Top Ten Favorite Movies...

Yeah, another list thread. I'm a compulsive list maker, I think. [John Cusack, High Fidelity ] Anyhow, there's probably been a thread or two about this before, but it's been a while and we've got new members, so what the hell, right?

Keep in mind, this is your favorites, not what you perceive to be the best. I think The Godfather is the best movie ever made, but I enjoy certain films more making them favorites. Capiche? Here we go.

1. Pulp Fiction/Fight Club [a tie, I really can't pick just one, I love them both equally]
2. Reservoir Dogs
3. GoodFellas
4. Jackie Brown
5. True Romance
6. American History X
7. Taxi Driver
8. The Godfather Trilogy
9. Kill Bill
10. Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas

10-25, not ordered: The Matrix/Matrix Reloaded, Blow, From Dusk 'Till Dawn, The Boondock Saints, Raging Bull, Edward Scissorhands, Silence Of The Lambs/Red Dragon, Snatch, High Fidelity, My Cousin Vinny, Heat, The Green Mile, Scarface, Dog Day Afternoon, Rain Man and Donnie Brasco. [bleh, there's sixteen... one more, so fuck off ]

1. MEMENTO - What can I saw? One of the greatest directions in story telling in history. Making you into the character. Confusing you to help you understand. There is no word to describe my love for this movie.

2. Fight Club - We all dream of an upgrade of ourselves, don't we? We want to live lives we have a small percent of gaining. What happens when you run with what you covet? I was blown away by this film. A definate film about discovering yourself.

3. Pulp Fiction - One of the great crime films with a great direction twisting three stories in one. "Royale With Cheese"

4. The Usual Suspects - One of the greatest thrillers with a great direction pulling you here and there confusing you until it all pulls together in the end. "I'm tellin' you it's KEYSER SOZE!"

5. Citizen Kane - I don't think it deserves explanation. The greatest story of a empty life where wealth cannot save you.

6. Scarface - No comment Cabron.

7. Snatch - Pulp Fiction with a comedy twist. Hilarious even when it defys some reality.

8. The Godfather - Must I explain? I'm a Wop, I need not to explain.

9. American Beauty - a Beautiful story of living life YOUR way and not being submissive.

10. Once Upon a Time in America - The greatest film of a regretful life that still cannot be explained. Friends are more valuable then anything. "When you are betrayed by a friend you hit back."

Honorable mention
Carlito's Way, Casino, Serpico, Rear Window, Fistful of Dollars, Dirty Harry, Animal House

1. the gf trilogy
2. fight club
3. memento
4. taxi driver
5. scarface
6. ragging bull
7. scent of woman
8. pulp fiction
9. once upon time in america.
10. american beauty
11. citizen kane

also: dog day afternoon, america history x, vertigo, casino, deer hunter, serpico, 21 grams,
carlito´s way, usual suspects, casablanca.

1. Scarface
the others in no order
2. pulp fiction
3. reservior dogs
4. the godfather
5. die hard
6. beverly hills cop
7. dogma
8. true romance
9. from dusk till dawn
10. office space

New Top 10

1. Scarface (1983)
2. Goodfellas
3. Boyz N The Hood
4. Full Metal Jacket
5. Casino
6. Platoon
7. Menace II Society
8. Dog Day Afternoon
9. The Pianist
10. Red Dawn

Honorable Mentions
The Godfather Part I, Pulp Fiction, Juice, Se7en, American History X, Gridlock'd, and Schindler's List.

The 10 Best Movies
1. Citizen Kane
2. Seven Samurai
3. The Godfather
4. 2001: A Space Odyssey
5. Vertigo
6. The Godfather Part II
7. Casablanca
8. 8 ½
9. Taxi Driver
10. Schindler’s List

My 10 Favorites
1. Casablanca
2. Gone With The Wind
3. Scarface
4. Pulp Fiction
5. Annie Hall
6. Duck Soup
7. Singin' In The Rain
8. Seven Samurai
9. The Battle Of Algiers
10. Brazil

And I Must Mention:
11. The Godfather Part I and II
12. Citizen Kane

Thug

1. The Godfather
2. Scarface
3. The Godfather II
4. Lord of the rings trilogy
5. The Good, the bad, and the ugly
6. Taxi Driver
7. Ben Hur
8. Goodfellas
9. Reservoir Dogs
10. Full Metal Jacket

Great thread!

1) Scarface
2) The Usual Suspects
3) The Big Lebowski
4) Memento
5) Goodfellas
6) The Boondock Saints
7) Raging Bull
8) The Godfather
9) Fight Club
10) Snatch

This is a list of my favorites, so don't be surprised by some of them.

10. Cool Hand Luke (1967/Stuart Rosenberg): This movie defines the term 'character study'. Luke Jackson (Paul Newman in his best role) is probably one of the coolest characters in motion picture history. A great film about non-conformity and self triumph out of loss.

9. Seven Samurai (1954/Akira Kurosawa): This just might be the greatest story ever told, and a simple one at that. Kurosawa did an excellent job bringing a story with moments of beauty and moments of action to the screen.

8. Platoon (1986/Oliver Stone): Before Oliver Stone went over the top with the flasy "JFK" and "Natural Born Killers", he made this poetic war film that redefined the classic theme of 'good v.s. evil'.

7. North By Northwest (1959/Alfred Hitchcock): No doubt Hitchcock's best collaboration with Cary Grant. This film is one of the most original action packed movies full of suspense and romance.

6. Psycho (1960/Alfred Hitchcock): Hitchcock's best, and one of the most influential films of all time. With this film, Hitchcock broke all the rules, and started the slasher genre.

5. Pulp Fiction (1994/Quentin Tarantino): Another great influential film, and probably the most entertaining. The lives of many kaleidoscopic characters (most of them criminals) collide into three different stories. Samuel L. Jackson really stands out in this film.

4. Ben-Hur (1959/William Wyler): The best of the 1950's biblical epics. Some of the best scenes in film history are in this film, including the now famous chariot scene, which is probably the best directed scene in cinematic history.

3. The Godfather Part II (1974/Francis Ford Coppola): Coppola's famous crime family is extended in this prequel/sequel of the first film. This time around, you see the rise and fall of the Corleone family.

2. Apocalypse Now (1979/Francis Ford Coppola): A frightening look at the darkness of the human soul, and the process of insanity taking over the hearts of men during the Vietnam War. This is a rare viewing experience that will leave you speechless. Contains one of the best openings and the best closing scene of all time.

1. The Godfather (1972/Francis Ford Coppola): This is where it all started. The ultimate tale of the mafia. and it shows the true meaning of family and loyalty. Simply the best.

Irishman -- we have similar lists with similar tastes! Way to go.

Glad to see Pulp Fiction on so many lists.

Thank you sir! Glad to see Jackie Bronw on your list! I LOVE that movie. Samuel L. is the man! My favorite Tarintino movies in order would have to be:

1) Jackie Brown
2) Kill Bill
3) Pulp Fiction
4) Reservior Dogs

Yes, sir. All his movies are amazing -- which is why he's my all time favorite director.

He's my 2nd, behind Marty

It's nice to see a fellow Memento fan Irishman. If you liked Memento, see Nolan's other two GREAT movies, "Following" amd "Insomnia" with Al Pacino.

i like imsomnia a lot too, also i own it, and i trate to find following but is kinda dificult here, nolan is one of my fav directors, i love memento, and guy pearce and joe pantoliano performances there.

I've seen & own Insomnia, but haven't heard or seen Following. I'm looking foward to his new Batman movie, since I have all 4 of them on DVD.

following is nolan´s first movie , i trate to find it here in chile , but is kinda dificult maybe i trate to buy it online.

hey vercetti u saw it right, u recomend it, i want to see it for a long time.

Here are my favourites:

1.- Back To The Future Trilogy (I watched it a thousand times, every time i found new errors, but i still love that movie!)
2.- The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy (Obviously, the extended version, i'm waiting for the Return Of The King Extended, aaaah!).
3.- The Matrix. (Not Reloaded and Revelations, no)
4.- Memento. (Lenny!!! [Don't believe his lies])
5.- The Truman Show. (In case I don't see ya...)
6.- Gladiator. (Maximus Rules).
7.- Nueve Reinas. (Argentine Movie about two guys who... How do you say "estafar", "garcar", "chorear", "chamuyar"?
8.- Ice Age (Yeah!)
9.- Esperando la Carroza (Argentine Movie).
10.- Number 10 is for Diego Maradona Only.

Saludos desde El CONO SUR.
Juan Pablo.

My favorite trilogy is probably the Scream trilogy, then Godfather, then Back to the Future. How about you guys?

The Godfather Trilogy and the Silence Of The Lambs Trilogy are my favorites as far as trilogies go.

1. Godfather II
2. Godfather
3. the Deer Hunter
4. Pulp Fiction
5. Fight Club
6. the Searchers
7. the Man Who Shot Liberty Valence
8. Deliverance
9. the Killers
10. The Hustler
Honorable Mentions: From Here to Eternity, Cool Hand Luke, One Flew over the Cucoo's Nest, Clockwork Orange and The Shining

1. The French Connection
2. The Godfather Part II
3. The Godfather
4. The Conversation
5. Gladiator
6. Saving Private Ryan
7. Goodfellas
8. The Shawshank Redemption
9. The Deer Hunter
10. Raging Bull

Mick

my favorites

1.THE GODFATHER
1972) Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, James Caan, Diane Keaton, Richard Castellano, John Cazale, Talia Shire, DIRECTED BY FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA

2.THE USUAL SUSPECTS
1995) Kevin Spacey, Chazz Palminteri, Pete Postlewaithe, Benicio del Toro, Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Pollak, Stephen Baldwin, Dan Hedaya, DIRECTED BY BRYAN SINGER

3.THE GODFATHER: PART II
1974) Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Robert DeNiro, Diane Keaton, Johnny Cazale, Michael V.Gazzo, Lee Strassberg, DIRECTED BY FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA

4.MEMENTO
2000) Guy Pearce, Carrie-Ann Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Stephen Tobolowsky, DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER NOLAN

5.LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
2003) Viggo Mortensen, Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Sean Astin, Orlando Bloom, Bernard Hill, Cate Blanchett, Miranda Otto, Liv Tyler, Billy Boyd, DIRECTED BY PETER JACKSON

6.FORREST GUMP
1994) Tom Hanks, Mykelti Williamson, Robin Wright Penn, Gary Sinise, Sally Field, Haley Joel Osment, DIRECTED BY ROBERT ZEMECKIS

7.GLADIATOR
2000) Russel Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Oliver Reed, Djimon Hounsou, Connie Nielsen, Derek Jacobi, Richard Harris, DIRECTED BY RIDLEY SCOTT

8.SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
1998) Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore, Adam Goldberg, Barry Pepper, Ted Danson, Giovani Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Jeremy Davies, DIRECTED BY STEVEN SPIELBERG

9.GANGS OF NEW YORK
2002) Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Liam Neeson, Jim Broadbent, Henry Thomas, Brendan Gleeson, DIRECTED BY MARTIN SCORSESE

10.AS GOOD AS IT GETS
1997) Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding JR, Skeet Ulrich, DIRECTED BY JAMES L. BROOKS

Honourable mentions: the other two Lord of the Rings-films, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Casablanca, Lawrence of Arabia
and then some... (like 100+ others)

I made a ALL ROUND TOP TEN, giving 10 points to all films we mentioned as #1 and 1 point to all #10's, etc.

here is "our" top ten overall:

1.The Godfather - 73 pts
2.Scarface - 58 pts
3.The Godfather part II - 57 pts
4.Pulp Fiction - 50 pts
5.Memento - 39 pts
6.Fight Club - 36 pts
7.Goodfellas - 30 pts
8.The Usual Suspects - 25 pts
9.Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - 22 pts
10.Reservoir Dogs - 19 pts


this includes everyone's lists from Anthony Lombardi until mine

(The Godfather's 73 points were from 10 members, so on average it got 7,3 points, more than a whole point on average less than THE USUAL SUSPECTS, who's 3 mentions have an average of 8,3333 points per vote)

Both Taxi Driver as Gladiator got 3 votes but didn't make it into the top ten, with 16 points - the same amount as the two other Lord of the Rings films.

24 films have 10-or-more points.

In total, exactly 75 films were mentioned.

I couldnt decide on an order....

Scarface
The Godfather Part I
The Godfather Part II
On The Waterfront
American Pie
The Usual Suspects
Goodfellas
Donnie Brasco
Scent of a Woman
Gladiator

In no order

The Godfather
Goodfellas
The Empire Strikes Back
LOTR The Two Towers
Almost Famous
Braveheart
Snatch
Diner
The Godfather Part II
The Outlaw Josey Wales

Hahaha, that's cool, Pherdy.

There are still quite alot of excellent movies I've yet to see, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, The Seven Samurai, Gone With The Wind, is there something wrong with me?

Anyway, this is my top 10 for now:

1. The Godfather Part II (Francis Ford Coppola)
2. The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola)
3. Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola)
4. The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont)
5. Once Upon A Time In The West (Sergio Leone)
6. Memento (Christopher Nolan)
7. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Trantino)
8. Once Upon A Time In America (Sergio Leone)
9. American History X (Tony Kaye)
10. Raging Bull (Martin Scorcese)

those two "no order" lists are not included in the next Standings, of course, because how can I give points to them?

1.The Godfather (82)
2.The Godfather 2 (67)
3.Scarface (58)
4.Pulp Fiction (54)
5.Memento (44)
6.Fight Club (36)
7.Goodfellas (30)
8.Usual Suspects (25)
9.Return of the King (22)
10.Reservoir Dogs (19)

1). Selena
2). Romeo Must Die
3). S.W.A.T.
4). Honey
5). Godfather 1
6). American Pie
7). American Pie 2
8). Scarface
9). Drumline
10). Sister Act 2

your first movie on the list is selena???, more good than the godfather. are u kidding me?

Jackie Brown above GF & Scarface? that's a disgrace, Jackie Brown sucks, so overrated cuz Tarantino made it

anyway

1 Scarface
2 The Godfather
3 Goodfellaz

^^ Them 3 are my clear favourites, the rest go in any order

Friday
Heat
Taxi Driver
Carlito's Way
Training Day
Raging Bull
Pulp Fiction

1.scarface
2.carlitos way

1.scarface
2.carlitos way
3.serpico
4.dog day afternoon
4.godfther trilogy
6.donnie brasco
7.goodfellas.
8.casino
9.as good as it gets
10.willy wonka

THIS IS WITHOUT THE LISTS OF OWEN AND DAIGO MICK FRIEND

I can give all films they mentioned "5" points though...


1.THE GODFATHER _103 points
2.SCARFACE _81
3.THE GODFATHER PART II _73
4.PULP FICTION _58
5.MEMENTO _44
6.GOODFELLAS _42
7.FIGHT CLUB _36
8.THE USUAL SUSPECTS _25
9.THE RETURN OF THE KING _22
10.TAXI DRIVER _20
11.RESERVOIR DOGS & THE GODFATHER PART III _19
13.APOCALYPSE NOW _17
14.FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING & TWO TOWERS _16
16.GLADIATOR & RAGING BULL _15
18.CARLITO'S WAY _13
19.BEN-HUR & SNATCH _11


91 films mentioned
The Godfather Part II is the best on average (8,111) of all films with more than five votes

Over-rated? What the hell are you talking about it? All I hear is people bashing it 'cause it isn't "as good as Pulp and Dogs." It's a very clever, very good film. One of the best? No. Well made? Yes.

And did you notice me say that this is for FAVORITES, and not for what I perceive to be the best? I can think a film is better than another, but like one more. The Godfather is the best movie of all time, but I like Pulp Fiction better.

And hahahah, you say Jackie Brown sucks yet you mention Scarface? Scarface is good -- but that's over-rated.

I have watched so many movies that making this list was hard! This isnt even my final because as soon as I post this, I'll think of one that I love and didnt list
10. Godfather part 1
9. Road to Predition
8. Man on the Moon
7. Help
6. LOTR the fellowship of the ring
5. Dumb and Dumber
4. A Hard Days Night
3. My Girl
2. Forrest Gump
1. Scarface

I'd have to disagree with you there about Scarface. Compared to LOTR, Scarface is an unknown. But we all have our opinions, but I don't understand how Scarface is overrated? As for me, I said Jackie Brown was my favorite Tarintino movie because of Samuel L. Jackson & the dialogue. Plus it had a great cast (like all of his other films), but I loved Samuel L., Chris Tucker, and Robert De Niro! The movie is a little long, I'll give you that, but Samuel L. just cracks me up too much!

People say "Scarface is the best movie ever!" all the time. I hear it all the time, at least. And it's not even close to one of the all time greatest films. The Godfather, Pulp Fiction, Taxi Driver, etc... Those movies are considered "the best." Scarface doesn't rank up there for me. Sure, it's really good -- but one of the best? Not in my eyes.

People NEVER give Jackie Brown the credit it deserves... So how in the blue hell can it be over-rated?

I have to agree with you Anthony. I think Scarface is a perfect example of a film that does not pass the test of time. After 20 years to me it seems to be gaining some what of B movie quality. In another 20 years I see it becoming more of a goof movie with a cult like following. The Soundtrack, The look & feel of the film and even Pacino's over the top performance are not aging well. I compare it to a film like "Rebel Without a Cause". Rebel in it's day was considered a great film. Watch it now it is pretty much a comedy.

Usually when people say Scarface is the best movie of all time, they usually just mean that it's their favorite. I agree that Raging Bull, Goodfllas, etc are considered some of the best movies ever made, whereas Scarface is really a cult classic. As for Jackie Brown, I never said it was overrated. In fact, if anything it's underrated!

Nah, I hear people saying Scarface is the "best" in terms of quality and actually being the best film there is -- which is a complete pile of horse shit. Scarface is a GOOD movie, but the best? Nope. Therefore, it's over-rated, as I said earlier.

DaigoMickFriend -- right on, I agree. It's just getting to the point where it's gaining a following purely 'cause of it's surrounding.

IrishMan -- I didn't say you said it was over-rated; I was talking to Knocc Out who said Jackie Brown "sucks" and is "over-rated." I agree it's under-rated... How can a movie be over-rated when it's never said to even be good? Jackie Brown is always over-looked by Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs. Sure, PF and RD are better films, but Jackie Brown is still amazing and clever.

I coudln't agree with you more about Jackie being overlooked by Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, and now Kill Bill (which was probably my favorite movie of 2003, besides X2). How about you Anthony, what was your favorite movie of 2003? What's your favorite movie so far for 2004? Mines definately 21 grams! I hope Naomi wins the Oscar and I hope Benicio wins or is even nominated, because he should be! In terms of Scarface, I again agree, it's a GREAT movie, but not the best ever made...but it's my favorite!

2003 would have to be Kill Bill, of course. My favorite director. And I think QT did a great job with a new genre. He's used to crime epics such as PF, RD and JB, and his first attempt at a ninja-esque samuri movie was excellent. Clever, witty dialogue we know QT for, excellent story-telling, super-cool characters that seem to blister off the screen... Just all around great.

Of 2004? Probably Mystic River. It's made more of an impact for this year than last, with the Oscars and everything. It's a 2003 film, but as far as impact I'm putting it in my own category of 2004.

I'm going to see 21 Grams this Friday. Can't wait.

Enjoy, and let me know what you think about it!

among American "best off" lists you'll find all over, there a couple of films mentioned at the top so often, that it is almost (almost!!) fair to say these films ARE the best ever.

(btw these lists differ mostly in regard to the amount of 'classics' (pre 1960) in the list, like the AFI list who has a lot)

CITIZEN KANE
CASABLANCE
THE GODFATHER
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
GONE WITH THE WIND
VERTIGO
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
THE WIZARD OF OZ

here's the AFI list
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Screen/6601/

Years with most AFI films = 1939 (5)
Most Represented Directors=Steven Spielberg (5 )
Most Represented Actors= Robert Duvall (6)
Most Represented Actresses=Katherine Hepburn (5)

Color=39
Black and White=61
Silent=3

and quite often as well:
TAXI DRIVER
PSYCHO
APOCALYPSE NOW
SINGIN IN THE RAIN
THE GRADUATE
ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE
ON THE WATERFRONT
SOME LIKE IT HOT
SUNSET BLVD
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST

international films:
8 1/2
BATTLESHIP POTYEMKIN
LA DOLCE VITA
THE SEVEN SAMURAI
PERSONA
METROPOLIS
LA REGLE DU JEU
SUNRISE
RASHOMON
PASSION DE JEANNE D'ARC
BOUTTE DE SOUFFLE

the new top-ten-lists-overall-standings are:

The Godfather: 104
Scarface: 91
The Godfather II: 73
Pulp Fiction: 58
Memento: 44
Goodfellas: 42
Fight Club: 36
Usual Suspects: 25
Return of the King: 22
Fellowship of the Ring: 21

Have respect

1 Godfather
2 Godfather II
3 Chinatown
4 Lawrence of Arabia
5 Once Upon a Time in America
6 Ferris Buehler's Day Off
7 The Truman Show
8 Field of Dreams
9 Citizen Kane
10 Scarface

1. The GF Trilogy.
2. Raging Bull
3. Mean Streets
4. Goodfellas
5. Apocalypse Now (and Redux)
6. Laura
7. It's a Gift
8. Bride of Frankenstein
9. Duck Soup
10. Seconds

OVER 100 FILMS MENTIONED NOW!!!

1.The Godfather (124 points)
2.The Godfather part II & Scarface
4.Pulp Fiction
5.Goodfellas
6.Memento
7.Fight Club
8.The Godfather part III
9.Usual Suspects
10.Raging Bull (24 points)

1. GoodFellas (1990), Martin Scorcese
2. American History X (1998), Tony Kaye
3. Godfather Part 1 (1972), Francis Ford Coppola
4. Saturday Night Fever (1977),
5. The Green Mile (1999), Frank Darabont
6. The Great Escape (1963), John Sturges
7. Blow (2001), Ted Demme
8. Boogie Nights (1997), Paul Thomas Anderson
9. Scarface (1983), Brian De Palma
10. Heat (1995), Michael Mann

Scarface is extremely overrated, like Anthony Lombardi said.

It also gets quite old when you have rappers worshipping it as if it were the 21st century bible.

Yeh well, ain't nothing you can do about it. It's on the disc and it's not going no where, so I'll leave it at that. -Pat

Its pretty pathetic if you ask me. I dont wanna get into this thing about blacks and Scarface again but its pretty pathetic worshipping a movie.

Okay, let's not get into this argument again.

Here is my top ten and I recommend them all to everyone....

The Godfather
The Godfather Part Two
Fight Club
Apocalypse Now
Memento
Pulp Fiction
Raging Bull
Seven Samurai
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
American Beauty

My top 10 has been updated:

Taxi Driver has been moved from #6 to #5 and Ben Hur has been moved from spot #7 to #6. Good the Bad and the ugly has been moved back to #7.

I kno nobody cares, but I was bored.

Hahah, it's cool, RaggingBull. I always switch mine around, so I care.

CK -- very good list! Glad to see another Pulp Fiction/Fight Club fan!

Exact orders are difficult to make, but the top ten are these:

The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
Goodfellas
Casino
On the Waterfront
American Graffiti
Saving Private Ryan
Citizen Kane
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Lawrence of Arabia

Here's my updated Top 13 list...

1. Casablanca
2. Gone With The Wind
3. Scarface
4. Annie Hall
5. Duck Soup
6. Breathless
7. Singin' In The Rain
8. Pulp Fiction
9. Seven Samurai
10. The Battle Of Algiers
11. Brazil
12. Citizen Kane
13. The Godfather Part I and II

Thug

Updated List

1. The Godfather/ THe Godfahter Part II
2. Schindler's List
3. JFK
4. Saving Private Ryan
5. Scarface
6. Patton
7. Casablanca
8. The Maltese Falcon
9. 2001: A Space Odyssey
10. Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb

Updated...

1. Pulp Fiction/Fight Club [tie]
2. Reservoir Dogs
3. GoodFellas
4. Memento
5. Jackie Brown/True Romance [tie]
6. American History X
7. Taxi Driver
8. Kill Bill
9. The Godfather Trilogy
10. Mystic River


Thug, Pulp Fiction has moved down? You broke my heart... You broke my heart.

Pulp Fiction, for a while, was my #1 movie and along with The Godfather and Scarface, was what got me into classic films. All I can say is that I've found 7 films I like more than it.

Thug

He just saw a film that he thought was beter which then Demoted "Pulp Fiction". Thats how it goes...

In my case, Pulp doesnt have a chance in Hell to make my Top 10, anytime soon...

In no order, but I was thinking about this tonight. These are at least 5 of my top 10

1. Scarface
2. Usual Suspects
3. Boondock Saints
4. Memento
5. Fight Club

Pulp Fiction was your number one? I think I remember seeing you say that a little while back. Anyhow, I've seen tons of films after Pulp Fiction but none have beaten it so far. Fight Club tied with it, but nothing's beat it.

And Mike -- I know how it goes, I was joking around with 'em, bud.

In no particular order:

- Scarface
- Godfather The Trilogy
- Goodfellas
- Casino
- Kill Bill
- American History X
- Donnie Brasco
- The Pianist
- Broken Wings
- Carandiru

.

I'm sorry Anthony, I like Pulp Fiction, but I don't love it. I like Jackie Brown & Kill Bill more for just Tarantino flicks. I LOVE Samuel L. Jackson & Travolta in it, but when he switches to Bruce Willis & Ving Rhames (and I LOVE Bruce Willis) I just start to loss interest in the movie. I don't know why. There's something about the movie that doesn't strick me as great, but that's just me. I'm not saying your wrong or anything like that. What do you love so much about it? For me it's Jules, Jimmy, and The Wolf!

The Gold Watch story with Butch and Marsellus is actually my favorite part! I just love the unpredictability of it. Everytime I watch the movie, it's like it's for the first time. Every single actor nails his role absolutely perfectly; the story is original, the dialogue is witty and sharp... Everything about the film is incredibly perfect and flawless. In my opinion, anyhow. It's number one on my list of favorites, and definately in the top five for best.

1. The Godfather Part II
2. The Deer Hunter
3. Chinatown
4. The Godfather
5. Pulp Fiction
6. Apocalypse Now
7. Badlands
8. Vertigo
9. Once Upon A Time In America
10. Taxi Driver

My top 10 has changed quite significantly since I posted last, and here it is:

1. The Decalogue (1987/Kieslowski)
2. Days of Heaven (1978/Malick)
3. Greed (1924/von Stroheim)
4. Citizen Kane (1941/Welles)
5. Breathless (1960/Godard)
6. La Dolce Vita (1960/Fellini)
7. Nashville (1975/Altman)
8. Duck Soup (1933/McCarey)
9. Mélo (1986/Resnais)
10. Casablanca (1942/Curtiz)

Thug

1. Greed (1924/Erich von Stronheim)
2. La Dolce Vita (1960/Fedrico Fellini)
3. Citizen Kane (1941/Orson Welles)
4. Vertigo (1958/Alfred Hitchcock)
5. Casablanca (1942/Michael Curtiz)
6. Otto e Mezzo (1963/Fedrico Fellini)
7. City Lights (1931/Charles Chaplin)
8. Sunset Boulevard (1951/Billy Wilder)
9. 2001: a space odyssey (1968/Stanley Kubrick)
10. Lawrence Of Arabia (1962/David Lean)

1. Taxi Driver (1976) (Scorsese)
2. The French Connection (1971) (Friedkin)
3. Blue Velvet (1986) (Lynch)
4. Fargo (1996) (Coen)
5. The Godfather Part II (1974) (FC Coppola)
6. The Godfather (1972) (FC Coppola)
7. Mean Streets (1973) (Scorsese)
8. The Conversation (1974) (FC Coppola)
9. A Bout De Souffle (1960) (Godard)
10. Gladiator (2000) (R Scott)


Fantastic list there Thug! Almost as juicy as mine.

Mick

1 - The Godfather I and II
2 - Pulp Fiction
3 - GoodFellas
4 - Cidade de Deus
5 - Fargo
6 - Scarface
7 - The King Of Comedy
8 - Mystic River
9 - Se7en
10 - Forrest Gump

off the top of my head

1)godfather 2
2)godfather 1
3)goodfellas
4)casino
5)scarface
6)once upon a time in america
7)bronx tale
8)on the water front
9)star wars
10)heat

i have such a large collection of videos/dvds there's pronbley lots of missed but thats it

off the top of my head

1)godfather 2
2)godfather 1
3)goodfellas
4)casino
5)scarface
6)once upon a time in america
7)bronx tale
8)on the water front
9)star wars
10)heat

i have such a large collection of videos/dvds there's pronbley lots of missed but thats it

Here's my top 100.

Goodfellas (1990/Scorsese)
Platoon (1986/Stone)
The Godfather Part I (1972/Coppola)
Halloween (1978/Carpenter)
The Godfather Part II (1974/Coppola)
Scarface (1983/De Palma)
Boyz N The Hood (1991/Singleton)
Casino (1995/Scorsese)
Blow (2000/Demme)
Pulp Fiction (1994/Tarantino)
The Pianist (2000/Polanski)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975/Lumet)
Schindler's List (1993/Speilberg)
Menace II Society (1993/Albert and Allen Hughes)
Red Dawn (1984/Milius)
Bad Santa (2003/Zwigoff)
The Terminator (1984/Cameron)
Die Hard (1988/McTiernan)
Halloween II (1981/Rosenthal)
Juice (1992/Dickerson)
The Breakfast Club (1985/J. Hughes)
Friday the 13th (1980Cunningham)
Die Hard: With A Vengeance (1995/McTiernan)
Magnolia (1999/Anderson)
Rear Window (1954/Hitchcock)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994/Darabont)
Annie Hall (1977/Allen)
A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984/Craven)
Vertigo (1958/Hitchcock)
Blue Velvet (1986/Lynch)
Full Metal Jacket (1987/Kubrick)
JFK (1991/Stone)
New Nightmare (1994/Craven)
Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981/Miner)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991/Cameron)
Armageddon (1999/Bay)
The 39 Steps (1935/Hitchcock)
The Shining (1978/Kubrick)
Collateral (2004/Mann)
The Patriot (2000/Emmerich)
The Silence Of The Lambs (1991/Demme)
Three Kings (1999/O. Russell)
South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut (1999/Parker and Stone)
Cidade de Deus (2002/Lund and Meirelles)
A Clockwork Orange (1971/Kubrick)
Friday (1995/Gray)
The Green Mile (1999/Darabont)
Saving Private Ryan (1998/Speilberg)
Jaws (1975/Speilberg)
The Deer Hunter (1978/Cimino)
Raging Bull (1980/Scorsese)
We Were Soldiers (2002/Wallace)
Back To The Future (1985/Zemeckis)
Bowling for Columbine (2002/Moore)
The Evil Dead (1981/Raimi)
Scream (1996/Craven)
Manhattan (1979/Allen)
North By Northwest (1963/Hitchcock)
American History X (1998/Kaye)
Fight Club (1999/Fincher)
Traffic (2000/Soderbergh)
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975/Forman)
The Maltese Falcon (1941/Huston)
12 Angry Men (1957/Lumet)
Die Hard 2 (1990/Harlin)
King Kong (1933/Cooper and Schoedsack)
Mulholland Dr. (2001/Lynch)
The Exorcist (1973/Friedkin)
The Running Man (1987/Glaser)
The Killing Fields (1984/Joffé)
Memento (2000/Nolan)
Donnie Brasco (1997/Newell)
Eraser (1996/Russell)
Reservoir Dogs (1991/Tarantino)
Predator (1987/McTiernan)
American Beauty (1999/Mendes)
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986/J. Hughes)
Fargo (1996/Coen)
Rocky (1976/Avildsen)
The Perfect Storm (2000/Peterson)
Tupac: Resurrection (2003/Lazin)
True Lies (1994/Cameron)
Do The Right Thing (1989/Lee)
Gridlock’d (1997/Curtis-Hall)
Red Heat (1988/Hill)
Taxi Driver (1976/Scorsese)
Training Day (2001/Fuqua)
Apocalypse Now (1979/Coppola)
Psycho (1960/Hitchcock)
21 Grams (2003/ Iñárritu)
American Pie (1999/Weitz)
Se7en (1995/Fincher)
Freddy Vs. Jason (2003/Yu)
Seven Samurai (1954/Kurosawa)
The Wizard Of Oz (1939/Fleming)
The Birds (1963/Hitchcock)
Citizen Kane (1941/Welles)
The Goonies (1985/Donner)
The Hurricane (1999/Jewison)
Glory (1989/Zwick)

Here are my ten favorite movies. (Not in any specific order)

1. American Psycho
2. Mission Impossible
3. Mean Streets
4. Godfather
5. The Recruit
6. Spy Game
7. Boondock Saints
8. Goodfellas
9. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
10. The Man Who Knew Too Little

I saw 23 movies on Patrick's top 100 list. Most of them were good.

1. Singin' in the Rain
2. Casablanca
3. Memento
4. Duck Soup
5. Oceans 11 (original)
6. The Great Escape
7. Sixteen Candles
8. Fight Club
9. Cool Hand Luke
10.Indiana Jones (trilogy.. i couldn't decide on one)


Honorable Mentions not ordered : Pirates of the Caribbean; Almost Famous; Gone With the Wind; The Good, The Bad, The Ugly; Gladiator; Silence of the Lamb; Yankee Doodle Dandy; Star Wars (all); Dirty Dozen; Once Upon A Time in the West; Pulp Fiction; Edward Scissorhands


Ant, I'm surprised you didn't mention Almost Famous..

I'm way over 10, but they're in 2 categories, at least. By the way, I'm sure I'm missing quite a few, but this is most of them... and like the very first post said, these aren't what I consider the best, they're just my favorites. You know, the ones I can watch over and over again. Oh, and they're alphabetical order, not preference.

More Serious:
-12 Angry Men
-Amarcord
-A Streetcar Named Desire
-Casablanca
-Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
-Cinema Paradiso
-Cool Hand Luke
-Il Postino
-Rope
-Rounders
-Strangers on a Train
-Tango (1998)
-The Godfather 1&2
-The Hustler
-The Magnificent Seven
-The Man With the Golden Arm
-The Outsiders
-The Professional
-Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?


Not-So-Serious:
-A Mighty Wind
-Bells are Ringing
-Born Yesterday
-Carefree
-Charade
-Clueless
-Dazed and Confused
-Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
-Harvey
-Houseboat
-Lover Come Back
-My Favorite Wife
-Nueve Reinas
-Ocean's Eleven (Both versions)
-Sabrina (The original w/ Bogart)
-Shall We Dance (Fred Astaire, not J.Lo!)
-Sixteen Candles
-Singin' in the Rain
-Snatch
-That Touch of Mink
-The Odd Couple
-The Philadelphia Story

This thread got bumped after months of being dead. My list in this thread was before I saw Almost Famous.

My reformed list:

1. Pulp Fiction/Fight Club (tied)
2. Clerks
3. Almost Famous
4. GoodFellas
5. Reservoir Dogs
6. High Fidelity
7. Ed Wood
8. Kill Bill
9. Jackie Brown
10. Taxi Driver

Mine has changed too a little bit:

1. Godfather I
2. Scarface
3. Godfather II
4. Ben Hur
5. Lord of the rings: Return of the King
6. Taxi Driver
7. Good, the bad, and the ugly
8. Goodfellas
9. Reservoir Dogs
10. Pulp Fiction

1. 8½
2. Memento
3. Pulp Fiction
4. The Godfather 1/2
5. Goodfellas
6. The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
7. Taxi Driver
8. Fight Club
9. Citizen Kane
10. La Dolce Vita
11. Mean Streets
12. The Shawshank Redemption
13. Once Upon a Time in the West
14. Sunset Boulevard
15. Scarface

1.The Godfather
2.The Godfather Part 2
3/4.Dog Day Afternoon
4/3. Taxi Driver
5.The Deer Hunter
6.Mean Streets
7.Raging Bull
8. Goodfellas
9.A Bronx Tale
10. A Clockwork Orange

1. The Godfather part II

Nine Others: (no order)

Spiderman
Spiderman II
Where the Heart is
Dirty Dancing
The Fugitive
Bridget Jones Diary
Miss Congeniality
Hope Floats
My big fat Greek wedding

many others.....

Since I haven't inseminated this thread yet , my Top Ten:

Brian DePalma's SCARFACE
John Carpenter's BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA
Francis Ford Coppola's GODFATHER PART 1 & 2(tie)
Stanley Kubrick's FULL METAL JACKET
Walter Hill's THE WARRIORS
John Frakenheimer's RONIN
Frank Darabont's THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
John Milius' CONAN THE BARBARIAN
Phillip Kaufman's THE RIGHT STUFF
Martin Scorsese's GOODFELLAS

Honorable Mentions:

Alex Cox's REPO MAN
Peter Jackson's DEAD ALIVE
Lloyd Kaufman's THE TOXIC AVENGER
Sergio Leone's THE GOOD, THE BAD, & THE UGLY
Tony Scott's TRUE ROMANCE
All of Tarantino's movies.
John Carpenter's THE THING
Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING
Sir Ridley Scott's BLADE RUNNER and ALIEN
Martin Scorsese's TAXI DRIVER and THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST
Many Steven Spielberg movies(JAWS, Indy films, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, etc.)
George Lucas' THX 1138(and of course STAR WARS)

1) Scarface

The others not in order are:

-The Big Lebowski
-The Usual Suspects
-JFK
-Goodfellas
-Raging Bull
-Memento
-Boondock Saints
-Godfather Part 1
-Schiendler's List

Others worth mentioning:
-Kill Bills 1 & 2
-Jackie Brown
-Fight Club
-Scream
-Die Hard With A Vengence
-Snatch

Your list isn't that bad, either! You can rarely go wrong with Scorsese, Lynch, Godard, and to a lesser extent, Coppola. I'm not a big Gladiator fan, but it was pretty entertaining.

Mike, I'm so glad to see Greed in somebody else's top 10, and especially at the high spot it is in!

Thug

Ooohhhh.. I didn't even look at the dates. I was wonderin..

As Zia pointed out, these lists are our favorites and not necessarily "the best". With that in mind, here is my list:

10. Some Came Running - Frank Sinatra teams with Dean Martin in this gritty and stylish story of hypocrisy.

9. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - Its John Wayne at his macho best, James Stewart in a typical "do-gooder" role, Vera Miles as the love interest of both men and Lee Marvin at his meanest. Its a western, but its REALLY a love story.

8. The Thing (1951) - A small group of people battle something from out of this world at the North Pole. The dialogue is quick paced and expertly delivered and the music score (by Dmitri Tomkin) adds to the feeling of isolation and freezing cold.

7. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor are electric, and the insight into this family's dysfunction is superb. Raw emotion!

6. The Green Mile - A few wonderful stories wrapped up into one, I can't get enough of this Stephen King story. Michael Clarke Duncan's portrayal of John Coffey was superb!

5. The Day the Earth Stood Still - Superb sci-fi flick "with a message". Wonderful acting and suspense filled.

4. The Godfather - Haunting study of Family and family. Top-notch cast and acting and the story ain't too shabby either.

3. Casablanca - The best love story filmed and its Bogey at his best. What more need be said?

2. King Kong (1933) - Its really a love story ("'twas beauty who killed the beast") and it was way ahead of its time with its effects. The dialogue is dated, but the story is forever.

1. Field of Dreams - Its about baseball, its about redemption and second chances, its about love. Its about my favorite all-time movie, and the ending ALWAYS gets me!!

That is what makes them special because they have to make the top ten.

Not top 25, 50, 100 or 200 IT IS THE TOP TEN!

Ten prize spots and only ten spots. Not good, better, best.
and like SC said FAVORITE not best.

The way I look at this is to say if I was going away for a long time,to prison say and I could only take ten films with me, which ones would I take with me.

That's not the BEST analogy I would give lol

10 favorite movies might be action/drama

10 movies to jail would be SOMETHING ELSE lol

Pat, I see you like Menace II Society and Boyz n' The Hood. Have you seen Juice?

Ten films I'd take to prison:

The Shawshank Redemption
Chopper
Lock Up
Midnight Express (to cheer me up )
The Chamber
The Green Mile
American History X
Scum
The Great Escape
A Short Film About Killing

Mick

Yes sir. Tupac's first movie. It's # 20 on my list.