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zekeburger1979 10-15-07 11:57 AM

30s - The Wizard of Oz
40s - Casablanca
50s - All About Eve
60s - 2001: A Space Odyssey
70s - The Godfather
80s - Back to the Future
90s - The Shawshank Redemption
00s - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Joel Goodsen 10-15-07 12:37 PM

50s - The Harder They Fall
60s - Psycho
70s - Hard Times
80s - Heathers
90s - Dazed and Confused
00s - Roger Dodger

FantasticVSDoom 10-15-07 12:51 PM

30's- King Kong
40's- Casablanca
50's-Some Like it Hot
60's-My Fair Lady
70's-The Godfather
80's-The Empire Strikes Back
90's-Fight Club
00's-Old Boy

Meglos 10-15-07 02:15 PM

40s - Casablanca
50s - Rio Bravo
60s - Yojimbo
70s - Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
80s - Miller's Crossing
90s - Fight Club
00s - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

PopcornTreeCt 10-15-07 02:20 PM

Great lists so far. Some movies I've been meaning to revisit.

Mondo Kane 10-15-07 04:29 PM

20's-Sunrise
30's-Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
40's-Cabin in the Sky
50's-The 400 Blows
60's-2001:A Space Odyssey
80's-Mad Max 2:The Road Warrior
90's-Pulp Fiction

(Absoultely no frickin' way I can just pick 1 movie from the 70's)

DoubleDownAgain 10-15-07 05:15 PM

1940s: http://www.dvdspot.com/covers/8/t2/tn1897926856.jpg Casablanca (1942)
1950s: http://www.dvdspot.com/covers/3/t2/tn1321778221.jpg The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
1960s: http://www.dvdspot.com/covers/2/t2/tn1225755415.jpg The Great Escape (1963)
1970s: http://www.dvdspot.com/covers/8/t2/tn1814361356.jpg Star Wars (1977)
1980s: http://www.dvdspot.com/covers/2/t2/tn1275331034.jpg Aliens (1986)
1990s: http://www.dvdspot.com/covers/0/t2/tn1015476539.jpg Swingers (1996)
2000s: http://www.dvdspot.com/covers/1/t2/tn1152721150.jpg Sin City (2005)

visitor Q 10-15-07 05:41 PM

30's - Story of Floating Weeds
50's - Seven Samurai / Ikiru
60's - Lord of the Flies / Yojimbo
70's - Jaws / Close Encounters of the Third Kind
80's - Dark Crystal / Blade Runner
90's - Ghost in the Shell / Hard Boiled
00's - Lord of the Rings Trilogy / Sympathy for Lady Vengeance

jeffkjoe 10-15-07 06:17 PM

70's Star Wars
80's The Empire Strikes Back
90's Shawshank Redemption

Robert 10-15-07 08:01 PM


Originally Posted by Meglos
40s - Casablanca
50s - Rio Bravo
60s - Yojimbo
70s - Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
80s - Miller's Crossing
90s - Fight Club
00s - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Millers Crossing was released in 1990.

cupcake jesus 10-15-07 08:07 PM

Real tough, but here goes:

1930s: The Wizard of Oz
1940s: The Bicycle Thief
1950s: Dial M for Murder
1960s: The Manchurian Candidate
1970s: The Conversation
1980s: Rain Man
1990s: Hoop Dreams
2000s: The Virgin Suicides

cheers,

-the Jesus

cupcake jesus 10-15-07 08:09 PM


Originally Posted by DoubleDownAgain
1950s: http://www.dvdspot.com/covers/3/t2/tn1321778221.jpg The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

Good call, btw.

cheers,

-the Jesus

mijorico 10-15-07 11:54 PM

1970s - National Lampoon's Animal House
1980s - Stand By Me
1990s - The Shawshank Redemption
2000s - The 40-Year-Old Virgin

islandclaws 10-16-07 10:56 AM

Talk about a difficult list to whittle down...

30's: King Kong
40's: Laura
50's: Sunset Boulevard
60's: Once Upon A Time in the West
70's: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
80's: The Thing
90's: Ravenous
00's: American Psycho

RobCA 10-16-07 02:56 PM

30's: The Wizard of Oz
40's: Citizen Kane
50's: Auntie Mame
60's: Rosemary's Baby
70's: Young Frankenstein
80's: Torch Song Trilogy
90's: Death Becomes Her
00's: Hedwig and the Angry Inch

vcuram 10-16-07 03:14 PM

20s - The General
30s - Modern Times
40s - Casablanca
50s - The Bridge on the River Kwai
60s - The Wild Bunch
70s - The Deer Hunter
80s - Paris, Texas
90s - The Big Lebowski
00s - Mulholland Dr.

GoldenJCJ 10-16-07 05:21 PM


Originally Posted by RobCA
90's: Death Becomes Her

Good call! A severely underrated Zemeckis flick and one of my favorite Bruce Willis performances.

BobSchlapowitz 10-16-07 05:40 PM

1930's King Kong
1940's Fantasia
1950's On the Waterfront
1960's Planet of the Apes
1970's Rocky
1980's Raiders of the Lost Ark
1990's The Big Lebowski
2000's The Departed

ToddSm66 10-16-07 07:36 PM

20s - Sherlock, Jr
30s - City Lights
40s - The Third Man
50s - Touch of Evil
60s - 2001: A Space Odyssey
70s - Apocalypse Now
80s - Blade Runner
90s - The Big Lebowski

Big Quasimodo 10-17-07 12:06 PM

I change my mind a lot, so I am going with 2 each.

20's- The Gold Rush / Metropolis
30's - Gone With the Wind / M
40's - Bicycle Thief / The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
50's - 400 Blows / On The Waterfront
60's - The Graduate / Psycho / Hud
70's - A Clockwork Orange / Taxi Driver
80's - Platoon / Aliens
90's - Boogie Nights / Goodfellas
00's - Sin City / Lord of the Rings (Trilogy)

Today I will go with:

20's- The Gold Rush
30's - Gone With the Wind
40's - Bicycle Thief
50's - 400 Blows
60's - The Graduate
70's - A Clockwork Orange
80's - Platoon
90's - Boogie Nights
00's - Sin City

Apone 10-17-07 02:00 PM

Here is my current favourite film by the decade:

20's - Sunrise (Murnau's)
30's - Shanghai Express
40's - The Best Years of Our Lives
50's - The Cranes Are Flying
60's - Red Desert
70's - Apocalypse Now
80's - Commando
90's - L.A. Confidential
00's - The Fountain

cfloyd3 10-19-07 03:12 AM

1910's - Broken Blossoms (Griffith, 1919)
1920's - The Cameraman (Keaton, 1928)
1930's - You Can't Take It with You (Capra, 1938)
1940's - I Walked with a Zombie (Tourneur, 1943)
1950's - The Lusty Men (Ray, 1952)
1960's - Faces (Cassavetes, 1968)
1970's - Edvard Munch (Watkins, 1974)
1980's - Stranger Than Paradise (Jarmusch, 1983)
1990's - Trust (Hartley, 1990)
2000's - INLAND EMPIRE (Lynch, 2006)

B5Erik 10-19-07 08:45 AM

1930's - King Kong/The Petrified Forest
1940's - The Big Sleep
1950's - Seven Samurai
1960's - Planet of the Apes
1970's - Jaws
1980's - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan/Aliens
1990's - Goodfellas
2000's - Spider-Man 2

Just off the top of my head (ergo - I reserve the right to change the list later if I think of something that I forgot ;) ).

The Bus 10-19-07 09:57 AM

Not an easy list to put together, but I basically thought of ten movies I would love to watch right now.

1930's — Bringing Up Baby
1940's — Heaven Can Wait
1950's — North by Northwest
1960's — The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
1970's — Robin Hood
1980's — Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä
1990's — Rounders
2000's — Snatch.

Duality 10-26-07 12:06 PM

I'm surprised nobody picked Harold and Maude! I thought we were an eclectic group. :)


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