Your Top 5 Movies Ever.
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Heretic_Cata
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So is this thread about "Top 5 Best Movies Ever", "Top 5 Worst Movies Ever" or "Top 5 Most Movies Ever" ?
Skwink
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It' means your top 5 favorites.
LightSpectra
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The Ten Commandments (1956), the Passion of the Christ, A Man for All Seasons, the Truman Show, and Inception in no particular order.
- Forrest Gump. Great in every way. Supposedly it's a rather conservative movie, but I think it's great in that you can view it from many different angles and still enjoy it so much.
- The Lord of the Rings (which for the purposes of this I'm counting as 1 movie). 9 hours of awesomeness. Epic story, great characters (some say they are cliche or one-dimensional, but I don't really think that's the case) and nice special effects.
- Memento. Fantastically constructed (enough confusion if you don't know what's going on to make it interesting, but it actually makes sense), and really gripping.
- Inglourious Basterds. Either this or Pulp Fiction, but I'm keener to see the former again, so that one wins out!
- Sin City is such a good movie, to round out the list. Probably only in my top five because I've seen it moderately recently, but I've rarely enjoyed a movie more.
That's just what I could think of ATM. List possibly subject to change.
sophie
Break My Heart
Top 5 is much too small of a list at present 
For this very instant it would probably be:
1.) Citizen Kane
2.) Metropolis
3.) 7 Samurai
4.) Dirty Harry
5.) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
For this very instant it would probably be:
1.) Citizen Kane
2.) Metropolis
3.) 7 Samurai
4.) Dirty Harry
5.) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
GoodGame
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I don't think there's been a movie that I watched over and over again that I'd make it tops.
Probably a final list of mine would have:
The Fifth Element, Star Wars (A New Hope), E.T. the extra-terrestrial, probably one movie from Kurosawa (I'm guessing Rashomon), and...?
Lots of movies that have had impact or impressed me, but its hard to come up with an ultimate short list.
Probably a final list of mine would have:
The Fifth Element, Star Wars (A New Hope), E.T. the extra-terrestrial, probably one movie from Kurosawa (I'm guessing Rashomon), and...?
Lots of movies that have had impact or impressed me, but its hard to come up with an ultimate short list.
Bartleby
Remembers laughter
Today, I'll say (in no particular order):
For a Few Dollars More
Leningrad Cowboys Go America
Brazil
Aguirre, Wrath of God
Wages of Fear
I probably answer the question differently every time it's asked.
For a Few Dollars More
Leningrad Cowboys Go America
Brazil
Aguirre, Wrath of God
Wages of Fear
I probably answer the question differently every time it's asked.
StittsvilleJame
Warlord
In no particular order, my Top 5 include:
- Se7en - The mood is unbeatable in this movie, with the constant rain and grimeyness of everything.
- Empire Strikes Back - Definately the best of them, and representative of the entire saga on my list.
- Braveheart - The realistic battles, the speech, the fabulous acting. Bravo.
- Pirates of the Caribbean - This movie is just so damn fun, I love it. Johnny Depp made Captain Jack wierd in the next few movies, but the part was very well acted in this one.
- Snatch - Love those quirky brits and their crazy accents. They make jewel theft cool.
Honourable mention goes to Casino. Joe Pesci at his finest, De Niro being awesome. Gangsters are bad-ass.
- Se7en - The mood is unbeatable in this movie, with the constant rain and grimeyness of everything.
- Empire Strikes Back - Definately the best of them, and representative of the entire saga on my list.
- Braveheart - The realistic battles, the speech, the fabulous acting. Bravo.
- Pirates of the Caribbean - This movie is just so damn fun, I love it. Johnny Depp made Captain Jack wierd in the next few movies, but the part was very well acted in this one.
- Snatch - Love those quirky brits and their crazy accents. They make jewel theft cool.
Honourable mention goes to Casino. Joe Pesci at his finest, De Niro being awesome. Gangsters are bad-ass.
madviking
north american scum
a. Pulp Fiction
b. Some Like It Hot
c. The Maltese Falcon
d. I N C E P T I O N
e. The Spanish Prisoner
b. Some Like It Hot
c. The Maltese Falcon
d. I N C E P T I O N
e. The Spanish Prisoner
Kan' Sharuminar
Fluffy
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In order:
1. Dr. Strangelove
2. This is Spinal Tap
3. Forrest Gump
4. Baraka
5. Fantasia
1. Dr. Strangelove
2. This is Spinal Tap
3. Forrest Gump
4. Baraka
5. Fantasia
Traitorfish
The Tighnahulish Kid
Oh, jeez, lemme think. Um...
The Lord of the Rings - My teenage self would never forgive me if I failed to include this.
Yojimbo - One of the all-time classic action films, and, in my mind, at least, is just ahead of Seven Samurai through better pacing and a cleaner plot.
The Wind That Shakes the Barley - Possibly demanding of the greatest emotional investment of any film I've seen, but, then, that may just be because I'm a Red with Nationalist sympathies.
Pan's Labyrinth - The two tones of this- the eerie fantasy of the Faun's world, and the grim reality of post-war Spain- are both pitch-perfect, and compliment each other hugely.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail - I very slightly prefer this to Life of Brian, perhaps because it entirely forgoes making a point to just be utterly silly.
The Lord of the Rings - My teenage self would never forgive me if I failed to include this.
Yojimbo - One of the all-time classic action films, and, in my mind, at least, is just ahead of Seven Samurai through better pacing and a cleaner plot.
The Wind That Shakes the Barley - Possibly demanding of the greatest emotional investment of any film I've seen, but, then, that may just be because I'm a Red with Nationalist sympathies.
Pan's Labyrinth - The two tones of this- the eerie fantasy of the Faun's world, and the grim reality of post-war Spain- are both pitch-perfect, and compliment each other hugely.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail - I very slightly prefer this to Life of Brian, perhaps because it entirely forgoes making a point to just be utterly silly.
Traitorfish
The Tighnahulish Kid
Eh, I've got two films with communist guerrillas, and one with an anarcho-syndicalism commune. That's enough for anyone.
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The Lord of the Rings, all 11 hours and 23 minutes of the Extended Editions. It took a nation to create it and defined every other film for the 2000s and now.
The Fountain, Darren Aronofsky's most dream-like film. A deliberately paced study in realizing self-transcedence.
Children of Men, Alfonso Cuaron's emotionally charged quest story in a heightened post-Bush era of terrorists and police states.
Inception. No words.
Hot Fuzz. Arguably better than Shaun of the Dead.
I'll resort this list after the 2010s.
The Fountain, Darren Aronofsky's most dream-like film. A deliberately paced study in realizing self-transcedence.
Children of Men, Alfonso Cuaron's emotionally charged quest story in a heightened post-Bush era of terrorists and police states.
Inception. No words.
Hot Fuzz. Arguably better than Shaun of the Dead.
I'll resort this list after the 2010s.
The Empire Strikes Back (1980): My favorite film in my favorite film series, more or less. I don't really know if it defined the Darker and Edgier Sequel, but for me it'll always stick as the epitome of that particular trope. Plus, it has the best jokes in the series, too, and incontestably better execution.
A Shot in the Dark (1964): Best of the Sellers Pink Panther films and probably my favorite comedy. This is the one that really defined all of the elements that made the series iconic, before they flanderized most of the characters. Clouseau was something of a bumbling fool, but he was a bumbling fool who was right (albeit for the wrong reasons) and who did actual investigative work. Herbert Lom did a great job as Dreyfus for his first (and best) descent into lunacy. Has some great set-pieces (like the nudist colony) that don't degenerate into total onanism like some other Edwards comedy set-pieces. And Sellers' accent is actually semi-believable.
Casino Royale (2006): I love Bond films, and this one hit all of the high notes as far as I'm concerned. I mean...so much has been said in so many other places why this movie is as great as it is. Mostly because I'm lazy, I'll leave it at that.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966): Some people call this movie the best of all time. Dunno about that. Classy, classy movie, though. Plus, it's entertaining to watch spaghetti Westerns and seeSpain the Old West populated by Southern Europeans.
Pulp Fiction (1994): De rigueur Tarantino movie.
Also considered and sometimes making appearances in this list depending on when people ask me the question: The Longest Yard (1974), Jurassic Park (1993), Gettysburg (1993), O Brother Where Art Thou? (2001), The Dark Knight (2008), Jaws (1976), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), and WALL-E (2008).
A Shot in the Dark (1964): Best of the Sellers Pink Panther films and probably my favorite comedy. This is the one that really defined all of the elements that made the series iconic, before they flanderized most of the characters. Clouseau was something of a bumbling fool, but he was a bumbling fool who was right (albeit for the wrong reasons) and who did actual investigative work. Herbert Lom did a great job as Dreyfus for his first (and best) descent into lunacy. Has some great set-pieces (like the nudist colony) that don't degenerate into total onanism like some other Edwards comedy set-pieces. And Sellers' accent is actually semi-believable.
Casino Royale (2006): I love Bond films, and this one hit all of the high notes as far as I'm concerned. I mean...so much has been said in so many other places why this movie is as great as it is. Mostly because I'm lazy, I'll leave it at that.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966): Some people call this movie the best of all time. Dunno about that. Classy, classy movie, though. Plus, it's entertaining to watch spaghetti Westerns and see
Pulp Fiction (1994): De rigueur Tarantino movie.
Also considered and sometimes making appearances in this list depending on when people ask me the question: The Longest Yard (1974), Jurassic Park (1993), Gettysburg (1993), O Brother Where Art Thou? (2001), The Dark Knight (2008), Jaws (1976), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), and WALL-E (2008).
