Code Unknown: Constantine tries out a 100 films list

[John W Constantine]

Whoa/served.

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[John W Constantine]

#100

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Monty Python: Life of Brian / 1979 / dir. Terry Jones

#99

85938
Gone with the Wind / 1939 / dir. Victor Fleming

#98

85939
The Set-Up / 1949 / dir. Robert Wise

#97

85940
Shane / 1953 / dir. George Stevens

#96

85941
Chimes at Midnight / 1965 / dir. Orson Welles

[Iroquois]

For what it's worth, I'm not seeing the images even though they appear to be attachments on this site.

But anyway, a decent start. Chimes at Midnight is my favourite of the bunch. Life of Brian made an old countdown but I revisited it a few years back and found it lacking. Shane and Gone with the Wind are alright. Haven't seen The Set-Up.

[SpelingError]

Haven't seen The Set-Up. Don't like Gone With the Wind, but I like the other three films quite a bit.

[John W Constantine]

#95

85958
The Empire Strikes Back / 1980 / dir. Irvin Kershner

#94

85959
JFK / 1991 / dir. Oliver Stone

#93

85960
The Jungle Book / 1967 / dir. Wolfgang Reitherman

#92

85961
From Russia with Love / 1963 / dir. Terence Young

#91

85962
A Woman Under the Influence / 1974 / dir. John Cassavetes

[rauldc14]

Seen 6. From Russia with Love is my favorite so far. Cool to see Jungle Book make it.

[John W Constantine]

Seen 6. From Russia with Love is my favorite so far. Cool to see Jungle Book make it.

Just the bear necessities, sir.

[SpelingError]

Only seen Empire Strikes Back and A Woman Under the Influence. Love both of them though.

[Iroquois]

Not a bad film in the bunch.

[John W Constantine]

#90

85993
Ikiru / 1952 / dir. Akira Kurosawa

#89

85994
Lifeforce / 1985 / dir. Tobe Hooper

#88

85995
A Hard Day's Night / 1964 / dir. Richard Lester

#87

85996
Top Gun / 1986 / dir. Tony Scott

#86

85997
Unforgiven / 1992 / dir. Clint Eastwood

[rauldc14]

Unforgiven is a masterpiece and Ikiru is good. Haven't seen the other 3.

[Iroquois]

Ikiru and Unforgiven the obvious standouts here, but including Lifeforce is certainly a choice.

[John W Constantine]

Ikiru and Unforgiven the obvious standouts here, but including Lifeforce is certainly a choice.
I've heard Tobe Hooper was given a pretty decent size budget for this in exchange for making TCM2, I don't know if I would classify it as a masterpiece but I found it to be such a great piece of 80's ridiculousness.

[SpelingError]

I've seen Ikiru, A Hard Day's Night, and Unforgiven. Unforgiven is my favorite film from that bunch.

[John W Constantine]

#85

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The Sandlot / 1993 / dir. David M. Evans

#84

86043
The Holy Mountain / 1973 / dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky

#83

86044
Creepshow / 1982 / dir. George A. Romero

#82

86045
Dirty Harry / 1971 / dir. Don Siegel

#81

86046
The Prestige / 2006 / dir. Christopher Nolan

[rauldc14]

Prestige is the bomb.com

[SpelingError]

I've seen the last three. Need to get to The Holy Mountain soon. Heard many great things about it.

[PHOENIX74]

Creepshow and Lifeforce are loads and loads of fun. I loved Ikiru and Life of Brian still does it for me. I'd also say A Woman Under the Influence is one of the greats.

I'd never heard of The Holy Mountain and after a look here and there I can say that I desperately want to see it now.

[John W Constantine]

#80

86052
Mother / 2009 / dir. Bong Joon-ho

#79

86053
Trading Places / 1983 / dir. John Landis

#78

86054
The Bridge on the River Kwai / 1957 / dir. David Lean

#77

86055
8 1/2 / 1963 / dir. Federico Fellini

#76

86056
Jaws / 1975 / dir. Steven Spielberg

[SpelingError]

I've seen the last three. Great trio of films there.

[Thief]

So far, these are the ones I haven't seen...

#98 The Set-Up (1949)
#97 Shane (1953)
#96 Chimes at Midnight (1965)
#91 A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
#90 Ikiru (1952)
#89 Lifeforce (1985)
#88 A Hard Day's Night (1964)
#85 The Sandlot (1993)
#84 The Holy Mountain (1973)

I'm also pretty sure I saw both Creepshow and Trading Places back when I was a kid, but I don't really remember, so for all intents and purposes, those as well.

[Iroquois]

Another solid mix of canon classics and more personal favourites (especially like the inclusion of Creepshow).

[Gideon58]

#95


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JFK / 1991 / dir. Oliver Stone

#93


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A Woman Under the Influence / 1974 / dir. John Cassavetes

JFK is an excellent film and A Woman Under the Influence destroyed me.

[Gideon58]

#90



85995
A Hard Day's Night / 1964 / dir. Richard Lester

#87

85996
Top Gun / 1986 / dir. Tony Scott




Love A Hard day's Night, but Top Gun hasn't aged very well.

[Gideon58]

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86053
Trading Places / 1983 / dir. John Landis



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I never get tired of re-watching Trading Places

[John W Constantine]

Love A Hard day's Night, but Top Gun hasn't aged very well.
I still haven't seen any other of their films but, this one connected instantly. I never watched Top Gun until maybe a year or so ago and kept it in the dvd player on repeat, it's one of those goofy 80's infinitely rewatchable movies that I always find something else to laugh about. Good soundtrack also.

[PHOENIX74]

#80

86052
Mother / 2009 / dir. Bong Joon-ho


Saw this for the first time just the other week and I absolutely love it.

[crumbsroom]

With the exception of The Prestige (meh) and Gone With the Wind (double meh), I like the rest of these, so I guess I should eventually track down The Set Up, considering I've never even heard of that one.


Oh, and I guess one of these days I should see The Sandlot. Which begs the question, when exactly did The Sandlot become a canonized film? I never even thought of it until the last five or so years, when suddenly it just kept appearing on favorite lists. Is it like The Goonies for kids who grew up in the 80's (ie. decent but not great, had to be a kid at the time to truly 'get it')?

[crumbsroom]

I'd never heard of The Holy Mountain and after a look here and there I can say that I desperately want to see it now.


If you also haven't seen El Topo, it is just as necessary to be watched by anyone who might appreciate what The Holy Mountain is doing.


Frankly, Fando Y Lis is my personal favorite Jodorowsky. But what do I know?

[Torgo]

Oh, and I guess one of these days I should see The Sandlot. Which begs the question, when exactly did The Sandlot become a canonized film? I never even thought of it until the last five or so years, when suddenly it just kept appearing on favorite lists. Is it like The Goonies for kids who grew up in the 80's (ie. decent but not great, had to be a kid at the time to truly 'get it')?Pretty much. I saw it four times in theaters and many more times on video, usually at friends' houses. The Goonies comparison is apt for how the movie succeeds at capturing the appeal of summer as a kid (well, interactions outside of school since it's not clear what season The Goonies takes place) as well as how male friends at that age communicate, potty mouthed insults and all. Plus, like that movie, it's endlessly quotable. I still say "you're killing me, Smalls" to this day. As for when it was canonized, I would guess the late '90s/early '00s because that's when stores like Spencer's Gifts were selling shirts with that quote on it.

[John W Constantine]

Oh, and I guess one of these days I should see The Sandlot. Which begs the question, when exactly did The Sandlot become a canonized film? I never even thought of it until the last five or so years, when suddenly it just kept appearing on favorite lists. Is it like The Goonies for kids who grew up in the 80's (ie. decent but not great, had to be a kid at the time to truly 'get it')?


I was late to this party also but it's become one of my favorite sports/kids movie, something new to catch every time It's on the tube.

[Gideon58]

I still haven't seen any other of their films but, this one connected instantly. I never watched Top Gun until maybe a year or so ago and kept it in the dvd player on repeat, it's one of those goofy 80's infinitely rewatchable movies that I always find something else to laugh about. Good soundtrack also.


Really? Top Gun has lost all of its re-watch appeal for me. But, that's just me.

[John W Constantine]

Really? Top Gun has lost all of its re-watch appeal for me. But, that's just me.


You're watching it wrong.

[Gideon58]

Maybe you're watching it wrong

[John W Constantine]

Maybe you're watching it wrong

You watched it wrong first.

[John W Constantine]

#75

86078
The Deer Hunter / 1978 / dir. Michael Cimino

#74

86079
Dawn of the Dead / 1978 / dir. George A. Romero

#73

86080
Psycho / 1960 / dir. Alfred Hitchcock

#72

86081
Her/ 2013 / dir. Spike Jonze

#71

86082
The Lady from Shanghai / 1947 / dir. Orson Welles

[SpelingError]

Seen all except the last one. All four of them are great, with my favorite being Dawn of the Dead.

[Iroquois]

Don't really rate Her these days and haven't seen The Lady From Shanghai, but otherwise a good bunch.

[Miss Vicky]

Big thumbs up for Her, obviously, and The Sandlot.

I also like Gone With the Wind, The Jungle Book, Dirty Harry, The Prestige, Jaws, and Psycho.

[John W Constantine]

#70

86101
Total Recall / 1990 / dir. Paul Verhoeven

#69

86102
Jackie Brown / 1997 / dir. Quentin Tarantino

#68

86103
Batman / 1989 / dir. Tim Burton

#67

86104
Stand by Me/ 1986 / dir. Rob Reiner

#66

86105
The Third Man / 1949 / dir. Carol Reed

[SpelingError]

I've only seen The Third Man, but it's pretty great.

[rauldc14]

Her, Jackie Brown, Psycho, and The Third Man are all great picks.

[John W Constantine]

#65

86111
Donnie Darko / 2001 / dir. Richard Kelly

#64

86112
Blow-Up / 1966 / dir. Michelangelo Antonioni

#63

86113
Suspiria / 1977 / dir. Dario Argento

#62

86114
HaraKiri/ 1962 / dir. Masaki Kobayashi

#61

86115
Memento / 2000 / dir. Christopher Nolan

[SpelingError]

Seen all of those. I don't remember Donnie Darko too well, but the other four are great.

[Iroquois]

Not to spoil anything, but it looks like there might be considerable overlap between the picks on my list and this one.

Except for Donnie Darko, I cannot sanction that buffoonery.

[John W Constantine]

Not to spoil anything, but it looks like there might be considerable overlap between the picks on my list and this one.

Except for Donnie Darko, I cannot sanction that buffoonery.

I was starting to notice a pattern. Oh come on, it's fun buffoonery.

[John W Constantine]

#60

86125
MASH / 1970 / dir. Robert Altman

#59

86126
Aguirre, The Wrath of God / 1972 / dir. Werner Herzog

#58

86127
Scarface / 1983 / dir. Brian De Palma

#57

86128
Black Christmas/ 1974 / dir. Bob Clark

#56

86130
Casino Royale / 2006 / dir. Martin Campbell

[Iroquois]

I was starting to notice a pattern. Oh come on, it's fun buffoonery.

All I'm saying is that when I rewatched both it and Southland Tales a couple of years back, I preferred the latter by some distance.

[John W Constantine]

All I'm saying is that when I rewatched both it and Southland Tales a couple of years back, I preferred the latter by some distance.

I'll have to check that one out, the recent 2000's countdown had some influence on this list and DD was one that caught my attention on a revisit.

[SpelingError]

Seen all except for Casino Royale. Not a fan of Scarface, MASH and Black Christmas are pretty good, and Aguirre is great.

[John W Constantine]

#55

86143
E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial / 1982 / dir. Steven Spielberg

#54

86144
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie / 1972 / dir. Luis Bunuel

#53

86145
Citizen Kane / 1941 / dir. Orson Welles

#52

86146
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker/ 2000 / dir. Curt Geda

#51

86147
Once Upon A Time in America / 1984 / dir. Sergio Leone

[rauldc14]

Casino Royale, E.T. and Black Christmas are my biggest thumbs up. I like Kane to but haven't seen it in quite sometime.

[SpelingError]

Haven't seen Batman Beyond, but the other four are great. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie is my favorite of that bunch (I should rewatch it soon as well).

[John W Constantine]

#50

86178
Rosemary's Baby / 1968 / dir. Roman Polanski

#49

86179
The Thing / 1982 / dir. John Carpenter

#48

86180
Demolition Man / 1993 / dir. Marco Brambilla

#47

86181
The King of Comedy/ 1982 / dir. Martin Scorsese

#46

86182
Back to the Future / 1985 / dir. Robert Zemeckis

[SpelingError]

Seen all of those except for The Demolition Man. Either The Thing or The King of Comedy are my favorites.

[rauldc14]

Back to the Future and The Thing :up:

[John W Constantine]

#45

86191
The Wrong Man / 1956 / dir. Alfred Hitchcock

#44

86192
The Trial / 1962 / dir. Orson Welles

#43

86193
Taxi Driver / 1976 / dir. Martin Scorsese

#42

86194
Day of Wrath/ 1943 / dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer

#41

86195
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Snyder/cut) / 2016 / dir. Zack Snyder

[StuSmallz]

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Snyder/cut) / 2016 / dir. Zack SnyderGonna need an explanation for this one.

[John W Constantine]

Gonna need an explanation for this one.

I like Batman. And making sure you're still paying attention.

[donniedarko]

Big thumbs up for The Trial and Day of Wrath

[SpelingError]

I've only seen Taxi Driver and Day of Wrath. Love the former, not a fan of the latter.

[Iroquois]

More solid choices. Definitely respect the inclusion of BvS.

[John W Constantine]

I've only seen Taxi Driver and Day of Wrath. Love the former, not a fan of the latter.


Have you seen any other Dreyer? Did you like?

[John W Constantine]

More solid choices. Definitely respect the inclusion of BvS.


It definitely takes courage.

[SpelingError]

Have you seen any other Dreyer? Did you like?

Yeah, I've seen The Passion of Joan of Arc, Vampyr, Ordet, and Gertrud, all of which I enjoyed to different degrees. With Day of Wrath, I remember not caring much for the pacing of the film, but granted, that was several years ago, so another viewing might get me to enjoy it more.

[John W Constantine]

#40

86219
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance / 1962 / dir. John Ford

#39

86220
Last Year at Marienbad / 1961 / dir. Alain Resnais

#38

86221
Raiders of the Lost Ark / 1981 / dir. Steven Spielberg

#37

86222
Solaris / 1972 / dir. Andrei Tarkovsky

#36

86223
Superman: The Movie / 1978 / dir. Richard Donner

[SpelingError]

I've seen all of those. Last Year At Marienbad is decent (I greatly prefer Resnais' Hiroshima Mon Amour and Night and Fog though). The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Superman are pretty good. Solaris is great.

[John W Constantine]

#35

86231
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre / 1974 / dir. Tobe Hooper

#34

86232
The Terminator / 1984 / dir. James Cameron

#33

86233
Perfect Blue / 1997 / dir. Satoshi Kon

#32 (TIE)

86234
Waynes World / 1992 / dir. Penelope Spheeris

#32 (TIE)

86235
Waynes World 2 / 1993 / dir. Stephen Surjik

#31

86236
Missing / 1982 / dir. Costa - Gavras

[SpelingError]

#35

86231
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre / 1974 / dir. Tobe Hooper

#34

86232
The Terminator / 1984 / dir. James Cameron

#33

86233
[CENTER]Perfect Blue / 1997 / dir. Satoshi Kon

That's a great line-up of films.

[Iroquois]

Most definitely. Missing has been on my to-do list for some time so maybe I'll get to it soon.

[honeykid]

Lots of good stuff until this page. What happened? (Although Terminator is good and I like both Wayne's World films (especially Drew's cameo in the second.)

[John W Constantine]

Lots of good stuff until this page. What happened? (Although Terminator is good and I like both Wayne's World films (especially Drew's cameo in the second.)

I thought you would overlook these minor flaws with the mention of Bjergen Kjergen.

[honeykid]

I thought you would overlook these minor flaws with the mention of Bjergen Kjergen.
I'd like to, but I'm afraid I can't... Pics of, however? ;) :D

[John W Constantine]

I'd like to, but I'm afraid I can't... Pics of, however? ;) :D

86257

[Harry Lime]

Good list, John. Very diverse. I could comment on a lot but let's just pick two from the first page that I liked seeing listed: JFK and Trading Places!

[PHOENIX74]

Some great films here, really in tune with a lot that I love - Carpenter's The Thing gets better and better as time goes by and I see it over again. It seems every time I watch that I realize how well it's made, and appreciating that more enhances the enjoyment levels, which are already high. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance I saw only for the first time last year - it was one of a few I rated 10/10. Last Year at Marienbad, Missing and Solaris are also fairly recently-seen films I've gotten a great deal of joy out of.

[John W Constantine]

#30

86262
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford / 2007 / dir. Andrew Dominik

#29

86263
Re-Animator / 1985 / dir. Stuart Gordon

#28

86264
The Master / 2012 / dir. Paul Thomas Anderson

#27

86266
Heaven's Gate / 1980 / dir. Michael Cimino

#26

86265
Forrest Gump / 1994 / dir. Robert Zemeckis

[SpelingError]

Haven't seen Heaven's Gate. Not a fan of Forrest Gump, but the other three are solid.

[John W Constantine]

#25

86289
Robocop / 1987 / dir. Paul Verhoeven

#24

86290
Brokeback Mountain / 2005 / dir. Ang Lee

#23

86291
Enter the Dragon / 1973 / dir. Robert Clouse

#22

86292
The Godfather / 1972 / dir. Francis Ford Coppola

#21

86293
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly / 1966 / dir. Sergio Leone

[Iroquois]

Some very solid picks - plus Forrest Gump.

[John W Constantine]

Some very solid picks - plus Forrest Gump.

I've gone back and forth on Gump, I really loved it for a very long time, then I couldn't stand it and questioned why I liked it to begin with, now I've come around again to consider it a masterpiece, dumb but brilliant in a certain way.

[SpelingError]

#25

86289
Robocop / 1987 / dir. Paul Verhoeven

#24

86290
Brokeback Mountain / 2005 / dir. Ang Lee

#23

86291
Enter the Dragon / 1973 / dir. Robert Clouse

#22

86292
The Godfather / 1972 / dir. Francis Ford Coppola

#21

86293
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly / 1966 / dir. Sergio Leone

That's a great line-up of films.

[honeykid]

With the exception of the last one, that last batch is bloody fantastic. :cool::up:

[John W Constantine]

With the exception of the last one, that last batch is bloody fantastic. :cool::up:

No spaghetti with your western?

[Rockatansky]

#31

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Missing / 1982 / dir. Costa - Gavras

Revisited this one recently after it was covered in the Junk Filter podcast, and I think it really nails the abnormal quality of life under an oppressive dictatorship, for lack of the better word. So many two-fisted images (the horse running through the streets, the helicopter circling the hotel, the piles of dead bodies).

[John W Constantine]

#20

86315
Once Upon A Time in the West / 1968 / dir. Sergio Leone

#19

86316
Lawrence of Arabia / 1962 / dir. David Leann

#18

86317
Airplane! / 1980 / dir. Jerry & David Zucker, Jim Abrahams

#17

86318
Ghostbusters / 1984 / dir. Ivan Reitman

#16

86319
Do The Right Thing / 1989 / dir. Spike Lee

[SpelingError]

Haven't seen Ghostbusters yet for some reason, but the other four are great. Once Upon a Time in the West is probably my favorite of that bunch.

[John W Constantine]

Haven't seen Ghostbusters yet for some reason, but the other four are great. Once Upon a Time in the West is probably my favorite of that bunch.

So many creative genius for me personally spawned from that movie. Murray, Ramis, and Aykroyd are my generations Marx Bros. I suppose. And of course, Ernie Hudson was there to help ground the whole thing.

[PHOENIX74]

I've been meaning to see Do the Right Thing for a long, long time now. The only one out of the very fine last 15 I haven't seen. Very fine except for Forrest Gump - I don't get the love for Forrest Gump.

[honeykid]

No spaghetti with your western?
No Western in my Western. :D

With a few exceptions, of course. Bad Girls being one of them.

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/6e/67/b4/6e67b4b92dd364e3ea482b0603730024.jpg

Again, with the exception of the first, that last block is fantastic.

[John W Constantine]

#15

86358
The Conversation / 1974 / dir. Francis Ford Coppola

#14

86359
Akira / 1988 / dir. Katsuhiro Otomo

#13

86361
The Day The Earth Stood Still / 1951 / dir. Robert Wise

#12

86362
Apocalypse Now / 1979 / dir. Francis Ford Coppola

#11

86363
Alien / 1979 / dir. Ridley Scott

[SpelingError]

Another great set of films. Seen everything except for The Day the Earth Stood Still.

[honeykid]

I used to really dislike/hate Alien but the last couple of times I've watched it I thought it was ok. I think of it like a slasher now and that helps. :D I've not seen Akiri (I don't like anime, I just can't sit with it) and Apocolypse Now is great, but I don't know how much I like it. I know I liked it when I was young, but even when I made my 100 I sat and wondered how much do I really like it? Do I enjoy it? And I don't think I do now. Or, didn't then. That was a long time ago. I actually remember prefering the Redux verison, but I only saw that the once.

[Iroquois]

One of the better bunches on display here - only Ghostbusters and The Day The Earth Stood Still are the ones I'd single out as being less than great.

[John W Constantine]

#10

86393
Chinatown / 1974 / dir. Roman Polanski

#9

86394
The Searchers / 1956 / dir. John Ford

#8

86395
Pulp Fiction / 1994 / dir. Quentin Tarantino

[John W Constantine]

Ghostbusters and The Day The Earth Stood Still are the ones I'd single out as being less than great.

blasphemy.

[SpelingError]

#10

86393
Chinatown / 1974 / dir. Roman Polanski

#9

86394
The Searchers / 1956 / dir. John Ford

#8

86395
Pulp Fiction / 1994 / dir. Quentin Tarantino
All of those are great.

[rauldc14]

Forrest Gump and Once Upon a Time in the West stick out for me. They are great.

[John W Constantine]

#7

86442
Zodiac / 2007 / dir. David Fincher

#6

86441
Goodfellas / 1990 / dir. Martin Scorsese

#5

86440
Blue Velvet / 1986 / dir. David Lynch

[SpelingError]

#7

86442
Zodiac / 2007 / dir. David Fincher

#6

86441
Goodfellas / 1990 / dir. Martin Scorsese

#5

86440
Blue Velvet / 1986 / dir. David Lynch

Need to revisit Blue Velvet soon. Don't remember it that well. The other two are really good.

[honeykid]

Oh, we're hitting big now. :up:

[John W Constantine]

#4

86476
Casablanca / 1942 / dir. Michael Curtiz

#3

86477
Heat / 1995 / dir. Michael Mann

#2

86478
WATCHMEN / 2009 / dir. Zack Snyder

[SpelingError]

Only seen Casablanca, which I barely remember.

[John-Connor]

This list is officially dope in my book :up:, even if number one turns out to be Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2. We have many many favs in common so I'll watch every film from this list that I haven't seen yet. My guess for the number one spot.. Constantine. :cool:

[John W Constantine]

Only seen Casablanca, which I barely remember.

All these awesome movies that you get to experience new and fresh for the first time. Jealousy.

[honeykid]

An odd near ending to your list for me. Casablanca is good (the script is really good) and I like it, but I've never gotten the love for it. Heat I like watching a lot more than I think it's good. Watchmen I saw once. It's not my kind of thing and, again, I really didn't see/get what was so great/good about it. I don't really remember much about it.

Now, bring on Charlie's Angels (seeing as you got Jaws way too low.) :D

[John W Constantine]

Now, bring on Charlie's Angels (seeing as you got Jaws way too low.) :D

Full throttle?

[honeykid]

Even I don't have Full Throttle in my 100. But, yeah, bring it on! Which is also a good film. :D

[John W Constantine]

but first...

[John W Constantine]

#110

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The Tree of Life / 2011 / dir. Terrence Malick

#109

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Eyes Without a Face / 1960 / dir. Georges Franju

#108

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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp / 1943 / dir. Emeric Pressburger & Michael Powell

#107

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Grave of the Fireflies / 1988 / dir. Isao Takahata

#106

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Friday the 13th / 1980 / dir. Sean S. Cunningham

[John W Constantine]

#105

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Christine / 1983 / dir. John Carpenter

#104

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The Shawshank Redemption / 1994 / dir. Frank Darabont

#103

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Get Out / 2017 / dir. Jordan Peele

#102

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The Magnificent Ambersons / 1942 / dir. Orson Welles

#101

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Island of Lost Souls / 1932 / dir. Erle C. Kenton

[Iroquois]

Generally like the picks I've seen - Watchmen at #2 is another choice that I capital-R Respect, plus if I'm remembering the rest of the list correctly this means Christine is your favourite Carpenter which is interesting.

[John W Constantine]

Generally like the picks I've seen - Watchmen at #2 is another choice that I capital-R Respect, plus if I'm remembering the rest of the list correctly this means Christine is your favourite Carpenter which is interesting.

I believe The Thing made an appearance earlier, but Christine is one that even Carpenter guys won't seem to fully commit to. The WATCHMEN acceptance is also much appreciated.

[Iroquois]

I stand corrected. I think Christine gets that treatment because it exists at such a remove from other Carpenters with its extensive approach to time (most of his movies take place over a week at most while this one happens over several months) that feels very different to his much more economical and compressed narratives.

[SpelingError]

Nice honorable mention picks :up:

I'm curious what your #1 film will be.

[John W Constantine]

(most of his movies take place over a week at most while this one happens over several months)

I've never even thought about that. You're right. Folks always seem in love with his other more notable flicks (which there is nothing wrong with that), I felt like this one gets overlooked most times.

[SpelingError]

coughs

[John-Connor]

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[John W Constantine]

Wow, forgot about this thread.

[John W Constantine]

coughs

gesundheit

[John Klein]

That feeling when you have The Shawshank Redemption in the top 10. But I'm always critical of myself) first place Matrix or John Wick?

[John W Constantine]

......

[SpelingError]

:yawn:

[John W Constantine]

This aged well