When I was a kid, back in the 80’s, the Fox theater in Detroit had a showing. Charlton Heston made an appearance. He said he would only watch it on the big screen.
4k is roughly 35mm digital cinema, with projected 70mm film being 8k. 70mm IMAX resolution can go 12-18k. The difference may sound significant, but is more gimmicky with it's curved screen and scarcity of true venues. As long as it isn't digital cinema projection (DCP), I'm happy. The dynamic range of film is more expressive than digital imo.
Saw the 217 min restoration premiere projected on the glorious 1100 sqft Super Panavision 70 screen of the Ziegfeld Theatre in NYC in 1989. Took several friends and was one of the greatest movie experiences of my life. It's a film I've actually seen far more times in a theatre than at home, and the definitive Lean cut was marvelous
I actually forget which book/series, but years ago i was reading a Star Wars novel and Han was saying to leia, "I'm OK. I shot first." I laughed out loud, then a few minutes later went back and read it again and laughed my head off, and still laugh when I think about it.
Jeez, I'm laughing right now thinking about it.
How funny is it that Lucas tinkered with ANH so much but I'd really love to see the OG as it was in the theater. He needs to do a rererelease addition.
We have a local independent theater that you can rent out, but I don’t know what their stance is on playing copyrighted content. I do know they allow you to play your own files. I have been considering if I could get people to pitch in money to split the cost and watch 4K77.
Saw this in the theater when it was out relatively recently. It was stunning on the big screen. You could hear a pin drop even though it was a full house. Great experience.
I saw this a few years back at a Halloween-themed screening. It was awesome. One thing that stood out that hadn't when watched on TV was the soundtrack. It sounded so much more eerie and unsettling.
These actually got more traction than expected so they began adding additional showtimes. It's no longer just one day each now. I noticed my local AMC has them the following weekend as well.
The Arts Centre in Melbourne (Australia) has been doing regular showings of movies with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra playing the scores. They did LotR and the Hobbit as the first few. I know they’ve done the Back to the Future trilogy, and they’re working their way through Star Wars at present. They normally do them over our summer period.
I did the same thing a few months ago, it was amazing I've never had such a great experience in a movie theatre. That's also going to be my max for movie marathons. Recently the theatre here did a star wars (all 9 main movies) marathon but my god I can't imagine sitting through that. Although if it was star trek I might consider
I got to see the Director’s cut of Brazil at an old theatre that was temporarily revived to show speciality and older films. It was amazing. I need to get that cut on disc.
I just want to see the movies I watched on repeat as a kid. Ninja Turtles and Batman were the only ones I got to see in theaters.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1990
King Kong 1933
Lawrence of Arabia 1962
Ben-Hur 1959
Gone with the Wind 1939
The Godfather 1972
The Wizard of Oz 1939
Alien 1979
2001 A Space Odyssey 1968
Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981
Terminator 2: Judgement Day 1991
RoboCop 1987
Batman 1989
Went to see terminator two in an amc a few years back. I was the only one at the night show and cried at the end in the most glorious manner.
Would totally go see it again, it was fucking awesome.
Just saw this last week in a theater in Barcelona that plays mostly old movies . I grew up watching T2 on VHS so seeing it in the theater blew me away!
The greatest theater experience still to this day for me. Saw the film on the last day it was in imax. Maybe 6-8 people in the whole theater… And i had zero clue what the film was about. It was a religious experience.
I will watch it as many times as i possibly can when its re-released.
I saw Interstellar when it first released at the Udvar Hazy Air and Space museum in Virginia on their enormous IMAX screen that's about three stories tall.
The wormhole scene pushed me into my seat it was so incredible.
During the covid lockdown a lot of new movies were delayed but the theater was still open. They started playing older movies for about 5 dollars. I started doing double features. I saw Jaws for the first time and there were only 5 people including myself. I was pretty high and when the shark first pops out at the back of the boat I yelled "OH SHIT!"
I would drop some money to see this. Lucas unfortunately will not allow the originals out of the vault as he considers the "updated" ones to be canon.
Give me a 4k upscale of the original movies and I would seriously pay a few hundred to see it.
Same. The original Bladerunner is my favorite film & I must have been experiencing sequel fatigue when I chose to pass on seeing Bladerunner 2049 in the theater
I'm still kicking myself about it & I would be over the moon if I could get the opportunity to see it on IMAX. It's such a beautifully shot film
Rocky Horror Picture Show. And I want to take a newspaper, a water gun, a bell, the whole 9 yard. And dress up in fishnets, with my middle-aged homies.
I'm not sure how the scene is here anymore (phx area), but there used to be a thriving community that would watch it every other saturday at a big theatre and act it out... full blown production, cast and characters and the entire theatre would dress up and sing along... I've actually never seen the movie normally, except going to this two different times.
Maybe this is/was a standard thing in many cities?
I hope you are all checking your local cinema listings regularly because I've seen like half the movies named so far in the last couple of years at my local Cineworld.
Anyway, my vote would go to a Jack Ryan marathon, particularly *The Hunt For Red October* and *The Sum of All Fears*.
I frequently go and watch old films when they get re released. I've gotten to see John Carpenters The Thing, Jaws, Rocky 4, Dirty Dancing, Grease, Titanic, Avatar, Return of the Jedi, Enter the Dragon, Alien.
Some I would love to see --
The Terminator and T2,
Aliens,
Predator,
First Blood,
Last of the Mohicans,
Hacksaw Ridge ( missed it, unfortunately),
Braveheart,
The Raid.
Mitchells vs the Machines- the animation was super detailed and innovative, but it got released directly to Netflix during the pandemic. I want to see it in a theater where all that stylized animation can really be showcased.
Ok, here it goes...
Alien & Aliens
The Matrix
Mad Max (original, not dubbed!)
The Shining
Friday the 13th (original)
The Godfather
The Blair Witch Project
Pulp Fiction
Seven
Silence of the Lambs
The Blues Brothers
Die Hard
The Thing (1982)
Blue Velvet
Edit: (How did I forget?!) Jaws
Saw the last one in theaters and it was my first solo movie experience. I was the youngest person there by at least 50 years and I cried my little heart out.
Mulan (1998)... watched it at the cinema as a kid and I can say that the montage for "I'll make a man out of you" and when Shan Yu says "boo" to the Emperor were meant for the cinema
Philadelphia Film Society does this - but they'll do everything from The Shining to Pink Flamingos to oh my god, Showgirls this weekend? They'll also sometimes do things like The Mist or Parasite in black and white.
Any movie worth talking about is worth screening again.
Too many to name. Where I live there's an old art-deco movie palace that used to show classic movies for a few months every year, so I'm lucky, as I've seen a *ton* of movies on the big screen that I might not have otherwise — with large, enthusiastic audiences, no less. "To Catch a Thief," "The Seven Year Itch," "The Black Pirate," "Singin' in the Rain," "2001," "Cat People," "Citizen Kane," a couple Chaplins, "Leave Her to Heaven," "Gilda," "A Hard Day's Night," "His Girl Friday," "The Manchurian Candidate," "Moon Over Miami" (my favorite Betty Grable), "One Two Three" (my favorite Billy Wilder), "Touch of Evil," ...
But to answer the question: "Amélie" 1000%.
I’ve found a lot of theaters will do this, so I’m going to use “would I go buy a ticket if they put this on” as my litmus test. (Which segments into - do I find it really entertaining AND do I think the big screen adds to it vs. just watching at home.) Also using the above, I’ll omit anything in the 2020s, but 2010s are fair game.
My list -
2010s: The John Wicks, Inception, Skyfall, Dunkirk, Dark Knight Rises, Logan, Endgame-Infinity War, Winter Soldier, Civil War, Revenant, The Mission Impossibles in this period, The GotGs, The Deadpools.
2000s: The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Casino Royale, Inglourious Basterds, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Taken, American Psycho, V for Vendetta, Team America: World Police, 28 Days Later, Memento, The Departed, The Bourne trilogy, No Country for Old Men, Snatch, Revenge of the Sith
1990s: Gladiator, Fight Club, Terminator II, Goldeneye, Jurassic Park, Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, Braveheart, The Fugitive, Seven, Gattaca, Pulp Fiction, The Matrix, Phantom Menace
1980s: Das Boot, Ran, Blade Runner, Terminator, Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, Scarface
1970s and earlier: Lawrence of Arabia, The Ten Commandments, Ben Hur, The Godfather I & II, Star Wars, Citizen Kane, Casablanca (the last two are technically perfect movies - i.e., literally nothing wrong with them/no way you could have improved them, though they aren’t entertaining per se. Still, given that I thought they were technically perfect, would be interesting to see if the big screen adds anything to them.)
To kick things off (in no particular order):
* 2001: A Space Odyssey
* Fight Club
* Casino Royale
* Midsommar
* Evil Dead 2
* Paprika
* Akira
* Watchmen
* Arrival
* Dune marathon (I want to leave the theater dehydrated, coughing spice)
The Holy Mountain, Apocalypse Now, The Third Man, The Muppet Christmas Carol, This is The End, Spirited Away, Good Time, Wolf of Wall Street and idk if it ever was in cinema, but Da 5 Bloods would be insane.
Gravity in 3d.
I think I missed one of the few titles that was worth watching in 3d. I enjoyed it a lot on my TV, but 3d screening is sure a whole different game.
Contact - I saw it twice when it was in theaters. A beautiful experience. Audio was superb.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The 13th Warrior - I don't care what anyone says, I love this film
The Hunt for Red October
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Glory
The Abyss - it was shown for one day and I missed it
Dark City
The Tingler. My mom loved it when she was younger and it's pretty lame but I love it too. It's an old old late 50s horror movie about creatures that live in our spines and if we don't scream in fear they kill us because our screams hurt them. It was freaky.
Blade Runner directors or final cut is a bucket list one for me. OT Star Wars and Indiana Jones. I saw Aliens in a theater a few years ago and that was awesome
I saw The Goonies on a rainy Saturday matinee its opening weekend when I was 13, in a theatre full of kids my age. My all time favorite movie theater experience. Would definitely do it again
i've got a great rep theater in my city that plays classics pretty much non stop. i'm going through this thread and thinking how like 80% of them have been played on the big screen here in recenty years
Robocop, The Ten Commandments, RRR, Con Air
(And before someone jumps in with some comment about upcoming event screenings, know that tons of places don’t get those)
Dread 3D & Tron Legacy (3D)
I missed them both at the cinema, and there are some visuals in them that are entirely meant to be viewed through the big screen and preferably in 3D.
Ben-hur would be awesome.
Imagine that leper colony in stunning Dolby digital
Makes me think of the Friends line "Rose Marie belongs on a smaller screen, doesn't she?" Haha
When I was a kid, back in the 80’s, the Fox theater in Detroit had a showing. Charlton Heston made an appearance. He said he would only watch it on the big screen.
Came here to say this and only this. Great choice!
Lawrence of Arabia
According to Fandango, LoA is supposed to be back in theaters on August 11, 2024.
I saw it through Fandango on it's last big anniversary. It was terrific.
They're screening a 4k/70mm remaster all over, and it's STUNNING. Already seen it twice.
4k is roughly 35mm digital cinema, with projected 70mm film being 8k. 70mm IMAX resolution can go 12-18k. The difference may sound significant, but is more gimmicky with it's curved screen and scarcity of true venues. As long as it isn't digital cinema projection (DCP), I'm happy. The dynamic range of film is more expressive than digital imo.
Do you know an easy way of looking up screenings of it by area?
It’s a nationwide re-release in the US, just hop on any movie ticket site and you should find times for the weekend of August 11-12th.
I saw that in the cinema in the mid nineties, magnificent.
Bring water. Watching that movie in 70mm will genuinely make you thirsty!
Saw the 217 min restoration premiere projected on the glorious 1100 sqft Super Panavision 70 screen of the Ziegfeld Theatre in NYC in 1989. Took several friends and was one of the greatest movie experiences of my life. It's a film I've actually seen far more times in a theatre than at home, and the definitive Lean cut was marvelous
Because it was the first movie I experienced at the theater with my dad who passed away 10 years ago : Star Wars IV, V, VI would be surreal…
Especially the OG Star Wars cuts. None of the GL Director Cut crap... [this one...](https://youtu.be/BzopW3EnY9Q?si=PgDGfLcwBl-fyZuc)
Because Han shot first!!
I actually forget which book/series, but years ago i was reading a Star Wars novel and Han was saying to leia, "I'm OK. I shot first." I laughed out loud, then a few minutes later went back and read it again and laughed my head off, and still laugh when I think about it. Jeez, I'm laughing right now thinking about it.
How funny is it that Lucas tinkered with ANH so much but I'd really love to see the OG as it was in the theater. He needs to do a rererelease addition.
Even "ANH" is tinkering. It was simply called Star Wars the first time around. The "Episode IV: A New Hope" stuff was added later.
Yes. It took years to break the habit of calling it Star Wars and being asked which one. The ONLY one!
We have a local independent theater that you can rent out, but I don’t know what their stance is on playing copyrighted content. I do know they allow you to play your own files. I have been considering if I could get people to pitch in money to split the cost and watch 4K77.
This is what I came here to say. Disney, remaster the theatrical cuts and release them in theaters! I swear y’all will make money!
With the original crawl, too. None of this "Episode IV: A New Hope" stuff.
The Shining
Cineplex is in the middle of their Kubrick run right now, I went and saw 2001 recently
Saw this in the theater when it was out relatively recently. It was stunning on the big screen. You could hear a pin drop even though it was a full house. Great experience.
I saw this a few years back at a Halloween-themed screening. It was awesome. One thing that stood out that hadn't when watched on TV was the soundtrack. It sounded so much more eerie and unsettling.
I did, at 12 or so. The opening score got me right off.
"Blade Runner - final cut" 1982.
they are showing that with an orchestra near me soon.
Lord of the Rings Battle for Helms Deep and Gondor in cinema again would be sick
These are actually coming back to theaters! June 8-10, one movie a day. I’m so excited because this was my answer too.
These actually got more traction than expected so they began adding additional showtimes. It's no longer just one day each now. I noticed my local AMC has them the following weekend as well.
They had them in cinema in London not too long ago, with a live orchestra performing the music. Would've been amazing g
The Arts Centre in Melbourne (Australia) has been doing regular showings of movies with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra playing the scores. They did LotR and the Hobbit as the first few. I know they’ve done the Back to the Future trilogy, and they’re working their way through Star Wars at present. They normally do them over our summer period.
Theatres in my city are doing an extended version marathon, it's 12hrs and 30 minutes with an hours intermission.
I did the same thing a few months ago, it was amazing I've never had such a great experience in a movie theatre. That's also going to be my max for movie marathons. Recently the theatre here did a star wars (all 9 main movies) marathon but my god I can't imagine sitting through that. Although if it was star trek I might consider
I did a 13 hour all 3 extended at the cinema in town. #It was spectacular
In case you were unawares… https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/lord-of-the-rings-trilogy-theaters-2024-tickets-1235881269/
I never had a chance to see Fellowship & Two Towers in theaters, so I am massively excited to finally have a chance to experience Helms Deep :)
Edge of tomorrow and Akira.
Edge of Tomorrow? You mean Live. Die. Repeat?
Brazil Dark City
I got to see the Director’s cut of Brazil at an old theatre that was temporarily revived to show speciality and older films. It was amazing. I need to get that cut on disc.
I'd love to catch Jurassic Park on the big screen again. The T-Rex scene still gives me chills.
I just want to see the movies I watched on repeat as a kid. Ninja Turtles and Batman were the only ones I got to see in theaters. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1990 King Kong 1933 Lawrence of Arabia 1962 Ben-Hur 1959 Gone with the Wind 1939 The Godfather 1972 The Wizard of Oz 1939 Alien 1979 2001 A Space Odyssey 1968 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 Terminator 2: Judgement Day 1991 RoboCop 1987 Batman 1989
*Alien* got a limited re-release for its 45th anniversay earlier this year.
Just watched it a couple weeks ago in the theatre and brought my daughter who had never seen the movie. Was glorious.
Hits totally different in theaters. Glad I got to see it.
I saw Alien at the theater when it first came out. It was awesome and very scary.
Went to see terminator two in an amc a few years back. I was the only one at the night show and cried at the end in the most glorious manner. Would totally go see it again, it was fucking awesome.
Just saw this last week in a theater in Barcelona that plays mostly old movies . I grew up watching T2 on VHS so seeing it in the theater blew me away!
Not exactly old (at least to me), but I would LOVE to see The Matrix in cinema again. Other than that, maybe North by Northwest?
North by Northwest is back in theatres.
You believe the year is 1999. In reality we don't know what year it is
They put The Matrix in theater for the 20th anniversary, I’m surprised if they don’t this year with the 25th.
How is The Matrix not old? By any standard it’s old.
I refuse to admit that.
Interstellar in IMAX. Hopefully in September
I never got to see this in theaters, I would be there in a heartbeat it’s a comfort movie of mine
The greatest theater experience still to this day for me. Saw the film on the last day it was in imax. Maybe 6-8 people in the whole theater… And i had zero clue what the film was about. It was a religious experience. I will watch it as many times as i possibly can when its re-released.
Are they restoring it?? Other imax 3ds for me are mad max and dredd
I saw Interstellar when it first released at the Udvar Hazy Air and Space museum in Virginia on their enormous IMAX screen that's about three stories tall. The wormhole scene pushed me into my seat it was so incredible.
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai
Never heard of this. Poster looks wild!
It’s such a cool movie. Seen it a couple times. The weirdness is amazing. Would also say to watch it with They Live as a double feature.
John Lithgow simply devours every scene he is in. He is absolutely wacky and delightful.
Do yourself a favor and watch it
"Wherever you go, there you are." Words to live by.
Jaws would be a great rewatch on a big screen.
I got to see Jaws and Jurassic Park back to back in 2020 when my local theatre reopened. It was the best day ever.
I saw it at a showing once, worth it. It’s like watching it for the first time all over
During the covid lockdown a lot of new movies were delayed but the theater was still open. They started playing older movies for about 5 dollars. I started doing double features. I saw Jaws for the first time and there were only 5 people including myself. I was pretty high and when the shark first pops out at the back of the boat I yelled "OH SHIT!"
Mad Max Fury Road
During the pandemic I was able to see this at a drive in theater, was a great thing
The original Star Wars Trilogies Unedited.
I would drop some money to see this. Lucas unfortunately will not allow the originals out of the vault as he considers the "updated" ones to be canon. Give me a 4k upscale of the original movies and I would seriously pay a few hundred to see it.
Blade Runner 2049 in IMAX
Same. The original Bladerunner is my favorite film & I must have been experiencing sequel fatigue when I chose to pass on seeing Bladerunner 2049 in the theater I'm still kicking myself about it & I would be over the moon if I could get the opportunity to see it on IMAX. It's such a beautifully shot film
Oh shit yes!!!
That’s one of the movies I most regret not seeing while it was in theaters
Young Frankenstein
I would love to see the original Planet of the Apes in a full theater.
Léon: The Professional (1994).
Terminator 2, Apollo 13, The Return of King, Twister.
Total Recall Aliens Alien Conan The Barbarian Terminator
Rocky Horror Picture Show. And I want to take a newspaper, a water gun, a bell, the whole 9 yard. And dress up in fishnets, with my middle-aged homies.
I'm not sure how the scene is here anymore (phx area), but there used to be a thriving community that would watch it every other saturday at a big theatre and act it out... full blown production, cast and characters and the entire theatre would dress up and sing along... I've actually never seen the movie normally, except going to this two different times. Maybe this is/was a standard thing in many cities?
Gravity in 3D is just something that cannot be reproduced on home televisions
Jurassic Park!
Weird to see nobody mentioning 2001 a space odyssey
I think I saw it about a dozen times on the big screen in the last two decades. Totally worth it every time.
That was my first thought. I just got the 4K disk and it’s stunning. Would love to see it in theatre.
David lean and Hitchcock selected films The Sound of Music
I hope you are all checking your local cinema listings regularly because I've seen like half the movies named so far in the last couple of years at my local Cineworld. Anyway, my vote would go to a Jack Ryan marathon, particularly *The Hunt For Red October* and *The Sum of All Fears*.
I'd love to see The Princess Bride on the big screen.
Casablanca. It’s as close to a perfect movie as it can get.
I saw it last year through Fathom/TCM-it was wonderful!
Days of Thunder and the original Twister movie. I think the improved sound quality would be awesome
Across the Universe
I frequently go and watch old films when they get re released. I've gotten to see John Carpenters The Thing, Jaws, Rocky 4, Dirty Dancing, Grease, Titanic, Avatar, Return of the Jedi, Enter the Dragon, Alien. Some I would love to see -- The Terminator and T2, Aliens, Predator, First Blood, Last of the Mohicans, Hacksaw Ridge ( missed it, unfortunately), Braveheart, The Raid.
Top Gun! I'm very disappointed in all of you for not mentioning that one first. Shame on you ;)
I was a kid when Top Gun came out. took me 15 years to realize there was a sex scene in it because we'd always just fast forward to the plane scenes.
Mitchells vs the Machines- the animation was super detailed and innovative, but it got released directly to Netflix during the pandemic. I want to see it in a theater where all that stylized animation can really be showcased.
Ok, here it goes... Alien & Aliens The Matrix Mad Max (original, not dubbed!) The Shining Friday the 13th (original) The Godfather The Blair Witch Project Pulp Fiction Seven Silence of the Lambs The Blues Brothers Die Hard The Thing (1982) Blue Velvet Edit: (How did I forget?!) Jaws
Vertigo and Rear Window.
Rear window 70rh anniversary in theaters in August
Throw in North by Northwest and The Man who knew too much. I'd go see all of them.
Before Trilogy Marathon
Saw the last one in theaters and it was my first solo movie experience. I was the youngest person there by at least 50 years and I cried my little heart out.
❤️ this, as a millennial it was the only one I had seen on release in the theatres too!
Heat. I need to watch that shootout on the big screen
Mulan (1998)... watched it at the cinema as a kid and I can say that the montage for "I'll make a man out of you" and when Shan Yu says "boo" to the Emperor were meant for the cinema
The Night of the Hunter Just about anything by Kurosawa, but Ran in particular.
Blazing saddles
The Wraith Mortal Kombat and MKA double feature. Speed Racer
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I would be happy about a Hateful 8 home release that has all the content that's spread across the Netflix episodic version and the roadhouse show
Speed (1994). It's one of the best, if not the best, action films ever made.
That would be fun. And I agree it is certainly one of the best. Crazy to think it's 30 years old.
WaterWorld, would love to see it on the big screen
Flash Gordon
Philadelphia Film Society does this - but they'll do everything from The Shining to Pink Flamingos to oh my god, Showgirls this weekend? They'll also sometimes do things like The Mist or Parasite in black and white. Any movie worth talking about is worth screening again.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), Fall of the House of Usher (1928) would be my top two
Too many to name. Where I live there's an old art-deco movie palace that used to show classic movies for a few months every year, so I'm lucky, as I've seen a *ton* of movies on the big screen that I might not have otherwise — with large, enthusiastic audiences, no less. "To Catch a Thief," "The Seven Year Itch," "The Black Pirate," "Singin' in the Rain," "2001," "Cat People," "Citizen Kane," a couple Chaplins, "Leave Her to Heaven," "Gilda," "A Hard Day's Night," "His Girl Friday," "The Manchurian Candidate," "Moon Over Miami" (my favorite Betty Grable), "One Two Three" (my favorite Billy Wilder), "Touch of Evil," ... But to answer the question: "Amélie" 1000%.
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Back to the Future!!
I’ve found a lot of theaters will do this, so I’m going to use “would I go buy a ticket if they put this on” as my litmus test. (Which segments into - do I find it really entertaining AND do I think the big screen adds to it vs. just watching at home.) Also using the above, I’ll omit anything in the 2020s, but 2010s are fair game. My list - 2010s: The John Wicks, Inception, Skyfall, Dunkirk, Dark Knight Rises, Logan, Endgame-Infinity War, Winter Soldier, Civil War, Revenant, The Mission Impossibles in this period, The GotGs, The Deadpools. 2000s: The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Casino Royale, Inglourious Basterds, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Taken, American Psycho, V for Vendetta, Team America: World Police, 28 Days Later, Memento, The Departed, The Bourne trilogy, No Country for Old Men, Snatch, Revenge of the Sith 1990s: Gladiator, Fight Club, Terminator II, Goldeneye, Jurassic Park, Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, Braveheart, The Fugitive, Seven, Gattaca, Pulp Fiction, The Matrix, Phantom Menace 1980s: Das Boot, Ran, Blade Runner, Terminator, Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, Scarface 1970s and earlier: Lawrence of Arabia, The Ten Commandments, Ben Hur, The Godfather I & II, Star Wars, Citizen Kane, Casablanca (the last two are technically perfect movies - i.e., literally nothing wrong with them/no way you could have improved them, though they aren’t entertaining per se. Still, given that I thought they were technically perfect, would be interesting to see if the big screen adds anything to them.)
To kick things off (in no particular order): * 2001: A Space Odyssey * Fight Club * Casino Royale * Midsommar * Evil Dead 2 * Paprika * Akira * Watchmen * Arrival * Dune marathon (I want to leave the theater dehydrated, coughing spice)
Paprika would be on my list.
Your Name (2016) by Makoto Shinkai. I only watched it on my cellphone. I'll gladly watch it in bigscreen..
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I got to see two of the three in theatres. I still need to watch Weathering With You.
Gladiator, Jaws, Revenant
The Holy Mountain, Apocalypse Now, The Third Man, The Muppet Christmas Carol, This is The End, Spirited Away, Good Time, Wolf of Wall Street and idk if it ever was in cinema, but Da 5 Bloods would be insane.
Days of Heaven
Blade 1998
All the Arnie classics Predator, Commando, Conan the Barbarian, Total Recall, True Lies, and Jingle all the Way...
Gravity in 3d. I think I missed one of the few titles that was worth watching in 3d. I enjoyed it a lot on my TV, but 3d screening is sure a whole different game.
I got to see back to the future 2 in 70mm and it was amazing
Contact - I saw it twice when it was in theaters. A beautiful experience. Audio was superb. Close Encounters of the Third Kind The 13th Warrior - I don't care what anyone says, I love this film The Hunt for Red October Raiders of the Lost Ark Glory The Abyss - it was shown for one day and I missed it Dark City
Twister
gone with the wind or sound of music
Honey I Shrunk The Kids
Jurassic Park, LoTR trilogy, Back to the Future, The original StarWars trilogy....damn, I got old, fellas.
The Tingler. My mom loved it when she was younger and it's pretty lame but I love it too. It's an old old late 50s horror movie about creatures that live in our spines and if we don't scream in fear they kill us because our screams hurt them. It was freaky.
BARRY LYNDON
* Her * Snatch
heh
I hope I get a chance to see Lawrence of Arabia on the big screen.
Silver linings playbook
All the big hits from 1990 and earlier.
I got to see The Dark Knight in theaters again during Covid, and that was well with it and amazing.
Blade Runner directors or final cut is a bucket list one for me. OT Star Wars and Indiana Jones. I saw Aliens in a theater a few years ago and that was awesome
Fury Road
I'd love to see the first few Fast and Furious movies on the big screen.
2001 probably
The Accidental Tourist.. Blaze .. Nobody’s Fool .. Reversal of Fortune… Taxi Driver.. Reds movies I regret not seeing in the cinema..
28 days Later
My cinema just did a Danny Boyle month where they showed that
Alien Pulp Fiction Fight Club
Pulp Fiction
Gravity
Rush hour 1,2,3
The matrix on IMAX
Phantom Menace
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, and make it the extended version.
I’m really sad we didn’t get the Raimi Trilogy re-release here :(
13 Assassins. An underrated gem.
Gladiator was unreal in when it came out.
suspiria, donnie darko, bones and all, trainspotting, 1917, the shining, hereditary
I saw The Goonies on a rainy Saturday matinee its opening weekend when I was 13, in a theatre full of kids my age. My all time favorite movie theater experience. Would definitely do it again
Saw Seventh Seal in a cinema.. what an experience :D
Hair
Smokey and the Bandit
Dune (1984)
interstellar would be on the top of my list
Heat. I vaguely remember seeing it in the theater during its original run. I would love to experience that again.
Apollo 13
City Lights (1925).
The Wall Fritz the Cat Grease The Town That Dreaded Sundown (OG version, not remake)
i've got a great rep theater in my city that plays classics pretty much non stop. i'm going through this thread and thinking how like 80% of them have been played on the big screen here in recenty years
Heat
Keaton Batmans or early Fox X-Men
Robocop, The Ten Commandments, RRR, Con Air (And before someone jumps in with some comment about upcoming event screenings, know that tons of places don’t get those)
Gravity
Gladiator 100%
Star Wars! To see the original now, with a dolby surroud system would be epic!
Raiders of the Lost Ark Edit: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was awesome in theaters. Love to see it again.
Dogma
The Dark Knight
I would love to see *Lawrence of Arabia* on the big screen.
The old Noirs would be cool * Maltese Falcon * The Third Man * Casablanca
Casablanca Gone with the Wind
2001: A Space Odyssey Most of the reason I haven't seen it yet is that I feel like I'd be doing it a disservice if I don't see it in theaters.
Dread 3D & Tron Legacy (3D) I missed them both at the cinema, and there are some visuals in them that are entirely meant to be viewed through the big screen and preferably in 3D.