Your Top 20?

[jacqui9]

Yes, that little hairflick thing she does just gets me everytime. Put the blame on Mame!

Y'know there is a case to be made that in that film the real sexual tension is between Glenn Ford and George Macready. There is defineitely something going on there!

Haha - good point Sandeano - was thinking the same thinking the same thing Glenn Ford seemed so reluctant to take Rita Hayworth - definitely suspect!

 

[BucksBoy]

Top 10 Favs

1. Die Hard
2. Star Wars - Empire Strikes back
3. Pulp Fiction
4. Top Gun
5. Gladiator
6. The Godfather
7. Fight Club
8. Coach Carter
9. Beverly Hills Cop
10. Remember the Titans

 

[Mancey]

Some real good 'uns on that list. I noticed that you used the title "Six Days of the Condor" I have some trade ads of the time advertising the film with that name (which was the title of the book) before they cut it down by three days.

A nice, true comment on "The Wild Bunch" - the ideal father/son bonding flick.(The same can be said for Bullitt and The Great Escape). If you ever get the opportunity (if you haven't already) try and catch it at a cinema, on a big screen with a ear-shattering sound system and a full crowd. An orgasmic experience!

Also, good to see some love for "Falcon and the Snowman". A very underrated film.

Got me pinned with condor, i had the book title in my brain, probably was thrown that way by typing it after the 6th sense. Great movie, especially love the old school phone modem thing he does, made me crack up.

Falcon and the snowman is right up there. Not often you see an american film touching on Australian politics, albeit slightly fleetingly.

I'll stick in Good Will Hunting and Rounders too...couple of Matt Damon faves of mine.

 

[jacqui9]

Got me pinned with condor, i had the book title in my brain, probably was thrown that way by typing it after the 6th sense. Great movie, especially love the old school phone modem thing he does, made me crack up.

Redford's sideburns were really something!

Speaking of which, Newman and Redford were going to do a movie called The Front Runner in the 70s - would have been the first story focusing on male love - but Hollywood vetoed it. John Huston also wanted them for The Man Who Would Be King - until Newman said "For Christ sakes, ask Caine and Connery"!

 

[sandeano]

Redford's sideburns were really something!

Speaking of which, Newman and Redford were going to do a movie called The Front Runner in the 70s - would have been the first story focusing on male love - but Hollywood vetoed it. John Huston also wanted them for The Man Who Would Be King - until Newman said "For Christ sakes, ask Caine and Connery"!

I know that Gable and Bogart were set for "The Man Who Would be King" back in the 1950s for Huston but Bogie became too ill to travel. A decade later he wanted Burton and O'Toole. I could see both those pairings working and I love the performances of Caine and Connery (and their chemistry), but Newman and Redford? Nah, can't see it.

 

[jacqui9]

I know that Gable and Bogart were set for "The Man Who Would be King" back in the 1950s for Huston but Bogie became too ill to travel. A decade later he wanted Burton and O'Toole. I could see both those pairings working and I love the performances of Caine and Connery (and their chemistry), but Newman and Redford? Nah, can't see it.

Newman was pretty hot at the box office because of blockbuster hits in The Sting (73) and The Towering Inferno (74). Redford had come off two smash hits with The Way We Were (73) and The Sting (73). Huston wanted to capitalise on Newman and Redford's incredible chemistry, and Huston had worked with and liked Newman. IMO opinion, both men had too much All American boyishness for the roles of Connery and Caine.

 

[sandeano]

Newman was pretty hot at the box office because of blockbuster hits in The Sting (73) and The Towering Inferno (74). Redford had come off two smash hits with The Way We Were (73) and The Sting (73). Huston wanted to capitalise on Newman and Redford's incredible chemistry, and Huston had worked with and liked Newman. IMO opinion, both men had too much All American boyishness for the roles of Connery and Caine.

Oh, I can see their box-office allure at the time, no doubt about it, but you are exactly right as to why they would not have fitted the parts. Then again, both had that unusual mix of cynicism and charm so come to think of it the idea may have worked. ...or at least have been interesting.

 

[gandaal]

My top 20 favourite films:

1. Fight Club
2. The Matrix
3. Star Wars: A New Hope
4. Spiderman 3
5. Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
6. The Bourne Surpremecy
7. Gladiator
8. Groundhog Day
9. Cabaret
10. Whale Rider
11. The Rage in Placid Lake
12. Empire Strikes Back
13. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
14. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
15. Spiderman 2
16. X-Men 2
17. Kill Bill V.1
18. Kill Bill V.2
19. Monty Python: Life of Brian
20. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

 

[Conan Troutman]

top 20 favourites

1. Lord of the Rings
2. Memento
3. Donnie Darko
4. Hero
5. Funny Games
6. Groundhog Day
7. Blade Runner
8. Jaws
9. The Departed
10. Evil Dead II
11. Come and See (Idi i smotri)
12. Dark City
13. Aliens
14. JFK
15. Last of the Mohicans
16. Dawn of the Dead (original)
17. Back to the Future
18. The Interview
19. Starship Troopers
20. Mad Max 2

apologies to Platoon, The Naked Gun, Kairo (Pulse), Die Hard, Untouchables, The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars (A New Hope), Robocop, The Prestige, Primer, Oldboy, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Hana-bi (Fireworks), Terminator 1 & 2, Amelie, Braindead, Spider-man 2, Enemy of the State, Taxi Driver, Fight Club, The Game, The Usual Suspects, Face/Off, Matrix, The Castle, Battle Royale, An American Werewolf in London, Requiem for a Dream, Silence of the Lambs, Forrest Gump, Stand By Me, Heat, 40 Year Old Virgin, etc etc, which could all be in my top 20 on any given day - damn hard making a top 20.

 

[Brittany]

Top Ten in no real order:

Suburban Mayhem
The Proposition
Chopper
Dogs In Space
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Somersault
Take Away
Breakfast At Tiffany's.
How To Marry A Millionaire
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

 

[Bomber32]

My top twenty favourite films:

1. The Flight Of The Phoenix (1965 original)
2. The Great Escape
3. Raiders Of The Lost Ark
4. The Dirty Dozen
5. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
6. Rear Window (1954 original)
7. Psycho (1960 original)
8. The Empire Strikes Back
9. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
10. Bullitt
11. Escape From Alcatraz
12. Cool Hand Luke
13. Spiderman 3
14. Papillon
15. Rainman
16. The Fugitive
17. JFK
18. Spiderman 2
19. Back To The Future
20. Thomas Crown Affair (1968 original)

 

[raskolnikov]

My top twenty favourite films:

1. The Flight Of The Phoenix (1965 original)
2. The Great Escape
3. Raiders Of The Lost Ark
4. The Dirty Dozen
5. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
6. Rear Window (1954 original)
7. Psycho (1960 original)
8. The Empire Strikes Back
9. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
10. Bullitt
11. Escape From Alcatraz
12. Cool Hand Luke
13. Spiderman 3
14. Papillon
15. Rainman
16. The Fugitive
17. JFK
18. Spiderman 2
19. Back To The Future
20. Thomas Crown Affair (1968 original)

Didn't realise there was a remake.

 

[james Dean]

Didn't realise there was a remake.

Starring Vince Vaughn no less...

 

[Bomber32]

Didn't realise there was a remake.

The remake was made in 1998 with Vince Vaughn and Anne Heche.

Absolutely shocking film, stick to the original.

 

[fairdinkum]

In the last 6 months my movie viewings have increased tenfold, so I'm redoing my Top 20. Feel free to contribute your own. You don't have to do 20, you can do 10, 30, whatever.

1. Der Untergang (Downfall)
2. The Godfather
3. Star Wars
4. Empire Strikes Back
5. One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
6. Fight Club
7. Terminator 2
8. Back to the Future
9. The Godfather Part II
10. Forrest Gump
11. Rain-Man
12. Life of Brian
13. The Lion King
14. Dr Strangelove
15. Goodfellas
16. The Shining
17. To Kill a Mockingbird
18. The Matrix
19. Toy Story
20. Toy Story 2

There are a lot that were unlucky to miss out. However there are still a lot of movies I'm yet to see. So don't have a red hot go at me over snubbing a classic, it probably means I'm just yet to see it.

And being typical of a list of me there'll be a multitude of movies I've forgotten

EDIT: Titanic out, Rain-Man in.

Is Titanic still in your top 21?

I'm genuinely interested to see how people's top 10 (top anything) lists change over time.

I listen to my music playlist from two years ago and even though I knew it was crap back then, I still enjoyed listening to the songs. These days it seems like I skip more songs than I listen to.

 

[Footypie32]

Some seriously good lists here. I could probably take 10 from each one. I'll give it a go, but in no particular order:

Pulp Fiction
Fight Club
Chopper
Forrest Gump
Terminator 2
Anchorman
Gladiator
The Matrix (Trilogy)
Se7en
The Negotiator
Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels
Star Wars
Napoleon Dynamite
As Good As It Gets
Philadelphia
Ironman
Star Wars (as a series)
Zoolander
The Beach
Silverado

 

[CF]

My top 20 fav Movies:

1. The Shawshank Redemption - Rehabilitated? Well, now let me see. You know, I don't have any idea what that means.
2. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. - No. *I* am your father. or Laugh it up, fuzzball.
3. The Producers (Mel Brooks 1968 version with Gene Wilder). - Max Bialystock is launching himself into little old lady land.
4. The Matrix - Come on. Stop trying to hit me and hit me.
5. LOTR: Return of the King - For Frodo!
6. Aliens - Game over man! Game over!
7. Monty Python: The Life of Brian - He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy!
9. Me, Myself, & Irene. - she's gotta bun in the oven and it's sour dough
10. Dogma - You people. If there isn't a movie about it, it's not worth knowing, is it?
11. Pitch Black - All you people are so scared of me. Most days I'd take that as a compliment. But it ain't me you gotta worry about now.
12. The Silence of the Lambs - It rubs the lotion on its skin. It does this whenever it's told.
13. Flying High - There's no reason to become alarmed, and we hope you'll enjoy the rest of your flight. By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane?
14. Star Wars: A New Hope - Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid.
15. Slither - If I weren't about to shit in my pants right now, I'd be f@ckin' fascinated.
16. Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks) - Vee had better confeerm de fect dat Yunk Frankenshtein iss indeed VALLOWING EEN EES GANDFADDA'S VOOTSHTAPS.
17. Mrs Doubtfire - Look, Nattie. That's called liposuction.
18. Uncle Buck - [struggling to open the washing machine] Do I have to talk dirty to you? Come on! Open up for daddy! I'm gonna shove a load into you!
19. The Avengers - Hulk? Smash!
20. Rocky - What about my prime, Mick? At least you had a prime! I had no prime, I had nothin'!

 

[HARKER]

Top 20? Your favourites keep changing but I'll try and do it this way.

10 favourite classics:

1. Blade Runner
2. Apocalypse Now
3. 2001
4. A Clockwork Orange
5. Terminator
6. Pulp Fiction
7. Reservoir Dogs
8. Usual Suspects
9. Vertigo
10. Alien


Favourite movies (Largely ones that impacted hardest)

1. Martyrs
2. Tree of Life
3. Drive
4. Blue Velvet
5. Oldboy
6. The Descent
7. The Machinist
8. City of Gold
9. Deep Red
10. Requiem for a Dream

 

[Kyptastic]

1) 12 Angry Men
2) LotR - The Two Towers
3) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
4) Die Hard
5) Hot Fuzz
6) 50/50
7) Kingdom of Heaven (Director's Cut)
8) Superbad
9) The Great Escape
10) (500) Days of Summer

 

[ManWithNoName]

Redid a Top 25 a couple of weeks ago actually:

1. The Godfather Part II
2. The Godfather
3. Der Untergang
4. Goodfellas
5. Star Wars
6. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
7. Once Upon a Time in the West
8. Rear Window
9. Fight Club
10. Back to the Future
11. Dr Strangelove
12. The Empire Strikes Back
13. The Blues Brothers
14. Superman
15. The Big Lebowski
16. The Lord of the Rings
17. The Dark Knight Rises
18. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
19. The Dark Knight
20. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
21. Inception
22. Fail-Safe
23. Batman Begins
24. Midnight Run
25. Dog Day Afternoon

 

[Roobs321]

A list from about 2 months ago, with some minor amendments.

1. Alien (Scott, 1979)
2. Brief Encounter (Lean, 1945)
3. The Godfather Part II (Coppola, 1974)
4. Once Upon a Time in the West (Leone, 1968)
5. Apocalypse Now (Coppola, 1979)
6. Barry Lyndon (Kubrick, 1975)
7. The Mirror (Tarkovsky, 1975)
8. Chinatown (Polanski, 1974)
9. Runaway Train (Konchalovsky, 1985)
10. Bladerunner (Scott, 1982)
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11. The Deer Hunter (Cimino, 1978)
12. Salvador (Stone, 1985)
13. The Terminator (Cameron, 1984)
14. Andrei Rublev (Tarkovsky, 1966)
15. The Godfather (Coppola, 1972)
16. The Thing (Carpenter, 1982)
17. Duck, You Sucker/A Fistful of Dynamite (Leone, 1971)
18. Brazil (Gilliam, 1985)
19. Once Upon a Time in America (Leone, 1984)
20. Amadeus (Forman, 1984)
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21. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick, 1968)
22. Midnight Express (Parker, 1978)
23. The Conversation (Coppola, 1974)
24. The Shining (Kubrick, 1980)
25. Akira (Otomo, 1988)
26. Children of Men (Cauron, 2006)
27. Vertigo (Hitchcock, 1958)
28. Taxi Driver (Scorsese, 1976)
29. Videodrome (Cronenberg, 1983)
30. Planet of the Apes (Schaffner, 1968)
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31. The Tree of Life (Malick, 2011)
32. Carlito's Way (De Palma, 1993)
33. There Will Be Blood (PTA, 2007)
34. Alien3 (Fincher, 1992)
35. Raging Bull (Scorsese, 1980)
36. Happy-Go-Lucky (Leigh, 2008)
37. Bright Star (Campion, 2009)
38. The Aviator (Scorsese, 2004)
39. Zodiac (Fincher, 2007)
40. Aliens (Cameron, 1986)
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41. The Godfather Part III (Coppola, 1990)
42. Glengarry Glen Ross (Foley, 1992)
43. Close-Up (Kiarostami, 1990)
44. The Abyss (Cameron, 1989)
45. Se7en (Fincher, 1995)
46. The Childrens Hour (Wyler, 1961)
47. Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941)
48. Three Colours Blue (Kieslowski, 1993)
49. The Apartment (Wilder, 1960)
50. Thief (Mann, 1981)

If I had to pick a dozen HM, I would go;

Milk
Terms of Endearment
A Single Man
Days of Heaven
Five Easy Pieces
Rosemary's Baby
Eyes Wide Shut
On the Waterfront
Mulan
Stalker
The Pope of Greenwich Village
Jackie Brown

Also, a couple Australian films missed out (unless you include Bright Star), so my favourite Australian films;

1. Mad Max
2. Gallipoli
3. The Home Song Stories
4. The Year My Voice Broke
5. Candy
6. Wake in Fright

 

[Xtreme]

In no order:

Superman
Superman II
Robocop
The Crow
Die Hard
Lethal Weapon
The Dark Knight
The Naked Gun
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Vacation
Commando
Terminator
Predator
First Blood
First Blood Part II
The Prestige
Nightmare on Elm Street
Rocky IV (shoot me, but it's my favorite in the series)
Wayne's World
Back to the Future (the original is the best.... however i also prefer my "edited" version in which i combined all 3 movies and made 1 SUPER movie - meaning i didn't have to change discs when each film had concluded ).

I have thousands of movies to pick from its hard to list a top 5, top 10, top 20

 

[amj11]

Some great lists posted so far!

Most of these films aren't necessarily movies I love to watch all the time, but they've left a lasting impression for one reason or another. In no particular order:

- In the Name of the Father
- The Pianist
- Almost Famous
- T2
- Basketball Diaries
- Silence of the Lambs
- Red Dragon
- ET
- Saving Private Ryan
- The Dark Knight
- Muriels Wedding
- Sound of Music
- Pulp Fiction
- Kill Bill vol 1 and 2
- Good Will Hunting
- Sleepers
- Shutter Island
- American Psycho
- Girl, Interrupted
- What's Eating Gilbert Grape

 

[Aussie Assault]

In no real order:

Sleepers
Into the Wild
Point Break
The Assigment
Enemy at the Gates
300
The Departed
Forrest Gump
Dumb & Dumber
The Lion King
Training Day
Se7en
The Beach
Blow
Tigerland
The Ghost & the Darkness
American History X
Heat
Crash
Full Metal Jacket
Super Troopers
Snatch
Gladiator

Dunno how many that is but I'm sure I've forgotten a few..

 

[RobbyRoy]

20 is tough so I'll just do a rough one. Changes quite a lot.

1. No Country For Old Men
2. Pulp Fiction
3. City of God
4. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
6. Once Upon a Time in the West
7. There Will Be Blood
8. Collateral
9. Seven
10. The Departed
11. Heat
12. Patton
13. Hud
14. LOTR: The Two Towers
15. LOTR: The Fellowship of the Rinng
16. X2
17. The Usual Suspects
18. Saving Private Ryan
19. Iron Man
20. Unforgiven