NationStates Jolt Archive

Name Your Top Five Movies of all time:
1. The Matrix
2. Blade Runner
3. Minority Report
4. Hero
5. The Legend of The Druken Master II

1. Strange Days
2. The Crow
3. Labrynth
4. Ammadeus
5. The Last Unicorn

An impossible list to make, but what the hell...
1. The Manchurian Candidate--the original, with Frank Sinatra and Angela Lansbury
2. Casablanca
3. Monty Python's The Life of Brian
4. Some Like It Hot--Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis
5. Southpark--Bigger, Longer, Uncut (Perhaps the greatest musical ever made)

1. Shawshank Redemtion
2. Dr. Strangelove
3. Duck soup
4. Pulp Fiction
5. American History X

edit: I also NEED to include Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter

1. Jackie Brown ("When you absolutely positively got t' kill every muthafucka in the room... Accept no substitutes.")
2. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
3. Cold Mountain
4. Hoodlum
5. Pool Hall Junkies

Awww shit.

1. Gandhi
2. Kingdom Of Heaven (yeah i really like it, ok)
3. LOTR
4. Wayne's World (or Bill & Ted)
5. Brewster's Millions (i love Richard Pryor :p )

1. Dogma
2. The Great Dictator
3. The French Connection
4. Ronin
5. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

1. Gandhi
2. Kingdom Of Heaven (yeah i really like it, ok)
3. LOTR
4. Wayne's World (or Bill & Ted)
5. Brewster's Millions (i love Richard Pryor :p )


Finally, someone else who really likes Kingdom of Heaven too. Thought I was the only one.....

1. Raiders of The Lost Ark
2. Monty Python and The Holy Grail
3. Wayne's World
4. Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
5. And Now for Something Completely Different.

Wooo!

1. sin city
2. independance day
3. hm, cant think of anymore movies, too tired.
4. why are you still reading this?
5. I said im tired, god! :headbang:

1. A Clockwork Orange
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Brazil
4. Dr. Strangelove
5. Apocalypse Now

1. LotR III

2. Lotr II

3. LotR I

4. Pulp Fiction (english mutha f***a, do you speak it?!?! {} Looks like were gonna have to get midieval on yo ass)

5. 10.5 (YAY DESTRUCTION!!!!!)

In no particular order:

Tucker: The Man and his Dream. This isn't a very well known movie, but I love it. It's the true story of Preston Tucker, a man who designed a potentially revolutionary automobile only to be put out of business by the big three and a crooked senitor. Watch it along with The Aviator; the senitor who goes up against Hughes is the same one who ruins Tucker.

The Sting. Incredibly well plotted movie. There's non-stop action as the various plot lines interweave, leading to a truly surprising ending. Also, Robert Redford and Paul Newman are two of the coolest actors ever. I must make a point of watching Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid again; haven't watched it in years.

Psycho. If you haven't yet seen this Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece, you are seriously depriving yourself. It's well plotted, well acted and very suspensful. People often talk about "the shower scene", but it was the second murder, "the staircase scene", that really got to me. I almost had nightmares from that one.

Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey. Two of the funniest movies of all time; I can't decide which I like more. They have so many good parts, but one of my favorites is how Billy the Kid and Socrates (pronounced So Crates) try and pick up chicks at the mall, but Sigmund Freud comes and wrecks it for them. Also, that part in Bogus Journey where they fall down that really big hole. STATION!!

1. Princess Bride
2. Supersize Me
3. The Best of Talking to Americans
4. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
5. The Triplets of Belleville

Finally, someone else who really likes Kingdom of Heaven too. Thought I was the only one.....
its a good movie, well made with a decent plot; and whats more it makes you think and has a pretty obvious anti-violence (or anti-war) theme. i like it for that most of all :)

1. Princess Bride

5. The Triplets of Belleville
See--how did I miss these two? This kind of thing is impossible to do. :D

1: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

2: Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

3: Harold and Kumar go to White Castle

4: Shaun of the Dead

5: 24 Hour Party People

*Favorite movies are subject to change. May or may not have been stoned while watching Bill & Ted movies.

5. The Incredibles
4. Donnie Darko
3. Fight Club
2. Clockwork Orange
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey

Wouldn't it be clever of the originator to actually compile these into a top 5 list?

1. The Magnificent Seven
2. Casablanca
3. The Blues Brothers
4. Twelve O'clock High
5. Gone With the Wind

See--how did I miss these two? This kind of thing is impossible to do. :DObviously, because you have no taste. :p
I'm bad at making lists in general; Those two are my favourites, but I'm sure there are a dozen movies I like as much, if not more, than the others in my list.

1: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

2: Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

3: Harold and Kumar go to White Castle

4: Shaun of the Dead

5: 24 Hour Party People

*Favorite movies are subject to change. May or may not have been stoned while watching Bill & Ted movies.
Only during the Bill & Ted movies?

Only during the Bill & Ted movies?

Hmm...

*runs*

Aliens
Predator
Terminator
Dawn of the Dead
Hellraiser

4: Shaun of the Dead
.
That movie kicked ass.

That movie kicked ass.

Very much so. I loved the part where they were throwing records at the zombies.

1.The Matrix

2.Kingdom of Heaven

3.Ghostbusters I and II (Putting them both as one, so I can fit more on the list.)

4.Office Space

5.Blazing Saddles

Khazaron']1.The Matrix

2.Kingdom of Heaven

3.Ghostbusters I and II (Putting them both as one, so I can fit more on the list.)

4.Office Space

5.Blazing Saddles
I was tempted by the last two, especially since the printer beatdown scene is one of the funniest in all movie history and Mel Brooks is a god. This kind of list is--again--impossible.

1. Metropolis (Osamu Tezuka) Why? cuz a Ray Charles. :cool:
2. Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa) :mp5:
3. Mad Max :sniper:
4. Stigmata ;)
5. Final Fantasy: THe Spirits Within (cuz a 'Thriller') :confused:

American History X
American Beauty
Requiem For A Dream
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
Matrix

and so many more...

1. Gladiator
2. Donnie Darko
3. Fight Club
4. Kill Bill
5. The Matrix

I'm too lazy to bother narrowing it down to five or putting them in any order.

And the awards go to...

Most Often Viewed By Poliwanacraca: Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Most Utterly Cute: The Princess Bride

Based On One (Or Three, Sort Of) Of My Favorite Books: LOTR Extended Editions

Best Performance By A Blue Blanket And/Or Pigeons: The Producers

Best Performance By The Same People As Were In The Producers: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

This One Goes To Eleven: This Is Spinal Tap

Obligatory Serious (Mostly) Movie That Made Me Cry: La Vita E Bella

Sexiest: Secretary

Forgotten By Me At The Moment: A whole bunch of other very good movies.

No real order, because that would require to much thought:

Evil Cat - Truly wonderful, the epitomy of fine horrible movie making.
Psycho - The only horror movie that actually impressed me.
Usual Suspects - "I believe in God, and the only thing that scares me is Kaiser Soze."
House of Cards - The height of English Drama and Political Satire [Ok, so its a miniseries, greatness (like a bisexual, transvestite, politically centrist mexican) transcends all boundaries].
The Phantom of the Opera - No, it isn't quite the play, but its still good.

So now I can be mocked for my hideously mutated taste in movies, but I still have a more advanced method of using arrows then you!

The Visitors
Love at First Bite
The first 3 "Elm Street" movies
(Something About Mary &
Meet the Fockers maybe...I dunno... :confused: )

1. The Fifth Element
2. Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome
3. The Empire Strikes Back
4. The Transformers Movie
5. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

I can't help but add Evil Dead II to the list. And someone brought up Hellraiser... damn, only 5? That's asking too much!

1. A Clockwork Orange
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Brazil
4. Dr. Strangelove
5. Apocalypse Now

Get out of my head! :mad:

Seriously, those really ARE my top 5 favorite movies. That's just eerie.

EDIT: Actually now that I think of it, close but no. If Apocalypse Now was Scarface. Then EXACTLY!... But still damn close.

Usual Suspects - "I believe in God, and the only thing that scares me is Kaiser Soze."

What about:

"So, tell us your story."

"What story is that? That the one about the hooker with dysentary?"

Muahahahahhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Fucking genius. Del Toro is the man. He became a god to me when he played Dr. Gonzo.

1. Unforgiven
2. Ghost Dog
3. Le Circle Rouge
4. Donnie Darko
5. Le Mans

Off the top of my head, they're my top 5. If I sat down & thought about for a few days, I'm sure the list would change.

1) Return of the King
2) Titanic
3) Breakfast at Tiffany's
4) The Birds
5) It

1:Baseketball
2:Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back
3:Lord Of The Rings Two Towers
4:Treasure Island
5:Memphis Belle

OMG - I forgot Revenge of the Sith!!

Can I have 6...pretty please?

1. A Clockwork Orange
2. LOTR Trilogy (Extended Edition)
3. Kingdom of Heaven (I'm with ya PM! :) )
4. The Fifth Element
5. Dogma

1. Brazil (directors cut!)
2. Ghost in the Shell (the Matrix was inspired by this classic science fiction anime, as well as many scenes stolen! :(
3. Boggiepop Phantom (yes its an anime tv series, but watch it on dvd and it becomes a six hour and half movie)
4. Nausicaa
5. Azumanga Daioh (same as Boggiepop Phantom)

1. Apocalypse Now.
2. Original Star Wars Triliogy.
3. LOTR Trilogy.
4. Monty Python and The Search for the Holy Grail.
5. Kill Bill Vol 1 & 2.

Honorable Mentions:

Life of Brian
Princess Bride.
Baron Munchausen.
Tombstone.

Best Movie Ive seen recently:

The Devil's Rejects.

I have to applaud Rob Zombie.
Saw it on Wednesday, and it was way better than the first one.
Definately one of the most graphically violent movies Ive seen in a while, and yet...tastefully done.
Cameo appearances galore..(Including Danny Trejo, King of the "That Guy"s)

If you like violence, and a good fun movie...see it!

1. The Gods must be crazy
2. Modern Times
3. The Great Dictator (Charlie Chaplin again :) )
4. Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, World
5. Bridge across the River Kwai
6. Forrest Gump
7. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
8. Chariots of Fire/Ben Hur (take your pick)
9. Hot Shots 1 & 2
10. Guns of Navarone

There you go. You asked for 5, I gave you 10 ;) You have them all here: Action, comedy, western, emotional, historical whatever you want.

Beat this list :D :D :D

Top 5 Movies in no particular order:

1. JFK
2. The Last of the Mohicans
3. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
4. Blues Brothers
5. Psycho

1. Pulp Fiction
2. A Clockwork Orange
3. The Shawshank Redemption
4. Reservoir Dogs
5. Training Day

1) Cries and Whispers

2) Ran

3) Week End

4) The Three Colours Trilogy

5) The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

I hope that all Dawn of the Dead mentions thusfar have referred to the original and not the bastardised remake.

Khazaron']

2.Kingdom of Heaven


3. Kingdom of Heaven (I'm with ya PM! :) )

w00t! :fluffle: :fluffle:

and nice choice on Dogma btw :D

1. Almost Famous
2. Fight Club
3. Amelie
4. The Deer Hunter
5. Apocalypse Now

1. Star Wars (For convenience, I'll group the Original Trilogy into one film)
2. The Godfather (I & II)
3. The Lord of the Rings (The trilogy)
4. The Silence of the Lambs
5. Batman Begins (I'm serious. I really, really liked it, though it's still in its honeymoon phase and so my no. 5 is likely to change soon)

Conventional choices, I know, but hey - that's my taste.

edit: glancing up, I noticed the Shawshank Redemption, and that was amazing, so I'll bung it in.

The usual suspects
Casablanca
The seven samurai
Clerks
Taxi Driver

Honorable mention: Night on Earth

w00t! :fluffle: :fluffle:

and nice choice on Dogma btw :D
I still can't believe Ed Norton was the King of Jerusalem in that movie. When a friend of mine told me, I was dumbstruck.

Tough to choose, but I'll give it a try. In no particular order

1) Donnie Darko
2) Reservoir Dogs
3) The Usual Suspects
4) Saving Private Ryan
5) Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

EDIT: Now that I've posted I remember so many other great movies that should have made the list. It's impossible to choose. Here are some other favorites.

Animal House
Fight Club
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
The Big Kahuna
The Messenger (many critics hated it, I liked it alot)
Blade Runner
Pale Rider
High Plains Drifter
A Fistfull of dollars
For a few dollars more
The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Goodfellas
The Godfather


With so many great movies, who can choose?

Shrek 2.
Lost in Translation.
Pirates of the Carribean.
Gladiator.
Schindler's List.

Wow not a lot of people are into the Godfather. even though on imdb it was rated the best movie of all time with a 9.0/10

(1) The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. 40s propaganda boosting movie made by uber-genii of British cinema Powell and Pressburger (Powell later ended up as Scorcese's cinematographer) which Churchill tried to have banned because of it's portrayal (by Anton Walbrook) of a sympathetic, anti-nazi German. The scene with Walbrook in the police station being interviewed as a foreign alien always brings me close to tears, oh the humanity.
(2) Following the last line of the above review, Heathers. Every John Hughes film of the 80s, seen through a twisted mirror. Featuring both Winona and Christian Slater when they were cool.
(3) Goodfellas - possibly the perfect movie in terms of acting, directing, script, plot.
(4) The Usual Suspects - once got into a near fistfight with someone because i called them an idiot, after we had been discussing this film. They thought the point of the film was "Who is Keyser Soze?". No! The point is, it's an unreliable narrative by an unreliable narrator. It's a story ABOUT story. There might not even BE a Keyser Soze.
(5) The Good, the Bad and The Ugly. Not only is it - level with "once upon a time in the west" - Leone's defining masterpiece, but it also has Eli Wallach, playing the most complete of Leone's "idiot savant peasant" characters. And when i was small, my dad looked like him, so double affection.

1. Indiana Jones (All except Temple of Doom)
2. Die Harder
3. Die Hard.
4. Scream
5. The Great Escape.

5. Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy
4. Shawn of the Dead
3. The Life of Brian
2. The Shining
1. Snatch

1. Farmyard Symphony
2. Brazil
3. Léon
4. The City of Lost Children
5. The Empire Strikes Back

1. The Godfather (all three)
2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
3. Beautiful Thing
4. Scarface
5. The Gods Must Be Crazy (I and II)

Boogie nights

Fight Club

LOTR ROTK

Things to do in denver when you're dead

Transformers the Movie


Damn it I forgot to put in Life Is Beautiful.

1)Machuca (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0378284/) (Chile)
2)Il Postino (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110877/) (Italy)
3)Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110769/) Pao Da Shuang Deng (Hong Kong)
4)Farewell, my Concubine (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106332/) Ba Wang Bie Ji (Hong Kong)
5)Atanarjuat, the Fast Runner (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0285441/) (Northern Canada)

Godfather
Scarface
Matrix
Monty Python Holy Grail
Black Hawk Down

This is just a few of my favorites. There really are too many to pick just five.

Godfather
Scarface
Matrix
Monty Python Holy Grail
Black Hawk Down

This is just a few of my favorites. There really are too many to pick just five.

Seems like we have some things in common. . I like black hakw down too.. I think the first matrix was pretty good. I didn't like the others.

Seems like we have some things in common. . I like black hakw down too.. I think the first matrix was pretty good. I didn't like the others.

Have you seen that new show on FX, Over There? Looks like a good idea if they don't make it into a Platoon kind of thing.

Seems like we have some things in common. . I like black hakw down too.. I think the first matrix was pretty good. I didn't like the others.

I agree. They should have just kept it with just the one, if that's what they had planned for the series.

Black Hawk Down, Tobruk, Shaun of the Dead, School of Rock, The Omen (no particualr order)

1) Boondock Saints
2) The Last Samurai
3) Gladiator
4) Hidalgo
5) Shrek

Fight Club book is better.

Any Sci-Fi greats out there?

In no particular order....

a.) Scum (Clarke)
b.) If... (Anderson)
c.) Chasing Amy (Smith) -(a kind of light selection, but the emotional intensity ramps up towards the end for all its ephemeral pop-sensibilities. Hell, what can I say, it just connects to me and my life.)
d.) Jubilee (Jarman)
e.) - this space reserved for all the fantastic films that I love but don't hit me on the gut level -

Forrest Gump is great.

Fight Club book is better.

That's my attitude toward The Passion of the Christ.

Also, I forgot to mention Elf, starring Will Ferrell. Sure its a kid's movie, but it's still hilarious, and it's nice to be able to watch Ferrell in a movie without having to put up with shock humor.

1. 9.0 The Godfather (1972) 132,458
2. 9.0 The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 160,520
3. 8.9 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 115,079
4. 8.9 The Godfather: Part II (1974) 76,482
5. 8.8 Shichinin no samurai (1954)

Top 5 in IMDB

1: The princess bride *this is the only movie that I will make special arrangements to see, so much does it, and importantly, Vizzini, rock.*

2: Akira

3: Spirited away (This film left me awestruck)

4: Dr Strangelove

5: Aladdin/the sword in the stone are joint favourites here.

1. The Shawshank Redemption
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
3. Sin City
4. The Last Samurai
5. Akira

1. Lord of the Rings Trilogy
2. Pirates of the Caribbean
3. Collateral
4. Van Helsing ( yeah, yeah I know what you're thinking)
5. The Last Samurai

My top five all time faves

1.) Drugstore Cowboy
2.) Breathless
3.) The Last Emperor
4.) The Four Feathers (1939)
5.) A Taste of Honey

My top 3 "so bad you have to love them" films

1.) The Rocky Horror Picture Show
2.) Mars Attacks
3.) Batman & Robin (don't kill me)

1. Spaceballs
2. UHF
3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
4. Shaun of the Dead
5. Monty Python and Now For Something Completly Different


1&2 are interchangable.