Modern Classic Movies Everyone Needs To Watch In Their Lifetime

[kane]

Well that is a weird list.

Some good ones, but then...."The Master"? Really?

Columbine and Supersize are hack jobs.
No Peckinpah? No Kubric?

Where's Peter Sellers' "The Party"?

 

[tuold]

I think of Stanley Kubrick as a modern film maker even though his best films were made more than fifteen years ago. In my opinion his "Barry Lyndon" is a vastly underrated (by the general public at least) masterpiece and one of my all time favorite movies. It's not the kind of movie that blasts you over, but if you allow yourself to be drawn in it's just beautiful and mesmerizing.

 

[kane]

"Barry Lyndon" is a beautiful masterwork, I believe. "Tess" is also a very good film with lovely pastoral photography, though not such an epic story as Lyndon. I also think of Kubric, and Peckinpah, Coppola, Polanski, Scorsese, etc. as modern. Tarantino, for example, and the films in that list, are contemporary. Film is a young art form, but I like the convention of contemporary coming after modern. I would call directors such as Kurosawa and Bergman modern rather than classic, but now we're going back to the 1950's and '60's.

 

[ssjones]

To be fair, the "Modern Classic" list referenced by the OP had the 15 year standard (so, 2001 onwards).

 

[jpmcwjr]

The year Donnie Darko was released!
Watching it now.
Worth it if only for the line the officious and repressed teacher gives in response to a sardonic question, "Do you even know who Graham Greene is?"

Reply, "I think everyone has seen Bonanza".... OMG.

 

[snagstangl]

I knew the whole list was crap when when Roadhouse was not listed as a modern classic. That dog won't hunt.

 

[akfilm]

Pretty good list, I disagree with some of it. I love film, there's a reason I do it for a living. I do agree that Tarantino's films (especially is latest) will stand the test of time, I think Wes Anderson films will be forgotten in time other than art circles as people change, his style is already divisive enough. Nolan's Dark Knight is worthy of a classic list, as well as his brilliant "Memento", speaking of brilliant, I think Donnie Darko is over rated, over hyped, cult movie, not a classic, and is simply NOT the intellectual film that people try to play it up as. If you do like it, check out the sequel!
I'll add "Secret Life of Walter Mitty" to the list though.

 

[pipestud]

ABBA, The Movie.

 

[simong]

ABBA, the movie. Well you can't argue with the man can you? I'd like to, but I live too far away. Abba. LOL!

 

[Loomungus]

I have only seen four off that list. I did enjoy No Country For Old Men and also Wall-E. My son and I both badly wanted to see There Will Be Blood. We disliked it strongly, which surprised me. We call it There Will Be Boredome. (There was a lot of blood at the very end though).

 

[ssjones]

We watched "Manchester By The Sea" over the weekend. I give it a B minus. The soundtrack was excellent.

 

[jpmcwjr]

I was innocent, and carelessly agreed to watch LaLa Land.

It was worse than bland.

I'd give it a D.

Agree on Manchester by the Sea.

 

[ssjones]

I was given the same review of La La Land....

 

[cally454]

La la land was not even close to all the hype. Get some pretty actors who can't sing nor dance, pat yourself on the back for being Hollywood, and set it to music. What do you have? A best picture oscar

 

[frozenchurchwarden]

On the subject of Oscars, here's a good breakdown of the process: https://youtube.com/watch?v=LX5Ddk9O4jE

It's better and worse than you might expect. At least "nominations" for things other than "best picture" potentially mean something.

 

[alexnorth]

I guess I'll have to watch Donnie darko again. I didn't get it..

 

[thomasw]

2002's disturbing and nihilistic Irréversible is one that sticks with you long after viewing. A profound, killer flick but not to watch with those who are sensitive to intense, psychological violence.

 

[mso489]

"Sebring" with Steve McQueen. No dialogue for the first 35 minutes or so, just racing engines. If you like to listen to engines at top RPM's without blowing your eardrums, this is your movie. There's a love story in there, but then back to engines.

 

[tbradsim1]

Als got Manchester by The Sea right B grade is high for that movie. Hell or High Water was a damn sight better.

 

[ssjones]

MSO - you mean "LeMans". That one is a cult classic for race fans. I have that poster framed in my pool room (McQueen giving the french equivalent of the finger!) Here's the full movie, in French for what little dialogue is there

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO2uOgNJjU8
"Grand Prix" with James Garner is also a cult-classic of racing fans. This is a Frankenheimer directed film with a little bit of plot besides racing (Monaco is highlighted)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO2uOgNJjU8
We watched "The Girl with All the Gifts" last night. A British zombie movie with a different spin and features Glen Close. I thought it was excellent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjGkB_oWTe0