Your TOP 20 Movies...

[Jax]

I was talking to a friend a few weeks ago about our favourite movies of all time and more recently I tried to write down my top 20 and came up finally with my list. Some of my movies especially the one at number 1 will get some negative reactions but I pick my list on a number of factors...

Some movies have a bigger impact at certian ages and my list goes from great comedies to the down right most serious movies out there...

1. American Pie 2
2. The Shawkshank Redemption
3. The Dark Knight
4. Batman Begins
5. Casino Royale
6. Return of The King
7. The Matrix
8. Serenity
9. Apollo 13
10. Die Hard 4
11. Star Wars : Revenge of the Sith
12. Star Wars : Return of The Jedi
13. Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl
14. Star Trek : The Undiscovered Country
15. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
16. Aliens
17. The Rock
18. The Bourne Ultimatum
19. School of Rock
20 Good Morning Vietnam


American Pie 2 made me laugh unlike any other film and seeing it as a teenager when it came out what the best time. Shawshank was a movie I saw several years ago and in the space of 2 years I must of watched it a dozen years and a few more since then.

Anyway whats your top 20 ?

 

[Vasquez Rocks]

1. Halloween ('78)
2. Star Wars: A New Hope
3. Clerks II
4. Almost Famous
5. Planet of the Apes ('68)
6. Ed Wood
7. The Bride of Frankenstein
8. Rocky Balboa
9. Dazed and Confused
10. The Thing
11. The Dark Knight
12. Chasing Amy
13. Psycho
14. The Karate Kid
15. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
16. Purple Rain
17. For Your Eyes Only
18. Running On Empty
19. Big Fish
20. X2

 

[auntiehill]

1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. Citizen Kane
3. Casablanca
4. Cinema Paradiso
5. Jaws
6. Rear Window
7. The Lord of the Rings
8. Schindler's List
9. The Empire Strikes Back
10. Lawrence of Arabia
11. Singing in the Rain
12. The Birds
13. Wings of Desire
14. To Kill A Mockingbird
15. The Time Machine (1960)
16. It's a Wonderful Life
17. The Great Escape
18. The Third Man
19. Blade Runner
20. The Maltese Falcon

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

The Shawshank Redemption
The Lord of the Rings (it's one film)
Star Wars
Empire Strikes Back
Ed Wood
Citizen Kane
Superman
Star Trek 2
The Terminator
Midnight Run
Apollo 13
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Dark Knight
Zodiac
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Glory
Wallace and Gromit in the Wrong Trousers (it may be short but it is perfect)
Back to the Future
Titanic
2001: A Space Odyssey

Honorable mention: Transformers (not a great film but a LOT of fun, and it was one of the best times I've had at the movies)

Next honorable mention: The Naked Gun... (and I might actually put this one on the list

 

[Sheliak]

"Twice the pride, double the fall."

Amadeus
The Andromeda Strain
Uncle Buck
The Goonies
Tous Les Matins Du Monde
Coneheads
The NeverEnding Story
Glory
Mrs. Doubtfire
WarGames
Star Wars Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Misery
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
The Birdcage
Independence Day
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Fried Green Tomatoes
12 Angry Men
Tremors
A Christmas Carol
The Lady and the Duke
Mars Attacks
Iron Monkey
The Ten Commandments
Aladdin
Throw Momma from the Train
The War of the Worlds
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Braveheart
The Wizard of Oz
Die Hard
Back to the Future
The Secret of NIMH
Star Trek The Undiscovered Country
Brewster's Millions
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
History of the World Part I
Tron
Contact
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

 

[PKTrekGirl]

My picks are based not entirely on what I think are the best movies ever made, but instead, the ones that are my personal favorites - the ones I just love to watch again and again, because they mean something to me:


1. The Kid
2. Casablanca
3. Ball of Fire
4. Doctor Zhivago
5. The English Patient
6. Out of Africa
7. My Man Godfrey
8. Mr Deeds Goes to Town
9. North By Northwest
10. Dances With Wolves
11. It Happened One Night
12. The Best Years of Our Lives
13. The Shawshank Redemption
14. Double Indemnity
15. Remains of the Day
16. Yankee Doodle Dandy
17. The Hunt for Red October
18. Singin' in the Rain
19. The Breakfast Club
20. Operation Petticoat

Runner's Up (no particular order): Gone With The Wind, The Gold Rush, Stagecoach, The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, Some Like it Hot, Sergeant York, Meet John Doe, High Noon, Rebecca, Rear Window, Captain Blood, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Roman Holiday, The Razor's Edge, Sleuth, Amadeus, Notting Hill, Reality Bites, Sense and Sensibility, The Joy Luck Club, Apocalypse Now, Platoon, Medicine Man.

 

[kalysto]

In no particular order...

Lust, Caution
Infernal Affairs
Vanishing Point
Star Wars
Aliens
Best In Show
The Big Lebowski
The Royal Tenenbaums
Conan The Barbarian
In The Mood For Love
Dazed and Confused
Oldboy
Cleopatra
Nausicaa
Lost In Translation
Bladerunner
Dawn of the Dead
The Dark Knight
Happy Together
Donnie Darko

 

[zakkrusz]

Apollo 13
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Iron Man
The Dark Knight
The Bourne Trilogy
Jurassic Park
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Ghost in the Shell-Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Star Trek Movies
Star Wars Movies
Transformers: The Movie (1989)
Pirates of the Caribean Movies
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Matrix
Tremors
X-Men 2
Chronicles of Riddick
The Kill Bill Movies
Independence Day

 

[cardinal biggles]

1. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
2. Gettysburg
3. The Dark Knight
4. All the President's Men
5. The Empire Strikes Back
6. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
7. Superman: The Movie
8. Love Actually
9. Casino Royale (2006)
10. Cars
11. Sleepless in Seattle
12. The Lord of the Rings trilogy
13. The Godfather trilogy
14. Patton
15. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
16. Dr. Strangelove
17. Henry V (1989)
18. X2
19. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
20. The Quiet Man

 

[Hermiod]

This is hard.

In no particular order.

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek: First Contact
Fight Club
Back to the Future
2001: A Space Odyssey
Memento
Spider-Man 2
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Singin' in the Rain
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Robocop
The Hunt for Red October
The Day the Earth Stood Still
The Matrix
Brewsters Millions (Richard Pryor version)
The Longest Day
The Man With the Golden Gun
The Bourne Identity/Supremacy/Ultimatum (I consider these to be one big story)

I don't suggest that these are the best movies ever, just the ones I love the most. I've probably forgotten something though.

 

[Orac Zen]

In no order whatsoever (except for the first three):

Casablanca
All About Eve
The Philadelphia Story
It Happened One Night
The African Queen
The Manchurian Candidate (original)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (original)
My Favourite Wife
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Remains of the Day
Howards End
Singin' In the Rain
The Wages of Fear
Picnic at Hanging Rock
The Women
The Letter
A Letter to Three Wives
Love Affair (original)
The Wizard of Oz
On Her Majesty's Secret Service

No space for stuff like 2001: A Space Odyssey, Funny Girl, Adam's Rib, Woman of the Year, The Maltese Falcon, Gaslight, Penny Serenade, The Third Man, Rear Window, The Picture of Dorian Grey, Laura, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Alien, Aliens, Vertigo, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ju Dou, Raise the Red Lantern, Gallipoli, Lantana, The Shop Around the Corner, Libelled Lady, A Room With a View, Driving Miss Daisy, Dances With Wolves, Pat and Mike and a hell of a lot of others.

 

[Art Vandelay]

In alphabetical order...

2001: A Space Odyssey
Almost Famous
Boogie Nights
Brazil
Casablanca
Citizen Kane
The Color Purple
Fanny och Alexander (Fanny and Alexander)
The Incredibles
Kaze no tani no Naushika (Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind)
Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others)
Magnolia
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Royal Tenenbaums
Le salaire de peur (The Wages of Fear)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
To Kill a Mockingbird
Zodiac

 

[TheArsenal]

I imagine this list would change from week to week, but as it comes off of the top of my head today:

Brazil
The Lives of Others
Raise the Red Lantern
A Clock Work Orange
His Girl Friday
Godfather 1&2
Dirty Harry
Goodfellas
Vertigo
Tombstone
Apocalypse Now
Silence of the Lambs
Kill Bill 1&2
Goldfinger
Leon (The Professional)
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
The Empire Strikes Back
Unforgiven
The Wizard of Oz
2001: A Space Odyssey

 

[Nerdius Maximus]

I'm not including any Star Trek or Star Wars movies because they'd eat up too much of my list. So here goes, in no particular order:

Goodfellas
Clerks
Halloween
Back to the Future
Ghostbusters
Terminator 2
When Worlds Collide
Devil's Rejects
This is Spinal Tap
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Logan's Run
Batman (1989)
The Omen
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The Fog
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Jaws
Robocop
Superman

 

[TheBrew]

In no particular order:

The Empire Stikes Back
American Beauty
Lawrence of Arabia
Chasing Amy
Aliens
The Dark Knight
Gone Baby Gone
Across the Universive
Children of Men
Ghostbusters
Back to the Future
X2
Die Hard
Raiders of the Last Ark
Almost Famous
Fellowship of the Ring
Dr. Stangelove
American Graffiti
The Prestige
Shakespeare in Love

 

[Mr Light]

That's like asking for my favorite child! Off the top of my head...

Star Wars (all 6)
LOTR (3)
Indiana Jones (1, 3)
Matrix Trilogy (1, 2)
Pirates (3)
Fifth Element
Leon the Professional
Clerks
Brazil

 

[Turd Ferguson]

Airplane!
Ghost Busters
RoboCop
The Dark Knight
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Back to the Future
Die Hard
Halloween ('78)
Halloween ('07)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
The Princess Bride
The Big Lebowski
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Dr. Strangelove: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Blazing Saddles
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Men in Black

 

[Nerdius Maximus]

Airplane!
Ghost Busters
RoboCop
The Dark Knight
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Back to the Future
Die Hard
Halloween ('78)
Halloween ('07)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
The Princess Bride
The Big Lebowski
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Dr. Strangelove: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Blazing Saddles
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Men in Black

Anchorman should have been on my list.

 

[Harvey]

1. Citizen Kane
2. Blade Runner [Final Cut]
3. Apocalypse Now [Redux]
4. The Godfather
5. The Third Man
6. Infernal Affairs
7. The Godfather Part II
8. 2001: A Space Odyssey
9. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
10. Alien
11. Casablanca
12. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan [Director's Edition]
13. The Conversation
14. No Country for Old Men
15. Dawn of the Dead [Theatrical Version -- George A. Romero Original]

[Insert 5 other movies here--it was hard enough picking 15]

 

[auntiehill]

In no order whatsoever (except for the first three):

Casablanca
All About Eve
The Philadelphia Story
It Happened One Night
The African Queen
The Manchurian Candidate (original)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (original)
My Favourite Wife
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Remains of the Day
Howards End
Singin' In the Rain
The Wages of Fear
Picnic at Hanging Rock
The Women
The Letter
A Letter to Three Wives
Love Affair (original)
The Wizard of Oz
On Her Majesty's Secret Service

You have extremely good taste in film!