OT: The Undisputed Cinema

PhilO · Post by **PhilO** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 9:24 am

This is another area of enough interest so that I've compiled a list of my 100 favorites; I'll spare you and list all-time top of the list with some non-mainstreamers:

On the Waterfront
Body and Soul (original with John Garfield)
The Deer Hunter
Breaker Morant
Witness
Miller's Crossing
Taxi Driver
The Godfather
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Gunga Din
Silence of the Lambs
L.A. Confidential
Touch of Evil
Strangers on a Train
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Blackboard Jungle
The Caine Mutiny
Witness for the Prosecution
Cool Hand Luke
Blood Simple
La Femme Nikita (original, French)
Lethal Weapon
Red River
Road Warrior
Field of Dreams
Straw Dogs
Zulu
Lord of the Rings
Assault on Precinct 13
True Romance
El Topo
Salton Sea

And now for the worst of all-time, with no redeeming value:

Eraserhead
Trainspotting

Philo

Ridseard · Post by **Ridseard** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 9:34 am

The Trial (Le Procès)
The Third Man
Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin)
Juliet of the Spirits (Giulietta degli Spiriti)
Leningrad Cowboys Go America
The Blues Brothers
Caddyshack
No Time for Sergeants
UHF
Amazon Women on the Moon
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Joe Versus the Volcano

Tyghress · Post by **Tyghress** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 9:35 am

In no particular order, and off the top of my head. . .

Rewatch at every chance:
Room with a View
Princess Bride
Shrek
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Groundhog Day
Baraka

Will not rewatch, but topnotch
Schindler's List
Deerhunter
Saving Private Ryan

Thanks, Dale....I'm always looking for additions to the library, and this has given me great suggestions!

Post by **Dale** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 10:29 am

Tyghress wrote:In no particular order, and off the top of my head. . .

Baraka

Yes.

Post by **Dale** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 10:31 am

PhilO wrote: Witness
The Godfather

Yes.

(Am I annoying anyone yet?)

kevin m. · Post by **kevin m.** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 10:44 am

(Doctor) NO.

clarinetnut · Post by **clarinetnut** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 11:09 am

I'll second the votes for Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and O Brother, Where Art Thou? and add (in no particular order)....

The Princess Bride
Minority Report
The Pianist
Memento
Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human

chas · Post by **chas** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 11:19 am

Sense and sensibility
The adventures of Buckaroo Banzai
Holiday
The Philadelphia story
2001
Barry Lyndon
A clockwork orange
The exorcist
Fantasia
The jungle book
Raising Arizona
Better off dead
Anna Karenina
Camille

And, of course, many Bugs Bunny episodes

susnfx · Post by **susnfx** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 11:28 am

I just wanted to add a "two thumbs up" to two I saw mentioned here:

Walden - I LOVE The Gods Must Be Crazy! (I read an article the year that film came out about actors who should have been nominated for Academy Awards, but weren't - one of them was "the jeep from The Gods Must Be Crazy.")

Claus - The Straight Story is a gorgeous film.

Susan

Switchfoot · Post by **Switchfoot** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 12:32 pm

in no peticular order (and bringing some popcorn movies into the mix)

Pride and Prejuide
Sense and sensibility
Evelyn
Kate and Leopold
Anything with "Mystery Science Theater 3000" attached to it
Oceans Eleven (2001) (got to love the banter)
Phone Booth
X2
Princess bride
The emperiors new groove
Ice age
Monsters inc
Lord of the Rings
Um, dare I say "The Matrix"?

Switchfoot · Post by **Switchfoot** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 12:32 pm

oops, sorry about the double post

Jayhawk · Post by **Jayhawk** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 12:34 pm

I'm glad to see Better Off Dead made someone's list.

I'll add some I don't recall seeing already posted.

Au Revoir Les Enfants (if it's misspelled, well, I don't speak/write French)
Nowhere in Africa
My Name is Nobody (Henry Fonda in a spaghetti western...tasty!)
Life is Beautiful
Hope and Glory
Moulin Rouge
Prospero's Books (just kidding - I thought this was one of the worst films of all time)

Eric

FJohnSharp · Post by **FJohnSharp** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 12:38 pm

Aww man, I liked Trainspotting.

TonyHiggins · Post by **TonyHiggins** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 1:37 pm

I've grooved on many of the aforementioned movies. Here is my very incomplete list. The rest of it will come to me as soon as I hit the submit key. In no particular order: (I'm not listing them as the greatest movies ever made, but my favorites.)

Chushingura, The 47 Ronin
Jeremiah Johnson
The Big Lebowski
Zoolander
Bladerunner
Terminator (first one)
Ghost in the Shell
Rob Roy
Local Hero
Aliens (#2)
Star Wars (first 3)
The Seven Samurai
Army of Darkness
Repo Man
Earth Girls are Easy
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Platoon
Romeo and Juliette (when I was a teenager 1969 or 70; I was in lust with Juliette. I also enjoyed the music in it, sappy as it may have been.)
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Fists of Legend (Jet Li)

Whistle practice has cut way down on movie watching. Oh well.
Tony

Post by **Nanohedron** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 2:16 pm

I don't watch movies all that much, but here's a few that I like:

Utu (concerning a Maori uprising in, I believe, the 19th cent.)
The Seven Samurai
Ugetsu
Braveheart (in spite of myself

)
Tampopo (absolutely hilarious)
Black Robe
Tetsuō (also released as "Iron Man")
Tsubaki Sanjūrō
Jacob's Ladder
Hara Kiri (gnarly title, gnarly tale about social displacement and dishonor in high places)
Rashomon
Brazil

Hmmm...I don't seem to be drawn to the easy-going stuff.