Here are my selections (not necessarily in any coherent order):
Maybe I should have posted on Great Debates.
Can we count the entire Godfather trilogy as one movie? 'Cause if we can’t, I’ve got some serious thinking to do.
I’ll admit I haven’t seen all those movies, but I can’t imagine that all of them are better then Dr. Strangelove. Aside from having the longest subtitle of just about any movie I know of, it is probably the flick most watched by students of strategic thinking. Besides, it’s damned good.
Just a warning for everyone to watch out. Not too long ago some people tried to do this and the Movie Police came by and slammed anyone who mentioned movies less than 20 years old. Apparently, all movies appreciate over the years so if it was made recently, you have to wait a couple of decades for it to get good enough to make a “Best Film” list.
Continue on!!
Casablanca
Gone With The Wind
Citizen Kane
The Sand Pebbles
Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Seven Samurai
The Big Sleep
The Princess Bride
I didn’t start this thread, but no, you can’t count The Godfather trilogy as one movie. Godfather I & II, maybe since they tell the entire story as related in the book; but Godfather I still rises far above the pack, all by itself. Godfather III was an abortion, an Abortion, Michael. I’m convinced that the good Lord took Mario Puzo from us to prevent him from working on Godfather IV. I don’t like the idea of a 10-best list at all, though because it will invariably leave out such classics as “The Great Race”, “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad Mad World”, “Hard Day’s Night”, “Bride of Frankenstein” (usually in favor of the more mundane original "Frankenstein), “Young Frankenstein” for that matter. “The Quiet Man”? Nah. “Sons of Katy Elder”, maybe. “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence”, definately. How about “Dr. Zhivago” for a sappy, sprawling epic. That’s an eclectic film festival I’d pay to see.
Good point. I forgot Liberty and Young Frankenstein.
12 Angry men (the old one, of course)
Considering there are zillions and zillions of movies I haven’t seen, and I imagine at least half of them (the first zillions) are better than the ones I have seen, I will settle for listing “The ten best movies that I’ve seen”.
In no particular order:
-Braveheart
-Star Wars
-Thelma and Louise
-Cool Hand Luke
-To Kill a Mockingbird
-Mary Poppins
-The Adventures of Robin Hood
-Sixth Sense
-Undercover Blues
-Field of Dreams
Some of these were a tossup between the movie listed and another, but I’m not saying which ones.
You people sicken me!
American Beauty
American History X
Braveheart
Dogma
Sixth Sense
Usual Suspects
Saving Private Ryan
Back To The Future
Shawshank Redemption
Freeway
Honorable Mentions:
Go!
Tommy Boy
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Matrix
Run Lola Run
Princess Bride
Neverending Story
Land Before Time
Aladdin
Ha-HA! Take that!
–Tim
Erm, admittedly, I like quirky movies, and I haven’t seen alot of the ‘classics’.
Tommy Boy?! TOMMY BOY??!! Heck, you might as well have included a Pauly Shore movie.
In no particular order, and for no particular reason…
Star Wars (IV, V, and VI… mostly V)
UHF ('89, Weird Al flick, really hilarious, all of you rent it)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail ("…it’s just a flesh wound…")
The Princess Bride
Aliens
Terminator 2 (it kicked off the CG movement, and was well-made)
Dr. No
Dumbo (“Pink Elephants on Parade, here they come, hippity hoppity!”)
Tron
American Beauty (that’s mostly a gratuity to my friends, though)
I should explain the absence of movies like Citizen Kane or Gone With the Wind… part of my nature is to be contrary as much as possible, so I try to avoid saying something is good just because other people say it’s good.
Also, I haven’t seen many movies.
Well, except the porn ones, but y’all don’t care about that, do you?
[Brando Voice] You come in here, and show me no respect… [/Brando Voice]
Rumour has it that a Godfather IV might be underway.
Although I fully agree that GF III is the worst (well, “least good”, really) of all three, it is still an awesome movie by any standard. The shooting scene at the steps of the Scicilian Theatre is a classic, IMHO.
And don’t forget Corleone’s death scene. Wow.
Keep in mind, as much as i love movies, I haven’t seen WAY TOO MANY of the films which probably should be on the top 10. So, here are my top 10 films I have actually seen, in no particular order:
Psycho
Lost in America
Taxi Driver
Apocalypse Now
2001: A Space Oddyssy
Dr. Strangelove
Citizen Kane
Pulp Fiction
Vertigo
Grand Canyon
This is Spinal Tap
Well, that’s 11. “But this one goes to eleven” ahaha.
Citizen Kane
Raising Arizona
Bull Durham
Fargo
Pulp Fiction
Kids in the Hall ‘Brain Candy’
Deathtrap
Clerks
MAS*H
Jaws
Oh, please.
Will someone change the name of this thread to “my ten favorite movies,” and stop this farce of these being the ten BEST movies?
And did any of you know that they did indeed make movies—damn good ones—BEFORE 1940?
No rules against entering your ten favorite movies – it looks like that’s what everyone is doing, anyway. Yes, I LOVE movies made before 1940, but didn’t want to display my old-fashioned tastes before the whippersnapper cybercrowd. Okay, here are some pre-1940 “best,” “favorite,” whatever, selections (forgive me if a couple of them edge up into the early 40s):
I know, Gone With The Wind and The Wizard of Oz are both 1939, but they throw the handicap way off. Two killer films in the same year!
The rest of you guys have given me some good ideas about what to go out and rent. Thanks!
Strangely, although war movies are probably my favorite film genre, none made my top 10. “Full Metal Jacket” would probably be No. 11.
Apocalypse Now
The Man Who Would be King
The Jerk
Yellowbeard
Zulu
Akira
Stop Making Sense
A Shot in the Dark
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Crumb
Today’s list, in no particular order:
Singin’ in the Rain
Citizen Kane
Pulp Fiction
Dr. Strangelove
City Lights
The General
North by Northwest
Bringing Up Baby
Casablanca
The Princess Bride