My 100 ALL-TIME FAVE Movies
As i have been here since early summer i thought the time was right for me to post my list of all time favorite movies..and since i saw a lot of other mofos posting such lists, i got jealous :D and thought why not post my own.
So these are basically the movies that have been favorites of mine for quite some time now...especially the older ones. [(Posted in 5 groups of 20) will be posting the original title of the foreign ones next to the english titles...] I usually renew my list every 6 months or less..so you can be execting a new one in the new year. Usually the positions haven't changed all that much over the years. Especially the top 20. You will also have to excuse my frequent use of common words such as "Incredible", "Touching" "Amazing" and "Masterpiece" that i have used in most of the comments i have written to describe each movie. I just get really excited whenever i revisit my favorite-movie list, and always run short of more imaginative words. :p ;D enjoy :D 100.BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (1961,Blake edwards) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...fanys_span.jpg As far back as i can remember this was THE first movie i ever saw. My first introduction to movies as an artform. Not necesarilly the movie that made me love movies in the first place, but after all these years it still touches a sensitive nerve inside...That final scene with the cat still makes me reach for the tissue box...That Truman Capote novella taking a life of its own.Did i forget to mention Moon River? 99.THE CONVERSATION (1974,Francis Ford Coppola) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...NVERSATION.jpg Maybe Gene Hackman should have received another best actor oscar for this little diamond. Either way, I dont think he was even nominated that year. Hats off to Coppola for going for an Underground/Indie type of flick right after the back to back sucess of both Godfathers.It was enough for him to win the Palme d'Or at that years Cannes Film Festival... This movie has one of the greatest endings i have ever seen in movies. 98.SEVEN (1995,David Fincher) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...if/7777795.jpg Fincher's greatest achievement. It was still during the time when i didnt think much of Brad Pitt as an actor. Still dont think much of him nowdays either. Although he has shown improvement over the years (in my eyes at least). In a few words, this isn't his best movie. It is however Spaceys' greatest performance. And Freeman shines throughout. Fincher pretty much nailed it with this one. Personally i believe the tone and style of the rest of his movies are based around this dark classic. I won't even mention the ending cause it's the stuff great screenplays are made of. 97.WHITE OLEANDER (2002,Peter Kosminsky) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...TEOLEANDER.jpg The movie that introduced me to Alison Lohman. A trully touching story about lost love, the loss of innocence and the ever continuing questions life raises. What you actually thought you had in life isnt really there. Trully touching in every sense of the word. 96.A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984,Wes Craven) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...lm-445x333.jpg Scared the s*** out of me as a kid. Doesn't today. Still I believe this is probably the best horror movie ever released in the 80s. Nevermind, all the Fridays and Halloween sequels, This is the real thing over here. 95.PAN'S LABYRINTH (EL LABERINTO DEL FAUNO) (2006,Guillermo del Toro) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...Labyrinth2.jpg Spanish cinema. I was like WTF by the time this was over. If only more movies were as imaginative and touching as this one over here. Incredible effects, nice music, great photography. Marvelous and trully entertaining. 94.LA HAINE (HATE) (1995,Mathieu Kassovitz) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...haine_1994.jpg Vincent Cassel shines throughout, in this. It's incredible how well performed this movie is. Almost shot like a documentary...One of my more recent favorites. 93.HIGH AND LOW (TENGOKU TO JIGOKU) (1963,Akira Kurosawa) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...if/highlow.jpg My first Kurosawa favorite on the list. There is only one flaw with this movie. It is too long...True, it is too long, but it is also so well told and acted throughout, that the first scene in Mifune's house which is over 50 minutes long makes me want to restart the movie and watch the whole scene again. The bright and the dark side of Japanese society all blended into one perfect screenplay. 92.THE BOURNE IDENTITY (2002,Doug Ligman) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...NEIDENTITY.jpg Pure action. Excellent direction. One of my recent favorites as well. I would trade places with Damon anyday to act next to Franka Potente. The fact that she's in this classic action movie makes me want to watch it even more every time. 91.ALMOST FAMOUS (2001,Cameron Crowe) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...MOSTFAMOUS.jpg So Cameron Crowe's dream finally came true. An autobiographical story comes to life. So a lot of people might say , as it is about his experiences as a young journalist writing for Rolling Stone magazine back in the 70s. This movie is so funny in places that the excellent music only comes as a bonus. 90.DIRTY HARRY (1971,Don Siegel) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...DIRTYHARRY.jpg Clint Eastwood's first true classic character. The villain is totally comical, but it's the comic and insane side of his character that makes him even more creepier. A simple cop movie, that in my opinion set the standard for future cop movies to come. 89.AMELIE (LE FABOULEUX DESTIN D'AMELIE POULAIN) (2001,Jean-Pierre Jeunet) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...nif/AMELIE.jpg Feels like watching a comic book coming to life. I cant seem to pick a favorite scene from this movie as they are all favorites and all memorable. 88.IRREVERSIBLE (2002,Gaspar Noe) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...cci-dancin.jpg Yeah, that rape scene comes to mind right away whenever this movie is mentioned...Mind you, it wasnt the thing that caught my attention the first time i saw it. More like, trying to figure out wtf is going on here. Vincent Cassel is a really lucky man indeed. Those last scenes with Monica Belluci, are really the proof. A more sophisticated Memento in the way it's laid out. Have a Nice trip... 87.RAIN MAN (1988,Barry Levinson) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...if/RAINMAN.jpg I still shed a tear after all these years watching that final moving scene between the two brothers. Like a critic once said, "Hoffman's performance in this movie is the "greatest movie performance ever" " I will have to agree with that. 86.THE MACHINIST (2004,Brad Anderson) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...hinist_001.jpg I will be honest here. I didnt like this movie the first time i saw it. As a matter of fact i thought it was quite average.I was like yeah ok..Who the hell is Ivan? why Ivan ? Where does he fit in the whole thing? why did he have to look the way he did? etc... However, seeing the movie a second and third time,things changed. I fell in love with the direction, the tone, and of course with that unexpected ending. Hats off to Christian Bale for losing so much weight for this. That alone should have made it enough for an oscar nomination. 85.GLADIATOR (2000,Ridley Scott) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s..._In_Chains.jpg The argument with friends and relatives over this diamond is always wether or not Crowe really deserved the oscar. Just a single viewing of this movie can change many peoples minds. It changed mine for sure. Ancient Rome and the Collosium are made with CGI effects, but damn they look so real...Let me grab a tissue for that ending once again. 84.REVOLVER (2005,Guy Ritchie) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s.../REVOLVER2.jpg The thing with this is, all of the people i know who watched it didn't like it and rate it as Ritchie's worst movie. Why am i the only one who thinks different? Maybe cause i found the story totally interesting and original. Yeah this is Guy Ritchies best movie. 83.HEAT (1995,Michael Mann) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...f/heeeat-1.jpg The greatness of this movie lies beyond that epic scene with De Niro and Pacino. it lies beyond Michael Mann's excellent screenplay and direction. Hell, it lies beyond many things. Pure entertainment throughout. 82.THE MATRIX (1999,Wachowski Brothers) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...nif/MATRX2.jpg As someone once said. "The greatest sci fi movie of the 90s". Yes, it is that and a lot more. A pure philosophy on modern life and the future. The matrix is everywhere..beware. 81.TRAINSPOTTING (1996,Danny Boyle) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...INSPOTTING.jpg Choose life, choose a career, choose a fkng big television. i think i would rather choose a really great movie. For most people this is Boyle's greatest achievement. I dont know about that, but trully a movie where almost EvERY single scene is memorable, is right up there. Not to mention the incredible adaptation of Welsh's novel...oh and Begbie..fo' fook's saaaaaaaake!!!!!!! |
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80.DOWNFALL (DER UNTERGANG) (2004,Oliver Hirschbiegel)
http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...f/DOWNFALL.jpg The last days of Hitler. This got the oscar for best foreign movie and rightly so..I am still not sure wether or not they got all the facts and details right, but this is the closest i have ever seen to a realistic Hitler on screen. 79.MAD MAX (1979,George Miller) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...nif/MADMAX.jpg Was for many years the biggest grossing low budget movie...I just totally love the pure distopian creepiness and eerie feel of this movie...I could go as far as calling this a horror movie....Better and more original than what followed no doubt. Even though The Road Warrior comes close. 78.GANDHI (1982,Richard Attenborough) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...nif/GANDHI.jpg What a man, what a movie. enough said. 77.CAST AWAY (2000,Robert Zemeckis) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s.../cast_away.jpg Very underrated, but in the long run this was the movie that made me love Tom Hanks after years of not thinking much of him as an actor. After this, i appproached his future and past work from a totally different perspective. Zemeckis really had balls for shooting this movie. 76.THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE (2005,Scott Derrickson) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...FEMILYROSE.jpg Yes, this is creepy as hell. Although i dont get really scared with horror movies nowdays, this scared the s*** out of me ..no joke...and to be honest, from all the horror movies i have seen this decade this has to be the best one...excellent acting and direction as well. 75.THE LACEMAKER (LA DENTELLIERE) (1977,Claude Goretta) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...ELACEMAKER.jpg Isabelle Huppert shines in this, she is sexy, beautiful and many other things. I have never felt more sympathy towards someone's pain as i do for her character in this amazing movie. 74.DOWN AND OUT IN BEVERLY HILLS (1986,Paul Marzusky) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...VERLYHILLS.jpg Nick Nolte is one of my favorite actors. Not to mention the fact that he stars alongside Richard Dreyfuss in this 80's cult classic comedy. A lot of jokes and other stuff might look dated today , but the story is so original and timeless, and could definitely happen in real life. 73.THE REMAINS OF THE DAY (1993,James Ivory) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...nthony-001.jpg A lot of people find this movie boring. That's the whole point. It s supposed to be slow, and distant, since it's told from the point of view of a butler. A lost oscar for Anthony Hopkins here, who gives his greatest perfomance..Yes he gives a better performance than what he did in Silence Of the Lambs. Mr.Steven's character is so realistic that you almost believe that Hopkins was a butler all of his life. 72.THE ELEPHANT MAN (1980,David Lynch) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...LEPHANTMAN.jpg I am not sure but this could be Lynch's most straightforward movie...Yet another movie that trully touches my soul and makes me feel sypathy and compassion for the main character. 71.APOCALYPSE NOW (1979,Francis Ford Coppola) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...-now-sheen.jpg More like "apocalypse wow". 70.THE WICKERMAN (1973,Robin Hardy) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...KERMAN1973.jpg Yes the remake is nowhere near as good as this but that's not the point..The point is that this is a 70's classic horror movie. 69.WINGS OF DESIRE (DER HIMMEL UBER BERLIN) (1987,Wim Wenders) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...gnif/WINGS.jpg What could quite possibly be the greatest German movie of all time. Not taking into account all the classics from the silent era.Win Wender's masterpiece. Bruno Ganz in one of his many peaks. Simply Wunderbar! 68.THE EXORCIST (1973,William Friedkin) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...exorcist73.jpg This isnt scary ...Its rather disturbing and gloomy. For me at least...Everytime i watch this movie i feel really negative inside and always have to watch something uplifting afterwards to get out of the gloomy mood...A movie that has the power of achieving such a thing is a pure classic. 67.LAST TANGO IN PARIS (1973,Bernardo Bertolucci) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...imagelarge.jpg Let's make love, lets have sex..but lets do it in an artistic and sophisticated way (ummmm? yeah :p whatever)...Wanna watch? i know i did..and still do. 66.BREAKING THE WAVES (1995,Lars von Trier) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...NGTHEWAVES.jpg Lars von Trier's directing is more like "breaking the nerves" but that's not the only thing that makes this movie so original. It s the incredible acting and the trully touching story. 65.LOST IN TRANSLATION (2002,Sofia Coppola) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...RANSLATION.jpg Yes i admit it..I fell in love with Johanson with this movie..As did most people who like her i guess....Yes Sofia, we really need more movies like this.Especially from you. 64.RAN (1985,Akira Kurosawa) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...gnif/ran-1.jpg Kurosawa's take on King Lear...Alright, now this was released in 1985. Am i still the only one, after all these years who thinks it looks like it was shot in the mid 90s or afterwards? Probably not...Timeless classic. 63.ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (1968,Sergio Leone) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...egnif/WEST.jpg Not only is it the most "accessible", but it's also the best western i have ever seen...I am not a die hard western fan, meaning that, whenever i wanna watch a movie and have to chose between a western or something else, i usually go for "something else". Either way this movie keeps me coming back after all these years. 62.BOOGIE NIGHTS (1997,Paul Thomas Anderson) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...OGIENIGHTS.jpg If only i could trade places with Wahlberg in this movie, just to star alongside Julianne Moore in those scenes...If only....Oh and this is another classic as well....I can never get enough of the whole experience. 61.THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL (EL ANGEL EXTERMINADOR) (1960,Luis Bunuel) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...ATINGANGEL.jpg Bunuel's most original and best movie...Hypnotizing indeed!!!! |
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60.25TH HOUR (2002,Spike Lee)
http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...f/25THHOUR.jpg Edward Norton shines here. His best performance yet.The adaptation is excellent and the ending always keeps you guessing...what if....Classic Hollywood cinema in the making.Well done once again Mr.Spike Lee. 59.E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL (1982,Steven Spielberg) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...ERRESTRIAL.jpg I really can't say much about this movie that hasnt already been said. This was one of my childhood growing experiences like for many people i would assume. It's really more than just a simple story like most people will point out. And the fact that it gets me everytime on the tear department makes it more of a classic than what it already is. 58.DONNIE DARKO (2001,Richard Kelly) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...ONNIEDARKO.jpg I loved this movie the first time i saw it. The thing with this movie though, is that i seem to understand it more whenever i am not watching it....If only Drew Barrymore had more screen time in this. 57.ON THE WATERFRONT (1954,Elia Kazan) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...WATERFRONT.jpg Trully touching, trully amazing. Trully original, trully many things. 56.LA DOLCE VITA (1960,Federico Fellini) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...ADOLCEVITA.jpg Fellini's take on the lifestyle of the rich in Italian society couldn't be more correct than it is in this masterpiece. Still rings true today for other societies as well. 55.TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY (1991,James Cameron) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...DGEMENTDAY.jpg In a word: Groundbreaking 54.THE SHINING (1980,Stanley Kubrick) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...hining0013.jpg Nicholson arguably gives his greatest performance in this.Yeah Stephen King hated it... But who cares...Kubrick made that King novel his own, and that's where the whole beauty of this movie lies. 53.THE KING OF COMEDY (1983,Martin Scorsese) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...-of-Comedy.jpg What could quite possibly be Scorsese's darkest movie. 52.CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977,Steven Spielberg) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...nif/close1.jpg Spielbergs greatest achievement. 51.A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971,Stanley Kubrick) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...-orange_71.jpg Probably the best book adaptation i have ever seen. ARGUABLY Kubricks greatest achievement. 50.MAGNOLIA (1999,Paul Thomas Anderson) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...lia_110707.jpg Another lost oscar for Tom Cruise. He definitely deserved the best supporting oscar for this, but those retards at the Academy decided that Michael Caine deserved another one...Oh well, either way i love this movie to death. Seeing that there are 2 more P.T. Anderson movies in my list, it seems he's rapidly becoming one of my favorite directors. 49.BRIEF ENCOUNTER (1945,David Lean) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...COUNTERjpg.jpg A simple love story. Yet again it s one of those stories where you totally feel for the main character's pain (Celia Johnson). This has been one of my favorite movies for more than 15 years now. 48.GHOSTBUSTERS (1984,Ivan Reitman) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...OSTBUSTERS.jpg Childhood momories. I still cant recall how many times i have seen this. Some might call it a guilty pleasure...I personally call it a trully original and mindblowing experience, still to this day. 47.NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959,Alfred Hitchcock) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...YNORTHWEST.jpg Ah..the first Hitchcock movie on my list...For many people this is his best work...I personally love it but rate it a bit lower than the others i have on the list. So there isnt anything more that i can say about this movie either that hasn't already been said. 46.THE ICE STORM (1997,Ang Lee) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...HEICESTORM.jpg A study of 70s sexually-liberated society....Everything about this movie is so true...Those things did happen back then...A great character study as well...Spot on! 45.ALIEN (1979,Ridley Scott) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...gnif/ALIEN.jpg Revolutionary. 44.BRAZIL (1985,Terry Gilliam) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...nif/BRAZIL.jpg Original. 43.THE WRESTLER (2008,Darren Aronofsky) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...wrestler-1.jpg Another lost oscar. This time for Mickey Rourke..He definitely deserved the oscar instead of Sean Penn...I dont know if Aronofsky is one of my favorite directors..Actually he isnt..Even though i have 2 of his movies on my list (and the other one quite high on the list). Either way, this is an instant modern classic. 42.THE LORD OF THE RINGS (COMPLETE TRILOGY) (2001-2003,Peter Jackson) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...ETETRILOGY.jpg Still to this day i can't sit and watch this movie many times and i dont think i have seen all parts more than 5 or 6 times. Either way,the fact that the whole experience is so so memorable, and the fact that all the money Peter Jackson spent in the making had him deliver something breathtaking as this makes it a classic in its own right. 41.THE SEVENTH SEAL (DET SJUNDE INSEGLET) (1957,Ingmar Bergman) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...EVENTHSEAL.jpg I love Ingmar Bergman. A lot of people rate this as his greatest achievement. Mind you, it's not an easy movie on the first sitting...The story of a medievel knight taking a journey accorss a creepy and plague-ridden land, and death with whom he plays chess with, is one of the most original things i have ever seen in all my life. |
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40.WALL-E (2008,Andrew Stanton)
http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...f/WALL-E-1.jpg My all time favorite Pixar movie...Those first 30 minutes look so realistic that at times it feels as though you aren't watching an animated movie at all...Not only was i stunned by all the effects and animation, but the story itself was also quite original as well. Unbelievably incredible. 39.BLADE RUNNER (1982,Ridley Scott) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...LADERUNNER.jpg If it wasnt for the Empire Strikes Back, this would rank as the greatest sci-fi movie in my book...Of course nowdays it's considered a cult classic, mind you had this type of story been released in this day and age it would break all box office records. All that aside hats off to the incredible special effects which still look impossible almost 30 years after its original release , and a big salute to the master of filmscores vangelis for his amazing soundtrack. 38.28 DAYS LATER (2002,Danny Boyle) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...8DAYSLATER.jpg This isn't a horror movie like most would like to label it...Its more of an action thriller...Danny Boyle's greatest movie is also his darkest...If only he made more movies like this instead of mediocre stuff like The Beach and Slumdog Millionaire....What a ride. 37.REAR WINDOW (1954,Alfred Hitchcock) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...REARWINDOW.jpg Grace Kelly+James Stewart+Alfred Hitchcock=Pure Genius 36.THE GODFATHER (1972,Francis Ford Coppola) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...EGODFATHER.jpg Luca Brassi sleeps with the fishes....And this movie sleeps in movie heaven every night. 35.PSYCHO (1960,Alfred Hitchcock) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...nif/PSYCHO.jpg Mrs.Bates???? I wont start the conversation on wether or not this movie did or didnt start the horror genre. It 's really not that important. This is pure classic cinema. 34.THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980,Irvin Kershner) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...ikes-Back-.jpg Me and this movie go back a loooooong way :). One of my first movie experiences as a kid. This was of course the one i loved the most out of the original 3. The pure darkness of it and everything else make it an instant classic to enjoy time and time again. It's also a more complete story than the other 2. The fact that it ends the way it ends only makes it even more complete. Just imagine that A New Hope and Return Of The Jedi had never been released. This would still make for a great movie in its own right... I dont follow and haven't followed all the Star Wars cult and mania that has been going on since the wake of these movies, but, still not taking all of that under consideration, this is trully the best sci-fi movie of all time...One HELL of a ride!!! 33.THERE WILL BE BLOOD (2007,Paul Thomas Anderson) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...egnif/twbb.jpg P.T.Anderson's greatest achievement yet. Daniel Day Lewis's finest 2 hours on screen..Johnny Greenwood's best original music...And to top all that off, an incredible adaptation of a story that rings so true and reflects todays modern society...Modern classic. 32.BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985,Robert Zemeckis) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...OTHEFUTURE.jpg I should hate this movie but i dont. Some of the acting is extremely bad. Some of the jokes arent even that funny. And its really dated in places. Often labelled a sci-fi movie which it isn't really... Like i said, i really should hate this movie..It's too commercial and well-planned...But damn, after all these years and for the years to come i still know that i will never get enough of it and will still keep coming back to see it over and over again...The only classic whose flaws i love. 31.CITIZEN KANE (1941,Orson Welles) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...ITIZENKANE.jpg Roooosebud!!! Ahead of its time even for todays standards...Just take a look at the way it was shot...With all of today's technology, very few directors shoot films this way. Not to mention the trully touching story. 30.THE INSIDER (1999,Michael Mann) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...Insider-14.jpg Michael Mann's greatest achievement..Russel Crowe's greatest performance,...and Al Pacino and Christopher Plummer to give an even bigger spark to the whole experience....This is some serious and entertaining cinema. This has been in my top 30 since i first saw it 10 years ago...Once it was in my top 10 a few years back...Human and Inhuman at the same time. 29.THE PARTY (1968,Blake Edwards) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...THEPARTY-1.jpg Bridie num num :) 28.CASABLANCA (1942,Michael Curtiz) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...asablanca1.jpg We'll always have Paris... 27.MATCH POINT (2005,Woody Allen) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...if/matchhh.jpg If it wasnt for the opening credits i think very few people would notice that they were watching a Woody Allen movie. Almost everyone i know hates this movie. For me this is a great character study.Combined with a Dostoyefskian story...Allen's best movie in a very very long time...Scarlet Johanson and Jonathan Rhys Meyers shine throughout. 26.THUMBSUCKER (2005,Mike Mills) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...mbsucker-1.jpg Another great character study. I love this movie...Tilda Swinton is amazing, vicent D'Onofrio is funny, and Keanu Reeves's little screentime in this movie is what could quite possibly be his greatest performance. The soundtrack is one of the greatest recent soundtracks i have heard too. "So Justin, are you ready to let go of your thumb?"... The dark side of a teenagers life. 25.PULP FICTION (1994,Quentin Tarantino) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...ULPFICTION.jpg Don't get me wrong, I consider Tarantino a true master of directing and writing, however, i think he went downhill after this movie as far as originality goes. (Inglurious Basterds did however, bring him back on track again this year)...Let's hope he's got a few more diamonds like this one under his belt. 24.WAKING LIFE (2001,Richard Linklater) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...KINGLIFE-1.jpg Whenever i am too bored to read a psychological book , i put on Waking Life and all of life's answers are right there before my eyes... Oh, and how the hell did they make this? ...Still cant figure that one out. 23.WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? (1988,Robert Zemeckis) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...ogerRabbit.jpg This was once my favorite movie af all time...Top of this list..some 15 years ago...To this day it remains one of my favorite movies..As a kid having seen it on the big screen i was amazed by the whole experience..Still a breathtaking experience today. 22.ROOM AT THE TOP (1959,Jack Clayton) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...OMATTHETOP.jpg The story is quite simple. Young man (Laurence Harvey) moves to a new town. Falls in love with young rich girl. Young rich girl has an older female friend (Simone Signoret) who the young man is introduced to. Older woman falls in love with the young man. Young man is tempted and finds himself in a crossroad, having to decide what choices he should make for the rest of his life. Quite a simple story in fact, but one of the most touching love stories i've seen. Simone Signoret's oscar winning performance for this movie was totaly worth it, cause you can totally feel all the pain she's going through. A forgotten masterpiece... Oh and the film score kicks ass. 21.MANHATTAN (1979,Woody Allen) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s.../MANHATTAN.jpg This was in my top ten quite recently. Still a great story and one of Allen's best movies...I do not consider him a good actor (more of a genius director and writer) ,but damn this movie is really touching...And doesnt have too much of that trademark psychoanalizing mumbling (a la Annie Hall) that he's got going on in almost every character he portrays in his movies, so that's a relief for a change. Lost opportunities Mr.Allen??...At least the character you portray in this little diamond learns from his mistakes :) |
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20.MULHOLLAND DRIVE (2001,David Lynch)
http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...LHOLLANDDR.jpg WOW!...simply WOW!...Yeah it s a David Lynch movie. With a David Lynch style and a David Lynch storyline and a David Lynch plot..But it's also his only movie that i "got" the first time i saw ...I won't even mention the fact that i adore Naomi Watts...And i won't mention that "uh hum"scene...Another nice trip...And for now.....Silencio! 19.AUTUMN SONATA (HOSTSONATEN) (1978,Ingmar Bergman) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...gnif/auson.jpg There's character study in almost every Ingmar Bergman movie..And that's one of the main reasons why i also love this movie a lot.One of Ingrid Bergman's last movie performances, so that alone makes this a classic in its own right. Maybe not Bergman's most representative movie for someone who is new to his movies, and definitely not an easy movie to watch. The words of love and hate that mother (Ingrid Bergman) and daughter (Liv Ullman) exchange throughout this masterpiece is like watching two great enemies playing ping-pong...Classic 18.PITFALL (OTOSHIANA)(1962,Hiroshi Teshigahara) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...if/PITFALL.jpg Hiroshi Teshigahara was never as popular as Akira Kurosawa and its not really hard to see why, judging from his movies. They're more darker and less "western" that Kurosawa's. This is by far his best movie in my opinion. Filmed in a time before CGI effects, this is a ghost story that looks nothing like a ghost story but is still a ghost story...Back in the days when showing less on camera was more. 17.HIDDEN (CACHE) (2005,Michael Haneke) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...ACHEHIDDEN.jpg Michael Haneke is a great director and this could quite possibly be the best foreign movie of this decade...A french masterpiece and a study on colonialism and the feeling of superiority...Juliette Binoche shines, and so does Daniel Auteuil...Highly recommended. 16.THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE (LA DOUBLE VIE DE VERONIQUE) (1991,Krzysztof Kieslowski) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...FVERONIQUE.jpg Kieslowski's greatest movie. Of course there's the 3 colours trilogy as well but then again this masterpiece is his first movie i trully loved...It really doesn't get more artistic and deeper than this...Oh and i can't get enough of Irene Jacob. 15.VERTIGO (1958,Alfred Hitchcock) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...if/VERTIGO.jpg My second favorite Hitchcock movie is also one of his most psychological ones...Another masterpice. 14.THIS SPORTING LIFE (1963,Lindsay Anderson) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...ORTINGLIFE.jpg All you can do in your life is be good at what you do. Still, you try to prove yourself to other people, but it doesn't work. As is the case with Richard Harris's character in this masterpiece.A man who tries as hard as he can and a woman who is bittered by life.Another forgotten classic. Richard Harris and Rachel Roberts give classic performances...Can too much love actually kill you? 13.NINOTCHKA (1939,Ernst Lubitsch) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s.../NINOTCHKA.jpg East meets West. A satire on Stalin's Soviet Union...To this day this movie rings so true about so many things concerning Eastern European society, that i can never get enough of it. The satire in this movie is more interesting than the actual story itself, and that's what makes the whole experience stand out. 70 years after it was first released, this still remains histerically funny.. Oh, and it stars the incredible Greta Garbo. 12.STRANGER THAN PARADISE (1984,Jim Jarmusch) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...s_stranger.jpg Jim Jarmusch's best movie...Such a clever screenplay and such a great soundtrack that, it is what it is:The best underground movie i have ever seen..."I PUT A SPELL ON YOUUUUUUU!!....Cause you're MIINE!!" 11.STRAY DOG (NORA INU) (1949,Akira Kurosawa) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...f/STRAYDOG.jpg Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura in the same movie. Only this time it's not samurais and chasing thieves.It's pure film noir...Maybe a heavy statement, but i'm sure that this was one of the movies that influenced the whole film noir genre that was to come in the following years..Yet another classic by Akira Kurosawa.High quality Asian cinema. If it wasn't for Ikiru, this would be my all-time favorite Kurosawa movie. 10.THE BIG LEBOWSKI (1998, Joel and Ethan Coen) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...ski-mirror.jpg The Coen brother's greatest movie. The best movie of the 90s, and quite simply the kind of movie that Tarantino would have loved to call his own. "F*** sympathy! I don't need your f****in' sympathy, man, I need my f***ing johnson!" 9.THE BIRDS (1963,Alfred Hitchcock) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...f/THEBIRDS.jpg Maybe not the best Hitchcock movie (vertigo or Psycho get that vote by most people), but this is the one i have the fondest memories of, and that's why to this day it remains my favorite Hitchcock movie. The scenes in Bodega Bay take me to a completely different universe every time i watch it. 8.THE KING AND THE MOCKINGBIRD (LE ROI ET L'OISEAU) (1980,Paul Grimault) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...OCKINGBIRD.jpg An obscure 80's French animated movie that was actually conceived in the 50s. I had seen this around the mid 80s. Then for a really long time i had forgotten about it and couldn't find it anywhere and couldn't remember its title (actually was looking for it over here too on "movie questions")... I finally stumbled upon it at a dvd shop about a month ago (French import) (lucky me :p) ...And finally i realised once again that it still is one of 10 best movies i had ever seen then, and still to this day it remains so. Probably the best animated movie i have ever seen. 7.WILD STRAWBERRIES (SMULTRONSTALLET) (1957,Ingmar Bergman) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...RAWBERRIES.jpg Bergman's greatest movie is also his most optimistic one. I wouldnt call it obscure. Rather straightforward in most parts. There are a lot of images in this movie that are trully memorable and were groundbreaking for their time...Every single flashback scene and dream sequence in this movie should be a reference point for every director...The crowning achievement in Bergman's oevre, and the best European movie of all time. 6.REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (2000,Darren Aronofsky) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...MFORADREAM.jpg Hubert Selby JR is one of my favorite American writers.This movie isn't my favorite movie of this decade because i love Selby's book so much. It's my favorite movie of this decade because it manages to transport me to another world everytime i watch it.I think i also fell in love with Coney Island with this movie. Even though i have never visited the place in my 3 trips to NYC...Either way, i totally relate with the story of addiction (any kind of addiction), like the movie points out. Hubert Selby Jr R.I.P. 5.THE LAST DETAIL (1973,Hal Ashby) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...LASTDETAIL.jpg "An extremely cute and incredibly funny little movie" as someone once said. Well, this classic is not only Jack Nicholson's best movie. It's also what that person once said:Trully an extremely cute and incredibly funny little movie. "I AM THE F***ING THE SHORE PATROL MOTHER****ER!" 4.SCARFACE (1983,Brian De Palma) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...f/SCARFACE.jpg Al Pacino is my favorite actor, and this is the best movie of the 80s. I won't say a lot about this movie cause i'm sure most people have seen it. I just wanna point out how great his performance is in this (even though a lot of people say he overacts, etc). I was having a conversation with someone once about Scarface and told him that, if someone saw this movie for the first time, not knowing who Pacino was, they would definitely make him out to be a Cuban. That's how good his performance in this movie is. 3.TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN (1969,Woody Allen) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...ONEYANDRUN.jpg To this day i still believe that Woody Allen hasn't bettered this little masterpiece..Every single joke and scene in this movie is pure classic.If only he made more movies like this. "It's "act". A-C-T. Act natural. Please put fifty thousand dollars into this bag and act natural." 2.IKIRU (IKIRU:TO LIVE) (1952,Akira Kurosawa) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss239/regnif/iki.jpg I am going to be honest with you here...I have never seen a more human and touching movie than this one here...And i dont think i ever will...Kurosawa's masterpiece and Takashi Shimura's greatest performance. This movie was definitely conceived in heaven. 1.TAXI DRIVER (1976,Martin Scorsese) http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...TAXIDRIVER.jpg Scorsese isn't my favorite director and De Niro isn't my favorite actor, but for over a decade now, this still remains my favorite movie of all time for the simple and plain reason that i totally relate with almost every feeling Travis Bickle is going through in this classic...Thank you for this Marty :) |
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Very nice :)
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Wow! If I were to sit down and come up with a Top 100 list...it will take me forever.
I salute your efforts, and a very good list it is. |
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will be posting my comments and feelings for each movie as well...shortly ;)
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Good choices.
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Thank yous all around :D ....
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Nice list, regnif. There are many true classics, some real disturbing stuff (Irreversible, King of Comedy...) and some movies I´ve never heard of before.
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really, really cool list. #8 looks interesting. i've never heard of it before, but i like the picture. i'll be looking into it. thanks!
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do check it out ash... :) it's an obscure french animated movie..to this day i think it stands as the best animated movie i have ever seen.:yup:
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i couldn't find it on Netflix :(, but i didn't type in the foreign title yet. i'll check it later!
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keep trying :)..i m sure you 'll find it
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Interesting list. Lots of stuff I like, a few I hate and most exciting of all things I have never seen. Thanks for posting.
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Great list reggie :yup: some old favourites of mine :yup: :yup: I am a big fan of Down and out in Beverly Hills :yup:
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Originally Posted by nebbit (Post 569437)
Great list reggie :yup: some old favourites of mine :yup: :yup: I am a big fan of Down and out in Beverly Hills :yup:
Glad you enjoyed it neb :) yeah i love that movie...nolte is incredible there.. |
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Great list, some all time favs in there as well as a nice mix of others.
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It's astonishing how tastes don't coincide. You have several of my very favourite movies (Breaking the Waves, Lost in Translation, Downfall, Brief Encounter) alongside several of my most hated movies (Match Point, The Exorcist, Close Encounters, Mad Max).
I like that you picked Ninotchka, I liked that film a lot and you don't often see it getting a lot of love. I'm intrigued, now, by some of the ones I haven't seen. Especially The King and the Mockingbird. I've moved Ikiru and The Wrestler up my to-see list, too :) |
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