RAVE - Dinner debate

A fabulous dinner chez Gareth last night turned ugly when he mentioned that one day he was likely to have kids. Well, it was Halloween.

I sat up in my Grumpy Old Git costume and we started to discuss "what films would you want your child to see, in order to learn the important lessons in life?"

After calling time on the Saturday Night Fever versus Grease debate by proclaiming that "no child of mine needs to learn about disco", I started to write on the back of Gareth's monthly statement from SF Escorts, organizing the list under the easier-to-determine headings of History, Pop Culture, British Classics, Morals / Coming of Age, and the essential Great Movies.

The list is laughably uneven. Did I mention we had 3 bottles of wine with our dinner?

HISTORY
All Quiet On The Western Front
Battle of Britain
Apocalypse Now
Ghandi
Saving Private Ryan
JFK
All The Presidents Men
Apollo 13
The Motorcycle Diaries
Bloody Sunday
Braveheart
Troy
Schindler's List
Gladiator
Ben Hur
Alexander
Life is Beautiful
... clearly, the kid is going to know a LOT about war and political intrigue

POP CULTURE
Easy Rider
Woodstock
The French Connection
24 Hour Party People (hotly disputed: "who cares about Indie music?")
Saturday Night Fever (hated it, but the kid's gotta make up his own mind)

BRITISH HERITAGE
Zulu (the HISTORY list was already too long)
Lawrence of Arabia
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Great Escape
Lock, Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels

MORALS / COMING OF AGE
Gregory's Girl
Fatal Attraction
Philadelphia
Milk

GREAT MOVIES
Godfather I and II
Jaws
Wall Street (could've gone under MORALS)
Chariots of Fire (could've gone under BRITISH HERITAGE)
Silence of the Lambs
Pulp Fiction

Feel free to post your "how could you leave off .....?" opinions.