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Top Ten Movies

Frantic Canadian said:
I can never make a Top Ten Movies list because I can't be that decisive about what to include. Does this film deserve to be in while this one doesn't? Why does this one rank one higher than that one. You know the drill. I will say with absolute certainty though that Goodfellas is my all-time favorite movie. Casino and The Goonies would also rank very high on my Top Ten Movies list if I were to make one.
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^ Totally this.

All I can ever start with is

Blade Runner
Return of the King
The Shawshank Redemption

Those are in order. After that, I mean, I love Alien/s, Star Wars, Fight Club, Gladiator, 300 etc etc. But I mean, I love BASEKetball, so why shouldn't that be higher than Fight Club etc etc.
 
lol, good call Throw. Missed the #2 entry.

:oops:
 
Brumous said:
In alphabetical order:

12 Angry Men
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Day of the Jackal
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The Godfather (I and II)
The Kite Runner
The Lord of the Rings (trilogy)
Once Upon a Time in the West
Spirited Away
Touch of Evil
What's Up Doc
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Completely overlooked 12 Angry Men, whats wrong with me! That's easily in my top five. The perfect character study.

Edit: The 1957 version.
 
Neglify said:
lol, good call Throw. Missed the #2 entry.
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What can I say? I feel a, uh, personal connection to those two flicks. Not calling them the best ever, mind, just two of my favorites. :lol:
 
1. TRM
2. TRM
3. TRM
4. TRM
5. TRM
6. The Room
7. TRM
8. TRM
9. TRM
10. Ric Olie: A Life of Danger
 
TMBTM said:
La dolce vita put me to sleep. Like really to sleep. I never finished it.
Watching a bunch of wealthy characters wasting time in the streets and taking drugs. Never understood this boring mess of a movie.
Even Woddy Allen's Match Point was not that boring. And that's saying a lot.

Ok, now, shoot me! :D
:laser::oops:
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I can see that point of view, and I actually didn't much like it the first time around. But I gave it another shot, and I'm extremely glad I did. It's not just that I'm a sucker for the "douchebag looking for meaning in life" genre of films. It's also the best directionless, episodic film I've ever seen, even moreso than Robert Altman's films - which are also often accused of putting people to sleep, btw. ;)

What can I say, I just like the episodic style of it. And I think the meandering, dreamy style suits the trivial, decadent nature of the scenes really well (and much better than the vapid and less inspired (imo) 8 1/2).
 
I'll just keep mine to 10, that way there's less to point and laugh at :D

Alien
Apocalypse Now
The Beyond (Lucio Fulci)
Jaws
The Last Minute
Bladerunner
Conan The Barbarian (1982)
Videodrome
The Wind & The Lion
Shark Attack 3: Megalodon
 
Wow, what a great thread!

I know how hard it is to stop at just 10. I actually made up a list not that long ago (it was the latest revision - I keep remaking the list). I wound up with 100. :)

The top 6 or 7 or so pretty much stay the same, but the others move around a lot.

I'll just give you the top 25 for now:


  1. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946, Capra, Stewart) (Yay, Erised! We have this one in common as #1.)
  2. Back to the Future (Zemeckis, 1985, PG)
  3. The Empire Strikes Back (1980, Lucas, Kershner, Kasdan, Ford, PG)
  4. Star Wars (1977, Lucas, Ford, PG)
  5. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981, Spielberg, Lucas, Kasdan, Ford, PG)
  6. Return of the Jedi (1983, Lucas, Marquand, Kasdan, Ford, PG)
  7. The Princess Bride (1987, Reiner, PG)
  8. Groundhog Day (1993, Ramis, Bill Murray, PG)
  9. Toy Story 2 (1999, Pixar, Lasseter, Hanks, G)
  10. A Christmas Carol (a.k.a. “Scrooge,” w/Alistair Sim) (1951)
  11. Inception (2010, Nolan, PG-13)
  12. Rope (1948, Hitchcock, Stewart)
  13. The Dark Knight (2008, Nolan, PG-13)
  14. Toy Story (1995, Pixar, Lasseter, Hanks, G)
  15. Beauty and the Beast (1991, Disney, G)
  16. The NeverEnding Story (1984, Petersen, PG)
  17. Labyrinth (1986, Henson, Lucas, PG)
  18. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989, Keanu, PG)
  19. The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984, Henson, Oz, G)
  20. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982, Spielberg, PG)
  21. War Games (1983, Badham, Broderick, Sheedy, PG)
  22. Up (2009, Pixar, G)
  23. Jaws (1975, Spielberg, PG)
  24. Miracle on 34[SUP]th[/SUP] Street (1947)
  25. This is Spinal Tap (1984, Reiner, R)
 
In no particular order:

1) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2) The Shining (1980)
3) Citizen Kane (1941)
4) The Tree of Life (2011)
5) The Lord of the Rings (2001-2003)
6) Blade Runner (1982)
7) The Third Man (1949)
8) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
9) Napoleon (1927)
10) Andrei Rublev (1966)
11) Apocalypse Now (1979)
12) Star Wars (1977)
13) Ben-Hur (1959)
14) Saving Private Ryan (1998)
15) Dr. Strangelove (1964)
16) Goodfellas (1990)
17) Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
18) The Dark Knight (2008)
19) The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
20) Persona (1966)
 
Threads merged. But I really like your list, especially:

BladeRunner391 said:
4) The Tree of Life (2011)
7) The Third Man (1949)
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BladeRunner391 said:
Thanks, sorry I didn't see this thread. :-o
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It's all good. It was on page 4 or so of the Movies threads.
 
reave said:
  1. Raising Arizona
  2. Brazil
  3. Koyaanisqatsi
  4. Dr. Strangelove
  5. Naked (Mike Leigh)
  6. Leon
  7. The Empire Strikes Back
  8. 2001: A Space Odyssey
  9. La Cite Des Enfants Perdus
  10. Transformers: The Movie
My list fluctuates and it's nearly impossible for me to pick 10.

Continuing:
11. Punch Drunk Love
12. Das Boot
13. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Will add more as I think of them.
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WAIT. Where's "Altered States" and "Spice World"?
 
11. Spice World
12. Altered States
 
Oh man, Koyaanisqatsi's so good. Just watched that a couple days ago.
 
DominicCobb said:
Oh man, Koyaanisqatsi's so good. Just watched that a couple days ago.
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Yes it's amazing. Now That's an experience. Check out the sequels too. One of them (forget which) has the infamous Truman theme from the Truman show
 
reave said:
11. Spice World
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Q: Why don't you just make Spice World number ten?
A: This goes to eleven.
 
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