• Mikie
    6.1k
    This has been done before in various ways I’m sure.

    Regardless, I’m interested in others’ lists. Gives me a better sense of people and hopefully some ideas for what to watch.
  • Mikie
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    Here’s mine:

    Seven Samurai

    Shawshank Redemption

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    The Usual Suspects

    No Country For Old Men

    Persona

    8 1/2

    Dances with Wolves

    Goodfellas

    There Will Be Blood
  • 180 Proof
    14k
    :cool: :up:
    (I'll check out Persona which I've never seen.)
  • god must be atheist
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    1. Life of Brian.
    2. Holy Grail.
    3. Snatch.
    4. 2001 A Space Odyssey
    5. A Clockwork Orange
    6. Bullets over Broadway.
    7. Michael Clayton.
    8. Jason Bourne (the first three of the Quatregy).
    9. Fargo.
    10. Badlands.

    Special Mentions:
    Point of No Return (American, not the original French),
    Dead Gorgeous,
    Flawless,
    Fracture,
    Perfume (German).
  • T Clark
    13k
    Not in order:

    Wizard of Oz
    Casablanca
    The Graduate
    Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - the 1980s version with Alec Guinness. Ok, it's a TV series. So sue me.
    LA Confidential
    The Donald Trump Jr. Story
    The Last Starfighter - It has sentimental value. I remember watching it while holding my infant son (now 37) as he screamed for the whole movie film at a drive in theater.
    Tombstone
    Annie Hall
    Manhattan
    Raising Arizona
    Caddyshack
    The Long Goodbye
    Say Anything

    More than 10.

    Doesn't this belong in the Lounge?
  • T Clark
    13k
    1. Life of Brian.
    2. Holy Grail.
    3. Snatch.
    4. 2001 A Space Odyssey
    5. A Clockwork Orange
    6. Bullets over Broadway.
    7. Michael Clayton.
    8. Jason Bourne (the first three of the Quatregy).
    9. Fargo.
    10. Badlands.
    god must be atheist

    Didn't see Michael Clayton or Bullets Over Broadway I liked the rest except 2001. I should have put Fargo on my list.
  • god must be atheist
    5.1k
    I also liked "Pride and Prejudice". The scene in which the fallen nobleman proposes to the chick (I can't remember any names) and she starts sobbing is the emotionally most laden scene in any movie I've seen. I howl in tears as I cry every time I get to that scene when I watch that movie. Which happened about twice, I'd say.
  • Mikie
    6.1k


    Anything by Bergman is good, and Seventh Seal is certainly up there — but for me, Persona may be his greatest.



    Seen everything there except Snatch and Bullets Over Broadway (surprisingly, since I love Woody Allen). Thanks for reminding me of Allen. I should have included one of his at least…

    inker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - the 1980s version with Alec Guinness. Ok, it's a TV series. So sue me.T Clark

    Never seen that one, but Alec Guinness is always fantastic.

    Including TV mini series isn’t out of bounds. In that case I would include the Canadian (1980s) version of Anne of Green Gables. Wonderful.

    Doesn't this belong in the Lounge?T Clark

    Eh. I put it under “interesting things.”

    also liked "Pride and Prejudice"god must be atheist

    Which version?
  • god must be atheist
    5.1k
    Which version?Mikie

    Oo. I think the actor's name is Emma something or other.
  • god must be atheist
    5.1k
    Including TV mini series isn’t out of bounds.Mikie

    Hurray!! All the episodes of Benny Hill. He is sexist, he is infantile, he never showed an original joke he had created, but he was superb, funny, entertaining and to the core.
  • javi2541997
    4.9k
    1. Perfect Blue
    2. Pulp fiction
    3. The Godfather (all the parts)
    4. Tokyo Monogatari
    5. A clockwork orange
    6. Ikiru
    7. Yojimbo
    8. Ran
    9. Akira
    10. Paprika.
  • Outlander
    1.8k
    Steven King's "The Langoliers". The philosophy just under the surface would fill a library.

    If you have a good three hours (and perhaps something to drink) definitely worth a watch I'd say.

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  • 180 Proof
    14k
    A list of 25 (out of 100(?)) of my favorite films in chronological order (only Anglo-American productions, since 1963 'Year of the Rabbit'):

    2001: A Space Odyssey
    The Lion in Winter
    Five Easy Pieces
    Sleuth
    The Godfather I & II
    High Plains Drifter
    Blade Runner
    A Soldier's Story
    Barfly
    Crimes and Misdemeanors
    Glory
    The Field
    Glengarry Glen Ross
    Shindler's List
    Unforgiven
    The Edge
    Ray
    Doubt
    The Grey
    The Sunset Limited
    Lincoln
    12 Years a Slave
    Ex Machina
    Fury
    I Am Not Your Negro


    Happy Lunar New Year :sparkle: :party:
  • Jamal
    9.1k
    I've enjoyed these eleven films the most (that I can bring to mind right now):

    The Wicker Man
    The Truman Show
    Pulp Fiction
    2001...
    Mulholland Drive
    Andrei Rublev
    12 Angry Men
    Taxi Driver
    Stalker
    Blade Runner
    The Long Goodbye
  • Luke
    2.6k
    I was going to try and whittle it down (but wth), and there are plenty more, but some of my favourites:

    Star Wars
    The Empire Strikes Back
    12 Angry Men
    Back to the Future
    Headhunters
    The Lives of Others
    Ex Machina
    About Time
    Amadeus
    The Seventh Seal
    Chef
    Sound of Metal
    Calvary
    The Fall
    The Salvation
    The Father
    1917
    Oldboy
    Fight Club
    Dark City
    Donnie Darko
    Little Miss Sunshine
    Groundhog Day
    Wish I Was Here
  • Vera Mont
    3.1k
    I can't vouch for these being all-time favourites; just movies I like that come to an increasingly porous mind:

    The Milagro Beanfield War
    Wag the Dog
    The Russia House
    Finding Forrester
    Gandhi
    Turtle Diary
    Bulworth
    Midnight in Paris
    The Gods Must be Crazy
    Tootsie
  • T Clark
    13k
    I also liked "Pride and Prejudice". The scene in which the fallen nobleman proposes to the chick (I can't remember any names) and she starts sobbing is the emotionally most laden scene in any movie I've seen. I howl in tears as I cry every time I get to that scene when I watch that movie. Which happened about twice, I'd say.god must be atheist

    Are you thinking of "Sense and Sensibility?" The 1990s version has Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Hugh Laurie, Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman...

    The Truman ShowJamal

    Should have been on my list.

    The FallLuke

    Is this the one with Lee Pace about the injured stunt man? If so, I agree. It really liked it.

    Groundhog DayLuke

    This should have been on my list too.

    Midnight in ParisVera Mont

    Woody Allen has his ups and downs. This was definitely one of the ups.
  • Paine
    1.9k
    Kubrick, Kurosawa, Bergman, Fellini, for sure. Some I didn't see listed by others:

    The Last Picture Show
    Solaris by Tarkovsky
    Richard II, with Lawrence Olivier
    Alexander Nevski and Ivan the Terrible by Eisenstein
    Koyaanisqatsi
    Lawrence of Arabia
    Heart of Glass by Herzog
    High Noon
    The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
  • Mikie
    6.1k
    So far, the list below I haven't seen (way more than I anticipated). I always thought my movie knowledge was fairly wide. Quantitatively proven wrong today.

    Next is to prioritize which of the following to see first. :chin:

    Perfect Bluejavi2541997

    4. Tokyo Monogatarijavi2541997

    10. Paprika.javi2541997

    Steven King's "The Langoliers"Outlander

    The Lion in Winter180 Proof

    Sleuth180 Proof

    A Soldier's Story180 Proof

    Barfly180 Proof

    Glory180 Proof

    The Field180 Proof

    Ray180 Proof

    Doubt180 Proof

    The Grey180 Proof

    The Sunset Limited180 Proof

    Lincoln180 Proof

    Fury180 Proof

    I Am Not Your Negro180 Proof

    The Wicker ManJamal

    Andrei RublevJamal

    StalkerJamal

    The Long GoodbyeJamal

    Headhunters
    The Lives of Others
    Luke

    About TimeLuke

    ChefLuke

    CalvaryLuke

    The Fall
    The Salvation
    The Father
    1917
    Oldboy
    Luke

    The Milagro Beanfield WarVera Mont

    The Russia HouseVera Mont

    Turtle DiaryVera Mont

    The Last Picture Show
    Solaris by Tarkovsky
    Richard II, with Lawrence Olivier
    Alexander Nevski and Ivan the Terrible by Eisenstein
    Koyaanisqatsi
    Paine

    Heart of Glass by Herzog
    High Noon
    The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
    Paine

    Damn...
  • Mikie
    6.1k
    Kubrick, Kurosawa, Bergman, Fellini, for sure.Paine

    Indeed. I'd add Scorsese, Wes Anderson, PT Anderson, and the Coen brothers whose entire filmographies everyone should watch.
  • Paine
    1.9k

    Yes, they are worthy.
  • Vera Mont
    3.1k
    We've been watching some of our old VCR's.
    Close Encounters and Fantastic Voyage are idiotic. What did we ever like about these lame SF offerings? Obviously, the film-makers were besotted with special effects.
    But Apollo 13 and The Day the earth Stood Still (1951 - but the remake didn't stink) are still excellent.
    So's The Martian among new ones. And 2010 The Year We Make Contact was better than 2001, if you consider story vs novelty. I couldn't Include Avatar, because I only liked the first half.

    We watched Lawrence recently, too and was less impressed, but it's still big, smart and engaging.
    I had left of
    Searching for Bobby Fisher
    Cider House Rules
    Dave
    and
    The Princess Bride
  • Joshs
    5.2k
    Here ya go:

    The Last Picture Show
    Harold and Maude
    Five Easy Pieces
    Night of the Hunter
    Citizen Kane
    A Thousand Clowns
    Rear Window
    Who’s afraid of Virginia Wolff
    The Conversation
    Midnight Cowboy
    Bonnie and Clyde
    Blazing Saddles
    Spellbound
    Carnal Knowledge
    Days of Wine and Roses
    Straw Dogs
    Klute
    Almost Famous
    Bullitt
  • Vera Mont
    3.1k
    Electric Horeseman
    and
    Finding Forrester are pretty good, too.
  • javi2541997
    4.9k
    Perfect Blue and Paprika are anime films. Satoshi Kon is the director and he was a pure genius (sadly, he died of cancer in 2010...) his films are mixed with a sense of abstract, surrealism and a technique of different uses of colours. Whenever you watch anime, it is easy to recognise Satoshi Kon's works because his films are so original.

    For example: You can see in the following video that his anime is based on surrealism but full of colours and weird characters.



    In the other hand, Tokyo Monogatari is a 1953 film of Yosujiru Ozu. It is old but according to Japanese film historians, is one of the most important films of Japan. If you are not so interested in Japanese culture it could be boring because the plot is basically the ordinary life of a family in Tokyo and how the modernity is surpassing the traditional conventions of Japan after WWII. An iconic pic of the film is this one:

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  • tim wood
    8.7k
    Adding to the list:

    Aguirre, the Wrath of God
    1776
    Princess Mononoke
    Spirited Away
    The Little Thief of Baghdad (1940)
    Saving Private Ryan
    others already mentioned
    Moby Dick
    Going Places (Fr.)
    West Side Story (1961 - haven't seen the new one)
    Swept Away (1974)
    Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
  • universeness
    6.3k
    Braveheart
    12 angry men
    The grapes of Wrath
    To kill a mocking bird
    Gettysburg
    Waterloo
    Lord of the rings (all of them)
    Powder
    Sunset Boulevard
    Platoon
  • Mikie
    6.1k
    hand, Tokyo Monogatari is a 1953 film of Yosujiru Ozu.javi2541997

    Oops. Yes I did see that — I know it as Tokyo Story. The Japanese didn’t ring a bell. Ozu is incredible and it’s a great movie.

    I love almost everything I’ve seen out of Japan, which admittedly isn’t a lot. Ozu and Kurosawa are at the very top. Miyazaki is up there too.
  • Mikie
    6.1k
    Braveheartuniverseness

    Glad someone mentioned that one. I forgot but I still think it’s great, no matter what anyone says.
  • universeness
    6.3k

    :up: Alba gu bràth, BUT, my earthling status means more. Braveheart is historically inaccurate, but the main story is true ........ or at least as true as any such historicity is true.

    I cry like a baby when I watch the movie 'Powder,' thankfully, not all the way through, but some scene's just destroy me. I try not to watch it in company.
  • javi2541997
    4.9k
    I love almost everything I’ve seen out of Japan, which admittedly isn’t a lot. Ozu and Kurosawa are at the very top. Miyazaki is up there too.Mikie

    :up:

    They are in the top of Japanese films. I have seen all Ozu's films, and they are fantastic. We can learn of a complex culture such as Japanese one thanks to his works.
    Another film I recommend of him is Good Morning (お早よう, Ohayō).

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