Top Movies

[bongo]

Thought's comment about TLOTR getting in his top three makes me think it might be time for another one of these:

My faves (that I can think of right now)

1. Casablanca
2. Harvey
3. Cool Hand Luke
4. Blade Runner
5. Sixth Sense
6. A Fish Called Wanda
7. Hannah and Her Sisters
8. Remains of the Day
9. Schindler's List
10. Withnail and I (Note: I absolutely do not recommend this movie, most people hate it)

Good movie nobody's ever seen: Flirting

I was going to limit it to three, but what the heck.

[jets fan]

Although I differ from them, here is what The American Film Institute (http://afi.100movies.com/100films.asp?moviesession=1042565396Tue+Feb+23+16% 3A32%3A35+1999) has to say on the matter. My favorite is still 'The Godfather'. I would put Casablanca VERY high up there too.

[Maine-iac]

Ten, hmmm . . . in no particular order

Casablanca
Persuasion
Shadowlands
Star Wars
Notorious
Arsenic and Old Lace
Laura
Ben Hur
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
The Third Man

For today, anyway . . .

[jets fan]

The first time I saw Notorious, I was in a movie theatre watching a newly released print of it. Right when it ended, the whole audience started clapping! Definitely a classic!

[Hagbard Celine]

Off the top of my head:

Godfather (1,2)
A Clockwork Orange
Psycho
Seven Samurai
Rushmore
Fight Club
Casablanca
Exorcist
Big Lebowski
The Birds
Notorious

no real order to that list.

[Han Solo]

Thanks for the vote Maine-iac!

Let's see, off the top of my head and in no particular order
Star Wars
Saving Private Ryan
Dr. Strangelove
Glory
The Shawshank Redemption
Caddyshack
Field of Dreams
Airplane (I and II)
Godfather (just I)

[Patience]

Casablanca
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Star Wars
The Producers
Stalag 17
Shane
Schindler's List
Bridge on the River Kwai
To Kill a Mockingbird
Princess Bride


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[Traina]

(in no order whatsoever):
Life is beautiful
Shawshank Redemption
Scent of a Woman
Schindler's list
To kill a mockingbird
Sixth Sense
My Left foot
In the Name of the father
ET
4 weddings and a funeral

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[openminded]

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[Dr T Non-Fan]

I've seen "Flirting." A young Nicole (droool). It's on one of the so-called premium channels every so often.

[Mr. Grim]

No GoodFellows or Taxi Driver (you talking to me) on the list .

I no order:
Godfather II
Goodfellows
Appoc. Now
Pulp Fiction
Taxi Driver
Debbie Does Dallas
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Clerks

[Oliver Klozov]

Off the top of my head, and in no particular order:

Glory
Shawshank Redemption
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
The Usual Suspects
It's a Wonderful Life
Amadeus
The Sting
Philadelphia
Tombstone (I just like Val Kilmer's performance)
Hopskotch (sp?)

Best movies nobody has seen:

The Wrong Guy
5 Corners
Quick Change

[Anonymous]

Conan the Barbarian
Godfather 1&II
Schindler's List
Glory
Patton
Rudy
Shawshank Redemption
Matrix
Blade
and...hmmmm......Office Space.

[M.]

Like others, no order here:

Glory
To Kill a Mockingbird
Godfather (I only)
Matrix
Christmas Vacation
Groundhog Day
Twelve Angry Men (older version)
Star Wars
Dead Poets Society
The Right Stuff

Good movies few people have seen:
No Way Out
Wisdom
Being There
The Rainmaker

[Maine-iac]

M - I loved "Being There". "No Way Out" was good, but based somewhat loosely on "The Big Clock" with Ray Milland, which I enjoyed more.

(I'll grant you that "No Way Out" was a MUCH better title.)

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[Dr T Non-Fan]

I can't make a list so short.

What I'd probably have to do is take the AFI list, and make a list of substitutes.

My criteria are as follows:
1. If while remoting the movie comes on at any point, you'll stop to watch the rest, it should go on your list.
2. If two such movies are on, the one you don't choose is placed at the bottom of the list, possibly to be dropped.

This doesn't work all the time. "Tarzan The Ape Man" (Bo Derek version) was on last night. I chose it over The Simpsons. If only she could act.

Maybe next week.

[Big Ed]

As with others, off the top of my head and in no order:

Citizen Kane
It's a Wonderful Life
Taxi Driver
Pulp Fiction
The Godfather
Seven Samurai
Sunset Boulevard
Some Like it Hot
Jules et Jim
Monty Python and the Holy Grail

[Lee Mellon]

Klozov - especially when he says "move, and I'll turn you head into a canoe." Great line, perfectly delivered.

[Cannonball]

A River Runs Through It ("I am haunted by waters.")
The Shawshank Redemption
Gladiator
The Field

[Jonas Grumby]

1. The Third Man
2. 28/35/42-Up
3. Laura
4. Citizen Kane
5. The Gambler
6. The Nasty Girl
7. Being There


Maine-iac, glad to see The Third Man and Laura on your list. I collect pulp fiction paperbacks and happened to find Laura (by Vera Caspary) a couple of years ago, complete with slinky damsel on the cover. Not much of a collectible, but a happy find because of how much we like the movie.
I also have Kenneth Fearing's The Big Clock, which is where the Ray Milland movie came from...but I didn't even know there was a movie other than the Costner vehicle.


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[Maine-iac]

Jonas - Neat! I have a copy of Vera Caspary's Laura as well [no dust jacket :sad: ]
Caspary's Waldo is quite a bit different from Clifton Webb's, but they are both pretty chilling.

I didn't realize there was a novel from which The Big Clock was taken. I'll have to look for it!

[Minerva]

As of my mood right now (undoubtedly influenced by the season)but definitely ones I watch over and over and over - in no order:

It's a Wonderful Life
A Christmas Story
The Santa Clause
The American President
Gone With the Wind
Star Wars (first trilogy)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Schindler's List
The Princess Bride
The Wizard of Oz
Harvey

Couldn't keep it to 10 - like DTNF, it would be easier just to make a few substitutions to the AFI lists.)

[Anonymous]

Hoosiers (DUH!)
Shawshank Redemption
Apollo 13
Mr. Holland's Opus
Field of Dreams
Airplane
Rear Window
Murder by Death
Cape Fear (both)
The Sandlot

[Mick Fan]

Hoosiers (4Her -- glad to see someone else agrees) :smile:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Back to the Future (I & II only, III was stupid)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Titanic
Frequency
Ghandi
American Beauty
Liar Liar
Field of Dreams

[bongo]

I just noticed that "Flirting" is on cable this afternoon on WE. It's a pretty tame movie, so I can't imagine they'd cut much out. If anyone is enough of a geek to check this page from home, you can still catch it.

[jets fan]

There have been a lot of good suggestions so far, but here's a couple that nobody has mentioned yet that would be on my list:

In no order:

Psycho
On the Waterfront
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Edited to note that Hagbard Celine DID mention 'Psycho'.

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[ne11er]

Okay...some of those movies, I've never seen. So, I must be from a younger generation..and I think these are more my FAVORITES rather than TOP MOVIES. Here's my perspective:

*Tommy Boy
*The Princess Bride
*Top Gun
*Office Space
*Pretty Woman
*The Matrix
*Big Daddy
*Ocean's Eleven (even though its still in theaters)
*Patch Adams
*The Patriot

OF course, there are more. :smile:

[E.S.B.]

I cannot believe that everyone has neglected the greatest movie of all time:

UHF!


recent favorite:

Ghost Dog


Childhood Fave:

Stand By Me


Rounding out the top ten:

Hands on a Hardbody
Glory
Requiem for a Dream
Friday
The Professional
Apocalypse Now
Life is Beautiful


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[Anonymous]

My favorites (in no order):

Brazil
Schindler's List
Charade (and almost any other movie starring Cary Grant)
Jaws
Joe vs. the Volcano :smile:
Michael Collins
The Fox and the Hound
Steel Magnolias

[764dak]

I like the Spiderman trilogy.