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[Andy Dufresne]

Godfather

Godfather II

LOTR: The Two Towers

Shawshank Redemption

Glory

Silence of The Lambs

My Cousin Vinny

Awesome movie.

"I run for president....didn't win though."

 

[rockaction]

Vivre Sa Vie (just for the abruptness of the ending)

For me, it's always this scene.

Just went back and re-read the Ebert review. He loved that dance.

I was just so shocked by the arbitrariness and suddenness of the ending that I just thought, "it doesn't end this way. It can't end this way." But, of course, it does. I guess it was such a -- and I borrow from Ebert here a bit -- casual look into what she was really doing that you got sucked into it, and the ending comes as a shock that shouldn't.

 

[koby925]

I seemed to have a pretty clear 5 but couldn't decide final 2

Godfather

Godfather 2

Goodfellas

Seven

Silence of the Lambs

2 of Once Upon A Time In America, The Shining, Deer Hunter, Full Metal Jacket, Tombstone

 

[Josie Maran]

Too much Star Wars on these lists. Oof.

 

[Chaka]

First five that came to mind:

The Great Escape

Star Wars IV

Animal Crackers

Jaws

Shawshank

I'm thinking City of God for #6

 

[SmoovySmoov]

I re-watched 12 Monkeys a couple months back.

Good. Not great.

This is the type of thing I'm talking about.

Maybe we're just polar opposites?

 

[Andy Dufresne]

I re-watched 12 Monkeys a couple months back.

Good. Not great.

This is the type of thing I'm talking about.

Maybe we're just polar opposites?

It's possible. Didn't care much for Children Of Men upon second viewing either.

 

[dhockster]

The top eight mentioned (there was a tie for seventh):

Godfather: 22 times

Shawshank: 21 times

Godfather II: 17 times

Goodfellas: 17 times

The Big Lewbowski: 12 times

Pulp Fiction: 11 times

Star Wars: 9 times

Empire Strikes Back: 9 times

 

[Spin]

Shawshank

Pulp Fiction

Fight Club

Forrest Gump

Donnie Darko

The Boondock Saints

Tombstone

 

[KarmaPolice]

I re-watched 12 Monkeys a couple months back.

Good. Not great.

oh yeah?

I watched Indiana Jones the other day, and it doesn't hold up. so there!

 

[jeter23]

Currently doing a movie draft with Bloom and some others. Pretty fun time waster.

Here are the results so far...

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1U4T2fi23qCxdFYnKUADFksLAW3D7xdJKqQjsmnrP_zA/edit#gid=0

 

[Andy Dufresne]

I re-watched 12 Monkeys a couple months back.

Good. Not great.

oh yeah?

I watched Indiana Jones the other day, and it doesn't hold up. so there!

 

[dhockster]

Currently doing a movie draft with Bloom and some others. Pretty fun time waster.

Here are the results so far...

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1U4T2fi23qCxdFYnKUADFksLAW3D7xdJKqQjsmnrP_zA/edit#gid=0

I like Ryan's draft. Yellowban may have a violence issue.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I re-watched 12 Monkeys a couple months back.

Good. Not great.

oh yeah?I watched Indiana Jones the other day, and it doesn't hold up. so there!

1/2 joking. never was a huge fan.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

I re-watched 12 Monkeys a couple months back.

Good. Not great.

oh yeah?I watched Indiana Jones the other day, and it doesn't hold up. so there!

1/2 joking. never was a huge fan.

You kind of creep me out.

 

[STBootleg]

The Good the Bad and the Ugly

Outlaw Josey Wales

Full Metal Jacket

Rocky

Pulp Fiction

The Empire Strikes Back

Scarface

 

[jeter23]

Currently doing a movie draft with Bloom and some others. Pretty fun time waster.

Here are the results so far...

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1U4T2fi23qCxdFYnKUADFksLAW3D7xdJKqQjsmnrP_zA/edit#gid=0

I like Ryan's draft. Yellowban may have a violence issue.

Thanks, that's me. Hadn't noticed the theme of Yellowban's picks. Funny. Or scary.

 

[sublimeone]

Lebowski

Forest Gump

Godfather

Almost Famous

Casino

Dazed & Confused

Office Space

 

[Koya]

Koyaanisqatsi

Dazed and Confused

Star Wars

The Graduate

Apocalypse Now

Office Space

Emmanuel 1-8, scrambled on cable

 

[Chaka]

Koyaanisqatsi

Dazed and Confused

Star Wars

The Graduate

Apocalypse Now

Office Space

Emmanuel 1-8, scrambled on cable

That's just because it has your name in it. You won't seem me putting Land of the Lost in my top 7.

 

[Chaka]

Emmanuel 1-8, scrambled on cable

Ahhhhhhh scorn (scrambled porn), the memories bring a tear to my eye.

 

[The Man With No Name]

City of God

That is an awesome movie

 

[Spike]

The Adventures of Robin Hood (the original)

The Chronicles of Riddick

Underworld

Pulp Fiction

The Hustler

The Philadelphia Story

Silverado

And, as a bonus, I **love** watching them on AMC when they have their "Story Notes" nights.

 

[The Man With No Name]

Can't narrow it down to 7, so I'll list 7 Prison Movies:

Escape From Alcatraz

The Great Escape

Cool Hand Luke

Stalag 17

Papillon

The Shawshank Redemption

The Bridge on the River Kwai

and there are even more great ones

 

[Koya]

Koyaanisqatsi

Dazed and Confused

Star Wars

The Graduate

Apocalypse Now

Office Space

Emmanuel 1-8, scrambled on cable

That's just because it has your name in it. You won't seem me putting Land of the Lost in my top 7.

I was the lead character!

 

[Mr. Mojo]

Darn good lists here!

Here's mine:

Dawn Of The Dead (1978)

Braveheart

Somewhere In Time

The Road Warrior

Excalibur

Ordinary People

Rocky

These are movies where if I watch even 5 minutes, I can't turn them off.

 

[Insein]

Too much Not enough Star Wars on these lists. Oof.

Fixed.

 

[Fennis]

Usual Suspects

American Beauty

Tombstone

Airplane

Of Mice and Men ...The 1939 one with Burgess Merideth and Lon Chaney

A Christmas Story

The House of Sand and Fog

Glengarry Glen Ross just misses the cut only because the list was too Kevin Spacey heavy.

I love the Gary Sinise version. But then again with the (possible?) exception of the Looney Tunes characters, I've yet to find a format of that story (book, movie, play) that doesn't make me cry like a baby.

 

[Fennis]

Somewhere In Time

Next time my wife wants to watch this crap, I'll tag out to you. Will you sit in for me for A Room with A View too?

 

[Fennis]

Too much Not enough Star Wars on these lists? Oof.

Fixed.

fixed

 

[Insein]

Too much Not enough Star Wars on these lists? wOoft.

Fixed.

fixed

Fixed

 

[PlayaHata]

Shawshank Redemption

Matrix

Snatch

The Hangover

Forrest Gump

Office Space

Saving Private Ryan

 

[Mr. Mojo]

Somewhere In Time

Next time my wife wants to watch this crap, I'll tag out to you. Will you sit in for me for A Room with A View too?

It's one of those "love it or hate it" films. Those that love it are usually fanatic about it.

A Room With A View was just meh. Sense and Sensibility is great, though - I'll sit in for that one.

 

[NIU Kicker]

Braveheart

The Godfather

Pulp Fiction

True Romance

The Usual Suspects

Reservoir Dogs

Shawskank Redeption

 

[DropKick]

Figh....

Forget it... not supposed to talk about it.

 

[Abraham]

Is somewhere in time the christopher reeve thing? I liked it too.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

1) The Royal Tenenbaums

2) Mulholland Drive

3) Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

4) The Big Lebowski

5) Amelie

6) Bubble Boy

7) Lone Wolf and Cub

Now I know why you think I'm insane for liking Tron: Legacy but disliking the original.

You also like T2 better than "The Terminator." I just can't forgive you for that.

 

[Koya]

Shawshank Redemption

Matrix

Snatch

The Hangover

Forrest Gump

Office Space

Saving Private Ryan

Snatch is just a great film. What a fun watch.

 

[RJS113]

1. Harold and Kumar go to White Castle

2. Pulp Viction

3. My Cousin Vinny

4. Shawshank Redemption

5. Usual Suspects

6. Office Space

7. Taken

 

[Kevrunner]

Shane

Stripes

Gladiator

Braveheart

Man On Fire

The Green Mile

King Arthur (Clive Owen Version)

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Godfather II

The Life Aquatic

Goodfellas

The Big Lebowski

Ken Burns Baseball (lets call this a movie)

The Thing (Kurt Russell version)

Busty Cops VI: Hawaii Five Ho

 

[Ilov80s]

Godfather II

The Life Aquatic

Goodfellas

The Big Lebowski

Ken Burns Baseball (lets call this a movie)

The Thing (Kurt Russell version)

Busty Cops VI: Hawaii Five Ho

The Life Aquatic seems out of place there.

 

[5-ish Finkle]

Nearly 200 posts and no one has had "The Room" on a list yet? You're all slipping.

Rushmore is great

Would be #1 on my list if I were making one.

 

[Freelove]

Too much Not enough Star Wars on these lists? wOoft.

Fixed.

fixed

Fixed

FiXeD

 

[sports_fan]

2 for 5 so far

 

[NorvilleBarnes]

Miller's Crossing
Terminator 2
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Iron Giant
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Wars IV: A New Hope

Great list

 

[NorvilleBarnes]

The Jerk

Mulholland Drive

The Third Man

12 Monkeys

Donnie Darko

Gattaca

Memento

God I love that movie.

Ditto.

Time travel films kept bumping each other off my list.

 

[randall146]

Braveheart

Usual Suspects

Godfather II

Field of Dreams

Bull Durham

Shawshank Redemption

Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind

 

[NorvilleBarnes]

1) The Royal Tenenbaums

2) Mulholland Drive

3) Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

4) The Big Lebowski

5) Amelie

6) Bubble Boy

7) Lone Wolf and Cub

Now I know why you think I'm insane for liking Tron: Legacy but disliking the original.

You also like T2 better than "The Terminator." I just can't forgive you for that.

T2 does so many intelligent things it shouldn't be classified an action film.

 

[NorvilleBarnes]

I've each of these at least 50 times.

Memento
Millers Crossing
Donnie Darko
Terminator 2
Patton
Groundhog Day
Godfather

Can't believe I had to bump Young Frankenstein, Braveheart & Caddyshack