What are your top 10 favourite films?

Sailor Steve · 01-10-12, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Never read the book but I thought the film ending was quite good.

Get the book. Your opinion will change dramatically.

Egan · 01-10-12, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Get the book. Your opinion will change dramatically.

True that, Very true. Excellent movie, even better read.

I was thinking, by the way, a list of our top ten least favourite films might be interesting....

Bilge_Rat · 01-10-12, 04:46 PM

my interest is more in filmakers than specific films, anything by Kubrick is a must, although David Fincher, Scorsese, Coppola, Eastwood, Malick and the Coen Brothers are consistently good.

my current top ten would be:

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Tree of Life
3. Apocalypse Now
4. Lawrence of Arabia
5. Il Divo
6. Goldfinger
7. Raging Bull
8. Zodiac
9. The Hurt Locker
10. Inglorious Basterds

u crank · 01-10-12, 05:20 PM

It's hard to narrow it to ten, but these are films I have watched at least three times.

In no particular order....

No country for old men
The Missouri breaks
The way back
The proposition
Murphy's war
Winter's bone
Snatch
There will be blood
Twelve monkeys
Full metal jacket

Non movie favorites...

Generation kill
Breaking bad
Battlestar Gallactica, the new one.

Jimbuna · 01-10-12, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Get the book. Your opinion will change dramatically.

Possibly but as a movie (based on my location) I'll offer:

Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120735/quotes

clive bradbury · 01-10-12, 06:22 PM

I know that we are talking favourites, not 'best ever' films, and that brings personal taste into it but...

'The thin red line'? - could never get into that film over two attempts - give me 'Cross of Iron' every time...

Many already mentioned (e.g. Godfather, Blade Runner) would be on my list, so I offer two more:

Fitzcarraldo
Raging Bull

Sailor Steve · 01-11-12, 03:10 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels

Not on my list, but quite good.

THE_MASK · 01-11-12, 04:30 AM

I have only ever seen these movies at the movie theatre .
Towering inferno
Star Wars in 1977
Jurasic park
Stuart little

I like the old biblical movies .

kiwi_2005 · 01-11-12, 11:34 AM

The Men who stare at Goats
Moon
Schindler's List
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Cargo
Saving private ryan
The fortress war
Kung fu hustle
Downfall
Napoleon Dynamite

01-10-12, 04:46 PM	#3
Bilge_Rat Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: standing watch... Posts: 3,856 Downloads: 344 Uploads: 0	my interest is more in filmakers than specific films, anything by Kubrick is a must, although David Fincher, Scorsese, Coppola, Eastwood, Malick and the Coen Brothers are consistently good. my current top ten would be: 1. 2001: A Space Odyssey 2. Tree of Life 3. Apocalypse Now 4. Lawrence of Arabia 5. Il Divo 6. Goldfinger 7. Raging Bull 8. Zodiac 9. The Hurt Locker 10. Inglorious Basterds __________________ Last edited by Bilge_Rat; 01-10-12 at 05:10 PM.

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u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,746 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	It's hard to narrow it to ten, but these are films I have watched at least three times. In no particular order.... No country for old men The Missouri breaks The way back The proposition Murphy's war Winter's bone Snatch There will be blood Twelve monkeys Full metal jacket Non movie favorites... Generation kill Breaking bad Battlestar Gallactica, the new one. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

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kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	The Men who stare at Goats Moon Schindler's List One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Cargo Saving private ryan The fortress war Kung fu hustle Downfall Napoleon Dynamite __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

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clive bradbury Captain Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: stoke-on-trent, UK Posts: 492 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	I know that we are talking favourites, not 'best ever' films, and that brings personal taste into it but... 'The thin red line'? - could never get into that film over two attempts - give me 'Cross of Iron' every time... Many already mentioned (e.g. Godfather, Blade Runner) would be on my list, so I offer two more: Fitzcarraldo Raging Bull

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THE_MASK Ace of the deep . Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,226 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 73	I have only ever seen these movies at the movie theatre . Towering inferno Star Wars in 1977 Jurasic park Stuart little I like the old biblical movies .