REVIVED: Your Top Ten Favorite Films

[Mr. Felix]

only ten.

Harold and Maude
Natural Born Killers
Ghost World
American Beauty
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Pulp Fiction
Big Fish
Lost Highway
The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain
Angela

[Telegram Sam]

Originally posted by Brazil
Big Fish

that's a terrible film, man

[Mr. Felix]

Originally posted by Nathan Barley
that's a terrible film, man

i disagree strongly


where's your list?!

[Telegram Sam]

it doesn't exist, sir

[Kinbote]

- Belle de jour
- Casablanca
- Celine and Julie Go Boating
- Chinatown
- La Dolce Vita
- Last Year at Marienbad
- The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
- The Ninth Gate
- Three Crowns of the Sailor
- A Zed and Two Noughts

[Kinbote]

Originally posted by Brazil

Natural Born Killers
American Beauty
Pulp Fiction
Big Fish


And I would say these all are terrible films.

[bags]

Originally posted by UncleLester
And I would say these all are terrible films.
I bet, you would!

[motorcyclemptiness]

Annie Hall
Dawn of the Dead ('78)
Crimes and Misdemeanors
La Dolce Vita
The Seventh Seal
Belle de Jour
Three Colors: Red
Cries and Whispers
Ed Wood
Goodfellas

[Eye]

Vertigo
Play it Again Sam
Do The Right Thing
Bringing Up Baby
Bride Wore Black (Truffaut)
Vanilla Sky
Star Trek: First Contact
Run, Lola, Run
Fargo
Dr. Strangelove

This is not a definite 10 but they are 10 of my favorite movies. I tried to make sure that I included one per director only, and a mixture of my favorites from different genres. I noticed I didn't include any film noir in there, but I guess you can only fit so much in a top 10. Three of my favorite film noirs are Touch of Evil, Out of the Past, and The Big Sleep.

The funny thing is that I tend to like more dramas when it comes to film, and more comedies when it comes to television.

[Drunkenmaster]

Fight Club
Snatch
Great Expectations ('98 or whatever)
The Girl Next Door
Reality Bites
Crossroads (not the fucking Britney Spears movie. The one about Robert Johnson)
Resevoir Dogs
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Lost In Translation
Being John Malkovich

(I apologize in advance for my horrible taste but I'm more or a music guy)

[Barbara]

I hated eternal sunshine :cry:

The Princess Bride
Spirited Away
Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2
The Big Lebowski
Princess Mononoke
Memento
Stand By Me
Good Morning, Vietnam
Flight of the Navigator
Before Sunrise

I guess Kill Bill could count as two, but I DON'T CARE :cry:

[Kinbote]

Originally posted by Barbara
I hated eternal sunshine

It was no great shakes - I can't stand the smugness of Charlie Kaufman movies - but I deeply, devoutly love Kate Winslet's Clementine, who is a fair representation of my ideal woman. Which makes it likable.

[Barbara]

Kate was totally likeable :) It was the unending praise for a movie I found kind of over-long and not bad but not that great that made me hate it :cry:

[Mr. Felix]

Originally posted by UncleLester
And I would say these all are terrible films.

then i would say that you're retarded.
'cept for natural born killers, coz i don't have enough people to back me up on that one.
and for the record, Eternal Sunshine made my top 20.

[Mr. Felix]

Originally posted by Brazil
only ten.

Harold and Maude
Natural Born Killers
Ghost World
American Beauty
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Pulp Fiction
Big Fish
Lost Highway
The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain
Angela
Brazil

i updated me listee!

(in the land where nobody cares :cry:)

and has anybody else seen angela?
i think i'm the only one on this board that's seen it!

[motorcyclemptiness]

Originally posted by Brazil
and has anybody else seen angela?
i think i'm the only one on this board that's seen it!

WELL PIN A ROSE ON YOUR NOSE.

[Drunkenmaster]

ER SOMEBODIE NUTT IN HIZ BUTT!!

[teapots]

Originally posted by motorcyclemptiness

Ed Wood


I'm so glad that someone else has this on their list! It seems to be forgotten about amongst the other Tim Burton films, but I think it is brilliant.

To the list!

Ed Wood
La Strada
Paris, Texas
La Belle Et La Bette
Sunrise (A Song Of Two Humans)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Withnail & I
The Royal Tenenbaums
Rope
The King Of Comedy

[Eye]

I really like "Rope", the only thing that bothers me is John Dall's overenuciation of dialogue, I am not sure if that is intentional or not though. Royal Tennabaums and Cabinet of Dr. Caligari are pretty good too, not in my top 10, but still good.

[Telegram Sam]

Robocop
Back To The Future
Hellraiser 2
Blade Runner
Midnight Cowboy
Papillon
Terminator 2
If
Les Quatre Cents Coups
Threads

[Mr. Felix]

Originally posted by Nathan Barley
Hellraiser 2

[Telegram Sam]

oh come on, where's your sense of fun and horror? I bet you're not even human!

[Atomsk Iscariot]

Originally posted by Nathan Barley
I bet you're not even human! Of course he's not! He's gay!

*ba-dump crash!*

[Mr. Felix]

Originally posted by Atomsk Iscariot
Of course he's not! He's gay!

*ba-dump crash!*

just because im not human doesnt mean im gay!

actually, i quite liked hellraiser 1. i just thought it was funny that you put the second one instead of the first.

[kendra]

I don't usually make a definitive list, but the top four are definitely my top four, always. Some of these are uhh...not elite enough for a lot of you, but whatever! Some of them (Look Who's Talking) are throwbacks from my childhood and I loooove them & watch them everytime they come on TV, but I don't own them.

What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Jaws
Gattaca
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Look Who's Talking
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Map of the Human Heart
Forrest Gump
Music From Another Room
Great Expectations

[Telegram Sam]

Originally posted by Brazil
just because im not human doesnt mean im gay!

actually, i quite liked hellraiser 1. i just thought it was funny that you put the second one instead of the first.

well it's not some profound film or anything but I quite like its moralisation of hell - and 'hell' itself is portrayed in a very stark and disturbing fashion in the movie. I mean, fuck, that clown scene is the fucking creepiest thing ever.

[i]

Midnight Run
Terminator 2
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
The Godfather
Back to the Future
Fight Club
A League of Their Own
Beetlejuice
LotR: Fellowship of the Ring
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

most of these are probably throwbacks to my childhood/adolescence.

Originally posted by kendra
I don't usually make a definitive list, but the top four are definitely my top four, always. Some of these are uhh...not elite enough for a lot of you, but whatever! Some of them (Look Who's Talking) are throwbacks from my childhood and I loooove them & watch them everytime they come on TV, but I don't own them.

What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Jaws
Gattaca
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Look Who's Talking
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Map of the Human Heart
Forrest Gump
Music From Another Room
Great Expectations

I think I could have named at least 5 of those if you're asked me! I'm good. And hey, I managed to see ONE of them at the cinema with you.

[Fab]

Originally posted by Brazil

The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain If you're going to use the long title, it has to be in French, in English speaking countries it's just Amélie. I'm only bothering with this because no one uses the long title, and your use of it makes it sound like you were trying to be clever.

[Mr. Felix]

oh, well i'll try my best to refrain from clever from now on.

[kendra]

Originally posted by i
I think I could have named at least 5 of those if you're asked me! I'm good. And hey, I managed to see ONE of them at the cinema with you.

:) Yep. Fight Club, really? haha. It's an entertaining movie. Beetlejuice I've never seen all the way through and same for A League of Their Own and Back to the Future and Indiana Jones and Midnight Run.

[Herr Lipp]

The Life Aquatic*
Forrest Gump
Gangster No. 1*
Enduring Love*
The Big Lebowski
Alien
Home Alone
Pulp Fiction
Uncle Buck
Ichi The Killer


blah those are 10 that come to mind. I couldnt give you a "favourite of all time" list. Asterisked films are MUST-SEES by everyone please I give you my word you will not be disappointed with the cost/rental cost. The 2nd and 3rd asterisked I believe are gems in the British Filmmaking crown.

[Mr. Felix]

another update of my list:

oh, and now it's a top twenty.

Harold and Maude
Natural Born Killers
Ghost World
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Angela
American Beauty
Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain
Waking Life
Pulp Fiction
Brazil
Mulholland Drive
Big Fish
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Annie Hall
The Royal Tenenbaums
Do the Right Thing
Der Untergang
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Vieuphoria
Try

[L'egoMan]

goody films:

'songs from the second floor' - because of it's beauty and absurdity

'dogville' - because of its story, skillfull acting and the intelligent way of connecting theatre and cinema.

the celebration - a true masterpiece in every way and one of the most successful dogme films

annie hall - an extremely intelligent movie about relationships andhow they never last.

2001 a space odyssey - a nearly 3 hour long art-film

the kingdom series - well...see it for yourself..

Five obsticles - intelligent about creativity, obsticles and how far one can go to achieve good art.

[Mr. Felix]

there's only schveven there, sirs. there are supposèd to bee schwenty.

[L'egoMan]

i've seen so many good films brother, these are the ones who're a bit different not necessarily better then the other good films......so much good stuf out there...lists are weird anyway...

[Mr. Felix]

i'm an obsessive complsive listmaker!

[L'egoMan]

then go to therapy!

[Mr. Felix]

i'm far too poor!

[Nak Nak]

Originally posted by Nathan Barley

Back To The Future
Blade Runner


Star Wars (original tril)
hackers (in a comedic sense)
usual suspects
goodfellas
the crow
Amélie
Ridicule
Horseman on the Roof (French film, I think it's called that)

[Nak Nak]

Akira
Ghost in the Shell I/II
Indiana Jones (all)
fight Club
Minority Report
Monty Python (all)
Ghost Busters
The Warriors
Lost in Translation
Ghost World
Royal Tenenbaums
Apocalypse Now
Full Metal Jacket
Enter the Dragon
Platoon
ETCETCETC

[tetragrammaton]

- Ghost World
- Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls
- Perfect Blue
- Mulholland Drive
- Velvet Goldmine
- The Never Ending Story
- Amelie
- Mysterious Skin
- Bully
- Sin City

[motorcyclemptiness]

I think tetragammon and Brazil are made for each other. BLAMO LOVE IS IN THE AIR.

[Mr. Felix]

Originally posted by tetragrammaton
- Ghost World
love you.

- Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls
love you.

- Mulholland Drive
love you a thousand times.

- Amelie
words cannot express how good this film is.

- Velvet Goldmine
one of the worst movies ive ever seen. what the hell!?

[tetragrammaton]

Originally posted by Brazil
- Velvet Goldmine
one of the worst movies ive ever seen. what the hell!?

I'm a sucker for Glam; and it reminds me of "the good ol' days"... *sigh*