Hello, welcome to my new ongoing ESSENTIAL series. As I watch and write about films if I think that they are films that everyone should watch I will tag them there. These are films that may or may not be on my top 25. I decided that I wanted to do this while watching Die Brücke last night. The film is tremendous and I think it offers a alternate view of patriotism it pairs well with Saving Private Ryan. As if 9-26-2017 I think I will be grouping the films by genre but that may change. It will be a while before the list is really filled out.
War
Die Brücke by Bernhard Wicki
Zero Dark Thirty by Kathryn Bigelow
Horror
The Living Dead Trilogy by George A. Romero
Drama
The Swimmer by Frank Perry
Comedy
High Fidelity by Stephen Frears