My top 50...
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My top 50...1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004)
2. Punch-Drunk Love (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002)
3. La Vita è Bella (Roberto Benigni, 1997)
4. The Elephant Man (David Lynch, 1980)
5. Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976)
6. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)
7. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Mike Nichols, 1966)
8. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Milos Forman, 1975)
9. Day of the Dead (George A. Romero, 1985)
10. Annie Hall (Woody Allen, 1977)
11. Harold and Maude (Hal Ashby, 1971)
12. Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)
13. Night of the Living Dead (George A. Romero, 1968)
14. Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, 1993)
15. They Live (John Carpenter, 1989)
16. Talk Radio (Oliver Stone, 1988)
17. Miracle Mile (Steve De Jarnatt, 1988)
18. Dirty Harry (Don Siegel, 1971)
19. Death Wish (Michael Winner, 1974)
20. It's a Wonderful Life (Frank Capra, 1946)
21. WALL•E (Andrew Stanton, 2008)
22. Assault on Precinct 13 (John Carpenter, 1976)
23. Night on Earth (Jim Jarmusch, 1991)
24. The Quiet Earth (Geoff Murphy, 1985)
25. Dawn of the Dead (George A Romero, 1978)
26. Withnail & I (Bruce Robinson, 1987)
27. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
28. After Hours (Martin Scorsese, 1985)
29. When Harry Met Sally... (Rob Reiner, 1989)
30. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Terry Gilliam, 1998)
31. American Graffiti (George Lucas, 1973)
32. Harvey (Henry Koster, 1950)
33. American Psycho (Mary Harron, 2000)
34. Falling Down (Joel Schumacher, 1993)
35. Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954)
36. The Truman Show (Peter Weir, 1998)
37. Elephant (Gus Van Sant, 2003)
38. Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)
39. 12 Angry Men (Sidney Lumet, 1957)
40. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (John Hughes, 1984)
41. Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942)
42. Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky, 2000)
43. Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick, 1975)
44. A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)
45. Network (Sidney Lumet, 1976)
46. Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)
47. Planet of the Apes (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1968)
48. Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet, 1975)
49. Child's Play (Tom Holland, 1988)
50. Westworld (Michael Crichton, 1973)
What do y'all think? I'm hoping for a delicious conversation about any of these and so you bastards better had have seen some! -
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Re: My top 50...One flew over the cuckoo's nest is the best film there. But, what about Godfather 1 and 2, Shawshank, There will be blood, No country for old Men, Green Mile, Goodfellas, Schindler's List, City Of God, Forrest Gump.
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Re: My top 50...Not seen City of God, The Green Mile, Godfather 1 & 2 or Schindler's List. The others are quite delicious, although I'm not the biggest fan of Forrestioo.(Original post by spazman21)
One flew over the cuckoo's nest is the best film there. But, what about Godfather 1 and 2, Shawshank, There will be blood, No country for old Men, Green Mile, Goodfellas, Schindler's List, City Of God, Forrest Gump.
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Re: My top 50...After seeing city of god, it will definitely be on that list(Original post by Bunsher)
Not seen City of God, The Green Mile, Godfather 1 & 2 or Schindler's List. The others are quite delicious, although I'm not the biggest fan of Forrestioo.
You seem to have a very similar taste in films to me, except I would put in Seven Samurai, City of God and the Fugitive, take out Bladerunner crap and make a few more adjustments -
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Re: My top 50...(Original post by Bunsher)
How come you've all seen so little? Most of them are pretty famous and mainstream... :|
I've seen 15 or so in your list. Most people can't be arsed tracking down an old film they have zero interest in.
anyway.... Assault on Precinct 13!!
They Live is not one of Carpenter's best films, though
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Re: My top 50...Maybe because many of them were produced some time ago? And not everyone watches as many films as you?(Original post by Bunsher)
How come you've all seen so little? Most of them are pretty famous and mainstream... :|
I wouldn't call them mainstream to the current, prevailing generation, i mean, i haven't even heard of most of them - nor do many watch 'old' films nowdays. -
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Re: My top 50...Inception was definitely a great movie. Did you get the last part? he was still dreaming right?(Original post by cooolpavan)
6/50. You should have included Memento, Godfather, Shawshank Redemption, Blood Diamond and the recent one Inception.
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Re: My top 50...All of them, bar Green Mile, are absolute must see films. But, green mile is personal preference of mine (it is still worth seeing though).(Original post by Bunsher)
Not seen City of God, The Green Mile, Godfather 1 & 2 or Schindler's List. The others are quite delicious, although I'm not the biggest fan of Forrestioo. -
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Re: My top 50...Death Wish is a truly, truly nasty movie, nastier than Memento which is also truly nasty (and truly ****). Dirty Harry does nasty way better than either.
Prince of the City is easily Lumet's best film, particularly if you like Blade Runner. And if you like Blade Runner for the right reasons then you must like Alien and Escape from New York too.
As lists go, this one is better than yours (also USA-centric, if slightly less so; particularly shocking omissions are Feuillade and the Mabuse series):
http://www.filmsite.org/villvoice.html
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