Top 100 movies all time

[Atlas]

The Complete List:

1. CITIZEN KANE (1941)

2. CASABLANCA (1942)

3. THE GODFATHER (1972)

4. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)

5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)

6. THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)

7. THE GRADUATE (1967)

8. ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)

9. SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)

10. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)

11. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)

12. SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)

13. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)

14. SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)

15. STAR WARS (1977)

16. ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)

17. THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951)

18. PSYCHO (1960)

19. CHINATOWN (1974)

20. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)

21. THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)

22. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)

23. THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)

24. RAGING BULL (1980)

25. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)

26. DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)

27. BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)

28. APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)

29. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)

30. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)

31. ANNIE HALL (1977)

32. THE GODFATHER PART II (1974)

33. HIGH NOON (1952)

34. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)

35. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)

36. MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)

37. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)

38. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)

39. DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965)

40. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)

41. WEST SIDE STORY (1961)

42. REAR WINDOW (1954)

43. KING KONG (1933)

44. THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)

45. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)

46. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)

47. TAXI DRIVER (1976)

48. JAWS (1975)

49. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)

50. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)

51. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)

52. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)

53. AMADEUS (1984)

54. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)

55. THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)

56. M*A*S*H (1970)

57. THE THIRD MAN (1949)

58. FANTASIA (1940)

59. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)

60. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)

61. VERTIGO (1958)

62. TOOTSIE (1982)

63. STAGECOACH (1939)

64. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)

65. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)

66. NETWORK (1976)

67. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)

68. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)

69. SHANE (1953)

70. THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)

71. FORREST GUMP (1994)

72. BEN-HUR (1959)

73. WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)

74. THE GOLD RUSH (1925)

75. DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)

76. CITY LIGHTS (1931)

77. AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)

78. ROCKY (1976)

79. THE DEER HUNTER (1978)

80. THE WILD BUNCH (1969)

81. MODERN TIMES (1936)

82. GIANT (1956)

83. PLATOON (1986)

84. FARGO (1996)

85. DUCK SOUP (1933)

86. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)

87. FRANKENSTEIN (1931)

88. EASY RIDER (1969)

89. PATTON (1970)

90. THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)

91. MY FAIR LADY (1964)

92. A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)

93. THE APARTMENT (1960)

94. GOODFELLAS (1990)

95. PULP FICTION (1994)

96. THE SEARCHERS (1956)

97. BRINGING UP BABY (1938)

98. UNFORGIVEN (1992)

99. GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967)

100. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)

[Atlas]

I think that is a pretty good list. Where is Saving Private Ryan and Shawshank Redemption???

It's nice to see Pulp Fiction and Goodfellas getting in there.

[Atlas]

I have never seen Star Wars that high!! Star Wars didn't even win an oscar for best picture!!!

[MajikMan7]

What about Team America World Police ???

Citizen Kane isn't that good of a movie.

[Atlas]

What about Team America World Police ???

Citizen Kane isn't that good of a movie.

It seems like Citizen Kane tops all lists.

Fantasia is just horrible.

[Jason in LA]

I've only seen 16 of the movies, start to finish, on that list. I bet most people haven't seen a good amount of those movies.

No Office Space? I'm writing a letter.

[Beantown Bronco]

I'd sit through Beavis and Butthead do America long before trying to sit through half that crap.

Maybe 20 of those movies would be on my top 100 list.....at best.

[Atlas]

I have seen 56 of them...

Some like it Hot is WAAAY overrated too.

[bendog]

behind the green door

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068260/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behind_the_Green_Door

[Beantown Bronco]

By the way, which publication's list is this anyway?

I'm curious how many of the Mane's posters would rather watch any of those top 10 movies over a movie like the Naked Gun or Office Space.

[Rock Chalk]

Forty years from now those gay ass movies from the 30s and 40s wont be on the list anymore. Of all of those crap movies, Citizen Kane is the only worth a damn and, its actually slotted at the proper spot at #1. Once all these nostalgic old critics die off, real movies can get into the top 100.

[bendog]

signing in the rain is my fav of the top 10. I still havn't seen schindler's list, and don't intend to, because of the subject. I just don't like either citizen kane, or for that matter, it's a wonderful life. JMO.

[Old Dude]

I've seen 86 of them.

The only ones I haven't seen are Singin' in the Rain, Sunset Boulevard, Annie Hall, It happened One Night, the Best Years of Our Lives, Birth of a Nation, An American in Paris, Wuthering Heights, The Gold Rush, City Lights, Mutiny on the Bounty (the 1935 version, anyway), the Jazz Singer, Bringing Up Baby and Yankee Doodle, etc.

I've seen cuts from a few of them (like Birth of a Nation) but never sat through the whole thing.

Some of the older movies on the list were pretty so-so by modern standards, but they probably made the list as "landmarks" due to innovations of one sort or another.

[Bronco_Beerslug]

I've only seen 16 of the movies, start to finish, on that list. I bet most people haven't seen a good amount of those movies.

You'd lose your money then. Most younger people might not have seen a lot of those movies but most people probably have since there are quite a few
mature:wave: Americans around these days.

I don't know who's list that is since there isn't a link but there are lot on there that don't make my top 100.

[bendog]

I've seen 86 of them.

The only ones I haven't seen are Singin' in the Rain, Sunset Boulevard, Annie Hall, It happened One Night, the Best Years of Our Lives, Birth of a Nation, An American in Paris, Wuthering Heights, The Gold Rush, City Lights, Mutiny on the Bounty (the 1935 version, anyway), the Jazz Singer, Bringing Up Baby and Yankee Doodle, etc.

I've seen cuts from a few of them (like Birth of a Nation) but never sat through the whole thing.

Some of the older movies on the list were pretty so-so by modern standards, but they probably made the list as "landmarks" due to innovations of one sort or another.
God I hated annie hall, and the chick I was dating wanted to be just like her

[Willynowei]

Why is Birth of a Nation even on that list? I don't care if its the first big motion picture, it was propaganda, not much better than the crap the natzis made

[Old Dude]

See, one example of what I was talking about is "The Third Man" which is ranked #57.

There is no way that this was the 57th best film ever made. It's almost un-watchable. But I guess it set the stage for a generation of "Noir" films that were influenced by German Expressionism or Existentialism or some ism like that, so it makes a lot of lists.

Which is fine, but don't waste your time watching it unless you're really into film history.

[Atlas]

You'd lose your money then. Most younger people might not have seen a lot of those movies but most people probably have since there are quite a few
mature:wave: Americans around these days.

I don't know who's list that is since there isn't a link but there are lot on there that don't make my top 100.


Here is the link. The list is by the American Film Institute

http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/movies.aspx

[Merlin]

Why is Birth of a Nation even on that list? I don't care if its the first big motion picture, it was propaganda, not much better than the crap the natzis made
In many lists a lot of films are placed according to their importance to film and film history. Birth of a Nation was a racist film that the Director himself later apologized for. That fact notwithstanding, at the time it was considered an incredible advancement both technically and narrative in film production. So even though the subject matter was very questionable (even for many people at the time), its influence in film is undeniable. Citizen Kane's is considered one of the greatest groundbreaking films from many different perspectives. Its influence in filmmakers is to of importance today. However a film like the Graduate is very dated by today's standards, but again, based on its historical influence it is rated highly. So just because a film is listed there does not mean it would be relevant to many viewers today. That being said, I do like many of the films post ;)

PS, I think this list is from The AFI (American Film institute) top 100. There are a number of other lists (e.g Roger Ebbert, Village Voice, Barry Norman, etc.), but they share many similarities. e.g. CK #1 (or close).

Melin

Merlin

[Merlin]

Here is the link. The list is by the American Film Institute

http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/movies.aspx
You beat me to it Atlas. And Anita is definitely MUY BONITA :) :D

Merlin

[Crushaholic]

I've only seen part of "Singin in the Rain", but I'd like someone to explain why it's all the way up to #10 on the list.

"Rocky" is only #79? Who doesn't love "Rocky"? That was a classic. They rated it about 25 spots too low, IMO.

"Patton" is rated below "Platoon"? That's a crock... :cuss:

[Arkie]

I've seen 31 movies on that list and they were all good. I think it's B.S. that they didn't include any movies from the last nine years. Did we forget how to make good movies or something. I would put the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, the extended editions, in the top 10.

[Merlin]

I've only seen part of "Singin in the Rain", but I'd like someone to explain why it's all the way up to #10 on the list.

"Rocky" is only #79? Who doesn't love "Rocky"? That was a classic. They rated it about 25 spots too low, IMO.
The choreography of Singing in the Rain is considered groundbreaking. You may personally not like that type of cinema, but the rating is based on its historical significance as well. Rocky is a great story, but it has been told many times (i.e. the American Dream). Consequently, because its historical contribution is not as strong, it affects its rating.

Merlin

[Merlin]

I've seen 31 movies on that list and they were all good. I think it's B.S. that they didn't include any movies from the last nine years. Did we forget how to make good movies or something. I would put the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, the extended editions, in the top 10.

That list is a few years old and the Ring Trilogy had not yet begun ;)

[Mastermind2002]

How does "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly" not make the list? How does "The Silence Of The Lambs" make the list, but not "The Exorcist"? Where's Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai"? Very disappointing!

PS: "The Godfather" should be #1 IMHO.

[Atlas]

How did Pink Flamingo not make the list???

It is very shocking and low budget. It's gross and crude and made me wince.

http://img.epinions.com/images/opti/ac/f7/1016327-movie-resized200.jpg


In 1972, John Waters shot a ultra-low budget film called Pink Flamingoes. It became his "best" work, a cult classic that was banned for many years after its release, but released in 1997 in a 25th anniversary edition complete with commentary and cut outs by John Waters. Interestingly enough, the trailer for the film, John Waters mentions, doesn't show any footage from the film, the distributors, New Line Films, probably too afraid of controversary which may result if even one still was shown.

Pink Flamingoes stars Divine, a transvestite who plays Divine a.k.a. Babs Johnson, self-billed as the "Filthiest Person in the World". She is hiding out from the FBI in a run down trailer in the backwoods of Phoenix, Maryland. Divine lives with Edie, her mentally-ill obese mother with an egg fetish played by Edith Massey; her son Crackers, played by Danny Mills; and Cookie, played by Cookie Mueller.

Divine and her gang are criminially opposed by Connie and Raymond Marble, played by Mink Stole and David Lochary, a married foot-fetish loving urban white trash couple jealous of Divine's notority. The Marbles feel they deserve the Filthiest title because of what they do for a living basically an illegal baby adoption ring replete with kidnapped women chained in their basement. The two sides touch off a family feud, the Marbles coming to burn down Divine's trailor; Divine and Crackers defiling the Marble's house by licking down everything with saliva.

Along the way, there are plenty of perverse moments, like Raymond flashing people in the park with assorted sausages and a turkey head attached to exaggerate his size. He gets outdone himself when he tangles with a woman in a park who first flashes her breasts, then scares him off with her penis, the woman really a transvestite. There is a lot of full male nudity in this movie, but that shouldn't be too much of a shocker, it is par the course.

Topics run the gamut from bestiality to coprophagy, and everything else inbetween. There is murder, incest, lynching, arson, rape, cannabilism, transvestites, lesbians, nudity, graphic sex, lewdness, incest, fellatio, window peeping, humilation, obesity, mental illness, egg fetishism, foot fetishism, late term abortion, emasculation, defecation, vomiting, masturbation, flashing, perversion, kidnapping, nazis, white trailer trash, bad tastes in clothes, animal cruelity, sadomasochism, even evily possessed couches. I'm sure I'm missing a few here.

Most of the time, it is cheap base humor, with the freak shows to match. If you decide to watch, don't miss out on Bab's birthday party. It is insane, both humorous, and flat out outrageous. The park scene was good also, the audience
will fall for that one too. If for some reason, you are inured to what's going on around you, John Waters will make sure to get you with the poodle scene before you leave the theater.

As a film from the 1970's, it certainly was shocking and revolutionary for its time. It is now 2001, and the film is still shocking, which is good; society's morals seem to be intact.

John Waters certainly is the auteur of bad taste; well.. no, that is not kind enough compliment... He is the king of perverse, and tasteless humor. If its not outrageous, demented, shocking, and most of all real enough to be beliveable, then its not John Waters.

[Merlin]

How does "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly" not make the list? How does "The Silence Of The Lambs" make the list, but not "The Exorcist"? Where's Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai"? Very disappointing!

I agree about the three you mention, but AK is easy, the list is for American films I am pretty sure (i.e. American Film Institute). I don't know how Spaghetti Westerns fit under that definition.

M.

[Mastermind2002]

I agree about the three you mention, but AK is easy, the list is for American films I am pretty sure (i.e. American Film Institute). I don't know how Spaghetti Westerns fit under that definition.

M.

You're right. My error!

[Rigs11]

WTf? Where's Casino?

[Beantown Bronco]

May as well put "Dude, Where's my Car" on the list....it'd be just as painful to sit through as most of these.

[Sir Mawn]

Oliver Stone's JFK should be included just because of the editing. It's brilliant overall IMO.

I'm glad to see Eastwood's Unforgiven make the list. One of the best westerns of all time.

Pulp Fiction should be rated higher, if only for the impact it had on modern cinema.

Patton is top 20 all time IMO

[Haroldthebarrel]

Casino is IMHO very overrated. There has been made lotsa better gangster films over the years.

Im still stunned that the Exorcist didn't make the list. No doubt David Lean was a great great director tho.
I dont understand how come Star Wars is there on the list but none of the others are(if you wanna place it there). I mean, I just fail to comprehend film critics who says that the first one was good but the others suck. Heck, it's like saying only the first LOTR is good and the others arent?

I counted 46 movies that I've seen. I might have seen more tho, but they used to translate or give the movie a norwegian name before. So I might have seen more.

[Garcia Bronco]

I think it's funny that most of the movies were made 50 years ago and many people wouldn't be able to sit through any of them.

[Garcia Bronco]

Tootsie made the list? Tootsie?

That's a horrid flix

[Mastermind2002]

Casino is IMHO very overrated. There has been made lotsa better gangster films over the years.

I agree that "Casino" is overrated in regard to being one of the best films of all time, but it is however a very good film. The thing I like about Scorsese's mafia films is the well wriiten story structure and dialogue. As a novice to screenwriting, I've studied "Casino" in and out.

[Mastermind2002]

Oliver Stone's JFK should be included just because of the editing. It's brilliant overall IMO.

Yes, the editing is brilliant. Also the story structure is great. Too bad the film was full of fiction.

[Jason in LA]

I just watched Harrold and Kumaar go to White Castle. It won't make the list, but the hot chicks playing battlesh*t was funny as hell. How many guys would do a chick if they witnessed that?

[Smilin Assassin]

No Braveheart?

The hell you say.

[Cito Pelon]

Joe Kidd, Kelly's heroes, and yeah, Saving Private Ryan.

Gone with the Wind I'd rate over Casablanca.

I've 78 of those, many of them damn good, many of the older ones included.

Shane was good.

What was the name of that that Eastwood Western "Pale Rider?" That was good. And Rio Bravo was good, Rooster Cogburn . . .

[Kaylore]

I'm a film major currently looking at the end of my education in that field. There are a couple of things you need to remember when looking at this list and understanding why certain movies made the list over others.

Is the movie quality? Are all the production elements sound? Does it fit tigether nicely and ultitmately tell a story?

Was it ahead of its time? Did it break paradigms? Was there some new editing technique, lighting style, or general innovations featured?

Movies like the original Star Wars were generally very average compared its contemporaries in terms of lighting, sound, and composition. However Star Wars single handedly revived the years of the Blockbuster movies and general film excitement.

Some of you don't like Citizen Kane. (Personally I think Casablanca goes at number 1.) However, Citizen Kane used lighting, sound, plot elements and imagery in a way that was light years ahead of its time. Even after its release, directors had trouble being able to replicate the beautiful aesthetic that is achieved in that film. Even today they do!

Some of the films showcase revolutionary acting ability like In On The Waterfront and Rebel Without a Cause. The latter was more about exposing the real living rooms of America, but both showed a free, realistic approach to movie acting that ran against conventions. Its mainstream now, and watching James Dean and Marlon Brando fromn today's standard is actually quite ho-hum, but you need to keep perspective on what these films did to the industry back then and how they set conventions that are still used today.

I reccomend just about all those films. If you watch all those films with a critical eye, you will have a real good understanding of American cinema. And remember that its just American.

[baja]

I'd sit through Beavis and Butthead do America long before trying to sit through half that crap.

Maybe 20 of those movies would be on my top 100 list.....at best.


That explains a lot.

[Rock Chalk]

That explains a lot.
Really?

All it explains is the generation gap.

Those crap movies from when you were a kid are horrendous.

[Northman]

No Boondock Saint?, no Brotherhood of the Wolf? and no Equillibrium? nah, not a accurate top 100 list.

[FADERPROOF]

WTF?

I must be missing something here, I'll go read through the lsit again, but I didn't see it the first time so here is my question...

WHERE THE HELL IS SCARFACE? How is it possible to leave that movie out, hell having it not in the top 10 should be a damn crime.

[baja]

Really?

All it explains is the generation gap.

Those crap movies from when you were a kid are horrendous.

There are a lot of timeless classics on that list that are teaching standards in any good film school or acting school. Arrogant one.


Just because you don't listen to Beethoven does not mean his music sucks. Wonder if you know how asinine you sound at times.

[FADERPROOF]

Every top movie list HAS to have this on it...

http://www.sineport.com/poster/eski/scarface.jpg

[TheManeMan]

Sorry DF...but realistically Scarface is one sh!tty movie...If this was a top 100 OVERRATED movies of all time, then I'd understand what you mean about it being left of the list...

[Northman]

Sorry DF...but realistically Scarface is one sh!tty movie...If this was a top 100 OVERRATED movies of all time, then I'd understand what you mean about it being left of the list...



tsk tsk

[TheManeMan]

Cmon Anubis...you cant really tell me that the storyline and acting in that movie deserve a spot in the top 100...

[Arkie]

I think I've seen 3 different MTV Cribs episodes where a rapper shows off his DVD collection and mentions Scarface.

[TheManeMan]

Here's a better top 250 from imdb.com (http://www.imdb.com/chart/top)
Here's the top 150...


Rank Rating Title Votes
1. 9.0 The Godfather (1972) 123,803
2. 9.0 The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 150,647
3. 8.9 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 105,007
4. 8.9 The Godfather: Part II (1974) 71,874
5. 8.8 Shichinin no samurai (1954) 32,446
6. 8.8 Schindler's List (1993) 98,273
7. 8.8 Casablanca (1942) 66,408
8. 8.7 Star Wars (1977) 136,494
9. 8.7 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 158,658
10. 8.7 Pulp Fiction (1994) 133,801
11. 8.7 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 105,307
12. 8.7 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 70,671
13. 8.7 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 115,772
14. 8.7 Citizen Kane (1941) 61,409
15. 8.7 Rear Window (1954) 41,314
16. 8.6 Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) 30,523
17. 8.6 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 63,849
18. 8.6 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 94,111
19. 8.6 The Usual Suspects (1995) 104,446
20. 8.6 12 Angry Men (1957) 29,530
21. 8.6 Cidade de Deus (2002) 26,343
22. 8.6 Memento (2000) 90,914
23. 8.6 North by Northwest (1959) 35,852
24. 8.5 C'era una volta il West (1968) 17,408
25. 8.5 Psycho (1960) 54,227
26. 8.5 Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 31,417
27. 8.5 It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 41,413
28. 8.5 Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) 60,074
29. 8.5 Goodfellas (1990) 68,717
30. 8.5 The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 92,533
31. 8.5 Sunset Blvd. (1950) 16,266
32. 8.5 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 47,069
33. 8.5 American Beauty (1999) 110,623
34. 8.4 Vertigo (1958) 34,083
35. 8.4 The Matrix (1999) 144,744
36. 8.4 Apocalypse Now (1979) 65,193
37. 8.4 Fight Club (1999) 112,913
38. 8.4 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 30,304
39. 8.4 Paths of Glory (1957) 14,506
40. 8.4 The Pianist (2002) 30,805
41. 8.4 The Third Man (1949) 18,504
42. 8.4 Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) 24,535
43. 8.4 Taxi Driver (1976) 48,206
44. 8.4 Singin' in the Rain (1952) 20,678
45. 8.4 Boot, Das (1981) 29,069
46. 8.3 Double Indemnity (1944) 11,650
47. 8.3 M (1931) 12,119
48. 8.3 Se7en (1995) 88,955
49. 8.3 Rashômon (1950) 11,737
50. 8.3 Chinatown (1974) 25,830
51. 8.3 Some Like It Hot (1959) 25,514
52. 8.3 Requiem for a Dream (2000) 48,255
53. 8.3 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 22,532
54. 8.3 The Maltese Falcon (1941) 19,532
55. 8.3 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 60,966
56. 8.3 L.A. Confidential (1997) 69,937
57. 8.3 All About Eve (1950) 13,114
58. 8.3 Léon (1994) 53,364
59. 8.3 Raging Bull (1980) 26,939
60. 8.3 Modern Times (1936) 10,385
61. 8.3 American History X (1998) 60,150
62. 8.3 Alien (1979) 63,767
63. 8.3 Saving Private Ryan (1998) 100,839
64. 8.2 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 10,525
65. 8.2 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 65,741
66. 8.2 The Sting (1973) 23,814
67. 8.2 A Clockwork Orange (1971) 65,713
68. 8.2 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 11,632
69. 8.2 The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 14,320
70. 8.2 On the Waterfront (1954) 12,893
71. 8.2 Amadeus (1984) 37,157
72. 8.2 The Wizard of Oz (1939) 38,593
73. 8.2 Reservoir Dogs (1992) 69,725
74. 8.2 Vita è bella, La (1997) 38,170
75. 8.2 Ran (1985) 12,061
76. 8.2 The Great Escape (1963) 20,245
77. 8.2 City Lights (1931) 7,856
78. 8.2 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 65,300
79. 8.2 Touch of Evil (1958) 11,806
80. 8.2 The Apartment (1960) 11,287
81. 8.2 Million Dollar Baby (2004) 20,765
82. 8.2 Metropolis (1927) 12,071
83. 8.2 The Shining (1980) 51,258
84. 8.2 Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957) 9,711
85. 8.2 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 44,808
86. 8.2 Aliens (1986) 64,319
87. 8.2 Jaws (1975) 47,264
88. 8.2 The Great Dictator (1940) 10,548
89. 8.2 Hotel Rwanda (2004) 8,893
90. 8.2 Strangers on a Train (1951) 10,699
91. 8.2 Braveheart (1995) 92,977
92. 8.2 Finding Nemo (2003) 42,297
93. 8.2 High Noon (1952) 12,544
94. 8.2 Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1989) 14,113
95. 8.2 Annie Hall (1977) 21,607
96. 8.2 The General (1927) 6,683
97. 8.2 The Incredibles (2004) 31,516
98. 8.2 Fargo (1996) 65,915
99. 8.2 Donnie Darko (2001) 52,592
100. 8.1 Oldboy (2003) 9,374
101. 8.1 Wo hu cang long (2000) 52,472
102. 8.1 Blade Runner (1982) 75,127
103. 8.1 Ladri di biciclette (1948) 7,429
104. 8.1 Mononoke-hime (1997) 19,532
105. 8.1 The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 6,165
106. 8.1 Yojimbo (1961) 9,047
107. 8.1 Full Metal Jacket (1987) 48,058
108. 8.1 Forrest Gump (1994) 90,307
109. 8.1 Rebecca (1940) 11,462
110. 8.1 The Sixth Sense (1999) 97,497
111. 8.1 Untergang, Der (2004) 8,554
112. 8.1 The Big Sleep (1946) 10,025
113. 8.1 The Princess Bride (1987) 54,210
114. 8.1 Before Sunset (2004) 9,001
115. 8.1 Duck Soup (1933) 9,916
116. 8.1 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 78,121
117. 8.1 Notorious (1946) 10,703
118. 8.1 It Happened One Night (1934) 7,960
119. 8.1 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 20,281
120. 8.1 Patton (1970) 14,448
121. 8.1 Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 19,446
122. 8.1 The Graduate (1967) 27,711
123. 8.1 Sin City (2005) 24,493
124. 8.0 Cool Hand Luke (1967) 14,252
125. 8.0 The Deer Hunter (1978) 28,436
126. 8.0 Unforgiven (1992) 31,034
127. 8.0 Smultronstället (1957) 5,220
128. 8.0 The Elephant Man (1980) 16,524
129. 8.0 Lola rennt (1998) 32,998
130. 8.0 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 83,900
131. 8.0 The Philadelphia Story (1940) 10,587
132. 8.0 Glory (1989) 21,988
133. 8.0 Toy Story 2 (1999) 41,193
134. 8.0 Ben-Hur (1959) 21,163
135. 8.0 Back to the Future (1985) 69,067
136. 8.0 Manhattan (1979) 12,470
137. 8.0 Amores perros (2000) 15,248
138. 8.0 Bringing Up Baby (1938) 9,298
139. 8.0 Ying xiong (2002) 24,499
140. 8.0 The Green Mile (1999) 60,600
141. 8.0 The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 7,897
142. 8.0 The Gold Rush (1925) 6,474
143. 8.0 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) 24,819
144. 8.0 Stalag 17 (1953) 7,189
145. 8.0 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 62,043
146. 8.0 The African Queen (1951) 13,816
147. 8.0 Platoon (1986) 35,452
148. 8.0 The Wild Bunch (1969) 10,597
149. 8.0 Gone with the Wind (1939) 29,012
150. 8.0 A Christmas Story (1983) 19,849

[Northman]

Cmon Anubis...you cant really tell me that the storyline and acting in that movie deserve a spot in the top 100...



Well, depends on what your looking for. overall the movie is very good and entertaining. i mean, when i look at Casablanca it doesnt do anything for me and i cant say that the acting is all that great either but some say it does. but i would be willing to say that at least 8 out of 10 movie fans would say that Scarface belongs. i mean, i was pretty disappointed that like 80% of the movies on this list were really old. i just dont find that very objective when it comes to deciding these kind of things.

[FADERPROOF]

Sorry DF...but realistically Scarface is one sh!tty movie...If this was a top 100 OVERRATED movies of all time, then I'd understand what you mean about it being left of the list...

No way man, I love that movie and it is a great piece of film, Pacino acts great in that movie and overall is a great storyline and that is payed to perfection.

I don't know if there are 5 movies out there that I would rather watch than Scarface, I honestly put it that high up there.

[TheManeMan]

Well, depends on what your looking for. overall the movie is very good and entertaining.

It is a entertaining moive dont get me wrong...but, for it to be considered in the top 100 by afi is a complete joke...

[Arkie]

Here's a better top 250 from imdb.com (http://www.imdb.com/chart/top)
Here's the top 150...


Rank Rating Title Votes
1. 9.0 The Godfather (1972) 123,803
2. 9.0 The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 150,647
3. 8.9 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 105,007
4. 8.9 The Godfather: Part II (1974) 71,874
5. 8.8 Shichinin no samurai (1954) 32,446
6. 8.8 Schindler's List (1993) 98,273
7. 8.8 Casablanca (1942) 66,408
8. 8.7 Star Wars (1977) 136,494
9. 8.7 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 158,658
10. 8.7 Pulp Fiction (1994) 133,801
11. 8.7 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 105,307
12. 8.7 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 70,671
13. 8.7 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 115,772
14. 8.7 Citizen Kane (1941) 61,409
15. 8.7 Rear Window (1954) 41,314
16. 8.6 Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) 30,523
17. 8.6 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 63,849
18. 8.6 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 94,111
19. 8.6 The Usual Suspects (1995) 104,446
20. 8.6 12 Angry Men (1957) 29,530
21. 8.6 Cidade de Deus (2002) 26,343
22. 8.6 Memento (2000) 90,914
23. 8.6 North by Northwest (1959) 35,852
24. 8.5 C'era una volta il West (1968) 17,408
25. 8.5 Psycho (1960) 54,227
26. 8.5 Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 31,417
27. 8.5 It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 41,413
28. 8.5 Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) 60,074
29. 8.5 Goodfellas (1990) 68,717
30. 8.5 The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 92,533
31. 8.5 Sunset Blvd. (1950) 16,266
32. 8.5 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 47,069
33. 8.5 American Beauty (1999) 110,623
34. 8.4 Vertigo (1958) 34,083
35. 8.4 The Matrix (1999) 144,744
36. 8.4 Apocalypse Now (1979) 65,193
37. 8.4 Fight Club (1999) 112,913
38. 8.4 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 30,304
39. 8.4 Paths of Glory (1957) 14,506
40. 8.4 The Pianist (2002) 30,805
41. 8.4 The Third Man (1949) 18,504
42. 8.4 Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) 24,535
43. 8.4 Taxi Driver (1976) 48,206
44. 8.4 Singin' in the Rain (1952) 20,678
45. 8.4 Boot, Das (1981) 29,069
46. 8.3 Double Indemnity (1944) 11,650
47. 8.3 M (1931) 12,119
48. 8.3 Se7en (1995) 88,955
49. 8.3 Rashômon (1950) 11,737
50. 8.3 Chinatown (1974) 25,830
51. 8.3 Some Like It Hot (1959) 25,514
52. 8.3 Requiem for a Dream (2000) 48,255
53. 8.3 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 22,532
54. 8.3 The Maltese Falcon (1941) 19,532
55. 8.3 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 60,966
56. 8.3 L.A. Confidential (1997) 69,937
57. 8.3 All About Eve (1950) 13,114
58. 8.3 Léon (1994) 53,364
59. 8.3 Raging Bull (1980) 26,939
60. 8.3 Modern Times (1936) 10,385
61. 8.3 American History X (1998) 60,150
62. 8.3 Alien (1979) 63,767
63. 8.3 Saving Private Ryan (1998) 100,839
64. 8.2 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 10,525
65. 8.2 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 65,741
66. 8.2 The Sting (1973) 23,814
67. 8.2 A Clockwork Orange (1971) 65,713
68. 8.2 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 11,632
69. 8.2 The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 14,320
70. 8.2 On the Waterfront (1954) 12,893
71. 8.2 Amadeus (1984) 37,157
72. 8.2 The Wizard of Oz (1939) 38,593
73. 8.2 Reservoir Dogs (1992) 69,725
74. 8.2 Vita è bella, La (1997) 38,170
75. 8.2 Ran (1985) 12,061
76. 8.2 The Great Escape (1963) 20,245
77. 8.2 City Lights (1931) 7,856
78. 8.2 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 65,300
79. 8.2 Touch of Evil (1958) 11,806
80. 8.2 The Apartment (1960) 11,287
81. 8.2 Million Dollar Baby (2004) 20,765
82. 8.2 Metropolis (1927) 12,071
83. 8.2 The Shining (1980) 51,258
84. 8.2 Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957) 9,711
85. 8.2 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 44,808
86. 8.2 Aliens (1986) 64,319
87. 8.2 Jaws (1975) 47,264
88. 8.2 The Great Dictator (1940) 10,548
89. 8.2 Hotel Rwanda (2004) 8,893
90. 8.2 Strangers on a Train (1951) 10,699
91. 8.2 Braveheart (1995) 92,977
92. 8.2 Finding Nemo (2003) 42,297
93. 8.2 High Noon (1952) 12,544
94. 8.2 Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1989) 14,113
95. 8.2 Annie Hall (1977) 21,607
96. 8.2 The General (1927) 6,683
97. 8.2 The Incredibles (2004) 31,516
98. 8.2 Fargo (1996) 65,915
99. 8.2 Donnie Darko (2001) 52,592
100. 8.1 Oldboy (2003) 9,374
101. 8.1 Wo hu cang long (2000) 52,472
102. 8.1 Blade Runner (1982) 75,127
103. 8.1 Ladri di biciclette (1948) 7,429
104. 8.1 Mononoke-hime (1997) 19,532
105. 8.1 The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 6,165
106. 8.1 Yojimbo (1961) 9,047
107. 8.1 Full Metal Jacket (1987) 48,058
108. 8.1 Forrest Gump (1994) 90,307
109. 8.1 Rebecca (1940) 11,462
110. 8.1 The Sixth Sense (1999) 97,497
111. 8.1 Untergang, Der (2004) 8,554
112. 8.1 The Big Sleep (1946) 10,025
113. 8.1 The Princess Bride (1987) 54,210
114. 8.1 Before Sunset (2004) 9,001
115. 8.1 Duck Soup (1933) 9,916
116. 8.1 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 78,121
117. 8.1 Notorious (1946) 10,703
118. 8.1 It Happened One Night (1934) 7,960
119. 8.1 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 20,281
120. 8.1 Patton (1970) 14,448
121. 8.1 Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 19,446
122. 8.1 The Graduate (1967) 27,711
123. 8.1 Sin City (2005) 24,493
124. 8.0 Cool Hand Luke (1967) 14,252
125. 8.0 The Deer Hunter (1978) 28,436
126. 8.0 Unforgiven (1992) 31,034
127. 8.0 Smultronstället (1957) 5,220
128. 8.0 The Elephant Man (1980) 16,524
129. 8.0 Lola rennt (1998) 32,998
130. 8.0 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 83,900
131. 8.0 The Philadelphia Story (1940) 10,587
132. 8.0 Glory (1989) 21,988
133. 8.0 Toy Story 2 (1999) 41,193
134. 8.0 Ben-Hur (1959) 21,163
135. 8.0 Back to the Future (1985) 69,067
136. 8.0 Manhattan (1979) 12,470
137. 8.0 Amores perros (2000) 15,248
138. 8.0 Bringing Up Baby (1938) 9,298
139. 8.0 Ying xiong (2002) 24,499
140. 8.0 The Green Mile (1999) 60,600
141. 8.0 The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 7,897
142. 8.0 The Gold Rush (1925) 6,474
143. 8.0 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) 24,819
144. 8.0 Stalag 17 (1953) 7,189
145. 8.0 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 62,043
146. 8.0 The African Queen (1951) 13,816
147. 8.0 Platoon (1986) 35,452
148. 8.0 The Wild Bunch (1969) 10,597
149. 8.0 Gone with the Wind (1939) 29,012
150. 8.0 A Christmas Story (1983) 19,849

What a surprise! Scarface isn't even in the top 250 with the movie fans voting.

150. 8.0 A Christmas Story (1983) 19,849
151. 8.0 All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 6,886
152. 8.0 The Searchers (1956) 10,268
153. 8.0 Hable con ella (2002) 12,729
154. 8.0 Quatre cents coups, Les (1959) 6,541
155. 8.0 The Night of the Hunter (1955) 7,589
156. 8.0 The Hustler (1961) 8,280
157. 8.0 Mystic River (2003) 29,311
158. 8.0 Life of Brian (1979) 33,531
159. 8.0 Ikiru (1952) 4,156
160. 8.0 Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 11,410
161. 8.0 Shrek (2001) 65,628
162. 8.0 The Straight Story (1999) 14,763
163. 8.0 Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925) 6,088
164. 8.0 Die Hard (1988) 59,209
165. 8.0 Big Fish (2003) 31,909
166. 7.9 Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 5,136
167. 7.9 His Girl Friday (1940) 6,696
168. 7.9 Grande illusion, La (1937) 5,042
169. 7.9 Young Frankenstein (1974) 22,401
170. 7.9 The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 7,409
171. 7.9 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 7,318
172. 7.9 Roman Holiday (1953) 9,484
173. 7.9 Gladiator (2000) 93,111
174. 7.9 Hotaru no haka (1988) 6,974
175. 7.9 Festen (1998) 12,064
176. 7.9 Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, La (1928) 3,495
177. 7.9 Finding Neverland (2004) 18,257
178. 7.9 Monsters, Inc. (2001) 39,029
179. 7.9 Sling Blade (1996) 20,446
180. 7.9 Ed Wood (1994) 22,764
181. 7.9 Charade (1963) 9,104
182. 7.9 Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994) 10,440
183. 7.9 Spartacus (1960) 17,185
184. 7.9 A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 9,687
185. 7.9 Magnolia (1999) 46,278
186. 7.9 The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 10,201
187. 7.9 All the President's Men (1976) 12,794
188. 7.9 To Be or Not to Be (1942) 3,610
189. 7.9 The Conversation (1974) 10,329
190. 7.9 Lost in Translation (2003) 42,937
191. 7.9 The Killing (1956) 7,046
192. 7.9 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) 2,668
193. 7.9 A Night at the Opera (1935) 6,026
194. 7.9 Sideways (2004) 17,763
195. 7.9 Strada, La (1954) 5,044
196. 7.9 Brazil (1985) 30,909
197. 7.9 Groundhog Day (1993) 45,094
198. 7.9 Gandhi (1982) 15,971
199. 7.9 Crash (2004) 3,417
200. 7.9 Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) 8,474
201. 7.9 Toy Story (1995) 46,258
202. 7.9 Twelve Monkeys (1995) 62,678
203. 7.9 Trainspotting (1996) 52,226
204. 7.9 The Insider (1999) 28,939
205. 7.9 Harvey (1950) 7,918
206. 7.9 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) 7,095
207. 7.9 Almost Famous (2000) 38,876
208. 7.9 8½ (1963) 8,020
209. 7.9 Stand by Me (1986) 30,966
210. 7.9 Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 5,752
211. 7.9 Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 15,054
212. 7.9 The Lion in Winter (1968) 5,902
213. 7.9 Dogville (2003) 14,567
214. 7.9 Garden State (2004) 24,417
215. 7.9 In America (2002) 8,476
216. 7.9 Fanny och Alexander (1982) 4,396
217. 7.9 Laura (1944) 4,670
218. 7.8 The Terminator (1984) 60,150
219. 7.8 The Exorcist (1973) 34,399
220. 7.8 Mulholland Dr. (2001) 35,763
221. 7.8 21 Grams (2003) 22,154
222. 7.8 The Station Agent (2003) 7,214
223. 7.8 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 61,408
224. 7.8 The Big Lebowski (1998) 50,542
225. 7.8 Miller's Crossing (1990) 14,668
226. 7.8 This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 20,704
227. 7.8 Persona (1966) 3,701
228. 7.8 Network (1976) 9,557
229. 7.8 Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 3,365
230. 7.8 Rain Man (1988) 42,799
231. 7.8 Being John Malkovich (1999) 55,407
232. 7.8 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 34,565
233. 7.8 Snatch. (2000) 45,168
234. 7.8 Per qualche dollaro in più (1965) 8,962
235. 7.8 The 39 Steps (1935) 7,984
236. 7.8 Mar adentro (2004/I) 3,824
237. 7.8 Heat (1995) 44,903
238. 7.8 The Right Stuff (1983) 12,953
239. 7.8 Spider-Man 2 (2004) 40,782
240. 7.8 Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 12,745
241. 7.8 Being There (1979) 10,592
242. 7.8 King Kong (1933) 10,373
243. 7.8 Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 3,506
244. 7.8 The Thin Man (1934) 4,791
245. 7.8 Midnight Cowboy (1969) 13,203
246. 7.8 Rio Bravo (1959) 7,238
247. 7.8 Battaglia di Algeri, La (1965) 2,069
248. 7.8 Diarios de motocicleta (2004) 8,814
249. 7.8 Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 4,781
250. 7.8 The Untouchables (1987) 31,889

[TheManeMan]

What a surprise! Scarface isn't even in the top 250 with the movie fans voting.




So that should prove that Anubis's theory of 8 of 10 movie fans that Scarface belongs, is a load of crap...

[Northman]

Ill tell you one thing, Scarface belongs a hell of a lot more than Kill Bill. lmao that is a joke within itself.

[FADERPROOF]

I don't get it, to me scarface is excellent and is worth watching over and over and over again, guess the yuppie pricks that make these lists cant deal with f word, guns, and cocaine.

[Haroldthebarrel]

I saw "Der Untergang" on saturday. That was an awesome movie. It portrays Hitlers last days in the bunker until he took his own life along with Eva Braun.
The acting was just awesome. Words cannot describe. And it does portray him as a human being, not the devil incarnated which other movies tend to do.

You'd have to bear with subtexts to see it tho since it is in german.

[TheManeMan]

Ill tell you one thing, Scarface belongs a hell of a lot more than Kill Bill. lmao that is a joke within itself.

I would rather watch the Bride instead of Tony Montana...

Not only that...I'd rather watch Blow instead of Scarface...atleast that story is sort of realistic, based on a true story actually...instead of some fictitious wannabe...

[Northman]

I would rather watch the Bride instead of Tony Montana...

Not only that...I'd rather watch Blow instead of Scarface...atleast that story is sort of realistic, based on a true story actually...


Lmao! yea, like Kill Bill is even remotely realistic. :loopy:

[TheManeMan]

Hey Hey Hey...where did I say that Kill Bill is realistic...

I was comparing Blow to Scarface...

[rbackfactory80]

How does "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly" not make the list? How does "The Silence Of The Lambs" make the list, but not "The Exorcist"? Where's Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai"? Very disappointing!

PS: "The Godfather" should be #1 IMHO.

Where is Scarface? Definitely a movie that I can watch over and over. Glad Jaws is on the list though!!! Easy Rider, cool movie but top 100, I dont know?

[Northman]

Hey Hey Hey...where did I say that Kill Bill is realistic...

I was comparing Blow to Scarface...


Ooops, my bad. i thought that was what you were insinuating.

[FADERPROOF]

I would rather watch the Bride instead of Tony Montana...

Not only that...I'd rather watch Blow instead of Scarface...atleast that story is sort of realistic, based on a true story actually...instead of some fictitious wannabe...

How is scarface not that realistic? The Cubans coming over in flocks to escape communism and Castro did happen, and they were met with having to do whatever they could to make money.

He came over and started out as a dishwasher for a corner restaurant, met the right people and made his way up the charts, I don't see how that is so unrealistic.

[rbackfactory80]

I would rather watch the Bride instead of Tony Montana...

Not only that...I'd rather watch Blow instead of Scarface...atleast that story is sort of realistic, based on a true story actually...instead of some fictitious wannabe...


Get real dude, Scarface is realistic

[TheManeMan]

Its all good dude...listen...you guys watch Scarface, I'll watch Kill Bill and Blow...and we'll all be happy...

[rbackfactory80]

What a surprise! Scarface isn't even in the top 250 with the movie fans voting.

150. 8.0 A Christmas Story (1983) 19,849
151. 8.0 All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 6,886
152. 8.0 The Searchers (1956) 10,268
153. 8.0 Hable con ella (2002) 12,729
154. 8.0 Quatre cents coups, Les (1959) 6,541
155. 8.0 The Night of the Hunter (1955) 7,589
156. 8.0 The Hustler (1961) 8,280
157. 8.0 Mystic River (2003) 29,311
158. 8.0 Life of Brian (1979) 33,531
159. 8.0 Ikiru (1952) 4,156
160. 8.0 Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 11,410
161. 8.0 Shrek (2001) 65,628
162. 8.0 The Straight Story (1999) 14,763
163. 8.0 Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925) 6,088
164. 8.0 Die Hard (1988) 59,209
165. 8.0 Big Fish (2003) 31,909
166. 7.9 Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 5,136
167. 7.9 His Girl Friday (1940) 6,696
168. 7.9 Grande illusion, La (1937) 5,042
169. 7.9 Young Frankenstein (1974) 22,401
170. 7.9 The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 7,409
171. 7.9 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 7,318
172. 7.9 Roman Holiday (1953) 9,484
173. 7.9 Gladiator (2000) 93,111
174. 7.9 Hotaru no haka (1988) 6,974
175. 7.9 Festen (1998) 12,064
176. 7.9 Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, La (1928) 3,495
177. 7.9 Finding Neverland (2004) 18,257
178. 7.9 Monsters, Inc. (2001) 39,029
179. 7.9 Sling Blade (1996) 20,446
180. 7.9 Ed Wood (1994) 22,764
181. 7.9 Charade (1963) 9,104
182. 7.9 Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994) 10,440
183. 7.9 Spartacus (1960) 17,185
184. 7.9 A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 9,687
185. 7.9 Magnolia (1999) 46,278
186. 7.9 The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 10,201
187. 7.9 All the President's Men (1976) 12,794
188. 7.9 To Be or Not to Be (1942) 3,610
189. 7.9 The Conversation (1974) 10,329
190. 7.9 Lost in Translation (2003) 42,937
191. 7.9 The Killing (1956) 7,046
192. 7.9 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) 2,668
193. 7.9 A Night at the Opera (1935) 6,026
194. 7.9 Sideways (2004) 17,763
195. 7.9 Strada, La (1954) 5,044
196. 7.9 Brazil (1985) 30,909
197. 7.9 Groundhog Day (1993) 45,094
198. 7.9 Gandhi (1982) 15,971
199. 7.9 Crash (2004) 3,417
200. 7.9 Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) 8,474
201. 7.9 Toy Story (1995) 46,258
202. 7.9 Twelve Monkeys (1995) 62,678
203. 7.9 Trainspotting (1996) 52,226
204. 7.9 The Insider (1999) 28,939
205. 7.9 Harvey (1950) 7,918
206. 7.9 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) 7,095
207. 7.9 Almost Famous (2000) 38,876
208. 7.9 8½ (1963) 8,020
209. 7.9 Stand by Me (1986) 30,966
210. 7.9 Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 5,752
211. 7.9 Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 15,054
212. 7.9 The Lion in Winter (1968) 5,902
213. 7.9 Dogville (2003) 14,567
214. 7.9 Garden State (2004) 24,417
215. 7.9 In America (2002) 8,476
216. 7.9 Fanny och Alexander (1982) 4,396
217. 7.9 Laura (1944) 4,670
218. 7.8 The Terminator (1984) 60,150
219. 7.8 The Exorcist (1973) 34,399
220. 7.8 Mulholland Dr. (2001) 35,763
221. 7.8 21 Grams (2003) 22,154
222. 7.8 The Station Agent (2003) 7,214
223. 7.8 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 61,408
224. 7.8 The Big Lebowski (1998) 50,542
225. 7.8 Miller's Crossing (1990) 14,668
226. 7.8 This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 20,704
227. 7.8 Persona (1966) 3,701
228. 7.8 Network (1976) 9,557
229. 7.8 Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 3,365
230. 7.8 Rain Man (1988) 42,799
231. 7.8 Being John Malkovich (1999) 55,407
232. 7.8 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 34,565
233. 7.8 Snatch. (2000) 45,168
234. 7.8 Per qualche dollaro in più (1965) 8,962
235. 7.8 The 39 Steps (1935) 7,984
236. 7.8 Mar adentro (2004/I) 3,824
237. 7.8 Heat (1995) 44,903
238. 7.8 The Right Stuff (1983) 12,953
239. 7.8 Spider-Man 2 (2004) 40,782
240. 7.8 Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 12,745
241. 7.8 Being There (1979) 10,592
242. 7.8 King Kong (1933) 10,373
243. 7.8 Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 3,506
244. 7.8 The Thin Man (1934) 4,791
245. 7.8 Midnight Cowboy (1969) 13,203
246. 7.8 Rio Bravo (1959) 7,238
247. 7.8 Battaglia di Algeri, La (1965) 2,069
248. 7.8 Diarios de motocicleta (2004) 8,814
249. 7.8 Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 4,781
250. 7.8 The Untouchables (1987) 31,889
Almost famous???? Give me a break, funny movie but not a great.

[Northman]

Its all good dude...listen...you guys watch Scarface, I'll watch Kill Bill and Blow...and we'll all be happy...


Actually, if your going to pick a Depp film i think ill take either Dead Man or Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. :wiggle:

[TheManeMan]

How is scarface not that realistic? The Cubans coming over in flocks to escape communism and Castro did happen, and they were met with having to do whatever they could to make money.

He came over and started out as a dishwasher for a corner restaurant, met the right people and made his way up the charts, I don't see how that is so unrealistic.

From a political refugee from Cuba to a drug lord in the US...pretty realistic...it happens everyday...anyway

[FADERPROOF]

From a political refugee from Cuba to a drug lord in the US...pretty realistic...it happens everyday...anyway

Not to everyone and not everyday, but his personality made it that way, he didn't take **** and he wanted the world, stopped at nothing to get there.

Why do you think they made such an emphasis on his personality and character in the movie? Becuase any Joe somebody would've never made it in that business, they portrayed him that way because that's what it takes to be the guy on top.

[Hogan11]

I really have no problem with a lot on this list....however Duck Soup? Sure it was a great Marx Bros. film, but W.C. Field's The Bank Dick & It's A Gift were much funnier.

I thought CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, MIDNIGHT COWBOY & 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY outright sucked. I have little use for musicals, so I avoid them at all costs.

I'd add Donnie Brasco somewhere on there as well.

[TheManeMan]

Not to everyone and not everyday, but his personality made it that way, he didn't take **** and he wanted the world, stopped at nothing to get there.

Why do you think they made such an emphasis on his personality and character in the movie? Becuase any Joe somebody would've never made it in that business, they portrayed him that way because that's what it takes to be the guy on top.

I've seen the movie...you've seen the movie...we both have different opinions about it...plain and simple...I'll leave it at that...

[FADERPROOF]

I've seen the movie...you've seen the movie...we both have different opinions about it...plain and simple...I'll leave it at that...

I could've told you that since post 48 on this thread.

[TheManeMan]

I could've told you that since post 48 on this thread.

could've...should've...would've...oh well

[Hogan11]

Almost famous???? Give me a break, funny movie but not a great.

I really love Almost Famous...but then again, why wouldn't I? Ha!

[DivineLegion]

Gladiator...Braveheart...Saving Private Ryan...Jurassic Park...

Where are they...hell wheres Titanic dident that set tons of box office records???

[Pezman]

Screw AFI's list. Never even bothered to read it. And IMDB.com's list is a known fanboy list. That being said, there are some real gems to be found that are not in the top 250 that could easily rank as cinematic masterpieces.

My own personal favorites would have to be...

Godfather Trilogy
Goodfellas
Shawshank Redemption
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Jaws
Fight Club (Just for TJ ;D )
Usual Suspects
Pulp Fiction
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Indy Trilogy)
Die Hard
Alien (and Aliens)
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
The Right Stuff
Big Fish
The Big Lebowski
Star Wars Trilogy (Original)
Leon
The Matrix
Kill Bill vol 1 &2
A Christmas Story
Snatch
Se7en
Braveheart

[Northman]

Screw AFI's list. Never even bothered to read it. And IMDB.com's list is a known fanboy list. That being said, there are some real gems to be found that are not in the top 250 that could easily rank as cinematic masterpieces.

My own personal favorites would have to be...

Godfather Trilogy
Goodfellas
Shawshank Redemption
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Jaws
Fight Club (Just for TJ ;D )
Usual Suspects
Pulp Fiction
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Indy Trilogy)
Die Hard
Alien (and Aliens)
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
The Right Stuff
Big Fish
The Big Lebowski
Star Wars Trilogy (Original)
Leon
The Matrix
Kill Bill vol 1 &2
A Christmas Story
Snatch
Se7en
Braveheart



Pezzy, you get my vote for movie top-lists! 8')

[TheManeMan]

There isn't Scarface though...Hilarious!

[FADERPROOF]

There isnt Scarface though...Hilarious!

Funny, I remember a certain person about 3 times on this thread saying that we should drop the Scarface talk...

[TheManeMan]

I couldnt help taking a shot after Anubis' last post...

[JAPS]

250 movies and no Basic Instinct/Total Recall. Sheesh...:o did Vertigo make the list?

[Pezman]

There isn't Scarface though...Hilarious!

To be honest, Scarface is much more of an icon and quote filled movie to me more than the actual substance within the movie itself.
Lots of fun scenes, some decent action, and an outright hilariously bad bunch of accents by some of the characters. The pacing is just too jumbled at times for me to really make it one of my favorites. But that doesnt stop me from loving the gore and violence
:thumbs:

I give it 6 out of 10 yeyo's ;D

[Breck Bronc]

Screw AFI's list. Never even bothered to read it. And IMDB.com's list is a known fanboy list. That being said, there are some real gems to be found that are not in the top 250 that could easily rank as cinematic masterpieces.

My own personal favorites would have to be...

Godfather Trilogy
Goodfellas
Shawshank Redemption
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Jaws
Fight Club (Just for TJ ;D )
Usual Suspects
Pulp Fiction
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Indy Trilogy)
Die Hard
Alien (and Aliens)
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
The Right Stuff
Big Fish
The Big Lebowski
Star Wars Trilogy (Original)
Leon
The Matrix
Kill Bill vol 1 &2
A Christmas Story
Snatch
Se7en
BraveheartGreat list! I have every one of those on DVD except A Christmas Story, which is always played multiple times on cable during December, anyway. Leon (The Professional) is such a great movie.

I've recently been plowing through a bunch of foreign films on Netflix. I watched Good Bye Lenin! this weekend and enjoyed it.

On the Scarface issue, it's an entertaining movie but I wouldn't put it on any top 100 or 200 lists. I thought Pacino was overacting a little too much. Still, his Tony Montana will be remembered forever by many people.

[Rock Chalk]

Top 10.

Braveheart
Gladiator
The Matrix (1)
LOTR: Return of the King
LOTR: Fellowship
Star Wars: Empire
Star Wars: Sith
Indiana Jones: Temple
Indiana Jones: Raiders
LOTR: Two Towers

[-Slap-]

Top 10.

Braveheart
Gladiator
The Matrix (1)
LOTR: Return of the King
LOTR: Fellowship
Star Wars: Empire
Star Wars: Sith
Indiana Jones: Temple
Indiana Jones: Raiders
LOTR: Two Towers

What are you, 11 years old?

[-Slap-]

88 posts and not one goddamn zombie movie. You people disappoint me.

[Hogan11]

Will White Zombie do? I like that better than any other Lugosi film, even Dracula

[Tredici]

88 posts and not one goddamn zombie movie. You people disappoint me.

[watermock]

Jurassic Park...

That was a joke right?

Watching Animtrons chase little kids in a kitchen? Did it occur to any of these morons a Raptor would sniff out these monkeys in about 10 seconds?

It's almost as pathetic as "My Jewish Geinius" on Independence Day. Me and Wild Wild West are going to just go plant a "virus" into the mothership.

Yeah, like they might not have something called a password.

I did think the "I'm Back" scene was amusing tho.

It would of made more sense to simply jam the alien crafts shields than to have some rediculous routine.

Jurrasic Park was horrible. Possibly the worst movie of all time.

[-Slap-]

Will White Zombie do? I like that better than any other Lugosi film, even Dracula

Bela Lugosi as Murder Legendre.

I was still thinking more along the world-overrun-by-shambling-undead kind of zombie flick, though.

[Hogan11]

Gotcha Slap.

Not that it deserves to be on the list or anything but I always thought Phantasm was the most unintentionally funny horror film ever made......that thing still cracks me up, especially the Tall Man "BBBBbbbbbboooooyyyyyy" Ha!

[Sodak]

Maybe I'm just nostalgic for a comedy BS. (Before Sandler)

Animal House
Fast Times at Ridgemont High

[Billy Clyde Puckett]

Many good choices. My top Movies would be:

Chinatown
Godfather1
Godfather2
One Flew Over the Cukoos Nest
Mash
Clockwork Orange
The Right Stuff
Saving Private Ryan
The Graduate
Apollo 13

[FADERPROOF]

If I had to do a top 10, it would go like this:

1.) Pulp Fiction
2.) Scarface
3.) The Rock
4.) Mystery, Alaska
5.) Green Mile
6.) Full Metal Jacket
7.) Road Trip
8.) Texas Chainsaw Massacre(2003)
9.) Training Day
10.) The Godfather

Yes, I know having about all of those movies above the Godfather is a crime, but outside of Scarface, I like to keep myself up to date with movies.

[Clockwork Orange]

Its all good dude...listen...you guys watch Scarface, I'll watch Kill Bill and Blow...and we'll all be happy...

Hey, what you do after you watch Kill Bill is your business. ;)

But seriously, Goodfellas deserves a hell of a lot better than 94th. The original Halloween should get some love here too.

[Sodak]

Eh, on second thought, Fast Times at Ridgemont High really sucked.

I'll stand by Animal House though.

Adam Sandler still sucks too. He's made the same movie now 6 times in a row.

[Clockwork Orange]

Eh, on second thought, Fast Times at Ridgemont High really sucked.

If Mr. Hand were here he'd ask you if you were on dope. tsk tsk

I'll also throw The Exorcist, Reservoir Dogs, Casino & the orignial Texas Chainsaw Massacre out there on a personal favorites list.

[Tredici]

What? If The Jerk isn't there, no point in the list.

[Sodak]

If Mr. Hand were here he'd ask you if you were on dope. tsk tsk


I was then. :crazy:

[Rock Chalk]

What are you, 11 years old?
Yeah and its ****ing great.

[-Slap-]

Gotcha Slap.

Not that it deserves to be on the list or anything but I always thought Phantasm was the most unintentionally funny horror film ever made......that thing still cracks me up, especially the Tall Man "BBBBbbbbbboooooyyyyyy" Ha!

That "BBBBbbbbbboooooyyyyyy" call was the way my friends and I addressed each other for the rest of that summer.

[Rock Chalk]

88 posts and not one goddamn zombie movie. You people disappoint me.
What zombie movie is worth a crap? I think Michael Jackson's thriller is the best zombie flick I have ever seen and it was a 15 minute music video.

[Hogan11]

That "BBBBbbbbbboooooyyyyyy" call was the way my friends and I addressed each other for the rest of that summer.

Here ya go Slap......ah memories Ha!

http://www.phantasm.com/movies/spherekill.gif

[-Slap-]

What zombie movie is worth a crap? I think Michael Jackson's thriller is the best zombie flick I have ever seen and it was a 15 minute music video.

Romero's seminal Night of the Living Dead

Romero's Dawn of the Dead

Savini's remake of NOTLD

The 2004 remake of DOTD

Return of the Living Dead

All those movies kick ass and Romero's Land of the Dead will kick more ass than any movie ever.

http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/universal_pictures/george_a__romero_s_land_of_the_dead/georgearomeroslandofthedead_bigposter.jpg

[Atlas]

Anybody ever watch the Evil Dead trilogy.

Very good. Unlike most horror movies ithey are very funny. Much better than any of Romeros movies. I did like the first Dawn of the dead, and the remake was good also.

Return of the living Dead was just horrible.

[sledgehammer]

How could they leave Back to the Future off that list? That movie was far and away the best movie that I've ever seen.

[-Slap-]

Anybody ever watch the Evil Dead trilogy.

Very good. Unlike most horror movies ithey are very funny. Much better than any of Romeros movies. I did like the first Dawn of the dead, and the remake was good also.

Return of the living Dead was just horrible.

If you enjoyed the comedy of the Evil Dead movies, I'm surprised you didn't like Return of the Living Dead. Classic camp treatment of the genre.

http://www.psychotronicvideo.com/wow/inner_views/gulager/images/dead.jpg http://www.geocities.jp/horrorlab/recom/vol6/vol_6/jpg/tar.jpg

[FADERPROOF]

I couldnt help taking a shot after Anubis' last post...

Don't you have to go watch 'blow" or "kill bill?"

[Atlas]

If you enjoyed the comedy of the Evil Dead movies, I'm surprised you didn't like Return of the Living Dead. Classic camp treatment of the genre.

http://www.psychotronicvideo.com/wow/inner_views/gulager/images/dead.jpg http://www.geocities.jp/horrorlab/recom/vol6/vol_6/jpg/tar.jpg

I think Return of the Dead tried to hard to be funny.

Have you ever seen Day of the Dead? That wasn't very good either.

[BRONCCRUSHFAN]

What about Team America World Police ???

Citizen Kane isn't that good of a movie.

Durka Durka Muhammad Jihad Durka Durk.

[TheManeMan]

Don't you have to go watch 'blow" or "kill bill?"

Whats your boggle, dude?

[-Slap-]

I think Return of the Dead tried to hard to be funny.

Have you ever seen Day of the Dead? That wasn't very good either.

Day of the Dead was a huge disappointment, but Romero will make amends with the last installment of the opus.

[-Slap-]

No movie made me laugh harder than Team America this year.

America! ****, yeah!

[DivineLegion]

What a surprise! Scarface isn't even in the top 250 with the movie fans voting.

150. 8.0 A Christmas Story (1983) 19,849
151. 8.0 All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 6,886
152. 8.0 The Searchers (1956) 10,268
153. 8.0 Hable con ella (2002) 12,729
154. 8.0 Quatre cents coups, Les (1959) 6,541
155. 8.0 The Night of the Hunter (1955) 7,589
156. 8.0 The Hustler (1961) 8,280
157. 8.0 Mystic River (2003) 29,311
158. 8.0 Life of Brian (1979) 33,531
159. 8.0 Ikiru (1952) 4,156
160. 8.0 Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 11,410
161. 8.0 Shrek (2001) 65,628
162. 8.0 The Straight Story (1999) 14,763
163. 8.0 Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925) 6,088
164. 8.0 Die Hard (1988) 59,209
165. 8.0 Big Fish (2003) 31,909
166. 7.9 Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 5,136
167. 7.9 His Girl Friday (1940) 6,696
168. 7.9 Grande illusion, La (1937) 5,042
169. 7.9 Young Frankenstein (1974) 22,401
170. 7.9 The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 7,409
171. 7.9 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 7,318
172. 7.9 Roman Holiday (1953) 9,484
173. 7.9 Gladiator (2000) 93,111
174. 7.9 Hotaru no haka (1988) 6,974
175. 7.9 Festen (1998) 12,064
176. 7.9 Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, La (1928) 3,495
177. 7.9 Finding Neverland (2004) 18,257
178. 7.9 Monsters, Inc. (2001) 39,029
179. 7.9 Sling Blade (1996) 20,446
180. 7.9 Ed Wood (1994) 22,764
181. 7.9 Charade (1963) 9,104
182. 7.9 Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994) 10,440
183. 7.9 Spartacus (1960) 17,185
184. 7.9 A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 9,687
185. 7.9 Magnolia (1999) 46,278
186. 7.9 The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 10,201
187. 7.9 All the President's Men (1976) 12,794
188. 7.9 To Be or Not to Be (1942) 3,610
189. 7.9 The Conversation (1974) 10,329
190. 7.9 Lost in Translation (2003) 42,937
191. 7.9 The Killing (1956) 7,046
192. 7.9 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) 2,668
193. 7.9 A Night at the Opera (1935) 6,026
194. 7.9 Sideways (2004) 17,763
195. 7.9 Strada, La (1954) 5,044
196. 7.9 Brazil (1985) 30,909
197. 7.9 Groundhog Day (1993) 45,094
198. 7.9 Gandhi (1982) 15,971
199. 7.9 Crash (2004) 3,417
200. 7.9 Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) 8,474
201. 7.9 Toy Story (1995) 46,258
202. 7.9 Twelve Monkeys (1995) 62,678
203. 7.9 Trainspotting (1996) 52,226
204. 7.9 The Insider (1999) 28,939
205. 7.9 Harvey (1950) 7,918
206. 7.9 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) 7,095
207. 7.9 Almost Famous (2000) 38,876
208. 7.9 8½ (1963) 8,020
209. 7.9 Stand by Me (1986) 30,966
210. 7.9 Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 5,752
211. 7.9 Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 15,054
212. 7.9 The Lion in Winter (1968) 5,902
213. 7.9 Dogville (2003) 14,567
214. 7.9 Garden State (2004) 24,417
215. 7.9 In America (2002) 8,476
216. 7.9 Fanny och Alexander (1982) 4,396
217. 7.9 Laura (1944) 4,670
218. 7.8 The Terminator (1984) 60,150
219. 7.8 The Exorcist (1973) 34,399
220. 7.8 Mulholland Dr. (2001) 35,763
221. 7.8 21 Grams (2003) 22,154
222. 7.8 The Station Agent (2003) 7,214
223. 7.8 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 61,408
224. 7.8 The Big Lebowski (1998) 50,542
225. 7.8 Miller's Crossing (1990) 14,668
226. 7.8 This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 20,704
227. 7.8 Persona (1966) 3,701
228. 7.8 Network (1976) 9,557
229. 7.8 Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 3,365
230. 7.8 Rain Man (1988) 42,799
231. 7.8 Being John Malkovich (1999) 55,407
232. 7.8 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 34,565
233. 7.8 Snatch. (2000) 45,168
234. 7.8 Per qualche dollaro in più (1965) 8,962
235. 7.8 The 39 Steps (1935) 7,984
236. 7.8 Mar adentro (2004/I) 3,824
237. 7.8 Heat (1995) 44,903
238. 7.8 The Right Stuff (1983) 12,953
239. 7.8 Spider-Man 2 (2004) 40,782
240. 7.8 Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 12,745
241. 7.8 Being There (1979) 10,592
242. 7.8 King Kong (1933) 10,373
243. 7.8 Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 3,506
244. 7.8 The Thin Man (1934) 4,791
245. 7.8 Midnight Cowboy (1969) 13,203
246. 7.8 Rio Bravo (1959) 7,238
247. 7.8 Battaglia di Algeri, La (1965) 2,069
248. 7.8 Diarios de motocicleta (2004) 8,814
249. 7.8 Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 4,781
250. 7.8 The Untouchables (1987) 31,889


Woa wait a second why the hell is kill bill in there you wanna talk about overrated movies....

[Beantown Bronco]

Untouchables is waaaaaay too low. 250? Please.

[Rock Chalk]

Ask yourself this.

Would you sit there and watch Gone with the Wind more than once (without a girl present forcing you to?) No. That means its not a top 100 movie. Same goes for Casablanca and pretty much any of those B&W flicks.

[Hogan11]

Gimmie one of those B&W comedies with W.C. Fields, The Marx Bros, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, or Laurel & Hardy over a Sandler or Carrey flick anyday.

[-Slap-]

I think the Blade Trilogy is very solid action/horror and its pretty underrated. I was never a big fan of the comic book character. I never read Tomb of Dracula and I avoided any comics inked by Gene Colon, who appeared to using a Magic Marker to ply his trade. I was aware of the Blade character, but never really gave him a second thought. Still, the concept of a DayWalker, a being with all the powers of a vampire, but none of the weaknesses was interesting. Especially since Blade came to be as a result of his pregnant mother being bitten by a vampire, thus his lifelong pledge to eradicate every bloodsucker on the planet.

Wesley Snipes does a great job in the title role. He's very convincing in an action movie because he's extremely physically fit. Its my pet peeve to see badass comic book characters portrayed by actors who don't look like they could beat up anybody in a fight. Blade himself is not a complex guy, but Snipes is a better actor than most action movie hacks and he does a solid job sneering his way through all three films. They also do a nice job of casting vampires and vampire killers who are also physically suited to roles in action films.

The proper casting of this type of film really shows up in the action scenes, especially the fight scenes. The violence in Blade movies is always harsh and relatively realistic, given the medium. The martial arts moves are either blocked, or ducked, none of this pansyass dancefighting you see in the Matrix films, where the "combatants" are punching air two feet away from each other.

I really see these as action films first, but they play up the horrific element pretty nicely. The vampires are unfailingly cruel and the contempt they show for humans is palpable in almost every scene. You really grow to hate the human familiars who serve the vampires and I enjoy every time one of the little rats gets what's coming to them.

David S Goyer wrote all three films. Most people loved the first two and hated the third one, but I liked all three of them. Goyer is also the writer of Dark City and the eagerly anticipated Batman Begins.

http://www.timeoutabudhabi.com/pictures/review/movie/blade.trinity.jpg

[TomServo]

just goes to show you.......Anybody ever watch the Evil Dead trilogy.

Very good. Unlike most horror movies i they are very funny. Much better than any of Romeros movies. I did like the first Dawn of the dead, and the remake was good also.

Return of the living Dead was just horrible
RoTLD was the Best Zombie movie ever. Fast Zombies that could think- a point romero got 20 years later in DoD-2004

[TomServo]

" a christmas story only 150?"

[Atlas]

One of my favorite movies of all time is Ground hog day and that was 197. Where was Shawshank Redemption??

The Terminator should have been higher than 218

[-Slap-]

just goes to show you
RoTLD was the Best Zombie movie ever. Fast Zombies that could think- a point romero got 20 years later in DoD-2004

Not quite. the DOTD remake wasn't done by Romero. Expect a return of the traditional shambling zombies in Romero's Land of the Dead.

[-Slap-]

One of my favorite movies of all time is Ground hog day and that was 197. Where was Shawshank Redemption??

The Terminator should have been higher than 218

The Terminator was probably the best action movie ever made. Putting it 218th relegates this list to toilet paper.

[KillerBronco#76]

Jurrasic Park was horrible. Possibly the worst movie of all time.
I had to bump this thread to defend jurrasic park. Jurrasic park couldnt have come out a better time for me i was 5 when it came out so i was in the dinosour stage and to me every time i watch that movie i get the same feeling i did when i first watched it wich is pretty much "dinosaurs kick ass".

[Bronco_Beerslug]

The Terminator was probably the best action movie ever made. Putting it 218th relegates this list to toilet paper.
The Terminator and The Predator both would be in my top 100.

[Crushaholic]

I had to bump this thread to defend jurrasic park. Jurrasic park couldnt have come out a better time for me i was 5 when it came out so i was in the dinosour stage and to me every time i watch that movie i get the same feeling i did when i first watched it wich is pretty much "dinosaurs kick ass".

Lucas was convinced that technology has progressed far enough to continue with Star Wars after seeing the dinosaurs of Jurassic Park. That shows this was a groundbreaking movie and SHOULD HAVE been on the list...

[Atlas]

The Terminator and The Predator both would be in my top 100.

Terminator was awesome I really didn't care for Predator that much. In fact I thought Predator II with Glover was better.

[TomServo]

i'll defend RoTLD to the death. especially the soundtrack.

OMG i saw evil dead 3 aka 'army of darkness" at a theatre. god talk about dissapointment......even sam raimi said he Way overreached on that project.

[Atlas]

I just saw Cinderella Man. It is very good 4 stars!!! Slap you would love this movie because of it's historical relevence.

Opie....errr I mean Ron Howard is one of the great directors of all time. This show is so much better than Rocky it's amazing. A can't miss!!!!!

[Bronco_Beerslug]

Terminator was awesome I really didn't care for Predator that much. In fact I thought Predator II with Glover was better.
And I thought PII was crap :) But I've always liked mercenary movies. Another good one is 'Dogs Of War' with Christopher Walken.

[Northman]

i'll defend RoTLD to the death. especially the soundtrack.

OMG i saw evil dead 3 aka 'army of darkness" at a theatre. god talk about dissapointment......even sam raimi said he Way overreached on that project.


Dude? AOD is a classic. sure, its not the same as Evil Dead I or II but i found Army of Darkness to be a gas.

[Northman]

If I had to do a top 10, it would go like this:

1.) Pulp Fiction
2.) Scarface
3.) The Rock
4.) Mystery, Alaska
5.) Green Mile
6.) Full Metal Jacket
7.) Road Trip
8.) Texas Chainsaw Massacre(2003)
9.) Training Day
10.) The Godfather

Yes, I know having about all of those movies above the Godfather is a crime, but outside of Scarface, I like to keep myself up to date with movies.




Hmm, my top ten would be something like this.


1) Brotherhood of the Wolf
2) The Crow
3) Jaws
4) Equllibrium
5) The Warriors
6) The 13th Warrior
7) Con Air
8) Army of Darkness
9) Gladiator
10) Highlander

[Atlas]

Dude? AOD is a classic. sure, its not the same as Evil Dead I or II but i found Army of Darkness to be a gas.

All three of those movies were great IMO.

Bruce Cambell for president.

[Cito Pelon]

If someone hasn't mentioned it, "The Iron Cross" is right up there with the best war flicks of all time. I hope I got the title right, James Coburn . . . . .

[Northman]

All three of those movies were great IMO.

Bruce Cambell for president.


Oh yea, that guy is great. even that small role he had in the Hercules and Zena series was awesome.

[Atlas]

Oh yea, that guy is great. even that small role he had in the Hercules and Zena series was awesome.

I haven't seen those.
To me Bruce Cambell will be always be know for his Evil Dead movies. He was one tough son-of-a-b****

Anyone that can cut off his own possessed hand and laugh while doing it gets my vote as toughest man in the world.

[sisterhellfyre]

Slap scribeth...
"88 posts and not one goddamn zombie movie. You people disappoint me."

Hey, Slap --

You're right, this list needs zombies. I'll take the original "Night of the Living Dead" or Lucio Fulci's "Zombie," from the mid-70s. "Zombie" had some amazing cutting-edge gore, and how can you not like a film with an underwater fight between a zombie and a tiger shark? Now that's something you'll never see anywhere else...

Regards,
m.

[Northman]

Slap scribeth...
"88 posts and not one goddamn zombie movie. You people disappoint me."

Hey, Slap --

You're right, this list needs zombies. I'll take the original "Night of the Living Dead" or Lucio Fulci's "Zombie," from the mid-70s. "Zombie" had some amazing cutting-edge gore, and how can you not like a film with an underwater fight between a zombie and a tiger shark? Now that's something you'll never see anywhere else...

Regards,
m.


Hmmm a fight between a Zombie and Tiger Shark? wow, never knew this now i know what im renting next time.

[-Slap-]

I just saw Cinderella Man. It is very good 4 stars!!! Slap you would love this movie because of it's historical relevence.

Opie....errr I mean Ron Howard is one of the great directors of all time. This show is so much better than Rocky it's amazing. A can't miss!!!!!

James Braddock's story was an amazing one. I'm going to definitely check it out. Sea Biscuit was an excellent depression era sports movie and I'm told Cinderella Man is just as good if not better.

http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/images/braddock.jpg

[sisterhellfyre]

Finally, someone mentions The Crow! Thought I was gonna have to do it myself... The original Crow, with Brandon Lee, gets my vote for best action movie of all time, even over Terminator 1. I saw it with three friends, and we all walked out stunned into silence. Just got in our cars and drove away, without even saying "good night." I described it later around the office as a dark, gritty, violent, beautiful love story. What more could you want?

I think the thing to remember with the Evil Dead trilogy is that what Raimi attempted to do with the movies shifted as the series progressed. The first Evil Dead flick was a serious, straight-ahead attempt at low-budget horror. There are no shots of a "monster" because the budget was too low for the crew to build one that Raimi didn't find laughable... so they went instead with the "monster's eye" zooming shots across the forest floor. Great idea, and the pacing and atmosphere of the film worked for me. It was one of the very few films I've ever seen that made me turn the lights back on.

With the second one, Raimi decided to mine a vein of "unintentional" humor that snuck into the first one, while taking the effects over the top as much as he could. "Good Ash, bad Ash, I'm the one with the gun." Still one of my favorite lines.

And the third was pure splatstick comedy. :-) Loved it anyhow... actually loved all three of 'em. And any other project that has Bruce Campbell in it. Bubba Ho-Tep, anyone?

Come to think of it, I seem to recall Bruce making a cameo appearance in Spiderman. It's a trademark of Sam Raimi's work that his brother Ivan Raimi and Bruce make at least a cameo appearance in every one of Sam's projects. And Uncle Ben's car, in the first Spiderman, was the same make and model as the car that drove Bruce and his annoying college friends to their doom in the first Evil Dead. Just gotta love the threads of continuity that hold a director's career together... :-)

Regards,
m.

[-Slap-]

Finally, someone mentions The Crow! Thought I was gonna have to do it myself... The original Crow, with Brandon Lee, gets my vote for best action movie of all time, even over Terminator 1. I saw it with three friends, and we all walked out stunned into silence. Just got in our cars and drove away, without even saying "good night." I described it later around the office as a dark, gritty, violent, beautiful love story. What more could you want?

I think the thing to remember with the Evil Dead trilogy is that what Raimi attempted to do with the movies shifted as the series progressed. The first Evil Dead flick was a serious, straight-ahead attempt at low-budget horror. There are no shots of a "monster" because the budget was too low for the crew to build one that Raimi didn't find laughable... so they went instead with the "monster's eye" zooming shots across the forest floor. Great idea, and the pacing and atmosphere of the film worked for me. It was one of the very few films I've ever seen that made me turn the lights back on.

With the second one, Raimi decided to mine a vein of "unintentional" humor that snuck into the first one, while taking the effects over the top as much as he could. "Good Ash, bad Ash, I'm the one with the gun." Still one of my favorite lines.

And the third was pure splatstick comedy. :-) Loved it anyhow... actually loved all three of 'em. And any other project that has Bruce Campbell in it. Bubba Ho-Tep, anyone?

Come to think of it, I seem to recall Bruce making a cameo appearance in Spiderman. It's a trademark of Sam Raimi's work that his brother Ivan Raimi and Bruce make at least a cameo appearance in every one of Sam's projects. And Uncle Ben's car, in the first Spiderman, was the same make and model as the car that drove Bruce and his annoying college friends to their doom in the first Evil Dead. Just gotta love the threads of continuity that hold a director's career together... :-)

Regards,
m.

Bubba Ho-Tep is criminally underrated.

[Cleo McDowell]

NO SCARFACE? NO LOVE FOR CASINO? OR BRAVEHEART, PATRIOT, or GLORY?
cmon now.

[FADERPROOF]

25th hour should be on that list as well, I lvoe that movie!

[Hogan11]

Wanna see a great great film? "The Bank Dick" is on TCM right now...it's quite possibly the greatest comedy ever made.

[Rocket 7]

It will never will be included in the top 100 but one of my favorite movies is Dazed and Confused

[clean]

My favorite zombie movie is Dawn of the Dead. Also, I included a link to a Land of the Dead trailer. Finally, I encourage you to read When the zombies take over, how long till the electricity fails?

http://www.houseofhorrors.com/dawn.htm

http://www.lotdunseen.com/#

http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mzombiepower.html

You can never get enough Asia Argento.

[-Slap-]

My favorite zombie movie is Dawn of the Dead. Also, I included a link to a Land of the Dead trailer. Finally, I encourage you to read When the zombies take over, how long till the electricity fails?

http://www.houseofhorrors.com/dawn.htm

http://www.lotdunseen.com/#

http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mzombiepower.html

You can never get enough Asia Argento.

I can't wait. The traditional slow and shambling zombies are back, but they're getting smarter.

http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/images/land1.jpg

[Kaylore]

Do zombies eat each other? I mean what happens when all the people are gone?

[Beantown Bronco]

Some movies with great endings that I feel are underrated:

The Game with Michael Douglas
Frailty
Identity

[Northman]

Some movies with great endings that I feel are underrated:

The Game with Michael Douglas
Frailty
Identity


The Game and Identity were real good although i had some issues about Identity as far as believable plot.

[-Slap-]

Do zombies eat each other? I mean what happens when all the people are gone?
They're screwed.

[Billy Clyde Puckett]

I normally hate British movies (no offense Blue), but two oldies that I really liked are Blow Up and If.

[Beantown Bronco]

I would guess less than 10 out of the 100s of movies discussed on this thread have believable plots...

One of my other favorites, The Ghost and the Darkness (great with surround sound), is supposedly based on true events, yet even in the introduction the narrator says it's unbelievable.

[Rohirrim]

One of my favorite all-time films is "Fargo." There are a lot of people out there who think that was a true story. A few years ago, some woman from Japan was found dead in the snow. Supposedly, she was looking for the suitcase full of money. The sheriff in the town said he still gets inquiries about the "lost money" and has had to bust people in the past for trespassing onto local ranchers' properties with shovels in their hands.

[Northman]

I would guess less than 10 out of the 100s of movies discussed on this thread have believable plots...

One of my other favorites, The Ghost and the Darkness (great with surround sound), is supposedly based on true events, yet even in the introduction the narrator says it's unbelievable.


Nah, you kind of missed my point. i dont want to give too much away but my point was when your trying to guess who is the culprit you WOULDNT have thought of the one who it ends up being especially after the car explosion. i know the story itself is unbelievable but none the less it was a good movie.

[Sir Mawn]

One of my favorite all-time films is "Fargo." There are a lot of people out there who think that was a true story. A few years ago, some woman from Japan was found dead in the snow. Supposedly, she was looking for the suitcase full of money. The sheriff in the town said he still gets inquiries about the "lost money" and has had to bust people in the past for trespassing onto local ranchers' properties with shovels in their hands.

Fargo's a great movie.

[-Slap-]

Fargo's a great movie.

The Big Lebowski is another one with tremendous replay value.