Community
Search
Movie Talk A Discussion area for everything movie related including films In The Theaters

Your top 5

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 04-23-08, 02:18 PM
  #26  
Cool New Member
Thread Starter
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Tempe, Az
Posts: 32
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Vanilla sky
The Ninth Configuration
Good Will Hunting
High Fidelity
Wild at Heart
Old 04-23-08, 03:28 PM
  #27  
DVD Talk Legend
 
asianxcore's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: California
Posts: 20,247
Received 361 Likes on 304 Posts
1. Chasing Amy
2. Jackie Brown
3. Leon The Professional
4. Infernal Affairs
5. Irreversible
Old 04-23-08, 05:09 PM
  #28  
DVD Talk Legend
 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Sacramento, Calif.
Posts: 13,525
Likes: 0
Received 3 Likes on 3 Posts
Ghostbusters
Back to the Future
Terminator 2
Batman Begins
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Old 04-23-08, 05:14 PM
  #29  
DVD Talk Special Edition
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Berkeley, CA
Posts: 1,981
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
1. The Godfather
2. There Will Be Blood
3. Brokeback Mountain
4. Pulp Fiction
5. The Departed
6. United 93
7. Almost Famous
8. The Godfather: Part II
9. The Insider
10. The Incredibles
Old 04-23-08, 09:05 PM
  #30  
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
 
Mountain Biker's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Southern California
Posts: 3,416
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
1. Fast Times at Ridgemont High

In no particular order:
Jaws
Star Wars
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Empire Strikes Back
Old 04-23-08, 09:51 PM
  #31  
DVD Talk Legend
 
B5Erik's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Southern California
Posts: 13,596
Received 479 Likes on 351 Posts
This is one of those topics where I can't give a definitive answer. I love so many films that it's hard to narrow my favorites down to just five.

Having said that, I'll give it a shot...

1. Seven Samurai
2. The Big Sleep (1946)
3. The Petrified Forest
4. Goodfellas
5. Dr. No

Those are pretty representative of my favorite movies. There are probably another 20-30 movies that I'd like to list, but it is a TOP 5 list per the topic, so....there you go.
Old 04-23-08, 10:13 PM
  #32  
DVD Talk Hero
 
PopcornTreeCt's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 25,913
Likes: 0
Received 2 Likes on 2 Posts
Leon The Professional
Taxi Driver
The Big Lebowski
Back to the Future
Casablanca

Honourable Mentions: A Bout de Souffle, There Will Be Blood, Boogie Nights, Out of Sight, The Limey, Sunset Boulevard, Nights of Cabiria, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Punishment Park, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Chungking Express
Old 04-23-08, 10:46 PM
  #33  
DVD Talk Legend
 
B5Erik's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Southern California
Posts: 13,596
Received 479 Likes on 351 Posts
Actually, I'd probably be a lot more accurate if I went top 5 by genre, but I'll have to do that later... (That's going to take some time.)
Old 04-23-08, 11:14 PM
  #34  
DVD Talk Godfather
 
fumanstan's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Irvine, CA
Posts: 55,349
Received 26 Likes on 14 Posts
The Usual Suspects
Casablanca
Memento
The Matrix
LA Confidential
Old 04-24-08, 12:08 AM
  #35  
Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 144
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Leon
Cinema Paradiso
Rushmore
Sleeper
When Harry Met Sally
Old 04-24-08, 12:18 AM
  #36  
DVD Talk Special Edition
 
Finisher's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 1,807
Received 47 Likes on 34 Posts
1. 2001
2. Taxi Driver
3. Apocalypse Now
4. Raging Bull
5. Heat
5. Road Warrior
5. Days of Heaven
5. Blade Runner
5. Last of the Mohicans
5. Dersu Uzala
5. Brazil
5. Andrei Rublev
Old 04-24-08, 12:39 AM
  #37  
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Cheyenne, WY
Posts: 781
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
1. C'era una volta il West (Leone, 1968)
2. The Wild Bunch (Peckinpah, 1969)
3. Mulholland Dr. (Lynch, 2001)
4. The Deer Hunter (Cimino, 1978)
5. Modern Times (Chaplin, 1936)

Last edited by vcuram; 04-24-08 at 12:42 AM.
Old 04-24-08, 04:04 AM
  #38  
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Wynnewood, PA/Philadelphia, PA
Posts: 296
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
City of God
Oldboy
Taxi Driver
Big Fish
Lord of War
-------------
Se7en
Into the Wild
No Country for Old Men
Brick
Happiness
Old 04-24-08, 08:11 AM
  #39  
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 8,983
Likes: 0
Received 246 Likes on 175 Posts
Originally Posted by Maxflier
1) Planet of the Apes (1968)
2) Speed
3) The Time Machine (1960)
4) Gladiator
5) Kingdom of Heaven
Another Time Machine lover! This has been my favorite movie since I saw it as a kid in the early sixties.

2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
3. Where Eagles Dare
4. Poseidon Adventure(1972)
5. Midnight Express
Old 04-24-08, 10:30 AM
  #40  
Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 229
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Brazil
The Godfather Part II
Jaws
GoodFellas
Fight Club
Old 04-24-08, 11:23 AM
  #41  
DVD Talk Legend
 
Shannon Nutt's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 18,360
Received 324 Likes on 242 Posts
1) Somewhere In Time
2) The Untouchables
3) The Godfather
4) Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
5) Jaws
Old 04-24-08, 01:00 PM
  #42  
DVD Talk Legend
 
islandclaws's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Behind the Orange Curtain
Posts: 20,085
Likes: 0
Received 7 Likes on 7 Posts
The Thing
Once Upon A Time In The West
Blue Velvet

The other 2 spots change so often it would be ridiculous for me to put anything in there.
Old 04-24-08, 01:31 PM
  #43  
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Just South of Nowhere
Posts: 632
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Empire Strikes Back
Casablanca
The Matrix
Fight Club
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Old 04-24-08, 06:55 PM
  #44  
DVD Talk Legend
 
B5Erik's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Southern California
Posts: 13,596
Received 479 Likes on 351 Posts
Drama:
Seven Samurai
The Big Sleep
The Petrified Forest
Goodfellas
El Cid

Science Fiction:
Forbidden Planet
Aliens
Star Trek II
Total Recall
The War of the Worlds (1952)

Westerns:
Open Range
Warlock
The Shootist
The Searchers
Winchester '73

Action/Adventure:
Die Hard
Dr. No
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Licence to Kill
Die Hard 2

Last edited by B5Erik; 04-24-08 at 07:05 PM.
Old 04-24-08, 07:56 PM
  #45  
DVD Talk Gold Edition
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Trencher's Farm
Posts: 2,089
Received 19 Likes on 14 Posts
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Sergio Leone)
The Wild Bunch (Sam Peckinpah)
The Birds (Alfred Hitchcock) - not his best, but my personal favorite
Citizen Kane (Orson Welles) - obvious choice, but it's just that great
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (Russ Meyer)

The Apartment (Billy Wilder)
The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks)
The 7th Victim (Mark Robson)
Miller's Crossing (Joel and Ethan Coen)
Blue Velvet (David Lynch)
Old 04-24-08, 07:57 PM
  #46  
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 605
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
I watch these the most:

1. Goodfellas
2. Pulp Fiction
3. The Boondock Saints
4. The Blues Brothers
5. Fight Club
6. The Godfather
7. Fargo
8. Office Space
9. Dazed & Confused
10. Rounders
Old 04-24-08, 08:06 PM
  #47  
DVD Talk Legend
 
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 12,248
Received 75 Likes on 64 Posts
1.Pulp Fiction
2.Empire Strikes Back
3.Fellowship of the ring
4.Kill Bill
5.Clerks
Old 04-24-08, 09:29 PM
  #48  
Banned
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Llama School
Posts: 6,538
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
Originally Posted by B5Erik
Actually, I'd probably be a lot more accurate if I went top 5 by genre, but I'll have to do that later... (That's going to take some time.)
I like your idea.

Just favorites, not what I consider the best:

Sci-Fi:
Star Wars (Original Trilogy)
2001
Blade Runner
Sunshine
Close Encounters of the Third Kind


Horror:
A L I E N
The Thing
Dawn of the Dead (Original)
Halloween (Original)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Original)


Drama:
Godfather 2
No Country for Old Men
Clockwork Orange
25th Hour
Taxi Driver


Comedy:
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Dazed & Confused
Big Lebowski
Rules of Attraction
Super Troopers


Fantasy:
Excalibur
Conan the Barbarian
Legend
Fellowship of the Ring
Return of the King


War/History:
Patton
Apocalypse Now
Das Boot
The Right Stuff
Kingdom of Heaven


Suspense/Thriller:
Se7en
Silence of The Lambs
Zodiac
Dead Ringers
The Shining


Western:
Unforgiven
The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Wild Bunch
The Proposition


Action/Adventure:
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Road Warrior
Escape From New York
Predator
Commando (Cheesy goodness!)


Foreign:
City Of God
Seven Samurai
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Downfall
Samurai Banners


Animated:
Ghost in The Shell
Akira
Steamboy
Toy Story
Lion King
Old 04-24-08, 10:21 PM
  #49  
DVD Talk Ultimate Edition
 
Join Date: Jun 1999
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 4,507
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
Drama
1. Forrest Gump
2. E.T. The Extraterrestrial
3. Field of Dreams
4. JFK
5. Shawshank Redemption

Action/Thriller
1. Face/Off
2. Spartan
3. True Lies
4. The Rock
5. Speed

Comedy
1. Caddyshack
2. Animal House
3. Blues Brothers
4. Snatch
5. The Girl Next Door(Elisha Cuthbert)

Western
1. Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il
2. 3:10 to Yuma(07)
3. Unforgiven
4. Tombstone
5. Wyatt Earp

War
1. Saving Private Ryan
2. Patton
3. Lawrence of Arabia
4. Black Hawk Down
5. Kingdom of Heaven Directors Cut

Horror
1. The Exorcist
2. Silence of the Lambs
3. Halloween
4. Saw
5. Feast(Gloriously over the top; the first half hour is hysterically funny)

Last edited by Robert; 04-25-08 at 06:04 PM.
Old 04-24-08, 11:47 PM
  #50  
DVD Talk Godfather
 
Michael Corvin's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 1999
Location: Louisville, KY
Posts: 62,516
Received 911 Likes on 646 Posts
Braveheart
Almost Famous
Star Wars
the Shawshank Redemption
the Crow


Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service -

Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.