Directors Your 100 favorite English Language films of all time. (1 Viewer)

[JohnRice]

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

 

[MartinTeller]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

My list is coming soon!

 

[Jay E]

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]

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

 

[Jan H]

Thanks, dude. Yeah and Dr. Strangelove twice, too. DOH!

 

[Jon_Are]

Ran across this thread and thought I'd resuscitate it.

I'm working on my 100...anyone else wanna play?

Jon

 

[Brian Lawrence]

So Jon, what happened with your list?

 

[Jon_Are]

It's still sitting in Word, 87 titles strong.
Gimme another year??
Jon

 

[Jon_Are]

You axed for it, you got it.

(I'd be interested in any comments on my list)

In order:

1. The Godfather

2. My Dinner with Andre

3. Pulp Fiction

4. This Is Spinal Tap

5. A Hard Day’s Night

6. Schindler's List

7. It's a Wonderful Life

8. The Bridge on the River Kwai

9. Singin' in the Rain

10. Manhattan

11. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

12. The Commitments

13. Dr. Strangelove

14. Raiders of the Lost Ark

15. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

16. Double Indemnity

17. Citizen Kane

18. Saving Private Ryan

19. Fargo

20. Toy Story

21. Blue Collar

22. The Graduate

23. Rocky

24. Rear Window

25. Amadeus

26. Psycho

27. The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings

28. Annie Hall

29. Casablanca

30. Lawrence of Arabia

31. Ghost World

32. Star Wars

33. The Godfather, Part II

34. House of Games

35. The Silence of the Lambs

36. Say Amen, Somebody

37. The Deer Hunter

38. On the Waterfront

39. The Apartment

40. Taxi Driver

41. The Wizard of Oz

42. Some Like it Hot

43. Chinatown

44. Goodfellas

45. Bonnie & Clyde

46. The Jungle Book

47. High Noon

48. The Last Waltz

49. The African Queen

50. 2001: A Space Odyssey

51. Sling Blade

52. Raging Bull

53. Platoon

54. Apocalypse Now

55. All About Eve

56. Sunset Boulevard

57. Jackie Brown

58. Last Tango in Paris

59. Boyz N the Hood

60. American Beauty

61. Scent of a Woman

62. The Hustler

63. Fight Club

64. Chicken Run

65. Beauty and the Beast

66. Do the Right Thing

67. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

68. Hard Eight

69. Vertigo

70. A Simple Plan

71. Tootsie

72. Apollo 13

73. Primal Fear

74. Ben-Hur

75. Shrek

76. Babe

77. Groundhog Day

78. Amelie

79. Unforgiven

80. A Streetcar Named Desire

81. Monsters, Inc.

82. A Big Hand For the Little Lady

83. Office Space

84. Jaws

85. Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid

86. From Here to Eternity

87. Almost Famous

88. Moulin Rouge

89. Toy Story 2

90. Red Rock West

91. Grease

92. The English Patient

93. Traffic

94. Nobody’s Fool

95. There’s Something About Mary

96. Forrest Gump

97. As Good As It Gets

98. Good Will Hunting

99. The Lion King

100. Gone with the Wind

 

[Rob Tomlin]

Very good, eclectic list, Jon!
One of these days I might actually get my list posted here!
Every time I am about ready to post it, I start making changes to my list!
:frowning:

 

[Andrew_Sch]

There's no way I can ever make a definitive list because I'm being exposed to two or three new films pretty much every weekend, so it's constantly changing.

 

[Andrew_Sch]

One page back, BillJ commented on the fact that I needed to see more movies, and I couldn't have disagreed at that point. I looked back at the list of films he suggested I see at that point and, today, I have seen 22 of them, up from around 5 at the time the list was made. Go me!!

 

[JohnRice]

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[Rob Tomlin]

John-
You buttmunch!

Damn, I have to give credit where credit is due. That was pretty damn funny!