People always ask me things like, “How do you watch so many amazing movies?” or “Please recommend a movie to me because I know that you have the best taste in movies in the whole world. All these requests have started to bother me because I have stuff to do, so to cut out the part where I have to figure out what you should watch, here’s a list of 150 movies that I think everyone should see. No, I don’t know if they’re on Netflix, but I’ve put their genres in there as well. You’re welcome.
- The Departed – Crime/Drama/Thriller
- The Shawshank Redemption – Drama/Thriller
- Goodfellas – Crime/Drama/Thriller
- Good Will Hunting – Drama
- Reservoir Dogs – Crime/Drama/Thriller
- Dead Poets Society – Drama
- The Wolf of Wall Street – Drama/Biopic
- The Hangover – Comedy
- Step Brothers – Comedy
- Superbad – Comedy
- National Lampoon’s Animal House – Comedy
- Old School – Comedy
- We’re the Millers – Comedy
- Wedding Crashers – Comedy
- The Bourne Series – Action/Thriller
- Batman Trilogy (Christopher Nolan) – Crime/Thriller/Action
- Star Wars (Original Trilogy) – Sci-fi/Action
- Indiana Jones Series – Action/Adventure
- Die Hard – Action/Adventure
- The Fugitive – Action/Adventure
- Air Force One – Action/Adventure
- Braveheart – Drama/War/Action
- Forrest Gump – Drama/Comedy
- To Kill a Mockingbird – Drama
- The Silence of the Lambs – Mystery/Thriller
- Se7en – Mystery/Thriller
- Rocky – Sports/Drama
- Gladiator – Drama/Action
- The Terminator – Action/Sci-fi
- Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy – Comedy
- Napoleon Dynamite – Comedy
- Tommy Boy – Comedy
- Happy Gilmore – Comedy
- Billy Madison – Comedy
- Saving Private Ryan – War/Action/Drama
- Fight Club – Drama/Thriller/Mindf*ck
- The Usual Suspects – Drama/Thriller/Mindf*ck
- The Godfather Trilogy – Drama/Crime
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood… Drama/Comedy/Action
- No Country for Old Men – Drama/Thriller
- A Few Good Men – Drama/Thriller
- Inception – Thriller/Mindf*ck
- Shutter Island – Thriller/Mindf*ck
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Drama
- Interstellar – Sci-fi/Action/Thriller/Drama
- Back to the Future Trilogy – Comedy/Drama/Action/Sci-Fi
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail – Comedy
- The Grand Budapest Hotel – Comedy/Drama
- The Sixth Sense – Paranormal/Thriller/Mindf*ck
- The Big Lebowski – Comedy
- Stand by Me – Comedy/Drama
- Blade Runner – Sci-fi/Action/Thriller
- Blade Runner 2049 – Sci-fi/Action/Thriller
- Little Miss Sunshine – Drama/Comedy
- Toy Story – Children’s movie
- Up – Children’s movie
- The Incredibles – Children’s movie
- Monsters, Inc. – Children’s movie
- The Breakfast Club – Drama/Comedy
- Sixteen Candles – Comedy/Drama
- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off – Comedy
- Rain Man – Drama
- Office Space – Comedy
- The Outsiders – Drama
- The Forty-Year-Old Virgin – Comedy
- Mystic River – Crime/Mystery/Thriller/Drama
- Knives Out – Mystery/Thriller/Comedy
- Caddyshack – Comedy
- The Blues Brothers – Comedy
- Planes, Trains, and Automobiles – Comedy/Drama
- Uncle Buck – Comedy/Drama
- Mean Girls – Comedy/Drama
- Mrs. Doubtfire – Comedy/Drama
- 21 Jump Street/22 Jump Street – Comedy
- American Pie – Comedy
- Stripes – Comedy/War
- Tropic Thunder – Comedy/War
- Good Morning, Vietnam – Drama/Comedy
- Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby – Comedy
- Dumb and Dumber – Comedy
- Ghost Busters – Comedy/Paranormal
- There’s Something About Mary – Comedy
- Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story – Comedy
- Meet the Parents – Comedy
- Yes Man – Comedy
- Paul Blart: Mall Cop – Comedy
- Gone Baby Gone – Mystery/Crime/Drama/Thriller
- Remember the Titans – Sports/Drama
- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective – Comedy
- Ocean’s Trilogy – Crime/Action
- Field of Dreams – Sports/Drama
- The Sandlot – Sports/Comedy
- Wayne’s World – Comedy
- Austin Powers Trilogy – Comedy
- Shrek – Children’s movie
- Finding Nemo – Children’s movie
- Zoolander – Comedy
- Memento – Mystery/Thriller/Mindf*ck
- Elf – Christmas/Comedy
- National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation – Christmas/Comedy
- A Christmas Story – Christmas/Comedy
- Space Balls – Comedy
- Miracle – Sports/Drama
- Hoosiers – Sports/Drama
- Invincible – Sports/Drama
- The Blind Side – Sports/Drama
- The Natural – Sports/Drama
- Major League – Sports/Comedy/Drama
- The Bad News Bears (1976) – Sports/Comedy
- Cinderella Man – Sports/Biopic/Drama
- This Is 40 – Comedy/Drama
- I Love You, Man – Comedy
- The Hateful Eight – Drama/Crime/Comedy
- Harry Potter Series – You should know what that is
- Get Out – Thriller/Drama
- Us – Thriller/Drama/Mindf*ck
- Home Alone – Comedy/Christmas
- The Goonies – Comedy/Adventure/Drama
- The Gentlemen – Crime/Action/Comedy
- Tenet – Thriller/Mindf*ck
- Hall Pass – Comedy
- Due Date – Comedy
- Vacation (2018) – Comedy
- The Way Way Back – Comedy/Drama
- Django Unchained – Western/Drama
- Whiplash – Music/Drama/Thriller
- Babylon – Drama/History
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Crime/Drama
- Scent of a Woman – Drama/Comedy
- Brothers – War/Drama
- My Cousin Vinny – Mystery/Drama/Comedy
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – Drama
- The Invisible Guest – Mystery/Thriller (in Spanish)
- City of God – Drama/Thriller/Action (in Portuguese)
- Parasite – Suspense/Thriller/Comedy (in Korean)
- Memories of Murder – Mystery/Thriller (in Korean)
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – Drama/Sci-Fi/Romance/Suspense
- Black Sheep – Comedy
- There Will Be Blood – Historical Drama
- Wet Hot American Summer – Comedy
- The Prestige – Magic/Drama/Thriller/Mindf*ck
- In Bruges – Dark Comedy/Drama
- Seven Psychopaths – Comedy
- The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – Mystery/Thriller
- Zodiac – History/Drama/Mystery/Thriller
- The Social Network – Biographic/Drama
- Gone Girl – Mystery/Thriller/Mindf*ck
- Horrible Bosses – Comedy
- The Big Short – Drama/Comedy/History
- Inglourious Basterds – History/Drama/Action/War/Comedy
So, if I know you and you’re reading this, don’t ask me for any more recommendations until you’ve watched every single entry on this list. I spent way too much time putting together 150 movies that I think everyone should see, so it would be rude to make me pick one out for you.
