# Movies to See Before You Die

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-see-before-you-die/83449>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 24, 2001, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-see-before-you-die/83449 "2001-09-24T03:19:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2001, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-see-before-you-die/83449/1 "2001-09-24T03:19:29Z")

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Just wondering… in y’alls opinions, what would they be? Casablanca? 2001? Goodburger?

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**Author:** ![NerdBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@NerdBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NerdBoy)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2001, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-see-before-you-die/83449/2 "2001-09-24T03:20:51Z")

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Recently: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou.

Classic: Airplane

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**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2001, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-see-before-you-die/83449/3 "2001-09-24T03:28:19Z")

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Go to [Imdb.com](http://Imdb.com) and look at their top 250 films as rated by the members. It is a suprisingly good list. Although it changes as new members vote, the list generally has the same movies on it in some order. I printed it out and hilighted the movies I have seen and will try to watch the remainder. Casablanca (VERY high on the list) is excellent. You’ll run out and try to see all Bogey’s films.

As for me?

I recommend Shawshank Redemption, LA Confidential, Memento, The Godfather, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars, and Goodfellas.

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**Author:** ![xanadu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c4cdca/32.png) [@xanadu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanadu)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2001, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-see-before-you-die/83449/4 "2001-09-24T05:13:12Z")

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The entire boxed set of “North and South.” 😃 I don’t want to croak anytime soon, so this seems like the perfect choice. If not that, then “American Beauty”.

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**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2001, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-see-before-you-die/83449/5 "2001-09-24T07:58:33Z")

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For a classic script and show stopping acting you need to go no futher than [A man for all seasons](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0060665). A film everyone should see before they leave this world.  
That or Debbie Does Dallas 😃

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**Author:** ![Wumpus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8c91f0/32.png) [@Wumpus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wumpus)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2001, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-see-before-you-die/83449/6 "2001-09-24T17:11:46Z")

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Albert Brooks’s DEFENDING YOUR LIFE, of course.

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2001, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-see-before-you-die/83449/7 "2001-09-24T17:24:08Z")

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Star Wars IX: Luke Gets Old.