Best Movie Ever? Suggestions...

Trent Skydaddy

I personally find that it it is too hard to decide what is the greatest movie of all time. Any suggestions? many people seem to suggest Shawshank Redemption or one of the original Star Wars. What are your views on what is the greatest movie?

Latchy

Casablanca will be up there on my top list , perhaps no 1 .

But so many others to choose from different geners to .

flanree

fight club

sunzz

for me it's ALL about the greatest sandwhich ever made, thats where it at.:rolleyes:

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

a matter of life and death, or The life and death of colonel blimp

i can't decide between the two.. blimp is longer so there's more awesome to go around but a matter of life and death is just so ****ing special.

F1ngers

My personal favourite is Scarface.
Also my first 18s film I got into when 15.
"Over 18, are ye lads?" asked the ticket guy, "yeah" we squeaked back.

Silver-Tiger

the sting

seanybiker

flanree wrote: »

fight club

and well it is.
Fear and loathing is close though.

MooseJam

A new hope

ztoical

kinda of pointless trying to pick one film as everyone is different and one person's fav film will be hated by someone else. And how does one judge the best movie ever Most votes by people here? Best due to what - acting/writing/FX's/directing/box office/cultural impact/all of the above/none of the above?

tony1kenobi

ztoical wrote: »

kinda of pointless trying to pick one film as everyone is different and one person's fav film will be hated by someone else. And how does one judge the best movie ever Most votes by people here? Best due to what - acting/writing/FX's/directing/box office/cultural impact/all of the above/none of the above?

Just because it's Fight Club.

Black Swan

Genre is too important of a factor to ignore it and proclaim the best movie ever in some generic sense.

clickhere

Angels with dirty faces. Cagney is just class.:cool:

Jimbo

Though I'm sure there are better out there, Pulp Fiction is one of my favourites.

abouttobebanned

I want to smack people in the face when they say their favourite film is shawshank redemption.

Mr. Frost

abouttobebanned wrote: »

I want to smack people in the face when they say their favourite film is shawshank redemption.

Why?

Pretentious alert!!! But Citizen Kane really is brilliant!

My favourites include:
Predator
Carlito's Way
The Empire Strikes Back
Back to the Future
Full Metal Jacket
Platoon
T2

abouttobebanned

Because it's not that great of a film. It's good...but it doesn't belong in any kind of top ten list.

shelly.m

american history x

Jimbo

abouttobebanned wrote: »

I want to smack people in the face when they say their favourite film is shawshank redemption.

I want to smack people who's favourite film is The Life of Brian.

JasonBourne 2.0

A few here

Forrest Gump
The Godfather part 1 and 2
Bourne trilogy
American Psycho
Carlito's way
Philadelphia

muletide

Either, Life of Brian or Shawshank - It depends what mood I am in.

Chanandler Bong

ferris buellers day off

Birdie086

1. Scarface
2. Little Miss Sunshine
3. The Snapper
4. Shrek

Ann22

I think 'Jaws' is up there. I could watch it again and again. Class film:).

Terminator 2.

Ann22

Yeah, the first two Terminator films were great. There are loads of old classics like 'Gone with the Wind'...I loved that, kind of tired of it now though. 'The Wizard of Oz'- brilliant..though I don't know if I love it just because it brings back great childhood memories of Christmas. It's hard to pick one, think maybe you should be able to judge how good a film is by the number of times you watched and enjoyed it.

Mr. Frost

abouttobebanned wrote: »

Because it's not that great of a film. It's good...but it doesn't belong in any kind of top ten list.

That's just your opinion.

JasonBourne 2.0

some more for the list

1.The good the bad and the ugly
2.Saving private ryan
3.Commando [just for arnie's classic one liners] see here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG5-TyxP65o&feature=related
4.Assault on precinct 13 - Carpenter original [ probably wouldnt be considered in the best of all time but none the less an awesome movie for it's time and budget]
5.Epic movie, date movie [sarcasm]
6.The french connection movies
7.Rain man

Sanjuro

2001: A Space Odyssey.

FearDark

American History X

Otis Driftwood

Trent Skydaddy wrote: »

I personally find that it it is too hard to decide what is the greatest movie of all time. Any suggestions? many people seem to suggest Shawshank Redemption or one of the original Star Wars. What are your views on what is the greatest movie?

Whats your view on what is the greatest movie of all time?

Pretty pointless thread when you dont name your own and give reasons why.

Especially when you get answers from people like abouttobebanned that say I want to punch someone because they like X movie.

eagle eye

The Big Lebowski
Twelve Angry Men
The Godfather 1 and 2
The Usual Suspects
The Shawshank Redemption
The Dark Knight
Unforgiven
Fight Club
The Matrix
Pulp Fiction
The Third Man
Once Upon a time in America
Batman Begins
Memento


And many, many more but they are what come to mind right now. No doubt about the first four in my mind as the best four but not necessarily in that order

greatgoal

Midnight Express

Pride Fighter

Date Movie
Meet the Spartans

All the classics;)

ztoical

how has this pointless thread not been locked yet?

MooseJam

Doom

JC 2K3

City of God.

tman

Oldboy

Everybody has their own unique tastes, but for me that is by far the greatest movie ever made...

Kold

Schindler's List not gotten a mention yet?

JC 2K3

tman wrote: »

Oldboy

Everybody has their own unique tastes, but for me that is by far the greatest movie ever made...

That'd be up there on my list too. Amazing film.

Zascar

American Psycho is my favourite

ronnie3585

The Big Lebowski
Magnolia
Dumb and Dumber

mle1324

my top ten would be
1.goodfellas
2.scarface
3.saving private ryan
4.godfather
5.die hard
6.forest gump
7.platoon
8.heat
9.la confidential
10.the fugitive

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Lamper.sffc

abouttobebanned wrote: »

Because it's not that great of a film. It's good...but it doesn't belong in any kind of top ten list.

Can you give us 10 better films in your opinion.

abouttobebanned

I can indeed.

The Sting.
The Godfather.
Pappillion.
The Good the bad and the Ugly
Schindler's List
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Silence of the Lambs
Saving Private Ryan
The Godfather Part 2
12 Angry Men

All of those films are better than the shawshank redemption. I'll give you another ten if you want.

Lamper.sffc

abouttobebanned wrote: »

I can indeed.

The Sting.
The Godfather.
Pappillion.
The Good the bad and the Ugly
Schindler's List
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Silence of the Lambs
Saving Private Ryan
The Godfather Part 2
12 Angry Men

All of those films are better than the shawshank redemption. I'll give you another ten if you want.

Maybe this should be added to your post (IMO) Talk about picking the obvious. Did you look up a top ten movie list in empire.

Ok. Films from your list that are not better IMO

The good the bad the ugly
The silence of the lambs
Saving Private Ryan

while still good movies they dont surpass shawshank in my opinion.

Some of the others would be in the same league

And you can come up with another 100 movies if you like, you will still be wrong:P IMO

abouttobebanned

It's all about opinions mate. I think Shawshank Redemption is a great popcorn film, but imo it's just too predictable as a "favourite film of all time" for people and really doesn't warrant such a tag.

Personally, I can't believe anybody would think that Shawshank Redemption is better than the good, the bad and the ugly. Saving Private Ryan has its flaws but is still a superior picture.

But this is what movies discussion is all about.

johnny_ultimate

Good to see films like Shawshank Redemption conjuring up a bit of a debate. I'd also think it is 'overrated' - it is overly sentimental and manipulative (voiceover in particular is like getting hit in the face with a mallet). That isn't to say its a bad film - I really do like it, wouldn't be anywhere near my top ten mind but it is a highly enjoyable film with some great moments.

Discussions about 'best movie ever' shouldn't just be about listing films (and I'm glad the charter points that out). Everyone will have their own opinions at the end of the day. There isn't a best film ever made, everyone just has their favourites (indeed there are films in my top ten I would readily admit aren't perfect, but I adore them anyway). And that makes film debate more interesting. There are going to be fans and haters of pretty much every film out there, and it is good to hear both voices.

banshee_bones

1. Pulp Fiction
2. Fight Club
3. The Godfather
4. American Beauty
5. American History X

grames_bond

it has got to be pulp fiction! superb movie in every single way!

Rockshamrover

I can't pick the best ever but here are a few I thought were pretty good. In no particular order.

Jean de Floret.
Spiderman 2.
White heat.
Raging bull.
The pianist
The first Jason Bourne movie.
The shining.
Psycho (the original).

Lots more I can't think of.