Top Ten Favorite Movies

[Masculine Todd]

I know it's probably been done to death, but what the hell, list 'em again.

Mine:


Mean Girls
Brick
Garden State
Batman (1989)
Cruel Intentions
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Casino
10 Things I Hate About You
The Last Kiss
American Psycho

[En Sabah Poo]

I've tried to make a list before, and have even been thinking about it lately after I catalogued my dvd collection, but I have an impossible time putting them in any kind of top ten order. The very best I could do was my 11 favorite, it no real order:

Return of the King
Artificial Intelligence
Fountain
Band of Brothers
Titanic
Cast Away
Amelie
Plains Trains and Automobiles
Field of Dreams
Seven
Silence of the Lambs

Notable mentions that could make the top ten any given day:
Everything is Illuminated
Schindler’s List
Very Long Engagement
Iron Giant
Toy Story
Blair Witch Project
Return of the Jedi
Shawshank Redemption
Gangs of New York
Glory
Saving Private Ryan
Pan’s Labyrinth
Memento
Pulp Fiction
Unbreakable
Gladiator
Elling
Amistad
Pianist

[Ryudo]

Okay, but I want to reserve the right to change them whenever...

No particular order:

Wayne's World
Three Amigos
Batman Begins
Spider-Man 2
Mr. Holland's Opus
Casino Royale
Transformers
Drumline
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie

[NickT]

10? Pff! My top 25 non Star Wars movies goes:


1. Lashou shentan (Hard Boiled)
2. Reservoir Dogs
3. The Untouchables
4. Daredevil
5. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
6. The Evil Dead 3 : Army of Darkness
7. Die xue shuang xiong (The Killer)
8. Hot Fuzz
9. From Dusk Till Dawn
10. Boondock Saints
11. The Way of the Gun
12. Ying huang boon sik (A Better Tommorow)
13. Léon (The Professional)
14. Braindead (Dead Alive)
15. Die Hard
16. Pulp Fiction
17. Black Hawk Down
18. Zulu
19. Kelly's Heroes
20. The Spy Who Loved Me
21. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
22. The Italian Job (Original)
23. Grosse Point Blank
24. Kill Bill Volume 1
25. Shoot Em Up



Needs uodating, but then I just end up with a top 30 or similar :)

[Thommy Melanson]

Goodfellas

Hedwig & The Angry Inch

The Exorcist

Return Of The Living Dead

Kill Bill (counting both 1 & 2 as one movie)

The Godfather

Strange Days

Old Boy

Sin City

The Thing (1982)

[Dark Sasha]

1.Chinatown
2.Blade Runner
3.The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
4.Mulholland Drive.
5.Stray Dog
6.The Killing
7.Apocalypse Now
8.Miller's Crossing
9.Princess Mononoke
10. Shaun of the Dead

[ZombieSpeedball]

No order.

The Blues Brothers
Spider-Man 2
Dogma
Live Free or Die Hard
Batman Begins
Shaun of the Dead
The Incredibles
My Cousin Vinny
Back to the Future
Kill Bill

[Criden]

1.Chinatown
2.Blade Runner
3.The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
4.Mulholland Drive.
5.Stray dogs
6.The Killing
7.Apocalypse Now
8.Miller's Crossing
9.Princess Mononoke
10. Shaun of the Dead

What's Stray Dogs?

[Scotty]

Ooh of all time lets see

Lawrence of Arabia
The Empire Strikes back
Star Trek II: The Wraith of Khan
The Departed
Gone With the Wind
Dawn of the Dead (Original)
Amadeus
The Bridge over the River Kwai
Hamlet (1996)

[Dark Sasha]

What's Stray Dogs?

I mean Stray dog. The Kurosawa film. Brilliant.

[Criden]

I mean Stray dog. The Kurosawa film. Brilliant.

Some fan you are!

[Ryudo]

Yeah, I need to add an 11th: Hot Fuzz.

[bartleby]

I'm never happy with my list when I try to do this...


So here's a bunch of random movies that I'd probably consider for placement if I tried to put together such a list (in alphabetical order):

ANNIE HALL
ADAPTATION
ALMOST FAMOUS
THE APARTMENT
BACK TO THE FUTURE
BOOGIE NIGHTS
THE BREAKFAST CLUB
CASABLANCA
CHINATOWN
DEAD POETS SOCIETY
DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF
FIGHT CLUB
GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS
THE GODFATHER
THE GOONIES
THE GRADUATE
THE GREAT ESCAPE
HIGH FIDELITY
JAWS
THE LAST WALTZ
MOULIN ROUGE!
NORTH BY NORTHWEST
PULP FICTION
RAGING BULL
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
RUSHMORE
SAY ANYTHING
THE SEARCHERS
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
STAR WARS
SUNSET BLVD

[Mike_Johnson]

I like the top 25, non-Star Wars movies. It's easier.

In no order

1. Indiana Jones : Raiders of the Lost Arc
2. Fargo
3. The Shawshank Redemption
4. The Godfather
5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
6. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
7. Jaws
8. Fight Club
9. Almost Famous
10. Annie Hall
11. The Big Lebowski
12. Silence of the Lambs
13. The Thing
14. Pulp Fiction
15. The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
16. Back to the Future
17. Lord of the Rings (cheating, counting as one)
18. The Prestige
19. Batman Begins
20. Apocalypse Now
21. Seven Samurai
22. Clerks
23. Shaun of the Dead
24. A Clockwork Orange
25. Casablanca

[MAK15]

in No particular order:

Godzilla Vs. Mechagodzilla
Ghidora The Three Headed Monster
Godzilla vs. Gigan
Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
King Kong (classic version)
The Hobbit
Resevoir Dogs
Batman
Dungeons and Dragons

other worthy mentions:

Godzilla Returns
Terror of Mechagodzilla
Wrath of Khan
LOTR trilogy (two towers especially)
Star Wars (any, they're all good)
Batman Returns
Batman Begins
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
King Kong (pete jackson version)
Kill Bill 1 and 2
Deathproof
Matrix Trilogy
The Mysterians
many more, most of them Godzilla related...

[MAK15]

and Im the only guy here to post a Godzilla movie as a favorite...not surprised...

[Mike_Johnson]

and Im the only guy here to post a Godzilla movie as a favorite...not surprised...

So what your saying, is that you like Godzilla.

[MAK15]

So what your saying, is that you like Godzilla.

yup, pretty much

[Mike_Johnson]

yup, pretty much

I've actually only seen one Godzilla movie (not counting the Matthew Broderick one, and I'm sure you don't). It was one where Godzilla had a baby?

[Supajoe]

rashomon
lost in translation
the empire strikes back
raiders of the lost ark
there's something about mary
fight club
north by northwest
in the mouth of madness
the naked gun
dr. strangelove

[WilliamRichard1985]

Goodfellas
A Bronx Tale
Almost Famous
The US VS John Lennon
Casino
Troy
The Prestige
The Machinist
Unbreakable
Fight Club

To date,I haven't seen a decent super hero movie.Batman Begins was the closest,but it's use of the typical "comic book movie doomsday machine" left a bad taste in my mouth.

[amy]

no particular order:

American Psycho
Batman Begins
Gone With the Wind
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Rebel Without a Cause
To Kill a Mockingbird
Serenity
Chocolat
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Prestige
LoTR (all of 'em)
Little Miss Sunshine
The Breakfast Club
16 Candles
PoTC (all of 'em)
Casino Royale
Sin City
Closer
Chasing Amy
Clerks
Fight Club


I'll stop now

[MAK15]

I've actually only seen one Godzilla movie (not counting the Matthew Broderick one, and I'm sure you don't). It was one where Godzilla had a baby?

Son of Godzilla.
and that's not one of the better ones...
I recommend the three in my top ten, the two in my other picks, along with the Original 1954 (with and without Raymon Burr, they become two seperate movies) Destroy All Monsters annd....Godzilla Final Wars.

other good Monster Movies from TOHO include: Mothra, Rodan, The Mysterians and War of the Gargantuas.

[Mike_Johnson]

Son of Godzilla.
and that's not one of the better ones...
I recommend the three in my top ten, the two in my other picks, along with the Original 1954 (with and without Raymon Burr, they become two seperate movies) Destroy All Monsters annd....Godzilla Final Wars.

other good Monster Movies from TOHO include: Mothra, Rodan, The Mysterians and War of the Gargantuas.

Thanks, I'll have to check some of them out.

[HoldFastNow]

This is really hard! I'll probably change my mind later, but here's my top 10 (in no particular order):

Eternal Sunshine
Rushmore
Magnolia
Fargo
Serenity
The Shawshank Redemption
Donnie Darko
Back to the Future
Before Sunrise
Fight Club

[NickT]

I've actually only seen one Godzilla movie (not counting the Matthew Broderick one, and I'm sure you don't). It was one where Godzilla had a baby?
Why watch Godzilla when you can watch this?

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wL8pwDj4IGM

:D

[DaGetHighKnight]

Star Wars - A New Hope
The Shinning
The Godfather
Murder BY Death
A Never Ending Story
WaterShip Down
Fatso!
The Goonies
Enter The Dragon
The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad

[MAK15]

Why watch Godzilla when you can watch this?

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wL8pwDj4IGM

:D

you smarmy bastard
:rofl:

[Thommy Melanson]

The Shinning

"Beware The Shinning, laddie!"

http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/willy.jpg

[DaGetHighKnight]

"Beware The Shinning, laddie!"

http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/willy.jpg

Dont make fun of my stuttering finnger, boy.

[TheFalcon]

Top ten in no particular order:

Fight Club
Memento
Seven
Aliens
True Romance
The Rock
Monty Python & The Holy Grail
LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark

Just outside the range: X-Men 2, Die Hard, Batman Begins, Hot Shots! Part Deux, Spy Game, Usual Suspects, IJ: Last Crusade, 12 Monkeys, Terminator 1 & 2, Bourne Identity.

[BCD]

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Ghostbusters
Ocean's Twelve
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Three Kings
Empire Strikes Back
The Two Towers
Children of Men
Enter the Dragon
Stand By Me

[Casali]

Like everyone else, I am having a hard time with this.

What follows are my top ten at this moment, in no particular order, and with no legally binding language.

Double Indemnity
The Conversation
Memento
Young Frankenstein
Murder By Death
Mallrats
L.A. Confidential (cop-out ending be damned)
Shaun of the Dead
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Army of Darkness

[Mike_Johnson]

Why watch Godzilla when you can watch this?

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wL8pwDj4IGM

:D

Hey, it was Hiro...and Charmander.

[Mr. E!]

Godfather I & II
Pelle the Conqueror
Goodfellas
Brazil
Blade Runner
JFK
Empire Strikes Back
Millers Crossing
O.C. and Stiggs
Short Cuts
Clerks

[Mister Mets]

I think I have an awesome list...

1. The Godfather
2. It's a Wonderful Life
3. Casablanca
4. Lord of the Rings- Return of the King
5. Star Wards: The Empire Strikes Back
6. The Passion of Joan of Arc
7. Citizen Kane
8. North By Northwest
9. The Godfather Part 2
10. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

Honorable Mentions) Batman Begins, Duck Soup, Some Like it Hot, Apocalypse Now, Psycho, The Searchers, The Departed, South Park, Kill Bill Volume 2, Forrest Gump, Doctor Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey

Movies I haven't seen which have a good chance of making the list some day....
Gone With the Wind
Lawrence of Arabia
Schindler's List
Once Upon a Time in the West

[smallchange]

There are a ton of recent movies that I fuckin' love, but to me to be an "all-time" favorite, the movie has to grow with you a bit, I don't really get how you can see a movie this year, or even last year or so, & it be one of your "all-time" favorite movies.

Big Troubler in Little China (always has been, always will be my favorite of all-time)

Once Upon A Time in the West
Jaws
The 13th Warrior (this movie needs more respect)
Alphaville
Leon: The Professional (pretty shocked this didn't get more love here)
Aliens
Dark City
Caddyshack
Raiders of the Lost Ark or The Last Crusade
The Thing (Carpenter)

It's almost impossible to narrow it down to 10, the last movie on my list can be switch with about a dozen others.

[lucero]

Here's mine in no particular order:

Crash
Blood Diamond
Wedding Crashers
House of Flying Daggers
Gladiator
Star Wars-A New Hope
Star Wars-The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars-Revenge of the Sith
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Lord of the Rings-Two Towers

[cmoney]

I couldn't even begin to make a list like that, but I'm almost certain Taxi Driver and The Third Man and Days of Heaven would be in there somewhere.

[LittleBastard]

1. Batman Begins
2. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
3. Batman Returns
4. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
5. Halloween (the ORIGINAL!)
6. The Usual Suspects
7. East of Eden
8. Casablanca
9. Boogie Nights
10. Young Frankenstein

Homerable mention: The films of Keven Smith & Wes Anderson, M, The Last Picture Show, Planet of the Apes (the ORIGINAL!), Private Parts, Rebecca, Ronin, Rounders, Serenity, Serial Mom, Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, This is Spinal Tap, The Lord of the Rings trilogy

[copypastepuke]

oh jeez this is hard.
IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER
1. heat
2. narc
3. kiss kiss bang bang
4. confessions of a dangerous mind
5. vivre sa vie
6. mash sf
7. tv party
8. empire strikes back
9. cq
10. the good the bad and the ugly

[bartleby]

IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER



Yet, you numbered them... curious.

[Icaruss]

Pulp Fiction will always be my favourite film. And I know that is cliched, but it's the first movie I saw that made me feel... warm inside. It holds a sentimental value, and never fails to entretain.

And, in no particular order:

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
American Beauty.
Casino.
Raging Bull.
Trainspotting.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Adaptation.
Y Tu Mamá También.
Fight Club.

Also Unforgiven, Seven, Zodiac, Heat, Memento, Requiem for a Dream, A Perfect World, Mystic River, Goodfellas, Who's That Knocking On My Door (even though I know it's a bit pretentious, it's just very, very honest), Children of Men, LA Confidential, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill, Jackie Brown, JFK, Big Fish, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Almost Famous, etc.

[ZombieSpeedball]

Yet, you numbered them... curious.

It's because he's learning to count. :)

[Your Pal, Carl]

Fuck 10. Here's my top 25.

1. Empire Strikes Back
2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
3. The Princess Bride
4. Bullitt
5. Quiz Show
6. The Big Lebowski
7. The House of Flying Daggers
8. Contact
9. The Wrath of Khan
10. The Mission
11. The Undiscovered Country
12. Glengarry Glen Ross
13. Apollo 13
14. Lord of the Rings
15. Fearless
16. Princess Mononoke
17. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
18. Batman Begins
19. Rear Window
20. Back to the Future
21. Hoop Dreams
22. The Thing
23. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
24. Memento
25. Office Space

[ImYrWoodbury]

1. Transformers: The Movie
2. Garden State
3. Stranger Than Fiction
4. Anchorman
5. Knocked Up
6. The 40-Year-Old Virgin
7. The Empire Strikes Back
8. Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind
9. Pinocchio
10. Dumb and Dumber

[Uther]

L'Enfant (The Child)
Before Sunset
Withnail and I
My Neighbour Totoro
Children of Men
Chasing Amy
Bande a part
Rosetta
Waking Life
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

[Casali]

1. Transformers: The Movie


Animated or live action?

[enobarbus]

1. On the Waterfront (1954)
2. Citizen Kane (1941)
3. The Third Man (1949)
4. The Seventh Seal (1957)
5. The Godfather Part II (1974)
6. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
7. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
8. Psycho (1960)
9. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
10. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

[I'd also like to squeeze The Wild Bunch in there somwhere...]

[MattN]

Based mostly on what happens to be in the room with me as i type this, and in no particular order:

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Bringing Up Baby
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
O Brother Where Art Thou
Children of Men
Brick
From Dusk Til Dawn
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Kill Bill
Edward Scissorhands

[bartleby]

1. On the Waterfront (1954)
2. Citizen Kane (1941)
3. The Third Man (1949)
4. The Seventh Seal (1957)
5. The Godfather Part II (1974)
6. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
7. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
8. Psycho (1960)
9. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
10. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

[I'd also like to squeeze The Wild Bunch in there somwhere...]

Your list looks way too "important."

[Masculine Todd]

and Im the only guy here to post a Godzilla movie as a favorite...not surprised...

Oh yeah? Well I'm the only one with three teen flicks and a (two) Zack Braff film.

[Masculine Todd]

2. Garden State


Fuck yeah!

[Gecko]

1. The Elephant Man
2. Goodfellas
3. Alien
4. Godfather
5. Chocolat
6. Lord of the Rings
7. Imitation of Life
8. Far from Heaven
9. The World of Suzy Wong
10. X1/X2

[enobarbus]

Your list looks way too "important."

Define "important."

Actually, I jumped the gun a bit... by simply picking the ten best films ever made. That musta been a Freudian slip.

My favourites list would certainly include Starship Troopers, though.:)

[Uther]

Fuck yeah!

I refer you here (http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/garden_state_some_poor).

[Allgold]

GoodFellas (far and away above #2, the rest aren't in any part. order)

GodFather II
Shaun of the Dead
Dawn of the Dead (both)
Once Upon a Time in America
True Romance
Casino
Jackie Brown
Planet Terror
The Departed
Heat

[Xorn]

Fight Club
Breakfast Club
Seven
Requiem for a Dream
Zodiac
Departed
Sin City
Memento
Kill Bill
Kevin Smith's Body of work

[Masculine Todd]

I refer you here (http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/garden_state_some_poor).

Do you agree with this cat?

Ultimately, his initial claim is that one who cites Garden State as their favorite film possesses inferior taste in movies due to the fact that there are many luminary pieces of film out there that are far "Better" than the flick.

That's his first mistake. There are many movies better than Garden State (better in relation to innovation, cinematography, script, actors, etc.) just as there are many far superior movies to many of our #1s. However, we each watch movies for different reasons. Most of the movies I gravitate to and become enamored with are ones that I can ultimately relate to on a visceral level (see the various teen comedies on my list).

I have no affectation of being well-versed in cinema. Truly, I'm in a band, I've dedicated much of my 20 years of living to music and the study of that artform. Movies are nothing more to me than entertainment. I've never claimed to adhere to the strict code of "movie expert approved" taste. I take great pleasure in watching some amazingly bad movies (I love the travesty that was the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake, for instance...not like, but LOVE).

Garden State was one of those movies that, at the risk of sounding like a coffee shop generation cliche, "spoke" to me. I very much identify with the ambiance of the film; I spent a year feeling comatose after a personal tragedy, I was "awaken" by an inherently extroverted and eclectic lover, etc. This movie, while a self-indulgent indie-hipsterista treatise on pretentious arthouse culture, was a much deeper film if you were in the age to truly absorb and empathize with Braff's character.

As for those "classics" that should be everyone's favorites, I don't care about movies enough to appreciate these flicks. Most I'd find boring. I understand what they've done for the medium, but beyond that, they do nothing for me. I refuse to simply place Gone With The Wind as my number one just to validate my choice of Garden State.

So, ultimately, fuck this guy who wrote the article. His opinion is valid, insofar as it's merely an opinion, and my opinion is that his is obnoxious and much more self-congratulatory than Braff's film.

[Uther]

Do you agree with this cat?

Ultimately, his initial claim is that one who cites Garden State as their favorite film possesses inferior taste in movies due to the fact that there are many luminary pieces of film out there that are far "Better" than the flick.

That's his first mistake. There are many better movies than Garden State (better in relation to innovation, cinematography, script, actors, etc.) just as there are many far superior movies to many of our #1s. However, we each watch movies for different reasons. Most of the movies I gravitate to and become enamored with are ones that I can ultimately relate to on a visceral level (see the various teen comedies on my list).

I have no affectation of being well-versed in cinema. Truly, I'm in a band, I've dedicated much of my 20 years of living to music and the study of that artform. Movies are nothing more to me than entertainment. I've never claimed to adhere to the strict code of "movie expert approved" taste. I take great pleasure in watching some amazingly bad movies (I love the travesty that was the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake, for instance...not like, but LOVE).

Garden State was one of those movies that, at the risk of sounding like a coffee shop generation cliche, "spoke" to me. I very much identify with the ambiance of the film; I spent a year feeling comatose after a personal tragedy, I was "awaken" by an inherently extroverted and eclectic lover, etc. This movie, while a self-indulgent indie-hipsterista treatise on pretentious arthouse culture, was a much deeper film if you were in the age to truly absorb and empathize with Braff's character.

As for those "classics" that should be everyone's favorites, I don't care about movies enough to appreciate these flicks. Most I'd find boring. I understand what they've done for the medium, but beyond that, they do nothing for me. I refuse to simply place Gone With The Wind as my number one just to validate my choice of Garden State.

So, ultimately, fuck this guy who wrote the article. His opinion is valid, insofar as it's merely an opinion, and my opinion is that his is obnoxious and much more self-congratulatory than Braff's film.

I agree with you 100%. Films are entertainment first and foremost and no one should have to justify why they enjoy something (with the obvious exceptions of practices which directly harm others. I just thought the article was funny, it is after all from a comedy website.

I like Garden State for the record. I don't love it but it spoke to me too.

[Masculine Todd]

I agree with you 100%. Films are entertainment first and foremost and no one should have to justify why they enjoy something (with the obvious exceptions of practices which directly harm others. I just thought the article was funny, it is after all from a comedy website.

I like Garden State for the record. I don't love it but it spoke to me too.

The Onion hasn't appealed to me in years. Meh.

Zack Braff is such an easy target as the poster boy for current gen indie pretention (and, subsequently, my hero). I'm holding out for one of those Lindsey Lohan commentaries. She's untouchable...oops, they have one of her too. Touche, The Onion.

[Uther]

The Onion hasn't appealed to me in years. Meh.

Zack Braff is such an easy target as the poster boy for current gen indie pretention (and, subsequently, my hero). I'm holding out for one of those Lindsey Lohan commentaries. She's untouchable...oops, they have one of her too. Touche, The Onion.

Do people actually consider Braff indie or pretentious?
Because he's a lot of things - talented film maker being one of them - but I don't think he's either of those.

[modungo]

1. Big Lebowski
2. Raising Arizona
3. Lonesome Dove (before you say it, I don't care)
4. Empire Strikes Back
5. Bad Santa (it makes me feel good about myself)
6. High Fidelity (if you asked me on a different day I could also tell you how this is one of my least favorites)
7. Temple of Doom (smarty geeks SUCK IT!)
8. Fight Club (I am jacks gen x cliche)
9. LA Confidential
10. Boogie Nights (I'm not sure if I really like 90's movies this much or if I just had alot more disposable income then)

[Mwstattel]

1. The Professional
2. True Romance
3. Rushmore
4. Shaun of the Dead
5. South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut
6. Fargo
7. Reservoir Dogs
8. This is Spinal Tap
9. Terminator 2
10. The Big Lebowski

[Masculine Todd]

Do people actually consider Braff indie or pretentious?
Because he's a lot of things - talented film maker being one of them - but I don't think he's either of those.

He's a good actor and solid film maker, but he's also the man who single-handedly claimed he "broke" The Shins, and, in an interview, boasted that he's the reason they were signed to the majors. His love of Indie Pop/Folk is awesome and he's consistently interjecting his favorite musicians (Cary Brothers, Rhett Miller, Joshua Radin, Imogen Heap, A Great Big Pile of Leaves, etc.) into the soundtracks of his screen projects. He's also rather humble about his knowledge of music. However, the whole Shins debacle left a sour taste in many mouths.

Furthermore, Garden State, and his role in "touching up" Paul Haggis' screenplay for The Last Kiss have shown his flare for hipster culture aesthetics. His work is adored by the college coffeeshop intellectuals, in which they pontificate the finer nuances of the themes of Garden State. His projects feelof dour, anesthetized, and usually feature ecentric love and heartache, lost youth and other such heavy topics. His next film is an adaptation of Danish indie film. His work does have a bit of the indie self-indulgence to it (despite being really good).

Again, I love Braff. I truly do. I find that he pulls off his roles with aplomp and he's proven to be a very versitile actor outside the realm of comedy that he's most known for (Scrubs).

[Uther]

He's a good actor and solid film maker, but he's also the man who single-handedly claimed he "broke" The Shins, and, in an interview, boasted that he's the reason they were signed to the majors. His love of Indie Pop/Folk is awesome and he's consistently interjecting his favorite musicians (Cary Brothers, Rhett Miller, Joshua Radin, Imogen Heap, A Great Big Pile of Leaves, etc.) into the soundtracks of his screen projects. He's also rather humble about his knowledge of music. However, the whole Shins debacle left a sour taste in many mouths.

Furthermore, Garden State, and his role in "touching up" Paul Haggis' screenplay for The Last Kiss have shown his flare for hipster culture aesthetics. His work is adored by the college coffeeshop intellectuals, in which they pontificate the finer nuances of the themes of Garden State. His projects feelof dour, anesthetized, and usually feature ecentric love and heartache, lost youth and other such heavy topics. His next film is an adaptation of Danish indie film. His work does have a bit of the indie self-indulgence to it (despite being really good).

Again, I love Braff. I truly do. I find that he pulls off his roles with aplomp and he's proven to be a very versitile actor outside the realm of comedy that he's most known for (Scrubs).

Oh. Oh kay.
I misunderstood the context of your definition.
Everything makes sense now.

[Taxman]

Pulp Fiction
Back to the Future
Titanic
Brazil
Dr. Stangelove
Goldfinger
North by Northwest

[Amos Moses]

In no particular order

Shawshank Redemption
Dr. Strangelove
The Thing
Die Hard
Pulp Fiction
Blues Brothers
Vertigo
Letters From Iwo Jima
Green Mile
Unforgiven

[silverboy]

Here are the movies that I have rated 5 stars on Facebook's Movie application, in alphabetical order:

American Beauty
Braveheart
Catch Me If You Can
Donnie Darko
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Exorcist
Fight Club
High Fidelity
Inherit the Wind
Jesus Christ Superstar
Kill Bill, Vol. 1 and 2
L.A. Confidential
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
The Matrix
Memento
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Moulin Rouge!
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Reefer Madness
Saving Private Ryan
Shaun of the Dead
The Shawshank Redemption
The Shining
The Silence of the Lambs
Sin City
The Sixth Sense
Spider-Man 2
That Thing You Do!
The Truman Show
The Usual Suspects

[arthurloewenkamp]

Ghostbusters
Robocop
Starship Troopers
Spiderman 2
Amelie
Rushmore
The Woman Chaser
Batman Begins
Kill Bill (combined)
Aliens

That list was in no particular order
Just outside the list was Gladiator, Matrix, and Snatch.

[Humphrey_Lee]

Favorite? Uhmm...

Fight Club
Die Hard
40 Year Old Virgin
Mallrats
Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas
Shaun of the Dead
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Gladiator
Ghostbusters
Evil Dead 2

[The Human Target]

I've never seen a thread with so much good taste and bad taste all so close together. :)

Off the top of my head...

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Clerks
The Great Escape
The Big Sleep (Bogart version)
Ghostbusters
Kill Bill 1 & 2
Saving Private Ryan
The Royal Tenenbaums
Boogie Nights

[ImYrWoodbury]

Animated or live action?

Transformers: The Movie is animated.

[Rosemary's Baby]

Furthermore, Garden State, and his role in "touching up" Paul Haggis' screenplay for The Last Kiss have shown his flare for hipster culture aesthetics. His work is adored by the college coffeeshop intellectuals, in which they pontificate the finer nuances of the themes of Garden State. His projects feelof dour, anesthetized, and usually feature ecentric love and heartache, lost youth and other such heavy topics. His next film is an adaptation of Danish indie film. His work does have a bit of the indie self-indulgence to it (despite being really good).

Again, I love Braff. I truly do. I find that he pulls off his roles with aplomp and he's proven to be a very versitile actor outside the realm of comedy that he's most known for (Scrubs).
Are you sure Todd? I can't imagine that being a very long conversation. Are you sure these are "intellectuals" you're talking about and not just fans of Garden State? What is an intellectual, anyway?

I'm not trying to knock the film. I enjoy it enough and think some moments are truly excellent, but there are only so many themes to discuss.

Also, I think it's lame that his second film is a remake. He can't be out of ideas already.

[xanderharris]

no particular order

-Batman (1989)
-Spider-man 2
-Back To The Future
-Ferris Buellers Day Off
-Garden State
-Superman Returns
-X2
-Cruel Intentions
-Mallrats
-Serenity

[Masculine Todd]

Are you sure Todd? I can't imagine that being a very long conversation. Are you sure these are "intellectuals" you're talking about and not just fans of Garden State? What is an intellectual, anyway?

Yes, I'm absolutely sure. I'm quite surprised you didn't pick up on the sarcasm. I'm always mocking the coffeeshop denizens and their faux-intellectualism in everything from avant-garde art to politics. They're trying to find dimensions in the film that don't exist. It's good and layered, but not nearly as dense as they'd like to believe.


Also, I think it's lame that his second film is a remake. He can't be out of ideas already.

It wasn't his film, per se'. It was Tom Goldwyn and Paul Haggis' vehicle. Braff did have a hand in the screenplays alterations post-casting. Also, the script is very much in the vein of what he goes for outside his comedy roles. There is many thematic similarities between Garden State and The Last Kiss.

[Uther]

I'm always mocking the coffeeshop denizens and their faux-intellectualism in everything from avant-garde art to politics.

But is it art?
Hmm?
Ehh?

[BCD]

I enjoyed some pieces of Garden State, it definitely suffered a little though from it being a first time screenplay (not getting on the plane). I liked the visuals though.

With regards to the Shins, I actually dug them before that, but because of Chutes Too Narrow. Their other two albums I wasn't nearly as fond of and they're the ones that everyone else seems to have gravitated to.

The Last Kiss I hated, but I'm just really not a fan of Haggis. As for Braff himself, I love Scrubs and think he really excels in those moments when JD thinks he's smarter than he really is. He's really good at those moments when he gets his comeuppance.

[Rosemary's Baby]

Yes, I'm absolutely sure. I'm quite surprised you didn't pick up on the sarcasm. I'm always mocking the coffeeshop denizens and their faux-intellectualism in everything from avant-garde art to politics. They're trying to find dimensions in the film that don't exist. It's good and layered, but not nearly as dense as they'd like to believe.
I can't imagine participating in that conversation. My head would explode.

It wasn't his film, per se'. It was Tom Goldwyn and Paul Haggis' vehicle. Braff did have a hand in the screenplays alterations post-casting. Also, the script is very much in the vein of what he goes for outside his comedy roles. There is many thematic similarities between Garden State and The Last Kiss.
I'm talking about his second directorial effort.

[Masculine Todd]

I can't imagine participating in that conversation. My head would explode.

In college coffeeshops, everyone has an opinion that each respective person feels is the most informed and well-crafted. They delude themselves into believing it is there duty to convey their perspective on anything and everything (though mostly on art and media that falls into the realm of Hipster culture as well as politics) to anyone that will listen. There is incredibly heated and intellectually stimulating discourse to be found here. There is also much half-truths, cocktail party knowledge-esque debates that rage on as well. Those are the ones I mock. If I'm not well-versed on the subject, I know enough to not construct any fallacies fueled by something I read on Yahoo News the following morning in relation to foreign policies or because I took one intro to English Romantic Period Literature class, I don't pretend to fully understand the full effect of how the liberalist ideologies of The Fresh Revolution inspired British writers of the time. I'm not that desperate to prove I'm smart.


I'm talking about his second directorial effort.

He's working on two follow-up films simultaneously; Open Hearts (the remake you're referring to) and New York, I Love You, which is an original screenplay. I don't find anything wrong with having a follow-up that's a remake. He has a vision for an already established Dutch film. More power to him. He's also working on a completely new work at the same time. I have faith in Braff.

[WilliamRichard1985]

Crap,I totally left out Across The Universe.

[c. page]

reserving the right to change these later...

1. Chasing Amy
2. Fight Club
3. Battle Royale
4. Swimming with Sharks
5. Closer
6. Casablanca
7. The Professional
8. Raiders of the Lost Ark
9. True Romance
10 Shawshank Redemption

Hon. Mention: Garden State, Predator, Kill Bill (as one movie), Pulp Fiction, American History X, Seven, LotR, Spider-Man 2, Usual Suspects

[Akira]

1. Dawn of the Dead 1978
2. Enter the Dragon
3. Evil Dead 2
4. High Fidelity
5. Contact
6. Suspiria
7. Grindhouse
8. Big Trouble In Little China
9. Star Wars Saga
10. Se7en

[The Hodag]

I didn't want to cheat, but I had to. Star Wars is just so ubiquitous it feels like a wasted slot, but I refuse to leave it off.

So...Top Eleven...no particular order...

Watership Down
Goodfellas
It Happened One Night
The Quest for Fire
Midnight Run
The Thing (Carpenter)
Rocky
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Star Wars (original)
Deliverance
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

[Masculine Todd]

6. Suspiria


Fuck yeah! Dario Argento rules. I thought the script was a bit silly, but the cinematography, the vivid colors, the ghastly killings especially the opening where the troll-esque guy stabs the girl in the still-beating heart and falls from the ceiling and the score by Goblin made it darn near infallible.

Opera's my favorite Argento flick.

[The Hodag]

Movies I've been happiest to see in other folks' lists:



Watership Down - My favorite modern epic.

Contact - McConaughey hurts this movie a bit for me, but I've maybe watched it more than any flick this side of Trek II. It still speaks to

Cast Away - I'm drawn to these kinds of extreme stories. A more flawed Zemeckis flick than Contact, but still possessed of a very meaningful humanity.

Star Trek II - The franchise flick that transcends its commerciality to be one of the best sci-fi movies of all time.

Glengarry Glen Ross - I so wanted to have room for this on my list...

North by Northwest - Same deal. One of my favorite theater experiences ever.

JFK - The most watchable 3-hour movie of all time.

Jaws - Honestly, this probably should've made my list. Shit!

My Neighbor Totoro - We really need a top ten animated so I don't feel bad about great movies like this not making my list.

[NeverWanderer]

With the exception of the first three, the rest are in no particular order:

1. Fellowship of the Ring (the only A+ movie ever made)
2. The Matrix
3. Se7en
4. Memento
5. The Fifth Element
6. Clerks
7. Gladiator
8. The Crow
9. Kill Bill (as one complete story)
10. Jaws

Honorable Mentions:

Dogma (barely beat out by Clerks)
Pulp Fiction (barely beat out by Kill Bill, and I'm still thinking about it)
Barton Fink (falls just short of the top 10)
The Departed (too new... in a few years, we'll see if it gains a position)
Collateral (falls just short of the top 10)
Good Will Hunting (barely beat out by the Kevin Smith movies)
Underworld (falls just short of the top 10)
X2 (falls just short of the top 10)

[Taxman]

1. Chasing Amy
This may be the single film that I laughed the most at. That or maybe A Fish Called Wanda. I haven't watched it in years.

[Albert]

1. The Land Before Time
2. The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure
3. The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving
4. The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists
5. The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island
6. The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock
7. The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire
8. The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze
9. The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water
10. The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration

HONORABLE MENTIONS:
The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses
The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers
The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends

[NeverWanderer]

1. The Land Before Time
2. The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure
3. The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving
4. The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists
5. The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island
6. The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock
7. The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire
8. The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze
9. The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water
10. The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration

HONORABLE MENTIONS:
The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses
The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers
The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends



...is it Time yet?

[Freeway]

Something to distract me from studying! Yay!

1. Almost Famous
2. Clerks.
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
4. It's A Wonderful Life
5. Blues Brothers
6. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
7. High Fidelity
8. The Departed
9. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
10. Star Wars Episode IV: The Empire Strikes Back

[Albert]

...is it Time yet?

Us in the LBT community are hoping things will be wrapped up by part CXVII.

[Rosemary's Baby]

He's working on two follow-up films simultaneously; Open Hearts (the remake you're referring to) and New York, I Love You, which is an original screenplay. I don't find anything wrong with having a follow-up that's a remake. He has a vision for an already established Dutch film. More power to him. He's also working on a completely new work at the same time. I have faith in Braff.

It's a lazy approach to a second film. That's the one that makes or breaks you, as they say, and he chose a remake.

I didn't know he was participating in New York, I Love You (in which New York will receive the same treatment as Paris did). That's kinda cool.

[dasNdanger]

Wow...this is hard...I have two favorite movie top ten - the top ten that I love as classics (like Star Wars, and Indiana Jones, and the top ten that I can watch over and over without tiring of them. So, I list them - my top ten most favorite movies to watch over and over...in no particular order....

Double Indemnity
Murder, My Sweet
Shadow of a Doubt
Arsenic and Old Lace
Maltese Falcon
The Third Man
The List of Adrian Messenger
Charade
Father Goose
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Crap....I have about 20 more to add to that list... :p


das

[Uther]

I didn't know he was participating in New York, I Love You (in which New York will receive the same treatment as Paris did). That's kinda cool.

I thought they were making a Tokyo one first?

[Masculine Todd]

It's a lazy approach to a second film. That's the one that makes or breaks you, as they say, and he chose a remake.

I don't find it lazy at all. His next project should be something he's interested in. I'm sure he had ideas, but if revamping another movie and integrating his own ideas into a previously established script is where his creative mind lies right now, then he should do it.

[NeverWanderer]

Wow...this is hard...I have two favorite movie top ten - the top ten that I love as classics (like Star Wars, and Indiana Jones, and the top ten that I can watch over and over without tiring of them. So, I list them - my top ten most favorite movies to watch over and over...in no particular order....

Double Indemnity
Murder, My Sweet
Shadow of a Doubt
Arsenic and Old Lace
Maltese Falcon
The Third Man
The List of Adrian Messenger
Charade
Father Goose
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Crap....I have about 20 more to add to that list... :p


das


Damn, das... You really love you some old film noir.

Ever seen Brick?

[dasNdanger]

Damn, das... You really love you some old film noir.

I love movies from the '30s and '40s - prefer them over anything else (some stuff from the '50s & '60s, too). Mostly like film noir and murder/suspense/crime drama/mystery stuff (have ton of stuff on VHS...which will probably be lost now). Love Charlie Chan and The Thin Man. Love just about anything with Cary Grant, or Bogart, or directed by Hitchcock. Love 'horror' movies with Vincent Price...or Bob Hope...or Abbott and Costello. :lol: I watch VERY few modern movies because they usually disappoint me, except for that which is not available from the '30s & 40s - namely, action adventure & sci fi. So, my favorite modern movies includes Star Wars, Indiana Jones, X-Men...stuff like that. But, I don't watch those nearly as much as I watch the classics (I probably watch an old B&W movie nearly every day, even if it's just to have it on in the background while I'm doing something else).


Ever seen Brick?

Huh?


das

[NeverWanderer]

I love movies from the '30s and '40s - prefer them over anything else (some stuff from the '50s & '60s, too). Mostly like film noir and murder/suspense/crime drama/mystery stuff (have ton of stuff on VHS...which will probably be lost now). Love Charlie Chan and The Thin Man. Love just about anything with Cary Grant, or Bogart, or directed by Hitchcock. Love 'horror' movies with Vincent Price...or Bob Hope...or Abbott and Costello. :lol: I watch VERY few modern movies because they usually disappoint me, except for that which is not available from the '30s & 40s - namely, action adventure & sci fi. So, my favorite modern movies includes Star Wars, Indiana Jones, X-Men...stuff like that. But, I don't watch those nearly as much as I watch the classics (I probably watch an old B&W movie nearly every day, even if it's just to have it on in the background while I'm doing something else).



Huh?


das


Brick ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0393109/ ) is an indy movie from a few years back that took the style of old film noir and Dashell Hammet books and transported them into a modern day highschool setting. Very cool flick (and I believe The Todd listed it on his top 10).

Judging from your list, I think you'd probly dig it.


EDIT: Also, the Coen Bros flicks Miller's Crossing and (to a lesser degree) Barton Fink have the same sort of feel to them.

[Uther]

Huh?


das

It's one of Warhol's films - seventeen hours of a building brick in extreme close up. It's use of black and white, high contrast slow film stock is seen by many as a precursor to the 70s to modern day Renaissance of the detective genre.

[silverboy]

I know it's probably been done to death, but what the hell, list 'em again.

Mine:


Mean Girls
Brick
Garden State
Batman (1989)
Cruel Intentions
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Casino
10 Things I Hate About You
The Last Kiss
American Psycho



As much of a fan as I am of Scrubs and Garden State, I really didn't care for The Last Kiss. It had some decent acting, but I don't feel anything overall from the film. It was nothing we hadn't seen before.

A lot of the other films on your list surprise me, too. Mean Girls is a great film, but #1 all-time?

And I didn't know anyone actually cared that deeply for Cruel Intentions or 10 Things I Hate About You. I haven't seen 10 Things, but Cruel Intentions just screams 90s teen-sploitation movie to me. But, to each his own.

[KAK]

2001
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Star Wars 5 TESB
Blazing Saddles
Ghostbusters
Unforgiven
Dances with Wolves
Bram Stokers Dracula
Silence of the Lambs
KILL BILL

[NeverWanderer]

It's one of Warhol's films - seventeen hours of a building brick in extreme close up. It's use of black and white, high contrast slow film stock is seen by many as a precursor to the 70s to modern day Renaissance of the detective genre.


Or... y'know... that.

[dasNdanger]

Brick ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0393109/ ) is an indy movie from a few years back that took the style of old film noir and Dashell Hammet books and transported them into a modern day highschool setting. Very cool flick (and I believe The Todd listed it on his top 10).

Judging from your list, I think you'd probly dig it.


EDIT: Also, the Coen Bros flicks Miller's Crossing and (to a lesser degree) Barton Fink have the same sort of feel to them.


Ah, thanks. If I stumble upon them, I might watch. I have very strong...preferences...when it comes to certain movies, and what I like about the OLD film noir is that the sex and violence were merely suggested, not graphically shown. Any 'film noir' movie that has graphic content usually gets a 'meh' from me (Sin City, for instance). Part of the beauty of true film noir is that it had a gritty, dark feel without actually showing anything graphic...a style that is lost on both modern film makers (who want to constantly push the limits) and audiences (who aren't happy unless they see the gore and the sex).

Personally - and no offense to anyone else's preferences, but for me, modern 'film noir' just doesn't cut the mustard.

Dang...I left The Big Sleep off'a my list. That's another good one, even if the plot is a bit convoluted.

das

[Masculine Todd]

As much of a fan as I am of Scrubs and Garden State, I really didn't care for The Last Kiss. It had some decent acting, but I don't feel anything overall from the film. It was nothing we hadn't seen before.

Fair enough, but many of the movies that comprise our respective lists aren't necessarily innovative or "anything we haven't seen before." This is a dour, jaded look at relationships and maturity while leaving your twenties and entering the dreaded '30s that has a hint of optimism. It was very contemporary and there hadn't been a story like it that good in quite some time, and so I loved it.


A lot of the other films on your list surprise me, too. Mean Girls is a great film, but #1 all-time?

I'm confused. Did you think this list was meant as what we perceive as the best pieces of cinematic art of all time? These lists are our own ten personal favorite movies. I love Mean Girls with a passion. It's my favorite. I don't know what else to tell you. Granted, I have no affectations of being a film-buff. I'm much like most casual movie fans; the medium is merely an entertainment outlet for me.


And I didn't know anyone actually cared that deeply for Cruel Intentions or 10 Things I Hate About You. I haven't seen 10 Things, but Cruel Intentions just screams 90s teen-sploitation movie to me. But, to each his own.

10 Things was an incredibly fun, if superficial teen flick that I saw once I got to high school in '01 and it was deemed a right of passage to the teen years. Because of the time I saw it, it became highly endearing to me. Again, this is a Top 10 favorites, not the best and most influential movies. Cruel Intentions was a clever and well-acted/paced/written modernization of the infamous story Les Liaisons dangereuses. Again, much in the same way as 10 Things, part of my affection for the film spawns from the time in my life I viewed it. I first screened the movie sophomore year of high school, and the story it translates is such a masterful tale of sex during teenage years that it really connected with me. I believe it carries the '90s stigma because the stars at the time were all teen heartthrobs that immersed in the late '90s, but the acting was exceptional for the most part.


However, I feel like I'm defending my choices, and my final rebuttal is this: this isn't music. I'm not well-versed on cinema. I don't claim to be. I enjoy some truly egregious movies. I honestly don't love the medium enough to want to learn of its history or bask in the luminaries. I connect with what I relate to, which in some instances is highly shallow movies. There are great flicks that are all, from a technical and artistic standard, better than my list. I don't enjoy them as much.

[AAlgar]

These lists teach you so much about a person. :lol:

[Masculine Todd]

These lists teach you so much about a person. :lol:

Where's your list?

[Dr. Blasphemy]

I am putting mine up before I read anyone elses because I dont want to be influenced...

1. Star Wars: A new hope
2. LOTR: All 3 movies count as one for me
3. Raiders of the Lost Arc
4. Clerks
5. The Crow
6. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
7. Pulp Fiction
8. This is Spinal Tap
9. Raising Arizona
10. Caddy Shack

I am sure this will change the more I think of it...

[AAlgar]

Where's your list?

Not a chance. :no:

[MIKE D]

From Justin To Kelly
Santa Clause 2
Stroker Ace
Soul Plane
Wild, Wild West

[Masculine Todd]

Not a chance. :no:

Why?

[MIKE D]

These lists teach you so much about a person. :lol:

It tells me who to completely ignore in threads that discuss movies, that's for sure.

[AAlgar]

Why?

My Douche-ometer is off the charts.


It tells me who to completely ignore in threads that discuss movies, that's for sure.

Me too, but sadly I bet we're talking about entirely different people.

[MIKE D]

My Douche-ometer is off the charts.



Me too, but sadly I bet we're talking about entirely different people.

Maybe. Let's get catty in PMs.

[AAlgar]

Maybe. Let's get catty in PMs.

But Todd will already know we're talking about him.

Nah, actually... it was refreshing to see him argue the merits of liking something just because it's entertaining and not because it's "important." Others could learn a thing or two from that.

Also, I love talking about people like they're not even here.

[ImYrWoodbury]

1. The Land Before Time
2. The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure
3. The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving
4. The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists
5. The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island
6. The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock
7. The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire
8. The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze
9. The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water
10. The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration

HONORABLE MENTIONS:
The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses
The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers
The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends

No lie, I was thinking of including the original in my list. I still quote it to this day. I'm 23.

[MIKE D]

But Todd will already know we're talking about him.

Nah, actually... it was refreshing to see him argue the merits of liking something just because it's entertaining and not because it's "important." Others could learn a thing or two from that.

Also, I love talking about people like they're not even here.

It's refreshing in it's candor, and it's always nice to see people passionate about what they love, but that doesn't sometimes make what they love silly in the first place. So I admire the verve, but the taste behind it baffles me.

[Rafiennes]

With the exception of the first movie, in no particular order

1. Raiders of the Lost Ark (favorite of all time)
2. The Right Stuff
3. All The President’s Men
4. Lawrence of Arabia
5. The Empire Strikes Back
6. Goodfellas
7. Die Hard
8. Aliens
9. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
10. Trainspotting
11. Swingers
12. The Verdict
13. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
14. The Incredibles
15. Casino Royale
16. Bridge On The River Kwai
17. The Godfather
18. Rear Window
19. Back To The Future
20. Children Of Men
21. The Third Man
22. Unforgiven
23. Dances With Wolves
24. Miller’s Crossing
25. LOTR: Fellowship Of The Rings

[AAlgar]

It's refreshing in it's candor, and it's always nice to see people passionate about what they love, but that doesn't sometimes make what they love silly in the first place. So I admire the verve, but the taste behind it baffles me.

Yeah, and I bet your real list has more than one entry with subtitles. ;)

[MIKE D]

Yeah, and I bet your real list has more than one entry with subtitles. ;)

Oh right. I forgot. Subtitles and no color is bad. I'll adjust my list to be exclusively American films made after 1991. I'm currently working on my arguments in defense of WHITE CHICKS. Maybe I'll get some pointers on that from Little Bastard.

[Masculine Todd]

But Todd will already know we're talking about him.

Nah, actually... it was refreshing to see him argue the merits of liking something just because it's entertaining and not because it's "important." Others could learn a thing or two from that.

Also, I love talking about people like they're not even here.

:heart:


It's refreshing in it's candor, and it's always nice to see people passionate about what they love, but that doesn't sometimes make what they love silly in the first place. So I admire the verve, but the taste behind it baffles me.

That's because taste is subjective, so that fact that you don't understand why I enjoy Mean Girls so much isn't surprising. I could explain it to you: it's a much smarter movie than many perceive it to be initially. It's a satire on the sociopolitical climate of high school, and it's incredibly subversive, insofar as no screenplay has ever truly delved into high school politics with such honesty before. It's quite clever. The cinematography, direction, lighting, and all the other facets of movies that film-buffs cream themselves over isn't unique, but the screenplay is not only hysterical, but sincere and has hidden heart and depth to it. High school is not unlike congress. This movie alluded to that.

Again, it isn't anywhere near the top 100 most influential, innovative or even quality movies. There is much better movies to be viewed, but I was a junior in high school the year this came out. One of the "hipster/scene" kids who was well-known and liked, yet closeted gay and secretly self-conscious, this movie really clicked with me.

So, there in lies the reason it's my favorite film. Now you know. Conversely, I wouldn't blame you for lacking regard for my taste in and recommendations of films. We clearly have severely varying tastes, which is refreshing.

[MIKE D]

:heart:



That's because taste is subjective, so that fact that you don't understand why I enjoy Mean Girls so much isn't surprising. I could explain it to you: it's a much smarter movie than many perceive it to be initially. It's a satire on the sociopolitical climate of high school, and it's incredibly subversive, insofar as no screenplay has ever truly delved into high school politics with such honesty before. It's quite clever. The cinematography, direction, lighting, and all the other facets of movies that film-buffs cream themselves over isn't unique, but the screenplay is not only hysterical, but sincere and has hidden heart and depth to it. High school is not unlike congress. This movie alluded to that.

Again, it isn't anywhere near the top 100 most influential, innovative or even quality movies. There is much better movies to be viewed, but I was a junior in high school the year this came out. One of the "hipster/scene" kids who was well-known and liked, yet closeted gay and secretly self-conscious, this movie really clicked with me.

So, there in lies the reason it's my favorite film. Now you know. Conversely, I wouldn't blame you for lacking regard for my taste in and recommendations of films. We clearly have severely varying tastes, which is refreshing.

Which is basically why I admire your passion. You're a pretty classy cat, far classier than I.

[Masculine Todd]

Which is basically why I admire your passion. You're a pretty classy cat, far classier than I.

I appreciate that, but I wouldn't say I'm classy, but honest. I've seen many of the luminaries of cinema when I took a history of cinema course my freshman year of college (it was only two years ago, but I'm quite sure I've forgotten half of what I learned in the course). I've watched many an independent, arthouse, foreign and classic movie with friends. I could have easily cited any one of them in my list to bolster the validity of my list, and I appreciate their influence and impact, but they don't entertain me as much as 10 Things I Hate About You. This is why, in my music threads (which, admittedly, I am quite the musical elitist), I empathize with those who's taste is oriented toward the mainstream despite my contempt for most of it. It boils down to what you want from movies. Usually, I want some sort of drama or comedy revolving around much more humanistic and relatable emotions and situations (mostly about teen/early '20s angst and relationships).

[mkecub]

1. Ghostbusters
2. Back to the Future
3. Batman Begins
4. LotR (they all occupy this spot)
5. Braveheart
6. Gladiator
7. Mallrats
8. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
9. The Godfather
10. Desperado

and just for fun....
11. Vegas Vacation

[Mister Mets]

I think I have an awesome list...

1. The Godfather
2. It's a Wonderful Life
3. Casablanca
4. Lord of the Rings- Return of the King
5. Star Wards: The Empire Strikes Back
6. The Passion of Joan of Arc
7. Citizen Kane
8. North By Northwest
9. The Godfather Part 2
10. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

Given the top 25 lists, I'll try to rank 11-25

At the moment...

11. Singing in the Rain
12. The Searchers
13. Psycho
14. Chinatown
15. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
16. The Seven Samurai
17. High Noon
18. 2001: A Space Odyssey
19. Apocalypse Now
20. Some Like it Hot
21. Batman Begins
22. Bridge on the River Kwai
23. South Park- Bigger, Better and Uncut
24. Kill Bill 2
25. Doctor Strangelove

Honorable Mentions...
Silence of the Lambs
25. Young Frankenstein
The Departed
Forrest Gump
Rififi
The Lives of Others
Unforgiven
Star Wars
Duck Soup
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Incredibles
Wings of Desire
A Beautiful Mind
Gladiator
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Rear Window
Vertigo
Mister Smith Goes to Washington
Spider-Man 2
Superman
Robin Hood (Disney)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Errol Flynn)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Casino Royale
Taxi Driver
Saving Private Ryan
Munich
The Lion in Winter
City of God


Movies I haven't seen which have a good chance of making the list some day....
Gone With the Wind
Lawrence of Arabia
Schindler's List
Once Upon a Time in the West
All About Eve
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Braveheart
Children of Men
Pan's Labrynith
LA Confidential
Leon
One Her Majesty's Secret Service
Grapes of Wrath
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence
Patton
Rebecca
Sunrise
Ben Hur
Spartacus
Sunrise
Touch of Evil
Yojimbo

[Icaruss]

You know, these lists are bullshit. They're so hard to make. I forgot to add two of my favourite movies ever: 25th Hour, and City of God. The thing is, I don't know if I can get them into my top ten, although I certainly want to. Shit. I love all movies. Can't we leave it at that?

[Rosemary's Baby]

You know, these lists are bullshit. They're so hard to make. I forgot to add two of my favourite movies ever: 25th Hour, and City of God. The thing is, I don't know if I can get them into my top ten, although I certainly want to. Shit. I love all movies. Can't we leave it at that?

For some reason, I'm actually trying to narrow the list I have on a scrap of paper down to ten. It's impossible. I watched Paris, Texas last night for the second time to see if it really was as good as I thought it was. It was, fortunately. It's still the prettiest movie I've ever seen.

My point is, is that I'm trying, but I may give up because of how difficult it is.

[Rosemary's Baby]

I thought they were making a Tokyo one first?

I'm not sure. I don't think so, but maybe. I hope they do actually, as I'd much rather see the streets of Tokyo.

I am, however, really excited to see Park Chan-Wook do a segment on New York.

[Akira]

Fuck yeah! Dario Argento rules. I thought the script was a bit silly, but the cinematography, the vivid colors, the ghastly killings especially the opening where the troll-esque guy stabs the girl in the still-beating heart and falls from the ceiling and the score by Goblin made it darn near infallible.

Opera's my favorite Argento flick.

I love that soundtrack :) And I hate that I haven't gotten around to seeing any of Argento's other flick's yet :(



Us in the LBT community are hoping things will be wrapped up by part CXVII.

You forgot a "G"

[Changeling]

1-Empire Strikes Back
2-Star Wars
3-Alien
4-Royal Tenebaums
5-Aliens
6-Drugstore Cowboy
7-Rashomon
8-Shawshank Redemption
9-Temple of Doom
10-Die Hard

[Jew Mafia]

No way I could make an all time top 10, but here's a list of the ones on the top of mind right now.

Adventures of Ford Fairlane
Se7en
Weird Science
Pulp Fiction
Swimming With Sharks
Clerks
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
Fletch
Spaceballs
L.A. Confidential

[Rosemary's Baby]

L'Enfant (The Child)
Before Sunset
Withnail and I
My Neighbour Totoro
Children of Men
Chasing Amy
Bande a part
Rosetta
Waking Life
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind


Before Sunset, Children of Men, and Bande a part are excellent choices and stand a damn good chance of being on my list. I haven't seen Withnail, L'Efant, Totoro or Rosetta, although I very much want to.

Ugh.

[copypastepuke]

Yet, you numbered them... curious. just so i wouldnt add too many movies

[silverboy]

:heart:



That's because taste is subjective, so that fact that you don't understand why I enjoy Mean Girls so much isn't surprising. I could explain it to you: it's a much smarter movie than many perceive it to be initially. It's a satire on the sociopolitical climate of high school, and it's incredibly subversive, insofar as no screenplay has ever truly delved into high school politics with such honesty before. It's quite clever. The cinematography, direction, lighting, and all the other facets of movies that film-buffs cream themselves over isn't unique, but the screenplay is not only hysterical, but sincere and has hidden heart and depth to it. High school is not unlike congress. This movie alluded to that.

Clueless wants to have a word with you.

[SMACK!]

Off the top of my head. Probably different if I spent some time thinking about it.


1. Vertigo
2. Blade Runner
3. Akira
4. Fight Club
5. Hudsucker Proxy
6. The Apartment
7. Brazil
8. Gattaca
9. Die xue shuang xiong (The Killer)
10. Delicatessen

[SMACK!]

Clueless wants to have a word with you.

After Heathers beats the shit out of you. And leaves you in a homoerotic pose.

[silverboy]

Fair enough, but many of the movies that comprise our respective lists aren't necessarily innovative or "anything we haven't seen before." This is a dour, jaded look at relationships and maturity while leaving your twenties and entering the dreaded '30s that has a hint of optimism. It was very contemporary and there hadn't been a story like it that good in quite some time, and so I loved it.



I'm confused. Did you think this list was meant as what we perceive as the best pieces of cinematic art of all time? These lists are our own ten personal favorite movies. I love Mean Girls with a passion. It's my favorite. I don't know what else to tell you. Granted, I have no affectations of being a film-buff. I'm much like most casual movie fans; the medium is merely an entertainment outlet for me.



10 Things was an incredibly fun, if superficial teen flick that I saw once I got to high school in '01 and it was deemed a right of passage to the teen years. Because of the time I saw it, it became highly endearing to me. Again, this is a Top 10 favorites, not the best and most influential movies. Cruel Intentions was a clever and well-acted/paced/written modernization of the infamous story Les Liaisons dangereuses. Again, much in the same way as 10 Things, part of my affection for the film spawns from the time in my life I viewed it. I first screened the movie sophomore year of high school, and the story it translates is such a masterful tale of sex during teenage years that it really connected with me. I believe it carries the '90s stigma because the stars at the time were all teen heartthrobs that immersed in the late '90s, but the acting was exceptional for the most part.


However, I feel like I'm defending my choices, and my final rebuttal is this: this isn't music. I'm not well-versed on cinema. I don't claim to be. I enjoy some truly egregious movies. I honestly don't love the medium enough to want to learn of its history or bask in the luminaries. I connect with what I relate to, which in some instances is highly shallow movies. There are great flicks that are all, from a technical and artistic standard, better than my list. I don't enjoy them as much.

Didn't mean to seem like I was asking you to defend your choices, just stating that they surprised me. I know this is a personal top 10 list, but even so, your choices surprised me. We all have our guilty pleasure films, but yours seem especially random to me.

[Albert]

You forgot a "G"

The only "G" in the "Land Before Time" movies is the MPAA rating! Except for that one where Ducky says "asshole." I believe it's "Land Before Time Part XVI: Ducky Says 'Asshole.'"

[Marc Lombardi]

1. Braveheart
2. Se7en
3. Raiders of the Lost Ark
4. Superman
5. Star Wars
6. Rain Man
7. The Usual Suspects
8. Superman II
9. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
10. Dumb and Dumber

[Doug]

Jaws
Raging Bull
Goodfellas
Godfather
Godfather Part II
Fargo
Adaptation
The Third Man
Full Metal Jacket
Ghostbusters

No order in the above, and the movies will probably change (except for the first three listed, they will always be in my top 10).

[Masculine Todd]

I love that soundtrack :) And I hate that I haven't gotten around to seeing any of Argento's other flick's yet :(



I've only seen Susperia, Opera and Tenebre, but all three were fantastic. Opera is my favorite.


Clueless wants to have a word with you.

You know, I should love that movie, but for some reason, I don't. I can't fathom the reason for that. It's a solidly written story, but I just don't like it.


Didn't mean to seem like I was asking you to defend your choices, just stating that they surprised me. I know this is a personal top 10 list, but even so, your choices surprised me. We all have our guilty pleasure films, but yours seem especially random to me.

I apologize Silverboy, I was defensive. I fully admit that my taste in movies isn't the most sophisticated. Just out of curiosity, what type of movies would you associate with me if Mean Girls, Cruel Intentions and 10 Things seems surprising? Not attacking you, just curious.

[S. Earl]

In no order:

Paths of Glory
Devil’s Backbone
Royal Tennenbaums
Prestige
Magnolia
Squid and the Whale
LOTR Two Towers
Night of the Hunter
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
ST II Wrath of Kahn

[Butler]

My top ten in no particular order (and subject to change):

The Shawshank Redemption
Jaws
Fight Club
Point Break
Office Space
Spy Game
Almost Famous
Armageddon
Batman Begins
Ocean's Eleven
The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Supremacy
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade
Highlander
Die Hard
Se7en
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
The Secret Of My Success
Mr. Holland's Opus
Unbreakable

[The Hodag]

You know, these lists are bullshit. They're so hard to make. I forgot to add two of my favourite movies ever: 25th Hour, and City of God. The thing is, I don't know if I can get them into my top ten, although I certainly want to. Shit. I love all movies. Can't we leave it at that?

25th Hour was vexing me too. One of my favorite movies in recent years, but ultimately I figured I needed to give it a few more years to see if it stood the test of time and re-watchings.

"Sheeeeeeeit."

[silverboy]

I apologize Silverboy, I was defensive. I fully admit that my taste in movies isn't the most sophisticated. Just out of curiosity, what type of movies would you associate with me if Mean Girls, Cruel Intentions and 10 Things seems surprising? Not attacking you, just curious.

I guess I didn't think about it. It just seems to me that Cruel Intentions and 10 Things aren't distinguishable from dozens of other 90s teen-centered comedy/dramas, so I was surprised to see anyone put them in their 10 top over any over teen-centered 90s movie. Personally, I have a guilty pleasure for Can't Hardly Wait and That Thing You Do! (I posted this one on my list), and probably a couple others I can't think of. But I guess I'm just careful to distinguish between movies I enjoy and consider a guilty pleasure and movies that I consider my favorite all-time.

[Uther]

I'm not sure. I don't think so, but maybe. I hope they do actually, as I'd much rather see the streets of Tokyo.

I am, however, really excited to see Park Chan-Wook do a segment on New York.
If you enjoyed that kind of film you should check out Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s'éteint et que le film commence (or simply - Chacun son cinéma) it's a compilation film does for Cannes 60th Anniversary with, for my money, the best pedigree of directors of all similar films.


Before Sunset, Children of Men, and Bande a part are excellent choices and stand a damn good chance of being on my list. I haven't seen Withnail, L'Efant, Totoro or Rosetta, although I very much want to.

Ugh.

You really must see L'Enfant and My Neighbour Totoro, they'll change your life.

[schizorabbit]

I found the following list as a saved file, and realized that it was meant for this list. So here it is, 2+ years later.

Taxi Driver (1976)--Martin Fucking Scorcese
Memento (2000)--Christopher Fucking Nolann
Seven Samurai (1954)--Akira Fucking Kurosawa
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Next (1975)--Milos Fucking Forman
Aliens (1986)--James Fucking Cameron
L.A. Confidential (1997)--Curtis Fucking Hanson
Annie Hall (1977)--Woody Fucking Allen
Amores Perros (2000)--Alejandro Fucking Inarritu
Children of Men (2006)--Alphonso Fucking Cuaron
Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf? (1966)--Mike Fucking Nichols
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)--Tim Fucking Burton
Training Day (2001)--Antoine Fucking Fuqua
The 400 Blows (1959)--Francois Fucking Truffault
The Kingdom (1994)--Lars Fucking Von Trier
True Romance (1993)--Tony Fucking Scott
Heavenly Creatures (1994)--Peter Fucking Jackson
Boogie Nights (1997)--Paul Fucking Thomas Anderson
Raising Arizona (1987)--The Fucking Coen Brothers
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)--Clint Fucking Eastwood
Days of Heaven (1978 )--Terrence Fucking Malick
The Shining (1980)--Stanley Fucking Kubrick
Ghost (1990)--Jerry Fucking Zucker.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)--Michel Fucking Gondry
City of God (2002)--Fernando Fucking Meirelles
Night of the Hunter (1955)--Charles Fucking Laughton
Suspiria (1977)--Dario Fucking Argento

[McGill]

Se7en
Kiss kiss bang bang
No country for old men
What dreams may come
The wrestler
True romance
The Big Lebowski
Death Proof
Spy game
Mystic River

[SteveFlack]

Step Up
Step Up 2 The Streets
Step Up 3D
Bring It On
Breakin'
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
Save The Last Dance
Stomp The Yard
You Got Served
The Shawkshank Redemption

[Andreas]

I found the following list as a saved file, and realized that it was meant for this list. So here it is, 2+ years later.

Taxi Driver (1976)--Martin Fucking Scorcese
Memento (2000)--Christopher Fucking Nolann
Seven Samurai (1954)--Akira Fucking Kurosawa
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Next (1975)--Milos Fucking Forman
Aliens (1986)--James Fucking Cameron
L.A. Confidential (1997)--Curtis Fucking Hanson
Annie Hall (1977)--Woody Fucking Allen
Amores Perros (2000)--Alejandro Fucking Inarritu
Children of Men (2006)--Alphonso Fucking Cuaron
Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf? (1966)--Mike Fucking Nichols
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)--Tim Fucking Burton
Training Day (2001)--Antoine Fucking Fuqua
The 400 Blows (1959)--Francois Fucking Truffault
The Kingdom (1994)--Lars Fucking Von Trier
True Romance (1993)--Tony Fucking Scott
Heavenly Creatures (1994)--Peter Fucking Jackson
Boogie Nights (1997)--Paul Fucking Thomas Anderson
Raising Arizona (1987)--The Fucking Coen Brothers
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)--Clint Fucking Eastwood
Days of Heaven (1978 )--Terrence Fucking Malick
The Shining (1980)--Stanley Fucking Kubrick
Ghost (1990)--Jerry Fucking Zucker.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)--Michel Fucking Gondry
City of God (2002)--Fernando Fucking Meirelles
Night of the Hunter (1955)--Charles Fucking Laughton
Suspiria (1977)--Dario Fucking Argento

Eh, predictable list. They all share the same middle name. ;)

[Cactusakic]

After a great deal of deliberation (I wish that was hyperbole, truly I do), my Top Ten changed this year for the first time in over a decade.

It used to be:

10: Fight Club
9: The Shining
8: Cool Hand Luke
7: Jaws
6: Vertigo
5: Chinatown
4: Blade Runner
3: Goodfellas
2: The Godfather
1: The Godfather Part II

But now, after the changes, it's:

10: There Will Be Blood
9: The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
8: Cool Hand Luke
7: Jaws
6: Vertigo
5: Chinatown
4: Blade Runner
3: Goodfellas
2: The Godfather
1: The Godfather Part II

[shoelaceless]

Blarg. I don't have a set top ten, but I tried to come up with ten movies that I would stop to watch if they happened to be on:

Love and Death
Rushmore
Barton Fink
The 400 Blows
The Bicycle Thief
Porco Rosso
Dr. Strangelove
Before Sunrise
The Graduate
Wet Hot American Summer

[Girlfriend In A Coma]

I must do 25 since I can't narrow it to 10.

The Dark Knight
The Devil's Rejects
American Psycho
Amadeus
The Silence of the Lambs
Unbreakable
Se7en
Fight Club
Pan's Labyrinth
Inglorious Basterds
Kill Bill 1 & 2
The Bad Seed
Inception
28 Days Later
The Lord of the Rings - All of Them!
The Exorcist
The Exorcist III
Aliens
No Country for Old Men
Sling Blade
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Watchmen
Pet Sematary
Batman Begins
Reversal of Fortune