What movie(s) do I still need for my DVD collection?

[KChiefs1]

This is still a work in progress....I know I'm still missing some so-called classics(Casablanca, Citizen Kane, etc....) but they weren't high on my movie wish list. All of these are in widescreen except of course for the older movies which aren't available in that format. I'm missing all of the Kubrick movies because they are only available in full screen & not widescreen(why?).

Which movies would you recommend?

My DVD Collection:

21 Grams (2003) 8.0
About Schmidt (2002) 7.3
The Abyss (1989) 7.4
Adam's Rib (1949) 7.6
Air Force One (1997) 6.3
Airplane! (1980) 7.8
Alien (1979) 8.3
Alien³ (1992) 6.1
Alien: Resurrection (1997) 6.0
Aliens (1986) 8.3
All the Right Moves (1983) 5.7
Almost Famous (2000) 8.0
American Beauty (1999) 8.5
American Graffiti (1973) 7.6
American Pie (1999) 6.8
An American Werewolf in London (1981) 7.2
Anastasia (1956) 7.2
Animal House (1978) 7.5
The Apartment (1960) 8.4
Apocalypse Now (1979) 8.5
Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001) 6.8
As Good as It Gets (1997) 7.7
Auto Focus (2002) 6.7
Back to the Future (1985) 8.1
Back to the Future Part II (1989) 7.0
Back to the Future Part III (1990) 6.7
Basic Instinct (1992) 6.7
A Beautiful Mind (2001) 7.8
Before Sunrise (1995) 7.8
Before Sunset (2004) 8.3
Ben-Hur (1959) 8.1
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) 5.0
Big (1988) 7.2
Big Fish (2003) 8.1
The Big Red One (1980) 7.1
The Birds (1963) 7.8
Black Hawk Down (2001) 7.6
Black Sunday (1977) 6.6
Blade Runner (1982) 8.2
Blazing Saddles (1974) 7.7
Blow Out (1981) 7.0
The Blues Brothers (1980) 7.7
Body Heat (1981) 7.4
Boiler Room (2000) 6.8
The Bourne Identity (2002) 7.3
The Bourne Supremacy (2004) 7.3
Boyz n the Hood (1991) 7.7
Braveheart (1995) 8.3
The Breakfast Club (1985) 7.6
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 8.4
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) 7.0
Broadcast News (1987) 7.0
A Bug's Life (1998) 7.4
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 8.2
The Butterfly Effect (2004) 7.6
Cabaret (1972) 7.8
Caddyshack (1980) 7.1
The Caine Mutiny (1954) 7.9
Cape Fear (1962) 7.6
Cape Fear (1991) 7.1
Carrie (1976) 7.2
Cast Away (2000) 7.3
Cat Ballou (1965) 6.9
Catch Me If You Can (2002) 7.6
The Cell (2000) 6.1
Chisum (1970) 6.4
Chocolat (2000) 7.3
Christmas Vacation (1989) 6.9
The Cider House Rules (1999) 7.5
City Slickers (1991) 6.7
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 7.7
Closer (2004/I) 7.2
Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) 7.3
Collateral (2004) 7.7
The Color Purple (1985) 7.6
Con Air (1997) 6.3
Conan the Barbarian (1982) 6.5
Contact (1997) 7.3
Cool Hand Luke (1967) 8.2
The Cooler (2003) 7.0
Critters (1986) 5.3
Dances with Wolves (1990) 7.8
Darkness Falls (2003) 4.5
Dave (1993) 7.0
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 8.1
Deliverance (1972) 7.8
The Devil's Advocate (1997) 7.0
Die Hard (1988) 8.0
Die Hard 2 (1990) 6.7
Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995) 7.0
Diner (1982) 7.2
Dirty Dancing (1987) 5.9
The Dirty Dozen (1967) 7.7
Disclosure (1994) 5.9
Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 8.0
Donnie Darko (2001) 8.3
Dragonfly (2002) 5.8
Dressed to Kill (1980) 6.9
Dumb & Dumber (1994) 6.6
Duplex (2003) 5.7
Dying Young (1991) 5.2
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 7.8
Edward Scissorhands (1990) 7.7
El Dorado (1966) 7.5
Election (1999) 7.4
Enemy Mine (1985) 6.4
Eraser (1996) 5.8
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 8.6
Ever After (1998) 7.0
Executive Decision (1996) 6.3
The Exorcist (1973) 7.9
Face/Off (1997) 7.1
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) 7.1
Fatal Attraction (1987) 6.7
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) 7.7
A Few Good Men (1992) 7.5
Fight Club (1999) 8.5
Final Destination (2000) 6.6
Final Destination 2 (2003) 6.3
Finding Nemo (2003) 8.3
Finding Neverland (2004) 8.2
A Fish Called Wanda (1988) 7.7
Flashdance (1983) 5.5
The Fog (1980) 6.5
Follow That Dream (1962) 5.4
Footloose (1984) 5.9
The Forgotten (2004) 5.8
Forrest Gump (1994) 8.2
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) 7.2
Frailty (2001) 7.4
Frequency (2000) 7.4
Friday Night Lights (2004) 7.0
The Fugitive (1993) 7.7
The Game (1997) 7.6
Get Shorty (1995) 7.0
Ghost (1990) 6.8
The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) 6.4
Ghost Busters (1984) 7.5
Ghost World (2000) 7.8
The Girl Next Door (2004) 6.8
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) 7.3
Girl, Interrupted (1999) 7.0
Gladiator (2000) 8.0
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) 7.8
Glory (1989) 8.1
The Godfather (1972) 9.1
The Godfather: Part II (1974) 8.9
The Godfather: Part III (1990) 7.3
Gone with the Wind (1939) 8.1
The Good Girl (2002) 6.9
Good Will Hunting (1997) 7.8
The Goodbye Girl (1977) 7.2
Goodfellas (1990) 8.6
Grand Canyon (1991) 6.7
Grease (1978) 6.8
The Great Escape (1963) 8.3
The Green Mile (1999) 8.1
Groundhog Day (1993) 8.0
The Grudge (2004) 5.8
Halloween (1978) 7.7
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) 7.3
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) 7.2
Hatari! (1962) 7.1
The Haunting (1999) 4.6
High Crimes (2002) 6.1
Holes (2003) 7.2
Home Alone (1990) 6.4
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) 5.0
Houseboat (1958) 6.5
The Howling (1981) 6.3
Identity (2003) 7.3
In America (2002) 8.1
In Good Company (2004) 7.1
In Harm's Way (1965) 7.0
In the Line of Fire (1993) 7.3
The Incredibles (2004) 8.3
The Indian in the Cupboard (1995) 5.8
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 8.1
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) 7.2
The Italian Job (2003) 6.9
Jaws (1975) 8.2
Jerry Maguire (1996) 7.3
Jumanji (1995) 6.0
Junior (1994) 4.6
Jurassic Park (1993) 7.4
Jurassic Park III (2001) 5.6
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 8.3
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 8.3
The King and I (1956) 7.4
Kiss the Girls (1997) 6.4
L.A. Confidential (1997) 8.4
The Last American Virgin (1982) 5.3
The Last Castle (2001) 6.4
The Last Emperor (1987) 7.7
The Last Picture Show (1971) 8.0
The Last Samurai (2003) 7.9
Legally Blonde (2001) 6.4
Legends of the Fall (1994) 6.7
Lethal Weapon (1987) 7.5
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) 6.9
Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) 6.3
Liar Liar (1997) 6.5
Little Big Man (1970) 7.7
The Longest Day (1962) 7.7
The Lost Boys (1987) 6.7
Lost in Translation (2003) 8.0
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) 5.5
Love Actually (2003) 7.7
The Magnificent Seven (1960) 7.8
Major League (1989) 6.7
A Man Called Horse (1970) 6.8
The Man from Snowy River (1982) 6.8
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 8.2
The Man Without a Face (1993) 6.4
The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 8.4
Marathon Man (1976) 7.4
Marty (1955) 7.7
Mask (1985) 6.9
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) 7.5
The Matrix Reloaded (2003) 7.1
The Matrix Revolutions (2003) 6.3
The Matrix (1999) 8.5
Mean Girls (2004) 7.0
Meet the Parents (2000) 7.0
Melvin and Howard (1980) 7.1
Memento (2000) 8.7
Midnight Cowboy (1969) 7.9
Miracle on 34th Street (1947) 7.9
Mister Roberts (1955) 8.0
Mulholland Dr. (2001) 7.9
My Dog Skip (2000) 7.1
Mystic Pizza (1988) 6.1
Mystic River (2003) 8.0
The Natural (1984) 7.4
Never Been Kissed (1999) 5.7
Night Shift (1982) 6.2
Nighthawks (1981) 6.2
A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984) 7.1
North by Northwest (1959) 8.6
The Notebook (2004) 7.8
Notting Hill (1999) 7.0
Nurse Betty (2000) 6.6
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) 7.8
Ocean's Eleven (2001) 7.5
Office Space (1999) 7.7
An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) 6.8
Old Yeller (1957) 7.2
On Golden Pond (1981) 7.3
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 8.7
Open Range (2003) 7.5
Open Water (2003) 6.1
Ours, L' (1988) 7.3
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) 7.7
Overboard (1987) 6.1
Pale Rider (1985) 6.9
The Parent Trap (1961) 6.9
The Patriot (2000) 6.8
Patton (1970) 8.2
Pay It Forward (2000) 6.7
The Phantom of the Opera (2004) 7.2
Phenomenon (1996) 6.3
Philadelphia (1993) 7.5
The Pianist (2002) 8.5
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) 7.3
Platoon (1986) 8.1
Point Break (1991) 6.5
Poltergeist (1982) 7.3
Porky's (1982) 5.4
The Poseidon Adventure (1972) 6.8
Practical Magic (1998) 5.4
Predator (1987) 7.4
Pretty Woman (1990) 6.6
The Princess Bride (1987) 8.2
Psycho (1960) 8.6
Pulp Fiction (1994) 8.8
Raging Bull (1980) 8.4
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 8.7
Rain Man (1988) 7.9
Rear Window (1954) 8.7
Reservoir Dogs (1992) 8.3
The Right Stuff (1983) 7.9
The Ring (2002) 7.4
Rio Bravo (1959) 8.0
Risky Business (1983) 6.7
A River Runs Through It (1992) 7.1
Road to Bali (1952) 6.5
Road to Morocco (1942) 7.1
Road to Perdition (2002) 7.7
Road to Rio (1947) 6.9
Road to Singapore (1940) 6.6
Road to Utopia (1946) 7.3
Road to Zanzibar (1941) 6.7
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) 6.5
Rocky (1976) 7.8
Rounders (1998) 7.2
The Rundown (2003) 6.5
Sabrina (1995) 6.1
Saturday Night Fever (1977) 6.6
Saving Private Ryan (1998) 8.3
Saw (2004) 7.5
Scarface (1983) 7.9
Scent of a Woman (1992) 7.4
Schindler's List (1993) 8.8
Scrooged (1988) 6.6
Se7en (1995) 8.4
Secondhand Lions (2003) 7.4
The Secret Garden (1993) 7.0
Shallow Hal (2001) 6.1
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 9.1
Signs (2002) 7.1
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 8.5
Silverado (1985) 7.0
Singin' in the Rain (1952) 8.5
Single White Female (1992) 6.2
Sister Act (1992) 5.9
Sixteen Candles (1984) 6.9
The Sixth Sense (1999) 8.2
Slap Shot (1977) 7.2
Sleeping with the Enemy (1991) 5.7
Slums of Beverly Hills (1998) 6.4
Smokey and the Bandit (1977) 6.4
Something's Gotta Give (2003) 6.8
Sophie's Choice (1982) 7.5
The Sound of Music (1965) 7.8
Spartacus (1960) 8.0
Spider-Man (2002) 7.4
Spider-Man 2 (2004) 7.9
Stalag 17 (1953) 8.2
Stand by Me (1986) 8.0
Star Wars (1977) 8.8
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 8.8
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 8.1
Stir of Echoes (1999) 7.0
Stripes (1981) 6.8
Stuck On You (2003/I) 6.2
Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971) 6.7
Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969) 7.4
The Sure Thing (1985) 6.8
Sweet Home Alabama (2002) 5.8
Taxi Driver (1976) 8.5
The Ten Commandments (1956) 7.7
The Terminal (2004) 7.1
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 8.2
The Terminator (1984) 7.9
Terms of Endearment (1983) 7.3
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) 7.0
There's Something About Mary (1998) 7.2
The Thing (1982) 7.9
This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 8.0
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) 6.7
The Time Machine (1960) 7.3
Titanic (1997) 6.9
To Catch a Thief (1955) 7.4
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 8.5
To Sir, with Love (1967) 7.4
Tootsie (1982) 7.5
Top Gun (1986) 6.5
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) 7.4
Touch of Evil (1958) 8.4
Toy Story (1995) 7.9
Toy Story 2 (1999) 8.1
Trading Places (1983) 7.3
Traffic (2000) 7.8
Training Day (2001) 7.3
True Grit (1969) 7.2
True Lies (1994) 7.0
Twister (1996) 5.9
Under Siege (1992) 6.1
Unforgiven (1992) 8.1
Urban Cowboy (1980) 5.8
Used Cars (1980) 6.5
The Usual Suspects (1995) 8.7
Vacation (1983) 7.1
Vertigo (1958) 8.5
The Village (2004) 6.6
Wall Street (1987) 7.2
The War of the Roses (1989) 6.5
We Were Soldiers (2002) 7.1
The Wedding Planner (2001) 4.9
The Wedding Singer (1998) 6.8
What Women Want (2000) 6.4
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) 7.6
When Harry Met Sally... (1989) 7.7
White Christmas (1954) 7.1
The Wild Bunch (1969) 8.2
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) 7.6
Witness (1985) 7.6
The Wizard of Oz (1939) 8.3
Working Girl (1988) 6.6
Young Frankenstein (1974) 8.0

[Donger]

Repo Man

[Jenson71]

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in America

For A Few Dollars More and Fistful of Dollars SEs will be coming out this summer.

[KChiefs1]

Originally Posted by Jenson71

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in America
For A Few Dollars More and Fistful of Dollars SEs will be coming out this summer.

All of these are definitely on the wish list & I always try to get either the SE's, LE's or CE's of a movie. I don't have any of the Dirty Harry movies...is there a box set of it?

[Jenson71]

Originally Posted by KChiefs1

I don't have any of the Dirty Harry movies...is there a box set of it?

There is, but I don't think any of them have any great special features. I haven't heard of a SE coming out soon for Dirty Harry either.

[Athis]

Sid and Nancy. Full Metal Jacket

[KChiefs1]

Originally Posted by Athis

Full Metal Jacket

Definitely on the wish list, but again it's only available in fullscreen....why? All of my movies are in widescreen & I won't breakdown & buy a DVD in fullscreen unless I'm positive it isn't available in widescreen. Why are all of Kubrick's films in fullscreen & not widescreen?

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by KChiefs1

Definitely on the wish list, but again it's only available in fullscreen....why? All of my movies are in widescreen & I won't breakdown & buy a DVD in fullscreen unless I'm positive it isn't available in widescreen. Why are all of Kubrick's films in fullscreen & not widescreen?

Because that's how Kubrick envisioned them. His theatrical releases were actually chopped versions of his open matte process.

From http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/faq/

11/ Why are Some Kubrick films only available in the "full frame" aspect ratio (1) on VHS video, DVD and Laserdisc?

It seems to have been Kubrick's preference for his films to be shown in the 4:3 or "full frame" aspect ratio, because, according to his long-standing personal assistant Leon Vitali, that was the way he composed them through the camera viewfinder and if it were technically still possible to do so, he would have liked them to be shown full frame in cinemas as well. As Vitali said in a recent interview (2): "The thing about Stanley, he was a photographer that's how he started. He had a still photographer's eye. So when he composed a picture through the camera, he was setting up for what he saw through the camera - the full picture. That was very important to him. It really was. It was an instinct that never ever left him. [...] He did not like 1.85:1. You lose 27% of the picture, Stanley was a purist. This was one of the ways it was manifested."

The decision to release Kubrick's back catalogue as full frame only has been very controversial. The problem for Vitali and other defenders of the Kubrick legacy is that Kubrick never publicly voiced the preference now being attributed to him, so they are always open to the charge of over zealousness in protecting his legacy or even outright betrayal of that legacy. But this seems excessively harsh, Vitali' has been given the Hobson's choice of remaining true to his employers wishes no matter how anachronistic they seem (or may seem in future given the recent advances in home entertainment technology). Like a devoted acolyte, protecting his masters life work his position he will not yield to the clamour of criticism but will remain intractable in his resolve because he is not fighting for himself or defending his personal opinions, but those of the person he devoted half his adult life to serving. Ironically no one will ever know what would have happened if 16:9 widescreen TV sets became commonplace before Kubrick died -- he could might rethought his films one more time and chosen to transfer them to that widescreen ratio, or offered consumers the choice. Who knows? But one thing is certain, as long as his loyal staff and family still have a say in the matter, we will only being seeing his films in the format he wanted them to be shown in before he died.

RM

Notes
(1) Definition of Aspect Ratio

The aspect "aspect ratio" of a cinema pictue is the shape of the projected image in terms of proportions of height to width.

1 : 1.85 means a rectangle that is "1" unit tall by "1.85" units wide.

Most films in U.S. theaters are now primarily shown in two 35mm widescreen formats: "flat" 1:1.85 and "scope" 1:2.35.

The 1:1.85 ratio is achieved by the projector gate masking the nearly square 35mm frame on the top & bottom to achieve a wider-looking shape. The unmasked 35mm film is where the term full frame comes from. In the post silent film era the full frame aspect ratio was called "Academy Aperture" and had an aspect ratio of 1:1.37 until the 1950's when the Academy Aperture was cropped to the widescreen ratios, varying from 1:1.66, 1:1.75, to 1:1.85.

Most films are shot "open-matted" with an image filling the 1:1.37 Academy Aperture, but the image is composed for its later cropping in the theaters to the theatrical aspect ratio. Which effectily means that the director must ensure nothing of interest must happen in the top or bottom sixth of the screen, because it will be masked out by the crop when the film is shown in cinemas

"Scope" or anamorphic photography is different and does not involve cropping, but instead has a wide 1:2.35 image squeezed onto the 35mm frame, to be unsqueezed by a projector with an anamorphic lens.

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For more information on aspect ratios (including illustrations), see Martin Hart's American Widescreen Museum site.

(2) The Full text of the Leon Vitalitin interview is at dvdtalk.com

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11a/ What aspect ratio were Kubrick's films shown in theatrically?

"2001," was Super Panavision and should be shown in 2.20:1 in a 70mm print. "Spartacus" was Super Technirama, which was 2.35:1 in the 35mm prints, but might have been cropped to 2.20:1 in the 70mm prints.

"Barry Lyndon," was released theatrically in 1.66:1, even in the U.S. since Kubrick insisted on 1.66 hard mattes being sent to the various theatres showing the film (1.85 is the common "flat" widescreen ratio in the U.S.).

"Dr. Strangelove," was released in home video in Kubrick's preferred "multiple aspect ratio" but there is no way it could have been shown that way theatrically since you cannot change projector mattes in mid-screening (although it could be shown in Academy 1.37 and various hard mattes could appear in the image, cropping it to 1.66 at times -- however, Academy 1.37 had pretty much become obsolete as a projection format in most theatres by the 1960's.) I saw it projected to 1.85 at the Cinerama Dome and the framing looked fine; it was a little "tight" so I suspect that 1.66 would look perfect.

"Clockwork Orange," probably should only be shown in 1.66.

"The Shining," Steadicam operator Garrett Brown has claimed that he was asked to frame for 1.85, but Kubrick since then has preferred that the home video versions be full-frame TV (basically Academy 1.37).

I think that "The Shining" and "Full Metal Jacket" would all look fine if projected at 1.66, even though I suspect that the original U.S. releases of both shown in the 1.85 format.

DM

[elvomito]

true romance
event horizon
cube zero
super troopers
heat

[big nasty kcnut]

The best of times
the great outdoors
easy money

[Saulbadguy]

Freddy got Fingered. No DVD collection is complete without this $5.99 gem. Wake the baby! Listen to my hooves! DING DONG!!!

[shakesthecat]

Dude, Where's My Car?
And of course, Showgirls

Seriously though KCHiefs1, that's one impressive collection.

[KChiefs1]

Originally Posted by shakesthecat

Seriously though KCHiefs1, that's one impressive collection.

Thank you! Thankfully, my wife is also a movie buff too!

[Spicy McHaggis]

Snatch, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Boondock Saints, Gone in 60 Seconds, Royal Tenenbaums, blow

[HemiEd]

No Dodgeball or Kingpin?