Alright, here's how this thing works. Later on in this post you will see the name of the movies nominated in this specific genre. They are presented in order by how many nominations they received, and then subsequently in order alphabetically when tied with the same number of votes. The number of nominations appears in parenthesis next to the movie title (with those not having a number receiving one nomination). Number of nominations was only the number of mentions the movie received in this specific genre.

 

Now, with that out of the way, here's the process. Simply look at the movie list and post your own list from the list of movies on the nomination list that you believe everyone, no matter what, must see. Feel free to poke fun, argue with, or ask for explanations from other users who may post lists. The point is to draw a general consensus on which movies should be viewed by everyone. If I see a movie that's getting a lot of issue over with more than one poster on each side of the debate, I'll post up a poll and have everyone speak specifically in that topic about that movie. Now, with all that out of the way, here's the list:

 

Suspense / Thriller

Strangers on a Train (4)

Psycho (3)

Silence of the Lambs (3)

North by Northwest (2)

Rear Window (2)

Se7en (2)

Signs (2)

Sixth Sense (2)

Air Force One

American Psycho

Angel Heart

City of God

Dark City

Dial M for Murder

Donnie Darko

Fight Club

Gaslight

Hotel Rwanda

Laurence of Arabia

M

Memento

Red Dragon

The Birds

The Game

The Usual Suspects

U.S. Marshalls

Unbreakable

Vertigo

 

Vote Vote Vote

Silence of the Lambs

Air Force One

U.S. Marshalls

Psycho

 

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Fight Club

American Psycho (even if it's the wrong list; fits more in horror comedy)

Psycho

Se7en

Rear Window

 

No Fight Club votes yet?

 

Memento (added in subsequent post)

 

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If Memento and Fight Club don't make the list I'm just going to go ahead and quit voting. These are certainly two of the defining films of our generation, and they MUST be on this list.

 

Memento

Fight Club

Silence of the Lambs

North by Northwest

Rear Window

Se7en

Sixth Sense

The Birds

Vertigo

 

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If Momento and Fight Club don't make the list I'm just going to go ahead and quit voting. These are certainly two of the defining films of our generation, and they MUST be on this list.

 

Momento

Fight Club

Silence of the Lambs

North by Northwest

Rear Window

Se7en

Sixth Sense

The Birds

Vertigo

 

 

Good call, I must have glazed over Memento in my reading of this list.

 

Memento added to my list.

If Momento and Fight Club don't make the list I'm just going to go ahead and quit voting. These are certainly two of the defining films of our generation, and they MUST be on this list.

 

Momento

Fight Club

Silence of the Lambs

North by Northwest

Rear Window

Se7en

Sixth Sense

The Birds

Vertigo

 

 

Good call, I must have glazed over Memento in my reading of this list.

 

Memento added to my list.

 

I cannot believe I spelled Memento wrong, not once, but twice. Wow.

 

Probably one of my top 5 all-time films and I can't even remember to spell its name correctly.

Fight Club

The Birds

Psycho

Sixth Sense

Donnie Darko

Red Dragon

 

Signs, burn in hell!!!

 

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Fight Club

Air Force One

 

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Silence of the Lambs

 

:waving

 

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Psycho

Silence of the Lambs

Rear Window

Se7en

Sixth Sense

Donnie Darko

Fight Club

The Usual Suspects

 

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Here's my question:

 

Have any of you guys SEEN Memento?

Psycho

Silence of the Lambs

Se7en

Signs

Sixth Sense

American Psycho

Donnie Darko

Fight Club

Hotel Rwanda

Laurence of Arabia

Memento

Usual Suspects

Unbreakable

Vertigo

 

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Seen:

Strangers on a Train

Psycho

Silence of the Lambs

North by Northwest

Se7en

Signs

Sixth Sense

Air Force One

American Psycho

City of God

Dark City

Donnie Darko

Fight Club

Laurence of Arabia

Memento

Red Dragon

The Birds

The Game

The Usual Suspects

U.S. Marshalls

Unbreakable

Vertigo

 

IMO, this is the weakest list yet, although there's some good ones at the top.

 

These are my must sees:

Psycho

Silence of the Lambs

Vertigo

The Usual Suspects

North By Northwest

Donnie Darko

Memento

 

I guess that's where I stop. Donnie Darko and Memento just made the cut for me. Donnie Darko because it's one of my Top 5 movies ever, and Memento possibly only because of the lobbying going on in this here thread. It was a really cool film, though. Who nominated U.S. Marhsals? Confess.

 

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Strangers on a Train

Psycho

Silence of the Lambs

North by Northwest

Se7en

Donnie Darko

Fight Club

Memento

The Birds

 

One of my favorite genres.

 

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Psycho

Silence of the Lambs

North by Northwest

Se7en

City of God

Dark City

Fight Club

Hotel Rwanda

Laurence of Arabia

Unbreakable

Vertigo

 

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Silence of the Lambs

Se7en

American Psycho

City of God

Donnie Darko

Fight Club

Hotel Rwanda

Memento

Red Dragon

The Usual Suspects

 

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The Usual Suspects

Psycho (3)

Silence of the Lambs (3)

Se7en (2)

Donnie Darko

Fight Club

 

I haven't seen Memento, but one of my friends has it and I am going to watch it in the next couple days so I'll get back to you on that one.

 

Memento. added in later post

 

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North by Northwest (2)

Air Force One

Fight Club

Psycho (original, remake sucked)

 

Fugitive didn’t make the list?

 

memento bored me

 

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Sorry for the late add, but put Memento up there. Just finished. Great movie.

QUICK CLOSE THE THREAD! MEMENTO HAS A MAJORITY VOTE!

14 votes (that seems to be the mean to this point), 7 needed for inclusion

 

On The List (# of votes)

Fight Club (11)

Psycho (10)

Silence of the Lambs (10)

Se7en (8)

Donnie Darko (7)

Memento (7)

 

On The Fence (# of votes)

North by Northwest (5)

The Usual Suspects (5)

 

Pretty Much Done (# of votes)

Sixth Sense (4)

Vertigo (4)

Rear Window (3)

Air Force One (3)

American Psycho (3)

Hotel Rwanda (3)

The Birds (3)

 

Eliminated with two votes

City of God

Laurence of Arabia

Red Dragon

Unbreakable

 

Eliminated with one vote

Strangers on a Train

Signs

Dark City

U.S. Marshalls

 

Eliminated with no votes:

Angel Heart

Dial M for Murder

Gaslight

M

The Game

 

Pretty amazing that the top nominee in the genre only received one vote in the real voting.

 

This'll be open until tomorrow barring new votes.

That's it. New one coming soon.