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NotUofJodieMeeks said:
Dragged Across Concrete and Bone Tomahawk are two movies I'd recommend. The director of these two movies is what Tarantino thinks he is.
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Yes, but Tarantino lives forever because of that Salma Hayek dance scene in Dusk Til Dawn:

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Also, the Dennis Hopper/Christopher Walken confrontation in True Romance is the finest 10 minutes ever filmed. It is the greatest scene in movie history (NSFW racist comments). Dennis Hopper knows they are going to torture him and he knows he'll give up his son's location, so he decides to insult the Sicilian boss knowing full well what will happen and the rest, folks, is acting on a level that transcends movies and becomes art in its highest greatest form, When Hopper asks for the Chesterfield we reach level no other film ever has and the acting should be put in a time capsule for all eternity with Hopper at his finest and Walken (the best ever at reacting to another actor's lines according to Roger Ebert) bless us with script written by QT who is Sicilian himself:

 
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Love unforgiven. I look at it as the last word on westerns and I think it was conceived as kind of a mic drop on the genre but it did so well that it sparked a mini revival that lead to some really good movies like tombstone for instance. and the quick and the dead.
 
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WildcatfaninOhio said:
Goodfellas
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Pulp Fiction
Saving Private Ryan
Fargo
Shawshank Redemption
High Plains Drifter
Rio Bravo
Tombstone
Forest Gump
Unforgiven
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I never realized until I watched again recently that Clint Eastwood is the vengeful ghost of the slain town sheriff (or some say even the devil himself) in High Plains Drifter. A good film that takes on a whole new (and better) meaning when watched through that lens. Awesome how he just appears out of the desert mirage at the beginning and disappears the same way at the end with all the “dirty deeds” and manipulation of the townsfolk in the middle.
 
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VA/UK said:
Just watched Spartacus last night. Kirk Douglas canned the first director after a week and brought Kubrick on board.
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Kubrick and Douglass were gold in Paths of Glory right before Spartacus. Glad they teamed up again for the gladiator epic.
 
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A lot of people are going to give the obvious ones. And I think we can mostly agree on those. What are ones that might not be mentioned and why?

The Social Network was maybe the greatest move this (past) decade, and I think one of the best this century. Aaron Sorkin, amazing. How many movies can you watch based on the dialogue alone?
 
LineSkiCat14 said:
A lot of people are going to give the obvious ones. And I think we can mostly agree on those. What are ones that might not be mentioned and why?

The Social Network was maybe the greatest move this (past) decade, and I think one of the best this century. Aaron Sorkin, amazing. How many movies can you watch based on the dialogue alone?
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I led the thread with my top 10-12. Here would be more for a top 25:

Recent:
There Will Be Blood
The Revenant
American Hustle
The Big Short
Inception
Back to the Future
The Dark Knight

Golden Age:
A Streetcar Named Desire
Casablanca
Citizen Cain
8 1/2 (Italian)
Dr. Strangelove
North By Northwest

Comedy:
Spinal Tap
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Kingpin
 
Not in order:

Becket
Breaker Morant
The Godfather I and II
The Impossible
The Shootist
Star Trek First Contact
The Professionals
Cool Hand Luke
We Were Soldiers
Saving Private Ryan
 
A movie that makes my top 20 that's probably not all that popular is American Psycho.

Other Golden Age movies I love

The Big Sleep
Sunset Boulevard
Double Indemnity
12 Angry Men

Comedy

Christmas Vacation
Office Space
Tucker and Dale vs Evil
Duck Soup
Some Like it Hot
 
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Of the movies I have seen that I would rate as truly great movies, based on my watch history on Trakt. I have them sorted alphabetically, first the 10s then the 9s on a 10-point scale. Mind you I have not looked thru this thread to see if there are any I have failed to rate on Trakt as well.

As you'll probably notice, I have a lot more horror movies on my list than most people will.

10s....
13th
28 Days Later
the Before Trilogy (Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Before Midnight)
Blue is the Warmest Color
Call Me by Your Name
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Farewell
Good Will Hunting
The Green Mile
Her
Hereditary
The Houses October Built
Inception
Interstellar
La La Land
Lady Bird
Life of Pi
Little Women (2020 version)
Lost in Translation
Mr. Holland's Opus
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Pride and Prejudice (2005 version)
Pulp Fiction
[REC]
Requiem for a Dream
Saw
Seven
Shawshank Redemption
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the OG version)
The Virgin Suicides

9s....
12 Years a Slave
1917
A Beautiful Mind
A Secret Love
A River Runs Through It
American Beauty
Apocalypto
Arrival
Cast Away
Come and See
Creep
Dead Poet's Society
Django Unchained
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Fight Club
Grave Encounters
Joker
The Martian
Memento
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Rogue One
Shithouse
There Will Be Blood
Wet Hot American Summer
The Witch
 
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I also really enjoyed On The Rocks (it's on Apple TV+), just finished watching it since it is an A24 movie. Would put it at an 8, but the three Sofia Coppola movies I have seen have been rated a 10 (Lost in Translation, perhaps a top-five film for me), 10 (The Virgin Suicides), and 8. I guess you can say I am a Sofia Coppola fan now.
 
bigdaddy741 said:
A movie that makes my top 20 that's probably not all that popular is American Psycho.

Other Golden Age movies I love

The Big Sleep
Sunset Boulevard
Double Indemnity
12 Angry Men

Comedy

Christmas Vacation
Office Space
Tucker and Dale vs Evil
Duck Soup
Some Like it Hot
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Still needing to see The Big Sleep, I know it’s a must. Haven’t seen Tucker either, but I’ve have seen the rest. 12 Angry Men is great, one of my favorites of the Golden Age. The whole movie set in the jury deliberation room, the escalating tension. I feel as frustrated as the other jurors at times, but that’s the point. Henry Fonda is so great in that film.

A night at the Opera is probably my favorite Marx Bro film (that I’ve seen). I just can’t get into Duck Soup for some reason. I’m surprised at how much I’ve enjoyed Chaplin. Modern Times is hysterical and The Gold Rush is great too.

Office Space is so great. “Yeah, I’m gonna need those TPS reports...”
 
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wildcatsboston1984 said:
I also really enjoyed On The Rocks (it's on Apple TV+), just finished watching it since it is an A24 movie. Would put it at an 8, but the three Sofia Coppola movies I have seen have been rated a 10 (Lost in Translation, perhaps a top-five film for me), 10 (The Virgin Suicides), and 8. I guess you can say I am a Sofia Coppola fan now.
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Lots of great titles on your list. And a bunch I haven’t seen. Glad I rewatched Lost In Translation again recently. I guess where I am in life now Bill Murray’s character resonated with me a lot more. Good call on A Beautiful Mind. Kinda forgot about that one somehow. It’s fantastic.
 
nom de plume said:
DDL in "There Will be Blood" and Al Pacino in "Scarface" were the two most vivid characters of my lifetime. They owned it. You should listen to Tarantino rave about DDL in TWBB on Youtube. He was awestruck by that movie like we all were.
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I’ll check that out. DDL may be the very best ever, no hyperbolie. Claims he’s retired now. “I’m finished!” Hope he changes his mind.
 
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Without much thought....

The Godfather
The Godfather pt 2
Back to the Future
Empire Strike Back
Avengers Infinity War
Jaws
Forrest Gump
Lion King(animated)
Blazing Saddles
Pulp Fiction
 
bigdaddy741 said:
A movie that makes my top 20 that's probably not all that popular is American Psycho.

Other Golden Age movies I love

The Big Sleep
Sunset Boulevard
Double Indemnity
12 Angry Men

Comedy

Christmas Vacation
Office Space
Tucker and Dale vs Evil
Duck Soup
Some Like it Hot
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Oh, American Psycho, wow. So twisted! Love it. So many great lines. Bale may be my favorite 2-3 actors right now and this is an excellent performance. So shallow and self-righteous... and unhinged
 
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There’s pretty cool podcast out there for movie lovers called “Raider’s of the Lost Podcast.” They’re not industry film critics per se, just big movie fans discussing great films and they make really great points. I’ve really enjoyed it and bet many of you would too. Good drive entertainment for your next road trip.
 
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point1zero said:
Still needing to see The Big Sleep, I know it’s a must. Haven’t seen Tucker either, but I’ve have seen the rest. 12 Angry Men is great, one of my favorites of the Golden Age. The whole movie set in the jury deliberation room, the escalating tension. I feel as frustrated as the other jurors at times, but that’s the point. Henry Fonda is so great in that film.

A night at the Opera is probably my favorite Marx Bro film (that I’ve seen). I just can’t get into Duck Soup for some reason. I’m surprised at how much I’ve enjoyed Chaplin. Modern Times is hysterical and The Gold Rush is great too.

Office Space is so great. “Yeah, I’m gonna need those TPS reports...”
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I like all the Marx Brothers movies fairly equal but I give Duck Soup the nod because it's so ridiculous, short run time, and the mirror scene is comedy gold.

I like all the Chaplin movies I've seen. My favorite is The Gold Rush.

Tucker and Dale is the last movie that made me laughing in tears and hard to breathe.
 
point1zero said:
Lots of great titles on your list. And a bunch I haven’t seen. Glad I rewatched Lost In Translation again recently. I guess where I am in life now Bill Murray’s character resonated with me a lot more. Good call on A Beautiful Mind. Kinda forgot about that one somehow. It’s fantastic.
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Lost in Translation is a really nice, laid back movie. I love those type of movies. It’s like I can kind of relate to them to some degree, and it’s actually realistic. Why I like the Before series so much.

I watch a lot of indie and A24 stuff now. Portrait of a Lady on Fire might be my favorite non-horror film released in the last five years.

Don’t get much into the bigger movies these days as it’s a lot of garbage, remakes, or essentially recycled material with different characters names and slightly different plots.
 
Untouchables96 said:
A Streetcar Named Desire
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
The Graduate
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Godfather (first 2 parts)
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Annie Hall
Apocalypse Now
Goodfellas
Magnolia
Eyes Wide Shut
Mulholland Drive
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Black Swan
Interstellar
Moonlight
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Nice list! Seen them all except Eyes Wide Shut, Black Swan and Mulholland Drive. MD has been consistently rated as one of the very best of this century. I’ve gotta cross that one off the list!
 
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Unforgiven
The Outlaw Josey Wales
The Good the Bad and the Ugly
No Country for Old Men
Tombstone
Full Metal Jacket
The Way Way Back
The Conjuring 2
Red Dawn
The Outpost (newly added to my list...(Saving Private Ryan x 10 on the battle scenes)
All of the Rocky movies (and Creed/Creed II)
Winchester 1873
Sergeant York
Hoosiers
 
My top 10...

1. Godzilla (1954)
2. Aladdin (1992)
3. Godfather
4. The Original Stars Wars trilogy
5. Toy Story
6. Batman Mask of the Phantasm
7. Avengers Endgame
8. Avengers Infinity War
9. Back to the Future
10. Rat Race
 
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Any list that doesnt include Roddy Piper classics They Live and Sam Hell comes to Frog Town deserves scrutiny
 
Untouchables96 said:
A Streetcar Named Desire
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
The Graduate
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Godfather (first 2 parts)
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Annie Hall
Apocalypse Now
Goodfellas
Magnolia
Eyes Wide Shut
Mulholland Drive
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Black Swan
Interstellar
Moonlight
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I can't believe it took that long for someone to mention "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". It swept the Academy Awards.

Also, has "Animal House" even been mentioned? It is one of the funniest movies ever.

What about "Caddyshack" or "The Big Lebowski"? Both really funny movies with amazing casts of actors. Just think of how many big time stars are in both of those movies.
 
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FtWorthCat said:
I can't believe it took that long for someone to mention "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". It swept the Academy Awards.

Also, has "Animal House" even been mentioned? It is one of the funniest movies ever.

What about "Caddyshack" or "The Big Lebowski"? Both really funny movies with amazing casts of actors. Just think of how many big time stars are in both of those movies.
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Animal House and Caddyshack have been mentioned.

I don’t recall seeing The Big Lebowski.
 
FtWorthCat said:
I can't believe it took that long for someone to mention "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". It swept the Academy Awards.

Also, has "Animal House" even been mentioned? It is one of the funniest movies ever.

What about "Caddyshack" or "The Big Lebowski"? Both really funny movies with amazing casts of actors. Just think of how many big time stars are in both of those movies.
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So many great films out there. If one is on a top 100 list, let alone a top 10, it’s quite an accomplishment.
 
I'm a huge movie buff, I managed a Blockbuster Video for 10 years do it was hard to narrow down my list but here are some of my other favorites:

North By Northwest
Dr. Strangelove
Midnight Cowboy
Taxi Driver
Amadeus
The Color Purple
Rain Man
Unforgiven
The English Patient
Boogie Nights
Jackie Brown
Amelie
The Royal Tenenbaums
Dogville
The Departed
No Country For Old Men
 
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Hard to believe there are only 26 Oscar Best Picture winners on the AFI Top 100. Thought there was more overlap until I took a closer look.

Also, 24 films on the AFI list were snubbed of even a Best Picture NOMINATION, let alone a winner. Great films on AFI’s list not even nominated:

Vertigo
The Searchers
2001: A Space Odyssey
Psycho
Singin’ In the Rain
North By Northwest
Spartacus
And a dozen or so others
 
point1zero said:
Hard to believe there are only 26 Oscar Best Picture winners on the AFI Top 100. Thought there was more overlap until I took a closer look.

Also, 24 films on the AFI list were snubbed of even a Best Picture NOMINATION, let alone a winner. Great films on AFI’s list not even nominated:

Vertigo
The Searchers
2001: A Space Odyssey
Psycho
Singin’ In the Rain
North By Northwest
Spartacus
And a dozen or so others
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I've seen a few "do over" articles on Best Picture winners and it's hard to believe some films won over the competition.

There are several but the first two that pop into my head are Raging Bull losing to Ordinary People and Saving Private Ryan losing to freakin' Shakespeare in Love.
 
I love war movies but I thought Saving Private Ryan was typical Spielberg schmaltzy Oscar bait outside the amazing war scenes, so I thought Shakespeare In Love deserved Best Picture. I thought Coal Miner's Daughter should've won in 1980. Also L.A. Confidential over Titanic in 1997 and either Brokeback Mountain or Munich over Crash in 2005.
 
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A lot of people are going to give the obvious ones. And I think we can mostly agree on those. What are ones that might not be mentioned and why?
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Mad Max: Fury Road, Aliens, and Oldboy are absolutely perfect action/adventure movies: their plots flow perfectly with their action (which is fun and creative) instead of slowing it down.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit? was groundbreaking, and both Bob Hoskins's and Christopher Lloyd's performances are iconic.

Robocop's underrated, and to a lesser extent, so is Robocop 2. Unlike its predecessor, 2 offers up more violence porn than it does social commentary, but it's still a blast. It rivals Sin City as my favorite Frank Miller movie.

The Thing; A Nightmare on Elm Street; Halloween; Night of the Living Dead; The Cabin in the Woods. In general, a lot of great horror doesn't get the respect it deserves because the genre's often unfairly dismissed as childish.

Gremlins 2. One of my favorites, it works as both a sequel as well as a sharp satire of movie sequels. And just personally, it's the first movie I can recall seeing in a theater in which the fourth wall's broken.

The Secret of NIMH and Titan AE. Don Bluth's work is iconic to my generation. It introduced themes into mainstream American animation that were, at the time, considered too complex for mainstream American animation's target audience, and subsequently, for better or for worse, it was a major, major contributor to oceans of deconstruction that soon followed.

Brain Donors. A 1990s Marx Brothers-style movie by the Zucker brothers and one of John Turturro's best performances. It's unfortunately fairly obscure because the Zuckers left Paramount before its release, which pissed Paramount off and drove the studio to practically bury it.
 
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Untouchables96 said:
I'm a huge movie buff, I managed a Blockbuster Video for 10 years do it was hard to narrow down my list but here are some of my other favorites:

North By Northwest
Dr. Strangelove
Midnight Cowboy
Taxi Driver
Amadeus
The Color Purple
Rain Man
Unforgiven
The English Patient
Boogie Nights
Jackie Brown
Amelie
The Royal Tenenbaums
Dogville
The Departed
No Country For Old Men
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Did you watch/enjoy “The Last Blockbuster” that came out recently? It made me feel pretty nostalgic so I can only imagine what it did for longtime former employees.
 
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bigdaddy741 said:
I've seen a few "do over" articles on Best Picture winners and it's hard to believe some films won over the competition.

There are several but the first two that pop into my head are Raging Bull losing to Ordinary People and Saving Private Ryan losing to freakin' Shakespeare in Love.
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I’d love to see some of those Oscar “do over” lists if you can send a link.
 
Saving Private Ryan
We Were Soldiers
The Hustler
Splendor in the Grass
The Razor’s Edge (original)
The Godfather
Tora, Tora, Tora
Runaway Jury
The Rainmaker
The Prince of Tides
A Perfect Murder
 
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