Top 5 David Cronenberg films

1. A History Of Violence
2, The Fly
3. Eastern Promises
4. Videodrome

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Didnt realise i had seen that many Cronenberg. Currently sitting at 10.
1. Dead Ringers
2. Videodrome
3. The Fly
4. History of Violence
5. Eastern Promises

6. Rabid
7. Spider
8. Crash
9. Shivers
10. Dead Zone

Very hard to rank his films, i would probably give a completely different ranking tomorrow.

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1. Videodrome (1983)
2. Naked Lunch (1991)
3. Scanners (1981)
4. The Fly (1986)
5. eXistenZ (1999)
6. The Brood (1979)
7. Dead Ringers (1988)
8. Rabid (1977)
9. Spider (2002)
10. Eastern Promises (2007)
11. A History of Violence (2005)
12. Shivers (1975)
13. Crash (1996)
14. The Dead Zone (1983)
15. Cosmopolis (2012)
16. Crimes of the Future (1970)

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i own eXistenZ but Jude Law puts me off. What's the general consensus with it?

Dead Ringers is my favourite. Left me highly disturbed. Great to see an homage to it in season 2 of hannibal.

In no particular order

Eastern Promises
The Fly
Videodrome
Cant remember Naked Lunch but I think I liked it
Saw History of Violence recently and didn't like it until Viggo went off.

The Fly - easily his best work
The Brood - mind and body twisted marriage to great effect
Videodrome - The media and its effects on society [dependence] also an interesting take on "what is reality" [later updated with eXistenZ]
Naked Lunch - drugs, art and the creativity process
Spider - this is when Cronenberg shows that he evolved from body horror into a more subtle approach on perception.

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Have you seen his son's cinematic debut, Dev? Very good IMO.

Love Dave.

My top five:

1. Dead Ringers
2. The Fly
3. The Brood
4. Eastern Promises
5. A History of Violence

I also like A Dangerous Method. A bit underwhelming but I think there's still lots to be found there.

not yet but plan to.

I think he's got big things ahead of him in the future. I can't remember the lead actor's name but I thought he was excellent.

If he learned anything from his dad, he better have a great future ahead.

I like his older movies more than the more 'mainstream'.

1. Naked Lunch
2. Videodrome
3. Existenz
4. Scanners
5. The Fly

I actually rewatched The Brood the other day, and ended up liking it a lot more than I had previously (and possibly a little more than Videodrome which I rewatched for the Sci-Fi Countdown). It's nice to see someone else have it high on their list.

I've actually been rewatching a number of Cronenberg films, and will post my own top 5 once I've gone through them all again (plus I haven't seen Eastern Promises or Maps to the Stars yet).

In the meantime, it's nice to see a few new Cronenberg fans on the forum. You guys have great taste.

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The Brood is a great movie in which Cronenberg is able to showcase the body and mind synergy. The only one he actually done that in a blatant way.

Hard to narrow it down to five. Though I think Videodrome is my all-time favorite from Cronenberg.

1 The Brood
2 Shivers
3 The Dead Zone
4 Videodrome
5 Dead Ringers

I'm with iank on The Brood, probably my favourite of his films.



Out of the films I've seen, the top 5 for me:

1. The Brood
2. eXistenZ
3. Cosmopolis - a decent adaptation of the book
4. Scanners
5. Eastern Promises

1. The Fly
2. Naked Lunch
3. Spider
4. Shivers
5. Eastern Promises
6. Scanners
7. Videodrome
8. A History of Violence
9. Dead Ringers
10. The Dead Zone

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1. Videodrome
2. Dead Ringers
3. History of Violence
4. The Fly
5. Eastern Promises

1) The Fly
2) Cosmopolis
3) History of violence
4) Videodrome
5) Naked Lunch

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