Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
Rocket your D&D 5E and Level Up: Advanced 5E games into space! Alpha Star Magazine Is Launching... Right Now!

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Edena_of_Neith" data-source="post: 3109621" data-attributes="member: 2020">Here are some films I would endorse for the any gamer-to-be to watch.    The single criterion here is how inspirational these films would be, to inspire a would-be-gamer to actively get into gaming.  Films mentioned (and some additional films) in my top 50 picks (must see films) in alphabetical order  Blazing Saddles  Braveheart  Cinderella (animated)  The Chronicles of Narnia (animated)  Conan the Barbarian  Fantasia (animated)  Forbidden Planet  Heavy Metal (animated)  King Kong (original)  King Kong (remake by Peter Jackson)  Mary Poppins  The Matrix  The Neverending Story  The Pink Panther  Peter Pan (any version, including the film Hook)  Pirates of the Caribbean  The Princess Bride  Raiders of the Lost Ark  Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (animated)  Spartacus  The Terminator  The Thing (original only)  The Three Musketeers (Gene Kelly)  Time Bandits  The Wizard of Oz  Films mentioned (and some additional films) I'd rank somewhere between 51 and 100 (very heavily recommended) in alphabetical order  Alien  Army of Darkness  Bambi (animated)  Bedknobs and Broomsticks  The Blob (original)  Bram Stoker's Dracula (any version)  Fantasia 2000 (animated)  Excalibur  Gladiator  Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade  Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom  James Bond (most of these films)  Jane Eyre (original and remake)  Jason and the Argonaunts  Ladyhawke  Man of La Mancha  Monty Python and the Holy Grail  Night of the Living Dead  The Odyssey  The Rocky Horror Picture Show  Robin Hood (Errol Flynn and most other versions, including Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves)  The Secret Garden  Dr Seuss (most of the animated films)  Sherlock Holmes (many of these films)  Sinbad and the Seven Seas  The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (animated)  Terminator II:  Judgement Day  Weird Science    Films mentioned I'd rank somewhere between 101 and 150 (highly recommended) in alphabetical order  Aliens  An American Werewolf in Paris  King Arthur  Batman (the first film)  City Slickers and City Slickers 2 - The Legend of Curly's Gold  Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon  Day of the Triffids  Dragonslayer  Dune  Edward Scissorhands  Elizabeth (Cate Blanchett)  Flatliners  The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly  Highlander  Interview with the Vampire  Joan of Arc (Lili Sobieski)  Labyrinth  The Land that Time Forgot  The Lawnmower Man  Lawrence of Arabia  Mad Max  The Man in the Iron Mask  Monty Python's Life of Brian  Predator  Santa Claus (animated, Frank Baum's story)  Spaceballs  Terminator III:  Rise of the Machines  War of the Worlds (original)  Films mentioned I'd rank somewhere between 151 and 200 (recommended) in alphabetical order  Anthony and Cleopatra  Apocalypse Now  The Beastmaster  Clash of the Titans  Dawn of the Dead  Eric the Viking  Masque of the Red Death  Monty Python's History of the World Part 1  Pinnochio (animated)  The Quick and the Dead  The Road Warrior  Tarzan (animated)  Troy  Van Helsing  Weathering Continent (animated)  Willow  Films mentioned I'd rank 201+ (not crucial:  watch when you can) in alphabetical order  Aliens 3 and 4  Batman (all others after the first)  Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film, the series is better)  Big Trouble in Little China  Conan the Destroyer  The Craft  The Dark Crystal  Dawn of the Dead (remake)  Day of the Dead  Earthsea (Sci-Fi miniseries) *I'd HIGHLY recommend the books, however*  Legend  Quills  Red Sonja  The Scorpion King  Sleepy Hollow (the live action film)  Superman (all)  Tarzan (older version)    Films mentioned I can't rank, because I do not remember them well enough or haven't seen them (in alphabetical order also)  13th Warrior, Arabian Nights, The Mists of Avalon, Baron Mancheusen, Ben Hur, The Big Sleep, Bulletproof Monk, Blade 1, Brotherhood of the Wolf, The Cell, The Cinderella Story, Constantine, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Covenant, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Crow, Cutthroat Island, Dagon, Dark Kingdom, Dragon Inn, Dungeons and Dragons 1 (and 2), Escaflowne, Fairytale, Fire and Ice (Animated), First Knight, Flight of the Dragons, The Gnomemobile, The Golden Child, The Goonies, Gunga Din, Hawk the Slayer, Hercules, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Howl's Moving Castle, Immortals, The Island at the Top of the World, Isle of Dr. Moreau, Kaena the Prophesy, Kingdom of Heaven, A Knight's Tale, Krull, Krull the Conqueror, Laputa, Lara Croft - Tomb Raider, The Librarian, The Long Ships, The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns, Mirrormask, Merlin, Princess Mononoke, In the Mouth of Madness, The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, Musa the Warrior, The Mysterious Island, The Name of the Rose, National Treasure, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Pirates of the Caribbean (sequel), Reign of Fire, Roar, Robin Hood:  Men in Tights, Seven Samurai, Shang-re-La, Shaun of the Dead, Shipwrecked, Snowwhite, Spirited Away, Timeline, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Treasure Island, Tristan & Isolde (2005), Underworld, The Last Unicorn (animated), V for Vendetta, Prince Valiant (1997), What Dreams May Come</blockquote>

Verification