Top 20 Favourite Movies of all time

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Now that we know everyone's least favourite movies, howabout your all time top 20? I'll start things off...


1) Aliens
2) Silence of the Lambs
3) The Shawshank Redemption
4) Pulp Fiction
5) Batman Begins
6) Memento
7) A Clockwork Orange
8. Gladiator
9) Reservoir Dogs
10) Alien
11) Platoon
12) The Dark Knight
13) Blade Runner
14) Trainspotting
15) Full Metal Jacket
16) An American Werewolf in London
17) Se7en
18. The Matrix
19) The Exorcist
20) Terminator 2: Judgement Day

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick)
2. Stalker (Tarkovsky)

Well, let me just say now that I don't like 20 movies... I like 3 directors -- Stanley Kubrick, Andrei Tarkovsky and Sergei Eisenstein.

In alphabetical, rather than ranking, order:

Alice in Wonderland (Disney cartoon version)
American Beauty
Anastasia (the cartoon)
Beauty and the Beast (cartoon)
Beetlejuice
Elf
Forrest Gump
Gone With The Wind
Halloween (1978 version)
Home Alone
Pinocchio (Disney version)
The Princess Bride
Psycho
Rat Race
The Secret Garden (1993 version)
The Sound of Music
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney version)
The Wizard of Oz
The 10th Kingdom
Spirited Away

Bang the Drum Slowly
Being There
Citizen Kane
Duck Soup
A Face in the Crowd
The Godfather
Head
The King of Comedy
Lost in America
Manhattan
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Nashville
National Lampoon's Animal House
Quiz Show
Raising Arizona
Sirens
Skidoo
This is Spinal Tap
Topsy-Turvy
Young Frankenstein

Let's see, top 20 favorite movies... I don't know if I can think of 20, but here are a few:
The Mask
You've Got Mail
When Harry Met Sally
Pretty Woman
Beauty and the Beast (Disney)
Toy Story
Ratatouille
The Wedding Singer
The Wedding Planner
Chocolat
Yeah, I know, that's only 10, but that's all I can think of right now.

In the order that they came to mind...

Paris, Texas
Brand Upon The Brain
The American Astronaut
Miller's Crossing
Solaris (Tarkovsky Version)
The Apartment
Wings of Desire
Dr. Strangelove
Topsy Turvy
The Big Lebowski
Part of the Decalog by Kristov Keislowski
Playtime (Jacques Tati)
Forbidden Zone (Richard Eflman)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen)
Deconstructing Harry
Husbands and Wives
Tender Mercies
Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman)
High and Low (Akira Kurasawa)
Last Year at Marionbad

I might also ad "Songs From The Second Floor" by Roy Andersson but only having just seen it, I'm not sure if I'll still like it years from now.

Interesting choices, keep it up!

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Lord of the Rings
Forrest Gump
Lars & the Real Girl
One Hour Photo
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Cyrus
The Hurt Locker
Precious
Winter's Bone
Fight Club
Fantastic Mr. Fox
WALL-E
UP!
The Karate Kid {remake}
Inception

^^ Yaye thankee very much for posting this happy little topic LexingtonDeville. I believe I enjoy many happy films, including

Back to the Future
Spirited Away
My Neighbour Totoro
Ponyo
Whisper of the Heart
Inglourious B******s
Kill Bill
Pulp Fiction
The Original Star Wars Trilogy
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
The Good, The Bad, The Weird
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Extended Edition)
The Bourne Trilogy
Avatar

This is in no particular order, and is subject to change.

Blue Velvet

Ghost World

The Empire Strikes Back

Return Of The Jedi

Star Wars - A New Hope

The Usual Suspects

The Wild Bunch

Cross Of Iron

Night Of The Generals

The Thing (remake)

Nosferatu (original)

The Big Lebowski

Wonderland

Tombstone

Cthulhu

Angel Heart

The Hitcher (original)

Blade Runner

The Whole Wide World

Max

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

20. East Of Eden- 1955
19. White Oleander
18. Secret Of Nimh
17. The Kid
16. Broken Blossoms-1919
15. Brideshead Revisited-2008
14.Animal Crackers
13. Rocky Horror Pictureshow
12.Edward Scissorhands
11.Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?
10. Spirited Away
9.The Young Victoria
8.Moulin Rouge
7.My Neighbor Totoro
6.A Patch Of Blue
5. Young Frankenstein
4.Secondhand Lions
3.Mirrormask
2.Mrs. Parker and The Vicious Circle
1.Duck Soup

Notable mention at the current time- Inception

Not in any particular order

Braveheart
Contact
The Matrix
The Empire Strikes Back
Sleepy Hallow
The English Patient
Gettysburg
Gladiator
Snatch
The Prestige
Basic Instinct
Catch Me If You Can
Silverado
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Hero
The Fugitive
Chicago
Million Dollar Baby
Shawshank Redemption
The Return Of The King



Ok, so I'm no movie critic or serious film buff, but these are some that I really liked

1. Edward Scissorhands
2. Alice in Wonderland (2010)
3. The Nightmare Before Christmas
4. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
5. Corpse Bride
6. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
7. Amadeus
8. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
9. Repo! The Genetic Opera
10. Ed Wood
11. Cry-Baby
12. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
13. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
14. Phantom of the Paradise
15. Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
16. Dumb and Dumber
17. The Princess Bride
18. Hedwig and the Angry Inch
19. Willard (2003)
20. Balto

A Clockwork Orange was an very interesting peace of work. I liked the novel better but the movie was a dazzling production.

ruveyn -- a Beethoven fan.

1) Star Wars - The Return of the Jedi
2) Star Wars- The Empire Strike Back
3) Star Wars - A New Hope
4) 2010
5) Star Trek: The Motion Picture
6) Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
7) Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
8 ) Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
9) Entre les Murs ("The Class")
10) Metropolis
11) The Untouchables
12) Aguirre: The Wrath of God
13) The Informers
14) Patton
15) Apocalypse Now
16) The Usual Suspects
17) The Ten Commandments
18 ) Taxi Driver
19) Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who
20) Iron Maiden: Flight 666