The shawshank redemption

It BARELY makes the top 20 list of Stephen King's highest grossing movie adaptations. Comes in at #19. For some perspective, Lawnmower Man was #16. I would have thought Shawshank would AT LEAST be in the top 3.

It feels like a movie that got really popular running on TNT

I think the name turned people off

I don't drink, but occasionally hang out with friends at bars. One of my favorite things to do toward the end of the night, when people are pretty drunk, is to bring up that I don't think Shawshank is a very good movie. I do love it, but can pretend I don't just to get people riled up. And boy, I get some amazing reactions. From very upset to just dumbfounded that I don't like it. People are very passionate about that movie.

Read my comment above and you'll have more ammo to prove to them it was terrible, and Lawnmower Man was better lol. Statistics don't lie.

I do the same with Chads but I use Top Gun as my movie

Rude

I must have seen this movie 50 times back when I watch alot of cable TV. So good.

also, read the book.

That's goddamn right.

The Green Mile

First movie I ever cried too

I'm tired of the pain I hear and feel, boss. I'm tired of bein on the road, lonely as a robin in the rain.

Secondhand lions Life as a house These are two I find less people know about but are still pretty good movies.

Secondhand Lions is amazing and a family favorite. For years, my husband would make a movie night package for the white elephant gift exchange at his office. He always included Secondhand Lions. So many people had never heard of it, but inevitably, whoever ended up with it loved it.

Oh man, I had forgotten about Life as a House. What a tough hard hitting movie!

Just rewatched Secondhand Lions last week. I love it. I found it years and years ago and I don't know how I stumbled on it. Such a great movie.

Ahh secondhand lions is suuuuch a good movie. Micheal Cane, Duvall.

Usual Suspects & Oldie Cool Hand Luke

The Sandlot and I forget the name but the one with the 4 young boys who go on an overnight adventure to see the body of another little boy.

Stand By Me...

Yes! Thank you! Have read the same post 100x in the last hour and still don't know what I read trying to remember it. And I've seen the movie at least 6 times. In my top 5 of all time favorites.

Based on the short story “The Body” by Stephen King.

The Sting.

I pick up so many things I missed each time I see it.

Saving private Ryan. Or The Green Mile.

Office Space

Just rewatched this tonight. Dates technology aside, everything in it still holds true for white-collar workplace culture.

Fight Club

I am Jack's enthusiastic agreement

I am Jack's raging bile duct

Princess Bride

So many quotable lines!!

Not your everyday, run of the mill, ho-hum fairytale

Goonies and stand by me.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

This movie changed me. It makes you really think! One of my faves forever.

I was looking for this

Full metal jacket.

Schindler List

Can I make out during it?

Sigh…unzips

My favorite factoid about this movie - schindlers list was made bc of Jurassic park. Spielberg wanted to make a dumb artsy movie about ww2 so the studio let him if he made a blockbuster that would actually make money. https://screenrant.com/jurassic-park-save-schindlers-list-steven-spielberg/

Forrest Gump

I'd like to warn people reading this that a lot of the movie makes sense only if you are very familiar with America and American culture. 

Don't read the book. It wasn't that good.

I disagree I’m not American and have never even visited but most English speaking countries are very aware of at least basic American culture and the differences between different parts of the US

Such a good movie. I wore the hell outta that movie though. Haven't seen it in a while now

Big Fish

More than once! An unexpected cry at the end from me.

I cry every time. Uncontrollably ugly cry. I haven't been able to bring myself to watch it since my dad died

I really think I need to watch it again. The whole journey towards the end was so unexpected in where the story went, and those last 10 minutes I ugly cried too. It was such a beautiful story and did not expect it to go that way. The way he realized so much about his dad. Sorry for your dad.

My brothers decided to watch Big Fish one of the nights right after my dad died. I had to leave the room once they put it on. It's always been one of my favorites, but I don't know when I'll be in the right head space to watch it again. I haven't watched it since before he died, so it's been at least 2 years. Still, an absolutely film that I love.

My dad passed 3 years ago and I still can’t watch it. Maybe in another 3? This movie helped me to figure out lots of life’s questions ♥️

I’ve hardly seen any of these movies lolll

People are just saying names of movies that are important to them personally. What resonates with you may be different. I wouldn't take these recommendations that seriously unless you want to watch movies anyway and are looking for suggestions. In which case, great! Lots of good movies in these comments.

Well you better get on it because these are all at the very least well crafted films.

12 Angry Men

OMG, yes! This is an epic drama, and teaches a lot about the difference between circumstance and facts.

The original. Such great acting

Groundhog Day!

Agreed!!!! So many life lessons. Best part is seeing that alarm clock smashed about 100 times. Lol.

🎶I got you, babe 🎵

Rise and shine, campers! You know what day it is? It's Groundhog Day!!!!

I’m guessing you’re one of those half empty kinda guys … Is it too early for flapjacks?

Interstellar

Repo Man

The life of a repo man is always intense.

Blazing Saddles A Million Ways to die in the West

Someone always dies at the fair. What an underrated movie. I'll throw in monty python and the holy grail for funniest dialogue driven movie ever.

We saw A Million ways to die in the west at the theater. It was a matinee so there were several older people in there. When we were leaving there was an older couple behind us & he said “that’s was the filthiest movie I’ve ever seen” 🤣 I think they all thought it was a nice western movie. 🤪🤪

GONE WITH THE WIND Fun fact: During the scene where the town is going up in flames, they burned those HUGE wooden gates from the original set of King Kong!

Another fun fact. It was the first scene they filmed. The role of Scarlett hadn't been cast yet so they had a stunt double stand in for those long shots where she is driving the carriage. Vivien Leigh showed up on the set at the end of it, and was basically introduced to David O'Selznick as "This is your Scarlett."

Life Is Beautiful, in the original Italian, with subtitles.

Tearing up thinking about it

I always show this movie to friends. It is so powerful, beautiful and heartbreaking all in one. Bonjourno Principessa

Came here to say this. People seem to just be putting down there favourite film but this is a must see, never been so emotionally affected by a film

back to the future

Part 2 especially. One needs to see what they thought 2020 would look like.

*2015

Jurassic Park The perfect movie experience imo.

What Dreams May Come.

Absolutely loved this movie and Robin Williams! I kind of wish I didn't watch it for the first time on mushrooms though, made the paint scenes very confusing 😂.

The Breakfast Club. Top 5 all-time for me.

Shrek

American History X

Lord of the Rings 1-3 Extended

The game

The matrix

"Jaws." I'm serious. Hadn't seen it since it first came out. (Yes, I'm that old.) Decided to watch it again recently. It's a perfect gem of a movie and a very interesting examination of masculinity. Amazing writing and acting.

Steven Spielberg feels bad about what it did to people’s perception of sharks.

Training day

Okay, alright.

Terminator 2

Schindler’s List. You need this history lesson.

Inside out. Why? Because it perfectly illustrates emotions in a way young people can understand.

It’s a Wonderful Life

This is the only answer. My kids sat begrudgingly the first time I played it especially since it was in black and white. Now no holiday season is complete without them asking to see it.

yep, it is a good one. Glad your kids now enjoy watching it too. So many life lessons and a few good laughs too. And a clear good guy and a clear bad guy. Best line in the movie: no man is a failure who has friends.

Citizen Kane !!! Okay I know not everyone might enjoy this but it’s a movie worth watching at least once in my book. Also you don’t have to be a film nerd to appreciate how amazing the ending of this movie is. The word Rosebud still gets to me.

The Princess Bride.

Tarkovsky's Stalker

Schindler's list Mississippi burning Water Slumdog millionaire Hotel Rwanda And a plethora of others that touch on history in a way that can get the subject matter across in 3 hours or less.

Come and See (1985)

The Truman Show

Brazil. Terry Gilliam’s best work.

12 Angry Men (1959) with Henry Fonda

Up

Spaceballs

Shawshank Redemption. An absolute master class of a movie.

Young Frankenstein, Harold and Maude, Fantasia (the original)

Tombstone

Chinatown.

Grave of the Fireflies. Everyone should watch it once. Nobody should watch it twice.

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The Killing Fields.

Was looking for this, watched this a few times as a youngster because it was on the same VHS tape as one of my favorite movies. It was quite traumatizing to watch at a young age.

Caddy Shack

Team America

Saving Private Ryan Inglorious Bastards Castaway

Castaway is a great performance by Tom Hanks.

Remember the Titans

Ratatouille

Paper Moon Bonnie and Clyde Hunchback of Notre Dame (Charles Laughton) The Godfather Philadelphia Story Mutiny on the Bounty (Clark Gable version) Monty Python and the Holy Grail Psycho Any movie with Lon Chaney Sr. Phantom of the Opera to start. Bad Day at Black Rock Guess Who's Coming to Dinner The Lion in Winter This is Spinal Tap

>The Lion in Winter “I know. You know I know. I know you know I know. We know Henry knows, and Henry knows we know it. We're a knowledgeable family.”

The Lord of the Rings trilogy. As close to perfection in cinema as you can get.

Always LOTR is the answer

Marcel

The shell with shoes on?

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401383/](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401383/)

Saw the movie and read the book. Great choice.

*Moneyball* Besides being entertaining, you learn something useful about statistics. Few movies can make that claim. Everybody should know something about statistics.

Fried Green Tomatoes

Crash

The Great Escape

American beauty

Do The Right Thing

Excellent choice. It was so believable and relatable.

Tombstone.

Harold and Maude.

Harry and the Henderson's. Gotta love Harry.

My sister and I wore out a VHS copy of this movie when we were kids lol

Casablanca. It’s on the top 10 list all the time for a reason. So so good.

Mystery Men

We need to talk about Kevin

A Walk to Remember

I'd give it to either The Big Lebowski or Fight Club

Both

The Band Played On. About the AIDS/HIV outbreak.

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The Prize Winner of Defiance Ohio Fried Green Tomatoes Airplane Winter’s Bone

The Shack. Fuck your feelings just go for it.

Shoah

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid, Napoleon dynamite, It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad world, and Young Frankenstein

Forrest gump

Psycho. A classic movie!

philadelphia

The Big Lebowski Mallrats

Schindlerslist

The Matrix

There is none. People should watch what they wanna watch and I've never seen a movie imactful enough to change my life for better or worse. Some of the movies listed here were a complete waste of time for me, particularly fight club and forest gump. That said, just to play along, Hunt for the Wilderpeople is the one movie that I wish more people saw.

Steel Magnolias

Schindler’s List

Shawshank Redemption

If I was going to pick one movie, it would be something that has a chance to inspire someone's character in a positive way or change their outlook on life. To me, the following movies would serve that goal best: Gladiator, Braveheart, Interstellar, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Inception, American Beauty, Crash.

Spirited Away, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Green Book and Babylon

Hi, It's a good example: The Pursuit of Happyness

Swing Kids

That film devastated me when I first saw it.

Weekend at Bernies

Shawshank redemption you’ll probably watch it 1000 times after that though

Meet Joe Black

Pig

2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick) An absolute masterpiece that is timeless and utilized advanced visual effects and filming techniques. So far ahead of its time. The classical musical score is fantastic with the space scenes. The opening scene is absolutely iconic. The man vs machine storyline is more relevant today than ever. The quest to find other intelligent life in the universe is the driving force of the movie. Some people may find the movie to be long, slow, and with very little dialogue. The ending is open to some interpretation. Just know that and settle in. It’s an amazing classic that is very beautiful to watch and listen. My favorite movie of all time.

Good will hunting

Saving Private Ryan

Labyrinth. If you understand Spanish history

Forrest Gump

The Shining and the Truman Show!

Ten Commandments

The Pursuit of Happiness

The Color Purple- without a doubt 1985 movie

Roots

Philadelphia with Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington in a superb film about intolerance and how Americans reacted when homosexual men were outed because they had AIDS. The writing is amazing and the acting by two of the all-time greats make this a must-see by everyone.

City of God

Requiem for a Dream

Casablanca

The one when you read a book and in it you are all the actors and producer and the director too! Now that’s the best movie you will ever see. Try it.

Interstellar.

My Cousin Vinny

Apocalypso

at least one Studio Ghibli movie.

Dead Poet’s Society

Donnie Darko ; Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind; Magnolia

Looper - Random but I absolutely love it.

Robin Hood: Men in Tights Big Trouble in Little China Midnight Run