Directors Future Classics - A Movie Tournament (1 Viewer)

[SteveGon]

Dome, Unforgiven is already in.

Blue still needs a second.

 

[SteveGon]

I forgot: four more noms and seconds to everyone who has participated thus far.

 

[John Kilduff]

My 4 nominations:

"Lethal Weapon"
"The Little Mermaid"
"Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense"
"Scarface"

My 3 seconds:

"Beauty And The Beast"
"Full Metal Jacket"
"Shrek"

I still have one more second left.

SteveGon, thanks for crediting me as the inspiration for this tourney. It is an interesting topic, isn't it?

Sincerely,

John Kilduff...

YOU LIKE ME! YOU REALLY LIKE ME!

 

[ErikG]

Nominate:

Das Boot
The Iron Giant
Office Space
The Untouchables

 

[Dome Vongvises]

Okay, so I got four noms left.

Nominations
Cinema Paradiso

3 noms left

 

[ChuckDeLa]

Second:
Stop Making Sense
Midnight Run

Nominate:
Hannah and her Sisters - I was already considering it... one of my favorite Woodies

Catch Me If You Can - good old-fashioned entertainment

Antwone Fisher - didn't get the attention it deserved, but I think future generations will discover this touching story

The King of Comedy - how is this not even nominated yet?

 

[Elizabeth S]

Nominate:

To Live and Die in L.A.
The Man in the Moon
This is Spinal Tap
Fight Club
Abre los Ojos (Open Your Eyes)


Second:

American History X
Das Boot
Forrest Gump
The Quiet American

5 noms, 4 seconds left.

 

[Brook K]

I'll 2nd Blue, Catch Me If You Can, The Iron Giant, and Cinema Paradiso

Nominate
Yi Yi
The Limey
Croupier
The Red Violin

 

[LukeB]

Nominate:
Jurassic Park
The Lion King
Big
The Santa Clause

Second:
The Insider
Major League
The Little Mermaid

 

[SteveGon]

List updated. We're up to 98 films.

How about a nom for Gettysburg? There really aren't that many films about the Civil War and it's one of the best. Quite possibly a keeper.

 

[Jim_K]

Second (If I'm couting right I have 8)

Abre los Ojos
Grave of the Fireflies
Jurassic Park
Lethal Weapon
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Scarface
The Terminator
The Untouchables

 

[ErikG]

Second:

To Live and Die in L.A.
TRON
This Is Spinal Tap

 

[JenB]

Nominate:

Batman
Interview with the Vampire
Labyrinth
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

0 noms 4 seconds left

 

[Walter Kittel]

Nominate:
Miller's Crossing
Princess Mononoke

Second:
The Limey
Magnolia
The Man In The Moon

- Walter.

 

[Jim_K]

Nominate:

(trying to keep these within 15 years or so)

Akira
The Killer
Robocop
A Better Tomorrow
The Hunt For Red October
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Reservoir Dogs
Minority Report

 

[JenB]

Second:

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Robocop
The Santa Clause
Shakespeare in Love

0 noms 0 seconds left

 

[Hunter P]

4 more noms:
The Sixth Sense
Good Will Hunting
Home Alone
Pretty Woman

Seconds:
Big
Office Space (not a great movie but we reference it constantly in my office)
Batman
Roger Rabbit
Harry Potter

I will also second any of the following films if someone will nominate them:
Driving Miss Daisy
Ghost
Top Gun
Fried Green Tomatoes
Leon

 

[Bill J]

Second:
Minority Report

 

[LukeB]

Second
Home Alone

I'd also second/nom Ghost or Driving Miss Daisy, but I'm all out of seconds and noms.

 

[Elizabeth S]

Nominate:

Leon the Professional

Second:

The Sixth Sense
Robocop

4 noms, 2 seconds left.