I just know that I saw them on a channel I probably wasn't supposed to get as a kid - and I got in trouble when we were charged a fortune for ordering it :rolleyes:

All I know was there weren't any men in those movies, the costume and wardrobe managers didn't spend a lot either, and I had to shut the TV off fast when either of my parents might have awoken and found out what I was watching! :D

i'm sure i'll think of others but off the top of my head, in no particular order:

bram stoker's dracula
carlito's way
fight club
american history X
the empire strikes back
terminator 2
cape fear(remake)
full metal jacket
leon
unforgiven

Tycho

03-21-2002, 04:57 PM

I suppose I should answer seriously:

I liked

The Empire Strikes Back
The Last of the Mohicans
The Patriot
Wyatt Earp
Pearl Harbor
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Independence Day
Waterworld
Alien 3
Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock
Star Trek: First Contact

Have to mention that I love submarine movies and

U-571
The Hunt for Red October
Crimson Tide

are awesome!

and since I brought up Special Agent Jack Ryan, "Clear and Present Danger" rocks!!!

Shyeah. Asking me to narrow down the list to ten is like...asking me to narrow the list down to ten. It's impossible. And I don't want to bore you with a list of 500 that you wouldn't read and just scroll past anyway...

mabudonicus

03-21-2002, 05:55 PM

In no particular order..
Knock-Off
ESB
Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla (92)
Shogun Assassin
The Dragon on Fire
ANH
ROTJ
MST3K: the movie
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Escape from LA
PS this list is NOT sarcastic!!

master jedi

03-21-2002, 07:47 PM

All of the Star Wars movies are tied at #1. After that the rest of the list depends on my mood.

Wolfwood319

03-21-2002, 08:26 PM

I'm surprised to see so many of you don't have all the Star Wars films at the top of your list, and a lot of you only have 1 or 2 of them on your list. I thought I'd be the only one.

In no order:
ROTJ
ESB
The NIghtmare Before Christmas
The Mis-Adventures of Baron Von Musinchowsin(sp)
The Fifth Element
Titas A.E.
The Crow
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
Resident Evil
Good Morning Vietnam!

stillakid

03-21-2002, 10:13 PM

As if anyone cares

In no particular order, my rather fluid list that changes like the continuity of the Star Wars saga:D

Amadeus
The Thin Blue Line
Independence Day
Star Wars
ESB
ROTJ
The Breakfast Club
Say Anything
The Blues Brothers
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

SWAFMAN

03-21-2002, 10:57 PM

like Rollo and others have said, it's pretty impossible to limit this to ten films, let alone assign a fixed order to them, but here are some of my favorites:

Apocalypse Now
Godfather saga
SW Orig Trilogy
Full Metal Jacket
Gandhi
Pulp Fiction
Silverado (I'm not a huge Western fan, but I think Kasdan nailed the genre perfectly with this one)
Goodfellas
Silence of the Lambs
Remains of the Day

I'm counting Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Back to the Future as one movie, because if I don't I'll never have room. Well, I mean, 3...seperate...you know what I mean.

1) Star Wars
2) Indiana Jones
3) The Matrix
4) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
5) The Rocky Horror Picture Show
6) The Nightmare Before Christmas
7) Edward Scissorhands
8) E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
9) Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
10) Back to the Future

2-1B

03-21-2002, 11:39 PM

I won't differentiate between sequels, because that opens too many sub-categories for me :D

Star Wars
The Godfather
Rocky
This is Spinal Tap
The Exorcist

Those are my all time favorites, others include
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Best in Show
American History X
Moulin Rouge
Say Anything (good call stillakid, I just got the new DVD ;) )
Almost Famous
Boiler Room
The Big Lebowski
Glory
Goodfellas
The Shawshank Redemption

VT, that's so cool that you found Reversal of Fortune worth mentioning. I thought Irons was awesome in that film. His line, "You have no idea" was delivered as well any by Hopkins/Lechter, or Eastwood or Arnold.
I'm a little surprised at your enthusiasm for Heat. With that cast and MMann directing, my expecations were very, very high going in to it. I can't name a specific thing about it that underwhelmed me, but it left me feeling like it somehow fell short.

vulcantouch

04-08-2002, 02:45 PM

. . .cuz at that time i found deniro & pacino corny, and thought mann was all miami-vice flashy. so i was pleasantly surprised :cool:
what's bot to like about rof? it used karen young's song "hot shot", irons is a style god, and this exchange between baranski's line about derhsowitz & ron silver's dersh rebuttal:
"get the jew, i told him"
"can the jew get back to work please?" :D
vt

1. Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
2. Return of the Jedi
3. Empire Strikes Back
4. A New Hope
5. Tron
6. Vegas Vacation
7. Rush Hour
8. Indy: Last Crusade
9. Last Starfighter
10. Back to the Future

LOTR is certainly my all time fav movie, then the Star Wars films, then the rest are kinda about the same.

JediDan

04-08-2002, 04:43 PM

IN order...

1. Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
2. Return of the Jedi
3. Empire Strikes Back
4. A New Hope
5. Tron
6. Vegas Vacation
7. Rush Hour
8. Indy: Last Crusade
9. Last Starfighter
10. Back to the Future

LOTR is certainly my all time fav movie, then the Star Wars films, then the rest are kinda about the same. I NEVER thought any movie would ever top Star Wars, but man LOTR is just SO awesome.

JediDan

04-08-2002, 04:47 PM

One other movie I forgot to mention was A Night at the Roxbury. I know I'm over ten but that movie deserved a mention. That movie is one of my guilty pleasures. LOL :D

Basic Instincts
Saving Private Ryan
Pulp Fiction
The fight club
American History X
The Matrix
Men of Honor
Glory

Wolfwood319

04-17-2002, 01:14 PM

Good call on Tombstone.:D

Has anyone picked up the new SE DVD of Tombstone? I already have the first version they put out, and I'm tempted to pick up this one, but I'm not sure right now.

Lobito

04-17-2002, 01:19 PM

I also have the first version, but my brother bought the newer one. I havent seen it yet, but he tells me there's unseen footage. I'll let u know all the new features of the DVD. Being a Tombstone fan, did u watch Wyat Earp with Kevin Costner?? I think its ok, but for me, Tombstone is still No.1

Wolfwood319

04-17-2002, 01:40 PM

I thought Wyatt Earp tried to cover too much and I thought the actors didn't protray the characters in Wyatt Earp as well as in Tombstone.

"I'm your huckleberry"

Lobito

04-17-2002, 01:45 PM

hehehehe

"thats the rumor"

:D

Bel-Cam Jos

04-18-2002, 10:41 AM

I don't see a lot of movies, so my list may be outdated. I too will include the SW and IJ films as one. Not really in order...

Man, Krull is such a great movie. It delves even further into that fantasy based genre with sci-fi overtones, very much like Star Wars. Also one of Liam Neeson's first movies.

RooJay

04-18-2002, 07:39 PM

Personally, I choose to consider the Star Wars Saga as on whole story. In fact, I usually don't consider the story as one of my favorite movies. I tend to think of (and refer to) the Star Wars Saga as a film "experience".:crazed:

My top 10 goes something like this. This is just a basic idea of how the order goes, I'm still unsure.

1. The Star Wars Saga (all six of 'em),
2. Lord of the Rings (all three of 'em),
--OK, so not all the films are complete in LOTR and SW but I know I'm gonna like them)--
3. Terminator 1 & 2,
4. Rocky 1 - 4 (5 was crap),
5. Close Encounters,
6. Gladiator,
7. The Matrix,
8. Godfather part 2,
9. Aliens,
10.Goldfinger.

PENDO!

RooJay

04-22-2002, 08:34 PM

Originally posted by RooJay
Personally, I choose to consider the Star Wars Saga as on whole story. In fact, I usually don't consider the story as one of my favorite movies. I tend to think of (and refer to) the Star Wars Saga as a film "experience".:crazed:

Once again, this was hard to to, being that I like so many movies.
Other mentions go to Office Space, Friday, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, The Mummy, Road Trip, Fight Club, Pulp Fiction, and
National Lampoons Animal House.

Finally, someone admitting to the might of Gojira!! Has anyone here seem the new GMR film?? Or Megaguirus??

Dryanta

04-29-2002, 12:47 PM

Mabudon,
I have seen the GMR 1 and own a copy of G vs.Megaguirus.I'm not a big Gmr fan but it was O.K.And G 2001 was worlds better than 2000.Ready for GMK2002?Haven't seen much but it looks cool.Sorry to others for talking in code.It's easier.You collect any Bandai Gs?I have some.Ultimate 2' premium is the best.I have no room for him is all.

I can't put these in any sort of order, and putting only ten of my possibly hundreds of favorite movies on a list is cruel and unusual punishment. But I will do it for the sake of you forum readers. :rolleyes:

Evil Dead 2 ("Hello, lover!")
The Killer/Hard-Boiled (shh, let's pretend they're one movie, for the sake of Woo)
The Dollars Trilogy (SHHH, I SAID)
Edward Scissorhands ("Damn those television shows. Damn them to Hell.")
Ed Wood
Desperado ("No, no, not yet!")
Die Hard ("First I'm gonna kill ya! Then I'm gonna cook ya! Then I'm gonna &#$@IN' EATCHA!!!!")
Six-String Samurai ("So then you don't have a ratchet.")
The Way of the Gun (this one's a little to profane for a quote.)
The Zatoichi series (yeah, so, technically that's like twenty-six movies. Shup.)

And I'm not some sort of iconoclast, I love old movies too (Casablanca, The Getaway, blah blah). I just have a hard time mixing them in with more modern stuff. And comedy, I like (just saw Kung Pow), I just don't watch them over and over like I do the above movies.

GEEZE that was hard. I'm feeling feverish, now. Yeesh.

bigbarada

08-04-2002, 09:53 AM

Well, since Ep2 and Spider-Man have been released, I figure I should update my list. I'll probably need to update it again when LOTR:TTT is released.

1. Fellowship of the Ring
2. Attack of the Clones
3. Black Hawk Down
4. Return of the Jedi
5. Three Kings
6. Saving Private Ryan
7. Empire Strikes Back
8. Raiders of the Lost Ark
9. Star Wars (A New Hope for you neophytes)
10. American Graffiti

SQueek

08-04-2002, 03:13 PM

Fight Club
Star Wars(s)
Jurassic Park
Forrest Gump
Leon: The Professional
The Big Lebowski
Back to the future(s)
American History X
Stand By Me
Crooklyn

Nowhere
Star Wars: A New Hope
Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back
Evil Dead 2
Alien
Real Genius
Escape From NY
The Thing ('82)
American Werewolf in London
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

Those are some of the only ones that I can watch over and over again and not get bored of them.

Tonysmo

08-15-2002, 11:36 AM

top 10.. hmmmm.. most have already been listed.. its nice to see alot of the same tastes.. and even better to see movies listed that I havent seen in ages...

#1. All the Starwars flicks.. of course they need to be #1..
#2. Breakfast club. Came out at the perfect time in my life.
#3. Monty Pyton - Holy Grail. Hilarious.
#4. Tombstone. You cannot find a better Doc Holiday
#5. Goodfellas.
#6. CLERKS
#7. All the National Lampoons VACATIONS. Cousin Eddy ROCKS!
#8. Warriors
#9. True Romance
#10. I'll leave open for the other 300 movies I'd love to list.

and of course, #11.. The same Channel that Tycho mentioned eariler in this thread.. I had the same issues.. Loved that channel.. Hard to pass those titles off to my parents as Swimsuit calander makers...

RooJay

08-19-2002, 02:12 PM

One thing that strikes me as odd after reading through this thread (and others like it) is that an awful lot of people seem to love Dark City. No, it's not odd that people like it; I myself LOVE the film! What is odd about it is that almost no one saw it in theaters when it first came out! I remember that I could not wait to see it, but when I went to watch it on opening night the theater was barely half full! Even worse, after the credits started rolling at the end, most of the audience seemed to be grumbling and I even overheard several people talking about how bad they thought the movie was! I was really bummed that my brother and I seemed to be the only people in the audience that actually understood and enjoyed the movie! You'd think that opening night for a film like that would draw in people who were into that sort of thing, but it just seemed to go over everyone else's head and no one else seemed to have gotten into it. More proof of my theory that people's view of a film can be affected by the audience they see it with. Sure, I still thought the movie was great, but I don't think I was able to enjoy it as much as I could have if everyone had cheered at the end the way I thought they should. It even seemed to me that some people were enjoying it right up until the credits rolled and they heard others talking about how much they hated it! So where were you guys that night?! Where, huh?:frus: ;)