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green_dragon
06/23/25 11:12:13 AM
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Im going to have the next couple of months of of work, and i would like to catch up on movies that I haven't seen. Im not a big movie bid, but want to watch movies that are relevant to American pop culture (meaning movies that get referenced a lot).

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ParanoidObsessive
06/23/25 11:18:11 AM
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Do you mean "must watch" in the sense that everyone should watch them at least once? Or movies that you should feel compelled to watch every time it's on?

My instinctive first response was Tombstone and The Shawshank Redemption.

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Falgos
06/23/25 11:20:29 AM
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Whatever you enjoy.

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LaggnFragnLarry
06/23/25 11:25:51 AM
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starship troopers and the unrated version of wild things
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green_dragon
06/23/25 11:41:20 AM
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ParanoidObsessive posted...
Do you mean "must watch" in the sense that everyone should watch them at least once? Or movies that you should feel compelled to watch every time it's on?

My instinctive first response was Tombstone and The Shawshank Redemption.
I meant movies everyone should see once.

I have already seen The Shawshank Redemption, and it is indeed a fantastic movie. I've never seen Tombstone, and honestly don't think I've ever really watched a "real" western movie - my only foray into the genre has been Wild West staring Will Smith (lol) and the Hateful Eight seems to count as a western movie. I should add "The Good, the bad and the ugly" to the list.

Falgos posted...
Whatever you enjoy.
I want to expand my circle a little bit.

LaggnFragnLarry posted...
starship troopers and the unrated version of wild things
I will add both to the list. I might start "Wild Things" now.

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green_dragon
06/23/25 11:50:39 AM
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I'm seven minutes in to "Wild Things" and this is already ridiculous lmao.


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green_dragon
06/23/25 12:47:44 PM
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I'm probably dense, but I absolutely did not see that twist coming

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LaggnFragnLarry
06/23/25 12:48:06 PM
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its a great movie. it even won an mtv movie award for best kiss
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BADoglick
06/23/25 12:54:43 PM
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Predator
Terminator
Terminator 2
Total recall
Commando


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KalloFox34
06/23/25 12:55:04 PM
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  • The Lion King (1994)
  • Aladdin (1992)
  • Finding Nemo
  • Tangled
  • K-Pop Demon Hunters
  • The Mitchells vs. the Machines
  • Coco
  • Turning Red
  • Luca
  • Despicable Me
  • Back to the Future
  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid (first three only; TLH and the animated films are garbage)
  • Hercules (the Disney one)
  • The Simpsons Movie
  • Inside Out
  • Zootopia
  • Robin Hood (the Disney one)
  • The Secret of NIMH
  • Star Wars (the original trilogy only)
  • Futurama: Bender's Big Score

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Damn_Underscore
06/23/25 1:00:22 PM
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Network

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MICHALECOLE
06/23/25 1:00:49 PM
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The princess bride
ghostbusters
robocop
alien
aliens
Groundhog Day
big

BADoglick posted...
Predator
Terminator
Terminator 2
Total recall
Commando
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OhhhJa
06/23/25 1:18:48 PM
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Haven't watched it in a while but gladiator comes to mind
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slacker03150
06/23/25 1:19:56 PM
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While not must watch in the sense that American pop culture will be referencing them, I would like to submit some movies I personally think are amazing

Persepolis
Funan
approved for adoption
grave of the fireflies
when the wind blows
barefoot gen
The day of the crows
the breadwinner
the iron giant
Ethel and ernest
the wild robot

im probably forgetting some good ones.


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dj1200
06/23/25 1:24:46 PM
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Schindler's List?
The Green Mile?


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Pororin
06/23/25 1:29:54 PM
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ParanoidObsessive posted...
Shawshank Redemption.
Pororin didn't like how the movie teaches the viewers how to escape prison by essentially become an earth bender themselves

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wwinterj25
06/23/25 1:31:28 PM
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The Shinning and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.


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KingDavid
06/23/25 1:41:24 PM
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All the Riddick movies
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dragon504
06/23/25 1:45:39 PM
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Snatch

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Far-Queue
06/23/25 1:46:34 PM
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LaggnFragnLarry posted...
its a great movie. it even won an mtv movie award for best kiss
lmao

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rexcrk
06/23/25 1:51:15 PM
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Toy Story

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green_dragon
06/23/25 2:47:48 PM
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Ok, I finished Wild Things (I had a small interruption).

That was probably one of the cheesiest movies I've seen in a while, lol. Lots of "twists", like a soap opera. It would have been better if the movie maybe only had one twist and explored it more. Such a "nineties" film. I will say that I was entertained pretty much the whole time. And Denise Richards...holy smokes

6/10 - above average.

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wwinterj25
06/23/25 2:49:47 PM
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dragon504 posted...
Snatch

East is East and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels


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green_dragon
06/23/25 2:57:18 PM
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BADoglick posted...
Predator
Terminator
Terminator 2
Total recall
Commando
I've seen the Terminator maybe once as a kid, but barely remember any of it.

I've seen T2 so many times it's ridiculous, lol.

I haven't seen the other three and will had them to the list along with terminator since I haven't seen it in forever

KalloFox34 posted...
* The Lion King (1994)
* Aladdin (1992)
* Finding Nemo
* Tangled
* K-Pop Demon Hunters
* The Mitchells vs. the Machines
* Coco
* Turning Red
* Luca
* Despicable Me
* Back to the Future
* Diary of a Wimpy Kid (first three only; TLH and the animated films are garbage)
* Hercules (the Disney one)
* The Simpsons Movie
* Inside Out
* Zootopia
* Robin Hood (the Disney one)
* The Secret of NIMH
* Star Wars (the original trilogy only)
* Futurama: Bender's Big Score
I've actually seen most of these already. I'll add the few that I haven't to the list

Damn_Underscore posted...
Network
Added. It looks pretty good.

MICHALECOLE posted...
The princess bride
ghostbusters
robocop
alien
aliens
Groundhog Day
big
Last summer I watched both Alien movies, and wow, they were fantastic. Two totally different types of movies, both equaling amazing to me.

I've seen The princess Bride a couple of times and really liked the movie.

I haven't seen the rest and will had them to the list.

OhhhJa posted...
Haven't watched it in a while but gladiator comes to mind
Great movie. I've seen it maybe twice. I will probably never watch the recently released sequal.

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captpackrat
06/23/25 2:57:20 PM
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Airplane!
Airplane II: The Sequel
Stay Tuned
Spaceballs
Galaxy Quest
(Not a movie, but a very short-lived TV series) Police Squad!

Tron
The Last Starfighter
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Dark City
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

Rocky Horror Picture Show
Xanadu
Paint Your Wagon

Harvey

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shadowsword87
06/23/25 3:05:28 PM
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Moon slaps ass.
12 Angry Men is one of my favorites

Other high marks:
Night of the Hunter
Yojimbo
Paths of Glory
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dragon504
06/23/25 3:09:14 PM
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wwinterj25 posted...
East is East and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Hmm, haven't seen East is East. Lock Stock is good, though I prefer Snatch to it. The Gentleman is pretty fun as well, but I wouldn't say it's quite as good as the other two.

Grandma's Boy if you like silly comedies and videogames


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KJ_StErOiDs
06/23/25 3:43:44 PM
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The Shawshank Redemption
Terminator 2
Training Day

KalloFox34 posted...
Turning Red
I saw this for the first time about two weeks ago. Definitely a cute and heartwarming movie.

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fettster777
06/23/25 5:53:24 PM
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green_dragon posted...
I'm seven minutes in to "Wild Things" and this is already ridiculous lmao.

I just read the plot of this movie and its nothing but people back-stabbing each other over and over again.
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NephalimTechno
06/23/25 6:19:33 PM
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True Romance

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funkyfritter
06/23/25 6:36:15 PM
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The good, the bad and the ugly
Heat
Pulp fiction
Fight club

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wwinterj25
06/23/25 6:42:04 PM
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dragon504 posted...
Hmm, haven't seen East is East.

I really enjoyed that. The sequel not so much.

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angeleyes94
06/23/25 6:56:41 PM
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The human centipede 1, 2 and 3.

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PrettyBoyFloyd
06/23/25 8:47:32 PM
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Goodfellas
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pedro45
06/23/25 9:08:32 PM
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The Thing
Halloween
Halloween 3
Fritz the cat
2001 a space odyssey
Freddy got fingered
Harvey
What about Bob?
Harold and Maude
Matrix
Signs
Austin powers
9 to 5
Tommy
Captain Underpants
The Lego Movie
Lego Batman
Birdman
This is Spinal Tap
Shrek
Harry Potter 1
Billy Madison
Happy Gilmore
Grandma's Boy
Amadeus
Blade Runner
Alien
They Live

There's a whole mix of movies that have a lot of pop culture references and are referred to in pop culture. I tried to not list what has been already.

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MICHALECOLE
06/23/25 9:15:20 PM
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This mfer just said captain underpants is a must watch movie
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Salrite
06/23/25 9:17:20 PM
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This topic is interesting because you get to see the kind of movies people find important

slacker03150 posted...
grave of the fireflies

Yes, this is a very important film, but not a "fun" one. Be prepared to be really really sad. Definitely an outlier of Ghibli films.
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IqarP15
06/24/25 6:38:11 AM
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Sausage Party
Uncle Buck
Full Metal Jacket
Harry Potter series
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

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Pororin
06/24/25 7:25:50 AM
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Small Troubles in Big China pororin
The Thing
Escape from New York
Jurassic Park
James Gunn's Superman
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Gladiator
Kung-fu Hustle
Predator
Con-air
The Rock
The Fast and Furious
Invincible Man
Rush
The Mummy (1999)
The Mummy Returns
Shawshank Redemption
Green Mile
Forest Gump
Just My Luck
Mean Girl
American Pie
Scary Movie
Lord of The rings Trilogy
Harry Potter series
Twilight Series

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slacker03150
06/24/25 7:45:30 AM
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Salrite posted...
This topic is interesting because you get to see the kind of movies people find important

Yes, this is a very important film, but not a "fun" one. Be prepared to be really really sad. Definitely an outlier of Ghibli films.
to be fair Im not really sure how fun most of my list is. The wild robot and the iron giant are probably the most lighthearted of the bunch.

Persepolis - a coming of age story of a girl growing up in the aftermath of the Iranian revolution.

Funan - a woman searches for her son after they are separated in the khamer rouge revolution.

approved for adoption - the story of an orphan of the Korean War getting adopted by a western family and his struggles with growing up straddling the two cultures.

grave of the fireflies - a pair of siblings struggling to survive in the war ravaged Japan.

when the wind blows - an elderly English couple try to maintain a normal life in the aftermath of a nearby nuclear strike.

barefoot gen - a young Japanese boy tries his best to find a life in the aftermath of the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima. Extremely graphic depictions of the bomb.

The day of the crows - a near feral boy raised by his tyrant of a father in a haunted forest must leave the forest to find help for his father and meats a girl named Manon.

the breadwinner - a young girl living under taliban rule must disguise herself as a boy in order to provide for her family after her fathers arrest.

the iron giant - a boy living in Cold War America finds a giant killer robot with no interest in killing.

Ethel and ernest - a biography of two normal people meeting, falling in love, getting married, and growing old together set in London from the 1920s to 1970s

the wild robot - a displaced robot tries to find its purpose on an uninhabited island as it finds there is more to it than what it was programmed.

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Pororin
06/24/25 7:58:48 AM
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slacker03150 posted...
to be fair Im not really sure how fun most of my list is. The wild robot and the iron giant are probably the most lighthearted of the bunch.

Persepolis - a coming of age story of a girl growing up in the aftermath of the Iranian revolution.

Funan - a woman searches for her son after they are separated in the khamer rouge revolution.

approved for adoption - the story of an orphan of the Korean War getting adopted by a western family and his struggles with growing up straddling the two cultures.

grave of the fireflies - a pair of siblings struggling to survive in the war ravaged Japan.

when the wind blows - an elderly English couple try to maintain a normal life in the aftermath of a nearby nuclear strike.

barefoot gen - a young Japanese boy tries his best to find a life in the aftermath of the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima. Extremely graphic depictions of the bomb.

The day of the crows - a near feral boy raised by his tyrant of a father in a haunted forest must leave the forest to find help for his father and meats a girl named Manon.

the breadwinner - a young girl living under taliban rule must disguise herself as a boy in order to provide for her family after her fathers arrest.

the iron giant - a boy living in Cold War America finds a giant killer robot with no interest in killing.

Ethel and ernest - a biography of two normal people meeting, falling in love, getting married, and growing old together set in London from the 1920s to 1970s

the wild robot - a displaced robot tries to find its purpose on an uninhabited island as it finds there is more to it than what it was programmed.
Don't watch the boy in stripe pajamas pororin!

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Damn_Underscore
06/24/25 8:45:42 AM
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Pororin posted...
Small Troubles in Big China pororin

lololol


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slacker03150
06/24/25 1:16:49 PM
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Pororin posted...
Don't watch the boy in stripe pajamas pororin!
Im not positive but I think I have only seen the ending to that one. Or maybe the end is all I remember.

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TimeForAction
06/24/25 1:23:16 PM
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Almost Famous
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MICHALECOLE
06/24/25 1:25:26 PM
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TimeForAction posted...
Almost Famous
Thats my favorite movie of all time

have you seen the directors cut?
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OhhhJa
06/24/25 2:34:43 PM
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MICHALECOLE posted...
Thats my favorite movie of all time

have you seen the directors cut?
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pedro45
06/24/25 3:06:37 PM
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MICHALECOLE posted...
This mfer just said captain underpants is a must watch movie
Were you married before the movie came out and not allowed to like-like things anymore?
Tons of pop culture in that movie

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MICHALECOLE
06/24/25 4:11:18 PM
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pedro45 posted...
Were you married before the movie came out and not allowed to like-like things anymore?
Tons of pop culture in that movie
my non existent wife taking strays
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green_dragon
06/26/25 7:06:15 PM
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Starting starship troopers!

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green_dragon
06/26/25 7:10:23 PM
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This is basically hell divers 2, right?

Or I guess the other way around since this came first

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