I was thinking, alot of kids (under 21) today have never seen alot of the classics that are alluded to so often, and that modern movies pay tribute to. I want to make a list of movies that are classics, genre-defining, and just plain great.
some examples would be:

Citizen Kane - Considered one of the greatest of all times.
The Jerk - A comedy classic and original
Chariots of Fire
North by Northwest
Lawrence of Arabia
Star Wars
Alfred Hitchcock Movies
Mel Brooks movies
etc.

So list off some of the best and give a brief example of why.

thanks
Dave

 

Pulp Fiction?

 

I think you need to include SOME 90s stuff...

I can't have a conversation with any other kids about movies unless they have seen Usual Suspects...

 

Yeah, the 90's are almost 20 years ago now!!!

The Terminator
The Breakfast Club
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Dazed and Confused
Singles
A Christmas Story
Army of Darkenss
Twelve Monkeys
Office Space
Highlander
St. Elmo's Fire
The Princess Bride
The Goonies
Ghostbusters

Fight Club - too new?
etc.

I'll have to keep thinking

 

Indiana Jones
Cool Hand Luke
The Godfather

 

Back To The Future
Batman (1989)

 

Scarface- drug dealing and killing, and bannana boats my little friends

 

I forgot Ferris Bueller. It's not a "great" movie by any artistic measure, but seeing it is a right of passage when you're in high school.

 

swingers!

 

Stripes
Blues Brothers (first one only)
Smokey & the Bandit (first one only)
Cannonball run (first one only)
Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail