It's one of those lists everybody likes to make and debate. It's a marketing technique at music and DVD stores. Can one actually make such a list? Or do tastes change? If you look at the Oscars through history, some oscars are clearly better than others.
I don't think you can make one list - I think it has to be split by genre.
Here is mine. I've kept it to movies I've seen/remember. There are others I think I saw when I was a kid that I need to watch again - like "The French Connection," "Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid" and "The Good, The Bad And The Ugly" . I can hardly remember them now.
The following are not an attempt at a best 10 or 5. They are not ordered. They are merely the best as they came to mind. I will update them as I remember more.
Period drama
Howard's End
Remains Of The Day
Room With A View
Pride and Prejudice (2005)
Musical
The Wall - Pink Floyd
Fame
Grease
Annie
Romantic Comedies
As Good As It Gets
Notting Hill
Groundhog Day
Love Actually
Best Bond Movies
For Your Eyes Only
Casino Royale
Thunderball
Octopussy
Tomorrow Never Dies
Action/Adventure
The Bourne Supremacy
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Terminator 2
Die Hard
Heat
Fight Club
Collateral
Snatch
The Last Boy Scout (probably not on too many "movie buff" lists, but it cracks me up)
Drama
The Godfather I
Gladiator
Finding Neverland
Dead Poets' Society
American Beauty
Garden State
Chocolat
A Beautiful Mind
Requiem for a Dream
Amadeus
Crash
Yesterday
Stand By Me
Thriller
Man on Fire
The Fugitive
Gorky Park
Sixth Sense
Seven
LA Confidential
Silence Of The Lambs
Western
Unforgiven
Science Fiction / Fantasy / Superheroes
ET
The Lord of The Rings - Return of The King
Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back
12 Monkeys
Gattaca
Spiderman 2
The Matrix
Batman Begins
Comedies
A Fish Called Wanda
Raising Arizona
Caddyshack
There's Something About Mary
Animated
Jungle Book
Shrek 2
A Bug's Life
Happy Feet
Finding Nemo
The Incredibles
(I have yet to see the Toy Story movies - difficult to believe, I know)
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ah, you gotta include "persuasion" with ciaran hinds and amanda root. it's the only movie i've ever watched and then immediately rewound and started watching it again.
Nice list...but why isn't Thhe Lion King on it?
Laurie: thanks for stopping by. I don't know Persuasion. I'll have to look it up.
outofctrl: Hey, just because I'm African doesn't mean I'm going to rank a movie about Africa right up there. Especially one made by those Disney ignoramuses...
(Actually...*blush*...I have not yet seen Pumba and buddies)
A Fish called Wanda.
All great movies and a very good list. Many of my own favourites are in there.
I'd also include Raging Bull, Miller's Crossing, Pulp Fiction, The Shawshank Redemption and Schindler's List.
Chitty: *blush*...good grief, my brain is fried from overwork. Fixed.
Haven't seen Raging Bull. Can't remember if I saw Schindler's List and Miller's Crossing - need to rewatch if I did.
Not a fan of Tarentino - think he uses violence as a gimmick/gratuitously.
I enjoyed the Shawshank Redemption but thought it was overhyped.
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