 | Star Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980 & 2004 Versions, 2-Disc Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $16.49 / Used from: $8.97 In the Lost saga, before Ben's daughter's flight to the temple comes to an abrupt halt, one of the last thing Karl says is "I have a bad feeling about this". This line is said by Leia as the escape from an imperial ship is sharply interrupted...
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 | Stephen King's The Stand
Buy used from: $28.74 So many allusions and references are made to this Stephen King story. It goes without saying that the novel is preferable. The movie is for all you who think that for you to read 1141 pages you would need a second holiday.
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 | Solaris
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $0.47 The planet materializes what's in the subconscious, evokes someone from the past to be physically present to help the protagonist understand what he must do to find peace. The concept of redemption and closure is one that is explored thoroughly in Lost
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 | Fearless
Buy new: $9.49 / Used from: $1.53 A plane crash, a mystical near death experience that persuades the main character to go on a quest for truth about life and death. A fable about how in the eyes of death, only love can save us, and will.
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 | Mysterious Island (Widescreen)
Buy new: $14.94 / Used from: $6.28 Captain Nemo: "He's a man of faith. I'm a man of reason."
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 | Forbidden Planet (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $12.88 Here the monster is an emanation of savage primordial emotions - primal fear and rage - suppressed in one of the characters but coming to life through his nightmares.
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 | Lord of the Flies - Criterion Collection
Buy new: $25.99 / Used from: $12.69 The prophetic truth translated into a novel by William Golding is infinitely better than the movie (in my view, it's the best novel ever). Nevertheless, one of the most important allegories of our time is undoubtedly an inspiration behind the mystery show.
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 | Cube
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $4.56 A parable about compassion set in a dimension solely built up of the unprovable theories of its awoken and lost inhabitants. If the cult status of a movie within the realm of mystery is any indication, then Cube is one the most unignorable influences on all writers of mystery shows.
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 | Altered States
Buy new: $9.49 / Used from: $1.43 The theme of love saving us and hallucinations breaking up our perception of reality is very much a part of Lost.
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 | Jacob's Ladder
Buy new: $8.49 / Used from: $1.98 We have no clue about what's going on for most part of the movie and the boundaries between the real and the imagined are broken down one by one.
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 | Identity
Buy new: $14.94 / Used from: $0.39 A scene in this movie is very similar to a scene in The Beginning of the End.
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 | Fight Club (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $24.99 / Used from: $6.80 This movie is incredibly faithful to the book. Its conflict between the two main characters is mirrored in Lost by Hurley's conflict with Dave.
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 | Cypher
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $4.00 A tale of a lead character who unbeknownst to himself has lead another life in another time where he had been all but omniscient, much like Benjamin Linus.
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 | The Thirteenth Floor
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $1.98 Like Kate said: "Welcome to the wonderful world of not knowing what the hell's going on."
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 | Akira
Buy used from: $7.48 I believe Watchmen is a major influence on how the writers of Lost approach the show. Alan Moore's story is of Biblical relevance to many writers. This animated movie dealing with a post-apocalyptic intellectual story has in Japan been as influential as Watchmen has in the US.
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 | Seven (New Line Platinum Series)
Buy new: $23.49 / Used from: $2.37 A creepy villain who outsmarts everyone in a very Benjamin Linus kind of way.
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 | The Adventures of Indiana Jones (Raiders of the Lost Ark/ Temple of Doom/ Last Crusade) - Widescreen Edition
Buy used from: $17.95 The climactic scene in the end of Raiders... is played out like Pandora's box being opened, which is what opening up the hatch in the first season of Lost felt like. Also, the movies have mysteries and theories about them in abundance.
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 | Noriko's Dinner Table
Buy new: $22.49 / Used from: $9.34 One of the best mystery movies ever made. Lost is the best mystery show ever. You do the math.
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 | Oldboy
Buy new: $20.99 / Used from: $10.00 Like Lost this movie makes use of myths to tell a timeless story of revenge and redemption. This is basically, set in modern time, the tale of Oidipus who can't escape his fate as well as Theseus stuck for half an eternity in the underworld.
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 | Alien Quadrilogy (Alien/ Aliens /Alien 3 /Alien Resurrection)
Buy new: $29.99 / Used from: $20.48 The most mysterious and iconic monster in modern fiction... so far.
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