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I need to branch out more in indie-foreign cinema (you guys probably all think I'm crazy :lol:) I'd don't like subtitles much so I basically stay within the confines of English, French, and Italian cinema. Other European cinema I'm decently familiar with, but the only chinese language films I've watch (and I can recall) are Ang Lee's early works, Kar-Wai Wong's, and Zhang Yimou's. And that's about as mainstream as you can get for foreigners watching chinese cinema. :lol: Japanese cinema, I know a lot of the classic directors, I don't like most of it. Rashoman's just boring and bad. Don't even get me started on Studio Ghibli. I think Tokyo Story's the only film I genuinely thought was good that was in Japanese. 

Studio Ghibli has prodiges somr masterpieces.
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Studio Ghibli is pretty great from what I've seen. Porco Rosso is on my list on the previous page (one of the best animated films I've seen), and Kiki's Delivery Service, Spirited Away, Ponyo are all wonderful. The only one I didn't like was Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. Still need to see Grave of the Fireflies and Princess Mononoke, among their most celebrated works.

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I think we've tried to do a forum top 100 about 20 times. If we do one, we should do rankings 1-100 and go by most number 1s, 2s, etc, rather than trying to convert to points. Whichever film has the most 1s should win. I've tried to edit my list about a million times. Here's my top 2:MagnoliaForrest Gump

I think that A) we have done lists like this already, but B) if we do one again, then there has to be a transparent ranking of the films and a formula that is easy to figure out as to how the films rank where they do.
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For years now my top 3 has always been pretty set after that I don't really rank. I could like one film more than another it depends on my mood1. Goodfellas2. The Empire Strikes Back3. The GodfatherSunset BoulevardOne Flew Over the Cuckoos NestStar WarsLord of the RingsForrest GumpPulp Fiction Silence of the LambsTreasure of the Sierra MadreThe IncrediblesRaiders of the Lost ArkJawsBack to the FutureThe ShiningThe DepartedWall-ECasinoThe Dark KnightGoldfingerLawrence of ArabiaHeatToy Story 3Apollo 13BraveheartBridge on the River KwaiCool Hand LukeGood Will HuntingShawshank RedemptionFinding NemoNetwork Stalag 17Fight ClubPattonThe Good the Bad and the UglySevenAladdin Peter PanDie HardBonnie and ClydeBoogie NightsThe Breakfast ClubCity of GodHoosiers Friday Night LightsThe Jungle Book Saving Private RyanTombstoneDirty Harry12 MonkeysHarry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2Duck SoupAnimal HouseWhite HeatRear Window North by NorthwestOn the WaterfrontA Clockwork OrangeO Brother Where Art ThouUnforgivenThe Outlaw Josey WalesSeven SamuraiJurassic ParkDr Strangelove

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1. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

2. Goodfellas

3. The Empire Strikes Back

4. The Godfather

5. Pulp Fiction

6. Star Wars

7. Back to the Future

8. Once Upon a Time in the West

9. The Godfather Part II

10. Jaws

11. Taxi Driver

12. Dirty Harry

13. The Breakfast Club

14. Raiders of the Lost Ark

15. Casino

16. Return of the Jedi

17. For A Few Dollars More

18. The Silence of the Lambs

19. Scarface

20. Unforgiven

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1. Monty Python & The Holy Grail (1975)

2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1969)

3. Pulp Fiction (1994)

4. Casablanca (1942)

5. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

6. Spirited Away (2001)

7. Rear Window (1954)

8. Forrest Gump (1994)

9. Schindler's List (1994)

10. The Social Network (2010)

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Casablanca

Shadow of a Doubt

Notorious

The Bicycle Thief

The Third Man

The Asphalt Jungle

Singin in the Rain

Rear Window

The Night of the Hunter

Persona

The Graduate

The Godfather

Chinatown

Apocalypse Now

The Shining

Ghostbusters

Back to the Future

Die Hard

Goodfellas

Apollo 13

Out of Sight

Almost Famous

Children of Men

 

Just a few from every decade. The 70's rocked so hard.

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Casablanca

Shadow of a Doubt

Notorious

The Bicycle Thief

The Third Man

The Asphalt Jungle

Singin in the Rain

Rear Window

The Night of the Hunter

Persona

The Graduate

The Godfather

Chinatown

Apocalypse Now

The Shining

Ghostbusters

Back to the Future

Die Hard

Goodfellas

Apollo 13

Out of Sight

Almost Famous

Children of Men

 

Just a few from every decade. The 70's rocked so hard.

Great list. Except for Apollo 13. You must have misplaced it.

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I make no bones about my immense love of Apollo 13. I was nine when it came out, and seeing on a massive screen really had a big effect on how I watched movies. For me, it's one of those films like Shawshank and Goodfellas that I'll watch to the end on TV, no matter where I start it.

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Updated with a Full Top 100. 

 

    [*]All Quiet on the Western Front [*]Citizen Kane [*]North by Northwest [*]Napoleon (1927) [*]Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2012) [*]Rear Window [*]Casablanca [*]Sunset Boulevard [*]La Regle du Jeu (The Rules of the Game) [*]Gone with the Wind [*]Lawrence of Arabia [*]Amour (Love) [*]The Birth of a Nation [*]The Godfather  Trilogy [*]Once Upon a Time in the West [*]There Will Be Blood [*]Amadeus [*]Sophie’s Choice [*]Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise) [*]The Deer Hunter [*]Vertigo [*]Manhattan [*]2001: A Space Odyssey [*]La Dolce Vita [*]8 ½ [*]My Beautiful Laundrette [*]Silence of the Lambs [*]Metropolis [*]Psycho [*]The Thin Red Line [*]The Three Colours Trilogy [*]Hiroshima, Mon Amour [*]La Pianiste (The Piano Teacher) [*]From Russia with Love [*]Apocalypse Now [*]Nosferatu [*]Barry Lyndon [*]One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest [*]The Lion in Winter [*]Funny Games [*]All About Eve [*]Greed [*]Il Gattopardo (The Leopard) [*]In the Mood for Love [*]Hamlet (Olivier) [*]Hamlet (Branagh) [*]The Magnificent Ambersons [*]Rope [*]On Her Majesty’s Secret Service [*]The Battleship Potemkin [*]12 Angry Men [*]Das Weisse Bande (The White Ribbon) [*]Maurice [*]Les Miserables (1934) [*]Les Quatre Cents Coups (The 400 Blows) [*]Ben-Hur [*]Adaptation [*]The Lord of the Rings Trilogy [*]Adua et le Compagne (Hungry for Love/Adua and her Friends) [*]Thérèse Desqueyroux (1962) [*]La Nuit Americane (Day for Night) [*]Dollars Trilogy [*]Le Dernier Metro (The Last Metro) [*]No Country for Old Men [*]Chinatown [*]Raging Bull [*]Dr. Stranglove: or How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb [*]They Shoot Horses Don’t They? [*]A Bout de Souffle (Breathless) [*]The Manchurian Candidate [*]The Tree of Life [*]Badlands [*]Caché (Hidden) [*]Chariots of Fire [*]Midnight Cowboy [*]Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolfe? [*]J’ai Tue Ma Mere (I Killed my Mother) [*]Brokeback Mountain [*]City Lights [*]One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest [*]Mean Streets [*]Dial M for Murder [*]Goodfellas [*]L’Avventura (The Adventure) [*]Ladri di Biciclette (Bicycle Thief) [*]The Wizard of Oz (1939) [*]E.T. [*]Jaws [*]Moulin Rouge [*]Out of Africa [*]War and Peace (1968) [*]Человек с киноаппаратом (The Man with a Camera) [*]Annie Hall [*]Star Wars Original Trilogy [*]Raiders of the Lost Ark [*]We Need to Talk About Kevin [*]東京物語(Tokyo Story) [*]The Apartment [*]The Graduate [*]Bonnie and Clyde

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You people are full of shit. :lol: It`s impossible to have a favorite list without some notoriously bad movies. Everyone has a list of bad movies they love and will defend forever. You lists read like Best Movies instead of favorite movies. C`mon, add some realness.

 

I proudly have Deep Rising, UW:RotL, Rambo 2 and AvP on my list.

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If you read my list carefully, I have half of Haneke's filmography in there, Sophie's Choice in the top 20, a few Bonds....... And TTSS at #5 of all time. I will defend that choice (and Amour at #12) to the ends of the earth. And I don't think I've really liked any notoriously bad movies. 

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2.0

 

1. Pulp Fiction (1994)
2. Jaws (1975)
3. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
4. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
5. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
6. Alien (1979)
7. Predator (1987)
8. Seven (1995)
9. Taxi Driver (1976)
10. Goodfellas (1990)
11. The Shining (1980)
12. Halloween (1978)
13. The Thing (1982)
14. The Terminator (1984)
15. Aliens (1986)
16. Scarface (1983)
17. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
18. Starship Troopers (1997)
19. Kill Bill - Vol. 1 (2003)
20. Reservoir Dogs (1992) 
21. JFK (1991)
22. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
23. 12 Monkeys (1995)
24. L.A. Confidential (1997)
25. Fight Club (1999)
26. The Matrix (1999)
27. Boogie Nights (1997)
28. No Country for Old Men (2007)
29. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
30. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
31. Django Unchained (2012)
32. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
33. Mulholland Dr. (2001)
34. Ghostbusters (1984)
35. Wild Things (1998)
36. Tremors (1990)
37. The Fountain (2006)
38. Good Will Hunting (1997)
39. Blood Sport (1988)
40. Undefeatable (1993)
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I honestly never found much distinction between the two. To me my favorite movies are basically the best movies I've seen, and vice versa. I never had a situation where I watched a movie and thought it was one of the best movies I've seen, but not one of my favorite movies because it's too boring or uninvolving for that or something. If it's too boring then it's not one of the best movies I've seen, plain and simple, because it failed to engage me even if it had some outstanding things going for it. I don't have a problem with calling movies that are too depressing or disturbing my favorites, either - Irreversible, for instance, is pretty damn hard to watch, but that just means I'm not going to come back to it that often, it's still one of my favorite films because it's incredibly well-made and strongly affects me emotionally.

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So are we talking about "best" or "favorite" here? I somehow doubt richzang watches Napoleon (1927) constantly

I've seen it a few times, it really is quite good. And I didn't make a distinction for this list, but I've seen all the movies on the list multiple times.
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