10 Must Have DVDs for Your Library (1 Viewer)

[Lou Sytsma]

1. LOTR:Extended Editions
2. Ben Hur
3. Shawshank Redemption: 10th Anniversary Edition
4. Iron Giant
5. The Incredibles
6. The Adventures of Robin Hood
7. Casablanca
8. Contact
9. The Day The Earth Stood Still
10. 2001: A Space Odyssey

 

[Patrick McCart]

In terms of combined excellence in the film itself, the a/v, presentation, and supplements...

- The Adventures of Robin Hood
- Casablanca (SE)
- Dr. Strangelove (40th anniversary edition)
- Sunrise
- M (Criterion 2-disc SE)
- The Third Man
- The Man Who Laughs
- Gone with the Wind (4-disc SE)
- The Wizard of Oz (3-disc SE)
- Ben-Hur (4-disc SE)

 

[Brent M]

Dude, are you inside my brain? With a couple of exceptions, you basically took my list.

 

[J-EL]

Great minds think alike!

 

[suckerforHD]

Boondock Saints

Usual Suspects

Gladiator

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Matrix

Goonies

Back to the Future 1

Days of Thunder

Top Gun

Scarface

 

[markHey]

the third man- criterion
lawrence of arabia
journey to the center of the earth- mason one,duh..
mickey mouse treasures- color-volume 1
wild wild west- tv, duh..
avengers- ditto
curse/night of the demon-
spartacus- criterion
legends of horror collection-
star wars set- the original 3..duh!

 

[ScottR]

The Wizard of Oz
Gone With the Wind
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Fantasia
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Jaws 30th Anniversary
Halloween Limited Edition
Ben-Hur
Alien: 20th Anniversary
Meet Me in St. Louis

 

[Joe Bernardi]

The Godfather 1 & 2
On the Waterfront
The Commitments
Dog Day Afternoon
Freaks & Geeks
The Limey
The King of Comedy
Some Like It Hot
The Producers
Shane

 

[BrettB]

Without thinking too much...

E.T. UGS
It's a Wonderful Life
Wizard of OZ
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Jaws 30
Finding Nemo
Raising Arizona
Bambi
Unforgiven
Vertigo

 

[Adrian_B]

in no particular order -

royal tenenbaums
out of the past
mr. arkadin - criterion set
singing in the rain
dr. strangelove
sunset blvd.
grand hotel
strangers on a train
citizen kane
the incredibles
the african queen (just kidding)

 

[Holadem]

I would probably want decent mix of genres. For instance, I would pick Aliens or T2, but not both.

LOTR
Saving Private Ryan
Seven Samurai
The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Vertigo or Sunset Blvd or All About Eve or The Third Man or Notorious
Before Sunrise & Before Sunset or Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Aliens or T2
Toy Story 1 & 2
Magnolia or The Shawshank Redemption
Three Colors Trilogy or Dekalog

If TV shows are included, then I would drop Toy Story 1 & 2 for Babylon 5.


Edit: Crap, there is the Star Wars or Indiana Jones or Back to the Future (to a lesser extent) category, but I don't wanna drop anything on the list either :frowning:. I would probably trade the Toy Story 1 & 2 for Star Wars as well.

And then the 2001: A Space Odyssey or Contact or Solaris (2000) or 12 Monkeys.... Aaaaaargh!

--
H

 

[Lyle_JP]

Ahhh, desert island disc threads. Reminds me of the days of alt.video.dvd and alt.video.laserdisc. What the heck, just off the top of my head:

The Incredibles (Widescreen)
For a Few Dollars More (R2 SE)
Alien Quadrilogy (9 disc set)
Fellowship of the Ring EE
The Two Towers EE
Return of the King EE
Pulp Fiction SE
The Kubrick Colletion (Remastered)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (R2 UE)
Kill Bill vol 1 & 2

Okay, that last entry is a cheat, but someday it will be available in one comprehensive package!

Honorable Mentions (discs which almost made the cut):
Ultimate Matrix Box
Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind (2 disc SE)
Licence to Kill (R2 UE)
Thunderball (R2 UE)
The Good the Bad and the Ugly (original release)
Once Upon a Time in the West
Halloween (H25 edition)
Friday the 13th (Warner Bros R2)
The Evil Dead (Elite)
Lilo & Stitch

Yup, Disney films, gruesome horror, Sergio Leone, and Tarantino. Some people call that eclectic, I just call it good taste.

-Lyle J.P.

 

[Steve.P]

As someone who has actually lost everything before (I live in New Orleans, do the math), I must say that the stuff you think you'd replace instantly ain't necessarily so. A year on, my small collection -- I have about 80 DVDs at the present time -- bears little resemblance to my old one. Money is obviously a factor, but so is the desire not to retread old ground. It's a strange feeling to suddenly own nothing except the clothes on your back; you have to experience it before knowing exactly how you'd react.

The first thing I replaced was my Criterion edition of "Straw Dogs". Being a huge Peckinpah fan, and seeing how this one was already OOP, that was a no-brainer. Next, I think, came a bootleg DVD of Bob Dylan's "Eat the Document" (the best rock 'n' roll movie ever, despite the editing). After that, I worked pretty hard on replacing my Peckinpah collection, and have gotten deeper into Orson Welles than I ever was before. I always liked Welles, but finding something new to collect was important for me, I think, psychologically.

I have also bought the odd back catalogue title as-and-when they have been released. Some have been fortuitous -- Criterion's "The Man Who Fell To Earth" was a perfect replacement for my lost Anchor Bay edition -- but many have been blind-buys.

Some films that I love, and used to watch regularly, still haven't been replaced. "This is Spinal Tap", for example. I'll get it eventually, I'm sure, but, like I say, 2006 has been a year for new passions, not for dwelling on past ones.

Sorry to inject a dose of that nasty reality stuff into your nice, little desert-island-discs fantasy

As you were.

 

[Leo Kerr]

There are some disppointments here... where's....

#1. The Princess Bride?!
2. Star Wars - Han Shoots First (IV, V, VI) (Cheating, I know)
3. LOTR - EE (I, II, III) (Ditto)
4. Amelie
5. Tampopo (Difficult to replace, that...)
6. Spirited Away
7. My Neighbor Totoro
8. Beauty and the Beast (theatrical, not revised. Yech!)
9. Blade Runner
10. (it starts getting harder down here...)

Leo

 

[Jacqui]

Harper (when it comes out)
The Story of The Third Reich - the most comprehensive documentary on the subject
Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
The ANZACS - cheating here a bit as it has 3 discs - but it is a brilliant tribute to the Aussies involved in the Gallipoli campaign in WWI. Showcases Australia's greatest acting talent in Andrew Clarke, Jon Blake, Chris Cummins and Paul Hogan.
Laura
Bridge over the River Kwai
The Sting - Legacy Edition
Casablanca
Rebecca
Double Indemnity

 

[Cary T]

Of course I'd choose my top 10 favorite films on DVD.

1. Amelie
2. Happy Together
3. Fallen Angels
4. Rear Window
5. Hable con Ella
6. Red Beard
7. Before Sunset
8. Before Sunrise
9. Cinema Paradiso
10. Ikiru

 

[Casey C.]

http://hometheaterforum.com/htf/show...9&postcount=19

:p

 

[PatW]

Boy, this is hard to narrow down.
1. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
2. To Kill a Mockingbird
3. LOTR Trilogy - Extended Editions
4. Babylon 5 - the series
5. Stargate SG1 the series
6. Batman Begins
7. Bringing Up Baby
8. A Night to Remember - even though my copy has bitten the dust, I will replace it eventually.
9. The Green Mile
10. Angel - the series

 

[Leo Kerr]

ah, sorry, Casey - missed it as I was skimming through the lists.

Leo

 

[Dennis Heller]

Star Wars (not "Episode 4 A New Hope" - "Star Wars")
Close Encounters
Godfather
Blazing Saddles
Dr. Strangelove
Pulp Fiction
Schindler's List
Jaws
Chasing Amy
Out of Sight