I have always wanted to be a filmmaker since childhood, so I will go with the films that I watched endlessly on VHS. So, I would have to say, in no particular order...The Lion King (1994), Batman (1989), Jurassic Park (1993), Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), and Raiders of the Lost Ark (1982).
Filmmaking / Directing : What movies inspired you to want to make movies? by Max Z S
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"The Royal Tenenbaums" by Wes Anderson is the film that kind of gave me the 'this is it' feeling in my gut. Those are all great movies you've listed, though. George Lucas is such an inspiration to me as well! He was so innovative.
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When I was a kid, some of my fave movies were the Disney ones such as: The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, Beauty And The Beast. The most memorable parts of those films for me was the soundtrack. Jurassic Park 1993 was also one of my faves! I've always been interested in dinosaurs. I saw the movie at the theater with my parents and I remember the velociraptors being so scary, they gave me nightmares.
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I love the movie, "Somewhere in Time" with Christopher Reeve. I saw it on tv and loved how it could take you in their world and actually make you believe he had traveled in time. A movie that be that magical is rare and beautiful!
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I loved Fincher's THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO as I watched it at he formative tween years and it was the first film I watched and realized that films were more than just a means to go to the theaters! And through that unleashed a plethora of watching the classics as well as discovering filmmakers/auteurs. Another one that made big impression on me was also THE BREAKFAST CLUB, as it had aligned with my own interest in coming of age stories and of course John Hughes ruled the 80s with that! And then of course, childhood favorite films but that's a whirlwind of films!
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Titanic.
Right before it was released in theaters, they aired a behind the scenes making of on television that I happened to watch while at my grandmas. I was 13 years old and absolutely enthralled - went to see it in the theaters twice.
Fast forward almost 20 years, I'm in LA for an internship. One of my classmates interned at a studio - his job was to digitize all the paper scripts they had (I know, I'm dating myself here). He could keep what he wanted, then toss the rest so he used to come back with dozens of them. He knew I loved Titanic and when he came across it, he saved it for me. to this day, anytime I'm bogged down creatively, I pull out that script or I rewatch the movie or the making of and I'm instantly revived.
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Wendy Kay I loved this movie too. Reality flirting with the fantastic. A dance in between.
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Max Z S there are several key moments/films for me. When I was about ten, a local arthouse theater ran LAWRENCE OF ARABIA and my dad hadn't seen it since 1962. So he took me. It was over my head but I was in awe. This was my first non-children's film and I realized movies could be truly awesome, an artform that had depth. That haunted me. A year or so later I saw STAR WARS. In fact, I saw it six times in the theater the first week and 12 times that year. I was gobsmacked. I wanted to be part of that and became obsessed with how movies were made. Then in high school a local theater ran a print of APOCALYPSE NOW. Again gobsmacked. How do they do that, I wondered. From that moment I wanted to somehow be involved with movies.
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Tucker Teague I remember that with me too. very cool
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For me, it's Naked Lunch or The Fly or Videodrome - anything Cronenberg, who taught me you could make weird films and inspires me deeply to be creative and true to my oft strange visions