It's Back: Exceelent Movies I've Seen Lately

[Gregg]

I came up with this list a few months ago.

1. 2001
2. Godfather
3. Memento
4. Network
5. Lawrence of Arabia
6. Oldboy
7. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
8. The Thin Red Line
9. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
10. Star Wars
11. The Fellowship of the Ring
12. Dr Strangelove
13. Inception
14. Full Metal Jacket
15. The Big Lebowski
16. Fight Club
17. Apocalypse Now
18. Pulp Fiction
19. The Dark Knight
20. Reservoir Dogs

Was this from another thread or did you just make your own list?

[DMT]

Was this from another thread or did you just make your own list?

I had pitched the idea of a movie club to my buddies and came up with this list on my own. The idea of the movie club came on the heels of a really fun listening club I created but the movie club never took hold.

[Controller Jacobs]

Oh, Revo for sure. I prefer swordfighting.

In like Flynn!

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I think my top 20 is:

1. Blase Runner
2. Young Frankenstein
3. Love and Death
4. The Princess Bride
5. Raging Bull
6. The Sixth Sense
7. Airplane!
8. Brazil
9. The Comedians of Comedy
10. When We Were Kings
11. City Lights
12. Spinal Tap
13. The Incredibles
14. Kung Fu Hustle
15. Sixteen Candles
16. Monty Python's Life of Brian
17. The Empire Strikes Back
18. Evil Dead 2
19. Ed Wood
20. Fargo

[DMT]

I think my top 20 is:

Zero overlap wow.

[Kevin Seitzer]

Blase Runner. I like it.


"It's too bad she won't live! But then again....who cares."

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. Eh, and a bunch of other shit that doesn't really matter."

[rhd]

I'm a big classic movies buff. This list may not appeal to many of you. But here it is:

1. Casablanca (slam dunk!)
2. Splendor in the Grass
3. The Hustler
4. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
5. Wuthering Heights - 1939 version w Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon (outrageous movie!)
6. The Grapes of Wrath
7. The Red Shoes (yeah, a ballet picture - both the music and the story really got me)
8. Black Orpheus (a rare black love story. Again both the music and the story were gerat)
9. Hombre (Paul Newman again. He's in couple others further down in my top 100)
10. A Tale of Two Cities - British version w Dirk Bogarde (apex of tearjerkers)
11. Waterloo Bridge - 1931 version, w Mae Clark (yeah, I like tearjerkers. The 1940 version w Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor also is great)
12. This Property is Condemned (yeah I like Tennessee Williams' stuff, too)
13. Heaven and Earth (Oliver Stone's Vietnam movie - see, I do like some movies made after 1970)
14. Sahara - original version from about 1943 (I started to watch the recent remake and found it pretty unwatchable)
15. The Four Feathers - original version from about 1943 (I havent seen the recent remake - I'm reading the book now)
16. Treasure of the Sierra Madre (proves that you can make a great movie that achieve great popularity w/o a boy-girl romance)
17. The Godfather I (another "modern" movie - see, I'm not hopeless
18. Requiem for a Heavyweight (yeah I also like stories involving noble sacrifice)
19. High Noon (more noble sacrifice - audience is left pondering why he did it)
20. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (more noble sacrifice - John Wayne in an atypical role in that he's the tragic figure, but he's still the hero)

Some honorable mentions: Seven Samurai (subbed version is much better), Cinema Paradiso, High Plains Drifter (cult classic), Play Misty For Me (Clint Eastwood in an atypical role), One-Eyed Jacks (Brando's directorial masterpiece), Slumdog Millionaire

[Friarfan]

I'm a big classic movies buff. This list may not appeal to many of you. But here it is:

1. Casablanca (slam dunk!)
2. Splendor in the Grass
3. The Hustler
4. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
5. Wuthering Heights (outrageous movie!)
6. The Grapes of Wrath
7. The Red Shoes (yeah, a ballet picture - both the music and the story really got me)
8. Black Orpheus (a rare black love story. Again both the music and the story were gerat)
9. Hombre (Paul Newman again. He's in couple others further down in my top 100)
10. A Tale of Two Cities - British version w Dirk Bogarde (apex of tearjerkers)
11. Waterloo Bridge - 1931 version, w Mae Clark (yeah, I like tearjerkers. The 1940 version w Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor also is great)
12. This Property is Condemned (yeah I like Tennessee Williams' stuff, too)
13. Heaven and Earth (Oliver Stone's movie - see, I do like some movies made after 1970)
14. Sahara - original version from about 1943 (I started to watch the recent remake and found it pretty unwatchable)
15. The Four Feathers - original version from about 1943 (I havent seen the recent remake - I'm reading the book now)
16. Treasure of the Sierra Madre (proves that you can make a great movie that achieve great popularity w/o a boy-girl romance)
17. The Godfather I (another "modern" movie - see, I'm not hopeless
18. Requiem for a Heavyweight (yeah I also like stories involving noble sacrifice)
19. High Noon (more noble sacrifice - audience is left pondering why he did it)
20. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (more noble sacrifice - John Wayne in an atypical role in that he's the tragic figure, but he's still the hero)

Some honorable mentions: Seven Samurai (subbed version is much better), Cinema Paradiso, High Plains Drifter (cult classic), Play Misty For Me (Clint Eastwood in an atypical role), One-Eyed Jacks (Brando's directorial masterpiece)

Have you ever seen a movie made in color?

[Friarfan]

In like Flynn!


9. The Comedians of Comedy

Yeah? The Patton Oswalt, Brian Posehn, Galifianakis, Maria Bamford...documentary? Awesome!

[Friarfan]

Mine...

1. Fletch - Just for you, Chris
2. Godfather 1 and 2 - I ain't splitting them up
3. Empire Strikes Back
4. Goodfellas
5. Star Wars
6. Casablanca
7. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
8. Caddyshack
9. Vacation
10. American History X
11. Taxi Driver
12. Oldboy - original recipe not Spike Lee'd
13. The Departed
14. Alien
15. Saving Private Ryan
16. Inglorious Basterds - Christoph Waltz is just amazing
17. Reservoir Dogs
18. Easy Rider
19. Raging Bull
20. The Sting

[DMT]

American History X, The Sting, and Casablanca all just missed my list.

[Gregg]

I love movies and you all have listed some of my favs.

This is the list off the top of my head. With the exception of the first two, the numbers are in no particular order and changes with my mood.

1-Die Hard
2-Tombstone
3-GodFather 1 and 2
4-Goodfellas
5-Jurasic Park
6-Young Frankenstein
7-Plains Trains Automobiles
8-Kill Bill 1 and 2
9-Fargo
10-Rio Lobo
11- Pulp Fiction
12-Big Jake
13-Raiders of the Lost Ark
14-Get Shorty
15-The Big Sleep
16- The Bourne Identity
17- 12 Angry Men
18- Poltergeist
19-Home Alone
20- The Outlaw Josey Wales

[Gregg]

Mine...

1. Fletch - Just for you, Chris
2. Godfather 1 and 2 - I ain't splitting them up
3. Empire Strikes Back
4. Goodfellas
5. Star Wars
6. Casablanca
7. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
8. Caddyshack
9. Vacation
10. American History X
11. Taxi Driver
12. Oldboy - original recipe not Spike Lee'd
13. The Departed
14. Alien
15. Saving Private Ryan
16. Inglorious Basterds - Christoph Waltz is just amazing
17. Reservoir Dogs
18. Easy Rider
19. Raging Bull
20. The Sting

With the exception of 3 or 4 I love all of these.

[johnnya24]

There are still a couple of sentimental choices in there (I should be more savage):

1. There Will Be Blood
2. Goodfellas
3. Kill Bill 1 & 2
4. The Godfather 1 & 2
5. Blue is the Warmest Colour (French)
6. Schindler's List
7. Pans Labyrinth (Mexican)
8. Monty Python's The Life of Brian
9. Das Boot (German)
10. Amelie (French)
11. Wings of Desire (German)
12. Gravity
13. The English Patient
14. Fargo
15. Empire Strikes Back
16. Inception
17. The Usual Suspects
18. The Shawshank Redemption
19. Pulp Fiction
20. Whiplash (gonna slip Whiplash in at the end here ... nod to a possible modern classic ... Gravity also, a bit higher up the list)

Borderline, movies I can't decide on, or movies that have fallen down the list:

Spoiler!

Sorcerer
City Of God
Y Tu Mama Tabien
Cinema Paradiso
Memento
Black Hawk Down
Three Colours Trilogy
Bourne Trilogy
Tree of Life
Gladiator
High Fidelity
The Thin Red line
Inglorious Basterds
Oldboy
The Departed
LA Confidential
Se7en
Heat
The Wolf of Wall Street
Reservoir Dogs
Fight Club
The Big Lebowski
Sunrise Trilogy
Shutter Island

When I was 18 (now I don't really know how to compare or categorize these "classics"):

Spoiler!

Raging Bull
The Exorcist
Blade Runner
Apocalypse Now
The Deer Hunter
Dr Strangelove
The Sting
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The French Connection 1 & 2
Full Metal Jacket
2001: A Space Odyssey
Seven Samurai
Scarface
Aliens 1 & 2
Terminator 1 & 2
Taxi Driver
Bridge Over The River Kwai
Zulu
Platoon
The Italian Job

[revo]

Since I only listed 15, an additional five would be:
- This is Spinal Tap
- Groundhog Day
- District 9
- Full Metal Jacket
- Total Recall

[rhd]

Have you ever seen a movie made in color?

LOL

9 of the top 20 are color.