# What are the ten best movies of all time? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 2, 2000, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-ten-best-movies-of-all-time/18315 "2000-05-02T00:00:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![tradesilicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@tradesilicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tradesilicon)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2000, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-ten-best-movies-of-all-time/18315/61 "2000-05-09T17:50:35Z")
There are a few good Russian Comedies, even though the communists did not allow film makers to make light of Government… An absolute classic is Dvenadsat Stuliev (12 Chairs) Another is Dzentelmeni Udachi (Gentlemen of Fortune) These are older films, so the quality of the video may not be good, but hilarious content to be sure. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-ten-best-movies-of-all-time/18315/62 "2000-12-14T11:29:14Z")
10 Best Films not yet mentioned: \* Black Narcissus Chloe in the Afternoon The Crime of Monsieur Lange La Dolce Vita His Girl Friday The Lady Eve Ordet Salesman The Spirit of the Beehive The Wild Bunch \* ---
**Author:** ![Free\_Bob\_Saget](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Free\_Bob\_Saget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Free_Bob_Saget)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-ten-best-movies-of-all-time/18315/63 "2000-12-14T13:03:42Z")
Here they Are: 1.Tommy Boy 2.Black Sheep 3.GhostBusters 4.Shawshank Redemption 5.Hitman Hart - Wrestling with Shadows (Documentary) 6.Stir of Echos 7.Forrest Gump 8.Terminator 1, and 2 9.Matrix 10.Billy Madison They may not be masterpeices to some people, but Chis Farley Movies are Future classics. As well as The Shawshank Redemptions many realistic themes. ---
**Author:** ![Free\_Bob\_Saget](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Free\_Bob\_Saget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Free_Bob_Saget)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-ten-best-movies-of-all-time/18315/64 "2000-12-14T13:05:51Z")
Runners up: 1. Dead Poets Society 2.Almost Heroes 3.Any Ultimate Fighting tape…lol 4.Dogma 5.Pulp Fiction and any others I forgot… ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-ten-best-movies-of-all-time/18315/65 "2000-12-14T17:08:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by evilbeth \* > \*\*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!! \*\* > [@](#): > > 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? > > ``` What archery, evilbeth! 😉 That said, here are mine: 1. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolfe? 2. Braveheart 3. Terms of Endearment 4. American Beauty 5. Gladiator (ducking…hey! I really thought it was good!) 6. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 7. Full Metal Jacket 8. Apocalypse Now 9. Drugstore Cowboy 10. Reservoir Dogs ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-ten-best-movies-of-all-time/18315/66 "2000-12-14T17:28:15Z")
But thanks for doing so, Demo. It made me remember that I always wanted to copy those naughty movie titles that Bucky and Eve made up. Think I’ll send 'em along to some carefully selected recipients . . . ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-ten-best-movies-of-all-time/18315/67 "2000-12-14T17:37:42Z")
Oops, my mistake. I see that Archive Guy is the resurrecter. Thanks, AG. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-ten-best-movies-of-all-time/18315/68 "2000-12-14T17:42:11Z")
Braveheart Terminator Clash of the Titans Legends of the Fall Interview with a Vampire The Patriot Fight Club Terms of Endearment Could be I just like looking at Mel Gibson and Bradd Pitt. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-ten-best-movies-of-all-time/18315/69 "2000-12-14T18:54:47Z")
I like all the movies I in my top ten best list but they aren’t neccessarily the ten I watch most often. [_2001: A Space Odyssey_](http://us.imdb.com/Details?0062622) is a great movie but you have to be in a certain mental state to sit through it. [_McLintock!_](http://us.imdb.com/Details?0057298) is a fun movie but the Duke rarely rises to high cinema. As the good folks of SDMB have shown by responses to my Joe Jackson post they have good taste so I’m going to have a hard time coming up with something no one has mentioned. [ul] **10-** [_Young Frankenstein_](http://us.imdb.com/Details?0072431) It was hard deciding between this and its sibling [_Blazing Saddles_](http://us.imdb.com/Details?0071230). **9-** [_Dr. Strangelove or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb_](http://us.imdb.com/Details?0057012) **8-** [_Sunset Boulevard_](http://us.imdb.com/Details?0043014) The definitive film-noir in my book. **7-** [_The Best Years of Our Lives_](http://us.imdb.com/Details?0038351) One of the first to explore the darkening mood in America after the war. **6-** [_The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance_](http://us.imdb.com/Details?0056217) Sometimes the Duke and John Ford do rise to high cinema. **5-** [_The African Queen_](http://us.imdb.com/Details?0043265) **4-** [_Lonesome Dove_](http://us.imdb.com/Details?0096639) I know I’ll catch flack because this was a TV miniseries but the original screenplay was written as a movie to star John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda. **3-** [_20,000 Leagues Under the Sea_](http://us.imdb.com/Details?0046672) This movie makes me want to be Captain Nemo. **2-** [_Alien_](http://us.imdb.com/Details?0078748) Scariest damn movie I ever saw. **1-** [_Top Gun_](http://us.imdb.com/Details?0092099) Ow! Ow! Stop hitting me! Cant you people take a fucking joke?!! \*\*1 (serious this time)- \*\* [_The Godfather_](http://us.imdb.com/Details?0068646) and easy choice but I couldn’t leave out such an archetype. [/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-ten-best-movies-of-all-time/18315/70 "2000-12-14T22:02:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pugluvr \* > \*\*But thanks for doing so, Demo. It made me remember that I always wanted to copy those naughty movie titles that Bucky and Eve made up. Think I’ll send 'em along to some carefully selected recipients . . . \*\* 😉 Wow, I didn’t even look at the date on the other posts until I read yours, pug! Good job Archive Guy! ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-ten-best-movies-of-all-time/18315/71 "2000-12-15T15:21:42Z")
Two Words: “Bottle Rocket” (1996) Its the best movie I’ve ever seen (although I’ve never seen a movie made before 1970). See it and then see it again. I’ve seen it at least 10 times and become more impressed each time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-ten-best-movies-of-all-time/18315.md?page=3)