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lechuck said – Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:50:31 -0000 ( Edit Link )

As an independent filmmaker, watching films is a must. When I find a hidden gem of a film, it really gets me motivated to throw away the time I usually spend sleeping in order to direct a great little film. So, let’s share our favorite films of all time so that perhaps we can find another hidden gem that gets the film blood pumpin’.

Here are mine:

10. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

9. Shaun of the Dead

8. Casablanca

7. Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn

6. Children of Men

5. The Shinning

4. There Will be Blood

3. Apocalypse Now

2. Shawshank Redemption

1. The Big Sleep

I have a broad taste in films. Certain films make my top 10, not because they are extremely well filmed, or have the most impacting story in the world—but because they each have their own story and effected me in a different way.

For example, while Evil Dead II isn’t by any means a good film, it inspires me. Sam Raimi and the crew were filmmakers like myself with no budget and still managed, out of sheer will, to pave their own road to success.

Many would disagree that The Big Sleep should be higher in the list than Casablanca. For me, The Big Sleep was far smarter, and the mystery of it was far more engaging. The chemistry between Lauren Bacall and Bogart was what really made the movie magical! It’s why I love it, and watch it over and over and over and over.

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RLLillis said – Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:04:14 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

I wouldn’t have pegged you as a romantic watching The Big Sleep over and over again. I’ll work on my list and post it soon. 10 films… that’s quite a task to narrow down to 10 best.
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1. lechuck said – Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:24:56 -0000 ( Flag Edit Link )
  
  Ah yes, my virtual self surprises many people ;)
  
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mcaers said – Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:15:26 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

I agree that it is really hard to name a top 10 so I reserve the right to change my mind but I will give it a try. My top 10 movies in terms of watching over and over are:

10. Legends of the Fall

9. Forest Gump

8. Meet Joe Black

7. Lawrence of Arabia

6. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

5. It’s A Wonderful Life

4. The Shawshank Redemption

3. A River Runs Through It

2. Star Wars

1. Pretty Woman
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lechuck said – Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:27:47 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

I never would have pictured you as a The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly fan Michelle. Should I start calling you Blondie? Or Angel Eyes? LOL
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jmcnally said – Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:13:55 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

1. Withnail and I

2. The Big Lebowski

3. Rushmore

4. Magnolia

5. The Philadelphia Story

6. Les 400 coups

7. The Royal Tenenbaums

8. All About Eve

9. Raising Arizona

10. Bottle Rocket

I made this list several years ago for the site YMDB (http://www.shompy.com/jmcnally/l12387_ukuk.html) so it’s probably time I looked at it again, but listmaking in general is really difficult. I think there would be more foreign films in it now.
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Andrew Brown said – Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:26:54 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

1. Forrest Gump

2. Inherit the Wind

3. Boondock Saints

4. The Big Lebowski

5. Eagle Vs Shark

6. Logan’s Run

7. Super Mario Bros

8. Equilberium

9. On the Waterfront

10. Rocky
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RLLillis said – Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:53:20 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

Andrew… really? I couldn’t be more surprised by your top 10 list. I’m looking forward to renting Eagle v Shark though… that looks hilarious. Forrest Gump has THE best soundtrack EVER, but why is it your favorite movie of all time?

If you like the B-budget Boondock Saints, have you seen the new Jodie Foster movie “The Brave One?” You may like it. It runs along the same lines.

I didn’t even know they made a Super Mario movie until I saw your list…

My question is… how did you pick this top 10. Is it based on the movies that have the highest replay value to you or are they the ones that made the biggest impact on you when you first saw them? Do you appreciate a good director or are you more of a plot/script guy?

I’m having a hard time making a favorite movie list because if we’re talking replay value, movies like “The Rundown,” Romancing the Stone,” Indiana Jones,” “Shaun of the Dead,” “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,” “Die Hard,” “Dante’s Peak,” any of the Harry Potter movies… they would all be contenders… but they aren’t the best scripted or directed movies I’ve seen. They are the ones that I can rewatch while doing other things over and over again…

I guess I’m just struggling with narrowing down all my various favorite movies from each time period and genre into one list and naming one as better than another… It’s like picking your favorite child… I’m not willing to do it…. nana nana boo boo!
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mcaers said – Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:50:10 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

Hey RLLillis,

Just give it a try. Write down a list and see how it looks. It is hard to “commit” to a top ten but then again it’s only a discussion forum and not a life changing decision…. or is it? ;-)
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Andrew Brown said – Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:13:30 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

@Rachel – forrest gump is the story about a simpleton who is constantly told he’s stupid but he goes on doing his thing and its not he who changes but everyone else. Its also number narrated film of all time.
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hcraig said – Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:56:59 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

@Rachel – My picks are a mish-mash of films that have impacted me, that had a style I love, or films that I could watch over and over and over again (hence Desperado and Mortal Kombat will always remain in my top 10).

I agree it is hard though, and just when I think I’ve got it nailed down, I realize I’ve forgotten something.
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wmoxam said – Fri, 02 May 2008 17:20:18 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )
My favs are not strictly in this order, but it’s a good approximation. It’s really hard to narrow down to 10 since I tend to like many films from the same director, but I only list one per director. My top ten list could be entirely filled of films by Kubrick, Tarantino & Wes Anderson alone ….
1. Pulp Fiction
2. Barry Lyndon
3. Leon (The Professional)
4. Enter the Dragon
5. Donnie Darko
6. City of God
7. Trainspotting
8. Groundhog Day
9. Rushmore
10. The Big Lebowski
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1. acrosstheuniverse said – Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:29:17 -0000 ( Flag Edit Link )
  
  Great list Wes. City of God is such an intensely amazing movie. It’s so violent and at the same time vibrant and real and rigid. In comparison you might like Battle Royale (or Batoru Rowaiaru, 2000), it’s a Japanese film about a bunch of school students who get dropped into a violent reality play-to-the-death game. It’s a movie to really look into it. It’s intense, but very worth watching.
  
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mcaers said – Fri, 02 May 2008 17:24:14 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

Hey Wes,

That’s a good reminder. I really liked Leon too.

Michelle
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mcaers said – Mon, 05 May 2008 21:07:25 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

Hi,

I have another edition to my list that I was reminded of last night. I have always really enjoyed Good Will Hunting. I have seen it too many times to count.

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lechuck said – Mon, 05 May 2008 21:27:39 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

Does Band of Brothers count as a movie? It’s a bunch of mini-movies that combine into one marathon of a movie… it’s great none the less!
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oLahav said – Wed, 14 May 2008 21:12:56 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

Here’s my list. But before you comment on it, I’m already aware that my taste in movies is horrible. I never claimed it wasn’t. In no particular order except for #1:

10. The Matrix

9. Spiderman 2

8. Ocean’s 11

7. The Departed

6. The Italian Job

5. Rattle and Hum (it’s an old U2 movie, you should watch it)

4. Forrest Gump

3. Mortal Kombat

2. The Untouchables

But my absolute #1 movie I’ve watched so many times I know it by heart… (drum-roll please)... Catch Me If You Can! It’s the best movie ever.
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1. mcaers said – Sat, 24 May 2008 14:32:46 -0000 ( Flag Edit Link )
  
  Hey Oren,
  
  I really liked Catch Me if You Can as well. DiCaprio did a great job in that movie and what a fun story.
  
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hcraig said – Fri, 23 May 2008 16:18:58 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

In no particular order:

Mortal Kombat

Desperado

Old Boy

Interview with a Vampire

The Princess Bride

The Cell

Nochnoy dozor

Bridge Jones Diary

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

The Matrix

Honourable mentions to: House of the Flying Dagger, Iron Monkey, and Kung Fu Hustle
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lechuck said – Fri, 23 May 2008 16:23:24 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

Old Boy was great…
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mcaers said – Sat, 24 May 2008 14:28:01 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon is a great movie. I am a big Chow Yun-Fat fan! Have you ever seen The Replacement Killers? Great movie with a great soundtrack.
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1. hcraig said – Thu, 29 May 2008 14:34:25 -0000 ( Flag Edit Link )
  
  I was inconsolable by the end of that movie. And months after, the store I was working in had ‘A love before time’ on the music playlist, and I would always start crying when it came on.
  
  I haven’t seen the replacement killers, but according to IMDB, it set the record for most bullets fired in an American movie… I thought ‘Shoot ‘Em Up’ would hold that one.
  
  Oh man – Shoot ‘Em Up! How did I leave that one out
  
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awasthi_sudhir said – Sat, 24 May 2008 17:04:20 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

Here Goes my List though it was really tough narrowing it to 10

10.Hotel Rwanda

9. Cast Away

8. The Departed

7. Braveheart

6. Forest Gump

5. Life is Beautiful

4. The Usual Suspects

3. A Beautiful Mind

2. The Shawshank Redemption

1. Pursuit of Happiness

Pursuit of Happiness has motivated me the most to make it 1st slot.
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1. hcraig said – Thu, 29 May 2008 14:29:27 -0000 ( Flag Edit Link )
  
  The Usual Suspects! Such a great movie… Except I always think Verbal should have been played by John Cusack. Not that Kevin Spacey didn’t do a great job with the role… My mind just automatically associated Verbal with Cusack.
  
  Have you seen the Ice Harvest? If you liked the Usual Suspects, you’ll probably enjoy that one too.
  
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oLahav said – Thu, 29 May 2008 14:38:05 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

I’ve just noticed, the movies in some of our lists contain so much violence… you think that says anything about us as people?
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1. hcraig said – Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:26:32 -0000 ( Flag Edit Link )
  
  I’m an action girl. Always have been, always will be. I need my movies to be visually entertaining or I lose interest. Although it’s funny (and probably a strange skew), I never associate martial arts films with violence, although they are often violent, because the fighting style is exotic and artistic to me.
  
  I wonder if it’s a North American thing?
  
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2. Poshmonkey said – Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:33:03 -0000 ( Flag Edit Link )
  Well, after seeing Michelle creating this community I was thinking of creating one with “Bollywood”. I just don’t want to get distracted too much from my “MannersAndCareer” community …. so I think sooner or later I will start it, hoping that someone else will not be quicker …. To be honest, I stopped watching Hollywood movies actively since some years now because I think that in the American movies you just see either VIOLENCE, sex or a modest level of humour. Instead we should learn how to make the world a BETTER PLACE by being more humans…..
  
  When I started watching Bollywood movies I realised that I fancy this kind of movies much more because, apart from the fact that you see very very LITTLE VIOLENCE, no sex, and often more humour, it teaches you lessons for life, which I can’t say from Hollywood movies. I would say when it comes to action movies the Americans are good (I remember Firewall with Harrison Ford, and National Treasure 1 with Nicolas Cage), but when it comes to emotional movies from which you can ALWAYS learn something, then nothing can beat Bollywood movies. I can’t think of any Hollywood movie that would have taught me important lessons for life or would have touched me in a particular way (not even Titanic). Should you have never watched any Bollywood movies until now, you definitely should do it. Make sure you have some tissues ready …. you might need them. Well, in contrast to the Top 10 Hollywood movie list, MY TOP 10 BOLLYWOOD MOVIE LIST, if it is allowed. Maybe after watching Bollywood movies you start seeing Hollywood movies with different eyes.
  
  In no particular order, but they are all worth watching and this not just once, but over and over again.
  
  Baghban
  
  Veer Zara
  
  Munnabhai MBBS
  
  Mohabbatein
  
  Waqt
  
  Lage Raho Munnabhai
  
  Namastey London
  
  Taxi 9-2-11
  
  Apne
  
  Taare Zamen Par
  
  Watch one of these movies and let me know what you think of it. I look forward ….
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lechuck said – Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:57:44 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

Malgosia, this is for you!

I drink your… MILKSHAKE!
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1. mcaers said – Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:10:50 -0000 ( Flag Edit Link )
  
  This was a very long and seemingly pointless movie for which the main actor received an oscar. Good acting boring story. Shouldn’t this be in the other discussion, worst movies ever? For those of you who don’t know the movie title is There Will Be Blood
  
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windwind said – Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:24:51 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

The shawshank redemption/ The good the bad and the ugly/ 3 days of the condor/ Gone with the wind/ Working girl/ Catch me if you can/ Cast away/ Rocky 1/ The godfather 1/ The sound of music/
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ameliorator said – Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:11:57 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

Here’s my top ten. In no particular order, chosen for re-playability and because they all inspire me very much.

Amelie

City of Lost Children

Hot Fuzz

The Princess and the Warrior

Ratcatcher

They Might be Giants

Walkabout

Matilda

Strictly Ballroom

Harold and Maude
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albrecht said – Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:47:09 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

This was great reading this discussion and being able to add so many movies to that list of must-see flicks that I keep somewhere in my brain but never seem to be able to access when I’m at the movie store and looking for something to rent…

Here’s my first try at it off the top of my head. Several have already been listed but that’s what I get for joining the discussion so late. Also in no particular order…..

The Godfather

Boondock Saints

Fargo

Into the Wild

Lock, Stock, and two smoking barrels

Forrest Gump

The Motorcycle Diaries

Reservoir Dogs

V for Vendetta

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
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oLahav said – Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:09:01 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

V for Vendetta is a great movie! I have so many now that I’ve got to add to my list… Space Jam, and Braveheart, and the League of Extraordinary Gentleman, and V… and of course, the all-times classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Secret of the Ooze.
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koustabhdolui said – Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:52:50 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

You must have loved Taare zameen par,Karin?Its by far the best I watched…..Mr Aamir Khan is just a genius.
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Poshmonkey said – Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:12:03 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

Hi Koustabhdolui,

I don’t want to compete too much with Michelle, let’s not forget we are in the “Hollywood community” :-) Maybe we should discuss it in my community “Danke Bollywood” ..... Feel free to join. Thanks.

Karin
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lucyinthesky said – Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:09:20 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

Here are my top ten movies:

1. The Sound of Music
2. The Shawshank Redemption
3. Now, Voyager
4. Casablanca
5. Amelie
6. Miss Congeniality
7. The Pianist
8. Closer
9. Forrest Gump
10. Sleepless in Seattle
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