Your Top 20 movies

[IOfTheStorm]

Lurch70 requested it as a top 10, but 10 are not enough. This can be interesting

 

[lurch70]

Cool ... thanks for starting this .. 20 is a little to much though.
Unlike music, I can give you a definitive Top 10 .. which are my all time faves .. then the other 10 will be ones that most likely will change ... Please do not laugh too hard at the inclusion of some chick flicks ... I am a softie

1. GOODFELLAS (my all time fave)
2. THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
3. DAZED & CONFUSED
4. THELMA & LOUISE
5. RESERVOIR DOGS
6. STAR WARS / EMPIRE
7. BEFORE SUNRISE / BEFORE SUNSET
8. FEARLESS
9. TAXI DRIVER
10. SAY ANYTHING

and this list is a mixed bag .. but all MUST SEE !!!

11. SUPERMAN
12. THE EXCORCIST
13. POLTERGIST
14. AMELIE
15. Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN
16. 8 1/2
17. CONTACT
18. BAD LIEUTENANT
19. BRAVEHEART
20. TRAINSPOTTING

GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS
SWINGERS

 

[NAD]

I'm not a movie buff as most movies I only watch once, even if I really enjoy them.

1. Clerks
2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
3. Dogma
4. The Shining
5. Seven
6. Full Metal Jacket
7. Dr. Strangelove
8. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
9. Snatch
10. High Fidelity

I'll leave the other 10 open for when I remember others or check out my DVD collection at home.

 

[Hell Mike]

Shared winnar: Conan the Barbarian Dumb & Dumber

 

[Black Winter Day]

Who is the MIDGET JESTER of the Metal Inquisition?

 

[lurch70]

I'm not a movie buff as most movies I only watch once, even if I really enjoy them.

I actually went to film school, so films mean a hell of a lot to me .. more than music.
Film is the ultimate art form really as it combines photography, music, literature, acting ... and they all have to coexist and work flawlesly together.

 

[IOfTheStorm]

1. 2001 : A Space Odyssey
2. Fight Club
3. Stalker
4. 8 1/2
5. Brazil
6. Dr Strangelove
7. Amelie
8. The Fisher King
9. Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
10. Dead Man
11. Nights Of Cabiria
12. 12 Monkeys
13. Pulp Fiction
14. Alphaville
15. Citizen Cane
16. La Dolce Vitta
17. Se7en
18. La Haine
19. The Red Violin
20. Full Metal Jacket

First 5-7 are in order..others kind of randomly places in the top 20. Some classics didnt make it (The 7th seal for example)

 

[lurch70]

hehe .. I see you are a big Fellini, Gilliam and Kubrick fan.

I love all Scorsese movies myself and most of them would make my Top 20 ... but Goodfellas stands out so much from all the rest for me.

Will have to check out STALKER .. never saw that.

What did you think of EYES WIDE SHUT?

 

[Hell Mike]

Film is the ultimate art form really as it combines photography, music, literature, acting ... and they all have to coexist and work flawlesly together.

From an objective point of view I'd agree, the more senses involved the more feeling/emotion/stuff should be possible to convey, but in practice I personally say that nothing comes close to music.

 

[JayKeeley]

Geez louise, this is tough. Off the top of my head (and ordering them was even harder than listing them):

1. Jaws
2. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
3. Goodfellas
4. The Exorcist
5. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
6. Braveheart
7. Trainspotting
8. The Godfather pt 1
9. Alien
10. Clerks
11. The Shawshank Redemption
12. Young Frankenstein
13. Raiders of the Lost Ark
14. The Usual Suspects
15. The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
16. Enter the Dragon
17. Evil Dead pt. 2
18. Snatch
19. The Devil's Backbone
20. Day of the Dead

Trailing very closely...

Platoon
The Changeling
Revenge of the Pink Panther
Suspiria
The Godfather pt.2
12 Angry Men (original)
Jacob's Ladder
Ringu
You Only Live Twice
Battle Royale
Casablanca
Frankenstein

 

[ScottG]

in no order:

Fist of Fury
Drunken Master
Fist of Legend
Dragon
Magnificent Butcher
The Prodigal Son
Knockabout
Odd Couple
Police Story
Enter The Dragon
Highlander
Amadeus
A Clockwork Orange
The Shawshank Redemption
Escape From Alcatrazz
Jaws
Braveheart
The Wicker Man
South Park

either Snake In The Eagle's Shadow, Project A, Wheels On Meals, Drunken Master II, Once Upon A Time In China or Kill Bill. can't decide

 

[NAD]

Film is the ultimate art form really as it combines photography, music, literature, acting ... and they all have to coexist and work flawlesly together.

Huh, never thought of it that way. Mom is over my shoulder right now, her thoughts: "yeah, except for the acting part." I agree.

 

[IOfTheStorm]

hehe .. I see you are a big Fellini, Gilliam and Kubrick fan.

I love all Scorsese movies myself and most of them would make my Top 20 ... but Goodfellas stands out so much from all the rest for me.

Will have to check out STALKER .. never saw that.

What did you think of EYES WIDE SHUT?

Yes these 3 are my holy directors trinity. I love em.

While i have seen all "famous" Kubrick films except "Paths Of Glory", i havent seen "Eyes Wide Shut" yet, can u believe it? Half of the people who have seen it are telling me that its crap, and the other half talks about a masterpiece. When i go to the videoclub.. my hand just doesnt go there to get it..
You have to see "Stalker" dude, its a masterpiece in all aspects, you will love it.

 

[J.]

All I know for sure is that Unbreakable is #1. Donnie Darko would be in there somewhere as would Big Trouble in Little China, Superman, and Heat.

 

[IOfTheStorm]

Unbreakable is one of the most underrated movies ever .

 

[lurch70]

i can't seem to find Stalker on DVD to rent anywhere ...

Eyes Wide Shut is really brilliant ... you have to be in the right mood to see it. Saw it at 2AM half asleep and it made me stay awake and finish it (even though it's almost 3 hours).
Basically it is about how ones imagination is always more vivid than reality .. at least this is what I got out of it.

 

[NAD]

Eyes Wide Shut is really brilliant ...

I'm glad you said this, because the next time somebody tells me Eyes Wide Shut is crap I can say "look man, I know a dude that went to film school and he called it brilliant!" :Spin: I haven't seen every Kubrick film, but Eyes Wide Shut is just as amazing as his other works.

 

[lurch70]

I'm glad you said this, because the next time somebody tells me Eyes Wide Shut is crap I can say "look man, I know a dude that went to film school and he called it brilliant!"

haha ... cool
the problem with that movie, is that it goes over the head of most viewers. Kubrick can never be taken on the surface ... doing some drugs while watching it helps too

 

[symposium_lexotanil]

1.edward scissorhands
2.rosemary's baby

in no particular order

ghost world
donnie darko
the crow
platoon
groundhog day
the salton sea
american history x
fight club/se7en/the game
the shawshank redemption
the shining
one flew over the cookoo's nest

i can't think of any other right now,but there are definately more

 

[symposium_lexotanil]

hah i just noticed that they are ALL american.

poor bastard me