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The Empire Magazine down here just released the Top 100 Films as voted by readers. The list, in my own humble opinion, is shocking and disgusting. It should be cause enough for discussion. One being the highest, One Hundred the Lowest on this scale.

Prepapre to me shocked.


1. Star Wars
2. Schindler's List
3. Pulp Fiction
4. The Matrix
5. The Silence of the Lambs
6. The Empire Strikes Back
7. Titanic
8. The Godfather
9. Gladiator
10. The Shawshank Redemption
11. American Beauty
12. Casablanca
13. Citizen Kane
14. Heat
15. Fight Club
16. GoodFellas
17. Chopper
18. Blade Runner
19. Raiders of the Lost Ark
20. William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
21. 2001: A Space Oddyssey
22. Alien
23. Taxi Driver
24. Mallrats
25. Se7en
26. The Sixth Sense
27. T2: Judgement Day
28. The Godfather: Part II
29. Boogie Nights
30. Shrek
31. Braveheart
32. The Exorcist
33. Chinatown
34. Trainspotting
35. The Usual Suspects
36. Easy Rider
37. Toy Story
38. Gone With the Wind
39. The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert
40. Mad Max II
41. Gallipoli
42. Jaws
43. Apocalypse Now
44. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
45. Traffic
46. The Killing Fields
47. Raging Bull
48. Jurassic Park
49. Reservoir Dogs
50. Swingers
51. This Is Spinal Tap
52. Saving Private Ryan
53. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
54. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
55. There's Something About Mary
56. The Deer Hunter
57. Die Hard
58. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
59. Fargo
60. Blue Velvet
61. The Sound of Music
62. Platoon
63. The Princess Bride
64. The Breakfast Club
65. Psycho
66. Grease
67. Four Weddings and a Funeral
68. A Clockwork Orange
69. Forrest Gump
70. Moulin Rouge
71. The Graduate
72. Life is Beautiful
73. Rocky
74. The Shining
75. Singing in the Rain
76. Once We Were Warriors
77. Picnic at Hanging Rock
78. Unforgiven
79. Stand By Me
80. Superman
81. E.T: The Extraterrestrial
82. Ferris Buller's Day Off
83. Terms of Endearment
84. Top Gun
85. The Crow
86. The Wizard of Oz
87. Two Hands
88. Withnail and I
89. Crocodile Dundee
90. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
91. Scarface
92. A Nightmare on Elm Street
93. Pretty Woman
94. Revenge of the Nerds
95. The Piano
96. Scream
97. Monty Python's Life of Brian
98. The Great Escape
99. Speed
100. The Blues Brothers


If you ask me, bar a very certain few on that list, it truly says something about the brains of people....

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That's just an odd collection of movies. If you didn't tell me the reason those movies were all listed together, I wouldn't say that it was any kind of," Top 100" .

It's just popular stuff. I'm not shocked or disgusted at all. Star Wars: A New Hope is basically the ultimate mix (aside from LOTR: FOTR) of popularity and fine filmmaking, IMO. A great movie that receives widespread recognition and suceeds commercially, and critically. Films like that make my jaw drop.

That's true, those are all pop films. The average person doesn't see everything like us MoFo's, so of course they're going to vote on action favorites such as Speed. There is also bias towards recent films a-la Shrek / Moulin Rouge

mmmmm....yeah, all of those movies are widely known.

It makes me feel sick that enough people liked, and voted for, Gladiator enough to get it at #9.

I don't mind seeing Pulp Fiction and Schindler's List that high up, although there are better deserving films.

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Well, I'm with Sil -- what a bucket of it!

1. Star Wars - ok, but not great
2. Schindler's List - yes, first-rate
3. Pulp Fiction -- a good film, though horrible
4. The Matrix -- yes, I liked it, but . . .
5. The Silence of the Lambs -- a good film, though horrible
6. The Empire Strikes Back - One yes. Two, no.
7. Titanic - Give me a break!
8. The Godfather -- Yes, but who can vote in favor of the Mafia!
9. Gladiator - Give me a break
10. The Shawshank Redemption -- good but not tops
11. American Beauty -- ditto, though I love KSpacey
12. Casablanca -- yes, but Bogart was betted in African Queen
13. Citizen Kane -- yeah, yeah, what else in new?
14. Heat -- GMaB!
15. Fight Club - GMaB!
16. GoodFellas -who keeps voting for the Mafia!
17. Chopper - ?
18. Blade Runner -- yes great. good job for Rutger Hauer
19. Raiders of the Lost Ark - fun but silly
20. William Shakespeare's Romeo+Juliet - okay4Billy Shakespeare
21. 2001: A Space Oddyssey - yes, but --
22. Alien -- I'll grant you that one
23. Taxi Driver ditto
24. Mallrats - WHAT?
25. Se7en - WHAT?
26. The Sixth Sense - good but not great
27. T2: Judgement Day - C'mon!
28. The Godfather: Part II -- Another Mafia vote
29. Boogie Nights - No Way ever in any way!
30. Shrek - Cute, yes, but not as good as Monsters, Inc,
31. Braveheart -- a vote for bareass Mad Max
32. The Exorcist - Who are they kidding? PEASOUP!
33. Chinatown - yes really good, Jack!
34. Trainspotting -- didn't see it
35. The Usual Suspects -- really good one
36. Easy Rider - yes, a trendsetter
37. Toy Story - ditto
38. Gone With the Wind -- gag me with a corset!
39. The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert - good one
40. Mad Max II - another good one
41. Gallipoli -- excellent. but should be higher on the list
42. Jaws - passe now, but it broke ground for scare-flicks
43. Apocalypse Now - good one
44. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - nother good one, Jack
45. Traffic - okay, but not great
46. The Killing Fields - didn't see
47. Raging Bull - good one, but #47?
48. Jurassic Park - for technical effects only
49. Reservoir Dogs -- GMaB
50. Swingers -- REALLY GMaB

Are they all insane except me?
Are they all insane except me?

Love 2 U All
Jozie

C'mon Jozie,
what gives?? You gotta remark about every single movie??
You've got a "but", after just about everything. What in the hell makes a top 100 list according to you?
Not American Beauty?
Not The Shawshank Redemption?
Not Goodfellas?
Not Sixth Sense?
Easy Rider gets your "trendsetter" vote, but not Reservoir Dogs?
You need someone to give you a break? Which arm, baby?

C'mon, take it easy.

I winked.
I smiled.
That IS easy.
Okay?

I think most people go to the movies to be entertained, and that's what most of the films on that list do well. Sure a lot of them don't bring anything new to the table, nor are they known for their artistic merits, but they are a fun bunch of movies (for the most part) and are accesible by pretty much everyone. I know that my list of my top 100 films would differ from my top 100 favorite films (if you know what I mean), and I think most people probably just listed their favorite films, which means the list really isn't all that surprising.

Well, everyone IS stupid.
It's quite simple really.