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Top 20 Movies List

posted 20 years ago by ericsinla
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Okey, Someone started doing this on the 'Amadeus' board and I never thought I go for it but once I started I couldn't stop and since 'La Strada' tops my list I thought it belonged here.....Here's my list and it's not really in order except for the first 5 :
LaStrada ( my first Fellini and my fav )
Amadeus ( can never get enough of this film )
Hannah and Her Sisters ( one of Woody's best )
Rushmore ( the best film of the 90's )
2001: A Space Odessey ( never seen anything like it, and never will again )
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory ( saw this when I was 9 and it stuck with me like an Everlasting Gobstopper, sorry.... )
Rocky Horror Picture Show ( the ultimate midnight movie is also a great camp classic )
The Graduate ( a very special movie )
Midnight Cowboy
Much Ado About Nothing ( 1993's version by Kenneth B )
Broadway Danny Rose ( yes, as good as Woody gets )
Gone With The Wind ( yeah, I think this is my favorite out of the "big Hollywood classics" it still hold up )
My Fair Lady ( best musical ever )
The Kids are Alright ( my favorite Rock pic )
The Producers ( funniest movie of all time )
E.T. ( Speilberg's best )
Amacord ( a year in the life in 1930's Italy....like a Vivaldi concerto for lute, but on film )
Withnail and I ( very cool cult film )
The Wizard of Oz ( the perfect Hollywood studio movie )
Monty Python and the Holy Grail ( The 2nd funniest movie of all time )

Okey, anybody else?

[–] Gelsomina659 20 years ago

Hmmm i gotta think about my top twenty, ill get back to you on that :)

"Can't you see
It all makes perfect sense
Expressed in dollars and cents..."

Roger Waters

[–] Gelsomina659 20 years ago

My top 20 films are as follows,

1. Blade Runner
2. Being John Malcovich
3. La Strada
4. 8 1/2
5. Roma
6. Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
7. Ghost in the Shell
8. Princess Mononoke
9. Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
10. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
11. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
12. Throne of Blood
13. The Seven Samurai
14. Secretary
15. Brazil
16. The Fisher King
17. Last Tango In Paris
18. Spirited Away
19. Bad Taste
20. Images

"When I get some money, I kiss it's green skin..."

The Swans

[–] ericsinla 20 years ago

Great list! and cool new Id. I really like Brazil a lot ...lot's of Fellini on that list. You have to see Night of Cabiria. Have you ever seen Stardust Memories by Woody Allen? It's his 8 1/2...also Sweet and Lowdown is very much like La Strada. He's a big Fellini fan as well. Also you might want to see Amacord...

[–] Ldixon-1 17 years ago

Gelsomina's list is impressive - I admire many of the same movies.
(& I like her new id.)

From Studio Ghibli, I would add:
My Neighbor Totoro
Grave of the Fireflies

Along with The Seven Samurai, I would add "Chushingura".

Along with Brazil, I would add "12 Monkeys".

Along with La Strada, I would add "Juliet of the Spirits".

See my movie page here:
http://home.earthlink.net/~ldixon7/Movies.html

[–] stevenvh 16 years ago

No offence, but I can't imagine that 50 years from now many people will care about the LotR trilogy. They may be OK, but a Real Great Film has to stand the test of time.

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I never make mistakes. Once I thought I did, but I was wrong.

[–] tysnotgay 16 years ago

Your claim doesn't really have any basis. Yes, test of time, blah blah, but time hasn't been tested, and your hypothesis is just a blind shot in the dark.

I'm not a LoTR fanboy or anything, but I wouldn't be surprised if they held up fairly well. The books did, and the movies are a lot more accessible than the books (in terms of audience's interested in reading vs watching).

Anyway. I also think that your comment has no place in this thread.

[–] theconservativeliberal 16 years ago

I highly doubt that, regardless of its quality.

[–] tseybert 10 years ago

I can't believe you're being hassled just because you put the LOTR movies on your list! Not because I think they're so great (I don't. They are entertaining, but I wouldn't put them anywhere near a Top movies list), but because so much of your list is made up of really great movies!

Blade Runner! La strada! 8 1/2! Roma! Throne of Blood! The Seven Samurai! Brazil! Spirited Away!

La strada, Blade Runner and Seven Samurai are all in my Top Twenty, easy!

But everybody should have a few slightly-off choices in their Top Twenty or else these lists would all look the same. (I got King Kong vs. Godzilla.)

Janet! Donkeys!

[–] MovieMan0283 20 years ago

Is this FAVORITES or BEST??

Here's some of my favorites, which I also think are some of the greatest films of all time, in no particular order (these really aren't even my top 20, just 20 films I like a hell of a lot)

Citizen Kane
The Godfather Trilogy
Lawrence of Arabia
Vertigo
White Heat
Marty
On the Waterfront
Star Wars Trilogy
Nights of Cabiria
Masculine Feminine
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Schindler's List
The Gold Rush
Midnight Cowboy
The Graduate
Pather Panchali
It's a Wonderful Life
Casablanca
Mulholland Drive
Mean Streets

[–] MovieMan0283 20 years ago

And while I'm doing favorites, I probably should have added Persona for its ultra-seriousness, Annie Hall for its comic seriousness, and The Big Lebowski for its ultra-comedy. And Close Encounters because I grew up with that film.

[–] ericsinla 20 years ago

I think I ment favorites....your list is plenty good....I too would have add Star Wars ( the first one....because I grew up with that one )

[–] stormshadow_99 20 years ago

1 good fellas
2 raging bull
3 gangs of new york
4 audition
5 battle royale
6 la strada
7 king of new york
8 wages of fear
9 naked lunch
10 ikuru
11 once upon a time in the west
12 the thing (carpenters)
13 dawn of the dead
14 leon the proffesional
15 i hired a hitman
16 memento
17 hard boiled
18 sonatine
19 cross of iron
20 28 days later

[–] cgibson14 19 years ago

if you like king of new york have a look at bad lieutenent and the addiction, there even better ferrara's and where is repo man-it surely warrants a mention

[–] sampafelipe 10 years ago

OK, so it is more than a decade, but your list is awesome! I'd go at least 10 of your 20, esp. Wages of Fear

[–] nimrod_18037 20 years ago

Off the top of my head...

Lawrence of Arabia
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Godfather
The Godfather, Part II
Apocalypse Now
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Pulp Fiction
The Seven Samurai
Magnolia
Amadeus
Schindler's List
Raging Bull
Casablanca
The Wizard of Oz
It's A Wonderful Life
Citizen Kane
Dr. Strangelove
Chinatown
Paths of Glory
Singin' in the Rain

[–] lateralusundulate 20 years ago

In no order

Dog Day Afternoon
If...
La Dolce Vita
The Godfather
Psycho
Satyricon
Dead Alive
Do the Right Thing
Midnight Cowboy
Mean Streets
Straw Dogs
Raging Bull
2001
French Connection
Magnolia
American Beauty
Citizen Kane
The Others
All the President's Men
Paris, Texas
Alien
Poltergeist
GoodFellas
WIld Bunch

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[–] HarmenB 18 years ago

Why be ashamed of liking a movie like Toy Story? It's well-written and well-made. And you can't argue about taste, right?

[–] shojaee 20 years ago

NO ORDER
1.TAXI DRIVER 1976
2.LA STRADA 1954
3.GODFATHER I 1972
4.GREAT DICTATOR 1940
5.BICYCLE THIEF 1949
6.THE LAST EMPEROR 1987
7.TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 1962
8.RAGING BULL 1980
9.EDWARD SCISOORHAND 1990
10.STATE OF SIEGE 1970
11.RASHOMON 1950
12.SEVEN SAMURAI 1954
13.FULL METAL JACKET 1989
14.SPIRITED AWAY 2002
15.Le Cercle Rouge 1970
16.ROMA OPEN CITY 1945
16.KANNAL 1956
17.MALENA 2000
18.THE BIRDS 1960
19.DANCES WITH THE WOLVES 1990
20.LAST LAUGH 1927

GOD FORSAKE ME FOR NOT HAVING SEVEN-BARRY LYNDON-DEVIL`S ADVOCATE-2001 A SPACE ODESSEY-PROFESSIONAL-THE PTHERS-PIANIST-STING-LORD OF THE RINGS TRIOLOGY-INSOMNIA-MOMENTO-EYES WIDE SHUT-PATHS OF GLORY-BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN-Z-STORY OF ADELE H-KILL BILL-PSYCHO-NOTORIOUS-TRUMAN SHOW-BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE-ON THE WATERFRONT AND ALSO "PULP FICTION" AND "RAN".

[–] CoenVermeer 20 years ago

Just 20 of my favourites. It all depends on my mood.

Hana-Bi
Taxi Driver
Godfather 2
Clockwork Orange
Pulp Fiction
The Killer
Grave of the fireflies
Blood simple
Amelie
Citizen Kane
Vertigo
Once upon a time in the west
Lilja 4-ever
Leon
Rushmore
Blade Runner
American Beauty
Usual Suspects
Amadeus
Ghost World

[–] SofaOnWheels 14 years ago

I'm afraid my list isn't as "cinephile-like" as I'd like it to be. Either way, these are 20 or so of the movies I've enjoyed the most, or had the most profound effect on me. Not to say La Strada, Citizen Kane, Clockwork Orange and The Godfather aren't phenomenal movies...

1. Forrest Gump
2. The Shawshank Redemption
3. Taxi Driver
4. Memento
5. Requiem for a Dream
6. Magnolia
7. The Big Lebowski
8. Mulholland Drive
9. Big Fish
10. Pulp Fiction
11. Rear Window
12. The Shining
13. Amelie
14. There Will Be Blood
15. Children of Men
16. 28 Days Later
17. The Deer Hunter
18. Zodiac
19. Heat
20. High Fidelity

[–] teutonicknight 20 years ago

My best movies list:

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick)
2. Das Boot (Petersen)
3. Andrei Rublev (Tarkovski)
4. The Elphant Man (Lynch)
5. Twelve Monkeys (Gilliam)
6. Trainspotting (Boyle)
7. Alien (Scott)
8. The Bicycle Thief (de Sica)
9. 8" (Fellini)

10. The Mission (Joffe)
11. The Deer Hunter (Cimino)
12. Dr Strangelove (Kubrick)
13. Three Colurs: Red (Kieslowski)
14. The Seventh Seal (Bergman)
15. Stalker (Tarkovski), my all time favourite movie
16. Monty Python & the Holy Grail (Gilliam/Jones)
17. Leon (Besson)
18. Amelie (Jaunet)
19. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Leone)
20. Grounghog Day (Ramis)

And these are my all time favourite movies:

Stalker (Tarkovski)
The Mission (Joffe)
Falling Down (Schumacher)
Trainspotting (Boyle)
Amelie (Jaunet)
The Bicycle Thief (de Sica)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Gilliam/Jones)
Leon (Besson)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Leone)
Snatch (Ritchie)
Magnolia (Anderson)
The Full Monty (Cattaneo)
Amarcord (Fellini)
A Man For All Seasons (Zinnemann)
Closely Watched Trains (Menzel)
Z (Costa-Gavras)
Le Saurai (Meville)

[–] character0 20 years ago

a great movie - any film which fulfills its purpose whether that be comedy, action, or drama while maintaining originality in story and technique

8 1/2
Airplane!
American Beauty
Annie Hall
Apocalypse Now
Citizen Kane
Casablanca
Do the Right Thing
Dr. Strangelove
The French Connection
The Godfather
The Graduate
Psycho
Pulp Fiction
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Seven Samurai
Schindler's List
Silence of the Lambs
Taxi Driver
2001: A Space Odssey

[–] filthy macnasty 20 years ago

In no particular order...and damn, this is always a tough one...
(one choice per director)

La regle du jeu (Jean Renoir)
Birth of a Nation (D.W. Griffith)
They Were Expendable (John Ford)
The Naked Spur (Anthony Mann)
Smultronstället (Ingmar Bergman)
Ugetsu Monogatari (Kenji Mizoguchi)
Red Shoes (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger)
Brief Encounter (David Lean)
Last Temptation of Christ (Martin Scorsese)
The Wild Bunch (Sam Peckinpah)
The General (Buster Keaton)
Modern Times (Charlie Chaplin)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg)
L'Atalante (Jean Vigo)
Der Letzte Mann (F.W. Murnau)
The Apartment (Billy Wilder)
Sullivan's Travels (Preston Sturges)
Twelve O'Clock High (Henry King)
Gilda (Charles Vidor)
The Third Man (Carol Reed)

[–] Jon Kolenchak 20 years ago

OK, Here are my top 20 in order:

1. Vertigo
2. Wuthering Heights (1939)
3. The Good Earth (1937)
4. Black Narcissus
5. The Nun's Story
6. All About Eve
7. Citizen Kane
8. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
9. Portrait of Jennie
10. Fantasia
11. Romeo and Juliet (Zeffirelli - 1968)
12. Det Sjunde inseglet
13. The Red Shoes
14. La Passione de Jeanne d'Arc (1928)
15. The Innocents (1961)
16. Gone with the Wind
17. Georgy Girl
18. Women in Love
19. A Man for all Seasons
20. Agnes of God

[–] JoBelgravia 9 years ago

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick) - For an experience like no other before or since
1. Godfather part 2 (Coppola) - For the engaging nature, timelessness, quality and story
1. It's a Wonderful Life (Capra) - For its tenderness, truth and ode to the human spirit. Never feel more alive and happy to be alive than after watching this film.
4. Raging Bull (Scorcese) - For editing perfection, the character study and the story
5. Los Olvidados (Bunuel) - I can't explain this one, I felt as though i was growing up with these tough kids as i watched it. Honest, at times heartbreaking, other times cool.
6. The Graduate (Nichols) - For its hilarity and for the sharp script
6. Some Like it Hot (Wilder) - For it's hilarity. For the sharp script, the comedy never gets old.
8. Band of Outsiders (Godard) - No words. Masterpiece.
8.Night of the Hunter (Laughton) - The cinematography, the suspense, the story. This movie was borderline perfect. Could be higher up.
8.Pulp Fiction (Tarantino) - the dialogue, the scenes, the set-pieces. Masterful.
11.Gone With the Wind (Fleming) - the depth, the detail and intricacy of characters, the story and timeless nature.
12.Psycho (Hitchcock) - For the engaging quality, the suspense, the horror, the thrill.
13.His Girl Friday (Hawks) - for the repertoire. I can recite this movie almost line for line.
13. The Lady Eve (Sturges) - For the script, the humor, he sheer enjoyment.
13.The Kid (Chaplin) - The most touching story of all. Plus the score is wonderful.
13.La Strada (Fellini) - this moved me, but it's only this low because it's a recent watch. Perhaps in the future it would be higher up.
17.Raise the Red Lantern (Zhang,Y) - beautifully shot cinematography, colour, and entertaining, touching story.

Only 17. And i thought i'd be making an honourable mentions section.