The Panda Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 19 Monty Python's Life of Brian If you know me well enough you'd probably be wondering where the Monty Python films were by now, and so here is one of them that manages to be absolutely hysterical. My stomach literally was in pain the first time I saw this religious satire because of how hilarious it was. It may be over the top in just about every way it can be, but that's exactly why the Monty Python movies are so damn amazing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Great job so far panda. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil in the Blank Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Personally I take Holy Grail over Life of Brian (and who knows, you may yet as well given there are still 18 films to go), but both are easily, EASILY amongst the best comedy films of all time. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted April 1, 2014 Author Share Posted April 1, 2014 18 The Wizard of Oz A magical movie that was one of my childhood favorites and still one of my favorites to this day. The Wizard of Oz was not only a groundbreaking cinematic masterpiece, it was an incredibly entertaining one that doesn't seem to have aged a year when you view it. Enchanting from start to finish, The Wizard of Oz is a wonderful coming of age fantasy tale for all ages. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted April 1, 2014 Author Share Posted April 1, 2014 (edited) 17 Harvey "Years ago, my mother used to say to me, she'd say "In this world, Elwood, you can be oh so so smart, or oh so pleasant." Well, for years I was smart... I recommend pleasant." Harvey is an absolute delight of a movie, and it may be my first 'WTF' choice in my top 25, but I firmly believe it deserves a spot here. Harvey manages to be a film that can change your life, with a very simple, intelligent, and heartwarming message. Edited April 1, 2014 by The Panda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted April 1, 2014 Author Share Posted April 1, 2014 (edited) 16 Vertigo In my opinion this is Alfred Hitchock's best film, and also one of his most interesting to watch and it managed to touch me more than any of his other movies which is what helped Vertigo manage to stand out among all of Hitchcock's glorious works. Everything about it is just so delicately compelling and I find it nye impossible not to love it. Edited April 1, 2014 by The Panda 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted April 1, 2014 Author Share Posted April 1, 2014 15 Citizen Kane "WTF, Panda? Why isn't Citizen Kane number 1? Are you some blithering idiot or something? Isn't this the most obvious best movie of all time out there?" I need to put a reminder this is my personal list, and so if I made an objective best list this would undoubtedly be in the top 3 if not number 1, but there just so happens to be fourteen movies I personally like more than this masterpiece (and I really doubt I need to explain why it's a masterpiece), so I placed it at 15. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil in the Blank Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Baumer: 30 March - Great Job Panda so far! Baumer: 1st April - Citizen Kane??? More like Citizen Pain! Joke of a list!!! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Jedi Master 007 Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Citizen Kane's a masterpiece. And it's also a surprisingly emotional movie if you give it a real chance. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 (edited) Citizen Kane is like #65 on my list. Edited April 1, 2014 by Jack Nevada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted April 3, 2014 Author Share Posted April 3, 2014 (edited) 14 Schindler's List Another one of Spielberg's many masterpieces, however this one managed to stand out among the rest for how hauntingly horrifying the entire predicament was. You often hear and read about the travesty of the Holocaust, but Schindler's List shows you a realistic visual that is crafted in such an articulately fine way. It is the height of the many great (and some not so great) World War 2 movies. Edited April 3, 2014 by The Panda 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted April 3, 2014 Author Share Posted April 3, 2014 13 Casablanca First, I don't completely count this as a World War 2 movie but a film set in the early World War 2 time frame so I can still call Schindler's List the best World War 2 movie. Next, before people get onto me for putting this at 13 instead of 2 or 1 (like most lists), it's for the exact same reason as Citizen Kane, this movie is an absolute masterpiece, but there were 12 films that I personally like more. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted April 3, 2014 Author Share Posted April 3, 2014 (edited) 12 Before Sunrise A film that completely relies on the conversations between two actors, and it works unbelievably well, with everything it manages to do. Hawke and Delpy are both extremely honest and real in their roles, and manage to explore grand ideas in a simple, and unique premise that spawned (arguably) the greatest movie series out there. Meticulously well crafted, Before Sunrise is a phenomenal creation by Linklater, Hawke, and Delpy. Edited April 3, 2014 by The Panda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Jedi Master 007 Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Since you've brought it up a couple of times: Do you have an objective "best of all-time" list? If so, what's #1? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted April 4, 2014 Author Share Posted April 4, 2014 Since you've brought it up a couple of times: Do you have an objective "best of all-time" list? If so, what's #1? I haven't made a definite list, but I'd guess it'd probably end up looking very similar to the standard best of all time list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted April 6, 2014 Author Share Posted April 6, 2014 11 Lawrence of Arabia It's still a travesty that Peter O'Toole never ended up winning an Oscar, despite his many nominations, however Lawrence of Arabia is still one of the greatest and grandest movies out there. It has bold, sweeping shots that immerse you into the setting of the film. However, Lawrence of Arabia is not only epic but it is absolutely phenomenal in all of its aspects. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted April 6, 2014 Author Share Posted April 6, 2014 Just to remind everyone, I offered a deal that the person who could guess my top 10 films the most correct would get 20 random likes on their posts from me, that deal is still up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 It's going to be hard to predict your top 10. I'd have to go back through all 240 films and that's a bit much. I feel sick that Citizen Kane is anywhere on your list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil in the Blank Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Agreed. With 240 films already out there its gonna be too hard lol. But I'm awesome so you shall wind up liking my posts anyway 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted April 7, 2014 Author Share Posted April 7, 2014 For people interested in order to not have to click through pages (if you are going to attempt to guess), here are the past 240 11. Lawrence of Arabia 12. Before Sunrise 13. Casablanca 14. Schindler’s List 15. Citizen Kane 16. Vertigo 17. Harvey 18. The Wizard of Oz 19. Monty Pyton’s Life of Brian 20. The Godfather 21. The Searchers 22. Goodfellas 23. Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 24. Grapes of Wrath 25. 2001: A Space Odyssey 26. Psycho 27. 12 Angry Men 28. One Flew Over a Cuckoo’s Nest 29. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 30. The Empire Strikes Back 31. Apocalypse Now 32. It’s a Wonderful Life 33. The Princess Bride 34. Raging Bull 35. The Lion King 36. A Clockwork Orange 37. Gladiator 38. Chinatown 39. Wall-E 40. Jurassic Park 41. The Godfather Part 2 42. Jaws 43. Spirited Away 44. Children of Men 45. No Country For Old Men 46. Alien 47. Unforgiven 48. The Truman Show 49. Glengarry Glen Ross 50. Gravity 51. Star Wars 52. Sunset Boulevard 53. Airplane! 54. Taxi Driver 55. The Bridge on the River Kwai 56. The Great Dictator 57. King Kong (1933) 58. The Terminator 59. Saving Private Ryan 60. Boogie Nights 61. Rear Window 62. The Last Picture Show 63. M 64. Modern Times 65. There Will Be Blood 66. (500) Days of Summer 67. Beauty and the Beast 68. Forrest Gump 69. City of God 70. The Social Network 71. Cabaret 72. Annie Hall 73. Goldfinger 74. Pan’s Labyrinth 75. Mean Streets 76. Silence of the Lambs 77. The Shining 78. Invasion of the Body Snatchers 79. Life of Pi 80. Shanghai Express 81. Star Trek (2009) 82. Last of the Mohicans 83. Repulsion 84. The Great Escape 85. Fiddler on the Roof 86. Rosemary’s Baby 87. Blade Runner 88. The Evil Dead 89. Gone With the Wind 90. Who Framed Roger Rabbit 91. Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade 92. Donnie Darko 93. Inside Llewyn Davis 94. My Fair Lady 95. Mean Girls 96. The Avengers 97. Frankenstein 98. Back to the Future 99. Terminator 2: Judgement Day 100. LA confidential 101. Her 102. Dr. No 103. Touch of Evil 104. The King of Comedy 105. A Streetcar Named Desire 106. A Fistfull of Dollars 107. Nosferatu 108. Kill Bill Vol 2 109. Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan 110. The Matrix 111. The Wolf of Wall Street 112. Persepolis 113. The Adventures of Robin Hood 114. The Hunt for Red October 115. The Bride of Frankenstein 116. The Departed 117. South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut 118. Ghostbusters 119. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 120. To Kill a Mockingbird 121. Anatomy of Murder 122. In the Heat of the Night 123. The LEGO Movie 124. Spaceballs 125. Men in Black 126. An American in Paris 127. Elephant Man 128. For a Few More Dollars 129. Godzilla, King of Monsters 130. The Hurt Locker 131. Stalag 17 132. Silver Linings Playbook 133. Singin’ in the Rain 134. Django Unchained 135. Beetlejuice 136. The Iron Giant 137. Young Mr. Lincoln 138. Amadeus 139. Lifeboat 140. Of Mice and Men (1939) 141. Minority Report 142. Great Expectations 143. Fargo 144. National Lampoon’s Animal House 145. The Birds 146. Million Dollar Baby 147. Good Will Hunting 148. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 149. Mary Poppins 150. Wall Street 151. This is Spinal Tap 152. 12 Years a Slave 153. Young Frankenstein 154. The Exorcist 155. Apollo 13 156. A Hard Day’s Night 157. Zodiac 158. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 159. Poltergeist 160. Grave of Fireflies 161. Groundhog Day 162. The Ladykillers 163. Seven Samurai 164. Pinocchio 165. A History of Violence 166. The Killing Fields 167. True Grit 168. The Goonies 169. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 170. Breakfast at Tiffany’s 171. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 172. Some Like it Hot 173. The Last Temptation of Christ 174. Adaptation 175. Memento 176. Hot Fuzz 177. All the King’s Men 178. Starship Troopers 179. Doctor Zhivago 180. Monster’s Inc 181. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 182. The Bourne Identity 183. Up 184. Bambi 185. sex, lies, and videotape 186. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 187. Toy Story 188. Risky Business 189. Gypsy 190. Steamboat Willie 191. Lost in Translation 192. Shadow of a Doubt 193. Zero Dark Thirty 194. Casino Royale 195. Y Tu Mama Tambien 196. Castaway 197. Tropic Thunder 198. The Last Waltz 199. Planes, Trains and Automobiles 200. The Fly 201. Stagecoach 202. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 203. Lethal Weapon 204. Three Kings 205. Shrek 206. O Brother, Where Art Thou? 207. Requiem For a Dream 208. From Here to Eternity 209. Chariots of Fire 210. The Day the Earth Stood Still 211. Rain Man 212. Argo 213. The Incredibles 214. Return of the Jedi 215. Aliens 216. The Bells of St. Mary’s 217. Dumbo 218. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 219. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 220. Rocky 221. Aladdin 222. Dracula 223. For Whom the Bells Toll 224. The Mark of Zorro 225. The Jungle Book 226. Caddyshack 227. Snakes on a Plane 228. East of Eden 229. Reservoir Dogs 230. Braveheart 231. Mrs Miniver 232. Tarzan 233. Batman Begins 234. Ocean’s Eleven 235. Kramer vs Kramer 236. Hellboy 237. The Breakfast Club 238. The French Connection 239. The Nightmare Before Christmas 240. On the Waterfront 241. Road to Morocco 242. The Prince of Egypt 243. The Dark Knight 244. The Caine Mutiny 245. District 9 246. All About Eve 247. Ratatouille 248. Iron Man 249. The Sound of Music 250. Ben-Hur Btw, if less than 5 people guess than I will give each person a like for each movie they guess correctly and another like for each one in the right spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...