Top 20 Favorite Movies

My Lucky Hand
My Lucky Hand Staten Island, New York Posts: 14
edited April 25 in All Encompassing Trip
I’m a big movie buff and love discussing cinema and personal favorites with others. I couldn’t find a recent thread on it, so I hope it’s ok that I start one.

I love pretty much every genre, not big on western or horror, but enjoy a couple each in both. My Top 20:

1. Almost Famous
2. Deconstructing Harry
3. The Big Lebowski
4. Die Hard
5. True Romance
6. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
7. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
8. Goodfellas
9. Pulp Fiction
10. Wayne’s World
11. The Wizard Of Oz
12. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
13. Raiders of the Lost Ark
14. The Empire Strikes Back
15. Aliens
16. The Omen
17. The Shining
18. Crimes and Misdemeanors
19. The Godfather Pt. II
20. Batman Returns
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  • CarryTheZero
    CarryTheZero Posts: 3,608
    I’ll be happy to participate. Have to think awhile.
  • BrainofBGA
    BrainofBGA Australia Posts: 4,564
    Great list. Some def favourites of mine in there. I’ll also compile my list in a day or so. 
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  • D-Day
    D-Day Posts: 780
    Can’t name a top favourite, can’t rank 1-20 and cut down to 20 is really tough. Pulp Fiction is out + True Romance is (probably) in for example. Roger Rabbit is in for sure + maybe the only US animation movie, Monster Inc. would be the next. Alien/s? More than one Western for sure. One from Korea for sure. 

  • EL91640
    EL91640 Posts: 390
    This was much harder than I anticipated:

    Clue
    The Private Eyes
    Sing Street
    That Thing You Do
    Groundhog Day
    The Princess Bride
    The Prestige
    The Godfather
    The Godfather Part II
    Napoleon Dynamite
    Waking Ned Devine
    Moonrise Kingdom
    UHF
    Inception
    Mission Impossible
    Donnie Darko
    Wayne's World
    There Will Be Blood
    The Little Rascals
    Shawshank Redemption 
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  • soph189
    soph189 Posts: 626
    edited April 27
    Dang this was tough. This is a working list, know I forgot some. In no particular order: 

    There Will Be Blood
    Pride & Prejudice (2005)
    A Woman Under the Influence 
    Three Colours: Red
    10 Things I Hate About You
    Pan’s Labyrinth 
    Goodfellas 
    Interview with the Vampire 
    Double Indemnity 
    Legends of the Fall
    Atonement 
    When Harry Met Sally 
    All About Eve
    Rebecca 
    The Shawshank Redemption 
    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 
    The Prestige
    The Lord of the Rings trilogy 
    The Dark Knight 
    Layer Cake
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,782
    I hope not to see any marvel universe in here.

    GET OFF MY LAWN!!!!
    If I had known then what I know now...

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    Philly I & II, 16
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  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 13,110
    Fast Times at Ridgemont High
    Stripes
    48 Hours
    Blazing Saddles
    Almost Famous
    Shawshank Redemption
    Hoosiers
    The Sting
    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
    The Blues Brothers
    Stand By Me
    The Breakfast Club
    The Hangover
    Sleepers
    Dog Day Afternoon
    Nighthawks 
    The Longest Yard 
    Field Of Dreams
    Good Will Hunting
    Whiplash 
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 32,014
    Wobbie said:
    I hope not to see any marvel universe in here.

    GET OFF MY LAWN!!!!
    This is the chance to wow us with some Talkies.  (Or even some amazing silent films you went to see)
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  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 20,303
    CarryTheZero said: 
    I’ll be happy to participate. Have to think awhile.
    Same..
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  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 20,303
    Rebecca 
    North By Northwest
    The Third Man
    The Maltese Falcon
    Metropolis
    The Big Sleep
    The Night Of The Hunter
    Citizen Cane
    Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotles Mind
    Π
    Mulholland Drive
    2046
    Old Boy
    Duck Soup
    Memento
    Apocalypse Now
    Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter.. and Spring
    Blade Runner
    Clockwork Orange
    2001 A Space Odyssey

    pretty sure i have forgot many..

    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

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  • CarryTheZero
    CarryTheZero Posts: 3,608
    Aliens
    Alien
    The Shawshank Redemption 
    Jaws
    Raiders of the Lost Ark
    L.A. Confidential
    Die Hard
    The Thin Red Line
    Ran
    City of God
    Better Off Dead
    Paddington 2
    North by Northwest
    Chinatown
    Predator
    Inception
    No Country for Old Men
    The Descent
    Do the Right Thing
    The Departed

    Damn, this is tough! Tried to get a range of genres in there, but definitely took a best “movie” versus “film” approach. Some of these I just have such good memories attached to, like Better Off Dead. My mom and sister love that movie (me too).

    Was able to see both Ran and City of God in theaters, and they were powerful.

    I will always watch Predator (might be my favorite Arnold movie).

    Die Hard is my absolute favorite action movie. It never disappoints and generally sets the bar for me. Saw that one upon release as well and it just blew me away!

    L.A. Confidential? So good. I remember watching it in the theater, and when Russel Crowe snaps that chair? Damn. I was scared of him! 

    I watch a lot of horror, and they get scary sometimes, but nothing has got me as scared as The Descent. That movie is mean. And claustrophobic.

    But if you ask me what my favorite movie is? Aliens. (Yes I love Alien, it’s on here!) But, that movie really stuck with me. Saw it in the theater at 9 years old and maybe 20 more times on my VHS copy from HBO. I just love it. Also, Sigourney Weaver is just so nice. Had the honor of meeting her about 20 years ago. Super cool!
  • D-Day
    D-Day Posts: 780
    I remember watching Die Hard in a cinema was a next level spectacle at that time. And there was a buzz around The Descent before official release like „best Horror movie in XX years“. My Top 100 would be with The Descent and pretty sure with only 5-8 horror films. LA Confidential confused me in the theater because I finished the book less than a week before. Therefore I watched it again in a theatre few days later - a masterpiece in itself, definitive Top 100, possibly Top 50.
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 18,157
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Wobbie said:
    I hope not to see any marvel universe in here.

    GET OFF MY LAWN!!!!
       (Or even some amazing silent films you went to see)
    With his senior discount.
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,197
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 32,014
    Some awesome movies on these lists.  (Along with some I don't care for...but I love seeing some of the less hyped ones people rank so highly.)
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  • BrainofBGA
    BrainofBGA Australia Posts: 4,564
    edited April 29
    No particular order:
    The Goonies
    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
    Jaws
    The Godfather I and II
    Zulu
    Terminator 2
    Hear No Evil, See No Evil
    Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
    The Great Escape
    Escape from Alcatraz 
    Batman (1989)
    Jurassic Park
    American Pie
    Midnight in Paris
    Spaceballs 
    The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
    National Lampoons Vacation
    Star Wars: A New Hope
    Major League

    Honourable mentions: The Wizard of Oz, Any of the Dirty Harry movies, Christmas Vacation, Inglorious Basterds, Ferris Bueller, Naked Gun, Gremlins, Back to the Future, Home Alone, Stand by Me, Lost in Translation, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, About Time, Shaun of the Dead, The Exorcist (scariest movie I’ve ever seen; I don’t watch much, if any horror).

    That’s what I have for now. 
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  • CarryTheZero
    CarryTheZero Posts: 3,608
    Oh, The Goonies! Maybe I need to edit my list! That movie is classic. Love it.
  • BrainofBGA
    BrainofBGA Australia Posts: 4,564
    CarryTheZero said:
    Oh, The Goonies! Maybe I need to edit my list! That movie is classic. Love it.
    My all time #1
    Melbourne #1 '98
    Melbourne #2 '03
    Melbourne #3 '03
    Melbourne #1 '06
    Melbourne #3 '06
    Melbourne '09
    Melbourne '14
  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,871
    edited April 27
    Damn, this is so tough!

    Off the top of my head, in no particular order, and I know I’m forgetting so many…

    A Bronx Tale
    Grosse Point Blank
    The Jungle Book (1967)
    The Martian
    O Brother, Where Art Thou?
    Anchorman
    Pulp Fiction
    High Fidelity
    Inception
    Shawshank Redemption
    The Great Escape
    Planes, Trains & Automobiles
    Heat
    Convoy
    Scent of a Woman
    Shaun of The Dead
    Lucky Number Slevin
    Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
    Short Cuts
    The Matrix
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