2006 Top Ten Lists - Time to Throw Down! (1 Viewer)

[Greg Layton]

Added The Queen at #8, bumping Bobby from the top 10.

 

[Chuck Mayer]

Finally saw enough films to make me feel good about my Top Ten (yes, I had seen enough movies; there were plenty of films I liked, but I didn't think were top ten material). So Adam can stop being "teh biast" against me and count my vote

Here we go:

1) The Fountain
2) Pan's Labyrinth
3) The Departed
4) United 93
5) Children of Men
6) Casino Royale
7) Letters from Iwo Jima
8) The Proposition
9) V for Vendetta
10) Slither (just for fun)

 

[Seth Paxton]

Okay, just 2 more to see before I put up my list - Iwo Jima and Pan's. Right now Children of Men tops my list I think.

Chuck, I did like The Fountain quite a bit.

 

[Seth Paxton]

Well, 30 if you've seen at least 5-6 of the films falling into the rough overall top 10.


People bristle at limits and requirements, but the point should be well understood and isn't hostile at all. We are curious what avid movie fans from HTF think about films. If I wanted to know what a person who saw 5 films enjoyed I could ask my mom.

BTW, I'm at 51 so far (50 below my norm at least, ugh). 30 in theaters (Pan and Iwo will add to that) which is much closer to my typical 40. Sorry, but Dukes of Hazzard and Click don't get theatrical bucks from me. They are often lucky just to get rented.

 

[Eric Peterson]

Here's my updated list now that I've crossed a few more off of my list. I'm well over the 20 minimum now.

1. Children of Men
2. Flags of our Fathers
3. The Departed
4. V for Vendetta
5. We are Marshall
6. Thank You for Smoking
7. Letters From Iwo Jima
8. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
9. The Proposition
10. Rocky Balboa

Also seen:
An Inconvenient Truth
Brick
The Matador
The Pursuit of Happyness
Clerks II
Borat
Art School Confidential
Akeelah and the Bee
Cars
A Prarie Home Companion
Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out
Little Miss Sunshine
Nacho Libre
The Science of Sleep
Monster House

To See:
Marie Antoinette
Notes on a Scandal
Blood Diamond
The Last King of Scotland
The Queen
The Fountain
The DaVinci Code
The Prestige
Bubble
A Scanner Darkly
When the Levees Broke
The Notorious Betty Page
Volver
Bobby

 

[Adam_S]

On the other hand if I wanted to know what a person who saw 100+ films last year I'd ask my mom, just about 90% of those would be "not rated-R" she'll watch just about any new movie so long as it isn't R. :p

I'm currently reading, The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many are Smarter than the Few and it's convincing me that polling just the most avid movie fans on HTF wouldn't give us the best list for even avid movie fans. it's fascinating reading material, and incredibly well written.

 

[Eric Peterson]

I didn't realize that you upped the minimum to 30.

I'll probably break that barrier, but not until later in the year. There just wasn't that many movies worth watching last year (IMHO). I still have over 300 classics in my collection waiting to be watched, so I have to be somewhat judgemental ahead of time. Personally, I'd rather watch any film at random from 1930-1960 over any film at random from today.

 

[Adam_S]

there never really was a posted minimum, and twenty is fine. It's more healthy for the htf list to have input from those who have seen only a few films as well as those who have seen hundreds.

 

[Matthew_Def]

Tops on 06

1. INLAND EMPIRE
2. Pan’s Labyrinth
3. The Fountain and Little Children
5. Children of Men
6. The Prestige
7. A Scanner Darkly
8. The Departed
9. V for Vendetta
10. Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest

The rest (in order):

Volver, Rocky Balboa, Little Miss Sunshine, Clerks II, Flushed Away, The Illusionist, Borat, Cars, Casino Royale, Stranger Than Fiction, Brick, A Good Year, Slither, Jackass Number Two, Over the Hedge, Miami Vice, The DaVinci Code, Hard Candy

 

[Greg Layton]

Added Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) at #3, bumping Little Miss Sunshine out of the top 10. Its a shame this isn't showing in more theaters. Hopefully a win next weekend will help to remedy that.

 

[Nick C.]

 

[Greg Layton]

Are we going by the US release date, or when it was initially released? (3/23/2006)

 

[Adam_S]

As you like it.

 

[schmidtt]

Best of 2006

1. Little Children
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[b]2. Tristram Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story[/b]



[b]3. Climates[/b]



[b]4. The Science of Sleep[/b]



[b]5. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu[/b]



[b]6. L'Enfant[/b]



[b]7. United 93[/b]



[b]8. Half Nelson[/b]



[b]9. Children of Men[/b]



[b]10. Old Joy[/b]

 

[Seth Paxton]

Adam - I posted my list back in my page 2 placeholder, so I'm on board with Chuck now.

As far as polling the full-on masses, that's what box office is for.
(well, kinda)
Let's say People's Choice awards instead.

I'm at 52 seen, with 4-5 on deck for this week. I'll hit 100 by summer, but most will be lesser films I waited to see on DVD and not top 20 contenders.


BTW, I just put that book on my Hold list at the library.

 

[Adam_S]

the current HTF top thirty
there were 53 total votes

TITLES
TOTALS number of votes # of #1 votes st dev

avg 01. Departed, The
304 43 5 2.4

7.1 02. Children of Men
243.5 30 10 2.1

8.1 03. United 93
189 29 5 2.8

6.5 04. Superman Returns
148.5 22 2 3.0

6.8 05. Casino Royale
145 26 4 2.8

5.6 06. Pan's Labyrinth
143 19 4 2.7

7.5 07. Prestige, The
123 20 1 2.2

6.2 08. Little Miss Sunshine
119 22 3 2.9

5.4 09. Fountain, The
113.5 16 6 3.5

7.1 10. Borat
101 19 1 2.3

5.3 11. V for Vendetta
95 22 0 2.4

4.3 12. Letters From Iwo Jima
86 13 3 2.8

6.6 13. Inconvenient Truth, An
52 9 0 2.3

5.8 14. Rocky Balboa
51 13 0 2.5

3.9 15. Queen, The
49 12 0 2.0

4.1 16. Babel
45 8 1 3.4

5.6 17. Miami Vice
40 8 0 1.9

5.0 18. Blood Diamond
39 5 1 1.9

7.8 18. Thank You For Smoking
39 9 0 1.8

4.3 20. Little Children
38.5 6 1 2.3

6.4 21. Proposition, The
37 8 0 2.8

4.6 22. Kingdom of Heaven: Director's Cut
36 6 0 1.7

6.0 23. Clerks II
35 8 0 2.1

4.4 23. Flags of Our Fathers
35 6 0 2.5

5.8 25. Tristram Shandy
31 5 0 3.4

6.2 26. Akeelah and the Bee
29 4 0 2.9

7.3 27. Apocalypto
26 7 1 3.3

3.7 27. Mission Impossible III
26 6 0 3.2

4.3 27. Stranger Than Fiction
26 8 0 1.6

3.3 30. Brick
24 6 0 2.8

4.0

 

[PatW]

Updated my list. The Prestige and Babel are #4 & #5. Eight Below and Kingdom of Heaven were bumped off the list.

 

[Adam_S]

updating my list, Babel is replacing Rocky Balboa at number ten while Devil wears Prada moves up.

 

[Eric Howell]

Criteria = North America 2006 Screening :

1. Fong juk (aka Exiled) 10/10
2. Shi gan (aka Time) 9/10
3. Severance 8/10
4. Rang De Basanti (aka Paint It Yellow) 8/10
5. Wang-ui namja (aka King and the Clown, The) 8/10
6. Laberinto del Fauno, El (aka Pan's Labyrinth) 8/10
7. For Your Consideration 8/10
8. Lady in the Water 8/10
9. V for Vendetta 8/10
10. Fido 7/10

Criteria = 2006 Oscar Eligible (hate this one cause so many good movies never become Oscar eligible, But this is probably the better one to use for the HTF top ten list summary)

1. Thank You for Smoking 9/10
2. Rang De Basanti (aka Paint It Yellow) 8/10
3. Laberinto del Fauno, El (aka Pan's Labyrinth) 8/10
4. For Your Consideration 8/10
5. Lady in the Water 8/10
6. V for Vendetta 8/10
7. Water 7/10
8. Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story 7/10
9. Clerks II 7/10
10. Fearless 7/10

 

[Chris Gerhard]

In no particular order:

The Departed
United 93
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Lady in the Water
Ice Age: The Meltdown
The Devil Wears Prada
Eight Below
The Guardian
The Illusionist
Inside Man

Most all of these were watched on DVD or in HDTV in my home theater.

Chris