Friday list, posted on Sunday: Movies I think everyone should see

Alien by Ridley Scott (1979)
Aliens by James Cameron (1986)
American Beauty by Sam Mendes (1999)
American History X by Tony Kaye (1998)
Blade Runner: The Final Cut by Ridley Scott (original cut released in 1982, “Final Cut” released in 2007)
Casino by Martin Scorsese (1995)
The Dark Knight by Christopher Nolan (2008)
Everything is Illuminated by Liev Schreiber (2005)
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off by John Hughes (1986)
Heat by Michael Mann (1995)
Hero by Yimou Zhang (2002)
Iron Man by Jon Favreau (2008)
Jurassic Park by Steven Spielberg (1993)
Le Samouraï by Jean-Pierre Melville (1967)
Lord of the Rings Trilogy by Peter Jackson (2001, 2002, 2003)
Lost in Translation by Sofia Coppola (2003)
Mean Girls by Mark Waters (2004)
Pan’s Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro (2006)
Platoon by Oliver Stone (1986)
Saving Private Ryan by Steven Speilberg (1998)
Serenity by Joss Whedon (2005)
Seven by David Fincher (1995)
Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa (1954)
Spirited Away by Hayao Miyazaki (2001)
The Terminator by James Cameron (1984)
Terminator 2: Judgement Day by James Cameron (1991)
The Thin Red Line by Terrence Malick (1998)
V for Vendetta by James McTeigue (2005)
The Virgin Suicides by Sofia Coppola (1999)
Waiting for Guffman by Christopher Guest (1996)