Top ten films of all time

GIME

Top ten films of all time are :

10.The Terminator
9.Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
8.Snatch
7.X-Men
6.Return of the Jedi
5.Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace
4.The Matrix
3.Blade
2,Con Air
1.Terminator 2 Judgement Day

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10. Raging Bull
9. Pulp Fiction
8. Godfather 2
7. Mean Streets
6. Goodfellas
5. Deer Hunter
4. Reservoir Dogs
3. Natural Born Killers
2. Twin Town
1. The Matrix

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tibor

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by GIME:
Top ten films of all time are :
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7.X-Men
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You must be joking ?!?!

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2,Con Air
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Now I know your taking the ****.

smoke.me.a.kipper

10. The Abyss
9. Terminator 2
8. Monty Python: Search For The Holy Grail
7. Shrek
6. Indy Jones: Last Crusade
5. SW: Emrpire Strike Back
4. Taxi
3. SMAK To the Future
2. Dr Strangelove
1. The Matrix

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GreenHell

10> Casino
9> The Usual Suspects
8> The devils advocated
7> A bridge too far
6> Empire Records
5> Serpico
4> Pulp Fiction
3> GoodFellas
2> Crimson Tide
1> Mall rats

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gandalf

The Top Ten at the moment is :

10. Young Frankenstein
9. Monty Pythons: Life of Brian
8. Fight Club
7. Leon
6. The Thin Red Line
5. Dark City
4. The Shawshank Redemption
3. Lawrence of Arabia
2. Brazil
1. Dr. Strangelove

Gandalf.

gandalf

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by tHE vAGGABOND:

10. Young Frankenstein</font>

Ahh now here?

And your top ten is ??? Just so I can punch holes in it

Young Frankenstein is a brilliant Mel Brooks comedy !

Gandalf.

Miguel_Sanchez

Ok - in no particular order:

10. Raising Arizona
9. Goodfellas
8. Godfather
7. Godfather II
6. The Matrix
5. The Big Lebowski
4. Fearless
3. Naked
2. Toy Story
1. Fight Club

Remember - They're in no particular order

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tibor

no particular order......
1 scarface
2 taxi driver
3 requiem for a dream
4 clockwork orange
5 casablanca
6 goodfellas
7 the godfather
8 ferris beuller's day off
9 terminator 2
10 being john malkovich

Da Bounca

not in any order.

-pulp fiction
-almost famous
-high fidelity
-jacobs ladder
-monty python holy grail
-monty python life of brian
-Krull
-the great escape
-Apocalypse Now
-Event Horizon

LoLth

It's funny... I thought the words "of all time" was in the title of this thread and yet, with the exception of Gandalf and one or two that posted after him, nearly all of the films listed are from the last three or four years! Ten to fifteen at the most!

Has cinema really jumped that far ahead?

Do the likes of

Apocalypse Now
Citizen Kane
Psycho
2001: A Space Odyssey
Bladerunner
Clash of the Titans
Jason and the Argonauts
Day of the triffids (original film)
Day of the Triffids (mini series - which is sort of a film)
Dune
1 million years BC
The land that time forgot
Journey to the centre of the Earth
Planet of the apes
the first men in the moon
The day the earth stood still
War of the Worlds
Plan 9 from outer space (*has* to be in there)
forbidden Planet
The wizard of Oz (you may have been a kid, but I bet you loved it!)


no longer count? Have special effects removed the value of good story and originality?

ah, me in old and crotchety mood today

yes, I realise that these are nearly all sci-fi and fantasy but that's my preferred genre... I find it impossible to pick the ten best (in my opinion) of all time.. there are different films for different moods. I thought the matrix was a great film, special effects were most impressive, pace was good.. but I prefer Bladerunner.. better story just more appealing but in some circumstances I would prefer to sit and watch citizen Kane or Its a wonderful life or maybe Clash of the Titans...

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gandalf

Well some of the films that didn't make it into my top ten but were very close to it were

12 Monkeys
Do the Right Thing
Heat
Life is Beautiful
Pulp Fiction
The Untouchables
Ben Hur
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Excalibur
The Fisher King
Kelly's Heroes
A Night to Remember
Run Lola Run
The Searchers
The Thing
Robocop
When we were Kings

.....maybe we should have made this a top thirty.

Gandalf.

(Dying of a severe hangover after a supplier brought us out last night so incapable of doing any worthwhile work today :P)

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Yossarian

this is going to be tough..

Apocalypse Now
Das Boot
Life of Brian
Brazil
Duck Soup
Seven Samurai
Usual Suspects
Leon
Fight Club
Bladerunner

too many films, too little time

Loomer

OK here goes

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Total Recall
Psycho
The Excorcist
The Shining
Marathon Man
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (either one )
Alien
BladeRunner
Battleship Potemkin

Thats just what comes to mind ATM

BlitzKrieg

No order:

-Star wars saga (excluding PM)
-Indiana jones saga
-Bond films
-fight Club
-Full metal Jacket
-original Alien Trilogy
-Bladerunner
-Fallen
-Transformers
-Dr Strangelove
-Matrix
-2001
-Bridge too far
-Tenchi Muyo in Love (new addition)

some old
some new
one japanese

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Miguel_Sanchez

Ah crap. I left loads out - this is too hard.

Some Like it Hot.
Mr Deeds goes to town.
Arsenic and Old Lace.
Harvey.
Psycho.
The Sting.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Dazed and Confused.
[edit] - Citizen Kane.
Star Wars.
Blade Runner.
North by Northwest.




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ObeyGiant

This thread is quickly turning into "Post the name of every film you can think of". For anyone yet to post - before you press the "Submit Reply" button.. sit back, give it another half hour's thought, then when you're sure you have your top TEN films, post them. The whole point of these "Top Ten" lists is that narrowing down to 10 of your definitive favourite films says a lot more about a person than a whole bunch of names rattled off.

Dont be at yourself

Quite hard to choose - the list will change according to my mood, but here goes: (in mo particular order)

Empire Strike Back
Return Of The Jedi
Shawshank Redemption
The Matrix
This Is Spinal Tap
Enter The Dragon
Pulp Fiction
Usual Suspects
Full Metal Jacket

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nesf

Firstly Con Air?? wtf?!?!?

In no order, here are 10 films i really like, but I can't narrow my tastes over the years down to 10, so here are some i like now, next year a few changes will be apparent.

Citizen Kane
2001
A Clockwork Orange
One Flew Over The ****oo's Nest
Godfather Part 2
Full Metal Jacket
Platoon
The Usual Suspects
Pet Cemetery (This one is here purely for the fact i loved the book and the film was very scary)
Streets of Fire (inspiration for Resivoir (sp?) Dogs)

I was very suprised by some of the lists. kudos to LoLth for pointing out the obvious. The first list was a joke i'm sure, to rank episode 1 over the others in the series?!? And to rank snatch and lock stock.. excellent films i do agree and i enjoyed both of them, but the title top ten films implies that the films chosen have more than a comic side but rather their directing or ground-breaking acting defined something for you.

I know i'm rambling but, why is it when ever this thread comes up ppl post up the last 10 movies they've seen lately, like SMAK shrek? tell me you're pulling the ****???


Ok i've forced my opinion enough, I take back everything I just said

BlitzKrieg

Ok after rethinking my list i put it to movies i have watched most and taken bits to heart here goes:

lower class: Movies i actually bothered to buy:
Indiana jones (all 3)
Original star wars saga
Braveheart
gremlins


Middle Class: Films i watched more then once in a week:

Matrix
Fight Club
Bridge Too Far
2001
alien1 and alien3

Top Class Films: Only 2 films have i ever rewinded and watch through again in the same night:

Aliens (special edition)-This movie has put me on to everything tha is me Comics, films, games everything was born of this film i want to work in film because of it. I watched it 2 times one night again the next morning and a total of 54 times for the first 3 years i had it, lost count afterwards.


Tenchi Muyo in love -Its japanese its a cartoon but for some untold reason i luved everything about it and rewinded it twice that same night. I have had the film for only a week and i have watched it 9 times.

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">10. Young Frankenstein</font>

Ahh now here?

nesf

I agree on aliens, the directors cut is better though. I wouldn't put it in a top ten but it was an excellent film for it's genre. I always had this urge to play UFO afterwards....

Farls

12. She's all that
11. Childsplay (now banned)
10. Faceoff
9. The Green Mile
8. Blade
7. Fight Club
6. The Exorcist
5. Gone in 60 seconds
4. Bad Boys
3. Varsity Blues
2. The Matrix
1. American Pie

I could go on listing for years....love the movies about young teenagers growing up, usually funny...any good horror movies anymore tho?

Farls

BlitzKrieg

I did say special edition right?? tha is the directors cut...

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.ak

No piticular order... My top ten faviort.

• Full Metal Jacket.
• SW: Trilogy.
• Excaliber.
• Starship Troopers.
• The Crow.
• Predator.
• Predator 2.
• Aliens (2).
• Bruce Lee: Enter the Dragon. (Or Way of the Dragon, I forget... The one with Mr. Handman in it :P)
• Spaceballs.

And for an assortment of genre I liked...

• Old War movies, A Bridge Too Far, etc., etc.
• Monty Python Movies.
• 20th Century Fox Sci-Fi (Aliens, Predator).
• Mel Brooks Movies, Blazing Saddles.
• Nam Movies, Apoclypse Now, etc., etc.

-Dark-Angel-

... And Blade, ofcourse.
... And Fight Club... Goes without saying.
... Erk, and Gladiator...

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Von

Dog Rough Sluts parts 1 to 10. It's tough but I'd put Dog Rough Sluts On Mars at number 1.

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Manach

In Random Order

A/ Blade Runner
B/ Gladiator
C/ Star Wars
D/ Ben Hur
E/ Fort Bravo
F/ Prisoner of Zenda (Fairbanks)
G/ Robin Hood {Flynn}
H/ Die Hard
I/ Harvey
J/ Gremlins II

Void

In no particular order what-so-ever.

Citizen Kane (only joking).
Clerks.
Jacob's Ladder.
JFK.
The Usual Suspects.
Memento.
Goodfellas.
Anything without Val Kilmer.
Being John Malkovich.
Platoon.
Apocalypse Now.
Predator (NOT PREDATOR 2 *& £^%££$(&^£(*&^$).
Aliens (über Sci-Fi film of all time, not Alien or Alien 3 or Alien whatever).
True Romance.
Rhythm Thief (token obscure indy film I saw on C4 once).
Monty Python (though not for the cinematics, 'cept for the bit with the rabbit in Holy Grail).
Lawrence of Arabia (based on Dune).
Dune (except for the 'wierding modules' stuff which *******ised Herbert's vision).
Any Bond Film (without Moore or Dalton, why pushhy you're all whett...).
Starship Troopers.
Wild Things (*cough* *cough* threesome).

Miguel_Sanchez

Childsplay - now banned??

I think Child's Play 3 was taken off the shelves briefly a few years back but I don't think that the film is banned. Is it?

Also there was a Macauley Culkin film called The Good Son which was refused a cert in England because it was about a child murderer and it followed too hot on the heels of the Bulger killing.

smoke.me.a.kipper

shrek went on my list, cos it think its ****ing great. its my list.

Bob the Unlucky Octopus

As impossible and unfair as it is to have to select only 10 films...here goes:

In no particular order:

The Shawshank Redemption
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
The Godfather
The Usual Suspects
Chinatown
Ben Hur
Bladerunner
Citizen Kane
Das Boot
Seven Samurai


Needless to say, there were loads of films that came close and missed...perhaps I'll post them later when I'm feeling less lazy

Bob the Unlucky Octopus

Puck

No order and some change according to my mood. Plus they're probably not the greatest films but they are my favorites:

-La Haine
-Life of Brian
-Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail
-Leon
-The Matrix
-Ghost in the Shell
-Mallrats
-Pulp Fiction
-The Shawshank Redemption
-Easy Rider.

With this post I do set this topic on fire!

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spider45646

what about The Third Man or L.A. Confidential both pure class. O Brother where art thou? is cool too not top ten but well worth a look.

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Karma

my ten for your critisisms!!

1) trigger happy
2) Gross point Blank
3) the crow
4) the usual suspects
5) gun shy
6) the big hit
7) the Killer
8) La confidental
9) untamed heart ( any doubt why this on my list, watch it with your partner)
10)Home grown

these are 10 movies I enjoy watching but after a wasted youth working a cinema nad xtravision, I have no long term memory past a few good movies. I know there are better and if you mentioned then to me would probaply argee, but never to "I bought a vampire motorcycle" with Neil Morrissey.

R.c

TinCool

No particular order

1. Hard Boiled
2. Blade Runner
3. Raiders of the Lost Ark
4. Star Wars (Episode IV)
5. Predator
6. Terminator I
7. Ferris Buellers Day Off
8. Dirty Harry I
9. Gladiator
10. Die Hard I

Cake Fiend

Fight Club
The Matrix
The Usual Suspects
Terminator 2
The Empire Strikes Back
Blade Runner
Pulp Fiction
Leon
Toy Story
Starship Troopers

Saving Private Ryan, Full Metal Jacket, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Blazing Saddles and Toy Story 2 bringing up the rear.

entropi

in particular order:

10. platoon
9. star-trek first contact
8. the nutty professor[eddie murphy version]
7. dune
6. full metal jacket
5. ace ventura pet detective
4. blade runner
3. terminator+T2....equally good enough
2. the matrix
1. Braveheart

This is my list and i don't care what you say. These are the best i can remember right now, can't think at the moment but 1-5 are staying put.

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azezil

In no order:

Matrix
Gremlins 2
Blair Witch Project
Silance of the Lambs
Star Wars saga (not episode 1 do'h)
Dogma
Sixth Sence
Fight Club

suppose i'll throw in:

Gladiator and Saving Private Ryan
too...

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Jess

OK hers mine. No laughing or b itching please. In no order:

The Matrix
The Goonies
Stand By Me
Mississippi Burning
Leon
What Lies Beneath
Life of Brian
The Bodyguard
The Green Mile
(Im stuck on a last one)

Kali

straight from my imdb voting history:

1. Apocalypse Now
2. La Vita e Bella (Life Is Beautiful)
3. 2001:A Space Odyssey
4. Fight Club
5. Memento
6. Airplane
7. Back To The Future
8. Mallrats
9. The Hill
10. Das Boot

just had a quick glance up and anyone who puts Gladiator or a Tom Hanks film (apart from Big) in their top ten needs to watch some decent films very quickly.

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Kix

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Kali:
anyone who puts Gladiator ... in their top ten needs to watch some decent films very quickly.</font>

Woah! What's your objection to Gladiator Kali? That film must at least be in my top 30 for the opening battle scene alone. I thought: Excellent cast, fantastic cinematography, strong script and purposeful direction. I certainly can't see why it couldn't be in someone's top 10. I'm sure you have your reasons which you'd no doubt love to share.

Of course, I haven't bothered to try to compile my own top ten because it would take too much time at the mo, but maybe later on in the week.

K

Bob the Unlucky Octopus

I think the point Kali's trying to make is that Gladiator, while an ambitious film for its era, pales in comparison with the scope and grandeur of Ben Hur, Spartacus, or indeed I, Claudius. Gladiator is essentially an action film surrounded by an unoriginal plot(a fairly obvious blend of the 3 films just mentioned).

Unoriginality alone does not a bad film make though (eg- The Magnificent Seven). Gladiator's lack of a clear message also chafes- especially since most hero-centered films usually have a message. Which brings us to the unavoidable truth about our heroes/villains- Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix simply do not measure up to the screen presence of Stephen Boyd, Kirk Douglas, Charlton Heston, Sir Lawrence Olivier, Tony Curtis, Charles Laughton or Sir Peter Ustinov. These actors are simply in a different class. As are the respective directors- Billy Wilder and Stanley Kubrick are a cut above Ridley Scott- which is certainly saying something (Scott being no mean director).

I'm not saying Gladiator isn't a good film- considering the era in which it is made, it's a fantastic tribute to the sword & sandals epic. I merely point out that it would be an unlikely contender for a Top 10 Movies Ever slot.

Of course, the choice is left to the individual, but the unavoidable truth stares at one in the face so much, that one should meet it sooner rather than later.

Bob the Unlucky Octopus

Kiwisco

sup Gime,
ya gotta b kiddin wid some of dose.two films wid Vinnie Jones?
1.The Matrix
2.The Sixth Sense
3.Gladiator
4.Down Periscope
5.Independance Day
6.AlienS
7.Jurassic Park
8.Jurassic Park:The Lost World

plus two more wid a few adjustments and not in dat particular order.

Pepe LeFrits

Films i can think of (off hand right now)that i liked a lot:

Stargate
Return of the Jedi
Gladiator
Shawshank Redemption
Snatch
Contact
Aliens
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest

(I like sci-fi )

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Bard

Not a very varied selection exactly, but the top 10 grossing movies are here: http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/toptens/highestgross/highestgrossFULL.html

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bonkey

This was a tough one.

On what do we base greatness? 10 most enjoyable movies? This will generally
turn up an 80 to 90 percent "recent" list, as people tend to remember the
more memorable "new" stuff in a more favourable light to the older stuff.

When I started writing this, I thought I'd have a number of recent movies in
there, but as it turns out, I dont really.

Despite loving a number of movies in the past few years, I was surprised
that they almost all gave way to older movies. Yes, the modern counterparts
are shinier, and have more whizz-bang tech, and n-point surround sound. This
does not make them better movies. Maybe I take my cinema too seriously.

I have excluded stuff like Star Wars on account of the horrendously hammy
acting and weak storyline, despite groundbreaking FX and huge boxoffice success.

I am hoping to be able to include at least one of the LOTR movies in here once
they come out....but thats wishful thinking - I'd be surprised if they are
classics, as opposed to just commercially huge successes.

Matrix....hmmm....close. Give me a year or two and I'll see what I think then. Once its bullet-time cinematography is no longer so radically awe-inspiring, I'll be better able to judge the movie on its own merits. Star Wars is not a classic because it was ground-breaking in the early 70's - it is a classic because 20 years later it could still hold a hige audience. Will Matrix hold up? I think it should, but I'm not convinced.


So, here we go, in no particular order.....my 10 best movies of all time.

Shawshank Redemption
Enemy Below
Seven Samurai
Rear Window
The Big Blue (aka Le Grand Bleu)
Dr. Strangelove, or how I ...
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Nosferatu (the 1922 Murnau classic - forget the remakes)
Casablanca
Godfather

jc

leeroybrown

Some of My Favourites: (In no particular order)

Apocalypse Now
Godfather
Godfather 2
Pulp Fiction
Resevoir Dogs
Blade Runner
Ojimbo
2001: A space Odyssey
Full Metal jacket
The Matrix
The Wild Bunch
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Hard Boiled
Die Hard
The Usual Suspects
Grosse Pointe Blank
Schindlers List


Just to name a few ...

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azezil

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Kali:
just had a quick glance up and anyone who puts Gladiator or a Tom Hanks film (apart from Big) in their top ten needs to watch some decent films very quickly.
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screw u hippy!

well i only tru in Saving Private Ryan cause i couldn't think of a tenth 1 at the time...

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Wolf

Iv noticed some glaringly bad titles 2 say not 2 put gladiator in is harsh i mean people have put in JURASSIC PARK 2 DEAR GOD!!!!!!1 what wrong with u ppl thats one of the worst films of all time for gods sake.

Also are we forgeting some of the realy good movies such as The Shining or more 2 the point one of the finest movies ever made SEVEN SAMURI!!!!?!??!?!?!??! Anyway it would take far 2 long for me 2 compile my top ten but just thought i would throw those 2 in for good measure

b20uvkft6m5xwg

OFF hand I'll give 5....


5.Groundhog Day
4.Ferris Buellers Day Off
3.Gladiator
2.American Beauty
1.Fight Club

The top 2 have a bit of a males in midlife crisis thing goin on- just noticed that! I'm not that old yet. AHHH!!

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by 80project.com:
4.Ferris Buellers Day Off
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You did just put that in ur top ten are u sure your not one of the below..
1 alien
2 mental
3 dead
4 blind
5 deaf
6 Zak from saved by the bell (this one most likly)

To put fight club and that movies in the same list is a crime unless it was going to be top half destryed and bottom survive