Movies that you feel *EVERYONE* should watch?

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Originally Posted by blazed_babe

almost famous is an AMAZING movie!!! i actually named one of my glass pipes (my fave one!) penny lane :D

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LOL funny enough, the one and only head shop in our town is named...Penny Lane. My family is actually really good friends with the owners too...:jointsmile:

Both of these are movies I watched tonight, but I think the former deserves to be watched by every American and the latter deserves to be watched by anybody with a soul:

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) <---Jimmy Stewart is incredible in this
Sullivan's Travels (1941)

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Originally Posted by jdub61

I'm American, so these are the movies that I feel are so socially relevant that they are experiences that every American should participate in:

Forrest Gump
Saving Private Ryan
Casablanca
Network

What else is on par with these movies?

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As for Saving Private Ryan, I don't think its ones duty as an American to see this movie. I think its ones duty as an American to realize that the USA raided only two of the five Normandy beaches. Canada and England were there with us! Saving Private Ryan has almost no mention of this fact and reinforces what Americans already think, that we were alone on D-Day. Not saying its not a sweet movie, but its clearly biased and I'm not a fan of reinforcing people's misconceptions.

911 by the Naudet brothers. A truly shocking and mind blowing, first hand account of that horrific day. It still takes my breath away every time i watch it.

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Originally Posted by anangrymailman

As for Saving Private Ryan, I don't think its ones duty as an American to see this movie. I think its ones duty as an American to realize that the USA raided only two of the five Normandy beaches. Canada and England were there with us! Saving Private Ryan has almost no mention of this fact and reinforces what Americans already think, that we were alone on D-Day. Not saying its not a sweet movie, but its clearly biased and I'm not a fan of reinforcing people's misconceptions.

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if it had been massive Canadian and British troops killed at Omaha beach...would that make you feel better?

american mailman...?...

Cheech and Chong "Up in Smoke"

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Originally Posted by Dutch Pimp

if it had been massive Canadian and British troops killed at Omaha beach...would that make you feel better?

american mailman...?...

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I'm not just talking about the beach. You don't see one allied soldier in that movie that isn't an American.

just adding a few random ones that come to mind

The original Scarface (Pacino's is not the original)
Goodfellas
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (it's just great classic cinema)
Cool Hand Luke
Young Frankenstein
Blazin' Saddles