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jonathan_paul

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New guy here, looking to start building by dvd collection this winter. What would you guys suggest as some must own dvd's?
 

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2001 A Space Odyseey
A Clockwork Orange
The Shining
Full Metal Jacket
Dr Strangelove
Barry Lyndon
Eyes Wide Shut
(Make sure the Kubrick Titles are the Remasters)
Criterion Collection Seven Samurai
Ran (When the new version finally comes out)
Akira
Apocalypse Now
The Godfather Collection
Blade Runner
Goodfellas (Reissue coming soon)
Heat
Jaws
Amadeus Dir Cut
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
Requiem For A Dream
Memento
Platoon
Born On The Fourth Of July
The Doors
JFK
Natural Born Killers
Nixon
The Wild Bunch
Dances With Wolves
Unforgiven
The Good The Bad And The Ugly
For A Few Dollars More
Fist Full Of Dollars
Dirty Harry
A Simple Plan
Bound
Dead Man Walking
Dead Presidents
One False Move
Mulholland Drive
Fargo
Big Lebowski
O Brother Where Art Thou?
The Man Who Wasnt There
Hard Eight
Boogie nights
Magnolia
Fight Club
Bugsy
People vs Larry Flynt
Dead Presidents
Leaving Las Vegas
True Romance
Reservoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction
Jackie Brown
Harry Potter & Sorcerers Stone
Simpsons Season 1 Box Set
Simpsons Season 2 Box Set
Toy Story
Toy Story 2
Black Hawk Down
The Thin Red Line
Saving Private Ryan
Glory
Forrest Gump
Superman The Movie
Spider-Man
Unbreakable
Dark City
City Of Lost Children
Gattaca
The Lord Of The Rings
Terminator 2 UE
Titus
Re-Animator Millenium Edition
Alien
Aliens
Evil Dead
Evil Dead 2 Dead By Dawn
Bram Stokers Dracula
Interview With The Vampire
Jacobs Ladder
Halloween
John Carpenters The Thing
The Fog
Ravenous
Se7en
Silence Of The Lambs Criterion Collection
Jurassic Park
Nightmare Before Christmas
Star Wars Attack Of The Clones
Hows that for starters...... :)
These are some of my favorites, but Im not one of those people who buys DVDs because they look great or sound awesome. There are a couple of those titles in my list,but to me the movie is ALWAYS the most important factor when buying a DVD.
 

oscar_merkx

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there are so many out there. Here are some good ones like Brazil the Criterion Collection (3 discs), Twelve Monkeys, Alien(s), Terminator and the sequel. The Dollar trilogy with Clint Eastwood.
Just too many to name really.
hope this helps
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James Reader

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It depends what you're looking for: If you want a good demo of DVD technology the Disney 2 disc sets are fantastic (Beauty and the Beast is the latest, but I would recommend Snow White if you can find it for a much better all round experience).
If you want reference picture and sound, it may be worth picking up one of the Superbit titles if you can find one for a movie you like. These come without supplements unless Superbit Deluxe where the supplements are contained on the second disc. This allows the picture and sound quality to be pushed a little bit further. Personally, I think the selection of titles available as Superbit are poor.
The big release is the extended edition of Lord of the Rings which comes with 30 minutes of extended footage, four commentary tracks and over 6 hours of additional supplements on 2 more discs!
Also look out for Fox's Five Star Collection which present blockbuster films with in-depth supplements, or the first two Star Wars discs, which are superb no matter what you think of the actual movies.
Of course, any of your favorite movies are worth picking up on DVD, not matter how good the actual disc's presentation is.
If I had to recommend one disc, I would recommend the Rocky Horror Picture Show 25th Anniversary Edition... excellent picture and sound (including for the first time a 'proper' 5.1 remix), excellent use of DVD technology (audience participation soundtrack, branching 'live' on stage performances, easter egg presenting the film with a black and white opening [as the creators' originally intended] and more) as well as a second disc of supplements.
The fact that no matter how down and depressed I am, this film always manages to cheer me up is the icing on the cake.
 

Neil Joseph

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:) My collection of DVD's
Seriously, I would recommend... (a=audio, v=video, m=movie, e=extras)
- The Abyss (m,e)
- Braveheart (m)
- A Bug's Life (a,v)
- Eagles: Hell Freezes Over (a)
- The Fifth Element (a,v)
- Gladiator (a,v,m)
- Ice Age (v)
- The Iron Giant (a,m)
- Fellowship Of The Ring (a,v,m,e)
- The Mask Of Zorro sbd (a,v,m)
- The Matrix (a,m)
- Men In Black (a,m,e)
- Monsters Inc (a,v,m)
- The Prince Of Egypt (a,m)
- The Road To Eldorado (a,v,m)
- Shrek (a,v,m)
- Spiderman (a,v,m)
- Star Wars: AOTC (a,v,m,e)
- Tarzan (a,v,m)
- Terminator 2 ue (a,v,m,e)
- Titan AE (a,v)
- Toy Story utb (a,v,m,e)
 

Louis C

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To add to the already excellent list:

The Matrix
The Shawshank Redemption (SE coming soon?)
Star Trek Wrath of Khan Director's Cut
Three Kings
As Good As it Gets
Good Will Hunting (Get Canadian edition for true anamorphic)
Cast Away
 

Nathan V

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Anything by Scorsese, Kubrick, Mann (post 90), Stone (86-95), and Kurosawa
Terry Gilliam's Brazil, also
Fear and Loathing (criterion) (rent this first; most people don't understand it)
Fight Club (2 disc set is OOP; will be reissued in 2-3 years)
Schindler's List
Se7en
Lord of the Rings
The Third Man (criterion)
pulp Fiction
Fellini's '8 1/2' (criterion) (rent this first also)
Traffic (Criterion)
Almost Famous Unititled

Most of these discs have great extras, and all of them are (IMO) exceptionally high quality films.
 

Nathan V

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Also
Memento, GREAT film, best of 2001 in my opinion.

and
Requiem for a Dream (director's cut) (only if you're an anti-drugs person)
 

JonZ

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I'll add some more

Monty Python & The Holy Grail
Citizen Kane
Touched By Evil
Taxi Driver
Criterion Collection-Robocop,Yojimbo,Roshomon
Malcolm X
The Spy Who Loved Me
From Russia With Love
American History X
Taxi Driver
Psycho
Vertigo
Its A Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Airplane
How TheGrinch Stole Christmas(The classic animated one, not the Jim Carrey disaster)
Die Hard
 

Lew Crippen

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There are a lot of good suggestions. Of course much will depend on your taste in movies, but regardless of what kind of movies you prefer, I would recommend checking out some titles done by Criterion.
While some films now are being released by the studios with quality sound and video transfers (LOTR, for example), this is the company that really brought quality transfers and extras to DVDs. They are somewhat expensive, so you might want to rent a title or two before buying.
BTW, I hope that you have some spare income, as this has become somewhat addictive for many of us. :D
 

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Here is a list of essential buys:

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The Wizard of Oz: Special Edition (Warner)
Singin' In The Rain: Special Edition
A Hard Day's Night: Special Edition
8 1/2: Criterion Collection
Doctor Zhivago
Citizen Kane
Amadeus: Director's Cut
Moulin Rouge!
Harvey (1950)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail: Special Edition
Being There
Superman: The Movie

There are a few others I also think should be on this list, but have omitted for reasons like SEs replacing them. Some of the Universal Monster DVDs are OOP and have better versions coming. Some have censorship or errors.

All of the titles on the list have excellent video/audio transfers. Most also have excellent supplements. Some such as Harvey, Being There, and The Elephant Man have less extras than most SEs, but are worth it just for the a/v quality and another reason all of these are here...

The movies are fantastic!
 

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BACK TO THE FUTURE!!!!
Terminator 2: UE
Star Wars: Episode 1 and 2
Die Hard: 5-star
The Matrix
Apollo 13
Speed: 5-star
any Criterions
E.T.
Bond movies
Any movie that you like
 

jonathan_paul

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Thanks for all the suggestions so far, I did not expect the list to be that long. I will pickup some of my favorite movies first and go from there as that seems like the best way to start. Anyone have a list of movies from Criterion?
 

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If youre a Gary Oldman fan, try to get Sid & Nancy.

This was one of my first DVDs. Its excellent.
 

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