Darkrose: Top 50 List

Know that this was extremely hard to do and it might not even be 100% accurate. Also, it isn't in order and there are many classics that I have yet to see such as: Star Wars, Pulp Fiction, A Clockwork Orange, Godfather, Requiem for a Dream, The Big Lebowski, and Children of Men. These are the ones that have been on the top of my "to watch" list for years and am still very eager to watch, but simply have not been able to do so for multiple reasons. I'm sure you all will be very disappointed because even I consider some of these to be mandatory watchings to consider yourself as a semi well rounded movie watcher. And I would love to receive "need to watch" lists. Rating would be appreciate

1. American Beauty


2. Fight Club


3. Donnie Darko


4. Gingersnaps


5. Point of No Return


6. Blade Runner


7. What Dreams May Come


8. Equilibrium


9. American Psycho


10. The Last Boyscout


11. Johnny Mnemonic


12. Pathology


13. Sublime


14. May


15. Point Break


16. Fright Night


17.Tango & Cash


18. Roger Doger


19. Thursday


20. The Invisible


21 Chasing Amy


22. Dark City


23. The Thirteenth Floor


24. The Butterfly Effect


25. The Craft


26. End of Days


27. Carrie: The Rage


28. The Exorcist


29. Single White Female

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1. American Beauty 7/10
2. Fight Club 2/10
3. Donnie Darko
4. Gingersnaps
5. Point of No Return
6. Blade Runner
7. What Dreams May Come
8. Equilibrium
9. American Psycho
10. The Last Boyscout 5/10
11. Johnny Mnemonic
12. Pathology
13. Sublime
14. May
15. Point Break
16. Fright Night
17.Tango & Cash
18. Roger Doger
19. Thursday
20. The Invisible
21 Chasing Amy
22. Dark City
23. The Thirteenth Floor
24. Th Butterfly Effect 7.5/10
25. The Craft
26. End of Days
27. Carrie: The Rage
28. The Exorcist
29. Single White Female
30. Femme Fatale
31. Falling Down
32. Scream
33. Se7en 8/10 (My #44 of all time)
34. The Fly
35. The Cell
36. Blade
37. The Usual Suspects
38. Flatliners
39. Interview with the Vampire
40. Hostel 4/10
41. Addams Family
42. American Werewolf in London
43. Arthur
44. Cabin Fever
45. Cat's Eye
46. The Crow
47. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
48. The Five People You Meet in Heaven
49. Gotcha
50. Labyrinth

Wow, I really need to see a lot more movies

Are you going to be sending this list here in to WBadger to contribute to the MoFo Top 100 list?

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30. Femme Fatale

31. Falling Down


32. Scream


33. Se7en


34. The Fly


35. The Cell


36. Blade


37. The Usual Suspects


38. Flatliners


39. Interview with the Vampire


40. Hostel


41. Addams Family


42. American Werewolf in London


43. Arthur


44. Cabin Fever


45. Cat's Eye


46. The Crow


47. Ferris Bueller's Day Off


48. The Five People You Meet in Heaven


49. Gotcha


50. Labyrinth

I want to, but its hard to pick just 25, that's why I made a top 50.
Also, I don't know how to send them...

Just private message them to WBadger, and if they're not in a specific order just go with the first 25 and don't worry about it, better to submit something than nothing.

Also, none of your images are working for me. I think you're linking from imdb and I'm pretty sure they don't like that (to their images at least).

Oh, thank you

Oh nooo! They are showing up for me...but I did get them from imdb...is there an easy fix?

Don't know, I usually use photobucket which takes a little longer.

Damn...alright, thanks

By the way, my favourites from your list:

2. Fight Club
3. Donnie Darko
6. Blade Runner
22. Dark City
37. The Usual Suspects
43. Arthur
46. The Crow
47. Ferris Bueller's Day Off

1. American Beauty 7/10 have only seen it once really need to check it out again.

2. Fight Club 10/10
If someone asked me who I thought was the best director to come out of the 90's Fincher would most likely be it.

3. Donnie Darko 8/10
A kind of lost in the shuffle film until it became a huge hit on DVD

4. Gingersnaps 2/10
One of the worst films I've ever seen I was struggling to get threw this one.

5. Point of No Return 5/10
if you dug this you really should check out the original this film was based off of a film called Le Femme Nikita it's hands down better.

6. Blade Runner 10/10
masterpiece.

7. What Dreams May Come 8/10
It's such an unusual film. the look is tremendous and it's a emotional rollercoaster.

8. Equilibrium 6/10
I'm a huge action fan but it was too much of a rip-off of a movie that was already a rip off, matrix.

9. American Psycho 8.5/10
great dark humor. freaky as well. I might give it a higher rating.

10. The Last Boy Scout 7/10
I like Tony Scott a lot and Bruce Willis just as much and i've already confessed my love of action. superbly enjoyable.

11. Johnny Mnemonic 4/10
Seen once way.....way back

15. Point Break 6.5/10
Didn't really like any of the characters but it was extremely well craft and has one of the best foot chases of all time

16. Fright Night 7/10
Great camp fun something you can rewatch all the time.

17.Tango & Cash 6.5
It's gotten a bad rap over the years and i'm not about to say it perfect it has remained endearing to me.

20. The Invisible 5/10
I remember seeing the trailer to this and I was hyped. unfortunately it didn't live up to the trailers expectations. Also for some reason I was quite depressed after watching.

21 Chasing Amy 7/10
witty. I love the fact that it has comics and sega EA Sports NHL 93 oh and lesbianism is never a bad thing.

22. Dark City 7.5/10
it's been a while since my last viewing of this film. I beileve I could go either way with my rating. For me I seem to have lost interest on repeated viewings.

23. The Thirteenth Floor 6/10
Low rating but I can only say that I liked it and I'd rather watch it again and then give it a rating.

24. The Butterfly Effect 5/10
there's a lot better films that deal with time travel out there.

26. End of Days 5/10
Peter Hyams has made his share of duds. It gets a low rating but I've seen it probably three times and i've like it each time. For Peter Hyams I recommend you check out his best Running Scared (1986) his most creative Capricorn One and my guilty pleasure Timecop. All of which I beileve to be quite a bit better than End of Days.

28. The Exorcist 10/10
one of the best in it's genre. more importantly one the best films ever.

30. Femme Fatale 9/10
If you like this one as you do you''ll basically dig anything and everything of Brian De Palma's really! . Ive always thought that Femme Fatale was a conglumeration of everything De Palma.

31. Falling Down 8.5/10
People acuse Joel Schumacher of make bad films while this maybe true he's also made some good one like this.

32. Scream 8/10
Wes Craven has good cinematic timing. never was it so evident then here.

33. Se7en 9.5/10
love seeing another Fincher in here great stuff.

34. The Fly 7.5/10
distrubing really distrubing. need to watch again.

35. The Cell 6.5/10
neat concept, not completely poorly done either. it lingers somewhere better either needing to be more subsantial or more smaller. it took on too much for it budget.

36. Blade 5/10
check out the second one it's so much better.

37. The Usual Suspects 6/10
once your done with it your really done with it. It kind of now feels like a flavour of the month.

38. Flatliners 8/10
I might be in a small group of people that actually enjoyed this one glad to find another admirer.

39. Interview with the Vampire 7/10
quite good.

40. Hostel 7.5/10
Unlike Cabin Fever, I thought this was frighteningly surreal yet plausible and that's what freaked me out.

41. Addams Family 6/10
I haven't seen this in so so long

42. American Werewolf in London 8.5/10
charming and gory. rick bakers special effect are to this day groudbreaking

44. Cabin Fever 3/10
I really didn't get all the hype surrounding this film it was flat and unenjoyable.

45. Cat's Eye
Could you tell me about this film please.

46. The Crow 6/10
I think i would have given this 10/10 back when I saw it for the first time on VHS not that i've had a few more viewing under my belt it really hasn't held up.

47. Ferris Bueller's Day Off 8/10
lots and lots of funny.

50. Labyrinth 7.5/10
Jim Henson Puppets with Jennifer Connelly in the main role great fantasy.

The good: American Beauty, Donnie Darko, Fight Club, The Crow, Blade Runner

The bad: Johnny Mnemonic

The Ugly: You haven't seen Star Wars

As for must-see movies... there are several threads on that subject, I'm sure. Check out other members' top 10/ top 100 lists

A couple of suggestions based on the type of film you seem to like: Infernal Affairs and/or The Departed, Pan's Labyrinth, LA Confidential, Oldboy, Alien, Aliens, The Matrix, Strange Days, Abre los Ojos, Sin City, The Terminator, Memento, Leon

Who the hell are you, Leonard Maltin?

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I laughed but I don't really get it. Did Leonard Maltin rip on this movie or what?

He gave it /.

Is that 2 out of 4 or 2-slash-4 like he can't make his mind up?

2 out of 4. He liked the set-up but hated the pay-off.

Who rates things out of 4 anyway? Wonder if he's read the book.

Everyone I ever grew up with rated films out of four. That's probably the main reason I find it difficult to hand out 4.5/5 and 5/5s.

Theres some films that are perceived as some of the greatest that we don't like. That one just happens to be it for me.