Movie The BigFooty Top 100 Films Countdown (3-1!)

[Marlowe]

Casablanca was number one on my list...?

And 'The Big Lebowski' was number one on my list. :/

 

[Caesar]

Thanks Kyptastic - sorry about the hassle.

Have a shiny penny.

 

[Grogg]

Have you seen Dirty Pretty Things? Same actor Sergi Lopez, plays the bad guy again. He's incredibly good at being hated.

Yeah I've watched it, but it was a long time ago and I was into some extra curricular activities that renedered some short term memory loss.

Thanks for reminding me though, I'll have another look.

 

[Kyptastic]

31. American Beauty (1999)

Director: Sam Mendes
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch
Bigfooty
Appeared on: 6 Lists
Votes: 34
Highest Position: 1st
Internet
Rotten Tomatoes: 88%
Metacritic: 86/100
IMDB User Rating 8.5
IMDB Top 250: 54
IMDB Description:
Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation for his daughter's attractive friend.

30. Alien (1979)

Director: Sam Mendes
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch
Bigfooty
Appeared on: 7 Lists
Votes: 34
Highest Position: 1st
Internet
Rotten Tomatoes: 97%
Metacritic: 83/100
IMDB User Rating 8.5
IMDB Top 250: 40
IMDB Description:
The crew of a commercial deep space mining ship, investigating a suspected S.O.S., lands on a distant planet and discovers a nest of strange eggs.

29. Die Hard (1988)

Director: John McTiernan
Starring: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia
Bigfooty
Appeared on: 7 Lists
Votes: 35
Highest Position: 1st
Internet
Rotten Tomatoes: 94%
Metacritic: 70/100
IMDB User Rating 8.3
IMDB Top 250: 103
IMDB Description:
John McClane, officer of the NYPD, tries to save wife Holly Gennaro and several others, taken hostage by German terrorist Hans Gruber during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.

28. The Dark Knight (2008)

Director: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart
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Appeared on: 8 Lists
Votes: 35
Highest Position: 2nd
Internet
Rotten Tomatoes: 94%
Metacritic: 82/100
IMDB User Rating 9.0
IMDB Top 250: 7
IMDB Description:
When Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent launch an assault on the mob, they let the clown out of the box, the Joker, bent on turning Gotham on itself and bringing any heroes down to his level.

27. The Departed (2006)

Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson
Bigfooty
Appeared on: 7 Lists
Votes: 36
Highest Position: 2nd
Internet
Rotten Tomatoes: 93%
Metacritic: 86/100
IMDB User Rating 8.5
IMDB Top 250: 50
IMDB Description:
An undercover state cop who infiltrated a Mafia clan and a mole in the police force working for the same mob race to track down and identify each other before being exposed to the enemy, after both sides realize their outfit has a rat.

26. Casablanca (1942)

Director: Michael Curtiz
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Heinreid
Bigfooty
Appeared on: 5 Lists
Votes: 37
Highest Position: 1st
Internet
Rotten Tomatoes: 97%
Metacritic: N/A
IMDB User Rating 8.7
IMDB Top 250: 25
IMDB Description:
Set in unoccupied Africa during the early days of World War II: An American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

25. Schindler’s List (1993)

Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley
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Appeared on: 7 Lists
Votes: 37
Highest Position: 2nd
Internet
Rotten Tomatoes: 97%
Metacritic: 93/100
IMDB User Rating 8.9
IMDB Top 250: 8
IMDB Description:
In Poland during World War II, Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.

24. Into the Wild (2007)

Director: Sean Penn
Starring: Emile Hirsch, Vince Vaughan, Catherine Keener
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Appeared on: 6 Lists
Votes: 40
Highest Position: 2nd
Internet
Rotten Tomatoes: 82%
Metacritic: 73/100
IMDB User Rating 8.2
IMDB Top 250: 159
IMDB Description:
After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.

23. Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)

Director: James Cameron
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong
Bigfooty
Appeared on: 8 Lists
Votes: 40
Highest Position: 2nd
Internet
Rotten Tomatoes: 98%
Metacritic: 68/100
IMDB User Rating 8.6
IMDB Top 250: 36
IMDB Description:
The cyborg who once tried to kill Sarah Connor is dead, and another T-101 must now protect her teenage son, John Connor, from an even more powerful and advanced Terminator, the T-1000.

22. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974)

Director: Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam
Starring: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin
Bigfooty
Appeared on: 6 Lists
Votes: 43
Highest Position: 2nd
Internet
Rotten Tomatoes: 95%
Metacritic: 90/100
IMDB User Rating 8.4
IMDB Top 250: 86
IMDB Description:
King Arthur and his knights embark on a low-budget search for the Grail, encountering many very silly obstacles.

21. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman
Bigfooty
Appeared on: 7 Lists
Votes: 44
Highest Position: 1st
Internet
Rotten Tomatoes: 95%
Metacritic: 90/100
IMDB User Rating 8.7
IMDB Top 250: 27
IMDB Description:
Archeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the US government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis.

 

[Marlowe]

I'm going to point out, I ranked 'Lebowski' At at number one. So is it a typo it's says the highest it appeared is 2nd, or is it a miscalculation?

 

[Kyptastic]

I'm going to point out, I ranked 'Lebowski' At at number one. So is it a typo it's says the highest it appeared is 2nd, or is it a miscalculation?

Sorry, missed this the first time, will double check now.

 

[CF]

into the wild? wow that's surprising not that great a movie

 

[djrossie16]

Into the Wild is a great film and was in my top 10 so i'm happy. Sean Penn to me is a better director than actor. Really like the Indian Runner as well.

The Departed is a good film but to me is not a great one. I mean it pretty much fabricated Infernal Affairs for a lot of scenes. Not a lot of innovation. How Scorsese won best director for that boggles the mind.

Alien scared me as a kid! It must be brilliant if I still remember it from 15 years ago need to watch again to refresh my memory though. The Dark Knight is the other that would probably be in my top 100 or so. American Beauty and Schindler's List would be close as well.

 

[flight23]

Alien stands up over time

 

[Caesar]

Yeah, it's probably got something to do with the fact I saw Infernal Affairs first but I have never really rated The Departed.

 

[Rod Stroker]

into the wild? wow that's surprising not that great a movie

Agree. I never understood all the fuss with it. It actually put me to sleep, couldn't get through it.

 

[CrippsonBlue]

Just remembered In the Name of the Father - would have made my list at 6th had I thought of it. Brilliant acting.

 

[alfy!]

into the wild? wow that's surprising not that great a movie

Into the Wild is a great movie. One of those that can change your world/life outlook afterwards.

The Departed is a good film but to me is not a great one. I mean it pretty much fabricated Infernal Affairs for a lot of scenes. Not a lot of innovation. How Scorsese won best director for that boggles the mind.

Fabricated? It was a remake/based off it.

 

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

Into the Wild, in my opinion, is one of those movies that tells an extraordinary story, but doesn't execute it that well. It's still a very good movie due to the story behind it, but in my opinion the movie could've been done better.

It's in this list because it's a "favourite" - not because it's one of the "best" movies.

 

[CF]

Into the Wild is a great movie. One of those that can change your world/life outlook afterwards.

each to their own I guess. I thought it sucked ass.

 

[raskolnikov]

I can't stand The Departed.

 

[Kyptastic]

Sorry, missed this the first time, will double check now.

Sorry for the delay Aenimence - it seems I gave your first two films on your list 9 points each, rather than 10 for the Big Lebowski. That takes Big Lebowski up to 32, just behind Gladiator. I'll fix it up in a minute.

 

[Kyptastic]

Time for the Penultimate 10 films:

20. Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)

Director: George Lucas
Starring: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
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Appeared on: 7 Lists
Votes: 45
Highest Position: 1st
Internet
Rotten Tomatoes: 93%
Metacritic: 91/100
IMDB User Rating 8.8
IMDB Top 250: 16
IMDB Description:
Luke Skywalker, a spirited farm boy, joins rebel forces to save Princess Leia from the evil Darth Vader, and the galaxy from the Empire's planet-destroying Death Star.

19. One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)

Director: Milos Forman
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Michael Berryman
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Appeared on: 8 Lists
Votes: 47
Highest Position: 3rd
Internet
Rotten Tomatoes: 96%
Metacritic: 79/100
IMDB User Rating 8.8
IMDB Top 250: 13
IMDB Description:
Upon admittance to a mental institution, a brash rebel rallies the patients to take on the oppressive head nurse, a woman he views as more dictator than nurse.

18. No Country for Old Men (2007)

Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin
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Appeared on: 7 Lists
Votes: 48
Highest Position: 1st
Internet
Rotten Tomatoes: 94%
Metacritic: 91/100
IMDB User Rating 8.2
IMDB Top 250: 137
IMDB Description:
Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.

17. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (1966)

Director: Sergio Leone
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Lee van Cleef, Eli Wallach
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Appeared on: 8 Lists
Votes: 48
Highest Position: 1st
Internet
Rotten Tomatoes: 97%
Metacritic: 90/100
IMDB User Rating 9.0
IMDB Top 250: 5
IMDB Description:
A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.


16. Once upon a Time in the West (1968)

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Director: Sergio Leone
Starring: Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale
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Appeared on: 9 Lists
Votes: 48
Highest Position: 2nd
Internet
Rotten Tomatoes: 98%
Metacritic: 80/100
IMDB User Rating 8.7
IMDB Top 250: 23
IMDB Description:
Epic story of a mysterious stranger with a harmonica who joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.

15. Apocalypse Now (1979)

Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall
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Appeared on: 8 Lists
Votes: 49
Highest Position: 1st
Internet
Rotten Tomatoes: 99%
Metacritic: 90/100
IMDB User Rating 8.6
IMDB Top 250: 35
IMDB Description:
During the U.S.-Viet Nam War, Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade colonel who has set himself up as a god among a local tribe.

14. Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Director: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen
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Appeared on: 10 Lists
Votes: 50
Highest Position: 2nd
Internet
Rotten Tomatoes: 96%
Metacritic: 78/100
IMDB User Rating 8.4
IMDB Top 250: 71
IMDB Description:
After a simple jewelery heist goes terribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.

13. Forrest Gump (1994)

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise
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Appeared on: 7 Lists
Votes: 51
Highest Position: 1st
Internet
Rotten Tomatoes: 71%
Metacritic: 82/100
IMDB User Rating 8.7
IMDB Top 250: 18
IMDB Description:
Forrest Gump, while not intelligent, has accidentally been present at many historic moments, but his true love, Jenny Curran, eludes him.

12. The Matrix (1999)

Director: Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss
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Appeared on: 8 Lists
Votes: 54
Highest Position: 2nd
Internet
Rotten Tomatoes: 87%
Metacritic: 73/100
IMDB User Rating 8.7
IMDB Top 250: 19
IMDB Description:
A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers.

11. The Godfather Part II (1974)

Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall
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Appeared on: 9 Lists
Votes: 59
Highest Position: 1st
Internet
Rotten Tomatoes: 98%
Metacritic: 71/100
IMDB User Rating 9.3
IMDB Top 250: 3
IMDB Description:
The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York is portrayed while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on his crime syndicate stretching from Lake Tahoe, Nevada to pre-revolution 1958 Cuba.

 

[djrossie16]

Into the Wild is a great movie. One of those that can change your world/life outlook afterwards.



Fabricated? It was a remake/based off it.

Sorry poor choice of words no innovation was my point. A lot of the scenes I felt were copied with nothing much added to it from Infernal Affairs. I was very dubious on Scorsese winning an director oscar for this film against some pretty good competition.

 

[Roobs321]

Alien, The Godfather Part II, Once Upon a Time in the West & Apocalypse Now were all in my Top 5, so very happy with them being high. Love that Once Upon a Time in the West beat the more well known The Good, the Bad & the Ugly.

I loved Into the Wild the first few times I saw it, and it's no doubt a great movie. But I was 19 at the time, and the movie hasnt stayed a favourite for whatever reason.

 

[djrossie16]

Okay 20-11 is very solid. It's been too long since I saw One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest. Like Alien I saw it when I was a kid and I remember it had an impression on me. It must be 15 years as well since i've seen it and I remember crying there at the end. Of course the Simpsons parodied that scene so I am always reminded of it. Once Upon a Time In the West and The Godfather II are probably my favourites here but I can't say i'd give any film on this list a lower rating than an 8/10. So bigfooty has done pretty well but i'm pretty sure 10-1 ain't going to be as good!

 

[Roobs321]

Yep, I think 20-11 will top 10-1 frankly. Although Forrest Gump at no.13 is disappointing.

 

[Caesar]

I've never really got the appeal of Once Upon A Time In The West.

I mean, it's a great movie. But Blondie, Tuco and Angel Eyes are just fantastic characters.

 

[getthefooty]

The Matrix sticks out like a sore thumb from that list IMO, the rest are all time great pieces of cinema. I didn't really enjoy Forrest Gump but can see its appeal.

 

[worbod]

I wonder is there any inspiration from the OP to do a Worst Films Countdown, perhaps not a top 100, maybe just a top 10 or 20.