Top Gun
The Deer Hunter
They shall not grow old.
Top Gun
The Deer Hunter
They shall not grow old.
The Exorcist
Withnail and I
Godfather 2
I was wondering if girlie rom coms were permitted, but feel encouraged by the early inclusion of Top Gun
When Harry Met Sally
Casablanca
Man Bites Dog
The Matrix
Shawshank Redemption
Star Wars
Schindler’s List
Back to the Future
Godfather 2
So clever my foot fell off.
Movies are too subjective so I've picked the 3 that I think have added most to the insdustry
Star Wars
The Matrix
Toy Story
My list - in no particular order:
- Once Upon A Time In The West
- Pulp Fiction
- Taxi Driver
Dark horse: Låt Den Rätta Komma In (Swedish for Let The Right One In). Arthouse horror movie.
My wife's:
- The Matrix 1
- Any Given Sunday
- Intouchables
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I think I prefer Flying Bananas list to my own
Hmmm
I'm tempted to say
The Watcher
Clockwork
Time Bandits
But more realistically (based on films I can watch again and again and not grow tired of them, rather than any particular cinematic prowess)
Hot Fuzz
The General (Buster Keaton, 1926)
The Italian Job
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067527/
1972 American documentary about motorcycle racing, with Steve McQueen
My list would be .
Angels with dirty faces
Shawshank redemption
The green mile
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Apocalypse Now
A Clockwork Orange
Citizen Kane
Les enfants du paradis
La dolce vita
I could probably come up with a few completely different trios without feeling like I was contradicting myself
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
Star Wars.
The Blues Brothers.
Trinity is still my name.
Exactly. I would struggle to make a choice of the 3 greatest movies from Italy, France, Japan, Spain, the UK or the US to name only those 6 countries. So to do so worldwide...
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
American History X
Gladiator
Goodfellas
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Schindler's List
Godfather 2
and my additional choice as its only recently been released
The Two Popes
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What this thread will do is show that there are many great movies, with no possible best three. The Day of The Jackal is a great movie, IMHO.
F.T.F.A.
I can't commit to three but I can say that the single greatest movie of all time is, of course, 'This Is Spinal Tap'.
Shawshank Redemption
Snatch (I know its not a work of art but always enjoy it)
Inception
RIAC
Absurd that nobody has mentioned any of my favourites yet:
Back To The Future
The Running Man
Predator
Aliens
Troop Beverley Hills
Three is impossible so perm any three from:
The Godfather
Goodfellas
Papillon
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Day of The Jackel
Home Alone II - Lost in New York
Highlander
Star Wars - the original
Cyrano de Bergerac - Gérard Depardieu
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And still nothing with Jacques Tati
Absolutely. He would have been in my top 3 French. And Kurosawa, Ozu, Visconti, Hitchcock, Chaplin, Almodovar, Buñuel... a bit like naming 3 greatest paintings, it’s a meaningless exercise.
I would struggle to put the 100 greatest films that I have seen, in no particular order.
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
It's very difficult to find 3 for myself. The film's I enjoyed the most, and can watch again and again, have been:
Blade Runner,
The original Star Wars trilogy,
Withnail and I,
Predator,
Alien and Aliens,
The Pink Panther films with Peter Sellers and Herbert Lom,
The Shawshank Redemption,
Drunken Master ( most Jackie Chan films from late seventies to early 90s),
Naked Gun,
Ace Ventura I and II...
Goodfellas
Shawshank Redemption
Gladiator
In no particular order -
Pulp Fiction
The Breakfast Club
Jason and the Argonauts
Ask me tomorrow and it'll be three different movies.
Flight of the Phoenix.
Ice Cold in Alex
Chinatown.
As mentioned above, ask me again tomorrow and it could be another 2, FotP stays.
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Really tricky to pick three, but Full Metal Jacket would definitely be on there.
Apocalypse Now
Then pick two from this lot:
Baby Driver
Star Wars (don't dare call it A New Hope)
Alien
Full Metal Jacket
Top Gun
Honourable mentions to Commando, Predator, Donnie Darko and probably about 50 others I can't think of right now.
Kellys' Hero's
Star Wars
Dunkirk
When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks long into you.........
Star Wars
Indiana Jones
Jerry Maguire
The Unforgiven
Terminator 2
The Godfather part 2
In no particular order:
- It's a Wonderful Life
- Star Wars, Episode IV
- Jaws
Spontaneous choice of:
Apocalypse Now
Life of Brian
The Usual Suspects
plus many others...
Couldn't pick just three...
Deliverance
Aliens
Day Of The Jackal
Where Eagles Dare
Robbery (Stanley Baker)
Perhaps not the 3 "Greatest" , but 3 of my favourites would be
Local Hero
The Graduate
Casablanca
Interesting how often Star Wars comes up - I have to agree really. It is truly the definition of iconic and a paradigm shift in cinema.
Many years ago I used to teach film theory at degree level, and there are so many I could choose from, but if we are going for a few more that are both favourites and/or game changing I’d add:
Vertigo
Psycho
Raging Bull
Beauty and the Beast (animated filmic perfection)
Downfall
Das Boot
The Great Dictator
Lawrence of Arabia
The Unforgiven
The Breakfast Club (so much with so little)
North By Northwest (the original action thriller blockbuster)
Metropolis
Raiders of the Lost Ark