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Favorite movies of all time?

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This has been done a couple of times before, but my personal favorites list has recently changed due to purchasing and receiving many DVDs recently, and I am posting this topic for that reason entirely.

1. Reservoir Dogs
2. Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring, The
3. Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb
4. Silence Of The Lambs, The
5. 12 Angry Men (1957)
6. Speed
7. Big Lebowski, The
8. Groundhog Day
9. Terminator 2
10. True Lies
11. Shrek
12. Donnie Darko
13. Shawshank Redemption, The
14. Throw Momma From The Train
15. Thirteen Days
16. Panic

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A smaller list, just off the top of my head:

Donnie Darko
Ghostbusters (for some reason it just never gets old)
Night of the Living Dead (Remake)
Planet of the Apes (that's right baby, all of the old ones rocked)
Alien/s
Akira
The Ring

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Not necessarily in order:

1. Godfather (I + II)
2. Goodfellas
3. Usual Suspects
4. The Mechanic (Charles Bronson was a cool motherfucker)
5. Terminator 2
6. 12 Angry Men (well well well)
7. A Christmas Carol (1951 version with Alistar Sim)
8. The Manchurian Candidate
9. Dr. Strangelove
10. 2001 A Space Oddessy
11. Aliens
12. Dog Day Afternoon
13. Planes Trains and Automobiles (pissed myself laughing at this one)

Lots of others, can't think right now, too sleepy -_- zzzzzzzz

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You're damn right this has been done a coupple of times, mostly by me.

Pi
2001: a space odyssey
Pulp Fiction
Fight Club
Apocalypse Now!
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
The Matrix
Pink Floyd's The Wall

just a couple

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I love doing this. Anyways, short list...I'll do top 15 because thats what Andrew did. Keep in mind its in no particular order to to the constant change and adaption of my mindset. Here goes:

Twelve Monkeys
A Clockwork Orange
Pulp Fiction
Full Metal Jacket
Brazil
Wizards
Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Monty Python's Life of Brian
The Fifth Element
Mallrats
Chasing Amy
Ed Wood
Dune
Pink Floyd's The Wall

The last couple in there I there from a list of runner-ups. I've seen a LOT of movies. I guess these runner-ups would incude Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Pi, Dogma, Clerks, Signs, The Sixth Sense, Army of Darkness, Evil Dead 2, The Thing (John Carpenter version), Dark City, Time Bandits, Lost Highway, Fargo, The Man Who Wasn't There, andO Brother, Where Art Thou?.

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Dang, thanks for reminding me. I forgot about T2. Here are movies that I have on DVD but have never seen:

Exorcist, The
Hustler, The
North By Northwest
Good, The Bad, And The Ugly, The
Apocalypse Now (Redux)
Das Boot


Here are the others that I have on DVD but have not mentioned...

Usual Suspects, The (Didn't care for the acting. The acting was too performancey, not like how you'd think people would really act under those given situations.)
Some Like It Hot (I only saw about half of it.)
Chinatown (Didn't care for the way the story ended.)
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (Didn't really care about what happened to the characters.)
L.A. Confidential (Great story, but the acting sucked like heck. WAY too artsy, the way every line was articulated perfectly and all the characters looked like they were constantly showing off to some talent scout.)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Most groundbreaking movie ever made, but it really really drags on.)
Great Escape, The (I've seen bits and pieces of this movie. Haven't watched the whole darn thing.)
Green Mile, The (Great movie, but it's so easy to understand the first time that I never have any urge to watch it again.)
Lawrence Of Arabia (I've seen most of it, but many many years ago.)

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My favourites (if the movie is in a series like aliens i'm not picking a favourite at the moment).

Nutty Professor
Naked Gun
Commando
Predator
Aliens
Matrix
Terminator
Wizard of Oz
Dune
Forest Gump
Indian Jones
Dragon Heart
Lock Stock and 2 smoking barrels
Snatch
Shrek
Ghostbusters
Waynes world
Beverly Hills cop
Coming to America
ET
Short circuit
Willow
TMNT
The Mask

That's about it.

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Ooh... Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels...thats a good one, as was Snatch.

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In no particular order:

The Usual Suspects - Excellent writing. Perhaps the acting isn't all that realistic, like AndrewB says, but that never bothered me. I've watched it ten or eleven times and I can still enjoy it.

A Clockwork Orange - The word 'classic' springs to mind. This movie is just brilliant, and for that it's in my DVD collection.

Full Metal Jacket - The Vietnam part is nice, but let's face it - R. Lee Ermey's performance as Drill Instructor Hartman is enough reason to love this movie. Stanley Kubrick certainly knew his stuff.

Pulp Fiction - Excellent performances. Nice weaving together of stories. Very enjoyable after a few bong hits.

Dr. Strangelove, or how I learned to stopped worrying and love the bomb - Another great Kubrick movie. I only watched it a few weeks ago, and I was laughing all through it. Peter Sellers is great in all the roles he plays in this movie.

Schindler's List - Best thing Steven Spielberg ever made.

Monty Python's the Meaning of Life - I watched this movie at the age of 12, and thought it absolutely sucked. I watched it again when I was 16 (on new years eve actually - the millenium switch happened while I was watching the first sketch), and it fucking floored me. Outrageously funny.

Requiem for a Dream - Very touching, very dramatic. I'll never touch a pill or a needle in my life.

Fight Club - The last big Hollywood production that was actually worth making. Great novel, carried over to the big screen very well, with good performances. The special edition DVD comes in a nice cover, too.

Sphere - A good adaptation of the best story Michael Crichton has ever written. Great buildup and tension. I watched it again on DVD last night, and it still spooked me.

That's all I've got time for right now. If there's any of these you haven't seen yet, drop what you're doing and go see them.

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Back to the Future I, II, and III. (I can watch it anythime now that I got the DVD set yay :) )
The Alien movies.
The Cat from Outer Space (ever since I was a kid)
George of the Jungle
Twister
Godzilla (US)
And a few others.

In that order. :)

That's all I can think of for now.

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Heres a list of mine not in order just as i think of them.

Predetor
Terminator 2
Snatch
Fast and the furious
Gone in 60 secs
The lord of the rings 1st and 2nd installment
Thirteen days
6th sense
Unbreakable
13th warrior
Gladiator
Brave Heart
Saving Private Ryan
Thin Red Line
Shawshank redemption
Aliens 1 and 2
Behind Enemey Lines
Groundhog Day
Full Metal Jacket
Appocolypse Now and....thats all I can think of right now.

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Citizen Kane - 1941 Welles - the first complex story on film; deserves to be considered as the best film ever made.
Kiss of the Spider Woman - 1985 Babenco - the ultimate love story
Brazil - real version 1985 Gilliam
1984 - 1984 Radford - brutal and bleak; the smarter you are, the more you'll get out of it.
Godfather part II - 1974 Coppola - more complex and clean than the first one
Mr Arkadin(Confidential Report) -- original version 1946 Welles - clever from start to finish
J.W.Coop - 1972 Robertson - my personal favorite
Crimes and Misdemeanors - 1989 Allen
Another Woman - 1988 Allen - His best work.
Deer Hunter - 1978 Cimino - forced in parts, but the real story is always true to itself.
Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? - 1966 Nichols - The best play ever.
Star Trek II - 1982 Meyer - Proving that a complex enough screenplay can carry any movie.
Jesus Christ Superstar - 1973 Jewison - Rice is a genius.
Last Temptation of Christ - 1988 Scorsese
The Spy who came in from the Cold - 1965 Ritt

Hope I didn't forget something.

Flathead: Sphere!?! you've got to be kidding me. the rest of your movies show your appreciation of a complete story idea from start to finish; intelligent moviemaking, underlying themes with ambiguous sub-contexts. but Sphere?
parts were clearly re-shot. the end was tacked on. the last 40 minutes or so NEVER makes any sense at all. "What happens when Jerry gets mad?" is one of the funniest lines in recent movies. You never feel that they are really scientists or even saw a PHD much less ever had one. oh, I rented it on DVD recently just for the commentary by Hoffman and Jackson! I haven't laughed that hard at a movie in 10 years.
I don't mean to sound so harsh, but it just doesn't gel with the rest of your good selections.

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AndrewB said:

read down..

Exorcist - a joke of a movie. amateur and plain.
Hustler - good, but just a small movie. a bit dated now.
North By Northwest - excruxiatingly ordinary. skip it.
Good, The Bad, And The Ugly -- Leone's best. Bertolluci's screenplay shines through well. a delight from start to finish. clever and fun.
Apocalypse Now (Redux) -- there is good reason why the extra parts were excised... the original is good -- simple, but good.
Das Boot -- not my type of movie, but solid.

not that you asked for my input(and those are just my opinions), but what else are posts for? :)

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Lets see, for me...

1. Godzilla (1954, aka "Gojira")
2. Akira
3. Zeiram and Zeiram 2
4. The Urusei Yatsura movies
5. 13 Days
6. Robocop 1 and 2
7. Sanjuro (hell yes!)
8. Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
9. Alien movies
10. Predator movies
11. End of Days
12. Amityville Horror
13. Any other Godzilla movie
14. Gladiator
15. Evangelion movies

The only one on that list that seems to be in the correct order is the first one.

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Here's my top 40:

Star Wars (all 5)
James Bond (all 21)
Lord of the Rings (all 2)
Dungeons and Dragons
Lethal Weapon (all 4)
Robocop (all 3)
Terminator (all 2)
Speed (all 2)
Aliens
Robin Hood Prince of Thieves

(yes, I don't care much about plots etc. just action)

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Full Metal Jacket and Dr. Strangelove.

Runners up are stuff like Heat, Ipcress File, French Connection etc. and yes Ghostbusters and also K9!

Kubrick was hit and miss. IMO A Clockwork Orange is hackneyed, introverted rubbish. FMJ was classic though.

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A Clockwork Orange is brilliant, with an awesome score. Its such a great study of society and politics and its effect on human nature, though the book explains that better. The movie just focuses on the human nature part. But its still beautifuly done.

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Speed 2? (Insert appropriate text representing some kind of laughter.)

Come on, a hacker breaks into a boat's computer system and sends it on a crash course. Easily the worst movie mentioned on this thread.

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Opulent said:

Flathead: Sphere!?!

On second thoughts it really doesn't deserve a spot next to all those other movies I mentioned, but I still think it's a good adaptation of the novel, in that it captures the grim mood very well. But let's not turn this thread into a discussion.

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Alientank said:

No one said Scarface? YOU ALL SUCK!

/me spanks

TRIM THY SIG!

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no particular order...

-Monty Python & the Holy Grail
-Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb
-American Beauty
-Terminator 2
-Baraka
-Godfather movies
-LOTR
-Original Star Wars
-Shawshank Redemption

and anything else I missed...

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1. A Clockwork Orange
2. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
3. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
4. Fight Club
5. Falling Down
6. American Psycho
7. Night of the Living Dead (1990)
8. Platoon
9. Schindler's List
10. Zombie

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perditer 1/2
ammityville horror 1
Terminater 1/2
dune
Night of the living dead dead black/white version
Aliens 1/2
Halloween 1/2
Godfather 1/2
Monty python search for holy grail (run awaaaay)
Spawn
Jaws

some untransilated asian movie were a group of young relitivly dumb asian police officers fight a robot.. (i swear to god its just as funny as monty python)

my list is to long and my life is to short so you wont be seeing the rest.

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so glad to see American Psycho on there...
Ed: ever seen Reservoir Dogs, Snatch, Pulp Fiction, Trainspotting, Naked Lunch, Dawn of the Dead, Miller's Crossing, Black Hawk Down, or the Teletubbies Reunion?
okay, the last one doesn't exist. :)

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