Your greatest films list

[Mendoza]

In no order but my top 10

Back to the Future I
Anchorman
Cool Runnings
Dumb and Dumber
Forrest Gump
Shawshank Redemption
Stand By Me
Saving Private Ryan
The Green Mile
Krish

 

[withdeanwombat]

Yes.Glad to see Shawshank in many lists;a good watch.Also v many of that 1st list.

Can I add:

Matilda
Mrs Doubtfire
School of Rock
Little Vampire
Holes.

and a mention for

Sandpebbles
Three Days of the Condor
Odessa File
Zulu
Body Heat
Odyssey Quest

 

[surrey jim]

The Shawshank Redemption
Forrest Gump
Ronin
The Italian job (origional)
Planess Trains and Automobiles
Saving Private Ryan
Monte Carlo or Bust
The Train
Lock Stock
Snatch

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

100% kudos to anyone who anyone who managed to avoid putting The Sheep(like)shank Redemption....oh almost none of you did

Where the hell is Trainspotting? Arguably the greatest Brit flick of all time! Where are all the classic Brit flicks - Withnail, Wicker Man, Kes?! Wholly unacceptable lists NSC, shameful

 

[Digweeds Trousers]

Cant believe no-one has mentioned Scent of a Woman - what a f***ing awsome movie that is

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

In no particular order...

Battle Royale
Ring(jp version)
Terminators 1 and 2
Indiana Jones 1-3
Reservoir dogs
Pulp Fiction
The Godfather 1-3
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Stand By Me
Scarface
Goodfellas
Alien 1and 2
Team America
The Italian Job
The Life of Brian


I'm sure there's more but they're the ones that came into my head first.

 

[Lush]

Fargo
The Big Lebowski
Happiness
Capote
Life is Beautiful
Magnolia
Punch Drunk Love
Good bye Lenin!
The Lives of Others
Withnal and I
Amelie
Godfather
Ferris Beulers Day Off
Fight Club
The Dark Night
Dr Strangelove: Or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb
Annie Hall

That is a superb list.

 

[Lush]

My top ten, in no particular order, are:

Napoleon Dynamite
Pan's Labyrinth
Three Colours Blue
Three Colours White
Bugsy Malone
Boogie Nights
It's All About Love
Les Enfants du Paradis
Babette's Feast
The Lives of Others

 

[Oscar]

Not in order but my 10 would be:

Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Big Lebowski
Blade Runner
Empire Strikes Back
Dark Knight
The Outsiders
Top Gun
Rocky
Back to the Future
Terminator (the original Arnie one of course)

 

[Alonso Moseley]

Les Enfants du Paradis
Man on Wire
Wings of Desire
The Lives of Others
Barry Lyndon
Dead Mans Shoes
Brazil
Blade Runner
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
The Future is Unwritten (Strummer)
Brick
Amelie
The Apu Trilogy
Fargo
Festen
Down by Law
2001

 

[Mellotron]

1. Oldboy
2. Blade Runner
3. The Big Lebowski
4. Battle Royale
5. Withnail and I
6. Dazed and Confused
7. Pan's Labyrinth
8. Goodfellas

Not really in order, off the top of my head.

Can someone PLEASE explain the film Brick to me? Well confusing.

 

[John Bumlick]

Your Favourite Movie

This maths test can predict your all time most watched film, mine was Star Wars.

Try it without looking at the answers, it really works!

Pick a number from 1 to 9.
Multiply by 3.
Add 3.
Multiply by 3 again.
You'll get your answer by adding the 2 digits together to find your all time favourite film.


The answers are:









































1. Gone with the Wind
2. Aliens
3. Oliver
4. Star Wars
5. Forrest Gump
6. Saving Private Ryan
7. Jaws
8. Grease
9. Yes, it probably came out as 9 again, didn't it?
10.Mary Poppins

 

[Schrödinger's Toad]

Oldboy
The Lives of Others
Anchorman
La Zona
Three Colours White
Nacho Libre
Spirited Away
Pan's Labyrinth
Dead Man's Shoes

The last one in particular is all kinds of AWESOME.

 

[Monsieur Le Plonk]

Fargo
The Big Lebowski
Happiness
Capote
Life is Beautiful
Magnolia
Punch Drunk Love
Good bye Lenin!
The Lives of Others
Withnal and I
Amelie
Godfather
Ferris Beulers Day Off
Fight Club
The Dark Night
Dr Strangelove: Or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb
Annie Hall

I bought Punch Drunk Love on the basis of this recommendation ..........pls dont anyone else do the same. This was one of the worst films I have ever seen in my entire life.

 

[Cecil]

The Shawshank Redemption
Stand By Me

 

[Acker79]

Going through the higher rated of my movies on imdb...

Across the Universe (2007) [Blu-Ray] 10
Clue (1985) [DVD Movies] 10
Little Shop of Horrors (1986) [DVD Movies] 10
The Blues Brothers (1980) [DVD Movies] 10
The Dark Knight (2008) [Blu-Ray] 10
The Princess Bride (1987) [DVD Movies] 10
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) [DVD Movies] 10
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) [DVD Movies] 10
¡Three Amigos! (1986) [DVD Movies] 9
12 Angry Men (1957) [DVD Movies] 9
Das Boot (1981) [DVD Movies] 9
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) [DVD Movies] 9
Finding Nemo (2003) [DVD Movies] 9
Ghost Busters (1984) [DVD Movies] 9
Identity (2003) [DVD Movies] 9
Katakuri-ke no kôfuku (2001) [DVD Movies] 9
Léon (1994) [DVD Movies] 9
L.A. Confidential (1997) [DVD Movies] 9
Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence (1998) [DVD Movies] 9
Scream (1996/I) [DVD Movies] 9
So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993) [DVD Movies] 9
Spaceballs (1987) [DVD Movies] 9
The Crow (1994) [DVD Movies] 9
The Elephant Man (1980) [DVD Movies] 9
The Little Mermaid (1989) [DVD Movies] 9
The Usual Suspects (1994) [DVD Movies] 9
The Wizard of Oz (1939) [DVD Movies] 9
Ôdishon (1999) [DVD Movies] 8
American Psycho (2000) [DVD Movies] 8
An American Werewolf in London (1981) [DVD Movies] 8
Apollo 13 (1995) [DVD Movies] 8
BASEketball (1998) [DVD Movies] 8
Beetle Juice (1988) [DVD Movies] 8
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) [DVD Movies] 8
Braveheart (1995) [DVD Movies] 8
Clerks. (1994) [DVD Movies] 8
Coming to America (1988) [DVD Movies] 8
Commando (1985) [DVD Movies] 8
Crimson Tide (1995) [DVD Movies] 8
Cry-Baby (1990) [DVD Movies] 8
Jaws (1975) [DVD Movies] 8
Maverick (1994) [DVD Movies] 8
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) [DVD Movies] 8
Reservoir Dogs (1992) [DVD Movies] 8
RoboCop (1987) [DVD Movies] 8
Speed (1994/I) [DVD Movies] 8
Teen Wolf (1985) [DVD Movies] 8
The Goonies (1985) [DVD Movies] 8
The Lost Boys (1987) [DVD Movies] 8
The Prestige (2006) [DVD Movies] 8
Top Secret! (1984) [DVD Movies] 8
Undercover Blues (1993) [DVD Movies] 8
WALL·E (2008) [Blu-Ray] 8
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) [DVD Movies] 8

 

[Danny-Boy]

My top 27 films

Schindler's List -good
ET - The Extraterrestrial- maudlin
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - OK for its day
Downfall-?
The Machinist-?
August Rush-?
Gladiator - Ecxcellent good ol' Ollie!
The Elephant Man - OK if you like Hurt
Field of Dreams - yuk, baseball..
Somewhere in Time - (?)
Magnolia - ?
Napolean Dynamite -?
The Silence of the Lambs - scary good
Eraserhead -?
Saving Private Ryan - OK
Pulp Fiction - OK
The English Patient - FANTASTIC......
Se7en- ?
Cinderella Man -?
Aliens - OK
The Shawshank Redemption - OK
GlenGarry Glen Ross - overrated
Planes Trains and Automobiles - Surprisingly good
Gran Torino - (?)
Platoon - Naah
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - well if you're a Connery fan..

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

Here's my assessment Uncle S.

Doctor Zhivago
Laurence of Araby
Blazing Saddles, the funniest film EVER IMHO
The Ipcress File
The Italian Job - 1st ed

I could go on...

 

[Gwylan]

Hmm....hard

In no particular order


Les Enfants du Paradis
M
Bringing up Baby
Metropolis
Un Condamné à Mort s'est échappé
The Searchers
Badlands
Sweet Smell of Success
Casablanca
Das Himmel uber Berlin
Alexander Nevsky
Solaris (Tarkovsky)
A bout de souffle
Weekend
Godfather 2
8 1/2
The Maltese Falcon
Der Untergang
Citizen Kane
Touch of Evil
Shadow of a Doubt
Rear Window
Taxi Driver
Raging Bull
Goodfellas
Il Conformista
Seven Samurai
12 Angry Men
Apocalypse Now
Chinatown
Some like it hot

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

The Battle of Britain
Scarface
Apocalypse Now
Zulu
Aliens
The Cruel Sea
Terminator 2
Predator
Schindlers List
Close Encounters
Jaws
A Streetcar Named Desire
300 Spartans/300
Blade Runner
Once upon a time in the west
Quadrophenia
The Producers
The Eagle has Landed
Ice Cold in Alex
Passport to Pimlico
The Good,The Bad & The Ugly
The Football Factory
Dog Soldiers
One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest
Downfall
Billy Liar
Withnail & I

 

[Danny-Boy]

Where Eagles Dare....