what's your top 10 favourite films?

Scott Bagnall · Post by **Scott Bagnall** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:09 pm

I'd say mine would be.....

1>Gladiator
2>The Great Escape
3>Jaws
4>The Shawshank Redemption
5>Fight Club
6>Terminator 2 Judgment Day
7>Walk The Line
8>A Beautiful Mind
9>Goodfellas
10>An Officer And A Gentleman

To be honest it changes a bit and there's probably at least another 20-30 films that could break into that list.

Jon O'Neill · Post by **Jon O'Neill** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:21 pm

I find lists like this very hard to compile. I did, however watch Rope last night and it would easily make it into my 10 favourite films of all time. Slumdog Millionaire, which I saw on Friday, is pretty awesome as well. It's been a good week for films.

Junaid Mubeen · Post by **Junaid Mubeen** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:23 pm

1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
2. LOTR trilogy
3. The Matrix
4. Heat
5. The Usual Suspects
6. The Shawshank Redemption
7. Gladiator
8. Sleepers
9. Bourne trilogy
10. Good Will Hunting

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:31 pm

I am amazed you've missed Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, undoubtedly the best film ever.

Phil Reynolds · Post by **Phil Reynolds** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:11 pm

Junaid Mubeen wrote:1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
2. LOTR trilogy
3. The Matrix
4. Heat
5. The Usual Suspects
6. The Shawshank Redemption
7. Gladiator
8. Sleepers
9. Bourne trilogy
10. Good Will Hunting

That's 14 films.

Chris Corby · Post by **Chris Corby** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:14 pm

Jon O'Neill wrote:I find lists like this very hard to compile. I did, however watch Rope last night and it would easily make it into my 10 favourite films of all time. Slumdog Millionaire, which I saw on Friday, is pretty awesome as well. It's been a good week for films.

Do you mean the 1948 Hitchcock film , Jono? If so, I am stunned, yet pleasantly surprised as well.

Phil Reynolds · Post by **Phil Reynolds** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:32 pm

Chris Corby wrote:
Jon O'Neill wrote:I did, however watch Rope last night and it would easily make it into my 10 favourite films of all time.
Do you mean the 1948 Hitchcock film , Jono?

It's a good one, though probably wouldn't make it into my top 10. I love the fact that you can see the joins in the set where the walls had to be wheeled apart for the camera to get through the doors during the 10-minute takes, and even occasionally hear the wheels rumbling on the soundtrack. This isn't a criticism - I think it's extraordinary how Hitchcock was constantly pushing the boundaries of what was possible with the form using the technology available to him at the time.

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:02 pm

1. Blade Runner
2. Close Encounters
3-10. Whatever I feel like watching at the time that isn't either of the above.

Jon Corby · Post by **Jon Corby** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:04 pm

Ben Wilson wrote:1. Blade Runner
2. Close Encounters
3-10. Whatever I feel like watching at the time that isn't either of the above.

3-10: Police Academy 1-8 (I know 8 hasn't been made yet, but you know it will be great)

Paul Howe · Post by **Paul Howe** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:19 pm

In no particular order,

Shawshank Redemption, City of God, Twelve Monkeys, LA Confidential, Leon, the first Matrix film, The Usual Suspects, Dr Strangelove etc etc, Being John Malkovich, The Big Lebowski.

Actually more like a list of the first ten decent films I could think of. And Jono's right about Slumdog Millionaire, go watch.

Chris Corby · Post by **Chris Corby** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:35 pm

1 Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2 001 -A Space Odyssey
3.10 to Yuma
4 Weddings and a Funeral
5 Easy Pieces
6 Days, Seven Nights
7 Brides For Seven Brothers
8 Mile
9 and a Half Weeks
10

Can't work out the order though.

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:51 pm

Hercules in New York.

Ralph Gillions · Post by **Ralph Gillions** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:29 pm

A bit like Desert Island Discs, in that if I am asked tomorrow my list may have to be tweaked.

In no particular order:
Brokeback Mountain
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Singing in the Rain
The Search
Paths of Glory
Miracle on 34th Street (original version with Edmund Gwenn)
It's a Wonderful Life

Joseph Bolas · Post by **Joseph Bolas** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:10 pm

10 of mine would be:

1408
American Pie (1, 2 and 3)
Back to the Future II (not I or III though)
Clue
Employee of the Month
Entrapment
Miracle on 34th Street
Silent Hill
The Italian Job (2003 version)
You've Got Mail

Ian Volante · Post by **Ian Volante** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:39 pm

1) Pulp Fiction
2) Flash Gordon
3) The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

After that I'm not sure. Anything with Drew Barrymore (post 1990!). Donat's 39 Steps. Leon. Rear Window. Killing Zoe. Lord of the Rings. Blues Brothers. The Terminator. From Dusk Till Dawn.

More! Pan's Labyrinth, the Monty Python films, The Naked Gun.

Ian Volante · Post by **Ian Volante** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:42 pm

Refreshin too to see no mention of Star W*rs!

Matt Morrison · Post by **Matt Morrison** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:42 pm

There have been some good choices here, but some absolute horrors too.
I'll have a proper think and come up with a list you can all look up to at the weekend

Dinos Sfyris · Post by **Dinos Sfyris** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 8:01 pm

In no particular order

Borat
The Dark Knight
Napoleon Dynamite
Elf
Anchorman
Shaun of the Dead
LOTR
Pan's Labyrinth
Scary Movie 4
Team America

Basically I just went through my DVD cabinet and picked 10 goodies.

Callum Laddiman · Post by **Callum Laddiman** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 8:31 pm

Mine are as following;
1. Madagascar 2
2. Indiana Jones Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull
3. Quantum Of Solace
4. Kung Fu Panda
5. Casino Royale
6. Hancock
7. Indiana Jones Raiders Of The Lost Ark
8. Indiana Jones Temple Of Doom
9. Indiana Jones And The Holy Grail
10.Goldfinger

Ian Volante · Post by **Ian Volante** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 8:46 pm

Dinos Sfyris wrote:In no particular order

Borat
The Dark Knight
Napoleon Dynamite
Elf
Anchorman
Shaun of the Dead
LOTR
Pan's Labyrinth
Scary Movie 4
Team America

Basically I just went through my DVD cabinet and picked 10 goodies.

Oh I forgot Pan's Labyrinth!

Dinos Sfyris · Post by **Dinos Sfyris** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:09 pm

Ian Volante wrote:Oh I forgot Pan's Labyrinth!

Epicly wonderful and beautiful fairytale. Think it might be my favourite. Would defo recommend it to anyone. It sucks that so many people close their minds to foreign films because of the culture and language barrier. Having said that decent Bollywood flicks are few and far betwen IMHO. Ok I've decided my top three...

2nd has to be Elf. I defy anyone with an ounce of emotion in their heart to watch this film and not be tickled pink and filled with childlike wonder. Must watch EVERY Xmas!

3rd is Team America for casual racism, puppet sex and the speech... http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?t=53644

Dinos Sfyris · Post by **Dinos Sfyris** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:10 pm

Callum Laddiman wrote:9. Indiana Jones And The Holy Grail

Monty Python and the Last Crusade is a good one too

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:12 pm

Dinos Sfyris wrote:Monty Python and the Last Crusade is a good one too

Probably in my Top 10.

Ian Volante · Post by **Ian Volante** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:40 pm

Agh, Monty Python films too! I might just cause heresy by suggesting that The Meaning of Life is best...

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 5:55 pm

Michael Wallace wrote:Hercules in New York.

Lolcats.

A girl in a bar asked me the same question last night, but I'll revise my top 10 in the light of 1) sobreity 2) the benefit of hindsight 3) not trying to use my answer to get laid.

1: Pulp Fiction
Other nine in any order: The Dark Knight, Saw, The Matrix, Pan's Labyrinth, 28 Days Later, Hero, The Godfather (one film really, split into parts only for reasons of length), City of God, Silence Of The Lambs.

I find it hard to compare comedy movies to non-comedy movies but Life Of Brian is undoubtedly the greatest of those. Burn After Reading is a superb farce if you want something more modern. Oh and American Pie for the trashy vote.

Kevin Thurlow · Post by **Kevin Thurlow** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:17 pm

In no particular order...

1) Casablanca
2) Maltese Falcon
3) Walkabout
4) Rear Window
5) Silence of the Lambs
6) High Noon
7) Robin Hood (1938)
8) Dirty Harry
9) Way of the Dragon
10) The Day the Earth Stood Still (Michael Rennie version of course)

Shame to omit American Werewolf in London, Weird Science, Heathers, Serial Mom, Seven Days to Noon (featuring a young Joan Hickson in pre-Marple days....) etc.

Rope was excellent as well - this list could really grow. Surprised by the lack of Harry Potter so far!

kevin

Lee Simmonds · Post by **Lee Simmonds** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 9:07 pm

Jon O'Neill wrote:I find lists like this very hard to compile. I did, however watch Rope last night and it would easily make it into my 10 favourite films of all time.

That's a good shout Jono. Hitch is prob my favourite director and films such as Rope are often overlooked by the commercialism of Psycho, Rear Window, The Birds etc. He was absolutely the best at building tension and set plays and every time you watch one of his films you can see something you may have missed before.

I also find it massively hard to compile lists, but hey, I am a guy and lists is exactly the kind of anal thing that we are good at so here goes:-

Equal 1st - The Godfather and Goodfellas.
3. The Shawshank Redemption.
4. Stand By Me. First watched this as a kid and can watch over and over. Such a shame that River Phoenix joined the stupid club.
5. North By Northwest.
6. 12 Angry Men. Probably the best one set film ever, taking its cue from Rope.
7. Naked. Amazing performance from David Thewlis, the antihero's antihero.
8. White Heat. My favourite Jimmy Cagney film.
9. The Truman Show. Proof that Jim Carrey can act.
10. The Deer Hunter. Simply had to get another Robert De Niro film in although he is actually out-acted by Christopher Walken.

Favourite Disney film ever? The Jungle Book.

Kathleen Batlle · Post by **Kathleen Batlle** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 8:56 am

Midnight Cowboy
Dirty Dancing
Shawshank Redemption
Rainman
Four Weddings and a Funeral
The Full Monty
The Godfather (first)
Towering Inferno
Ray
Walk the Line

Phil Reynolds · Post by **Phil Reynolds** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:59 am

Saw Slumdog Millionaire last night - a terrific film which I wholeheartedly recommend. An epic story (which doesn't bear too much analysis - just think of it as a fairytale), a great performance by Anwar from Skins and the best end credits ever.

Would I put it in my all-time top 10? Probably not but, as others have said, that changes from day to day. Today, and in no particular order, it comprises:

The Shawshank Redemption (how original!)
Jaws
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Celluloid Closet
Torch Song Trilogy
Little Shop of Horrors (the 1986 version)
The Birds
The Truman Show
Risky Business
Star Trek: First Contact

All the above are films I've watched many times and never tire of. Another film in that category that may even nudge one of the others out of the top 10 on occasions is Deep Impact - you know, the film that's a bit like Armageddon except that it has a proper story and believable characters and isn't a pile of shit. And the film I enjoyed most from last year, which may well end up being an enduring favourite, was Hairspray.

Scott Bagnall · Post by **Scott Bagnall** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:49 am

It's hardly surprising how many people include The Shawshank Redemption in their compilation lists. I'd hazard a guess and state that at least 5 out of every 10 people would have it down as one of their choices. Such an amazing film.

Ben Hunter · Post by **Ben Hunter** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:32 pm

I can never remember my favourite films, but I think my top ten would mostly comprise Stanley Kubrick and Akira Kurosawa films.

Charlie Reams wrote:
Michael Wallace wrote:Hercules in New York.
Lolcats.

A girl in a bar asked me the same question last night, but I'll revise my top 10 in the light of 1) sobreity 2) the benefit of hindsight 3) not trying to use my answer to get laid.

I bet Amelie was in that list.

Kevin Thurlow · Post by **Kevin Thurlow** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 8:58 pm

Completely forgot White Heat - Angels With Dirty Faces is excellent as well.

By coincidence, I finished posting the list of films last night, turned on the TV a bit later and there was Rear Window.

Kevin

jeff wharton · Post by **jeff wharton** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 1:11 pm

I not a great film buff.Not been to the cinema for years.Might not manage to get to ten best.
A couple of them might seem rubbish to me if I watched them now but made a big impression at the time.
The earliest was King Kong.My dad took me to see it.It was over twenty years old when I watched it
but it was spellbinding for a ten year old.Another from my childhood days was,Miracle in the Rain,a real
tear jerker.
Close Encounters.
Towering Inferno.
Back to the Future.
The Sting.
Jaws.
Planet Of The Apes.This film had the best ending for any film I have seen.It really stunned me at the time.When Charlton Heston rounded the headland and saw the ruins of the statue of liberty everything became clear and that final two minutes said more than the previous ninety.
The Italian Job.Another with a special ending.

Stewart Scott · Post by **Stewart Scott** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 1:20 pm

Mine are (in any order):

Psycho
The Simpsons Movie
Hot Fuzz
Shaun of the Dead
Anchorman
Finding Nemo
Vertigo
Rear Window
Airplane
North by Northwest

I've started to appreciate Alfred Hitchcock films a hell of a lot since I started doing Media Studies at school so that's why 4 of then are in my top ten - of them my favourite of all the ten has to be Psycho.

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 4:35 pm

No-one's mentioned Hackers yet? Dudes, you suck.

Lesley Jeavons · Post by **Lesley Jeavons** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 10:50 pm

This is hard because I'd easilly have top 10 Disney, top 10 childhood, top 10 music biopics, ...

But, here we go, with a very brief reason for each...

1. Desperately Seeking Susan (Hence my avatar. Love the idea of having a spiritual twin and switching lives.)

2. The Parent Trap (1962 version. Love the idea of having a long lost twin.)

3. Tiger Bay (Hayley Mills fabulous debut, and the flawless Horst Buchholz *thud* not to mention Johnny!)

4. Sleeping Beauty (Disney. Beautiful animation, espec the dance by the lake. Maleficent is my favourite Disney villian, the three fairies my favourite supporting characters, and Prince Phillip is my ideal man [only just resisted buying a 12" doll from Toys R Us a couple of weeks back. He was only six quid.

])

5. Miracle on 34th Street (original but I do love Dickie's too. I was never in doubt, but it cemented my belief in Santa.

)

6. With Six You Get Eggroll (lesser known Doris Day colourful 60s family farce, with Brian Keith [from The Parent Trap] as the Dad. I like families getting together too!)

7. Backbeat (About The Beatles early days. This is actually a joint equal with The Birth of The Beatles - I love them both.)

8. Dancin' Thru The Dark (Film version of Willy Russell's play Stags and Hens. I like the idea of rekindling old flames).

9. Kinky Boots ('True' story about a struggling traditional Northampton shoe factory who start to make boots for drag queens. I love when people from two worlds meet and they need each other and it works.)

10. Strictly Ballroom (Baz Luhrmann's glorious take on the ugly duckling theme.)

Edit: went to bed knowing I'd spelt Willy wrong and that Phil would notice it.

Gary Male · Post by **Gary Male** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:02 pm

jeff wharton wrote: The Sting.

Splendid. My recent poll of Dunny-on-the-World gave that film 16,472 votes as greatest movie ever.

Junaid Mubeen · Post by **Junaid Mubeen** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:10 pm

Saw Slumdog Millionaire recently and loved it. Like to think it was at least loosely based on my life somehow, except (a) I'm not nor have ever been a slumdog and (b) I'm not nor have ever been a millionaire. Upon consideration, I think Forrest Gump is a closer depiction of my life. I bloody love table tennis.

David Williams · Post by **David Williams** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:13 pm

I very much enjoyed The Devil Wears Prada on C4 last Sunday. It stars Meryl Streep as Roxanne, and Anne Hathaway as Jon Corby.

George Jenkins · Post by **George Jenkins** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:38 pm

David Williams wrote:I very much enjoyed The Devil Wears Prada on C4 last Sunday. It stars Meryl Streep as Roxanne, and Anne Hathaway as Jon Corby.

The third man, Starring Orson Wells. A realistic background Of (I think)bombed Vienna. A believable story, and backed by the haunting, exciting music of the title theme song. Played on the Zither. I still like to bash the theme tune out on the old Joanna.

With a few exceptions, it is so different from the unbelievable trash that is churned out today.
So there!

Phil Reynolds · Post by **Phil Reynolds** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 12:21 pm

George Jenkins wrote:The third man, Starring Orson Wells. A realistic background Of (I think)bombed Vienna. A believable story, and backed by the haunting, exciting music of the title theme song. Played on the Zither. I still like to bash the theme tune out on the old Joanna.

I can produce a passable reproduction of the sound of Anton Karas' Harry Lime Theme, as used in the film, by humming the tune whilst blocking off one of my nostrils with my thumb and simultaneously flicking the fleshy part of the other side of my nose with my forefinger. Just thought I'd share that with you all.

Phil Reynolds · Post by **Phil Reynolds** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 12:38 pm

It's a little early to tell, but in the fullness of time I may have to ditch one of my top ten to make room for Gus van Sant's Milk, which we saw last night. It brought back so many memories: of Rob Epstein's classic documentary The Times of Harvey Milk; of becoming politicised over Clause 28 back in 1988; of staying in the Castro district for a few weeks in 1997 and visiting Harvey Milk's former shop along with many other San Francisco landmarks featured in the film.

Sean Penn is absolutely stunning as Harvey, and Josh Brolin also turns in an amazing performance, making Dan White (someone I'd always demonised as the villain of the whole story) into a three-dimensional human being.

If none of this means anything to you, go see the film.

George Jenkins · Post by **George Jenkins** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 12:44 pm

Phil Reynolds wrote:
George Jenkins wrote:The third man, Starring Orson Wells. A realistic background Of (I think)bombed Vienna. A believable story, and backed by the haunting, exciting music of the title theme song. Played on the Zither. I still like to bash the theme tune out on the old Joanna.
I can produce a passable reproduction of the sound of Anton Karas' Harry Lime Theme, as used in the film, by humming the tune whilst blocking off one of my nostrils with my thumb and simultaneously flicking the fleshy part of the other side of my nose with my forefinger. Just thought I'd share that with you all.

I tried that, but I was laughing to much. I'll stick to the old joanna.

Martin Smith · Post by **Martin Smith** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:50 pm

In no particular order:

Goodfellas, This Is Spinal Tap, The Truman Show, Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels, The Godfather parts 1 and 2, Die Hard, Monster, No Country For Old Men, LA Confidential and Trainspotting.

Pretty bleak list really - only one comedy, and in most of the others either the main character is a 'bad' guy, or the ending is not totally happy.

Julie T · Post by **Julie T** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 4:39 pm

I still haven't decided on my top ten to post here.

However, I thought you might like to know that Cineworld Cinemas show classic films on some Mondays:

http://www.cineworld.co.uk/films/event/classics#show

We're going to see The Great Escape at our nearest one soon.

Phil Reynolds · Post by **Phil Reynolds** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:38 am

Watched two DVDs over the weekend that I thoroughly enjoyed: Little Miss Sunshine and Wall·E. The former subverts the usual expectations about what an American movie will be like - it's a refreshingly dark and occasionally uncomfortable to watch family-based comedy which still has an upbeat ending and is consistently funny throughout. As for the latter, you get exactly what you expect with Pixar movies - fantastic imagination combined with real heart. I loved it and will be watching it again. Oh, and apparently the sounds of the cockroach chirping are speeded-up raccoon noises...

Mike Dunbar · Post by **Mike Dunbar** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:42 pm

No real order:

1. Rushmore
2. Serpico
3. The Jerk
4. Amelie
5. Goodbye Lenin!
6. Stop Making Sense!
7. Labyrinth
8. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
9. Lenny
10. The English Patient

Dinos Sfyris · Post by **Dinos Sfyris** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:34 am

Phil Reynolds wrote:Watched two DVDs over the weekend that I thoroughly enjoyed: Little Miss Sunshine and Wall·E. The former subverts the usual expectations about what an American movie will be like - it's a refreshingly dark and occasionally uncomfortable to watch family-based comedy which still has an upbeat ending and is consistently funny throughout. As for the latter, you get exactly what you expect with Pixar movies - fantastic imagination combined with real heart. I loved it and will be watching it again. Oh, and apparently the sounds of the cockroach chirping are speeded-up raccoon noises...

Despite the critical acclaim Wall-E received I thought it was a crock of shit. Far too moral. Monsters vs Aliens now there's a proper children's film.

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:50 am

Dinos Sfyris wrote:Monsters vs Aliens now there's a proper children's film.

Absolutely ledge film

Especially in 3-D

Watch it

Derek Hazell · Post by **Derek Hazell** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:23 am

I've seen thousands of films, so I find it difficult to make a top ten, but the ones I have rated 10 out of 10 on IMDb are:

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
Bambi (1942)
Battleship Potyomkin (1925)
Beau Geste (1939)
The Big Country (1958)
Brief Encounter (1945)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Charade (1963)
A Christmas Carol (1938)
Child's Play (1988)
The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger (1935)
Don't Look Now (1973)
Double Indemnity (1944)
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Empire of the Sun (1987)
Fantasia (1940)
Freaks (1932)
Frenzy (1972)
Friendly Persuasion (1956)
The Fugitive (1993)
'G' Men (1935)
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
High Noon (1952)
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
The Hurricane (1937)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
In Broad Daylight (1991) (TV)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
The Invisible Man (1933)
In Which We Serve (1942)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Jane Eyre (1944)
Jean de Florette (1986)
The Last Child of the Sixties (2005)
Laura (1944)
Les misérables (1935)
The Letter (1940)
Licence to Kill (1989)
Little Women (1949)
The Lost Patrol (1934)
The Man in Grey (1943)
Manon des sources (1986)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
My Fair Lady (1964)
The Naked Spur (1953)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Oliver! (1968)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Pollyanna (1960)
The Public Enemy (1931)
Pygmalion (1938)
The Quiet Man (1952)
Rain Man (1988)
Random Harvest (1942)
Rebecca (1940)
Red River (1948)
Roman Holiday (1953)
Schindler's List (1993)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Sleuth (1972)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Spartacus (1960)
The 39 Steps (1935)
The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
The Towering Inferno (1974)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
Wait Until Dark (1967)
The Way to the Stars (1945)
The Wind (1928)

As I've been watching films for years, my tastes my have changed if i watched some of these again. Also there is always the slight chance that something new may enter the list.

Phil Reynolds · Post by **Phil Reynolds** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:56 am

Dinos Sfyris wrote:Despite the critical acclaim Wall-E received I thought it was a crock of shit.

A film about a cute robot with a penchant for Jerry Herman musicals? What's not to like?

Dinos Sfyris · Post by **Dinos Sfyris** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 10:17 am

Derek Hazell wrote:I've seen thousands of films, so I find it difficult to make a top ten, but the ones I have rated 10 out of 10 on IMDb are:

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
.....
The Wind (1928)

As I've been watching films for years, my tastes my have changed if i watched some of these again. Also there is always the slight chance that something new may enter the list.

Wow thats quite a list. I had no idea films were allowed to be older than Howard!

Derek Hazell · Post by **Derek Hazell** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 11:00 am

Dinos Sfyris wrote:
Derek Hazell wrote:I've seen thousands of films, so I find it difficult to make a top ten, but the ones I have rated 10 out of 10 on IMDb are:

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
.....
The Wind (1928)

As I've been watching films for years, my tastes my have changed if i watched some of these again. Also there is always the slight chance that something new may enter the list.
Wow thats quite a list. I had no idea films were allowed to be older than Howard!

Don't you watch old films then Konstadinos? Don't restrict yourself to just ones made after you were born. Open your mind to Howard's era too, then next time a movie-related quiz show comes to TV, you can go on and break your curse of the 4s!

Actually I did love Team America as well, and having rated it 9 out of 10 it just missed out on that list.

Dinos Sfyris · Post by **Dinos Sfyris** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 12:49 pm

Derek Hazell wrote:Open your mind to Howard's era.

Funnily enough I set HOWARDERA as a conundrum a while back. With the exception of The Wizard of Oz and early Disney films I saw as a wee lad the earliest film I've seen would be Dr No (1962) IIRC. However I'm giving vintage films a fair try as my friend's lent me A Bridge Too Far to watch this weekend (1977). Ok maybe not that vintage but its a start!

Davy Affleck · Post by **Davy Affleck** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 12:51 pm

Backdraft

Towering Inferno

Turk 182

Roxanne

Ladder 49

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

Rec

Fahrenheit 451

World Trade Centre

Ghostbusters

Dinos Sfyris · Post by **Dinos Sfyris** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 12:53 pm

Davy Affleck wrote:Backdraft

Towering Inferno

Turk 182

Roxanne

Ladder 49

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

Rec

Fahrenheit 451

World Trade Centre

Ghostbusters

I sense some sort of connection between these films...

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 1:03 pm

Dinos Sfyris wrote:
Davy Affleck wrote:Backdraft

Towering Inferno

Turk 182

Roxanne

Ladder 49

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

Rec

Fahrenheit 451

World Trade Centre

Ghostbusters
I sense some sort of connection between these films...

Me too. Davy Affleck recommends them all.

Phil Reynolds · Post by **Phil Reynolds** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 2:31 pm

Dinos Sfyris wrote:With the exception of The Wizard of Oz and early Disney films I saw as a wee lad the earliest film I've seen would be Dr No (1962) IIRC.

Oh. My. God.

If that's true, the first thing that springs to mind is that you know none of the best films in Hitchcock's canon. You've never seen Psycho? You've never seen Rear Window? You've never seen North by Northwest? Or Vertigo? Or Strangers on a Train? I'm flabbergasted.

Stuart Arnot · Post by **Stuart Arnot** » Fri May 01, 2009 7:33 pm

No order. No accuracy. Quick 10.

Andrei Rublev
The Godfather Part II
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Even Dwarfs Started Small
The Exterminating Angel
The Holy Mountain
It's A Wonderful Life
Rear Window
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Don't Look Now.

Phil Reynolds · Post by **Phil Reynolds** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:28 am

Jon O'Neill wrote:I did, however watch Rope last night and it would easily make it into my 10 favourite films of all time.

Jono, I hope you saw last night's special episode of Psychoville which was a pastiche of Rope and was shot entirely in two continuous takes (and was also very, very funny). Great to see all three performing members of the LoG back together on screen again in something this good.