I Like Movies

[Chuangtzu]

Well, sometimes.

Anyways, that's the hook. Since I enjoy film, and since we are gladly a film culture (which keeps our books important) - I thought, hey - why not a personal favorite thing-a-ma-jig.

Top 10 movies of the last ten years:

Best 5 comedies, ever.

Best 5 sci-fi movies, ever.

Best 5 dramas, ever.

Top 5 (and only 5) movies of all time.

No categories allowed for horror, romantic comedy or buddy flicks. Don't even try it.

Mine - (and my lists are weighted towards the modern film epoch, because I personally loathe the stage-on-camera style of the 1940s-1970s).

Top 10 movies of the last ten years:

1. American Beauty
2. Serenity
3. The Professional
4. Layer Cake
5. House of Flying Daggers
6. The 13th Warrior
7. The Incredibles
8. Chocolat
9. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
10. The Matrix (a very weak 10th; I wavered on this, considering instead Gladiator, The Prestige and Master and Commander).

Best 5 comedies, ever:

1. Monty Python and The Holy Grail
2. The Hangover. It was that good.
3. Life of Brian.
4. The Gods Must Be Crazy.
5. Little Miss Sunshine.

Honorable mention:Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

Yes, that's right: no Airplane!, no Caddyshack, no Animal House, no Blues Brothers. They're dated.

Best 5 sci-fi movies, ever:

1. Aliens
2. Serenity
3. Blade Runner
4. The Prestige
5. Equilibrium

Best 5 dramas, ever:

1. The Godfather
2. Goodfellas
3. The Godfather II
4. Layer Cake
5. Schindler's List

Top 5 (and only 5) movies of all time:

1. American Beauty
2. Citizen Kane (It still works).
3. The Shawshank Redemption
4. The Godfather
5. A Clockwork Orange

[StoneScratcher]

The Gods Must Be Crazy is along my type of humor. That bottle falling from the sky was quite fun to follow to the end of the earth.

I enjoyed the "I see dead people..." movie, The Sixth Sense as well as The Prestige, both for their twists in what we thought we knew but didn't know.

Cult classics (imo) are the Kill Bill I and II movies, still put my hands on my hips, Rocky Horror Picture Show*, the original Planet of the Apes and Psycho. *the ONLY movie I'll watch that has Susan Surandumb in it.

Movie I felt betrayed by the most (in book form too): The DaVinci Code (Dan Brown ripped this entire blood line theory off, and he is as true to symbolism as a Cheerio is to a halo).

Childhood movies I loved that I still adore: The Wizard of Oz, The Red Balloon

Entertainment: Enjoy Ben Hur (I'm a Charlton Heston fan too, of sorts), The Ten Commandments, the extended versions of all The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Mostly I enjoy watching documentaries.

[brouski]

Airplane! dated? Pfshaw.

I'll spot you Holy Grail.

[JimGP20]

Here's my list:

Top 10 movies of the last ten years:

1. The Lord Of The Rings - The Return Of The King
2. The Lord Of The Rings - The Two Towers
3. The Lord Of The Rings - The Fellowship Of The Ring
4. O Brother Where Art Thou?
5. Seabiscuit
6. Fever Pitch
7. Wall-E
8. Zodiac
9. National Treasure
10. October Sky

Best 5 comedies, ever:

1. Caddyshack
2. Planes, Trains and Automobiles
3. Blazing Saddles
4. Spaceballs
5. Joe Dirt

Best 5 sci-fi / fantasy movies, ever:

1. Lord Of The Rings - The Return Of The King
2. Lord Of The Rings - The Two Towers
3. Lord Of The Rings - The Fellowship Of The Ring
4. Star Wars - A New Hope
5. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind

Best 5 dramas, ever:

1. Breaking Away
2. To Kill A Mockingbird
3. The Shawshank Redemption
4. Seabiscuit
5. The Legend Of 1900

Just for fun, I'm going to throw in my 5 best all time romance movies:

1. Serendipity
2. When Harry Met Sally
3. High Fidelity
4. Sleepless In Seattle
5. While You Were Sleeping

Top 5 (and only 5) movies of all time:

1. Breaking Away
2. The Lord Of The Rings - The Return Of The King
3. The Lord Of The Rings - The two Towers
4. The Lord Of The Rings - The Fellowship Of The Ring
5. Star Wars - A New Hope

[brouski]

5 favorite comedies, in no particular order:

Airplane!
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
There's Something About Mary
(I'm trying desperately not to put the first Austin Powers here, but I reference it so very very much... :( )

[Chuangtzu]

Jim,

It was a bastage thing, sullying the excellence with romantic "comedies." You're a bad, bad man.

[Chuangtzu]

Airplane! dated? Pfshaw.

I'll spot you Holy Grail.

It so is. It's painful to watch, now. But, so is Caddyshack.

[JimGP20]

Jim,

It was a bastage thing, sullying the excellence with romantic "comedies." You're a bad, bad man.


I know. Sometimes the devil in me has to come out. ;)

[JimGP20]

It so is. It's painful to watch, now. But, so is Caddyshack.


The problem with these type of lists, is that there are so many movies that are actually on an even par with the ones on my list. I love Monty Python movies, but I made my comedy list by remembering back to the first time I saw each movie and how much I laughed at the time. The one exception was "Joe Dirt"... that movie actually gets funnier each time I watch it. :cool:

[Chuangtzu]

The problem with these type of lists, is that there are so many movies that are actually on an even par with the ones on my list. I love Monty Python movies, but I made my comedy list by remembering back to the first time I saw each movie and how much I laughed at the time. The one exception was "Joe Dirt"... that movie actually gets funnier each time I watch it. :cool:

I concur. And there's the matter of movies which cross genres - like American Beauty. It's dark comedy and drama at once, which is why I kept it off the drama and comedy lists, but still consider it the greatest movie ever made.

[JimGP20]

I concur. And there's the matter of movies which cross genres - like American Beauty. It's dark comedy and drama at once, which is why I kept it off the drama and comedy lists, but still consider it the greatest movie ever made.

A great example of the subjectiveness of the cinema, as I hated that movie. :eh:

[August West]

I have to call a foul, "The Professional", if it is the one I think it is, with Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman and Jean Reno, was released in 1994, too old for the top ten of the last ten years list. Sorry to nit pick here.

[Chuangtzu]

A great example of the subjectiveness of the cinema, as I hated that movie. :eh:

It's not all subjective. Does anyone think Biodome was a good movie? Even Pauly Shore (who's actually made a fairly clever film called Paul Shore Is Dead)?

[Chuangtzu]

I have to call a foul, "The Professional", if it is the one I think it is, with Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman and Jean Reno, was released in 1994, too old for the top ten of the last ten years list. Sorry to nit pick here.

It's part of the "whoops typo" comment in my edit. I'd originally set it up as "last twenty years" but wanted to narrow the category. Thanks for the catch.

[ogibillm]

A great example of the subjectiveness of the cinema, as I hated that movie. :eh:

i'm with you. i didn't care for it at all.

[badkarma]

Top 5 sci-fi
Dune (1984 version)
Empire Strikes back
Event Horizon
Aliens
Blood of Heroes (my favorite post apocalyptic sport movie!)

Top 5 Comedies
Holy Grail
Jeckyll and Hyde Together Again
Blazing Saddles
Clerks
Running Scared

top 5 dramas
Schindlers List
Saving Private Ryan (I would add B of B if it was not a mini-series)
Apocolypto
Goodfellas
Empire of the Sun (I cant think of anything else heh)

other fantastic movies...
A Midnight Clear
When Trumpets Fade
American History X
Fight Club
Raiders of the Lost Ark
otnemeM
Se7en

ETA I agree with the below poster. Ghost busters should be somewhere in the top 5 comedy flicks!

[ogibillm]

I'll hit this one first, still working on other lists...

Best Comedies ever (in no particular order, and actually best comedies that haven't been mentioned)
1. The In-Laws (1979 - not the remake)
2. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World
3. The Apartment (this one is actually ripe for a remake)
4. The Big Lebowski
5. Ghostbusters (pinnacle of film making. belongs on every list, ever)

[super cool ski instructor]

Copying and pasting from Jim's...because I like the Romance movie one:

Here's my list:

Took out the top 10 in the last 10 years....would have to look each one up to make sure they were released in the last 10 years and that takes up too much time :D




Best 5 comedies, ever:

1. Animal House
2. National Lampoon's Vacation
3. Airplane
4. Caddyshack
5. Wedding Crashers

Best 5 sci-fi / fantasy movies, ever:

1. Empire Strikes Back
2. Star Wars 3- Revenge of the Sith
3. Star Wars 4- A New Hope
4. Star Trek- the one with the whales :))
5. Return of the Jedi

Best 5 dramas, ever:

1. Gone With the Wind
2. Almost Famous
3. To Kill A Mickingbird
4. A Few Good Men
5. A Place in the Sun

Just for fun, I'm going to throw in my 5 best all time romance movies:

1. Gone with the Wind
2. Sleepless in Seattle
3. Casablanca
4. Pretty Woman
5. Dirty Dancing

Top 5 (and only 5) movies of all time:

1. Gone with the Wind
2. Empire Strikes Back
3. Casablanca
4. Pulp Fiction
5. To Kill A Mockingbird

[StoneScratcher]

I concur. And there's the matter of movies which cross genres - like American Beauty. It's dark comedy and drama at once, which is why I kept it off the drama and comedy lists, but still consider it the greatest movie ever made.

That is interesting you should say that. I, personally (in my opinion), thought the movie quite plastic and full of air.

As Lester put it:

"I guess I could be really ****ed off about what happened to me...but it's hard to stay mad, when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst...and then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain. And I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life. You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure. But don't worry... you will someday."

[super cool ski instructor]

I'll hit this one first, still working on other lists...

Best Comedies ever (in no particular order, and actually best comedies that haven't been mentioned)
1. The In-Laws (1979 - not the remake)
2. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World
3. The Apartment (this one is actually ripe for a remake)
4. The Big Lebowski
5. Ghostbusters (pinnacle of film making. belongs on every list, ever)

Damn...how could I forget Mad World...it is like one of my favorite movies of all time :wall:

[ogibillm]

Damn...how could I forget Mad World...it is like one of my favorite movies of all time :wall:

it's a classic, and it holds up really well.

[Greyclouds]

I can't approach the comprehensiveness of your lists (and I find myself in agreement with most of your choices!), so how about I make my own list for war movies?

My top ten war movies:
1. Saving Private Ryan
2. Letters from Iwo Jima
3. Full Metal Jacket
4. Apocalypse Now (redux)
5. Das Boot
6. Stalingrad
7. Patton
8. When Trumpets Fade
9. A Bridge too Far
10. Enemy at the Gates

[USMCmom]

My favorite movies...not listed in any order or category! Some of the movies are cross overs into different catergories I think...was easier to just list my top 20! I am not a big fan of chick flicks, much rather watch action/sci-fi movies!

1. 300
2. 3:10 to Yuma
3. Lord of the Rings Series
4. Second Hand Lions
5. Gran Torino (great movie)
6. Home Alone (the 1st one)
7. Braveheart
8. Pearl Harbor
9. Basic
10. Remember the Titans
11. Independence Day (Love Will Smith)
12. Steel Magnolias
13. Harry Potter Series
14. Driving Miss Daisy
15. Training Day
16. Blackhawk Down
17. Animal House
18. Cannonball Run
19. Rush Hour
20. Green Berets or True Grit (John Wayne is my hero-love his movies)

[Joeybear23]

Where's "Silent Movie" and "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" ?

[super cool ski instructor]

it's a classic, and it holds up really well.

It really does. Me and my cousin (both 30) quote it to each other all of the time.

[August West]

If I am going to nit pick I should put up a list of my own.

Top 10 movies of the last ten years:

1. The Departed
2. Hard Candy
3. Way of The Gun
4. 21 Grams
5. Sexy Beast
6. Fight Club
7. Donnie Darko
8. Memento
9. Traffic
10. Lost In Translation

Best 5 comedies, ever:

1 The Big Lebowski
2. Old School
3. Christmas Vacation
4. Austin Powers : International Man of Mystery
5. Team America: World Police

Best 5 sci-fi movies, ever:

1. Alien
2. Solaris
3. Blade Runner
4. 2001: A Space Odyssey
5. A. I.

Best 5 dramas, ever:

1. Pulp Fiction
2. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
3. Taxi Driver
4. Sid And Nancy
5. Casino

Top 5 (and only 5) movies of all time:

1. Platoon
2. The Deer Hunter
3. Scarface
4. The Usual Suspects
5. Seven Samurai

[ogibillm]

It really does. Me and my cousin (both 30) quote it to each other all of the time.

i'm 26 and i love it... probably saw it first when i was about 14 or so... loved it then too.

[JimGP20]

If I am going to nit pick I should put up a list of my own.

Top 10 movies of the last ten years:

1. The Departed
2. Hard Candy
3. Way of The Gun
4. 21 Grams
5. Sexy Beast
6. Fight Club
7. Donnie Darko
8. Memento
9. Traffic
10. Lost In Translation

Best 5 comedies, ever:

1 The Big Lebowski
2. Old School
3. Christmas Vacation
4. Austin Powers : International Man of Mystery
5. Team America: World Police

Best 5 sci-fi movies, ever:

1. Alien
2. Solaris
3. Blade Runner
4. 2001: A Space Odyssey
5. A. I.

Best 5 dramas, ever:

1. Pulp Fiction
2. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
3. Taxi Driver
4. Sid And Nancy
5. Casino

Top 5 (and only 5) movies of all time:

1. Platoon
2. The Deer Hunter
3. Scarface
4. The Usual Suspects
5. Seven Samurai

If "Platoon" is your top movie of all time, how can it not also be your top drama of all time? I don't get it. :confused:

[Ninjacorpse]

I will just list my five favorites.
1. The Crow
2. Braveheart
3. Donny Darko
4. Pulp fiction
5. Caddyshack

[Chuangtzu]

Hard Candy was a superior film (along with another release out in the same period, Brick), but it's scope is too narrow for greatness, IMHO.

[BrittleBullet]

I hard time making a list of favorite movies since I love so many of them but if I had to bring 5 movies to a deserted island or save them from the apocalypse they would probably be:

Fargo
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
City Of God
Taxi Driver
Dr. Strangelove

Honorable mentions:
Raging Bull, The Great Dictator, Ghostworld, A Clockwork Orange, Apocalypse Now

[signcut]

All in no particular order:

Top 10 movies, last ten years:

Finding Nemo
The Matrix
Castaway
Million Dollar Baby
About A Boy
Hotel Rwanda
Cinderella Man
Akeelah and the Bee
Atonement
Gran Torino

Best 5 comedies:

The Thin Man
The Gods Must Be Crazy
Blazing Saddles
Animal House
Noises Off!

Best 5 sci-fi movies:

Alien
The Matrix
Blade Runner
Metropolis
A Clockwork Orange

Best 5 dramas:

The Godfather
Schindler's List
To Kill A Mockingbird
Inherit The Wind
The Usual Suspects

Top 5 (and only 5) movies of all time:

Casablanca
Patton
The Shawshank Redemption
The Godfather
Raging Bull

[angelicmadrigal]

Hrmmm....I'll just list ten of my favorite movies.

Anything with a * is animated.


Grave of The Fireflies *

Spirited Away *

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

Monty Python And the Holy Grail

The Black Cauldron*

The Last Unicorn*

Oh Brother Where Art Thou

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children *

Willow

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

Honorable mention: The Lord Of the Rings Trilogy

[melinda]

Here's my list:

Top 10 movies of the last ten years:

1. The Lord Of The Rings - The Return Of The King
2. The Lord Of The Rings - The Two Towers
3. The Lord Of The Rings - The Fellowship Of The Ring
4. O Brother Where Art Thou?
5. Seabiscuit
6. Fever Pitch
7. Wall-E
8. Zodiac
9. National Treasure
10. October Sky

Best 5 comedies, ever:

1. Caddyshack
2. Planes, Trains and Automobiles
3. Blazing Saddles
4. Spaceballs
5. Joe Dirt

Best 5 sci-fi / fantasy movies, ever:

1. Lord Of The Rings - The Return Of The King
2. Lord Of The Rings - The Two Towers
3. Lord Of The Rings - The Fellowship Of The Ring
4. Star Wars - A New Hope
5. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind

Best 5 dramas, ever:

1. Breaking Away
2. To Kill A Mockingbird
3. The Shawshank Redemption
4. Seabiscuit
5. The Legend Of 1900

Just for fun, I'm going to throw in my 5 best all time romance movies:

1. Serendipity
2. When Harry Met Sally
3. High Fidelity
4. Sleepless In Seattle
5. While You Were Sleeping

Top 5 (and only 5) movies of all time:

1. Breaking Away
2. The Lord Of The Rings - The Return Of The King
3. The Lord Of The Rings - The two Towers
4. The Lord Of The Rings - The Fellowship Of The Ring
5. Star Wars - A New Hope

I like your Romance movies ... don't agree with all five, but love three of them. :)

[JimGP20]

Can someone please explain how some of your lists of the 5 best movies of all time are not included in your category lists?

[melinda]

Copying and pasting from Ski's...because I like the Romance movie one:

Here's my list:

Took out the top 10 in the last 10 years....would have to look each one up to make sure they were released in the last 10 years and that takes up too much time :D




Best 5 comedies, ever:

1. The Gods Must Be Crazy
2. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
3. Planes, Trains and Automobiles
4. The Party
5. Throw Mama From the Train

Best 5 sci-fi / fantasy movies, ever:

1. The Matrix
2. Back to the Future
3. Alien
4. Planet of the Apes
5. Star Wars

Best 5 dramas, ever:

1. The Godfather
2. Schindler's List
3. To Kill A Mockingbird
4. Cinderella Man
5. Ponette

Just for fun, I'm going to throw in my 5 best all time romance movies:

1. When Harry Met Sally
2. While You Were Sleeping
3. Casablanca
4. Dr. Zhivago
5. Breakfast at Tiffany's

Top 5 (and only 5) movies of all time:

1. The Godfather
2. Raging Bull
3. Casablanca
4. Dr. Zhivago
5. To Kill A Mockingbird

[melinda]

Can someone please explain how some of your lists of the 5 best movies of all time are not included in your category lists?

it's a way to fit in more movies .... :)

[LouC]

Any list is of course subject to change as I may happen to remember a movie later that I would have felt was more qualified for my list.

I don't see many movies any more.

There are thousands I have seen but nearly as many I have forgotten.

But here is a quick list for me.

Top 10 movies of the last ten years:

1. The Green Mile
2. Serenity
3. The Professional
4. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
5. Master and Commander
6. The 13th Warrior
7. Gladiator
8. Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
9. Chicago
10. Three Kings

Best 5 comedies, ever:

1. Monty Python and The Holy Grail
2. Airplane
3. Ghostbusters
4. Three Amigos!.
5. A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum

Best 5 sci-fi movies, ever:

1. Forbidden Planet
2. Serenity
3. Star Wars A New Hope
4. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai
5. I, Robot

Best 5 dramas, ever:

1. The Shawshank Redemption
2. Lawrence of Arabia
3. Das Boot
4. Cool Hand Luke
5. Zulu

Top 5 (and only 5) movies of all time:

1. Apocalypse Now
2. Doctor Zhivago
3. Raiders of The Lost Ark
4. Things To Come
5. Back to the Future

[Chuangtzu]

Can someone please explain how some of your lists of the 5 best movies of all time are not included in your category lists?

Mine don't fit neatly into a single genre. Perhaps why I consider them great.

[LouC]

Sort of felt Westerns should have had a special category?

[Rhonda]

Well, sometimes.

Anyways, that's the hook. Since I enjoy film, and since we are gladly a film culture (which keeps our books important) - I thought, hey - why not a personal favorite thing-a-ma-jig.

Top 10 movies of the last ten years:

Best 5 comedies, ever.

Best 5 sci-fi movies, ever.

Best 5 dramas, ever.

Top 5 (and only 5) movies of all time.

No categories allowed for horror, romantic comedy or buddy flicks. Don't even try it.

Mine - (and my lists are weighted towards the modern film epoch, because I personally loathe the stage-on-camera style of the 1940s-1970s).

Top 10 movies of the last ten years:

1. American Beauty
2. Serenity
3. The Professional
4. Layer Cake
5. House of Flying Daggers
6. The 13th Warrior
7. The Incredibles
8. Chocolat
9. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
10. The Matrix (a very weak 10th; I wavered on this, considering instead Gladiator, The Prestige and Master and Commander).

Best 5 comedies, ever:

1. Monty Python and The Holy Grail
2. The Hangover. It was that good.
3. Life of Brian.
4. The Gods Must Be Crazy.
5. Little Miss Sunshine.

Honorable mention:Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

Yes, that's right: no Airplane!, no Caddyshack, no Animal House, no Blues Brothers. They're dated.

Best 5 sci-fi movies, ever:

1. Aliens
2. Serenity
3. Blade Runner
4. The Prestige
5. Equilibrium

Best 5 dramas, ever:

1. The Godfather
2. Goodfellas
3. The Godfather II
4. Layer Cake
5. Schindler's List

Top 5 (and only 5) movies of all time:

1. American Beauty
2. Citizen Kane (It still works).
3. The Shawshank Redemption
4. The Godfather
5. A Clockwork Orange

Tzu, you named some of my favorite movies, I highlighted the ones I love

Pans Labyrinth is a wonderful movie, I love all the Star Wars Movies, and tons of others

You should watch "Next" with Nicholas Cage. That is a really good movie

[Rhonda]

My favorite movies...not listed in any order or category! Some of the movies are cross overs into different catergories I think...was easier to just list my top 20! I am not a big fan of chick flicks, much rather watch action/sci-fi movies!

1. 300
2. 3:10 to Yuma
3. Lord of the Rings Series
4. Second Hand Lions
5. Gran Torino (great movie)
6. Home Alone (the 1st one)
7. Braveheart
8. Pearl Harbor
9. Basic
10. Remember the Titans
11. Independence Day (Love Will Smith)
12. Steel Magnolias
13. Harry Potter Series
14. Driving Miss Daisy
15. Training Day
16. Blackhawk Down
17. Animal House
18. Cannonball Run
19. Rush Hour
20. Green Berets or True Grit (John Wayne is my hero-love his movies)

Absolutely, the highlighted are my all time favs

[StoneScratcher]

Sort of felt Westerns should have had a special category?

True Grit, Will Penny, Dances with Wolves.

[Rhonda]

The Bourne Idenity Movies was really great movies too

[RogerDodger]

Top Ten of the last 10 years

1. L.A. Confidential
2. The Lord of the Rings trilogy
3. The Dark Knight
4. United 93
5. Gladiator
6. The Bourne series
7. Munich
8. Catch Me If You Can
9. The Departed
10. Walk the Line

Honorable Mentions: Gran Torino, Frailty, Master and Commander, Mystic River, Chicago, Lantana, The Man Who Wasn't There, The Aviator, Million Dollar Baby, Cinderella Man

5 Best Comedies

1. The Philadelphia Story
2. His Girl Friday
3. My Cousin Vinny
4. Groundhog Day
5. Some Like It Hot

Honorable Mentions: What About Bob?, Bringing Up Baby, City Slickers, The Awful Truth, It Happened One Night

5 Best Sci-Fi

1. Star Wars trilogy (the first three which are really the last three)
2. E.T.
3. Alien and Aliens
4. Star Trek (2009)
5. Starman

Honorable Mentions: None really. Not a huge sci-fi fan.

5 Best Drama

1. Casablanca
2. High Noon
3. Rear Window
4. Cool Hand Luke
5. All About Eve

Honorable Mentions: North by Northwest, The Third Man, Double Indemnity, The Maltese Falcon, Gone With the Wind

All Time Top 5

1. The Philadelphia Story
2. Casablanca
3. High Noon
4. Rear Window
5. Cool Hand Luke

[August West]

If "Platoon" is your top movie of all time, how can it not also be your top drama of all time? I don't get it. :confused:

I was looking for a way to fit more movies in, when I ran out of space in the drama section they just got moved to best all time.

[LouC]

True Grit, Will Penny, Dances with Wolves.

The Searchers

The Outlaw Joesy Wales.

[August West]

Hard Candy was a superior film (along with another release out in the same period, Brick), but it's scope is too narrow for greatness, IMHO.

"Brick" was a good film too, I agree, really loved the disturbing nature of "Hard Candy". I would be remiss if I did not agree with your choice of "Layer Cake". Just when you thought he made it out of the grind....

[jeepers]

This is absolutley impossible for me to do. I'm sure I"ll read this tomorrow and disagree with myself! LOL

Top Five:

Casablanca
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Godfather
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Ten Commandments

[dwdj75]

My personal top 5 in no particular order:

Empire Strikes Back

Shawshank Redemption

The Hunt for Red October

The Dark Knight

Ghostbusters.

Runners up :

Serenity

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Blade Runner

[StoneScratcher]

The Searchers

The Outlaw Joesy Wales.

Yes, good ones!

[super cool ski instructor]

Sort of felt Westerns should have had a special category?

Ski's favorite Westerns:

The Magnificent Seven
Tombstone

[LouC]

Ski's favorite Westerns:

The Magnificent Seven
Tombstone

The Magnificent Seven is in the top ten list.

Tombstone?

It was good but I am not certain, for me, it would make my top ten list.

[super cool ski instructor]

The Magnificent Seven is in the top ten list.

Tombstone?

It was good but I am not certain, for me, it would make my top ten list.

I'm not the biggest Western fan....so if I like it, it goes in my top ten list :))

I personally think that is Val Kilmer's best performance.


I also want to add Young Guns.

[LouC]

I'm not the biggest Western fan....so if I like it, it goes in my top ten list :))

I personally think that is Val Kilmer's best performance.


I also want to add Young Guns.

I see a pattern emerging. :think:

[khigh]

Top 10 movies of the last ten years:

Best 5 comedies, ever.

1. Monty Python and the Meaning of Life
2. Monty Python's Life of Brian
3. Harold and Kumar go to White Castle
4. Some Like it Hot
5. Waiting

Best 5 sci-fi movies, ever.

1. The X-files Fight the Future
2. The X-files: I want to Believe
3. Serenity

Best 5 dramas, ever.

1. Phantom of the Opera
2. Moulin Rouge
3. Lillies of the Field
4. Grapes of Wrath
5. Hamburger Hill

Top 5 (and only 5) movies of all time.

1. American Beauty
2. 300
3. Sin City
4. Sweeney Todd
5. The Presidio

[Rhonda]

Can"t forget "Slingblade"

[snagswolf]

I absolutely love movies, and can talk about them all day, but I also absolutely loath trying to put them into lists, so I feel left out here.

Tried to rank my DVD collection once, but only got a fraction of the way through, and got bored and stopped.

So I'll just list (in no particular order) some of the ones already mentioned here:

Some of that I love:

Harold and Kumar go to White Castle (plenty of 'remember that?' scenes)
Tombstone (Russell and Kilmer at their peaks)
The Dark Knight (Ledger stole the show)
Hard Candy (Good lord, practically a horror movie)
Groundhog Day (Fun to watch over, and over, and over...)
The Prestige (A movie that makes you think long after you watch it)
The Green Mile (The best adaptation of a King novel)
Back to the Future (Best trilogy ever)
Joe Dirt (My favorite comedy of all time)

Some that I hate:

Monty Python (just can't get into Python)
Sweeney Todd (if I knew it was a musical I wouldn't have wasted my time)
Citizen Kane (I just don't see what's so special)
High Fidelity (Love Cusack, just not in this)
Noises Off (Absolutely hated it.)
Donnie Darko (Love time travel, but this was just too bizarre.)

Some that I think are good but are overrated:

Blade Runner (Good scifi, but why the cult following?)
Shawshank Redemption (It's good, but people really go overboard with it)
The Godfather (Never was into the whole mafia thing)
Casablanca (Just seemed flat to me. I didn't care about the characters)
Little Miss Sunshine (The 'fun' ending didn't overcome the total disfunctionalness for me.)

Just my two cents.

[super cool ski instructor]

Snags...I'm with ya on the Python.

But then again...I deteste British humor.

I also agree about Citizen Kane...how that continually ranks as number 1 Movie of All Time leaves me baffled.

[super cool ski instructor]

I do also want to give Stand By me an honorable mention....one of the best coming of age stories ever, and River Phoenix was amazing and had such promise.

[snagswolf]

Yeah, I love Stand by Me too. Brought back a lot of memories.

What I find really amazing about the movie is that this kid:

http://a.espncdn.com/i/magazine/new/oconnell_standbyme.jpg

became this guy:

http://www.screenhead.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/jerry-oconnell.jpg

[StoneScratcher]

My favorite animated movie (okay, maybe not movie length, but I do love it):

The Snowman

YouTube clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVG2F4DIp48

[super cool ski instructor]

Yeah, I love Stand by Me too. Brought back a lot of memories.

What I find really amazing about the movie is that this kid:

http://a.espncdn.com/i/magazine/new/oconnell_standbyme.jpg

became this guy:

http://www.screenhead.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/jerry-oconnell.jpg

And married Rebecca Romaijn :)) :))

[JimGP20]

And married Rebecca Romaijn :)) :))


Hey..... I didn't notice if you named "Sixteen Candles" as one of your favorites. :cool:

[super cool ski instructor]

Hey..... I didn't notice if you named "Sixteen Candles" as one of your favorites. :cool:

It is one of my favorites for sure....but I don't think I would put it in any "Greates Movie" lists......much like alot of teen movies. They represent our lives.....yet they are not masterpieces...unfortunatly :))

[JimGP20]

It is one of my favorites for sure....but I don't think I would put it in any "Greates Movie" lists......much like alot of teen movies. They represent our lives.....yet they are not masterpieces...unfortunatly :))


Jake would be soooo disappointed. :eh:

[super cool ski instructor]

:( but I love Jake.....

[signcut]

Can someone please explain how some of your lists of the 5 best movies of all time are not included in your category lists?

My top 5 are my favorites, not necessarily the best.

At least, that's how I did it...

[melinda]

Top Ten of the last 10 years

1. L.A. Confidential
2. The Lord of the Rings trilogy
3. The Dark Knight
4. United 93
5. Gladiator
6. The Bourne series
7. Munich
8. Catch Me If You Can
9. The Departed
10. Walk the Line

Honorable Mentions: Gran Torino, Frailty, Master and Commander, Mystic River, Chicago, Lantana, The Man Who Wasn't There, The Aviator, Million Dollar Baby, Cinderella Man

5 Best Comedies

1. The Philadelphia Story
2. His Girl Friday
3. My Cousin Vinny
4. Groundhog Day
5. Some Like It Hot

Honorable Mentions: What About Bob?, Bringing Up Baby, City Slickers, The Awful Truth, It Happened One Night

5 Best Sci-Fi

1. Star Wars trilogy (the first three which are really the last three)
2. E.T.
3. Alien and Aliens
4. Star Trek (2009)
5. Starman

Honorable Mentions: None really. Not a huge sci-fi fan.

5 Best Drama

1. Casablanca
2. High Noon
3. Rear Window
4. Cool Hand Luke
5. All About Eve

Honorable Mentions: North by Northwest, The Third Man, Double Indemnity, The Maltese Falcon, Gone With the Wind

All Time Top 5

1. The Philadelphia Story
2. Casablanca
3. High Noon
4. Rear Window
5. Cool Hand Luke

I agree with many of your choices ... you have great taste in movies.

[melinda]

Snags...I'm with ya on the Python.

But then again...I deteste British humor.

I also agree about Citizen Kane...how that continually ranks as number 1 Movie of All Time leaves me baffled.

I love British humor and yet I detest Monty Python. just never got into it ... I will agree some of it is funny, but not enough to hook me.



agree about Citizen Kane...

[RogerDodger]

I'll chime in agreement on Citizen Kane as well. It's a movie I just don't "get."