense - it was so obvious, jet no1 has seen it come. best twist
amelie - i just love to watch it
Memento - it has been done before, but this film is a new form of art made possible by movies
Full Metal Jacket - my war/anti war film pick, because it is important to remind people

2004+
Sin City - best movie after a comic

7, fight club and schindlers list along with other great films i could not list, they focus to much at the story, i think a cult movie is not made out of storyline.

[Scurvy]

The Royal Tenenbaums
The Life Aquatic
Donnie Darko
Pulp Fiction
Requiem for a Dream (although I enjoyed the book more, but not as much as Last Exit to Brooklyn)

i was going to put some of those, they're all terrific films--but i wouldnt label them 'classics.' Popular cult films rarely make the cut. Pulp fiction, of course, is the exception

[Exalt]

So, I just finished writing about 20 pages of essays for my cinema class, on the topic of 5 movies made after 1985, which I would deem Masterpieces. They could be of any national origin, and any complexion (IE Documentary, Avant-Garde etc. etc.). The only catch was that one had to be made after 2004. I chose:

Do the Right Thing
Pulp Fiction
City of God
Schindler's List
and The Departed (my choice for post-2004)

So, my question is, given the same choice what would you choose, and if you want, why? Or, just debate my movies and why they should or shouldn't be up there. Point is, I'm a little burned out from writing, and up to have some discussion about my favorite topic....MOVIES!

Discuss away.

your avatar is for the movie requim for a dream but its not on your list, go figure

edit: also pulp fiction isnt a materpiece by any design, in fact snatch and lock stock etc etc type films are all very very... required tastes. In fact almost all the movies you listed were more artsy type movies, so how are they considered masterpieces if they dont appeal to the casual viewer?

i would add saving private ryan, forest gump, shawshank redemption stuff like that in my list. not nearly as artsy but it appeals to every generation

[Cylor]

i was going to put some of those, they're all terrific films--but i wouldnt label them 'classics.' Popular cult films rarely make the cut. Pulp fiction, of course, is the exception

Yeah, I know, but those I listed are virtually flawless and will be watched with the same vigor fifty years from now.

[DoTheFandango]

The Royal Tenenbaums
The Life Aquatic
Donnie Darko
Pulp Fiction
Requiem for a Dream (although I enjoyed the book more, but not as much as Last Exit to Brooklyn)

Donnie Darko is a piece of shit. Piece of SHIT. Go try to be Slaughterhouse-Five on someone else's time.

Life Aquatic is ok for a Wes Anderson flick, but shadows in comparison to Royal Tenenbaums and Rushmore.

[Scurvy]

tenenbaums was amazing. rushmore....meh. i thouroughly enjoyed life aquatic. all with super soundtracks though. LOVE the soundtracks....

[Cylor]

Anything he touches is gold but Royal Tenenbaums is the best, even though I constantly laugh during Life Aquatic. And comparing Donnie Darko to Vonnegut is like passing off Pulp Fiction as glamourized Faulkner. They are beautiful in their own ways (and Billy Pilgrim, as magical as he is, fails to provoke the catharsis I achieve each and every time I watch the movie).

[Fluffz]

all the movies you listed were more artsy type movies, so how are they considered masterpieces if they dont appeal to the casual viewer?

same reason why Spears aint making good music.

[Exalt]

same reason why Spears aint making good music.

not at all relevent to what i was saying

and most people dont like her music, so you failed to prove your point