Top 5 Movies of All Time

[The Voice of Reason]

List your top 5 movies of all time.

I'll start with:

To Kill A Mockingbird
The Wizard of Oz
Witness for the Prosecution

And I'll save my last two for a bit...

TVOR

 

[cardero]

5. The Tin Drum

4. Cinema Paradiso

3. Harvey

2. The Wicker Man

1. BRAZIL (actually every movie that Terry Gilliam directed)

 

[cardero]

TVOR can we try to guess the other two?

 

[Linus]

The list changes from time to time, but as of now, this is my list.

5. Gladiator
4. The Matrix
3. The Lord Of the Rings: The Two Towers
2. Dumb And Dumber
1. Star Wars: A New Hope

I also recommend the following: Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure, Braveheart, Fight Club, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Star Wars Trilogy, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Memento, Batman, and Tombstone.

 

[Bastet]

2. The Wicker Man

The Wicker Man?! I remember us watching that in History class...it left quite the impression on my 13 year old mind... :areyoucra Mind you, we also watched Monty Python's Holy Grail. She was a pretty cool teacher lol.

I can't think of my top 5 right now (have to narrow it down some), so I'll come back later when I'm awake...

 

[SoulTYPE]

1.Halloween (all of them)
2.Friday the 13th (all of them)
3.Ginger Snaps
4.Nightmare (Korean one)
5.Chinese Ghost Story

Ginger Snaps is a GREAT movie.

 

[Irenicas]

ok, here we go:

5. BladeRunner (Revolutionary)
4. Donnie Darko (Wierd)
3. Monty Python and the Search of the Holy Grail (ni!)
2. In the Heat of the Night (MY NAME IS MR TIBBS!)
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (I know, it's quite new, but it blew me away when I saw it. Kaufman is brilliant and this is his best yet. Actually, a pefect film)

 

[Pah]

5 (too many)
4 Sophies Choice
3 A Man for All Seasons
1 and 2 The Lion in Winter (the original and the re-make)

-pah-

 

[cardero]

Bastet writes: The Wicker Man?! I remember us watching that in History class...it left quite the impression on my 13 year old mind... Mind you, we also watched Monty Python's Holy Grail. She was a pretty cool teacher lol.

Wish I had a teacher like that. Who’s to say what kind of life I could have aspired to if that movie had assaulted my 13 year old mind. (I would have been introduced to Britt Eckland sooner!! :banghead3 ) Instead I had to remain innocently ignorant for 30 years before I could view this great film.

 

[The Voice of Reason]

You are more than welcome to take a stab at my last two. I'll give you a hint: One was directed by George Roy Hill and the other ....

TVOR

 

[cardero]

Soultype01 writes:
4.Nightmare (Korean one)
5.Chinese Ghost Story

I haven't seen the Korean version of NIGHTMARE but I did enjoy CHINESE GHOST STORY and I do plan on catching the two sequels. I enjoy Asian cinema, there is something about many of their films that is very attractive. Hollywood is starting to recognize this too.

 

[cardero]

TVOR writes: You are more than welcome to take a stab at my last two. I'll give you a hint: One was directed by George Roy Hill and the other ....

I have seen some of George Roy Hill’s films and you are CORRECT he is a wonderful director. THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP was my favorite Robin William’s film. It was William’s first outing in the movies and I think he did a superb job. I did not K(NOW) that George Roy Hill did SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE though I have seen the movie and read the book.

I would have to say that one of the two choices would be a toss up between THE STING or BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID though my feelings are leaning towards THE STING.



For the last movie I would have to pick CITIZEN KANE

 

[true blood]

1. The Matrix
2. Blues Brothers
3. Clockwork Orange
4. Evil Dead 2
5. Gone in 60 seconds or Man of La Mancha
6. Up in Smoke

Its tough to list my top movies.

 

[SoulTYPE]

Evil Dead 2! SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET

Good choice. Coins goin your way.

 

[true blood]

Just thinking of Bruce in that film makes me laugh. I want to see a film based off the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. That would be interesting. A Clockwork Orange may have to be read in order to appreciate the movie. It's a killer book.

 

[cardero]

True Blood writes: I want to see a film based off the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. That would be interesting.

Actually there were two versions, both of then I believe were British TV outings. One of them (the 1981 version) is available on VHS and DVD

True Blood writes: A Clockwork Orange may have to be read in order to appreciate the movie. It's a killer book.

Anthony Burgess, good stuff- and an accurate movie translation (you do not see too many of those) even if the “lost” chapter in the book was not put into the movie.

 

[true blood]

Actually there were two versions, both of then I believe were British TV outings. One of them (the 1981 version) is available on VHS and DVD

Thanks. I'm going to look for those. Read the book a couple years ago and its now one of my favorites.

 

[skills101]

1. The Matrix
2. Malibu's Most Wanted
3. Harry Potter Series
4. Star Wars Series
5. Saving Private Ryan
6. Dodgeball
7. Farenheit 9/11
8. Full Metal Jacket...

Woah, got a little carried away there huh...

 

[The Voice of Reason]

Carrdero - The Sting is correct.
Let me think of a hint for my last one, but it isn't Citizen Kane. Fine movie, but not in my top five.
Notice that two and a half of my films are in black and white. My last one is color, so that makes my list two and a half black and white, two and a half in color.
Here's my hint - the movie has a character actor in it that played the brother in law of Sylvester Stallone in the original Rocky. His name is Burt Young. He has a small role in my fifth movie.

If you want to talk about GREAT books that are made into good movies, I have to put Silence of the Lambs at the top of the list. Thomas Harris wrote one of the finest psychological thrillers ever written, and the movie was very well done.

Since Skills 101 couldn't stop at five, I'll give you a couple of my honorable mentions:
The Godfather (part I)
Schindler's List
Of Mice and Men (remake with Malkovich and Sinise)
American Graffiti
The Deerhunter

Thanks,
TVOR

 

[cardero]

Hey, I want a honarable mention list too.

Harold And Maude
Reuben, Reuben (I like Tom Conti)
Woody Allen's LOVE and DEATH
Dancer In The Dark (Bring out the tissues)
Any Marx Bros. movie (If you TRULY want to glimpse Divinity and Grace watch for the moments when Chico plays piano and Harpo plays the harp)

TVOR writes: Here's my hint - the movie has a character actor in it that played the brother in law of Sylvester Stallone in the original Rocky. His name is Burt Young. He has a small role in my fifth movie.

I'm going to toss the coin again with Chinatown or Once Upon A Time In America.