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02-13-2002, 02:43 PM
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I love to make lists and I thought that there may be some others out there who also like to do the same.
I would like to know what you 100 favorite films are (English language only - there is a thread devoted to Foreign language films already). Unlike the AFI list, there are no restrictions and no pressure to include the recognized classics. If you adore all of Pauly Shore's movies go ahead and put them in your list. Hate silent films - don't put them in. Can't stand Citizen Kane, give it the boot.
You don't have to rank the entries, I'm only interested in your list in total. If I get enough people contributing, I will track the results. Also, please present your list alphabeticaly as it will help me total the entries. Oh, and if you can only make a partial list, I'll take it but it must have at least 50 entries. Thanks!
Here's my present list (it is constantly changing):
12 Angry Men
2001, A Space Odyssey
7th Voyage of Sinbad, The
Alien
Annie Hall
Apocalypse Now
Asphalt Jungle, The
Atlantic City
Attack
Barton Fink
Black Cat, The
Blade Runner
Brazil
Bride of Frankenstein
Burn, Witch, Burn
Citizen Kane
Clockwork Orange, A
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Conversation, The
Curse of the Demon
Dead of Night
Deliverance
Devils, The
Dirty Dozen, The
Do the Right Thing
Dog Day Afternoon
Don't Look Now
Double Indemnity
Duck Soup
Exorcist, The
Fail Safe
Forbidden Planet
Gambler, The
Glengarry Glen Ross
Godfather, The
Goldfinger
Good Fellas
Good, The Bad & the Ugly, The
Graduate, The
Grapes of Wrath, The
Happiness
Haunting, The
Hustler, The
Innocents, The
It’s a Gift
It’s a Mad, Mad , Mad, Mad World
Jaws
King Kong
Lawrence of Arabia
Life is Sweet
Long Goodbye, The
Lust For Life
Maltese Falcon, The
Manchurian Candidate, The
Mean Streets
Midnight Cowboy
Mission, The
Mulholland Drive
Nashville
Night of the Hunter
Night of the Living Dead
Nutty Professor, The (Lewis)
Oliver
On the Waterfront
Once Upon a Time in the West
Parallax View, The
Paths of Glory
Peeping Tom
Planet of the Apes
Platoon
Point Blank
Pope of Greenwich Village
Psycho
Pulp Fiction
Quatermass & the Pit
Raging Bull
Rear Window
Reservoir Dogs
Rosemary’s Baby
Searchers, The
Seconds
Servant, The
Shop Around the Corner, The
Short Cuts
Sunset Boulevard
Sweet Smell of Success
Swimmer, The
Taxi Driver
Thing from Another World, The
Third Man, The
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Sir with Love
Touch of Evil
Trainspotting
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Vertigo
White Heat
Wild Bunch, The
Woman Under the Influence, A
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02-13-2002, 02:46 PM
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If it looks like a poll, walks like a poll, and talks like a poll...
Good post, Jay, and it will fit in nicely at its new home!
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02-14-2002, 12:52 PM
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Well, not being a person who routinely constructs "Top" lists, 100 seems a bit daunting. Plus, some of my favourites are not in English.
I will offer you a top 10, taking into account ommission of non-English films:
2001: A Space Odyssey
Vertigo
The General
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Dumbo
The Searchers
The Last Waltz
The Third Man
The Philadelphia Story
The African Queen
"Imagine all the people, living life in peace..." - Imagine by John Lennon
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02-14-2002, 03:23 PM
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I'll chime in with a few on my hit parade.
In no particular order:
Princess Bride
Hunt for Red October
Forbidden Planet
5th Element
My Fair Lady
2001
~Kurt
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02-14-2002, 03:33 PM
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That's a great list Brian! Thanks!
There are loads of films on your list that almost made mine. I actually forgot to add King Kong to my list as well as a James Bond film (it will probably be Godfinger). I will have to update my list with these 2 films as soon as I can figure out what to delete.
I'm glad to see that you're also a fan of Dogfight & Ruby in Paradise. These are 2 of the best Independent films of the 90's and really deserve a DVD relaese.
And I really glad to see Plan 9 on your list. That's the ultimate example of the difference between a greatest film list & a favorite film list.
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02-14-2002, 03:55 PM
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Jay: I plan on contributing to this thread as soon as I get some time. But I challenge you to name a director who just might figure prominently in my list! 
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02-14-2002, 04:00 PM
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I am in the process of making a list as well. I just don't have the time right now.
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02-14-2002, 04:06 PM
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I originally posted this on 2-14-02, so I present to you a revised list.
City Lights
The Invisible Man
Bride of Frankenstein
Fantasia
Citizen Kane
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
North By Northwest
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Pack Up Your Troubles (1931, Laurel and Hardy)
Sherlock Jr.
8 1/2 (availible with English subtitles)
Harvey
Lawrence of Arabia
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922) (English intertitles)
Napoleon vu par Abel Gance (French, but availible with English intertitles  )
Amadeus (both theatrical and director's cut)
The Producers
Young Frankenstein
It Happened One Night
The Maltese Falcon
A Hard Day's Night
Yellow Submarine
Help!
Singin' In The Rain
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Around the World in Eighty Days
Vertigo
Psycho
Shadow of the Vampire
Moulin Rouge!
Safety Last
The Cameraman
The Wizard of Oz
Gone With The Wind
True Lies
Goodfellas
Frankenstein (1931)
Doctor Zhivago
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Being There
The Elephant Man
Top Secret!
Airplane!
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Some Like It Hot
Casablanca
Arsenic and Old Lace
Big Business
Two Tars
When Comedy Was King
The Golden Age of Comedy
The Unknown
2001
It's A Wonderful Life
The General
UHF
Yankee Doodle Dandy
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
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