Big Lebowski for 1-5
The Big Lebowski is a feminist masterpiece where every man is a buffoon and every woman is willing to go as far as cutting off their own toe to get what they want.
I don't have something like that, but every time this kind of question is asked, City of God (2002) always comes to mind.
Same here. Great movie, great soundtrack.
And Children of Men. That’s my “of” favorites.
I’m a sucker for the Jerk, Strange Brew, and Hot Fuzz for comedies
Oh how could I have forgotten Children of Men. Watched it so many times and I'm still awed.
- The Godfather.
- Blade Runner.
- Scarface.
- The good, the bad, and the ugly.
- The fight club.
No particular order, these are some of my favorites.
Alien and Aliens could be there too.
And a bunch of animates movies like Ghost in the Shell, Akira, A silent voice, Grave for the Fireflies, The Tale of Princes Kaguya, Princess Mononoke, Howls moving Castle.
Also Toy Story 2, Shrek 2, The Prince of Egypt, Fantasia, Klaus, Into the Spiderverse.
- I Origins (2014)
- Return of the Jedi (1983)
- The Boondock Saints (1999)
- The Matrix (1999)
- Interstellar (2014)
In no particular order.
The Dark Knight
The Shining
LOTR Trilogy (ROTK if I have to pick one)
~~The Nice Guys~~ swapping for In Bruges
Gladiator
In Bruges!! I forgot to put that one on my list. Such a good fucking movie.
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Young Frankenstein
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The Princess Bride
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Blazing Saddles
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The Matrix
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The Shawshank Redemption
It's a toss-up on a couple of those. The Blues Brothers could easily make the list, as could Pulp Fiction, Terminator 2, Alien, Interstellar, and I'm sure there are many others. I will abandon what I'm doing to watch any one of these, if they come on, probably 90% of the time.
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Dead Man: A film by Jim Jarmusch starring Johnny Depp and Gary Farmer and an all-star cast. Beautiful acid western about friendship in harsh circumstances. Wonderful original soundtrack by Neil Young.
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The Fall: A film by Tarsem. This films story isn't necessarily amazing, but this is a love letter to classic cinema. It has a plot about classic cinema, and it uses all classic techniques to achieve the effects. Tarsem famously went out of their way to ensure there wasn't any CGI in this film. It's one of the most vividly colorful and visually stunning films I have ever seen.
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Dreams: A film by Akira Kurosawa. A montage of short films inspired by dreams experienced by filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. In partnership with Lucasfilm. Almost as visually stunning as The Fall but much more cohesive stories for being inspired by dreams. Come for "The Peach Orchard," and stay for "Village of the Watermills."
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Brazil: A film by Terry Gilliam starring Jonathan Pryce, Robert DeNiro, Kim Greist and Michael Palin. A treatise on dreams in a totalitarian society. The only cut worth watching is the Directors Cut. The film was famously butchered by the studios to give it a "happy ending" because the original was considered too bleak.
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Sneakers: A film by Phil Alden Robinson starring Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, River Phoenix, and Ben Kingsley. One of the only films that ever presented a semi-realistic portrayal of hacking. Good plot, good pacing, and arguably prescient considerations.
The Fall is such an eye feast.
- Back to the Future
- Wall-E
- Into The Spider-verse
- Interstellar
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
I'll throw my hat in the ring and give my list in no particular order:
Seven Samurai
Borat
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
War of the Worlds (2005)
The Godfather
This means something
@Euraru
Those are some great choices. I haven't seen Close Encounters yet though. And I loved War of the Worlds.
Seven Samurai is an amazing movie. It set the groundwork for so much more to follow.
I'll do "so far" instead of "all time" because all time has not yet elapsed, but I'll shut up and list the current roster:
- Werckmeister Harmonies
- Fellowship of the Ring
- The Dreamers
- The Wind Rises
- L'eclisse
Honorable mentions go to Casino Royale, Ashes and Diamonds, The Empire Strikes Back, Paprika, and Vanilla Sky.
- Star Wars: A New Hope
- Blade Runner
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Jurassic Park
- Back To The Future
Runners up: Empire Strikes Back, The Matrix, Pulp Fiction, ET, Close Encounters, Alien(s), Ghostbusters, Stand By Me, Full Metal Jacket, A Bronx Tale, Good Will Hunting
It's too hard to pick just 5!
Blade Runner // Apocalypse Now // Goodbye, Dragon Inn // Guardians of the Galaxy 2 // Any Bourne film
- Star Trek: First Contact
- Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
- October Sky
- 12 Angry Men
- It's a Wonderful Life
- Interstellar 2-5. Napoleon dynamite, Wayne's World, arrival, Scott pilgrim vs the world
Oh I forgot about Arrival. That was such an intense slow-burner, I loved every second. Definitely an all-time fave as well.
I actually sat down a coworker years ago and did this. It was surprisingly easy once I realized something - I'll sit down and watch a lot of movies on TV, but there are a few I refuse to. Too many commercials and edits just make me furious... those are my favorites. Getting down to 10 was hard enough, so top 5 are in no order. Some changed how I thought about things, some just entertained me for years:
The Matrix
Interstellar
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Fight Club
Schindler's List
And because it was so hard, here are a few more that just as easily could be top 5:
Silence of the Lambs, Inception, V for Vendetta, OG Star Wars trilogy, Indiana Jones trilogy, Kung Pow, Blair Witch Project
Edit: Forgot one - Arrival. Probably in top 5, no idea which to demote. Fight Club maybe
- Dazed and Confused
- Jurassic Park
- Fellowship of the Ring
- The Royal Tenenbaums
- The Matrix
Super hard to limit to just 5 but here's the first that came to mind: Star Wars: A New Hope, The Matrix, Delicatessen, The Science of Sleep, The Fifth Element.
Any of the following could easily go somewhere on the above list :) Blade Runner, 12 Monkeys, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Brazil, The Hudsucker Proxy, Groundhog Day, Dark City, Inception & Intersteller (if only it didn't have the whole love is a force that transcends dimensions and can be used to communicate across time and space stuff?!)
My cat is sitting on my lap so you get both of ours combined together
- The Fifth Element
- The Matrix
- Dark City
- The Big Lebowski
- Burn After Reading
- Fargo
- Lost In Translation
- Snatch
- Grosse Pointe Blank
- Thor: Ragnarok
For now, anyway;
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Sorcerer; confusingly about 4 men driving volatile dynamite through the jungle, no wizards present
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Manhunter; I literally stand up out of my chair during the tiger scene every time
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Body Double; Brian de Palma is a weird perv and it's great
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Threads; it's the scariest movie ever made
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Annihilation; more upsetting bear than The Edge, only slightly less upsetting lighthouse than The Lighthouse
Monty Python and the holy grail
DnD movie
And all three LOTR movies. Extended of course.
In no particular order:
- Clue
- Muppet Treasure Island
- Lord of the Rings
- The Hunt for Red October
- Oscar
All but one have Tim Curry, hmm... I never noticed that before.
- Jurassic Park
- Lord Of The Rings (prefer Two Towers)
- Back to The Future (1 but 3 rocks too)
- Blade Runner 2049
- Gladiator
Akira
Fight Club
The Matrix
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
But I guess my firsty firstingly forever first is Blade Runner 2049
In no particular order: The Mission, Children of Men, Passport to Pimlico, Ben Hur, My Name is Nobody
No way I can do all time, because my tastes change. However, I guess right now it's:
- My neighbour Totoro
- Grave of the Fireflies, even though I can't watch it
- into the spider verse
- knives out
- everything everywhere all at once
The top two there never really shift but the other three do all the time.
In no particular order
- Starship Troopers
- Peter Jackson's Trilogy is one movie. Fight me.
- Speed Racer
I guess I just have three.
I love that you have room for the entire LOTR trilogy but you still fought to keep it in one bullet point.
- There Will Be Blood
- The Fabelmans
- Gangs of New York
- Memento
- The Dark Knight
This is an incredibly difficult question for me, so I have to list my runners up:
- The Prestige
- Shawshank Redemption
- Pulp Fiction
- Spirited Away
- 2001: A Space Oddysey
- Dallas Buyers Club
I'm probably an idiot for not including The Godfather but it's been a long time since I saw it so I probably need to watch it again.
Such a hard thing to do.
In no particular order, and this is only my mind right now,
- Grave of the Fireflies
- LOTR
- The Mummy (Brendan Fraser)
- Fifth Element
- The Northman
Honorable mentions, and depending on my mood, any of these might sneak into the list:
- Empire Strikes Back
- Spirited Away
- Hotel Rwanda
- The Lives of Others
- Princess Bride
- White Christmas
- Blade Runner / Blade Runner 2049
- Dune
- Your Name
- Alien
- The Brotherhood of the Wolf (Le pacte des loups)
- Arrival
- Children of Men
- Pretty much any Mel Brooks movie, but particularly Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, Robin Hood MIT, Dracula dead and loving it
- Kubo and the Two Strings
- In Bruges
- A fish Called Wanda
- The Life of Brian
- Some Like it Hot
- Arsenic and Old Lace
- Wrath of Khan
- Best in Show
- Them
- Something Wes Anderson, likely Grand Budapest Hotel or Royal Tenenbaums
- Hot Fuzz
- There will be Blood
- 1917
- The Color of Money
- The Godfather Part 1
- Master and Commander
- Tropic Thunder
- The Sting
- Burn After Reading
- A River Runs Through It
Interstellar
Inception
About Time
Arrival
The Green Mile
- LOTR: For staying close to the book while still being amazing.
- The Matrix: Still can't forget walking out of the theater, everyone so silent with their minds collectively blown.
- Cinema Paradiso: For the way it shows the love for cinema.
- Life is Beautiful: For showing that only we control how we live our lives.
- Children of Heaven: For its depiction of love in its purest forms.
- LOTR trilogy
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- A Midnight in Paris
- The Matrix
- Howl's Moving Castle
- Morbius
- Morbius: Crimson Redemption
- Morbius: Dark Descent
- Morbius: Nightfall Chronicles
- Morbius: The Immortal Hunger
Leto's performance is genuinely captivating and the storytelling is top-tier. The film strikes a perfect balance between deep emotional resonance and stunning visuals. It's not just a superhero movie, it's a profound exploration of the human condition. Highly recommend it to anyone looking for more than just escapism.
In no particular order: -Contact -The Matrix -Inglourious Basterds -Spirited Away -Moonrise Kingdom
Interstellar and both the spiderverse movies
Harold and Maude Silence of the Lambs Thor: Ragnarok Singing in the Rain Unforgiven
Silly to hold us to five but those were the first to come to mind.
- LOTR (it may be 3, but let's just call it a single movie)
- Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back
- Jean de Florette
- The Matrix
- Top Gun
Honourable mentions: anything Monty Python, Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Alladin, Indiana Jones (up to and including Last Crusade), any Bond film with Sean Connery, Die Hard, Rocky, Rambo: First Blood, The Passion of Christ, Cross and the Switchblade, The Godfather, Blade Runner, Jurassic Park
- Fight Club
- LOTR
- The Matrix
- V for Vendetta
- Star Wars
Jurassic Park
The 5th Element
Brazil
Joker
Life of Brian
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