What iconic movies should our High school & college kids be sure to see?

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<p>Badges. It’s from Blazing Saddles, slightly misquoting a line in Treasure of the Sierra Madre.</p>

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<p>A Beautiful Mind and Good Will Hunting.</p>

<p>WATCH THEM NOW.</p>

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<p>“Houston, we have a problem.”</p>

<p>“I’ll have what she’s having”</p>

<p>“There’s no crying in baseball.”</p>

<p>“If you build it, they will come.”</p>

<p>“Yo, Adrian.”</p>

<p>“Toto, I’ve got a feeling we’re not in Kansas any more.”</p>

<p>“What we’ve got here is failure to communicate”</p>

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<p>Fast Times at Ridgemont High!</p>

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<p>Kaffee: <em>I want the truth!</em>
Col. Jessep: <em>You can’t handle the truth!</em></p>

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<p>^^^^^^</p>

<p>With THAT username, how can you NOT post this quote:</p>

<p>“Allo! My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father! Prepare to die!”</p>

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<p>As you wish…</p>

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<p>La Nuit de Varenne</p>

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<p>“You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”</p>

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<p>How 'bout some musicals?</p>

<p>Fiddler on the Roof
West Side Story
My Fair Lady</p>

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<p><a href=“Alice in Wonderland (1903) - Lewis Carroll | BFI National Archive - YouTube”>Alice in Wonderland (1903) - Lewis Carroll | BFI National Archive - YouTube;
Alice in Wonderland (1903)</p>

<p>See this…it will blow your mind.</p>

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<p>Leave the gun. Take the canoli.</p>

<p>Say hello to my little friend.</p>

<p>No rules in a knife fight.</p>

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<p>EPC great job thanks! IM and Bullet: "Buh bye boys, have fun stormin’ the castle!</p>

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<p>I have always wanted to see “City of God” (i believe it’s a Brazilian film) and I heard it was really good. I think it would be cool if HS students saw it. But I’m just throwing my opinion out there, haha</p>

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<p>I think it should be every movie on this list:</p>

<p>[AFI’s</a> 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI’s_100_Years...100_Movie_Quotes]AFI’s”>AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes - Wikipedia)</p>

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<p>My son had a movie quote poster in his suite. My recollection was that there were 100 movies on the poster. I recall that he could identify about 40% of the quotes and one of his roommates could only identify about 10. He was amazed that I knew all but about 5 quotes.</p>

<p>I think some movies are iconic (very few) because they redefine a movie genre or type. I think other movies are cultural identifiers and become a shortcut to an explanation. Therefor these cultural movies are in some respects more important that even iconic ones because you may need them in everyday speech.</p>

<p>If someone says “I think we need a bigger boat”, it means that the problem is much larger than you were expecting. If you have never seen Jaws, that may not be your conclusion.</p>

<p>“Make my day” not only means that the party is pretty much at the end of his patience, but is also the shorthand name given to many gun defense laws across the country.</p>

<p>Shortly after starting his first job, my son was requested to attend a brainstorming session with some of the higher level executives. He was just sitting and taking notes and after everyone was done talking, the President of the company asked him for his opinion. The President was sufficiently pleased with his response that he put his hand on my son’s shoulder and said to the others “My date”. Two words. Pretty cryptic. But if you have seen The American President, it conveys much greater affirmation. BTW, I did not get the reference, my son had to explain it to me.</p>

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<p>Hat - explainerz plz lol! (Or else I’ll have to go watch the movie again tho that would not be so bad…=).</p>

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<p>Hunt for Red October. “I would have liked to see Montana.”
Three Days of the Condor</p>

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<p>“Rosebud” .</p>

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<p>Loved the movie “Rudy”. It’s well-timed for kids aspiring to get into the college of their dreams!</p>