Recommendations for a DVD library...

Well, I just bought my first DVD player and I'm addicted. I got the Columbia House deal, and the buy.com deal - but I'm having a hard time of thinking of the movies I should get to build my lib. Any recommendations? Here is what I've bought so far: Saving Private Ryan The Shawshank Redemption Austin Powers: The Spy who Shagged Me Romeo Must Die Caddyshack Animal House Terminator 2 (coming soon...) Men in Black (coming soon...) The Waterboy Pulp Fiction American Pie Erin Brockovich The Whole Nine Yards Independance Day The Sixth Sense So what are your top 3 suggestions that I should buy, of course with the assistance of apex coupons __________________ WHAT?!?!? No Matrix? I say get the Matrix and Fight Club DVD. __________________ THE SOUND OF MUSIC MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE MICHAEL COLLINS __________________ quote: Originally posted by vietgrrl: WHAT?!?!? No Matrix? I say get the Matrix and Fight Club DVD. Well, actually I have the Matrix on VHS, so I didn't get the DVD. Also, I really didn't care for Fight Club...sorry!, But thanks for the recommendation! Just an edit: I got the Matrix for 3 bucks off one of Apex's deals! And more importantly, I can't even remember who offerred it - and I haven't even been spammed! [This message has been edited by dealfan (edited 08-18-2000).] __________________ Aliens is really good. Armaggedon Princess Bride Clockwork Orange __________________ I definitely recommend purchasing Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigalow on DVD. It is one of my favorite movies and is one of the two DVDs in my fledgling collection. Definitely get Road Trip when it comes out too. __________________ quote: Originally posted by Full Monty: I definitely recommend purchasing Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigalow on DVD. It is one of my favorite movies and is one of the two DVDs in my fledgling collection. Definitely get Road Trip when it comes out too. Yeah, that was funny! I liked the leg scene! __________________ Go with GREAT extras: A few excellent discs Rushmore (CRITERION Collection)-$$$ but great Ghostbusters Blade __________________ bladerunner, life is beautiful, jaws, event horizon __________________ The Rock, True Romance, Reservoir Dogs, Seven. __________________ It's all about the James Bond collection... the women, the cars, the villians... what more could you ask for in a movie? __________________ Terminator 2: Judgment Day - The Ultimate DVD Edition __________________ Apocalypse Now, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Dune, 12 Monkeys, The Iron Giant, Taxi Driver, Carlito's Way, The Kubrick Collection, Babe, Babe: Pig In the City, The Doom Generation, Vertigo, Basic Instinct, Badlands, Thin Red Line, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, Sid & Nancy, Brazil, The Shawshank Redemption, Jimi Hendrix:Live at the Isle Of Wight, Dead Calm, Time Bandits, The Wall, Drugstore Cowboy, Amadeus, Chinatown, and of course Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. :0) __________________ Debby does dallas ------------------ The Minister of Sinister __________________ quote: Originally posted by Pdizog: The Rock, True Romance, Reservoir Dogs, Seven. True Romance...good one, good one. That movie was like Brad Pitt's Oscar(TM) role. Val, Kilmer, Brad Pitt, Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Christopher Walken, Dennis Hopper....DAMN!!!! [This message has been edited by StonedWheat (edited 08-19-2000).] __________________ quote: Originally posted by Pdizog: The Rock, True Romance, Reservoir Dogs, Seven. Did you like R-dogs? I can't listen to "Stuck in the middle with you" any more without throwing up __________________ Aeon Flux, though I hope the future is not that relentlessly ruthless. :0) __________________ Comeon now..no library can be complete without the classics: Dumb and Dumber Ace Ventura Tommy Boy Billy Madison oh and guess Matrix... haha __________________ Pulp Fiction FaceOff The Rock T2 Young Guns __________________ Don't y'all watch anything made BEFORE 1985? __________________ In addition to some of the stuff that's been suggested, let me add: Things that are out now: Highlander - cheap (under $10), and a classic. And the director's running commentary is great. I don't think it actually discusses the movie for more than 5 minutes. X-Files Season 1 gift pack - not cheap ($115ish) but looks and sounds a lot better than my collection of VHS tapes - and no commericals or f/x bug. The Song Remains The Same - ($15ish) Still one of the greatest concert videos ever. Monty Python and the Holy Grail ($20ish) Another classic. Then there's stuff that's not out yet, but is coming soon: Monty Python box sets - ($30-40 ea, 6 of them) Yes, get all 3 seasons of Monty Python's Flying Circus on DVD. This is Spinal Tap - ($20ish) Write a 10-page essay comparing and contrasting this film with TSRTS, above. X-Files Season Two Box Set - ($120ish) and Season 3, 4, etc. Repo Man - ($20-30) A great movie, also available in a 'collector's edition' Toy Story 1 & 2 Collection ($30-$50) A couple of great films, also available in a collector's edition - most of the Disney CEs are pretty cool, and are worth the extra $. The Rocky Horror Picture Show ($20ish) The DVD release of this film includes a "Full-length audience participation audio track" - now, if only they'd overlayed digital toilet paper flying at the screen, too. The Planet of the Apes box set - ($70ish) Sorry, just saw it advertised today, and couldn't resist. [This message has been edited by jclark (edited 08-21-2000).] __________________ quote: True Romance...good one, good one. That movie was like Brad Pitt's Oscar(TM) role He had a real small part in that excellent movie. Perhaps u ment 12 monkeys. Others that are a must, to me anyway are The Die Hard Films, Aliens, Tombstone, Rush Hour, The 5th Element, Heat, LA Confidential and Face Off At least the ones I thought of off hand. And of course Blade. One Kick-Ass opening. __________________ oh, just wanted to add there's no computer aided graphics or animation, it's real live action