January 27, 20196 yr I thought this would be a fun thread to start. Basically, what are the 10 films you've seen that you consider the "best"? Not necessarily your 10 favorites (although how much you like the film should definitely be a factor - not looking for a copy/past of Ebert's top 10). If you can, include the year it came out. I'll put myself on the chopping block to start (chronological order): Casablanca (1942) Cinema Paradiso (1988) Goodfellas (1990) The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Princess Mononoke (1997) The Matrix (1999) Lord of The Rings Trilogy (2001-2003) There Will Be Blood (2007) The Dark Knight (2008) Moonlight (2016) Others: Pulp Fiction (1994), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Alien (1979), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975), The Good, The Bad, The Ugly (1966) Edited January 27, 20196 yr by ztejas Can you tell I'm a child of the 90s?
January 27, 20196 yr My list would have couple of those. Casablanca for sure, maybe Shawshank, I like it, but am not in love with it. I'd be going Lawrence of Arabia, Godfather (I and II), A face in the crowd, One flew over the cuckoos nest, the good the bad the ugly, To Sir with Love (list to be continued after some more thought)
January 27, 20196 yr 53 minutes ago, ztejas said: Casablanca (1942) Cinema Paradiso (1988) Goodfellas (1990) The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Princess Mononoke (1997) The Matrix (1999) Lord of The Rings Trilogy (2001-2003) There Will Be Blood (2007) The Dark Knight (2008) Moonlight (2016) That's 12
January 27, 20196 yr I like Westerns. Any list of mine would include The Man who Shot Liberty Valence and the Outlaw Josey Wales.Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
January 27, 20196 yr Author 11 minutes ago, RPM said: That's 12 Don't make me pick one you son of a bitch. I'm not man enough for that.
January 27, 20196 yr Author 29 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said: My list would have couple of those. Casablanca for sure, maybe Shawshank, I like it, but am not in love with it. I'd be going Lawrence of Arabia, Godfather (I and II), A face in the crowd, One flew over the cuckoos nest, the good the bad the ugly, To Sir with Love (list to be continued after some more thought) Lawrence of Arabia is badass. I haven't seen that in some time. Will go on my rewatch list.
January 27, 20196 yr The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) They Were Expendable (1945) Blazing Saddles (1974) The Wild Bunch (1969) Apollo 13 (1995) The Right Stuff (1983) Some Like it Hot (1959) North by Northwest (1959) The Long Voyage Home (1940) Dr. Strangelove (1964)
January 27, 20196 yr 1 minute ago, RPM said: The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) They Were Expendable (1945) Blazing Saddles (1974) The Wild Bunch (1969) Apollo 13 (1995) The Right Stuff (1983) Some Like it Hot (1959) North by Northwest (1959) The Long Voyage Home (1940) Dr. Strangelove (1964) Strangelove for damn sure. If I have to pick a Hitchcock flick it would be Rear Window, Rope or maybe even Suspicion (still Cary Grant vehicle)
January 27, 20196 yr Just now, Onboard 2.0 said: If I have to pick a Hitchcock flick it would be Rear Window, Rope or maybe even Suspicion (still Cary Grant vehicle) Picking the best Hitchcock film is definitely subjective. They're all excellent. I just have a soft spot for NxNW.
January 27, 20196 yr Just now, RPM said: Picking the best Hitchcock film is definitely subjective. They're all excellent. I just have a soft spot for NxNW. Oh yeah, I like most of them. I love grace Kelly, Jimmy, and Cary so those are always my favorites. Rope is a particular favorite for me because of the seamless way it was filmed. Only 2 breaks in scenes I believe the entire film. That and it was just so creepy with the play on the Leopold and Loeb thing.
January 27, 20196 yr I'm ashamed I couldn't shoehorn The Grapes of Wrath in there somewhere. 10 is too tight of a window.
January 27, 20196 yr 1 minute ago, RPM said: I'm ashamed I couldn't shoehorn The Grapes of Wrath in there somewhere. 10 is too tight of a window. Yeah, and it's a list that moves and shifts for me over the years. GOW is an amazing film, it had preeeeeety good material to work with. The Joads were like my great grandparents, so I always loved that movie.
January 27, 20196 yr 2 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said: GOW is an amazing film, it had preeeeeety good material to work with. I tried to pick films I thought were important. The sacrifice and recovery of WWII, a lightning in a bottle that couldn't be remade... Had to include Hitchcock, Wilder, Ford and Kubrick. 10 is way too restrictive.
January 27, 20196 yr 46 minutes ago, ztejas said: Lawrence of Arabia is badass. I haven't seen that in some time. Will go on my rewatch list. Lawrence! Lawrence of Arabia! He's an English guy! He came to fight the Turkish!
January 27, 20196 yr 1 minute ago, RPM said: I tried to pick films I thought were important. The sacrifice and recovery of WWII, a lightning in a bottle that couldn't be remade... Had to include Hitchcock, Wilder, Ford and Kubrick. 10 is way too restrictive. Yeah I try to do that, but sometimes I just love a movie so much. A face in the crowd is that movie for me.
January 27, 20196 yr Author 9 minutes ago, RPM said: 10 is way too restrictive. It's tough but makes it more fun imo. Had to include the "others" section. I've got my 6 or 7 or so that are locks but the last few spots were tough.
January 27, 20196 yr Just now, Onboard 2.0 said: A face in the crowd is that movie for me. Not a bad choice. If you want to go down the Andy Griffith rabbit hole check out Savages. Made for TV movie, but it's outstanding.
January 27, 20196 yr 9 minutes ago, RPM said: Not a bad choice. If you want to go down the Andy Griffith rabbit hole check out Savages. Made for TV movie, but it's outstanding. Yep, Andy going against type cast. He was creepy for sure.
January 27, 20196 yr Author 2 hours ago, RPM said: The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) They Were Expendable (1945) Blazing Saddles (1974) The Wild Bunch (1969) Apollo 13 (1995) The Right Stuff (1983) Some Like it Hot (1959) North by Northwest (1959) The Long Voyage Home (1940) Dr. Strangelove (1964) I'll have to catch up on a few of these. Super cool list. Loved that you included 2 comedies and 2 astronaut movies.
January 27, 20196 yr 26 minutes ago, ztejas said: Loved that you included 2 comedies and 2 astronaut movies. 2 comedies? I count 3. Strangelove, SLiH and Blazing. Really wanted to include The Great Race. Biggest pie fight ever filmed. (Prime Natalie Wood is a plus.)
January 27, 20196 yr 3 hours ago, Onboard 2.0 said: My list would have couple of those. Casablanca for sure, maybe Shawshank, I like it, but am not in love with it. I'd be going Lawrence of Arabia, Godfather (I and II), A face in the crowd, One flew over the cuckoos nest, the good the bad the ugly, To Sir with Love (list to be continued after some more thought) Gotta add Manchurian candidate (the original)
January 27, 20196 yr In no particular order Patton Shawshank or the Green Mile they're weirdly interchangeable to me and I flip back and forth on which is better. Empire is Better but Star Wars was probably my first blew me away movie. Also the first movie I saw multiple times in the theather, first movie I sat with my dad and watched twice. Godfather I've went through 3 phases. Love for the first, then seeing the 2nd one as the best, now I'm back to thinking the 1st is better. Schindlers List Peak Spielberg The Right Stuff - Glad to see someone else giving this some love. This came on two tapes when we rented it when I was a kid. I remember watching it all a couple of times before we took it back. Pulp Fiction - Peak Tarantino and so different than everything else at the time. Braveheart - This one is starting to drop for me but it's up there. Goodfellas - Peak Scorsese yeah I take this over Raging Bull The Silence of the Lambs - The best bad guy ever. 10 is not enough. No Clint Eastwood western, my mom would kill me for no Bogart, no To Kill A Mockingbird, Citizen Kane etc. etc.
January 27, 20196 yr 8 minutes ago, Robin Masters said: 10 is not enough. No Clint Eastwood western, my mom would kill me for no Bogart, no To Kill A Mockingbird, Citizen Kane etc. etc. I had Paint Your Wagon on my original list but it got bumped.
January 27, 20196 yr 18 minutes ago, XYZ said: No Citizen Kane? I feel like I’m taking crazy pills! Citizen Kane is in a class all by itself.
January 27, 20196 yr Some to consider: The Seven Samurai It Happened One Night The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Full Metal Jacket Badlands From Here to Eternity Alien I'm just throwing some new names out there. I can't do a top ten. There are probably at least 25 movies that I've characterized as being in my top ten over the years. All of Kubrick's movies except his last one are brilliant to me. And how do I rate Michael Mann's Thief, a tight, tight movie or Big Trouble in Little China? Rushmore is another great one to me. The Best Years of Our Lives is definitely one of the greatest movies ever made. It used to play on AMC a million years ago when they didn't have commercials. If I flipped past that channel and it was on, I usually couldn't turn it off.
January 27, 20196 yr Author 17 minutes ago, RomaVicta said: Rushmore is another great one to me. Fucking fantastic movie. Tenenbaums is my favorite Wes Anderson but Rushmore takes a close 2nd. 41 minutes ago, XYZ said: No Citizen Kane? I feel like I’m taking crazy pills! Citizen Kane is great because of what it did for film imo. I don't really find it that enjoyable of a watch and not something that I'm going to get sucked into if I'm flipping channels.
January 27, 20196 yr 1) Strangelove 2) Paths of Glory 3) Raging Bull 4) Godfather 5) Searchers 6) Ordet 7) Wild Strawberries 😎 Black Narcissus 9) Citizen Kane 10) Los Olvidados
January 27, 20196 yr Author 29 minutes ago, RomaVicta said: Some to consider: The Seven Samurai It Happened One Night The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Full Metal Jacket Badlands From Here to Eternity Alien I'm just throwing some new names out there. I can't do a top ten. There are probably at least 25 movies that I've characterized as being in my top ten over the years. All of Kubrick's movies except his last one are brilliant to me. And how do I rate Michael Mann's Thief, a tight, tight movie or Big Trouble in Little China? Rushmore is another great one to me. The Best Years of Our Lives is definitely one of the greatest movies ever made. It used to play on AMC a million years ago when they didn't have commercials. If I flipped past that channel and it was on, I usually couldn't turn it off. Alien I included in my "Others" list. FMJ is great. Thought about it while doing my list.
January 27, 20196 yr 34 minutes ago, RomaVicta said: The Seven Samurai It Happened One Night The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Full Metal Jacket Badlands From Here to Eternity Alien Solid.
January 27, 20196 yr 18 minutes ago, ztejas said: Citizen Kane is great because of what it did for film imo. Well what's this thread about? The ten best movies is the ten greatest motion pictures you've ever seen, whether you've enjoyed them or not. My ten favorite movies (enjoyable) off the top of my head: 1) Diner 2) Rushmore 3) Godfather 4) Goodfellas 5) Spartacus 6) On the Waterfront 7) Stangelove 8 - From Here to Eternity 9) Boyhood 10) Fast Times at Ridgmont High Edited January 27, 20196 yr by tantric superman
January 27, 20196 yr If I could only take one with me: Heat two: jumping jack flash three: empire strikes back i realize the question was top ten but for me it’s impossible bc categories. Four: The Stand mini series Five: jaws Six: Halloween seven: basic instinct eight: 50 first dates Nine: predator the original Ten: Roadhouse
January 27, 20196 yr 3 minutes ago, RPM said: Lol. I went with only ten movies you could take with you vs ten movies of all time? It too difficult man. I still go with Heat as my first. Edited January 27, 20196 yr by Nicole44
January 27, 20196 yr 30 minutes ago, Nicole44 said: Lol. I went with only ten movies you could take with you vs ten movies of all time? It too difficult man. I still go with Heat as my first. Oh, I'm not ridiculing you. It's just ever since I saw that episode of Family Guy I hear that in my head. I was DJ/bartender/bouncer at a club on Possum Kingdom in the early 90's. I lived in a fishing cabin for about the first 6 weeks. I had shitty/no TV reception and 2 tapes, The Living Daylights and Road House. Can't tell you how many cedar hacker chicks I nailed while Dalton kicked ass. Addendum: When I was first in the Coast Guard I served my tour as messcook. Part of my duties included setup, serving refreshments and cleanup after movies nightly on the mess deck. I had 6 weeks of Mr. Billion and Convoy as the double feature in the middle of the Bering Sea. Edited January 27, 20196 yr by RPM
January 27, 20196 yr Author 1 hour ago, tantric superman said: Well what's this thread about? The ten best movies is the ten greatest motion pictures you've ever seen, whether you've enjoyed them or not. My ten favorite movies (enjoyable) off the top of my head: 1) Diner 2) Rushmore 3) Godfather 4) Goodfellas 5) Spartacus 6) On the Waterfront 7) Stangelove 8 - From Here to Eternity 9) Boyhood 10) Fast Times at Ridgmont High Open for interpretation. It could be a great movie because of its merit as a film in various circles, or it could be great simply because in one's subjective opinion it's rewatachable and enjoyable for the viewer in question. (Hence why I said don't just list the AFI's top 10 - I want to hear what others think the best films they've seen are in THEIR opinion). My list of 10 "favorites" would be different. But there is a lot of overlap between my favorites and what I think the best films I've seen are. For example, Anchorman is probably one of my 10 favorite movies. But I don't think it's one of the 10 BEST movies I've seen. I tend to like "great" movies. Is Citizen Kane more impressive than The Dark Knight? Sure. That doesn't mean I'd rather watch it or that it does more for me. All that said, I like the approach you took. You have your pantheon of great films and you have your top "creature comfort" films. I figured I would get different takes and that everyone would have different criteria. Edit: on your point about "whether you enjoyed them or not" I largely enjoy films because I think they are good/worthy of being considered as great films. Regardless of how well the film might be received in critics minds or how well it rates on lists, if I don't like it or have issues with certain aspects I'll probably dock it on my list. Edited January 27, 20196 yr by ztejas
January 27, 20196 yr Author 54 minutes ago, Nicole44 said: Lol. I went with only ten movies you could take with you vs ten movies of all time? It too difficult man. I still go with Heat as my first. That sounds more like your ten favorites. But maybe "best" to you means the films you enjoy the most. Like my comment above, interpret it how you choose. I'm liking the differences in criteria posters are using that I'm observing.
January 27, 20196 yr 1 hour ago, ztejas said: That sounds more like your ten favorites. But maybe "best" to you means the films you enjoy the most. Like my comment above, interpret it how you choose. I'm liking the differences in criteria posters are using that I'm observing. Is this a survey course? To me best is rewatchable. I would say usual suspects and a few other films but the actors have kinda ruined it for me.
January 27, 20196 yr Citizen Kane -> The greatest film by the most talented director of all time Casablanca -> The most likable movie ever made Seven Samurai -> The greatest film by the greatest Japanese director of all time The Searchers -> The greatest film by the most influential director of all time The Godfather -> The greatest screenplay ever written 8 1/2 - > The greatest film by the greatest Italian director of all time Dr Strangelove -> The most accessible film of a giant Raging Bull -> Scorese's masterpiece The Rules of the Game -> The greatest film by the greatest French director of all time Lawrence of Arabia - > The greatest epic ever made Edited January 27, 20196 yr by Michael Knight
January 27, 20196 yr 26 minutes ago, Michael Knight said: Citizen Kane -> The greatest film by the most talented director of all time Casablanca -> The most likable movie ever made Seven Samurai -> The greatest film by the greatest Japanese director of all time The Searchers -> The greatest film by the most influential director of all time The Godfather -> The greatest screenplay ever written 8 1/2 - > The greatest film by the greatest Italian director of all time Dr Strangelove -> The most accessible film of a giant Raging Bull -> Scorese's masterpiece The Rules of the Game -> The greatest film by the greatest French director of all time Lawrence of Arabia - > The greatest epic ever made Of these, which is your favorite?
January 27, 20196 yr In random order; Sunrise The Commitments Silence of the Lambs To Kill A Mockingbird Casablanca The Third Man The Castle Monsieur Hulot's Vacation In Cold Blood Alien
January 27, 20196 yr 30 minutes ago, HenryJames said: fify Thanks. You can pick a favorite of the greatest films? Or not?
January 27, 20196 yr 1 pulp fiction 2 shawshank 3 dark knight 4 apollo 13 5 full metal jacket 6 godfather 1 and 2 7 goodfellas 8 american Beauty 9 empire strikes back 10 smokey and the bandit I realize that putting smokey and the bandit just took down the entire list but fuck it. I loved it. Edited January 27, 20196 yr by Butch Had Not
January 27, 20196 yr Going with some not frequently mentioned Poltergeist Something about Mary Forrest Gump Scott Pilgram Vs the World (fight me if you want) Better Off Dead The Hangover Jerry McGuire Airplane Amadeus The 4 Feathers (no remakes)
January 27, 20196 yr The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.I’ll get back to you on the restSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
January 27, 20196 yr Best means it has to be nearly impeccable in almost every way - casting, acting, direction, score, dialog, photography, story, set, etc. And enjoyable, too. So hard to think of one, especially one that fulfills even half of those criteria. But Interstellar has to be on the short list. (And it's not part of my personal favorite).
January 27, 20196 yr 5 hours ago, Michael Knight said: Citizen Kane -> The greatest film by the most talented director of all time Casablanca -> The most likable movie ever made Seven Samurai -> The greatest film by the greatest Japanese director of all time The Searchers -> The greatest film by the most influential director of all time The Godfather -> The greatest screenplay ever written 8 1/2 - > The greatest film by the greatest Italian director of all time Dr Strangelove -> The most accessible film of a giant Raging Bull -> Scorese's masterpiece The Rules of the Game -> The greatest film by the greatest French director of all time Lawrence of Arabia - > The greatest epic ever made Dude knows his shit. I feel bad about leaving Renoir out. A always go with Grande Illussion -- I want to like Rules of the Game but leaves me too cold. The whole Renoir filmography is really great. Can never get myself to love Lawrence either or Zhivago, so end up falling back toe the perfect Bridge on the River Kwai. So many great Italians and French films (and Japanese and Mexican) -- fill up top 100 but maybe not my 10.
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