Films/Movies - best ever list

[M_adz]

Now, I am not sure if this thread has been done before at ITM, but I am sure it has. But as it is coming to Christmas and DVD's/Movies are usually a popular choice of prezzie I thought I would get on out there and list some best ever films I have seen and would highly recommend.

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - amazingly funny, interesting and thought provoking and basically a fantastic flick. Has loads of big names - Cate Blanchett, Bill Murry, Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe, Owen Wilson and more which can be a selling point for some. I saw this recently and have been raving about it since. Already got it on my wish list.

Donnie Darko - black, psychological, teen, romance - Got all these themes and more. Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal are incredible in it. Apparently it is now a cult flick, and I can understand why.

The Royal Tenenbaums - another flick by Wes Anderson (also did Life Aquatic). Really dry and funny, yet not slap-stick funny. About family stuff and the actors - Owen and Like Wilson, Gene Hackman, Gwyneth Paltrow and loads more - are so well cast it isn't funny.

Adaptation - Ahh, Charlie Kaufman. I loved Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, but this one takes the cake. Nicholas Cage has a twin! Hilarously funny. Orchids and Meryl Streep, gold.

Other films I consider worthy of mention by me are! - Magnolia, Motorcycle Diaries, Napolean Dynamite, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Somersault, Memento, Fargo, Sin City and Kill Bill 1 & 2.

I would love to see what other people would list in their top 10 lists and what flicks you recommend for others to see/buy.

:)

xmx

[daydreamer77]

Before Sunset/Sunrise
The Goonies

[MadOogles]

Showgirls

[indie_doll]

It has been done before, but who cares...
Joining Trash Video was the best thing I have ever done!

1. Cinema Paradiso-my fav
2. Amelie- 2nd fav
3. Disco Pigs- 3rd fav
4. Windows to Paris
5. The Dreamers
6. Confessions of a dangerous mind
7. The Italian Job- the original of course
8. Happy Together
9. Jules et Jim
10. Eternal sunshine of a spotless mind

Others...
The Edakators
The beat my heart skipped
A short film on killing
A short film on love
The Lost boys
Heathers
Motorcycle Diaries
Life is Beautiful
Run Lola Run
The velvet goldmine
Ed Wood
Happenstance
Love and other Catastrophe's
Dirty Filthy Love
9 Songs
The bicycle thief


**Just to name a few! There are like 1 million more I could name.
Edit/ had to cut to top 10! Eek

[ChemicalJames]

scar face ftw

[M_adz]

It has been done before, but who cares...
Joining Trash Video was the best thing I have ever done!

Cinema Paradiso-my fav
Amelie- 2nd fav
Disco Pigs- 3rd fav
Windows to Paris
The Dreamers
Love and other Catastrophe's
Dirty Filthy Love
Confessions of a dangerous mind
9 Songs
Jules et Jim
The bicycle thief
The Edakators
The beat my heart skipped
A short film on killing
A short film on love
The Lost boys
Heathers
Motorcycle Diaries
Life is Beautiful
Run Lola Run
The velvet goldmine
Ed Wood
Happenstance
Happy Together
Eternal sunshine of a spotless mind
The Italian Job- the original of course ;)

Just to name a few! ;)

Life is Beautiful - hell yes!
Run Lola Run - OMG! I forgot how good that flick is!
The Beat my hear skipped....ah, yesss.

[indie_doll]

Adaptation - Ahh, Charlie Kaufman. I loved Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, but this one takes the cake. Nicholas Cage has a twin! Hilarously funny. Orchids and Meryl Streep, gold.


xmx
Agreed. Love Charlie Kaufman... :)

[MadOogles]

footloose

[mxmai]

sitting at work trying to remember what my xvid folder looks like. ;)
here's a few.


eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
pulp fiction
reservoir dogs
seven
baraka
waking life
the shining
187
sin city
ghost in the shell: innocence
motorcycle diaries
american history X
mulholland drive
lost highway
kill bill 1&2


okay, that'll do.

[TranceArt]

the usual suspects

edite: snatch and human traffic too

[indie_doll]

waking life

.
Top Top Flick!

:thumb:

[alexmac]

Silence of the Lambs
Hannibal
Red Dragon

The Fifth Element

Fantasia

Natural born killers

[Sambuca]

Karate Kid 1, 2 & 3 available in 1 dvd set!

High Fidelity

[Deception]

Check Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, my current fave

[mxmai]

Natural born killers
fuck oath.

and throw True Romance on the list as well.

[Dbauch]

I want my DVD collection to look something like this:

Foreign:

Whale Rider
Nicotina
Amores Perros
Ya tu mama tambien
Amelie
All about my mother
Bad education
Life is beautiful
Jean de Florette
Manon des Sources
Monsoon wedding
Run Lola Run
Queen Margot
Orlando
Motorcycle diaries
Crouching tiger hidden dragon
Hero
House of the 7 daggers
Zatoichi the blind swordsman
Cidade de deus - City of god
Central station

Documentaries

Baraka
Travelling birds
Microcosmos
Spelling Bee

Triologies/movies with sequels

The God father
Clerks, Chasing Amy, Mallrats
Matrix triology
LOTR triology
Indiana Jones
Kill Bill


Fantasy

Willow
Princess bride
Labyrinth
Never ending story

Classics

Gone with the wind
The sound of music
Full metal jacket

Classic 80's

Lost boys
Stand by me
Bladerunner
The goonies
Pretty in pink
St Elmos fire
The breakfast club
Coming to America
Close encounters of the third kind
Big trouble in little china
Jewel of the Nile
Romancing the stone

Animation

Shrek
Monsters Inc
Finding Nemo
Ice age
Ninja scroll
Spirited away

Other

Best in show
Lost in translation
American beauty
Secretary
Trainspotting
Happiness
Requiem for a dream
The piano
Swingers
Fight club
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
Finding Neverland
Big Fish
Pulp fiction
Go
Human Traffic
Donnie Darko
5th Element
The sixth sense
Napoleon Dynamite

[didjeridude]

small selection of some of my favs...

baraka
city of god
apocalypse now
lawrence of arabia
metropolis (original version)
metropolis (animated version)
akira
amores perros ('loves a bitch')
black cat, white cat
mad max 2
enter the dragon
house of flying dagger


cool docos...
when we were kings
buena vista social club

[nate_b]

Princess bride

OMG! I can't believe you mentioned the princess bride. This was one of my favorite movies growing up, think I have seen it about 25 times.

[P_Floyd]

I want my DVD collection to look something like this:

Foreign:

Whale Rider
Nicotina
Amores Perros
Ya tu mama tambien
Amelie
All about my mother
Bad education
Life is beautiful
Jean de Florette
Manon des Sources
Monsoon wedding
Run Lola Run
Queen Margot
Orlando
Motorcycle diaries
Crouching tiger hidden dragon
Hero
House of the 7 daggers
Zatoichi the blind swordsman
Cidade de deus - City of god
Central station



Add 'Fille sur le pont, La' (aka. The Girl on the Bridge) to that list. Best foreign film I have ever seen. A beautifully constructed romance story. The way Hollywood should do it, if only they could.

[MadOogles]

Dbauch missed out her "Adult" section :meh:

[M_adz]

I totally am in love with your list Dbauch. :drool:

The Labyrinth! Yesssss!
Best in Show! I forgot that one - hilarous!

David Attenborough docco's have to be added tho.

[Davomaxi]

If we're talking foreign you can't leave out 'Nikita'. French film about a criminal turned assassin - spawned a inferior american remake and tv series.

[indie_doll]

Foreign- nor can you leave out The Dreamers.

[Ryan_Lazy]

Top Gun for the win.

[Bug Powder]

Godfather parts 1 & 2
Man with the Movie Camera
The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Bladerunner
The Life of Brian
Metropolis
Apocalypse Now
Nosferatu
Brazil
The Big Lebowski
Lone Wolf and Cub parts 1-3
A clockwork Orange
Akira
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Big Sleep
Fight Club
Trainspotting
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind
Princess Mononoke

Thats prolly as narrow as I can get it for now

[tathi]

Baraka
Koyaanisqatsi
Powaqqatsi
Naqoyqatsi

The Celebration (Denmark)
The Idiots (Denmark)
Silent Waters (Pakistan)
Osama (Afghanistan)
Monsoon Wedding (India)
Himalaya (Nepal)
Whale Rider (New Zealand)
Rain (New Zealand)
Mr. Vampire (China)
Crouching tiger hidden dragon (China)
Run Lola Run (Germany)
Goodbye Lenin! (Germany)
City of God (Brazil)
Amelie (France)
Spirited Away (Japan)

and probably a 100 more films that i'll remember as soon as i make this post :p


Fight Club
Memento
Midnight Express
The Killing Fields
Donnie Darko
Apocalypse Now
The Quiet American
All David Lynch films :P

[Geezah]

Dbauch missed out her "Adult" section :meh:
And you missed on your "Good" section.

ROFLMAO. Seriously that is some dope humour I have. Dope - Like a motherfucking isotope. Werd.

My list:

The Return
Heat
City of Lost Children
City of God
Manufacturing Consent
Memento
To Kill a Mockingbird
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Being John Malkovich
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Dr. Strangelove: Or how I Learned to Stop and Love the Bomb
Microcosmos
Baraka
The Proposition
Goodfellas
Taxi Driver
The Insider
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
Apocalypse Now Redux
On the Waterfront
Punch-Drunk Love
Boogie Nights
Magnolia
Traffic
Coming Home
Harold & Maude
The Sting
The Hustler
Silence of the Lambs
In the Name of the Father
Monty Python's: The Meaning of Life
Monty Python's: The Life of Brian
Monty Python's: The Holy Grail
Rope
Psycho
Rear Window
Paths of Glory
The Shining
Picnic at Hanging Rock
The Truman Show
Man on the Moon
Dead Poets Society
I Heart Huckabees
Henry Fool
The Thin Red Line
Lantana
Jaws
Last Orders
Nosferatu
Yu Tu Mama Bien
Trainspotting
Shallow Grave
Fight Club
The Matrix
Easy Rider
Breaking the Waves
Bladerunner
Amores Perros
Blue Velvet
Eraserhead
Lost Highway
Mullholland Drive
Millers' Crossing
Fargo

Fucken heaps more that I can't think of right now because I'm trying too hard to be seen as a cinephilic scenester wannabe. Plus I just smoked a pound of smack and I think I've got a bad case of the piles. Lift off = 10.. 9.. 8.. 7.. .......

[Punkii]

Casino

Fargo

Reservoir Dogs

Kill Bill I & 2

The Usual Suspects

Amores Peres

Run Lola Run

Bully

Donnie Brasco

Blow

Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind

Once Upon A Time in New York

Dog Day Afternoon

Closer

Dirty Dancing

The Breakfast Club

Teen Wolf

Plus stacks more above that have been listed already. I know I have repeated a lot of films already but these are my abolsute faves.

[risk]

Colors
Boyz n' the Hood
New Jack City
Menace II Society

fuck it. you don't need no more movies. that shit is fuckin' fire right there, son. step back.

[Commando Sting]

ALICE IN WONDERLAND!



FIGHT CLUB!
pulp fiction
reservoir dogs
seven
ghost in the shell: innocence
american history X
snatch
lock stock

[Sambuca]

Any Jackie Chan flick pre 1990. :bow:

[Dbauch]

City of Lost Children
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Dead Poets Society
I Heart Huckabees
Lantana
Nosferatu
Shallow Grave

!!!!!

add the above to my list... City of lost children is perhaps my favourite movie, can't believe I forgot it!

[Evan]

CBF compiling a list of all time favourites, but my top5 for the year are...

in no particular order

Sideways
The Propositon
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Sin City
I heart Huckabees

[Erko]

Top Gun for the win.
i have seen every flick mentioned in the first post of this thread and almost couldnt have written that post any better for myself. however i cant help but but put Top Gun towards the top of my list also. i know it doesnt offer anything to the world and our children probably shouldnt be made to watch it. i just love it is all. topgun ftw.

[TranceArt]

Heat
Taxi Driver
Traffic
Silence of the Lambs
Monty Python's: The Meaning of Life
Fight Club



fuck yeh

Heat is superb

[Geezah]

City of lost children is perhaps my favourite movie, can't believe I forgot it!
Yeah it is tops. I bought it for a twenty at JB HiFi last weekend. Awesome.

Heat is superb
Tis a fine film indeed.

[bornslippy1984]

Anything with the name Kubrick next to it is excellent. Favourite director of all time.

Full Metal Jacket is the shit.

[reece_elite]

-Fight Club
-Basic
-Scar Face
-Waterworld and The Postman ( I know everyone else thinks there shit, but i wreckon thery were allright)
-Training Day
-Reservoir dogs
-Few Good Men
-Power of One
-Karate Kid 1 but they got shit after that
-American history X
-Hook (I memorised the all the lines of that movie when i was young.)
-All India Anna Jones, but specifically the Last Crusade. Can't wait for him to make another one.

Monty pythons good for comedy specifically Life of Brian wasnt a big fan of the Crusades one.Also Anchorman,Wedding Crashers, Team America

But by far my favourite is the Rocky series.

[Anselm]

Downfall

[BENFICA]

Blood in blood out

[YellowDiesel]

Fight Club

DeadMan (if its your type of thing its very good)

Reservoir Dogs

Pulp Fiction (possibly the best movie ever, and the last good thing Tarantino done, in my opinion)

Sin City

12 monkeys (havnt seen it for a while but from I rememer I loved it)

Vanilla Sky (great soundtrack, great movie)

Dog Soldiers (Good low budget werewolf movie)

Dusk Til Dawn (One of the greatest Vampire movies ever)

Waynes World one and two

Old School (Funniest movie ever)

[Imperial Tee]

Titanic was pretty cool, It was an interesting twist sinking the ship.