The A2Z Movie Hall of Fame

In My Humble Opinion
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Another survey thread here. Let’s have a poll on the twenty six great movies that start with each letter of the alphabet. You can pick movies you feel are great classics or go with personal favorites. You can submit your own selections or vote with the suggestions of others. You can vote for all twenty six letters or pick whichever ones you want. You can’t vote for more than one movie per letter but you can change your mind; just post your new choice to replace your original one.

The Adventures of Robin Hood
Blazing Saddles
Casablanca
Dogma
Exotica
Fargo
The Godfather
High Noon
It’s a Wonderful Life
Jumanji
King Kong
The Lion in Winter
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
North by Northwest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Pulp Fiction
Quadrophenia
Raging Bull
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
12 Monkeys
Unforgiven
Victor/Victoria
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Yellow Submarine
Zelig

Note: I didn’t submit a choice for the letter “x”. The only two movies I could remember seeing that started with that letter were Xanadu and The X-Files, neither of which I liked. I was tempted to go with X-Men figuring any movie which had Rebecca Romijn running around in latex had to have some worth, but I couldn’t bring myself to vote for a movie I hadn’t seen.

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Bite the bullet, rent Xanadu. Hit the mute button whenever a song comes on, and you’ve got a pretty good movie. Okay, not great, but it’s still better than X-Men.

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Army Of Darkness
Better Off Dead
The Commitments
Dark City
Evil Dead II
Floundering
Goodfellas
Heathers
The Ice Storm
Jaws
Kalifornia
Living In Oblivion
Mumford
Natural Born Killers
Pulp Fiction
The Quick And The Dead
Run Lola Run
Star Wars
Trainspotting
The Usual Suspects
Valley Girl
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
X-man
Young Frankenstein
Z…nothing

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Aliens
Braveheart
Conan the Barbarian
Dark Crystal,the
Enter the Dragon
Forrest Gump
Gone With the Wind (but only if you can watch it in a theater)
Highlander (the original - there really can be only one)
Independence Day (so sue me - it’s fun entertainment.)
Jet Pilot (John Wayne, Janet Leigh, and Chuck Yeager!)
Killing Fields, the
Life of Brian
Men In Black
Nightmare Before Christmas, the
One Crazy Summer
Princess Bride, the
Q - nothing starts with Q
Rob Roy
Star Wars
Troops (“Cops” episode about Imperial Stormtroopers)
Unforgiven
Vikings, the - an old Kirk Douglas-with-a-sword movie
Wallace And Gromit!
X-Men
Yojimbo
Zorro, the Gay Blade (no, really. Not Kidding.)

5

All the President’s Men
Blade Runner
Cool Hand Luke
Doctor Strangelove
Educating Rita
Frankenstein
The Godfather
The Hustler
In the Heat of the Night
Julius Caesar
The Killing Fields
The Lost World (the silent film, not JP2)
Moonstruck
Nanook of the North
The Other
Patton
Quo Vadis
The Right Stuff
Spartacus
The Thirty-Nine Steps
Unforgiven
Victory at Sea
The Wild One (Ones?)
X ???gave up on this one. Never saw X-Men.
The Year of Living Dangerously
Z (Yes, the movie, Z)

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OrcaChow, thanks for nominating the Right Stuff. I was torn between it and Rob Roy, and, well, the kilt flick won out.

Does that make me predictable?

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All about Eve
Blue Angel
Crumb
Duck Soup
Exotica
Fast Cheap and Out of Control
Goodfellas
His Girl Friday
Indiscreet
Jesus’ Son
Killing Fields
Liquid Sky
Maltese Falcon
Naked
Oh, I dunno
Pierre le Fou
Querelle
Rain
Secrets and Lies
Thin Blue line
Urge- a Music War
Virgin Spring
We’re No Angels (Ahem. The original)
X- the Unheard Music
Young Frankenstein
Zentropa

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Off the top of my head:

Annie Hall
Bringing up Baby
Citizen Kane
Dark Star
Eat Drink Man Woman
Fort Apache
Gone With the Wind (of course)
Help
In the Heat of the Night
Jumanji
King Kong
Laura
M (obviously)
Nashville
Othello (Welles version)
Pulp Fiction
The Quiller Memorandum
Rear Window
Singin’ in the Rain
Tom Jones
The Usual Suspects
Vertigo
Wild in the Streets
X the Man with X-ray Eyes
Yojimbo
Z (also obvious)

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All Quiet on the Western Front
Bringing Up Baby
Citizen Kane
Duck Soup
East of Eden
From Here to Eternity
Godfather, The
Help
Ice Station Zebra (Howard Hughes’ favorite film)
Jane Eyre
King Kong
Little Big Man
Maltese Falcon
North by Northwest
On the Waterfront
Pappilon
Quo Vadis
Roshamon
Some Like It Hot
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Usual Suspects, The
Vertigo
Where Eagles Dare
Year of Living Dangerously, The
Zelig

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A bump with our first day totals. I’ve also noted a couple of selections that don’t qualify as actual movies.

The Adventures of Robin Hood
Aliens
All about Eve
All the President’s Men
All Quiet on the Western Front
Annie Hall
Army Of Darkness

Bringing Up Baby (2)
Better Off Dead
Blade Runner
Blazing Saddles
Blue Angel
Braveheart

Citizen Kane (2)
Casablanca
The Commitments
Conan the Barbarian
Cool Hand Luke
Crumb

Duck Soup (2)
Dark City
The Dark Crystal
Dark Star
Doctor Strangelove
Dogma

Exotica (2)
East of Eden
Eat Drink Man Woman
Educating Rita
Enter the Dragon
Evil Dead II

Fargo
Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control
Floundering
Forrest Gump
Fort Apache
Frankenstein
From Here to Eternity

The Godfather (3)
Gone With the Wind (2)
Goodfellas (2)

Help (2)
Heathers
High Noon
Highlander
His Girl Friday
The Hustler

In the Heat of the Night (2)
Ice Station Zebra
The Ice Storm
Independence Day
Indiscreet
It’s a Wonderful Life

Jumanji (2)
Jane Eyre
Jaws
Jesus’ Son
Jet Pilot
Julius Caesar

The Killing Fields (3)
King Kong (1933) (3)
Kalifornia

Laura
Life of Brian
The Lion in Winter
Liquid Sky
Little Big Man
Living In Oblivion
The Lost World (1925)

The Maltese Falcon (2)
M
Men In Black
Moonstruck
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Mumford

North by Northwest (2)
Naked
Nanook of the North
Nashville
Natural Born Killers
The Nightmare Before Christmas

On the Waterfront
One Crazy Summer
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Othello (1952)
The Other

Pulp Fiction (3)
Papillon
Patton
Pierre le Fou
The Princess Bride

Quo Vadis (2)
Quadrophenia
Querelle
The Quick And The Dead
The Quiller Memorandum

Raging Bull
Rain
Rear Window
The Right Stuff
Rob Roy
Roshamon
Run Lola Run

Star Wars (2)
Secrets and Lies
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Singin’ in the Rain
Some Like It Hot
Spartacus

Thin Blue line
The Thirty-Nine Steps
Tom Jones
Trainspotting
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Troops (not a movie)
12 Monkeys

Unforgiven (3)
The Usual Suspects (3)
Urgh! A Music War

Vertigo (2)
Valley Girl
Victor/Victoria
Victory at Sea
The Vikings
Virgin Spring

Wallace And Gromit (not a movie)
We’re No Angels (1955)
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
Where Eagles Dare
Wild in the Streets
The Wild One
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

X-Men (2)
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
X: The Unheard Music
Xanadu

The Year of Living Dangerously (2)
Yojimbo (2)
Young Frankenstein (2)
Yellow Submarine

Z (2)
Zelig (2)
Zentropa
Zorro, the Gay Blade

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Since some of you might consider my selections a desecration against the integrity of movies, I refer you to this post where I explain the criteria upon which I base my “expert” movie analyses. In brief, artistic considerations are not as important to me as entertainment value. Hence, my less than stellar (quasi-stellar?) choices. Having cleared that up I present to you my list:

Anaconda–yeah, right. Not even Jennifer López’ ass could save that fuck-up.

Now to the real list:

Armageddon–thanks for saving our butts, Bruce Willis. BTW, Rockhound rocks!
Back to the future–the space-time continuum will never be the same.
Crimson Tide–what was the name of Gene Hackman’s dog?
Die Hard–Yipeee kayeyy Motherfucker! Once again, Bruce Willis saves the day.
Executive Decision–yes, the one “starring” Steven Seagal.
Field of Dreams–Sure, Shoeless Joe was a leftie, not a rightie, but who gives a rat’s ass? We are talking about the best baseball movie ever here. Definitely one of the exclusive members of my Triumvirate of Cinematic Gems.
Good Will Hunting–profound and introspective analysis of physiological conflicts afflicting a supremely intelligent dudester. Had they not cast Minnie Driver it would have been even better.
Hearts and Souls–heart touching, soul-searching motivating study about appreciating life and enjoying it to the fullest. Life is ephemeral, opportunities scarce, you better make the best of them while you still can. Life moves pretty fast, if you don’t pay attention it might pass you by…Wait a minute, did I just quote Ferris Bueller? Oh, well… :rolleyes:
Independence Day–Earthlings of the world unite…so we can kick some serious alien ass! You know, movies are truly magical. How else could you possibly fathom an elusive and utopian scenario where the human race rallies together under a scheme of fraternity and cooperation? Only in Hollywood. :rolleyes:
Jurassic Park–what could be better than cloning dinos? Oh yeah, cloning farting dinos. Gotta get myself one of those damn velociraptors. Those are some pretty smart lizards.
I Know what you did last summer–now, if Jennifer had dropped the towel she had wrapped around her spectacular anatomy, I know pretty well what I would have done.
Lethal Weapon–probably should have selected “The Last Boy Scout” but it would have been the third Bruce Willis movie mentioned here. I mean, he is not that good of an actor, right? I had no other option but to “settle” for this one. Not that it doesn’t deserve the mention, Mel Gibson is funny as hell as Martin Riggs.
Matrix, The–Superlative. Sits alongside God in Movie Heaven.
Nothing Hill–one of the best romantic comedies ever. I even liked Julia Roberts’ character. Now, that truly says it all.
Overboard–Kurt Russell made this movie. Made me laugh my ass off.
Princess Bride, The–My name is Iñigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die. ’Nuff said.
Quo Vadis? The Quest?–somehow I haven’t watched movies under the Q file. The closest I came to viewing anything related to that letter was James Bond. So, in honor of the recently deceased Q–Desmond Llewelyn–I postulate The World is not enough.
Raiders of the Lost Ark–had to fit Indy in here somewhere.
Star Wars–in this or any other galaxy, this movie rocks. Completes the triumvirate of greatest movies ever.
Top Gun–cool planes, great music, Kelly McGilis and Meg Ryan .Oh yeah, Maverick is cool too.
Undersiege–were those really Erika Eleniak’s breasts?
Victory–I liked it a lot, but should have been able to come with something better.
War Games–Mathew Broderick’s movies were so cool back in the 80’s. Loved Ferris Bueller too.
X-men–Oh, Halle Berry! Hey, wait a minute, how come there wasn’t a mutant who could claim absolute control of farts as his primary mutant power?
Y–Y can’t I think of any movie that fits this category?
Z–ZZZZZ-ZZZZZ. Opps! Sorry, I was taking a nap. Anyway, I don’t like this letter and refuse to watch any movies starting with it.

Much to my dismay these all time greats had to be obviated
Beverly Hills Cop
The man in the Iron Mask
The Rock
Speed
Stargate

Confession
I have to admit I cheated a little bit. After reading some of the previous posts I changed:
Jerry McFuckin’ Guire for Jurassic Park
Point Break for The Princess Bride

BTW, Kilt I must praise your movie taste. You have some really nice selections on that list of yours.

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Did I just post this?

P-S-Y-C-H-O-L-O-G-I-C-A-L. P-S-Y-C-H-O-L-O-G-I-C-A-L.

Off to bed now.

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D’oh! I forgot an entry for O. I’ll pick October Sky.

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A- (The) American President
B- Braveheart
C-(The) Color Purple
D- Dangereous Liasons
E- Empire of the Sun
F- Fiddler On the Rood
G- Good Will Hunting
H-(The)Hudsucker Proxy
I- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
J- Jerry Maguire
K- Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy
L-(The) Last of the Mohicans
M- Much Ado About Nothing
N- Natural Born Killers
O- On the Waterfront
P- (The) Princess Bride
Q- Quo Vadis
R- Rain Man
S- (The) Shawshank Redemption
T- Taxi Driver
U- Urban Cowboy
V- Vertigo
W- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
X- Xanadu
Y- Young Frankenstein
Z- Zelig

That was tougher than I though. Whew. Make me think at 7 AM on a Saturday. I’ll get you one of these days. :wink:

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Not getting as much response here as I’d hoped. Dammit, people, this is democracy in action. Get out and vote.

In the hope of getting some more responses I’ve crossposted this on the F3 board.

Anyway, another bump and another day’s totals. Hopefully, this will pick up some once the weekend’s over.

The Adventures of Robin Hood
Aliens
All about Eve
All the President’s Men
All Quiet on the Western Front
The American President
Annie Hall
Armageddon
Army Of Darkness

Braveheart (2)
Bringing Up Baby (2)
Back to the Future
Better Off Dead
Blade Runner
Blazing Saddles
Blue Angel

Citizen Kane (2)
Casablanca
The Commitments
The Color Purple
Conan the Barbarian
Cool Hand Luke
Crimson Tide
Crumb

Duck Soup (2)
Dangerous Liasons
Dark City
The Dark Crystal
Dark Star
Die Hard
Doctor Strangelove
Dogma

Exotica (2)
East of Eden
Eat Drink Man Woman
Educating Rita
Empire of the Sun
Enter the Dragon
Evil Dead II
Executive Decision

Fargo
Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control
Fiddler On the Rood
Field of Dreams
Floundering
Forrest Gump
Fort Apache
Frankenstein
From Here to Eternity

The Godfather (3)
Gone With the Wind (2)
Good Will Hunting (2)
Goodfellas (2)

Help (2)
Hearts and Souls
Heathers
High Noon
Highlander
His Girl Friday
The Hudsucker Proxy
The Hustler

In the Heat of the Night (2)
Independence Day (2)
Ice Station Zebra
The Ice Storm
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indiscreet
It’s a Wonderful Life

Jumanji (2)
Jane Eyre
Jaws
Jerry Maguire
Jesus’ Son
Jet Pilot
Julius Caesar
Jurassic Park

The Killing Fields (3)
King Kong (1933) (3)
Kalifornia
Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy

The Last of the Mohicans
Laura
Lethal Weapon
Life of Brian
The Lion in Winter
Liquid Sky
Little Big Man
Living In Oblivion
The Lost World (1925)

The Maltese Falcon (2)
M
The Matrix
Men In Black
Moonstruck
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Much Ado About Nothing
Mumford

Natural Born Killers (2)
North by Northwest (2)
Naked
Nanook of the North
Nashville
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Notting Hill

On the Waterfront (2)
October Sky
One Crazy Summer
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Othello (1952)
The Other
Overboard

The Princess Bride (3)
Pulp Fiction (3)
Papillon
Patton
Pierre le Fou

Quo Vadis (3)
Quadrophenia
Querelle
The Quick And The Dead
The Quiller Memorandum

Raging Bull
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Rain
Rain Man
Rear Window
The Right Stuff
Rob Roy
Roshamon
Run Lola Run

Star Wars (3)
Secrets and Lies
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
The Shawshank Redemption
Singin’ in the Rain
Some Like It Hot
Spartacus

Taxi Driver
Thin Blue line
The Thirty-Nine Steps
Tom Jones
Top Gun
Trainspotting
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
12 Monkeys

Unforgiven (3)
The Usual Suspects (3)
Under Siege
Urban Cowboy
Urgh! A Music War

Vertigo (3)
Valley Girl
Victor/Victoria
Victory
Victory at Sea
The Vikings
Virgin Spring

War Games
We’re No Angels (1955)
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
Where Eagles Dare
Wild in the Streets
The Wild One
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

X-Men (3)
Xanadu (2)
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
X: The Unheard Music

Young Frankenstein (3)
The Year of Living Dangerously (2)
Yojimbo (2)
Yellow Submarine

Zelig (3)
Z (2)
Zentropa
Zorro, the Gay Blade

Quasar, I’m throwing out I Know What You Did Last Summer and The World is Not Enough because they don’t start with the letter you claim they do. Kilt-wearin’, I also threw out Troops and Wallace and Grommit. For what it’s worth, I personally enjoyed all four nominees, but as Mason said to Dixon “You’ve got to draw the line somewhere.”

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Vote early, VOTE OFTEN?

American Grafitti
Bringing Up Baby
Charly
Doctor Zhivago
The Exorcist
Fear Strikes Out
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly
How Green was My Valley
Inherit the Wind
The Jim Thorpe Story
Kramer vs Kramer
The Life & Times of Judge Roy Bean
Mighty Joe Young
The Natural
Of Mice and Men
Pride of the Yankees
The Quiet Man
Reservoir Dogs
Ship of Fools
Them!
Used Cars
Village of the Damned
Willard
X the Unknown (Brit SF: a so-so movie, but reaching here)
The Young Lions
Zulu

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Little Nemo

The I know what you did last summer and The World is not Enough inclusions were meant as jokes. I apologize for my lack of seriousness.

::Goes to an isolated corner to shamefully reflect on what he did::

Since I need to make up for that I hereby present my real proposals for K and Q:

Kundun: the life of a Buddhist monk; now, that is an exciting way to spend your existence.
Quick and the dead, The: great western. Includes Sharon Stone when she used to be hot. No matter that she didn’t get naked, she has done that so many times I don’t have to see her actual stuff to adequately visualize it in my mind.

I previously wrote:

Well, I just did:

You’ve got mail: which leads me to wonder: Could I have met a doper IRL without actually knowing who he/she was?

I also had a problem coming up with a decent Z-based movie:

In retrospect, that is a very narrow minded attitude so I will give it a shot. But before I do let me stress the fact that I haven’t seen this movie yet, but I have a hunch I will like it. I have an infallible Sixth Sense that allows me to know in advance whether I will like a flick or not. So my vote goes for:

Zero Effect: yes, I happen to like Bill Pullman movies. ID4, While you were sleeping, Casper, to name a few. Extrapolating from that I should enjoy this one.

One final note, Little Nemo:

Can I make a change on one of my previous selections? I can not believe I forgot about Outbreak, one of my favorites movies of all time. It makes Overboard seem like a huge piece of crap, make that a hysterically funny piece of crap. Since I seem to be providing absurd commentaries to “justify” my nominations, allow me to comment a bit on it.

Outbreak: that monkey was a great actor. He should have won an Oscar for best animal characterization. Besides the monkey’s obvious histrionic abilities, Rene Russo’s display of feminine beauty is also worth mentioning.

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Okay, if we don’t get a big Monday rush of votes, I’m going to close the polls and start declaring winners.

Quasar, no problem with the late entries. In fact, I’m changing one of mine as well; a conversation today reminded me of the movie Quest for Fire, so Quadrophenia’s out.For what it’s worth, I have seen The Zero Effect and it’s a good movie, although I’m more a fan of Ben Stiller than Bill Pullman.

OrcaChow, your zeal is inspirational. I now know how JFK felt when he got the Illinois returns.

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*Annie Hall
Bull Durham
Citizen Kane
Die Hard
The Empire strikes back
Fargo
Goodfellas
House of Games
In the company of men
Jumanji
Kids in the hall: Brain Candy
The Longest Day
The Manchurian Canidate
North by Northwest
One flew over the Coocoo’s nest
Pulp fiction
Q & A
Raising Arizona
Saving Prvt Ryan
Twelve Monkeys
Usual Suspects
Vertigo
The Wall
X-files
Young Frankenstien
The Zero Effect