Movies Everyone Should See Before Kicking the Bucket

There are movies and then there are movies everyone should see before they die (to put it bluntly). The thing is, everybody has their own list of movies they think everyone should see and many of those lists include a lot of the same films (aka: the "classics"). You know the ones: The Godfather, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Casablanca, etc, etc. Well, I've thought long and hard about the films I would recommend to everyone and I've come up with a list that includes many different types of films from various genres in order to hit on something for everyone not concerned with seeing "gold standards." Most of these films have made a home in the deepest valves of my heart but find themselves on this list because either they are technicality brilliant, unique, emotionally powerful, address important issues, or just pure fun. Without further ado, here is my list of movies everyone should see before kicking the bucket (writer holds the right to tweak this list as he sees fit anytime between now through eternity):

(500) Days of Summer
12 Years a Slave
127 Hours
Alien
American Beauty
American History X
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Arrival
The Babadook
Back to the Future
Batman Begins
Being John Malkovich
Birdman
Black Swan
Blackfish
Blade Runner (Master Cut)
The Blair Witch Project
Blow Out
Body Double
The Cabin in the Woods
Carrie (1976)
Chinatown
Cinema Paradiso
Citizen Kane
A Clockwork Orange
Clue
The Color Purple
The Dark Knight
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Deadpool
The Departed
The Descent
Die Hard
District 9
Django Unchained
Drag Me to Hell
Dredd
Drive
The Drop
Donnie Darko
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Event Horizon
The Evil Dead
Evil Dead II
Ex Machina
Exit Through the Gift Shop
The Exorcist
Fargo
Fences
The Fifth Element
Fight Club
Finding Nemo
Forest Gump
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Food Inc.
Fruitvale Station
Galaxy Quest
Ghostbusters
Goodnight Mommy
Gran Torino
The Grey
Grizzly Man
Groundhog Day
Halloween
Hell or High Water
The Help
Hidden Figures
The Hills Have Eyes (Both original & remake)
Hot Fuzz
How to Train Your Dragon
Hush
I Love You, Man
In Bruges
Inception
The Incredibles
An Inconvenient Truth
Independence Day
Inglorious Basterds
Inside Out
Into the Wild
Jaws
Jurassic Park
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
The Last Exorcism
The LEGO Movie
Little Shop of Horrors
The Lord of the Rings
Man on the Moon
The Matrix
Million Dollar Baby
Monster
A Monster Calls
Monsters Inc.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Muppets
Mother (Korean)
Neon Demon
Night of the Living Dead
Nightcrawler
A Nightmare On Elm Street
No Country for Old Men
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Predator
Predestination
The Prestige
Prisoners
Psycho
Pulp Fiction
The Raid: Redemption
The Raid 2
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Rear Window
Re-Animator
Robocop
Rocky
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Roger & Me
Rosemary's Baby
Room
Room 237
Saving Private Ryan
Saw
Schindler's List
Scream
Seven
Seven Psychopaths
Shadow of the Vampire
Shaun of the Dead
The Shining
Sicario
Signs
The Silence of the Lambs
Silver Linings Playbook
Singin' In the Rain
The Sixth Sense
Spotlight
Stand By Me
Star Wars
Straight Outta Compton
Stranger Than Fiction
Some Like It Hot
Son of Saul
Swiss Army Man
Taken
The Terminator
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
There Will Be Blood
The Thing
Titanic
Titicut Follies
Toy Story
The Truman Show
Tropic Thunder
Unbreakable
The Usual Suspects
Vertigo
Waiting for Superman
Wall-E
West Side Story
When Harry Met Sally
Whiplash
The Wizard of Oz
Young Frankenstein
You're Next
Zodiac