Top Ten Films Since You Were Born

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I saw a thread like this on another movie forum (calm down, it was via google image search) and figured why not start one here.

1979


1. Pulp Fiction (1994)

2. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

3. Goodfellas (1990)

4. Fargo (1996)

5. City of God (2003)

6. The Decalogue (1988)

7. The Thin Red Line (1998)

8. Apocalypse Now (1979)

9. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

10. Being John Malkovich (1999)
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Born May, 1970. So...


1. Chinatown



2. Blade Runner



3. GoodFellas



4. Unforgiven



5. Taxi Driver



6. Do the Right Thing



7. Raging Bull



8. The Three Burials of
Melquiades Estrada




9. Nashville



10. Miller's Crossing
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So many good movies, so little time.
1. The Searchers (1956)
2. The Godfather (1972)
3. The Seven Samurai (1954)
4. Unforgiven (1992)
5. Some Like it Hot (1959)
6. Dr. Strangelove or : How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
7. Godfather 2 (1974)
8. North by Northwest (1959)
9. Chinatown (1974)
10. Goodfellas (1990)
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Since I was born...



1. Cinema Paradiso (1988)



2. Blade Runner (1982)



3. Once Upon A Time In America (1984)



4. Fitzcarraldo (1982)



5. Taxi Driver (1976)



6. Network (1976)



7. Three Colors Red (1994)



8. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)



9. The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada (2005)



10. Star Wars (1977)



Welcome to the human race...
Way to make me feel young, guys - going from 1990 onwards (and leaning more towards "favourite" than "top", to be honest. Tough picks though, I came up with about twenty that are all interchangeable)

10. Naked (1993)
9. Trainspotting (1996)
8. Sonatine (1993)
7. Unforgiven (1992)
6. Miller's Crossing (1990)
5. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
4. Clerks (1994)
3. Dazed and Confused (1993)
2. The Big Lebowski (1998)
1. GoodFellas (1990)
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Refer to my Favorite Movies, but minus Rocky because I was born in 1977, a year after Rocky was released.

My tenth favorite movie since I was born is Born on the Fourth of July



The Verdict 1982 (Sidney Lumet)
Blade Runner 1982 (Ridley Scott)
L.A. Confidential 1997 (Curtis Hanson)
Amelie 2001 (Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
My Life as a Dog 1985 (Lasse Hallstrom)
The Thin Red Line 1998 (Terrence Malick)
John Carpenter’s The Thing 1982 (John Carpenter)
Fearless 1993 (Peter Weir)
The Snow Walker 2003 (Charles Martin Smith)
Bill Forsyth: Local Hero (1983)



Kenny, don't paint your sister.
Wow, this really narrows down my list. Born 1994

1. Air Force One (1997)
2. My Fellow Americans (1996)
3. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
4. The Sixth Sense (1999)
5. Die Hard with a Vengence (1995)
6. The Usual Suspects (1998)
7. Sabrina (1995)
8. Open Range (2003)
9. Ocean's Eleven (2001)
10. Walk the Line (2005)
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I had a difficult time narrowing it down from about 25 movies and came up with 12. I'm not going to try to take another two away... Even though a lot of this is probably cliche and very homogeneous.

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)


Ed Wood (1994)


Bullets Over Broadway (1994)


Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)


The Iron Giant (1999)


Schindler's List (1993)


Children of Men (2006)


The Dark Knight (2008)


Fight Club (1999)


The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)


Spirited Away (2001)


Being John Malkovich (1999)
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1. Terminator
2. Lord of the Rings
3. Mirrors
4. Fast and furious
5. Omen
6. Miss March
7. Sherlock Holmes
8. Fire and Ice
9. Fight CLub
10. World of wars



I'm older than most of you so I've got many more films to choose from, including many of the best Hollywood ever made, such as:

For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
The Ox-Bow Incident
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Double Indemnity
Hail the Conquering Hero
Laura
Lifeboat
Miracle of Morgan's Creek
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
A Walk in the Sun

That takes me through my second birthday and I still haven't got to
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Big Sleep
Duel in the Sun
The Killers
The Bishop's Wife
Body and Soul
Gentlemen's Agreement
Odd Man Out
Out of the Past
Force of Evil
Key Largo
The Naked City
The Pirate
Red River
Sorry, Wrong Number
State of the Union
The Treasure of Sierra Madre
Adam's Rib
All the King's Men
Battleground
Champion
A Letter to Three Wives
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
The Third Man
12 O'Clock High
White Heat
The Asphalt Jungle
Born Yesterday
The Gunfighter
In a Lonely Place
The Men
Roshomond
Sunset Boulevard

and that's just through 1950 when I was 7.



The Elephant Man (1980)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Blade Runner (1982)
Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - the year I was born
THX 1138 (1971) (2004 Director's Cut)
Excalibur (1981)
No Country For All Men (2007)
Pi (1998)
The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford (2007)

On deep reflection I have determined these are my favorite films. They hold the most meaning for me. I tire of none of them, in fact only want to watch them again and again. Perfection in film, from my POV.
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