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Hey guys,
I am a big movie lover and I wanted to know everyones top 10? If you all would be so kind to post them. I must say there are some very cool diverse people in here and it leaves me curious to see some top 10s...
Sorry I am getting off the subject of hair, I hope no one is offended...
=D
In no particular order:
Lord of the Rings
Princess Mononoke
The Matrix (first one)
Brother Bear
The Day the Earth Stood Still (original version)
The Time Machine (original version)
Star Wars
Shrek
National Lampoon's Christmas
Monsters Inc.
There are more, of course, but I love these.
Mouse
No paricular order.
Kill bill (both 1 & 2)
Sin city
Grindhouse
across the universe
south parck the movie
Reservoir dog
Natural Born killer
2001: A space odyssey
pulp fiction
L'âge des ténèbres ( Age of ignorance)
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Star Wars 1-6
Titanic
It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world
Grand Prix
Kelly's Heroes
Apocolypse Now
Dale
Friday
Mine are...
Spirited Away
The Golden Compass
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Princess Bride
Princess Mononoke (I need to watch that again; it's been a while)
Sweeney Todd
Shrek 2
Kill Bill Volume 1 (haven't seen the second)
The Pirates Series
Underworld Series
Sorry for more than 10, but I can't be bothered to sort them out...
2001, I like 2010 too
Contact
Fahrenheit 451
Gattaca
Lion King
Metropolis
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
Pianist
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Schindler's List
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Titanic
The Time Machine (1960)
...?
And the same amount of movies nobody knows about so I'll leave them out
Well, let's see now...
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Pay it forward
Walk The Line
Jaws
Scarface
Dances with wolves
Desperado
Alien
Indiana Jones trilogy, (hoping that the upcoming 4th one will turn out as good:D)
Crocodile Dundee
That's only a few of my favourite movies, there's waay to many to write them all down here=))
Wow, that's a really hard question to answer, but, in not particular order:
Billy Elliot
Titanic
Roman Holiday
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Pay it Forward
Pride and Prejudice (2005)
The Wizard of Oz
Marvin's Room
The Hours
Finding Forester
Good Will Hunting
Pretty Woman
The History Boys
The Devil Wears Prada
Reservoir Dogs
Fargo
It's a Wonderful Life (The old one)
Twelve Angry Men (The old one)
On Golden Pond
As Good as it Gets
The Princess Bride
Something About Mary
Jackass II
Twelve Monkeys 1995
Casino 1995
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975
A clockwork Orange 1971
Halloween 1978
Rosemary's Baby 1968
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1974
The French Connection 1971
Straw Dogs 1971
Soy Cuba 1964
You're probably wondering, why aren't they all horror? Well, My tastes in genres are very diverse. I absolutely love the Horror genre but I also enjoy many other genres. Those 10 are the first ones that came to mind but there are so many more!
Haha yer Chris Im a horror movie fan 2 how are you
My favourites are
1/ Ghoststory (1981)
2/ Funhouse (1981)
3/ Absurd (1981)
4/ Night of the Scarecrow (1995)
5/ Madman (1982)
6/ The Prowler aka Rosemarys Killer (1981)
7/ Visiting Hours (1982)
8/ The Devil's Rain (1975) due to the ending of the movie
9/ The Evil (1978)
10 Spookies (1987) besides waxwork (1987) Halloween series & Friday the 13th I also rate Gravedancers to lol
Zig
My favorite movie of all times must be Davy Crockett since I saw it five times. But forgive me, I was only seven years old then!
Bill
No crime in that =D!
OMG!!!!
Some awesome movies! Please, keep posting =D...
See, diverse and interesting indeed! Thanks for the postings and please feel free to keep posting...
I forgot to add my 10!
Little Big Man
Shawshank Redemption
Night of the Living Dead
Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels
Young Mr. Lincoln
Arsenic and Old Lace
To Kill a Mockingbird
Rear Window
Labyrinth
Shaun of the Dead
There are many more =)...
What a great question!
All-time favorite is Touch of Evil.
The other 9 in no particular order:
Vertigo
Anatomy of a Murder
L.A. Confidential
Pulp Fiction
Auntie Mame
It's a Wonderful Life
All about Eve
Rear Window
Imitation of Life
Quite the diverse list, no?
The StarWars Series
The Pink Panther Series
In America
Titanic
Dances with Wolves
Good Will Hunting
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Blazing Saddles
Dr. Strangelove
and Killer Klowns from Outer Space... Just because it's so campy
(My wife hates the last three)
Bruce
Great Question !
Just what comes to mind:
Mirage (Hitchocck 1965)
The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming
Cold Turkey
Star War Series
Lord of the Ring Series
Master & Commander
The African Queen
Das Boot
Harvey (1950)
The Train
...plus ANYTHING eligible for MST3000 attention ! HA!
.................and many, many more
I totally forgot about, Master and Commander! U know u always pick the lesser of 2 weevils! =D
I can't narrow a list down to 10. Here are some of my favorites, though.
The Fifth Element
Star Wars (mostly the first two)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Bourne Identity
The Dark Crystal
Labyrinth
El Mariachi
Tango (1998) -- full title is Tango, no me dejes nunca
Como Agua para Chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate)
Lord of the Rings
Someone mentioned "It's a Wonderful Life". I've never seen it.
Yes. I used to count how many times it showed during the season and compare it to the number of showings of "Miracle on 42nd Street", which I haven't seen either.
I can't think of 10 but here is a few...
-Evil Dead I
-Evil Dead II
-Evil Dead III
-Haxan
-The Lord of The Rings - all III
My favorites, along with EdG's one-line critic:
2001: A Space Odyssey
Arguably the best sci-fi movie ever made. "Open the pod bay doors, HAL".
This is Spinal Tap
Could almost pass for a real documentary. "This one goes to 11".
Star Wars (Episode 4: "A New Hope")
Set a new standard for special effects. The world had never seen anything like this before (in 1977).
Contact
I like Carl Sagan's work. This is a believable account of what an encounter with extra-terrestrials would be like.
Forrest Gump
My girlfriend made me watch this. I was impressed - it was very memorable.
The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming (thanks for reminding me of this movie White Tail!)
A Russian submarine runs aground in New England at the height of the Cold War. I find Cold War era stuff fascinating.
Forbidden Planet
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Sci-fi classics from an era when the story was more important than the effects.
Hair
Required viewing for longhairs. The movie doesn't quite live up to the legend.
Airplane
Probably has the highest density of jokes of any movie. Airplane appealed to me when I was a teenager. I probably couldn't sit through it today.
Ed
Maybe. Maybe not. The main problem with 2001 is they needed
to make all three into movies (2001, 2010, 2060.)
I would include 4,5,6,1,2, and 3.
Forget the movie. Too bad you can't see it on Broadway.
Don't forget Shatner in Airplane 2.
not all my favorites but what come to my mind!
1. all Jay and Silent Bob Movies esp Clerks!
2. Cheech and Chong Movies
3. Scarface
4. The Crow 1 and 2
5. Braveheart!
6. Interview with the Vamire/Queen of the Damned
7. Friday the 13th series
8. Amityville Horror 1 and 2 (originals not new)
9. Beavis and Butthead do America
10. The People Under the Stairs]
and many more...!
NICE! Horror movies r great!!! I also like the pic! =D
Underworld(Both)
Resident Evil Series(Milla Jovavich :)
Lord of the Rings Series
Shaun of the Dead
Reservoir Dogs
Kill Bill Vol 1 and 2
Van Helsing
Silence of the Lambs
House of a Thousand Corpses and The Devil's Rejects
High Tension
As you can see, I lean more toward the macabre side. Also that is more than ten movies! LoL Brian
Hey there is nothing wrong with horror movies!!! I love'em! I must say that, House of 1,000 Corpses/The Devil's Rejects, scared me. Scared meaning, disturbing. I thought that Zombie did a great job! =)
Hey Aubrey, there shouldn't be a heresy committed here because you're asking a longhaired membership as to what their top ten films are. I'm longhaired and these are my top ten films:
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Hour of the Wolf (1968)
Les Contes d'Hoffman (1951)
Le Belle et la Bete (1946)
Orphee (1950)
The 39 Steps (1935)
The Birds (1963)
Lord of the Flies (1963)
Jack the Giant Killer (1962)
Blood and Chocolate (2007)
Of course, there are many others that rate as my favorite films, but those are my immediate top ten, bar none. Thank you, Aubrey, for posting this thread. As one longhaired film-lover to another I'm sure you'll find something of interest in my list.
For cineametophilia and longhaired camaraderie,
Quenyan
OK, but I'm not big on "favorites". Number 1 is always a dissapointment, so let's just say that these are all in the top-10. I was slightly prejudiced by reading a few entries, and decided to stop before that got out of control:
1. Star Wars, Episode IV, V, VI in decreasing order. As EdG said, we never saw anything like it before. The 2nd round of SW flicks don't even deserve to be anywhere near this list, but perhaps my view is colored by the fact that the first 3 spanmed 6 years from my childhood to young adulthood. I'm cheating and counting this as one entry.
2. Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Once again, probably a generational thing. I'm not sure how well this would hold up.
3. The Blues Brothers. Every other line quotable, the best car chase in movie history, an all-star cast. Music. What more could you want?
4. Lawrence of Arabia. Once again, sweeping music, fantastic landscapes, and powerful history.
5. Repo Man. This is considered a "cult film". It should work well on DVD, check it out.
6. War Games.
7. Harold and Maude. Very off-beat. Arguably "goth" before the term was even used. This flick would ocassionaly get used as filler in the wee hours of the morning on NBC affiliates back east, and that was how I first saw it.
8. Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
9. Field of Dreams. I'm not the least bit ashamed to admit I teared up a bit.
10. ET. Also a tear-jerker. Why is that? A lot of people say that.
I know I'm leaving out some good flicks here; but these are the ones that popped into my head.
I would include all six films. I enjoyed them all.
But then I was there opening day in 1977.
I would say only the original. The recut version killed it
when they removed the critical scene. (The living room scene.)
It goes without saying that "re-cut" anything, ruins it. Why do the studios waste their time with that? OK... answering my own question here: because something different under the same franchise generates more sales. It's a shame though. So, just to make this clear, anything on my faves list is going to be the *original* version as released in theatres. Wierd little rings around explosions and a few extra CGI creatures *subtract* value from Star Wars IV.
You bet. I was in Guatemala at the time. This is significant, because Guatemala usually gets only second run movies (meaning the movies run their schedule in the US and then when everyone in the US has seen them, they ship the films off to places like Guatemala).
Star Wars was different, though. In Guatemala it was advertised quite a while: "Filmado en Guatemala" (filmed in Guatemala). The secret rebel base operations were filmed in the Mayan ruins of Guatemala. That was enough to get the movie release in the first run schedule. I don't remember for certain, but I'm pretty sure it was English with Spanish subtitles.
For those of you who are too young to understand the huge leap forward Star Wars IV brought to the movie industry, I suggest renting Star Wars IV and The Black Hole. These two movies were fairly contemporary and in the same genre. The Black Hole movie used state of the art techniques. Star Wars used a whole new level of movie making.
1. The Shawshank Redemption
3. The Time Machine
4.5.6. The Lord of the Rings 1,2,3
5. Kung Pow
7. Jackie Chan - City Hunter
8.9.10. The Matrix 1,2,3
I'm sure I'll miss a few, but here are some of my faves:
Last of the Mohicans (there is some exceptionally nice longhair on men in this movie)
LOTR trilogy
Chronicles of Narnia
Ladyhawke
The Man From Snowy River
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Braveheart
Gattaca
(Men can just stop reading this post here, since everything below this line is well into the "chick-flick" department.)
Amelie
A Room With A View
Snow Falling On Cedars
Not necessarily in this order but close.
Full Metal Jacket
The Grapes of Wrath
Clockwork Orange
The Great Escape
Schlindlers List
Bridge On The River Kwai
Brazil
Barbarella
Slaughterhouse 5
High Anxiety
I can't can keep this down to 10!
In every case I always prefer the original over any re-make, but in some cases I have noted that I mean the old version, because some people may not be aware that what they have seen is a re-make.
Harvey (old version)
Arsenic and Old Lace
The Lady Killers (old version)
The Lavender Hill Mob
The Road to Bali (and all the other 'Road' films)
Flying Deuces
The 39 Steps
Star Wars
It's a Wonderful Life
The Sword in the Stone
101 Dalmatians (old version)
Bridge on the River Kwai
Casablanca
Citizen Kane
Joe and the Volcano
Mon Oncle
Mr Smith Goes to Washington
The Wizard of Oz
Psycho
Way Out West
I guess that's my Top 20!
As you may have figured, I like almost anything with Jimmy Stewart, or with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, or Laurel and Hardy, or with Sir Alec Guinness, or directed by Hitchcock or Kapra or Jacques Tati. There are many more I can't even think of.
I also like the silents, and some of the artists that switched from silents to talkies (basically the comedians - nobody seems to remember silent straight actors much). I just bought a DVD of 'College' with Buster Keaton, but I haven't played it yet, so I can't really remember if it's a good one.
Hi! My favorite movies are probably much different than most of the people on this site, but that is one of the things that makes us all individuals.
The Sound of Music - The best movie musical of all time.
Chicago - better that the incredible stage version of this show
It's a Wonderful Life - truly inspiring
White Christmas
Singin' in the Rain - Gene Kelly is awesome
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - some of the best screen dancing.
Holiday Inn - Fred Astaire at his best
On the Town - featuring my favorite tapper, Ann Miller
Mary Poppins - makes you feel like a kid again
The Wizard of Oz - Judy at her finest.
Del
Stanley Kubrick at his finest;
2001 A Space Oddysey
A Clockwork Orange
ET The Extraterrestrial
The original Star Wars Trilogy
The Princess Bride
Ladyhawke
Labyrinth
Willow
Carrie
Silence of the Lambs
LOTR Trilogy
Pirates of the Carribean
The Secret Garden
A Little Princess
Little Women (the one with Wynonna Ryder)
The Indian in the Cupboard
The Borrowers
The Musketeers movies done in the 1970's
And probably many more I can't think of. Note the fantasy/sci-fi theme?
1) North by Northwest
2) The Last of the Mohicans
3) Lord of the Rings (all three count as one)
4) The Sound of Music
5) Never on Sunday
6) Topkapi
7) Star Wars (I liked all six)
8) Beauty and the Beast (Disney animated version)
9) Young Frankenstein
10)ANY James Bond movie (with Sean Connery, Roger Moore, or Richard Lazenby)
I Have So many favorite Movies, I'll try to make a list of 10
but I Must say they wont be in any particular order.
But I LOVE Any film with Jim Carrey or Tom Hanks! my 2 fave Actors.
1.This is Spinal Tap
2. School of rock
3. Eddie and the cruisers 1 & 2
4. Rockstar
5. Almost Famous
6. Love Actually
7. The Crow
8. Just like Heaven
9. all the American Pie movies
10. The Butterfly effect (Possibly my Fave alltime!!)
11. Kalifornia
12. peggy sue Got married
13. all the Back to the future movies
14. The Amittyville Horror (Original)
15. The Condemed
Ok so i came up with 15! im going to post this now before I Change my mind or think of others lol
LOL I know that feeling...
It is hard to narrow it down!
My list consists of movies that I will watch again, in no particular order and not necessarily the "best" movies I've ever seen.
1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. Cannery Row
3. It's a Wonderful Life
4. The Jungle Book (Disney)
5. The Princess Bride
6. For Your Eyes Only (my personal favorite Bond, although I could list more)
7. Once Upon a Time in Mexico
8. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
9. Kelly's Heroes
10. Life is Beautiful
Jim
Mind you, collections I consider all together as one movie since otherwise my list would be very, very repetitive
10) Princess Bride
9) Rent (though I prefer the musical its still a fave movie)
8) the Dungeon and Dragons movies (hush! I liked them!)
7) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movies (live ones not animated)
6) A Knights Tale
5) The Dragonheart movies
4) What Dreams May Come
3) ANY James Bond movie
2) Star Wars
1) The Lord Of The Rings
Here's a top 5 in random order, because I suck at making lists (always forget something)
Hot Fuzz
Shaun of the Dead
Memento
Donnie Darko
Butterfly Effect
Add Lord of the Rings and the classic Star Wars and Indiana Jones...