Name your top 10 films!

[funguy2121]

Yeah, yeah I know this type of thread has been done to death but I feel like a bit of breezy movie discussion so name your all time top 10 AND a sentence to describe each one. Here goes mine (in no particular order):

The Dark Knight - An intelligent crime thriller with one of the best villain performances of all time.

Pulp Fiction - Awesomeley entertaining and wickedley funny.

Fight Club - Brutal mix of thriller and black comedy.

The Departed - Intense, smart, fast paced gangster movie.

Alien - One of the most suspenseful and influential horror movies with a sci-fi twist.

Priness Mononoke - One of the most beautiful and touching animated films I have ever seen.

Borat - Gut bustingly funny.

Lord of the Rings: Return of the King - An epic ending to one of the most ingrossing fantasy sagas of all time (blows Star Wars out of the water).

The Shawshank Redemption - Heartwarming and brilliantly made.

Donnie Darko - A really though provoking movie that messes with your mind in the best way possible!

We've some favorites in common, OP

In no particular order:

Magnolia

Crash (Paul Haggis, not that Cronenberg softcore trash)

Heat

The Matrix Trilogy

Pulp Fiction

Fight Club

Inception

Braveheart

Talladega Nights

The Empire Strikes Back

 

[ImpofthePerverse]

In no particular order

Dr. Strangelove
Patlabor 2
Seven Samurai
Ghostbusters
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
The Departed/Infernal Affairs
Airplane
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Oldboy
Blazing Saddles

Though the list will probably change every time I get asked usually a few of these will make the list.

 

[ConvincingJohn]

In (almost) no particular order

1.Where the Wild Things Are -My greatest love right now. Beautiful, intelligent and relevant.

2.The Usual Suspects:One of the best crime movies ever. Fantastic characters and lots of fun

3.Hot Fuzz : Pegg and Co. doing their thing. Possibly the best "spoof" movie ever.

4.Little Miss Sunshine : Heartwarming and quirky comedy, with good acting performances all around.

5.The Big Lebowski :I´m usually a bit ambivalent towards the Cohen brothers movies, but I just love the whole feel of this one.

6.Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas : Kind of messed up plot- wise, but visually beautiful and brilliantly character acting from del Toro and Depp. And a lot of fun

7.Stranger than Fiction- Dealing with the relationship between comedy and drama, this surprisingly deep movie, pulls both off.

8.Watchmen: While possibly just on here because it love the comic, the movie pretty much delivers on everything I liked about that. And I was some stunning visuals.

9.Snatch : Funny characters. Fast action. Ridiculous plot(in a good way)

10. V for Vendetta : I just liked so many things about this movie. Hugo Weaving does a fantastic job at acting with just his body and voice.

Damn that was hard.

 

[putowtin]

I can't do ten, they change too often but these are the five films I can always go back to...

Stranger Than Fiction, probably my favourite film
The Princess Bride, my favourite childhood film is still one of my absolute fav's
Big Trouble in Little China, my hubby introduced me to this classic!
Batman, Jack Nicholson is the only Joker for me!
One of the Star Wars (original trilogy of course)

 

[sixtysix]

OK here goes

1. the first Back to the Future movie
2. The Princess Bride (if you have not seen this close this tab now and do so)
3. Terminator 1&2
4. Silence of the Lambs
5. Star Wars (all of it even if the last 3 were only ok)
6. District 9
7. Toy Story 3 (i'm not afraid to say i teared up watching this)
8. Wall-E
9. Inception (could not stop talking about this one after i saw it)
10. V for Vendetta

Why aren't you watching The Princess Bride right now? ..... GO!!

 

[Mikeyfell]

I have to pick 10? oh great.
I love so many movies that for every one I commit to my top 10 I'll have 10 movies to put in the honorable mentions

So here it goes

1)Black Swan: Just a brilliant movie with seamless atmosphere. [sub]and it should have won the Oscar for cinematography. FUCK INCEPTION[/sub]
2)No Country for Old Men: If The Dark Knight had one of the best villain performances of all times No Country for Old Men has the best villain performance of all times. It's also an all around great movie.
3)Shaun of the Dead: Simon Pegg and Zombies, need I say more.
4)Reservoir Dogs: Quentin Tarantino's first movie, and although all his films are excellent this one's my favorite.
5)Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: Funny, thoughtful, and surprisingly deep, and easy to watch considering it's for all intents and purposes a romantic comedy.
6)Hard Candy: I like watching movies where teenage girls show guys who's the boss.
7)3:10 to Yuma: I love the old west, Bad guys in those days had some dignity. Russell Crowe is amazing in this movie.
8)The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo: A masterpiece, the best foreign film I've ever seen. I really like the third one too. The second one was a pile of tripe though.
9)District 9: The Prawns are the best aliens ever. They have emotions and you care about them. No other movie has ever pulled that off. Maybe for one or two aliens but never a community. oh, and there's good action and an involving plot too.
10)Diner for Schmucks: I've never laughed so hard at a movie. Steve Carell is a comedy mastermind. Every moment of this movie fills me with guffaws.

and these are honorable mentions

1)How to Train Your Dragon
2)Princess Bride
3)12 Angry Men
4)The Godfather
5)The Social Network
6)Splice
7)Pulp Fiction
8)11:14
9)Oldboy
10)Kick-Ass
11)127 Hours

And as soon as I click post I'm probably going to think of another batch of movies I wish I had mentioned.

 

[Twin Of Aphex]

Vanilla Sky - I know alot of people hate it, mainly because they dont get it (or maybe they have another reason) but i remember seeing it as a kid and getting it on dvd about a year ago, I love it, despite being a Tom Cruise film.

The Darjeeling Limited - Probably my favourite Wes Anderson film. The soundstack and overall film are just beautiful

Tron: Legacy - This movie left me in awe. It was the first 3D film i went to see, but thats not why it had such a strong effect on me. I cant quite put my finger on it but i left the cinema inspired.

Pineapple Express - The James Franco and Seth Rogen combo makes this movie amazing. Its one of the movies I can just put on when ever and it still makes me laugh.

The Wackness - When I heard that Josh Peck (Drake and Josh... anyone?) was playing a lead role in this I had to check it out. And I'm glad I did. As this was one of the first movies I seen Ben Kingsly in I find it hard to take him serious in any other role.

Nick and Norahs Infinite Playlist - Dont look at me like that... Its a nice enjoyable story overall and an amazing soundstrack if you are into the whole indie scene.

I Love You, Man - A movie that sums up my life, and like Pineapple Express always makes me laugh.

Leon - Another film I seen when I was younger and only recently purchased on DVD. An amazing performance from a young Natalie Portman and an enjoyable story.

Fight Club - My girlfriend bought this for me and I'm so glad she did, such an awesome conept.

The big Lebowski - An amazing performance from Jeff Bridges and a movie I will happily put on when I fancy some chill out time.

 

[Wilko316]

1. The Crow - Greatest mix of dark/action/romance I've ever seen.

2. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy - I really don't have to explain anything here do I?

3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail - The funniest film EVER!

4. The Dark Knight - Epicness in black.

5. The Matrix Trilogy - Fights and questions on our perceptions of reality ... then more fights.

6. First Blood Quadrilogy - Typical guy films but whatever.

7. Ali G - This has given me so much lingo I now often use.

8. Tranformers: The Movie - The 1986 cartoon one, not the Michael Bay wankery.

9. The Rocky Horror Picture Show - YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS!!!!!!

10. All Predator, Aliens and AVP's - Fucking love those things.

 

[DarkShadow144]

10.Aladdin
9.The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
8.Toy Story
7.District 9
6.Iron Man(1 and 2)
5.The Dark Knight
4.Star Wars
3.Titan A.E.
2.A Nightmare Before Christmas
1.Beauty and the Beast

 

[lozfoe444]

I haven't watched many movies, but here I go.

10. Fight Club - My sister's favorite movie.
9. The Land Before Time - Loved this movie as a kid.
8. Scott Pilgrim - Very funny, and I loved finding all the game references.
7. Batman - The Joker was a lot more fun in this one.
6. Sherlock Holmes - Holmes and Watson. That is all.
5. M - Look it up!
4. Beauty and the Beast - To quote my little sister after watching this movie, "More beer?"
3. The Castle of Cagliostro - The funnest of Miyazaki's films. Castle in the Sky is probably my second favorite of his.
2. Citizen Kane - Duh.
1. Toy Story 3 - It's about growing up and realizing the uncertainty of the future, which I was going through at the time I first saw this. I guess you can say that it spoke to me.

 

[Rooster893]

10. Rocky Horror Picture Show -- This film is bizarre, beautiful, hilarious, and bizarre. Did I mention that it's bizarre?

9. Dick Tracy -- A great detective film that was predictable but enjoyable.

8. The Mask -- I always laugh at Jim Carrey's antics.

7. Get Smart -- Steve Carrell always knows how to break the funny bone.

6. Bruce Almighty -- Again, Jim Carrey is an amazing actor.

5. Street Fighter -- HORRIBLE MOVIE, but Raul Julia's ham-tastic performance makes the whole thing watchable.

4. Mortal Kombat -- Another horrible movie, but it was actually watchable, to say the least.

3. Die Hard -- One of the greatest action films ever made.

2. Batman -- One of the best Superhero movies I've ever seen.

1. Yes Man -- one of the funniest movies I've ever seen.

 

[Chronos124]

op i agree with almost every pick you've made

 

[LikeDustInTheWind]

In no particular order:

Fight Club
Shaun Of The Dead
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
Office Space
Crank
Pulp Fiction
Smokin' Aces
Shoot 'Em Up
The Dark Knight
A Nightmare Before Christmas

Yeah that seems about right.

 

[MrShadowzs]

1. Scott Pilgrim Vs the World
2-10. Movies that are not Scott Pilgrim Vs the World

 

[Artina89]

Here's mine:

1. Stuart saves his family: This is my feel good movie, it always makes me smile, no matter what.

2. Full metal jacket: Fantastic war movie, one of Kubrick's finest. Also Vincent D'Onofrio's performance as Leonard "Gomer" Pyle, is nothing short of sublime in my eyes.

3. Good Luck: Another Vincent D'Onofrio film and my 2nd feel good movie, makes me laugh.

4. The Newton boys: Another Vincent D'Onofrio one, but ut us a really awesome movie and the cast and the way they interact is magnificent and it is a light hearted yet serious caper, and the movie portrays the Newton brothers really well in my eyes.

5. Inception: Confusing, but still good, the music score helps too.

6. Office space: One of the few films I can actually stand Jennifer Aniston in.

7. Scream 1: I really like this film as it doesn't take itself too seriously, and I really like the first two serial killers. I don't know why though...

8. Scott Pilgrim vs the world: I loved the comic series and I feel the movie portrayed it very well.

9. The dark knight: I love Batman and I thought this movie was the best Batman movie I had seen in a long while. Christian Bales Batman voice got on my nerves at certain points though.

10. Donnie Darko: My thoughts on this, are pretty much the same as Inception. Interesting idea though, and the bunny was creepy as hell.

 

[NinjaDeathSlap]

1) Slumdog Millionaire (for a million billion reasons)

2) The Social Network (thought provoking and unexpectedly exciting as well)

3) iRobot (probably the most vision I've ever seen from an action movie, stunning special effects, and Will Smith... what more could you want!)

4) Mulan (favorite Disney movie)

5)Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Askaban (loved the whole series so far but this one is the best stand alone movie in it's own right)

6) Borat (favorite comedy)

7) Bruce Almighty (any movie that includes Jim Carey AND Morgan Freeman is simply too awesome for words)

8) Black Swan (really got under my skin)

9) Lion King (second favorite Disney)

10) Shrek 2 (too bad the franchise turned to shit, because the first 2 where better than anything Pixar has ever made. YOU HEARD ME!)

Edit: Oh crap! I just remembered Hot Fuzz... put that in at 4 and move below down 1 (Guess Borat is only my second favorite comedy.

 

[Haydyn]

Wait a minute, I made a terrible mistake! Clerks 2 needs to be on my list!

 

[Treefingers]

I'm sticking with a top 5. In no particular order...

Boy
Pulp Fiction
This Is England
Trainspotting
The Big Lebowski

 

[noxymoron19]

I know right when I post this I'll remember one, but here it goes...

1. Lord of the Rings (Just counting the trilogy as one.)
2. Children of Men
3. The Prestige
4. The Dark Night
5. 127 Hours (Gotta have My Favourite movie of 2010)
6. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
7. Inglorious Basterds
8. Se7en
9. Lucky Number Slevin (So underrated)
10. Black Hawk Down

HM : Tropic Thunder, V for Vendetta, In Bruges, District 9, Fight Club. Too name a few

 

[koether]

1. Dragonheart- Action, fantasy, humor, a tear-jerking ending, and a giant dragon with the voice of Shawn Connery.

2. The Dark Knight- Action packed and intricate, with the most engaging character ever put on screen: The Joker.

3. The Lord of the Rings Series- Beautiful to watch, beautiful to listen to, breathtaking story, and a tour de force of cinema. A real game changing series.

4. Fight Club- Funny and a brilliant social commentary. And Tyler Durdan rocks, obviously.

5. V for Vendetta- A wonderful social momentary that doesn't skimp on the action. And V is a truly engaging character.

6. The Saw Series- An intriguing visual essay on redemption and moral choice, with always engaging endings. Also, Jon Kramer is a spell-binding character.

7. Monty Python Holy Grail- A classic that is still the funniest thing you will ever see.

8. Toy Story 3- Visually splendid, fun and fast, with a few scenes near the end that truly enunciate this movie's exceptional status.

9. Up- Fun, inventive, and some truly touching scenes.

10. Michael Moore Films- Always engaging social commentaries on the issues of today.