What are you favorite Top 5 Movies of all time?

[©brad]

speaking of gut movies, i was getting ready this morning and don't tell mom the babysitter is dead was on hbo. i don't think it makes my top 5 but i definitely have a lot of gut-love for it.

[Gamblour.]

top 5 lots of gut-love:

1. Back to the Future
2. Ghostbusters
3. Back to the Future Part II
4. Goonies
5. Jurassic Park

[pzyktzle]

throughout this thread everyone has said how hard or impossible it is to narrow it down to a top 5. for me, i can only list 2 movies that i consider in the "platinum 5 club" (looking for 3 new members)

- magnolia
- apocalypse now redux

these 2 movies stand shoulder to shoulder as the top of the top. the rest of "my beloved" belong in the "gold club", of which there is probably 30 or so (all of which have been listed on other lists).

is there anyone else that feels like this? that there are only a handful of movies that truly stand out from the rest, that completely dominate in tickling your own personal sense of aesthetics? (as kinky as that sounds)

if not, and all your lists are "platinum" lists, then i envy you.

[Just Withnail]

yes. top five not from your favourite or obvious or xixax board'd directors.

1. Back to the Future
2. Empire Strikes Back
3. Hedwig and the Angry Inch
4. Mulholland Drive
5. MASH

[Derek237]

1. Wonder Boys

2. Leaving Las Vegas

3. Scent of a Woman

4. Aliens

5. Skin Deep (Blake Edwards)

maybe?

[MacGuffin]

top five not from your favourite or obvious or xixax board'd directors.

4. Mulholland Drive

[Just Withnail]

top five not from your favourite or obvious or xixax board'd directors.

Derek reminded me that I meant to say

4. Aliens

maybe?

Definitely

[Gold Trumpet]

Top 5 favorite movies (as of late)

1.) Ronin - A genre movie to satisfy those who really love the genre, but the best part is that it has Robert De Niro in his best movie molding. When he does typical performances, he plays stern, intelligent and tough very well. It sets him up to make roles in movies like Goodfells and Casino look natural. He is the everyman compared to Al Pacino. Depending on your taste, you prefer one over the other. I'll take De Niro.

Also, this movie is just very well done. Excellent cast all around and a script that never becomes too unbelievable. David Mamet had a hand in the screenplay and keeps his degree of intelligence in place. I wish more movies were this smart and this simple to enjoy.

2.) L.A. Confidential - Best not to read the book. It makes the film look simple to a fault, but when I got the memory of the book out of my head, I found an unbelievably tight movie with excellent dialogue and perfect character dimensions for the crime genre.

It is exciting, funny and dramatic without looking like it is just trying to please. The movie only gets smarter on multiple viewings because there are small moments hidden in the film. Then the acting in the movie seals the deal. All the actors have gone on to do better dramatic work, but it is suprising that they were able to do excellent work in this style here. I think they made every inch of the dialogue and story ring perfectly.

3.) White Men Can't Jump - Oh man, I love a good sports movie. Ron Shelton not only makes the best ones, but has done so for multiple sports. His usual focus is not on the heroics in sports, but on the players themselves who will not be the greatest of all time and have to carry on with their lives like everyone else.

Lately I've been playing basketball myself. I use to be very good so I was happy when I found out I still had some talent left. What feels true about White Men Can't Jump is that Woody Harrelson plays a basketball player who just loves the game but is getting pressured from his girlfriend to give up his old ways and try to move on. She doesn't understand his love for it. I just got out of a relationship myself where my gf had interest in arts and culture, but was shell shocked I loved sports. She assumed I was just a neanderthal and her friends complimented her for dating someone of a different world.

I loved this movie before she came along, but it was weird how it came to have some meaning for me. Now it has become more than just a fun film. Oh, and I'm sure you guys will find this interesting, she said I wasn't critical enough in my film taste. I thought she had shit taste in movies and music, but I didn't say anything because that would have been rude.

4.) The Natural - Now here is a movie about the heroics in sports. The movie is part melodrama, part sentimental film for boys, but it is also undeniable fun for me. The start of the baseball season got me into a mood to see this again and ESPN had a special on it where major league baseball players talked about how meaningful the film was to them. It was a pretty memorable show.

So I picked up the new DVD and it hit every soft spot in the mystery and allure that baseball holds. It also focuses on the lovability of any father playing catch with his son. On Easter, I caught The Sandlot on Fox Family. It's ending had a boy playing catch with his step dad. The idea may seem dumb to some people, but it is also the best memories for others.

The one thing I'm afraid of is the potential quality of the novel. Peter Gammons said the movie is Hollywood snuff compared to the quality of the novel. He could be right and I will soon find out because I recently picked up that book. I just hope the difference isn't as bad as it was in L.A. Confidential.

5.) Under Seige - Those who know me know I need one of these movies in here. It sadly began with a love for Die Hard, but lately I've been watching this one. The redeeming qualities is enertaining work from Tommy Lee Jones and Steven Segal.

I think the thing that keeps getting me to come back to this movie is that past all the explosians, there is a cynicism toward the armed forces. Both Segal and Jones express it and it continues the American tradition that audiences love outsiders of the institution who act on their own but still aim for heroics. It is a contradiction of sorts, but I find it a fucking contradiction with my opinions that I also like this kind of film anyways.


These aren't really great films, but "favorite" should allow for love for movies on both sides of the aisle.

[hedwig]

i strongly recommend the above post to GT fans and doubters alike.

I thought she had shit taste in movies and music, but I didn't say anything because that would have been rude.

a common problem. and one of the reasons i love this thread.

[Pubrick]

"favorite" should allow for love for movies on both sides of the aisle.

that's what we've been doing for the last 2 pages.

well, attempting to.

[Gamblour.]

Along those lines GT, I have to say Under Siege 2: Dark Territory is one of my favorite bad movies that I don't see very often. "This is your captor speaking." Love it! 

[hedwig]

gt wins for most athletic gut
pubrick wins for gut most likely to be featured on I Love the 90s
polka wins for suicide prevention gut
a matter of chance wins for lying about his gut

hey hedwig, post at the top of the page much?

what the hell are you talking about

[pete]

I don't think this is too different from my nongut list, which is lost somewhere in the ether, but here we go, I think I'm consistent:

1. ping pong
2. nina simone: love sorceress
3. little dieter needs to fly
4. the legend of fong sai yuk (jet li)
5. before sunset

[B.C. Long]

1. Quentin Tarantino's West Side Story
2. Terrence Malick's Tarzan
3. David Fincher's Metal Gear Solid
4. 2001: A Space Travesty
5. The Third Man-churian Candidate

[Bram]

My seriousnesstop10
001. The New World Malick, 2005
002. 2001: A Space Odyssey Kubrick, 1968
003. Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution Godard, 1965
004. Idi i Smotri Klimov, 1985
005. Chelovek s kino-apparatom Vertov, 1929
006. Donnie Darko Kelly, 2001
007. Lawrence of Arabia Lean, 1962
008. Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story Haynes, 1987
009. Persona Bergman, 1966
010. Dont Look Back Pennebaker, 1967

027. Magnolia Anderson, 1999

My guiltypleasures- and sobadthey'rebrillianttop4

001. Showgirls Verhoeven, 1995
002. Bad Taste Jackson, 1987
003. House of the Dead Boll, 2004
004. Vixen! Meyer, 1968

And I have no idea if people are