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01-07-08

60. Annie Hall (1977)

Alvy Singer: Don't you see the rest of the country looks upon New York like we're left-wing, communist, Jewish, homosexual pornographers? I think of us that way sometimes and I live here.

One of Woody Allen's bests.

59. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

Seth: I know that I have put you through hell, and I know that I have been one rough pecker. But from here on, you are all in my cool book.

A weird, gory, bloody vampire story that actually seems kind of normal through the first half.

58. Unbreakable (2000)

Elijah Price: Now that we know who you are... I know who I am. I'm not a mistake! It all makes sense. In a comic, you know how you can tell who the arch-villain's going to be? He's the exact opposite of the hero, and most time's they're friends, like you and me. I should've known way back when. You know why, David? Because of the kids. They called me Mr. Glass.

M. Nights best of what I have seen of his. I like the comic book/super hero aspect of it a lot.

57. The Punisher (2004)

The Punisher: I have work to do. Read your newspaper everyday and you'll understand.
Joan: What section?
The Punisher: The Obituaries.

A dark super hero film, not all that well received, but I like it because it wasn't as kiddie as some (nothing against those).

56. X-Men (2000)

Rogue: The first boy I ever kissed ended up in a coma for three weeks. I can still feel him inside my head. It's the same with you.
Wolverine: There's not many people that'll understand what you're going through. But I think this guy, Xavier, is one of them. He seems to genuinely want to help you. And that's a rare thing, for people like us.

A great beginning to the triology, and the only one that mentions Gambit.

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55. Spiderman (2002)

Peter Parker: [voiceover] Whatever life holds in store for me, I will never forget these words: "With great power comes great responsibility." This is my gift, my curse. Who am I? I'm Spider-man.

Again a nice start to a solid trilogy (granted the third was notably weaker).

54. Resident Evil (2002)

Red Queen: The T-virus is protean, changing from liquid to airborne to blood transmission, depending on its environment. It is almost impossible to kill.

A good adaption of the first game in that it was an entertaining zombie flick.

53. Lord of the Rings (2001, 2002, 2003)

Gandalf: Always remember Frodo, the Ring is trying to get back to its master. It wants to be found.

A very epic trilogy. Even if they don't completely follow the books, they are still good films.

52. Breakfast At Tiffany's (1961)

Holly Golightly: I'm like cat here, a no-name slob. We belong to nobody, and nobody belongs to us. We don't even belong to each other.

An entertaining comedy that has some very good roles in it. Edwards does a good job with this film.

51. Cashback (2006)

Ben Willis: I read once about a woman whose secret fantasy was to have an affair with an artist. She thought he would really see her. He would see every curve, every line, every indentation and love them because they were part of the beauty that made her unique.

A fairly simple love story that is made interesting with a lot of depth in the discussion about love and beauty.

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50. Blacksheep (2006)

Experience: What is wrong with you?
Henry: Ovinophobia, my therapist calls it.
Experience: Well, what's that?
Henry: Just the completely unfounded and irrational fear that one day *this* is going to happen!

An amazing B film that is so bad that it is just hilarious (fortunately intentionally bad)

49. Superbad (2007)

Evan: You changed your name to McLovin?
Seth: It doesn't even have a first name, it just says McLovin!
Evan: The guy's either going think 'here's another guy with a fake ID', or here's McLovin, 25 year old Hawaiian organ donor. Okay? So what's it gonna be?
Fogell: [grinning] I am McLovin.

It helps for me in liking this film in that I can relate to how akward Michael Cera's character is.

48. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

Antoine Richis: to his daughter] Whatever his insane scheme is... it will surely be incomplete without you.

A really jacked up film, but it is very beautiful in many ways.

47. Singin' in the Rain (1952)

Lina Lamont: What do they think I am? Dumb or something? Why, I make more money than - than - than Calvin Coolidge! Put together!

A great musical, very funny story and interesting story with the change from silent films to talkies.

46. Bringing Up Baby (1938)

Susan Vance: There *is* a leopard on your roof and it's my leopard and I have to get it and to get it I have to sing.

Hilarious, hilarious film. Wonderful slap-stick comedy.

Caitlyn

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01-07-08

Great list Gnat.... there are several I love and several I've never seen... which have been added to my "too see" list....

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45. Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005)

The Corpse Bride: Isn't the view beautiful? It takes my breath away. Well, it would if I had any.

A very entertaining film with a little more depth then most people realize as it deals with how people live their lives.

44. You Can Count on Me (2000)

Rudy: Why are you smoking?
Terry: Um, because it's bad, don't ever do it.

A very well written and acted film. Laura Linney gives a great performance.

43. The Station Agent (2003)

Joe Oramas: It's the librarian fantasy, man. Glasses off, hair down, books flying.
Finbar McBride: She doesn't wear glasses.
Olivia Harris: Well, buy her some, it's worth it.

Another well crafted story with some very good acting performance, very heart warming.

42. Dark City (1998)

Mr. Wall: Do not fret, Anna. I will give you some more pretty things soon.
Emma Murdock: I'm not Anna.
Mr. Wall: You will be soon, yes.

A nice sci-fi film. It balances creepy with sci-fi extremely nicely.

41. 8 1/2 (1963)

Writer: You see, what stands out at a first reading is the lack of a central issue or a philosophical stance. That makes the film a chain of gratuitous episodes which may even be amusing in their ambivalent realism. You wonder, what is the director really trying to do? Make us think? Scare us? That ploy betrays a basic lack of poetic inspiration.

A great film about making a film. Fellini mixes reality and fantasy beautifully in his film.

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01-07-08

Originally Posted by Caitlyn

Great list Gnat.... there are several I love and several I've never seen... which have been added to my "too see" list....

I wouldn't highly recommend all the films on my list because some of it obviously depends on taste, but the majority of them, anyone with a good eye for film should enjoy quite well.

Blacksheep at this point would be the notable exception, everyone should see it, but most will find it dreadful, I, on the other hand, find it a masterpeice of enjoyable proportions, in other words, it is a riot.

meatwadsprite

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01-07-08

Wait is it a masterpiece or dreadfull ?

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Originally Posted by meatwadsprite

Wait is it a masterpiece or dreadfull ?

Yes.

It is a film like Army of Darkness (in some ways) in that it is so bad it is good, because it is really funny and entertaining to watch. Unlike Army of Darkness this film is completely intentional in making itself into a B type movie that is just hilarious, and it relies on that as its selling point.

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40. Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Max Von Mayerling: She was the greatest of them all. You wouldn't know, you're too young. In one week she received 17,000 fan letters. Men bribed her hairdresser to get a lock of her hair. There was a maharajah who came all the way from India to beg one of her silk stockings. Later he strangled himself with it!

This film is fun because it is so hard to classify into one genre. It seems to transcend most of them nicely, even being able to be included in some such as horror, along with the typical romance, black comedy, tragedy that it could typically be placed in.

39. The Lost Boys (1987)

Grandpa: One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach, all the damn vampires.

A very entertaining vampire film. It doesn't get as deep into the lore as some of them, but it imakes up for that fact nicely by the very high entertainment value.

38. City Lights (1931)

An extremely funny film, everything about it is simply hilarious, the boxing scene is amazing.

37. Team America: World Police (2004)

Gary Johnston: I promise. (pause) I will never die.

A simply scathing review of the government and Hollywood and the political climate, very funny. Just so you know, freedom costs a buck o' five.

36. 12 Monkeys (1995)

James Cole: Oh, wouldn't it be great if I *was* crazy? Then the world would be okay.

A very good sci-fi film with so many different sci-fi elements. Good job in making this film by Terry Gilliam.

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35. Army of Darkness (1992)

Ash: Gimme some sugar, baby.

So many great lines in this film, another film that is so terrible, it is great.

34. The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)

Professor Abrodinus: Takes me for a nincompoop, that necrophile.

An amazingly funny satire of the vampire genre, extremely well done.

33. The Dreamers (2003)

Matthew: I wish you could step out of yourself and just look.

A very well crafted film about film, and the French youth movement/riots, extremely interesting.

32. Swimming Pool (2003)

Sarah Morton: Well, I imagine having a daughter who comes home with a different man every night must be difficult for a mother.
Julie: Well, you imagine wrong. You know what? You're just a frustrated Englishwoman who writes about dirty things but never does them. You can shove your uptight morals up your ***!

I like this film in that it is so dominantly about the story. Even the ending is purely about the story and the revelation of things.

31. Pride and Prejudice (2005)

Mr. Bennet: Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins... And I will never see you again if you do.

I love the sarcasm that runs through this story and the biting wit. It also helps that it has a very good acting performance from Keira Knightley.

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30. The Hole (2001)

Elizabeth Dunn: Have you ever loved anyone so much you didn't care what happened to yourself? You just had to be with them. If they look at you, your heart stops. If you feel their breath on your skin, you just ache. Have you ever craved anyone so much you didn't exist any more?

A very intersting story that works better in the book, but is still interesting in the film, I liked that it wasn't linear.

29. Girl, Interrupted (1999)

Susanna: I know what it's like to want to die. How it hurts to smile. How you try to fit in but you can't. How you hurt yourself on the outside to try to kill the thing on the inside.

A very well acted film with a solid story to go behind it.

28. Persona (1966)

Sister Alma: Is it really important not to lie, to speak so that everything rings true? Can one live without lying and quibbling and making excuses? Isn't it better to be lazy and lax and deceitful? Perhaps you even improve by staying as you are. (No response) My words mean nothing to you. People like you can't be reached. I wonder whether your madness isn't the worst kind. You act healthy, act it so well that everyone believes you--everyone except me, because I know how rotten you are.

An absolutely brilliant film. It realizes it is a film, it doesn't follow the natural story progression, extremely good all around.

27. Repulsion (1965)

I'm not putting a quote up because this film is made more through its silence at points then the actual talking in the film. A masterful horror film.

26. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

Pan: And it is said that the Princess returned to her father's kingdom. That she reigned there with justice and a kind heart for many centuries. That she was loved by her people. And that she left behind small traces of her time on Earth, visible only to those who know where to look.

A beautiful film, well done is every aspect. It transitions seamlessly between the harst reality of some parts and the beautiful fantasy of other parts.

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01-08-08

Originally Posted by The Gnat

80. Red Dawn (1984)

No good reason for liking this film as much as I do, it just is sort of a really fun film.

When I saw this film (back in *cough* 85 or 86) it was being labelled as 'the most violent movie ever made', to do with the amount of people killed in it I think.

As a 12 year old, this (probably completely bollocks) assertion was enough to guarantee multiple rentals.

Lovin' the list so far, especially the quotations.

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01-08-08

Great stuff Gnu

I love the two Roman Polanski movies you have included

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christine

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01-08-08

I'm really enjoying your list,and you have You Can Count on Me so I know I like you already

meatwadsprite

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01-08-08

Is the Lost Boys another one of those "so bad it's good" films ? Personally I thought it was "so bad that it's really bad".

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01-09-08

Originally Posted by meatwadsprite

Is the Lost Boys another one of those "so bad it's good" films ? Personally I thought it was "so bad that it's really bad".

Nope, it isn't one of those films.

It isn't a great film, technically speaking, or acting wise, but it has a solid vampire story and keeps up a solid level of humor and action throughout it, so it is mainly entertaining.

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25. Star Wars (1977, 1980, 1983)

Princess Leia: I don't know who you are or where you've come from, but from now on you'll do as I say, okay?

The epic trilogy. Quintesential sci-fi.

24. Saved! (2004)

Hilary Fey: You know, secondhand smoke kills.
Cassandra: I'm counting on it.

A really biting look at Christianity that is too often true. A funny film, and what should be an eye opening film for some Christians.

23. Pink Panther: A Shot in the Dark (1964)

Clouseau: And I submit, Inspector Ballon, that you arrived home, found Miguel with Maria Gambrelli, and killed him in a rit of fealous jage!

Hilarous film, the best of the Pink Panther films.

22. Flash Gordon (1980)

Doctor Hans Zarkov: Look at them! The poor wretches are just waiting for someone to lead them in revolt...!
Flash Gordon: [annoyed] Oh, are you looking at ME, Zarkov?

Cheesy, yes, but amazing. Sort of a so bad it is good film, sort of so good it is great film.

21. Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

Frank: Give yourself over to absolute pleasure. Swim the warm waters of sins of the flesh - erotic nightmares beyond any measure, and sensual daydreams to treasure forever. Can't you just see it? Don't dream it, be it.

A zany musical that is amazing on so many levels. Simply pure entertainment, an absolute pleasure.

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20. The Crow (1994)

Eric Draven: I have something to give you. I don't want it anymore. Thirty hours of pain all at once, all for you.

Very dark, I like the vigillente sort of film.

19. The Usual Suspects (1995)

Verbal: Keaton always said, "I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of him." Well I believe in God, and the only thing that scares me is Keyser Soze.

A very well done film, and even though the twist isn't one that you can't see coming, it does it extremely well.

18. Edward Scissorhands (1990)

Kim: Hold me.
Edward: I can't.

A simple film story wise, but Burton always makes his films beautiful to watch, the color scheme in this film is amazing.

17. The Rules of the Game (1939)

Robert de la Cheyniest: [to Schumacher] I have no choice but to dismiss you. It breaks my heart, but I can't expose my guests to your firearms. It may be wrong of them, but they value their lives.

A very important film in how films were made with some of things that it did, but it has a brilliantly entertaining story to go with it as well.

16. The Invisible (2007)

Nick Powell: I saw your face last night, Annie, and for a minute there I bet you would've traded places with me.

A film that is very high handed and full of itself, but it is a well crafted story that goes as expected. The acting, while no names, is very solid.

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