Best rated films

Logo · 22-06-2019 12:25pm #1

I haven't heard of most of some so-called best-of rated films below. Some decent films were scattered between them. Can anyone recommend one of the following to use up two hours of precious life. TIA

Aberrant
Nightshooters
The First Date
The Blood is at The Doorstep
Iron Men
Ruby Gentry
The Newsman
Sugarhouse
Rock Steady Row
Fade Away
Your Name
The Dawn Wall
Mr Church
Hackshaw Ridge
The Captive Heart
A Rising Star
The Orchard End Murder
Doubting Thomas
The Oslo Diaries
The Intouchables
Baraka
Champion
The Prestige
Porcine Tree
The Southerner
Parker's Anchor
The Art of Flight
Chasing Coral
Cosy Dens
The Savage Innocents
Vazante
Lion
Fast Color
Chicken
Shot
Wonder
The Hate U Give
A Plastic Ocean
Late Autumn
Edward II

(BTW these were films rated before others such as Shutter Island, The Shining, The Big Lebowski, Stand by Me, Once Upon a Time in America, North by Northwest etc.)

johnny_ultimate · 22-06-2019 12:36pm

From a quick glance that seems to be a mix of tiny films that probably only have votes from those somehow linked to the productions; a few sleeper hits / audience favourites (e.g. The Prestige, Intouchables); a couple of niche documentaries; and a few underappreciated classics.

I could unambiguously recommend Late Autumn, a late career classic from the great Yasujiro Ozu. Your Name is a delightful, phenomenally successful animated fantasy romance anime from Japan. Baraka is a visually stunning, non-narrative documentary which is particularly worth a watch if it ever pops up in a cinema again. There's a few there (The Savage Innocents, The Hate U Give, The Dawn Wall, Fast Color) which I haven't seen but have heard good things about.

Also a few films I'd personally not recommend - Hawksaw Ridge is a cloying, OTT and preachy war drama from Mel Gibson, while The Intouchables is an unpleasant, clichéd and defiantly unfunny French comedy-drama. But those films have many fans as well, so that's just me

Oasis1974 · 22-06-2019 12:41pm

Hacksaw Ridge is dire. So many people thought it was great I actually laughed at certain scenes. Never thought Casper the ghost would be cast in a war movie.

Logo · 22-06-2019 1:14pm

So far I'm tempted to watch The Prestige. Although for some reason I wasn't too impressed by the the actors who attempted to advertise it a few years ago. 76% approval rating from Rotten Tomatoes sounds okay and "in 2009, The A.V. Club included The Prestige in their best films of the decade list." Deffo worth a watch. Thanks

evilcloud · 22-06-2019 1:22pm

Logo wrote: »

So far I'm tempted to watch The Prestige. Although for some reason I wasn't too impressed by the the actors who attempted to advertise it a few years ago. 76% approval rating from Rotten Tomatoes sounds okay and "in 2009, The A.V. Club included The Prestige in their best films of the decade list." Deffo worth a watch. Thanks

Definitely recommend watching the prestige. It's a great fIlm. Surprised at that rt rating actually. Thought it would be higher. Note the audience score is 92%

TerrorFirmer · 22-06-2019 1:44pm

Hacksaw Ridge is not bad to be fair, but it most definitely does not belong on any 'best' lists no matter what the criteria. I was surprised by the overwhelming reaction to it, it's closer to Windtalkers than Saving Private Ryan in my opinion.

Slydice · 22-06-2019 1:58pm

Here's the imdb rating list:
https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?groups=top_250&sort=user_rating,desc

Here's the rottentomatoes rating list:
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/top/bestofrt/

Have a look, see if anything matches your list or catches your eye.

pop into the wiki or imdb page and check the short description (remember the plot section might give away the whole story)

see if it matches up with what you're in the mood for and lash on..

I suppose .. remember that if you prefer more specific types of film.. like english language only, or white dudes only etc.. to keep that in mind when looking at the imdb / wiki pages..
Obviously you'll be limiting your choices and possilbly missing out on some excellent films if you do that.

Logo · 22-06-2019 2:02pm

evilcloud wrote: »

Definitely recommend watching the prestige. It's a great fIlm. Surprised at that rt rating actually. Thought it would be higher. Note the audience score is 92%

Hacksaw Ridge on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 86%

Tipsy McSwagger · 22-06-2019 5:06pm

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Hacksaw Ridge is not bad to be fair, but it most definitely does not belong on any 'best' lists no matter what the criteria. I was surprised by the overwhelming reaction to it, it's closer to Windtalkers than Saving Private Ryan in my opinion.

Give me Heartbreak Ridge over that muck any day.

Logo · 22-06-2019 5:38pm

Will check them out - thanks for the replies.

Logo · 23-06-2019 4:17pm

Haven't seen a decent film for a while. Toss-up between Baby Driver, Passengers and Get Out. Recommendations welcome. TIA
Update: Decided to watch Gladiator (it's sitting under the telly far too long).

evilcloud · 23-06-2019 8:46pm

I wasn't a fan of Hacksaw Ridge. Too sentimental from what I remember (it's been a while since I've seen it)

[Deleted User] · 27-06-2019 12:26am

Logo wrote: »

Haven't seen a decent film for a while. Toss-up between Baby Driver, Passengers and Get Out. Recommendations welcome. TIA
Update: Decided to watch Gladiator (it's sitting under the telly far too long).

Baby Driver annoyed me. One long sketchy spotify playlist shoved in your face.

Get out was ok but a bit too hyped because of the race card.

I actually kind of liked passengers - it's not amazing but I did think that the 2 leads (the only leads lol) worked well.

otnomart · 24-08-2019 7:51am

Odd list for me !
Would recommend only three:
The Prestige
The Untouchables (1987)
Lion

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