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Life changing films

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1. Halloween (1978)
Personally the single most important film. After watching this the first time when I was 13, I had to watch it over and over again (literally). It has since lost most of its affect as a film, but the fact that this is the film that made me watch films merely as an hobby makes this the most important film for me.
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2. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
The first European western I ever saw (if Spede Pasanen's comedies aren't included). Hugely entertaining, beautifully shot and surely "so cool".
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3. Seven Samurai (1954)
One of the very first Japanese films I ever saw. I didn't understand much of it, but the overall feeling was something quite like no films have had. I haven't watched this one since the first time, it might be about a time for a rewatch.
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4. Pulp Fiction (1994)
After Halloween had been used to the point there was nothing left with it, I saw Pulp Fiction. I saw it again. And then again and again. The total times I've seen it might be somewhere between 25 and 30. I was young and full of enthusiasm. I loved the fact that no matter how many times I had already seen it, there was still something new. I've grown from that phase, but Pulp Fiction still remains as one of my all-time-favourites.
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5. Battleship Potemkin (1925)
There had been many years since the last watched silent film. I remember wathcing silent comedies with my dad in my childhood, but that was that. I rented Potemkin from library when I must have been as old as 16. Loved the film, not as much as many other silent films I saw that age, but I believe Potemkin was the one that made me watch silent films again.
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6. Mortal Kombat (1995)
Total shit, but oh the fun we had with my friend at the age of six with the "Mortal Kombat artillery" made of cardboard.
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7. Toy Story (1995)
Seen in theather at time it came and it made such an impact I had to have every single Toy Story stuff there was. I had a coulouring book and toys etc.
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8. Comet in Moominland (1992)
Seen in theather when I was too young to even remember now. Watched almost every time it was on TV, once even in Swedish without subtitles. The book was great too, though I read it the first time in my pre-teen years.
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9. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
The first thing from the Pythons I saw. Still the greatest comedy of all time.
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10. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
I bought the VHS-tape at the age of 8 and watched it too many times. Crap (like many other Spielberg's outputtings), but has still some nostalgia values.
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11. The Shining (1980)
Didn't like it much the first time I saw it (I had seen the mini-series first), but after countless rewatches it made a way to my favourites.
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12. Blue Velvet (1986)
The first film by Lynch I saw. Seen with crappy pan&scan picture from TV, it still made an impact.
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13. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
One of the very first films I bought on DVD. Not as violent as I had heard, but quite perfect in every other aspect.
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14. Boyz n the Hood (1991)
One of my absolute favorites at the age of 13, Watched at least a dozen times in a year.
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15. The Terminator (1984)
Seen the first time when I was about 5, with one eye closed in my grandparent's house with my two older brothers. I refreshed my mind with this one at the age of 14 or 15 and remembered amazingly much of it.
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16. The Unknown Soldier (1955)
Propably a bit too obvious choise for this list as a Finn, but I can't leave it away since it's the only Finnish film I've seen so many times and the only war film I saw before the age of 7.
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Posted : 7 months, 3 weeks ago at Mar 30 11:10
Mielenkiintoisia valintoja, Halloween on itseasiassa itsellenikin se elokuva, jonka katsottuani aloin tarkemmin pohtimaan elokuvataiteellisia arvoja elokuvissa, kuten kamerankäyttöä joka teki tässä ensimmäisellä katsomiskerralla lähtemättömän vaikutuksen.

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Some of these films might not be all-time-favourites, but every single one of them have had an impact for my film watchings and/or appreciation for cinema as an equal artform to basic classic paintings. So, these picks are purely personal.

Big thanks to Juize for the idea!

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