Must see classics?

I could list about 100 movies that are all classic, but here, ...

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Try these! It's the American Film Institute's famous Top 100!

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Sixteen Candles

The Breakfast Club

Platoon

Full Metal Jacket

Alien

Aliens

Terminator

Terminator 2

American Beauty

Poltergeist

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Star Wars

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Three Days of the Condor

A Night to Remember

Arsenic and Old Lace

An Affair to Remember

Poltergeist

ET

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure

2001: A Space Odyssey

Spaceballs

Vertigo

The Birds

North by Northwest

Auntie Mame

Casablanca

The Maltese Falcon

The African Queen

Saving Private Ryan

Schindler's List

The Shawshank Redemption

The Godfather

Rear Window

Goodfellas

Lawrence of Arabia

Apocalypse Now

The Shining

The Manchurian Candidate (the original, with Frank Sinatra)

Gaslight

The Sixth Sense

The Princess Bride

The Sting

Harvey

The Thing (the 1982 version, with Kurt Russell)

Robocop

Escape from New York

The Blues Brothers

along with some of the movies that others have recommended (like Gone with the Wind, Ben Hur, Arsenic & Old Lace, and Grease), I would also recommend:

Metropolis

Phantom of the Opera (the original silent movie version)

Cool Hand Luke

Conan

The Incredible Mr. Limpet

Brigadoon

It's a Wonderful Life

Mary Poppins

Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang

the Magnificent Seven

the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Paint Your Wagons

the Dirty Dozen

Smokey & the Bandit

Dementia 13

The Last Man on Earth

The Omega Man (as a matter of fact, watch Last Man first, then Omega Man, then go to the movies to see I Am Legend)

Day of the Triffids

The War of the Worlds (original)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (original)

King Kong (original)

Mighty Joe Young (original)

And so many others. You really should see these at least once in your life.

Burt Lancaster- The Flame and the Arrow / Jim Thorpe All-American / His Majesty O'Keefe / South Sea Woman / Executive Action

Barbara Stanwyck - Annie Oakley / East Side, West Side / My Reputation / Executive Suite / Jeopardy / To Please a Lady

The Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland Collection -Babes in Arms / Babes on Broadway / Girl Crazy / Strike Up the Band

Classic Musicals -The Pirate / Words and Music / That's Dancing / The Belle of New York & Royal Wedding / That Midnight Kiss & The Toast of New Orleans

Esther Williams- Bathing Beauty / Easy to Wed / On an Island with You / Neptune's Daughter / Dangerous When Wet

John Wayne Western -The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance / True Grit / Hondo / McLintock! / Big Jake / The Shootist / Rio Lobo / The Sons of Katie Elder / El Dorado/ The Quiet Man / The Sands of Iwo Jima / Flying Tigers / The Wake of the Red Witch/ Stagecoach / Fort Apache / She Wore a Yellow Ribbon / The Long Voyage Home / They Were Expendable / 3 Godfathers / The Wings of Eagles

Hollywood's Legends of Horror Collection (Doctor X / The Return of Doctor X / Mad Love / The Devil Doll / Mark of the Vampire / The Mask of Fu Manchu) (1939)

The Val Lewton Horror Collection (Cat People / The Curse of the Cat People / I Walked with a Zombie / The Body Snatcher / Isle of the Dead / Bedlam / The Leopard Man / The Ghost Ship / The Seventh Victim / Shadows in the Dark)

The Monster Legacy Collection (Frankenstein / Dracula / The Wolf Man)

Some of my classics are below. I like them because they (in my opinion) have a great story and/or were groundbreaking at the time (even controversial):

Rebecca (by Alfred Hitchcock)

The Birds

Psycho

African Queen

The Sound of Music

The King and I (with Yul Brynner)

Planet of the Apes

Gone with the Wind

It's a Wonderful Life

A Christmas Story

Jurassic Park

Ben Hur

Dracula (with Bela Lugosi)

Frankenstein (with Boris Karloff)

Blade Runner

A Clockwork Orange

2001: A Space Odessey

To Kill a Mockingbird

Wizard of Oz

Seven

Apollo 13

Platoon

Letters from Iwo Jima

The Godfather Trilogy (especially II)

Schindler's List

The Exorcist

My personal favorites:

Psycho

Halloween, Dracula

The Creature from the Black Lagoon

A Christmas Story

Breakfast at Tiffany's

The Breakfast Club

Pretty In Pink

Sixteen Candles

Footloose

Flashdance

The Sound of Music

Mary Poppins

My Fair Lady

Taxi Driver

Scarface

And my absolute favorite films of all time:

The Godfather

The Godfather II

There are so many others that I love, but those are just a few

Dazed and Confused&Purple Rain are considered,"classics"?! Boy,am I old! Now,you want "classics",I'll give you classics! Casablanca,Now Voyager,The Maltese Falcon,Old Aquaintence,The Women,Manniquin,The Palm Beach Story,Citizen Cane,Gilda,You'll Never Get Rich,Stagecoach,The Quiet Man,Kiss Me Deadly,Ten Little Indians,The Letter,Mildred Peirce,Ziegfeild Girl,Meet Me In St.Louis,The Lion In Winter,The African Queen,Stage Door,The Barkley's Of Broadway,Top Hat,Carefree,Twentieth Century,Pride And Prejudice,In The Good Old Summertime.Summer Stock,Laura,Leave Her To Heaven, The Ghost And Mrs Muir,A Star Is Born.

There! THAT ought to keep you off the streets for awhile!

Enjoy!

Citizen Kane

Godfather 1 & 2

Scraface

Breakfast At Tiffanys

Three Days of the Condor (Robert Redford)

Downhill Racer (Robert Redford)

Pulp Fiction

Kill Bill 1 & 2

Rocky 1 & 2 plus newest Rock Balboa

First Blood

Dances With Wolves

Grease 1

North By Northwest

To Catch A Theif (Cary Grant & Grace Kelly) shes so hot.

Better Off Dead

16 Candles

Auntie Mame

Bringing Up Baby

How To Marry A Millionare

any Dirty Harry movie

any Naked Gun movie

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof

Back to the Future

National Lampoon's Vacation (with Wally World)

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

What About Bob?

Blues Brothers

Arsenic & Lace with Carey Grant

The Pit and the Pendulum with Vincent Price.

An Affair to Remember

The Long, Long Trailer ~ Lucille Ball & Desi

oldies but goodies