HK's 100 Favourites... Kinda

[honeykid]

In order to get this done (or as done as it's going to get) I limited myself to films that I've seen at least 5 times. Firstly, apart from the top 10-20, I don't think I could have had any confidence in a list without any restrictions. It'd be too difficult for me to list and order my 100 favourite films, in fact it's probably impossible for me. As it is there's a pool of about 20-30 films that you could sneak somewhere into the last 20-30 and I probably wouldn't notice. Well, not unless you just staight swapped the whole lot. :D

Just to say that I've only written my thoughts/reasons for the first 40 so far. I'll try and get more done as and when, but this won't be a list that's completed in a few days. Hopefully, I'll get it done quicker than The Prestige finished his, though. ;)

Anyway, I dedicate this list to all the people who've asked me about my favourite films and/or wanted me to post one of these. Whether they thought it'd happen or not. :p

On with the show.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyJBNZ4i4Yc&feature=related

[honeykid]

100. The Manchurian Candidate

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-rwWRb5YWw

Possibly the only Frank Sinatra film that I like. I don't think I saw this film until I was in my mid 20's. It was one of those 60's films that my Grandparents would ask if I'd seen (The Ipcress File being another) and I always had to say "no". So, one day it's on tv and I decide to sit and watch it. Firstly, I love the set up, it's a great premise for a film. The tension, suspense and intrigue are all built in from the start. All you have to do is follow the plot and it's hard to cock it up. For the record, not that you need telling, but Frankenheimer doesn't cock it up. He excells and elicits wonderful performances from everyone.

99. Roadhouse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ikfz-S6Tjo

OK, this is just fun. I was in my late teens when I first saw this, which is probably the perfect age to be for a film like this. Got a copy a year or two later and then it was one of those Friday night films I'd watch with friends. Even to this day, I don't think I have a friend who's not seen this. It's not allowed. You have to watch it at the earliest opportunity.

98. Dangerous Liaisons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbB2oBlP2uI

I really liked Cruel Intentions, but I think it was because I'd already seen and loved Dangerous Liaisons, that I liked it so much. This is, if you will, the 'proper' version of the story. I think I first saw this because my mum wanted to watch it, so I sat and watched it with her. TBH, I was mainly there for Uma Thurman (I'd already seen Baron Munchausen, which I didn't like, but remembered her. Obviously ;)) but it sounded like a good film, had been well reviewed and won Oscars, so I was more than happy to watch it. I've probably only seen it 7 or 8 times since, but each time I end up thinking, "I really should watch this film more often." I've not seen it for a good few years now, so I should take my own advice. I urge you to do the same.

97. Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOd-oDgLapw&feature=related

Now, you won't find many comedies in this list and that's because I don't find many comedy films funny. This, however, still has the power to put me on the floor laughing. It's my favourite Kevin Smith film (so that should tell you a few films that won't be appearing on this list.) Will Ferrell's in this film and I still think it's funny. That's how funny I think this film is. I had a work print of this long before it was released over here and I still went and saw it at the cinema. I just love this film. BTW, the soundtrack on that work print was better than the released version. I don't know if there was a problem with the rights or just a change of mind, but it wasn't as good.

96. Before Sunrise

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtvrzpebA6k&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL4E07D30553A102AD

The most romantic film ever made... Ever! Already a fan of Slacker and Dazed & Confused, I was really looking forward to this and, for once, I was not disappointed. Happening over less then 24 hours, there isn't time for anything to go wrong. They're never going to see each other again, that's what's going to go wrong, so it's just the getting-to-know-you good stuff. Linklater's rambling, stream of conscious dialogue works really well in this setting. Like the best Tarantino writing, it feels completely natural, despite being extraordinarily stylized.

95. The Thing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouZkkIsLiNg

What can I say? This film really does, pretty much, have everything you could want in a whoisit/horror/thriller. I particularly like and enjoy the atmosphere Carpenter creates. Cold (in terms temperature, not unfeeling) and claustrophobic, you sit in a state of anticipation, be it for the next scare or the next clue as to WTF is going on. I've not seen the prequel, but I'm guessing that the SFX in this look a lot better than the CGI.

[honeykid]

94. Se7en
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4YV2_TcCoE

I get the feeling that this is as influenctial to the serial killer thriller as Blade Runner has been in to the sci-fi genre. Even down to the rain and dark, washed out look. The film's a four-hander between Freeman/Pitt/Spacey/Fincher. Having said that, without Andrew Walker's script, I doubt this film would be anywhere near my top 100. Though I'm sure mark or Holden could direct me towards a good number of them or inform me it's an urban legend, this is also the first film I saw which purposely had poor sound quality, even if it was only for the first ten minutes or so. Sadly, the best thing about this film isn't a scene in it, but my memory of seeing for the first time. At the end of the film comes, what I'm told is supposed to be a big shock, though as my sister knew what was coming, I can't see how that can be the case. Anyway, if you've seen this you know what I'm talking about, and I won't forget till my dying day, my sister laughing her head off when he opens the package. I've never been sure whether the gasps in the cinema were for that moment on the screen or my sister cracking up.

93. Halloween

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljchb1tsLfs

Why wouldn't you love Halloween? I don't think I saw this until my mid-late teens, so unlike most of the horror genre's vanguard I was very aware of how good this was supposed to be, but when I did it was love at first sight. A great attention grabbing start, which has enough power to hold you throughout the rather mundane, ordinary stuff that happens before night falls. However, it doesn't become boring because you always have the feeling that 'something' was about to happen or appear. Just out of shot. For me, this is the real genius of the film. Once night falls and the adults go out, the film winds up to the real meat of a slasher film. The stalking and killings. Halloween gives you both with both barrels.

92. Les Diaboliques

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc76IXZxldI

Obviously, this is not the 1996 version. Even I'm not that 'out there'. No, this the the original. The one that's discussed in reverential whispers. This film has inspired so many others that you'll sit there reminded of dozens of other films like this that you've seen. Almost the very definition of the phrase "oft imitated, never bettered", this is one of a few films I'd show someone who didn't like subtitled films to try and break down that barrier. Actually most of the films I'd put on that list appear at some point on this one, including the next film on my list.

91. Jean De Florette

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V44E_YanQsg

I know that Manon des Source is a continuation of this film (is that a duology?) this is a list of my 100 favourite films, not 100 favourite stories or series of films. That being the case, I greatly prefer this to the second part. It's a sweet, beautiful film both visually and emotionally. The only dark cloud comes in the shape of uncle César and his nephew, Ugolin and, indeed, they are dark. Every part of this film works. Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu and Daniel Auteuil are uniformally brilliant as the main protagonists and they're wonderfully supported by some beautiful cinematography and one of the best scores ever composed for a film. The earnest goodness of Jean De Florette and his unstoppable optimism will put a smile on your face, but I have to warn you, this film broke my heart.

[HitchFan97]

HOLY CRAP IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING! As promised, you're being repped for every post, even if I don't like/haven't seen the movies. Love Halloween and Les Diaboliques, though :)

[mark f]

Good job and a big surprise! Now, do I come into honey's thread and trash his fave films a la the honeymeister? No, at least not yet. Maybe I'll pile on later if it becomes fashionable. :cool:

[ash_is_the_gal]

i'm so so so so happy you're doing this. I jotted down a couple of the films already. the earnest way you talk about your favorites is lovely. :)

[honeykid]

Good job and a big surprise! Now, do I come into honey's thread and trash his fave films a la the honeymeister? No, at least not yet. Maybe I'll pile on later if it becomes fashionable. :cool:
Hey, if you want to slag them off, you go right ahead mate. I'm sure there'll be plenty of bait for you. :D

[honeykid]

90. The Haunting

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlj9oSVNIXM&feature=related

The best haunted house film of all time? Probably and, again, I'm not talking about the 90's remake. Obviously influened by Psycho and based on one of the best horror novels of all time, The Haunting is one of the best examples of how a horror film can create an atmosphere with just camera angles, lenses and, essential for a horror film, sound. For lovers of subtext, this film should have more than enough for you to come up with all sorts an analysis and theroies about the human condition.

89. Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROh248XK6zY

Here's the first Drew film on the list. Like every film of hers from 2000, I wanted to see this from the moment it was announced she was in it. However, this film would be on the list even if she wasn't. Based on the, supposedly true, auto-biography of Chuck Barris, the American gameshow host and producer with a script from Charlie Kaufman. In it, he claims to've been a CIA agent/assassin. I love the cast in this film. Sam Rockwell is fantastic as Barris, as is Drew as his girlfriend, Penny (I especially love her in the hippie phase of the character.) Whether it's true or not doesn't matter at all, at least not to me, the film's both well made and great fun.

88. Blood Feast

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ2t0et8wWc

Considered the first "splatter movie" and my favourite Herschell Gordon Lewis film. Not that I've seen too many. Right off the bat I want to be clear, this film is terrible. Poorly made and the acting is attrocious. But that's the fun. Thats why it's on my list. D'you remember that episode of The Simpson's where they go to Itchy And Scratchy Land and the kids are laughing while being splattered with blood as the animatronic I&S massacre each other? That's me and this film. I laugh from start to finish, even though the film is drenched in blood and women are butchered and dismembered in preparation for the Feast Of Ishtar! :laugh:

87. Manhunter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czVMfUd5dFI

The best Lecktor film (there's the original spelling of Lecktor for you) barely has the infamous character in it at all. This is a highly stylized film, even by the standards of Michael Mann, and everything plays second fiddle to the use of colour. Frankly, the climax of the film and use of Iron Butterfly's "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" would be enough to make this film stand out from the crowd, but throw in the characters Will Graham (William Petersen, playing Grissom about 15 years before he did on CSI) and Tooth Fairy and the performances of William Pertersen and Tom Noonan that give them life and you have a film that, while not for everyone, will leave an impression on its audience, whether they like it or not.

86. Dolores Clairborne

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B4v2-lLuHE&feature=related

Despite tour de force performances by Kathy Baker and Jennifer Jason Leigh (it feels as if one of them is onscreen in almost every shot, let alone scene) for me this film is dominated by an oppressive and claustrophobic atmosphere, brilliantly created by director Taylor Hackford, cinematographer Gabriel Beristain and the Nova Scotian landscape. A superb supporting cast and strong but simple plot envelope this to create, IMO, the best adaptation of a Stephen King novel. An often overlooked and forgotten 90's gem.

[Harry Lime]

It's about freaking time!

[JayDee]

As one of the people who has been asking and encouraging you it's great to see you finally go ahead with this. Although so far I've hardly seen a single film on your list! :laugh: So it's hard for me to comment too much.

Looking forward to seeing the rest of your list though.

[Skepsis93]

At last! :D

[ash_is_the_gal]

i just counted because i'm a sucker for useless information, and I've only seen 8 of the 15 films you've listed so far, HOWEVER I wrote three of them down.

[Nausicaä]

Lovely, lovely to see Dolores Claiborne on that list! One of my all time favourites too.

[wintertriangles]

Just to pull a honeykid, I can't believe you like The Haunted

[mark f]

Do you mean the original The Haunting?

[honeykid]

Just to pull a honeykid, I can't believe you like The Haunted
Oh yeah, contrary to popular opinion, I like lots of good films. :D

Just a quick thank you for all the kind comments and rep. :)

[bouncingbrick]

Roadhouse! Manhunter! The Thing!

I guess I can rep you for those mediocre films. :D

[TylerDurden99]

Wow, it's happening. I like a lot of films on your list so far, especially The Thing and Se7en. Big thumbs up for all your posts.

[honeykid]

85. Ginger Snaps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zoa1A987A_k

This was one of two films I championed in 2000. I kept hearing about it as it did the horror festival circuit and slowly gained a reputation as being more than 'just another wereworlf film". This was a horror that needed to be seen and so I tracked down a copy long before I should've been able to and delighted in the film for the first time. Unlike a good few horror films since (Wolf Creek and Haute Tension immediately spring to mind) I loved Ginger Snaps and I loved it long before it finished for the first time.

84. Logan's Run

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WUUnc1M0TA

Unlike a good number of these films, I can't remember watching Logan's Run for the first time. I think I was probably around 15 or 16. However, whenever it was, it'd become a firm favourite by my early 20's. This is one of those films I can't understand anyone not liking. After all, what's not to like? It's so 70's it's cliched. The costumes, the sets, the dystopian future setting, flashing lights, 'space age' sounds and Farah Fawcett. Then, if that wasn't enough, you get Jenny Agutter as well! I'll admit that the film drops off once Peter Ustinov turns up, but that's because the fun's over and not him. For those who've not watched it, get it seen before the 2014 remake with Ryan Gosling is released. No rush, you've got a few years yet.

83. Coffy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jVAIitIP-4

The first time I saw this it was part of a Blaxploitation night on TCM. It'd been preceded by The Super Cops and was followed by Shaft. Now, Shaft and Super Cops I'd already seen, but Coffy was new to me. I'd already seen Foxy Brown, so was well aware of Pam's 'charms' ;) but this film showed that she was actually a good actress. A revenge/vigilante film relies on you cheering on the perpetrator. You either show, in gratuitous and/or explicit detail (ala I Spit On Your Grave) the reason for their upcoming crimes or you rely on the ability and likeablity of your protagonist. Coffy does the latter and is the better for it. Coffy uses what she has, both to lure her victims in and, later in the film, save her life. The difference is that when she's luring them in, you're cheering her on, whereas, when she's trying to save her life, you're worried for her. This might sound obvious, but I find that in lesser films of this type, I'm ambivalent in either situation. So, for me this really is a selling point.

82. Assault On Precinct 13

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdvYigI8ns4

You remember the scene with the kid and the ice cream van? That's when this film had me. It'd warmed me up with the theme tune, but that scene was the clincher. The film's pretty much full blast from then on. This is a remake of Rio Bravo and the perfect example of why I think Westerns suck and the 70's rock.

81. Good Will Hunting

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z02M3NRtkAA

I already had tears in my eyes at the end of this film, but that last long God shot with "Miss Misery" playing over the top took me out. I completely identified with this film and bought into it wholeheartedly. In fact, I was so into this film that not only didn't Minnie Driver annoy me, I actually found her attractive. One of the few films that makes me cry, pretty much, every single time.

[lundy1026]

yay a honeykid top 100 thread! Some great choices so far. Nice descriptions too!

[honeykid]

80. Pump Up The Volume

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuhHPQxS2nQ

One of only two films that I rented and then bought my own copy of the same week. Hard Boiled being the other one, for the record. Anyway, I knew nothing about this when I first saw it, but as a Christian Slater fan, I was more than happy to take a chance on it and it's been a part of my life ever since. My favourite Christian Slater film (who I'm still a fan of) the first film I saw Samantha Matthis in (still love her) and, as with The Breakfast Club and The Doors, I saw it at the right time in my life, my late teens. If you're in your teens and you've not seen this, rectify that asap. It also has a great soundtrack.

79. An American Werewolf In London

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCEnIp4NBjU

I think I was 10 when I first saw this and, tbh, I didn't think of it as a comedy/horror. It was a horror film to me. Certainly one that had some funny bits, but not a comedy. It was years later that it occurred to me that it was 'supposed' to be funny as a comedy, rather than a horror film with some funny bits. The film quickly became a favourite among my group of friends and I'd probably seen it about 10 times before I recorded my own copy a few years later. I've always found the scene in the underground the most unnerving and that's true to this day. For me, this is the best werewolf film ever made and the transformation scene still beats any CGI versions I've seen in todays films. Oh, and Jenny Agutter too. ;)

78. Foxy Brown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaMihhgb4Rs

Very similar to Coffy, though I think Coffy is the better film, I prefer this and I don't seem to be alone in this. Foxy Brown is 'the' Pam Grier film. 'The' powerful, strong and independent woman. 'The' black female icon. I was 8 when I first saw Foxy Brown. The older brother of a friend had a copy and we watched it with him (as we did Shaft and a couple of other blaxploitation films.) Obviously, back then it was just boobs and violence. I saw it again in my mid teens, but it wasn't until I started to get into blaxploitation films that I really started to love the film. I think Coffy is the better film because of the script, Grier's acting and the supporting cast, but Grier's arse kicking, super sexy, star performance totally dominates Foxy Brown and wrapped up in a genre that I love, for me, that's why I love it more.

77. Amelie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JodKDrNgEVM

One of the few films I've ever seen which I saw before its release and then saw at the cinema because I thought it had to be seen on the big screen. If you've only ever seen this at home and you get the chance, please watch it at the cinema. It's a whole other film. One filled with magic. A bit like another film I have higher in the list, I think you should be wary of someone who doesn't like this film.

76. The Killer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BapMa2RHDjA&feature=related

I can't remember if I saw this or A Better Tomorrow first, but one of those two was the first John Woo film I saw. I fell instantly in love. Even if ABT was the first Woo film I saw, I'd still not seen anything like this before. I still think of The Killer as Woo's masterpiece.

[honeykid]

75. Three Colours: Blue

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxu6my_t4pM

My favourite of the Three Colours trilogy, so you won't be seeing any of the other films on this list. Also, this is my 100 favourite films, so sagas, trilogies and the like aren't counted as one choice. I adore the cinematography and editing of this film. I find the blue and shades of blue that permeate the film captivating and, as important as the music is to this film, I could watch it with the sound turned off and still be spellbound. It hard to talk about anything else, as the film's all about emotion. You feel this film as much as you watch it. For all its technical excellence, maybe it's Binnoche's performance that stops this from being akin to a Kubrick film for me. To me, Kieslowski's Kubrick with emotion.

74. Monster's Inc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvOQeozL4S0

What's there to say? I know this one will surprise a few of you (at least) but what's not to love? How anyone can consider Up as the greatest Pixar film, if they've seen this is beyond me. You've got Sulley and Mike as a great double act. Randall, not just a slimeball villain but one who carries real menace, IMO, and Boo's just adorable. I also love the concept of the whole thing. The doors which leads to our bedrooms, where it's the job of monsters from another world to scare us into giving them energy. Sounds familiar. ;)

73. Duck Soup

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bonpelSt2ME

The only Marx Brothers film on my list. I love the great and the good Marx Brothers films and I even enjoy the not so good ones, but it's Groucho who makes all of them. That's probably why there's only one and, as many would agree, the best one at that. This is Groucho at his best, with a good few classic Groucho lines littering the film. There really are too many to list here, so I'll just go with my favourite. "Rememeber, you're fighting for this lady's honour, which is probably more than she ever did." 15-20 years ago, Horse Feathers would've been on this list and it was my favourite Marx Brothers film, but Duck Soup just seems to get better and better with every viewing.

72. Convoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5RI30RJIPk

The first film I saw on video. The first family in the street with a video and they've rented Convoy. So there's about 12 of us piled into their front room, plus their parents. I honestly don't know how many times I've seen this since. Dozens? Certainly. A hundred? Possible, but probably not. But I really don't know. As this is often the Sam Peckinpah film his fans dislike the most, it shouldn't come as any surprise that this is the only film of his I love. It's also the only one that'll you see on this list.

71. When Harry Met Sally

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8DgDmUHVto

One of the best rom-com's of all-time and I think of it like that because, unlike most rom-com's, it's actually funny. Not just a giggle or a smuckle, but proper laughing. It does suffer from not being not too high on the romantic stakes, not for me anyway, but romantic enough to qualify for the rom-com genre.

[HitchFan97]

When Harry Met Sally is the best rom-com ever, and I can still remember going to see Monster's, Inc. with my grandfather when I was just 4 years old. Two great Billy Crystal movies :D

[honeykid]

It's odd but, as an animation, I don't think of any of the voices. I'd never think of Monster's Inc as a Billy Crystal film, even though Mike is Billy Crystal. I'm stunned that stars get big cheques for voice work.

Glad you like them, though, they are both great films.

[JayDee]

At least there are a few I've now seen. :D When Harry Met Sally is great, so is American Werewolf. After seeing you mention it a few times I was actually surprised that Amelie wasn't higher, but great to see it anyway.

The big surprise however is definitely Monsters Inc. While I love it and it made my list as well I was stunned to see it on your list. You liking a 'kids film'? :p Have you seen Wall-e yet by the way?

[Sexy Celebrity]

70. Jumpin' Jack Flash

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmOhsMEnGOQ

Honeykid just can't get enough of this Whoopi romp featuring hit music from The Rolling Stones. Carol Kane is positively wacky as her friend and co-worker and there's also amusing roles played by Annie Potts, Jon Lovitz and Phil Hartman. Whoopi has never been better than when she was in Jumpin' Jack Flash. It really ought to be Honeykid's #1 favorite, but Honeykid decided to restrain himself.

[nebbit]

Nice list :yup: some interesting choices :love: Logans run too, :love: Jean de Florette too

[rauldc14]

I still like Horse Feathers over Duck Soup, but to each his own....

[honeykid]

After seeing you mention it a few times I was actually surprised that Amelie wasn't higher, but great to see it anyway.
I feel that Amelie may be a film that could move up as the years pass.

The big surprise however is definitely Monsters Inc. While I love it and it made my list as well I was stunned to see it on your list. You liking a 'kids film'? :p Have you seen Wall-e yet by the way?
lol... Well, there's nothing wrong with kids films. My problem is that they're now the films that adults (en masse) are looking forward to seeing.

And, no, I've not yet seen Wall-E. :D I did have it on in the background once, but I didn't engage with it.

[honeykid]

70. All The President's Men

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZBcPDePMjY

Remember when Redford and Hoffman actually acted? Well, this is probably the best example of that for both of them, IMO. It's also quite a rarity in Hollywood, IMO, a great film about a great real life story. I've never been a fan of Redford, but he's really good in this. Hoffman is off the scale good, my favourite performance of his. Another film I fell in love with in my early 20's, I'd caught some of it a few times on tv before, but not really gotten into it. These days it's one of those film which, if I come across it on tv, I'm there till it finishes.

69. Double Indemnity

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7R0BpSAXB4

I was introduced to this when I was studying film (I know! Me!) and, while the rest of the class seemed to giggle every time they said "Doll" or "Baby", I was totally captivated. One of those films that, considering when it was made, I was baffled as to how I hadn't really heard of it before? I knew it existed, but wasn't aware it was a classic or anything. Maybe it was because, as you may see from this list, I'm not much of a fan of Film Noir. Maybe because it didn't seem to be on tv very much and certainly not at a time when I'd have seen it. Whatever the case, much like poor old Walter Neff, I surrendered to this from the moment I saw it.

68. Natural Born Killers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTCL0I2nK4A

The first time I saw this was at a midnight showing on the day it opened. Myself and a friend had been hanging out to see this for ages. My friend fell asleep after about an hour, but I was captivated. As we left it became apparent that I was in a very small minority. The level of grumbling and moaning as about 300 people left the cinema at 3am was something I've only experienced one other time (The Descent) but I came out wondering which film these other people had seen. I know the film they hadn't seen, they hadn't seen the film they expected to. Neither had I, but I'd seen something so much better than a run of the mill, uber-violent, Tarantinoesque, Hollywood mash-up. I'd seen a spectacle. Someone on the site once said this is a student film with a Hollywood budget. I said it then and I'll say it again now, if this is what students will do with a Hollywood budget, someone give them a cheque. This is a thrill-ride I'm always willing to take.

67. Slacker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9f9M6UAYb0

1990. America discovers Punk and gives birth to, what we now look upon as the American Independent movie scene. Sadly, I didn't see it until a couple of years later (by which time the buzz was all about some new film hitting the festival circuit called Reservoir Dogs) but, when I did, as with much of this early scene (in all the arts) it instantly made sense. This was what I wanted to see. These were my people. A year or two later, people were praising Pulp Fiction for having characters that "talked about things we talk about. Like we do." Firstly, no they didn't. Tarantino writes in a highly stylized way and, secondly, he'd already 'done that' with Reservoir Dogs. This film, however, really did have people who talked about some of the things me and my friends did and in the way we did.

66. Everyone Says I Love You
I could only find a German trailer for this, so for those who can, here it is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMy8J8fwNVw

For those of us who can't speak German, here's Drew.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZC0SJ-LpLI

Drew Barrymore in a Woody Allen film? How much eager was I to see this when it was released? Very. Naturally. TBH, when I first saw it, while I liked it, it wasn't the loved film it is for me now. This is the very definition of a sweet, whimsical film and harks back to the musicals of the 30's and 40's. I've yet to see Midnight In Paris, but if it's half as charming as this, I look forward to being very entertained.

[Godoggo]

Nice to see someone give some love to Natural Born Killers. Gave you rep for Monsters Inc. too. I adore that movie.

[ash_is_the_gal]

what's wrong with looking forward to a children's film?

[lundy1026]

I forgot about Amelie! That is a great movie :)

[honeykid]

65. Das Boot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxMXtofZny8

I first saw the mini-series version of this. So even the directors cut is an abridged version for me. Despite this, Das Boot is one of the best war films ever made (not the best though, IMO. That comes later.) In fact, it's not even my favourite submarine film, well it might be on another day but not the day I made this list. It is the most claustrophobic film I've ever seen though. For me, only that scene in the tunnel in The Descent tops it. However, that's a few minutes, whereas this is just over 3 hours!

64. Picnic At Hanging Rock

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x05QuAhpq6o

If this was made today, it'd have 'lost footage'. But it doesn't and this is one of the most spellbinding, beautiful, intriging, dream-like films you'll ever see. I don't know if it's possible for this film to grow on you or not, but I feel as if it's one of those if you love it, you'll love it forever. If you don't, then you'll never like it. I saw this when I was 17 and knew absolutely nothing about it. Nothing. It just appeared on my tv screen, took me away and put me back in the same place. However, like some alien abductee, I'd changed. If, like I was back then, you know nothing about this film and want to see it, I'd suggest not even watching the trailer. Just go and see it.

63. All About Eve

I've picked this 'modern' trailer over the original Hollywood trailer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHVYTPFgCqE&feature=related

My favourite Bette Davis film. Her best performance? Maybe not. But certainly my favourite and the perfect role for her. It takes something to outshine Bette, but this script does it. If this was a list of my favourite scripts/dialogue, it'd be top 5, not 63.

62. The Cruel Sea

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joUDAD3GB3g

This is one of those war films which has probably been shown once every 12-18 months for the last 30 years over here. I do like a film that's set at sea. I don't know why. On the sea or in the air. Anyway, I just get a feeling of comfort when I watch this. I can't remember ever not having see this film.

61. The Empire Strikes Back

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSH3n_up6LE

This was the first of the Star Wars saga that I saw. I don't rememeber much of that day, other than being in very dark cinema and the contrast between the brilliant white light of the battle on Hoth and the black, dark blue and blinking lights when Luke fight Vader. To this day I think this is the best looking of the trilogy and I love looking at it as much as I do watching it. There's no doubt that this is the pinnicle of the Star Wars trilogy, I won't even sully it with the prequels. I've not seen Empire as many times as Star Wars, but I'd rather never see any of the other Star Wars films ever again than not see Empire again.

[Harry Lime]

I'm amazed, it's actually a pretty good list so far. Now I'm just waiting for a few Kubrick films to make their appearance and it'll be a great list.

[mark f]

Ha!

[ash_is_the_gal]

i really like your list a lot, too. there's lots i haven't seen, but many that i'm intrigued about, either from the look of the trailer or the way you talk about it.

+1 for Picnic at Hanging Rock and All About Eve!

[Brodinski]

I expected this list to be way more 'out there', but it's more traditional than I thought it would be. That's not a bad thing by any means and the fact that Jean de Florette and Halloween are on here (too low, but I'll forgive you) is deserving of substantial rep.

[honeykid]

60. Unforgiven

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrCuOdc5AGM

As you may've noticed, I'm not one for Westerns, so you could argue that those that do make my list are the best the genre has to offer. OK, so maybe not, but you have to go some to find a Western better than Unforgiven. I didn't see this film for quite a while and, even then, only because of the Oscars it won (back when things like that mattered to me) and it's a regret that I've not seen this on the big screen, as it must look fantastic.

59. The Big Lebowski

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd-go0oBF4Y

Ah, 1998. A time when a new Coen Brothers film excited me and The Big Lebowski was probably the pinnicle of that excitement, coming as it did off the back of Fargo. To be honest, depending on my mood, this film and the one above it could be switched as my favourite Coen Brothers film, but there's no doubt that I think this is the funniest. I'd argue that The Big Lebowski is the cult film of the last 20 years, even more so than Pulp Fiction.

58. Miller's Crossing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYifReJJn4M

While this and Lebowski can switch for my favourite Coen's film, I think this one is the best. The first time I saw it I was dubious because it starred Albert Finney and I really didn't like him too much back then. I don't know why, maybe it was the crappy mortgage films he did in the 80's, but he wasn't someone I enjoyed watching. But so completely does he inhabit the role of Leo O'Bannon, that he ceased to be visable to me. There's plenty to recommend and notice here, but the one thing that stands out more than anything and this isn't something I normally concentrate on, is the sound mixing and editing. It's bloody phenomenal. Both Miller's Crossing and Goodfellas were released in 1990 and, while very different in tone and manner, both as about as good an example of the gangster genre as you're likely to see.

57. Seven Samurai

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcQgm4hIbnY

I happened upon this film simply because I was ill. It was a Sunday night and I was too ill to turn the tv over, so there I lay and whatever was on was on. Yet, slowly but surely, this b&w subtitled film drew me in and engaged me so that, by the end, I hardly felt ill anymore. Of course, as it's nearly 3 hours I may've felt better anyway, but I like to think that it was the film. I was 15 and this was the first subtitled film that I can remember watching. If it wasn't the first, then it's certainly the one that showed me that a foreign language wasn't a barrier, either to me nor to the film being good.

56. Psycho

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps8H3rg5GfM

I think I first saw this when I was 9, maybe 10 and I couldn't have been more excited. A group of us sat down to watch it and, even then, we all knew its reputation. The shower scene. So we sit down to watch it. It started. It was b&w? Maybe it was just a bad copy? No, it's b&w! About half the group left there and then. We were used to Zombie Flesheaters or Dawn Of The Dead, they weren't going to watch an old b&w film. However, I had faith. This was Psycho and this was good. So I sat there and waited... And waited... And waited. 40 bloody minutes I waited. When was this going to get good? Suddenly she's going into the shower. This is it. Then it was over. The rest of us looked at each other. Was that it? Was that 'the shower scene' we'd heard so much about? We stopped the tape there and then, went out, found the others and congratulated them for not wasting their time and then I slagged that film off for years to come every time someone brought it up. In my late teens, I watched it again... And it was ****ing brilliant. Not only that, but it seems to get better everytime I see it.

[honeykid]

I'm amazed, it's actually a pretty good list so far.
Thanks. :) I'll be interested to see if you think the same after the 100. I'm guessing "no".

Now I'm just waiting for a few Kubrick films to make their appearance and it'll be a great list.
lol... Y'know, even with an infinite number of parallel universes, I'm not convinced that'd happen. :D

A big thank you to everyone else who's commented, posted and repped so far. :)

[HitchFan97]

ONLY #56? Oh well, still glad to see Psycho made its way on :)

[JayDee]

Recent favourites include Double Indemnity, All About Eve, Empire Strikes Back, Seven Samurai and Psycho. Really liking your list so far. While it has been a little eclectic so far, like Brodinski I was expecting something a little more offbeat and out there. Maybe still to come :)

I'm just waiting for a few Kubrick films to make their appearance and it'll be a great list.

Why would he want to do that? Clearly he's a man with taste! :p

[honeykid]

ONLY #56? Oh well, still glad to see Psycho made its way on :)
I'm afraid I'm not a Hitchcock fan. Psycho is easily my favourite of his films.

[ash_is_the_gal]

cool list, but i won't be making any more comments until my question is answered. ;)

[The Prestige]

Alright mate :D

I think I speak for every single member on here when I say ABOUT BLOODY FOOKIN' TIME. I almost gave up on the thought of ever seeing a top 10 by you, HK.

Hmm, Brod's echoed my initial thoughts, the list is FARR more coventional than I would have imagined. There only seems to be a handful of films that I haven't heard of and a little more than several that I have yet to see. Have to assume you are saving the less conventional onslaught for the top 50?!

I THINK I have an idea of the type of films you like. You definitely seem to have a fondness for the inky dark comedies like myself and the nostalgia for entertaining 80/90s gems, and I think your list is the first one I have seen on here that has listed Road House and Pump Up The Volume, both films I really enjoy too having stayed up late to watch them on Channel 4 or whatever, so much kudos for bigging them up.

A bit surprised and disappointed that you champion Natural Born Killers, THOUGH :/ I didn't like anything about it. Found it a bit too unwatchable for me, and I don't think I am going to even attempt to watch it again. It's just too..full on. Never thought of it as a student film though, so perhaps I missed something.

Brilliant to include Ginger Snaps, as i'm you're aware, I adore that film and it gets better each time I watch it.

I thought Three Colours: Red was your favourite of the trilogy, HK?

[ash_is_the_gal]

I thought Three Colours: Red was your favourite of the trilogy, HK?

NOPE, BLUE! i told HK Red was my favorite and he was all, 'typical for an american.' :p

oh i wasn't supposed to comment again. oh well.

[honeykid]

what's wrong with looking forward to a children's film?
Is this the question you're refering to, ash? If so, sorry I didn't answer before, I almost saw it as rhetorical.

For the record, I don't think the infantising of an/the adult population is a good thing. Not for them or society in general. Now, this kind of 'dumbing down' isn't the same as an adult liking kids films. The difference now is that they're promoted as if you're supposed to be interested. If you want to watch Harry Potter or Warhorse, fine, but don't pretend they're grown up films for grown ups. They're not. They're kids films. My problem isn't that you (not you specifically, you understand) want to see them, it's that they're promoted/talked about as if they're for you.

I'm afraid I don't know an international equivalent, but IMO, were Harry Potter or War Horse to've been made and released in the 80's there'd have been a lot of interest and items on Newsround (like a kids version of the news) and Blue Peter (a kids magazine show) but you'd probably not see it on the news, in the papers or anywhere else unless it was an "... And, finally..." item on the news. To put it another way, if you didn't have children, you may not know of its existence and almost certainly wouldn't be able to recognise people from the film. Now try and think of that today.


Hmm, Brod's echoed my initial thoughts, the list is FARR more coventional than I would have imagined. There only seems to be a handful of films that I haven't heard of and a little more than several that I have yet to see. Have to assume you are saving the less conventional onslaught for the top 50?!
I don't think so. Certainly not many films that I wouldn't think you'd have heard of or seen, though I think there's more films that are less likely to appear on others 100 list.

I THINK I have an idea of the type of films you like. You definitely seem to have a fondness for the inky dark comedies like myself and the nostalgia for entertaining 80/90s gems, and I think your list is the first one I have seen on here that has listed Road House and Pump Up The Volume, both films I really enjoy too having stayed up late to watch them on Channel 4 or whatever, so much kudos for bigging them up.
They're both great fun. I'd recommend them to anyone who's not seen them.

A bit surprised and disappointed that you champion Natural Born Killers, THOUGH :/ I didn't like anything about it. Found it a bit too unwatchable for me, and I don't think I am going to even attempt to watch it again. It's just too..full on. Never thought of it as a student film though, so perhaps I missed something.
Well, you're not alone there and I doubt you missed anything. As I said, just from the people leaving the cinema when I saw it, I was most definately in the minority. Though, as I also said, I think that had as much to do with them not getting what they thought they were as anything else. The only thing that gets under my skin about NBK is Stone's really heavy handed symbolism, but then, as the whole film is about the our and the media's obssession with violence and how they sell it like a product, it's not misplaced or anything. I will say that it'll probably seem a lot less heavy handed the next time I watch it, now I've watched most of Battlestar Galactica. :D

I thought Three Colours: Red was your favourite of the trilogy, HK?
No, ash is right, it's Blue. It's always been Blue.

[honeykid]

55. Donnie Brasco

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilJ_ROLClZQ

As with Coen's, this was a time when a new Johnny Depp film was something to get excited about. Not only was this one of the best, but it's also the last good Pacino performance I saw. There's great chemisty between Depp and Pacino and "Leftie" is a strangely charismatic character and, as such, this almost plays like a buddy movie.

54. A Nightmare On Elm Street

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BapcPNHd6JU

I was 12 when I saw this and I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Firstly, because it was released on video so quickly after its cinema release (to the point where a friend came over to my house and told me that her dad had hired it and I didn't believe them) and also because, well, it's A Nightmare On Elm Street and for all the horror films I'd seen by this time in my life, I'd not seen anything like that before. I can still remember the first time I saw the scene where Tina is killed. I was both horrified and yet mesmerised. I'll add that, on my way home from seeing this for the first time, I had to walk through a narrow road. The wind picked up and started to whip up some dry leaves, like at the start of the film. I'm not sure I've ever run quicker than I did then. :D

53. Ed Wood

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CawVaHxWvnA

I've just noticed that I've got three Johnny Depp films in a row here. Here's, by far, my favourite Tim Burton film and it's one of only three of his films that I really like. Sleepy Hollow and Batman Returns being the other two, neither of which will be appearing on the list. Though I love the cult, the crappy and places inbetween, I've never been a fan of Ed Wood. However, were his films as entertaining as this biopic, I certainly would be. Possibly my favourite Depp performance and, probably more surprising, my favourite Bill Murray performance. No, really. Hell, even Sarah Jessica Parker's good in this and if that's not recommendation enough, I don't know what is.

52. Pulp Fiction

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFhadqrMPiU

While I still love this film, I have to be honest and say it's falling like a stone both in my heart and my ratings. That said, I hope that I always remember how I felt that first night I saw this. Coming out of the cinema, knowing I'd seen something special. A game changer, as it'd be called these days. A new cinema had arrived and this film had just kicked the door in to announce it. OK, so it had already happened a few years earlier, but that's how it felt after seeing Pulp Fiction. This was one of those films that you told everyone you knew about and asked everyone you met if they'd seen.

51. Rollerball

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtkvGfJbmQA

Another favourite film from my childhood. I can remember my friends and I all going out after seeing this, getting on our bikes and skates and cobbling together our own version. Sans spikes and steel ball, of course. An odd one for a childhood fave as, apart from the rollerball games, it's a pretty dry and grown-up film. However, even though the games were by far the standout reason for watching the film (and, let's be fair, still are) I always enjoyed those 'bits inbetween'. This also introduced me to one of my favourite pieces of music, Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor.

[The Rodent]

Pulp Fiction only in at #52?
I'd have that in my top 30 at least.

Good choices though mate, can't wait to see your top 50.

[honeykid]

PF certainly used to be higher. When I made these lists in the 90's, it'd be top 20-30 without any problem at all. As I said, my love for it is wanning and, while I've not seen it in a long time now, The Gold Watch segment puts me off making a concerted effort. I've caught some of it on tv, I still like it and I do want to sit down and watch it again from start to finish, but I really don't want to sit through that bit.

It reminds me a bit of True Romance. Now, I used to love that film, but the last time I tried to watch it, I only made it about 20-25 minutes in and I was done. It wasn't just boring me, the dialogue was starting to annoy me. Hopefully it was a one-off but, again, I really don't want to sit down and find out anytime soon.

[tomas12343]

How 'bout the cube (1+2),have you seen them?

[bouncingbrick]

Is this the question you're refering to, ash? If so, sorry I didn't answer before, I almost saw it as rhetorical.

For the record, I don't think the infantising of an/the adult population is a good thing. Not for them or society in general. Now, this kind of 'dumbing down' isn't the same as an adult liking kids films. The difference now is that they're promoted as if you're supposed to be interested. If you want to watch Harry Potter or Warhorse, fine, but don't pretend they're grown up films for grown ups. They're not. They're kids films. My problem isn't that you (not you specifically, you understand) want to see them, it's that they're promoted/talked about as if they're for you.

I'm afraid I don't know an international equivalent, but IMO, were Harry Potter or War Horse to've been made and released in the 80's there'd have been a lot of interest and items on Newsround (like a kids version of the news) and Blue Peter (a kids magazine show) but you'd probably not see it on the news, in the papers or anywhere else unless it was an "... And, finally..." item on the news. To put it another way, if you didn't have children, you may not know of its existence and almost certainly wouldn't be able to recognise people from the film. Now try and think of that today.



This needs it's own thread.

So, what you're saying is that adults shouldn't be able to have fun as when they were children? That seems a very douchey thing to say.

[ash_is_the_gal]

i'm not sure that's what he was saying, but i didn't quite get what he was saying, anyway, even though I read it more than once. sounds to me like he's okay with adults liking childish movies, but he doesn't like that those films are promoted to be "kid movies for adults"... which seems totally irrelevant to me.

which probably means I don't know what the hell he means.

[ash_is_the_gal]

okay, I read it again. I think I understand what he's saying now, but i still don't understand why it bothers him so much that Harry Potter, for example, was promoted "for adults", when it'd seem kind of stupid for it not to be promoted that way, seeing as both the books and the films have a wide demographic of die hard fans. for what it's worth, i don't consider Harry Potter strictly a children's film, so i guess honeykid and i disagree here. It has a cutesy fantasy exterior that would indeed draw children in and its main characters ARE children, but there are way too many "adult" themes and situations, that I'm sure many young fans of the book would not even pick up on until they revisit when they've grown up some.

and, hey, I write a fairy tale zine and i consider it for adults or at least young adults at the very least. it's got monsters and princesses in it, too, but the elements of the story are not strictly for 9-year-olds, even though I know of at least one child who ended up loving it and having her mother read it to her.

and i see myself as the opposite of "dumbed-down"

[JayDee]

You're doing well HK. The way you were talking at the start I thought you were going to drag this out for weeks and weeks. Of that batch I like Rollerball, and love both Ed Wood and Pulp Fiction.

And I've already tried to argue over this 'kids films' debate. Not going to try again. :D

[mark f]

62. The Cruel Sea

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joUDAD3GB3g

This is one of those war films which has probably been shown once every 12-18 months for the last 30 years over here. I do like a film that's set at sea. I don't know why. On the sea or in the air. Anyway, I just get a feeling of comfort when I watch this. I can't remember ever not having see this film.

I just watched this again, and it's interesting how you say it gives you comfort, but it really is quite a disturbing film in many ways. That scene with the Brithish sailors floating in the water directly above a German U-boat, and Captain Jack Hawkins has to choose whether he's going to drop depth charges practically on top of them to try to blow up the sub is harrowing. It's got other intense scenes of course, as well as a high level of wit (at least at the beginning) which is what you'd expect from Ealing Studios. Stanley Baker was a hoot as the original First Lieutenant; what an alpha hotel he was! Anyhow, good movie.

Coincidentally, I also just watched ...... one of our aircraft is missing which I'm going to go talk about at the Michael Powell thread.

[honeykid]

You're doing well HK. The way you were talking at the start I thought you were going to drag this out for weeks and weeks.
Thanks, JD. I've not been as bad as I thought I would be for the last week or so. I'm pretty pleased that I've been able to do it as quickly as I have, though it might slow a bit now. I'l do my best to keep up the pace. :)


I just watched this again, and it's interesting how you say it gives you comfort, but it really is quite a disturbing film in many ways.
Oh absolutely, The Cruel Sea is harsh, but I do find it comforting. As I said, it's something I don't ever remember being without, as it were, so it's like a touchstone in that way, a constant. There again, I feel the same way about Dawn Of The Dead as well, so... :D

[akatemple]

I just put the Cruel Sea on the top of my Netflix queue, looks like something I would really like so thanks for putting that up HK.

Now I need someone to tell me why there is a LONG WAIT on a 1953 film, I know this is the wrong thread to mention this but quite often Netflix just pisses me off.

[honeykid]

I hope you enjoy it, akatemple. When you finally get it, that is. :D

[gandalf26]

Rep for Rollerball. Same as you I love the actual Rollerball sequences and the parts inbetween. I feel it was a warning from the past about Corporate Power.

[wintertriangles]

I just put the Cruel Sea on the top of my Netflix queue, looks like something I would really like so thanks for putting that up HK.

Now I need someone to tell me why there is a LONG WAIT on a 1953 film, I know this is the wrong thread to mention this but quite often Netflix just pisses me off.Because the other one person in the country that's interested in it at this moment has had it on his dresser for two weeks.

[Used Future]

Loving the list HK and wish I'd thought of including the trailers. Great idea.

I really can't argue with your choices either (with the exception of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, and Natural Born Killers...yuck). Lots of movies I love in there though. The Manchurian Candidate (original), Manhunter, Carpenter's The Thing, Assault On Precinct 13, Logan's Run, Rollerball, Coffy, Foxy Brown, Pump Up the Volume, Amelie, All the President's Men etc etc. Good Stuff, but naughty naughty for telling everyone you don't like science fiction flicks. :p

I'm just wondering where Class of 1984 will figure on here considering you once told me it would make your top 100. Gotta love that movie.

Anyway keep up the good work.

[honeykid]

Thanks UF. :up:

Actually, Class Of '84 didn't make the cut that day. On another day, I'm sure it would and I was surprised that it didn't make it, as it always had before. Usually somewhere between 40 and 70.

There were a few films which I was surprised didn't make it. As I said, there's 20-30 films which on another day probably would've made it (which is one of the reasons it took so long.) As it was, I had to bump two films from the list because I remembered two films that simply had to be on the list. There were other films which I remember after making the list, but they weren't films which had to be on there.

I'll start the top 50 later.

[mark f]

You realize that 100 is an arbitrary number. That's why I'm over 160 so far and planning on passing 200 if I don't croak first. :cool:

I'm assuming that you will add those "other day" flicks after you've taken a cruise (perhaps after an airplane flight) somwhere.

Thanks again for posting, HK!

[honeykid]

I've been thinking about those other films and whether to add them, write them up as well or something. I was thinking of your thread, mark, as an example of how I might do this. Anyway, that's all for another time. Onwards and upwards! Into the top 50. After looking it over, I still don't think it's particularly "out there" but there's a few more examples of what some of you may be expecting.


50. Clueless

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHDcD_xhwAo

Ah, Clueless. Just a lovely, fun little teen movie? Well, yes, but due to its script and source, Austen's Emma, it's more than that. I love the whole "Clueless" world. So much, that I loved the TV series, too. :o Of course, it didn't hurt that Alicia, Stacey and Brittany were all so damn cute. The only thing, and I mean only thing, that I don't like about this film is Paul Rudd. This was the first thing I saw him in, though sadly not the last, as he turned up to help ruin the last couple of seasons of Friends, too. :mad: Phoebe should've ended up with Ross or David. :yup:

49. Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_9tZ3aPCFo

I'd read and loved the book about 6-7 years earlier so I was looking forward to this. Fear & Loathing was one of those 'unfilmable books' that used to exist before CGI and, were there a purpose to the universe, I'd like to think that, somehow, it includes delaying the technology so it wasn't around until this cast and director could all work on it at the same time. You've seen this, it's good before they leave for Vegas, but once they set off, like the book, this is just a batshit crazy, funride of a film.

48. Drugstore Cowboy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIsKi7IBW04

The first time I was aware of this film was seeing it reviewed on a programme over here called Film '89 (for the younger Brits, that's the programme that Johnathon Ross and now Claudia Winkleman hosted.) They showed the clip where Bob and Dianne are pulled over by the police, dropping the drugs through the hole in the car. I don't know why that's stuck with me, but it has. Neither do I know why that clip and review, positive though it was, made me want to see the film quite as much as it did. I saw this at the first opportunity and I've loved it ever since. I also love that James Remar is in this. A bit like Brian Dennehy, whenever I see him I think "Oh, I like this guy. This'll be all right while he's onscreen."

47. The Remains Of The Day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdTI5s5-PwA

I'm still baffled how Anthony Hopkins recieved an Oscar for SotL and not this. OK, so Silence was first and I'm not really baffled as it was the Oscars and therefore has little to do with talent or performance, but I think if he'd been rewarded for this rather than SotL, we'd have seen a very different Hopkins for the last 20 years. One that I'd rather have seen. Anyway, this is just the kind of thing we do really well, well I say "we", as it's a Merchant & Ivory film, based on a novel by a Japanese man and a screenplay by a German, it's not a "we", but you know what I mean. :D This is an excellent example of it.

46. Bull Durham

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As4IBM8oCs8

Like all the best sport based films, you don't have to know anything about baseball to like this film. Hell, I doubt you even have to like baseball to like this film. Another likeable film that just appeared on my tv one day. I think the chemisty between Tim Robbins, Kevin Costner and Susan Sarandon might be enough to make this film as likeable as it. However, it's the script and supporting cast that push it that little bit further, make it a good film and get it on this list.

[ash_is_the_gal]

AAAAAAAAAAH i'm so glad you posted Remains of the Day! the other day you posted something about it in another thread - a clip, to be precise - and it intrigued me so much but like a dummy i forgot to write the title down.

[The Prestige]

Clueless is boss, mate. Had a massive crush on Alicia Silverstone when I first saw it. Thought I was going to marry her and ****. Agree with UF, the trailers are a pretty cool and original idea if i'm not mistaken. Might have to swagger-net jack you incase I ever do another list :p

Pleased/Annoyed that you got A Nightmare On Elm Street on here (It somehow escaped my list), I felt EXACTLY the same way as you when I saw it, though I don't think that i ran from the wind afterwards :D It's just a surreal experience, isn't it? Genuinely frightening yet compelling. The Tina scene you mentioned is memorable, but what about the bed sucking one? That did it for me.

I still haven't seen Drugstore Cowboy, just one of those films I never got around to seeing. But now that I know that James Remar is in this, I will be sure to check it out. I've always liked that guy, too.

So, what you're saying is that adults shouldn't be able to have fun as when they were children? That seems a very douchey thing to say.



He's definitely not saying that at all, you're just putting words into his mouth..or thread rather.

I think HK's saying that he simply doesn't agree or like the way that films like Harry Potter and the like shouldn't be presented as anything more profound than entertainment geared towards teens, which is a fair point. I've been reading reviews and news articles for years now about how each Potter film is supposedly "dark" and more "disturbing" than the one that precedes it. Not being funny but the last one I saw was no more 'darker' than the first one ffs. Those are just deceptive words used by promoters to try and entice the adults.

[cinemaafficionado]

Clueless is boss, mate. Had a massive crush on Alicia Silverstone when I first saw it. Thought I was going to marry her and ****. Agree with UF, the trailers are a pretty cool and original idea if i'm not mistaken. Might have to swagger-net jack you incase I ever do another list :p

Pleased/Annoyed that you got A Nightmare On Elm Street on here (It somehow escaped my list), I felt EXACTLY the same way as you when I saw it, though I don't think that i ran from the wind afterwards :D It's just a surreal experience, isn't it? Genuinely frightening yet compelling. The Tina scene you mentioned is memorable, but what about the bed sucking one? That did it for me.

I still haven't seen Drugstore Cowboy, just one of those films I never got around to seeing. But now that I know that James Remar is in this, I will be sure to check it out. I've always liked that guy, too.



He's definitely not saying that at all, you're just putting words into his mouth..or thread rather.

I think HK's saying that he simply doesn't agree or like the way that films like Harry Potter and the like shouldn't be presented as anything more profound than entertainment geared towards teens, which is a fair point. I've been reading reviews and news articles for years now about how each Potter film is supposedly "dark" and more "disturbing" than the one that precedes it. Not being funny but the last one I saw was no more 'darker' than the first one ffs. Those are just deceptive words used by promoters to try and entice the adults.

Funny you should mention Alicia Silverstone. I almost got a job with her but it fell through. Ditsy circumstances. Bet you would have been jealous. If you'd mess with me, I could always twitt Alicia's dailys but then again, had I done it too much, you might have become a stalker and then I would have had to eliminate you, ha ha.

[ash_is_the_gal]

I think HK's saying that he simply doesn't agree or like the way that films like Harry Potter and the like shouldn't be presented as anything more profound than entertainment geared towards teens, which is a fair point. I've been reading reviews and news articles for years now about how each Potter film is supposedly "dark" and more "disturbing" than the one that precedes it. Not being funny but the last one I saw was no more 'darker' than the first one ffs. Those are just deceptive words used by promoters to try and entice the adults.
sure it is. now, granted, i'm not a very big fan of any of these movies, but the first 2 movies are a joke, and look like something straight off of Are You Afraid of the Dark or something. the last couple, though, were much better - the characters were definitely more developed, more serious, and the situations the Potter and co. had to go through were definitely more serious. now, whether you or anyone looks at the HP series and can't take it seriously because it's HP, well, fine, but it's plainly so that the series - in both the book and the films - does get darker, sadder, and shetloads more intense towards the end.

and i don't think 'dark' and 'profound' are interchangeable (and i've never thought they tried to make Harry Potter look exceptionally profound, just intense).

[lundy1026]

Clueless really is a fantastic movie! It's a one of a kind, no actress could have done a better job at the part than Alicia Silverstone. :)

[JayDee]

Of the last post I've only seen Bull Durham but it's an excellent pick. I've still not watched Clueless despite having the DVD for years and years now. And knowing you like it I keep meaning to tape Remains of the Day off Sky but either forget or it clashes with something.

[honeykid]

Clueless is boss, mate. Had a massive crush on Alicia Silverstone when I first saw it. Thought I was going to marry her and ****. Agree with UF, the trailers are a pretty cool and original idea if i'm not mistaken. Might have to swagger-net jack you incase I ever do another list :p
I've still got a crush on her. :D First saw her in The Crush (which, if you've not seen it, is a good film) and then of course, the Aerosmith videos, so I was primed to see Clueless, whether it was any good or not.

Pleased/Annoyed that you got A Nightmare On Elm Street on here (It somehow escaped my list), I felt EXACTLY the same way as you when I saw it, though I don't think that i ran from the wind afterwards :D It's just a surreal experience, isn't it? Genuinely frightening yet compelling. The Tina scene you mentioned is memorable, but what about the bed sucking one? That did it for me.
It's a great scene, but Tina's death is just so brutal. Glen's death is spectacular and certainly memorable, but I think of it as a cool death, much like some in Final Destination. I guess the difference, as I see it, is that Glen's death is memorable, while Tina's imprinted itself in my mind. I like to remember Glen's death, whereas I had no choice with Tina. Also, Rod's screaming and desperate helplessness along with Nancy and Glen trying to get into the room ups the tension.

I still haven't seen Drugstore Cowboy, just one of those films I never got around to seeing. But now that I know that James Remar is in this, I will be sure to check it out. I've always liked that guy, too.
As always, I'll be interested to hear what you think. :)

Of the last post I've only seen Bull Durham but it's an excellent pick. I've still not watched Clueless despite having the DVD for years and years now. And knowing you like it I keep meaning to tape Remains of the Day off Sky but either forget or it clashes with something.
Don't worry JD, as it's on Sky I'm sure you'll get plenty of opportunities to record Remains Of The Day. Obviously, I recommend Clueless wholeheartedly.

[Used Future]

I predict Hodges' Get Carter for the top 20.

[HitchFan97]

Since you've completed the first half, favorites so far:

-Halloween
-Les Diaboliques
-Monsters, Inc.
-When Harry Met Sally
-The Empire Strikes Back
-Psycho
-A Nightmare on Elm Street
-Pulp Fiction

And then there's even more that I desperately want to see:

-The Manchurian Candidate
-The Thing
-Se7en
-The Haunting
-Manhunter
-An American Werewolf In London
-All The President's Men
-The Big Lebowski
-Seven Samurai
-Donnie Brasco

Deeply enjoying this so far. Can't wait to see what you select as your very highest choices :up:

[honeykid]

Glad you're enjoying the list, Hitch.

TBH, I'm not sure which I think you'd like the most. If I marry it up to the list of those you really liked from my list, then I think I'd recommend The Haunting first.

The only thing I'd say is make sure you get this one:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bd/Thehaunting1963.png/215px-Thehaunting1963.png
1963

And not this one:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/The_Haunting_film.jpg/220px-The_Haunting_film.jpg
1999

[Skepsis93]

Phoebe should've ended up with Ross

http://memegenerator.net/cache/instances/400x/11/11421/11695947.jpg

[honeykid]

English MoFo! Do you read it? :D

[Skepsis93]

Ahaa! :D But seriously, you'd want to tamper with that ending? You don't mess with perfection! :p

I like Paul Rudd, for the record. In Friends and Clueless in fact, which is a really fun little movie. And yeah, Alicia Silverstone. She has that immensely cute young Meg Ryan-esque overbite thing going on. Love it. :yup:

[honeykid]

Perfection? Oh, hell no. Chandler/Monica, Joey/Rachel, Ross/Phoebe, that's how it should've ended. In fact, you didn't need Ross/Phoebe, but that's a better pair than the horror of Phoebe/Mike or the tedium that was Ross/Rachel. My two least favourite of the six and they were the focus for so bloody much of the time. :(

[Skepsis93]

:facepalm:

Tedium? Horror? :nope: Perfection? :yup:

[Powdered Water]

Great stuff HK, thanks for sharing.

"Why's he calling me meat? I'm the one driving a Porsche."

A lot of favorites from my list on here, which isn't real surprising. We've gone back and forth quite a bit the last few years but we seem to have each other pretty well pegged now. Couldn't agree with you more about Natural Born Killers. In fact, I've given up suggesting it to people. I'm more than happy to jump in a conversation if I see someone talking about it though. A movie like that almost defies description and explanation. You're going to watch it and most will hate it because it just doesn't "click" with them and that's fine. It sure as hell clicks with me though.

Das Boot is just terrific as well. Have you ever tacked down the big 5 hour version that's supposed to be available out there? I've seen one that was almost 4 hours long and I was still enthralled, I think I could sit through another hour if I ever find it.

Oh yeah...

"Jonathan... Jonathan... Jonathan" :cool:

[honeykid]

Thanks PW and thanks for your comments. :)

45. Flesh + Blood

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VOy1JZBH5c

I think this started to show on tv after Basic Instinct hit big, so I probably saw it '92-'93. Besides, Rutger Hauer and Paul Verhoeven? What was to hate? Nothing. It's a harsh, hard-bitten and violent medieval adventure/drama. Wonderfully over the top, but with solid performances, especially from Jennifer Jason Leigh (who I'm a big fan of) and Rutger Hauer, who plays the morally ambivalent Martin. In terms of theme and content, this could be the ultimate Verhoeven film.


44. Reservoir Dogs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C5MEv7eXRw

Yes, this is above Pulp Fiction. Yes, I like it more than Pulp Fiction and, yes, I probably think it's better than Pulp Fiction. But the reason it's above it is because I like it more than Pulp Fiction. Obviously. :D I remember a lot of, what we now call, "buzz" in the film magazines around this film as it did the rounds at the festivals and was very eager to see it. I was not disappointed. The one thing that sticks in my mind about seeing this, apart from the girl I saw it with, is the amount of old people in the audience. Honestly, I can't remember seeing so many OAP's in a cinema at one time. I was too fixated on the screen to notice if anyone left, but I hope they got the film they expected.

43. Dawn Of The Dead (1978)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd-z5wBeFTU

As I said before in the thread, this is a childhood fave and a comfort film for me. I was probably 10 or 11 the first time I saw this. It was a Sunday and I had school the next day, which was depressing and I also remember that the sky was a dark grey/purple when I went home which reminded me of the film. I know there's a whole generation coming up who'll disagree but, for me, this is a 'proper' zombie film. Slow shuffling, brain-eating and mindless and I love all the stuff at the mall. I also like the soundtrack in a Halloween III kind of way.

42. All Quiet On The Western Front (1930)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiObc2XmVqw

For some reason, the First World War seems so much more wasteful than the Second, even though many times more people died in the Second. Maybe it's the poetry? Maybe because it was the first truly mechanised modern war? Maybe it was because everyone died, regardless of class or wealth? I don't know, but it seems to be true. At least in Britain, it does. I think this may've been the first time I saw anything about WWI told from any other pov, let alone a German one and I was in my late teens at the time. I just love the humanity of this and the ending is classic.

41. Point Break

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuVDrpl1tIY

As with the other Swayze film on the list, this is just a big ball of "testosterone-fuelled fun". The sort of film you can joke about with a bunch of friends or sit and watch on your own and enjoy it just as much. The last film that used this many "bros" and "dudes" was probably another Keanu classic role, Bill & Ted.

One day I'd like to see this, too. Beware, if you're at work, there's some language that your boss might not like.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBivCGhjzC4&feature=related

[JayDee]

I love Point Break. Also a fairly big fan of Reservoir Dogs and surprisingly for me (not being a huge horror fan) Dawn of the Dead.

And finally you've listed a film I don't know. :D That's one of the things I was hoping for from your list, obscure and cult films I was unaware of. Flesh and Blood is one of the first, if not the first film I've not heard of.

[Powdered Water]

For some reason I haven't made it all the way through Flesh+Blood. It's my kind of flick but the timing just didn't work out or something. Gonna give it re-watch now.

[honeykid]

I love Point Break. Also a fairly big fan of Reservoir Dogs and surprisingly for me (not being a huge horror fan) Dawn of the Dead.
TBH, I don't really think of DotD as a horror film when I'm watching it. Maybe because I like it so much?

And finally you've listed a film I don't know. :D That's one of the things I was hoping for from your list, obscure and cult films I was unaware of. Flesh and Blood is one of the first, if not the first film I've not heard of.
Glad to oblige. :) Sky used to show it quite a lot, so check the schedule and you might find it somewhere.

If you just want a list of cult/obscure films, I could do that anyway. Hell, ask Used Future to do you one, that list would really rock.

Yeah, give it another look, PW. As you like that stuff, I think it's well worth your time.

[eMilee]

awesome list, HK!!!

[TylerDurden99]

Point Break is probably in my top 20 personal favourites. It's manically paced, exhilarating dumb fun action that died out in the late '90's. They don't make movies like that anymore.

[bouncingbrick]

Point Break is probably in my top 20 personal favourites. It's manically paced, exhilarating dumb fun action that died out in the late '90's. They don't make movies like that anymore.

Are you kidding? They make them all the time. They just really suck now. The A-Team, Centurion, The Expendables, The Losers, From Paris with Love, 12 Rounds, Gamer, Ninja Assassin, I'm sure there's plenty more. Those are all "maniacally paced, exhilarating dumb" without the fun. They've been trying to recreate those type of Die Hard feeling films forever. They just can't capture the lightning in a bottle anymore with that type of film. That's why Transformers and superheroes rule the box office. Because they are an action genre that is (arguably) fun.

[honeykid]

I'm with BB on this one. They make them a lot of them, the problem is usually the cast and/or director, along with a poor script mean they're really poor. That said, I liked The A-Team simply because it was tons of fun, though I was bored by the last set piece which really sucked, IMO. I liked Shoot 'Em Up for the same reason.

[bouncingbrick]

Ug, the final set piece to The A-Team is at a...shipping port? How many times have we seen that in action films? Are they aware that we've seen it dozens of times and done better at that?

Anyway, sorry to derail. On with the show!

[lundy1026]

:D Dawn of the Dead!!
I love the remake (2004) a little more than the original but I am SOOO happy that Dawn of the Dead made your list.

Damn, when will there be a zombie appoc.?!

[honeykid]

Ug, the final set piece to The A-Team is at a...shipping port? How many times have we seen that in action films? Are they aware that we've seen it dozens of times and done better at that?

Anyway, sorry to derail. On with the show!
Nope, that's fine BB. All comments welcome. :)


:D Dawn of the Dead!!
I love the remake (2004) a little more than the original but I am SOOO happy that Dawn of the Dead made your list.

Damn, when will there be a zombie appoc.?!
+ repped for the oddest plea I've ever heard. :laugh:

And we break into the top 40.

40. The Usual Suspects

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiXdPolca5w

I saw this the day it opened over here, and yet, thanks to a reviewer on a radio station, I was already confident I'd 'guess the twist' ending, as simply knowing there is one is usually more than enough. You have to remember that this was made before Shyamalan made it popular for every other film to have a twist ending, thereby rendering them pointless. Anyway, despite this, I was still blown away by The Usual Suspects. Superb performances and a great script make for a great hour and a half's viewing pleasure. This seems to be one of the 90's gems that's getting some blowback now, but I'm still a big fan. Hence it's rating here.

39. First Blood

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzqizpZYypc

Another film from my childhood. I was 11 or 12 when I saw this and it became an instant favourite. I got myself a copy as quickly as I could and wore that damn tape out. It might seem strange, but I've never really bothered with the rest of the series. I've seen bits of Rambo and most of Rambo III, but neither felt like First Blood. Maybe it's the script, maybe it's the calibre of the actors in First Blood, but this is a good film and one that I've never grouped with what followed.


38. The Breakfast Club

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXzlCpHK3-I

Another Sunday night and another film which captivated me and held me for 90 minutes before releasing me, changed forever. It was also another 'rites of passage' film for the friends I had at the time, who all saw this whether they were interested or not. If there's a perfect age to see this for the first time, I was, maybe, a year or two younger than that and it was certainly in my late teens that I loved this the most but, as you can see, it's still a much loved film and I dread to think how many times I've said "Don't mess with the bull young man, you'll get the horns", "Can you hear this? Do you want me to turn it up?" or "Ooh, obscene finger gestures from such a pristine girl" or a dozen other quotes I could list.

37. La Reine Margot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17CL22j1qOU

A bit like an historical arthouse version of Flesh + Blood, I can't remember how I found this film but I'm really pleased that I did, because I've loved it from that first viewing. I'm afraid I don't have much else to tell you. If you've not seen it, go and take a look. It's well acted, looks gorgeous and there's plenty of sex and violence. What more could you want?


36. 50 First Dates

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cKtSg8vPiM

Were this not such a wonderful film, having an Adam Sandler film on this list would really be too depressing for words. OK, so the only reason it makes the list is because Drew's in it (and she's so damn adoreable... But when isn't she?) but, I honestly think that even if she weren't in it, I would probably still like it. OK, so I'd like it in a "I'll watch it on tv if there's nothing else on" way, but that's better than all his other films, with the exception of Airheads, but that's not really an "Adam Sandler" film, so I try not to count it. I feel cleaner that way.

[TylerDurden99]

Love The Usual Suspects and First Blood, both I've watched numerous times and never get tired of them. 50 First Dates is a bit of a surprise, especially being that it's at a very high place. But I really like that film as well, probably because it has a great supporting cast and the fact that it is very funny.

[wintertriangles]

Man that last ten was pretty disappointing. I'm honestly shocked you like The Usual Suspects and First Blood, and I know you love Drew but 50 First Dates isn't necessarily a highlight in her career.

You were doing pretty well up to this point :(

[ash_is_the_gal]

man. I can't believe you put a movie in your top 40 just cause you think a girl is pretty.

[akatemple]

:D Dawn of the Dead!!
I love the remake (2004) a little more than the original but I am SOOO happy that Dawn of the Dead made your list.

I think I am going to go and cry for a bit. :bawling:

[ash_is_the_gal]

do you hate the remake, too? please say yes, please say yes!

[akatemple]

I don't think I have ever hated a remake like Dawn of the Dead so badly, ZOMBIES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SLOW (THEY ARE DEAD), where the hell is the helicopter, and you can't just add characters, I can't remember how many but it was quite a few.
Only thing good about Dawn of the Dead remake was ZOMBIE BABY!

[ash_is_the_gal]

we seem to have hated it for vastly different reasons, but at least i've finally met another person who does hate it. progress!

[HitchFan97]

Breakfast Club is great, and First Blood has almost the exact same rating on my Top 50. I'll have to check out The Usual Suspects.

[JayDee]

Well while wintertriangles clearly disagrees that last group has to be my favourite so far. I love 4 of them and had 3 on my top 100 list. Only one I've not seen is Queen Margot

[honeykid]

Man that last ten was pretty disappointing. I'm honestly shocked you like The Usual Suspects and First Blood, and I know you love Drew but 50 First Dates isn't necessarily a highlight in her career.
OK, I sort of understand being shocked that I like First Blood, but why so shocked at The Usual Suspects?

You were doing pretty well up to this point :(
Man, you've got a whole world of pain coming up. :D

man. I can't believe you put a movie in your top 40 just cause you think a girl is pretty.
No, not just because a girl is pretty, because she's Drew Barrymore. Y'see? There's a big difference.

[honeykid]

35. Top Gun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAfbp3YX9F0

I've always gotten crap for loving this so much, even more so since Tarantino's speech in Sleep With Me made it a camp classic, but I don't care. I'll always be proud to stand up and say I love this film. Not my favourite popcorn movie, that comes later, but the ultimate popcorn movie, IMO. Big, loud, brash, fast and fun, I cannot wait for the re-release this year.

34. Scarface

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5juO62j7W3Q

This was absolutely slated on its release, but I saw it and loved it. Then, in the late 80's/early 90's it found an audience and became a classic. I still loved it. Now, it's entered popular culture and is as hated as it is loved. I still love it. As I've said before on the site, not only is this the ultimate 80's film, it's the film the decade itself tried to catch up to. Wall Street came close, as did Madonna, YUPPIES and day-glo, but nothing is as 80's as Scarface. The only thing I don't like about Scarface, is that it's the only film which managed to make Michelle Pfeiffer unattractive.

33. Leon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcsirofJrlM

Not the first of Gary Oldman's bad guy overacting jobs, but probably his best (and most apt) as well as my favourite. BTW, does anyone else find the ending sad? I ask because the friend I saw this with cried at the end. It baffled me, as well as making me laugh, I'll be honest, as it didn't occur to me that this is sad.

32. Little Women

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL7fstVuGd0

I've not read much fiction, but Little Women is one of them and one that I really loved, so a film version with Winona Ryder and Claire Danes was always going to be a winner in my book. I'll also admit that, sometimes, I well up when Beth dies. :o Though that may have as much to do with it being Claire Danes as is it the character.

31. In The Shadow Of The Moon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9d9-pHZzIE

I love stuff like this and, with just stationary cameras, you'll see the most awe-inspiring images you'll ever see. There's really not much else to say, this event is like real-life magic. BTW, not that it would make the list, but as a link to this, check out The Dish. It's a lovely little film about the Australian observatory used to recieve and relay the signal from the moon in the Southern hemisphere. For Neighbours fans, there's also the bonus of Eliza Szonert and Kevin Harrington.

[akatemple]

I am really glad to see that The Professional made it in at least the top 50. :yup:

[Thursday Next]

Top Gun is terrible, but Leon, Scarface and Little Women are good picks.

[bouncingbrick]

Eh, you completely lost me. To say not only that Scarface and Top Gun are better than a lot of your list is strange. To say they are good films at all is just crazy. :D

[ash_is_the_gal]

i didn't think Michelle Pfeiffer looked unattractive in Scarface. she looked even worse in Grease 2

[Brodinski]

Léon is overrated; Scarface becomes less and less impressive on every viewing and Top Gun is ok popcorn entertainment, but in a top 50? Insane :p

[akatemple]

Léon is overrated

http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc406/akatemple/Cool%20Funny/Michael-What-the-office-10400786-400-226.gif

[gandalf26]

Léon is overrated; Scarface becomes less and less impressive on every viewing and Top Gun is ok popcorn entertainment, but in a top 50? Insane :p

Leon is nothing short of a masterpiece.

[mark f]

Oh well, I like Top Gun; it was a hell of a sensory experience in a large theatre. The sound was cranked up louder than any Star Wars movie. Did I believe a second of it? Hell, no, but it was fun. Do I believe it belongs in My Top Whatever List? Hell, no. but I still give it a :up:. Of course, you have to consider the source since I'm pretty much a narrow-minded idiot when it comes to films.

[honeykid]

Eh, you completely lost me. To say not only that Scarface and Top Gun are better than a lot of your list is strange. To say they are good films at all is just crazy. :D
I'm not saying they're better than the films before them, I'm saying I like it more. Blood Feast is on this list for heavens sake. By your logic, I'm saying that's a better film than The Manchurian Candidate, Jean Du Florette and 10 other far better films. Do I like Scarface and Top Gun more? God, yes. That's why they're higher.

i didn't think Michelle Pfeiffer looked unattractive in Scarface. she looked even worse in Grease 2
I disagree. I think she looked much better in Grease 2 than Scarface.

[Powdered Water]

I really like 50 First Dates too.

[nebbit]

I really like 50 First Dates too.
You know, I just couldn't stand it, is that wrong? So many people seem to like this movie :eek:

[honeykid]

I really like 50 First Dates too.
We seem to be agreeing far too much recently, PW. I suspect your standards have fallen. :D

You know, I just couldn't stand it, is that wrong?
Yes. Yes, it is. :p:D

[TylerDurden99]

Léon is overrated; Scarface becomes less and less impressive on every viewing and Top Gun is ok popcorn entertainment, but in a top 50? Insane :p

Definitely agree with you on Leon. After I finished it, I was like "Is that it?". But Gary Oldman was awesome in it, like he is in everything.

[Powdered Water]

We seem to be agreeing far too much recently, PW. I suspect your standards have fallen. :D




Nah, I doubt it. I have a theory that you actually like a lot more movies than you let on but its just easier (and more fun) to bag on them. It's cool, your secret is safe with me. I also tend to think you may be missing out on some really, REALLY good stuff by not watching a lot of the newer movies made today. But hey man, it's cool, preconceived notions rule the world today, so if you want to keep missing out, fine. I accept you.

Also, its clear we grew up watching a great deal of the same movies and obviously they had some pretty similar effects on us to this day even. So yeah, why wouldn't I be enjoying a bunch of your favorite flicks? There's more than a few of these on my list too, so what's not to like? :)

[rauldc14]

I think 50 First Dates is one of the better Sandler comedy flicks, possibly 3rd to Happy Gilmore and Click.

[honeykid]

Nah, I doubt it. I have a theory that you actually like a lot more movies than you let on but its just easier (and more fun) to bag on them. It's cool, your secret is safe with me. I also tend to think you may be missing out on some really, REALLY good stuff by not watching a lot of the newer movies made today. But hey man, it's cool, preconceived notions rule the world today, so if you want to keep missing out, fine. I accept you.
I can honestly say I can't remember ever saying something about a film (pro or con) that I didn't genuinely think/mean/feel. On the rare occassion that I found out I was wrong, I'm pretty sure I've said so and, to use the Bender defence for the rest,

"Well, I don't know any lepers either, but I'm not gonna run out and join one of their ****ing clubs."

Also, its clear we grew up watching a great deal of the same movies and obviously they had some pretty similar effects on us to this day even. So yeah, why wouldn't I be enjoying a bunch of your favorite flicks? There's more than a few of these on my list too, so what's not to like? :)
I do vaguely remember being surprised at the number of films on your list that I liked, so yeah, you're probably right about this. :)


I think 50 First Dates is one of the better Sandler comedy flicks, possibly 3rd to Happy Gilmore and Click.
Click's good? Damn, who told you that? That film was pretty damn poor, not that I expect anything else from Sandler (or Beckinsale for that matter), and I'm sure it's still better than Little Nicky or Don't Mess With Zohan, but it's not good.

[Skepsis93]

I think 50 First Dates is one of the better Sandler comedy flicks, possibly 3rd to Happy Gilmore and Click.

Did you see Punch-Drunk Love? It walks a line between comedy and drama but it's by far Sandler's best performance and film overall. I love Happy Gilmore too, but it pales in comparison.

[honeykid]

30. Scream

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omquxJs8XPg

As some of you may know, I have a thing for Miss Barrymore, so I was very pleased this film made such a splash Stateside, as it put her on the cover of the film magazines over here. You have to remember that this was when pics of Drew were rare this side of the Atlantic and before the internet brought me the world. Sadly, as you know, she's not onscreen for long and there's that horrible shot of her hanging from the tree but, despite this, I went on to thoroughly enjoy this film. Since then it's been a firm favourite and, 10 years ago, would've been around the top 10.

29. J.F.K.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PX7XTUnyLs

Going into this, I had no idea it was any longer than the average film, so it felt like I'd been in the cinema for days by the time it ended. You have to remember that this was back when films lasted about 90-100 minutes and a two hour film was quite unusual. Before every film was two hours, whether it needed to be or not, so an unexpected three hour was like a timewarp. Despite that, I really enjoyed it and I rented it later and the 3 hours flew by. I went and bought myself a copy that very week. With a 3 hours running time, I've probably spent about a couple of days watching this, but each time the film seems to be over long before I expect it.


28. The Way Of The Gun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXGm-2lvJww

I was really eager to see this when it was released. Directed by the scriptwriter of The Usual Suspects, it came out with a little buzz but minimal acclaim and I've no idea why, but it just never took off. This film is one of the few that feels like a forgotten gem, even in this internet age. Great cast, great film and my favourite opening scene of any film I've ever seen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQLXYu6plhg
NSFW

27. The Hitcher

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6WmEoMY2Lo

One half of the best double bill I ever saw (the other's not too far ahead) I saw this when I was 14/15 and it completely gripped me. Like Flesh + Blood, it stars Rutger Hauer and Jennifer Jason Leigh, along with C. Thomas Howell as the poor unfortunate who disobeys his mum and "Gives this man a ride". If you've not seen this, please don't watch the remake first (or bother with it at all) and, if you have seen the remake but not this, give this a chance to win you over.

26. The Doors

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk8T3UCKTew

I'd gotten into The Doors about a year before this was released, so I was desperate to see this. I just loved this film and it was my favourite for about 4 or 5 years. I'd read a number of books about The Doors and Jim, so was well aware of the historical inaccuracies, etc, but they didn't bother me in the slightest. Obviously great music and a wonderfully all-encompassing central performance by Val Kilmer make for a completely involving experience.

[TylerDurden99]

Oh man, I love Scream and JFK. :up:

[bouncingbrick]

I'm not saying they're better than the films before them, I'm saying I like it more. Blood Feast is on this list for heavens sake. By your logic, I'm saying that's a better film than The Manchurian Candidate, Jean Du Florette and 10 other far better films. Do I like Scarface and Top Gun more? God, yes. That's why they're higher.


No, no. I get the difference between good and favorite. The Friday the 13th series are some of my favorite DVDs to pop in on a quiet night in. That said, I still think you are crazy as a s***-house rat.

[honeykid]

That said, I still think you are crazy as a s***-house rat.
Well, who knows? Had I seen a different doctor on another day, I might not have the certificate that says otherwise. :D

[Brodinski]

Leon is nothing short of a masterpiece.

Ok, why? Be as specific as possible

[bouncingbrick]

Ok, why? Be as specific as possible

I don't know if I'd call it a masterpiece, but the relationship between Jeno Reno and Queen Amidala in that film is pretty special. She fills the void of loneliness in his life that he didn't even know existed and he offers her the father figure that she has never had. To have such a sweet and sincere relationship at the core of a very well crafted action film is quite an accomplishment.

Also, the final action piece is amazing.

[Powdered Water]

I made the mistake of going to see The Doors opening weekend and I had taken LSD many times before so it may or may not surprise you to hear that after I sat in the front row for this film and sitting down completely stone cold sober, I walked out of there tripping harder than I had on many occasions of LSD. Why do I share this story? I don't know, it's just my The Doors viewing story and that's all I got. I did and do like the movie quite a bit though.

[Godoggo]

I'm a huge fan of The Way of the Gun. I've seen it countless times. My Benicio obsession probably plays into that a bit, but I do love the movie regardless.

[lundy1026]

HK, your movie list is great. I'm going to eventually make a top 100 2012 edition but I can tell you what, it's in no way going to be as great as yours. I just realy appreciate that you took the time to list trailers and descriptions with the movies becuase the one's that I havn't seen, I can watch the trailer and really get an idea what the movie is about. :)

& you listed some favs of mine as well. All the more <3 for the list!!

[genesis_pig]

HK finally made a favorite list...
I will go through this thoroughly..

[gandalf26]

Ok, why? Be as specific as possible

Gary Oldman on absoulte fire as Norman Stansfield. Easily his best role in my humble opinion. Such a terrifying villain and a Cop to boot. "Benny bring me Everyone", Benny : "What do you mean Everyone?" Stansfield : "EVERYYYYYYONNNNEEEEEEEEEE".

This strange Hero in Leon, from the opening sequence you would be forgiven for thinking that he is just your usual cold blooded assassin, but then he spends his days going to watch old musicals like Singing in the Rain, being exploited naively by his boss Tony, basically he is a grown up child, a simpleton, yet at the same time he is an absolute pro of an assassin.

Amazing breakthrough role for Natalie Portman, she is like the adult of the relationship with Leon, you genuinely feel for them both at the end despite the fact that its obviously wrong.

As someone already said, what an amazing ending. I have to say that I honestly believe it is the besy ending sequence to a movie that I ve seen yet.

Luc Besson can be hit and miss, some of his films are complete trash like Kiss of the Dragon. Don't know if its the unusual setting of the outskirts of New York or the French perspective of the film but it just clicks for me, ticks all my boxes and can be found right at the very top of my unfinished top 50.

[honeykid]

Thanks for all the comments. :)

Godoggo, I'm so pleased to know there's another fan of "the Gun" out there. Have I been unlucky or do you just not hear about this film?

[Godoggo]

Thanks for all the comments. :)

Godoggo, I'm so pleased to know there's another fan of "the Gun" out there. Have I been unlucky or do you just not hear about this film?

Not often, it seems. Only one of my friends had heard anything about it before I made them watch it :D and I think that was only because she was a huge Sarah Silverman fan.

[Pyro Tramp]

I got Way of the Gun on DVD from years ago, enjoyed it maybe time for a rewatch though.

[honeykid]

25. The Taking Of Pelham One, Two, Three

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxleafmTQR8&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNGagEjsdVM

I probably caught parts of this film two or three times before I finally saw it all in one go. It's one of those films that'd appear on tv, late at night, and I'd always watch it till the end. I've known and loved this film for a great many years, so I was delighted when people started to talk about this as a 'great' film a few years ago. For the uninitiated, Robert Shaw and Walter Matthau are superb.

I included the second trailer just because I thought it was an interesting comparison.

24. Over The Edge

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ereen__ld8g

Just a film I decided to rent one day and totally fell for. As you may've noticed, I love the 70's and this is a great example of 70's cinema. A great film, Matt Dillon's first, and a great soundtrack too.

23. William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMel13nY0PE

When I saw this at the cinema, I wanted to stand up and applaud after about 10 minutes. Then when I got it on video, I watched it every day for a month. I love this film but, sadly, it's inextricably tied to a horrible time in my life and I can't watch it as I used to, hence its position. There was a time when this was my 2nd most favourite film in the world.

22. Fever Pitch/The Perfect Catch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-MDUlhsPqU

TBH I wasn't particularly looking forward to this, besides it being a new Drew film, of course. A remake of a film I wasn't particularly fond of anyway, starring some bloke from SNL (which is rarely a good thing, IMO) so I was going for the Drew. Obviously. However, I was wonderfully surprised. I much prefered this version and the SNL bloke wasn't really annoying and Drew... Wow! She looks so good in this, especially the scene at the Great Gatsby birthday party.


21. The Godfather

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjPmaneLadQ

I can't remember if I saw The Godfather when I was a kid or not, but I do know that I was 19 when I bought myself a copy. I don't really have much else to say. Like JFK, the 3 hours flies by every time I watch this, it looks absolutely gorgeous and the scene in the restaurant is one of the most tense scenes I've ever experienced. If I felt that kind of tension when watching Hitchcock, I might understand why they call him the "master of suspense."

[Cenydd Ros]

Sam's worst film holds #72 :) I love Sam (not Convoy, though) :nope:


Hey, where's Across 110th Street! (I know, New York) Must be in the top 20, eh?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxCsIX6iU5o


There are Patrick Swayze movies on this list :/ ???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTVj5lIkxp4
oh, my


I thought The Way of the Gun was pretty good - and much underrated. "For the record I'll call myself Mr. Parker. My associate will be Mr. Longbaugh." - one of my all time favorites lines! :up:

The Conversation? In your top 20? (oh, wait, this is your list, not mine - blushes :blush:)


The Taking Of Pelham One, Two, Three = awesome film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsyDWtzfA7k

[TylerDurden99]

:up: for The Godfather and The Perfect Catch. I quite like both of those films.

[honeykid]

Sam's worst film holds #72 :) I love Sam (not Convoy, though) :nope:
Convoy's the only Sam film I like.

Hey, where's Across 110th Street! (I know, New York) Must be in the top 20, eh?
I've only seen it once or twice, so I wouldn't include it as I didn't bother with anything I hadn't seen at least 5 times. TBH, it would't make it anyway. Truck Turner now might and Black Dynamite definately would.

There are Patrick Swayze movies on this list :/ ???
Yeah, but neither of them are Ghost or Dirty Dancing, so it's ok. Red Dawn came close to making it, too.

I thought The Way of the Gun was pretty good - and much underrated. "For the record I'll call myself Mr. Parker. My associate will be Mr. Longbaugh." - one of my all time favorites lines! :up:
There are so many great lines from The Way Of The Gun.

The Conversation? In your top 20? (oh, wait, this is your list, not mine - blushes :blush:)
Again, I've not seen it enough to even contemplate it, though I wouldn't put include it atm, as I feel differently about it each of the three times I've seen it.

The Taking Of Pelham One, Two, Three = awesome film.

Yep, as you can see from its place on my list, I think so too.

Thanks, TD. :up: I'm sure I'll catch some flak for Fever Pitch/Perfect Catch, so it's nice that the first comment's positive. :)

[christine]

Ah at last! Glad you got round to it Hun. Liking loads of your choices so far, I think I even have some of yours on my list too.
Specially liking - Les Diaboliques - brilliant film
The Thing, Se7en, Jean de Florette, The Haunting - that film scared the bejesus out of me when I was a kid - the scene with the rattling door & Claire Bloom in the bedroom :eek:. American Werewolf in London, The Killers, All Quiet on the Western Front, Little Women (Beth dies??!), Fear and Loathing, Monsters Inc, Remains of the Day, Double Indemnity, Big Lebowski, Amelie...all fantastic. Great choices!

[The Prestige]

Loving the list even more. I liked The Way Of The Gun too, but I do think that I was expecting a Usual Suspects 2, which is probably why it didn't take off the way you thought it might have and is obviously an unfair expectation. I think it's one of those forgetten gems like you said that will have a cult following in the next few years.

And falling in a fountain full of broken beer bottles...cringe.

LOVE Scream, and was waiting for when you would include it. It deserves the hype it gets and is one of kind from the 90's.

The original Hitcher is timeless too, some great cinematic moments. It's funny, it's one of Christopher Nolan's favourite films too and I think a lot of Hauer's character was incorporated into the writing of Heath Ledger's The Joker in The Dark Knight. Love the opening scene with the rain and exchanges between C Thomas Howell and Rutger Hauer.

What exactly is it about Romeo and Juliet that you like, HK???

[JayDee]

I love Pelham One Two Three! Only saw it for the first time a couple of years back and while it's already on my top 100 list I can definitely see it climbing the list over time and more viewings. So great choice there. :up:

Romeo and Juliet I loved years and years ago but I've not seen it in so long. Will need to revisit it at some point soon.

Fever Pitch/Perfect Catch is a big surprise, even with your Drew love. While I enjoyed it and have it on DVD, I wouldn't rate it as one of her top films. Would have it behind 50 First Dates, Wedding Singer, Never Been Kissed, Music and Lyrics, Whip It etc

Over the Edge is one I hadn't heard of before so that's another for me to check on.

[honeykid]

The Haunting - that film scared the bejesus out of me when I was a kid - the scene with the rattling door & Claire Bloom in the bedroom :eek:.
I know, the cinematography and use of sound in The Haunting is superb.

What exactly is it about Romeo and Juliet that you like, HK???
I love the look of it. I like the silliness and the use of crash zoom and swish pans at the beginning. OK, so the poetry of the words is pretty much destroyed in the shouted delivery, but the power's still there and, most importantly, the story. I think the performances, not only of Leo and Claire, but of the supporting cast and especially Harold Perrineau and John Leguizamo, as Mercutio and Tybalt respectively, are fantastic. I like that it's a modern retelling, but one set in an alternate universe and not 'just' urban, as it may well be today. I like that it's cinematic, obviously cinematic. I like that it's grand, that it's symbolic, that it's elegant and yet flamboyant and I love the soundtrack.

It may help that I liked both Leo and Claire before this was made, so I wasn't watching the bloke from Titanic, nor am I watching a baby-faced version of todays Leo.

Again, thanks for the comments. :)


Over the Edge is one I hadn't heard of before so that's another for me to check on.
Over The Edge appeals to my inner teenager. That dissatisfied teenager, who looks at the world that's been created for them and wonders why they were so thoughtless and just how they managed to **** it up that badly.

[bouncingbrick]

Ew, I think the performances in Romeo Plus Juliet are terrible. Leo and Claire were not ready for that material and Baz Luhrman's heavy handedness didn't help. It's...interesting, i guess. Sort of like outsider art.

But, to each his own!

[lundy1026]

Fever Pitch/Perfect Catch is a big surprise, even with your Drew love. While I enjoyed it and have it on DVD, I wouldn't rate it as one of her top films. Would have it behind 50 First Dates, Wedding Singer, Never Been Kissed, Music and Lyrics, Whip It etc



I think Fever Pitch does deserve to be there. And it's not much of a surprise because it is a fantastic movie. It's a cute romantic comedy because it's something a lot of girls can relate to... The being interested in a guy who is overly obsessed with some sport. And it's true, obsessions can get in the way of a healthy relationship. The movie was great how the guy matured and got serious. LOVE IT!

[honeykid]

Fever Pitch/Perfect Catch is a big surprise, even with your Drew love. While I enjoyed it and have it on DVD, I wouldn't rate it as one of her top films. Would have it behind 50 First Dates, Wedding Singer, Never Been Kissed, Music and Lyrics, Whip It etc

I can see that. I've never been a big fan of The Wedding Singer or Never Been Kissed outside of Drew's involvement. I really liked Whip It. I think, as with Nick & Nora's Infinate Playlist, were I 20 years younger, they'd be among my favourite films.

Ew, I think the performances in Romeo Plus Juliet are terrible. Leo and Claire were not ready for that material and Baz Luhrman's heavy handedness didn't help. It's...interesting, i guess. Sort of like outsider art.

But, to each his own!
Regarding Leo and Claire we're definately seeing this from opposing sides, as I disagree completely. I can, however, see that you could call Luhrman's presentation of the material heavy handed. I'm not sure if I disagree or if I just like it.

[lundy1026]

I totally forgot about Nick & Nora's Infinate Playlist. I saw it once when it was in theaters and it must not have made a big impression of me becuase I havn't thought of it once since then untill now when I just read the title in this thread lol.

Never Been Kissed is really great and should be in the top 100 but The Wedding Singer wasn't anything that spactacular or memerable for me. Of course, like everyone else, I've seen the movie a dozen times-but its a movie I kind of watch as a last resort when I can't find anything else to watch at the moment... you know?

Never Been Kissed and Whip It are two that when you're looking at your DVD collection, you think to yourself, "Hey maybe I'll watch THIS tonight!"

[HitchFan97]

Just guessing here, but I predict Jaws or The Exorcist for #1

[TylerDurden99]

Just guessing here, but I predict Jaws or The Exorcist for #1

Or Chinatown.

[honeykid]

Ah, and so the guessing starts. :D

The top 20 approaches.

20. Near Dark

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiYSirEHS5E

Here's the second half of the best double bill I've ever seen. I think this may've been the first vampire film I saw that wasn't either the European aristocral vampire or some Jess Franco sexploitation type of film. After reading Interview With The Vampire, I recognised the family dynamic immediately, but at the time this was the first example of a vampire film I'd seen that was remotely like this. I think this could be the only film I like Bill Pullman in. He even annoys me in Twister and I love Twister. On the flip side, this film made me an Adrian Pasdar fan for life.

19. Die Hard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIOX44m8ktc

I can't really think what to tell you. It's Die Hard. It's fun, it's engrossing, it's action, it's one line quips. It's the complete action thriller.

18. The Long Good Friday

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjwM5UJYPKo

Bob Hoskins does his 'Little Napoleon' act as Harold Shand, London gangland boss at the start of Thatcher's Britain. I don't actually remember when I first saw this film. Probably sometime in the early 80's, but I first remember it in my late teens, when I rediscovered this, Get Carter and a few other top British gangster/gangland films. When you see British gangster films, this is the film most of them are trying to be. I don't know why, but I really like that the opening scene makes no sense right until the end, by which time, I've become so engrossed in the film that I've completely forgotten about it. I also like that this isn't a 'rise and fall' gangster film. Harold's at the top. Not only that but he has no idea why someones trying to get him.

*BTW, I completely forgot to put Get Carter on this list. :o See, this is one of the reasons it took so long to do this. I know there were versions that had Get Carter on it, but I obviously forgot it when I did the 'final' cut. *

17. This Is Spinal Tap

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6EwqlgUOpI&feature=related

My favourite comedy of all-time ends up at #17. I honestly can't imagine a film funnier than this and it's the only film I've ever seen which gets funnier with every viewing, though it took a few viewings before I thought it was funny enough to want a copy. However, once I did, the viewings stacked up quickly and it's now at the point where I'm laughing long before the bit that I'm actually laughing at. So I'm laughing through great swathes of the film, regardless of which bit's actually on at the time. My favourite scene used to change quite often, but for the last couple of years it's been Derek stuck in the pod.

16. Chopper

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnzqfUUPhz4

The other film from 2000 that I championed was this, Chopper. Another big hit on the festival circuit and I was completely blown away by it and Bana's performance, which for me is still his best by far. I had never heard of Mark "Chopper" Read before I saw this, well, before it was made anyway and I'm surprised at how mainstream both this film and his writings have become. I was showing this to everyone I thought'd be interested in 2000. Considering Andrew Dominik made this and The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, I'm really looking forward to Cogan's Trade, though with his talent, it's a shame this'll only be his third film in those twelve years.

[TylerDurden99]

Oh man, I love both Die Hard and Near Dark, and I think This Is Spinal Tap is growing on me, because on my last viewing, I found it much more funnier than the first time I saw it.

[honeykid]

... I think This Is Spinal Tap is growing on me, because on my last viewing, I found it much more funnier than the first time I saw it.
As I said, that's what happened to me. It just gets funnier with every viewing.

[The Prestige]

Still haven't even seen it. Everybody who has raves about it though.

[JayDee]

Die Hard is an awesome pick. The definitive action film. While I have enjoyed Spinal Tap the once or twice I've seen it all the way through, at no point have I gone "ah yes, everyone who says it's the greatest comedy is right." But perhaps like you it will grow and grow on me until it reaches that stage.


Just guessing here, but I predict Jaws or The Exorcist for #1

Or Chinatown.

Ah, and so the guessing starts. :D


And watch for the board to explode when you reveal your #1 as Charlie's Angels! :D

[honeykid]

Charlie's Angels at #1? Would I do that? :drevil:

[Cenydd Ros]

Near Dark = one of the best (maybe THE best) vamp movie.

The Long Good Friday is great. Seen it several times - three times in just the past year. Classic.

[nebbit]

Charlie's Angels at #1? Would I do that? :drevil:
Hope not :eek: it would spoil a great list :yup:

[christine]

ah The Long Good Friday now that is class! I always think of that whenever I see 'Charlie' in Casualty. He must be proud he had a part in the Long Good Friday before being a chargenurse for all those years in a tedious drama.

Chopper is an outstanding film too, Eric Bana gave his all doing that role. It was different in it's time I remember. Violent but very funny too, one of those ones where you laugh and the next minute you're cringeing .

Good choices!

[Skepsis93]

Love your list, honeykid. Not because I like or have even seen most of the movies, but because I now have a list of films I didn't know I should be watching at some point.

[TylerDurden99]

Knowing how much you love it, I think The Last Supper may crack the top ten, along with Chinatown and Taxi Driver. And Jaws, I 'spose.

[Brodinski]

I like The Long Good Friday, Chopper and This Is Spinal Tap, but not nearly enough to put them on a top 100 list. It's well-known that I'm no fan of Die Hard. Near Dark I haven't watched.

[cinemaafficionado]

I've seen all the movies you listed. The Taking Of Pelham 1,2,3 I liked the original ( Robert Shaw ) better than the remake with Denzel.
Daas Boat is one of the best war time movies ever and The Long Good Friday with Bob Hoskins is one of the best crime genre to come out of the UK. For me personaly, Sexy Beast did the dirty.

[honeykid]

ah The Long Good Friday now that is class! I always think of that whenever I see 'Charlie' in Casualty. He must be proud he had a part in the Long Good Friday before being a chargenurse for all those years in a tedious drama.
When I saw this (again?) in my late teens, when he appeared onscreen for the first time my friend and I both took a second or so before both spontaneously shouting "Charlie!" :D

Love your list, honeykid. Not because I like or have even seen most of the movies, but because I now have a list of films I didn't know I should be watching at some point.
Thanks, Skepsis. Obviously I recommend everything on my list, so I'm glad it's given you some new avenues to explore.

Knowing how much you love it, I think The Last Supper may crack the top ten, along with Chinatown and Taxi Driver. And Jaws, I 'spose.
I'll let you know that The Last Supper didn't make the cut. It's one of those 20-30 that, on another day, probably would've made it. It was hard leaving it off the list though because, as you say, I do love that film. Anyone reading this who hasn't seen it or heard me banging on about it, go find it. :yup:

I like The Long Good Friday, Chopper and This Is Spinal Tap, but not nearly enough to put them on a top 100 list. It's well-known that I'm no fan of Die Hard. Near Dark I haven't watched.
Oh, you've gotta see Near Dark. Seriously, it could be the best vampire film ever made.

I've seen all the movies you listed. The Taking Of Pelham 1,2,3 I liked the original ( Robert Shaw ) better than the remake with Denzel.
Daas Boat is one of the best war time movies ever and The Long Good Friday with Bob Hoskins is one of the best crime genre to come out of the UK. For me personaly, Sexy Beast did the dirty.
I've not seen the remake, but I did think there was a chance it could've been good. Sounds like it was pretty average, though.

I'd argue that The Long Good Friday is one of the best crime films ever from anywhere.

[cinemaafficionado]

You know what, you are probably right: The Long Good Friday could make the cut for one of the best crime genre from anywhere.
But now, I'm starting to get ditzy as I've been up over 24 hours straight.
Ever get to a state where you are too tired to be tired?
I guess it's going to take enough sleeping pills and pain killers to kill a horse to get me to sleep now. Almost thinking of coasting through to the UFC, but hell I won't enjoy it if I'm in lala land. Adios amigos.

[Masterman]

Chopper is a fantastic pick.

[TylerDurden99]

I'll let you know that The Last Supper didn't make the cut. It's one of those 20-30 that, on another day, probably would've made it. It was hard leaving it off the list though because, as you say, I do love that film. Anyone reading this who hasn't seen it or heard me banging on about it, go find it. :yup:



Damn, I was hoping it would make it in somewhere. It doesn't get enough recognition, and it should get quite a bit. Expertly written, terrific acting and those scenes with Ron Perlman are great.

[JayDee]

Thanks for giving me another film to check out HK. :up: Had never heard of The Last Supper but it sounds like it could be extremely entertaining.

[honeykid]

Do take a look at The Last Supper, JD, I think you'll like it.

15. For Your Height Only

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5KeUMxyAwM

I was first made aware of this when I saw a clip of it on a documentary Jonathon Ross did in the mid 90's. Since then I'd been wanting to see it, but I couldn't remember what it was called and it was only three years ago that I found it. I ordered it immediately and became a huge fan straight away. Look at it! How could I not? Seriously, what is there not to like? It's bloody brilliant.

14. Citizen Kane

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyv19bg0scg

It's Citizen Kane! What do you want me to say? What I will say is why I have it on the list. I have it on here because I love it. Unlike a lot of people who don't like Kane, I really get involved with the characters. I really love the story, the characters, the whole thing. I'm always surprised when I hear people say "it's boring" or that they couldn't get into it. From the very first viewing, I was there from the moment the "News On The March"newsreel started rolling and it kept me there throughout the entire length of the film. I would like to mention on technical aspect of the film, though. The script. No one ever seems to mention it, and yet, it's at least as good as Casablanca (better IMO) with some fantastic and memorable dialogue. Leland's rememberance of the girl in the white dress on the ferry is as beautiful and poetic a speech as any in cinema. Kane's also a highly quotable film.

Bernstein: "There's a lot of statues in Europe you haven't bought yet."
Kane: "You can't blame me. They've been making statues for some two thousand years, and I've only been collecting for five."

As well as my personal favourite.

"You're right, I did lose a million dollars last year. I expect to lose a million dollars this year. I expect to lose a million dollars next year. You know, Mr Thatcher, at the rate of a million dollars a year, I'll have to close this place in... 60 years."

So that's the best film ever made. A film so good that even its least celebrated components are better than just about every other film made... And yet, it's number 14 on my list. Why is that? Well, it's because I love 13 films more than the best film ever made. Here they are.

13. The Warriors

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5I82SSE4zQ

Another childhood favourite here. As many/most of you know, I absolutely adore this film. I love James Remar just because of this film, he's just great as Ajax and he comes to such a pathetic end. I've been quoting this film for years, but not really in any social situation, just randomly and God only knows how many times I've sang "Warriors, come out to pllllaaaaa-aaaaayyyyy." :D This was one of the first films I bought when I first started work.

12. The Battle Of Britain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaX3m7mMmxM

As most of you know, I don't really 'do' war films so, for me, this is the best war film ever made. Like The Cruel Sea, this film seems to be one that I've never not seen. I adore this film and I think watching this may be as close as I get to patriotic. I just love watching this film.

11. Chinatown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYAUoVJDgRg

I saw a really poor copy of this when I was a kid, but I didn't really see it until I was in my mid 20's. It's a magnificent film, I love the writing, the acting, etc, but there's still something about the look of it that I don't care for. However, that's a personal thing, as I think everything about this film is perfect. There just isn't anything wrong with it. Chinatown is a film that I feel is still growing on me and one that I enjoy more with every viewing and, as such, I can see no reason why this won't be a top 10 film some day.

[TylerDurden99]

Oh man, it's The Warriors! Probably my favourite film on your list so far. I also really love Citizen Kane and Chinatown, which I really thought would squeeze into the top ten. Oh well, bring on the top ten!

[HitchFan97]

I too love Citizen Kane and Chinatown. Awesome list, can't wait for the Top 10 :)

[The Rodent]

Good list so far mate. Looking forward to the top 10 as well.

[JayDee]

Well that's an interesting mix. :D Have never, ever heard of For Your Height Only but in it's own way (it's very own way!) it looks rather brilliant! :laugh:

Had no idea you were a fan of Kane, but it is a great film. Chinatown I've only seen once and wasn't overly enamoured with it (my dislike for Nicholson may have a lot to do with it) but will revisit it someday and may feel differently. Still not seen The Warriors despite having it taped for quite a few years now. Will perhaps look that out quite soon now.

Do take a look at The Last Supper, JD, I think you'll like it.


Does sound like it could be my kind of thing. :yup: Although the DVD seems to be out of print at the moment so unlikely to be able to pick it up for just a couple of pounds.

[voneil7]

Very nice list HK, looking forward to the top 10!!

[honeykid]

Oh man, it's The Warriors! Probably my favourite film on your list so far. I also really love Citizen Kane and Chinatown, which I really thought would squeeze into the top ten. Oh well, bring on the top ten!
TBH, any and all of these could move two or three places. That said, I really do love my top 10 and I can only see one or two films that may leave over the coming years and they'll be pushed out rather than just wane.

Well that's an interesting mix. :D Have never, ever heard of For Your Height Only but in it's own way (it's very own way!) it looks rather brilliant! :laugh:
It really is. Sadly, I'm in no condition to get across just how much fun I have watching it. I don't know of a R2 disc, so it's an import job I'm afraid, unless you want to watch on Youtube.

Does sound like it could be my kind of thing. :yup: Although the DVD seems to be out of print at the moment so unlikely to be able to pick it up for just a couple of pounds.
I don't have Sky Movies anymore, but they used to show it on there sometimes. Keep an eye out and it might show up one day. Other than that it looks like it's a tenner on amazon or ebay.

Thanks to Rodent, Hitch and V for your comments, too. :) I'll try and get 10-6 up by the end of the week.

[christine]

Looking forward to the top 10 now.
Love The Warriors too. many lovely memories from years ago around that film :)

[nebbit]

Love how you have done this :yup: great work :up:

[The Prestige]

I love the look of it. I like the silliness and the use of crash zoom and swish pans at the beginning. OK, so the poetry of the words is pretty much destroyed in the shouted delivery, but the power's still there and, most importantly, the story. I think the performances, not only of Leo and Claire, but of the supporting cast and especially Harold Perrineau and John Leguizamo, as Mercutio and Tybalt respectively, are fantastic. I like that it's a modern retelling, but one set in an alternate universe and not 'just' urban, as it may well be today. I like that it's cinematic, obviously cinematic. I like that it's grand, that it's symbolic, that it's elegant and yet flamboyant and I love the soundtrack.



Well when you put it like that, it is a fairly original way of retelling the story. It was too much for me personally, but the last time I saw it, I was in secondary school so perhaps it will hold up differently.

I knew you'd include The Warriors as I remember you going on about it in another thread awhile back, didn't think it would be as high as it is though. Agree with everything you say about the film. I only saw it for the first time a couple of years back and absolutely adored it. Timeless and very exciting from start to finish.

I hated the way Ajax went. Dunno why they felt the need to make him come across as a rapist, but I agree, pretty weak way to get rid of one of the most charismatic characters in the film. It's a credit to the pace of the film and Walter Hill that it still manages to be exciting after his disappearance.

Really wish I could see what everyone sees in Chinatown. I've only seen it the once but I just don't appreciate it as much I think I am meant to. It's a strange world when even you HK appreciate a popular film and I don't :D

Again, awesome list so far, mate. Very surprising choices. Looking forward to the top ten!

[The Prestige]

18. The Long Good Friday

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjwM5UJYPKo

Bob Hoskins does his 'Little Napoleon' act as Harold Shand, London gangland boss at the start of Thatcher's Britain. I don't actually remember when I first saw this film. Probably sometime in the early 80's, but I first remember it in my late teens, when I rediscovered this, Get Carter and a few other top British gangster/gangland films. When you see British gangster films, this is the film most of them are trying to be. I don't know why, but I really like that the opening scene makes no sense right until the end, by which time, I've become so engrossed in the film that I've completely forgotten about it. I also like that this isn't a 'rise and fall' gangster film. Harold's at the top. Not only that but he has no idea why someones trying to get him.



What exactly did you make of the very end? When he is being driven off in the car and all that?

I watched it for the first time a few months ago (yet another classic I hadn't gotten round to seeing), and thought it was really solid.

[honeykid]

I hated the way Ajax went. Dunno why they felt the need to make him come across as a rapist, but I agree, pretty weak way to get rid of one of the most charismatic characters in the film. It's a credit to the pace of the film and Walter Hill that it still manages to be exciting after his disappearance.
See, I like that he goes out like that. It's a pathetic end to a charasmatic character, whereas it've been a lot easier (and more popular probably) to have a heroic or ambiguous ending.

Really wish I could see what everyone sees in Chinatown. I've only seen it the once but I just don't appreciate it as much I think I am meant to. It's a strange world when even you HK appreciate a popular film and I don't :D
Yeah, you know you're in trouble. Maybe the apocalypse is coming? :D

Again, awesome list so far, mate. Very surprising choices. Looking forward to the top ten!
Thanks, man. I appreciate it. :)


What exactly did you make of the very end? When he is being driven off in the car and all that?
I love that ending. I love it as a gangster ending. I love it as a British ending and I love it as a piece of cinema. Hoskins' acting is superb. You can see everything on his face and in his eyes as the character, at first surprised and shocked, starts to put everything together and accepts his fate.

I'm afraid I've not written up 10-6 yet. I'll give it another go this weekend.

[honeykid]

OK, here we go.


10. Interview With The Vampire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDH7P0qvSMU

Until I made this list, this was the last #1 film I had. I was obssessed with this when it came out (and the novels) and for years after. As with a number of the 90's films on this list, I saw this at the cinema, raved about it, loved it and then bought it when it was released, quickly racking up the viewings. Moreso with this, as I was studying film when it was released on video, so I incorperated it into my studies. This was possibly the first film that I loved, that I really picked apart... And yet, I still love it. As for the film, it's pretty much everything you could want from a Hollywood vampire film. It looks gorgeous, the sets and the actors are beautifully dressed, Cruise and Pitt are great though Dunst steals each and every scene she's in from the pair of them.

9. Man Bites Dog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcPhaieTg4o

I knew nothing about this film when I first saw it, other than it was sick or "pretty freaky" as the guy who lent it to me put it. He and I had been talking about film and I'd made it pretty clear that I like a pretty good, ****ed up, sick film a little more than the next guy. He then told me that his brother had just gotten a film that sounded right up my street. The next day, he brings it into college and I take it home and watch one of the funniest, most violent and sickest films I'd ever seen. For those who don't know, it's a mockumentary about a student camera crew who are making a film about Ben, the local serial killer. Over the course of the film, they make friends with him and he talks about art, film, the universe and everything... As well as killing a few people along the way and educating the crew about the tricks of the trade. I managed to bag myself a copy for Christmas that year and have loved it and recommended it ever since, as I do here. It may not sound like your thing and there's a horrible home invasion scene which, to me at least, puts Michael Hannke to shame, but it's also one of the funniest films I've ever seen in my life. It might not be your thing, but if you think it might be, go and take the risk. If it is, you'll be well rewarded.

8. Enter The Dragon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuFQwdeyknI

I'd heard about this long before I saw it, because a neighbour's brother had seen it seven times at the cinema. We'd seen all Bruce's other films and (my friends and I) had been trying to get a copy of it ever since, but I think I was 11 by the time we were able to get a copy. I can't even remember if it was a pirate copy or if we'd had to wait for it to hit the rental market but, whatever it was, we ate it up. I think I managed to get a copy a year or two later and watched it endlessly. Much like The Warriors, I've quoted this film, randomly and sometimes for no apparent reason, ever since and all my friends at the time saw this whether they wanted to or not. Not that they didn't, of course. Why the hell wouldn't you want to watch Enter The Dragon?

7. Death Race 2000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jh2ZiFtU7E&feature=related

Yet another childhood favourite. I was 9 or 10 when I saw this for the first time and it was just fantastic. A real grindhouse film and one with a sense of fun. From the moment I got my first computer I wanted to play a version of the film. I'd dreamed about Carmageddon long before that was made. Not that they quite got it right, at least, not for me. I love the cast, the characters, particularly the tv presenters. They're just great and still recognisable stereotypes today. The soundtrack's great. The etherial plinky plonky music when they go to the Presidents Mansion, the almost cartoonish music at the start of the scene with the first kill. The cars and their drivers are fabulous fun, but the pull of the film for me is the dialogue and, of course, getting points for knocking people over. I talked about this film and its point system so much that, even in my 20's, my granddad would point to a bus stop and ask, "How many points for that lot?" Maybe he was just trying to improve my mental arithmatic? But it always made us smile.

6. Goodfellas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCg6uK1vcOo&feature=related

As far back as I could remember, I'd wanted to watch this film. ;) It's just that no one had made it. There were low level gangster films before this (Mean Streets, for one) but this was what I wanted. A 'proper' film about 'proper' gangsters. Not Dillinger or Al Capone. Just guys. Y'know? Goodfellas. Now, of course, there's documentaries and films like this everywhere though, of course, they're not really like this. Goodfellas is a one-off just because there's nothing this good like this

[bouncingbrick]

Despite having Goodfellas in your top ten, I still maintain that you have terrible taste in film! :D

[akatemple]

10. Interview With The Vampire

Until I made this list, this was the last #1 film I had. I was obssessed with this when it came out (and the novels) and for years after. As with a number of the 90's films on this list, I saw this at the cinema, raved about it, loved it and then bought it when it was released, quickly racking up the viewings. Moreso with this, as I was studying film when it was released on video, so I incorperated it into my studies. This was possibly the first film that I loved, that I really picked apart... And yet, I still love it. As for the film, it's pretty much everything you could want from a Hollywood vampire film. It looks gorgeous, the sets and the actors are beautifully dressed, Cruise and Pitt are great though Dunst steals each and every scene she's in from the pair of them.

^ Interview With The Vampire is such a great movie, completely agree with you, this would have definitely made it in my top 20, that is if I had a list.

[HitchFan97]

I was wondering when Goodfellas and Enter The Dragon would pop up. I've never even heard of Man Bites Dog until now, but I will obsessively be waiting for your Top 5 ;)

[honeykid]

Cheers guys. :)

I think most of my top 5 is written, so I should have it done by, if not before, the end of the week.

[TylerDurden99]

I honestly wasn't expecting Interview With A Vampire, Enter The Drago or GoodFellas (I knew you loved it, but I didn't know it was that much!) but I'm no less happy that they are on this list. I have not yet seen Man Bites Dog or Death Race 2000, but I'll definitely seek them out, considering they're so high on this list.

[Tyler1]

8. Enter The Dragon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuFQwdeyknI





**** yeah! One of the best kung fu movies ever! I've watched this no less than a dozen times. The best martial art movie? The 36th Chamber Of Shaolin. I think you'd like that one hk.

*I just realised this is my first post on this thread. Quite a diverse range of movies you've got on your list. :up:

[Skepsis93]

I keep seeing rave reviews for Man Bites Dog and I say to myself I'll check it out every time but never do. Maybe I will now on this recommendation. :up:

GREAT list by the way. So... unusual. Excellent stuff.

[Brodinski]

Now that's the bonkers HK I was expecting. Death Race 2000, Enter The Dragon and Interview with the Vampire in your top 10. I have to say, it's a better top 100 than I thought it would be. There's quite a lot on there I like.

[JayDee]

Never seen Interview with a Vampire or Man Bites Dog, although I've been aware of Man Bites Dog for a while and plan on getting it sometime. I have Deathrace on DVD but still not got round to watching it.

However I have to give you a massive :up: for Enter the Dragon. Excellent stuff. That's another that only came into my mind for consideration after I'd already posted my top 100 list.

[HitchFan97]

Predicting that Jaws, The Exorcist, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Get Carter will all make the Top 5 (though I'm not sure what the other film will be :shrug:). I'm pretty certain that I've never anticipated any post on MoFo as much as your next one.

[TylerDurden99]

Don't forget about Taxi Driver. I'm pretty sure that will crack the top 5.

[HitchFan97]

Good point. So...

1. The Exorcist
2. Jaws
3. A Nightmare On Elm Street
4. Taxi Driver
5. Get Carter

My final guesses.

[honeykid]

Sorry for the wait, everyone. I'll try and get this done for you all later tonight.

[TylerDurden99]

Good point. So...

1. The Exorcist
2. Jaws
3. A Nightmare On Elm Street
4. Taxi Driver
5. Get Carter

My final guesses.

Except I think NOES is already made its appearance on this list.

[mark f]

Gone With the Wind.

[HitchFan97]

Could be. I can't really think of anything else that would occupy the other spot in the top 5, seeing as Tyler's correct about Nightmare already making an appearance.

[JayDee]

I've got a guess what it may be but don't want to post and spoil the reveal if I'm right

[HitchFan97]

I'm about 60% sure that either The Exorcist or Jaws will take the top spot.

[Skepsis93]

Obviously Braveheart.

That or LOTR.

[honeykid]

OK, here's five and four. I've still got a little more writing to do, but I'll do these two now. Should have the other three for you later.

5. Taxi Driver

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqLyTdcMLhc

I think I was 10 or 11 the first time I saw this. I remember it being a really dark film (I mean visually, not in tone) and I did not enjoy it. Not surprising, really, as this isn't a film for 10 year olds. There's not nearly enough violence, blood or nudity for a 10 year old. Well, not a 10 year old me, anyway. :D Obviously, once you hit your mid/late teens, this is a great film. You can identify with Travis, but not to the point of hero worship. He's glamourized by society and the media at the end of the film, but never by Scorsese.

4. The Straight Story

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yUwF3vskF8

With all the guessing going on, I'm a little surprised no one said this.

For a good few years now, I've said that anyone who doesn't like this film is someone I don't need to know. While that might not be true, I believe the sentiment is true, as I really can't see how anyone even remotely human can't help but love this film. Can't help but get emotionally involved with Alvin and his journey to reach his brother. Why he's going, how he's getting there and the people he meets on the way. The Straight Story is the film that keeps on giving. The film is life's journey and is as deep, introspective and philosophical as you want it to be. If you want to watch a true story, you can. If you want to watch a simple story, you can. If you want to watch a film that can prompt you to ask yourself the most profound questions anyone can ask themselves, well, The Straight Story can do that too.

[wintertriangles]

This is the first time I've seen A Straight Story on any list. Kudos

[honeykid]

When I hear people say they don't like Lynch, I always ask if they've seen this or The Elephant Man. Obviously The Elephant Man is still a little odd or off-putting for some, but The Straight Story is as harmless and good natured a film as you'll ever find. That said, it's still recognisably Lynch.

[JayDee]

For a good few years now, I've said that anyone who doesn't like this film is someone I don't need to know.

Well The Straight Story was not my guess, although it probably should have been as you recommended it to me a while back, and I also just came across that line of yours a day or two ago in an old thread. Did tape it at the time you recommended it but not watched it yet

[HitchFan97]

Taxi Driver is in my Top 5 as well. I've never seen The Straight Story, but I'll be sure to get around to it as I continue to explore Lynch :up:

[nebbit]

4. The Straight Story

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yUwF3vskF8

With all the guessing going on, I'm a little surprised no one said this.

For a good few years now, I've said that anyone who doesn't like this film is someone I don't need to know. While that might not be true, I believe the sentiment is true, as I really can't see how anyone even remotely human can't help but love this film. Can't help but get emotionally involved with Alvin and his journey to reach his brother. Why he's going, how he's getting there and the people he meets on the way. The Straight Story is the film that keeps on giving. The film is life's journey and is as deep, introspective and philosophical as you want it to be. If you want to watch a true story, you can. If you want to watch a simple story, you can. If you want to watch a film that can prompt you to ask yourself the most profound questions anyone can ask themselves, well, The Straight Story can do that too.
OMG :eek: how come I haven't seen this movie :blush: I am off to find it right now http://i512.photobucket.com/albums/t321/Qball_018/smileys/runningKate.gif weeeeell when I finish work http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e105/CommentCrazyGirl/Smileys%20Action/Occupations/3_4_8v.gif

[honeykid]

Yes, go and find a copy, nebs. I'll be stunned if you don't like it. :)

3. Charlie's Angels

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBVM-oXoYaQ

So it didn't quite make the number 1 spot, but I think it's obvious how much I love this film. Y'know Drew Barrymore's in this, right? What else do I need to say? Well, I can say a bit more, I guess. Firstly, I'm a huge fan of the TV series, so I'd have seen this even if Ms. Barrymore hadn't been in it. Secondly, have you seen how good she looks in this? OMG. It may be as good as she's ever looked (though there'd have to be a play-off between the "racing pits/Limo" scene and the "Great Gatsby Party" in Fever Pitch for the overall title. :randy:) I'd also point out that Charlie's Angels is, actually, a very good summer popcorn action movie. Loud and fast with lots of action and little in the way of plot beyond what you're seeing onscreen. It has some great set pieces (the first fight with "Creepy Thin Man" being one of my favourites) and most importantly, unlike its sequel, the bits inbetween linking them are good too. Apart from the Drew factor, you also get a wonderfully charasmatic performance from Sam Rockwell, Bill Murray being Bill Murray, Tim Curry being Tim Curry, a wonderfully sunny Cameron Diaz and the third film starring Kelly Lynch on this list.

2. Gone With The Wind

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFu-jemU-bA

I didn't start to love this until the third or fourth viewing. I'm not sure what it was about that one. Maybe it was because I'd been decorating all day and was in a freshly decorated room and, completely exhausted, just let the film wash over me and do its magic. Maybe it was because I was watching it at night? For some reason, I often enjoy watching a film more at night that I do during the day. Maybe it just took three or four viewings for me to go from liking it to loving it. Whatever it was, this was the viewing that put it on this list. Not this highly, of course, that's come with a good few more viewings, each better than the last. Classic. Epic.

1. Jaws

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucMLFO6TsFM

My number one film is the Spielberg classic. Forget Schindler, this is his masterpiece. I first saw Jaws when I was 8. It was the second film we saw on my friend's video (the one who rented Convoy) and we all huddled in his front room to watch it. We loved it and I couldn't wait to rent it myself and watch it again. And I did. Again, and again, and again and this has remained a favourite ever since. I used to fight a lone battle against the haters with this, but sometime in the mid/late 90's that began to change. Maybe they grew up or maybe the opinion of the new generation took precedence. It's a great film, but it's once they take to sea that this film is elevated beyond everything else, for me. That's the heart of this film and I'll be forever thankful that Bruce hardly ever worked. ;) How different things could've been.

Whatever the case, I feel that, for the first time in a long time (maybe ever) I have a number one film that I know I'm not alone in loving.

Well, that's my top 100... kinda. Thank you for all the comments, posts, rep and just for taking an interest and reading what I was able to cobble together from my befuddled mind.

For those who've asked, yes, I've decided that I'll start adding those films that were cut from the list or were considered. Plus those I forgot about and would've made it. :o

[Skepsis93]

Jaws, GWTW - great. Charlie's Angels - fantastic, dude. Not for the quality (I haven't seen it), but for being so damn fearless and standing so firmly out from the crowd. Your whole list has been the same, and a very entertaining read too I might add. Plus I got a whole bunch more to add to my watch list. :up:

[honeykid]

Cheers, Skepsis. Glad you've enjoyed it and I hope you enjoy the films you've added. :)

Which did you add, BTW?

For those who'd like to rate my 100 themselves, here they are.

1. Jaws (1975)
2. Gone With The Wind (1939)
3. Charlie's Angels (2000)
4. The Straight Story (1999)
5. Taxi Driver (1975)

6. Goodfellas (1990)
7. Death Race 2000 (1977)
8. Enter The Dragon (1973)
9. Man Bites Dog (1992)
10. Interview With The Vampire (1994)

11. Chinatown (1974)
12. The Battle Of Britain (1969)
13. The Warriors (1979)
14. Citizen Kane (1941)
15. For Your Height Only (1981)

16. Chopper (2000)
17. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
18. The Long Good Friday (1980)
19. Die Hard (1988)
20. Near Dark (1987)

21. The Godfather (1971)
22. Fever Pitch/The Perfect Catch (2004)
23. William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1997)
24. Over The Edge (1979)
25. The Taking Of Pelham One, Two, Three (1974)

26. The Doors (1991)
27. The Hitcher (1986)
28. The Way Of The Gun (2000)
29. J.F.K. (1991)
30. Scream (1996)

31. In The Shadow Of The Moon (2007)
32. Little Women (1994)
33. Leon (1994)
34. Scarface (1983)
35. Top Gun (1986)

36. 50 First Dates (2004)
37. La Reine Margot (1994)
38. The Breakfast Club (1985)
39. First Blood (1982)
40. The Usual Suspects (1995)

41. Point Break (1991)
42. All Quiet On The Western Front (1930)
43. Dawn Of The Dead (1978)
44. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
45. Flesh + Blood (1985)

46. Bull Durham (1988)
47. The Remains Of The Day (1993)
48. Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
49. Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (1998)
50. Clueless (1995)

51. Rollerball (1975)
52. Pulp Fiction (1994)
53. Ed Wood (1994)
54. A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
55. Donnie Brasco (1997)

56. Psycho (1960)
57. Seven Samurai (1954)
58. Miller's Crossing (1990)
59. The Big Lebowski (1998)
60. Unforgiven (1992)

61. The Empire Strikes Back (1979)
62. The Cruel Sea (1954)
63. All About Eve (1950)
64. Picnic At Hanging Rock (1974)
65. Das Boot (1981)

66. Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
67. Slacker (1991)
68. Natural Born Killers (1994)
69. Double Indemnity (1944)
70. All The President's Men (1976)

71. When Harry Met Sally (1989)
72. Convoy (1978)
73. Duck Soup (1933)
74. Monster's Inc (2001)
75. Three Colours: Blue (1993)

76. The Killer (1989)
77. Amelie (2001)
78. Foxy Brown (1974)
79. An American Werewolf In London (1981)
80. Pump Up The Volume (1990)

81. Good Will Hunting (1997)
82. Assault On Precinct 13 (1976)
83. Coffy (1973)
84. Logan's Run (1976)
85. Ginger Snaps (2000)

86. Dolores Clairborne (1993)
87. Manhunter (1986)
88. Blood Feast (1960)
89. Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind (2001)
90. The Haunting (1963)

91. Jean Du Florette (1987)
92. Les Diabolique (1955)
93. Halloween (1978)
94. Se7en (1995)
95. The Thing (1981)

96. Before Sunrise (1995)
97. Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back (2003)
98. Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
99. Roadhouse (1988)
100. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

[HitchFan97]

Great list, HK, so glad I was finally able to see it :) Jaws is a fantastic pick for #1, and GWTW is in my ever-long watchlist.

[TylerDurden99]

Congrats on finishing your list, its certainly a great one. I especially like your top ten, and it reminds me to see The Straight Story.

[TylerDurden99]

1. Jaws (1975) 5
2. Gone With The Wind (1939)
3. Charlie's Angels (2000) 3.5
4. The Straight Story (1999)
5. Taxi Driver (1975) 4.5

6. Goodfellas (1990) 5
7. Death Race 2000 (1977)
8. Enter The Dragon (1973) 3
9. Man Bites Dog (1992)
10. Interview With The Vampire (1994) 4

11. Chinatown (1974) 4.5
12. The Battle Of Britain (1969)
13. The Warriors (1979) 5
14. Citizen Kane (1941) 5
15. For Your Height Only (1981)

16. Chopper (2000)
17. This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 3
18. The Long Good Friday (1980)
19. Die Hard (1988) 5
20. Near Dark (1987) 3.5+

21. The Godfather (1972) 4.5+
22. Fever Pitch/The Perfect Catch (2004) 3.5
23. William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1997) 4
24. Over The Edge (1979)
25. The Taking Of Pelham One, Two, Three (1974)

26. The Doors (1991)
27. The Hitcher (1986)
28. The Way Of The Gun (2000)
29. J.F.K. (1991) 5
30. Scream (1996) 5

31. In The Shadow Of The Moon (2007)
32. Little Women (1994)
33. Leon (1994) 2.5
34. Scarface (1983) 5
35. Top Gun (1986) 4

36. 50 First Dates (2004) 4
37. La Reine Margot (1994)
38. The Breakfast Club (1985)
39. First Blood (1982) 4+
40. The Usual Suspects (1995) 4

41. Point Break (1991) 5
42. All Quiet On The Western Front (1930)
43. Dawn Of The Dead (1978)
44. Reservoir Dogs (1992) 5
45. Flesh + Blood (1985)

46. Bull Durham (1988)
47. The Remains Of The Day (1993)
48. Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
49. Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (1998) 3
50. Clueless (1995)

51. Rollerball (1975)
52. Pulp Fiction (1994) 5
53. Ed Wood (1994)
54. A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984) 3.5+
55. Donnie Brasco (1997)

56. Psycho (1960) 4.5
57. Seven Samurai (1954) 5
58. Miller's Crossing (1990) 4
59. The Big Lebowski (1998) 5
60. Unforgiven (1992) 4.5

61. The Empire Strikes Back (1979) 5
62. The Cruel Sea (1954)
63. All About Eve (1950)
64. Picnic At Hanging Rock (1974)
65. Das Boot (1981)

66. Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
67. Slacker (1991)
68. Natural Born Killers (1994) 4.5
69. Double Indemnity (1944)
70. All The President's Men (1976)

71. When Harry Met Sally (1989)
72. Convoy (1978) 3
73. Duck Soup (1933)
74. Monster's Inc (2001) 5
75. Three Colours: Blue (1993) 4+

76. The Killer (1989)
77. Amelie (2001)
78. Foxy Brown (1974)
79. An American Werewolf In London (1981)
80. Pump Up The Volume (1990)

81. Good Will Hunting (1997) 3.5
82. Assault On Precinct 13 (1976)
83. Coffy (1973)
84. Logan's Run (1976)
85. Ginger Snaps (2000)

86. Dolores Clairborne (1993)
87. Manhunter (1986)
88. Blood Feast (1960)
89. Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind (2001)
90. The Haunting (1963)

91. Jean Du Florette (1987)
92. Les Diabolique (1955)
93. Halloween (1978) 3+
94. Se7en (1995) 5
95. The Thing (1981) 4+

96. Before Sunrise (1995)
97. Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back (2003)
98. Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
99. Roadhouse (1988)
100. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

[Tyler1]

I promised to rate your list, so here it is.

1. Jaws (1975) 3
2. Gone With The Wind (1939) 3.5
3. Charlie's Angels (2000) 3
4. The Straight Story (1999)
5. Taxi Driver (1975) 4

6. Goodfellas (1990) 4
7. Death Race 2000 (1977)
8. Enter The Dragon (1973) 5
9. Man Bites Dog (1992) 2
10. Interview With The Vampire (1994) 4

11. Chinatown (1974) 5
12. The Battle Of Britain (1969) 4.5
13. The Warriors (1979) 2
14. Citizen Kane (1941) 4.5
15. For Your Height Only (1981)

16. Chopper (2000)
17. This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 3
18. The Long Good Friday (1980) 4
19. Die Hard (1988) 5
20. Near Dark (1987)

21. The Godfather (1971) 5
22. Fever Pitch/The Perfect Catch (2004)
23. William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1997)
24. Over The Edge (1979)
25. The Taking Of Pelham One, Two, Three (1974) 3.5

26. The Doors (1991)
27. The Hitcher (1986)
28. The Way Of The Gun (2000)
29. J.F.K. (1991) 5
30. Scream (1996) 4.5

31. In The Shadow Of The Moon (2007)
32. Little Women (1994)
33. Leon (1994) 2
34. Scarface (1983) 0.5
35. Top Gun (1986) 4

36. 50 First Dates (2004)
37. La Reine Margot (1994)
38. The Breakfast Club (1985) 3.5
39. First Blood (1982) 4
40. The Usual Suspects (1995) 3.5

41. Point Break (1991)
42. All Quiet On The Western Front (1930) 5
43. Dawn Of The Dead (1978) 4
44. Reservoir Dogs (1992) 4
45. Flesh + Blood (1985)

46. Bull Durham (1988)
47. The Remains Of The Day (1993) 2.5
48. Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
49. Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (1998) 3
50. Clueless (1995)

51. Rollerball (1975)
52. Pulp Fiction (1994) 5
53. Ed Wood (1994) 4
54. A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984) 1.5
55. Donnie Brasco (1997)

56. Psycho (1960) 5
57. Seven Samurai (1954) 5
58. Miller's Crossing (1990) 4.5
59. The Big Lebowski (1998) 2
60. Unforgiven (1992) 5

61. The Empire Strikes Back (1979) 5
62. The Cruel Sea (1954)
63. All About Eve (1950) 2
64. Picnic At Hanging Rock (1974) 4.5
65. Das Boot (1981) 5

66. Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
67. Slacker (1991)
68. Natural Born Killers (1994)
69. Double Indemnity (1944) 2
70. All The President's Men (1976) 3.5

71. When Harry Met Sally (1989)
72. Convoy (1978)
73. Duck Soup (1933) 4.5
74. Monster's Inc (2001) 5
75. Three Colours: Blue (1993) 5

76. The Killer (1989) 4
77. Amelie (2001) 4.5
78. Foxy Brown (1974)
79. An American Werewolf In London (1981)
80. Pump Up The Volume (1990)

81. Good Will Hunting (1997)
82. Assault On Precinct 13 (1976)
83. Coffy (1973)
84. Logan's Run (1976) 3.5
85. Ginger Snaps (2000)

86. Dolores Clairborne (1993)
87. Manhunter (1986)
88. Blood Feast (1960)
89. Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind (2001)
90. The Haunting (1963) 4

91. Jean Du Florette (1987) 2
92. Les Diabolique (1955) 5
93. Halloween (1978) 2
94. Se7en (1995) 5
95. The Thing (1981) 5

96. Before Sunrise (1995)
97. Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back (2003)
98. Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
99. Roadhouse (1988)
100. The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 4

Ive not seen 42 movies out of 100. Overall, its a decent list!

[Brodinski]

I promised to rate your list, so here it is.

1. Jaws (1975) 3
3. Charlie's Angels (2000) 3


I stopped reading when I saw you rated Jaws the same you did Charlie's Angels. Why??

[bouncingbrick]

Nothing means I've either not seen it or not seen it in a very long time (Taxi Driver) and I usually have a different opinion on films I haven't seen in a long time.
:modest:="what the hell is this doing on a top 100 list?" :D

1. Jaws (1975)4
2. Gone With The Wind (1939)
3. Charlie's Angels (2000):facepalm:
4. The Straight Story (1999)4
5. Taxi Driver (1975)

6. Goodfellas (1990)3.5
7. Death Race 2000 (1977)
8. Enter The Dragon (1973)
9. Man Bites Dog (1992) 2.5
10. Interview With The Vampire (1994)1

11. Chinatown (1974)4
12. The Battle Of Britain (1969)
13. The Warriors (1979)
14. Citizen Kane (1941) 4.5
15. For Your Height Only (1981)

16. Chopper (2000)
17. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)2.5
18. The Long Good Friday (1980)
19. Die Hard (1988) 4.5
20. Near Dark (1987) 2

21. The Godfather (1971) 4
22. Fever Pitch/The Perfect Catch (2004)
23. William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1997)1.5
24. Over The Edge (1979)
25. The Taking Of Pelham One, Two, Three (1974)

26. The Doors (1991)
27. The Hitcher (1986)
28. The Way Of The Gun (2000)4
29. J.F.K. (1991)
30. Scream (1996)3

31. In The Shadow Of The Moon (2007)
32. Little Women (1994)
33. Leon (1994)4
34. Scarface (1983)2
35. Top Gun (1986)2

36. 50 First Dates (2004):modest:
37. La Reine Margot (1994)
38. The Breakfast Club (1985)
39. First Blood (1982)3
40. The Usual Suspects (1995)3

41. Point Break (1991)3
42. All Quiet On The Western Front (1930)3.5
43. Dawn Of The Dead (1978)3.5
44. Reservoir Dogs (1992)3
45. Flesh + Blood (1985)

46. Bull Durham (1988)
47. The Remains Of The Day (1993)
48. Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
49. Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (1998)2
50. Clueless (1995):modest:

51. Rollerball (1975)
52. Pulp Fiction (1994)3.5
53. Ed Wood (1994)4
54. A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)4
55. Donnie Brasco (1997)2.5

56. Psycho (1960)4
57. Seven Samurai (1954)
58. Miller's Crossing (1990)4
59. The Big Lebowski (1998)4.5
60. Unforgiven (1992)4.5

61. The Empire Strikes Back (1979)4.5
62. The Cruel Sea (1954)
63. All About Eve (1950)
64. Picnic At Hanging Rock (1974)
65. Das Boot (1981)

66. Everyone Says I Love You (1996)1
67. Slacker (1991)
68. Natural Born Killers (1994)2
69. Double Indemnity (1944)
70. All The President's Men (1976)

71. When Harry Met Sally (1989)3
72. Convoy (1978)
73. Duck Soup (1933)
74. Monster's Inc (2001)3.5
75. Three Colours: Blue (1993)3

76. The Killer (1989)3.5
77. Amelie (2001)4
78. Foxy Brown (1974)
79. An American Werewolf In London (1981)3
80. Pump Up The Volume (1990)1.5

81. Good Will Hunting (1997)2.5
82. Assault On Precinct 13 (1976)3
83. Coffy (1973)
84. Logan's Run (1976)
85. Ginger Snaps (2000):modest:

86. Dolores Clairborne (1993):modest:
87. Manhunter (1986)3.5
88. Blood Feast (1960)
89. Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind (2001)3.5
90. The Haunting (1963)

91. Jean Du Florette (1987)
92. Les Diabolique (1955)
93. Halloween (1978)3.5
94. Se7en (1995)4
95. The Thing (1981)4

96. Before Sunrise (1995)
97. Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back (2003)2
98. Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
99. Roadhouse (1988)3
100. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

I just want to take this moment to say that Charlies Angels is one terrible piece of crap. McG makes soulless, hallow films and that one is no exception. It is shallow, loud, flashy, and utterly pointless. It is misogynistic, derivative and trite. I get that this is your list and it's not the "best" but what you love, etc. But to include that so high, being that it's such a terrible film...:( I just don't know what to think.

Interesting list, though. Can't say I agree with much of it. I know I haven't been around this place for long, but I really wonder what all the fuss was about with your list. It seems a lot of people were excited for this. With it complete, I'm even more perplexed by the MoFo's anticipation on this one. :confused:

[Skepsis93]

I know I was anticipating it because I knew it would be different. I've heard countless times why people around here love Taxi Driver, or Jaws, or The Godfather, and it's fine to have them, I just have no interest in reading about why they're so great for the upteenth time (this list is a bit unusual in that respect because honeykid included a lot about his personal history with them, which made it far more interesting, but anyway). When the likes of Charlie's Angels pops up, regardless of what I think of them I'm always extremely interested in people's reasons behind loving it so much.

[linespalsy]

* = haven't seen in 15+ years and might well give it a different rating if I saw it again today.


1. Jaws (1975) 4
2. Gone With The Wind (1939) 3.5
3. Charlie's Angels (2000) 2.5+
4. The Straight Story (1999) 4
5. Taxi Driver (1975) 3.5

*6. Goodfellas (1990) 3.5-
7. Death Race 2000 (1977) 2.5
*8. Enter The Dragon (1973) 2.5
9. Man Bites Dog (1992)
10. Interview With The Vampire (1994) 2.5

11. Chinatown (1974) 4-
12. The Battle Of Britain (1969)
*13. The Warriors (1979) 2
14. Citizen Kane (1941) 3.5
15. For Your Height Only (1981) 2 (with the terrible dubbing: 3.5!)

16. Chopper (2000)
17. This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 3
18. The Long Good Friday (1980) 3
19. Die Hard (1988) 4.5
20. Near Dark (1987) 2.5

21. The Godfather (1971) 3.5
22. Fever Pitch/The Perfect Catch (2004) 3
23. William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1997)
24. Over The Edge (1979)
25. The Taking Of Pelham One, Two, Three (1974)

26. The Doors (1991)
27. The Hitcher (1986)
28. The Way Of The Gun (2000)
*29. J.F.K. (1991) 3
30. Scream (1996) 3

31. In The Shadow Of The Moon (2007)
32. Little Women (1994)
*33. Leon (1994) 2.5
34. Scarface (1983) 2.5
35. Top Gun (1986) 2.5

36. 50 First Dates (2004)
37. La Reine Margot (1994)
38. The Breakfast Club (1985) 2.5+
39. First Blood (1982)
*40. The Usual Suspects (1995) 2.5+

41. Point Break (1991) 3.5
42. All Quiet On The Western Front (1930) 3-
*43. Dawn Of The Dead (1978) 3
*44. Reservoir Dogs (1992) 2
45. Flesh + Blood (1985)

46. Bull Durham (1988)
47. The Remains Of The Day (1993)
48. Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
49. Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (1998) 2.5
50. Clueless (1995) 2

51. Rollerball (1975)
52. Pulp Fiction (1994) 3.5
*53. Ed Wood (1994) 3
54. A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984) 3.5
55. Donnie Brasco (1997)

56. Psycho (1960) 3+
57. Seven Samurai (1954) 4
58. Miller's Crossing (1990) 3.5
59. The Big Lebowski (1998) 3
60. Unforgiven (1992) 3.5

61. The Empire Strikes Back (1979) 4
62. The Cruel Sea (1954)
63. All About Eve (1950) 3.5
64. Picnic At Hanging Rock (1974) 5
65. Das Boot (1981) 3

66. Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
67. Slacker (1991)
68. Natural Born Killers (1994)
*69. Double Indemnity (1944) 2.5
70. All The President's Men (1976)

71. When Harry Met Sally (1989) 3
72. Convoy (1978)
73. Duck Soup (1933) 3.5+
74. Monster's Inc (2001) 3.5
75. Three Colours: Blue (1993)

76. The Killer (1989) 2
77. Amelie (2001) 3.5
78. Foxy Brown (1974)
79. An American Werewolf In London (1981) 3
80. Pump Up The Volume (1990)

81. Good Will Hunting (1997)
82. Assault On Precinct 13 (1976)
83. Coffy (1973)
84. Logan's Run (1976)
85. Ginger Snaps (2000)

86. Dolores Clairborne (1993)
*87. Manhunter (1986) 3
88. Blood Feast (1960)
89. Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind (2001)
90. The Haunting (1963)

91. Jean Du Florette (1987)
92. Les Diabolique (1955)
93. Halloween (1978) 3.5
94. Se7en (1995) 3
95. The Thing (1981) 3.5+

96. Before Sunrise (1995)
97. Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back (2003)
98. Dangerous Liaisons (1988) 2.5+
99. Roadhouse (1988)
*100. The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 3

[linespalsy]

Interesting list, though. Can't say I agree with much of it. I know I haven't been around this place for long, but I really wonder what all the fuss was about with your list. It seems a lot of people were excited for this. With it complete, I'm even more perplexed by the MoFo's anticipation on this one. :confused:

We wanted to see this because HK has a reputation for not liking very many movies, and we were curious to see a list of 100 (!) that he did like. If you knew HK you also wouldn't be that surprised by Charlie's Angels, 50 First Dates etc. because you'd know he has a huge crush on Drew Barrymore. :)

@ HK, I knew you liked The Straight Story but didn't expect to see it so high. :up:

[The Rodent]

Good list HK. Nice to see it finally finished. :) :) :)
Shame you had to spoil it though by putting Charlies Angels in it, especially at #3.

In a top 100 I'd have Charlies Angels at 4000th. At least.

[Tyler1]

I stopped reading when I saw you rated Jaws the same you did Charlie's Angels. Why??

Personal taste. ;) I know how much you love Jaws, and how you might think its infinitely superior to Charlie's Angels, but to me its overrated. I must have seen it like 10 times but I still couldnt bring myself to like it. However, I respect it for being an original and creative film during its time.

[linespalsy]

I think my rating for Jaws was 3 before I saw it on the big screen. I'm not sure if I gave it a 3.5 or a 4 the last time I saw it, but 4 looks right today.

[bouncingbrick]

We wanted to see this because HK has a reputation for not liking very many movies, and we were curious to see a list of 100 (!) that he did like. If you knew HK you also wouldn't be that surprised by Charlie's Angels, 50 First Dates etc. because you'd know he has a huge crush on Drew Barrymore. :)


Well, given the high number of "bad" films on this list, I can see why someone would be curious. I guess a better question would be "what is a person who doesn't like many films doing on a forum for film lovers?" :p

[JayDee]

:laugh: Holy crap! I was so close when I predicted (mostly jokingly) Charlie's Angels to take the no.1 spot a couple of weeks ago!

Anyway congrats on finishing the list HK. :up: A very interesting and entertaining list that you put a lot of effort into. You've given me a lot of films to investigate and possibly check out one day.

Oh and by the way my outside guess for the top 5 was Sense and Sensibility. Just I watched it earlier this week and as I sometimes do I searched the forum just to see what the general consensus was on it, and noticed quite a few posts were you were really positive about it.

[honeykid]

:modest:="what the hell is this doing on a top 100 list?" :D

3. Charlie's Angels (2000):facepalm:
I'm guessing that :facepalm: is worse than :modest:? :D


Interesting list, though. Can't say I agree with much of it. I know I haven't been around this place for long, but I really wonder what all the fuss was about with your list. It seems a lot of people were excited for this. With it complete, I'm even more perplexed by the MoFo's anticipation on this one. :confused:
I know a couple of people have given their reason(s) as to why, but here's how I see it. Firstly, I've been around here a long time. Secondly, I've been around here a long time, sounding off about how crap some film is/will be/was. :D

I think those who were interested wanted to see it because they knew it would be different. I feel that those people were split into two groups. Those who thought it'd be a freakshow (and I've said on a few occassions over the years that I thought those people would be disappointed) and those who were interested to see just what would make the list (as Skepsis and Lines have said.)


Well, given the high number of "bad" films on this list, I can see why someone would be curious. I guess a better question would be "what is a person who doesn't like many films doing on a forum for film lovers?" :p
Ah, things were a little different way back when I joined. That said, I still didn't like most of what was coming out, but I was more interested. Plus, I still watched a film back then. :D

*EDIT* I did think about Sense & Sensibility and it was on the list back in the late 90's. I've not watched it for a while now, so I felt less confident of adding it, but it was on the original longlist. Wonderful film, for those who haven't seen it. :yup:

[bouncingbrick]

I'm guessing that :facepalm: is worse than :modest:? :D



Did you read what I said about Charlie's Angels? I think it's evident... ;)

[honeykid]

Yeah, I know. Hence the smilie. But I did wonder when I first saw it and before I reached the bottom of your post.

[Used Future]

Just for you HK. ;)

1. Jaws (1975) 5
2. Gone With The Wind (1939) 4
3. Charlie's Angels (2000) 2.5
4. The Straight Story (1999) 4
5. Taxi Driver (1975) 4.5+

6. Goodfellas (1990) 4.5+
7. Death Race 2000 (1977) 2.5++ cult rating 4
8. Enter The Dragon (1973) 4
9. Man Bites Dog (1992) 3.5
10. Interview With The Vampire (1994) 2.5

11. Chinatown (1974) 4.5+
12. The Battle Of Britain (1969) 3
13. The Warriors (1979) 4
14. Citizen Kane (1941) 4.5
15. For Your Height Only (1981)

16. Chopper (2000) 3+
17. This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 3.5+
18. The Long Good Friday (1980) 4.5
19. Die Hard (1988) 4+
20. Near Dark (1987) 4

21. The Godfather (1971) 4
22. Fever Pitch/The Perfect Catch (2004)
23. William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1997) 2.5
24. Over The Edge (1979)
25. The Taking Of Pelham One, Two, Three (1974) 4+

26. The Doors (1991) 3
27. The Hitcher (1986) 3.5+
28. The Way Of The Gun (2000) 2.5
29. J.F.K. (1991) 2
30. Scream (1996) 3+

31. In The Shadow Of The Moon (2007)
32. Little Women (1994)
33. Leon (1994) 3.5
34. Scarface (1983) 2
35. Top Gun (1986) 3+

36. 50 First Dates (2004) 2.5
37. La Reine Margot (1994)
38. The Breakfast Club (1985) 3
39. First Blood (1982) 3
40. The Usual Suspects (1995) 2.5+

41. Point Break (1991) 3+
42. All Quiet On The Western Front (1930)
43. Dawn Of The Dead (1978) 4
44. Reservoir Dogs (1992) 3.5
45. Flesh + Blood (1985) 3.5

46. Bull Durham (1988)
47. The Remains Of The Day (1993)
48. Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
49. Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (1998) 2.5+
50. Clueless (1995) 2.5+

51. Rollerball (1975) 3+
52. Pulp Fiction (1994) 4.5
53. Ed Wood (1994)4
54. A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984) 2
55. Donnie Brasco (1997) 3+

56. Psycho (1960) 5
57. Seven Samurai (1954) 5
58. Miller's Crossing (1990) 3.5
59. The Big Lebowski (1998) 3.5
60. Unforgiven (1992) 4

61. The Empire Strikes Back (1979) 5
62. The Cruel Sea (1954) 4
63. All About Eve (1950)
64. Picnic At Hanging Rock (1974) 4
65. Das Boot (1981) 4+

66. Everyone Says I Love You (1996) 3
67. Slacker (1991)
68. Natural Born Killers (1994) 1.5
69. Double Indemnity (1944)
70. All The President's Men (1976) 4.5

71. When Harry Met Sally (1989) 3-
72. Convoy (1978) 2.5
73. Duck Soup (1933)
74. Monster's Inc (2001) 3.5
75. Three Colours: Blue (1993) 4+

76. The Killer (1989) 3
77. Amelie (2001) 4.5
78. Foxy Brown (1974) 2.5 cult rating 4
79. An American Werewolf In London (1981) 4+
80. Pump Up The Volume (1990) 3+

81. Good Will Hunting (1997) 4
82. Assault On Precinct 13 (1976) 4
83. Coffy (1973) 3 cult rating 5
84. Logan's Run (1976) 3.5
85. Ginger Snaps (2000) 3

86. Dolores Clairborne (1993) 3.5-
87. Manhunter (1986) 4+
88. Blood Feast (1960) 1.5 cult rating 3.5
89. Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind (2001) 3.5-
90. The Haunting (1963) 4+

91. Jean Du Florette (1987)
92. Les Diabolique (1955)
93. Halloween (1978) 3+
94. Se7en (1995) 4
95. The Thing (1981) 4+

96. Before Sunrise (1995) 4
97. Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back (2003) 1.5
98. Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
99. Roadhouse (1988) 2.5
100. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)4

Here's to an honest list of favourites, classics, and guilty pleasures.

[JayDee]

Just out of interest HK, were there any films that could/would have made the list but didn't quite meet your strict rules of having seen it 5 times?

Also I hope you go ahead and list some more of your favourites (those 20/30 that just missed out), even if you just list them basically with no words for them.

[honeykid]

I'm not sure what, exactly, would've made the list had I not just so many out with that rule. For example, I think 12 Angry Men is brilliant. I love it. But do I love it more than Roadhouse? And, if I do, will I love it more than Roadhouse when I've seen it 20 or 30 times, as I have Roadhouse?

All this is a roundabout way of saying I don't really know how to answer that question. :D That said, I think had I allowed the following I would've had even more difficult decisions to make.

12 Angry Men, The Godfather Part II, Manhatten, Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?, Sunset Boulevard, A Touch Of Evil, Downfall, Singin' In The Rain, Once Upon A Time In America, Black Dynamite, The Thing From Another World, The Third Man, City Of God, Paradise Lost: The Child Murders At Robin Hood Hills, Ran, La Haine.

[JayDee]

A lot of great films on the nearly made it list there. :yup: I'm surprised at Singin' in the Rain though. For some reason I thought you pretty much hated all musicals.

Just coutned and I've actually only seen 40 of the films on your list. Didn't realise there were so many I hadn't seen as you were going through. Those 40 are of high quality though; the average rating I'd give them would be very high. Think there are 13 films that also made my list, with another 5 at least that probably would but I forgot about them. (I'm so tempted to re-do my list already as there are a lot I forgot, a few that I've since realised shouldn't be there and some new films I've seen since.)


Edit - Oh yeah and I think Fopp must be using your list for inspiration. :D When I was in the Glasgow store earlier this week, on the one (fairly small) display area they had all of the following on offer - Manchurian Candidate, The Haunting, Manhunter, Logan's Run, Slacker, Duck Soup, Cruel Sea, The Doors, Romeo + Juliet, Long Good Friday and The Warriors. I couldn't believe it, it was just one after another from your list. :)

[honeykid]

For the most part, you're right, I don't like musicals. However, Singin' In The Rain is one of the (very) few that I do like.

[cinemaafficionado]

For the most part, you're right, I don't like musicals. However, Singin' In The Rain is one of the (very) few that I do like.

That is the musical!

[honeykid]

Edit - Oh yeah and I think Fopp must be using your list for inspiration. :D When I was in the Glasgow store earlier this week, on the one (fairly small) display area they had all of the following on offer - Manchurian Candidate, The Haunting, Manhunter, Logan's Run, Slacker, Duck Soup, Cruel Sea, The Doors, Romeo + Juliet, Long Good Friday and The Warriors. I couldn't believe it, it was just one after another from your list. :)
Well, I don't know what Fopp is, but I knew I must be a trendsetter somewhere on the planet. Tell them to stay tuned for my films that almost made the list, list. :D

I've said for years now that, were I to win the lottery, I'd buy myself a cinema and just show the films I wanted to show. That way I'd get to see Jaws on the big screen, too. :D

[rauldc14]

I like that you go with what you like, regardless. Charlie's Angels on your list very reminiscent of Wedding Crashers on mine.

[honeykid]

Cheers, Rauldc. Y'know me, though, I've never been afraid to voice my opinion... Regardless of what it is. :D

[honeykid]

I'll start whatever this becomes, with two films which I completely forgot to include on the list until some of you guys started guessing what was going to appear.

Get Carter 1971

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgU1L1z-Zx4

I could've sworn this was on the list. In fact, even when UF predicted when it'd show up, as I couldn't remember where it ended up, I went to check my list just to see if he was right. Turned out I'd left it off. :eek: As I mentioned when talking about another film I forgot (and almost posted without including, The Long Good Friday) I saw this in my late teens. At the time, I wasn't particularly excited, as it started Michael Caine, who I wasn't a big fan of. TBH, I'm still not, but he's not the by-word for crap anymore. Kate Beckensale and Samuel L. Jackson have long since assumed that role in cinema. Anyway, I was totally blown away by it. Love it completely and have recommended it ever since.

I'd just add that I don't really like the trailer for this. When I think of Get Carter, I think of a film more low key and a lot more menacing than any of the trailers I found for it. Maybe that's just me? Whatever the case, I posted the version I thought most matched my impression of the film.

Starship Troopers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCB8Uz0dY58

I didn't realise this was missing until I hit the top 15-20. That's where I feel it should've resided on my list. Maybe it'd end up a bit lower, but right now, that's where I see it. I avoided this, even though it's directed by Paul Verhoeven and starred Dina Myer (who was a big 90's crush for me), as it really didn't sound like something I'd enjoy. This was re-enforced by my sci-fi geek friends going to town on it. It took another 6 months before I saw/heard/read (I don't recall now) something that I connected with and decided to give it a shot. As with a great many of the other films on the list, it was love at first sight. OK, so it goes off the boil a little when Richards and Muldoon are doing their space cadet bit, but the rest more than makes up for it and it's not as if that's terrible or anything. Just not as exciting as the rest of the film. I really shouldn't have doubted Verhoeven. He just doesn't seem to make films I don't like.

OK, these are the two films that were bumped from my list, after I remember The Long Good Friday and Enter The Dragon.

Gosford Park

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwtZuGvawwY

Even before this was released, the cast was enough to excite me and this is a masterclass of screen acting. I like a good murder mystery and like them even more when they're set in English country houses. Set them during the 1930's and they're almost irresistible to me. That's pretty much what elevated to my list. Don't get me wrong, it's a good film. Superbly acted, directed, written and the rest and well worth your time (unless you're SC, who I know didn't like it at all.) This is a film which exudes class in every sense.


The Wicker Man (1973)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FdV-O8o7ok

I saw this completely cold, without knowing anything about it at all. I can't help but think that's one of the reasons I enjoyed it so very much. If you wish to do the same, don't play the trailer.

I can't remember if I first saw this in the early or mid 90's. Whatever the case, it seemed to be at the start of a wave of appreciation for this classic and I've always played my part, recommending it whenever anyone asks for something a little different. Especially from the horror genre. Not that I really see this as a horror film, though it has horror elements, it's a clash of worlds and ideologies. Last year I saw a three part documentary about the history of horror films and the host, Mark Gatiss, grouped this with The Witchfinder General and Blood On Satan's Claw as a horror sub-genre, calling it "Folk horror". While neither film has much, if any, chance of ever making my list, if you like The Wicker Man and haven't seen them, they're in a similar vein and are worth a look. I know many who prefer "Witchfinder", to The Wicker Man.

For those who like the three "Folk Horror" films, I'd throw out last years Wake Wood as a recommendation.

[The Prestige]

:DTerrific list, honest and from a genuine film lover. Don't be fooled by HK's (often understandable) criticisms of the latest films, this is a list by a genuine lover of film.

Heres my rating for each of the films that I have seen, mate.

1. Jaws (1975) 4
2. Gone With The Wind (1939) 3
3. Charlie's Angels (2000) 2
4. The Straight Story (1999)
5. Taxi Driver (1975) 5+

6. Goodfellas (1990) 4+
7. Death Race 2000 (1977) 3++ cult rating 4
8. Enter The Dragon (1973) 2
9. Man Bites Dog (1992)
10. Interview With The Vampire (1994) 2.5

11. Chinatown (1974) 2.5+
13. The Warriors (1979) 4.5
14. Citizen Kane (1941) 5
15. For Your Height Only (1981)

16. Chopper (2000) 4+
17. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
18. The Long Good Friday (1980) 3.5
19. Die Hard (1988) 4+
20. Near Dark (1987) 3.5

21. The Godfather (1971) 3.5
22. Fever Pitch/The Perfect Catch (2004)
23. William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1997) 2.5
24. Over The Edge (1979)
25. The Taking Of Pelham One, Two, Three (1974) 4+

26. The Doors (1991)
27. The Hitcher (1986) 4+
28. The Way Of The Gun (2000) 4
29. J.F.K. (1991)
30. Scream (1996) 4.5+

31. In The Shadow Of The Moon (2007)
32. Little Women (1994) 3.5
33. Leon (1994) 3.5
34. Scarface (1983) 4
35. Top Gun (1986) 3+

36. 50 First Dates (2004) 2.5
37. La Reine Margot (1994)
38. The Breakfast Club (1985) 4
39. First Blood (1982) 3
40. The Usual Suspects (1995) 4+

41. Point Break (1991) 3.5+
42. All Quiet On The Western Front (1930)
43. Dawn Of The Dead (1978) 4
44. Reservoir Dogs (1992) 2.5
45. Flesh + Blood (1985)
46. Bull Durham (1988)
47. The Remains Of The Day (1993)
48. Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
49. Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (1998) 1+
50. Clueless (1995) 4+

51. Rollerball (1975) 3+
52. Pulp Fiction (1994) 4.5
53. Ed Wood (1994)3.5
54. A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984) 4
55. Donnie Brasco (1997) 3+

56. Psycho (1960) 4
57. Seven Samurai (1954)
58. Miller's Crossing (1990)
59. The Big Lebowski (1998) 3
60. Unforgiven (1992) 4

61. The Empire Strikes Back (1979) 4
62. The Cruel Sea (1954)
63. All About Eve (1950)
64. Picnic At Hanging Rock (1974)
65. Das Boot (1981) 4+

66. Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
67. Slacker (1991)
68. Natural Born Killers (1994) 1
69. Double Indemnity (1944) 4+
70. All The President's Men
71. When Harry Met Sally (1989) 3-
72. Convoy (1978)
73. Duck Soup (1933)
74. Monster's Inc (2001) 3
75. Three Colours: Blue (1993) 4.5+

76. The Killer (1989)
77. Amelie (2001) 3.5
78. Foxy Brown (1974)
79. An American Werewolf In London (1981) 4+
80. Pump Up The Volume (1990) 4+

81. Good Will Hunting (1997) 4
82. Assault On Precinct 13 (1976) 4
83. Coffy 85. Ginger Snaps (2000) 4.5

86. Dolores Clairborne (1993) 3.5-
87. Manhunter (1986) 3+
88. Blood Feast (1960) 89. Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind (2001) 3-
90. The Haunting (1963) 3+

91. Jean Du Florette (1987)
92. Les Diabolique (1955)
93. Halloween (1978) 3.5+
94. Se7en (1995) 3.5
95. The Thing (1981) 4+

96. Before Sunrise (1995) 3.5
97. Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back (2003) 3
98. Dangerous Liaisons (1988) 3
99. Roadhouse (1988) 2.5
100. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)3.5

Love and expected that HK would include Ginger Snaps, Scream, The Hitcher, Double Indemnity and The Warriors.

Yeah, am surprised that you didn't inculde Starship Troopers too. Ah well, theres always a sequel to your list available should you wish to go through all of that again

[The Prestige]

OK, here's five and four. I've still got a little more writing to do, but I'll do these two now. Should have the other three for you later.

5. Taxi Driver

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqLyTdcMLhc

I think I was 10 or 11 the first time I saw this. I remember it being a really dark film (I mean visually, not in tone) and I did not enjoy it. Not surprising, really, as this isn't a film for 10 year olds. There's not nearly enough violence, blood or nudity for a 10 year old. Well, not a 10 year old me, anyway. :D Obviously, once you hit your mid/late teens, this is a great film. You can identify with Travis, but not to the point of hero worship. He's glamourized by society and the media at the end of the film, but never by Scorsese.

4. The Straight Story

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yUwF3vskF8

With all the guessing going on, I'm a little surprised no one said this.

For a good few years now, I've said that anyone who doesn't like this film is someone I don't need to know. While that might not be true, I believe the sentiment is true, as I really can't see how anyone even remotely human can't help but love this film. Can't help but get emotionally involved with Alvin and his journey to reach his brother. Why he's going, how he's getting there and the people he meets on the way. The Straight Story is the film that keeps on giving. The film is life's journey and is as deep, introspective and philosophical as you want it to be. If you want to watch a true story, you can. If you want to watch a simple story, you can. If you want to watch a film that can prompt you to ask yourself the most profound questions anyone can ask themselves, well, The Straight Story can do that too.


The Straight Story is a film I have yet to see. It IS David Lynch, right??? I've heard mostly positive things about this, and it looks charming from the glimpes I have seen, just hope it turns out to be as involving as you suggest it is.



I know a couple of people have given their reason(s) as to why, but here's how I see it. Firstly, I've been around here a long time. Secondly, I've been around here a long time, sounding off about how crap some film is/will be/was.




Yep, that's pretty much the reason :D Also Bouncing Brick, Honey had said for quite some time that he was going to do a list, and there were quite a few times where I had forgotten about it and then whoosh, comes out the blue. No warning, no nothing. Blunt as, much like HK's views on contemporary cinema ;)

Still waiting for you to take off Charlie's Angel's though mate...the joke has ran it's course now, init? I mean, I know Ms HK is in it but still..

[honeykid]

The Straight Story is a film I have yet to see. It IS David Lynch, right??? I've heard mostly positive things about this, and it looks charming from the glimpes I have seen, just hope it turns out to be as involving as you suggest it is.
Yes, it's Lynch. I hope you like it even half as much as I do.

Still waiting for you to take off Charlie's Angel's though mate...the joke has ran it's course now, init? I mean, I know Ms HK is in it but still..
lol... That's not going anywhere fast, mate. In fact, as I posted in response to BB today, it might even rise higher in the coming years. :D

[The Prestige]

lol... That's not going anywhere fast, mate. In fact, as I posted in response to BB today, it might even rise higher in the coming years. :D

Lol, now you're just taking the piss

[ollanik]

I will just leave a comment as a reminder to read this topic later.

[JayDee]

Just out of interest HK how close was Charlie's Angels to Gone with the Wind? Was it ever higher than 3rd place at any point?

Also I just realised another film I was absolutely sure would be on your list - Total Recall!

[TylerDurden99]

I was pretty sure Commando would be in there, somewhere...

[honeykid]

Just out of interest HK how close was Charlie's Angels to Gone with the Wind? Was it ever higher than 3rd place at any point?
No, never higher than third. Nor did it ever challenge GWTW for second

Also I just realised another film I was absolutely sure would be on your list - Total Recall!
I really like Total Recall, but it wasn't something which I really considered for the list.

I was pretty sure Commando would be in there, somewhere...
Commando could've nicked a place on another day. It's one of the films I had shortlisted.

[mark f]

There ya go - big difference between hk and me concerning Arnold flicks.

[honeykid]

As I've been enjoying all the lists people are posting atm, it reminded me that I still had plenty to do here.

Beavis And Butthead Do America
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRnVQ4NBXko
I first saw the short, "Frog baseball", on a BBC2 animation compilation called Liquid Animation. I was hooked. I watched every week just for that, one, short section of B&B that would roll me up with laughter. The next year MTV Europe started showing the cultural phenomenom which was Beavis & Butthead, and I spent the next three years laughing my arse off. So, when the film was released, there was no doubt that I'd be there. And I was. And it was good. And it still is. Especially that last 10-15 minutes. In the cinema I was laughing so much that my sister started to move away from me in sheer embarrassment.

Billionaire's Boys CLub
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBaurIibfkc
I think I saw this in 1990, but it might've been the following year or two. Whatever, it was a video that I rented for the week and, even with a 3 hour running time, I watched it three or four times that first week, so, when I saw a copy in the bargin bin for a few quid, it was a no-brainer. I don't know why but i feel quite comforted when I watch this. Strange for a film, based on a true story, about a man who murders his business partner. This probably doesn't need to be said, but Ron Silver steals every scene he's in. TBH, I should've included this one my list but, technically speaking, it's a tv mini-series.


Commando
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPhISgw3I2w
C'mon! It's Commando! When I start putting my 100 together, I hadn't seen many mentions of this film. Since then, however, either there's been a shift or a good few more members with tastes slightly nearer to my own have joined and now it seems not a month goes by without someone making mention of it. Anyway, I first became aware of this when it came out. British film critic, Barry Norman, ripped into it as, if such a thing were possible, a low-rent, cash in version of Rambo. The next time I saw it, it was in the video shop and that was me done. Loved it ever since and, as I said a couple of days ago, possibly the only action film from that time that I still love as much and in the same way, as I did then.


Peeping Tom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAqEn6JS-oM

Another that I saw little mention of when I first started on this site, but one that has been mentioned more in the last 2 or 3 years. However, for the uninitiated, it's the film that sank Michael Powell's career and that Martin Scorsese 'rediscovered' in the early 80's. I think I saw this for the first time in the early/mid 90's, when 'forgotten' British classic such as Get Carter and The Long Good Friday started to make their way back into the publics conscience

[TylerDurden99]

I honestly thought Commando would be in your top 100, and it's good that it's here. Another action film I remember you mentioning could appear in the additional 20-30 is Demolition Man. Will we catch a glimpse of that later on?

[honeykid]

Well, that would be telling, wouldn't it? But, yes, yes you will. :D

[Gabrielle947]

I love Charlies Angels and Gone With The Wind is the best classic movie I've seen. :)

[JayDee]

I'd been going to ask you about honourable mentions again recently when you talked about having to leave off films like The Fog, To Live and Die in LA, Commando etc but didn't want to seem like I was nagging you. :D

Never heard of Billionaire's Boys Club. And just bought Peeping Tom recently.

[honeykid]

I've actually been toying with a couple of other lists. Not quite sure how long either of them will be if/when I finish this, though. :D

While quite a pivital scene from BBC, it's not a good clip for a trailer. I couldn't find a proper trailer for it. I'll be interested to see what you think of Peeping Tom.

Demolition Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTrELyA8prM
This is 90's, balls out action turned up to 11. What we would now probably recognise as comicbook in style, without being a comicbook movie. I've never been a big fan of Stallone or Snipes, but this sounded like a laugh, so I rented it and thoroughly enjoyed it. To the point that I asked for it for Christmas that year. I think that anyone who'd seen this could've told the producers of the '95 version of Judge Dredd that it wasn't going to work. Is this the last big 80's style action film?

Twister
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgbQRa_zEKo

I love disaster films and, while this doesn't quite qualify as such, to my mind at least, it's a great combination of disaster movie and action. I saw this at the cinema and loved it instantly, which I have to admit surprised me considering it stars Bill Paxton, who usually annoys me greatly. Despite that, he's in two of my favourite films (Near Dark being the other which, you'll find on my 100). Twister also stars one of my 'weird' crushes, Helen Hunt and a young, annoying Phillip Seymour Hoffman, who I didn't really like until about 10 years ago.

City Of God
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJdW1TevoyA
Like most, I saw this because everyone and I mean everyone who has a passing interest in film was talking about it at the time. I've not seen this 5 times, so I couldn't include it, but I feel it may well be ther with more viewings. Sadly, the trailer is awful and really doesn't do the film justice at all. Hell, it's not even accurate. For those who haven't seen it and are interested, just bypass that trailer and go find the film. I doubt you'll regret it.

[Skepsis93]

I LOVE City of God. The nightclub scene blew me away like few others have.