Your 100 favorite English Language films of all time. - Page 3

JohnRice · 05-04-2002, 01:54 PM

I thought I would bump this thread and see if we can get some more contributions.

MartinTeller · 05-04-2002, 07:00 PM

Okay, what the hell.

2001: A Space Odyssey
A Clockwork Orange
A Woman Under the Influence
Airplane!
Alien
All That Jazz
Amadeus
American Movie
Annie Hall
Army of Darkness
Best in Show
Birdy
Blade Runner
Blue Velvet
Boogie Nights
Bottle Rocket
Casablanca
Charade
Citizen Kane
Dancer in the Dark
Dawn of the Dead
Do the Right Thing
Dr. Strangelove
Drowning by Numbers
Drugstore Cowboy
Duck Soup
Eraserhead
Evil Dead 2
Fantasia
Fargo
Forbidden Planet
From Russia With Love
Gaslight
Glengarry Glen Ross
Goodfellas
Hairspray
Halloween
Hannah and Her Sisters
Happiness
Harold and Maude
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
House Party
In the Company of Men
It's a Wonderful Life
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Lost in America
Love and Death
Manhattan
Mask
Mean Streets
Midnight Express
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Moulin Rouge
Mulholland Drive
My Fair Lady
Network
Night of the Living Dead
Office Space
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Pink Flamingos
Pink Floyd: The Wall
Polyester
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raising Arizona
Rear Window
Rebecca
Repo Man
Rumble Fish
Rushmore
Safe
Sid & Nancy
Sleeper
Star Wars
Stop Making Sense
Taxi Driver
The Children's Hour
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover
The Dark Backwards
The Elephant Man
The Empire Strikes Back
The Graduate
The Muppet Movie
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Shining
The Sweet Hereafter
The Wicker Man
The Wizard of Oz
Thief
This is Spinal Tap
To Kill A Mockingbird
Toy Story
Toy Story 2
UHF
Vertigo
Waiting for Guffman
Welcome to the Dollhouse
What Happened Was
Yellow Submarine
You Can't Take It With You
Young Frankenstein

Pretty typical, huh?

Jan H · 06-29-2002, 06:26 PM

Seeing as the poll for greatest film of all time is ongoing, I thought it might be interesting to resurrect this thread. Great lists so far, folks, let's see if it can stick around for awhile longer. In no order (after about the first 30 or so).
1. Star Wars
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. Schindler's List
4. 2001: A Space Odyssey
5. Citizen Kane
6. Lawrence of Arabia
7. Godfather I
8. Goodfellas
9. Godfather II
10.Manhattan
11.Bridge on the River Kwai
12.Raiders of the Lost Ark
13.The Searchers
14.Withnail and I
15.Amadeus
16.Annie Hall
17.A Clockwork Orange
18.The Wizard of Oz
19.Excalibur
20.Days of Heaven
21.Gone with the Wind
22.Conan the Barbarian
23.My Fair Lady
24.Unforgiven
25.Beauty and the Beast (Disney)
26.Casablanca
27.The Maltese Falcon
28.ET
29.Reds
30.Sunset Boulevard
31.Psycho
32.Almost Famous
33.Saving Private Ryan
34.Henry V (Branagh)
35.Glory
36.Return of the Jedi
37.Victor/Victoria
38.Chinatown
39.The Sound of Music
40.Titanic
41.Exotica
42.Ben-Hur (1959)
43.The Bounty
44.Some Like it Hot
45.Raging Bull
46.Streetcar Named Desire
47.Night of the Hunter
48.Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
49.American Beauty
50.Babe: Pig in the City
51.The Third Man
52.Apocalypse Now
53.On the Waterfront
54.One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
55.Close Encounters of the Third Kind
56.In the Name of the Father
57.Full Metal Jacket
58.The Killing
59.Dr. Strangelove
60.From Here to Eternity
61.Stripes
62.Night Shift
63.Out of Sight
64.The People vs. Larry Flynt
65.The Apartment
66.The Hustler
67.Gandhi
68.Network
69.Crimes and Misdemeanors
70.Radio Days
71.Hannah and her Sisters
72.The Lion King
73.The Silence of the Lambs
74.Shrek
75.The Third Man
76.Shakespeare in Love
77.Hamlet (Branagh)
78.Devil in a Blue Dress
79.Touch of Evil
80.Dances with Wolves
81.The Ten Commandments
82.Jurassic Park
83.Judgement at Nuremberg
84.A Star is Born (1954)
85.It's a Wonderful Life
86.Alien
87.Mary Poppins
88.Easy Rider
89.Terminator 2
90.Total Recall
91.The Sweet Hereafter
92.Lone Star
93.Night on Earth
94.Hearts of Darkness
95.Stranger in Paradise
96.Rebecca
97.Vertigo
98.Rear Window
99.The Color Purple
100. Dr. Strangelove

A few guilty pleasures, but a lot of fairly obvious choices.

Scott Weinberg · 06-29-2002, 08:50 PM

I like your list, Jan! Smart move ressurecting this thread. I may want to update my own list every once in a while.

I can think of a certain movie which I won't mention -Minority Report - that may crack my Top 100 once I see it again.

Jan H · 06-29-2002, 09:24 PM

Thanks, Scott. I like Minority Report quite a bit too. Talk to me again in a few months and it might be on the list with a bullet.

Kristian · 07-02-2002, 04:16 AM

Typing this list made me realize how many films I have yet to see. There's a bit of 'filler' here, even though I like all these movies.

2001: A Space Oddysey (1968)
About a Boy (2002)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Aladdin (1991)
Amadeus (1984)
American Graffiti (1973)
And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
Apollo 13 (1995)
As Good As It Gets (1997)
Back to the Future (1985)
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Bambi (1942)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Braveheart (1995)
A Bug's Life (1998)
Cast Away (2000)
Changing Lanes (2002)
Chasing Amy (1997)
Chicken Run (2000)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Dumbo (1941)
The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
Empire of the Sun (1987)
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Fantasia (1940)
Field of Dreams (1989)
Forrest Gump (1994)
The Fugitive (1993)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
GoldenEye (1995)
Goldfinger (1964)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
In the Bedroom (2001)
Jaws (1975)
The Jungle Book (1967)
Jurassic Park (1993)
King Kong (1933)
Kissing Jessica Stein (2002)
Lady and the Tramp (1955)
Lilo & Stitch (2002)
The Lion King (1994)
The Little Mermaid (1989)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Mary Poppins (1964)
The Mask of Zorro (1997)
The Matrix (1999)
Minority Report (2002)
Monster's Ball (2001)
Monsters Inc. (2001)
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Mulan (1998)
Office Space (1999)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
North By Northwest (1959)
The Parent Trap (1961)
The Patriot (2000)
Pinocchio (1940)
Pocahontas (1995)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Say Anything... (1989)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Shrek (2001)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Sleeping Beauty (1959)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Spartacus (1960)
Spider-Man (2002)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Superman: The Movie (1978)
Tarzan (1999)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
The Terminator (1984)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Titanic (1997)
Toy Story (1995)
Toy Story 2 (1999)
Training Day (2001)
The Truman Show (1998)
Unbreakable (2000)
Yellow Submarine (1968)

JonZ · 07-02-2002, 12:22 PM

Half of these wouldnt be here if was foreign was included, but off the top of my head:
(The first 20 or so are close to being in order)

2001 A Space Odyssey
Apocalypse Now
The Godfather
A Clockwork Orange
Godfather Part2
Jaws
Blade Runner
Amadeus
Excalibur
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
Superman The Movie
Platoon
Born on The Fourth of July
Empire Strikes Back
Dr Strangelove
The Shining
Dirty Harry
The Wild Bunch
Raging Bull
Goodfellas
Conan The Barbarian
Re-Animator
Halloween
Robocop
Psycho
Citizen Kane
Kellys Heroes
Malcolm X
The Road Warrior
Aliens
Search For Spock
Wrath Of Khan
Drugstore Cowboy
Nixon
JFK
The Doors
Its A Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Monty Python & The Holy Grail
The Fog
The Thing
The Thin Red Line
Dragonslayer
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Moby Dick (1956)
Alien
Die Hard
Scarface
Dances With Wolves
Star Wars
Fargo
Big Lebowski
Millers Crossing
Hoffa
People vs Larry Flynt
Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me
Bound
Pulp Fiction
Glory
A Touch Of Evil
Vertigo
Bambi
Nightmare Before Christmas
Babe
The Killing
Full Metal Jacket
Barry Lyndon
Interview With The Vampire
Magnolia
Forrest Gump
Dead Man Walking
1941
Airplane!
Natural Born Killers
Deliverance
The Warriors
Last Of THe Mohicans
Heat
Sid & Nancy
Tron
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Return Of The Jedi
Gattaca
The Rocketeer
Jacobs Ladder
Silence Of The Lambs
Schindlers List
Saving Private Ryan
Last Emperor
Ghandi
One Upon A Time In America
Shawshank Redemption
Carlitos Way
Unforgiven
Ed Wood
The Naked Gun
Bugsy
Hearts Of Darkness A Filmers Apocalypse
Breaking Away
The Bad News Bears

MatthewA · 07-03-2002, 06:49 AM

My list is coming soon!

Jay E · 07-03-2002, 12:09 PM

Glad to see that this thread keeps rising from the dead. I'm hoping for a few more responses so as I can compile a results list.

Again, the order you place them is not important, so if you could alphabetize the list, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Rob Tomlin · 07-03-2002, 05:48 PM

Jan's list should be thrown out entirely. He listed The Third Man twice!

Seriously though, good list Jan!