Your greatest films list

[Uncle Spielberg]

I am interested in people lists of their greatest films.

I have narrowed it down to 27 but may do a revised list of the top 30 as I am sure I have missed some.

What is your best films of all time list ( it doesn't have to be 27 ).

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

My top 27 films

Schindler's List
ET - The Extraterrestrial
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Downfall
The Machinist
August Rush
Gladiator
The Elephant Man
Field of Dreams
Somewhere in Time
Magnolia
Napolean Dynamite
The Silence of the Lambs
Eraserhead
Saving Private Ryan
Pulp Fiction
The English Patient
Se7en
Cinderella Man
Aliens
The Shawshank Redemption
GlenGarry Glen Ross
Planes Trains and Automobiles
Gran Torino
Platoon
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

 

[Cian]

...contains none by Steven Spielberg so I doubt you'll want to accept it! Isn't really close to a 27 either as while theres lots of movies I like, I don't consider most of them to be great. Some of them are so far from great its embarrasing...

Pulp Fiction
La Haine
Shawshank
Memento
Veronica Guerin on a borderline for the historical accuracy of it

 

[Beach Hut]

Godfather 2
The Shawshank Redemption
Breakfast Club

 

[Barrel of Fun]

In no particular order...

1) A Very Long Engagement
2) Malena
3) Y Tu Mama Tambien
4) Amelie
5) Pan's Labyrinth
6) Shawshank Redemption
7) LIttle Miss Sunshine
8) Delicatessen
9) Star Wars
10) The Empire Strikes Back
11) Return of the Jedi
12) Indiana Jones: Temple of Doom
13) Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade
14) Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
15) The Goonies
16) The Boy Who Could Fly
17) Ferris Buellars Day Off
18) Back to the Future
19) Spartacus
20) Bridge Over the River Kwai
21) Cinema Paradiso
22) The Seven Samurai
23) The Life of Brian
24) Hotel Rwanda
25) The Great Escape
26) The Untouchables
27) The Green Mile
28) The Princess Bride
29) Awakenings
30) Dead Poet's Society

 

[aftershavedave]

munich for me, a film in a class of its own unc

 

[Southwick_Seagull]

1. Apollo 13
2. Gladiator
3. Stand By Me
4. Green Mile
5. The Dark Knight
6. Walk The Line
7. Anchorman
8. Any Given Sunday
9. Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
10. Independce Day

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

My top 27 films

Schindler's List
ET - The Extraterrestrial
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Downfall
The Machinist
August Rush
Gladiator
The Elephant Man
Field of Dreams
Somewhere in Time
Magnolia
Napolean Dynamite
The Silence of the Lambs
Eraserhead
Saving Private Ryan
Pulp Fiction
The English Patient
Se7en
Cinderella Man
Aliens
The Shawshank Redemption
GlenGarry Glen Ross
Planes Trains and Automobiles
Gran Torino
Platoon
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

All these films exceed 8.5 which is my benchmark for greatness.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

31) Stand by Me

 

[Southwick_Seagull]

My top 27 films

Schindler's List
ET - The Extraterrestrial
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Downfall
The Machinist
August Rush
Gladiator
The Elephant Man
Field of Dreams
Somewhere in Time
Magnolia
Napolean Dynamite
The Silence of the Lambs
Eraserhead
Saving Private Ryan
Pulp Fiction
The English Patient
Se7en
Cinderella Man
Aliens
The Shawshank Redemption
GlenGarry Glen Ross
Planes Trains and Automobiles
Gran Torino
Platoon
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Not a bad list, maybe you should work where I do. I get asked this question every shift. Se7en is a great shout in particular

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Schindler's List 9.7
ET - The Extraterrestrial 9.4
Close Encounters of the Third Kind 9.3
Downfall 9.1
The Machinist 9.1
August Rush 9.1
Gladiator 8.8
The Elephant Man 8.8
Field of Dreams 8.7
Somewhere in Time 8.7
Magnolia 8.6
Napolean Dynamite 8.6
The Silence of the Lambs 8.6
Eraserhead 8.5
Saving Private Ryan
Pulp Fiction
The English Patient
Se7en
Cinderella Man
Aliens
The Shawshank Redemption
GlenGarry Glen Ross
Planes Trains and Automobiles
Gran Torino
Platoon
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Not a bad list, maybe you should work where I do. I get asked this question every shift. Se7en is a great shout in particular

You say that but its not in your list

 

[clapham_gull]

Not a great film fan, but do have a soft soft for A Private Function and strangely for a sitcom gone big screen - The Dad's Army Film.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Best sitcom gone big screen

Rising Damp 7.1

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Police Academy 1-7, then Dumb & Dumberer, Look Who's Talking Too, and Daredevil, starring Ben Affleck as a sensitive blind superhero out to avenge the death of some relative or other.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Police Academy 1-7, then Dumb & Dumberer, Look Who's Talking Too, and Daredevil, starring Ben Affleck as a sensitive blind superhero out to avenge the death of some relative or other.

mmmmm

 

[Southwick_Seagull]

You say that but its not in your list

I think the other 10 are better but Se7en is always forgotten when these sort of things come out.

 

[clapham_gull]

Best sitcom gone big screen

Rising Damp 7.1

How does the NSC film critic in residence rate the Dad's Army Film, they couldn't go wrong with the casting.

The best cast sitcom EVER ?

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

5.8

Rising Damp is the daddy but thats not saying much with the poor efforts that have been made.

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

Zulu.
Godfather 1 & 2
Goodfellas
My cousin Vinni.
Caberet
West Side Story.
Dr Zhivargo.
Shenandoah.
Bugsy Malone
Alian.
O What A Lovely War
Quadrophenia.
Brighton Rock.
The day Of The Jackel.