BOT Top 100 Movies of All Time (2016 Edition) - Due May 12

[The Panda]

2 minutes ago, Dexter of Suburbia said:

When Star Wars was released it was cinder fast paced and today it is considered slow paced. I am worried what movies 30 years will look like. 

 

This is true, nowadays I savor films that take their time and develop their world.  All of the action and spectacle has actually started to bore me quite often because I feel no connection to the characters doing the action.

[The Stingray]

11 hours ago, Jake Gittes said:

1

Pulp Fiction (1994)

 

My man!
 

[rukaio101]

My predictions for the upcoming forum list.

 

- At least one movie will turn up that largely only got there because it was quite recently released. (Most likely suspects: Deadpool, Zootopia, Civil War)

- The reaction emoticons will be overused to hell and back.

- Every Nolan movie will be ranked too high. Every. Single. One. (Also, if/when Interstellar and TDKR make the list, I will cut someone.)

- Panda's commentary will be good but not nearly as good as the intelligent, incredibly well-endowed host who did the list last time. 

- Everyone will come away disappointed.

 

Okay, now here's my own list. 

 

1. Wolf Children

2. Summer Wars

3. 12 Angry Men

4. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

5. Speed Racer

6. The Shawshank Redemption

7. Princess Mononoke

8. Die Hard.

9. Airplane

10. The Avengers

11. The Dark Knight

12. A Few Dollars More

13. The Devil's Backbone

14. How to Train Your Dragon

15. The Raid

16. The Thing

17. In Bruges

18. Blues Brothers

19. Casablanca

20. Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

21. Braindead

22. Raiders of the Lost Ark

23. Sixth Sense

24. Pan's Labyrinth

25. Blazing Saddles

26. The Producers (original)

27. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

28. Hot Fuzz 

29. Schindler's List

30. Evil Dead 2

31. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

32. The Omen

33. Cloud Atlas

34. Star Wars V: Empire Strikes Back

35. South Park: Bigger Longer Uncut

36. Pulp Fiction

37. My Neighbour Totoro

38. Beauty and the Beast

39. Paths of Glory

40. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

41. Singin' in the Rain

42. Mad Max Fury Road

43. Inside Out

44. The Boy and the Beast

45. Maverick

46. Hard Boiled

47. Casino Royale

48. Jaws

49. Pacific Rim

50. Jurassic Park

51. Whiplash

52. The Muppets

53. The Babadook

54. How to Train your Dragon 2

55. Rashomon

56. Mary Poppins

57. Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan

58. The Usual Suspects

59. Happy-Go Lucky

60. Edge of Tomorrow

61. The Departed

62. Kill Bill Vol 1

63. Secret of NIMH

64. The Big Lebowski

65. The Untouchables

66. Sin City

67. Inside Man

68. Paprika

69. Rear Window

70. The Shining

71. Good Night and Good Luck

72. One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest

73. The Lion King

74. Redline

75. Suspiria  

76. Castle in the Sky

77. Captain America: The Winter Soldier 

78. Rambo: First Blood 

79. The Great Dictator

80. The Wolf of Wall Street 

81. M.A.S.H 

82. Fight Club  

83. Dr Strangelove 

84. Silence of the Lambs

85. The Matrix

86. Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl

87. Ice Age

88. Hunchback of Notre Dame

89. Halloween

90. The Cabin in the Woods

91. The Iron Giant

92. Kung Fu Panda 2

93. The Prince of Egypt

94. Fantasia

95. The Maltese Falcon

96. The Haunting (original)

97. Batman Begins

98. Kingsman

99. Spirited Away

100. Captain America: The First Avenger

 

 

[ThiagoMaia]

 

I absolutely love that movie. It has so much of what I love in comedies: it's not afraid to go completely bonkers, it's immensely quotable, the characters are a riot. It's also a scathing depiction of how sexism is nothing but a mask for male insecurity and their fear of progress/ upstanding of the status quo. I must've seen it over 20 times and I always crack up.

Cool glad you like it! I find it a pretty good comedy too. I just thought it was funny for it to show up in a list that has almost no movies after the 2000s and mostly dramas.

[baumer]

5 hours ago, The Panda said:

 

Older films definitely tend to move at slower paces, so if you're to used to modern day fast-paced blockbusters, I can see how they may be underwhelming.  You also have to remember the technology from the time limited what could be done on screen, it was much harder to shoot a thrilling action sequence then than now.

 

Unless you are Spielberg in 1981.

[baumer]

[The Panda]

5 minutes ago, Baumer said:

 

Unless you are Spielberg in 1981.

 

Screw Lord Nolan.  Spielberg is the true king.

[Jake Gittes]

Buster Keaton did thrilling action sequences in the 1920s.

 

 

Edited May 11, 2016 by Jake Gittes

[The Stingray]

1 hour ago, rukaio101 said:

My predictions for the upcoming forum list.

 

- At least one movie will turn up that largely only got there because it was quite recently released. (Most likely suspects: Deadpool, Zootopia, Civil War)

- The reaction emoticons will be overused to hell and back.

- Every Nolan movie will be ranked too high. Every. Single. One. (Also, if/when Interstellar and TDKR make the list, I will cut someone.)

- Panda's commentary will be good but not nearly as good as the intelligent, incredibly well-endowed host who did the list last time. 

- Everyone will come away disappointed.

 

Okay, now here's my own list. 

 

 

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1. Wolf Children

2. Summer Wars

3. 12 Angry Men

4. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

5. Speed Racer

6. The Shawshank Redemption

7. Princess Mononoke

8. Die Hard.

9. Airplane

10. The Avengers

11. The Dark Knight

12. A Few Dollars More

13. The Devil's Backbone

14. How to Train Your Dragon

15. The Raid

16. The Thing

17. In Bruges

18. Blues Brothers

19. Casablanca

20. Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

21. Braindead

22. Raiders of the Lost Ark

23. Sixth Sense

24. Pan's Labyrinth

25. Blazing Saddles

26. The Producers (original)

27. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

28. Hot Fuzz 

29. Schindler's List

30. Evil Dead 2

31. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

32. The Omen

33. Cloud Atlas

34. Star Wars V: Empire Strikes Back

35. South Park: Bigger Longer Uncut

36. Pulp Fiction

37. My Neighbour Totoro

38. Beauty and the Beast

39. Paths of Glory

40. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

41. Singin' in the Rain

42. Mad Max Fury Road

43. Inside Out

44. The Boy and the Beast

45. Maverick

46. Hard Boiled

47. Casino Royale

48. Jaws

49. Pacific Rim

50. Jurassic Park

51. Whiplash

52. The Muppets

53. The Babadook

54. How to Train your Dragon 2

55. Rashomon

56. Mary Poppins

57. Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan

58. The Usual Suspects

59. Happy-Go Lucky

60. Edge of Tomorrow

61. The Departed

62. Kill Bill Vol 1

63. Secret of NIMH

64. The Big Lebowski

65. The Untouchables

66. Sin City

67. Inside Man

68. Paprika

69. Rear Window

70. The Shining

71. Good Night and Good Luck

72. One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest

73. The Lion King

74. Redline

75. Suspiria  

76. Castle in the Sky

77. Captain America: The Winter Soldier 

78. Rambo: First Blood 

79. The Great Dictator

80. The Wolf of Wall Street 

81. M.A.S.H 

82. Fight Club  

83. Dr Strangelove 

84. Silence of the Lambs

85. The Matrix

86. Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl

87. Ice Age

88. Hunchback of Notre Dame

89. Halloween

90. The Cabin in the Woods

91. The Iron Giant

92. Kung Fu Panda 2

93. The Prince of Egypt

94. Fantasia

95. The Maltese Falcon

96. The Haunting (original)

97. Batman Begins

98. Kingsman

99. Spirited Away

100. Captain America: The First Avenger

 

 

 

 

This is hilarious coming from someone who has TDK at #11. 

 

[baumer]

TDK is the only Nolan film worthy of this list. 

[The Stingray]

2 minutes ago, Baumer said:

TDK is the only Nolan film worthy of this list. 

 

Memento is way better, imo.

 

[rukaio101]

22 minutes ago, The Stingray said:

 

This is hilarious coming from someone who has TDK at #11. 

 

Yeah, but I have no shame. You guys should know better.

 

(Besides which, if you seriously think TDK is going to miss the Top 10, then you obviously have more faith in this forum than I do.)

[Kalo]

8 hours ago, The Panda said:

 

Older films definitely tend to move at slower paces, so if you're to used to modern day fast-paced blockbusters, I can see how they may be underwhelming.  You also have to remember the technology from the time limited what could be done on screen, it was much harder to shoot a thrilling action sequence then than now.

 

But it's mostly just pre 70s movies. I love almost all the dark thrillers and dramas I've seen from the 1970s era like, The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, The Deer Hunter, Badlands. 

 

and of course I love Star Wars and Superman.

[grey ghost]

The list is going to be a strange mix of golden age classics, 70's classics, popcorn blockbusters and cult favorites.

 

We just have to accept this. 

[Jake Gittes]

8 hours ago, Kalo said:

A lot of older movies on these lists, many of which I still need to see, I'm funny about them, it's kind of hard for me to get into them, I usually don't end up hating them, but I watched them hearing they are some of the best films ever and most of the time I'm like that was good but not amazing (It Happened one Night), but then occasionally I'll find one I love like Psycho or Ben-Hur, start getting into them.. and then I watch Vertigo and find it incredibly underwhelming. and thus, sludge through them at a slow pace. 

 

I love Vertigo but it's one of Hitchcock's most difficult films to get into, especially if you haven't seen much else from him. Check out Rear Window and North by Northwest if you haven't, that's great entertainment right there. Rebecca, Rope and Shadow of a Doubt too.

[cannastop]

Just now, Jake Gittes said:

 

I love Vertigo but it's one of Hitchcock's most difficult films to get into, especially if you haven't seen much else from him. Check out Rear Window and North by Northwest if you haven't, that's great entertainment right there. Rebecca, Rope and Shadow of a Doubt too.

I dunno about that. When I saw Vertigo, I wished it was the first Hitchcock movie I saw, mainly because the other ones seemed superficial in comparison.

[Jake Gittes]

33 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

The list is going to be a strange mix of golden age classics, 70's classics, popcorn blockbusters and cult favorites.

 

We just have to accept this. 

 

So basically the IMDb top 250

[Avatree]

Ugggh I should really make up a list

[4815162342]

1 hour ago, Jake Gittes said:

 

I love Vertigo but it's one of Hitchcock's most difficult films to get into, especially if you haven't seen much else from him. Check out Rear Window and North by Northwest if you haven't, that's great entertainment right there. Rebecca, Rope and Shadow of a Doubt too.

 

He should watch Shadow of a Doubt and then it's very loose remake Stoker.

[Jack Nevada]

My prediction for the top 10

 

1. Pulp Fiction 

2. Inception or The Dark Knight

3. Empire Strikes Back

4. Raiders of the Lost Ark

5. Shawshank Redemption

6. Lord of the Rings trilogy

7. something stupid like Deadpool or The Force Awakens

8. The Matrix

9. Star Wars: A New Hope

10. The Godfather