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So your Top five films contains 34... 36? movies?
Madness!
Indeed.
Top 3 crappiest threads:
You are clearly an interesting and positive person. Thank you.
1. The Godfather films
2. The Leopard
3. Duck Soup
4. Taxi Driver
5. Star Wars films
Star Trek films
excluding the JJ rubbish ones,
The Lord of The Rings films
just the first 3 the were out I have no idea about the prequels.
James bond films,
Mission Impossibe films.
And All the Alien films.
Okay, fair enough, please forgive me.
Here's a sorted list of my rated films/series on IMDB for those interested.
https://www.imdb.com/user/ur10453572/ratings?sort=your_rating,desc&ratingFilter=0&mode=detail&ref_=undefined&lastPosition=0
Thanks. Really good suggestions there. Genuinely - many I agree with (the wire is definitely up there as my number one with west wing) and some I will watch over the coming weeks. And the queens gambit was worth a few months Netflix subscription.
Chinatown...
I'll preface this with I'M OLD ok ? ☺️
1 Kind Hearts and Coronets.
This was a complete tour de force by Alec Guinness but he was well supported by the rest of the cast too. It's hands down my favourite of the Ealing comedies. Also, I have a soft spot for it because Guinness was the very spit of my Da, so much so that his cronies used call him Sir Alec :)
2 The 39 Steps. 1935 with Robert Donat.
A rollicking good story that absolutely captivated me when I first saw it 50 years or so ago.
3 The Searchers.
John Wayne was a difficult watch in this as our attitudes have changed so much since then but he was so compelling. As is the theme of redemption.
4 Some Like It Hot.
I've mentioned this one on another thread. It was Jack Lemmon being hysterically funny next to Marilyn being utterly mesmerising.
5 Spirited Away.
Superb animation by Studio Ghibli. It blew me away on the first viewing; visually stunning and totally unforgettable.
So hard to say...
Children of Men
One flew over the cuckoos' nest
ET
We Need to Talk about Kevin
... Just some random brain output there, probably not my favourites.
The Holy Grail...
Where Eagles Dare.
Psycho
I am watching the Sopranos again for the 6th time, best series ever made but the best films are.
Gladiator
Goodfellas
Pulp Fiction
Good Will Hunting
Trainspotting
I could watch those films over and over
Glad no-one mentioned Shawshank 👍
Shame about the director.
Nicholon my favourite actor... the lunatic... i had to google director... what did he do...
He pleaded guilty and was convicted of ‘unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor’ for drugging and raping a 13 year old in the late 70’s, then he fled the US before sentencing as he learnt that the judge had decided the sentence in the plea deal was too lenient.
He has been a fugitive from justice ever since.
Good bad ugly
Jaws
One flew over cuckoos nest
The Godfather
Vertigo
Best tv series? Mad Men!
Best film series, Terminator films, after the amazing first 2 films I see the rest of the series as fan made films
Best tv series, Game of thrones. The high points of the series are still a tier above all other tv shows. The ending though deserves all the hate it gets.
Best Bond
Casino royale
Best Indiana Jones
Last Crusade
Best Christmas films
Die Hard
Home Alone
Best quirky comedies
Little Miss Sunshine
Amelie
Sideways
As good as it gets
Best war films
black hawk down
great escape
Platoon
Legal/Courtroom/drama
The Firm
Runaway Jury
pelican Brief
A few good men
The Judge
Erin Brockovich
Best TV series
west wing
the wire
best mini series
queens gambit
unorthodox
best Christmas TV
Only fools and horses specials
Royle Family specials
For me personally, it would be Star Wars, The Terminator, Starship Troopers, Platoon, and Saving Private Ryan.
Honorable mentions to Alien, Aliens, Gladiator, Schlinders List.
Good call on Saving Private Ryan. One to watch over coming weeks.
For a Few Dollars More & The Good, The Bad And The Ugly from the Dollars trilogy.
Episode IV & Episode V from the Star Wars original trilogy.
Ran.
Apocalypse Now.
2001: A Space Odyssey.
Top Movie: Blade Runner
Top Series: Mad Men
That much I know. Could be debating with myself for a thousand years over the rest of the line up.
Home alone.
