Classic films
 

Can people please recommend some decent pre-1998 films?
you know classics and the like...
Doesn't matter how obvious, I'd just like to make a 'shopping list' as it were...

cheers

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Jurrassic park best film ever and i;; fight anyone who says differently!!!

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Jurassic Park
Anything with Jay and Silent Bob

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godfather 1-3
taxi driver

(thats the only classics i have)

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start wars!

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not out on dvd yet (i think)

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citizen kane

in what bizarro world are films made in 1997 considered 'classics', out of interest?

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umm... it's not for dvd...
ahem *cough* ahem

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Apocalypse Now

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Rear Window.

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of course it is if episodes 1 and 2 are on DvD then the first 3 will be too!

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Ben Hur :up:

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ok, sorry, i just read shopping list. your thread :)

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Shawshank Redemption
Top Gun
The Usual Suspects
Heat
Pulp fiction
Goodfellas

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Dirty Harry
Shawshank Redemption
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Heat
Godfather I and II
Last of the Mohicans
Some Like It Hot
Die Hard
Aliens

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as far as i know they are not. you can d/l some perfect vhs-ripps (with menus and stuff) though

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Not until September, iirc.

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No, they're not.

ps.

pre-1960 might be a good time period to be called 'classic', but pre 1998? Are you insane?

pps.

The Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep, Citizen Kane, Plan 9 From Outer Space

Re: Classic films
 

lies

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The Rock
Rocky
Raging Bull

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The Rock is terrible.

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I think he means 'classic' in the sense of brilliant.

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Different people like different things innit.

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Citizen Kane
It's a Wonderful Life
The Godfather
Chinatown
The Shawshank Redemption
The Maltese Falcon

Are all pretty excellent 'classic' films.

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He should have said 'good films' then, and not confuse the issue by using the wrong word.

[edit]

The Ladykillers, Arsenic and Old Lace, Kind Hearts and Coronets, The Bridge on The River Kwai, The Triumph of the Will

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Yeah but noone wants pre-1960 films

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Yeah but these guys are just all free will nazis!

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The Great Escape

Most of the good ones have been mentioned already.

Any Coen brothers film is probably a safe bet too. eg Fargo

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The Rock, Goodfellas, Reservoir Dogs and Shawshank ****ing Redemption all mentioned in a thread titled 'classic films'

what is wrong with you people.

Re: Classic films
 

well said sir :) the classic of classics :)

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Leon?

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Conan the Barbarian!

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Reservoir Dogs became cliché, but it probably deserves to go in because it's very well put together. The Rock and Shawshank I'd agree on, and Goodfellas is more of a 'If you like that kind of thing' film, but nowhere near the level of The Godfather.

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clas·sic ( P ) Pronunciation Key (klsk)
adj.

1.
a. Belonging to the highest rank or class.
b. Serving as the established model or standard: a classic example of colonial architecture.
c. Having lasting significance or worth; enduring.
n.
1. An artist, author, or work generally considered to be of the highest rank or excellence, especially one of enduring significance.
2. A work recognized as definitive in its field.

The issue of age isn't a consideration for status as a 'classic'

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gb2japan

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Yes it is.

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5 entries found for Deciduous.
de·cid·u·ous ( P ) Pronunciation Key (d-sj-s)
adj.
Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth: deciduous antlers; deciduous leaves; deciduous teeth.
Shedding or losing foliage at the end of the growing season: deciduous trees.
Not lasting; ephemeral.


I BAN U NOW!

Re: Classic films
 

more of a cult film isnt it, very well made tho.

'A bridge too far' is a favourite of mine :)

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Please dont make me go into a rant about how a film which was a box office success and is known and loved the world over cannot be classed as 'cult'.

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any marx brother film

(apart from a night in cacablanca)

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All you need is groundhog day.

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Scarface(original or remake)
Seven Samurai

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your post would suggest you do, so by all means proceed sir.......

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that is indeed a nice movie. (but i wouldnt classify it as classic )

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:up: :up: :up: :up: :up:

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I read a bit about this moronic "classic" argument and i thought "looks pretty gay" so i just typed in a good pre 1998 film

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You say that like the two you quoted are the only available definitions.

A few films I reckon are decent would be:

Hackers
Kelly's Heroes
The Italian Job (the new one isnt too bad either)
Heat
Platoon

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RoboCop you bastards.

RoboCop II and III was never made. It was a bad dream.

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The Producers

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one flew over the cuckoo's net
dr. strangelove
the big lebowski (yes i know it's from '98)
groundhog day