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Your Top 10 Films Of All Time

Started by DukeDeMondo, July 18, 2015, 02:00:32 AM

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greenman

In a fortnights time...

Yojimbo
Angel Heart
The Big Lebowski
Apocalypse Now
Terminator 2
Grosse Point Blank
Predator
Raging Bull
2001
Princess Mononoke


phantom_power

It's too hard to narrow down so the ten films off the top of my head I would happily watch any time would be:

Robocop
Big Trouble in Little China
Buckaroo Banzai
Harold and Maude
Goodfellas
Shaun of the Dead
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Bugsy Malone
Evil Dead 2

Shoulders?-Stomach!

Quote from: Noodle Lizard on July 18, 2015, 06:05:54 PM
HAHA you're all so rubbish at this

Ah so you spotted my deliberate mistake!

Spoiler alert
no, I thought it was earlier than 1982, sorry about that Lord Film.
[close]

Steven

Quote from: Shoulders?-Stomach! on July 18, 2015, 10:41:57 PM
Spoiler alert
no, I thought it was earlier than 1982, sorry about that Lord Film.
[close]

It was released in 1983, haha, you're still all rubbish at this! WAVES IN THE MAIN POOL.

Talulah, really!

#64
Quote from: Shoulders?-Stomach! on July 18, 2015, 10:41:57 PM
Ah so you spotted my deliberate mistake!


"..../s"

The Ipcress File, 1965. I know that as it's one of my favourite films along with

The General 1926.
Upstream color
The Double Life of Veronique
Top Hat
The Deer Hunter
Paddington
Come and See
All about Eve
Casablanca

...and it's Puppet on a Chain isn't it?

A slip you've made before....[nb]I'd been meaning to bring it up....[/nb]

Quote from: Shoulders?-Stomach! on June 08, 2008, 01:57:59 AM
Puppet On A Wire- Essentially for fans of Don't Look Now, this film culminates in an epic speedboat race through Venice with a paedophile vicar and a swedish residivist.

and it's Amsterdam not Venice  ;0)


Harpo Speaks

I did a Top 100 for another forum last year. Nothing particularly esoteric in mine. There's always a real fluidity with these sorts of lists anyway, things moving up and down the order, sometimes even dropping out altogether if a rewatch doesn't prove favourable.

1.   Jurassic Park [Steven Spielberg, 1993]
2.   Annie Hall [Woody Allen, 1977]
3.   Aliens [James Cameron, 1986]
4.   Children of Men [Alfonso Cuaron, 2006]
5.   Goodfellas [Martin Scorsese, 1990]
6.   Pulp Fiction [Quentin Tarantino, 1994]
7.   Terminator 2: Judgment Day [James Cameron, 1991]
8.   Fight Club [David Fincher, 1999]
9.   South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut [Trey Parker, 1999]
10.   The Usual Suspects [Bryan Singer, 1995]


and the rest:

11.   Léon [Luc Besson, 1994]
12.   A Serious Man [Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, 2009]
13.   Synecdoche, New York [Charlie Kaufman, 2008]
14.   No Country for Old Men [Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, 2007]
15.   Reservoir Dogs [Quentin Tarantino, 1992]
16.   A Clockwork Orange [Stanley Kubrick, 1971]
17.   12 Angry Men [Sidney Lumet, 1957]
18.   Twelve Monkeys [Terry Gilliam, 1995]
19.   Alien [Ridley Scott, 1979]
20.   Barton Fink [Joel Coen, 1991]
21.   Apocalypse Now [Francis Ford Coppola, 1979]
22.   Moon [Duncan Jones, 2009]
23.   The Prestige [Christopher Nolan, 2006]
24.   Manhattan [Woody Allen, 1979]
25.   The Matrix [Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, 1999]
26.   The Terminator [James Cameron, 1984]
27.   Who Framed Roger Rabbit [Robert Zemeckis, 1988]
28.   2001: A Space Odyssey [Stanley Kubrick, 1968]
29.   Network [Sidney Lumet, 1976]
30.   Four Lions [Christopher Morris, 2010]
31.   Chinatown [Roman Polanski, 1974]
32.   Zodiac [David Fincher, 2007]
33.   Blade Runner [Ridley Scott,1982]
34.   Groundhog Day [Harold Ramis, 1993]
35.   Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind [Michel Gondry, 2004]
36.   Duck Soup [Leo McCarey, 1933]
37.   The Thing [John Carpenter, 1982]
38.   Oldboy [Chan-Wook Park, 2003]
39.   Akira [Katsuhiro Ohtomo, 1988]
40.   Donnie Darko [Richard Kelly, 2001]
41.   There Will Be Blood [Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007]
42.   The Conversation [Francis Ford Coppola, 1974]
43.   Memories of Murder [Joon-Ho Bong, 2003]
44.   Heat [Michael Mann, 1995]
45.   Brazil [Terry Gilliam, 1985]
46.   The Godfather [Francis Ford Coppola, 1972]
47.   One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest [Milos Forman, 1975]
48.   Taxi Driver [Martin Scorsese, 1976]
49.   Das Boot [Wolfgang Peterson, 1981]
50.   Jaws [Steven Spielberg, 1975]
51.   The Big Sleep [1946, Howard Hawks]
52.   Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb [Stanley Kubrick, 1964]
53.   Take Shelter [Jeff Nichols, 2011]
54.   This Is Spinal Tap [Rob Reiner, 1984]
55.   The Master [Paul Thomas Anderson, 2012]
56.   In the Loop [Armando Iannucci, 2009]
57.   RoboCop [Paul Verhoeven, 1987]
58.   Gladiator [Ridley Scott, 2000]
59.   Shaun of the Dead [Edgar Wright, 2004]
60.   Inglourious Basterds [Quentin Tarantino, 2009]
61.   Dogtooth [Giorgos Lanthimos, 2009]
62.   28 Days Later [Danny Boyle, 2002]
63.   Close Encounters of the Third Kind [Steven Spielberg, 1977]
64.   The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! [David Zucker, 1988]
65.   The French Connection [William Friedkin, 1971]
66.   Aguirre: The Wrath of God [Werner Herzog, 1972]
67.   Life of Brian [Terry Jones, 1979]
68.   Miller's Crossing [Joel Coen, 1990]
69.   Mulholland Dr. [David Lynch, 2001]
70.   Airplane! [David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, 1980]
71.   Sweet Smell of Success [Alexander Mackendrick, 1957]
72.   Psycho [Alfred Hitchcock, 1960]
73.   Casino [Martin Scorsese, 1995]
74.   Let the Right One In [Tomas Alfredson, 2008]
75.   Jackie Brown [Quentin Tarantino, 1997]
76.   L.A. Confidential [Curtis Hanson, 1997]
77.   The Wicker Man [Robin Hardy, 1973]
78.   Waltz with Bashir [Ari Folman, 2008]
79.   In Bruges [Martin McDonagh, 2008]
80.   Pan's Labyrinth [Guillermo del Toro, 2006]
81.   American Psycho [Mary Harron, 2000]
82.   Dead Man's Shoes [Shane Meadows, 2004]
83.   Kiss Kiss Bang Bang [Shane Black, 2005]
84.   Kill Bill: Vol. 1 [Quentin Tarantino, 2003]
85.   Unbreakable [M Night Shyamalan, 2000]
86.   Downfall [Oliver Hirschbiegel, 2004]
87.   The Shining [Stanley Kubrick, 1980]
88.   Solaris [Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972]
89.   Come and See [Elem Klimov, 1985]
90.   Punch-Drunk Love [Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002]
91.   Deconstructing Harry [Woody Allen, 1997]
92.   Artificial Intelligence: AI [Steven Spielberg, 2001]
93.   The King of Comedy [Martin Scorsese, 1982]
94.   Ed Wood [Tim Burton, 1994]
95.   The Dark Knight [Christopher Nolan, 2008]
96.   Road to Perdition [Sam Mendes, 2002]
97.   Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse [Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper, Eleanor Coppola, 1991]
98.   The Act of Killing [Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012]
99.   Glengarry Glen Ross [James Foley, 1992]
100.   The Raid: Redemption [Gareth Evans, 2011]


#66
No particular order, all would get a solid 5 bags of popcorn:

1) The Conformist (1970)
2) The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
3) Sherlock Jr. (1924)
4) The Long Goodbye (1973)
5) Bigger Than Life (1956)
6) Fat City (1972)
7) Limelight (1952)
8) Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
9) Week-End (1967)
10) The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

The Quiet Earth
Network
Dog Day Afternoon
The Apartment
The Celebration
The Thing
Blissfully Yours
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Taking of Pelham 123

and of course....

The 'burbs

Sam

Narrowed it down to these. They're in order now but that changes depending on mood. No 6 and 7 are pretty interchangeable to be honest.

Film That Will Impress Others No. 1
Film That Will Impress Others No. 2
Film That Will Impress Others No. 3
Film That Will Impress Others No. 4
Film That Will Impress Others No. 5
Film That Will Impress Others No. 6
Film That Will Impress Others No. 7
Film That Will Impress Others No. 8
Film That Will Impress Others No. 9
Film That Will Impress Others No. 10

chocolate teapot

Quote from: Sam on July 19, 2015, 01:06:52 AM
Narrowed it down to these. They're in order now but that changes depending on mood. No 6 and 7 are pretty interchangeable to be honest.

Film That Will Impress Others No. 1
Film That Will Impress Others No. 2
Film That Will Impress Others No. 3
Film That Will Impress Others No. 4
Film That Will Impress Others No. 5
Film That Will Impress Others No. 6
Film That Will Impress Others No. 7
Film That Will Impress Others No. 8
Film That Will Impress Others No. 9
Film That Will Impress Others No. 10

Oh go on, you know you want to post your favourites.


Noodle Lizard

Quote from: Steven on July 18, 2015, 10:49:24 PM
It was released in 1983, haha, you're still all rubbish at this! WAVES IN THE MAIN POOL.

And shot in 1981 as well.  This guy fucks up!

Noodle Lizard

Quote from: Sam on July 19, 2015, 01:06:52 AM
Narrowed it down to these. They're in order now but that changes depending on mood. No 6 and 7 are pretty interchangeable to be honest.

1. Malick
2. Malick
3. Malick
4. Malick
5. Malick
6. Malick
7. Malick
8. Malick
9. Herzog
10. Malick

Aaaah I'm only playing with you.  I would like to hear your top 10 though, if such a thing can be done.  The more I look at my list, the more I realise how meaningless it is.

Steven

10. Face/Off
9. Con Air
8. The Wicker Man (Nicholas Cage version)
7. Independence Day
6. Prometheus
5. Righteous Kill
4. Jack And Jill
3. Son Of The Mask
2. Video Of My Parents Having Sex
1. Video Depicting The Exact Time And Manner Of My Death

1.City of God
2.Holy Motors
3.Mulholland Drive
4.Felidae
5.Synecdoche New York
6.The Room
7.Suspiria
8.Bring it On
9.The King of Kong
10.The Holy Mountain

East of Eden

Rewatched Jaws last night, Speilberg is such a brilliant visual story teller in this. Love this device, simple but so effective.


newbridge

Quote from: East of Eden on July 19, 2015, 03:06:16 PM
Rewatched Jaws last night, Speilberg is such a brilliant visual story teller in this. Love this device, simple but so effective.



That doesn't even look like a shark if you squint. What was he thinking???

Serge

Fuck yes! I watched it again last year for the first time in ages, and loved the scene with the broken pier. And that scene probably only came about because the mechanical shark looked shit. There's some kind of genius in that.

East of Eden

Quote from: Serge on July 19, 2015, 03:35:13 PM
Fuck yes! I watched it again last year for the first time in ages, and loved the scene with the broken pier. And that scene probably only came about because the mechanical shark looked shit. There's some kind of genius in that.

I'm so glad they had problems with the mechanical shark and could only use it sparingly. Its the reason they used the famous underwater POV shots, and lots of other tricks.

Certainly adds to the mythology of Jaws, little things that happen through accident not design.

non capisco

At present, I would pick (in no real order)

1. THE WICKER MAN
"The bees! The bees! My eyes!" Ahahahaha, not really! The original English pastoral nasty of course. Never stops being as chilling as the first time I saw it with disbelieving, enraptured eyes in my teens. Even though you're fully aware of the outcome on followup viewings at any point you can just think to yourself "They rehearsed all this" and get shudders anew. My favourites of the new UK breed (Wheatley, Strickland) seem to be taking heavy cues from this.

2. IN A LONELY PLACE
I love me some Bogie but I especially love me some Bogie playing against type and going full on 'crazed'. Sierra Madre, The Caine Mutiny but above all this. Nicholas Ray's somewhat undersung bleak as all get-out film noir classic.


3. REPO MAN
As the avatar suggests. Just so much fun. Alex Cox throwing every idea he has into his first film. Science fiction, hardcore punk and Harry Dean Stanton. These are a few of my favourite things. It's just such a blast from start to finish.

4. INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978 Phillip Kaufman version)
A beautiful sense of sickly unreality pervades every frame.

5. THE 400 BLOWS
Best end.


6. UNDER THE SKIN
I became utterly beguiled and obsessed with this film last year, following it around second run cinemas. It chills me to the marrow. Those images, that mood, that soundtrack. I like to negate its power over me by mockingly referring to it as 'The arthouse Beadle's About'.

7. THE ELEPHANT MAN
"If only I could find her, so she could see me with such lovely friends here now..perhaps she could love me as I am. I've tried so hard to be good."

8. TAXI DRIVER
Best film about loneliness. Gets sadder every time I watch it.

9. MADAME DE...
Got to have a Max Ophuls in here. Either this one or Le Ronde. This one because of that amazing ballroom montage.

10. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
Grieving, heartbroken and pissed up with a monkey. My man.
also
"I don't know, I'm just making this up as I go". Bore off, Rodney-faced fella from Drive. That's how you do cool.

This will all change in a week. Jesus, haven't even got any PTA, Hitchcock or any silents in there. Cinema is wonderful.

Sam

Ok then, in no order:

Andrei Rublev
Under the Skin
Days of Heaven
Brazil
Manhattan
The Tree of Life
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
The Wind Will Carry Us
Withnail and I
Dead Man's Shoes

Gah, too difficult, ten more:

Stroszek
The Return
Five Easy Pieces
Pan's Labyrinth
Smoke
The Thin Red Line
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Magnolia
Road to Perdition
In the Mood for Love

non capisco

11. DETOUR



You all need Detour in your lives. I could probably do a top 10 favourite list just of original 40s and 50s film noirs.

Noodle Lizard

Quote from: Sam on July 19, 2015, 11:48:11 PM
Ok then, in no order:

Andrei Rublev
Under the Skin
Days of Heaven
Brazil
Manhattan
The Tree of Life
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
The Wind Will Carry Us
Withnail and I
Dead Man's Shoes

Gah, too difficult, ten more:

Stroszek
The Return
Five Easy Pieces
Pan's Labyrinth
Smoke
The Thin Red Line
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Magnolia
Road to Perdition
In the Mood for Love

Christ, I forgot about Five Easy Pieces.  That might replace The Comedy on my list.

I should have a Gilliam on mine too.  I think it might be The Imaginarium Of Dr Parnassus, y'know.  There's something about that film I really love, though he hasn't really put a foot wrong yet (haven't seen Zero Theorem).

EDIT:  Fucking Kwaidan too, that has to be on my list.

Onken

Le Circle Rouge (1970) Jean Pierre Melville
The Green Ray (1986) Eric Rohmer
Miami Blues (1990) George Armitage
Trees Lounge (1996) Steve Buscemi
Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame (2007) Hana Makhmalbaf
Camera Buff (1979) Krzysztof Kieslowski
In Cold Blood (1967) Richard Brooks
Dry Summer (1963) Metin Erksan
The Graduate (1967) Mike Nicols
Down by Law (1986) Jim Jarmusch

Heres another ten from me.

Custard

Trees Lounge is great!

Fantastic choices in this thread. My Amazon wish list has just got a fuckton bigger too!

monolith

Well done to the OP on making this thread, have felt like I've been running out of films to watch recently but there is a plethora of (presumably) great films to plough through here.

So thanks to everyone else too I suppose.

Sam

Fuck it, ten more, you can have these:

Badlands
The New World
Grizzly Man
Heart of Glass
Stalker
The Rules of the Game
Cinema Pardiso
Jaws
Tokyo Story
Spirited Away

Puce Moment

Quote from: non capisco on July 19, 2015, 11:55:36 PM
11. DETOUR



You all need Detour in your lives. I could probably do a top 10 favourite list just of original 40s and 50s film noirs.

It really is a superior film noir, probably my favourite. There are so many great little moments, but the inciting incident is fascinating. Also the phone scene is one of my favourite in any film ever. Thank you for reminding me how much I love that film.

Benjaminos

1.) Robocop
2.) Die Hard
3.) Evil Dead II
4.) Dawn of the Dead
5.) Airplane!
6.) Raiders of the Lost Ark
7.) The Matrix
8.) Crank
9.) Goodfellas
10.) The Princess Bride

With honourable mentions to Whiplash and the Imitation Game. But I dunno if that's because I've seen them recently, so I'm not putting them in the top ten.

El Unicornio, mang

Goodfellas
Planes Trains and Automobiles
Withnail & I
Taxi Driver
The Insider
The Godfather I&II (I can't separate them)
Back to the Future
Glengarry Glen Ross
Aliens
Mulholland Dr.

I do like some older and more indie/foreign films, but if I'm being honest with myself, my top 10 is pretty much mainstream or typical "classic" stuff.

Some less mainstream ones that didn't make the cut

The Double Life of Veronique
Eraserhead
Les Amants du Pont-Neuf
The Chaser
Boom!
Akira
Scum
Dead Man's Shoes
Chopper