And no list of top movies would be complete without the ultimate ‘list’ movie.
High Fidelity.
There are way too many great movies of many different genres for a 5 greatest ever list. I’ll put up 5 of my favourites though
Apocalypse Now - how has this not been said yet?
The Big Lebowski
City of God
Godfather I
No Country for Old Men
Whoever lists ‘The Departed’ obviously did not see the Hong Kong film that the movie’s plot was taken from (even by admittance of the director of The Departed upon receiving an award): Infernal Affairs (part 1). Badass cop/robber movie.
I think Heat deserved more recognition for being a beautifully slow moving cop/robber flick where you ACTUALLY wanted to sympathize with the bad guy (De Niro) who was really the protagonist at the same time. It had too much dialogue to become that popular.
Mine:
City of God - most raw film I’ve ever seen, badass soundtrack
Nightmare Before Christmas - I love animation, this was an awesome ‘world’ that Burton created
The Killing Fields
Amelie - so beautiful
Shawshank - the Warden was the ultimate movie prick
Cool Hand Luke - fucking classic film
I really thought The Usual Suspects was way over-hyped; I knew the end story all along and was not impressed by the film.
[quote]Aragorn wrote:
Uncle Gabby wrote:
Obviously a lot of these kids are around the age of 15 and can’t remember anything that was made more than a couple of years ago.
When considering the “greatness” of a movie, it isn’t just about the movie itself but the impact that it had on all movies that have been made since. While Gone with the Wind is an epic american film, and a well told story, I don’t think it influenced much that came after it, while The Good the Bad and the Ugly left its mark on just about everything that came since.
Yeah.
Well on one level I agree with you completely regarding GBandU vs. GWTW. However, Gone with the Wind broke the barrier of all movie barriers–it was the very first movie to have profanity in it. How’s that for influencing movie history?
That’s one reason it’s up in the air for me.[/quote]
If we’re talking profanity, then don’t forget MASH since it was the first major motion picture to say “fuck”. I’m saying it should be added to a “greatest” list, just adding a little trivia.
[quote]eic wrote:
Office Space gets in on pure quotability alone, bro. I don’t think a day goes by at work that a co-worker or I doesn’t use a line from that movie. You sound like a movie snob when you talk about Casablanca. This is T-Nation, not E-Nation, broseph. [/quote]
Quotability? Check out AFI’s top 100 movie quotations in American cinema. Casablanca is on there six times. Office Space, zero.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI’s_100_Years…_100_Movie_Quotes
Don’t get me wrong. Office Space is great, but its by no means one of the greatest movies ever made. Maybe if we change it to greatest comedies ever.
In fact, just for fun, here are my top five comedies off the top of my head:
Airplane!
Dr. Strangelove
Office Space
Some Like it Hot
Something About Mary
Here is my Top 5:
Scarface
The Godfather
Rocky
Star Wars
Bloodsport
A lot of you guys have no idea what great film is. It’s funny how the philosophy of this site gets reduced to “iron and sex” when the editor-in-chief is such an advocate of intellect and education.
You’re picking “good movies,” not “great films.” Seriously…Bloodsport? Transformers? Office Space? You’re children. Pulp Fiction, American History X, The Usual Suspects, et al are all good movies, but they have no place in a list of the 5 greatest films of all time. Maybe Pulp Fiction could make it into the top 50. Top 100 is more like it though.
Anyway, in no particular order:
The Godfather Part I
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Seven Samurai
Casablanca
Citizen Kane
Now if we were talking about my favorite movies to watch, the list would be different. But let’s stick to the topic.
Godfather
Rocky
Rambo
LOTR
Star Wars
By no means all inclusive:
Amadeus
Apocolypse now
Chronicles of Riddick
We Were Soldiers
Saving Private Ryan
Others:
A Bridge Too Far
Midway
Animal House
Caddyshack
Terms of Endearment
Where Eagles Dare - I’m gonna put that one in the Top 5 instead of Riddick.
Face Off
Swordfish
There’s an assload.
[quote]OneEye wrote:
A lot of you guys have no idea what great film is. It’s funny how the philosophy of this site gets reduced to “iron and sex” when the editor-in-chief is such an advocate of intellect and education.
You’re picking “good movies,” not “great films.” Seriously…Bloodsport? Transformers? Office Space? You’re children. Pulp Fiction, American History X, The Usual Suspects, et al are all good movies, but they have no place in a list of the 5 greatest films of all time. Maybe Pulp Fiction could make it into the top 50. Top 100 is more like it though.
Anyway, in no particular order:
The Godfather Part I
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Seven Samurai
Casablanca
Citizen Kane
Now if we were talking about my favorite movies to watch, the list would be different. But let’s stick to the topic.[/quote]
That’s a pretty good list right there.
I can’t believe someone mentioned The Matrix Trilogy. The first one was one of the best action/sci-fi movies ever, but 2 and 3 sucked so much ass it’s not even funny.
In no particular order:
- Lord of The Rings
- Zulu
- Rocky
- 300
- Aliens
[quote]Uncle Gabby wrote:
OneEye wrote:
A lot of you guys have no idea what great film is. It’s funny how the philosophy of this site gets reduced to “iron and sex” when the editor-in-chief is such an advocate of intellect and education.
You’re picking “good movies,” not “great films.” Seriously…Bloodsport? Transformers? Office Space? You’re children. Pulp Fiction, American History X, The Usual Suspects, et al are all good movies, but they have no place in a list of the 5 greatest films of all time. Maybe Pulp Fiction could make it into the top 50. Top 100 is more like it though.
Anyway, in no particular order:
The Godfather Part I
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Seven Samurai
Casablanca
Citizen Kane
Now if we were talking about my favorite movies to watch, the list would be different. But let’s stick to the topic.
That’s a pretty good list right there.
I can’t believe someone mentioned The Matrix Trilogy. The first one was one of the best action/sci-fi movies ever, but 2 and 3 sucked so much ass it’s not even funny.
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It’s sad. It’s like someone starting a thread about the 5 greatest books of all time and everyone chiming in with books by Stephen King and Kurt Vonnegut. Good books, sure, but nowhere near the 5 greatest of all time. King pales in comparison to Dostoevsky, just like Tarantino pales in comparison to Kurosawa. And I guarantee neither of them would argue with me (despite Tarantino’s high opinion of himself).
FightClub
Lord of the Rings trilogy
Gladiator
Any movie with big armies of sword fightin spear throwin bow n arrow shooting cats, feel me.
Theres too many gooders out there to name, but at the same time, lots of this new stuff is absolute trash.
Its too easy to make a big production movie these days.
[quote]matrick wrote:
Here is my Top 5:
Scarface
The Godfather
Rocky
Star Wars
Bloodsport[/quote]
Ok, you could make a case for 3 of those, and I’ll give you Rocky in the sports movie category for love of the movie (it did win an Oscar), but Bloodsport?? Do tell. I love the movie in a “so bad it’s good” kind of B movie way…
Blood sport is FUCKING awesome.
Sympathy for the Devil(Jean-Luc Godard)
Performance
Lucifer Rising (Kenneth Anger)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Clerks
[quote]Makavali wrote:
In no order:
The Shawshank Redemption
Batman Begins
The Day the Earth Stood Still (The original)
Gladiator
The Empire Strikes Back
and a worthy mention goes to American History X.
We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory… …will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature"[/quote]
My list was best.
It takes a real man to quote himself.
[quote]Makavali wrote:
It takes a real man to quote himself.[/quote]
Yep.
What about Backdoor Sluts 9?
[quote]Scrotus wrote:
What about Backdoor Sluts 9?
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That’s very misleading. At least send them to something that’s worth their time.
