Thread: Greatest Movies . . .

the general:
-first buster keaton movie i watched - loved it!

drunken master (1978):
-this is the older one (first one), my favorite kung fu movie ever! (Jackie Chan is awesome).

karate kid 1:
-classic 80's movie.

back to the future 1,2,3:
-awesome!

life aquatic:
-bill murray, awesome color/contrast, great story and characters, exploration, "dry for wet", sigur ros - awesome!

ahh, the list can go on with the number of movies out there now.

Searching for a Pulp Fiction thread I stumbled upon this....
Pulp Fiction on AMC right now...

VICE SQUAD
KALIFORNIA
TRUE ROMANCE
NATURAL BORN KILLERS
PULP FICTION
KILL BILL 1 & 2
HEAT
BLOW
COCAINE COWBOYS
USUAL SUSPECTS
THE KRAYS
FULL METAL JACKET
CLOCKWORK ORANGE
THE PROFESSIONAL
LA FEMME NIKITA

i dont go in for all that "its a gangster/drug film therefore its got to be cool" sort of thing.. If its actually a good film then yeah but most of the ultra violent or gangster films arent actually that great

my top films are as follows (in no particular order)

Blues Brothers
Iron Man
Watchmen
Saving Private Ryan
Spirited Away
Brick
Terminator 2
Elizabeth Town
Shawshank Redemption
StarWars (4,5,6)
Indiana Jones (only the first one)
American Beauty
Back to the Future (2,3)
Evil Dead 2


that will do for now lol

By the time I finish my degree next year I'll pretty much have a second major in Film Studies. I can appreciate a few of these posts. Especially the bolded films. Quality boys. I respect the following posts, lol.

Originally Posted by Dilancer

1. La Bella Vida (Life is Beautiful)
2. Citizen Cane
3. North By Northwest
4. Crash (NOT a huge fan)
5. Ben Hur
6. The Lion King
7. Gladiator
8. The French Conection
9. Gone in Sixty Seconds
10. The Dark Knight

Im a pretty big movie buff, there might be some better ones up there, but Ijust can't remember off the top of my head.

Originally Posted by carendt242

my list of great movies wouldn't resemble too many:

gummo
all the real girls
ratcatcher
apocalypse now
aguirre, wrath of god
the conversation
dead ringers
elephant man
heat
in the mood for love
lost highway
pi
primer
there will be blood
videodrome
wall street
the war zone
- chuck

Originally Posted by MD-Ram

Interesting - some notable omissions from what I've seen, but worthy of consideration:

"Vertigo"
"Rear Window" (to hit a couple of Hitchcock's; for that matter "Rope", "Psycho" and "The Birds")
"The Great Escape"
"Grand Prix"
"Lord of the Rings" (1, 2 and 3)
"The Guns of Navarone"
"Twelve O'Clock High"
"The Bridges at Toko Ri"
"Sunset Boulevard"
"Lawrence of Arabia"
"The Bridge On the River Kwai"
"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"
"The Misfits"
"Judgment at Nuremberg"

Originally Posted by bartvdb

scarface
casablanca
seven samurai

One of these things is not like the other... lol.

Originally Posted by DetailDave

Usual Suspects
Il Divo (foreign film, probably the best written movie I have even seen)

Great film.

I have tons to contribute, too many to list. If you consider yourself a fan of film in general, try out some of these off the top of my head, sorry if any are reposts:

Ladri di biciclette (1948)
La règle du jeu (1939)
La vita è bella (1997)
Hiroshima mon amour (1959)
Grand Illusion (1937)
L'Age d'Or/Un Chien Andalou (1930)
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)
Boudu Saved From Drowning (1932)
La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (1928)
8½ (1963)
Double Indemnity (1944)
M (1931)
Psycho (1960)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)

Alot of these are STAPLES of film. Incredibly rewarding the keen viewer, lots of rich history behind alot of them too. It's so cool to watch films from pre 1930 and be like blown away by the amount of things that are stolen/copied from these originals. Go watch the ORIGINAL Scarface (Scarface, Shame of a Nation 1933 [I believe]) or the original Ocean's Eleven (can't remember the year) and you'll have a grin the whole time.

A few more modern flicks:
Donnie Darko (2001)
Run Lola Run (1998)
Memento (2000)


Not an anime buff or anything, but enjoyed these classic diddies:
Mononoke-hime (1997)
Akira (1988)
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)

I'm also a hugeee documentary fan, but I'll leave that for another post maybe.

Titanic
The Notebook
Terminator 2
Halloween (1978)
Wrongfully Accussed
Independance Day
Scarface
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 Dream Warriors
Twister
Friday the 13th Part 6 Jason Lives

I have to agree with the

Good Fellas
Scarface
Casino
Gladiator
Shaw Shank
God Father's
Tombstone
Dumb & Dumber
Coming to America
Austin Powers
Conan The Barbarian
Bad Boys 1 & 2
Barely Legal 15-19

This thread is #Epic! *Jumps into Netflix Que*

Originally Posted by Boston Litigator

Heat was on cable last night. Got sucked into watching it. You forget how good it is.

+1 Love the cast. love the plot, love the action sequences, and most of all LOVE the Story.

Heat is def. Number 1 in my book.

Beyond that

Independence Day, (The best at big action dooms day scenarios)

Seven, (Dark, Twisted, Make you think)

Fight Club, (A true mans man movie, that makes you realize the Misandry of our society) and contemplate how Man would fight back if it reached a breaking point)

Spider Man "Part 1"/ Batman Begins/Dark Knight, (good story of the internal battle with in all of us)

Star Wars Part ii, iii, and v, (best starwars movies to tell a real tale of men)

Terminator 2, (awesome special effects, and great story)

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, (quite possibly one of the best and most simple love stories of our time)

Gone in 60 Seconds, (Cool Cars + Cool Girl, + Cool lingo + Cool Action Scenes = Cool Movie)

Casino, (historic, believable crime bio)


Forest Gump (No Need for explanation)

Almost Famous
Blow
Wallstreet (original)
The Basketball Diaries
Black Hawk Down
Man On Fire
Falling Down
Donnie Brasco
Casino
Into The Wild
Goodfellas
Forest Gump
Legends Of The Fall
Requiem For A Dream
The Talented Mr Rippley
Lords Of Dogtown
The Usual Suspects
The Goonies
Garden State
Letters From Iwo Jima
Apocalypse Now
Layer Cake
The Thomas Crown Affair
The Last King Of Scotland
The Usual Suspects
Waynes World 1
Band Of Brothers (Mini Series)