Neiba's All-Time Top 100 (2015 Edition)

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Welcome to my TOP 100!!!



I've been postponing this for months because I'm never happy with the order I use or the films I left out but I decided that I'd just do it and see what happens!
Expect to see some movies you probably never heard of, though the majority are relatively well known.

I'll be posting one at a time, and I'll try to do 2-3 posts a day.
Keep coming, repping, commenting, flaming, whatever you want... Hope you like it!!!

Neiba

Complete list:

  1. Pulp Fiction (1994)
  2. Judgement at Nuremberg (1961)
  3. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
  4. 2001: A Space Odissey (1968)
  5. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
  6. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
  7. Barry Lyndon (1975)
  8. Pierrot le Fou (1965)
  9. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
  10. American Beauty (1999)
  11. Jagten (2012)
  12. Sunset Blvd (1950)
  13. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
  14. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
  15. 12 Angry Men (1957)
  16. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
  17. Kill Bill: vol. 2 (2004)
  18. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
  19. Dr. Strangelove (1964)
  20. Kill Bill: vol. 1 (2003)
  21. Her (2013)
  22. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
  23. Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
  24. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
  25. Casablanca (1942)
  26. The Graduate (1967)
  27. Le trou (1960)
  28. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
  29. The Lives of Others (2006)
  30. Les choristes (2004)
  31. Die Hard: with a Vengeance (1995)
  32. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
  33. The Green Mile (1999)
  34. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
  35. The Truman Show (1998)
  36. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
  37. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
  38. Modern Times (1936)
  39. Apocalypse Now (1979)
  40. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
  41. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1966)
  42. Tsumiki no ie (2008)
  43. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
  44. Vertigo (1958)
  45. Raging Bull (1980)
  46. Souvenirs d'un futur Radieux (2014)
  47. Snatch (2000)
  48. Harakiri (1962)
  49. Elite Squad (2007)
  50. Alien (1979)
  51. Spirited Away (2001)
  52. American History X (1998)
  53. City of God (2002)
  54. Fail-Safe (1964)
  55. The Godfather (1972)
  56. Inherit the Wind (1960)
  57. Léon (1994)
  58. Whiplash (2014)
  59. The Man from Earth (2007)
  60. Dial M for Murder (1954)
  61. Boyhood (2014)
  62. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013)
  63. Black Swan (2010)
  64. Panic Room (2002)
  65. The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
  66. Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
  67. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
  68. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
  69. The Breakfast Club (1985)
  70. V for Vendetta (2005)
  71. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
  72. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
  73. Paths of Glory (1957)
  74. Die Welle (2008)
  75. Rope (1948)
  76. Talk to Her (2002)
  77. Elite Squad 2 (2010)
  78. Downfall (2004)
  79. The Usual Suspects (1995)
  80. Bad Education (2004)
  81. Stalker (1979)
  82. Night & Fog (1955)
  83. The Lion King (1994)
  84. Se7en (1995)
  85. 8 Mile (2002)
  86. Trainspotting (1996)
  87. The Concert (2009)
  88. The Pawnbroker (1964)
  89. The Big Combo (1955)
  90. Happy End (1967)
  91. Lolita (1962)
  92. Magnolia (1999)
  93. Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
  94. Django (1966)
  95. Big Bad Wolves (2013)
  96. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
  97. (500) Days of Summer (2009)
  98. Vinni-Pukh (1969, 1971, 1972)
  99. Dracula (1992)
  100. The Ballad of the Daltons (1978)



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100.

Lucky Luke: La ballade des Dalton a.k.a. The Ballad of the Daltons
René Goscinny, Henri Gruel
France
1978



Well, I'll be damned. Open up, will ya? Come on, I was sentenced too, wasn't I? I have the right to be in jail

This might be a odd film to open my list but in fact it's the best I can think of to be appearing first. La Ballad des Dalton was the first contact I had with a Western, even before knowing what a Western was. It's one of my childhood favourite movies.
I watched this countless times when I was a kid on its original version (I can say it even helped me to learn how to read first than most people I know) and recently when I had the chance to revisit it, it didn't lose any of its charm. The animation is pure gold, the musical scenes are brilliant (now I know from which movies are they "stolen") and it has a spaghetti western vibe that I absolutely love!




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99.

Dracula
Francis Ford Copolla
USA
1992



Listen to them: the children of the night. What sweet music they make.

I had this on my Top 50 last year but a more recent watch made it fall some spots. Not that I didn't love it (or else it wouldn't be here), I just became aware of some of its flaws.
Nevertheless, from the brilliant opening sequence to the gory and erotic last act, Dracula has a terrific soundtrack, editing, cinematography and script (the fact that is so close to Stoker's novel is fantastic) but it's Gary Oldman who really makes this into something more than a really good movie. Oldman should be mentioned every single time everyone speaks of the best Dracula ever, right in the top of the list.
He becomes not only dangerous and creepy but also seductive and wise. It's a out of this world performance, especially considering how many great actors have played Dracula before and how fresh this role looks on Oldman. And that genius almost hides the fact that Keanu Reeves and Wynona Rider are simply not good enough to share the screen with Oldman and Hopkins.





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98.

Vinni-Pukh a.k.a. Winnie-the-Pooh
K. Khitruk
Russia
1969, 1971, 1972



I will pretend that I am a small cloud, then they won't understand anything.

This a kind of 3-in-1. Three short movies of the Russian version of Winnie, the Pooh that I decided to agregate as one single entry.

The animation type and soundtrack are to die for and the whole script is surprisingly deep and incredibly funny. Oh, and of course, all in the glorious russian language.
The 3 parts are all excellent but the 1972 one is especially brilliant!

Available on youtube.



Master of My Domain
Ouch, can't give any rep for your first three films, 'cause I haven't seen them yet. I think your tastes have become too obscure for me.

I'll be tracking this thread quite often though.



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Ouch, can't give any rep for your first three films, 'cause I haven't seen them yet. I think your tastes have become too obscure for me.

I'll be tracking this thread quite often though.
Give Vinni Pukh a try, each short film has only 10 minutes. Then you can rep me!

And don't worry, the obscurity is almost coming to an end!



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Yeah, I'm not sure if there's any movie you should see drunk (except for Les Miserables, but for that I'd recommend alcoholic coma), so it's hard to say you don't like it!

Give it a try sometime (sober)!



Actually that version of Dracula was one I'd watch drunk quite often. I've seen the first half of that film quite a few more times than the second.



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Actually that version of Dracula was one I'd watch drunk quite often. I've seen the first half of that film quite a few more times than the second.
You continue to pass out?



Vinni-Pukh a.k.a. Winnie-the-Pooh
Russian Pooh looks retarded. Every next part is better than the previous one, though. More parts were planned, but the director didn't get either the consent or money to make them. Or maybe both. I only hope that since you included Winnie the Pooh, there will be Cheburashka & Crocodile Gena as well. They must be! They're sooo superior to that retarded bear!



Normally I'd get really tired and go to bed, but a couple of times I woke up in front of a blank screen. It wasn't that unusual to get lost inside my head and suddenly realise that I hadn't been watching for 20 minutes or so.



Ich bin nicht verrückt.
Normally I'd get really tired and go to bed, but a couple of times I woke up in front of a blank screen. It wasn't that unusual to get lost inside my head and suddenly realise that I hadn't been watching for 20 minutes or so.
Ok I will buy that excuse... LOL



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Russian Pooh looks retarded. Every next part is better than the previous one, though. More parts were planned, but the director didn't get either the consent or money to make them. Or maybe both. I only hope that since you included Winnie the Pooh, there will be Cheburashka & Crocodile Gena as well. They must be! They're sooo superior to that retarded bear!
Oh Minio, where would I be without you? Added to the top of my watchlist!

And Russian Pooh is way more similar to a bear than the english one...



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Oh Minio, where would I be without you? Added to the top of my watchlist!

And Russian Pooh is way more similar to a bear than the english one...
Neiba, you should see the Russian cartoon film of "Beauty and The Beast".... Minio sent it to me.. It was very good...



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Normally I'd get really tired and go to bed, but a couple of times I woke up in front of a blank screen. It wasn't that unusual to get lost inside my head and suddenly realise that I hadn't been watching for 20 minutes or so.
I don't think I ever fell asleep during a movie, no matter how sleepy I am...