Top Ten Films
 

heres my top ten films that made you think a bit..in no order


platoon
do the right thing
usual suspects
lucky no sleven
saving pvt ryan
shawshank
jfk..........................booted due to public outcry ..sub with THE STING!!!!
jockey the hbo spec.
oceans 11 original...rat pack baby!!
inside man....

i go with...

Gone WT Wind
From Here to Eternity
BenHur
On the Waterfront
all About Eve
Lawrence of Arabia
Best Years of Our Lives
Schildlers list
Raging bull
tie... Porky's 2, The Revenge/Caddyshack

shindlers list ..yes agreed..

UPDATE! Holy reel-to-reel! I left "Kane" off the list... It's almost more of a 'document', like the Declaration of Independence, than a film...

1. Casablanca
2. GWTW
3. The Godfather, Part II
Citizen Kane (tie)
4. The Bicycle Thief
5. Raging Bull
6. The Godfather
7. The Philadelphia Story
8. Sweet Smell of Success
9. Terms of Endearment
10. La Dolce Vida

Kudos to both of your lists which include a number of my favorites..

All About Eve... Do the Right Thing... FHTE... 'Waterfront'...

JFK made you think? The only thing I thought after seeing that was I wonder how many drugs Oliver Stone had in his system when he made that movie.

I don't watch a lot of movies so forgive me if my list is not very profound...and they are in no particular order...and let there be no misunderstanding...these are not my favorite films they are films that made me think...


birth of a nation
triumph of the will
jaws
the godfather
ET
a clockwork orange


no thinking...just great

animal house
christmas vacation
caddyshack

D/P..

Raging Bull on the list! Some film historians feel a case can be made that Scorsese has made the Best Film of the 70's (Mean Streets), 80's (Raging Bull) and the 90's (GoodFellas)...

It is tough to exclude Pulp Fiction...

Here is few movies that I thought were pretty good

Fargo
Field of Dreams
American History X
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Apocalypse Now
Deliverance

Check out the cinematic chops on the Pais...

I had 'Birth of a Nation' on the list initially but left it off in the final analysis...

Films like the Griffith classic (1918?), Fritz Lang's films (Metropolis (1929), M (1930), etc., from the earliest periods in cinema (pre-Depression) are difficult to include on popular lists.

'Triumph of the Will', and all of Leni Reifenstahl's work has a whole other set of issues that I won't address here.

All of the these are perhaps best placed on a list of Most Important Films or Most Influential Films.

"M" is one of the greatest films you'll ever see and has been liberally drawn from for decades. See "Dark City" as soon as you can if you appreciate German Existential film...

Number 1 on my list will always remain the same....the rest will vary, so I put them in no particular order

1. The Shawshank Redemption ("I believe in two things; discipline and the bible. Put your trust in the Lord, your ass belongs to me. Welcome to Shawshank.")


the rest:

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
PulpFiction
Goodfellas
Braveheart
Gladiator
The Elephant Man
Full Metal Jacket
Of Mice and Men
Friday

I can't believe I left that one off my list...I get upset just thinking about that movie...I saw it once and will never watch it again...brilliant adaptation of an incredible book.

makes one think...and generally regarded as a phenomenal work..in spite of the subject matter, an important film.

and they can be important and influential and STILL be on this list...because it is a PERSONAL list of films that made me think...

OK, this is impossible! Far to many...and I agree with everybody's list so far with the possible exception of Clockwork Orange...never cared for that movie, I think it was psuedo-intellectual crap...but, to be fair, a lot of my friends love it so it's probably just me! Again, I don't claim these are the "best" merely my favorites:
10) The Godfather (I put them together)
9) Casablanca
8) Caddyshack
7) Underworld (both 1 & 2...as with the Godfather)
6) The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai
5) The Highlander (again, all together)
4) One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
3) Cruel Intentions
2) Blade Runner
1) Serenity

yes it was pretty bad...i get a mulligan
ae s
casino
midway
the thing..kurt r best movie
yellow dog
kellys hero's
the sting....drew in
scarface
get shorty
the movie with depp where hes an under cover fbi..

Reifenstahl, who only passed away in the last couple of years, was a remarkable woman. And an immense talent at virtually every endeavor she undertook including deep sea diving/underwater photography while in her 70's.

I have no issue with Reifenstahl's craft, or the brilliance of 'Triumph' and 'Olympia' from a technical/artistic standpoint. But her utter refusal to fully acknowledge her role in the buildup of the pre-war Reich dooms her place in film history. It is not entirely different from Elia Kazan NEVER living down the "naming of names" during the HUAC hearings/Blacklist era. It's a lasting tarnish that skews the appreciation for the artist.

yeah, well it's MY list...of films that made ME think...

These are the ones I have at the top of my favorites list and they fit for the made you think category as well. At least for me.

11) 2001-A Space Odyssey
10) Koyaanisqatsi
9) The Elephant Man
8) Raging Bull
7) It's a Wonderful Life
6) Rear Window
5) Schindlers List
4) The Straight Story
3) Big Night
2) The Grapes of Wrath
1) The Godfathers I and II

In no particular order....


Chinatown
The Godfather
Paths of Glory
The Grand Illusion
Dr. Strangelove
On the Waterfront
Midnight Cowboy
Raging Bull
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
McCabe and Mrs. Miller ( because I love Altman and he died last week )

Hi guys! I have been laid up for a bit between work and throwing my back out, I haven't been on the computer much lately. Now keep in mind, this is just my opinion and I have an odd taste in movies, they may not be the best critic wise, but they are movies that I will watch again and again and I own every single one on DVD.


1. The Black Stallion (in my opinion will always be #1)

2. The Shawshank Redemption (this movie is awesome and I will always leave it on if I see it on TV)

3. Sixteen Candles. (I SOOOO HAD A CRUSH ON JAKE RYAN)

4. The Cutting Edge (ok, I like romantic comedies. I admit it, but I LOVE this movie and I will also admit that I saw it in the theater THREE TIMES)

5. Pretty Woman (I also admit that I have many quotes from this movie that I use all the time!)

6. The Waterboy (this movie makes me laugh and laugh again. I probably know this movie word for word. My fave Adam Sandler movie.)

7. Clueless (also made me laugh and how many of us women use the saying "AS IF!")

8. Seabiscuit (loved the book and I loved the movie.)

9. The Breakfast Club (hee hee one of the girls at the barn told me a few weeks ago that she saw the BEST OLD MOVIE named "The Breakfast Club", how old did I feel?)

10. Caddyshack. (IT'S IN THE HOLE!)

Buffy
I love The Black Stallion, used to be near the top of my list but unforturnately I had to move it down a little in the order to make up for later additions. Its still in my top 15 though.

The first hour or so on the island when its just the boy and the horse and no dialogue are stunningly beautiful and to me one of the most enjoyable sequences I've ever seen on film.

The racing part is a little hokey but even so I get chills watching it every time.

Watch the movie again and it will move up on your list. :)

There is no doubt about that!!

I have two lists... (had to.) :) :

Top ten movies that made me think (in no particular order) :

Awakenings
A Beautiful Mind
The Sixth Sense
Fight Club
The Shawshank Redemption
A Time To Kill
Stigmata
Million Dollar Baby
The Devil's Advocate
The Exorcism

My top ten favorite movies (as it stands now in no particular order) :

Pride and Prejudice (the one with Matthew Macfadyen)
Gladiator
Phar Lap
Christmas Vacation (funniest movie EVER)
Caddyshack
Braveheart
Love Actually
The Wedding Date
The Legend of Bagger Vance
Remember the Titans

I'm a fan of all kinds of movies... I love the ones that make you think, but I like to laugh as well. :D

it's fun to see what other people list as their favorite movies -- good topic!

mine, in no particular order are:
breakfast at tiffany's
house of sand and fog
the hours
play it as it lays
gone with the wind
far from heaven
die hard! (world's best action movie)
terminator 2 (world's best action movie part II)

ok that's only eight, but they're my favorites

obviously i like literature more than movies :)

Schindlers List
Casablanca
The Sting
Dr. Strangelove
The Ten Commandments
And The Band Played On
Close Encounters of the 3rd kind
Life is Beautiful
A Clockework Orange
Gone with the Wind.

OH MAN! I loved "And The Band Played On." Great movie... good call.

Reading these lists, one thing I find interesting is that you can look at someone else's list and see where they picked one or two of the same movies as your list, but then they have other movies that you find repulsive.

You probably find most of mine repulsive. :p

In no particular order:

ANIMAL HOUSE
THE BLUES BROTHERS
THE STING
THE GODFATHER I and II (does that count for two?)
STAR WARS (IV - A new hope)
BLAZING SADDLES
NORTH BY NORTHWEST
THE LONGEST YARD
NETWORK
STAR TREK (the Wrath of Khan)

these are just some that come to mind...

Yes Shawshank is hard to leave off...I know many people that say it's thier all time favorite. :)

Nick Kling told me about "Paths of Glory"...Dr. Stranglove is great too...Sellers should have got an Oscar!

I also forgot Shawshank which is at the top of my list.Peter Sellers was fabulous in Dr. Strangelove as well as George C. Scott.A young James Earl Jones was in it too.

good call on blazing saddles...

Animal House
Godfather 1
Godfather 2
The Sting
Its a Wonderful Life
Pulp Fiction
Rocky 2
Goodfellas
Casino
Shawshank Redemption

Self appointed movie snob.

1. Pulp Fiction
2. American Beauty
3. Godfather
4. Usual Suspects
5. Shawshank Redemption
6. Election- one of the best movies no one talks about
7. A Simple Plan
8. Godfather 2- I say I know it was you Fredo to my brother all the time
9. A Streetcar Named Desire
10. Guys and Dolls- Of course!

blazing saddles is AWESOME. but then, anything by mel brooks is just that. an amazing guy, very talented. if comedy is as hard as they say to pull off, than i would nominate him as the all-time best at putting together top notch movies.
adore blazing saddles, as well as history of the world part 1. high anxiety and young frankenstein (that's frahnkentsteen) are so good.

nothing, nothing in the world like a good comedy.

top movies...20 years ago i'd have said gone with the wind. no more. seems the original soap opera to me. the book is so much better. but i'm a book nut, not a movie nut.

godfather 1 is incredible.
godfather 2 is a masterpiece.
godfather 3 proves the bounce theory is valid.

no way i can put together a proper top 10 list, a waste for me to try, much like naming good t.v. shows. i don't really watch anymore.

That's funny but actually I think it was the layoff that was the problem. It was The Godfathers first start in more than 20 years. i think he needed the movie. :D

thankfully the series isn't judged based on its last start. i think many sleep better at night pretending it never happened.

Life is Beautiful
Harvey (or any James Stewart movie for that matter)
Gettysburg
Seabiscuit
The Pianist (WWII movies overall)
Lord of Ring movies
The Notebook
Elizabeth
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (but I hate Jim Carey)