The Greatest Films of All Time

[surrey jim]

2. "Spinal Tap" ..."But this one goes up to 11" does it for me every time!

that is a a great line

 

[Simster]

that is a a great line

That film is QUALLA.

That bit where one of them gets stuck in the capsule on stage.

 

[withdeanwombat]

Outlaw Josie Wales
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Papillon
Clockwork Orange
Lord Of The Rings (all three together, of course)
Out Of Africa

These are all truly great films,to which could be added The Shawshank Redemption,and does anyone else like Breaker Morant?Any number of so called kids movies,eg Little Vampire,Matilda and Mrs Doubtfire.Jumanji was also good.

Too many films want to deliver some message or other,and fall into the "poncy,arty farty" category mentioned elsewhere.

I prefer to be entertained,lets say Zulu'd ,for my one and sixpence.

Message ends.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

where's city of god? or hotel rwanda?

SHIT LIST

 

[Faldo]

Leonard - Part 6

Bill Cosby and a tank made out of a Porsche?

Knocks everything else into a cocked hat.

 

[Pevenseagull]

I see MoH has already said this, but I think you're wrong. Vertigo is a breathtakingly BRILLIANT film. I'm just looking at his filmography for films that IMO are nearly as good as Vertigo. The Man Who Knew Too Much was superb (personally I preferred the second 1950s version) and so was The 39 Steps. But definitely, Vertigo stands out as far as I'm concerned.

As for SOCCERDOG - good point well made.

having just watched it again (Vertigo, not Soccerdog) I sit corrected



the greatest filmaker's greatest film

 

[Pevenseagull]

Oh yes it is - I love all the films of his that I've seen but that one is just out of this world. It's like a film of what's inside a vividly dreaming head; I started a thread once about films like dreams prompted by it. It's brilliant and just so strange.

you are right

I was wrong

blimey, even watching it at home on a crappy laptop it's different class

hadn't seen it since I was in my mid 20s


I was wrong


It's not just bloody good, it's absolutely f***ing brilliant


WOW



(thanks)




...........off to have an evil wank over thoughts of Kim Novak now

 

[Wienergull]

you are right

I was wrong

blimey, even watching it at home on a crappy laptop it's different class

hadn't seen it since I was in my mid 20s


I was wrong


It's not just bloody good, it's absolutely f***ing brilliant

I'm going to have to revisit Vertigo - for some reason I could never get into it. Rear Window was always my favourite Hitchcock, but Stranger on a Train and Shadow of a Doubt (both starring Joseph Cotten) run it pretty close.

Apart from The Third Man (obviously), I'd like to throw the following (all comedies) into the mix for consideration: Some Like It Hot, Bringing Up Baby, It Happened One Night and Sons of the Desert.

Of more recent films, Alexander Payne's Election, About Schmidt (the best performance from Jack Nicholson for years) and Sideways are all superb and are vying for my affection with the best of the Coen Brothers. Here Fargo has to be my favourite. It is probably the least flashy of their films, but has great characters, and the trademark quirky humour is still there in abundance. David Mamet's House of Games and Things Change (both featuring the underrated Joe Mantegna) also deserve an honourable mention.

Not sure whether it has been mentioned, but Renoir's anti-war film La Grande Illusion is another timeless classic - as good as, if not better than La Regle du Jeu. Talking French films, anything featuring Philippe Noiret (especially his work with Tavernier) has got to be worth watching.