Top 10 Films of all time

[NeoNecroNomiCron]

Every board seams to have a top 10 film list to see what other peoples interests are. Anyway I never clasify exactly which would be in my top ten ans there is so many I really like so here is a list of a few.
IN BRAIN DUMP ORDER
Casino
Dark City
Good Fellas
The Transporter
Amelie
Leon
Pulp Fiction
Hackers
The Matrix
LOTR 1 + 2 probably 3
Lolita
Lolita (Stanleys
Resevoir Dogs
Platoon
The Dead Poets society(I made me cry when it first cam out)
DARYL (Made me cry when i was young)
Flight of the Navigator
THe goonies
Akira
Ghost in the Shell
Clash of the Titans
Krul
All of Sinbads

Shit memory leak I better stop now and get organised.

[NeoNecroNomiCron]

Best movie of all time

#1 Barbarella
#2 Soylent green
#3 DARYL
#4 Tank Girl
.... Finish Later

[NeoNecroNomiCron]

Before Taro gets his pics in

Soylent Green is People!!

[Steve Bildermann]

Choose your own order

[Taro Toporific]

Before Taro gets his pics in

The Top Ten Movies are:




STOMP TOKYO


Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1954)

Godzilla Raids Again (1955)

King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)

Godzilla vs. Mothra (1964)

Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster(1964)

Godzilla vs. Monster Zero (1965)

Godzilla vs the Sea Monster (1966)

Son of Godzilla (1967)

Destroy All Monsters (1965)

Godzilla vs Smog Monster (1971) *

*Also:
Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)
Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla(1974)
Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
Godzilla 1985 (1984)
Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
Godzilla vs. Ghidrah (1991)
Godzilla and Mothra Battle for Earth (1992)
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1993)

[NeoNecroNomiCron]

Taro > I take it you didnt care much for Godzilla(1998) or Godzilla2000(2000) :P "Im going deeper underground.."

[AssKissinger]

10) The Blue Kite (from mainland China about a family destroyed by the cultural revolution, very daring and powerful)
9) Crumb (easily the greatest documentary ever)
8 ) Deer Hunter
7) Tetsuo: Iron Man (Psycho JPN avant-garde with the volume set at 11)
6) Superfly
5) Naked Killers II (from Hong Kong; the sexiest Chinese chicks you can imagine get naked and start killin' bad guys, even better than it sounds!)
4) Scarface
3) Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (low budget rocker)
2) Slacker (low budget genius)
1) Crooklyn (fuck the critics, this is Spike's best and THE best, makes me cry everytime, fantastic soundtrack including the 5 Stairsteps' 'Ooh Child' the greatest song ever written)

[Big Booger]

I agree with Steve.. Toshihiro Mifune movies rock! My favorite is Yojimbo.


But to rank the top 10, in no particular order:

Yojimbo
Seven Samurai
Rashomon
Red Lion
Ran
Men who tread on the tigers tail
Ikiru
Sanjuro
Hidden Fortress
Scandal or Dreams (Dreams is one of the strangest Kurosawa films I have ever seen).

[AlbertSiegel]

1. Akira (japan)
2. Donnie Darko (USA)
3. Kikujiro (Japan)
4. East West (France)
5. Amie and Jaguar (Germany)
6. Time Machine (USA)
7. Crouching Tiger (China)
8. Fireworks (Japan)
9. Time of Favor (Isriel)
10. Space Balls (USA)

11. Rob Pongi 1 - The Fucked Gaijin
12. Rob Pongi 2 - The Birth of Evil Pongi
13. Rob Pongi 3 - The Soviet Supreme

[American Oyaji]

1. Sayonara (USA: Stars marlon brando is a U.S. military man in love with a Japanese woman during WW2)
2. Star Wars Movies (all the movies in one spot)
3. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (China)
4. Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker (China)
5. Matrix Series (USA)
6. The Seven Samurai (Japan)
7. Muthu (India)
8. Armageddon (USA) [makes me cry everytime]
9. Kikujiro (Japan) [I recommend this one. Stars Beat Takashi]
10. Shrek

[Steve Bildermann]

While we are on the subject of films and filmakers

Leni Riefenstahl, 101, Dies; Film Innovator Tied to Hitler

Leni Riefenstahl, the German filmmaker whose daringly innovative documentaries about a Nazi rally in Nuremberg in 1934 and the Berlin Olympics of 1936 earned her both acclaim as a cinematic genius and contempt as a propagandist for Hitler, died on Monday night at her home in Pöcking, south of Munich. She was 101.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/10/obituaries/10RIEF.html

Films of Leni Riefenstahl

[soulkraka]

1 Blade Runner
2 Do the Right Thing
3 Star Wars
4 Wild Style
5 The Warriors
6 Seven Samurai
7 Citizen Kane
8 2001
9 American History X
10 The Wizard of Oz

Honorable mentions......
Raiders of the Lost Ark &
Amadeus

[NeoNecroNomiCron]

Good job. I see there is a lot if great film turning up. But... does anybody have some weird faves. Like Tank Girl, Barbarella, DARYL. I have loads but i cant remember all I was hoping somebody could revive my memory.




Tank Girl I wonder is it possible to get on DVD

[cstaylor]

1 Lock, Stock, and two Smoking Barrels (UK)
2 The Hunt for Red October (USA)
3 The Thin Red Line (USA)
4 Hornblower (UK)
5 Signs (USA)
6 Bullit (USA)
7 The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (Italy)
8 The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (USA)
9 Friday (USA)
10 The Terminator (USA)

[GomiGirl]

All of the movies mentioned have merit.. As I am so fickle I can never commit to permanent faves.. they change depending on what mood I am in.

I do like most of the movies mentioned by others so I won't repeat them..

Some of my more obscure faves worth a mention..

I do have a thing for old movies with the original screen sirens.. one of my faves is the very camp, "Auntie Mame" - The Rosalyn Russel version (Not the Lucile Ball muscial fiasco)

Also The Wizard of Oz was a masterpiece as was Gone with the Wind and Dr Zivago.

Also anything with Audrey Hepburn (except Sabrina for which I prefer the Harrison Ford remake)

(OK I love movies if people hadn't already guessed by now)

CS - Winnie the Pooh??? - I have never seen it!!

[cstaylor]

CS - Winnie the Pooh??? - I have never seen it!!

Run, don't walk, to the rental store, get the Japanese DVD, and put it into English mode on your home DVD player. Pooh is Disney's most popular character (even more than the mouse), and the original Adventures were created when Disney still cared about quality artwork.

I highly recommend it, especially for adults.

[NeoNecroNomiCron]

CS - Winnie the Pooh??? - I have never seen it!!

Run, don't walk, to the rental store, get the Japanese DVD, and put it into English mode on your home DVD player. Pooh is Disney's most popular character (even more than the mouse), and the original Adventures were created when Disney still cared about quality artwork.

I highly recommend it, especially for adults. ]
Pooh wasnt originaly disney was he, if so why does he have such a strange american accent.

[cstaylor]

Pooh was licensed from the estate of A. A. Milne (a British author), and made into a wonderful cartoon by Disney.

Since he was licensed from the Estate, he is a Disney character (and the biggest breadwinner for the Disney family).

Disney ripped the owners of Milne's estate blind though... they withheld millions in royalties (that's Disney for you... the cuddly version of Microsoft).

[NeoNecroNomiCron]

Pooh was licensed from the estate of A. A. Milne (a British author), and made into a wonderful cartoon by Disney.

Since he was licensed from the Estate, he is a Disney character (and the biggest breadwinner for the Disney family).

Disney ripped the owners of Milne's estate blind though... they withheld millions in royalties (that's Disney for you... the cuddly version of Microsoft).

Ah yes I remember that story vaugly now. Anyway why the hell is he so popular. When I was a child everybody in the UK hated him and public school boy cristopher robin

[GomiGirl]

I loved Tigger the best!! Or perhaps Eeyore..

(Useless information alert in order to bring this back to a Japan related thread - I once heard a new adjective "eeyorian" used to describe the bob-tailed Japanese cat.. )




Japanese bob-tailed cat



And I bet you all thought the tails had been chopped off.. not so.. they are actually born like that.. just like Eeyore..

[Video-Link Japan]

CS - Winnie the Pooh??? - I have never seen it!!

Run, don't walk, to the rental store, get the Japanese DVD, and put it into English mode on your home DVD player. Pooh is Disney's most popular character (even more than the mouse), and the original Adventures were created when Disney still cared about quality artwork.

I highly recommend it, especially for adults. ]
Pooh wasnt originaly disney was he, if so why does he have such a strange american accent.

Actually Winnie was a Canadian Bear..!! Here's the Pooh Story

btw:
Personal fav. movies (that were not already mentioned)

- The Shining
- Killing Fields
- Midnite Run
- Life of Brian
- Heavy Metal
- God Father
- Bad Lieutenant
- The Wall
- Maddog and Glory
- Marathon Man

[cstaylor]

Winnie was Canadian, but A.A. Milne was British.

[Big Booger]

5. Tampopo - Juzo Itami

That movie is a riot. I got it at the public library back in the states.. and was rolling..

The damn lady tries so hard to create a successful noodle shop LOL And the homeless guy who comes in as her mentor tasting her noodles...
Only in Japan.

Sayounara was a great flick as well with Marlin Brando, but it fostered every false stereotype you could imagine about Japanese... but then it was an old flick I enjoyed it, saw it on Turner Classic Movies back in the states.

[AssKissinger]

5 The Warriors

Hell Yeah!

[AssKissinger]

- Killing Fields

Great movie saw it several times. The book it's based on is great too: The Death and Life of Dith Pran. Here's my top five horror flicks from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre thread:

5)The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original)
4)Psycho
3)Blair Witch
2) The Exorcist
Tied for first place: Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer/The Shining

[American Oyaji]

I don't watch horror movies.

For those that like Blade Runner, which do you like better?

The Original or the Directors Cut that eliminates Decker's voice overs?

[jim katta]

In no particular order:

-Citizen Kane
-A Clockwork Orange
-2001: A Space Odyssey
-The Matrix
-Fight Club
-Lock,Stock, &2 Smoking Barrels
-Conan (just for the "what is best in life" quote)
-Alien
-Donnie Darko
-Star Wars (original trilogy)
-Terminator
-Bowling For Columbine
-Planet of the Apes (original)
-Blade Runner
-Scarface
-The Exorcist
-Annie Hall

I think animation deserves a separate list:

-Akira
-Fritz The Cat
-Fantasia
-Ninja Scroll
-Ghost in the Shell

It is my belief that keeping these movies by mind side in japan, I will be able to maintain sanity in the face of being a fucked gaijin.

[soulkraka]

Warrrrriooors!!......come out and playeeeayyy!

[kotatsuneko]

raiders of the lost ark
ed wood
minbo no onna
le cop
any urusei yatsura movie
that one by graham green - a man in havana or something
yojimbo
violent cop
clerks
the limey

in no order.. like the havana one, as the book was so good, and the limey cos of the great cast and my dad went to school with t stamp .