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The Ten Greatest Films of All Time: Poll
Since we're at the end of another year and everyone is making lists, I thought this would be fun.
In honor of the British Film Institute's 'Sight & Sound' Magazine 2002 poll to compile 'The Ten Greatest Films of All Time' I thought it would be interesting to see what the users of this bulletin board would put in their top ten. I am very new to this board, so if this topic has been hashed out, please accept my apologies. I realize that lists are almost pointless. Mainly because I can name 10 others and for that matter HUNDREDS more that are just as worthy. It's just fun to play critic momentarily. Here are mine: 8 ½ (Fellini) Apocalypse Now (Coppola) The Big Sleep (Hawks) The Crowd (Vidor) Grave of the Fireflies (Takahata) Raging Bull (Scorsese) The Seven Samurai (Kurosawa) Sunset Boulevard (Wilder) Touch of Evil (Welles) Vertigo (Hitchcock) |
Modern Times (Charles Chaplin, 1936)
The Grand Illusion (Jean Renoir, 1937) Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941) Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica, 1949) Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954) 8 1/2 (Federico Fellini, 1963) The Blow-Up (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1966) 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968) Aguirre, The Wrath of God (Werner Herzog, 1972) Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders, 1987) |
In no particular order:
2001: A Space Odyssey Vertigo Citizen Kane Seven Samurai La Strada Ali: Fear Eats the Soul Taxi Driver Double Indemnity Andrei Rublev Umberto D |
Notorious (Hitchcock)
Blood Simple (Coen Bros.) Amelie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet) Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze) Blue Velvet (David Lynch) Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer) The Great Dictator (Charles Chaplin) The Third Man (Carol Reed) Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa) Singin' In The Rain (Arthur Freed [producer]) |
1. Mannequin
2. Picture Perfect 3. Crocodile Dundee 2 4. Ed 5. My Stepmother Is An Alien 6. Nothing But Trouble 7. Body of Evidence 8. Under The Cherry Moon 9. Satisfaction (a.k.a "The Girls of Summer") 10. St. Elmo's Fire |
This month's version...
As always, this is ever-changing. Its current incarnation,
in alphabetical order... Barry Lyndon (Kubrick) Days of Heaven (Malick) the Insider (Mann) Miller's Crossing (Coen) Mulholland Dr. (Lynch) Persona (Bergman) Shame (Bergman) A Short Film About Love (Kieslowski) Taxi Driver (Scorsese) That Obscure Object of Desire (Bunuel) |
1. Citizen Kane
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey 3. Lawrence of Arabia 4. Sweet Smell of Success 5. Apocalypse Now 6. The Third Man 7. Sunset Blvd. 8. Sherlock, Jr. 9. Shadow of a Doubt 10. Once Upon a Time in the West |
1. The Godfather Part II
2. The Godfather 3. Pulp Fiction 4. Goodfellas 5. Taxi Driver 6. Apocalypse Now 7. Reservoir Dogs 8. Rushmore 9. Scarface 10. The Royal Tenenbaums |
I'm discounting this year's films, since I fear recent memory bias:
In no particular order: Pearl Harbor Planet of the Apes (2001) Batman and Robin Street Fighter Cool as Ice Junior Barb Wire Anaconda Battlefield Earth Drop Dead Fred Oh crap ... wrong list ... The Godfather, Part II Citizen Kane It's a Wonderful Life Heat 2001 Seven Samurai 8 ½ Singin' in the Rain Rocky From Here to Eternity das |
1. The Godfather I & II (Coppola, 1972-1974)
2. Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) 3. Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941) 4. Last Tango In Paris (Bertolucci, 1972) 5. The 400 Blows (Truffaut, 1959) 6. The Decalogue (Kieslowski, 1988) 7. Rear Window (Hitchcock, 1954) 8. Before Sunrise (Linklater, 1995) 9. Masculine Feminine (Godard, 1966) 10. Blow Out (De Palma, 1981) |
In Alpha order:
2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick) 8 1/2 (Fellini) Apocalypse Now (Coppolla) Metropolis (Lang) Mulholland Dr. (Lynch) Rashomon (Kurosawa) That Obscure Object of Desire (Bunuel) Thin Red Line (Malick) Vertigo (Hitchcock) Wild Strawberries (Bergman) |
In Chronological order-
1) Eraserhead 2) The Elephant Man 3) Dune (1984) 4) Blue Velvet 5) Wild at Heart 6) Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me 7)-tie-Pretty as a Picture & the Short Films of David Lynch 8) Lost Highway 9) The Straight Story 10) Mulholland Dr. |
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Godfather The Godfather Part II Goodfellas Star Wars Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Scarface Pulp Fiction A Fish Called Wanda Animal House |
Conan the Barbarian
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In vaugly decending order:
01) Star Wars 02) Citizen Kane 03) Casablanca 04) Spirited Away 05) Seven Samurai 06) Metropolis 07) Raiders of the Lost Ark 08) Ghostbusters 09) Grave of the Fireflies 10) Battle Royale Why Star Wars as number one? Allow me to put the geek in me aside - the movie did change the face of film-making, for better or for worse, forever. Love it or hate it, you cant deny the impact that it had on hollywood, from the way films are marketed to the special effects within. |
Greatest? I am just going to list my personal top ten at this time. I am sure these aren't the "greatest" according to many standards, but they are movies I personally enjoy the most, and ones I have watched a number of times and still enjoy. And I will list them in no particular order...
Ghost World Lilo and Stitch Iron Giant That Thing You Do! River's Edge Blue Velvet Dumb and Dumber Groundhog Day October Sky Signs I realize there may be "greater" movies on other lists in this thread, but these are the ten that immediately come to mind as movies that constantly give me the best value for my entertainment dollars. And if I got 11 choices, I'd put Ferris Beuller's Day Off on there. There need to be more comedies on some of these lists. I think comedies always get over looked in "greatest" threads for some reason. |
Well, I want call these the 10 Greatest Films of All Time (in part because it's just my opinion, in part because it's presumptuous to definitively call something the greatest, in part because I recognize these are matters of taste, and in part because I've only seen maybe 700 of all the films made). So, like calhoun, these are my current 10 favorite movies:
Ghostbusters Ghostbusters II The Lion King Toy Story Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back Scrooged Back to the Future Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Home Alone (And Groundhog Day and Ferris Bueller are both in my Top 25. :)) |
Ten current favorites in no particular order:
Taxi Driver In the Mood for Love The Cranes are Flying Days of Heaven Ran Barry Lyndon The Conversation Belle de Jour Manhattan Barton Fink |
DITTO NO PATRICULAR ORDER:
GODFATHER 1&2 (enuff said) FRENCH CONNECTION (Hackman & best car chase ever) ALIENS (Vietnam in outer space I loved it!!) LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (best cinematography ever) GOODFELLAS (enuff said) POSEIDON ADEVNTURE (classic disaster flick love the all star cast) NETWORK (Best screenplay ever written IMO) SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (Kelly and O'Connor what a duo) JAWS (mechanical shark,Robert Shaw and Spielberg) DIRTY HARRY (Eastwood with attitude and a very big gun) |
1) 2001: ASO
2) Requiem for a Dream 3) Schindler's List 4) Dr. Strangelove 5) American History X 6) Taxi Driver 7) Casablanca 8) Pulp Fiction 9) Raging Bull 10) JFK [Dennis Miller]Of course that's just my opinion, I know I'm wrong[/Dennis Miller] |
I only have one favorite and after that I havent thought much about it:
JAWS |
my top ten films.... not in rank order (that would require too much thought )
the great escape the martix blackhawk down star trek 2: the wrath of kahn aliens the usual suspects fight club full metal jacket the godfather part 2 shrek there we go |
In no particular order
Godfather Godfather 2 Raging Bull Heat Forrest Gump Almost Famous Fight Club Vertigo Caddyshack American History X |
Originally posted by calhoun07 comedies always get over looked in "greatest" threads for some reason. |
In no particular order:
Se7en (Fincher) Memento (Nolan) Almost Famous (Crowe) The Royal Tenenbaums (Anderson) Fight Club (Fincher) Back to the Future (Zemeckis) The Matrix (Wachowski Bros.) The Fellowship of the Ring (Jackson) Vanilla Sky (Crowe) Donnie Darko (Kelly) ....'Snatch' would be the 11th. |
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