Movies That shall stand the test of time...

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Movies That shall stand the test of time...

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I am especially interested about recent movies. a.k.a. from 1990s-current, since the many movies that are obvious choices like Gone With the Wind, Citizen Kane or Lawrence of Arabia have already stood the test of time and are now regarded as classics.
So which films in your opinion will be considered as an example of classic film-making, say 30-40 years from now?

To note, this is not a list of films that you love and thus consider them to be classics. Imo, it takes the right combination of quality and popularity that takes a movie to be remembered for a long long time.


ETA: It occurred to me that some movies are not popular when they're first released but become classics over time.
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Most of Terrence Malick's, Alfonso Cuaron's, PT Anderson's and the Coen Brother's films.
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  • The best of the Pixar features (I'd say Up, WALL-E, The Incredibles and Toy Story 3, the last being arguably the best sequel ever made, and definitely the best third in a series.
    The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast (the Disney Revival)
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    Pulp Fiction
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Passdagas the Brown wrote:Most of Terrence Malick's, Alfonso Cuaron's, PT Anderson's and the Coen Brother's films.
And the titles of some of these would be...?

Not being any kind of film buff, I don't immediately associate these names with specific movies.
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LOTR and the Harry Potter films. They are not all the same quality, but 30 years from now, the kids who grew up on them will determine what is considered a classic.
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JewelSong wrote:
Passdagas the Brown wrote:Most of Terrence Malick's, Alfonso Cuaron's, PT Anderson's and the Coen Brother's films.
And the titles of some of these would be...?

Not being any kind of film buff, I don't immediately associate these names with specific movies.
Malick: Days of Heaven, Badlands, Thin Red Line, The Tree of Life, the New World

Cuaron: Y Tu Mama Tambien, Children of Men, A Little Princess, Prisoner of Azkaban, Gravity

PT Anderson: Boogie Nights, Magnolia, There Will Be Blood

Coen Brothers: Fargo, the Big Lebowski, No Country for Old Men, O Brother, Where Art Thou?

I also suspect PJ's LOTR will stand the test of time, even if I disagree with the positive assessment of the critical community.
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Batman/Dark Knight come to mind. Also, though The Matrix's reputation has been sullied somewhat, I do think it will stand the test of time very well.


I'll also take the opportunity to once again plug the amazing recent foreign film A Separation. Go see it now!!
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yovargas wrote: Also, though The Matrix's reputation has been sullied somewhat, I do think it will stand the test of time very well.
Only because the sequels were bad and badder. The first one was a groundbreaking film.
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I think The Matrix is already considered a classic. It surely still be regarded a classic in lot many years from now!
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If attention span trends hold, people 30 years from now may not be aware that there are any 30-year-old movies!
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If attention span trends hold, 30 years from now there will no longer be such a thing as movies.
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I'm sorry, did you say something?
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I take the same approach with the Matrix sequels that my husband's army buddy takes with Star Wars Episode I-III. I try to pretend they never happened.
axordil wrote: The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast (the Disney Revival)
The Lion King as well.
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The Star Trek franchise and the James Bond franchise. I know I've watched them multiple times, and they are on TV quite a bit.
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Voronwë the Faithful wrote:I'm sorry, did you say something?
You lost me at "sorry." Keep it brief, V.
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River wrote:I
take the same approach with the Matrix sequels that my husband's army
buddy takes with Star Wars Episode I-III. I try to pretend they never
happened.
axordil wrote: The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast (the Disney
Revival)
The Lion King as well
Lion King is for me the best of Disney.
And WALL-E for Pixar.
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Movies are getting longer and longer... so much for the attention span.

I did not see any of the Malick movies and I absolutely hated Magnolia. For me it's clearly a movie which is best forgotten.

The first Matrix was groundbreaking, indeed.

I'd say Inception.
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Nobody agree with me on "On Golden Pond"?
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Alatar wrote:Nobody agree with me on "On Golden Pond"?
Smaug wrote:I am especially interested about recent movies. a.k.a. from 1990s-current
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I'm gonna add Spirited Away. Probably most of the Ghibli movies but definitely Spirited Away.

And definitely The Shawshank Redemption.
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Alatar wrote:Nobody agree with me on "On Golden Pond"?
I don't know it.

And I agree on the Ghiblis.
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