February 6, 200422 yr I had a discussion at a friends house about top-10 movies of all time. Though I couldn't decide on 10 there are 5 that really stick out for me. (these are not in any particular order) 1- Forest Gump 2- Ben Hur 3- Scarface 4- The Godfather 5- Rocky those are my five favorites. Anybody else have some movies that they think deserve to be considered the best?
February 6, 200422 yr Author casino blow how high fear and loathing los vegas half baked scarface Half Baked really opened my eyes, I never knew horses could be diabetic.
February 6, 200422 yr GoodFellas Caddyshack Rocky II - best sequel ever, hands down Donnie Brasco Slap Shot There are a LOT of close calls, but those 5 jump out at me right now.
February 6, 200422 yr 10 american flix that I like a lot: -Godfather Twology -Apocalypse Now -Dr. Strangelove -Chinatown -Clockwork Orange -Fargo -Pulp Fiction -Annie Hall -Glengary Glen Ross -Dogday Afternoon -Lawrence of Arabia man, this is ONE evil thread.
February 6, 200422 yr some of my favorite russian movies are: stalker brother Enjoy your bath Russian Ark kidnapping caucassian style the diamond arm
February 6, 200422 yr how is it evil? For every movie I listed, I got 3 that I wanted to use badly. That's how. Top 5? That is f***ing cruel. And stupid.
February 6, 200422 yr stalker Solaris and Ivan's Childhood are better. Mirror, too. brother The lead actor died, along with the crew, in the HUGE avelanche 2 years ago. Having said that, this movie is utter garbage. Enjoy your bath What's a bath? Russian Ark kidnapping caucassian style the diamond arm Andrei Mironov was a brilliant comic actor. Died of aneurysm ON STAGE at 45. While Sharon MENSA Stone lives on. There is no God.
February 6, 200422 yr For every movie I listed, I got 3 that I wanted to use badly. That's how. Top 5? That is f***ing cruel. And stupid. Well it's not like you'd get killed if you listed more than five...
February 6, 200422 yr -2001 Space Odyssey -American History X -The Shawshank Redemption -The Boondock Saints -Field of Dreams -Reservoir Dogs -Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back The Boondock Saints!!! I'm sure there are more for me that could go on this best of all time list, but that's what they are for me.
February 6, 200422 yr -Back to the Future -Pulp Fiction -Raging Bull -Goodfellas -Bull Durham -American Psycho -Run Lola Run These are some I can watch over and over. I could list more if I thought about it.
February 6, 200422 yr Thieves Like us (directed by Robert Altman), also, Nashville. Mccabe and Mrs Miller, Short Cuts Rashomon (Akira Kurasawa) also, Ran, Seven Samurai Annie Hall (W Allen) Triumph of the Will (Leni Riefenstahl - hate, detest the politics but what a piece of cinema) Y Tu Mama Tambien (Cuaron) All that Jazz (Bob Fosse) Crying Game (N Jordan) Monterey Pop (Pennebaker) Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid (G R Hill) Swept Away (Lena Wertmuller) also Seven Beauties, Seduction of Mimi runners up Apocalypse Now redux (Coppola) Star Wars (the original 1977 film) The Graduate (Nichols) M (Fritz Lang) Apu Trilogy ("Pather Panchali," "Aparajito" "The World of Apu" directed by Satyajit Ray) Fitzcarraldo (Herzog) Royal Hunt of the Sun (Irving Lerner) Titanic (Cameron) Das Boot (Petersen) Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein) Night of the Shooting Stars (Taviani) Mephisto (Istvan Szabo)
February 6, 200422 yr Thieves Like us (directed by Robert Altman), also, Nashville. Mccabe and Mrs Miller, Short Cuts Rashomon (Akira Kurasawa) also, Ran, Seven Samurai Annie Hall (W Allen) Triumph of the Will (Leni Riefenstahl - hate, detest the politics but what a piece of cinema) Y Tu Mama Tambien (Cuaron) All that Jazz (Bob Fosse) Crying Game (N Jordan) Monterey Pop (Pennebaker) Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid (G R Hill) Swept Away (Lena Wertmuller) also Seven Beauties, Seduction of Mimi runners up Apocalypse Now redux (Coppola) Star Wars (the original 1977 film) The Graduate (Nichols) M (Fritz Lang) Apu Trilogy ("Pather Panchali," "Aparajito" "The World of Apu" directed by Satyajit Ray) Fitzcarraldo (Herzog) Royal Hunt of the Sun (Irving Lerner) Titanic (Cameron) Das Boot (Petersen) Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein) Night of the Shooting Stars (Taviani) Mephisto (Istvan Szabo) Nashville and Ran was f***ing brilliant.
February 6, 200422 yr Last Night at the Alamo (1983) Starring: Sonny Carl Davis, Louis Perryman Director: Eagle Pennell Synopsis: Offbeat, character-driven black comedy about urban cowboys hanging out at Houston bar. Fans of talky, bitterly ironic fare enjoy this entertaining sleeper, with its riotous script, strong character portraits. Runtime: 80 minutes MPAA Rating: Not Rated Genre: Comedy
February 6, 200422 yr Thieves Like us (directed by Robert Altman), also, Nashville. Mccabe and Mrs Miller, Short Cuts Rashomon (Akira Kurasawa) also, Ran, Seven Samurai Annie Hall (W Allen) Triumph of the Will (Leni Riefenstahl - hate, detest the politics but what a piece of cinema) Y Tu Mama Tambien (Cuaron) All that Jazz (Bob Fosse) Crying Game (N Jordan) Monterey Pop (Pennebaker) Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid (G R Hill) Swept Away (Lena Wertmuller) also Seven Beauties, Seduction of Mimi runners up Apocalypse Now redux (Coppola) Star Wars (the original 1977 film) The Graduate (Nichols) M (Fritz Lang) Apu Trilogy ("Pather Panchali," "Aparajito" "The World of Apu" directed by Satyajit Ray) Fitzcarraldo (Herzog) Royal Hunt of the Sun (Irving Lerner) Titanic (Cameron) Das Boot (Petersen) Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein) Night of the Shooting Stars (Taviani) Mephisto (Istvan Szabo) cw I am so disappointed I was looking for on your list
February 6, 200422 yr about urban cowboys hanging out at Houston bar.. First of all, they were gay urban cowboys. And secondly, there was pizza.
February 6, 200422 yr cw I am so disappointed I was looking for on your list it was close to being there! but as a movie, it was not of the best films ever - just one I enjoyed a great deal but I did think about it!
February 6, 200422 yr I agree with Brando - it's torture to come up with 5 and even 10 is hard. Here goes: - Citizan Kane - Cassablanca - Diner - Dr. Strangelove, OHILTSWALTB - Metropolis (Big ups to cw for listing "M" - Fritz Lang and a murderous Peter Lorrie, what a combination!) - Nosferatu - Star Wars (A New Hope) - Godfather's 1 and 2 - The Graduate - any of the films below, depending on the mood... On any given day, these could also crack the list: - The Graduate - Papillon - This is Spinal Tap - The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari - Woodstock - Seven Samuri (cw and Brando score again, Ran also rocks) - The Matrix - The Excorcist - Jaws (despite the fact that Benchley-cum-Spielberg perhaps doomed large pelagic sharks to almost certain extinction by striking some dormant primal nerve in us, the film is riviting) - Raiders of the Lost Ark - African Queen - Bad News Bears - Alien - Good Fellas - Manhattan and Annie Hall - A Hard Day's Night - Nightmare Before Christmas - Pinnochio (Yes, that Disney "cartoon") - Harold and Maude - Battleship Potemkin - Blues Brothers You did say favorite 30 films, right?
February 6, 200422 yr Peter Sellers = Being There!! Good old Chauncy Gardener - Sellers saved the best for last.
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