Gen X Movies
Someday the aliens will sift through movies to understand us. So much for our legacy. With no due respect to the “critics,” EduClaytion offers this list of the top movies of at least one member of Generation X. Consider this a working list (although the top ten is pretty entrenched).
This list is open to debate (I’m sure I forgot a bunch). You may cry foul at the snubs, so be sure to offer your picks. Click on the titles for trailers, clips, and extras.
2) Tombstone
9) The Matrix
10) Troy
11) Indiana Jones: Raiders Of The Lost Ark
12) Goonies
13) Highlander
14) Superman
15) The Patriot
17) The Godfather
20) Scrooged
22) Signs
23) The Lost Boys
24) Big Fish
25) National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
26) Clue
27) The Sixth Sense
28) The Majestic
29) Groundhog Day
31) Forrest Gump
32) Rocky IV
33) Weird Science
35) Meet Joe Black
36) A Few Good Men
37) The Three Amigos
39) The Natural
40) Click
41) Patch Adams
42) Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
44) The Truman Show
46) Apollo 13
47) The Fugitive
48) Forever Young
50) The Green Mile
52) Seven Pounds
57) Frequency
58) Seven
60) The Dark Knight
Hard to create a list like this. Have at it!
Also considered (in no particular order):
Swingers, There Will Be Blood, Spy Game, The Untouchables, Mallrats, Top Gun, Office Space, Goodfellas, The Game, The Frighteners (Peter Jackson directed), Payback, The Bucket List, Awakenings, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Blade, Footloose, Dazed and Confused, Gone With The Wind, Night At The Museum, The Saint, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, The 300, Finding Neverland, Fight Club, Weekend At Bernie’s, Young Guns, Next, Footloose, A Series Of Unfortunate Events, Airplane, Casablanca, Apocalypto, My Life, Bruce Almighty, Back To The Future 2, Catch Me If You Can, Finding Nemo, A Beautiful Mind, Haunted Honeymoon, The Notebook, Clean Slate, Ben Hur, Aladdin, Rear Window, Fletch Lives, Singing In The Rain, Wizard Of Oz, A League of Their Own
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I would have linked to IMDB, as there is a synopsis along with credits. But you have quite a good list. No, I wouldn’t try to put one together… too many snipers out there. Too many baseball movies… but that doesn’t surprise me, it is your list. Wall-e was good, aside from the pathetic post-apocalyptic point of view… Red Dawn wasn’t on your list… odd.
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1. I am not surprised Wall-E was mentioned.
2. I can’t believe Wall-E was the first one mentioned.
3. I never considered the post-apocalyptic philosophy. Brilliant.
Bravo! you have listed so many fantastic movies here. I know compiling this list was a lofty task, but John Adams and Glory should totally be on this list!
What about Gladiator and Total Recall? Lol.
John Adams was better on the front end than the back. Glory was good, but I still think the ultimate Civil War movie is yet to be made. I don’t know why I like Galdiator but don’t really care to see it again. You’ve made me realize that I don’t have any Schwarzenegger movies here. Hmmm… I did like Jingle All The Way.
A compilation of delicious classics (‘Its a Wonderful Life,’ ‘The Princess Bride,’ ‘Scrooged,’ ‘Clue, etc…) and some surprises (‘Click’? Really?) but did I miss ‘Night of the Living Dead’? The direction, the subtext, the horrorrrrrr!
As for Click, I’m a sucker for father-son flicks (Big Fish, Field of Dreams, and more on the list). I know Night of the Living Dead is a classic. I’m from Pittsburgh so I’m even more of a local heretic for not giving Romero the nod.
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fantastic list of movies! it does lack some serious 80′s horror movies, but it is great to see a list compiled of so many different movies with different subject matter. very surprised ‘the departed’ didn’t make the cut. possibly could add ‘the wall’ or ‘clockwork orange’, just to give the list that little bit of weirdness it so deserves.
I’ve been taking a beating on the movie list lately. You’re actually being nice about it. The debate is great. I did like The Departed but never considered it here. I’ve been feeling like Scorsese got shorted on this list as Goodfellas is only an honorable mention. So, like everyone else I come to this list every now and again and wonder what the author was thinking. As for Clockwork Orange, I think the movie was shocking but not nearly as important or culturally significant as everyone seems to think.
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Though, I’m of Gen Y, I can’t believe you missed out on putting Empire Records or Clerks up here! Those were both very big movies in the 90s and know many 30+ year olds who kind of grew into adulthood with them. I like that you have Signs before The Sixth Sense because overall I would have to agree that it’s a better movie. Also the lack of Jim Jarmusch movies on EVERY best movies list is a serious shame for he’s truly one of the most inventive director/screenwriters in film history.
Thanks for the input. The point of this list is that no one can ever agree. Kind of cool. A lot of people who know me might be surprised Clerks isn’t in, but Kevin Smith’s best for me is Mallrats which is on.
Mallrats is my favorite Kevin Smith movie, too.
Oh I forgot one! Lost In Translation, an incredible movie! And that soundtrack is pretty much responsible for the My Bloody Valentine reunion, and their possible long anticipated follow up to their Legendary(better than Nirvana Nevermind)1991 album Loveless. I also think that the My Bloody Valentine reunion might’ve been influential to Pavement reuniting. Pavement BETTER come to Pittsburgh so we can hear them comment on the Smashing Pumpkins in their song “Range Life”, live!
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