I don't know movies like many of you do but when considering the totality of a movie's influence on the movie industry and its regard held by the average American moviegoer which 5 movies would you say are most iconic?
The Wizard of Oz certainly merits consideration as do the first 2 Godfather movies.
Titanic
The Godfather
Casablanca
Gone with the Wind
A Christmas Story
My Dinner with Andre
Bill and Ted’s excellent adventure part 3
Saw VII
Footloose
Dirty Dancing Havannah Nights
The Wizard of Oz
Casablanca
The Godfather
Star Wars
The Lion King
Honorable mention: Gone with the Wind, Citizen Kane, Forrest Gump, Toy Story, Titanic
Rocky
Titanic
The lion king
Forest gump
ET
Wizard of Oz
Singin in the drain
Godfather
Goodfellas
Ben Hur
stop stop wrote:
Rocky
Titanic
The lion king
Forest gump
ET
Jaws
Back to the future
Hammering Hank wrote:
I don't know movies like many of you do but when considering the totality of a movie's influence on the movie industry and its regard held by the average American moviegoer which 5 movies would you say are most iconic?
The Wizard of Oz certainly merits consideration as do the first 2 Godfather movies.
If you're considering American movies that influenced others then Citizen Kaine has to be one of them just from a technical standpoint. However the average American moviegoer today wouldn't consider it in their top 5.
Others touched on movies that are in the discussion.
I'm not a fan of the Stars Wars films but it has to be in there. I guess it also satisfies the "western" genre.
Gone With the Wind was both innovative and acclaimed.
An animated film should be included, maybe Fantasia or Dumbo
The Godfather too.
Citizen Kane
The Godfather
Gone With the Wind
Star Wars
Fantasia
coach wrote:
Hammering Hank wrote:
I don't know movies like many of you do but when considering the totality of a movie's influence on the movie industry and its regard held by the average American moviegoer which 5 movies would you say are most iconic?
The Wizard of Oz certainly merits consideration as do the first 2 Godfather movies.
If you're considering American movies that influenced others then Citizen Kaine has to be one of them just from a technical standpoint. However the average American moviegoer today wouldn't consider it in their top 5.
Others touched on movies that are in the discussion.
I'm not a fan of the Stars Wars films but it has to be in there. I guess it also satisfies the "western" genre.
Gone With the Wind was both innovative and acclaimed.
An animated film should be included, maybe Fantasia or Dumbo
The Godfather too.
Citizen Kane
The Godfather
Gone With the Wind
Star Wars
Fantasia
Really nice post coach.
By the terms of the OP
Average current moviegoer eh.
Ok.
Star Wars series
Scarface, the de Palma one
Pretty Woman
Some af-am comedy by Tyler Perry I would never see
Some slasher horror movie that I would never see
James Bond as a whole
The Mission Impossible series
Titanic
Raiders
Rocky
I think that covers it.
Just because I want to, my fave US movies
Star Wars
2001. Sort of American anyway
Raiders
Apocalypse Now
Goodfellas
Apocolypse Now
Some others
All of the movies I thought of have been mentioned.
The most recent movie mentioned is Titanic, which doesn’t feel iconic to me, but has multiple mentions.
I’m trying to think of movie that has come out since 2000 that may reach iconic status.
Nothing jumps out.
Iron Man propelled about a hundred money making Marvel movies.
Napoleon Dynamite will be a classic comedy.
Lost In Translation was good but not seen by everyone.
Star wrote:
All of the movies I thought of have been mentioned.
The most recent movie mentioned is Titanic, which doesn’t feel iconic to me, but has multiple mentions.
I’m trying to think of movie that has come out since 2000 that may reach iconic status.
Nothing jumps out.
Iron Man propelled about a hundred money making Marvel movies.
Napoleon Dynamite will be a classic comedy.
Lost In Translation was good but not seen by everyone.
Since 2000 the best American movie might be There Will Be Blood or a Pixar film.
The Godfather
Chinatown
The Maltese Falcon
Streetcar Named Desire
Tender Mercies
Godfather
Gone With The Wind
Star Wars
Wizard Of Oz
Jaws
Mississippi Burning
Dances with Wolves
12 Years a Slave
Goodfellas
coach wrote:
Hammering Hank wrote:
I don't know movies like many of you do but when considering the totality of a movie's influence on the movie industry and its regard held by the average American moviegoer which 5 movies would you say are most iconic?
The Wizard of Oz certainly merits consideration as do the first 2 Godfather movies.
If you're considering American movies that influenced others then Citizen Kaine has to be one of them just from a technical standpoint. However the average American moviegoer today wouldn't consider it in their top 5.
Others touched on movies that are in the discussion.
I'm not a fan of the Stars Wars films but it has to be in there. I guess it also satisfies the "western" genre.
Gone With the Wind was both innovative and acclaimed.
An animated film should be included, maybe Fantasia or Dumbo
The Godfather too.
Citizen Kane
The Godfather
Gone With the Wind
Star Wars
Fantasia
Good list and reasoning. While in some regards “Star Wars: A New Hope” is often discussed as a “space western” it’s actually the basic hero’s journey which pulp westerns were also based.
If you want a true western to add to the list I give you the Man Who Shot Liberty Valence.
Star wrote:
Iron Man propelled about a hundred money making Marvel movies.
Robert Downey made that franchise, but he had help from Sigourney Weaver in Alien and Linda Hamilton's transformation between Terminator and Terminator. These two ladies established women as capable action stars. The success of the franchise counts a lot on the cross-over audience. The Marvel movies didn't just attract teenage males as the majority of screening attendees.
The 1933 King Kong likely needs to be in there somewhere.
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
From Justin to Kelly
Blades of Glory
Failure to Launch
Scary Movie IV
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