cannastop 14,619 Posted August 21, 2019 5 minutes ago, rukaio101 said: Salo or 120 Days of Sodom' off my list?" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DAR 38,470 Posted August 21, 2019 Spoiler Top films 1970 Star Wars Jaws The Godfather One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest Young Frankenstein Close Encounters of the Third Kind Network Animal House Chinatown Dog Day Afternoon Halloween Alien The Outlaw Josey Wales Rocky Superman Blazing Saddles Grease The Muppet Movie Patton Breaking Away The Sting Carrie Taxi Driver Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Robin Hood American Graffiti The Bad New Bears Saturday Night Fever All the President’s Men The Warriors High Plains Drifter The French Connection Dirty Harry Serpico The Conversation Escape From Alcatraz The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 The Jerk Papillon Five Easy Pieces Apocalypse Now A Clockwork Orange Harold and Maude Watership Down Jesus Christ Superstar Bedknobs and Broomsticks Mad Max Dawn of the Dead The Wicker Man Enter the Dragon 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
terrestrial 14,649 Posted August 21, 2019 1 hour ago, DAR said: The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 Hatschi 😉 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baumer 100,377 Posted August 21, 2019 The 70's imo, was the best decade for horror. The 80's started off really strong for the first five years but then went down hill from there. The 70's were strong from beginning to end. Out of the top 100 films, these horror films are locked to make my list: 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
75Live 12,276 Posted August 21, 2019 1 minute ago, baumer said: The 70's imo, was the best decade for horror. The 80's started off really strong for the first five years but then went down hill from there. The 70's were strong from beginning to end. Out of the top 100 films, these horror films are locked to make my list: i have no more likes to give out or else I would 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
terrestrial 14,649 Posted August 21, 2019 36 minutes ago, baumer said: Its so strange, here that's not a main genre / genre #1 = horror movie. Quote n, as well as because of the tendency of genres to shift with public mores and to reflect the zeitgeist. Quote As well, he has asked whether there is a "... finite taxonomy of genres or are they in principle infinite?" and whether genres are "...timeless essences ephemeral, time-bound entities? Are genres culture-bound or trans-cultural?" Quote Because genres are easier to recognize than to define, academics agree they cannot be identified in a rigid way.[19] Furthermore, different countries and cultures define genres in different ways. A typical example are war movies. In US, they are mostly related to the two World Wars whereas, in other countries, movies related to wars in other historical periods are considered war movies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_genre Sooo interesting to learn other POV / rules /... And a good reminder for the next heated discussion, the other person might understand a definition in another way and as such 2 people can speak with each other without realising they do not speak about the same... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoolioD1 85,114 Posted August 21, 2019 wow i forgot texas chainsaw i'm dumb. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tawasal 7,342 Posted August 21, 2019 3 hours ago, CoolioD1 said: wow i forgot texas chainsaw i'm dumb. I concur. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tawasal 7,342 Posted August 21, 2019 8 hours ago, DAR said: I will say there will be a few very popular and award winning films that don’t make my list For me there is a movie that is very liked in here, that will make my list just so that I can reach 100. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tawasal 7,342 Posted August 21, 2019 My Top 61 Movies of the 70s: Spoiler 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baumer 100,377 Posted August 22, 2019 One of the great things about revisiting an entire decade is that you get to go back and kind of ReDiscover a lot of the films that you haven't seen in ages. Sounds like five easy pieces, a lot of the dirty Harry movies, mean Streets taxi driver and so many more are films that I'm going to probably watch again over the next month or so. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
abusive brainwashed Christ 3,048 Posted August 22, 2019 it would take a day for me to watch all the trailers and find 100 movies to watch. I gotta watch as many possible from 1989 before the mock/fantasy trial is over 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chasmmi 16,532 Posted August 23, 2019 On 8/20/2019 at 9:46 PM, baumer said: Something I am curious about is that I'm wondering if people will put classic movies on their list, like the godfather's or The Exorcist, even though they might not have seen them. I really hope that is not the case. I hope these lists are honest and if you have not seen a movie don't put it on your list. Have not seen godfather and thus won't vote for it. I have seen Exorcist and thus won't vote for it. It may even be worse than Jaws. 1 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Plain Old Tele 146,867 Posted August 23, 2019 On 8/20/2019 at 7:46 AM, terrestrial said: Ah, if TV is also allowed: I, Claudius = one of my all time favourites. On 8/20/2019 at 7:48 AM, cannastop said: Yeah TV movies are allowed. I, CLAUDIUS is a straight-up TV series, though. It had like 12 episodes. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cannastop 14,619 Posted August 23, 2019 4 minutes ago, Plain Old Tele said: I, CLAUDIUS is a straight-up TV series, though. It had like 12 episodes. Well true, but lots of famous directors did stuff for TV in the 1970s and 1980s. I figure that if someone wants to use their vote on a TV show and no one else agrees with them, nothing is lost (except for that person who used a vote on a TV show). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cannastop 14,619 Posted August 23, 2019 @Plain Old Tele What do you make of the works for television that Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Ingmar Bergman and Krzysztof Kieślowski made? True, they do get theatrical releases as well, but they were made for television. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
terrestrial 14,649 Posted August 23, 2019 2 hours ago, Plain Old Tele said: I, CLAUDIUS is a straight-up TV series, though. It had like 12 episodes. I saw it in ~ 6 parts, maybe they cut it differently for different markets? Aired it as doubles? Not sure, maybe I had the VHS of then??? Can't remember that detail, if it was as VHS then I saw it later than I think that I saw it as the first one I owned was whilst living in another city. Beside that, nearly 12h, that is ~ the limit for what I call still a mini-series, as then at least the usual series had 22 to 26# episodes per season (at least those where I watched wnough of them to be aware of the count) See the genre surprise in Baumer's thread, different detail in the use of the same term, always intersting to learn about Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baumer 100,377 Posted August 23, 2019 If this were my project, TV movies would definitely not be allowed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cannastop 14,619 Posted August 23, 2019 (edited) 11 hours ago, baumer said: TV movies are definitely not allowed this is for theatrical release only ? You're not taking lists or writing the write-ups, are you? I don't anticipate any TV movies making it on though. But there is some original TV material from the 80s I would allow on a 80s list, partly because they got theatrical releases in other places. Spielberg's Duel was released theatrically in other countries, too. Edited August 24, 2019 by cannastop 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chasmmi 16,532 Posted August 24, 2019 Disney's Robin Hood FTW 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
