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Your top 10 films of all time

posted 13 years ago by YellowManReanimated
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In response to another thread which mentioned that the film critic Roger Ebert had placed The Tree of Life in his list of top 10 films of all time I was wondering how many on these boards would follow suit, or, if not, what sort of films they would choose as opposed to The Tree of Life. I'm interested in hearing the views of both fans and haters (or detractors if hater is too strong of a word).

My top 10 is (in no particular order)

1. The Godfather/ The Godfather Part II (1972/ 1974)
2. Vertigo (1958)
3. Mulholland Drive (2001)
4. Solyaris (1972)
5. Fanny and Alexander (1982)
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
7. Taxi Driver (1976)
8. A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
9. Sunrise (1927)
10.Last Tango in Paris (1972)

What does it mean to regret, when I have no choice

[–] oh_no_mrbill 11 years ago

2001
The Godfather Part II
Taxi Driver
Toy Story
Goodfellas
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Dr. Strangelove
Back to the Future
The Matrix
The Princess Bride

[–] BornSlippy78 11 years ago

10]Hercules in New York [1970]
09]Police Academy: Mission to Moscow [1994]
08]Suburban Commando [1991]
07]Three Men and a Little Lady [1990]
06]Mr Nanny [1994]
05]Mac and Me [1988]
04]Spice World [1997]
03]Freddy Got Fingered [2001]
02]Snowboard Academy [1997]
01]Cool as Ice [1991]

The Tree of Life doesn't even get in my top 100.

Damn I forgot Look Who's Talking Now...

"Hey Cat lose that zero and get with the hero"

[–] j-fillner 11 years ago

10. The Place Beyond The Pines
9. Toy Story
8. Drive
7. In Bruges
6. Snatch
5. Inglourious Basterds
4. Memento
3. The Assassination of Jesse James
2. Django Unchained
1. There Will Be Blood

I realize this list lacks any older movies, but these are my 10 favorites that are fresh on my mind.

[–] Gov_William_J_LePetomane 11 years ago

1. Amadeus (1984)
2. The Godfather (1972)
3. Apocalypse Now (1979)
4. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
5. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
6. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
7. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
8. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
9. American Beauty (1999)
10. The Exorcist (1973)

And, while I don't hate it, The Tree of Life probably wouldn't even be in my Top 500.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbLB3z_kFDw&feature=plcp

[–] bloombynight 11 years ago

No particular order:

Wings of Desire

Casino

Godfather 2

Godfather 1

Tree of Life

Thin Red Line

The Usual Suspects 'they treat me like a criminal?' 'you are a criminal'

Apocalypse Now

Romeo and Juliet

Annie Hall

[–] jordanw_182 11 years ago

Here goes:

1. The Tree of Life
2. Boogie Nights
3. The Godfather Part II
4. Vertigo
5. Magnolia
6. The Seventh Seal
7. Manhattan
8. There Will Be Blood
9. Amadeus
10. Forrest Gump

But ask me any other day on any other board and it's probably different. The Tree of Life is one constant though, as is just about anything by Paul Thomas Anderson.

[–] politicaldefiance 11 years ago

In alphabetical order:

Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola)
Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa)
The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton)
North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg)
Ran (Akira Kurosawa)
The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont)
Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese)
The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malick)
Touch of Evil (Orson Welles)

[–] loepark 11 years ago

Interchangeable, but for now...

(Top 5)
1. Raging Bull
2. Heavenly Creatures
3. Pan's Labyrinth
4. Lord of the Rings Trilogy
5. Mononoke Hime
6. Days of Heaven
7. The Insider
8. Pulp Fiction
9. There Will Be Blood
10. Thin Red Line

[–] sanziano 11 years ago

Even for me, interchangeable, but for now...
1) Trouble in Paradise (the only film i would call a masterpiece)
2) Scarlet Street
3) In a Lonely Place
4) The Searchers
5) My Darling Clementine
6) Vredens Dag
7) Videodrome
8) Manhunter
9) Heat
10) Rio Bravo

[–] sanziano 11 years ago

[–] shepardjessica-1 11 years ago

1. Bonnie And Clyde
2. Psycho
3. Last Tango In Paris
4. In Cold Blood
5. Touch Of Evil
6. Midnight Cowboy
7. Taxi Driver
8. Hud
9. Mikey And Nicky
10. Badlands

[–] loepark 8 years ago

Oh wow, my own favorites list from almost three years ago! The list has changed a bit now...

1. Raging Bull
2. The Lord of the Rings
3. Princess Mononoke
4. Pan's Labyrinth
5. Finding Nemo
6. Dr. Strangelove or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb
7. Diving Bell and the Butterfly
8. The Tree of Life
9. Trainspotting
10. The Pianist

Next 5 in no particular order:
The Insider
The Godfather Part II
There Will Be Blood
The Wrestler
JFK

Raging Bull = Best movie

[–] vinayaka-p-bhat 10 years ago

1. Schindler's List
2.Taxi Driver
3.Pulp Fiction
4.Bicycle Theives
5.The Tree Of Life
6.The Kid
7. There Will be Blood
8.Amelie
9.12 Angry Men
10.One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest