In no order (because it would change regularly!)
My favourite 20:
Raiders of the lost ark
Star Wars (1977)
Die Hard
Predator
Leon
Shawshank redemption
True lies
Platoon
Aliens
Pulp fiction
Back to the future
Jaws
Goodfellas
Live and let die
Blade runner
Halloween
ET
Apocalypse now
Gladiator
Unforgiven
They are all awesome, and 16 of them are usually voted into the top 50 films of all time in most polls....
Honourable mentions above and beyond are:-
The matrix
Goonies
Coming to america
Point break
The untouchables
Usual suspects
La confidential
The departed
Trading places
Se7en
And "first blood" just to remind me that Stallone was once a truly great character actor.... The torment in that film is breathtaking......
Last edited by RJM25R; 19th August 2014 at 20:13.
Not sure if I can manage 20, but, some of my favourites
The Sting
Mississippi burning - probably the most powerful film I've ever seen
Intouchables
Hurt Locker
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Let the right one in
Goodfellas
Cinema paradiso
Kentucky fried movie (so quotable!!!)
Anchorman (my dog is named Baxter in homage to this film)
Some of my current favourites are..
2001
The Godfather
The Godfather 2
The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Once upon a time in the West
Das Boot
Enemy at the Gates
The War of the Worlds (1953)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Star Wars
The Empire Strikes Back
The Long Good Friday
Blade Runner
Some Like It Hot
Kes
Fitzcarraldo
Tin Drum
Blue Velvet
Napoleon Dynamite
Casablanca
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Badlands
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
84CMopic
Paths of Glory
All Quiet on the Western Front
Paris Texas
Wild at Heart
Dersu Uzala
To Kill a Mockingbird
Taxi Driver
Once Upon a Time in America
Singing in the Rain or South Pacific
Last edited by BillyCasper; 19th August 2014 at 13:02. Reason: spell
In no particular order and I'm sure I've missed some, but
Star wars trilogy
LOTR Trilogy
Shawshank
Green Mile
Fargo
La Haine
Leon
Dogma
Aliens
District 9
Reservoir Dogs
Platoon
Fight Club
Goonies
Back to the Future
Das Boot
Full Metal Jacket
Monty Python Holy Grain
Monty Python Life of Brian
Terminator
Lock Stock
Snatch
True Romance
Jackie Brown
Think I might have gone over 20
A few years ago I'd have but terminator 2 in there, as I used to think that was a fantastic film, but it just seems dated and cheesy now.
Brighty
Last edited by Brighty; 19th August 2014 at 14:50.
Blade Runner (1982)
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1966)
A Bout de Souffle (Breathless) (1960)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Cidade de Deus (City of God) (2002)
The Usual Suspects
M (1931)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
LA Confidential (1997)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Chinatown (1974)
Yojimbo (1961)
Sin City (2005)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Amores Perros (2000)
Shutter Island (2010)
The Forbidden Planet (1956)
The Last Man on Earth (1964)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Psycho (1960)
Original Star Wars trilogy
Downfall
The Lives of Others
Godfather I and II
Scarface
Scum
Breaking Glass
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
City of God
L'Immortal
Das Boot
Dead Snow
Quadrophonia
The Day of the Jackal
Rocky II
First Blood
Grease (seriously guilty pleasure)
In no particular order:
The Shawshank Redemption
Star Wars
Pulp Fiction
Fight Club
Good Fellas
12 Angry Men
Harvey
Singing In the Rain
Mr Smith Goes to Washington
The Exorcist
Silence of the Lambs
Good Will Hunting
It's a Wonderful Life
Reservoir Dogs
The Warriors
Taking of Pelham 123 (the original version)
Zodiac
True Romance
Jackie Brown
Juno
Alfie
Dawn of the dead
A matter of life and death
The usual suspects
Blazing saddles
Alien
The French connection
True romance
Jackie Brown
The Italian Job
I wouldn't know where to start with my favourite films but if I catch these on TV I tend to watch them.
Shawshank Redemption
Usual Suspects
Goodfellas
Lock, Stock
The Departed
Good Will Hunting
Trainspotting
American Beauty
Kill Bill
Casino Royale
Terminator 2
Alien
Slumdog
Animated:
Finding Nemo
Toy Story
Shrek
Jean Renoir’s two masterpieces do as good a job as any film in cementing cinema as a serious art form:
* ‘La Règle Du Jeu’ (The Rules of the Game) (1938)
* ‘La Grande Illusion’ (Grand Illusion) (1937)
In addition, Elia Kazan’s 1954 masterpiece ‘On the Waterfront’ is pretty much a perfect film in my opinion (i.e. acting – script– music – cinematography).
As for British cinema, I don’t think it gets any better than Powell and Pressburger’s ‘The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp’ (1943)
I could regale you with textual analysis and historical context for these films (which is pretty interesting for all four of them), but there are plenty of internet resources out there if you fancy finding out more.
(That said, there was a thread on favourite film scenes a while back that I referenced Grand Illusion, OTWF and Blimp in should you be interested: http://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.ph...=1#post2952802).
Last edited by CamCG; 19th August 2014 at 14:42.
Indiana Jones 1-3
Back to the future 1-2
Rambo 1
Brain dead
Dark Knight
The Dark Knight rises
Inception
The Wolf of Wall Street
Die hard 1-3
American Pie
The lord of the rings 1-3
Love honour and obey
Raging bull
Thin red line
Apocalypse now
The big country
Sexy beast
Taxi driver
French Connection
No country for old men
One flew over the cuckoos nest
Jackie Brown
Leon
Euro trip
Spinal tap
Dirty Harry
Saving Private Ryan
The long good Friday
Men of Honor
Thunderbolt and lightfoot
Blue Velvet
Mulholland Drive
Platoon
The Big Sleep
Pulp Fiction
Lock Stock and two smoking barrels
Goodfellas
LA Confidential
Das Boot
I am a fugitive from a chain gang
Sullivan's travels
Apocalypse now
Zodiac
Suspicion
Fargo
Se7en
The Cruel sea
Reservoir dogs
The Third Man
M. Hulot's holiday
Cheers,
Neil.
In no particular order
Shawshank Redemption
Top gun
Cocktail (I love Elisabuth Shue)
Hot Fuzz
Sean of the Dead
Die hard
Back to the future
Rocky 3
Rambo
Pretty Woman (Chick flick yes.Guilty as charged)
Inbetweeners
Childs Play
Road House.
Great line ups! ... Nothing to add than 'Snatch'
Menno
Edit: I hve just reread the whole list and there are some on the lists that I don't know (yet).
btw: 'Let the right one in'... I hope you guys have this one in mind: 'Låt den rätte komma in', the Swedish version.
Menno
Last edited by thieuster; 19th August 2014 at 20:25.
My favourite 20 (in no particular order):
Otto e mezzo
Apocalypse now
Seven samurai
Psycho
Godfather part 1
Godfather part 2
Gladiator
Good Bad and the Ugly
Return of the King (Lord of the Ring 3)
Casablanca
Untouchables
Rashomon
Cinema Paradiso
Blade Runner
Kill Bill Vol 2
La dolce vita
Rocky
The graduate
Roman Holiday
Slumdog Millonaire
Can't think of 20 !!!! But here are some I don't tire of watching:
The Long Good Friday
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (original with Danny Kaye)
Casino
goodfellas
godfather 1 and 2
Groundhog Day
Terminator 2
Several Bond movies
So many here's my choice today
2001 Space Odyssey
All quiet on the western front
Lawrence of Arabia
Fight club
Goodfellas
Godfather
Godfather part II
Amelie
It's a wonderful life
Bourne identity
Citizen Kane
The third man
The usual suspects
No country for old men
Fargo
Barton Fink
Grapes of Wrath
Sleepers
Pulp fiction
Jackie Brown
A matter of life and death
Antonieta
Hitch hikers guide to the galaxy
Dark star
Blues brothers
THX1138
Silent Running
Breakfast at tiffany's
Shrek
Tron
Charade
Carry on doctor
Gentlemen prefer blondes
Bad taste
The lego movie
Rocketeer
Sound of music
The assassination bureau
Last edited by usedtobelurch; 19th August 2014 at 19:53. Reason: missed one
Forbidden Planet
2001 A Space Odyssey
Aliens
Bladerunner
Sunshine
Dune
Mulholland Drive
Blue Velvet
1984
V for Vendetta
Harvey
The Horses Mouth
The Battle of Britain
The Great Escape
633 Squadron
Where Eagles Dare
Airplane
The Bird Cage
The Commitments
This Is Spinal Tap
Alright, let's give this a go:
Goodfellas
Silence of the lambs
Coming to America
Casino Royale
The godfather
Scarface
Terminator 2
The Shining
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
Remains of the day
Saw
The exorcist
Gran Torino
From Russia with love
Robocop
Alien
se7en
Shaun of the dead
Let the right one in
One flew over the cuckoos nest
Oh, and snatch...
My favourites (as a one time film studies lecturer) and in no particular order, although the first one may be the finest film ever made in my opinion...
Schindler's List
Star Wars / Empire Strikes Back
The Godfather 1&2
Back to the Future
Beauty and the Beast (Disney animated film)
The Shawshank Redemption
Saving Private Ryan
Battle of Britain
Some Like It Hot
Lawrence of Arabia
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Psycho
Vertigo
Superman (1978)
Apollo 13
Goodfellas
Raging Bull
Casino Royale
The Matrix
Tora Tora Tora!
Where Eagles Dare
The Unforgiven
The Exorcist
Originally Posted by Wolfie
Often overlooked, and possibly the most perfect and genuinely hilarious comedy I can think of, with an exceptional ending.
If anyone here has never seen it, please, please, please do so.
From the top of my head,
Apocolypse Now
The Deerhunter
Platoon
We Were Soldiers
Zulu
Shawshank Redemption
Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939)
Goodfellas
The Shining
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
Airplane
Stir Crazy
Pinnochio! (Disney )
The Godfather all of them! Though my fave is godfather 2 of course.
Once upon A Time In America
As Far As My Shoes Will Carry Me
The Iron Cross
The Unforgiven
The Outlaw Jesse Wales
lastly, Id like a "montage"! of some Laurel and Hardy!
Definitely how did I forget that!!!
Hmmm...
My top 5
Lost in Translation
Rain Man
Leon
Schindler's List
Die Hard
Others, and liable to change dependent on the day of the week
The Untouchables
Goodfellas
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Terminator
Bladerunner
Alien
Fight Club
From Dusk til Dawn
Reservoir Dogs
300
Les Misérables
Hot Fuzz
The Life of Brian
The Color of Money
Top Gun
A great thread, reading through all of the other posts makes me realise that there are one heck of a lot of films that I really should have seen by now!
Last edited by CardShark; 19th August 2014 at 22:42.
In no particular order.
Saving Private Ryan.
Shawshank Redemption
Forrest Gump
Green Mile
Predator
American Pie
Good Will Humting
Schindler's List
Apollo 13
Bachelor Party
Weird Science
Lock stock
Snatch...hence my name!
Paul
Hot Fuzz
Full Metal Jacket
Sherlock Holmes (Downey Jnr)
Sherlock Holmes (a game of shadows)
Ironman....any
Transformers....any
Hot Fuzz is a fave.....mainly for this,piss my pants every time http://youtu.be/jvElQlGgPcs
'Let the right one in' was the original Swedish version, the American remake was called 'Let me in'
Brighty
Off the top of my head and no particular order,
Fargo
Apocalypse now
Rocky
Jaws
Leon
True lies
Deliverance
Bullit
Dirty harry
Die hard
Severance
Predator
Full metal jacket
Halloween
Exorcist
Avanti
Some like it hot
The seven year itch
Platoon
Taken
Bourne identity
I could go on...........:)
Last edited by barryw; 20th August 2014 at 10:28.
What about Lawrence of Arabia
or is it just me
Some Like it Hot
North by Northwest
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Die Hard
Hoop Dreams
Toy Story
Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade
12 Monkeys
The Blues Brothers
Ferris Buellers Day Off
Zombieland
Heat
Zodiac
The Thomas Crown Affair (remake)
Take The Money And Run
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
The Incredibles
Where Eagles Dare
Best In Show
O Brother Where Art Thou?
Last edited by Bogmanfan; 20th August 2014 at 12:11.
In no particular order:
Die Hard
Star Wars episode IV: A New Hope
The Incredibles
Groundhog Day
Spartacus
Top Gun
Dead Poets Society
Nixon
The Matrix
The Shawshank Redemption
Forrest Gump
Alien
Pulp Fiction
Monty Python's Life of Brian
The Great Escape
The Princess Bride
First Blood
The Terminator
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Love Actually
There are others but, if any of the above is showing on TV I will make an effort to watch it (again!)
Cheers,
Godfather I & II
Goodfellas
Zulu
True Romance
The Deerhunter
Once Upon Time in America
Heat
Shawshank Redemption
Schindler's List
Bladerunner
Aliens
Predator
Good Will Hunting
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
Remains of the Day
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Right Stuff
Lawrence of Arabia
Das Boot
The Duellists
All of these feature.
A Night At The Opera
A Day At The Races
Duck Soup
Monkey Business
Blood Simple
The Usual Suspects
Murder By Death
Ask A Policeman
Citizen Kane
Mutiny On The Bounty ( Charles Laughton )
The Longest Day
Long Good Friday
Weekend At Bernies
American Werewolf In London
Memento
The Shining
North By North West
The Day Of The Jackal
Apocalypse Now
Monty Python & The Holy Grail
Some of the usual suspects (pardon the pun) and some that i just keep coming back to becasue of assoiciated memories
Godfather parts 1&2
Chinatown
From Russia With Love
French Connection 1&2
Jaws
The Exorcist
Paleface & Son of Paleface
Bringing Up Baby
Pat & Mike
Funny Face
Singing In the Rain
Cabaret
Etre et Avoir
Betty Blue
Amelie
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
A Hard Days Night
The Ipcress File
The Bourne Identity
2001
Dr Stanglove
Looking at others lists I've missed so many, Tora Tora Tora, the Deliverance, Animal house, Preditor, Lawrence of Arabia but A Hard days Night was shit I'm sorry. I tried to watch it recently its dire so was Help! Now ...how I one the war was good.
PS Das Boot was made for television.
Surely it changes everyday. I'll just do it without thinking but it'll be different tomorrow
Wicker Man (original)
Good, The Bad and the Ugly
If
Rashamon
The Thing
Goodfellas
Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia
Jaws
Carnal Knowledge
The Last Detail
Dawn of the Dead (original)
Ran
The Shining
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
Suspiria
The Stud
Tenebrae
Westworld
Monster Club
and obviously Road House!!
Last edited by Albellisimo; 21st August 2014 at 03:30.
Good list sir. Well called for 84C
The Thin Red Line
The Funeral
The Big Lebowski
Saving Private Ryan
Fire Walk With Me
The King Of New York
Rear Window
Psycho
Deep Cover
The Warriors
Terminator 2
Predator
Goodfellas
Pulp Fiction
Taxi Driver
The Deer Hunter
First Blood
Rocky
Apocalypse Now
The Dark Knight
Cant believe this has only featured on 1 of the above lists???
It may be a case of people not having seen it great story great cast superb acting the tension and conflict between Defoe and Hackman is electrifying. If you havent seen it give it a watch.
No need to be sorry - it's a thread with lists of favourite films (i.e. those we as individuals have enjoyed the most for whatever combination of reasons) one man's meat and all that.
Cheers
Ian
SUCH a good film!
I think I remember what (who) I liked about that one!
I've seen it but not in my top twenty favourites.
There are some in my list that nobody has duplicated but at the end of the day it's all personal opinion.
Cheers,
Neil.
I've seem Mississippi Burning - great film. But like I said in my post no one can really have a top 20 favourite films because it changes everyday.
I didn't include
Kes
Battle Royale
Magnum Force
Yojimbo
Ipcress File
Get Carter
Audition
Au Bout de Soufflé
Asylum
Manhunter
Aguirre The Wrath of God
You could just go on and on surely. I'm more amazed at some of the really mediocre stuff that has struck a cord with folk. That's the joy of cinema though, horses for courses....
I'm shocked to see a film with Danny Dyer in someone's top 20 though ;)
Off the top off my head. I think I've gone slightly over and there are probably many more.
Wicker Man
Harold & Maude
Empire Strikes Back
Double Indemnity
The Big Sleep
The Princess Bride
Labyrinth
Nightmare Before Christmas
All About Eve
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
Spirited Away/Princess Mononoke
The Shining
Life Of Brian
The Big Lebowski
Jaws
Seven Samurai
It’s A Wonderful Life
Whatever Happened To Baby Jane
Grizzly Man
Rosemary’s Baby
The Orphanage
Kelly's Heroes
The Graduate
Star wars
The Right Stuff
Apollo 13
The Great Escape
Pulp Fiction
Toy Story
Schindler's List
Life of Brian
Argo
Some Like it Hot
Battle of Britain
Planes Trains & Automobiles
Love Actually
The Incredibles
The Deer Hunter
Zulu
1st Harry Potter
Trainspotting
IJ Last Crusade
Super Troopers
Evil Dead 2 & 3
Untouchables
The Hunter (Willem Defoe)
Starship Troopers
A Chinese Ghost Story
Mr Vampire
Arachnophobia
Terminator 2
Back to the Future
Warriors (come out to play-ay!)
Up
The Great Escape
Jaws
The Thing
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Girl with Dragon Tattoo
Patriot Games
Clear and Present Danger
Dead Man's Shoes
Kes
Uncle Buck
Leon
(500) Days of Summer
A Room For Romeo Brass
Harold's Going Stiff
Cinema Paradiso
Jean de Florettes
Manon des Sources
Groundhog Day
Rocky 3
12 Angry Men
Glengarry Glen Ross
Withnail & I
Being John Malkovitch
Aliens
Pan's Labyrinth
Anchorman
The Terminator
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