What is the most essential Film you have yet to see?

[Armoreska]

I think Come and See is probably the #1 most acclaimed thing I haven't seen yet.

well that's a fitting title if I ever heard one. what other movie would tell you to watch it? only Look!, i guess (also 9/10 for me)

[kongs_speech]

I think Come and See is probably the #1 most acclaimed thing I haven't seen yet.

well that's a fitting title if I ever heard one. what other movie would tell you to watch it? only Look!, i guess (also 9/10 for me)

Kind of a stretch, but Watchmen at least has "watch" right there in the title.

[Torgo]

I think Come and See is probably the #1 most acclaimed thing I haven't seen yet.

well that's a fitting title if I ever heard one. what other movie would tell you to watch it? only Look!, i guess (also 9/10 for me)

And years later, when he finally watches it, the film will be like:




(Disclaimer: I don't like this film at all.)

[kongs_speech]

I think Come and See is probably the #1 most acclaimed thing I haven't seen yet.

well that's a fitting title if I ever heard one. what other movie would tell you to watch it? only Look!, i guess (also 9/10 for me)

And years later, when he finally watches it, the film will be like:




(Disclaimer: I don't like this film at all.)

There's a sequel, and it can fuck itself for not having the decency to be called Now You Don't.

[xianjiro]

I think Come and See is probably the #1 most acclaimed thing I haven't seen yet.

so, Go and Watch - and welcome to the forum!

[Coryn]

I think Come and See is probably the #1 most acclaimed thing I haven't seen yet.

It's both the most depressing and best movie I have ever seen.

[Fergenaprido]

Instead of just listing my 10 most checked or most listed films, I'll do something a bit different.

Fergenaprido's Most Missing Essentials

Silent Era
The Birth of a Nation (1915), Greed (1924), Wings (1927), Nibelungen 1 & 2 (1924), Fantômas serial (1913-1914)

Classic Hollywood
Gone with the Wind (1939), I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932), The Ten Commandments (1956), Written on the Wind (1956), A Man for All Seasons (1966)

New Hollywood
The Godfather I & II (1972 & 1974), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Goodfellas (1990), A Woman Under the Influence (1974), Hoop Dreams (1994)

20th Century Non-English
8 1/2 (1963), The Human Condition trilogy (1959-1960), Fanny and Alexander (1982), Three Colours: Blue & White (1993-1994), Close Up (1990)

21st Century
Yi yi (2000), There Will Be Blood (2007), No Country for Old Men (2007), Oldboy (2003), Roma (2018)

Genre Cinema
The Exorcist (1973), Suspiria (1977), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), The Jazz Singer (1927), Querelle (1982)

I just finished Close Encounters of the Third Kind tonight, which would have made this list otherwise. I'll probably watch Querelle tomorrow. Don't know if/when I'll get to the others.

But yeah, these feel like the biggest/most important/most influential/most essential/most discussed films in each category that I haven't yet seen. And yes, the categories are somewhat arbitrary.

[Armoreska]

Querelle is certainly not broad appeal. I had a hard time thru it.

[Fergenaprido]

Querelle is certainly not broad appeal. I had a hard time thru it.

That's why it's in the genre cinema section

It's the queer film on the most queer lists tracked that I have yet to see, followed closely by The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant and Pink Flamingos. Plus, it's Fassbinder, which makes it feel even more essential to me.