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YOUR top 10 movies.

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by jr/shotglass, Dec 25, 2012.

  1. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    Only 10?

    Casablanca
    Mister Roberts
    The Sting
    The Philadelphia Story
    Animal Crackers
    His Girl Friday
    The Great Escape
    Dr. Strangelove
    The Maltese Falcon
    Monty Python and the Holy Grail


    There are a lot more that could easily be on this list -- I cut down a list of 30 to get to these.
     
  2. Norrin Radd

    Norrin Radd New Member

    Raiders of the Lost Ark
    Scarface
    The Godfather
    Kill Bill (it's ONE movie)
    Revenge of the Nerds
    The Last Starfighter
    Up in Smoke
    Superman: The Movie
    Beverly Hills Cop
    Rocky
     
  3. ColdCat

    ColdCat Well-Known Member

    Pulp Fiction
    The Godfather
    The Big Lebowski
    Scott Pilgrim vs the World
    The Damned United
    A Night at the Opera
    Pineapple Express
    Gandhi
    Hoosiers
    Once
     
  4. Lugnuts

    Lugnuts Well-Known Member

    In no particular order...

    Rocky
    Raiders of the Lost Ark
    Working Girl
    Gone With the Wind
    The Contender
    Next Stop Wonderland
    All The President's Men
    Terms of Endearment
    Broadcast News
    The Fugitive
    The Insider
    Pretty Woman
    The Queen
     
  5. Spent 15 minutes thinking and this is what I came up with, The Godfather I and II not withstanding.

    Payback
    Tombstone
    The Matrix
    Rocky Horror Picture Show
    The Prestige
    Usual Suspects
    Pulp Fiction
    Reservoir Dogs
    The Highlander
    Hook
     
  6. Amy

    Amy Well-Known Member

    In no order:

    Sophie's Choice
    Gallipoli
    Terms of Endearment
    Wizard of Oz
    Fargo
    Life of Pi
    Pulp Fiction
    Casablanca
    Gone with the Wind
    Saving Private Ryan
     
  7. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    The desert island collection.


    Duck Soup
    8 1/2
    La Dolce Vita
    The Decalogue
    Singin' in the Rain
    American in Paris
    The Lives of Others
    Nights of Cabiria
    La Strada
    Raising Arizona
     
  8. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    In no particular order:

    1. Anything by Tarantino
    2. You're A Big Boy Now
    3. Rocky I
    4. Bad News Bears
    5. The Notebook, Bridges of Madison County (cheating a bit, but it's my 1-2 emotional punch)
    6. Full Metal Jacket
    7. Fletch
    8. Blood Diamond/Last King of Scotland/Children of Men (again, sorry, but I always watch them back to back to back)
    10. It Happened One Night
     
  9. TigerVols

    TigerVols Well-Known Member

    In no order:

    Breaking Away
    Blues Brothers
    Star Wars
    Close Encounters of the Third Kind
    There Will be Blood
    A Christmas Story
    Glengarry Glen Ross
    Lawrence of Arabia
    Life of Pi
    16 Candles
     
  10. Care Bear

    Care Bear Guest

    I fucked up. Can't believe I didn't include "Airplane!" on that list -- A movie I have probably seen at least 100 times and still quote at least once a week. Remove "Life is Beautiful" and save me a seat closer to the fire in Hell.
     
  11. casty33

    casty33 Active Member

    First of all, I just love Riptide's list.
    Here's mine:

    The Godfather
    The Shawshank Redemption
    Casablanca
    12 Angry Men
    Godfather II
    The African Queen
    To Kill A Mockingbird
    Treasure Of The Sierra Madre
    A Few Good Men
    Breakng Away

    And always worth a laugh -- My Cousi Vinny
     
  12. SoCalScribe

    SoCalScribe Member

    Solid list. Any Netflix recommendations, if you are a user? For both TV and movies.
     
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