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Excellent lists. No one could go wrong watching any of the above. My list would be: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) Gojira (1954) Psycho (1960) Airplane! Knightriders Raiders of the Lost Ark Die Hard Fight Club V for Vendetta Captain America: The Winter Soldier I'm going to make a special mention for Pacific Rim which I just watched recently for the first time since I saw it theatrically (we just got an 85 inch TV so...) and I have to say it had a much bigger impact on me the second time than the first. Ultimately, I don't know if it will displace anything on my list but there was clearly way more there than I appreciated from the initial viewing.

OK here is my list without diving deep, Bladerunner is a Hard #1, the rest can shift around. (Every list I see, I am like 'Oh Yeah' that movie, but...) 1 - Bladerunner 1982 2 - The Thing 1982 3 - Halloween 1978 4 - Candyman 1992 5 - Dark City 1998 6 - Escape From New York 1981 7 - The Road Warrior 1981 8 - Silent Hill 2006 9 - Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 10 - Aliens 1986

My favorites list, in release order rather than attempting to rank them (although "Apollo 13" is #1): Intolerance (1916) Metropolis (1927) The Wizard of Oz (1939) Fantasia (1940) Citizen Kane (1941) Tokyo Olympiad (documentary, 1965) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) The Right Stuff (1983) Ghostbusters (1984) Return to Oz (1985) The Thin Blue Line (documentary, 1988) Henry V (Kenneth Branagh, 1989) Apollo 13 (1995) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Hot Fuzz (2007) Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009) The Martian (2015) If one of these things seems to be unlike the others, it's because "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" is important to me for personal reasons.

It makes sense that you have fallen in love with star Trek. you both have 'old souls' and put a lot of thought into your watching. Alex picks up on even the subtlest of clues which is why we cant have trek titles and even have to be careful with comments..Josh picks up on the heart of the story from the writers perspective, often finding the sentiments that are easily missed.

I used to work for Mike Medavoy (SHUTTER ISLAND producer) and know Eric Heisserer (ARRIVAL writer). When this drops on YouTube I’m sending to both.

Two other suggestions are from Director ROBERT WISE, who directed Star Trek: The Motion Picture --- those 2 are "THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL" (1951) and "THE SOUND OF MUSIC" (1965) --- the latter a musical, based upon a true story from the World War II era.

I fully understand your picks regarding your age. I am a 70s kid and my favorite movies are from the 80s and 90s with a few from the 60s and 70s. You love the things you grow up with. Just a fact.

I've really enjoyed your lists and those of the patrons. Love seeing where they overlap with mine, as well as getting ideas for things to check out. Here's mine, in no particular order: The Big Lebowski Casablanca Close Encounters of the Third Kind The Empire Strikes Back The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Jodorowsky's Dune The Long Goodbye Raiders of the Lost Ark They Call Me Trinity Two Lane Blacktop

Enjoyed hearing about both your lists. Quite a few surprises in there - several unexpected picks. I am totally with you on films like 12 Angry Men, Willy Wonka, Psycho, 500 Days of Summer, The Thing, and The Avengers. Some of them I have not seen (but had heard about) and am now more interested in checking out, like Shutter Island and Arrival. When it comes to picking favorite anything (movies, music, pizza, whatever), I think most of the time it comes down to our personal experiences as kids growing up and how much we enjoyed the experience that then carries over into what makes something our favorite as adults. Example - you could think Dominos pizza is the greatest while most people think it's trash, but because your family had Dominos pizza every Friday night when you were a kid, it's your favorite pizza of all time.

Finally located my list I made a couple years ago of my top 50 movies, in no particular order. Don't worry, I'm cutting it down (almost) in half. Gone with the Wind It’s a Wonderful Life North By Northwest Rear Window The Martian Some Like It Hot Casablanca The King’s Speech Field of Dreams It Happened One Night The Princess Bride Rebecca (1940) Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Singin’ in the Rain Vertigo Young Frankenstein 12 Angry Men (1957) The African Queen Citizen Kane Dial M For Murder Harvey Major League The Philadelphia Story Charade Strangers on a Train Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Its A Wonderful Life Grease The Two Towers Empire Strikes Back Advs Of Robin Hood 1938 West Side Story 1961 Man Who Shot Liberty Valence These are the films I tend to find the most rewatchable

Here's my list. I'm not claiming these are the best movies ever made, but they are sentimental favorites and ones I never fail to watch reaction to. In no particular order: It's a Wonderful Life The Truman Show Star Wars (Not the best SW film, but the one that started it) Raiders of the Lost Ark The Princess Bride The Shawshank Redemption Dirty Rotten Scoundrels The Avengers: Infinity War Raising Arizona Back to the Future

The vast majority of my favorites are pre-1960, although a few are after that. I put together a list of my top 50 for another website some time ago, so maybe I'll look for it. For the record, I was born in 1960.

Revenge of the Sith always seems underrated to me. They packed a lot into that movie! George Lucas seem to hit his directing stride with that one too. People could probably poke a thousand holes into that movie, but that movie had heart (and steered away from kids) which some of the Stars Wars movies seemed to lack.

I think I remember watching The Thing at my grandmother's house by myself late at night on HBO. My family never had HBO, but for some reason my grandmother did. I'm glad I wasn't any younger when I saw that one! What a wild and awesome movie! However, that movie seemed to disappear completely until about 5 years ago when everyone who did not grow up with practical effects needed to make a reaction video to that one. I have to put that movie and Jeff Goldblum's The Fly together. I think I watched that one in the same situation. I think The Fly creeped me out more. That movie built into something crazy. The third similar movie I saw around the same time and in the same circumstances was Escape from New York also with John Carpenter and Kurt Russell. However, youtubers don't seem to make reaction videos to that one much.

It's weird how certain performances weren't even nominated for an Oscar when they came out. Gene Wilder was robbed in not getting at least nominated for Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. The Academy Awards really hated comedians back then I think. That film wasn't even a top 10 grossing movie in 1971! I guess a lot of adults without children didn't go to see that movie when it came out. I remember seeing that movie playing on a bigger scene in a video store 25 or 30 years ago and thinking that that really was a great movie. I wish I was young enough to have seen in a theater. I think I might have seen part of it once on a small black and white television; that was a waste of that movie's color palette. However, I think I liked the scenes in the factory the most. That movie doesn't really fit into a category with other movies, so I sometimes for forget about it. It as directed by a guy named Mel Stuart, but I don't think I really recognize any of his other movies.

If nobody minds, I'm just gonna copy n paste this from my comment on the video. I don't have a list hammered out but I'll tell you guys about a profound one for me that would inevitably be high up on my eventual list.. Jurassic Park I was obsessed with dinosaurs as a kid. I know every kid can say that and it's not a contest ha, but I was taking dinosaur books out from the library that didn't even have pictures. Couldn't get enough. So I'm not kidding that Jurassic Park was life changing for me. I was 10 years old. That movie is iconic moment after iconic moment. The Tyrannosaur breaking out of it's paddock, the moment when things really hit the fan. The ripples in the cup of water. I've watched a lot of horror movies, but to this day my heart has never POUNDED like it did during that scene. I'll never forget that theater experience. From here I went on to read every Michael Crichton novel multiple times and he became one of the other (along with Star Trek) sci-fi pillars in my life

I'm still bitter about Monsters Inc losing the Oscar to Shrek, tbh

I've long felt Infinity War is the new "Empire Strikes Back" both in tone, stakes and shock moments and deserves to inherit its mantle for the decades to come.

Death Proof is awesome

If you like Tarantino and his over the top action, check out John Woo's Hong Kong films if you haven't already. Specifically Hard Boiled or the Killer.

Enlightening! No top 10 overlaps for me, though I love Scott Pilgrim, Psycho, 12 Angry Men and Willy Wonka. Mine: 1. Singing in the Rain 2. Fargo 3. Groundhog Day 4. The Insider 5. Master and Commander 6. LA Confidential 7. Raiders 8. Empire Strikes Back 9. Truman Show 10. The Sweet Heteafter

Monsters Inc. is a very good film. I think a lot of what you said about it not being a huge franchise also applies to "A Bug's Life", which is also a pretty creative movie, imo (also me being obsessed with bugs as a kid also contributed to my enjoyment of it). Re: the Thing, you should read the short story called "the Things' which is presented from the alien's PoV! Arrival is easily a top 10 of all time Sci-Fi movie. It ticked all the boxes for me: great direction and cinematography, expertly written narrative, powerful performances and solid, cerebral sci-fi with an emotional punch to boot. Shutter Island and the Shining are both great picks, as well. Watching Shutter Island while knowing the twist actually makes it more enjoyable for me! Seeing people react to the protagonist in certain ways and knowing the real reason behind it is such an great dramatic irony experience. Alex, did you like the soundtrack to The Hateful Eight? Tarantino got Ennio Morricone, perhaps the best music composer in the Spaghetti Western genre, out of retirement to write it! I wholeheartedly suggest watching some of those older movies if you haven't already: look up the so-called "Dollars Trilogy" to see what movies I'm talking about. Both Django and The Hateful Eight were inspired by them (with Django being an homage to the 1966 Django film, of course).

Interesting choices. As you stated, you guys are children of the 90's so your top choices reflect your generation, which is just fine! The movies you listed are all good!! But for old farts like me...(62, and how I got here so fast still mystifies me..when you get this old I'm sure you will feel the same)..our top ten favorites reflect what our generation grew up with. My #1 movie of all time is 2001 Space Odyssey, which is classic but not for everyone by far. Past that I stopped really trying to quantify my favorite top 10 because of so many movies out there to choose from.

I have still yet to see Inception. Not for any reason I just haven't seen it! Alex, have you read the short story "Who Goes There?" The story that The Thing is based on? There's also a fantastic short story, fan fiction, I believe its called "Things" which tells the story from the perspective of The Thing.

Arrival is amazing. The only film I can think of that I saw in a theater where, when the lights came up, everyone turned to those around them and just started talking about what we'd all just experienced.

Willy won ka is great,Witness is great movie that stars Harrison ford, you should check it out

"We're kids from the 90's..." Proceeds to list a majority of intricate non-90's films LOL! I was waiting for "...Home Alone...Kevin Coster's Robin Hood...The Piano..." Your taste is wide and complex. I dig it.

You probably should have put this out before asking for movie suggestions. We could have targeted our suggestions towards what you like.