Films you think I NEED to see before I start building my Top 100?

And now for essential directors from Post-classical Hollywood (1970s-Present) and some of their examples:

Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather Trilogy (1972-1990), Apocalypse Now (1979), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

Milos Forman - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Amadeus (1984), Man on the Moon (1999)

Woody Allen - Annie Hall (1977), Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Midnight in Paris (2011)

Ridley Scott - Alien (1979), Gladiator (2000), The Martian (2015)

David Lynch - The Elephant Man (1980), Blue Velvet (1986), Mulholland Drive (2001)

Steven Spielberg - Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Schindler's List (1993), Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Robert Zemeckis - Back to the Future Trilogy (1985-1990), Forrest Gump (1994), Cast Away (2000)

Oliver Stone - Platoon (1986), Wall Street (1987), Natural Born Killers (1994)

Rob Reiner - Stand by Me (1986), The Princess Bride (1987), The Bucket List (2007)

Peter Weir - Dead Poets Society (1989), The Truman Show (1998), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

James Cameron - Terminator 2 (1991), Titanic (1997), Avatar (2009)

Quentin Tarantino - Pulp Fiction (1994), Inglourious Basterds (2009), Django Unchained (2012)

Frank Darabont - The Shawshank Redemption (1994), The Green Mile (1999), The Mist (2007)

Ron Howard - Apollo 13 (1995), A Beautiful Mind (2001), Rush (2013)

Mel Gibson - Braveheart (1995), Apocalypto (2006), Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

David Fincher - Se7en (1995), Fight Club (1999), Gone Girl (2014)

Coen brothers - Fargo (1996), The Big Lebowski (1998), No Country for Old Men (2007)

Paul Thomas Anderson - Boogie Nights (1997), Magnolia (1999), There Will Be Blood (2007)

Darren Aronofsky - Requiem for a Dream (2000), The Wrestler (2008), Black Swan (2010)

Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003), King Kong (2005), The Hobbit Trilogy (2012-2014)

Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby (2004), Gran Torino (2008), American Sniper (2014)

Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005-2012), Inception (2010), Interstellar (2014)

Martin Scorsese - The Departed (2006), Shutter Island (2010), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

Just a few suggestions:

Brazil (1985) (The Director's Cut - 142 minutes)
12 Monkeys (1995)
How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)
Monty Python's The Life of Brian (1979)
Duck Soup (1933)
Gone With the Wind (1939)
Nightwatch (2004)/Day Watch (2006)
The Lord of The Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)
War and Peace (1966)
and
The Fall (2006)

It is a bit of a quirky list, but I hope that you like the movies.

Thank you all for your suggestions! I have a list of so many films now, I'm planning on watching at least one every week starting this next one. I'm still debating whether to watch a movie from each decade every week until I see everything, or if to watch by director. I will post a list when I sort everything out. But everybody definitely had some influence on the list, although surprisingly I have seen a lot of what you guys have suggested!

Thanks for getting back to us Luis- ( and thank you for your thank you) I'm glad you have seen a number of these films and now you have a list to select from for the future. Just watch them the way you want to, whether you go by decade or whatever mood hits you-I hope you have fun!

And please, feel free to drop in anytime and share your ideas and any of your observations on the films you see, whether you like the movies or not. We welcome your comments.

Yes of course! Thank you for dropping in twice, well three times now! It is always very appreciated. And yeah, you will definitely see my Movie Log (found in my profile) more active, keep your eyes open, I always put my thoughts and a very specific (annoying, I know) rating.

Again thank you for everything, looking forward to reading some of your posts.

Ok, so I compiled a list, and I have at least one film from every person who commented on here. I will watch 2 movies a week, sorted out by release decade going from 40s-2010s. (I already watched too many pre-40s movies last year. I have also chosen the ones that I've heard the most about as I want to get the classics out of the way first, although I do have a couple of smaller films recommended sprinkled here and there. So here's the full list if anyone is curious, thoughts?

So those are the films I'm watching guys! It's 12 films from each decade, did any of your favorites make the list? I'm going to review every single one of these films in my 2018 movie log!

Tons of good stuff. Week 48 especially caught my eye. Annie Hall and The Apartment. I will be following your log. Think about a Letterboxd account before you start if you don't have one. Great for keeping a diary.

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I do have a letterboxd actually, I don't use it as frequently as this forum, as I love to keep track of all the films I watch on documents on my computer, although I still occasionally use letterboxd. Glad some movies caught your eye, can't wait to see them.

If you guys think I missed some ABSOLUTE CLASSICS. chances are I have probably already seen it. Examples Include: Godfather, Good, Bad and the Ugly, Some Like it Hot, The Kid, The Great Dictator, etc.

Return To Paradise (Vince Vaughn)

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There's a lot of great stuff there, as well as quite a few I'm not so keen on. Week 44 is particularly good.

Disappointing to see that the only Bergman is The Seventh Seal (unless I overlooked something). I much prefer Persona and Wild Strawberries.

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I actually have seen Persona and I think it's great. Wild Strawberries i haven't heard much of, but if I like Seventh Seal well enough I might just sandwich it in somewhere.

This will be very cool to follow. You've been one of my favorite new members to keep film tabs on

some garbage but some good. Good luck though, ur a cool dude

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Shame not to see either Ikiru or High And Low somewhere in your list but there'll be other years I'm sure. Enjoy your viewing, plenty of nice experiences to be had in the coming 12 months.

Basterds is amazing. You basterds should be ashamed