What are your 10 favourite films ?

[HDNumpty]

Some crackers on here! here's mine:

Aliens
American Beauty
Boogie Nights
Dirty Harry
Donnie Darko
Gladiator
The Prestige
Schindler's List
Terminator 2 - Judgement Day
Trainspotting

Am I allowed more than 10?

 

[HDNumpty]

garethwd:Im suprised that im the only one with american beauty in my list!

Not any more you're not!

 

[Gerrardasnails]

HDNumpty:Some crackers on here! here's mine:

Aliens
American Beauty
Boogie Nights
Dirty Harry
Donnie Darko
Gladiator
The Prestige
Schindler's List
Terminator 2 - Judgement Day
Trainspotting

Am I allowed more than 10?

Loving the alphabetical list HD!

 

[HDNumpty]

Well it's off my word-pro'd/printed list, complete with year and soundtrack type DD/DTS/TrueHD etc.

rrrr....isn't that a 1999 DS76437657609134321 super-diesel engine?? wow! I'm so excited...rrrrr

what are 'friends'?

 

[fr0g]

Got to add some more that I didnt think of first time...

Mad Max (even if Mel Gibson has since turned into a religious nutjob)
Chocolat
Elephant Man
American Psycho (I love the business card bit)
Sin City
The Iron Giant

 

[survivor]

Once Upon A Time In The West

Excalibur

Mad Max 2

Mad Max

Octopussy

The Sound Of Music

Carry On Camping

Jason and the Argonauts

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The Abominable Dr. Phibes

 

[Clare Newsome]

HDNumpty:garethwd:Im suprised that im the only one with american beauty in my list!

Not any more you're not!

Superb movie - I named it top Oscar-winning movie on DVD when I edited DVD Magazine (mind you, this is back in 2000 when, incredibly, tons of Academy Award winners still weren't available on disc...).

Think Sam Mendes' next - Road to Perdition - was underrated, too...

 

[HDNumpty]

Yes quite marvellous film - and all too often forgotten. Hilarious, touching, amazing all in equal measure. The depth of the characters is unbelievable.

 

[Anonymous]

1. Leon
2. Sin City
3. Apocalypto
4. Once Were Warriors
5. Whale Rider
6. Pitch Black
7. Se7en
8. The Departed
9. Desperado
10. The Matrix
Ten great films i have watched over and over and never tire of.

 

[Anonymous]

The films I've enjoyed most :

The Dark Knight - WOW, better than even my high expectations!
Batman Begins
The Empire Strikes Back
Last Of The Mohicans
Thelma And Louise
Almost Famous (the BEST rock n roll movie EVER!)
Leon (aka The Professional)
Alien
Aliens
True Romance

Running VERY close behind :

Saving Private Ryan
Jaws
The Green Mile

 

[Anonymous]

Here it goes.......

Warriors

Napoleon Dynamite

Big

Return of the Jedi

Brewsters Millions

Rainman

Walk the Line

Goonies

National Lampoons

Ferris Buellers Day Off

 

[Anonymous]

Return of the Jedi seems to get a few votes here which surprises me, I think it's equal last (with The Phantom menace) of the Star Wars films.

The Luke/Vader/Emperor scenes are some of the best in the entire saga and the space battle still holds up well but the rest of was a complete let down to me. . . especially after following the greatness that is TESB.

 

[Anonymous]

I didnt put withnail and i in my top ten! somthing will have to give.

 

[Anonymous]

Jaws

Close Encounters

Blade Runner

Night of the Hunter

It's a Wonderful Life

The Big Lebowski

O Lucky Man

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Terminator

Magnolia

So, fairly predictable really. Although the entire list changes every now and then. Except Jaws, I love that film.

 

[Anonymous]

Volcane:Return of the Jedi seems to get a few votes here which surprises me, I think it's equal last (with The Phantom menace) of the Star Wars films.

The Luke/Vader/Emperor scenes are some of the best in the entire saga and the space battle still holds up well but the rest of was a complete let down to me. . . especially after following the greatness that is TESB.

I agree. Looking back, though, at the time of release TESB wasn't considered the classic it has turned out to be. ROTJ had some pretty good scenes, but for me the cute little bears spoiled the suspense.

 

[survivor]

cb75:

Here it goes.......

Warriors

Napoleon Dynamite

Big

Return of the Jedi

Brewsters Millions

Rainman

Walk the Line

Goonies

National Lampoons

Ferris Buellers Day Off

I forgot about `Warriors`. It came into my head earlier today. Nice to see it get a mention.

 

[Frank Harvey]

We're not going to put our favourite 10 films as many have been mentioned, and it's just impossible to pick 10, as we can quite easily pick 10 from Tarantino, 10 from Kubric, 10 from Carpenter.........

But we're surprised no-one has mentioned any of these........ (but we apologise if any have been mentioned)

Zodiac

French Connection

Rio Bravo

Sideways

The Descent

Ghostbusters

Robin Hood (Errol Flynn)

Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid

Dr.Strangelove

Killer (John Woo)

Halloween (John Carpenter)

Night Of The Living Dead

On The Waterfront

Back To The Future trilogy

Lawrence Of Arabia

Irreversible

Grindhouse

Fargo

Escape From New York

Oh Mr.Porter

Oldboy

Switchblade Romance

Seventh Samurai

Yojimbo

The Day The Earth Stood Still

American Werewolf In London

Young Frankenstein

Stir Crazy

Psycho (Hitchcock)

Traffic

Out Of Sight

Shaun Of The Dead

The Infernal Affairs trilogy

And before anybody moans about that's more than 10 films, this isn't a favourite 10 films list! It's a list oif films that should've been mentioned already.......

And we narrowed it down.......

 

[Anonymous]

I have forgotton so include many great films , I have revamped it :

Goodfellas

Once upon a time in America

The Shawshank Redemption

Jaws

Donnie Darko

The Business

Layer Cake

Wild at Heart

The Killing Fields

Kes

 

[hammill]

Monty Python & The Holy Grail

Annie Hall

Manhattan

Love & Death

Ronin

Toy Story 2

Four Wedding and a funeral

Terminator 2

Lord Of The Rings Trilogy

Bourne Trilogy

 

[Anonymous]

The Name of the Rose

Airplane

The Thing (Carpenter)

Blade Runner

5th element

Saving Private Ryan

Jaws

Life of Brian

Shawshank (my number 1)

Left a space for inspiration later.

 

[SpiceWeasel]

Hmmm that's tricky...... but off the top of my head

Pulp Fiction

Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels

Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas

Gone In 60 Seconds

Goodfellas

Casino

The Usuall Suspects

Sin City

Matrix (The 1st film)

The Blues Brothers

I now we are only supposed to have 10 but...

LOTR trilogy, Ferris Buellers Day Off, American Beauty, Alot of the Bond films,especially the old digitally remastered Connery's.

Probably a good few favourites I have missed off the list.

And not a film but I have to say favourite dvd's has to be The Soprano's.

Really hard to just pick 10, and totally depends what sort of mood I am in as well.

 

[Anonymous]

FrankHarveyHiFi:
We're not going to put our favourite 10 films as many have been mentioned, and it's just impossible to pick 10, as we can quite easily pick 10 from Tarantino, 10 from Kubric, 10 from Carpenter.........

But we're surprised no-one has mentioned any of these........ (but we apologise if any have been mentioned)

Zodiac

French Connection

Rio Bravo

Sideways

The Descent

Ghostbusters

Robin Hood (Errol Flynn)

Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid

Dr.Strangelove

Killer (John Woo)

Halloween (John Carpenter)

Night Of The Living Dead

On The Waterfront

Back To The Future trilogy

Lawrence Of Arabia

Irreversible

Grindhouse

Fargo

Escape From New York

Oh Mr.Porter

Oldboy

Switchblade Romance

Seventh Samurai

Yojimbo

The Day The Earth Stood Still

American Werewolf In London

Young Frankenstein

Stir Crazy

Psycho (Hitchcock)

Traffic

Out Of Sight

Shaun Of The Dead

The Infernal Affairs trilogy

And before anybody moans about that's more than 10 films, this isn't a favourite 10 films list! It's a list oif films that should've been mentioned already.......

And we narrowed it down.......

I did mention Back to the Future in my post on page 1 ! Some others you mention would also feature on my best films list, had it not been limited to just 10. Then my list would easily make it into the 20s or 30s.

 

[Gerrardasnails]

FrankHarveyHiFi:
We're not going to put our favourite 10 films as many have been mentioned, and it's just impossible to pick 10, as we can quite easily pick 10 from Tarantino, 10 from Kubric, 10 from Carpenter.........

But we're surprised no-one has mentioned any of these........ (but we apologise if any have been mentioned)

Zodiac

French Connection

Rio Bravo

Sideways

The Descent

Ghostbusters

Robin Hood (Errol Flynn)

Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid

Dr.Strangelove

Killer (John Woo)

Halloween (John Carpenter)

Night Of The Living Dead

On The Waterfront

Back To The Future trilogy

Lawrence Of Arabia

Irreversible

Grindhouse

Fargo

Escape From New York

Oh Mr.Porter

Oldboy

Switchblade Romance

Seventh Samurai

Yojimbo

The Day The Earth Stood Still

American Werewolf In London

Young Frankenstein

Stir Crazy

Psycho (Hitchcock)

Traffic

Out Of Sight

Shaun Of The Dead

The Infernal Affairs trilogy

And before anybody moans about that's more than 10 films, this isn't a favourite 10 films list! It's a list oif films that should've been mentioned already.......

And we narrowed it down.......

Fair play Frank. I loved Zodiac, Sideways, Fargo, Out Of Sight and Haloween from your list and Switchblade Romance (never heard of it) has reminded me of another, Sling Blade!

 

[Anonymous]

Akira

Aliens

Evil Dead II

Enter The Dragon

Exorcist

I-Robot

12 Monkeys

Saving Private Ryan

Shindlers List

Silent Running

The Thing

Monsters Inc

LA Confidential

Memento

Silence Of The Lambs

Rocky

First Blood

Fight Club

Leon/The Professional

 

[the record spot]

In no particular order, but it's hard to whittle these down to just ten in fairness...!

The Straight Story
The Lord of the Rings (The Two Towers if I have to pick one only)
Goodfellas
The Dambusters
A Matter of Life and Death
The Sixth Sense
Casablanca
The Shawshank Redemption
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Groundhog Day