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

[–] howesome 18 years ago

1. Raging Bull - DeNiro's performance will never be surpassed
2. 8 1/2 - Maybe not the best film, but the best use of the film medium
3. The Godfather II - I'm sorry, but better than the first
4. City of God - Incredible story and unbeatable stylization
5. Pulp Fiction - Obvious choice
6. Schindler's List - So powerful, so beautiful, so depressing...
7. Clockwork Orange - So, so, so far ahead of it's time
8. The Godfather - Again, an obvious choice.
9. Barry Lyndon - Without a doubt, the best period piece of all-time
10. The Big Lebowski - A perfect comedy and a movie I can watch over and over

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[–] SalehX33 18 years ago

1. Lawrence of Arabia (Lean)
2. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Spielberg)
3. Grand Illusion (Renoir)
4. The Message (Akkad)
5. Unforgiven (Eastwood)
6. Taxi Driver (Scorsese)
7. Ugetsu (Mizoguchi)
8. Back to the Future (Zemeckis)
9. The Thin Red Line (Malick)
10. Pulp Fiction (Taratino)

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[–] PatrickDice 18 years ago

These may not be the most artful or significant films, but to me they are the most entertaining. If I could only watch 25 films for the rest of my life, these would be the ones I would choose:

GoodFellas (1990)
Caddyshack (1980)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Austin Powers (1997)
Swingers (1996)
Deliverance (1972)
It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
Snatch (2000)
Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
King of Comedy (1983)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
Meet the Parents (2000)
Grease (1978)
Roots (1977)
There's Something About Mary (1998)
Dumb & Dumber (1994)
The Cable Guy (1996)
True Romance (1993)
Platoon (1986)
The Game (1997)
Stag (1997)

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[–] chaitanyaenrico 18 years ago

enlish-
1. lawrence of arabia - '62

2. schindler's list - '93

3. the bridge on the river kwai - '57

4. in the heat of the night - '67

6. taxi driver - '76

7. the man who would be king - '75

8. the pianist - '02

9. philadelphia - '93

10. kramer vs kramer - '79

any other language (i have seen only a handful though)

1. la vita e bella - '97 italian

2. per qualche dollaro in piu - '65 italian

3. diarios de motocicleta - '04 spanish

4. le fabuleux destin d'amelie poulain - '01 french

5. un long dimanche de fiancalles - '04 french

6. yi ge dou bu neng shao - '99 chinese

7. san zimske noci - '04

indian films - again a lot of great films remain to be seen

1. anand - '70

2. guide - '65

3. mausam - '75

4. mughal-e-azam - '60

5. lagaan - '01

6. maqbool - '03

7. suraj ka satva ghoda - '93

8. mera naam joler - '71

9. madhumati - '58

10. abhimaan - '73

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[–] chaitanyaenrico 18 years ago

and number 5 will have to be midnight cowboy

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[–] bdn5723 18 years ago

First of all, I need to see 8 1/2 again.
But here is my current list of favorite films:

1. Taxi Driver
2. Apocalypse Now
3. A Clockwork Orange
4. Pulp Fiction
5. Mulholland Dr.
6. Ran
7. La Dolce Vita
8. The Godfather
9. Vertigo
10. Jaws

Honorable mentions that may be in this list soon:

Seven Samurai
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Seventh Seal
The Godfather Part II
Goodfellas
Citizen Kane
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Adaptation
Raging Bull

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[–] phowell1 18 years ago

Thanks to those of you who can count to ten. As I understand it, this is supposed to be a list of personal favorite films, as opposed to judging the ten best films ever made. Simply imagine you are going to a deserted island and can only take ten films with you. My choices, in no particular order, would be:
CHILDREN OF PARADISE (L'ENFANTS DU PARADIS)
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Cocteau version)
JULES AND JIM
HENRY V (Olivier version)
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
THE RED SHOES
MANHATTAN
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
WHAT'S NEW, PUSSYCAT?
THE THIRD MAN

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[–] stoplightromance 18 years ago

1. Casablanca
2. 8 1/2
3. 400 Blows
4. Stay
5. Citizen Kane
6. Sabrina (The original)
7. Seventh Seal
8. Star Wars
9. Reservoir Dogs
10. Edward Scissor Hands

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[–] stigonater88 18 years ago

Chronological Order

1)Jules and Jim
2)8 1/2
3)M*A*S*H*
4)The Godfather
5)Mean Streets
6)The Godfather Part II
7)Taxi Driver
8)Nashville
9)Raging Bull
10)Pulp Fiction

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[–] canada_rules_74 18 years ago

1. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
2. An Inconvenient Truth
3. Gladiator
4. Serenity
5. Pulp Fiction
6. Apocalypse Now
7. The Proposition
8. Pan's Labyrinth
9. Kill Bill
10. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Extended Edition

Honourable Mentions:

- Fearless (Directed by Peter Weir - NOT the Jet Li one)
- For A Few Dollars More
- Kingdom of Heaven Director's Cut
- the other 2 LOTR extended editions
- Children of Men
- V For Vendetta
- Batman Begins
- Natural Born Killers
- Slither
- Trainspotting
- The Matrix

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[–] troyalisme 18 years ago

Ten doesn't begin to cover my favorite films but if I had to choose, I'd pick these:

The 400 Blows
Ballad of a Soldier
La Strada
Pickpocket
Pather Panchali
L'Avventura
Children of Paradise
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Nights of Cabiria
Au Hasard Balthazar

I know that these are all foreign films and made before 1970, but I just like my films that way, just as some people have only seen movies released during their lifetimes, usually concentrated in the late 90s and early 2000s. To name some modern films:

Mulholland Dr.
Manhattan
Leaving Las Vegas
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Dogville
Elephant
Amores Perros
Oldboy
Manderlay
Perfume

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[–] SupercomputerHAL9000 18 years ago

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968, Stanley Kubrick)
2. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977, Steven Spielberg)
3. The Shawshank Redemption (1994, Frank Darabont)
4. Ugetsu Monogatari (1953, Kenji Mizoguchi)
5. Seven Samurai (1954, Akira Kurosawa)
6. Godzilla Raids Again (1955, Motoyoshi Oda)
7. Rodan (1956, Ishiro Honda)
8. Alien (1979, Ridley Scott)
9. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966, Sergio Leone)
10. The Shining (1980, Stanley Kubrick)

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[–] jerrywex-1 18 years ago

All films that show the possibility for redemption and/or increased consciousness, brotherhood, or purification of the soul:

10. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring
09. Matrix (or) Empire Strikes Back (or) The Day the Earth Stood Still
08. Lawrence of Arabia
07. Sense and Sensibility
06. Godfather
05. Groundhog Day
04. Casablanca
03. O Lucky Man
02. Seven Samurai
01. Children of Paradise

- Jerry Wechsler / NYC
"If the fool would persist in his folly, he would become wise." - William Blake

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