What are your top 10 films?

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  • Reply 101 of 154
    I just watched the Holocaust Mini-Series (1978). I don't know if that qualifies as a movie, but it was pretty damn good. 9/10.
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  • Reply 102 of 154
    iposteriposter Posts: 1,560member
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    Oh man I was stupid and *again* forgot to put my netflix dvds in the mail.



    I hate it when I do that! \



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    I think at this point you are "fourthing" the greatness that is Pan's Labyrinth.



    Hmm, not sure what you mean by "fourthing", looked it up at UrbanDictionary.com as well as in the regular one.
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  • Reply 103 of 154
    I just saw The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004). I expected it to be horrible based on the reviews, but I was pleasantly surprised. The script was confused and muddled, but every other aspect was superb, so I was never bored. I gave it a 7/10.
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  • Reply 104 of 154
    shawnjshawnj Posts: 6,656member
    Watching "The Dead Pool."



    The 80's synth-y soundtrack is unforgivable for a Clint Eastwood movie. I realize this is the 5th Dirty Harry film, but I actually haven't seen the previous installments. Anyone have a favorite?



    *Oh my god. I just got to the part with the satanic, leather-pants-clad Jim Carrey character lip-syncing to Welcome to the Jungle.



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    Hmm, not sure what you mean by "fourthing", looked it up at UrbanDictionary.com as well as in the regular one.



    (Seconded, Thirded, Fourthed, etc.)



    Pretty sure I made it up.



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  • Reply 105 of 154
    I just watched It's a Wonderful Life, in color. I hadn't seen it in several years. What a great film! They don't make them like that anymore.
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    SpamSandwichspamsandwich Posts: 33,407member
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    I just watched It's a Wonderful Life, in color. I hadn't seen it in several years. What a great film! They don't make them like that anymore.



    Echhh! The colorized version! The horror! The horror!



    Nothing less than the original black and white original for me. Adding color to a black and white movie is an abomination.
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  • Reply 107 of 154
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    Echhh! The colorized version! The horror! The horror!



    Nothing less than the original black and white original for me. Adding color to a black and white movie is an abomination.



    I thought i'd feel the same, but it looks like 1970 color, not like 2008 color. It still has an old film look to it.



    However, i'll be watching the original version next time.
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  • Reply 108 of 154
    Scarface

    Pan's Labrynth

    Y tu mama, tambien?

    Unfaithful (Diane Lane is a fox )

    A Life Aquatic

    300

    Hard Candy (Please, do yourself a favor and watch one of the most brilliantly written movies. If you like a psychological movie then this is it!!!)

    Any movie with Chris Farley in it (i.e. - Black Sheep, Tommy Boy, Almost Heros, Beverly Hills Ninja, ect...)

    No Country For Old Men - must see

    There Will Be Blood

    Taxi Driver



    There are too many to list but go watch Hard Candy and tell me what you think.....def
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  • Reply 109 of 154
    midwintermidwinter Posts: 10,060member
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    Scarface

    Pan's Labrynth

    Y tu mama, tambien?

    Unfaithful (Diane Lane is a fox )

    A Life Aquatic

    300

    Hard Candy (Please, do yourself a favor and watch one of the most brilliantly written movies. If you like a psychological movie then this is it!!!)

    Any movie with Chris Farley in it (i.e. - Black Sheep, Tommy Boy, Almost Heros, Beverly Hills Ninja, ect...)

    No Country For Old Men - must see

    There Will Be Blood

    Taxi Driver



    There are too many to list but go watch Hard Candy and tell me what you think.....def



    oooh Hard Candy is sooo good.
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  • Reply 110 of 154
    dmzdmz Posts: 5,775member
    I forgot one: Dark City
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    midwintermidwinter Posts: 10,060member
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    I forgot one: Dark City



    You know, I don't get what people see in that flick.
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  • Reply 112 of 154
    dmzdmz Posts: 5,775member
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    You know, I don't get what people see in that flick.



    Fighting God/Fate -- one of the most self-consciously godless popular films I've seen. A man is "born" in water at the beginning, and proceeds to transcend, and then kill, his god-captors. The Scientist is his salvific figure/conduit to self-realization.



    Now, the whole space-vampire thing was weak, but otherwise it's pretty tight. The imagery of being manipulated for sport is very strong.





    What did you think about No Country for Old Men?
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  • Reply 113 of 154
    mydomydo Posts: 1,888member
    I like Dark City.





    Here's my list I think. In some kind of order I think.



    Citizen Kane

    Taxi Driver

    God Father

    Blade Runner

    2001 Space Odyssey

    The Graduate

    Groundhog's Day

    Shawshank Redemption

    The Color Purple

    Cinema Paradiso (not the directors cut, the first cut was better)
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  • Reply 114 of 154
    dmzdmz Posts: 5,775member
    I forgot about 2001.



    I'm sitting here trying to ignore Tristan and Isolde -- but it's pretty damn good. Harry from Spiderman and Rufus from Dark City.
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  • Reply 115 of 154
    midwintermidwinter Posts: 10,060member
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    Fighting God/Fate -- one of the most self-consciously godless popular films I've seen. A man is "born" in water at the beginning, and proceeds to transcend, and then kill, his god-captors. The Scientist is his salvific figure/conduit to self-realization.



    Hrm. Never thought about it as a kind of Frankenstein. I'll have to watch it again.



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    Now, the whole space-vampire thing was weak, but otherwise it's pretty tight. The imagery of being manipulated for sport is very strong.



    Agreed.



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    What did you think about No Country for Old Men?



    I thought it was a work of sheer genius.
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    midwintermidwinter Posts: 10,060member
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    I forgot about 2001.



    I'm sitting here trying to ignore Tristan and Isolde -- but it's pretty damn good. Harry from Spiderman and Rufus from Dark City.



    Hahahaha! I had the same reaction to it (sort of like King Arthur). I wanted it to be bad, and it just...wasn't.
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  • Reply 117 of 154
    dmzdmz Posts: 5,775member
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    I thought it was a work of sheer genius.



    Yep.



    Going out on a limb here: Cautionary tale of human frailty -- with social criticism -- on a metaphysically epic scale.
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  • Reply 118 of 154
    dmzdmz Posts: 5,775member
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    Hahahaha! I had the same reaction to it (sort of like King Arthur). I wanted it to be bad, and it just...wasn't.



    Jeez -- and what a setup. 'Makes Romeo and Juliet look like When Harry Met Sally.
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  • Reply 119 of 154
    midwintermidwinter Posts: 10,060member
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    Yep.



    Going out on a limb here: Cautionary tale of human frailty -- with social criticism -- on a metaphysically epic scale.



    I'm not really sure what that means. I thought it was mostly that capitalism is competition is struggle and replaces and destroys familial and social relations; in the end stasis can only be reached if the competitor is destroyed.
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  • Reply 120 of 154
    giantgiant Posts: 6,041member
    Sorry, I don't have 10. Grouped by director.



    Once

    2046, Chungking Express, Days of Being Wild, In the Mood for Love

    Rope, Rear Window

    Blade Runner

    The Double Life of Veronique, Trois Couleurs

    Brother

    The Apartment

    Cold Fever

    Blue Velvet

    Brazil, Holy Grail

    Contempt, Breathless, Bande a part

    Hiroshima mon amour

    Star Wars 4, 5 & 6

    Delicatessen

    The Princess Bride

    Bagdad Cafe

    La Haine

    Beat Street

    Wild Style

    Stand by Me

    Vengeance Is Mine

    Last Tango in Paris

    Talladega Nights

    Batman, Beetlejuice

    Barton Fink, Miller's Crossing, Hudsucker Proxy, Lebowski, O Brother, No Country For Old Men

    Repulsion, The Tenant, The Pianist, Rosemary's Baby

    Coffee and Cigarettes, Mystery Train

    Shop Girl

    Mad Max

    Friday

    City of Lost Children

    Oldboy

    Paris, je t'aime

    Hardware

    Communion

    City of God

    Alien(s)

    All Miyazaki films

    All Wes Anderson films

    Pixar FTW

    2001

    Heavy Traffic, Fritz and Wizards

    Wait Until Dark



    Damn, that's too long. Anyway, does HBO count? I say yes, so Deadwood and Carnivale
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