Your Top 20 Films of ALL TIME?

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 12:52 pm

In no particular order:

The Green Mile
Shawshank Redemption
The Hurt Locker
The Matrix
Song for a Raggy Boy
Full Metal Jacket
Pitch Black
12 Angry Men
Terminator Salvation
Star Trek (The new one)
Pulp Fiction
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Train Spotting
Harry Brown
The Italian Job (the original - remake was shit)
Rain Man
Sleepers
A Few Good Men
Die Hard
The Blind Side

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 12:53 pm

In no particular order

Snatch
Star wars complete saga
Lord of the rings
300
Man on fire
Saving private ryan
Transformers the movie 1986
The godfather
Scarface
The gladiator
Braveheart
Dead man on campus
The naked gun (all)
Menace to Society
Terminator 2
Rambo (all)
The evil dead (all)
Nothing to lose
Kellys heros
Howard the duck

All fantastic films

Very Happy

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 9:28 pm

Here's my list. This is not necessarily my top 20 of all time, just what came to mind right now. I tried mostly to include movies that no one had mentioned yet.

The outlaw Josey Wales- this is a perfect movie. Every character gets exactly what they have coming.I have seen this more times than any other movie

True Grit- John Wayne's best performance. Great dialog and wonderful story. Could have done w/o Glen Cambell tho...

Apocalypse Now- I can't believe this was not on anyone's list.

Forrest Gump- This movie just makes me feel good.

The hunt for red october- Cold War espionage at it's finest.

Lost Horizon- This is the first movie I can recall seeing in a theater. The story of the lost city of Shangri-La and great music. A must see.

The African Queen- The sexual tension between Bogart and Hepburn is exquisite.

Freebie and the bean- A really funny movie with Alan Arkin and James Caan. Amazing car chase. Stay up late and watched this at least a dozen time on cable when I was a kid.

Stop Making Sense- Talking Heads captured in one of the best performances of all time.

The last waltz- The Band w/ Sorcesse directing. Dylan, Neil Yong, Muddy Waters, Van Morrison and a bunch of other musical giants appear in this musical tour de force.

The Doors- Val Kilmer had me believing he was the reincarnation of Jim Morrison.

Where the Buffalo Roam- Bill Murray as Hunter Thompson. So much better than fear and loathing IMO.

Kelly's Heroes- An all star cast go after some German Gold. A Sherman can give you a very nice edge.

In Bruges- Funny, violent and original.

Touching the void- Awe inspiring documentary about the will to survive when mountain climbing goes wrong.

A fish called Wanda- Laughed my ass off at this one.

Lord Of The Rings Trilogy- Frodo Lives!!

The Pale Rider- They don't make westerns like this any more.

Ghostbusters- For real who are you gonna call?

Number 20 is a tie between Battlefield Earth, It's Pat, Night at the roxbury, Attack of the killer tomatoes, The love guru, Logan's run, Avatar,Triple X and Gigli...

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 10:28 pm

no order to this but a short list of 20 movies I liked and have watched more than twice as its impossible to say top 20.

A fish called Wanda
The Incredibles
Wall-e
2001
Tears of the Sun
Alien 2
Chronicles of Riddick
The cube
Fist of Fury
Snatch
Lord of the rings trilogy
Matrix part 1
The abyss
Hot fuzz (a comedy cop movie your perv.)
Life of Brian
Silence of the lambs
Dirty Harry
Clockwork Orange
Train Spotting
Warriors of heaven and Earth

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 11:08 pm

In no particular order.

Terminator
Mad max 1 &2
Alien 1 & 2
Indiana Jones and the temple of doom
snatch
ong bak
Rambo 1,2,3 & 4
fast and furious
blade runner
Big trouble in little china
kung fu hustle
videodrome
300
predator 1,2,3 & 4 but not the new one
the condemned
the life of brian
the evil dead
Kill bill 1 & 2
pulp fiction
the usual suspects

Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 12:40 am

johnno23 wrote:

no order to this but a short list of 20 movies I liked and have watched more than twice as its impossible to say top 20.

Your not wrong! Nearly need to be in catergories such as:
Comedy, Sci-fi, Thriller, Horror, Drama...etc

Or even countries, for example here is a list of my top Aussie movies,

The Proposition
Mad Max 1
Mad Max 2
Wolf Creek
Malcolm
Two Hands
Bad Boy Bubby
Romper Stomper
Puberty blues
The Castle
Gallipoli
Chopper
Stone
Candy
Dogs in Space
The Square
Idiot Box
Death in Brunswick
Ghosts of the Civil Dead
Harvie Krumpet

Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 2:46 am

Wow guys, I so agree with all others who have attested to the difficulty and potentially unfairness to have this limited to 20. Especially as any listing is usually only as current or as accurate as your memory and current recollection, lol.
In any case, i will list twenty that have impressed me, although this is definitely an inexhaustive list.
1. Metropolis
2. After the promise
3. Blue Velvet
4. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
5. They're a wierd mob
6. The Blues Brothers
7. V for Vendetta
8. Citizen Kane
9. The Quiet Earth
10. The good, the bad, and the ugly
11. The Shootist
12. Liquid Sky
13. A Nightmare on elm street
14. IT
15. Short Cuts
16. North by Northwest
17. Bus Stop
18. A Night at the Opera
19. Moby Dick (Peck)
20. The Dick (WC Fields)

LOL. Nah. I could keep going for ever maybe.
Same said for carp movies lol. Smile

Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 3:19 am

have to agree with the limitations issues..... so many Westerns mentioned that I thought about but too many to say which is the best.
But it is nice to se that others have mentioned items as
True Grit.. (John Wayne)
Pale Rider
The Good bad and the Ugly.
Josey Wales
etc.
I found myself trying to think of films that did not unfairly bias another film.
I had thought of Avatar as I watched the film at least 3 times just enjoying the eyecandy but 2001 is a movie that still makes me think 25 years later. Avatar whilst amazing is only temporary as it has no real meat to the bones.
I suppose tastes also change a lot..... specially as we get better CGI etc but often the story is left behind.

However as I can not resist posting a 21st movie that I really liked I cheat and do so here.
The Man from Earth......

and Ink
and Extraordinary league of Gentlemen
and and and and and
time for a beer methinks,
plus a little weed and gonna sit down and enjoy Faithless live in Concert

Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 3:44 am

goldengr8 wrote:

johnno23 wrote:

no order to this but a short list of 20 movies I liked and have watched more than twice as its impossible to say top 20.

Your not wrong! Nearly need to be in catergories such as:
Comedy, Sci-fi, Thriller, Horror, Drama...etc

Or even countries, for example here is a list of my top Aussie movies,

The Proposition
Mad Max 1
Mad Max 2
Wolf Creek
Malcolm
Two Hands
Bad Boy Bubby
Romper Stomper
Puberty blues
The Castle
Gallipoli
Chopper
Stone
Candy
Dogs in Space
The Square
Idiot Box
Death in Brunswick
Ghosts of the Civil Dead
Harvie Krumpet

wow, bad boy bubby, never thought I'd see that one turn up,
it's a very little known movie but it's pure quality,
the sad story of a young man brought up in a life of poverty &
degradation, never being allowed to go out into the world around him
& misled to believe the air in the outside world was poison,
it's a long drawn out film but is extremely funny but extremely sad in
parts, not a big budget movie but well thought out & well executed,
doesn't really get get that interesting until bubby finally escapes from
his false prison & begins to see the world as it really is,
lots of ups & downs ensue,

I've watched it 4 times.

Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 7:07 am

Kilo Juliet wrote:

wow, bad boy bubby, never thought I'd see that one turn up,
it's a very little known movie but it's pure quality,
the sad story of a young man brought up in a life of poverty &
degradation, never being allowed to go out into the world around him
& misled to believe the air in the outside world was poison,
it's a long drawn out film but is extremely funny but extremely sad in
parts, not a big budget movie but well thought out & well executed,
doesn't really get get that interesting until bubby finally escapes from
his false prison & begins to see the world as it really is,
lots of ups & downs ensue,

I've watched it 4 times.

Yeah very cool movie. It has something to offend and disgust everyone. Disturbing and fasinating at the same time.

caedecus wrote:

LOL. Nah. I could keep going for ever maybe.
Same said for carp movies lol. Smile

I've never seen a carp movie, and I could only come up with a handful of fish movies;

Shark Tales
Nemo
Jaws
Flipper
Moby Dick
Frenkenfish
Piranha 1 & 2
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
Cuttlefish - Kings of camouflage
Bass fishing Technique

Granted a couple are mammals then there's a doco and ones a how to, oh and some are animated. That's the best I could come up with. Wink

Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 8:58 am

goldengr8 wrote:

Kilo Juliet wrote:

wow, bad boy bubby, never thought I'd see that one turn up,
it's a very little known movie but it's pure quality,
the sad story of a young man brought up in a life of poverty &
degradation, never being allowed to go out into the world around him
& misled to believe the air in the outside world was poison,
it's a long drawn out film but is extremely funny but extremely sad in
parts, not a big budget movie but well thought out & well executed,
doesn't really get get that interesting until bubby finally escapes from
his false prison & begins to see the world as it really is,
lots of ups & downs ensue,

I've watched it 4 times.

Yeah very cool movie. It has something to offend and disgust everyone. Disturbing and fasinating at the same time.

caedecus wrote:

LOL. Nah. I could keep going for ever maybe.
Same said for carp movies lol. Smile

I've never seen a carp movie, and I could only come up with a handful of fish movies;

Shark Tales
Nemo
Jaws
Flipper
Moby Dick
Frenkenfish
Piranha 1 & 2
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
Cuttlefish - Kings of camouflage
Bass fishing Technique

Granted a couple are mammals then there's a doco and ones a how to, oh and some are animated. That's the best I could come up with. Wink

if you liked bad boy bubby, you will definitely like kes.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064541/

Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 9:14 am

Right, thanks Kilo Juliet I'll have a look for sure.

Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 9:32 am

robmead wrote:

In random order .........

The Shawshank Redemption

Awesome film.

Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 9:34 am

Scarface
Donnie Darko
Leon
Once Upon a Time in America
Goodfellas
The Crow
Inception
The Godfather Part I & II
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Dead Man's Shoes
The Departed
Dog Soldiers
American Beauty
The Dark Knight
Enter The Dragon
American Gangster
300
Gladiator
Full Metal Jacket
The Shawshank Redemption

http://www.flixster.com/user/phubbs1 · Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 11:16 am

So what about musicals then?? some of the greatest films ever made are musicals.

West Side Story
An American in Paris
Singin' in the Rain
Top Hat
The Wizard of Oz
The Sound of Music
Cabaret
Doctor Doolittle
The Jazz Singer
Carousel
South Pacific
High Society
Oklahoma
The Little Shop of Horrors
The King and I
Evita
Phantom of the Opera
My Fair Lady
Oliver
Mary Poppins
Meet Me in St.Louis