The 20 greatest Films of all Time

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16/11/2004, 11:44 AM
eoinh

The 20 greatest Films of all Time

I wonder what people thought of my 20 greatest films of all time.

Comments, suggestion, welcome!

What would other peoples top 20 be?

1. Its a wonderfull Life
2. The Life and Death of Col. Blimp
3. The Third Man
4. Donnie Darko
5. A Matter of Life and Death
6. The Life of Brian
7. City of God
8. Star Wars
9. The Godfather
10.The Godfather 2
11.The Magnificent Ambersons
12.American Beauty
13.Lost Horizon
14.Alien
15.Saving Private Ryan
16.The Dead
17.Three Colours Red
18.Three Colours White
19.Three Colours Blue
20.Burnt by the Sun
16/11/2004, 12:23 PM
Roo69

a wonderfull Life
Star Wars
The Godfather
The Godfather 2
American Beauty

Would have these in mine as well, but its all a matter of taste really. because i love comedy and horror i would put in the likes of........

Dumb and Dumber, King Pin, Harlem Nights, 28 Days Later, The Exorsist etc....

Also Goodfellas, The Apartment, Gladiator, chinatown, Mean Streets, Pulp Fiction, Leon, Apocalypse Now, The Deer Hunter, Sacrifice, Taxi Driver, Schindler's List, The Marathon Man, The Quiet Man, Night of the Living Dead, Highlander, Devils Advocat would all be some where on my list
16/11/2004, 3:06 PM
gustavo

only ones i can think off that arent there would be truman show , 10
Clockwork Orange,
Elephant Man, Memento Shawshank Redemption, Truman Show, Usual Suspects,
16/11/2004, 3:20 PM
jebus

changes everyday but at the mo would be

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Vanilla Sky, Some Like It Hot, Casino, Platoon, Love Liza, Akira, Truman Show, Kill Bill Vol:1, Seven Samurai, Shawshank Redemption, Pulp Fiction, Trainspotting, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Reservoir Dogs, True Romance, AI, Withnail & I, Life is Beautiful and Basketball Diaries.

Although City of God should be in there somewhere by rights
16/11/2004, 3:26 PM
dortie

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Originally Posted by gustavo

Elephant Man

:eek: Was John Merrick that good ?
16/11/2004, 5:10 PM
Thomo

i can't do a list of 20 in order, so i'll just list a few favourites:

A clockwork orange
momento
waynes world 1 +2
goodfellas
scarface
The Life of Brian
City of God
Star Wars
The Godfather
The Godfather 2
monty python and the holy grail
American Beauty
Alien(S)
Saving Private Ryan
finding forrester
cool runnings
apocalypse now
the village
taxi driver
silence of the lambs
manhunter
red dragon
intermission
one flew over the cookoos nest
the quiet man
casino
jurassic park
straw dogs
the wicker man
lotr trilogy
bugsy malone
boys don't cry
the battle of algiers

if i think of any more i'll add them
16/11/2004, 5:24 PM
Terry Phelan

Shawshank Redemption without a shadow of a doubt!!!!! :cool:
16/11/2004, 5:29 PM
harry crumb

Anything with john candy.
16/11/2004, 5:32 PM
harry crumb

Quote:

Originally Posted by eoinh

I wonder what people thought of my 20 greatest films of all time.

Comments, suggestion, welcome!

What would other peoples top 20 be?

1. Its a wonderfull Life
2. The Life and Death of Col. Blimp
3. The Third Man
4. Donnie Darko
5. A Matter of Life and Death
6. The Life of Brian
7. City of God
8. Star Wars
9. The Godfather
10.The Godfather 2
11.The Magnificent Ambersons
12.American Beauty
13.Lost Horizon
14.Alien
15.Saving Private Ryan
16.The Dead
17.Three Colours Red
18.Three Colours White
19.Three Colours Blue
20.Burnt by the Sun

It's all a bit Empirsh if you ask me. They are all the usual suspects for the top 20. Lost Horison..whats that?

One of my favourites is 12 Angry Men. Simple but brilliant.

Star Wars is a bit ****e. Saving p. ryan is pretty ****e. Life of brian is good.
16/11/2004, 5:56 PM
eoinh

Quote:

Originally Posted by harry crumb

Lost Horison..whats that?

The story of a group of people who find themselves in an enchanted paradise when their plane crashes somewhere in the Himalayas. Known as Shangri-La the place provides an escape from the rest of the world where World War II is starting. Its old (1937) but very good. Its a Frank Capra film.
16/11/2004, 6:17 PM
dortie

Saw is one of the best Ive seen in the last year or two.
17/11/2004, 12:26 AM
atfconline

tut tut tut, no sign of Blazing Saddles!
22/11/2004, 8:05 PM
Thomo

Quote:

Saw is one of the best Ive seen in the last year or two.

i agree, fantastic idea for a movie, but i can't help that feel that it would have been even better with better quality of actors in it.
23/11/2004, 1:55 AM
Longfordian

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Originally Posted by atfconline

tut tut tut, no sign of Blazing Saddles!

"Where's all the White women at?"..
29/11/2004, 12:26 PM
SouthCroydon

outlaw joesy whales
the searchers
magnificent seven
29/11/2004, 12:44 PM
Dublin12

Eraserhead
The Big Sleep
Festen
Brazil
Man bites Dog
Once Upon a Time in the west
Spartacus
03/12/2004, 3:01 PM
pete

While not in top 20 would add Adaptation (really annoying movie to watch but way too clever to be left out) & Eternal Sunsine of the Spotless Mind (really surprised me, who would have Jim Carrey could act?) to favs now.
03/12/2004, 3:11 PM
Aberdonian Stu

Jim Carrey can act but not in that.

Initially liked it only to realise once I'd left the cinema that it was in fact rubbish. It's called the Charlie Kaufman-writes-annoyingly effect.
03/12/2004, 3:17 PM
Dublin12

I forgot to add Quadrophenia to my list :D
03/12/2004, 3:38 PM
Babysis

Cat Ballou
The Quiet Man
Darby O'Gill and the Little people
Im with "Thommo" on Cool Runnings & Intermision was very good
Wizard of Oz
Don't Look now
Gangs of New York
Shawshank Redemption.
Dirty Dozen
03/12/2004, 5:01 PM
A face

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Lads .. that list went to pot there on ye .... It started off as "The 20 greatest Films of all Time" ... and then went rapidly downhill from there !!

This thread would want to do a serious u-turn if it is to gain any credibility at all !!
03/12/2004, 5:01 PM
Pablo

dont forget Waterworld lads
03/12/2004, 5:10 PM
A face

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Pablo

dont forget Waterworld lads

I know yeah ... Herbie Rides Again .... what a timeless classic .... According to the lads anyway !!
03/12/2004, 5:48 PM
CollegeTillIDie

20 Funniest films I've seen....

1/ Airplane
2/ A Day At The Races - The Marx Brothers
3/ A Night At the Opera -The Marx Brothers
4/ Some Like It Hot
5/ Monty Python- The Holy Grail
6/ Monty Python- The Life of Brian
7/ A Private Function
8/ Blazing Saddles
9/ The Producers
10/ Airplane 2
11/Horse Feathers - The Marx Brothers
12/ Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
13/The Pink Panther
14/ A Shot In the Dark
15/ Dr Strangelove
16/Don't be a Menace to South Central While Drinking your Juice in the Hood
17/ Hot Shots
18/ Hot Shots Part Deux
19/ The Naked Gun 2 1/2
20/ The Naked Gun 331/3 The Smell of Fear

Not comprehensive probably forgot to mention some good ones..but so be it
03/12/2004, 7:23 PM
DolansWaistcoat

Forrest Gump
The Matrix(first one only)
All the Rocky films
One flew over the cuckoo's nest
Trainspotting
The shining
Kickboxer
03/12/2004, 7:27 PM
the 12 th man

in no particular order

21 gramms
seven
the fifth element
the pledge
25 th hour
devdas
insomnia
blues brothers
excorcist
jaws
eating roaul
traffic
night at the opera
the great escape
blue velvet
mystic river
magnificent seven
mckennas gold
frequency
pulp fiction
04/12/2004, 1:05 AM
harry crumb

20 Greatest comedies

1.BASEketball
2.Duck Soup(the best Marx Bros.)
3.naked Gun 2
4.Who's Harry Crumb?
5.Young Frankenstein
6.National Lampoons Vacation
7.Airplane
8.Life of Brian
9.Blazing Saddles
10.The Producers
11.There's Something about Mary
12.Forget Paris
13.Some like it hot
14.This is Spinal Tap
15.Mr. Deeds goes to town
16.Babe
17.A day at the races
18.Groundhog Day
19.Dumb and Dumber
20.Deuce Bigalow : Male jigalow
04/12/2004, 8:09 AM
CollegeTillIDie

Quote:

Originally Posted by harry crumb

1.BASEketball
2.Duck Soup(the best Marx Bros.)
3.naked Gun 2
4.Who's Harry Crumb?
5.Young Frankenstein
6.National Lampoons Vacation
7.Airplane
8.Life of Brian
9.Blazing Saddles
10.The Producers
11.There's Something about Mary
12.Forget Paris
13.Some like it hot
14.This is Spinal Tap
15.Mr. Deeds goes to town
16.Babe
17.A day at the races
18.Groundhog Day
19.Dumb and Dumber
20.Deuce Bigalow : Male jigalow

Some great ones I forgot to mention Harry :D

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