Your All-time Favorite Movies?

[sndtowne]

Hey David,

I have tried to post "my 25" three times and the post has not shown up. Any idea what's happening?




Bruce

[David Meek]

Bruce, I got your post earlier today and have already put it in the spreadsheet and subsequently the post. That's WEIRD. I mean I can see all three posts! 8O




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[Entice]

It's a sad, sad, day

I can't believe that "Ronin", "Snatch", and "Lock, stock and 2 smoking barrels" didnt make it!

[suyver]

Here's my 25 (in no particular order!):
1. Aliens
2. Back to the future trilogy (it's one movie!)
3. Blade runner
4. Fifth element
5. Schindler's list
6. The Hill (1950's with Sean Connery)
7. The thing (1980's with Kurt Russel)
8. Lilo & Stitch
9. The Abbys
10. American History X
11. The Godfather trilogy (it's one movie too!)
12. Indiana Jones and the last crusade
13. Falling down
14. The game
15. Men in black
16. Leon
17. Se7en
18. Pitch black
19. 12 monkeys
20. The Shawshank redemption
21. Starship troopers
22. Tron
23. Videodrome (1980's, with James Woods)
24. Pulp fiction
25. Apocalypse now redux

(If you've never seen The Hill, be sure to check it out! It's not out on DVD yet )
-Freek.





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[David Meek]

Suyver, your votes (all 29 of them ) are in. Just an FYI, you, Lex and Gordon Moore have the distinction of being the only voters to go over the 25 title limit.

With suyver's votes, I'm upping the minimum to make the list to 4 votes. That'll cut the number on the list back to 19 as there are 39 movies with 3 votes or more.

More, more. . . . !




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[suyver]

Suyver, your votes (all 29 of them ) are in. Just an FYI, you, Lex and Gordon Moore have the distinction of being the only voters to go over the 25 title limit.

With suyver's votes, I'm upping the minimum to make the list to 4 votes. That'll cut the number on the list back to 19 as there are 39 movies with 3 votes or more.

More, more. . . . !

I sincerely disagree. Godfather and BttF are really just two movies and not six! I at least always watch them in direct succession (which makes for an interesting night in the case of Godfather )

Cheers,
Freek Suyver.





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[David Meek]

Freek, that evening with the Godfather trilogy must make for an interesting date! :B




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[suyver]

Freek, that evening with the Godfather trilogy must make for an interesting date! :B

I've done it three times so far. The first time was with a few friends. We started in the afternoon, ate home-cooked Italian pasta (one of my friends is Italian) and drank too much Chianti. It was lot's of fun. Strangely, none of my friends have accepted my invitation to watch the whole movie (I still think it's one one movie 8) ) again. Even though I have a good wine-cellar and an even better HT. Strange! :roll:

-Freek.





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[John Holmes]

Well, It took me awhile to put it together. But here it is.


1. Dark City

2. In Like Flint

3. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

4. Shrek

5. Soylent Green

6. Mimic

7. Alien

8. T2

9. Predator

10. The Matrix

11. Goldfinger

12. Pitch Black

13. The Haunting (remake)

14. Final Fantasy

15. Heat

16. Phantoms

17. The Hunt For Red October

18. Superman

19. Dune

20. Ronin

21. Prince of Egypt

22. Enter The Dragon

23. Buck And The Preacher

24. Tron

25 The Caveman's Valentine




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[David Meek]

John, your votes are in. If you haven't looked at the Upcoming Releases thread in DVD Director lately, Soylent Green will be released on August 5th - finally!




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[John Holmes]

Thanks David!

And yes, I am aware of the upcoming release of Soylent Green. :dance: It has been a long wait for this one. I just hope that they were able to clean it up a bit video wise. The VHS version had a few issues.




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[George Bellefontaine]

I have Soylent Green on laserdisc. Unfortunately I was only able to get the P&S version. The picture on the ld isn't that great either, so I am looking forward to the dvd in widsecreen. The pic's just gotta be better.




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[Brandon B]

I'm late! Is the party over?

1 Star Wars (sorry, it is not called "A New Hope")
2 The Empire Strikes Back
3 Bladerunner
4 LOTR Fellowship of the Ring
5 The Princess Bride
6 2001: A Space Odyssey
7 Brazil
8 A Nightmare Before Chistmas
9 Highlander
10 Alien
11 Aliens
12 Lawrence of Arabia
13 Toy Story II
14 Legend
15 Raiders of the Lost Ark
16 Return of the Jedi
17 Young Frankenstein
18 A Clockwork Orange
19 Stir Crazy
20 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
21 Wrath of Khan
22 Dr. Strangelove (etc.)
23 Get Shorty
24 Attack of the Clones
25 Phanom Menace

I guess. Not in real order, not really random either. Sure I missed some.

BB

[David Meek]

Hi Brandon. No, this party never ends (I hope)! I'll have your entries posted shortly.




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[David Meek]

Brandon, your entries are recorded. FYI, you put Lawrence Of Arabia on the list.




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[David Meek]

Looking at the list of Top 25 Movies, I found that I have DVD's of every one on the list that has been released, and will buy the DVD of the others once available. How about you?

Hmmm, does that mean I just follow the crowd, or that we all have good taste?




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[Burke Strickland]

Looking at the list of Top 25 Movies, I found that I have DVD's of every one on the list that has been released, and will buy the DVD of the others once available. How about you?

I have DVDs of the ones on MY list that have been released... and the laser disc of the only other one on my list that has not yet been released to DVD. I don't plan to buy DVDs just because four other people say they like other movies more. :>)

Burke

PS -- It would be helpful to have access to "the list" to know what those other movies are. :>)

[David Meek]

I wasn't saying that I'd buy based on someone else's ownership, just that of the movies on the Top 25 list, I know and enjoy each of them enough that I WILL own them eventually. Now, once the list changes again, that may not be a true statement.




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[dsmith]

Not sure if I can keep it to 25 but here goes (no particular order):

1. A Man for All Seasons
2. Walkabout
3. On the Waterfront
4. Psycho (original)
5. From Here to Eternity
6. Stalag 17
7. The Innocents
8. Bridge on the River Kwai
9. Mulholland Drive
10. Cries and Whispers
11. African Queen
12. North by Northwest
13. The Manchurian Candidate
14. "Z"
15. On the Beach
16. Star Wars (first one - Episode 4?)
17. Schindler's List
18. Gone with the Wind
19. Elmer Gantry
20. Raiders of the Lost Ark
21. The Man Who Knew Too Much
22. 2001
23. Ben Hur
24. High Noon
25. Seven Days in May


Dsmith

[David Meek]

Don, your votes are in. You helped put the following titles on the list:

2001: A Space Odyssey
High Noon
Schindler's List




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[Harry Tuttle]

There is a few honourable mentions that are close to making the list, but cut down to 25, my list is

1. Brazil
2. The Seventh Seal
3. Bad Boy Bubby
4. Jean De Florette
5. Triumph of the Will
6. Casablanca
7. This is Spinal Tap
8. Wild Strawberries
9. Aliens
10. Snatch
11. Usual Suspects
12. The Magnificant Seven
13. Repo Man
14. Das Boot
15. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
16. Goodfellas
17. Kiss of the Spiderwoman
18. Subway
19. Terminator II - Judgement Day
20. Himalaya
21. Sexy Beast
22. 2001 - A Space Odessey
23. Toy Story 2
24. Betty Blue
25. Memento

But I know I have forgotten several worthy entries.




Harry

[David Meek]

Harry, your nominations are in. Thanks!




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[Burke Strickland]

And a Pending "Favorite":
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King -- it can’t be a favorite until I've actually seen it… :>) but it probably will be...

OK, now that I've seen it twice, I'm officially adding "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" to my list of "all-time favorite movies" -- my personal "Top 25" list. (If I have to drop one of the others to make room for it, that would be "Porky's II". I still like its underlying social message, but it was definately the "least" on that list.)

Time to update the voting for the site's Top 25?

Burke

[David Meek]

I have the Excel spreadsheet ready and waitin' for more. This thread's been quiet for a good while. Glad you resurrected it, buddy! I'll have to go look at my list and see if it's changed too.

Anyone else want to join in?




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[BradF]

Here's a quick list from me:

Sunset Boulevard
The Thin Man
The Maltese Falcon
Notorious
Chinatown

The Grapes Of Wrath
The Big Sleep
Public Enemy
King Kong
Sullivan's Travels

Miller's Crossing
Barton Fink
L.A. Confidential
Get Shorty
Paper Moon

My Darling Clementine
Charlie Chan In Egypt
Fort Apache
Sunrise
Bride Of Frankenstein

Casino Royale
Jackie Brown
Blow-Up
The Big Lebowski
The Night Of The Iguana

[glangston@socal]

25

North by Northwest - Great movie score
Outlaw Josey Wales
Chinatown
Silver Streak
Lawrence of Arabia
2001, Space Odyssey
This is Spinal Tap - 11 on a scale of 10
Alien - scary from outside the theatre!!
Blade Runner
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Right Stuff
Clockwork Orange
Spartacus
Return of Martin Guerre
My Fair Lady
Harold and Maude
The Pink Panther
Rollerball
Oliver
Paths of Glory
Cinema Paridiso
Rashomon
Vertigo
Young Frankenstein
Best Years of Our Lives :cry:

[Danbry39]

This is Spinal Tap - 11 on a scale of 10

Still think that's one of the funniest scenes in the history of cinema. :T