Baumer's 50 most important films of all time (JFK 3, Earthlings 2.....FREE YOUR MIND! THE MATRIX NUMBER 1)

[baumer]

I originally had this as the 50 best films of the last decade.  I'm still going to that, but some other time.  This one intrigues me a bit more.

 

This is going to be my take on the 50 most important films ever made.  This list will be personal in some instances (there are two films in the top ten that you might not see coming).  You also might start to groan at this and have preconceived notions that this will be all Twilight and Transformers and 80's films and you might be right.  Or you could be completely way off base.  

 

Influential and important are sometimes one in the same.  There's no doubt the lines will be blurred here at times with those two words.  But when the chips are down, these 50 films are certainly films that affected me in some way and there will definitely be some historical perspective to these as well.

 

I loved the way @The Panda did his countdown and I am just going to copy it.  It won't be nearly as good or as concise or even as detailed, but I will do my best to emulate what he started.

 

Hope you enjoy and although you might disagree with some of the films on here, you also might be surprised at some of the list.

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[chasmmi]

8 hours ago, Baumer said:

I will wait till Chas and Panda finish their most excellent countdowns and then I will start my bestus films of the last decade.  Stay tuned.

 

I'll be finished with 12 hours

 

Meanwhile use that time to think of your favourite movie songs  

[Plain Old Tele]

 

...I'm scared.

[baumer]

24 minutes ago, Telemachos said:

 

...I'm scared.

 

 

[MCKillswitch123]

If anyone cares, this is my top 25 of the best movies of the last 10 years for the matter:

Spoiler

1. Toy Story 3
2. Inception
3. Wall-E
4. Whiplash
5. No Country For Old Men
6. Inside Out
7. Mad Max: Fury Road
8. Inglourious Basterds
9. Spotlight
10. The Dark Knight
11. Casino Royale
12. Up
13. The Bourne Ultimatum
14. The Social Network
15. Gone Girl
16. Her
17. Django Unchained
18. Guardians Of The Galaxy
19. Birdman
20. Nightcrawler
21. Creed
22. Argo
23. 12 Years A Slave
24. The Hateful Eight
25. The Martian

 

HM's: District 9, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Gravity, Hot Fuzz, How To Train Your Dragon, Looper, Moonrise Kingdom, Ratatouille, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, Sicario, Star Trek, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Lego Movie, Wreck-It Ralph

 

And if you're curious, I haven't seen some other lauded stuff like Drive, The Babadook or Prisoners.

 

In case of questions, you know where to find me... NOT. 

 

Edited May 30, 2016 by MCKillswitch123

[baumer]

Will get this going in about an hour.

[Water Bottle]

50 is a lot of films.

 

I'm guessing #1 is JAWS though.

[James]

I'm excited for this. Mainly because I know you can't exclude Potter from the list

[cannastop]

So this thread is 10 days old, but I just got pinged for this? What is this witchcraft?

[Water Bottle]

Just now, cannastop said:

So this thread is 10 days old, but I just got pinged for this? What is this witchcraft?

 

He just edited the post to include usernames.

[Avatree]

I look forward to seeing how wrong you are.  

 

 

4 minutes ago, James said:

I'm excited for this. Mainly because I know you can't exclude Potter from the list

Hate to say it James, but, yeah you can.

[cannastop]

7 minutes ago, Water Bottle said:

50 is a lot of films.

 

I'm guessing #1 is JAWS though.

No, it's Friday the 13th.

[James]

2 minutes ago, Treecraft said:

I look forward to seeing how wrong you are.  

 

 

Hate to say it James, but, yeah you can.

Oh come on. It is the most influential franchise of the 21st century by far. Plus the highest grossing franchise in history. 

[Ethan Hunt]

I'm excited

[Plain Old Tele]

Just now, James said:

Oh come on. It is the most influential franchise of the 21st century by far. Plus the highest grossing franchise in history. 

 

It's almost as if people can have different opinions about this stuff.

[Water Bottle]

3 minutes ago, James said:

Oh come on. It is the most influential franchise of the 21st century by far. Plus the highest grossing franchise in history. 

 

I love Harry Potter to death but I'm not sure it would make my list of top 50 influential films. It might be the most influential franchise of the 21st century (debatable) but none of the films were influential on their own.

[IronJimbo]

I know you guys probably think I only talk about Avatar for the sake of talking about Avatar.

However this honestly seems like a thread for it, with the revolutionary 3D and CGI.

[Ethan Hunt]

3 minutes ago, Telemachos said:

 

It's almost as if people can have different opinions about this stuff.

What... No... I am 100% that Lisa will concur with whatever my pick would be

[Avatree]

2 minutes ago, James said:

Plus the highest grossing franchise in history. 

Domestic:

Potter: $2.39B

Star Wars: $3.18B

MCU: $3.71B

 

Worldwide:

Potter: $7.7B

MCU: $10.2B

 

[cannastop]

Just now, Treecraft said:

Domestic:

Potter: $2.39B

Star Wars: $3.18B

MCU: $3.71B

 

Worldwide:

Potter: $7.7B

MCU: $10.2B

 

How about you adjust for inflation? 

Edited May 31, 2016 by cannastop