Top 10 favorite movies thread?...

[Rausch]

Anyone have a link to one of these threads? I'm trying to fill my netflix list and can't think of $#it to watch... :banghead:


Any not-so-obvious suggestions are welcome as well.

[FloridaChief]

Un Chein Andalou

[Rausch]

Un Chein Andalou

Oh yeah, well **** you too... :cuss:

[cdcox]

Here is one thread I found using Google:

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=15497

[FloridaChief]

Oh yeah, well **** you too... :cuss:

Sure--give me the "F*ck you's" now, but one day you'll thank me for my insightful recommendations, bee--yotchhh!

I only hope and pray that day does not arrive too late.

Netflix? HA! HA!

[VonneMarie]

Keg likes the Iron Giant? ROFL

[Rain Man]

Pleasantville (Cool light but thought-provoking movie, very clever.)

The Red Violin (Very well done 'artsy' film with Samuel L. Jackson. Really draws you in.)

The Right Stuff (It makes you want to be an astronaut.)

Yellowbeard (One of the weirdest, goofiest movies I've ever seen. Absolutely hilarious.)

The In-Laws (The original, not the new one.) (One of the weirdest, goofiest movies I've ever seen. Absolutely hilarious.)

Those are some less common movies that will keep you busy for a while.

[Nzoner]

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[Miles]

Nzoner's suggestion is a good one. I also really enjoyed The Red Violin which Rainman listed.

A few others:

Box of Moonlight - Odd black comedy with Sam Rockwell.
Croupier
Long Good Friday - great British gangster flick.

[Jenson71]

Have you seen The Conversation?

Any Wes Anderson? Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, Royal Tenebaums. Life Aquatic comes out the 10th!

Scorsese - Mean Streets, After Hours

I'm working on a Top 100 favorites. Could possibly be done tonight.

[Jenson71]

You ever see any Fellini?

[keg in kc]

Keg likes the Iron Giant? Four years ago , I guess. Casablanca, Galaxy Quest, Grosse Point, Highlander, Matrix, Shawshank, Star Wars. Those are the only films off that list that I've even seen in the last four years. Times change...

[BigOlChiefsfan]

You may have seen some/all of these. If so, consider watching 'em again:

The Duellists
Kwaidan
Jean de Fleurette/Manon of the Spring
Hidden Fortress
Yojimbo & Sanjuro
Seven Samurai
The Wild Bunch
Snatch
Romeo Is Bleeding
Throne Of Blood
Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead
The Hill
Stalingrad
Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia
Two Days In The Valley
Hell In The Pacific

[jspchief]

Like Kung Fu?

I just watched a great movie called Warriors of Heaven and Earth.

Good plot, interesting characters, and not too much cheesy over the top Kung Fu.

Not Crouching Tiger quality, but pretty good. More on the level of Iron Monkey, without the unrealistic-Fu.

[Rausch]

Nzoner's suggestion is a good one. I also really enjoyed The Red Violin which Rainman listed.

A few others:

Box of Moonlight - Odd black comedy with Sam Rockwell.
Croupier
Long Good Friday - great British gangster flick.

Is that the one where he's dressed like Davey ****'n Crocket and living in a white trash trailer?

I've been looking for that one...

[Miles]

Is that the one where he's dressed like Davey ****'n Crocket and living in a white trash trailer?

I've been looking for that one...

Yep, thats the one.

[VonneMarie]

Four years ago , I guess. Casablanca, Galaxy Quest, Grosse Point, Highlander, Matrix, Shawshank, Star Wars. Those are the only films off that list that I've even seen in the last four years. Times change...
Galaxy Quest rocked, Matrix didn't understand and Shawshank too depressing.

I'm more of an 80's fan when it comes to movies.

Immediate Family, Goonies, Teen Witch, the Shrunk the Kids series, Lost Boys, Fright Night, Polterguiest, Silver Bullet, Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Ghost Busters, Flash Dance.

Stuff like that. :)

[BigMeatballDave]

Shawshank too depressing.

No way. One of my favorites. Probably #2 behind Pulp Fiction..

[CanadianChief]

A few of my favorites are:

1. The Abyss
2. Dances with Wolves
3. Escape from Alcatraz
4. Up in Smoke (Cheech and Chong)
5. Napoleon Dynamite
6. Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
7. Tombstone
8. Big Black Poles in Little White Holes


I'm all over the place.

[elvomito]

You ever see any Fellini?
from the makers of Cunneli?

[|Zach|]

Swingers
Casino
Young Frankenstein
Vanilla Sky
The Cooler
Spinal Tap
Garden State
Philadelphia
Zoolander
Lost In Translation
Hannibal
Clockwork Orange
Eyes Wide Shut
Dodge Ball
Gattaca
Godfather Series
Tombstone
Wayne's World
Pleasantville

[CoMoChief]

My Best.....
1. Pulp Fiction
2. Rounders
3. Swingers
4. Gladiator
5. Tombstone

[Hammock Parties]

Eyes Wide Shut


Eat shit.

[|Zach|]

Eat shit.
Visually amazing...I could give or take the story.

[Hammock Parties]

Visually amazing...I could give or take the story.

I liked the scenes at the Chateau. Haunting stuff. That was about it.

[el borracho]

Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Pirates of the Caribbean
Zoolander
Mystery Men
Office Space
Harold and Maude
The Princess Bride
Dumb and Dumber
The Three Amigos

[Stinger]

Tend to go towards older classic comedy:

Animal House
Blues Brothers
Caddy Shack
Blazing Saddles
Stripes
A Night in Casablanca (The Marx Brothers)
The Road Movies (Hope & Crosby)Road to Singapore
Road to Zanzibar
Road to Morocco
Road to Utopia
Road to Rio
Road to Bali

[BigMeatballDave]

A few of my favorites are:


8. Big Black Poles in Little White Holes


WTF?!

[trndobrd]

WTF?!


No kidding! That movie was roundly panned by the critics for it's contrived plot devices, extraneous and poorly managed secondary characters and overwrought sense of melencholy.


Caught from Behind #3 is a much better example of the genre. The motivation of the protaganist is more believible for a post industrial audience. The use of flashback sequences adds to the overall development of the romantic relationship, not merely an end unto itself. The final resolution of the protaganist's internal conflict is resolved in a way innopposite to what one would normally expect.

[Abba-Dabba]

The Pianist
BoB Series
O11 & O12
Snatch
Saving Private Ryan
84 Charlie Mopic
Girl with a Pearl Earing
Blow
Hoosiers
Gangs of New York
Schindler's List
The Big Red One
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Die Hard
Field of Dreams
Jerry MaGuire
Platoon
Sneakers
A Midnight Clear

[ChiefFripp]

Trainspotting
Gangs Of New York
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The Last Picture Show
True Romance
American Beauty
The Grifters
Dr. Strangelove
Shindler's List
Chopper

Others...
Star Wars Trilogy, LotRs Trilogy, Pulp Fiction, Resevoir Dogs, so many others I'm forgetting ...The Matrix

[Misplaced_Chiefs_Fan]

The Quiet Man
To Have and Have Not
The Guns of Navarone
In the Heat of the Night
Gunga Din
North by Northwest
The Sea Hawks
The Great Escape
The Man who shot Liberty Valance
Play Misty for Me

[Nzoner]

Play Misty for Me

Nice,I first saw that at an Eastwood double bill at the drive-in,the 2nd feature was The Beguiled,another one that should be added to the list.

[KevB]

None of mine are too far off the beaten path.

In no particular order:

Shawshank Redemption
The Usual Suspects
Saving Private Ryan
Band of Brothers
LOTR Trilogy
Godfather
Raiders of the Lost Ark
LA Confidential
GoodFellas (watched this again last night)
Silence of the Lambs
Aliens
Pulp Fiction
Jaws
Stand by Me

[Misplaced_Chiefs_Fan]

Play Misty for Me is just a creepy movie.

The Beguiled is a great movie also. I was just trying to get a Clint movie that wasn't "The Man with No Name" or "Dirty Harry".

Other good Clint Movies:

The Eiger Sanction
Where Eagles Dare
Coogan's Bluff

[Nzoner]

Play Misty for Me is just a creepy movie.

The Beguiled is a great movie also.


I agree,both are favorite Eastwood movies of mine,not quite in the horror genre but creepy enough to make one a little uncomfortable.

[mcan]

Top ten: (no particular) I reserve the right to edit this list later

Closer
Fight Club
The Shining
Shawshank Redemption
I Heart Huckabees
Jaws
Noises Off
MST3K: The Movie
Kill Bill
The Godfather

[Rain Man]

No kidding! That movie was roundly panned by the critics for it's contrived plot devices, extraneous and poorly managed secondary characters and overwrought sense of melencholy.


Caught from Behind #3 is a much better example of the genre. The motivation of the protaganist is more believible for a post industrial audience. The use of flashback sequences adds to the overall development of the romantic relationship, not merely an end unto itself. The final resolution of the protaganist's internal conflict is resolved in a way innopposite to what one would normally expect.

I would agree. It had a very climactic ending, too.

[Mastashake]

If it isn't Evil Dead or Star Wars, it's not even worth my time.

There is no list, just a small pool of greatness at the top.

Mastashake

[CanadianChief]

I would agree. It had a very climactic ending, too.

you actually made it to the ending...impressive.