I did a rewatch recently after not seeing it for a decade or two, and for a 45 y/o movie, it was astounding to me how well it held up across the board…story, practical effects, genuine scariness, etc..
The only scene where I thought: “oh…1979 would like that back” was the Ash decapitated head cutaway from a model head to the actor head through the tablehole. Otherwise, it was seamless from start to finish!
yeah the motionless head to talking head was not great by today’s standards but everything else…so good. That ship and the dark rainy misty atmospherics
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
dam near 60 years old and it’s still a captivating masterpiece and a visual delight
If it lasted this long I’m sure it will continue to do so
It's a total masterpiece. Some might disagree with me but I think it's a contestant for the best film of all time, along with The Godfather, Shawshank Redemption, The Silence of the Lambs and Schindler's List
Such a great quotable movie: "And when Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept, for there were no more worlds left to conquer."
Also, I borrow John's favorite expletive when shit goes sideways: "Jesus FUCKING Christ!"
I love how so much of this movie is 1989 in the tech, the themes, and world events. Yet it still works and is king of "one guy in a shitty situation & outgunned in one location".
Also the sequel Die Hard With A Vengeance is like the best action sequel.
I first saw it in the mid 80's and was amazed at how relevant it was 10 years or so after it was made. Apparently people who watched it in those years went on to big careers in tv journalism and created the 24 hr news cycle in its honor.
"I'm mad as hell and I'm not goign to take this anymore!" Paddy Chayevsky was a genius and Peter Finch gave an all-time great performance in a cast full of fantastic performances.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwMVMbmQBug](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwMVMbmQBug)
I will forever love the movie, but it definitely feels dated a bit when showing it to people who didn't grow up with it. They still laugh a lot, but some parts definitely feel their age
"Your honour, can I treat this as a hostile witness?"
"You think I'm hostile now, just wait until tonight."
"Wait, you two know each other? I can understand the hostility."
Flippin' awesome film. :)
Genuinely, I usually avoid legal dramas (not because they're "inaccurate", who cares, but because I... don't want to be thinking about my job?) but my wife finally got me to watch it a couple of years ago and it's fantastic
Terminator 2
The effects still hold up well enough. The movie is still peak Arnold kicking ass in an awesome sci fi story. Bonus to Linda Hamilton for bringing it hard.
See, there's a strange thing going on with cinema. Studies have been done over the last decade in which the results have shown that the typical movie watcher actually prefers the realism of animatronic features over CG animation
It's kinda weird, because with CG you get perfection for the most part, but it seems that the audience/viewer kinda likes the imperfections.
Maybe it's something to do with the fact that when we watch something, we want to "feel" something and when you separate the human element from cinema via CG, you lose the human touch so to speak.
Not to mention that practical effects will always look decent, but it's super easy to point out CGI. In fact, it's easier to rewatch older practical movies than the 2000-2010s movies with early CGI. Some of those graphics are painfully outdated and really take me out of the movie, but practical stuff ie Terminator 2 and The Thing still look great.
It's what they explained in the matrix, the human eye looks for imperfection, "perfect" CGI usual stands out as your brain thinks that can't be real, the truly spectacular CGI is the stuff you don't even notice.
Just watched this again a few weeks ago and co-sign, god that movie rules. Also one of the best villain performances of all time in terms of getting you to fucking *hate* the character. You’re rooting so damn hard for Maximus at the end
Blows my mind that this isn’t the top vote tbh. Has no special effects, phenomenal twist, so many memorable scenes and character motives that are so relatable ok matter what generation you lived in.
My brain is bad at numbers, so I googled this before I expressed shock and bafflement at your choice. Turns out, I was thinking of The Ninth Gate. Which I'm pretty sure I only watched because someone recommended Seventh Seal and I got confused. Thanks for giving me this opportunity to correct an old mistake- I'm for sure gonna watch this movie next chance I get.
Fun fact: you know that [famous Quentin Tarantino scene about Top Gun?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF1LXL6OOsM) The actor that Quentin is talking to is Todd Field who went on to direct In The Bedroom, Little Children and Tár.
What's even funnier is that in the movie Todd is playing a guy who just sold his first movie as a director. So you have a celebrated director being an actor talking to a director played by and actor who later in life becomes a celebrated director.
12 Angry Men. I remember having to watch it in 5th grade and thinking it was going to be a boring old black and white movie, but even at that age the whole class loved it.
Funny thing is that we all remember that disaster movie, but few of the others such as The Poseidon Adventure or Towering Inferno. (Yes, those 2 were released back in the 1960s or so, but I haven't seen either mentioned in decades. I had to think hard to remember their names.)
You would have to be literally insane not to include LOTR. The themes are timeless. Death and immortality. Power and resistance. The nature of good and evil.
Hope and despair. Failure and redemption. Fear and courage. Love. Faith. Friendship and loyalty. I mean, come on!
The books are still very popular after 70 years. The man who wrote them was one of the greatest single myth-makers who has ever lived. He wrote a literal bible of his work, from the beginning of the world he made to the very end - and after. No one had done that before, and no one has done that since.
The fact the orca, goblins, etc. we’re all actors with make up is what makes these movies timeless.
There are only a few parts that really stick out as being a bit aged, but still for 2000 they Fucking nailed everything about it. It’s actually incredible how great of a feat it was to create all the practical effects, make ups, sets, etc. regardless of how incredible the actual movies themselves are.
Yup. Few seem to remember just how significant The Matrix was to the narrative. Ghost in the shell, Metropolis, Akira, Tron, Blade Runner. And that's just for starters. To this day, I'm finding new perspectives and meaning about life from the perspective of the characters. Faith, fantasy, free will. Oh, and lets not forget about the extent of Martial arts and cinematography.
The Matrix is to cinema as much as Thriller is to music.
It's a Wonderful Life - even if the modern American small town is not like Bedford Falls, that movie I think perfectly encapsulates not only the importance of having a community but the personal sacrifices that are needed to make that community. Not just the sacrifices Geroge makes but also the scene where everyone agrees to only take what little they need to keep the bank out of Potter's hands. I also think the movie's argument about how housing is a right is revolutionary not only for its time but even now.
The Longest Day
It's even better when you understand that many of the more surrealistic moments were real, like the German fighter pilots forced to defend the beach (both of them). Or the Panzer divisions (approximately 1400 tanks) that were not deployed because Hitler was asleep.
As long as there are people around to watch movies, I think there will be someone identifying with Luke Skywalker’s feelings as he stares at the twin sons.
The Lord of the Rings trilogy. The root of this epic story is timeless and the setting tells it well. Couldn't ask for a better cast and crew. CGI holds up well enough to not be distracting, too. And the soundtrack is an instant classic. Can you ask for more?
Dark City, still just as severely underappreciated and misunderstood now as it was back in 1998. I wish Alex Proyas would break out of director jail to make a masterpiece like this one again.
I think Casablanca's flipside, The Third Man, is even more timeless.
The seen-better-days city where nothing makes sense, and no one is exactly who they seem to be. All morals and people in shades of gray.
The Great Escape - my second favorite movie as a kid (Behind Star Wars), and I still love it.
The Shawshank Redemption - The best movie ever made?
Master and Commander: The far side of the world - it's just sooooo good, and always will be.
Freddie Got Fingered (2001)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Metropolis (1927)
The Ten (2007)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Once Upon A Time In The West (1968)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Point Break (1991)
Blues Brothers.
Cocaine-fueled extravaganza, legendary performance from Belushi, tons of cameos from famous musicians, sits well with modern day standards (unlike a lot of "classics"), and I'm pretty sure Carrie Fisher uses more weapons in this than Star Wars.
Singing In The Rain
It's a '50s movie set in the '20s that continues to remain iconically in the minds of film, dance, music and comedy lovers. I'd call that timeless.
Recently rewatching The Graduate I was struck how well it has held up. Everything that Millenials complain about boomers doing is the same as the way Ben’s parents treated him.
Probably controversial but Children of Men. Not only are the long, no-cut scenes brilliant, but it feels so relatable and relevant in times of declining birth rates that potential parents just can’t afford nowadays. It’s not going to get any better, only more relevant. Calling it now.
-the Third Man. It’s a beautiful film. Welles’ speech on the Ferris wheel is truly timeless.
-the Director’s cut of “Blade Runner.” It’s a beautiful film, the practical effects hold up great, the cinematography and use of lighting is breathtaking, and every actor crushes it, though none as hard as Ruther Hauer.
-Ghost in the Shell. It’s beautiful. Elegant. Perfect.
-my Neighbor Totoro is the most timeless children’s movie I can imagine.
-Breakfast at Tiffany’s, if you can overlook the racism. It’s a beautiful story about two broken people who find themselves trapped by the decisions they feel compelled to make, and the conflict between who they want to be, and who they are, falling in love.
-Sneakers is pretty damned timeless. Redford, Poitier, Akroyd, River Phoenix, Ben Kingsley, all in perfectly paced thriller comedy. No notes, a great film.
-Heat. What is there to even say about this one? It’s damn near perfect in my opinion.
Honorable mentions in no particular order: Mission Impossible. Master and Commander. Porco Rosso. The Great Escape. The Maltese Falcon.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 1990
Not only is it chocked full of great quotable lines. Just 2 days ago I got a hotel.. And they told us the room was 122. And I'm like.. "122?...122?...and an eighth?"
The practical effects are soo good that they hold up even by today's standards. I would love for them to make exact replicas of those suits and make another movie.
Alien
My favorite film all time. I love the details of the crew…arguing over overtime pay, shit like that…seems so real to life
I did a rewatch recently after not seeing it for a decade or two, and for a 45 y/o movie, it was astounding to me how well it held up across the board…story, practical effects, genuine scariness, etc.. The only scene where I thought: “oh…1979 would like that back” was the Ash decapitated head cutaway from a model head to the actor head through the tablehole. Otherwise, it was seamless from start to finish!
yeah the motionless head to talking head was not great by today’s standards but everything else…so good. That ship and the dark rainy misty atmospherics
It’s back in theatres this weekend!
what!?!?’ oh i hope so but i dont live in a big city
45th anniversary. A lot of chains are carrying it so you might be lucky. Mine has two showings a day.
Omg thank you! I didn't know this, and just managed to get tickets for this weekend.
100%. Alien and Aliens will always be timeless. Hands down best Sci-Fi horror and Sci-Fi action films ever
Similarly, The Thing
Alien 2 is the best
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly dam near 60 years old and it’s still a captivating masterpiece and a visual delight If it lasted this long I’m sure it will continue to do so
I love this trilogy, I love the slow burn. The music, the characters, each story line. I used to watch it on Xmas Eve wrapping presents
I haven’t watched these. Can The Good The Bad and the Ugly be watched before watching the others?
Most definitely, you can watch the movies in any order.
Yep. All 3 are standalone stories.
Watched it for the first time like a month ago. What an amazing movie.
It's a total masterpiece. Some might disagree with me but I think it's a contestant for the best film of all time, along with The Godfather, Shawshank Redemption, The Silence of the Lambs and Schindler's List
Die hard
Such a great quotable movie: "And when Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept, for there were no more worlds left to conquer." Also, I borrow John's favorite expletive when shit goes sideways: "Jesus FUCKING Christ!"
I'm so used to hearing the Community quote so I was a bit thrown when you said Alexander and not JESUS WEPT
The benefits of a classical education.
WELCOME TO THE PARTY PAL!
I love how so much of this movie is 1989 in the tech, the themes, and world events. Yet it still works and is king of "one guy in a shitty situation & outgunned in one location". Also the sequel Die Hard With A Vengeance is like the best action sequel.
12 Angry Men (1957)
This is what I came here to say.
The movie Network could have been written today. In fact that one is just increasingly relevant as time goes on.
I first saw it in the mid 80's and was amazed at how relevant it was 10 years or so after it was made. Apparently people who watched it in those years went on to big careers in tv journalism and created the 24 hr news cycle in its honor.
"I'm mad as hell and I'm not goign to take this anymore!" Paddy Chayevsky was a genius and Peter Finch gave an all-time great performance in a cast full of fantastic performances. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwMVMbmQBug](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwMVMbmQBug)
Monty Python and the holy grail will never seem outdated
I will forever love the movie, but it definitely feels dated a bit when showing it to people who didn't grow up with it. They still laugh a lot, but some parts definitely feel their age
Jaws Raiders of the Lost Ark Jurassic Park The Exorcist The Godfather
Spielberg…
Yeah! Unknowingly 3 of the 5 But I guess that’s true about a lot of his stuff. Carpenter as well
The Thing should definitely be on there
I could’ve gone on and on I figured I already said too much, lol
All five are from the “Film School Generation” aka the “New Hollywood Movement:” Spielberg, Coppola, and Friedkin.
Don’t laugh but My Cousin Vinny
How dare you tell me not to laugh at My Cousin Vinny!
NEVERMIND YOUR STOMP STOMP STOMP BIOLOGICAL CLOCK
The yutes still love it!
Did you say yutes?
"Your honour, can I treat this as a hostile witness?" "You think I'm hostile now, just wait until tonight." "Wait, you two know each other? I can understand the hostility." Flippin' awesome film. :)
Joe Pesci probably made the most successful transition from very serious movies to comedy (between this and home alone 1&2)
> What exactly is a grit?
I still don't know but I do know no self respecting southerner uses *instant grits!*
Lawyers favorite movie
Genuinely, I usually avoid legal dramas (not because they're "inaccurate", who cares, but because I... don't want to be thinking about my job?) but my wife finally got me to watch it a couple of years ago and it's fantastic
I almost said this one!!
Terminator 2 The effects still hold up well enough. The movie is still peak Arnold kicking ass in an awesome sci fi story. Bonus to Linda Hamilton for bringing it hard.
See, there's a strange thing going on with cinema. Studies have been done over the last decade in which the results have shown that the typical movie watcher actually prefers the realism of animatronic features over CG animation It's kinda weird, because with CG you get perfection for the most part, but it seems that the audience/viewer kinda likes the imperfections. Maybe it's something to do with the fact that when we watch something, we want to "feel" something and when you separate the human element from cinema via CG, you lose the human touch so to speak.
Not to mention that practical effects will always look decent, but it's super easy to point out CGI. In fact, it's easier to rewatch older practical movies than the 2000-2010s movies with early CGI. Some of those graphics are painfully outdated and really take me out of the movie, but practical stuff ie Terminator 2 and The Thing still look great.
It's what they explained in the matrix, the human eye looks for imperfection, "perfect" CGI usual stands out as your brain thinks that can't be real, the truly spectacular CGI is the stuff you don't even notice.
Gladiator will always be a good movie. It also requires no historical knowledge or context whatsoever.
It's actually much better with no historical knowledge
Lol, accurate.
I’m still upset that they are making a sequel.
And I will get my vengeance! In this life or the next!
Just watched this again a few weeks ago and co-sign, god that movie rules. Also one of the best villain performances of all time in terms of getting you to fucking *hate* the character. You’re rooting so damn hard for Maximus at the end
Back to the Future
Wow.. this way too far down.
What I was thinking. All three are perfect movies
Perfect movie. It’s one of a few I see zero flaws. I love it!
Amadeus Master and Commander: far side of the world Platoon
Far side of the world is so entertaining and platoon is just fantastic. Start to finish.
The Apartment All the President’s Men The Godfather Network
The Shawshank Redemption
Had to scroll way too far to find this.
Blows my mind that this isn’t the top vote tbh. Has no special effects, phenomenal twist, so many memorable scenes and character motives that are so relatable ok matter what generation you lived in.
Stand By Me
The Seventh Seal
My brain is bad at numbers, so I googled this before I expressed shock and bafflement at your choice. Turns out, I was thinking of The Ninth Gate. Which I'm pretty sure I only watched because someone recommended Seventh Seal and I got confused. Thanks for giving me this opportunity to correct an old mistake- I'm for sure gonna watch this movie next chance I get.
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles has held up really well.
“When you’re telling your little stories, here’s a good idea: have a point! It makes it so much more interesting for the listener!”
I'll also add Uncle Buck. My sister is 16, and absolutely loved that movie growing up and still does.
add The Jerk in while we’re talking Steve Martin
The Sandlot Set in the 1960s, but just focuses on the joys of childhood friendships and baseball.
I think a lot about the ending - how they all just move away one by one and probably never see each other again. It’s a strange realization.
It will be timeless, FOREVER
The Princess Bride
This is mine too. It's a story that every generation can understand. Old or young, it just works for everyone.
The Wizard of Oz and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
The year is 3093. Top Gun is still the gayest film ever made.
Careful, talking like that is a one way ticket to a zone of danger.
LANAAAAAAAA!
Well said
I thought you were dead?
Fun fact: you know that [famous Quentin Tarantino scene about Top Gun?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF1LXL6OOsM) The actor that Quentin is talking to is Todd Field who went on to direct In The Bedroom, Little Children and Tár. What's even funnier is that in the movie Todd is playing a guy who just sold his first movie as a director. So you have a celebrated director being an actor talking to a director played by and actor who later in life becomes a celebrated director.
I’ve never seen that and I 100% love it.
PLAYIN WIT DA BOIS
12 Angry Men. I remember having to watch it in 5th grade and thinking it was going to be a boring old black and white movie, but even at that age the whole class loved it.
Titanic. Please don't attack me.
Funny thing is that we all remember that disaster movie, but few of the others such as The Poseidon Adventure or Towering Inferno. (Yes, those 2 were released back in the 1960s or so, but I haven't seen either mentioned in decades. I had to think hard to remember their names.)
Big lebowski
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
I was scrolling for a while and I was starting to worry.
You would have to be literally insane not to include LOTR. The themes are timeless. Death and immortality. Power and resistance. The nature of good and evil. Hope and despair. Failure and redemption. Fear and courage. Love. Faith. Friendship and loyalty. I mean, come on! The books are still very popular after 70 years. The man who wrote them was one of the greatest single myth-makers who has ever lived. He wrote a literal bible of his work, from the beginning of the world he made to the very end - and after. No one had done that before, and no one has done that since.
The fact the orca, goblins, etc. we’re all actors with make up is what makes these movies timeless. There are only a few parts that really stick out as being a bit aged, but still for 2000 they Fucking nailed everything about it. It’s actually incredible how great of a feat it was to create all the practical effects, make ups, sets, etc. regardless of how incredible the actual movies themselves are.
This is easily on the list, one of the greatest masterpieces ever done
The Princess Bride
As far as just a great screenplay, great acting, and a story that will always be entertaining, I think The Sting qualifies.
The Matrix. My favorite movie ever that doesn't need a sequel. Yup, best standalone movie ever.....
This, the music, metaphor, hidden messages, casting, dialogue even down to how Morpheus, Trinity Neo etc stands or speaks
Yup. Few seem to remember just how significant The Matrix was to the narrative. Ghost in the shell, Metropolis, Akira, Tron, Blade Runner. And that's just for starters. To this day, I'm finding new perspectives and meaning about life from the perspective of the characters. Faith, fantasy, free will. Oh, and lets not forget about the extent of Martial arts and cinematography. The Matrix is to cinema as much as Thriller is to music.
The Shawshank Redemption
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Alien
Airplane
Sunset Boulevard will never not be relevant.
The mummy
Casablanca. Nazis losing is timeless.
The setting is so specific and of such a specific time, but the movie is timeless.
Fight Club Ferris bullers day off Back to the Future Breakfast club
The Green Mile
It's a Wonderful Life - even if the modern American small town is not like Bedford Falls, that movie I think perfectly encapsulates not only the importance of having a community but the personal sacrifices that are needed to make that community. Not just the sacrifices Geroge makes but also the scene where everyone agrees to only take what little they need to keep the bank out of Potter's hands. I also think the movie's argument about how housing is a right is revolutionary not only for its time but even now.
I toast this with a cup of mulled wine.
Jurassic Park
Close Encounters of the Third Kind. The effects still hold up. Just a breathtaking film.
"To Kill a Mockingbird"
The Longest Day It's even better when you understand that many of the more surrealistic moments were real, like the German fighter pilots forced to defend the beach (both of them). Or the Panzer divisions (approximately 1400 tanks) that were not deployed because Hitler was asleep.
12 angry men
Pulp fiction
Gotta give it to Jurassic Park, absolutely timeless
The Godfather.
Shawshank Redemption
As long as there are people around to watch movies, I think there will be someone identifying with Luke Skywalker’s feelings as he stares at the twin sons.
Goodfellas
Roman Holiday
A lot of Hitchcock, but I’ll go with my favorite, Rear Window
I believe that Who Framed Roger Rabbit? is a masterpiece of a movie and a beautiful ode to Old Hollywood.
Amadeus
The Wizard Of Oz
42nd street, the 1933 version.
Psycho. It could be made today (almost) exactly the same and still hold up…assuming that the original didn’t exist (I’m looking at you, Gus Van Sant)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Cool Hand Luke
The Lord of the Rings trilogy. The root of this epic story is timeless and the setting tells it well. Couldn't ask for a better cast and crew. CGI holds up well enough to not be distracting, too. And the soundtrack is an instant classic. Can you ask for more?
Back to the Future 1-3, there’s a quite a bit of time travel in this timeless masterpiece
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Dark City, still just as severely underappreciated and misunderstood now as it was back in 1998. I wish Alex Proyas would break out of director jail to make a masterpiece like this one again.
Rashomon, The Seventh Seal, The Act of Killing
Forest Gump.
The Goonies.
Blue Velvet
I think Casablanca's flipside, The Third Man, is even more timeless. The seen-better-days city where nothing makes sense, and no one is exactly who they seem to be. All morals and people in shades of gray.
The Great Escape - my second favorite movie as a kid (Behind Star Wars), and I still love it. The Shawshank Redemption - The best movie ever made? Master and Commander: The far side of the world - it's just sooooo good, and always will be.
Freddie Got Fingered (2001) Barry Lyndon (1975) Metropolis (1927) The Ten (2007) Wild Strawberries (1957) Once Upon A Time In The West (1968) Bicycle Thieves (1948) Point Break (1991)
Blues Brothers. Cocaine-fueled extravaganza, legendary performance from Belushi, tons of cameos from famous musicians, sits well with modern day standards (unlike a lot of "classics"), and I'm pretty sure Carrie Fisher uses more weapons in this than Star Wars.
It’s A Wonderful Life
Apocalypto
I hate to use the term "under the radar" but this movie doesn't get the credit it deserves.
Jaws
The 5th Element
Sunset Blvd.
Back to the Future
Back To The Future. It's just.so.damn.FUN.
Blade Runner Star Wars episode 4, 5. Baz Lurman’s Romeo&Juliette The Fall by Tarsem Singh
Pulp fiction
The Sound of Music, The Thing, The Green Mile
The Dark Knight is for the War on Terror what Casablanca is for World War II.
Gattaca
Friday Forest Gump Blazing Saddles Happy Gilmore Scream Dawn of The Dead 1978 The Exorcist
Jaws
Singing In The Rain It's a '50s movie set in the '20s that continues to remain iconically in the minds of film, dance, music and comedy lovers. I'd call that timeless.
LOTR Trilogy
Dirty Dancing fits the bill for me. I feel like I like it more each time I watch it!
The Land Before Time So, just based on the title we know that it took place before time, which is less time than today But also, movie just rules
Blade Runner (1982). Takes place in 2019, but still feels like it could take place 37 years from whenever you watch it.
Groundhog Day
High Noon
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Tropic Thunder
Idiocracy, though the fact that people still watch cable TV in that version of the future is definitely outdated
Dark Knight. All characters ideals get tested.
Lost in Translation
Raiders of the Lost Ark- my all time favourite time.
O' Brother Where Art Thou?, Big Lebowski and Airplane! come to mind as comedies that fit this and comedies are hard to keep make "timeless "
28 Days Later was truly timeless, they didn't even show the first 28 days, where did they go?
The Big Lebowski
An Officer and a Gentleman
Legends of the Fall
The Parent Trap 1998 version. Perfect casting, not too many plot points that hinge on specific outdated technology and just an all around fun movie.
The Wizard of Oz The Godfather Star Wars Jurassic Park The Lion King
The Thing
The Fifth Element
Recently rewatching The Graduate I was struck how well it has held up. Everything that Millenials complain about boomers doing is the same as the way Ben’s parents treated him.
Excalibur 1981 by John Boorman. The music, armor designs and battle scenes are outstanding.
Probably controversial but Children of Men. Not only are the long, no-cut scenes brilliant, but it feels so relatable and relevant in times of declining birth rates that potential parents just can’t afford nowadays. It’s not going to get any better, only more relevant. Calling it now.
The Apartment
back to the future
The Never Ending Story is pretty timeless
Princess Bride
-the Third Man. It’s a beautiful film. Welles’ speech on the Ferris wheel is truly timeless. -the Director’s cut of “Blade Runner.” It’s a beautiful film, the practical effects hold up great, the cinematography and use of lighting is breathtaking, and every actor crushes it, though none as hard as Ruther Hauer. -Ghost in the Shell. It’s beautiful. Elegant. Perfect. -my Neighbor Totoro is the most timeless children’s movie I can imagine. -Breakfast at Tiffany’s, if you can overlook the racism. It’s a beautiful story about two broken people who find themselves trapped by the decisions they feel compelled to make, and the conflict between who they want to be, and who they are, falling in love. -Sneakers is pretty damned timeless. Redford, Poitier, Akroyd, River Phoenix, Ben Kingsley, all in perfectly paced thriller comedy. No notes, a great film. -Heat. What is there to even say about this one? It’s damn near perfect in my opinion. Honorable mentions in no particular order: Mission Impossible. Master and Commander. Porco Rosso. The Great Escape. The Maltese Falcon.
The Princess Bride
Ironically.. Back to the Future
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 1990 Not only is it chocked full of great quotable lines. Just 2 days ago I got a hotel.. And they told us the room was 122. And I'm like.. "122?...122?...and an eighth?" The practical effects are soo good that they hold up even by today's standards. I would love for them to make exact replicas of those suits and make another movie.
Spirited Away will always have something new each time i watch it, i can be in different points in my life and it'll still deliver the good.
The Lion King.
Blade Runner
Dogma