Your Personal Top 10 Movies

noel · Post by **noel** » June 23, 2003, 9:21 pm

It's been a while since we've done one of these, and I'm interested to hear what a lot of you like, so perhaps I can see some good movies I might not have gotten to yet. Look forward to seeing everyone's reponses. I might expand it to 20 if people like this topic because I had a lot of trouble limiting myself to 10, but here is my personal top 10 :

1. Snatch
2. High Fidelity
3. The Princess Bride
4. A Time to Kill
5. Trainspotting
6. Braveheart
7. The Matrix
8. A Thin Red Line
9. Moulin Rouge
10. Usual Suspects

Legenae · Post by **Legenae** » June 23, 2003, 9:51 pm

Hmmm 10-20 movies that I like the most. My list will probably be a little different than most because I'm picky. As my DVD collection shows, I like a lot of "period-type" movies, especially those set in medieval times, and a lot of fantasy type movies.

My list:

1. The Two Towers
2. Fellowship of the Ring
3. Braveheart
4. Practical Magic (yes a chick flick, but I like it anyways).
5. Man in the Iron Mask
6. Mists of Avalon (was a TV movie, got it on DVD).
7. Shrek
8. X2
9. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
10. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
11. Empire Strikes Back
12. Star Wars: A New Hope
13. Bram Stoker's Dracula
14. X-Men

I'll add more later.

*edit* I knew I was missing something. How could I forget Gladiator?

Drolgin Steingrinder · Post by **Drolgin Steingrinder** » June 23, 2003, 10:07 pm

In no particular order:

Much Ado about Nothing
Henry V (Branagh version)
The Fifth Man
North by Northwest
The Bicycle Thief
Disney's Aladdin
Yojimbo
Blazing Saddles
The Empire Strikes Back

Edit: Thanks Ennia! Had forgotten about My Cousin Vinny
Also, Little Shop of Horrors (both versions) have a special place in my heart.

(people who don't like musicals are evil)

Humfrey · Post by **Humfrey** » June 23, 2003, 10:13 pm

In no particular order...

1. Casablanca
2. The Sting
3. North by Northwest
4. Chinatown
5. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
6. The Godfather
7. Seven Samurai
8. Clerks
9. The Maltese Falcon
10. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » June 23, 2003, 11:14 pm

1. Braveheart
2. Seven
3. Snatch
4. Saving Private Ryan
5. Gladiator
6. Predator (!)
7. Fellowship of the Ring
8. X2
9. The Two Towers
10. Memento

Honorable Mentions - The Big Lebowski, Requiem of a Dream, and There's Something About Mary

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » June 23, 2003, 11:22 pm

These movies are also the ones that I can put in the vcr/dvd player and watch over and over.

In no particular order:

Starwars Trilogy
Indiana Jones Trilogy
Big Trouble in Little China
The Mummy I & II (recent versions)
The Abyss
Real Genius
Independence Day
13th Warrior
The Last Star Fighter
Lord of the Rings (including the Animated version)

Honorable mention (thanks Zamtuk):
Lost Boys
The Long Riders
Most Mel Brooks movies.
Most Clint Eastwood movies.
Most Jackie Chan movies.
XMen I & II

Etasi · Post by **Etasi** » June 24, 2003, 12:39 am

I'm horrible at choosing favorites, but these are the movies I've watched the most (and still like).

In no particular order:

Human Traffic
Sliding Doors
The Matrix
American Beauty
Rushmore
Office Space
Much Ado About Nothing
Good Will Hunting
Mallrats
Blade Runner

I'm sure there are tons of other movies I'd put on this list if I could think of them right now.

Edit: Gah, how could I forget The Princess Bride? I was even in the play in junior high!

Vetiria · Post by **Vetiria** » June 24, 2003, 1:09 am

The obvious:

Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
The Matrix
X-Men
X2

The not-so-obvious:

Patton
Halloween
Full Metal Jacket
Evil Dead trilogy
The Man with Two Brains
Serial Mom (if you haven't seen this, I definitely recommend it. One of the most hilarious movies I've ever seen.)
Clockwork Orange (how could I forget this one)

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » June 24, 2003, 2:04 am

1. A Clockwork Orange
2. Star Wars - Empire Strikes Back
3. A Touch of Evil
4. Dawn of the Dead
5. The Big Lebowski
6. The Stand
7. Snatch
8. The Godfather
9. The Godfather Part 2
10. Day of the Dead

vn_Tanc · Post by **vn_Tanc** » June 24, 2003, 5:45 am

Star Wars
Aliens
Predator
Brazil
City Of Lost Children
Full Metal Jacket
Life Of Brian
Godfather 1
Day Of The Dead
Blade Runner
The Thing
Raider Of The Lost Ark

In no particular order. There are about another 20 that miss the cut by a hair's-breadth.

Cotto · Post by **Cotto** » June 24, 2003, 9:36 am

1. Leon
Xmen 2
Xmen
The Matrix
Snatch
Chicago
Fellowship of the Ring
Two Towers
Fifth Element
Rush Hour (both)

Not particular order. Save Leon is my favourite movie of all time.

Kylere · Post by **Kylere** » June 24, 2003, 10:20 am

Hmm

Obviously the Holy Trilogy
Clerks/MallRats/Chasing Amy/Dogma/JSBSB
Armageddon
On the Beach
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Night of the Living Dead/Dawn of the Dead
Wild Things
Breakfast Club
Pink Floyd's The Wall

Kluden · Post by **Kluden** » June 24, 2003, 11:52 am

no particular order, but these are the DVD's I watch most (trilogies and series I count as one):

The Godfather Saga
Band of Brothers
The Wall
Xcalibur
Princess Bride
Total Recall
Fellowship of the Ring
Trainspotting
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
Army of Darkness

Many more could make it onto the list...but you asked for 10, so you got 10

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » June 24, 2003, 2:04 pm

Fight Club
Amilee
LoTR Trilogy (yes, I'll like Return of the King too)
Star Wars (all of them)
Matrix (all of em)
Saving Pvt. Ryan
Forest Gump
Pulp Fiction
Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind
The 6th Sense

(These were all typed in the order they occured to me)

Ennia · Post by **Ennia** » June 24, 2003, 2:09 pm

I wrote down about 20 titles that I can watch anytime, dropping whatever I'm doing, many of my favorites mentioned already so here's the unmentioned:

Tombstone
My Cousin Vinny
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
In the Name of the Rose
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Shakespeare in Love
Platoon
Forest Gump
The Pianist
LA Confidential

Sirensa · Post by **Sirensa** » June 24, 2003, 3:29 pm

1. Fellowship of the Rings
2. Two Towers
3. Godfather Part. 1
4. Roman Holiday
5. Dogma
6. Empire Strikes Back
7. The Princess Bride
8. Independance Day
9. The Goonies
10. *reserved for Return of the King* - I know it will make the list!

Phew - that was hard - way too many movies I enjoy watching. I'm entirely too easily entertained.

Cartalas · Post by **Cartalas** » June 24, 2003, 4:21 pm

Lots of good movies here but the one that suprised me was Tomstone, In my opinion Val Kilmars greatest role.

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » June 24, 2003, 4:54 pm

In no specific order-

Titan AE
Spiderman
Anything Kevin Smith
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure/Bogus Journey
The Matrix Trilogy
LotR Trilogy
Willow
Back to the Future Trilogy
Indiana Jones films
X1/X2

Terarle · Post by **Terarle** » June 24, 2003, 5:03 pm

Also in no order-

Scareface
Snatch
Fight Club
Braveheart
Catch me if you Can
The Italian Job
The Boon Dock Saints
Ferris B's Day off
Saving Private Ryan
Any Bruce Lee

Post by **Sylvus** » June 24, 2003, 5:09 pm

I won't rank them in order, as I don't know that I can choose a favorite.

LotR Trilogy
Gladiator
Braveheart
Dune (the David Lynch one)
Road Trip
Top Secret
Half Baked
Donnie Darko
It's A Wonderful Life
True Romance

murr · Post by **murr** » June 24, 2003, 5:15 pm

orderless (i'm so original!). Putting groups of movies together (same director/genre/writer whatever, ex the Spinal Tap -> A Mighty Wind films)

-Anything by Kevin Smith (although Chasing Amy and Mallrats are standouts for me)
-The Ladies' Man (it has no merit as a film, it's just a wonderful inside joke friend for my friends and I)
-Office Space
-The Princess Bride
-Fellowship of the Ring (extended!)
-Vanilla Sky
-Other Cameron Crowe films: Almost Famous, Say Anything... , Jerry Maguire(High Fidelity too even though it wasn't Crowe)
-Spinal Tap, A Mighty Wind, Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman
-Dirty Work (that's the Saigon whore who bit my nose off!)
-The Matrices
-Fight Club

Hon. Mentions: Dr. Strangelove, Better Off Dead, John Hughes' series(Sixteen Candles, etc), Raising Arizona, Austin Powers 2, Dune (scifi channel one

)

Acies · Post by **Acies** » June 24, 2003, 8:04 pm

1) Conan: The Barbarian
2) LoTR trilogy (thus far, anyway)
3) The Matrix
4) Red Dawn
5) Dangerous Liasons
6) Silence of the Lambs
7) Dogma

Lilo and Stitch
9) Last of the Mohicans
10) Escape from New York

Kelgar · Post by **Kelgar** » June 25, 2003, 6:06 am

No order:

Aliens
Good Will Hunting
Gladiator
The Two Towers
Empire Strikes Back
The Goonies
Terminator
Fist of Legend
Office Space
Predator

Kelgar · Post by **Kelgar** » June 25, 2003, 6:14 am

Armageddon?

Well, there's something you certainly wouldn't expect to turn up. Cheesy plot, storyline aside. Did you know that IRL, asteroid fields aren't at all how they are portrayed in movies?

You have to be a god awful pilot and/or the unluckiest sob in the universe to actually hit one because the actual density of asteroids in an asteroid belt/field is (on average) roughly 1 per 1000 cubic miles. Or so I was told by my astronomy professor in college about 7 years back.

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » June 25, 2003, 8:24 pm

I really like Armageddon as well. May be fake as hell but it was cool to watch. Anything with Steve Buscemi is pretty much kick ass. Hell, even Con Air and the Wedding singer kick ass because of him. And don't forget Fargo.

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » June 25, 2003, 9:14 pm

His defining role is The Big Lebowski.

m4yh3m · Post by **m4yh3m** » June 25, 2003, 11:21 pm

This was a toughy... My g/f and I own 175 movies, 30 VHS, and I have something like 20-30 laserdisks stowed somewhere (I think).

10 favorite in alphabetical order:

1. Airplane!
2. Band of Brothers (yeah I know its a series)
3. Fifth Element
4. Fight Club
5. Matrix
6. Office Space
7. Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
8. Ran
9. Shawshank Redeption
0. Usual Suspects

Alternates:

Blade Runner
Full Metal Jacket (first half anyway)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python Life of Brian
Zoolander

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » June 25, 2003, 11:35 pm

Zamtuk wrote:His defining role is The Big Lebowski.

"Shut the fuck up Donny!"

I might have to bump that to #1 on my list. Damn fine movie.

:):)

Burke · Post by **Burke** » June 26, 2003, 9:19 am

A good slimy role from Buscemi is in Tree's Lounge. He plays a ice cream truck driving barfly who sleeps with his buddy's daughter. The movie was meh though.

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » June 26, 2003, 3:34 pm

Steve Buscemi was also good in Things to do in Denver when you're Dead.

He played the silent assasin and did a great job looking like a wimp, but killing every motherfucker in the room.

Kargyle · Post by **Kargyle** » June 26, 2003, 3:59 pm

In no particular order:

Ben-Hur
The Big Lebowski
The Matrix
The Wall
Platoon
Empire Strikes Back
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
The Green Mile
American Beauty

Kriista · Post by **Kriista** » June 26, 2003, 4:46 pm

no order

fight club
punch drunk love
magnolia
trainspotting
rules of attraction
meaning of life
clerks
vanilla sky
pricess bride
the shining

Shaion · Post by **Shaion** » June 26, 2003, 8:58 pm

I hate organising things in top 10, so i'll just type a few that i really like that hasn't already been mentioned. No fun when everyone types the same things

Requiem for a dream
Dead poets society
American History X
Young Guns I & II
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
Alive
Fear & loathing in las vegas
Primal Fear
Donnie Brasco
Sleepers
Legends of the fall
Rain man

murr · Post by **murr** » June 26, 2003, 10:59 pm

Kriista wrote:no order

fight club
punch drunk love
magnolia
trainspotting
rules of attraction
meaning of life
clerks
vanilla sky
pricess bride
the shining

why PDL? I didn't see what was to like about that movie..

vn_Tanc · Post by **vn_Tanc** » June 27, 2003, 5:27 am

oh here we go ><

Kriista · Post by **Kriista** » June 27, 2003, 7:35 pm

why PDL? I didn't see what was to like about that movie..

i love the director OMGIAMRETARDEDCAUSEALOTISTWOWORDS, and hte mood/music throought was great

hard to put my finger on what i liked about it really, but it got to me OMGIAMRETARDEDCAUSEALOTISTWOWORDS

and im sure emily watson had something to do wiht it too

Topper · Post by **Topper** » June 28, 2003, 2:40 pm

good topic..

1. Matrix 2
2. Matrix 1
3. Spaceballs
4. The New Guy
5. Blood Sport
6. Princess Bride
7. Rush hour 2
8. Minority Report
9. Die Hard
10. Top Gun

There's my 10.

Rivera Bladestrike · Post by **Rivera Bladestrike** » June 28, 2003, 4:13 pm

1. The Green Mile
2. Shawshank Redemption
3. The Big Lebowski
4. L.A. Confidential
5. The Usual Suspects
6. Unbreakable
7. American History X
8. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
9. Pulp Fiction
10. We Were Soldiers

Movies that I can watch at any time (when you turn on the TV):
Shawshank Redemption
Major League 1-2
Terminator 2
Con Air
Revenge of the Nerds
Space Balls
The Fifth Element
The Princess Bride

Sartori · Post by **Sartori** » June 28, 2003, 8:37 pm

So far...

Aliens
Usual Suspects
Grosse Point Blank
Snatch
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Ghost in the Shell
X2
Saving Private Ryan
Full Metal Jacket
Mallrats

I know I"m a slacker...I still have yet to see any of the Godfathers, Scarface, and a few other highly touted movies, but I will get around to it some day.

-jay

Xzion · Post by **Xzion** » June 30, 2003, 7:41 pm

in no order

braveheart
gladiator
the good, the bad, and the ugly
saving private ryan
full metal jacket
matrix
LOTR
shawshank redemption
apocalypse now
the patriot
godfather
iron monkey
crouching tiger hidden dragon

comedys
mp and holy grail
jay and silent bob
office space
army of darkness

worst movies ever.
1. Grease-saw about 15 minutes of it, just with that, this is the worst movie EVER made and will always be, fuck if you want to interrogate me, put me infront of this bullshit and skip the water torture or pulling out the fingers and toenails, this movie stands against everything that i believe in and would depress me and leave me without a soul if i had to watch 30 more minutes of it, putting me in a forever depressed state of mind pondering where the fuck this world went wrong that a movie this discusting was ever released,...that and i watched this in highschool on a school trip where me and some friends snuck out and went back into the room to drink and smoke pot and i had tons of fun with the dean for the next few weeks, all becouse of this fucking movie

2.gone with the wind- awww poor white girl dont got no ni***** to pick her cotton anymore even though she was awful nice to them, wooow what a philosophical genious movie showing the agony in her new lifestyle

casablanca
joy luck club
spiderman
and im sure movies like glitter and spiceworld and chicago and all those bullshits would be on this list if i saw those movies

Ceffin · Post by **Ceffin** » June 30, 2003, 11:03 pm

fight club
matrixes
saving private ryan
we were soldiers
pulp fiction
finding nemo..lol
kevin smith..anything he does
swordfish
fast n furious for the cars..i know the plots suck ass
crouching tiger hidden dragon! loved that movie..it had me interested in that soundtrack for awhile ( its calming jap music or something lol)
braveheart
gladiator
anything LOTR and star wars
Nam' movies..platoon...full metal jacket..havent seen apocalpse now yet though
Enter the Dragon

Bocc · Post by **Bocc** » August 18, 2003, 6:32 pm

1. Braveheart
2. Animal House
3. Heat
4. Super Troopers
5. The Usual Suspects
6. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
7. Ocean's Eleven
8. The Game
9. Billy Madison
10. Forest Gump

Sorry for the thread bump, just a quality topic

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » August 18, 2003, 7:11 pm

in no particular order, as many others have done:

The Empire Strikes Back
Raising Arizona
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

prolly a bunch of others, i never really think of things in terms of "this is my favorite movie...this is my favorite song", etc

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » August 18, 2003, 7:20 pm

1. Freddy vs. Jason
2. S.W.A.T.
3. Open Range
4. Freaky Friday
5. Uptown Girls
6. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
7. American Wedding
8. Seabiscuit
9. Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
10. Bad Boys II

Ennia · Post by **Ennia** » August 19, 2003, 12:41 am

Shrek! How could i forget that one, shame on me

Marbus · Post by **Marbus** » August 19, 2003, 1:34 pm

1. Blazing Saddles
2. Star Wars - ANH
3. Star Wars - ESB
4. Conan the Barbarian
5. Aliens
6. Airplane
7. LoTR - Fellowship
8. Matrix
9. MP - Holy Grail
10. Highlander

laneela · Post by **laneela** » August 19, 2003, 2:32 pm

In no particular order:

1. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (I lied - this is my favorite movie of all time; so this one is in fact "in order")
2. Dune
3. American Beauty
4. What's Eating Gilbert Grape
5. Beetlejuice
6. Life of Brian
7. Braveheart
8. Better Off Dead
9. American History X
10. Clue
11. Top Secret
12. Fight Club
13. Edward Scissorhands

PS
I tried and I tried but I couldn't bring myself to remove 2 so deal with it.

edit: I had to add Edward Scissorhands =\

Shanter · Post by **Shanter** » August 19, 2003, 2:42 pm

In no order

Terminator 2
Conan The Barbarian
FotR Extended
Matrix
Shawshank Redemption
Braveheart
Snatch
Mad Max
Empire Strikes Back
Pulp Fiction

Honorable Mentions: Fight Club, Reservoir Dogs, American Beauty, Holy Grail

Pahreyia · Post by **Pahreyia** » August 19, 2003, 8:02 pm

Also in no particular order....

Braveheart
LOTR (probably the whole damn thing as soon as RotK is released)
Boondock Saints
Lock, Stock and two Smoking Barrels
Snatch
High Fidelity
Dune (DdL and Sci-Fi channel versions)
Children of Dune (Sci Fi channel)
Office Space
The Fifth Element
The Seven Samurai
The Usual Suspects
Batman (the original Tim Burton version)

Treeus · Post by **Treeus** » August 22, 2003, 1:25 am

1 American History X
2 Shawshank Redemption
3 [Empty]
4 Silence of the Lambs
5 SW: Return of the Jedi
6 Blow
7
8 Meet the Parents
9 LOTR: Two Towers
10 Office Space

Others:
The Sting (thank you for reminding me about this movie, i love it)
Fight Club
Boondock Saints
Top Gun
Snatch
The Green Mile

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