HitchFan97's Top 50 Favorites [Archive]

HitchFan97

07-30-11, 01:06 PM

THIS LIST IS IRRELEVANT, TURN BACK NOW!!!

Find my revised Top 50 here: http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?p=785015#post785015

50. A Few Good Men (Reiner, 1992)

http://movies.maxupdates.tv/wp-contents/uploads/2010/01/A-Few-Good-Men.jpg

"You can't handle the truth!"

49. WALL-E (Stanton, 2008)

http://www.dan-dare.org/FreeFun/Images/CartoonsMoviesTV/WALL-EPoster2.jpg

"WALL-E!"

48. The King's Speech (Hooper, 2010)

http://www.joblo.com/newsimages1/TheKingsSpeechPoster.jpg

"If I'm King, where's my power? Can I form a government? Can I levy a tax, declare a war? No! And yet I am the seat of all authority. Why? Because the nation believes that when I speak, I speak for them. But I can't speak."

47. Scent of a Woman (Brest, 1992)

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"Out of order. I'll show YOU 'out of order'! You don't know what 'out of order' is, Mr. Trask. I'd show you, but I'm too old, I'm too tired, I'm too f****** blind. If I were the man I was five years ago, I'd take a FLAMETHROWER to this place! Out of order? Who the hell do ya think you're talking to? I've been around, ya know? There was a time I could see. And I have seen. Boys like these, younger than these. Their arms torn out, their legs ripped off. But there is nothing like the sight of an amputated spirit. There's no prostetic for that. You think you're merely sending this splendid foot solder back home to Oregon with tail between his legs, but I say you are executing his SOUL! And why? Because he's not a Baird man. Baird men. You hurt this boy, you're gonna be Baird bums, the lot of ya. And Harry, Jimmy, Trent, wherever you are, f*** you too!"

46. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Hughes, 1986)

http://nashvilleforfree.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/nike-dunk-high-pro-sb-ferris-bueller-sample-detailed-pictures.jpg

"Bueller?... Bueller?... Bueller?"

And there's the first five. I'll be back later for #41-45.

HitchFan97

07-30-11, 05:09 PM

45. Magnum Force (Post, 1973)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c1/Magnum_Force.jpg

"Briggs, I hate the f****** system, but until someone comes along with changes that make sense, I'll stick with it."

44. The Man Who Knew Too Much (Hitchcock, 1956)

http://static.moviefanatic.com/files/the-man-who-knew-too-much-poster.jpg

"A man... a statesman... is to be killed... assassinated in London. Soon... very soon. Tell them in London... tell them to try Ambrose Chapel..."

43. Spider-Man (Raimi, 2002)

http://images.wikia.com/marveldatabase/images/9/97/Spider-Man_(film).jpg

"With great power comes great responsibility."

42. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (Forman, 1975)

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"Rules? PISS ON YOUR F****** RULES!"

41. Grown Ups (Dugan, 2010)

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"I wanna get chocolate wasted!"

Justin

07-30-11, 11:23 PM

Grown Ups? That's....an odd choice.

TylerDurden99

07-31-11, 01:35 AM

Nice start. Wall-E, Ferris, Grown-Ups... :yup:

Miss Vicky

07-31-11, 01:48 AM

Plus Rep for WallE and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. The others I either haven't seen or am not crazy about.

MovieMan8877445

07-31-11, 03:45 AM

Grown Ups just completely threw me off, like it came out of nowhere.

LuDiNaToR

07-31-11, 08:21 AM

grownn ups is a horrible, horrible movie.

HitchFan97

07-31-11, 12:13 PM

Grown Ups is one of my guilty pleasures :D Everybody else hates it, but I always thought it was great.

HitchFan97

07-31-11, 12:29 PM

Here's the next five. I believe there's one in here that'll surprise you as well.

40. Star Wars (Lucas, 1977)

http://www.starwars.com/movies/episode-iv/img/ep_iv.jpg

"May the force be with you".

39. Super 8 (Abrams, 2011)

http://www.screenhead.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Super8_Poster2.jpg

"Do not speak of this. You don't know what is happening here. If they find you, you and your parents will be killed."

38. A Christmas Story (Clark, 1983)

http://www.movie-list.com/posters/big/zoom/christmasstory.jpg

"You'll shoot your eye out!"

37. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (Spielberg, 1982)

http://www.filmsite.org/posters/etth3.jpg

"E.T. phone home!"

36. Spider-Man 3 (Raimi, 2007)

http://www.comingsoon.net/gallery/4663/spiderman3poster1.jpg

"Never wound what you can't kill."

rauldc14

07-31-11, 01:11 PM

I'm assuming Super 8 is the surprise. Honestly, I don't think Spiderman 3 is as bad as people say either. It wouldn't crack my top 100, but probably 150-200

HitchFan97

07-31-11, 01:26 PM

Actually, it was Spider-Man 3. But yeah, it's very underrated.

HitchFan97

07-31-11, 01:38 PM

Edited some of the posts so as to include "The Man Who Knew Too Much", which I watched last night. It's the first Hitchcock movie to make the list, but it won't be the last.

MovieMan8877445

07-31-11, 02:24 PM

I'm assuming Super 8 is the surprise. Honestly, I don't think Spiderman 3 is as bad as people say either. It wouldn't crack my top 100, but probably 150-200

Spider-Man 3 is definitely more of a surprise than Super 8. Super 8 is my favorite of the year thus far.

HitchFan97

07-31-11, 06:25 PM

Spider-Man 3 is definitely more of a surprise than Super 8. Super 8 is my favorite of the year thus far.

Mine too :)

HitchFan97

07-31-11, 06:44 PM

The next set:

35. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Siegal, 1956)

http://www.cinemacom.com/50s-sci-fi/invasion-of-body-snatchers2.jpg

"They're here already! You're next! You're next, You're next...!"

34. Return of the Jedi (Marquand, 1983)

http://images.wikia.com/starwars/images/b/b2/ReturnOfTheJediPoster1983.jpg

"The alliance... will die. As will your friends. Good, I can feel your anger. I am defenseless. Take your weapon. Strike me down with all of your hatred and your journey towards the dark side will be complete!"

33. Batman Begins (Nolan, 2005)

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080925162761/dcmovies/images/5/56/BatmanBeginsposter.jpg

"Would you like to see my mask?"

32. Avatar (Cameron, 2009)

http://www.joblo.com/newsimages1/avatarimax.jpg

"One life ends; another begins."

31. The Hangover (Phillips, 2009)

http://www.comingsoon.net/gallery/46821/The_Hangover_poster.jpg

"You wanna f*** on me?"

rauldc14

07-31-11, 07:00 PM

eh, I didn't like The Man who Knew Too Much. 12 Angry Men was far better. Hangover, Cuckoo's Nest, and Wall E are my favorites thus far.

HitchFan97

07-31-11, 09:08 PM

30. Raging Bull (Scorsese, 1980)

http://www.moviegoods.com/Assets/product_images/1020/191710.1020.A.jpg

"Hey, Ray, I never went down, man! You never got me down, Ray! You hear me, you never got me down."

29. Revenge of the Sith (Lucas, 2005)

http://www.killerfilm.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/revenge_of_the_sith_poster.jpg

"Are you threatening me, Master Jedi?"

28. Inception (Nolan, 2010)

http://images.wikia.com/inception/images/d/de/Inception_Poster.jpg

"What is the most resilient parasite? Bacteria? A virus? An intestinal worm? An idea. Resilient... highly contagious. Once an idea has taken hold of the brain it's almost impossible to eradicate. An idea that is fully formed - fully understood - that sticks; right in there somewhere."

27. First Blood (Kotcheff, 1982)

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EuHEDwCmE1I/TC-53uoTkBI/AAAAAAAACZs/Z2FgyBgunP0/s1600/784~First-Blood-Posters.jpg

"I can't get it out of my head. A dream of seven years. Everyday I have this. And sometimes I wake up and I don't know where I am. I don't talk to anybody. Sometimes a day - a week. I can't put it out of my mind."

26. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (McKay, 2004)

http://www.traileraddict.com/content/dreamworks-pictures/anchorman.jpg

"I'm gonna punch you in the ovary, that's what I'm gonna do. A straight shot. Right to the babymaker."

More editing to some of the posts... anyways, there's the first half of my Top 50.

rauldc14

07-31-11, 09:26 PM

is there more edits to come?

HitchFan97

07-31-11, 09:28 PM

I hope not! :D

No, i'm pretty sure the Top 25 is set in stone.

HitchFan97

08-01-11, 09:33 AM

And here's the first set of the Top 25:

25. The Birds (Hitchcock, 1963)

http://www.filmsite.org/posters/bird.gif

"Why are they doing this? Why are they doing this? They said when you got here, the whole thing started. Who are you? What are you? Where did you come from? I think you're the cause of all this. I think you're evil! EVIL!"

24. Halloween (Carpenter, 1978)

http://cdn.springboard.gorillanation.com/storage//upl_images/halloween-poster-1978.jpg

"I met him, fifteen years ago. I was told there was nothing left. No reason, no conscience, no understanding; even the most rudimentary sense of life or death, good or evil, right or wrong. I met this six-year-old child, with this blank, pale, emotionless face and, the blackest eyes... the devil's eyes. I spent eight years trying to reach him, and then another seven trying to keep him locked up because I realized what was living behind that boy's eyes was purely and simply... evil."

23. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Wright, 2010)

http://www.wildaboutmovies.com/images_7/scott_pilgrim_vs_the_world_ver2.jpg

"Who do you think you are, Pilgrim? You think you're better than me? I'll tell you what you are: a pain in my ass!! Do you know how long it took to get all the evil exes' contact information so I could form this stupid league? Like, two hours! TWO HOURS!"

22. Jaws (Spielberg, 1975)

http://www.filmsite.org/posters/jaws.gif

"We're gonna need a bigger boat."

21. Dirty Harry (Siegal, 1971)

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"I know what you're thinking. 'Did he fire six shots or only five?' Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?"

honeykid

08-01-11, 01:19 PM

+ rep for Jaws, Dirty Harry and Halloween. :up:

HitchFan97

08-01-11, 02:04 PM

The next 5:

20. Rope (Hitchcock, 1948)

http://www.posters555.com/pictures/Rope-movie-poster-(1948)-picture-MOV_4e6a8245_b.jpg

"I've always wished for more artistic talent. Well, murder can be an art, too. The power to kill can be just as satisfying as the power to create."

19. The Godfather Part III (Coppola, 1990)

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"Just when I thought I was out... they pull me back in."

18. The Social Network (Fincher, 2010)

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N7_JQo5vzu0/TZ9oq-Qs1cI/AAAAAAAAAEI/MNK66hLpUk4/s1600/socialnetwork.jpg

"You're not an a**hole, Mark. You're just trying so hard to be."

17. Alien (Scott, 1979)

http://www.knowledgerush.com/wiki_image/c/c3/Alien_movie_poster.jpg

"Danger. The emergency destruct system is now activated. The ship will detonate in 'T' minus ten minutes."

16. The Departed (Scorsese, 2006)

http://www.wildaboutmovies.com/images_2/DepartedMoviePoster.jpg

"I don't want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me."

HitchFan97

08-02-11, 01:01 PM

15. Play Misty For Me (Eastwood, 1971)

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rJBmix_SFsI/SSBLFAVrxII/AAAAAAAAAak/4J_48xk06Ck/s400/395px-Play_misty_for_me.jpg

"Get off my back, Evelyn!"

14. The Godfather Part II (Coppola, 1974)

http://www.movieposterdb.com/posters/08_01/1974/71562/s_71562_f2874b3b.jpg

"I don't feel I have to wipe everybody out, Tom. Just my enemies."

13. Chinatown (Polanski, 1974)

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"I don't get tough with anyone, Mr. Gittes. My lawyer does."

12. The Terminator (Cameron, 1984)

http://www.empireonline.com/images/features/bizarre-film-posters-from-ghana/terminator-hollywood.jpg

"I'll be back."

11. The Silence of the Lambs (Demme, 1991)

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"You know what you look like to me, with your good bag and your cheap shoes? You look like a rube. A well scrubbed, hustling rube with a little taste. Good nutrition's given you some length of bone, but you're not more than one generation from poor white trash, are you, Agent Starling? And that accent you've tried so desperately to shed: pure West Virginia. What is your father, dear? Is he a coal miner? Does he stink of the lamp? You know how quickly the boys found you... all those tedious sticky fumblings in the back seats of cars... while you could only dream of getting out... getting anywhere... getting all the way to the FBI."

I'll be back soon for the TOP 10!

honeykid

08-02-11, 02:18 PM

That's the best post yet. Whilst I think SotL is massively overrated, I still like it. :up:

HitchFan97

08-02-11, 11:10 PM

Here's the start of my TOP 10 FAVORITE MOVIES OF ALL TIME :D

10. The Dark Knight (Nolan, 2008)

http://www.yourmoviestuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/the-dark-knight-joker-poster.jpg

"Why so serious?"

9. The Shining (Kubrick, 1980)

http://www.circlecinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/The-Shining-Poster.jpg

"Wendy? Darling? Light of my life. I'm not gonna hurt ya. You didn't let me finish my sentence. I said, I'm not gonna hurt ya. I'm just going to bash your brains in!

8. Rear Window (Hitchcock, 1954)

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"We've become a race of Peeping Toms. What people ought to do is get outside their own house and look in for a change. Yes sir. How's that for a bit of homespun philosophy?"

7. The Empire Strikes Back (Kershner, 1980)

http://www.posterparty.com/images/star-wars-episode-5-empire-strikes-back-style-A-movie-poster-GB1417.jpg

"I am your father."

6. Blade Runner (Scott, 1982)

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_A5nDBL4BxPI/SYgFS1Lh6hI/AAAAAAAAADQ/Kd3MSdaqzhI/Blade_Runner_poster%5B1%5D%5B3%5D.jpg

"More human than human is our motto."

Top 5 coming soon! For those, I'll provide a more in-depth look at each film, and why they so successfully define why I love movies.

rauldc14

08-03-11, 12:09 AM

Love Rear Window and Dark Knight

SpaceOdyssey

08-03-11, 12:12 AM

I recently watched Blade Runner. I didn't like it much. Great list though man.

HitchFan97

08-03-11, 12:18 AM

Thanks :)

crankalicious

08-03-11, 12:52 AM

There are a thousand movies I could recommend, but go rent Point Blank with Lee Marvin.

HitchFan97

08-03-11, 12:58 AM

Looks good, I'll definitely have to check it out.

TylerDurden99

08-03-11, 05:00 AM

Nice list so far, with Blade Runner & Chinatown two recent favourites of mine. The only films I really have a problem with are Revenge Of The Sith & Scott Pilgrim. The latter does have some great editing and likeable characters, but failed to deliver enought to satisfy my expectations. I like Sith, but not more than Jedi or New Hope. Still can't wait to see the rest and +1 for The Dark Knight being in your top 10.

HitchFan97

08-03-11, 01:20 PM

5. GoodFellas (1990)

Directed by Martin Scorsese

Starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, and Joe Pesci

http://crimeshowinvestigator.com/MovieReviews/Posters/Goodfellas.jpg

"As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster."

Being that it is the polar opposite of "The Godfather", it is interesting to fathom how "GoodFellas" became every bit the defining film of the gangster genre that Coppola's masterpiece is. Perhaps it is the performances, or maybe the directing, or even the wildly entertaining episodic format that the story is presented in. But in my humble opinion, I believe it's the realism that Scorsese brings to his wiseguys. Unlike Coppola, he does not glamorize the dirty business they are in. Instead, we are privy to every murder, drug deal, and double-crossing... and we enjoy every minute of it.

http://industrialscripts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/goodfellas3.jpg

HitchFan97

08-03-11, 09:31 PM

4. Psycho (1960)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Starring Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, and John Gavin

http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/11/b70-5617

"You know what I think? I think that we're all in our private traps, clamped in them, and none of us can ever get out. We scratch and we claw, but only at the air, only at each other, and for all of it, we never budge an inch."

"Psycho" forever holds a place in my heart as being the film that got me interested in film. Today, it remains immeasurably influential, being the motion picture that single-handedly invented the modern horror genre. And with its unconventional narrative and quirky dialog, screenwriter Joseph Stefano deserves just as much credit for this flawless film as Alfred Hitchcock. But of course, praise for "Psycho" is never complete without mentioning Anthony Perkins' brilliant performance as Norman Bates.

http://hitchcock.tv/mov/psycho/images/psycho3.gif

TOP 3 coming tomorrow, before I leave for vacation :D

HitchFan97

08-04-11, 02:10 PM

3. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Directed by Stanley Kubrick

Starring Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, and William Sylvester

http://www.daviddarling.info/images/2001_Space_Odyssey.jpg

"Open the pod bay doors, HAL."

Few films are better described as an experience than a movie viewing, but "2001" is one of them. Upon first viewing it comes across as dull, boring, and abysmally slow, but a second viewing reveals that this is indeed Kubrick's masterpiece and, with its Cold War undertones and acid-induced "Stargate Sequence", the film that painted the most mystifying portrait of the 1960's.

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Technology/Pix/pictures/2008/02/08/HAL9000-460x276.jpg

HitchFan97

08-04-11, 02:15 PM

2. The Godfather (1972)

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola

Starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, and James Caan

http://cache2.allpostersimages.com/p/LRG/16/1654/CZJGD00Z/posters/the-godfather.jpg

"Leave the gun. Take the cannoli."

The pinnacle of Hollywood storytelling, the beginning of Coppola's epic trilogy hits all of the right notes; the acting, directing, writing, music, and cinematography is flawless. No film has ever presented such a satisfyingly entertaining drama, but what can I write about "The Godfather" that hasn't already been written?

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/DVD/Paramount/detailpages/TheGodfather/GdfthrColl_Still_H3_L.jpg

HitchFan97

08-04-11, 02:22 PM

And here it is, my favorite movie of all time (and by a landslide)...

1. Vertigo (1958)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, and Barbara Bel Geddes

http://www.cinemacom.com/saul-bass/vertigo.gif

"And then what did he do? Did he train you? Did he rehearse you? Did he tell you exactly what to do, what to say? You were a very apt pupil too, weren't you? You were a very apt pupil! Well, why did you pick on me?! Why me?!"

Hitchcock's greatest achievement? I would agree. "Vertigo" is certainly the Master's most complex, artistic, and personal film, highlighted by fantastic performances from the entire cast. It is as entertaining as it is cerebral, and if we look closely enough at "Vertigo" we see that it is a thinly veiled portrait of the director's attitude towards women, particularly his actresses. An absolute landmark in cinema that is not to be missed.

http://jakedurrett.com/karma/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/vertigo1.jpg

And there you have it, My Top 50 Favorite Movies of All Time. Hope you enjoyed reading :D.