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Note that the question is YOUR top 10 FAVORITE movies. Not what you think the top 10 best movies of all time are. There is a difference. For example,
Cape Fear is on my top 10 list, but I sure would not consider it to be one of the best 10 movies ever made!
Anyway, here is my list:
1. Lawrence of Arabia
2. Taxi Driver
3. Pulp Fiction
4. The Godfather (I and II)
5. Full Metal Jacket
6. Goodfellas
7. The Terminator
8. Raging Bull
9. Amadeus
10. Cape Fear (1991)
Note that 4/10 of my favorites are directed my Marty Scorsese!
What are your top 10 favorite movies?
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Going through my list above, I noticed something. The vast majority of these movies need to be re-released on DVD for improved transfers. This includes Pulp Fiction (needs to be anamorphic) The Terminator (that will be resolved next Tuesday
), Goodfellas (non-anamorpic and a flipper!), Midnight Cowboy, Raging Bull, and even Amadeus could use a better anamorpic transfer along with some good supplements!
I also wish that Full Metal Jacket was anamorphic (without getting into Kubrick's "wishes", this still could have been, and should have been, an anamorpic disc imo).
Its sad that so many of my favorite movies are not available with a top notch DVD transfer!
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Good list Rob.
1. Caddyshack
2. The Game
3. Leathal Weapon I
4. Die Hard
5. The Usual Suspects
6. The Terminator
7. Empire Strikes Back
8. Leathal Weapon II
9. Thombstone
10. Cannonball Run
Close....Braveheart, Raiders of the lost ark, Star Wars, Memento, Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now.
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1. Jurassic Park
2. Braveheart
3. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
4. Return of the Jedi
5. Gladiator
6. Army of Darkness
7. Contact
8. Hellbound: Hellraiser 2
9. Transformers: The Movie
10. Aliens
I think my fave movie list has changed since the rise of DVD.
There are a plethora of others not mentioned that I would tie with my top 10: Alien, Star Wars films, Indianna Jones Trilogy, Terminator, etc. etc. etc.
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Rob come on, top 10? Its too hard man, how about a top 50?
Oh alright, just off the top of my head (I have a small piece of paper on my head with my favorite films on it), here goes...
In no particular order whatsoever just to confuse everyone.
Ben-Hur (1959)(my favorite movie)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)(my 2nd favorite movie)
Spartacus (1960)
2001 A Space Odyssey (1968)
Star Wars (1977)
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather II (1974)
Duck Soup (1934)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Aliens (1986)
Brazil (1985)
Dune (1984)
North By Northwest (1959)
Jaws (1975)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Better stop before it becomes a top 20, I'm sure I've missed a few favorites, looking at my list the newest film is Aliens (1986), hmmmm interesting.
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The Apartment
Star Wars
Rear Window
North by Northwest
Toy Story
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Young Frankenstein
Back to the Future
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Only 10? Ooooh, so many choices:
1) Raging Bull
2) Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
3) Fight Club
4) Throne of Blood
5) Foreign Correspondent
6) Mean Streets
7) Pulp Fiction
8) Dawn of the Dead
9) Brazil
10) Office Space/The Big Lebowski (tie)
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A friend just asked me this the other day so while it is still fresh on my mind:
1.
Apocalypse Now Francis Ford Coppola, 1979
2.
2001: A Space Odyssey Stanley Kubrick, 1968
3.
Rear Window Alfred Hitchcock, 1954
4.
Woodstock: Three Days Of Peace And Music Michael Wadleigh, 1970
5.
Interiors Woody Allen, 1978
6.
Nashville Robert Altman, 1975
7.
Magnolia Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999
8.
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb Stanley Kubrick, 1964
9.
Citizen Kane Orson Welles, 1941
10.
The French Connection William Friedkin, 1971
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Rob:
Just in case you haven't heard, MGM is working on a Special Edition of
Raging Bull for next year. I hear it's going to be a new print and one that comes with all the trimmings.
Considering it's my favorite film of all time, the upcoming SE should make Scorsese fanatics like you and me go crazy!
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Today anyway...
1. Chinatown (1974)
2. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying & Love the Bomb (1964)
3. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
4. BladeRunner (1982)
5. Casablanca (1942)
6. North by Northwest (1959)
7. GoodFellas (1990)
8. Rashomon (1950)
9. Once Upon A Time in the West (1969)
10. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
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- Return Of The Jedi
- Raiders Of The Lost Arc
- The Last Crusade
- Deep Impact
- Titanic
- Jurassic park
- Terminator 2
- Braveheart
- Gladiator
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1. Taxi Driver
2. Dr. Strangelove
3. Ikiru
4. 2001 A Space Odyssey
5. Rashomon
6. It's A Wonderful Life
7. The Passion of Joan of Arc
8. The Maltese Falcon
9. Unforgiven
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With the exception of the first 2 or 3, I can't really rank them, but here's 10:
2001: A Space Odyssey
Vertigo
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Gone With the Wind
Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise)
The Philadelphia Story
The General
Sabrina
The African Queen
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Quote:
Rob:
Just in case you haven't heard, MGM is working on a Special Edition of Raging Bull for next year. I hear it's going to be a new print and one that comes with all the trimmings.
Considering it's my favorite film of all time, the upcoming SE should make Scorsese fanatics like you and me go crazy! |
You got that right, Kevin!
Thats great news. I had not heard anything about this! Now, they need to get working on Goodfellas, King of Comedy, After Hours, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, The Last Waltz, etc!
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1.
Vertigo
2.
Rocky
3.
The Game
4.
Predator
5.
The Thing
6.
The Empire Strikes Back
7.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
8.
Braveheart
9.
In the Mouth of Madness
10.
The Usual Suspects
Honorable Mentions:
Jaws,
The Godfather,
Black Christmas,
Transformers: The Movie,
Blazing Saddles,
National Lampoon's Vacation,
Rear Window,
Ghostbusters,
Halloween,
GoodFellas,
The Maltese Falcon, and
Die Hard.
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