Editing Approved Movies

This is a list of /tg/ approved movies, organized into loose genres, alphabetically.

Add important details in brackets.

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==Science Fiction==

* 5th Element, The
* Animatrix - short Program [animated] (how to pull certain /tg/ cliche right)
* Appleseed
* Appleseed: Deus Ex Machina
* Blade Runner [final cut]
* Brazil
* Children of Men
* Chronicle [2012]
* Dark City
* Dark Star
* District 9
* Donnie Darko
* Doomsday
* [[Judge Dredd|Dredd]] [2012]
* Edge of Tommorow
* Equilibrium
* Event Horizon
* eXistenZ
* Galaxy Quest
* Gattaca
* Immortal [French]
* Inception
* The Iron Giant [animated]
* K-Pax
* [[The Lord Inquisitor]] [animated]
* The Matrix
* Metropolis [1927]
* Metropolis [animated]
* Moon
* Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind [animated]
* O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization [Polish] (best unofficial [[Paranoia]] movie)
* Outlander
* The Prestige
* Primer
* Robocop [1987]
* Robocop 2
* Robot Jox
* Snowpiercer
* Solaris [1972, 2002]
* The Sphere
* Stalker [Russian]
* Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
* Star Wars [original trilogy]
* Star Trek (The Wrath of Khan, The Voyage Home, The Undiscovered Country, First Contact and Beyond for sure)
* Stargate (1994)
* [[Starship Troopers]]
* Strange days
* Sunshine
* Terminator
* Terminator 2: Judgment Day
* The Thirteenth Floor
* Total recall [1990]
* Transformers: The Movie [Animated, 1987 version only]
* Twelve Monkeys
* [[Ultramarines:The Movie]] [Animated]
* WALL-E [animated]

==Horror==

* 28 Days Later
* 30 days of night
* 9th Gate
* Alien
* Aliens
* Alien 3 [director's cut]
* Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre [French] - preferably helped with the original mini-series from the 60s.
* Brotherhood of the Wolf [French]
* Cabin In The Woods
* The Descent
* Dog Soldiers
* Eraserhead
* Evil Dead [trilogy]
* Event Horizon
* The Exorcist
* The Gift [2000]
* Hellraiser
* In the Mouth of Madness
* Interview with the Vampire (and gender-flipper Byzantium)
* Mulholland Drive
* Pandorum
* The Masque of the Red Death
* The Shining
* The Thing [1982]
* Witchfinder General
* The VVitch [2015]

==Fantasy==
[[Image:97_35566_0_TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowship.jpg|right|thumb|The essential fantasy trilogy (not on the list because it's so obvious that this is a /tg/ approved movie).]]
* The 13th Warrior
* The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
* The Beastmaster
*Beowulf [animated, 2007]
* Big Trouble in Little China: Mind you, it's Urban Fantasy. Also, ''very'' 80s.
* The Brothers Grimm
* Camelot (1988)
* Conan the Barbarian [1982]
* Conan the Destroyer
* Dragonheart
* Erik the Viking
* Excalibur 
* Fire and Ice [animated]
* Highlander (only the first movie; "Highlander II: The Quickening" is /tg/ unapproved, but worth a watch if you just want to see an insanely bad movie and a solid lesson in how '''*not*''' to extend a setting)
* The Hobbit [Animated]
* How to Train Your Dragon [animated]
* Howl's Moving Castle [animated]
* Immortal [French]
* Ink (2009)
* Innocent Blood (1992)
* Jabberwocky (1977)
* Jumanji (and if you have spare time - the animated TV show too)
* Krull
* Kull the Conqueror
* Ladyhawke
* The Last Unicorn [animated]
* The Last Witch Hunter
* The Legend
* Lord of the Rings [animated]
* Night Watch (Russian):Hello again, Urban Fantasy.
* The Nightmare Before Christmas [animated]
* Ondine
* Pan's Labyrinth
* Princess Mononoke [animated]
* The Princess Bride
* The Return of the King [animated]
* Ronal The Barbarian [animated]
* SAGA - Curse of the Shadow
* Solomon Kane
* Song of the Sea [animated]
* Secret of Kells [animated]
* Stardust
* The Thief of Baghdad (1924/1940)
* Time Bandits
* Trollhunter [Norwegian]
* Vidocq [French]
* Willow

==Comedy==
* Forrest Gump
* Fright Night (1985 & 2011)
* Futurama Bender's Game - A Futurama movie created in honor of Gary Gygax's death. Basically a parody to Dungeon and Dragons and lord of the ring. It also counts as a science fiction film because well, is Futurama.
* The Gamers trilogy (preferably with dice subtitles)
* Gentlemen Broncos
* Groundhog Day
* Kung Fu Hustle
* Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
* Monty Python and the Holy Grail
* Monty Python's Life of Brian
* Shaun Of The Dead [Actually, the whole Cornetto Trilogy: Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World's End]
* Snatch
* The Sting
* Your Highness
* What We Do In The Shadows
* Zombieland

==Western==
* 3:10 to Yuma [1957]
* Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
* Dollars Trilogy [A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - preferably extended cuts]
* The Good, The Bad, The Weird [Korean] (Korean cut, not the international!)
* High Noon
* High Plain Drifter
* The Magificent Seven [1960]
* Once Upon a Time in the West
* Open Range
* Outland
* Pale Rider
* Quigley down under
* Rio Bravo
* Silverado
* Tombstone
* Treasure of the Silver Lake (along with other Winnetou films) - a warning of what happens if you have no clue how to run a western setting.
* Unforgiven
* The Wild Bunch
* White Sun of the Desert (Soviet "eastern")

==Action==
* Blood Diamond
* Centurion
* Collateral
* Commando
* The Dark Knight
* The Departed (and original Infernal Affairs)
* Die Hard 1 & 3 (and only those two)
* Elite Squad 1 & 2 (Brazilian)
* Escape from New York
* Hard Boiled (1992)
* Haywire
* John Wick
* Kill Bill, Volumes 1 and 2
* Lethal Weapon 1 & 2 [or entire quadrilogy]
* Mad Max [all of 'em]
* Mission Impossible 3 & 4 (and only those two)
* Predator & Predators
* Ronin [1998]
* Running Scared (2006)
* Streets of Fire
* True Lies
* Waterworld
* The Untouchables

==War==
* Apocalypse Now
* Das Boot [extended, serialised version - takes 7 hours, worth every minute]
* Kingdom of Heaven [extended director's cut]
* Lawrence of Arabia
* Platoon
* Red Cliff [Chinese full cut]
* Sahara [1943/95, '''*not*''' the adventure flick from 2005]
* Soldier (1998)
* War [2002, Russian]

==Crime==
* Chinatown
* Crimson Rivers [French] (avoid English dubbing, it's horrible)
* Dog Day Afternoon
* The Disappearance of Alice Creed (how to conserve details)
* The Good Thief
* Heat
* L.A. Confidential
* Layer Cake
* No Country for Old Men
* Payback [both theatrical and director's cut - two different films]
* Pulp Fiction
* Reservoir Dogs
* The Town [2010]
* Trance [2013]
* The Truth About Charlie
* Witness (1985)

==Adventure==
* The Crimson Pirate [1952]
* The Ghost and the Darkness
* The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
* Indiana Jones [trilogy only - outside the original 3 there are no others]
* King Solomon's Mines [1985]
* Last of the Mohicans
* The Man Who Would Be King
* The Mummy (1999 - and only this one)
* Prince of Persia
* The Road to El Dorado [Animated]
* Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
* Tintin - both the 2011 motion capture and old feature animations from the 60s (animated TV series is meanwhile approved television)
* Tomb Raider [2001] (Just bring lots of alcohol and friends)

==General==
* [[Mazes and Monsters]] - The so bad that is good type movie. Based on Jack Chick's story that bashes dungeon's and dragon, calling it a satanic game. Starring Toms Hank and World Trade Center Towers (it was made before their destruction)
* 7 Samurai
* Astropia
* A boy and his dog
* The Cell
* The City of Lost Children
* A Clockwork Orange
* Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
* The Day After (1983)
* Dr. No
* The Duellists
* The Fall
* <s>Fight Club</s> DON'T TALK ABOUT THIS
* Heavy Metal (animated)
* The Hidden Fortress (Japanese)
* House of Flying Daggers
* In The Name Of The Rose
* Jurassic Park
* The Last Valley
* Léon: the Professional
* The Lives of Others [German] (how to Lawful Evil)
* Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (how to maritime)
* Miracle Mile
* Once upon a time in China 1 & 2
* Ran (Japanese)
* Rashômon (1950)
* Rob Roy
* Sanjuro (1962)
* The Seventh Seal
* Six-String Samurai
* Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
* Sorcerer [1977, obligatory HD restored version]
* Superman (1978) & Superman 2 (1980)
* The Sword and the Rose
* Throne of Blood (Japanese)
* Trash Humpers
* The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
* The Wild Hunt
* Yôjinbô (Japanese)
* Zatōichi (''at least'' the 2003 film)
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