All Time Top 5 Movies

[Furion]

Canned apricots?

My wife does it all the time.

"I can do this all day long....I'm talkin all day long."

Those two don't go together though.

 

[Algernon]

My wife does it all the time.

"I can do this all day long....I'm talkin all day long."

Those two don't go together though.

: )

 

[En Hakkore]

Yes, I can really recommend Citizen Kane...but also the other older ones in that list - Witness For The Prosecution is the best courtroom drama I've ever seen, and 12 Angry Men is just a brilliant study. The Apartment makes me just want to marry Shirley MacLaine and move in with her.

OK, so I dusted Citizen Kane off and watched it... very good movie --- the cinematography was excellent, some great shots (the camera moving through the glass roof and Kane walking past the series of mirrors stand out); the dark and moody introduction at Xanadu set the tone for the film. I loved the non-linear movement of the narrative as it went back and forth filling details in as the reporter tried to uncover the meaning of the man's last words from his former associates and second ex-wife... the return to Xanadu and final scene of 'Rosebud' going up in smoke was a poignant end to a great film. One criticism I have is that the death of his first ex-wife and young son in a car accident was mentioned during the newsreel sequence and I kept waiting for this to be fleshed out in one of the flashback sequences but it never was. In final analysis, I can appreciate why many think it should have won best picture that year... that said, the tragedy after tragedy in the narrative arc of How Green Was My Valley, particularly the final one in light of my own experience, made for a more powerful viewing experience for me and this movie will therefore always rank higher than Citizen Kane for that reason. In any case, thanks for including it in your list as it prompted me to finally watch it! If i have an opportunity to watch any of the other films you mention, I'll be sure to take it...

Kind regards,
Jonathan

 

[En Hakkore]

TOP TEN:

The Ninth Configuration
Die Hard
Midnight Run
Gran Torino
The Apartment
Sullivan's Travels
A Perfect World
Tombstone
Good Neighbor Sam
The Children's Hour (only the one w/Audrey Hepburn)

A Perfect World was in my short list and would have made my top ten films of the 80s through mid 90s if I didn't restrict myself to five per the OP!

Kind regards,
Jonathan

 

[En Hakkore]

Children in cinema? I almost went with Kazan's "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn". Peggy Ann Garner is a force. Have you seen it? I probably hold that one dearer, but "America, America" seems to be much less well known.

I haven't seen A Tree Grows in Brooklyn yet, but it's on my radar for the second volume... first one will be devoted to boys and the films in which they are the primary characters, the second volume similarly with respect to girls --- obviously there are a number of movies in which this is split relatively down the middle (the various versions of The Secret Garden, for example) and this will provide opportunity for compare and contrast in the second volume in terms of gender performativity.

Kind regards,
Jonathan

 

[stiggy wiggy]

5. High plains drifter
4. Fistful of dollars
3. For a few dollars more
2. The good the bad and the ugly
1. Goin South.

All great. And:

Once Upon a Time in the West

 

[Furion]

All great. And:

Once Upon a Time in the West

I've tried several times to watch it. I haven't tried in many years. I think it's because of Fonda. Just doesn't seem like a western kinda guy to me. I think I'll try again.

 

[stiggy wiggy]

I've tried several times to watch it. I haven't tried in many years. I think it's because of Fonda. Just doesn't seem like a western kinda guy to me. I think I'll try again.

Forget Fonda. It's Charles Bronson, man. It's a little long, but the ending's worth it.

 

[Electric Skeptic]

I've tried several times to watch it. I haven't tried in many years. I think it's because of Fonda. Just doesn't seem like a western kinda guy to me. I think I'll try again.

I kinda agree there. How did you feel about him in Twelve Angry Men? I thought he was excellent

 

[Lt. Columbo]

What are your top 5 movies?

The criteria by which to judge is entirely up to you:

Those movies qualifying, in your opinion, as the greatest works of art ever achieved in cinema?
Those films which, for whatever reason, have most deeply touched you and resonated on a personal level?
Those features that have captured box office records?

The top 5 are:

• The Brain that Wouldn't Die
• Cat Women of the Moon
• Night of the Blood Beast
• Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
• Devil Girl from Mars

They don't make quality films like these anymore.

 

[Electric Skeptic]

The top 5 are:

• The Brain that Wouldn't Die
• Cat Women of the Moon
• Night of the Blood Beast
• Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
• Devil Girl from Mars

They don't make quality films like these anymore.

Of those, I've only seen The Brain that Woudln't Die and I agree, it is a classic - a great moment in cinema.

 

[Lt. Columbo]

Of those, I've only seen The Brain that Woudln't Die and I agree, it is a classic - a great moment in cinema.

Yes, Electric, it's an ageless classic. You've got the gorgeous Virginia Leith as the 'brain' and Jason Evers as the unscrupulous surgeon. It doesn't get any better. I have it in my collection.

Also:

• Night of the Hunter (1955) with Lilian Gish and Robert Mitchum.
• Not of this Earth (1957) with Beverly Garland
• The Alligator People (1959) also with Beverly Garland.
• Indestructible Man (1956)

These are great old movies. Most of them are free to watch on youtube.

 

[En Hakkore]

Yes, Electric, it's an ageless classic. You've got the gorgeous Virginia Leith as the 'brain' and Jason Evers as the unscrupulous surgeon. It doesn't get any better. I have it in my collection.

Also:

• Night of the Hunter (1955) with Lilian Gish and Robert Mitchum.
• Not of this Earth (1957) with Beverly Garland
• The Alligator People (1959) also with Beverly Garland.
• Indestructible Man (1956)

These are great old movies. Most of them are free to watch on youtube.

Night of the Hunter is indeed a great movie... it did not do so well back in the 1950s, perhaps because it was ahead of its time --- disturbing subject matter (based on a real serial murder case of the 1930s), nightmarish quality, surreal shots and a gun-toting Christian mama bear in Lilian Gish! The only other movie on this or your previous list I've seen is Devil Girl from Mars and I don't recall thinking much of it... maybe I should give it another watch as I have the DVD somewhere in my collection, region 2 import from the UK.

Kind regards,
Jonathan

 

[Electric Skeptic]

Yes, Electric, it's an ageless classic. You've got the gorgeous Virginia Leith as the 'brain' and Jason Evers as the unscrupulous surgeon. It doesn't get any better. I have it in my collection.

Also:

• Night of the Hunter (1955) with Lilian Gish and Robert Mitchum.
• Not of this Earth (1957) with Beverly Garland
• The Alligator People (1959) also with Beverly Garland.
• Indestructible Man (1956)

These are great old movies. Most of them are free to watch on youtube.

I watched The Alligator People this arvo...truly epic. The way she blithely sits on the wooden crate prominently labelled 'Radioactive'...

 

[Whatsisface]

I am, admittedly, an inveterate list maker given to compulsively ranking all manner of pop cultural stimuli – including cinema

Here, now, my current top 5 movies of all time
*{of course, this list can and almost certainly will change at some point, but as of today – these are the films that I hold most dear}

1. Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? {1966, directed by Mike Nichols}
2. Twelve Angry Men {1957, directed by Sidney Lumet}
3. Y Tu Mama Tambien {2001, directed by Alfonso Cuaron}
4. Stand By Me {1986, directed by Rob Reiner}
5. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial {1982, directed by Steven Spielberg}

What are your top 5 movies?

The criteria by which to judge is entirely up to you:

Those movies qualifying, in your opinion, as the greatest works of art ever achieved in cinema?
Those films which, for whatever reason, have most deeply touched you and resonated on a personal level?
Those features that have captured box office records?
Any combination thereof?

Your call!

I’d like to hear some of what you all consider to be your top 5 movies and thought it might be interesting and fun to explore whether or not any of the movies mentioned can {or should be} considered – in any way, shape, or form – Christian and/or atheist…

Up for it?

Tricky, but for now...

1. 2001: A space odyssey.
2. The Cruel Sea.
3. The Third Man.
4. Schindlers list.
5. The Matrix.

 

[Komodo]

I am, admittedly, an inveterate list maker given to compulsively ranking all manner of pop cultural stimuli – including cinema

Here, now, my current top 5 movies of all time
*{of course, this list can and almost certainly will change at some point, but as of today – these are the films that I hold most dear}

1. Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? {1966, directed by Mike Nichols}
2. Twelve Angry Men {1957, directed by Sidney Lumet}
3. Y Tu Mama Tambien {2001, directed by Alfonso Cuaron}
4. Stand By Me {1986, directed by Rob Reiner}
5. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial {1982, directed by Steven Spielberg}

What are your top 5 movies?

The criteria by which to judge is entirely up to you:

Those movies qualifying, in your opinion, as the greatest works of art ever achieved in cinema?
Those films which, for whatever reason, have most deeply touched you and resonated on a personal level?
Those features that have captured box office records?
Any combination thereof?

Your call!

I’d like to hear some of what you all consider to be your top 5 movies and thought it might be interesting and fun to explore whether or not any of the movies mentioned can {or should be} considered – in any way, shape, or form – Christian and/or atheist…

Up for it?

I just picked one each from the 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s.

City Lights, Charlie Chaplin (star and director): for comedy + sentiment
The Treasure of Sierra Madre, starring Bogart, dir. John Huston, for character + drama
Singing' in the Rain, starring Gene Kelly, dir. Kelly & Stanley Donen, for dancing + comedy
2001, A Space Odyssey, starring the big black monolith, dir. Stanley Kubrick, for imagery + mystery
Monty Python and the Holy Grail for "she turned me into a newt!" + "your mother was a hamster" + "tis only a flesh wound" +...

 

[HouOz]

Personal favourites:-

Shawshank Redemption
The Fugitive (Harrison Ford)
Star Trek - the motion picture
Catch me if you can (De Capprio)
The Sting

This was hard. I'm sure I missed a bunch.

 

[Furion]

Forget Fonda. It's Charles Bronson, man. It's a little long, but the ending's worth it.

Ahhh Charles and his whistle. Forgot about that. He is da bomb.

In between cooking shows, true crime and wedding dress shows, I might be able to commandeer the remote for a second.

She complains about violence, I complain I'm not a girl.

 

[stiggy wiggy]

Ahhh Charles and his whistle. Forgot about that. He is da bomb.

In between cooking shows, true crime and wedding dress shows, I might be able to commandeer the remote for a second.

If she insists on Golden Girls it's time for a divorce.

And it was a harmonica, not a whistle.

 

[Furion]

If she insists on Golden Girls it's time for a divorce.

And it was a harmonica, not a whistle.

That's right! The harmonica, it's been awhile.

She is a golden girl now. I would ask her if she wishes she could join the show, and then run.