Sicario was pretty much a perfect film.
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Well, the real answer is “rosebud” is what William Randolph Hurst called Marian Davies’ vagina, which is why Hurst was so enraged.
Both Mank and RKO 281 are fun to watch actually, interesting bits of film history!
Yeah, no, my Hollywood bias has me drawing a big blank on that sort of subject!
A classic!
I learned German from that film.A classic!
“There is a schnauzer in my lederhosen.”
Well, top 5 comedies:Both Mank and RKO 281 are fun to watch actually, interesting bits of film history!
Yeah, no, my Hollywood bias has me drawing a big blank on that sort of subject!
1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
2. Groundhog Day
3. Tropic Thunder
4. Caddyshack
5. Zoolander
So the sled was a form of euphemism… a memory of something he used to ride?
Holy Grail over Life of Brian?
Yeah, Life of Brian has some amazing bits though!
Hmm....
Probably also Groundhog Day and maybe the Holy Grail. Probably The Apartment, and then maybe something out of The General, Blues Brothers, Ghostbusters, Airplane!, Naked Gun, The Big Lebowski, Simon (Dutch film), or Hot Fuzz. Edit: and Bon Cop Bad Cop!
Nope, no proper Top 5s for me!
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The Last of the Mohicans
Hard Boiled
Sicario
Braveheart
Face Off
Hard Boiled
Sicario
Braveheart
Face Off
Spartacus
Heat
Shawhank
Last of the Mohicans
Quadrophenia.
Heat
Shawhank
Last of the Mohicans
Quadrophenia.
Pulp Fiction
Shawshank Redemption
The Dark Knight
Interstellar
Forrest Gump
Shoutout to La La Land. I’ve watched that movie 5+ times and is one of my favourites in recent years.
Shawshank Redemption
The Dark Knight
Interstellar
Forrest Gump
Shoutout to La La Land. I’ve watched that movie 5+ times and is one of my favourites in recent years.
Shawshank
Goodfellas
Godfather
Dark Knight
Inglorious Bastards
Honourable mention to the Avengers Infinity War: The culmination of possibly the biggest movie project ever undertaken (Didn’t mention End game since I hate time travel). Also feel that Oppenhiemer will end up quite high in my lists after a rewatching.
Goodfellas
Godfather
Dark Knight
Inglorious Bastards
Honourable mention to the Avengers Infinity War: The culmination of possibly the biggest movie project ever undertaken (Didn’t mention End game since I hate time travel). Also feel that Oppenhiemer will end up quite high in my lists after a rewatching.
Really hard to narrow it down to 5 and especially difficult to separate films that I've seen many, many times because they're great comfort watches, films that I may have only seen once or twice but consider them to be masterpieces, or films that I consider to be excellent for that specific genre or because of a certain time in my life.
If I had to pick 5, I'd go for:
1. Alien - this film essentially ticks all of those boxes above. I watch it at least 3 or 4 times a year and it always feels like I'm watching it for the first time. It's just utterly brilliant in what it sets out to do and the ramp up in tension and suspense is up there with the very best of them. I adore it.
2. E.T. - this is a childhood classic for me, so much so that I have a framed poster of this in one of my rooms. It's magical in so many ways and contains that feeling of what science fiction cinema should be about - that awe and wonder. It's a beautiful film and the ending always gets me, no matter how many times I watch it.
3. The Terminator - the perfect film about the struggle between man vs. machine. It's an excellent thriller and is pulsating at many moments throughout. I remember the first time I watched this and feeling terrified that the terminator just kept coming. James Cameron nailed that feeling of him being an unstoppable machine that would never give up. Great soundtrack, too. Iconic.
4. The Lord of the Rings trilogy - although if I had to choose only one, it would be...The Fellowship of the Ring. I think. Or The Two Towers? They're all perfect and would take up three spots in my top 5. One of my favourite times ever was when a cinema played all three films back-to-back. A group of friends and I watched this and the whole place was packed out. When Sam gave his speech about carrying Frodo in the final film, the whole place gave a cheer. Honestly, I already loved the film to begin with, but that was such a great night.
5. Interstellar - I really struggled to choose between this, Inception, and The Dark Knight trilogy. There's just something about this film that hits the spot with me. Immense soundtrack, great subject matter, and a memorable final section. It's beautiful and one of those films that I think will get better with age.
If I had to pick 5, I'd go for:
1. Alien - this film essentially ticks all of those boxes above. I watch it at least 3 or 4 times a year and it always feels like I'm watching it for the first time. It's just utterly brilliant in what it sets out to do and the ramp up in tension and suspense is up there with the very best of them. I adore it.
2. E.T. - this is a childhood classic for me, so much so that I have a framed poster of this in one of my rooms. It's magical in so many ways and contains that feeling of what science fiction cinema should be about - that awe and wonder. It's a beautiful film and the ending always gets me, no matter how many times I watch it.
3. The Terminator - the perfect film about the struggle between man vs. machine. It's an excellent thriller and is pulsating at many moments throughout. I remember the first time I watched this and feeling terrified that the terminator just kept coming. James Cameron nailed that feeling of him being an unstoppable machine that would never give up. Great soundtrack, too. Iconic.
4. The Lord of the Rings trilogy - although if I had to choose only one, it would be...The Fellowship of the Ring. I think. Or The Two Towers? They're all perfect and would take up three spots in my top 5. One of my favourite times ever was when a cinema played all three films back-to-back. A group of friends and I watched this and the whole place was packed out. When Sam gave his speech about carrying Frodo in the final film, the whole place gave a cheer. Honestly, I already loved the film to begin with, but that was such a great night.
5. Interstellar - I really struggled to choose between this, Inception, and The Dark Knight trilogy. There's just something about this film that hits the spot with me. Immense soundtrack, great subject matter, and a memorable final section. It's beautiful and one of those films that I think will get better with age.
Top 5/10
The Mirror (Andrei Tarkovsky)
Repo Man (Alex Cox)
Come and See (Elem Klimov)
Blue ( Krzysztof Kieslowski)
The Reflecting Skin (Philip Ridley)
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Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky)
Ashes and Diamonds (Andrzej Wajda)
The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton)
Robocop (Paul Verhoeven)
Lost Highway (David Lynch)
Bored out of my mind so I'll take this to my top 25.
The Mirror (Andrei Tarkovsky)
Repo Man (Alex Cox)
Come and See (Elem Klimov)
Blue ( Krzysztof Kieslowski)
The Reflecting Skin (Philip Ridley)
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Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky)
Ashes and Diamonds (Andrzej Wajda)
The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton)
Robocop (Paul Verhoeven)
Lost Highway (David Lynch)
Bored out of my mind so I'll take this to my top 25.
Ivan's Childhood (Andrei Tarkovsky)
Throne of Blood (Akira Kurosawa)
Bad Lieutenant (Abel Ferrara)
A Boy and His Dog (Justus McQueen)
Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica)
Akira (Katsuhiro Otomo)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Hayao Miyazaki)
House (Nobuhiko Obayashi)
Memories of Murder (Bong Joon-ho)
Threads (Mick Jackson)
They Live (John Carpenter)
Crash (David Cronenberg)
The Quiet Earth (Geoff Murphy)
Wake in Fright (Ted Kotcheff)
Walker (Alex Cox)
Throne of Blood (Akira Kurosawa)
Bad Lieutenant (Abel Ferrara)
A Boy and His Dog (Justus McQueen)
Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica)
Akira (Katsuhiro Otomo)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Hayao Miyazaki)
House (Nobuhiko Obayashi)
Memories of Murder (Bong Joon-ho)
Threads (Mick Jackson)
They Live (John Carpenter)
Crash (David Cronenberg)
The Quiet Earth (Geoff Murphy)
Wake in Fright (Ted Kotcheff)
Walker (Alex Cox)
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Good list. Love your inclusion of Coma and See. Haunting experience of a movie.
Great film, not a film I'd want to watch every now and again. Unlike Rocky 4.
I don't watch many, can only think of four:
- Grease
- Cable Guy
- Parasite
- Terminator 2
This might be the most random combination of favorites that I've seen and I love you for it!
Thanks. Its a brilliantly executed war film. Up there with Ivan's Childhood, Grave of the Fireflies and Apocalypse Now.
I can't believe a Kurosawa, Ozu, Herzog or Ferrara film didnt make my top 10.
Could easily pick another ten films.
Apocalypse Now
Big Lebowski
Requiem for a Dream
Trainspotting
Shawshank
(I really wanted to include Borat )
Big Lebowski
Requiem for a Dream
Trainspotting
Shawshank
(I really wanted to include Borat
)Oh, right, that Red-White-Blue trilogy is amazing! Especially the last film.
One flew over the Cuckoos Nest
Godfather II
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
No Country for old Men
There Will Be Blood
Godfather II
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
No Country for old Men
There Will Be Blood
Groundhog Day (absolute no 1 for me)
Blues Brothers
Pulp Fiction
Fight Club
Four Rooms
Blues Brothers
Pulp Fiction
Fight Club
Four Rooms
Yep, its a fantastic trilogy.
Mississippi Burning
Schindlers List
Jurassic Park
First Blood
The Shawshank Redemption
In no particular order.
Schindlers List
Jurassic Park
First Blood
The Shawshank Redemption
In no particular order.
I debated including it, having just rewatched it. Benicio was one of the best demons in the flesh ever put to film. Not in a pure evil sense, just…well I don’t know, some sort of ancient sense of a demon a la Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men or Billy Bob Thornton in Fargo… If that makes any sense.
One of the scariest beings you’d ever see who wasn’t actually supernatural or some such.
Blade Runner
Memento
Once upon a time in America
Prometheus
The Matrix
Memento
Once upon a time in America
Prometheus
The Matrix
Predator
Interstellar
Dune
Collateral
BladeRunner 2049
Interstellar
Dune
Collateral
BladeRunner 2049
I liked Blue the best.
Think I need to change my Top 5 after watching some classics over Christmas.
Raiders of the Lost Ark , both Aliens, The Good The Bad and the Ugly and both Godfathers, at least 2 should be in my top 5, but I just cant decided.
Raiders of the Lost Ark , both Aliens, The Good The Bad and the Ugly and both Godfathers, at least 2 should be in my top 5, but I just cant decided.
1) Casablanca
2) Once upon a time in America
3) 12 Monkeys
4) Before the rain
5) Leaving Las Vegas
6) The last emperor
Honorable mention
three colors blue
The time of gypsies
The secret in their eyes - the spanish version
Kite runner
Godfather
maybe leaving las vegas gets booted. Interesting how in the lists there are not many love storied. Plenty of gang/ violence movies. I guess bunch of guys.
2) Once upon a time in America
3) 12 Monkeys
4) Before the rain
5) Leaving Las Vegas
6) The last emperor
Honorable mention
three colors blue
The time of gypsies
The secret in their eyes - the spanish version
Kite runner
Godfather
maybe leaving las vegas gets booted. Interesting how in the lists there are not many love storied. Plenty of gang/ violence movies. I guess bunch of guys.
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1. Jaws
2. Alien
3. 2001: A Space odyssey
4. Interstellar
5. Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind
2. Alien
3. 2001: A Space odyssey
4. Interstellar
5. Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind
The Godfathers 1&2
The Prestige
Blade Runner 2049
Casino
Zodiac
The Prestige
Blade Runner 2049
Casino
Zodiac
1. A Clockwork Orange
2. Southern Comfort
3. Deliverance
4. The Fearless Vampire Killers
5. Cape Fear (1962 with Robert Mitchum version)
2. Southern Comfort
3. Deliverance
4. The Fearless Vampire Killers
5. Cape Fear (1962 with Robert Mitchum version)
They Live
Vanishing Point
Once Upon a Time in the West
Das Boot
Back to the Future
Vanishing Point
Once Upon a Time in the West
Das Boot
Back to the Future
I was too lazy to look up the order of the trilogy when I posted, but I see it's Blue-White-Red. So I think my order of preference was Red-Blue-White.
(That's the opposite of the Russian flag. How symbolical - go me!)
Aye. A lot of Shawshank Redemption as well, which I think women don't appreciate much either. Romanticism for men I guess. (Yes, I also like it.
)More generally, if you look at everything listed, there is also very little by women, about women, and/or where women play the main character(s).
No particular order
Boyz n the Hood
Training Day
The Departed
Snatch
Casino
Boyz n the Hood
Training Day
The Departed
Snatch
Casino