There are definitely a ton of great movies that everyone should see at least once in their life. We all know classics like "Back to the Future", "Star Wars" and "Forrest Gump". But there also great movies that might not be up to the "classics" status, but they could easily get there. My list of top ten movies actually mostly consists of series of movies including the Star Wars series, The Lord of the Rings series, the Rush Hour trilogy, the Bourne trilogy, the Harry Potter series, and the Ocean's trilogy. These are all great series and some I like a little better than the other, but I'm not about to delve into each series to pick out which individual movie in each series are better than the others. My reason for so many series? The Star Wars series is pretty addicting to watch, the Lord of the Rings series is suspenseful, The Rush Hour trilogy is comedic while also filled with action, the Bourne trilogy is just great action with a kick--- main character, the Harry Potter series...well...that's self explanatory, and the Ocean's Trilogy has some of the greatest heist story lines.
I definitely also have favorite movies that aren't part of a series. My favorite individually planned movie is "Book of Eli". Although this movie has some religious background and elements, it also contains intense action and Denzel Washington! Although "Book of Eli" isn't Denzel's greatest known movies, partly because of its recent release in 2010, it definitely has the potential. I just think this movie is a must see and the ending will definitely blow your mind. Other individual movies include Fight Club, Forrest Gump and Up. Up was mostly thought up to represent most Disney movies as a whole. You can't deny that there are great Disney movies out there and Up was one of them...although I think the part that definitely made it great was the ending and the credits.
Fight Club and Forrest Gump can mostly be categorized as a modern "classic/must-see". Fight Club might not be as prestigious as Forrest Gump, but it's definitely a great movie. Fight Club contains two equally interesting characters along with an insane idea and storyline. Then the last 20 minutes or so just completely makes you rethink how you have been seeing things. Then the last 5 minutes of the movie are kind of like "whattt? oh hot damn". Forrest Gump, as hopefully everyone knows, is an honored classic featuring a uniquely brilliant main character and a touching storyline. The time setting of the movie as it progresses is pretty creative and there are plenty of emotionally touching moments.
