75 Soveriegn Shockers (CQ's Top 100 Thrills)
 

I, hereby, eh-hem, proclaim this list to be the seventy five best thrillers and mysteries I have watched thus far!

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Like my Top 100 list, this one is my personal favorites and it's not neccessarily so much about quality as to how much I enjoyed them. Instead of a quickie-review, I'm going to popcorn rate them on:

~Dialouge (mostly comedy, laughs, and just generally good script.)

~Suspense (plot, storyline, and thrill. Movies with a shocking twist at the end get bonus points)

~Quality (cast, direction, style)

~How much I enjoyed the film Overall (I will say that I am biased--I.E. I will never put a Nic Cage movie in front of Bruce Willis. Just will not happen)

For example, Eye of the Killer's mystery is very predictable but I enjoyed the characters and the dialouge-hence the higher rating then The Hunt for Red October.

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Could a mod please correct two 2 typos in the title, please? Much appreciated! :) I shouldn't be allowed to type when I'm sleepy.

Should read: 75 Sovereign Shockers (CQ's Top Thrills).

#75. Taken
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#74. Face/Off
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^Sadly, this one lost a lot of points because no matter who I was cheering for, I was cheering for Nicolas Cage :/




#73. Goldfinger
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#72. U.S. Marshals
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#71. The Shawshank Redemption
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#70. The Rock
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#69. The Big Sleep
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#68. The Sentinel
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#67. In the Electric Mist
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#66. Along Came a Spider
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The Rock was a great acton flick.

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^ True, Gunny. However, I detest having to look at/hear the voice of (etc) Nicolas Cage.

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I like the method of rating, CQ

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Great start CQ :yup:

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Thanks, nebbs. Are the pics showing up guys? They are and then they aren't for me.

#65. The Negotiator
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#64. Flatliners
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#63. Live Free or Die Hard
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#62. The Hunt for Red October
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#61. The Postman
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#60. Pickup on South Street
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#59. Shooter
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#58. The Bourne Supremacy
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#57. The Bourne Identity
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#56. The Bourne Ultimatum
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The Negotiator and Hunt For Red October are excellent movies.

The Negotiator is a very underrated movie. Jackson and Spacey were phenominal in it.

And the Hunt For Red October is just classic suspense and one of the best thrillers.

I think The Negotiator is a very high quality movie for it being so little known. I just felt that toward the end it got a little...messy and I got kinda lost. Still, excellent watch.

Connery is my favorite part of Red October

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I fell asleep to the postman twice, but Shooter is a fun flick. like a glossy 70's thriller.

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:love: The Hunt for Red October :yup: just watched it again a few weeks ago :)


I had forgotten about Flatliners :yup:

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55. Fletch
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54. Eye of the Killer
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53. Eyes in the Night
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52. Eraser
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51. Dr. No
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This thread will definitely continue to be an interesting one. I wouldn't mind doing something like this down the road as well.

60. The Net
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59. Cleaner
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58. Devil in a Blue Dress
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57. Jaws 2
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46. The Guns of Navarone
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A friends Daughter does this for a living :yup:

Re: 75 Soveriegn Shockers (CQ's Top 100 Thrills)
 

Interesting :)

I love the Guns of Navarone. Great flick.

Corporol Miller - Captain, I'm concerned about this vessel. It's taking on water.
Mallory - Why does that concern you?
Corporol Miller - I can't swim.

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Mallory: Are you sure it will work?
Corporal Miller: There's no guarantee, but the theory's perfectly feasible.

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Jaws II over The Big Sleep?


"You know what he'll do when he comes back? Beat my teeth out, then kick me in the stomach for mumbling."

Come on! ;)

Sternwood, Mars, Marlowe, Lash Canino, Vivian... so many awesome characters...

Ship The Big Sleep up to the Top 10 at least. ;)

Really though - you have superb taste!

Sorry, Sedai, I don't care much for Bogie.

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I really like The Net. :yup:

45. The Vanishing
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44. Witness
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43. Dial M for Murder
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42. To Catch a Thief
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41. Mirage
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Witness is awesome. It was the first non-Star Wars, non-Indiana Jones film I saw Harrison Ford in. He was the only reason I watched it, but in the end it opened me up to different types of films I may not otherwise have watched.

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You missed out on American Graffiti and a few others all those years? Or are you just talking about films where he played a lead?

I don't think I saw American Graffiti for the first time until after Witness. I could be wrong, though. I just know up to that point (at age 11) my movie going had been focused on more kiddie-type films (Disney, Star Wars, goofy comedies). Witness helped me see that the type of movies I had always thought were just boring could actually be good.

To Catch A Thief and Mirage are both excellent.

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To Catch a Thief and Dial M for murder are two good ones to have on any thrill list.

CQ, if you liked The Vanishing, do your best to see Spoorloos, the original 1988 Dutch film. This isn't one of those "Oh, you must see the original" film snob must see, it's one of those "everyone sees that the original is far superior" film snob must sees. :D

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Nice list CQ :yup:

I've actually heard a good bit about this one. I'll take your word for it, HK. I'll probably get around to it one of these days.

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40. In the Line of Fire
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39. True Lies
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38. Clear and Present Danger
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36. The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three
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i love true lies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB7jAzlibhQ

In the Line of Fire was an excellent film. Great thriller. I included it on my Top 100 list.

I need to watch it again soon.

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The only thing I had a problem with was this scene (or the one just before it). I mean I don't usually say anything, but I said, "Really? Clint Eastwood is how old in this movie?"

35. R.E.D.
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34. The Pink Panther
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33. A Time to Kill
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32. The Prize
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31. The Drowning Pool
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I love The Drowning Pool :yup:

30. The Terminator
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29. Sneakers
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28. White Heat
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27. Fallen
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I love Charley Varrick.
Did anyone else find No Country For Old Men similar to it?

25. Mercury Rising
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24. Notorious
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23. The Usual Suspects
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22. Cape Fear
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21. The Sting
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Re: 75 Soveriegn Shockers (CQ's Top 100 Thrills)
 

I'll + rep that just for The Usual Suspect.

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The Sting is a movie I haven't thought of for years :yup: one i liked :)

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Interesting to see Fallen on a list like this. I wasn't a big fan, but I can see how one would like it. Got to say I love the inclusion of Notorious. I can see where this list is going, and it's going to be a great one.

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I had to make some adjustments because I recently learned that I was five movies short :( So, I'll be back to posting as normal next week.

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I was hoping you'd remember to put Charley Varrick on the list :)

20. Tears of the Sun
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19. Unbreakable
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18. Die Hard with a Vengeance
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17. The Untouchables
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Untouchables was a great movie. Connery was my favorite in it but everyone was solid.

North By Northwest was another great one too.

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Huge props for NBNW

15. Batman
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13. The Client
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11. Murder by Death
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