Jul 6 2009 05:45 PM ET

Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's 14 movies to see before you die

Recently, Will Ferrell and Adam McKay posted a list of 14 movies they think everyone should see before they die on Funny or Die. And they are:

1. Goodfellas
2. Election
3. The Man Who Would Be King
4. Tin Men
5. Cinema Paradiso
6. Nights of Cabiria
7. Airplane!
8. Series 7: The Contenders
9. The Exorcist
10. Mail Order Wife
11. Rear Window
12. The Sound of Music
13. Tron
14. Flirting With Disaster

McKay noted that he made a point of excluding any film that he felt would be on everyone's list, i.e. Jaws, Star Wars, Apocalypse Now,and Goodfellas (though he then felt compelled to make that No. 1 because he watches it before every film he shoots). Ferrell had a very specific purpose in mind for including Tron: "Just watch this to remind yourself that this movie was actually made and that for a brief moment in time there was a Tron ride at Disneyland." Which films make your very personal list? See mine after the jump. Below, the trailer for my TronGymkata.

1. Rocky
2. Singin' in the Rain
3. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
4. When Harry Met Sally…
5. Waiting for Guffman
6. Die Hard
7. Bull Durham
8. Apollo 13
9. It's a Wonderful Life
10. Red River
11. The King of Kong
12. L.A. Story
13. Gymkata
14. Up

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  • civeroy

    1.Easy Rider
    2.40 Year Old Virgin
    3.Stand by Me
    4.Mean Streets
    5.Bull Durham
    6.Little Shop of Horrors
    7.Goin South
    8.Blazing Saddles
    9.Boondock Saints
    10.Halloween (original)
    11.Naked Gun
    12.Airplane
    13.An American Werewolf in London
    14.Toy Story
    15.Dirty Harry
    16.Apollo 13
    17.Bachelor Party
    18.Revenge of the Nerds
    19.Ghostbusters
    20.Beverly Hills Cop

  • GeeMoney

    Tombstone. See it!

  • Jelana

    Ouch — I know I’m leaving stuff out, but here goes:
    1. Dr. Strangelove…
    2. Ghandi
    3. Cinema Paradiso
    4. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
    5. 12 Angry Men
    6. Best in Show
    7. Bull Durham
    8. Babe
    9. When Harry Met Sally
    10. Rear Window
    11. Witness
    12. Superman II
    13. Lawrence of Arabia
    14. The Philadelphia Story

  • ThorMonster

    Any relevant list has to include Animal House

  • Clayton

    1. WALL-E
    2. Casablanca
    3. It’s a Wonderful Life
    4. Moulin Rouge!
    5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
    6. Citizen Kane
    7. Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
    8. Beauty and the Beast
    9. Life of Brian
    10. North by Northwest
    11. Amelie
    12. Bad Education
    13. The Sound of Music
    14. The Fountain

  • John

    1. Citizen Kane
    2. The Thing
    3. Clue
    4. Braveheart
    5. Wages of Fear
    6. Usual Suspects
    7. Gremlins
    8. Once
    9. Dark City
    10. Third Man
    11. Touch of Evil
    12. Superman 2
    13. Batman
    14. Beetlejuice

  • John

    1. Citizen Kane
    2. LA Confidential
    3. Boogie Nights
    4. Superman II
    5. Clue
    6. Thing (1982)
    7. Shining
    8. One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
    9. Batman
    10. Touch of Evil
    11. Wages of Fear
    12. Wild Strawberries
    13. On the Waterfront
    14. Beetlejuice

  • PeterBilt The Nature Boy

    1. Goodfellas
    2. Pulp Fiction
    3. Animal House
    4. Die Hard
    5. GodFather Part II
    6. Airplane!
    7. It’s a Wonderful Life
    8. The Last Boy Scout
    9. Lord Of The Rings-Return of the King
    10. Rain Man

  • Ceballos

    1. Singin’ in the Rain
    2. Die Hard
    3. Toy Story
    4. L.A. Confidential
    5. Back to the Future
    6. North by Northwest
    7. Raiders of the Lost Ark
    8. Star Wars
    9. When Harry Met Sally
    10. The Room (simply has to be seen to be believed)

  • Ceballos

    Crap, I needlessly limited myself to 10 instead of 14 (Read the title of the post, Ceballos.)
    11. Raging Bull
    12. The 40-Year-Old Virgin
    13. Seven
    14. Hannah and Her Sisters

  • futuredirect

    1. Ordinary People
    2. American Beauty
    3. Fight Club
    4. Ed Wood
    5. Little Miss Sunshine
    6. Animal House
    7. Resevoiur Dogs
    8. 8 1/2
    9. Edward Scissorhands
    10. Donnie Darko
    11. Sweeney Todd
    12. Drag Me to Hell
    13. Rachel Getting Married
    14. The Dark Knight
    Honorable Mentions:
    Shaun of the Dead, The Lost Boys, A Place in the Sun, Hot Rod, Royal Tennenbaums

  • dani

    1. eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
    2. fight club
    3. memento
    4. the 25th hour
    5. almost famous
    6. into the wild
    7.pans labyrinth
    8. manhattan
    9. when harry met sally
    10. his girl friday
    11. fargo
    12. kramer vs. kramer
    13. ferris buellers day off
    14. the squid and the whale

  • Amy

    1. It’s A Wonderful Life
    2. Almost Famous
    3. Moulin Rouge
    4. The Shawshank Redemption
    5. Wall-E
    6. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
    7. E.T.
    8.Empire Records
    9. Say Anything
    10. The Sandlot
    11. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
    12. Good Will Hunting
    13. That Thing you Do
    14. The Wedding Singer

  • Alicia

    thank you for including gymkata!

  • amy

    1. Shawshank Redemption
    2. Cinema Paradisio
    3. American History X
    4. Dead Man Walking
    5. What About Bob
    6. Midnight Cowboy
    7. (Peter Seller’s) Pink Panther
    8. Young Frankenstein
    9. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
    10. Election
    11. It’s A Wonderful Life
    12. Goodfellas

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