Your Top 50 "Favorite" films of all time!
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Hey Guys I thought it would be fun and interesting to see what peoples top 50 favorite films are! I was inspired to post this after hanging out with some friends at the bar tonight talking about the very same thing. Mind you this is not a list of the best films of all time, so you shouldn’t feel bad if you don’t have the Godfather on your list! This list should be comprised of films that you absolutely fell in love with for one reason or another and couldn't do without. For instance I think Schindler's list is one of the best films ever made but I’ve only seen it a handful of times and will probably only do so throughout my adult life. On the flip side I have Transformers “the animated film” on my favorites list since I’ve seen it over 30 times and will probably see it another 30 throughout my adult life.
It’s not that I think Transformers the Animated film is better than Schindler's list but for various reasons I favor watching it over and over again! Of course if I were to make a top 50 greatest films list then Schindler's would be on it. Anyways you may think 50 is too big of a list but you’d be surprised how quickly it fills up, so make sure to put some thought into it and choose wisely! By the way I came up with my list based on the number of viewings, when I first saw the films, how these films make me feel to this day, and how many more times I’ll watch them with tiring of them! That being said enjoy and have fun with it!:)
Now on to my list:
1. Star Wars / my introduction into all of geekdom!
2. Aliens / James Carmon’s best film to date 20 years running!
3. Brave heart / An epic journey
4. Heat / You gotta love the shoot out scene, instant classic!
5. Terminator 2 / Arnold at his best
6. Transformers “the animated film” / pure magic, and that soundtrack rules!
7. Seven / I’ve seen it over 15 times and it’s still unnerving!
8. Legend / Instant classic, the Tangerine dream score is still the best version.
9. The Matrix / It started a hole new movement in live action films
10. Scarface / Bloody awesome
11. Gladiator / Ridley Scott’s second best effort to date
12. Indiana Jones "Raiders of the last ark" / best adventure film ever made.
13. Conan the barbarian / “See to the lamentation of the women”
14. Pulp Fiction / Tarantino at his best!
15. Lord of the rings return of the king
16. The Crow / A dark Greek tragedy
17. Akira / it’s hard to believe it was all animated by hand!
18. The Lion King / I still get goose bumps from the first 8 minutes.
19. Top Gun / "I feel the need the need for speed"
20. Robo Cop / How awesome is that suit after all these years.
21. The Sixth Sense / I still can’t believe the ending!
22. Under World Evolution / Best vampire/werewolf movie ever made
23. Batman Begins / The way batman should be done
24. Shaolin Master Killer / 36 chambers of joy!
25. Five Deadly Venoms / I wanted to learn the lizard style
26. The Usual Suspects / Gotta love the build up to the end.
27. The Rock / best Michael Bay film from start to finish.
28. Dawn of the Dead remake / yes it’s better than the original
29. Dark City / an overlooked classic
30. Do the Right Thing / never gets old
31. 300 / it made me join the gym, and yeah it kicks ass!
32. Anchorman / ^_^
33. The Big Lebowski / The definition of funny!
34. Die Hard / Yippie ki yay MF!
35. Leon The Professional / too cool, nuff said
36. Reservoir dogs
37. Fight Club
38. Star Wars Empire Strikes back
39. Total Recall
40. Evil dead / I still can't watch this alone
41. Macross Plus / Introduced me to Yoko Kanno
42. Blade 2 / kick ass
43. American Beauty
44. Back to the future / Pure fun for the whole family
45. LOTR the Two Towers / Helms deep, nuff said.
46. Silence of the Lambs
47. Predator / “if it bleeds we can kill it” RIP Stan!
48. The Killer / off the wall Hong Kong action at it’s best.
49. GoodFellas / the perfect film!
50. The Princess Bride / makes me feel like a kid again
It’s not that I think Transformers the Animated film is better than Schindler's list but for various reasons I favor watching it over and over again! Of course if I were to make a top 50 greatest films list then Schindler's would be on it. Anyways you may think 50 is too big of a list but you’d be surprised how quickly it fills up, so make sure to put some thought into it and choose wisely! By the way I came up with my list based on the number of viewings, when I first saw the films, how these films make me feel to this day, and how many more times I’ll watch them with tiring of them! That being said enjoy and have fun with it!:)
Now on to my list:
1. Star Wars / my introduction into all of geekdom!
2. Aliens / James Carmon’s best film to date 20 years running!
3. Brave heart / An epic journey
4. Heat / You gotta love the shoot out scene, instant classic!
5. Terminator 2 / Arnold at his best
6. Transformers “the animated film” / pure magic, and that soundtrack rules!
7. Seven / I’ve seen it over 15 times and it’s still unnerving!
8. Legend / Instant classic, the Tangerine dream score is still the best version.
9. The Matrix / It started a hole new movement in live action films
10. Scarface / Bloody awesome
11. Gladiator / Ridley Scott’s second best effort to date
12. Indiana Jones "Raiders of the last ark" / best adventure film ever made.
13. Conan the barbarian / “See to the lamentation of the women”
14. Pulp Fiction / Tarantino at his best!
15. Lord of the rings return of the king
16. The Crow / A dark Greek tragedy
17. Akira / it’s hard to believe it was all animated by hand!
18. The Lion King / I still get goose bumps from the first 8 minutes.
19. Top Gun / "I feel the need the need for speed"
20. Robo Cop / How awesome is that suit after all these years.
21. The Sixth Sense / I still can’t believe the ending!
22. Under World Evolution / Best vampire/werewolf movie ever made
23. Batman Begins / The way batman should be done
24. Shaolin Master Killer / 36 chambers of joy!
25. Five Deadly Venoms / I wanted to learn the lizard style
26. The Usual Suspects / Gotta love the build up to the end.
27. The Rock / best Michael Bay film from start to finish.
28. Dawn of the Dead remake / yes it’s better than the original
29. Dark City / an overlooked classic
30. Do the Right Thing / never gets old
31. 300 / it made me join the gym, and yeah it kicks ass!
32. Anchorman / ^_^
33. The Big Lebowski / The definition of funny!
34. Die Hard / Yippie ki yay MF!
35. Leon The Professional / too cool, nuff said
36. Reservoir dogs
37. Fight Club
38. Star Wars Empire Strikes back
39. Total Recall
40. Evil dead / I still can't watch this alone
41. Macross Plus / Introduced me to Yoko Kanno
42. Blade 2 / kick ass
43. American Beauty
44. Back to the future / Pure fun for the whole family
45. LOTR the Two Towers / Helms deep, nuff said.
46. Silence of the Lambs
47. Predator / “if it bleeds we can kill it” RIP Stan!
48. The Killer / off the wall Hong Kong action at it’s best.
49. GoodFellas / the perfect film!
50. The Princess Bride / makes me feel like a kid again
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-the Truman Show
-the Green Mile
-the Shawshank Redemption
-all of the other "obvious ones" like starwars and Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones etc.
way easier than making a top 50 :P.
If you're a film aficionado such as myself then coming up with fifty shouldn't be a problem.^-^
1.Shawshank Redemption
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50.Stranger than Fiction
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Shawshank Redemption are just so awesome, that placing a movie near them would be mad.
2. No Country For Old Men
3. The Man Who Wasn't There
4. Pan's Labyrinth
5. Devil's Backbone
6. Terminator 2
7. Gladiator
8. Predator
9. Dead Man
10. Barton Fink
11-50... Other things.
1. Heat
2. Ronin
3. Collateral
4. Miami Vice
5. Aliens
6. LotR Trilogy
7. No Country For Old Men
8. Gladiator
9. Shawshank Redemption
10. A Clockwork Orange
11. Full Metal Jacket
12. Indiana Jones (Lost Ark, Last Crusade)
13. Fight Club
14. Reservoirs Dogs
15. The Matrix
16. Lucky Number Sleven
17. Seven
18. 12 Monkeys
19. Tora Tora Tora
20. The Breakfast Club
21. Pulp Fiction
22. Steamboy
23. Akira
24. Batman Begins
25. Braveheart
26. Hunt For Red October
27. Patriot Games
28. Clear and Present Danger
okay 28's enough, now I have to start thinking.
Empire Strikes Back
Blade Runner
Raiders of the Lost ark
Akira
The Matrix
Time Bandits
Return of the Jedi
Pulp Fiction
...can't think of anymore right now.
8 1/2
28 Days Later
Alien 3
Aliens
Amelie
Blade Runner
Blue Velvet
Braindead
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Brazil
Bright Young Things
Cemetery Man
Children of Men
City of Lost Children
Conan The Barbarian
Dark City
Dawn of the Dead
Day of the Dead
Dune
Fellini's Casanova
Female Trouble
Fierce Creatures
Gormenghast (Miniseries, but that's just like one big movie)
Henry and June
High Fidelity
Highlander (A movie that I can reference to any and all situations)
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade
Kill Bill (Both Volumes)
L'Auberge Espagnole
La Dolce Vita
Legend
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
Love and Death
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome
Night of the Living Dead (Savini Remake)
Pan's Labyrinth
Pink Flamingos
Predator
Schindler's List
Sin City
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
Strictly Ballroom
The 13th Warrior
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Big Lebowski
The Fifth Element
The Hotel Splendid
Trainspotting
Willow
Zombi 2
alphabetical, obviously
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Heat
4. American History X
5. American Psycho
6. Scarface
7. Office Space
8. The Big Lebowski
9. Planet Terror
10. Desperado
11. Sin City
12. There Will Be Blood
13. Rambo: First Blood
14. Fargo
15. Ronin
16. The Godfather
17. Goodfellas
18. Casino
19. Shaun of the Dead
20. Donnie Darko
21. Fight Club
22. Clerks
23. Braveheart
24. Rob Roy
25. Seven
In no particular order...I guess Reservoir Dog sis my favorite movie of all time but I think ranking them is like ranking my favorite bands, it just can't be done fairly. I'm "sure" I could come up with 25 more but at 25 I'm just feeling like I'm naming obvious ones or ones that aren't that deserving...
Gav
28 Days Later
Perfume
Amelie
The Princess Bride
Hot Fuzz
Wizard People, Dear Reader
Stranger than Fiction
Iron Giant
Pi
Anchorman
Office Space
Alien 1
Blade Runner
Big Lebowsky
Dune
Naked Lunch
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
The Fly
Lost Highway
Fistful Of Dollars
For a Few Dollars More
Once Upon A Time In The West
Violent Cop (awesome movie ending)
Videodrome
Primer
THX-1138
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Office Space
Sonatine
Crash (by Cronenberg)
Back To The Future 1
Donnie Darko
Battle Royale 1
Infernal Affairs 1
Ichi The Killer
The Thing
The Shining
A Clockwork Orange
The Limey
Totall Recall
...
I've simply numbered these so I could keep track.
Note: It's evident I'm a big fan of particular actors and directors.
1. Taxi Driver
2. Lost Highway
3. Raging Bull
4. The GodFather (All 3 count as 1)
5. SpaceBalls
6. Romper Stomper
7. Brain Dead (Bill Pullman)
8. Brain Dead (Peter Jackson)
9. Evil Dead (1 & 2)
10. The Deer Hunter
11. Oldboy
12. LOTR (I count all 3 as 1)
13. American History X
14. The Elephant Man
15. Ichi The Killer
16. GoodFellas
17. Casino
18. The Libertine
19. Lady Vengeance
20. Bram Stoker's Dracula
21. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
22. The Matrix
23. Interview with the Vampire
24. Mean Streets
25. Blade
26. 300
27. The Untouchables
28. Bringing Out the Dead
29. Sin City
30. EraserHead
31. Pan's Labyrinth
32. Labyrinth
33. Alice In Wonderland
34. BeetleJuice
35. Girl, Interupted
36. Batman Returns
37. Star Wars (All except "Clones")
38. Edward Scissorhands
39. True Romance
40. Fight Club
41. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
42. Seven
43. Silence of The Lambs
44. Pulp Fiction
45. Scarface
46. 12 Monkeys
47. Gladiator
48. Ronin
49. The Thing
50. Reservoir Dogs
I have many more to list but alas, these are the top 50 that stick out in my head. There are others that people have already mentioned that I wish I could squeeze into this list but 50 is 50.
Seven Samurai
Blade Runner
Alien
Brazil
The Big Lebowski
Nausica
Monster's Inc
Iron Giant Castle in the Sky
One Piece: The Island of Baron Omatsuri
Triplets of Bellville
The Incredibles
Fight Club
Trainspoting
Se7en
Alien
Psycho
Vertigo
The man who knew too much
Rear Window
Amelie
Matrix
Cube
Saw
Pulp Fiction
No country for old men
Snatch
Layercake
Pan's Labyrinth
SinCity
007 - Casino Royal
Shawshank Redemption
Neo_God: Did you mean "Children of Men" instead of "City of Men" ?
The name alone should make you want to see it. Japanese movie, shot in a semi manga/comic book style, with some of the coolest characters you're likely to see in a movie.
Check out the into sequence here, which also rocks:
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Ha, I did indeed mean Children of Men. Though City of Men is an ok show on sundance based on the movie City of God. Gah, too many titles of movies and shows in my brain.
2. Godfather 2
3. Shawshank Redemption
4. Pulp Fiction
5. Dumb and Dumber
There's more but I'm not gonna put 50.
ftw
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you punk
1. The Big Lebowski
2. Pi
3. The Fountain
4. Bubba Ho Tep
5. Made
6. Swingers
7. Crash
8. Shaun of the Dead
9. Poolhall Junkies
10. Dark City
11. Cube
12. Stranger than Fiction
13. I heart Huckabee's
14. A Clockwork Orange
15. Lord of the Rings trilogy
Also looking at the lists here I could easily fill in between spots with movies from their lists. The above are some that aren't on other peoples lists anyways.
Star Wars
La Haine
Indiana Jones
Back to the Future
City of God
Amelie
The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Akira
The Seven Samurai
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
The Longest Day
Mad Max
Fist of the North Star (Hokuto No Ken)
Blade Runner
The Matrix
LoTR
Goodfellas
Ghost in the Shell
Animatrix
Shogun Assassin
Naked Gun
Airplane
Shawshank Redemption
Forrest Gump
Green Mile
Night of the Living Dead
Return of the Living Dead
Beverley Hills Cop
Big Trouble in Little China
No Country for Old Men
American Pie
Lawrence of Arabia
Clas of the Titans
Monty Python the Holy Grail
Monty Python the Life of Brian
Goonies
Aliens
Predator
Terminator II
Pulp Fiction
The Truman Show
L.A. Confidential
American Beauty
Ghostbusters
Total Recall
The Big Lebowski
Borat
Apocalypse Now
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Shaolin vs Lama
next week it'll probably be the Haunting again cos, although they hardly have any fire-cooked feasts, it does have Clare Bloom in it playing a smug lesbian.
Oh, and then Jaws cos hooper flat out nicks Brody's dinner from under his nose
and then 40-odd other ones that are the polar opposite of Predator, the antithesis of all that is good on the planet.
in the order i can think of it:
evil
the beast
jurrasic park
forrest gump
anything pixar (fave is the incredibles)
the good the bad and the ugly
scarface
die f
First off, my Top 10:
- Batman Begins
- Big Trouble in Little China
- GoldenEye
- Hellboy
- North by Northwest
- Stargate
- The Bourne Identity
- The Hunt for Red October
- The Rocketeer
- The Shadow
The remaining 90:-Contact
-Memento
-Fight Club
-American Psycho
-2001
-Full Metal Jacket
-Man of the Century, in case you dont know [ame]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=aNSIOd9LTh4[/ame]
Star Wars (II, III, and V especially),
The Matrix (mostly the first one)
12 Monkeys
5th Element
Hackers
Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (the first live-action one)
Gremlins 2
The Goonies
Lucky Number Sleven
Wanted
Iron Man
Batman Returns (Keaton, the car, and Catwoman = win)
Batman (the Adam West one with the bomb and ducks predicament)
Batteries Not Included
The Addams Family
Short Circuit
American Beauty
The Usual Suspects
Enemy of the State
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Shawshank Redemption
The Muppet Movie
Wayne's World
Freddy vs. Jason
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Flight of the Navigator
Pi
Fight Club
My least favorite movies ever: The Pledge (with Jack Nickelson) and The Good Shephard.
1.Dark Knight
2.Iron Man
3.Batman Begins
4.V for Vendetta
5.No Country for Old Men
6.LOTR Series
7.The Bourne Series
- Big
The rest are just movies I really really enjoyed, but Big is my favourite movie ever. I've watched it quite a bit in my life time.Ok, by category, so I might actaully remember... (And in no other particular order)
Disney stuff (Cause, hey, I'm still a kid):
-Beauty and the Beast
-Mulan
-Lilo & Stitch
-Emperor's New Groove
-Aladdin
-Meet The Robinsons
(And many more... I'll leave it at that. -coughisahugedisneywhorecough-
Pixar (Yes, this is different):
-Wall-E
-Monster's Inc
-Finding Nemo
-The Incredibles
-Ratatouille
Ok... Now Comedy!
-Monty Python: The Holy Grail
-Robin Hood: Men in Tights
-Airplane
-Young Frankenstien
-Dogma (Hm, it's a comedy, right?)
-Galaxy Quest
Dramatic-type stuff:
-Moulin Rouge
-Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
-Spider Man 1&2 (NOT 3!)
-Sin City
-Pan's Labyrinth
-LOTR (Clump 'em all together)
-Donnie Darko(Why hasn't this been mentioned yet?)
-Big Fish
-More... brain slowing
Other... (Too lazy for more categories)
-Ringu (Japanese version of The Ring--but haven't been able to watch again)
-Saw 1&2 (3&4, not so much...)
-Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
-Charlie and the Chocolate Factory(Yes, I'm putting both)
-Spirited Away
-Princess Mononoke
-Howl's Moving Castle
-The Princess Bride
-Edward Scissorhands
-Sweeny Todd
-Cruel Intentions
-And many more... because... now my brain is done thinking for the day.
Ok, not 50 exactly, but you get the idea...
I don't think this is a thread about nerd themed Pornos...
Fight Club
Dawn of the Dead
Black Hawk Down
Saving Private Ryan
Gladiator
HEAT
Lord of War
Seven
JOHN RAMBO
Gangs of New York (actually my #1)
There Will Be Blood
No Country for Old Men
Dark Knight
Batman Begins
Pans Labyrinth
I am Legend
LOTR Series
Xmen Trilogy
Pirates of the Caribbean 2
Iron Giant
Shaun of the Dead
Hot Fuzz
Sweeney Todd
Hellboy
Hellboy 2
Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away
Predator
Kung Pow
Big Leboswki
Gladiator
Super Troopers
Beerfest
Borat
Fight Club
History of Violence
Saving Private Ryan
Lord of War
Lucky Number Slevin
Young Frankenstein
Dogma
Hannibal
Memento
Rambo 1 & 4
Ghostbusters 1 & 2
1. Memento
2. Eraserhead
3. Infernal Affairs
4. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
5. Alien
6. Aliens
7. Schindler's List
8. The Bicycle Thieves
9. The Shining
10. The Big Lebowski
11. Blade Runner
12. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
13. A very Long Engagement
14. What's Eating Gilbert Grape
15. Little Miss Sunshine
16. Koyaanisquatsi
17. Serenity
18. Watership Down
19. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
20. Oldboy
21. Brief Encounter
22. A Clockwork Orange
23. Pan's Labyrinth
24. The Orphanage
25. Pulp Fiction
26. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
27. Indiana Jones: The Last Crusdade
28. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
29. Children of Men
30. 28 Days Later
31. American History X
32. American Psycho
33. Goodfellas
34. Godfather Part II
35. Toy Story 2
36. The Princess Bride
37. Once Upon A Time In The West
38. Battle Royale
39. The Thing
40. Taxi Driver
41. Grave of the Fireflies
42. The Deer Hunter
43. Saw
44. No Country for Old Men
45. City of God
46. Y tu Mama Tambien
47. Shawshank Redemption
48. La Haine
49. L.A. Confidential
50. Taxidermia