Personal Top 25 Films

[ROCSteady]

Hey brohams and b!tches,

I just posted a new entry on my blog regarding my top 25 favorite movies from a personal enjoyment level, not necessarily the most obscure or artistic but many are for sure.

Check it out and let me know what you think :cheers:

Agree/disagree let's just have some discussion on personal favorite movies for your lifetime.

Thanks in advance for reading! :rockon:

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[Qwyjibo]

You disgust me. That list is a pile of total horseshit and you are an awful human being for having those opinions and subjecting internet viewers to them. Nothing but mindless drivel and awful choices. May you rot in hell for this.

Actually that's a pretty solid list. AI is mad-underrated because of everyone thinking Spielberg took something precious from Kubrick. No, it was a great story filmed in an exceptional manner. And Shawshank is #1 on my list so nice to see it there too. I'm just wondering how many people won't read past that first paragraph.

[Stuckey]

meh

not great not bad either, a few tweeks needed to be solid

[ROCSteady]

Lol the first paragraph had mee geekin :cheers:

Thanks for reading

[AngelEyes]

Very solid list, many I would agree with.

[SourPatchKids]

Go watch Trainspotting. NOW

[goldenryan]

I'm a fan of about half of the list. But no Star Wars,Clint Eastwood movies, Goodfellas or Casino (which is odd because you had every other gangster Movie)

[Myth]

I like most of the movies on the list. My top 25 would have a large amount of different films, but a majority of those are 8/10's or higher for me. Was nice to see Carlito's Way in there. I feel like it is one of the most overlooked movies.

For the first few I saw (I started by going in order starting with best), I thought your list was just mostly based on IMDB ratings rather than personal taste.

[Derka]

I can never do these lists. Props for taking the time to do one, though. Solid list.

I think I'd do something similar with Disney. So many good ones, but the one I'd list would be Up and it would be in my Top 10.

[Jackass18]

Just to nitpick - "Hundreds of years"? It'll be a while before it evens hits 200.

25. A.I. - It's been a long time since I've seen it, but I don't remember being enthralled with it.
24. The Lion King - I'm not a big fan of animated movies, but I have no problem with The Lion King.
23. The Dark Knight - Not the superhero movie I would have gone with, but still a nice choice.
22. In Bruges - Haven't seen.
21. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Haven't seen.
20. Bicycle Thieves - Haven't seen, but it's been on my list for a while.
19. True Romance - I really like the movie, but just not as much.
18. Planet of the Apes - I haven't seen the original, but the atrocious remake, which has kind of dampened my desire to watch the original.
17. Psycho - My fav from the '60s. Great choice.
16. There Will Be Blood - Great movie, but not what I'd consider one of my favs.
15. Pulp Fiction - I actually prefer Reservoir Dogs to this, but I like PF more every time I see it. Maybe the problem is everyone was talking about it, endlessly praising it and quoting it when it came out. I think I got burned out on it early, but I've warmed up to it over time.
14. No Country For Old Men - Same as TWBB, though I like No Country more.
13. Leon - Another really good movie, but I haven't gotten around to seeing the director's cut yet.
12. A Bronx Tale - I really like it, and it's shame that this movie doesn't get more recognition.
11. Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Nah, I'd say Die Hard takes the crown as top action movie, and I gotta say I'm a bit disappointed it's not on your list. I also prefer the first one to this. I find John to be kind of annoying.
10. Carlito

[Myth]

[QUOTE=Jackass18]Just to nitpick - "Hundreds of years"? It'll be a while before it evens hits 200.

25. A.I. - It's been a long time since I've seen it, but I don't remember being enthralled with it.
24. The Lion King - I'm not a big fan of animated movies, but I have no problem with The Lion King.
23. The Dark Knight - Not the superhero movie I would have gone with, but still a nice choice.
22. In Bruges - Haven't seen.
21. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Haven't seen.
20. Bicycle Thieves - Haven't seen, but it's been on my list for a while.
19. True Romance - I really like the movie, but just not as much.
18. Planet of the Apes - I haven't seen the original, but the atrocious remake, which has kind of dampened my desire to watch the original.
17. Psycho - My fav from the '60s. Great choice.
16. There Will Be Blood - Great movie, but not what I'd consider one of my favs.
15. Pulp Fiction - I actually prefer Reservoir Dogs to this, but I like PF more every time I see it. Maybe the problem is everyone was talking about it, endlessly praising it and quoting it when it came out. I think I got burned out on it early, but I've warmed up to it over time.
14. No Country For Old Men - Same as TWBB, though I like No Country more.
13. Leon - Another really good movie, but I haven't gotten around to seeing the director's cut yet.
12. A Bronx Tale - I really like it, and it's shame that this movie doesn't get more recognition.
11. Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Nah, I'd say Die Hard takes the crown as top action movie, and I gotta say I'm a bit disappointed it's not on your list. I also prefer the first one to this. I find John to be kind of annoying.
10. Carlito

[LJJ]

18. Planet of the Apes - I haven't seen the original, but the atrocious remake, which has kind of dampened my desire to watch the original.

Oooh the Tim Burton one I assume. You've probably heard this before, but trust me: the only thing the remake has in common with the original is that they both have monkeys.

The original stands alone. It belongs in the upper-upper echelon of science fiction. I might only put 2001 over it.

[TheeBeast]

Your personal list lacks originality, there's never any variety when people put up the same movies once they get to their top 10.

To me, "personal top films" are the movies that have had the biggest impact and shows a sort of reflection on my own life , with that in mind I don't see how the godfather could have made my top 5. Maybe I have to watch it again when I'm older :D

True Romance was great but it isn't a top 25 movie all time. Pulp fiction needs to be somewhere in the top 10. Terminator shouldn't even be top 30. Carlito's way is probably top 50. Shawshank once again gets its overrated spot on the top 3.

[Myth]

Oooh the Tim Burton one I assume. You probably know this, but trust me: the only thing the remake has in common with the original is that they both have monkeys.

The original stands alone. It belongs in the upper-upper echelon of science fiction.

The original POTA is very good, even knowing the twist going into it. I actually don't hate Burton's, but the original craps all over it. I did really enjoy the newest one as well.

[Fallguy20]

You disgust me. That list is a pile of total horseshit and you are an awful human being for having those opinions and subjecting internet viewers to them. Nothing but mindless drivel and awful choices. May you rot in hell for this.

Actually that's a pretty solid list. AI is mad-underrated because of everyone thinking Spielberg took something precious from Kubrick. No, it was a great story filmed in an exceptional manner. And Shawshank is #1 on my list so nice to see it there too. I'm just wondering how many people won't read past that first paragraph.


+1, this list just isn't what it could be. Honestly its maybe not disgusting, but it could be better.
Yeesssss.... I can read. Fuggidaboudit!

[Myth]

Here is my attempt at a list:

Pulp Fiction (#1, the rest are just what comes to mind, they are not in order and it is an ever changing list)
Inglorious Basterds
American Psycho
Oldboy
Fight Club
Scarface
Aliens
The Dark Knight
Being John Malkovich
Sin City
Terminator 2
Total Recall
I Saw The Devil
The Good, The Bad, & The Weird
Unforgiven
High Plains Drifter
The Boondock Saints
Lock, Stock, & 2 Smoking Barrels
Memento
American History X
Grindhouse (Theater cut)
Kill Bill (counting both as 1)
Jackie Brown
Reservoir Dogs
Se7en

Shawshank and City of God didn't make my top 25 after all. I cannot imagine putting those in order, and even then, other movies would jump in the top 25 if I spent more than 4-5 minutes on this list.

[JEFFERSON MONEY]

See the issue with this thread is it's mad predictable. Like if you're good with film then your opinions and top films will mirror the imdb 250.

We had a taste of your personality and you come off as a slick urban faithful street-smart creative Hispanic/Italian guy with a penchant for overcoming struggles. Right off the bat I'd know that the only "outlier" film (imo) which wasn't "conventionally excellent" would be something like a Bronx Tale

Very pleased with the Sling Blade and Metropolis choices. Caught us off guard.

Terminator 1 > Terminator 2 and NCFOM > TWBB are very contrarian viewpoints. Interesting...

I really really really liked your Godfather character analysis thread :cheers: Hoping you can do something like that for newer films coming out :pimp:

I'm an uneducated dumbass born in 1990 when it comes to movies and quality so I"ll just put personal favs :oldlol:
He Got Game
Expendables II
Starship Troopers
Silence of the Lambs
Finding Forrester
Identity (really cool thriller)
The Cube (also cool thriller)
Nightmare on Elm Street
Boogie Nights
Jurassic Park
Autobiography of Malc X
Blade II
Eternal Sunshine
Lost in Translation



T2, Godfather 2, Good Will Hunting, Raging Bull, Rocky, Glory, Se7en, and TDK: Rises are top-tier.

[Myth]

J$'s comment about being born in the 90s made me start thinking about years movies came out, I got curious what eras I naturally went with when selecting my movies.

Scarface (1983)
Aliens (1986)
Predator (1987)
Die Hard (1988)
Total Recall (1990)
Terminator 2 (1991)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Unforgiven (1992)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Se7en (1995)
Jackie Brown (1997)
Lock, Stock, & 2 Smoking Barrels (1998)
American History X (1998)
Fight Club (1999)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
The Boondock Saints (1999)
American Psycho (2000)
Memento (2000)
Oldboy (2003)
Kill Bill (counting both as 1) (2003/2004)
Sin City (2005)
The Dark Knight (2008)
The Good, The Bad, & The Weird (2008)
Inglorious Basterds (2009)
I Saw The Devil (2010)

1980s = 4 movies
1990s = 12 movies
2000s = 8 movies
2010s = 1 movie

Sounds about right given that I was born mid-1980s. I apparently really liked 1999. 3 movies from that year.

By the way, I replaced Grindhouse and High Plains Drifter with Predator and Die Hard.

[JEFFERSON MONEY]

yeah i'm interested in thinking of definining moments that permanently change a boys personality into the man he's gonna become.

So 1999 would mean that you were 14 in the crux of puberty when those films really hit hard.

and what have we here? a film with nihilistic, anarchy, anti-materialist, masculinity-seeking undertones that force you to think about the nature of existence, a film with raw testosterone and violent dudes killing more despicable villains (concept of an antihero) forcing you to think whether or not the saints are a good thing, and a dude who goes into another man's mind and sees things from a different perspective.

no wonder you're so interested in psychology and speed and not money and love and comfort.. the pieces of the puzzle fit so clearly

one of the things that's helped me a lot with connecting with anyone is taking a quick look at them.. guesstimating their age (30's, 40s, 50s) and just talking about the music/movies that they would have from 13-18 without skippin a beat. you get a taste for people's essence that way and potential for a perfect conversation with a stranger.

... i wonder if there will be ever be a fifty or sixty year old who considers the culture of his old age to be premier and superior to that of his past adolescence.. that would be an awfully funny conundrum and a fukk u to the principles of nostalgia and "things were way better back then" type philosophy many adhere to

[Derka]

Gonna give this a go, but I'm cutting it at 10. They're not in any order at all...they're just the 10 films I feel most strongly about. Small blurbs for each and I'm counting some trilogies and multi-part stories as singles where applicable.

ONCE AGAIN. THESE ARE NOT IN ANY KIND OF ACTUAL ORDER. The numbers are literally just for numbering them.

Who agrees with me on these...I really don't care too much, but I'll defend where I feel like it. And I'm not going to argue against "OMG This movie I like is so much better than that one!" type comments.

10 - Up
I don't even rank this movie specifically against animated films. I put this one up against any family-friendly film, animated or live action. So much packed into 90 minutes: great characters who develop wonderfully, great pacing and just a really endearing, very moving adventure tale that you rarely get anymore. I cried from sadness, cried from happiness, laughed hysterically (Alpha's f*cked up voice? Perfect touch) and felt every emotion a person can feel while viewing it. I relate wholeheartedly to Carl Fredericksen's personal quest. As good as Toy Story 3 was, this is Pixar's crowning achievement.

9 - Rashomon
Of Kurosawa's wide body of work with Toshiro Mifune, I was torn between this and Yojimbo/Sanjuro. Kurosawa's epics were excellent, too...but the films where he kept the running length short I think forced his scripts to be so much more precise and better-paced, and thus he was able to draw fiery performances out of his actors. Less attention given to the exposition and more given to the performances. This is why I come back to Rashomon. As good as Mifune was as Tajomaru the bandit, I find the other performances so to be more understated, and so effective at communicating the various strands of the overall story. The samurai's wife and Takashi Shimura's farmer come to mind. Great stuff.

8 -The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
A classic storyline flecked from top to bottom with healthy doses of pessimism and jealousy. I love it. A refreshing change of taste from the technicolor "hero gets the girls, rides off" Westerns that were the standard of the genre. Again, the performances...Lee Marvin, Jimmy Stewart ("Well, I'm a lawyer!!"), Vera Miles and John Wayne...that's some heavy hitters right there and John Ford really brings out the best in each. And I loved the payoff at the end regarding the truth of Ransom Stoddard's heroic past. Great stuff.

7 - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
Three hours of cinema purism: a camera telling a story. Forget that its Eastwood, van Cleef and Wallach. Sergio Leone uses minimal dialogue but conveys reams of story just in how he's using the camera. A timely series of close-ups on the eyes that builds the tension for the three-way Mexican standoff. Big wide angle shots of the desolate Spanish countryside that was standing in for the American West convey how desolate, lonely and lawless this time in America's history could be. And Ennio Morricone's score...fuhgedabout it. A lot of friends of mine think its boring shit. F*ck those guys.

6 - Clerks/Clerks II
I'm gonna catch shit for this because liking Kevin Smith isn't the cool thing to do anymore apparently, and I don't care. Dante and Randall are great characters who make me piss myself laughing. Every single one of us sees a lot of our own experiences in copious amounts of the random, seemingly inane shit they sit around talking about in a much funnier way than you or I would and it makes them that much more endearing to me. They are the anti-Leone...but I guess that's what they're intended to be. The conversations and the characters tell the story, which works because the guy writing/directing these flicks isn't all that much of a camera wizard. He's pretty funny, though. In the realm of comedies, these two rank as favorites for me.

5 - The Dark Knight trilogy
Its undeniable at this juncture that they transcend the "comic-book movie" sub-genre and belong in the pantheon of great action movies right along with your Die Hards and Terminators and the two or three good movies Van Damme and Seagal did. My kids will see these movies when they're conceived and born and aged appropriately. Nolan and Goyer really did their homework when wrapping their heads around what makes Bruce Wayne tick and they couldn't have cast the role any better. No hero is a flawless Mary-Sue and the villains are utterly compelling. The movies get a bit long, but there's plenty of stuff going on so that it doesn't get overly strenuous. I think Aaron Eckhart's Harvey Dent will go down as the vastly underrated performance of the series due to Ledger going Legendary on our asses. I will forever associate Alfred with Michael Caine. Gary Oldman does very little wrong in my eyes. My only complaint in the casting...neither Katie Holmes nor Maggie Gyllenhall were particularly good...but neither is a complete drag.

4 - Cool Hand Luke
Every performance is damn near perfect. George Kennedy owned me and Paul Newman does so much with so little actual stuff to say. I see this one on TV all the time and I have to stop and watch. Not much else to say...this is just a movie that gets me every single time.

3 - Schindler's List
Heart-wrenching. A dramatic telling of one of humanity's most dramatic episodes. Ralph Fiennes is absolutely haunting and Ben Kingsley and Liam Neeson are on top of their respective games. I think the use of black and white as a device made the storytelling even more effective: an emotionless state machine going about the murder of an entire people in the way some people might change a flat tire. Stark shadows and greys everywhere...everything is about as dreary and colorless as you would expect it to be given the subject matter. Film making at its most powerful.

2 - 2001: A Space Odyssey
The bar against which all science-fiction is set, in my mind. You have to put yourself in the mind set of a person seeing this at the time of its release. "WTF, computers talk back to people? Ok. And what are we doing going to Jupiter anyway. And what the shit is with this floating baby?" Kubrick was a freakin' master.

1 - The Lord of the Rings
If had to have a #1, this is it. Not by any objective standard, mind you...this is completely personal to me. I am the person I am today because of this story. The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings got me into reading at age 11. The exhaustive chronology Tolkien crafted for his world turned me into a lover of history and mythology, which led to an interest in politics and government, which in turn influenced my course of study in college AND my career choice. My life is completely different without this story's existence. "Favorite" doesn't quite do it service. Seeing it made into a 12-hour long cinematic experience, and seeing it made to the highest quality possible at the time was just about the coolest thing I could have imagined. There was not a single moment in the theater and there's hasn't been a single moment since buying the extended edition blu-rays that I haven't enjoyed watching these time and time again. My favorite movies, hands down.

Star Wars? Loved them, not all-time favorites.

Godfather 1 and 2? Love them both, but not *that* much.

I love some of other people's mentions and God knows there are tons more I'd like to put on here.

[pauk]

1. Pulp Fiction
2. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
3. Shawshank Redemption
4. Schindlers List
5. Saving Private Ryan
6. Forrest Gump
7. Lord of the Rings
8. The Green Mile
9. Lawrence of Arabia
10. Full Metal Jacket
11. Seven Samurai
12. Star Wars
13. The Usual Suspects
14. Se7en
15. Silence of the Lambs
16. Leon
17. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
18. A Clockwork Orange
19. Raiders of the lost ark
20. Back to the Future
21. The Matrix
22. Yojimbo
23. For a Few Dollars More
24. Blade Runner
25. Casino


Godfather I & II? (Part 2 i thought was better) Classics, good.... and overrated.... and to boring & draged out to ever watch again (Part 2 is better in that aspect aswell)... The Untouchables, Once upon a time in America, Goodfellas, Casino, Carlitos Way, Scarface, Reservoir Dogs, Donnie Brasco are good example of gangster movies that entertain more.......

[Myth]

So 1999 would mean that you were 14 in the crux of puberty when those films really hit hard.

and what have we here? a film with nihilistic, anarchy, anti-materialist, masculinity-seeking undertones that force you to think about the nature of existence, a film with raw testosterone and violent dudes killing more despicable villains (concept of an antihero) forcing you to think whether or not the saints are a good thing, and a dude who goes into another man's mind and sees things from a different perspective.

no wonder you're so interested in psychology and speed and not money and love and comfort.. the pieces of the puzzle fit so clearly

:cheers:

Although I do love love.

[Myth]

1 - The Lord of the Rings
If had to have a #1, this is it.

Fascinating how 1 man's #1 could be outside of another's top 1000.

[Stuckey]

See the issue with this thread is it's mad predictable. Like if you're good with film then your opinions and top films will mirror the imdb 250.

We had a taste of your personality and you come off as a slick urban faithful street-smart creative Hispanic/Italian guy with a penchant for overcoming struggles. Right off the bat I'd know that the only "outlier" film (imo) which wasn't "conventionally excellent" would be something like a Bronx Tale

Very pleased with the Sling Blade and Metropolis choices. Caught us off guard.

Terminator 1 > Terminator 2 and NCFOM > TWBB are very contrarian viewpoints. Interesting...

I really really really liked your Godfather character analysis thread :cheers: Hoping you can do something like that for newer films coming out :pimp:

I'm an uneducated dumbass born in 1990 when it comes to movies and quality so I"ll just put personal favs :oldlol:
He Got Game
Expendables II
Starship Troopers
Silence of the Lambs
Finding Forrester
Identity (really cool thriller)
The Cube (also cool thriller)
Nightmare on Elm Street
Boogie Nights
Jurassic Park
Autobiography of Malc X
Blade II
Eternal Sunshine
Lost in Translation



T2, Godfather 2, Good Will Hunting, Raging Bull, Rocky, Glory, Se7en, and TDK: Rises are top-tier.

I get bashed for putting that in my top 10

here's my list, in no order

oldboy
memento
lost in translation
pulp fiction
shawshank redemption
chinatown
high noon
american psycho
he got game
do the right thing
inglorious basterds
infernal affairs
dark knight
space odyssey
the fountain
silence of the lambs


i've yet to see classics like Green Mile, forrest gump or schindler's list, not really interested in films as much as me in my earlier days

[Myth]

DMV2 - Kevin Smith just came out saying that he will make Clerks 3. It will be his final film.

[Jackass18]

I'll also do a top 25 fav movies (top 25 best movies would be a fairly different list)

No particular order other than being grouped by decade:

City Lights
Citizen Kane
Psycho
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Terminator
Beverly Hills Cop
The Goonies
Back to the Future
Platoon
Aliens
Predator
Die Hard
Goodfellas
The Silence of the Lambs
Reservoir Dogs
Dazed and Confused
Menace II Society
Tombstone
The Usual Suspects
The Big Lebowski
Rounders
Boiler Room
The Bourne Trilogy (it might be cheap to count 3 movies as one, but oh well)
Iron Man

The list would probably be a bit different if I did it again next week

[Myth]

Thank goodness!!!! He should have retired after J&SBSB(which was good but everything he made after that hasn't been good). :lol

I enjoyed Clerks 2 (even though it didn't feel like Clerks, I cracked up throughout), and most of Red State.

[TheeBeast]

I enjoyed Clerks 2 (even though it didn't feel like Clerks, I cracked up throughout), and most of Red State.
He said if he ever made a clerks 3, it would represent his 30's :(

[ROCSteady]

Go watch Trainspotting. NOW


thanks never got around to that one for some reason :cheers:

[ROCSteady]

[QUOTE=Jackass18]Just to nitpick - "Hundreds of years"? It'll be a while before it evens hits 200.

25. A.I. - It's been a long time since I've seen it, but I don't remember being enthralled with it.
24. The Lion King - I'm not a big fan of animated movies, but I have no problem with The Lion King.
23. The Dark Knight - Not the superhero movie I would have gone with, but still a nice choice.
22. In Bruges - Haven't seen.
21. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Haven't seen.
20. Bicycle Thieves - Haven't seen, but it's been on my list for a while.
19. True Romance - I really like the movie, but just not as much.
18. Planet of the Apes - I haven't seen the original, but the atrocious remake, which has kind of dampened my desire to watch the original.
17. Psycho - My fav from the '60s. Great choice.
16. There Will Be Blood - Great movie, but not what I'd consider one of my favs.
15. Pulp Fiction - I actually prefer Reservoir Dogs to this, but I like PF more every time I see it. Maybe the problem is everyone was talking about it, endlessly praising it and quoting it when it came out. I think I got burned out on it early, but I've warmed up to it over time.
14. No Country For Old Men - Same as TWBB, though I like No Country more.
13. Leon - Another really good movie, but I haven't gotten around to seeing the director's cut yet.
12. A Bronx Tale - I really like it, and it's shame that this movie doesn't get more recognition.
11. Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Nah, I'd say Die Hard takes the crown as top action movie, and I gotta say I'm a bit disappointed it's not on your list. I also prefer the first one to this. I find John to be kind of annoying.
10. Carlito

[ROCSteady]

Oooh the Tim Burton one I assume. You've probably heard this before, but trust me: the only thing the remake has in common with the original is that they both have monkeys.

The original stands alone. It belongs in the upper-upper echelon of science fiction. I might only put 2001 over it.


:applause: Jackass NEEDS to watch Planet of the Apes '68. Brilliant work. HEAVY too

[ROCSteady]

Here is my attempt at a list:

Pulp Fiction (#1, the rest are just what comes to mind, they are not in order and it is an ever changing list)
Inglorious Basterds
American Psycho
Oldboy
Fight Club
Scarface
Aliens
The Dark Knight
Being John Malkovich
Sin City
Terminator 2
Total Recall
I Saw The Devil
The Good, The Bad, & The Weird
Unforgiven
High Plains Drifter
The Boondock Saints
Lock, Stock, & 2 Smoking Barrels
Memento
American History X
Grindhouse (Theater cut)
Kill Bill (counting both as 1)
Jackie Brown
Reservoir Dogs
Se7en

Shawshank and City of God didn't make my top 25 after all. I cannot imagine putting those in order, and even then, other movies would jump in the top 25 if I spent more than 4-5 minutes on this list.


Yea it's super difficult to do a list like that. I did mainly for fun and for a more recent blog entry ppl would enjoy.

Seems like we have very similar film tastes. I prolly will watch Momento again tonight cuz I got a shipment from Amazon on Cyber Week that included ten Blu Rays- Momento special edition, LA Confidential, Robocop, Rounders, Adaptation, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Cabin In the Woods, Gran Torino and couple others I don't remember lmao

[ROCSteady]

See the issue with this thread is it's mad predictable. Like if you're good with film then your opinions and top films will mirror the imdb 250.

We had a taste of your personality and you come off as a slick urban faithful street-smart creative Hispanic/Italian guy with a penchant for overcoming struggles. Right off the bat I'd know that the only "outlier" film (imo) which wasn't "conventionally excellent" would be something like a Bronx Tale

Very pleased with the Sling Blade and Metropolis choices. Caught us off guard.

Terminator 1 > Terminator 2 and NCFOM > TWBB are very contrarian viewpoints. Interesting...

I really really really liked your Godfather character analysis thread :cheers: Hoping you can do something like that for newer films coming out :pimp:

I'm an uneducated dumbass born in 1990 when it comes to movies and quality so I"ll just put personal favs :oldlol:
He Got Game
Expendables II
Starship Troopers
Silence of the Lambs
Finding Forrester
Identity (really cool thriller)
The Cube (also cool thriller)
Nightmare on Elm Street
Boogie Nights
Jurassic Park
Autobiography of Malc X
Blade II
Eternal Sunshine
Lost in Translation



T2, Godfather 2, Good Will Hunting, Raging Bull, Rocky, Glory, Se7en, and TDK: Rises are top-tier.

This post is all-around GOLD :roll:

I realize that this list is kinda formulaic but I really do agree with the top of IMDB top 250 so I didn't feel obligated to put those at the top I just really feel all-around- artistically, narratively, emotionally, etc. they are my favorites becuz I connect w em and they're also very re-watchable unlike a flick like Once Upon a Time In America, etc.

[rufuspaul]

Oooh the Tim Burton one I assume. You've probably heard this before, but trust me: the only thing the remake has in common with the original is that they both have monkeys.

The original stands alone. It belongs in the upper-upper echelon of science fiction. I might only put 2001 over it.


This. The sequels were terrible but the original, even with Charlton Heston's campy acting is a classic. I enjoyed the prequel from a couple years back too.

Here's a list off the top of my head:


Casablanca-Has everything that makes a film great: a macho-everyman hero, a triangle romance, evil villains, a contemporary (at the time) plot, smart dialogue, great cinematography and soundtrack.

The rest in no particular order:

Goldfinger
Dr. Strangelove
A Hard Days Night
The Graduate
2001
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Chinatown
Jaws
Alien
Annie Hall
The Shining
Caddyshack
Apocalypse Now
Blade Runner
Back To The Future
The Shawshank Redemption
Goodfellas
Goodwill Hunting
The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Fellowship Of The Ring
Finding Nemo
Wall-E
Up
The King's Speech

[ZeN]

This. The sequels were terrible but the original, even with Charlton Heston's campy acting is a classic. I enjoyed the prequel from a couple years back too.

Here's a list off the top of my head:


Casablanca-Has everything that makes a film great: a macho-everyman hero, a triangle romance, evil villains, a contemporary (at the time) plot, smart dialogue, great cinematography and soundtrack.

The rest in no particular order:

Goldfinger
Dr. Strangelove
A Hard Days Night
The Graduate
2001
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Chinatown
Jaws
Alien
Annie Hall
The Shining
Caddyshack
Apocalypse Now
Blade Runner
Back To The Future
The Shawshank Redemption
Goodfellas
Goodwill Hunting
The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Fellowship Of The Ring
Finding Nemo
Wall-E
Up
The King's Speech





Those 4 need to get more love.. particularly Chinatown.. :applause:

[ROCSteady]

I get bashed for putting that in my top 10

here's my list, in no order

oldboy
memento
lost in translation
pulp fiction
shawshank redemption
chinatown
high noon
american psycho
he got game
do the right thing
inglorious basterds
infernal affairs
dark knight
space odyssey
the fountain
silence of the lambs


i've yet to see classics like Green Mile, forrest gump or schindler's list, not really interested in films as much as me in my earlier days

I really like this list :cheers:

Mines still betta tho :oldlol:

[johndeeregreen]

Platoon
Dazed & Confused
Blazing Saddles
The Lives of Others
The Godfather
Once Upon a Time in the West
Road to Perdition
Unforgiven
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Best Years of Our Lives
Casablanca
Sunset Blvd
The Maltese Falcon
Saving Private Ryan
In Bruges
Shawshank
Die Hard
Dirty Harry
A Perfect World
Double Indemnity
Blade Runner
Airplane!
Apocalypse Now
Bridge on the River Kwai
Giant

More or less off the top of my head. Guarantee I'm missing some of my favs but it is what it is.

[nightprowler10]

I don't understand why "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" gets so much love. I mean I've read people's arguments for it but I still found it to be painful watching.

[Graviton]

Hard to pick 25, I will try...

Attack the Gas Station
Heartbreak Ridge <- EVERYONE should see this
Battle Royale
Fight Club
The Usual Suspects
True Romance/Pulp Fiction
The Dark Knight
For a Few Dollars More/The Good The Bad and the Ugly
X-Men First Class
Shawshsnk Redemption
Lord of the Rings
Goodfellas
Leon the Professional
American History X
Terminator 2
Gladiator
Valhalla Rising
Braveheart
SNATCH/Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Revolver
Heat
No Country for Old Men
V for Vendetta
Warrior
Groundhog Day
Wilderness

Didn't put any of the classics there, honestly I find them slightly overrated. If you watch them without any nostalgia, as a film most of them would be pretty ridiculous, slow and boring. Except Apocalypse Now, that one is great. But ClockWork Orange, Chinatown and few others don't really hold up too well imho.

[NuggetsFan]

Requiem for a Dream
Fight Club
SLC Punk
Black Swan
Leon The Professional
Closer
The Basketball Diaries
American History X
Trainspotting
Superbad
Garden State
Amelie
Girl Interrupted
Real Time
The Departed
The Wrestler
Paranoid Park
Blow
Gone Baby Gone
GoodFella's
American Beauty
ZombieLand
Dawn of the Dead(the remake)
The Strangers
Boy A

Looked at some of my old IMDB ratings. I don't think I could ever really make a concrete 25. Probably about 10-15 movies that would always be on it but I imagine it would change every time I really thought about it.

Those movies are obviously personal preference as well. I realize Superbad isn't a top 25 movie of all time but probably the funniest movie of all time to me. I'm obviously a huge Natalie Portman too, so things like Closer\Garden State are higher up for me.

Love the In Bruges picks. Awesome movie, probably could have included it my top 25 if I really wanted too :oldlol:

[ihoopallday]

I'm ashamed to list my favorite movies. Everyone will just laugh at me. But honestly, Titanic is my favorite movie of all time.

[nightprowler10]

I'm ashamed to list my favorite movies. Everyone will just laugh at me. But honestly, Titanic is my favorite movie of all time.
Wow, you nailed it with your first sentence.

[Rake2204]

My Top 25 favorite films would just be an absolute mess. Even coming up with a solid 15 is a stretch for me. Being a good movie is only a part of what makes up a favorite for me. Sometimes movies that just remind me of things I've experienced in real life (or of eras I've lived) is enough to find its way onto my list of faves. For some, remembering where I was or who I was with when I first watched it is enough.

My current favorites (aka films I own I'm mostly likely to pull out and re-watch tonight, off the top of my head):

1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
3. Crash
4. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
5. Garden State
6. Before Sunrise
7. Back to the Future Trilogy
8. The Social Network
9. There Will Be Blood
10. Sideways
11. The Shawshank Redemption
12. Snatch
13. Gangs of New York
14. Airplane
15. Office Space

There's quite a few classics that I haven't been able to ever really get into and appreciate that more or less disqualifies my opinions on movies in general. Namely, I'm not a big fan of The Godfather series. To be clear, that doesn't mean I think it's a bad series and that I have many criticisms for them, they just weren't my cup of tea.

[ZeN]

These are 25 of my favorites..

Pulp Fiction
Adaptation
Waking Life
Rounders
The Fountain
Chinatown
Cool Hand Luke
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
8 1/2
Almost Famous
The Dark Knight
Sideways
Lenny
The Big Lebowski
After Sunset / Before Sunset
The Godfather I & II
Serpico
Goodfellas
Apocalypse Now
City of God
Wall-E
Double Indemnity
Amores Perros

[AngelEyes]

My 25 favorite films:

1. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
2. The Big Lebowski
3. Gladiator
4. The Godfather
5. Blazing Saddles
6. For a few Dollars More
7. The Godfather Part II
8. Unforgiven
9. High Plains Drifter
10. Shawshank Redemption
11. There Will be Blood
12. Major League
13. Hot Fuzz
14. Goodfellas
15. Pulp Fiction
16. Office Space
17. Treasure of the Sierra Madre
18. Heat
19. Die Hard
20. Dirty Harry
21. Supertroopers
22. patton
23. Zoolander
24. Slap shot
25. Fargo

[1987_Lakers]

My 25 favorite films:

1. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
2. The Big Lebowski
3. Gladiator
4. The Godfather
5. Blazing Saddles
6. For a few Dollars More
7. The Godfather Part II
8. Unforgiven
9. High Plains Drifter
10. Shawshank Redemption
11. There Will be Blood
12. Major League
13. Hot Fuzz
14. Goodfellas
15. Pulp Fiction
16. Office Space
17. Treasure of the Sierra Madre
18. Heat
19. Die Hard
20. Dirty Harry
21. Supertroopers
22. patton
23. Zoolander
24. Slap shot
25. Fargo

I remember laughing hysterically when I first saw this scene.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYgC10cVfqg

[Just2McFly]

I'm ashamed to list my favorite movies. Everyone will just laugh at me. But honestly, Titanic is my favorite movie of all time.
who cares what they think?

My random list in progress:
Rush Hour
Rush Hour 2
Bad Boys
Madagascar
Toy Story
Rumble in the Bronx
Juice
Boyz in the Hood
Hero
IP Man
Limitless
Gone With the Wind
Guess Who's Coming Home for Dinner

[ZeN]

who cares what they think?

My random list in progress:
Rush Hour
Rush Hour 2
Bad Boys
Madagascar
Toy Story
Rumble in the Bronx
Juice
Boyz in the Hood
Hero
IP Man
Limitless
Gone With the Wind
Guess Who's Coming Home for Dinner
PowerGlove you are the epitome of weaksause.

[Stuckey]

who cares what they think?

My random list in progress:
Rush Hour
Rush Hour 2
Bad Boys
Madagascar
Toy Story
Rumble in the Bronx
Juice
Boyz in the Hood
Hero
IP Man
Limitless
Gone With the Wind
Guess Who's Coming Home for Dinner

:biggums:

[ZeN]

All of you will have Spring Breakers on your list by this time next year. If you don't then you pee sitting down.
Your infatuation is skewing your overall judgement.

[Just2McFly]

PowerGlove you are the epitome of weaksause.
Or I actually have the ability to like movies outside of the IMDB top 250.

[ZeN]

Or I actually have the ability to like movies outside of the IMDB top 250.
IMBD has nothing to do with my list. Any similarities are merely coincidence.

[Just2McFly]

Bad Boys 2 is clearly superior to the original.
:biggums: :roll:

[Just2McFly]

It's funnier, better action, doesn't have that awful husky voice bitch.
The action in the first one was>>>>>>>

[Just2McFly]

You're just saying crazy things now.
The second one was funnier but the impact the first one had on me was immense. I definitely liked insane airport hangar/drag race scenes better than the whole cuba thing.

[Jackass18]

Those 4 need to get more love.. particularly Chinatown.. :applause:

More love? Those are 4 highly acclaimed movies that get tons and tons of love.

[Jackass18]

Didn't put any of the classics there, honestly I find them slightly overrated. If you watch them without any nostalgia, as a film most of them would be pretty ridiculous, slow and boring. Except Apocalypse Now, that one is great. But ClockWork Orange, Chinatown and few others don't really hold up too well imho.

Can't agree with that. If you don't have a short attention span, then they're not slow and boring at all. You have to take into consideration when a movie was made, but a well ****ing crafted movie is a well ****ing crafted movie regardless when it was made. How the **** don't the classics hold up? They've stood the test of time... Maybe if you're too far caught up in the age of CGI, special effects, explosions, HD, 3D, modern tech, etc... then maybe they don't hold up to you.

[ZeN]

More love? Those are 4 highly acclaimed movies that get tons and tons of love.
I meant love shown in this thread, not in general. Those
4 aren't mentioned much in this thread, pre-my post.

[Jackass18]

I think people lean more towards movies from the decade they grew up in and I don't think we have many here who grew up in the '60s/'70s. Plus, I don't think they're movies that are on TV a lot (I can't remember the last time I noticed Chinatown or Dr. Stranglelove being on TV), and Apocalypse Now's run time might be a hindrance to some (Redux is like 3 and a half hours long).

[Graviton]

Can't agree with that. If you don't have a short attention span, then they're not slow and boring at all. You have to take into consideration when a movie was made, but a well ****ing crafted movie is a well ****ing crafted movie regardless when it was made. How the **** don't the classics hold up? They've stood the test of time... Maybe if you're too far caught up in the age of CGI, special effects, explosions, HD, 3D, modern tech, etc... then maybe they don't hold up to you.
Didn't really mean to sound like a kid with a short attention span, I appreciate those movies as works of art. And I am down for slow, methodical movies with good dialogue, amazing performances anc deep underlying themes, but nowadays I think you can have all that along with a little fun.

That's why I like Guy Ritchie/Tarantino movies, they can add all of that together and still entertain you.

[Riddler]

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http://bizerbateekh.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/new-picture.jpg


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These movies would probably be included in my top 25... I don't think I saw
any of these mentioned in this thread...

[johndeeregreen]

Friday Night Lights TV Show >>>>>>>>>> Movie

[Graviton]

Can't believe I forgot Collateral, that was one of Tom's best performances.

I just love movies about sociopathic killers, hit men or psychos, anyone got some recommendations?

[Riddler]

Friday Night Lights TV Show >>>>>>>>>> Movie


Haven't seen one episode.... I refuse to believe the show is as good as the movie.

maybe I'll have to do a little research on this...

[macmac]

who cares what they think?

My random list in progress:
Rush Hour
Rush Hour 2
Bad Boys
Madagascar
Toy Story
Rumble in the Bronx
Juice
Boyz in the Hood
Hero
IP Man
Limitless
Gone With the Wind
Guess Who's Coming Home for Dinner


Wow no way that's really your favourite movies of all time. I dislike you a lot. This is why we can't have nice things. You are the lowest common denominator and enjoy the lowest form of mind numbing entertainment. And Hollywood feeds it you becaUse you're easy and you are many, like a blue collar worker helps feed the street walkers that set shop near his construction site.

[johndeeregreen]

Haven't seen one episode.... I refuse to believe the show is as good as the movie.
http://cdn.mos.totalfilm.com/images/k/kyle-chandler-not-interested-in-friday-night-lights-movie-123168-470-75.jpg
Excuse me?

[Riddler]

http://outlawvern.com/posters/mystic_river_2003.jpg

http://cdn.movieclips.com/keyart/557542x480.jpg

http://cdn-4.nflximg.com/images/9319/1069319.jpg

http://www.movie-list.com/img/posters/big/zoom/fallingdown.jpg

http://www.comingsoon.net/gallery/39046/District_9_7.jpg

http://img.movieberry.com/static/photos/1522/poster.jpg

http://images.zap2it.com/images/movie-11561/major-league-1.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-csDuB2599Rg/Tb82POKnEAI/AAAAAAAABKw/xRkPDidA6EY/s1600/TheGame.jpg

http://www.videospot.co.za/scripts/upload/img/Young%20Guns%202.jpg

http://getmovieposters.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/c/h/children_of_men_72.jpg

[Jackass18]

I just love movies about sociopathic killers, hit men or psychos, anyone got some recommendations?

The Silence of the Lambs
Se7en
Psycho
American Psycho
Natural Born Killers
The Hitcher
Kalifornia
Cape Fear
Misery
Badlands
M
Saw
Frenzy
Summer of Sam
No Country for Old Men
Three Days of the Condor
Leon

Henry: Potrait of a Serial Killer - haven't seen yet, but heard good things

[KingBeasley08]

Bump

The Dark Knight
No Country for Old Men
Glory
The Departed
The Godfather
The Godfather Part 2
Shawshank Redemption
Goodfellas
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
The Longest Yard
Lord of the Rings
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Memento
Reservoir Dogs
Rear Window
Scarface
Good Will Hunting
Up
Toy Story 3
There Will Be Blood
The Social Network
Training Day
Raging Bull
Mystic River
3:10 To Yuma