What are you favorite Top 5 Movies of all time?

Started by Thecowgoooesmooo, January 23, 2003, 05:03:10 PM

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samsong

hmm.. five films i've seen recently for the first time that provoked an instant desire to label them as "my favorite film of all time"

portrait of jennie
letter from an unknown woman
pather panchali
the crime of monsieur lange
killer of sheep

©brad

my cousin vinny
thelma and louise
deconstructing harry
the goonies
dazed and confused

Gamblour.

Quote from: polkablues on October 17, 2006, 04:43:11 PM
Uh, shit... um...

No particular order:

Magnolia...

8 1/2...

Waking the Dead...

Before Sunrise/Before Sunset (No, I don't think it's cheating to count them together)...

Last Year at Marienbad.

...

Yep.

haha polka, you didn't have to change much.
WWPTAD?

Pubrick

Quote from: ©brad on April 04, 2007, 08:08:10 AM
deconstructing harry
damn, that shoulda been mine!

Quote from: Gamblour. on April 04, 2007, 08:19:00 AM
haha polka, you didn't have to change much.

magnolia missed out cos she smiles at the end.
under the paving stones.

Fernando

This is good.

Gut 5.

Sweet and Lowdown
Cast Away
Matrix
Pan's Labyrinth
Fellowship of the Ring

Sunrise

Quote from: picolas on April 03, 2007, 11:19:46 PMtop five not from your favourite or obvious or xixax board'd directors. gut reaction:

Bicycle Thieves
Days of Heaven
Hiroshima mon amour
In the Mood for Love
Modern Times

Quite diverse, but maybe a little safe.

MacGuffin

Quote from: picolas on April 03, 2007, 11:19:46 PMtop five not from your favourite or obvious or xixax board'd directors. gut reaction:

1. Double Indemnity
2. Alien
3. The Matrix
4. Back To The Future
5. American Graffitti
"Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art." - Andy Warhol


Skeleton FilmWorks

grand theft sparrow

5 from the gut:

1. Time Bandits
2. Ghostbusters
3. Star Wars - Episode IV
4. Escape From New York
5. Shaun of the Dead

Gamblour.

WWPTAD?

JG

Quote from: picolas on April 03, 2007, 11:19:46 PM
yes. top five not from your favourite or obvious or xixax board'd directors. gut reaction:

is herzog obvious? oh right, gut: 

stroszek
le cercle rouge/le samourai/un flic
l'argent
george washington

nevermind those are all pretty obvious.

Ravi

Quote from: picolas on April 03, 2007, 11:19:46 PM
top five not from your favourite or obvious or xixax board'd directors. gut reaction:

No particular order:

1. The Incredibles
2. Big Trouble in Little China
3. Pee Wee's Big Adventure
4. Pather Panchali
5. Singin' in the Rain

Sunrise

Ravi, I love how you said "No particular order:" and then numbered them. Oh...and Singin' in the Rain is a nice fit.

polkablues

Quote from: Pubrick on April 04, 2007, 09:49:33 AM
Quote from: Gamblour. on April 04, 2007, 08:19:00 AM
haha polka, you didn't have to change much.

magnolia missed out cos she smiles at the end.

Yeah, End of the Affair won out because the chick dies.  I almost did Dreamlife of Angels instead, for the same reason.

And dammit, I didn't realize my gut list was so close to my real list... okay, new gut list:

- Die Hard
- The Princess Bride
- Amelie
- The Usual Suspects
- Teen Witch
My house, my rules, my coffee

A Matter Of Chance

gut 5:
amarcord (fellini)
red river/the big sleep (hawks)
chungking express (wong-kar wai)
notorious (hitchcock)
the passion of joan of arc (dreyer)

top 5 of the past few months:
werckmeister harmonies (tarr)
le fils (dardenne bros)
smiles of a summer night (bergman)
written on the wind (sirk)
the conformist (bertolucci)

revised, all time top 5:
l'avventura (antonioni)
vivre sa vie (godard)
in the mood for love (wong-kar wai)
mccabe & mrs. miller (altman)
utamaro and his five women (mizoguchi)

squints

From the gut:

Network
Beetlejuice
Fight Club
Time Bandits
The Last Dragon

all the favorites of a younger me (with the exception of network i guess)
"The myth by no means finds its adequate objectification in the spoken word. The structure of the scenes and the visible imagery reveal a deeper wisdom than the poet himself is able to put into words and concepts" – Friedrich Nietzsche