Top ten movies for the home collection (1 Viewer)

[Bryan X]

Originally Posted by Eric_L

... or what you would keep if you were only allowed to keep ten...

Boy, however you look at it, that's a tough one. It's great seeing everyones lists. It would be so boring if they were all the same. I'm going to look at this a little differently. Here's the ten movies I'd want in my collection just because I have a blast watching them (no particular order):

1) Rambo 4 (the brutality of this movie just makes me smile)
2) Planet Terror / Death Proof (plain fun)
3) Star Wars (movie with the most impact on my life)
4) Band of Brothers (my favorite "war movie")
5) Terminator 2 (close between 2 & 3 --- give me a break, Kristanna Loken is hot)
6) Vacation (hilarious-- and I love roadtrips)
7) Back to the Future 3 (It's close between 1 & 3, gotta give the nod to the "old west")
8) 300 (They couldn't have cast King Leonidas any better. Gerard Butler was perfect)
9) Young Frankenstein (the gags make me laugh every time)
10) Indiana Jones (2nd most important movie of my childhood)
11) Serenity (love the cast)
12) Superman (Chris Reeve IS Superman)
13) Stand By Me (love the nostalgic look at growing up)
14) War Games (what's not to like about Global Thermonuclear War?)

Sorry, I couldn't stop at 10. It would be easy to keep going, but I think I should at least make an attempt to keep it close to ten.

Like Eric, I've never seen the Godfather, and generally have no desire to see what most consider the "classics." I don't doubt they are "great works," but I just personally don't have the urge to see them. Anyway, this is just my list of what I'd want to keep if all I could have were "about" ten movies-- not necessarily what I think should be considered the greatest movies of all time by everyone. Just what I would enjoy watching over and over if that's all I had.

 

[Carl Miller]

Hanson, I only saw Rocky and never saw any of the sequels. Didn't like the first one at all, and I can't tell you how many times in my life people have said "how could you not like Rocky!?" It was a 2 hour long cliche in my opinion.....Pulp Fiction was a half and half movie for me. I liked the first half, not the rest. Silence of the Lambs was great and should have made my list.

Bryan, Young Frankenstein still makes me laugh every time I catch it or even just parts of it on TV.

 

[Eric_L]

I got a little blurry eyed - but I think I got them all; Here's the rankings so far. We need alot more lists before we can determine a top ten for the forum. Only a few got more than two votes so far - hardly a consensus...

Godfather 7
Casablanca 3
Lord of the Rings 3
Matrix 2
Star Wars 2
Psycho 2
Night of the Living Dead 2
Private Ryan 2
Shawshank Redemption 2
GoodFellas 2
Good Bad Ungly 2
Terminator 2 2
Wizard of OZ 2
2001 2
Singing in the Rain 2
Some Like it Hot 2
Lawrence of Arabia 2
North by Northwest 2
Wall-E 2

 

[Lucia Duran]

Gone With The Wind

The Sound of Music

Night of the Living Dead

Aliens

The Jerk

Elf

My Neighbor Totoro

Misery

Edward Scissor Hands

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

 

[Eric_L]

Which Willy Wonka?

 

[Scott Merryfield]

Originally Posted by Eric_L

Which Willy Wonka?

There is only one "Willy Wonka". The more recent Tim Burton adaptation is "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory".

 

Ten Movies That Should Be On Every Shelf:


1. The Wizard of Oz
2. Gone With the Wind
3. Citizen Kane
4. Casablanca

5. The Sound of Music
6. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
7. The Ten Commandments
8. The Godfather
9. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

10.It's A Wonderful Life

 

[Paul_Scott]

I can't imagine any self proclaimed movie buffs collection not having all of these (though if I personally had to limit myself to ten films, there would be a few substitutions with titles from the supplemental list)

1) Gone With The Wind
2) The Wizard Of Oz
3) Casablanca
4) The Godfather
5) Raiders Of The Lost Ark (or The Adventures Of Robin Hood)
6) The Ten Commandments
7) Singin' In The Rain (or The Sound Of Music)
8) The Apartment
9) The Searchers
10) Bambi (or Pinocchio)

any of these could be substituted for just about any of the above- they are all more than worthy
The Seventh Seal
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers
The Day The Earth Stood Still
King Kong
Young Frankenstein
Titanic
Dawn Of The Dead
Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory
The Music Man
Lawrence Of Arabia
Amelie
Black Narcissus
Die Hard

and my personal absolute library essential
Jean de Florette/ Manon Of The Spring

 

[BryanZ]

My personal top ten list in no particular order:

1. Godfather trilogy. Amazingly I've never seen it nor own it but it should be on every shelf. Haven't gotten around to it though ...
2. LOTR trilogy. Pick which edition but I'll go with the EE.
3. Transformers. Just plain cool though it is truly a popcorn flick.
4. Shawshank Redemption. I have to watch it whenever it is on. Phenominal story.
5. Titanic. Untimate chick flick but so be it. I'll ruin the story and say the ship sinks.

6. Star Wars - ESB though you certainly must own all six.
7. Ben Hur. Long but good movie. Who can forget the chariot racing scene?

8. Lawrence of Arabia. Slow movie, lot of sand, but is very good.

9. How many from Pixar can go here? They've been doing something right.

10. Mel Brooks: History of the World - Part 1. Giant joint on the run. Love it.


I'm certain there are far better ones out there, such as Matrix trilogy, BTTF trilogy, August Rush (excellent soundtrack, IMO), etc., but most are ones I enjoy and will watch over and over. My philosophy is to buy those movies you will watch over and over. Certain ones you buy because they are classics.

 

[TomWS]

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1. Dr. Strangelove
2. Grand Prix
3. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
4. High Noon
5. The Wizard of Oz
6. Raiders of the Lost Ark
7. The Thing (1951)
8. American Graffiti
9. About Schmidt
10. It’s a Wonderful Life

 

[walls]

OK im in....

ALIENS
Dog Soldiers
Dawn of the Dead (original)
SpaceBalls
Young Frankenstein
The Thing (Carpenters)
Fletch/Fletch Lives
Vacation/Xmas Vacation
The Burbs
Texas Chainsaw (remake)
Star Trek (all motion pics including newest)
Friday the 13th part 2
Firefly/Serenity (can you really seperate the tv show from the movie?)
Evil Dead I,II,III
Halloween (original of course)

of course there are more but these are the ones that get the most run time on my theater.