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Re: Top 20 films

Hard coming up with a top 20, left too many faves out. A top 50 in alphabetical order would have been better. Oh well, here's my current top 20 favorite films -

01 - Ben-Hur (1959)
02 - Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
03 - 2001 A Space Odyssey (1968)
04 - Spartacus (1960)
05 - Star Wars (1977)
06 - Jaws (1975)
07 - North by Northwest (1959)
08 - Aliens
09 - Lord of the Rings I Fellowship of the Rings (2001)
10 - Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
11 - Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind (1977)
12 - Enter the Dragon (1973)
13 - The Good the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
14 - You Only Live Twice (1967)
15 - Alien (1979)
16 - Dune (1984)
17 - Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
18 - Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
19 - Singin' in the Rain (1952)
20 - Duck Soup (1933)




Other top favorites include - The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Battle of Britain (1969), Zulu (1964), El Cid (1961), Apocalypse Now (1979), Godfather I and II, Some Like it Hot (1959), Blade Runner (1982), Brazil (1985), Psycho (1960), Rear Window (1954), Dr Strangelove (1963), King Kong (1933), Night of the Demon (1958), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), A Night at the Opera (1935), Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), Goldfinger (1964), Planet of the Apes (1968), Lord of the Rings II & III, Akira (1988), Pinocchio (1940) and Fantasia (1940).
post #32 of 33

Re: Top 20 films

My list, in order:

1Chinatown
28 1/2
3Rear Window
4Vertigo
5Mulholland Dr.
62001: A Space Odyssey
7Blade Runner
8Casablanca
9The Godfather
10Dr. Strangelove
11North By Northwest
12Raiders of the Lost Ark
13Jaws
14The Shawshank Redemption
15Safety Last!
16Playtime
17Wild Strawberries
18The Wizard of Oz
19Lost in Translation
20L'appartement


Some films regrettably left off: more Hitchcock (notably Shadow of a Doubt), Wilder (notably Ace in the Hole and Sunset Blvd.) and noirs (notably The Asphalt Jungle and Kiss Me Deadly) Chaplin (notably City Lights and Modern Times) and Lean (notably Lawrence of Arabia and Bridge on the River Kwai), Malick (The Thin Red Line), Lynch (Blue Velvet).
post #33 of 33

1. Alien

2. Vertigo

3. 2001 - A Space Odyssey

4. Il Conseguenze dell'amore

5. Double Indemnity

6. La Dolce Vita

7. There Will Be Blood

8. L'Armée des Ombres (Army of Shadows)

9. The Third Man

10. Sunset Boulevard

11. Mulholland Drive

12. Seven Samurai

13. Barry Lyndon

14. Gone With The Wind

15. Summer Hours (L'heure d'été)

16. Becket

17. The Passion of the Christ

18. Le Cercle Rouge

19. Fellowship of the Rings

20. Notorious

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