Foo - Best Movies ever

My picks:

Seven Samurai
Godfather
Godfather part II
Seventh Seal
All the Presidents Men
On Any Sunday
12 Angry Men

Serenity

The Crow
Silence of the lambs
The shining
Better Off Dead
Desperado
Saving Private Ryan
Real Genius
Serenity

Serenity

LOL great movie!!

My picks:

Seven Samurai
Godfather
Godfather part II
Seventh Seal
All the Presidents Men
On Any Sunday
12 Angry Men

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Dillinger and the Wild Bunch are my favorite movies ever, even if not the best.

Then there are the others, in no particular order- Blackhawk Down, Caddy Shack, Animal House, Aliens, The Ghost and the Darkness (if for no other reason than being a well made movie that 100% stuck to the truth) 7 Samurai, The Good The Bad And The Ugly, The Death Wish and Dirty Harry movies (strictly because I find them hugely entertaining, not because they are well made) and finally, 1941. If I wasn't getting pretty tired I could probably think of some more.

My top 10 in no particular order:
Serenity
Dust to Glory
Saving Private Ryan
Secretary
Ray
Band of Brothers
Enemy at the Gates
Best in Show
Seabiscuit
Antwoine Fisher

Godfather I & II
Swordfish
Goodfellas
Harlem Nights
Young Frankenstein
Blazing Saddles

there are more, but brain-lock is setting innnnnnnn.....................

Gross Pointe Blank

Saving Private Ryan
Lost Battalion
Count of Monte Cristo
Master and Commander

Fargo

Edit: Maybe not the best movie ever, but certainly very, very, very good -- and one of my favourites.

The Princess Bride

And for some reason, The Hunt For Red October.

Fargo

I'm no movie critic or film studies major, so I won't touch on what the "best" movies are, but Fargo and Pulp Fiction are two of the movies that I can watch over and over and not tire of.

Throw in the Indiana Jones and Die Hard trilogies as well. :) (The Star Wars trilogy would be included, were it available on DVD...)

Serenity was a great movie, but it tends to make me sad, because it serves to underscore how good Firefly could have been if allowed to run its course.

I'm no movie critic or film studies major, so I won't touch on what the "best" movies are, but Fargo and Pulp Fiction are two of the movies that I can watch over and over and not tire of.



That's my criteria for a great flick. Not really worried about what they'd say about it in film school....

I agree with the Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns too; kinda cheesy in every way but vastly entertaining.

For me, the BEST flicks are the ones that combine a great plot, some food for thought, terrific acting and cinematography - with that little something extra. Most films are lucky to have one or two of these going fro them. To me, films like the first 2 godfathers and the Seven Samurai have them all, in spades.....

my list was short and off the dome...I already wanna add a few hitchock films (Notorious, North by Northwest) and I don't care how cliched it is - Casablanca may be the best freaking movie ever made....

which brings us to this (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?p=7343640#post7343640)

and this (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?p=7343665#post7343665)

I'll add The Last Picture Show to my desert Island list.

Just off the top of my head:

The Lord of the Rings (all three)
Groundhog Day
Bridge over the River Kwai
August Rush
The Princess Bride
Shrek (all three)

Frankenstein Meets The Space Monster> An android astronaut protects women of Puerto Rico from a martian princess and her pet, Mull.



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All those great B Sci-Fi movies that one watches on a rainy Saturday afternoon! They are so bad that they border on the sublime! I especially like the wierd Theramin music!!!:love::D

Frankenstein Meets The Space Monster> An android astronaut protects women of Puerto Rico from a martian princess and her pet, Mull.
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All those great B Sci-Fi movies that one watches on a rainy Saturday afternoon! They are so bad that they border on the sublime! I especially like the wierd Theramin music!!!:love::D

That's too much serious stuff. This is much more entertaining:

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+1 on Better Off Dead "I want my two dollars."

My favs...

Tombstone
Silverado
Outlaw Josie Wales
The Magnificent Seven
Seven Samurai
Ran
Yojimbo
Blade Runner
LOTR
Full Metal Jacket
The Seige of Firebase Gloria
Star Wars: A New Hope
The Bourne Identity

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100519/)

LA Confidential
Jaws "We're going to need a bigger boat."
Godfather "That's my family Kate. That's not me."
Casablanca "I'm shocked, shocked to find gambling going on in here!"
Rear Window
The Big Sleep
Aliens "They mostly come out at night. Mostly."
Young Frankenstein "Abby something."
Roman Holiday
Terminator "Look... I am not stupid, you know. They cannot make things like that yet."
Matrix - best opening sequence ever
16 Candles
The Train
Sound Of Music

Once Upon A Time In The West
Dr. Strangelove...

Too many to list....

Lawrence of Arabia
Seven Days in May
Gaslight
Apocalypse Now
Do the Right Thing
Paths of Glory
Goodfellas
Raging Bull
Streetcar Named Desire
Blood Simple
The Departed
Broken Flowers
Seven Samurai
Gladiator
Fargo
12 Angry Men
Ran
Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Anne of Green Gables

That's my netflix 5 star rated films. I think my daughter snuck one in on me.

A Good Year
21 Grams
The Motorcycle Diaries
Schindler's List
The Shining

no particular order....

Dirty Dozen
Bridge over the River Kwai
Apocalypse Now
Any of the Die Hard trilogy
Last Man Standing
And for kicks...Paint Your Wagon

Best movies period: The Blues Brothers and Animal House

Best existential comedy: Joe Versus the Volcano

Best depressing movie: Matewan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matewan)

Sponge Dad, I would argue with you that Leaving Las Vegas is the Best (and most) depressing movie ever.

It was so depressing that me and my wife wanted to kill ourselves when it was over.

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100519/)

good one - that should go in the underrated thread as well. Love the Pink Floyd too.

White hunter black heart
American beauty
Two days in the valley
Old boy

Sponge Dad, I would argue with you that Leaving Las Vegas is the Best (and most) depressing movie ever.

It was so depressing that me and my wife wanted to kill ourselves when it was over.

I saw it on video and had to turn it off several times....it was just too much for one sitting.

I have Schindler's List sitting by the VCR and mean to watch it (never seen it yet) but I am having trouble finding a day when I have three hours to spare and am in the suitable mood (not cheerful, of course, but not too down either, as I am thinking that flick would nudge me towards sticking my head in the oven)

The Bourne Identity

Not sure I'd say the best movie ever, but the Bourne movies are really good at what they do. I just think about the music and I want to watch them again. Bourne Ultimatum is my favourite of the three, though.

The Deer Hunter...How in God's name did I forget that one. Awesome movie.

Sponge Dad, I would argue with you that Leaving Las Vegas is the Best (and most) depressing movie ever.
It was so depressing that me and my wife wanted to kill ourselves when it was over.

Sophie's Choice. Great movie and I will never watch it again.


Lawrence of Arabia
Ran
Pulp Fiction (makes me laugh every time)
Seven Samurai (Maginificent seven was the same movie/different costumes)
Light Sleeper
Any Die Hard movie
First 2 star wars movies.

Sophie's Choice. Great movie and I will never watch it again.



+1
I made the mistake of reading the book, figuring it couldn't possibly depress me as much as the film.

wrong

Himalaya

+1
I made the mistake of reading the book, figuring it couldn't possibly depress me as much as the film.

wrong

I did that with "American Psycho" (for the record, I love the movie). I figured the book couldn't be too violent/gruesome/whatever. Yikes.

Seven Samurai
Ran
Hardboiled
The Killer
Bullet in the Head
Akira
Bubba Ho Tep
lots of good films...

^^^

I recomend Bubba Ho Tep to lots of folks. I loved it. But I think of it more as an underated flick.

^^^

I recomend Bubba Ho Tep to lots of folks. I loved it. But I think of it more as an underated flick.

I'd forgotten about Bubba Ho Tep! Loved it, too.

Bruce Campbell is great.

I gotta set myself up with a Evil Dead film fest weekend sometime this winter.

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I recomend Bubba Ho Tep to lots of folks. I loved it. But I think of it more as an underated flick.

I see your point, still, I think I'll go with best, because who thinks of Elvis, African-American JFK (played by Ossie Davis, no less), & a ***** Tonk Mummy in one script. Name another film with an even remotely similar plot. Can't, can you? EXCELLENT!

Manos: The Hands of Fate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manos:_The_Hands_of_Fate)

Manos: The Hands of Fate the MST3K version

Ben Hur
The Wizard of Oz
The Professional (Leon)
The Count of Monte Cristo (Richard Chamberlain)

Ben Hur
The Wizard of Oz
The Professional (Leon)
The Count of Monte Cristo (Richard Chamberlain)

You just reminded me of another fav - Ronin. Now that's a film!
Toss in Heat as well.

Sophie's Choice. Great movie and I will never watch it again.

I have a very difficult time watching movies where children suffer or die (even off screen, unless its a giant explosion from space).

Started when I was watching The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover (itself, an interesting movie), and by the time I had my two kids, it became an almost immutable emotional barrier.

I have a very difficult time watching movies where children suffer or die (even off screen, unless its a giant explosion from space).

Started when I was watching The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover (itself, an interesting movie), and by the time I had my two kids, it became an almost immutable emotional barrier.

I am a rather passive movie watcher; if it's not obvious, I often don't notice. I never realized what "the choice" was until the end. I was stunned.

Kinda like "The Crying Game":p

The Professional is a good flick, minus the creepy Lolita stuff.

The Professional is a good flick, minus the creepy Lolita stuff.

but IIRC Leon wasn't comfortable with the Lolita-ish subtext - he wanted her to be, in his own way, a good little girl. Maybe the Director is a perve for having Portman dance around like Madonna, but the actor playing Leon nails portraying his nascent paternal feelings for her.