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The most shocking one on your list to me is Raging Bull.
The others I can see how you make a case for but why don't you like it?
Just two to go - Nashville and Sullivan’s Travels! 2007 list that is.
The highest rated I’m not a big fan of is #28 All About Eve. I’ll give it another try someday, but I wasn’t super impressed on my first viewing. Also couldn’t get into #44 The Philadelphia Story. Might have liked a more concise version if they trimmed 20-30 minutes.
I with you on West Side Story and toss in another musical Yankee Doodle Dandy. Those and Swing Time probably round out my bottom 5. Otherwise I think it’s a great list. Not “my” 100 favs, but still a great list.
From the 1998 list I still haven’t seen Birth of a Nation and Stagecoach. I actually like Zhivago and Midnight Cowboy. I feel Giant is a bit over-rated. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner was also a good drop for the 2007 list. Both are fine, but 100 Greatest? Nah.
Haha, almost all your least favorites would be in my top 1/3 from that list (not overall). To each his own
I love most of Scorsese's movies but I just thought it was boring. I don't like boxing that much either. I was shocked because I really expected to enjoy but I couldn't wait for it to end. I also thought it was a little pretentious to film it in black and white.
Supposedly the black and white was used to tone down the bloodiness of the boxing matches.
This thread seems to be winding down, but it’s been very enjoyable for me. We seem to have similar taste in films. I’m in my early 40’s and live in Shelby Co. Grew up in Louisville. What about you? Thanks again for recommending the Flickchart site. It’s been a blast! Take care!
I'm 46, live in Georgetown, grew up in Leitchfield.
I'm a little disappointed the thread is winding down. lol
Film watching is one of my main hobbies and I've thought about starting a movie review blog but I'm not sure if I'd have enough time to do it.
Before I started this thread I looked for any movie clubs in the area and didn’t have any luck. Maybe I didn’t use the best search words. Then I figured, maybe try the Paddock. Glad I did.
I’ve been working on the Sight and Sound Top 100 list the last week or so. Just finished these films and here’s how I’d rank them:
The Passion of Joan of Arc (wow, great!)
The Tokyo Story
Persona
Battleship Potemkin
Breathless
Journey to Italy (least fav by far)
I’ve been working on the Sight and Sound Top 100 list the last week or so. Just finished these films and here’s how I’d rank them:
The Passion of Joan of Arc (wow, great!)
The Tokyo Story
Persona
Battleship Potemkin
Breathless
Journey to Italy (least fav by far)
Persona is the only one of those that I've seen.
I thought it was really good.
I'm not familiar with Journey to Italy.
Yes, Persona was very good. Reading about it after watching, critics all agree it’s an all-time great, but are all over the place about the films meaning. It’s an enigma.
I highly recommend Passion of Joan of Arc. Short, but VERY powerful. I was floored. The actress playing JoA was phenomenal.
Tokyo Story was very touching. Ranked #3 in the Sight & Sound Critc’s poll only behind Vertigo and Citizen Kane and #1 in the Director’s poll.
All those films I mentioned above are on HBO Max if you have it.
-pretty solid list.
Trade mary for raising arizona.
Schindler's list for walk the line
Bourne for wick
Pale rider for tgtb&tu.
What are your favorite foreign films? Mine are:
Amelie
A Very Long Engagement
Cache
The Sea Inside
All About My Mother
Pan's Labyrinth
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Bad Education
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Lives Of Others
Oldboy
Amelie
A Very Long Engagement
Cache
The Sea Inside
All About My Mother
Pan's Labyrinth
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Bad Education
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Lives Of Others
Oldboy
Jean de Florette
Gallipoli
De eso no se habla
Ran
Breaker Morant
Walkabout
I really like Australian film and television. The first season of Glitch was masterful IMO.
Just started working on foreign “language” films very recently. Need to rewatch most again to have a definitive list, but a rough top 10 so far:
Parasite
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Tokyo Story
Life is Beautiful
The Passion of the Christ
Letters from Iwo Jima (US)
Nosferatu
8 1/2
Persona
Pan’s Labyrinth
I like most Australian films I’ve seen, but along with the UK and other foreign made films with English dialogue I have them on a separate list
Oldboy
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
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Pan's Labyrinth
Parasite
City of God
Hero
I'm not considering movies from Australia and the U.K. since they are made in English.
There are many I plan to watch but haven't gotten around to it.
I’m a big horror fan. So, here’s my top 5 horror movies
1.Duel (my favorite horror movie ever.)
2. The shining (a CLOSE second, true horror and a masterpiece)
3.The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Low budget but a gory classic, props to the director/filmcrew for using the budget well)
4.summer of ‘84 (Awesome movie about 4 teens who think their neighbor (who is a cop) is a serial killer. Has one of the best twists ever)
5.It 1990 (The og clown terror. Great scenes in this movie and the scene where pennywise is standing behind that big ass sewer is just so damn eerie!)
Honorable mentions
The Strangers
The conjuring (scary as shit and almost edged out IT for the #5 slot)
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The wickerman
1.Duel (my favorite horror movie ever.)
2. The shining (a CLOSE second, true horror and a masterpiece)
3.The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Low budget but a gory classic, props to the director/filmcrew for using the budget well)
4.summer of ‘84 (Awesome movie about 4 teens who think their neighbor (who is a cop) is a serial killer. Has one of the best twists ever)
5.It 1990 (The og clown terror. Great scenes in this movie and the scene where pennywise is standing behind that big ass sewer is just so damn eerie!)
Honorable mentions
The Strangers
The conjuring (scary as shit and almost edged out IT for the #5 slot)
28 days later
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Great list.
My favorite of those is The Wickerman followed by TCM.
The only one I haven't seen is Summer of '84 but I plan to watch it.
After Hours is probably Scorsese's most underrated film and I would put it in my top 20 favorites.
I recently bought a digital copy of that movie but I haven't watched it yet.
Your recommendation will move it up on my priority list.
With the help of Bigdaddy’s Flickchart I ranked my favorite Best Pictures top to bottom (have seen 85 of 93). Here’s my top 20:
- The Godfather
- Rocky
- No Country for Old Men
- The Godfather Part 2
- Gladiator
- The Departed
- Braveheart
- A Beautiful Mind
- Forrest Gump
- Lord o/t Rings: Return King
- Lawrence of Arabia
- The Silence o/t Lambs
- One Flew Over... Cuckoo’s
- Casablanca
- Titanic
- Unforgiven
- Schindler’s List
- Argo
- Amadeus
- On the Waterfront
according to FlickChart my top 20 are
This is not accurate. I love all of those movies but no.
- Saving Private Ryan
- Inception
- The Big Short
- Stand by Me
- Total Recall
- The Silence of the Lambs
- The Fighter
- There Will Be Blood
- Trading Places
- Willy Wonka & Chocolate Factory
- Star Trek
- Gravity
- The Dark Knight
- Punch-Drunk Love
- Philadelphia
- Children of Men
- Casino Royale
- Jurassic Park
- Spaceballs
- To Kill a Mockingbird
This is not accurate. I love all of those movies but no.
You gotta put in a lot of work with re-ranking to make it accurate.
Here is my top 20 overall as of today...
The Natural was my favorite movie as a kid so it holds a high spot for me.
The Natural was my favorite movie as a kid so it holds a high spot for me.
I'll add Das Boot to the favorite foreign films list and fav war movies.
Love your list! Your top 3 are in my top 5. Dang, I’ve still got to see Momento. A lot of other common films in our top 20’s, including... The Natural! Like you, a childhood favorite of mine, but a legit great film and score too. Gives me chills. Favorite quote - “Some mistakes you never quit paying for.” I’ll post my Top 20 later tonight when I ha e more time.
Memento is a movie I knew nothing about. It just happened to come on a movie channel one night and I watched it and thought it was great!
I have that happen often where I stumble upon a movie I know nothing about and I really like it. Gone Baby Gone is another good example.
The opposite happens too. A movie with a lot of hype often ends up being a letdown.
I have that happen often where I stumble upon a movie I know nothing about and I really like it. Gone Baby Gone is another good example.
The opposite happens too. A movie with a lot of hype often ends up being a letdown.
For sure. I remember in the early days of HBO it was incredible. 2am. House is quiet. You're all set to watch movies then gems like Gallipoli and Badlands that you know nothing about come on. Best way to watch a movie ever. Zero expectations. Just let it happen.
Go to any that are over-rated and click re-rank. Your list will gradually get more accurate. Also re-rank some of your favorites to move them higher. You can pull up any favorites you haven’t been given a chance to rank by using the search box.
Did that too - right before my Best Picture list, lol. Told you, I’m obsessed with Flickchart haha. Here’s my AFI top 25 (from the 2007 list).
- Star Wars (13)
- Raiders Lost Ark (66)
- The Godfather (2)
- Shawshank Redemption
- Jaws
- Pulp Fiction
- Rocky
- Godfather Part 2
- Goodfellas
- E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
- Apocalypse Now
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Saving Private Ryan
- Forrest Gump
- Lawrence of Arabia
- North by Northwest
- One Flew Over Cuckoo’s
- Silence of the Lambs
- Citizen Kane
- Vertigo
- Casablanca
- Raging Bull
- Titanic
- Toy Story
- Dr. Strangelove
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Foreign language, just going off my flickchart, which very likely doesn't include some I have seen and liked
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire
- Blue is the Warmest Color
- The Farewell
- [REC]
- The Witch - it's Old English, I'm counting it lol
- Minari
- Parasite
- Come and See
- The Passion of the Christ
- Pan's Labyrinth
- Amelie
- Cache
- Letters from Iwo Jima
- Apocalypto
