what are your top ten favourite films? - 8½ (1963) Discussion

[–] jwerty80 20 years ago

Finally you get one answer.
My favorites of all time are:

2001: A Space Odyssey
L´Avventura
The Battleship Potemkin
Casablanca
Citizen Kane
Fanny & Alexander
La Grande Illusion
Ladri di Biciclette
The Seven Samurai
Wild Strawberries

I think this kind of list changes all the time and there´s also so many movies I haven´t yet seen which could be that great, like 8 1/2. So this is only my opinion of today. I think all of listed films are among the very greatest treasures of cinema, so remarkable in many ways.

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[–] solidus19 20 years ago

Excellent list. My favorites are on there - Kubrick, Bergman and Antonioni.

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[–] bempey 18 years ago

1. The Godfather (Coppola)
2. Citizen Kane (Welles)
3. Casablanca (Curtiz)
4. Chinatown (Polanski)
5. The Godfather Part II (Coppola)
6. Vertigo (Hitchcock)
7. La Regle du Jeu (Renoir)
8. La Dolce Vita (Fellini)
9. Singin' in the Rain (Kelly/Donan)
10. Some Like It Hot (Wilder)

My top 10 constantly changes, so here are some films that could be on it tomorrow:

8 1/2 (Fellini)
Psycho (Hitchcock)
A Bout de Souffle (Godard)
Sunset Boulevard (Wilder)
All About Eve (Mankewicz)
The Apartment (Wilder)
Double Indemnity (Wilder)

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[–] ziggy_starlust 18 years ago

1. Giu La testa
2. 20,000 leagues under the sea
3.once upon a time in America

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[–] Theo12 16 years ago

absolutely love giu la testa so underrated

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[–] bryanross1985 15 years ago

Seven Samurai (K. Akira)
Pulp Fiction (Q. Tarantino)
12 Angry Men (S. Lumet)
Life Is Beautiful (R. Bengini)
The Dark Knight (C. Nolan)
Gran Torino (C. Eastwood)
Mulholland Drive (D. Lynch)
The Big Lebowski (J&E. Coen)
American Beauty (S. Mendes)
Donnie Darko (R. Kelly)
The Departed (M. Scorsese)
In Bruges (M. McDonagh)
The Lives Of Others (F.H. Von Donnersmarck)

This is an organic list that was whittled down from 50 films. I Know that there are 13 films and you asked for ten but I really cannot take any more off. As a consequence of this board, I have had to totally rethink my top 50 films and spend upwards of £200 (roughly $400) in new films that could possibly go on my list. Thanks to the OP for this. I really wanted that new barbecue.

HELP ME!!! I need to know if I am alone. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFzThGyt5vM

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[–] morganafeeling 15 years ago

I didn't know r. kelly directed donnie darko before trapped in the closet

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[–] clockwork3 20 years ago

i love every single one of those films except the battle shop potemkin. i can appreciate what eisenstein did with that film and some of its featured sequences are incredible, but i just can't really take it in as a complete film, especially compared to the greatness of so many other films, specifically from the 40s, 60s and 70s

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[–] Alexandar 18 years ago

Mine Top Ten is changing regulary. However, right now:

1) 8 1/2
2) Wild Strawberries
3) Winter Light
4) Seven Samurai
5) A Clockwork Orange
6) Wings of Desire
7) The Exterminating Angel
8) The Seventh Seal
9) Weekend
10) Persona

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[–] BoogieTights 16 years ago

Not in order:
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- The 400 Blows
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Apocalypse Now
- The Godfather
- North by Northwest
- Goodfellas
- Dog Day Afternoon
- Annie Hall
- Boogie Nights

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[–] zcsfanforlife 16 years ago

good lists

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[–] fcalderp 15 years ago

Boogie Night? how about Behyond the Valley of the Dolls??

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[–] Replicant-88 13 years ago

1-Aguirre, the Wrath of God
2-Terminator 2
3-Taxi driver
4-The Double Life of Veronique
5-persona
6-La strada
7-Solyaris
8-Ikiru
9-Le samouraï
10-Blade Runner
11-city of god
12- The Prestige
13-Belle de jour
14-M
15-Dogville
16-The Sound of Music
17-to live
18-Brazil
19-Dances with wolves
20-Midnight Cowboy

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[–] elastro19 13 years ago

Good List.....
A Clock Work Orange
Taxi driver
Psycho
No Country For Old Men
Rear Window
Pulp fiction
The Departed
The Silence Of The Lamb
Goodfellas
Schindler's List

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[–] manta_ray14 20 years ago

1) 8 1/2, fellini
2) akira kurosawa's Dreams
3) 400 blows, truffaut
4) Sunrise, f.w. murnau
5) Rome, Open City, rossellini
6) The Last Laugh, f.w. murnau
7) The enigma of kaspar Hauser , herzog
8) And Life Goes On..., kiarostami
9) the marriage of maria braun, fassbinder or ali:fear eats the soul
10) la passion de joanne d'arc, dreyer

i think. past the first and second it's in no particular order
what are yours? this is fun. but difficult.

i saw l'atalante yesterday and grande illusion today and i'm still thinking about them. i'm sure they'll be on my top ten list in the future.

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[–] HerNameIsRenee 20 years ago

A little more scattered in genre but...

1)True Romance
2)Donnie Darko
3)Lost Highway
4)Requiem For A Dream
5)Magnolia
6)Fight Club
7)Pulp Fiction
8)Chasing Amy
9)Abre Los Ojos(Open Your Eyes)
10)Scream

...these are (obviously) not the best movies I've ever seen but definitely my favorite and ones I enjoy watching.

"Are you gonna bark all day little doggy or are you gonna bite?"

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[–] rob_vanriet 20 years ago

8 1/2
THE GODFATHER
SEVEN SAMURAI
DOLLS
THE DEER HUNTER
REAR WINDOW
PULP FICTION
12 ANGRY MEN
APOCALYPSE NOW
THE BIG LEBOWSKI
AMERICAN PSYCHO
LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY

I just scribbled some of my favourite films down.

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[–] semistar-1 17 years ago

Listing your top ten of all time is kinda silly. It always changes and you end up putting stuff on there just to sound like a pretentious movie snob. I like these flicks, so don't get me wrong on this, and I'm not trying to diss on anybodies lists here. However, I think that listing the top ten films that REALLY affected you the first time you watched them would be a bit more interesting. What do you say?

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[–] dbg1224 16 years ago

This is more than three times more than 10 but here are some movies that affected me for many different reasons. I know I'm forgetting some but these are just some of my favorites. Also I cannot ever rank a top ten list, it is just too hard.

Annie Hall
A Clockwork Orange
Ace in the Hole
Apocalypse Now
Barry Lyndon
Citizen Kane
City Lights
Double Indemnity
Dr. Strangelove
East of Eden
Edward Scissorhands
Eyes Wide Shut
Fargo
Full Metal Jacket
Gangs of New York
GoodFellas
Kundun
Mean Streets
Midnight Cowboy
On the Waterfront
Once Upon a Time in America
Paths of Glory
Psycho
Raging Bull
Rashomon
Rear Window
Sunset Blvd.
Taxi Driver
The Apartment
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Searchers
Vertigo
12 Angry Men
2001: A Space Odyssey
8 ½

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[–] SubjunctiveHistory 16 years ago

Seriously... you put it in alphabetical order?

... wow.

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[–] dbg1224 16 years ago

Hahaha is that a problem? Its hard to rank. By the way that list is so dated. I ton of my favorites aren't on there and a ton of those are off. Here is the updated.....RANKED!

1. Vertigo
2. Taxi Driver
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey
4. Rashomon
5. The Godfather I and II
6. Citizen Kane
7. Persona
8. The Searchers
9. A Clockwork Orange
10. 8 ½
11. Apocalypse Now
12. Annie Hall
13. On the Waterfront
14. Psycho
15. Touch of Evil
16. Raging Bull
17. Barry Lyndon
18. GoodFellas
19. Dr. Strangelove
20. Midnight Cowboy

20 not 10. Got a problem with that?

My three favorite films (order changes): Vertigo, Taxi Driver, and 2001: A Space Odyssey

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[–] realistdreamer 12 years ago

Why are you at this board? All you films are english.

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[–] barramon-m 15 years ago

I couldn't agree more. I always find it ironic that people who make these lists, always choose the same films. Whatever happened to individuality?

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[–] ramis666 15 years ago

Agree with you here, and here goes my list of movies which affected me on the first viewing,

1) The Usual Suspects.
2) Fight Club
3) Saving Private Ryan
4) La Vita e Bella
5) Lilja 4 Ever
6) Requiem For a Dream
7) Pulp Fiction
8) The Prestige.
8) A Clockwork Orange.
10) Full Metal Jacket
11) Schindler's List.

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[–] romeothello 20 years ago

i like ur selection of movies...even though they may not be my faves.

just curious, do u like 9mm?

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[–] qadirmagsi 14 years ago

Like many others stated befoe me, a top 10 list keeps on changing, but i will give you my curent one in no specific order:

The Shawshank Redemption
The Godfather
Requim for a dream
A Clockwork orange
Inception
Memento
The Matrix
Taxi Driver
V for Vendetta
Titanic

This is what i could think of in a few minutes, but i would like to give 10 more that i feel are almost equally good:

12 angry men
X2
T2
Groundhog day
Godfather II
Avatar
Citizen Kane
The girl with the dragon tattoo
Million Dollar Baby
The Wrestler

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[–] thesightofpens 18 years ago

I love lost highway

anyway my top 10 are

1 the godfather

2 the godfather part 2

3 pulp fiction

4 8 1/2

5 the good the bad and the ugly

6 taxi driver

7 dr strangelove

8 american beauty

9 magnolia

10 open to: on the waterfront, Patton, la dolce vita, requiem for a dream (its the power mostly), one flew over the cuckoos nest, blue velvet, the deer hunter

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[–] matt_stump 17 years ago

Not bad. I would put about half of those movies in my top ten too.
mine:
Requiem for a Dream
Donnie Darko
Pulp Fiction
Best in Show
Lost Highway
Memento
The Man Who Wasn't There
Seven Samarai
The Wall
Gladiator

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[–] tm_brown91 16 years ago

You are the only other person I have seen on here who has 'la passion' listed in their top ten. I don't get why it was so overlooked.

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[–] evilfather 20 years ago

DANCER IN THE DARK
DERSU UZALA
THE USUAL SUSPECTS
LEON (THE PROFFESIONAL)
OLDBOY
AMELIE
AMORES PERROS
CITY OF GOD
RING
MATCHSTICK MEN
THE NEW GUY
FULL METAL JACKET
CUCCILO
DANGEROUS MINDS
DON QUIJOTE DE ORSON WELLES

(they r too many but they r really good movies :P)

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[–] JacksLament 20 years ago

1. The Seven Samurai
2. Rashomon
3. Ed Wood
4. Dead Man
5. Grave of the fireflies
6. Nightmare Before Christmas, The
7. the Neverending Story
8. The city of Lost children
9. Battle Royale
10. Big Fish

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[–] aw2rbabe13 17 years ago

hmm, big fish.. really on top ten of all time? weird.

anyway. my favorite movie is A Clockwork Orange. that almost never changes. before that my favorite was Pulp Fiction because it was the movie that got my into movies [made me actually understand there something other than plot and such], then i saw Kubrick's masterpiece. anyhoo, every movie that people have posted thus far is incredible, except big fish which was mildly entertaining but lacked a heart. if you really wanna talk about top ten, actually talk to me. i love movie conversations. [email protected] :)

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[–] bsred89 17 years ago

i dont know how you can say big fish ahs no heart. but then i read your cliche answer of loving a clockwork orange and no longer took your opinion seriously

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[–] tm_brown91 16 years ago

lol @ THE NEW GUY

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[–] servicenone 14 years ago

Old Boy is definetly in my top 5 movies, have introduced so many people to it. It's an amazing movie.

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[–] HanaleiPier 20 years ago

My favourite Films:

1. 8½ (I have this on when I'm bored, which is often. )
2. Hamlet (BBC, with Derek Jacobi in title role--another film I watch incessantly. )
3. A Street Car Named Desire (Brando--too bad he died, ; Elia Kazan--good riddance Benedict Arnold, brilliant tho' he was.)
4. MacBeth (Orson Wells, Contraversial use of Scottish accent. Niche.)
5. The Endless Summer II (Pat & Wingnut's excellent adventure. A guilty pleasure. )
6. Blue Crush (I luds Hawaii, I gots to go to Hawaii. And the only thing hotter than Hawaii is Kate Bosworth. Hubba, hubba. )
7. Elizabeth I (Cate Blanchett--best actress EVER!!! , Shekar Kapur)
8. Panther Panchali (part I of Apu Trilogy; The Little Rascals meets Karl Marx meets Ghandi. Apu's children now are taking jobs away from American IT workers. )
9. Alexander (Oliver Stone, a bit too much man-love goin' on but an amazing, albeit fictional, attempt at explaining the superhuman drive of history's Alexander The Great. But it didn't show enough of Alexander's intellectual curiousity, which would have portrayed him as as being even more amazing than was shown in the film, which is exactly as he was in real life.)
10. Manon Of The Spring (A greek tragedy set in France.)
11. Malena (Hot babe alert! ) --a tie with "Manon..."

Ogres are like onions.

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[–] The-Movie-Guru 20 years ago

It´s too hard to narrow it to ten and it can and will change-grow in the future, but i would recommend any of them without a second thought

1. 8 1|2
2. Casablanca
3. The Godfather
4. The Lord of the Rings
5. The Empire Strikes Back
6. The Seven Samurai
7. Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb
8. The Bridge on the River Kwai
9. Raiders of The Lost Ark
10. Citizen Kane
11. 2001 A Space Odyssey
12. Ikiru
13. Star Wars
14. The Matrix
15. La Dolce Vita
16. The Usual Suspects
RUNNER UPS (no order)
City of God - except i wouldn´t recommend that to anyone - you need a serious stomach to sit through that movie
The Passion of Joan of Arc
The 400 Blows
The Third Man
Once Upon a Time in The West
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Vertigo
North by Northwest
Rear Window
Blade Runner
Ran
Rashomon

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[–] savage-henry 20 years ago

1. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
2. City Lights (1931)
3. The Star Wars Trilogy (1977,1980,1983)
4. Taxi Driver/Raging Bull (1974,1980)
5. Weekend (1967)
6. The Holy Mountain (1970)
7. Annie Hall (1977)
8. Hurlyburly (1998)
9. Rashomon (1950)
10. Mudhoney (1965)
11. Night of the Hunter (1955)
12. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
13. Back to the Future, Part II (1989)
14. I Am Cuba (1964)
15. Sunset Boulevard (1950)

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[–] mirakulix 18 years ago

It's great to see that other people think Caligula is one of the BEST movies ever made!

1. Star wars 1-6
2. Planet of the apes 1-5
3. Caligula
4. A clockwork orange
5. The good, the bad and the ugly
6. Neverending story
7. Willow
8. Ben-Hur
9. Lord of the rings 1-3
10. Indiana jones 1-3
(11. Seven samurai)

My top 10 list in video format:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tiCYPhrv97Q

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[–] trymyproduct11 15 years ago

betaman 8 -- Interesting choice putting The Trial in there. If you haven't already, you should check out Haneke's The Castle for another really good Kafka adaptation.

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[–] avasatani 20 years ago

1. Modern Times (Chaplin)
2. Seven Samarui (Kurasawa)
3. Cronos (Del Toro)
4. Eraserhead (Lynch)
5. Videodrome (Cronenberg)
6. Takashi Miike's DOA trilogy
7. Seconds (Frankenheimer)
8. 8&1/2 (Fellini)
9. Deep Red (Argento)
10.Tetsuo: The Iron Man
11.Dawn of the Dead (Romero)
12.Brazil (Gilliam)
13.Dead Alive (Jackson)
14.The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly (Leone)
15.The Killer (Woo)

These are in no particular order, with the exception of "Modern Times" Greatest film ever.

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[–] mastersnibble 20 years ago

1. Eight and a Half (Fellini)
2. Yojimbo (Kurosawa)
3. Taxi Driver (Scorcesse)
4. Tokyo Story (Ozu)
5. 400 Blows (Truffaut)
6. Seven Samurai (Kurosawa again)
7. The Gospel According to St Matthew (Passolini)
8. Breathless (Godard)
9. M (Lang)
10. The Killer (Woo)

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[–] Trevor1635 18 years ago

Just gotta say--your list is awesome...

But... Cronenberg doesn't do much for me. Otherwise, amazing list.

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[–] psy_spectre 20 years ago

1. Stalker
2. Andrei Rublev
3. Wings of Desire
4. Dersu Uzala
5. Seven Samurai
6. Through a glass darkly or Wild Strawberries
7. Hana - bi
8. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
9. Taxi Driver
10. Trois couleurs: Bleu

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