Important Movies

I'm still kind of surprised that The Pianist isn't even really in the conversation. I listed my opinion on it and was pretty much ignored, while it's sitting at #42 on IMDb's top 250 (an oftentimes meh list, but its value is still recognized by many).

I love the movie and think it's one of the year's best, but it's legacy will forever be in the shadow of Schindler's List and even Sophie's Choice, the latter I find extremely overrated.

I thought the whole point of this thread was "fuck 'other people'."

Man, I dont know, I'm pretty confused at this point. My tallies show the top pciks being City of God, Spiderman, Minority Report, Two Towers and 25th Hour, but so many people have been changing their picks, and 28 days later is suddenly on a big discussion kick. so... give me a second.

1. 28 Days Later
2. Spirited Away
3. Two Towers
4. 25th Hour

Dracula and I brought this up many ages ago, but it's worth repeating, Princess Mononoke is the movie that put Miyazaki on the American map. Or at least with younger audiences. I'm sure the success of Akira opened the door for certain people to roam around the anime and foreign sections of their video store. Spirited Away may have gotten critical praise and won the Oscar for Animation, but it flopped at the American box office and every Miyazaki movie since then has been ignored by American audiences. Even the most hardcore anime fans didn't care about Howl's Moving Castle, Ponyo and The Wind Rises. Miyazaki may be the Disney of Japan, but he can't even compete with Pokemon in America.

1. The Two Towers
2. Spirited Away
3. 28 Days Later
4. 25th Hour


Two Towers' trailer was also hugely influential on what came after.

Rocky, for sure
Network
Taxi Driver
Carrie
All the President's Men

Taxi Driver
Network
All the President's Men
In the Realm of the Senses
Rocky

1. Taxi Driver: Iconic, daring, and many filmmakers have cited this as a favourite. It's portrayed of a deranged mind driving through the city at night has certainly been imitated, and the film has managed to find audiences with both film critics/enthusiasts and the public to a certain extent.

2. Rocky: I think this one sort of speaks for itself. Launched Stallone's career and a massively successful and franchise.

3. Network: It's one of Sidney Lumet's most praised films and its media satire is just as on point today as it was in 1976. Also, the "I'm as mad as hell," speech is quoted by people who haven't seen the movie, and a lot of people have expressed huge admiration for the film, including Aaron Sorkin and Paul Thomas Anderson.

4. All the President's Men: A chronicle of an important event of the decade and one that serves as the ultimate film of 70s paranoia by going right to the source. It's argument for the need of free press is still relevant and this film has sort of served as a template for other films about journalism.

5. Assault on Precinct 13: One of the quintessential "little films that could". Mean with little money, this film become a cult classic, established John Carpenter as someone to watch, and had an influence on a number of subsequent action films.

Rocky
Taxi Driver
Network

The Shootist?

Excuse me, God.