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

[mahnamahna]

1 minute ago, The Stingray said:

I am ashamed to say that I have only seen one Hitchcock film (Psycho). My pre-1970s "cinematic knowledge" is pretty lousy.

 

See Vertigo, North by Northwest and Rear Window. Id also recommend The Lady Vanishes and Strangers on a Train. 

 

You can skip The Birds until you've seen every other major film of his 

[ThiagoMaia]

1.  The Elephant Man (1980)

2.  2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

3.  A Clock Work Orange (1971)

4.  Schindler’s List (1993)

5.  The Godfather (1972)

6. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

7.  Apocalypse Now (1979)

8. The Shinning (1980)

9.  Full Metal Jacket (1987)

10. M. (1931)

11.   The Godfather part 2 (1974)

12.   12 Angry Men (1957)

13.   Dumbo (1941)

14.   Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

15.   Fight Club (1999)

16.   The City of God (2005)

17.   Blade Runner (1982)

18.   Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)

19.   Oldboy  (2003)

20.   Before the Sunrise (1995)

21.   Braveheart (1995)

22.   Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

23.   The Goodfellas  (1990)

24.   The Social Network (2010)

25.   Requiem for a Dream(2000)

26.   Mulholland Drive (2001)

27.   Seven (1995)

28.   Grave of the Fire Files (1988)

29.   Memento  (2001)

30.   The Dark Knight (2008)

31.   The Good, the Bad, the Ugly (1966)

32.   Star Wars: Return of the Jedi  (1983)

33.   Pulp Fiction (1994)

34.   Taxi Driver (1976)

35.   Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982)

36.   Eraserhead  (1977)

37.   Inception (2010)

38.   Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

39.   Paths of Glory  (1957)

40.   Dr. Strangelove (1964)

41.   The Tree of Life (2011)

42.   Citizen Kane (1941)

43.   Rear View Window (1954)

44.   North by Northwest  (1959)

45.   Days of Heaven (1978)

46.   Badlands (1973)

47.   The Thin Red Line (1997)

48.   Princess Mononoke (1997)

49.   There Will Be Blood (2007)

50.   Saving Private Ryan (1998)

51.   Alien (1979)

52.   Jaws  (1975)

53.   Psycho  (1960)

54.   Fargo (1996)

55.   The Wizard of Oz (1939)

56.   Back To the Future  (1985)

57.   Spirited Away (2001)

58.   Raging Bull (1980)

59.   The Great Dictator (1940)

60.   The Prestige  (2006)

61.   Superbad (2007)

62.   Gone with the Wind (1939)

63.   All The Presidents Men (1976)

64.   Trainspotting (1996)

65.   Quiz Show (1994)

66.   All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

67.   A Street Car Named Desire (1951)

68.   Metropolis  (1927)

69.   Annie Hall (1977)

70.   Bicycle Thieves (1949)

71.   When Harry Met Sally (1989)

72.   Planet of Apes (1960)

73.   Office Space (1999)

74.   The Thing (1982)

75.   Jurassic Park (1993)

76.   Ed Wood (1994)

77.   American Beauty  (1999)

78.   Battle of Algiers (1966)

79.   Sunset Blvd (1950)

80.   Zodiac (2007)

81.   L.A. Confidential (1997)

82.   Dial M for Murder (1954)

83.   Animal House  (1978)

84.   Christmas Vacation (1989)

85.   Solaris (1972)

86.   It’s A Wonderful Life  (1946)

87.   101 dalmatians (1961)

88.   Beauty and the Beast (1991)

89.   Snow White and the seven dwarfs (1937)

90.   The Seventh Seal (1957)

91.   Network (1976)

92.   Wild Strawberries (1957)

93.   Inglourious Basterds (2009)

94.   Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)  

95.   The Terminator (1984)

96.   Spartacus (1960) 

97.   Die Hard (1988)

98.   Gojira (1954)

99.   The Third Man (1949)

100.  Ben Hurr  (1959)

 

1920s 1

1930s 6

1940s 6

1950s 11

1960s 10

1970s 16

1980s 15

1990s 19

2000s 13

2010s 2 

Kubrick rocks, right?

Also seeing Metropolis on your list I remembered I almost included it on mine, but I think I wouldn't like it much if I had really watched it. The way I watched it was with reproduction speed x1.7, and I loved the pacing, and was getting bored at the beginning when I was watching it at regular speed.

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[peludo]

8 minutes ago, The Stingray said:

I am ashamed to say that I have only seen one Hitchcock film (Psycho). My pre-1970s "cinematic knowledge" is pretty lousy.

 

It is never too late. Try Rear Window (IMHO, his best film), Vertigo, North by Northwest, Rope, Rebecca, Torn curtain or Frenzy (this is from 70s and it is quite "modern" if you are afraid of "old" movies. It is one of my favorites).

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31 minutes ago, The Stingray said:

I am ashamed to say that I have only seen one Hitchcock film (Psycho). My pre-1970s "cinematic knowledge" is pretty lousy.

 

 

I'd recommend starting with his more accessible films like Rear Window and North by Northwest.

[Jake Gittes]

I'm definitely on The Birds hate train. Susanne Pleschette and one or two creepy moments aside, it's basically The Happening except a full hour longer and somehow a classic. 

[cannastop]

How will the list be announced? All at once, I hope.

[cannastop]

1 hour ago, Jake Gittes said:

I'm definitely on The Birds hate train. Susanne Pleschette and one or two creepy moments aside, it's basically The Happening except a full hour longer and somehow a classic. 

A full hour longer? I looked on IMDB, and it looks like they're the same length.

[CoolioD1]

but then how will panda get dem 100+ likes?

[Jake Gittes]

25 minutes ago, cannastop said:

A full hour longer? I looked on IMDB, and it looks like they're the same length.

 

[checks] Alright, The Happening is 90 minutes, The Birds is 120. Felt three times as long, anyway.

Edited May 12, 2016 by Jake Gittes

[Ethan Hunt]

34 minutes ago, cannastop said:

How will the list be announced? All at once, I hope.

[Infernus]

3 hours ago, The Stingray said:

I am ashamed to say that I have only seen one Hitchcock film (Psycho). My pre-1970s "cinematic knowledge" is pretty lousy.

 

I have only watched Vertigo 

[Wrath]

1 hour ago, Jake Gittes said:

 

[checks] Alright, The Happening is 90 minutes, The Birds is 120. Felt three times as long, anyway.

Yeah, The Birds is certainly considered a classic, but I really couldn't tell you why.

 

I guess in terms of horror films of its period its better than The Blob was, but that's kinda damning with faint praise. If it came out before Psycho I could kinda understand it, since horror movies in those days weren't really very good and maybe everyone remembers it fondly because it did well against weak competition. But it didn't. It came out *after* Psycho. And not only is it not in the same ballpark as Psycho, its like a commuter train connection plus two bus rides away from being in the same ballpark as Psycho. I just don't get it.

Edited May 12, 2016 by Wrath

[DAR]

I am unabashed fan of the Birds

[Plain Old Tele]

I'm not a fan of PSYCHO.  

[Jake Gittes]

Psycho's first hour is some of the greatest filmmaking I've ever seen, but it loses steam after the two murders. And the less said about that psychologist the better. 

[narniadis]

2 minutes ago, Jake Gittes said:

Psycho's first hour is some of the greatest filmmaking I've ever seen, but it loses steam after the two murders. And the less said about that psychologist the better. 

 

Ain't that the truth.... I'm working on my graduate in psych and am just aghast everytime I see the ending. 

 

And yeah the birds is one of my absolute favorites of his but I can see why others don't care for it. 

[TalismanRing]

These lists are impossible.  But here goes

 

1. Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)
2. Notorious (1946)
3. Jaws (1975)
4. The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946)
5. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
6. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
7. Rear Window (1954)
8. Some Like It Hot (1959)
9. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
10. All About Eve (1950)
11. The Godfather II (1974)
12. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
13. Casablanca (1942)
14. The Apartment (1960)
15. The Princess Bride (1987)
16. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
17. Rashomon (1950) 
18. A Room With A View (1985)
19. Captain Blood (1935)
20. Chinatown (1972)
21. Citizen Kane (1941)
22. Gigi (1958)
23. Pinocchio (1940)
24. The Searchers (1960)
25. Howl's Moving Castle (2005)
26. In The Mood For Love (2001)
27. The Americanization of Emily (1964)
28. Seven Days In May (1984)
29. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
30. Random Harvest (1942)
31. Wild Strawberries (1957)
32. The Red Shoes (1948)
33. Groundhog Day (1988)
34. Back To The Future (1985)
35. Captain America: Civil War (2015)
36. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
37. Rebecca (1940)
38. The African Queen (1951)
39. The Music Man (1962)
40. The Producers (1967)
41. Sleeping Beauty (1959)
42. Beauty And The Beast (1991)
43. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
44. Toy Story (1995)
45. Empire Strikes Back  (1980)
46. Dr. Strangelove (1964)
47. In The Heat Of The Night (1967)
48. Inherit The Wind (1960)
49. 12 Angry Men (1957)
50. Wuthering Heights (1939)
51. Mary Poppins (1964)
52. Beckett (1964)
53. Breaking Away (1979)
54. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
55. Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind (2004)
56. Fanny (1932)
57. Ghostbusters  (1984)
58. Goldfinger (1964)
59. Laura (1944)
60. Lilies of the Field (1963)
61. The Lion in Winter (1968)
62. The Great Escape (1963)
63. The General (1926)
64. A Night at the Opera (1935)
65. Tootsie (1982)
66. The Quiet Man (1952)
67. Finding Nemo (2003)
68. Network (1976)
69. The King and I (1956)
70. Mister Roberts (1955)
71. Dr. Zhivago (1965)
72. A Star Is Born (1954)
73. Richard III  (1955)
74. Romancing the Stone (1984)
75. The Sweet Smell Of Success (1957)
76. The Lion King (1994)
77. Guys and Dolls (1955)
78. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
79. Snowpiercer (2013)
80. Superman The Movie (1978)
81. LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
82. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
83. The Natural (1984)
84. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
85. Breakfast At Tiffanys (1961)
86. Blazing Saddles (1974)
87. The Panet Of The Apes (1968)
88. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
89. Schindler's List (1993)
90. Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
91. The Hustler (1961)
92. Her (2013)
93. The Terminator (1984)
94. The Verdict (1982)
95. The Wages of Fear (1953)
96. Tom Jones (1963)
97. Touch Of Evil (1958)
98. When Harry Met Sally (1989)
99. WALL•E (2008)
100. Wonder Boys (2001)

[WrathOfHan]

I've only seen bits of Psycho 

[The Panda]

I made one edit to my list and took out Empire Strikes Back to put in Casablanca.  I would have just bumped everything down but I'm too lazy to do that given how many lists there are to score.

 

This should be the only edit I make to my own.

[Avatree]

20 minutes ago, TalismanRing said:

These lists are impossible.  But here goes

 

1. Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)

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