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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Halo on February 07, 2005, 07:50:36 AM
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Okay, here we go, one of the toughest and funnest things you'll ever do -- decide and rank your personal favorite all-time Top Ten Movies from one to 10 with one being best.
This supplements Megadud's "i've decided" movie thread by asking for a Top Ten list BEFORE commenting on others' choices.
There are no right or wrong answers, just what movies please you the most and that you'd recommend to the rest of us as films we might want to see and perhaps add to our own favorites list.
No fair commenting on my list or yours or anyone else's choices UNTIL you share your list. Consider films from ALL categories (drama, comedy, whatever) -- don't just choose category favorites.
Hint: A real favorite film is one you can enjoy watching again and again, always learning and enjoying something new about it. Many films are interesting for one viewing but not much more.
Here are my All-Time Favorite Top Ten Movies (my list does change occasionally, but most selections stand the test of time):
1. A Man for All Seasons
2. Fargo
3. The Last Wave
4. Amadeus
5. The Night of the Hunter
6. Moonstruck
7. Jesus Christ Superstar
8. Husbands and Wives
9. Pulp Fiction
10. Breaking Away
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Forrest Gump
Rudy
Goodfellas
Lord of the ring 3
Saving PRivate Ryan
Shrek 2
Bad Boys 2
tombstone
Jarrasic Park
Troy
I don't have any older movies on there because i am young and don't really like many of the older ones....I am not much inot the "history" of movies and i am more concerned with modern day...I have never seen the godfathers...I am also more into comedy and action then anything else...there are a few i would like to putpn but you said ten so there they are...
There are also alot of movies i have not seen and this list could change at anytime..
pulp fiction is certainly a good movie but i hate Terintina...sam L and Jonny T are certainly a couple of the best actors of my time
megadud
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those are all awful movies except private ryan and possibly pulp fiction..
best western was The Wild Bunch.
sci fi I liked Bladerunner.
zombie... remake of Dawn of the Dead
Boondock Saints
True Romance
Big Touble was funny
Road to Perditon was good
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Originally posted by megadud
Forrest Gump
Rudy
Goodfellas
Lord of the ring 3
Saving PRivate Ryan
Shrek 2
Bad Boys 2
Twister
Jarrasic Park
Troy
I don't have any older movies on there because i am young and don't really like many of the older ones....
megadud
Okee-dokee.
1. Citizen Kane
2. High Sierra
3. Schindler's List
4. Saving Private Ryan
5. A Clockwork Orange
6. True Romance
7. Goodfella's
8. Casablanca
9. Tombstone
10. The Grapes of Wrath
You should expand your mind Dud. Watch some Bogart Flicks, get out more bro.
Karaya
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Originally posted by Masherbrum
Okee-dokee.
1. Citizen Kane
2. High Sierra
3. Schindler's List
4. Saving Private Ryan
5. A Clockwork Orange
6. True Romance
7. Goodfella's
8. Casablanca
9. Tombstone
10. The Grapes of Wrath
You should expand your mind Dud. Watch some Bogart Flicks, get out more bro.
Karaya
ok
megadud
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In no real order.
Fight Club
Snatch
Donnie Brasco
Chasing Amy
Heat
Scarface
Three Kings
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels
Full Metal Jacket
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I don't know if I can rank... but:
Lawrence of Arabia
Saving Private Ryan
Pulp Fiction
Snatch
The Fifth Element
Braveheart
Tombstone
Alien
Apollo 13
The Abyss
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Hmmm... I don't have a top 10. There's tons of movies I like to watch over and over for many different reasons.
Here's more along the line of the first I could think of:
Action:
Boondock Saints
The Big Hit
Payback
Con Air
Kill Bill
Snatch
True Lies
Army of Darkness
Blade
Comedy:
Animal House
Blues Brothers
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
A Night on Earth
3 O'Clock High
Van Wilder
Clueless
Joe Dirt
Stripes
Blazing Saddles
Princess Bride
L.A. Story
Drama:
Pulp Fiction
Notting Hill (I'm so ashamed)
L.A. Confidential
Fight Club
Good Will Hunting (pretty ashamed there too)
American Beauty
Billy Elliot
Thomas Crown Affair
Empire of the Sun
Off beat:
Dead Man
Donnie Darko
Four Rooms
Best in Show
Spinal Tap
Real Men
O' Brother Where Art Thou
Fargo
Salton Sea
Westerns:
Outlaw Josey Whales
Jeremiah Johnson
Silverado
Open Range
Once Upon a Time in the West
Tombstone
Rooster Cogburn
The Cowboys
True Grit
The Man who Shot Liberty Vallence
Sci-fi/fantasy:
Blade Runner
Starship Troopers
The Last Starfighter
The Soldier
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Harry Potter series (shame once again)
I walked over to the shelf and didn't make it through "B" before realizing there's 10 more I'd add to the list.
There is no single great movie... there's just parts of movies that are great.
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too tough...
a few that would make the list (some are repeats f other's choices):
Wall Street
Dead Poets Society
Full Metal Jacket
Saving Private Ryan
Goodfellas
JFK
Alien
The Hunt for Red October
Dances With Wolves
Clerks
Open Range
The Empire Strikes Back
The Shawshank Redemption
Good Morning Vietnam
Snatch
Swingers
Office Space
Papillon
Rain Man
The Fifth Element
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Terminator 2
Singles
First Blood
The Ten Commandments
Planet of the Apes (Charleton Heston)
The Time Machine (1960)
Deliverance
Tin Cup
thats all for now, might add more later
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Movies that I have to watch if they are on, in no particular order (sorry, more than 10 here):
Full Metal Jacket
The Right Stuff
Patton
Dr. Strangelove
Pulp Fiction
Dirty Harry (any in the series)
Some Like It Hot
Bullitt
Decision Before Dawn
They Were Expendable
Apollo 13
Almost Famous
LA Confidential
The Committments
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Wow, I'm amazed to see so many women posting there top 10 favorite movies in here...
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Real men don't watch movies, huh? Guess again.
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You forgot 'Driving Miss Daisey" and 'Thelma & Lousie' in your top 10.
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The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Last of the Mochicans
Night of the Living Dead
Dawn of the Dead
The Thing '82
Das Boot
Braveheart
Blood in Blood Out -Bound by Honor
Conan
Enter the Dragon
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I'm surprised so many people have listed that Piece of **** called Saving Private Ryan.
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Wow, i can't believe no-one has mentioned Leon or in the US "the professional" (i think)
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Originally posted by thrila
Wow, i can't believe no-one has mentioned Leon or in the US "the professional" (i think)
LMAO!!!!
that was a joke of a movie!!!!!
NAtalie portmans agent should have been fired...
the end was heefreakinlarious...
megadud
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I'll watch these whenever they come on.
Patton
Mash (the movie, not the series)
Kelly’s Heroes
The Quiet Man (St Patrick's Day tradition)
Braveheart
Caddyshack (Golf weekend tradition)
Tin Cup (Golf Weekend tradition... would say Happy Gilmore too, but cant have 3 golf movies in the top ten)
African Queen
North by Northwest
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
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empire of the sun.
wings of desire.
lawrence of arabia.
the last detail.
oh brother where art thou.
star wars.
close encounters of the third kind.
natural born killers.
blue velvet.
fight club.
off the top of my head in no particular order.
best comedy ever.
airplane. hands down.
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My favs (in no particular order):
The Seven Samurai
All Quiet On The Western Front
Saving Private Ryan
Platoon
Twelve Angry Men
Field Of Dreams
Tin Cup
Beauty And The Beast (animated)
Monsters Inc
Samurai I, II, III
The Godfather I and II
Pulp Fiction
2001: A Space Odessy
For The Love Of The Game
Searching For Bobby Fischer
Million Dollar Baby
The Sound Of Music
Citizen Kane
Dances With Wolves
Dr. Strangelove
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Goodwill Hunting
Chicago
It's A Wonderful Life
LOL, okay so I can't choose just ten. I know I've missed many that I could add to this list.
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Casablanca
Road warrior
American graffiti
Ronin
2001
Any John Wayne or spegetti western
Thunderball ,dr no , and most of the 007's
Highlander
Dusk til dawn
army of darkness
indiana jones .... any of them
star wars
leathal weapon
the mummy
All of peter sellers
the memphis bell
and tons of others ..
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Originally posted by SaburoS
My favs (in no particular order):
The Seven Samurai
All Quiet On The Western Front
Saving Private Ryan
Platoon
Twelve Angry Men
Field Of Dreams
Tin Cup
Beauty And The Beast (animated)
Monsters Inc
Samurai I, II, III
The Godfather I and II
Pulp Fiction
2001: A Space Odessy
For The Love Of The Game
Searching For Bobby Fischer
Million Dollar Baby
The Sound Of Music
Citizen Kane
Dances With Wolves
Dr. Strangelove
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Goodwill Hunting
Chicago
It's A Wonderful Life
LOL, okay so I can't choose just ten. I know I've missed many that I could add to this list.
the seven samuraii, did you ever see dreams?
great film. god, i cant believe i left kurosawa (sp?) of the list.
one of the best directors ever.
great list saburo.
did you know that the national archives spent 10 million restoring "all quiet on the western front"? one of the things that i love about this great nation.
appearantly, it was banned pre wwII in europe as it was considered an anti war film. another great movie. did a whole series of etchings on it in college. they did a remake with "johnboy" from the waltons, but i was never able to find it. great book as well.
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Not in order :
Aliens
Red Dawn
Full Metal Jacket
Platoon
Saving Private Ryan
Dumb and Dumber
Man on Fire
Army of Darkness
Star Wars (Empire Strikes Back)
The Hunt for Red october
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Good Morning Vietnam
All the Rambo movies
Princess Bride :lol
Indiana Jones (All of'em)
Starship Troopers
Tombstone
Blazing Saddles
Stripes
True lies
I know I'm missing a few...
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Originally posted by lasersailor184
I'm surprised so many people have listed that Piece of **** called Saving Private Ryan.
Probably because it wasnt a "Piece of **** "
It was a great movie
Your opinion of it, is easy to say is in the minority
Am curious as to why you didnt like it?
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I can't believe I left Blazing Saddles, Airplane! and Caddyshack off my list. No wonder comedies are often overlooked at the Oscars. Their greatness is only known after time. Man, I picked a bad day to quit sniffing glue.
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Can't play golf with a company VP without being able to quote from Caddyshack.
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Here are a couple I liked that no one has on their list yet. Maybe I'm just strange. I think they are worthwhile trying to find and watch.
12 Angry Men
Being There
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mad mad world and blazing saddles and princess bride were funny..
the henry fonda spaggetti western was great both of em..
all the eastwood westerns except hang em high.
dirty harry series.
Liked The Missfits
Last man standing was great shooting porn.
Liked dusk till dawn.
jb88 is a chick flick fan. I bet he won't even deny it.
lazs
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Originally posted by lasersailor184
I'm surprised so many people have listed that Piece of **** called Saving Private Ryan.
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"Probably because it wasnt a "Piece of **** "
It was a great movie
Your opinion of it, is easy to say is in the minority
Am curious as to why you didnt like it?" - poseted by DREDIOCK
My guess, he was expecting the Omaha Beach wounded and dead to get back up 5 minutes after they got hit.
Karaya
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SPR had the most realistic battle scenes of any movie made to date. You could almost smell the cordite.
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Lotta those films would be on my list.
Any John Wayne film (should have a favorite catagory of its own)
Most Eastwood Flicks
Nobody mentioned the 12 part movie "Band of Brothers"
Older (and I do mean older as in Pre 1960) movies not mentioned and/or not included in the above catagories.
but I consider classics
Battle Ground
Moby Dick (Gregory Peck Version)
Just about any Errol Flynn Movie
Life with Father (Caught this movie by chance one afternoon and loved it. Funny funny movie)
Mr Deeds comes to town
KING KONG (original with Fay Wray)
Any of the original Frankenstein, Dracula, Mummy, Wolfman movies
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (Cary Grant Funny movie)
Gunga Din
Father Goose (yea yea I know it was made in 1964)
Spartacus
Gone With the Wind (only recently saw this for the first time. Didnt think it was goign to be nearly as good as it is. Outstanding movie)
I'm sure there are a ton of others I've forgotten about.
Not to mention any of the newer movies such as
SPR
JP (the book was far far FAR better)
Just Visiting (little known but pee your pants hillarious movie)
and a bunch of others
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speaking of Grant... North by Northwest and Charade.
lazs
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Speaking of Peck... The Big Country (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051411/)
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get me ham on five and hold the mayo.
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Band of brothers.
Sands of Iwo Jima
Rounders
Saving Private ryan.
Cellular
Master and comander.
Hamburger hill
Full metal jacket
Hatari
High plains drifter.
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Originally posted by Roscoroo
Casablanca
Road warrior
American graffiti
Ronin
2001
Any John Wayne or spegetti western
Thunderball ,dr no , and most of the 007's
Highlander
Dusk til dawn
army of darkness
indiana jones .... any of them
star wars
leathal weapon
the mummy
All of peter sellers
the memphis bell
and tons of others ..
this is my boomstick! another classic.
add that too.
2oo1? how did i miss that.
10 just isnt enough.
also.
the adventures of baron von munchousen.
BRAZIL (best gilliam movie IMHO)
time bandits.
(er. anything terry gilliam)
especially. FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS.
hell, EVERYTHING MONTY PYTHON.
of course.
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DOH!
left off:
Caddyshack
2001
all James Bond
Bobby Fisher
Oh! Brother Where Art Thou?
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It's very hard to choose as there are no top “10”, and trying to list them from one to 10 with one being best it becomes almost impossible. But if I had to leave in my will to my illegitimate child that wondered about my most watched movies… In no paticular order-
Goodfellas
Casino
SPR
The Cable Guy
Caddy Shack
The Jerk
Full Metal Jacket
Star Wars Trilogy
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Groundhog Day
Should also include some over played top ten music movies/dvd's/vhs tapes as well.
Pantera: 3 Vulgar Videos from Hell
Rush: Rush in Rio
Sepultura: Chaos DVD
Rush: Exit Stage Left VHS
Rush: Show of Hands VHS
Rush: Grace Under Pressure Live VHS
AC/DC: Stiff Upper Lip Live
Ted Nugent: Full Bluntal Nugity
Chimaira: Dehumanizing Process
Slayer: Still Reigning
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talking heads: stop making sense and
david byrne's true stories
help.
rolling stones - give me shelter.
woodstock.
too.
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THE WALL.
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It's a good thing I didn't die before JB88 made another record daily count post, as I need to change my will.
"The Outlaw Josey Wales " has to be in there. Casino was pretty great, but I'm going with Josey.
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If your counting animated features I'd like to plug "Beavis and Butthead do America"....one of the great animated features!
For regular old type movies I would plug "From here to Eternity"
Actually, there are so many thousands and thousands of great movies I think you would need to stay within the top 100. Top 10 is just too confining.
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SpaceBalls
:D
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The outlaw Josey wales was cool through the first half then got all crappy as soon sondra locke came in.
Clint rocks but that skank ho drags him down!
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appearantly he agreed. if im not mistaken they are no longer an item.
right turn clyde.
:)
(anyone add UNFORGIVEN yet? goooood film.)
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Originally posted by GtoRA2
The outlaw Josey wales was cool through the first half then got all crappy as soon sondra locke came in.
Clint rocks but that skank ho drags him down!
it had too much "comedy" in it IMHO...
dont get me wrong great movie, but not the best western.
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88... why don't you just edit your previous post? I've never seen someone post so many times and say so little.
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more like.... have so little that is worth saying.
lazs
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1. Hanna and her Sisters
2. Howard the Duck
3. Mars Attacks
4. Final Countdown ( the best war movie ever made)
5. Cocktail
6. Steel Magnolias
7. Bronco Billy
8. The Sound Of Music
9. Dirty Dancing
10. Any Which Way But Loose
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As for westerns...Hard to beat The Wild Bunch.... "you just dig that slug out him and see if it isn't my ought six!"
completely different but a very good western was "The Shootist" as I get older I guess I like the washed up heros.
lazs
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offbeat? How bout.. A Boy and His Dog or Cherry 2000?
lazs
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Originally posted by VWE
88... why don't you just edit your previous post? I've never seen someone post so many times and say so little.
obviously i dont agree with you as i have some sense of self worth and usually feel that i am saying something...but i can assure you that my intentions have nothing to do with you.
its just how i do my thing. feel free to ignore or squelch me or whatever.
i wont be offended.
glad we talked. though im not sure why you are complaining about my posting frequency and then engaging me with a question.
:)
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In no particular order, but just what comes to my head.
Close Encounters
Great Escape
Guns of Navarone
SPR
Sling Blade
The Quiet Man
Stalag 17
BoB(not a movie, but should qualify)
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Incredible Journey
:cool:
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Originally posted by lazs2
As for westerns...Hard to beat The Wild Bunch.... "you just dig that slug out him and see if it isn't my ought six!"
completely different but a very good western was "The Shootist" as I get older I guess I like the washed up heros.
lazs
I thought "Unforgiven" was one of the best westerns.
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though im not sure why you are complaining about my posting frequency and then engaging me with a question.
Actually I engaged you with a question followed by an observation. You really should go outside for some fresh air... and leave your tinfoil hat inside.
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well thank you good doctor for your observations. were i to be argumentative i might say that you really should leave the psychiatry to the professionals.
but then it occurs to me that maybe you are just being my friend and to react that way would be to assume that you do not mean well. (as i am sure that must...and that you mean no insult.)
so. tonight i go out with beads in hand to toss them and watch boobies as far as the eye can see.
happy fat tuesday good doctor. (wink)
i am healed and your services are no longer required.
;)
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Originally posted by lazs2
completely different but a very good western was "The Shootist" as I get older I guess I like the washed up heros.
lazs
Wayne wasnt washed up. He was dying and he knew it.
That was in large part why he made that movie.
I gotta admire the Duke.
Did all his own stunts even after having a lung removed.
survived several bouts with cancer which is what eventually got him
And at the end he waved off all pain meds so he could be coherent enough to be with his family.
Wasnt a "great" actor but he made great movies.
Hell of a man
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Originally posted by 2stony
The Quiet Man
:cool:
Great movie.
One of my favorite lines in it was made by a woman chasing after Wayne and Ohara.
"Here you are sir. Heres a good stick to beat the lady"
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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
Great movie.
One of my favorite lines in it was made by a woman chasing after Wayne and Ohara.
"Here you are sir. Heres a good stick to beat the lady"
"here's a good stick to beat the lovely lady."
I thought the best "line" was when Barry Fitzgerald was chasing them on the tandem and he in the carraige, and his horse automatically stopped in front of the pub, as it had been doing daily for years.
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Can't do an "all-time best" list... but here are my 90's picks:
Last Exit to Brooklyn
State of Grace
Goodfellas
Miller's Crossing
The Krays
The Grifters
Rush
The Indian Runner
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Slacker
Barton Fink
Night on Earth
Reservoir Dogs
Remains of the Day
Carlito's Way
Schindler's List
Killing Zoe
Quiz Show
Hoop Dreams
Crumb
Smoke
Kids
The Usual Suspects
Bottle Rocket
Fargo
I Shot Andy Warhol
Dead Man
Trainspotting
Basquiat
Trees Lounge
Swingers
Sling Blade
Cop Land
L.A. Confidential
The Ice Storm
U-Turn
Boogie Nights
Permanent Midnight
American History X
Rushmore
Hurlyburly
Office Space
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Meeting People is Easy
Election
Run Lola Run
Happy, Texas
Being John Malkovich
American Movie
Sweet and Lowdown
Magnolia
Boondock Saints, The
High Fidelity
American Psycho
Snatch
Memento
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You have "Happy, Texas" on that list? I'd laugh at you... but I enjoyed the flick.
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Damn... Nash. There's isn't a movie on that list that I wouldn't watch again.
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Originally posted by Sandman
Damn... Nash. There's isn't a movie on that list that I wouldn't watch again.
you and Nash should get married. ;)
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Originally posted by NUKE
you and Nash should get married. ;)
You want to see the pictures... admit it you sicko. ;)
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Please... Sand.... You swore you formatted the HD and burned it.
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LOL
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Howcome nobody calls me on it when I say "Final Countdown" is the best war flick ever made?
I'm disappointed.
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Is there another Katherine Ross war movie that knocks it off the top?
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Is there anything sexier than Katherine Ross' strip at gunpoint in Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid?
I think not. That scene got me through Jr. high and high school!
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well crap
i thought if i named "remains of the day" id be labeled a studmuffin for life
what absoulutly firghtens me is nash and i having something in common.
i will have to add "the great escape" too. i forgot it fonr some dumb at work can't think syndrome
i'll add "the thomas crown affair" too. both versions. both leading men are so good it's amazing.
yes i said leading men. i am comfortable with my sexuality contrary to my earlier comments LMFAO
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Originally posted by JB73
i thought if i named "remains of the day" id be labeled a studmuffin for life
Aw come on.... Nuke wants to talk about greatest war movies? Remains of the Day is one of the best.
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Originally posted by 2stony
The Quiet Man
Quite possibly Duke's best film. Altho he won the Oscar for True Grit, it was nowhere near the performance he gave in TQM, They Were Expendable, The Searchers or Three Godfathers. Sadly, he followed up his excellent perfomance in TQM with the truly dreadful McCarthy-esque propaganda film Big Jim McLain.
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Originally posted by JB88
the seven samuraii, did you ever see dreams?
great film. god, i cant believe i left kurosawa (sp?) of the list.
one of the best directors ever.
Can't say I have seen Dreams. It's that good? I'll have to check it out! Thanks :)
Man, after checking out this thread, I'll have to add more to my list (I know I'm still missing many)!
Can add another thirty movies, easy.
Here's some more that I just remembered but don't see here:
The Graduate
To Sir With Love
Lillies Of The Field
The Defiant Ones
A Patch Of Blue
The Sting
Dave
Big
The Joy Luck Club
High Noon
The French Connection
The Last Samurai
Cool Hand Luke
Ben Hur
Oliver
Gandhi
Gladiator
Midway
Tora Tora Tora
Last Tango In Paris
Fiddler On The Roof
One Flew Over The Cukoo's Nest
Jeez! Guess I can't have a "best 10" list. Sure I'm missing many, many more.
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dreams is different, but the imagery is truly stunning.
full color.
later film.
what amazes me is the breadth of the films being listed here and how i havent seen one listed yet, that i wouldnt see again.
i remember one christmas vacation in college i had to leave a week later than everyone else, so i went to the local video store and locked myself in with every film that i wanted to see but hadnt seen.
didnt get all of them...but got alot.
was a great week.
to filmakers. they are truly the artists of our time.
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damn nash... I think there are only about 4 movies on your list that I would consider really great... most I wouldn't sit through.
dred and nuke... I didn't mean that I liked washed up actors... I liked em to play washed up heros/villans.... Unforgiven fits that mold and was a very good movie.. I did say I liked all Clints westerns tho except hang em high.
lazs
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For war movies, surprised no one has mentioned The Beast, the sleeper about a Russian tank crew in Afghanistan.
For comedy, how about Big? Hanks should have gotten an oscar for that one but oscars rarely go to comedies.
For creepouts, no Hannibal or Monster?
Category favorites are a good way to start your Top Ten Favorite Movies. Then choose your favorites that include ALL categories.
For those of you who selected and ranked your Top Ten, congratulations! You can make the tough choices.
For the rest of you, good start -- simply listing the main movies you like is a big step.
All of you can decide your Top Ten Favorite Movies. You're
Aces High cyber warriors. You can do it!
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Originally posted by Halo
For war movies, surprised no one has mentioned The Beast, the sleeper about a Russian tank crew in Afghanistan.
For comedy, how about Big? Hanks should have gotten an oscar for that one but oscars rarely go to comedies.
For creepouts, no Hannibal or Monster?
Category favorites are a good way to start your Top Ten Favorite Movies. Then choose your favorites that include ALL categories.
For those of you who selected and ranked your Top Ten, congratulations! You can make the tough choices.
For the rest of you, good start -- simply listing the main movies you like is a big step.
All of you can decide your Top Ten Favorite Movies. You're
Aces High cyber warriors. You can do it!
the beast. is that what it was called. wasnt it jason patrick? i saw it once yearssssss ago. always wondered what it was.
im pretty sure that it would be easy to do top ten categorically.
its the whole enchillada thats tough.
(i did my ten though) ACES HIGH CYBER WARRIOR! HIYAAAAA!
lol
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Originally posted by lazs2
damn nash... I think there are only about 4 movies on your list that I would consider really great... most I wouldn't sit through. lazs
Okay I give up.
I've been staring at that thing for over a minute now, and I'm at a complete loss as to what this is supposed to mean to me.
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No real way to do a top ten even a top ten in every catagory unless you really lack imagination. So many good movies.
lazs
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nash... it just means what it said.. There are only about 4 movies on your list I would call great... Most I think are laughable.. Waht it means I guess it that.... even I am surprised at how little we have in common in taste in movies.
It was a simple statement with a very simple and direct meaning.
lazs
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Well then, how luscious for you. Thanks for sharing. :aok
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No problem... anytime you need something explained just ask.
But... a deep thinker like you might even take it to the next level and assume that we won't be holding hands together in any art house movie theatres any time soon.... I think jb88 is available and an arts major tho... as a bonus... He is saving to buy a prius so you guys can look really cool pulling up.
lazs
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Yes, JB88, you did do your Top Ten ... way to go! I'd type a Hoooaaaaaah! or whatever that combat growl is except I don't know how to spell it.
The Beast DVD lists four actors on the top cover: George Dzundza, Jason Patric, Steven Bauer, and Stephen Baldwin. On the back cover, there was room for only the first three actors' credits.
Video Movie Guide 2001 rates The Beast (1988) only two stars (out of five) and calls it "A cliched war film, unique only for its adversaries: Soviet soldiers and Afghan rebels in the deserts of Afghanistan."
Just goes to show taste is personal, e.g., VMG gives Cocoon (old folks meet extraterrestrials) five stars, and that flick hasn't been mentioned on any Aces Highers' lists.
For cast, VMG lists only Bauer and Dzunda.
I thought all four actors were fine, although the tank commander (dunno which actor he is) is the only one I remember seeing in any other films.
It's great when a film can come out of nowhere and live forever (hopefully, even with two stars from some sources).
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Lazs..... Are you breaking up with me? Is that what this is about? Please say it isn't so.
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hey....what's going on here??? Nash? You never told me you where seeing Laz, Nash.
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Originally posted by Holden McGroin
"here's a good stick to beat the lovely lady."
I thought the best "line" was when Barry Fitzgerald was chasing them on the tandem and he in the carraige, and his horse automatically stopped in front of the pub, as it had been doing daily for years.
Your right. I stand corrected.
Also like the Brother in law Victor McLaglen
Who was in several of Waynes films.
Always had great lines
"he'll regret it 'til his dyin' day, if ever he lives that long..."
And "Your Widow, My sister. could have done alot worse"
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1. flåklykpa grand prix
2. same as over but nr. 2
3. star wars. (1)(2)(3)
4. under the grass.
5. the car
6. arabian nights whitout arabs
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Originally posted by rpm
Quite possibly Duke's best film. Altho he won the Oscar for True Grit, it was nowhere near the performance he gave in TQM, They Were Expendable, The Searchers or Three Godfathers. Sadly, he followed up his excellent perfomance in TQM with the truly dreadful McCarthy-esque propaganda film Big Jim McLain.
I liked Rooster Cogbern better
The Searchers was a great film.
One of his better performances. # godfathers was good also.
Agreed. Big Jim sucked
One of the things was the way women always confounded him in movies.
One of his better lines with regards to women was in "the Undefeated"
when he said to his adopted Indian Son
"I taught you what to do when the snow comes, how to survive in a blizzard. And, I taught you how to deal with men, but women, nobody knows what's on a woman's mind."
how true LOL
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yep nuke... unfortunately.... nash is a slut. It's ok tho... part of his charm.
lazs
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Interesting replies, and certainly some films new to me that I'll look for.
Comments about ranking are interesting too. Everything can be ranked, whether similar or dissimilar.
It's one thing if rankings are a supposed consensus of merit, and quite another if they are simply personal favorites, as the lists in this thread are.
As for difficulty of ranking, the deciding factor seems to be if the subject is important enough for the individual to take the time and effort to make the choices.
Yeah it's tough, yeah it might not be worth the effort, yeah it might change minute to minute or year to year. But it can be done.
For example, Miss America is relatively easy. Like the drama category in movies. 50 similar packages.
American Idol is a little tougher with both sexes.
Dog shows are still tougher -- category winners then best of show.
Hmmmm, which gives me an idea for another thread ... see ...
Personal Favorite Aces High II Aircraft or Vehicle ...
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almost forgot.
rushmore.
:aok
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Originally posted by Halo
Interesting replies, and certainly some films new to me that I'll look for.
Comments about ranking are interesting too. Everything can be ranked, whether similar or dissimilar.
It's one thing if rankings are a supposed consensus of merit, and quite another if they are simply personal favorites, as the lists in this thread are.
As for difficulty of ranking, the deciding factor seems to be if the subject is important enough for the individual to take the time and effort to make the choices.
Yeah it's tough, yeah it might not be worth the effort, yeah it might change minute to minute or year to year. But it can be done.
For example, Miss America is relatively easy. Like the drama category in movies. 50 similar packages.
American Idol is a little tougher with both sexes.
Dog shows are still tougher -- category winners then best of show.
Hmmmm, which gives me an idea for another thread ... see ...
Personal Favorite Aces High II Aircraft or Vehicle ...
Bull****. Ranking is simply an attempt to impose one's own importance on a subject. There is no such thing as "10 best" when it comes to any expressive form of art. Expression is not quantifiable no matter how much snobs would like to insist it is.
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This thread is for personal favorites, with one being "best" only on each personal favorites list.
Didn't mean to sidetrack anyone with the contest examples. I used them mainly to show that even with "experts" judging, there can be substantial disagreements among other viewers about the rankings.
Truly, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
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In no particular order, and I can't trim it down to ten. I don't think I can assign a "best", or a "favorite".
Dr. Strangelove
Patton
Band of Brothers
We Were Soldiers
The Great Escape
A Guy Named Joe
The Longest Day
Twelve O'Clock High
The Dirty Harry Series
The Lethal Weapon Series
The Magnificent Seven
The Green Beret
Field of Dreams
Saving Private Ryan
Bullit
Space Cowboys
The Enemy Below
The James Bond Series
Scrooged
A Christmas Carol/Scrooge (two versions, Alistair Sim and George C. Scott)
Grand Prix
Marlowe (James Garner version)
McQ
Ben Hur
Tombstone
Hour of the Gun
Payback (Mel Gibson)
Kelly's Heroes
The Dirty Dozen (and sequels that weren't as good as the original)
The Battle of the Bulge
Command Decision
The Professionals (Lee Marvin)
Wanted Dead or Alive (Rutger Hauer)
The Indiana Jones Series
Blade Runner
The Original Star Wars Trilogy
American Grafitti
Two Lane Blacktop
The Vanishing Point
Deliverance
Smokey and the Bandit
The Cowboy Way
Where Eagles Dare
At least 95% of the movies with eithe/and/or, John Wayne, Carry Grant, Steve McQueen , James Garner, Clint Eastwood, and Robert Mitchum.
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Personal top 10... movies I'd stay tuned to TBS for.
Star Wars Episode IV.
Star Wars Episode V.
The Thin Red Line
Glory
The Burbs
Snatch
Get Shorty
The Dirty Dozen
Kelly's Heros
LOTR: The Two Towers