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Your Top 10 Movies Not In Most Others'Top 25 (1 Viewer)

TripItUp

TripItUp

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Pick your 10 favorite movies not likely to be found in 99% of others top 25  favorite movies.

Here are mine:

1.  Limitless

2.  Real Genius

3.  Open Range

4.  Kingdom of Heaven

5.  Cinderella Man

6.  Zero Dark Thirty

7.  Urban Cowboy

8.  Road Warrior

9.  Superman(Christopher Reeves)

10.  Drive

 
The Conversation
Lost Highway
Clerks
Glory
Donnie Darko
Jacob's Ladder
Talk Radio
Blue Velvet
Shallow Grave
Diner
 

 
Going down my IMDB rankings and picking some near the top of the list

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Serenity

Akira

Kill Bill Vol 1

The Sting

Xmen - Days of Future Past (the Rogue Cut only, not the theatrical version)

My Cousin Vinny

Zombieland

Battle Royale

Stardust

Space Battleship Yamato ( :heart: )

 
NewlyRetired said:
Going down my IMDB rankings and picking some near the top of the list

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Serenity

Akira

Kill Bill Vol 1

The Sting

Xmen - Days of Future Past (the Rogue Cut only, not the theatrical version)

My Cousin Vinny

Zombieland

Battle Royale

Stardust

Space Battleship Yamato ( :heart: )
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:thumbup:

Battle Royale has been on my watch list for a while. I just looked and it is available for free to stream on Roku, Vudu and Hoopla

https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/battle-royale

 
Narrowed down to 15...

Moon

Take Shelter

Little Miss Sunshine 

Zombieland

Mulholland Drive

Insomnia (2002)

Donnie Darko

Gattaca

Winter's Bone

Zodiac

The Tenant

Gone Baby Gone

Looper

Mystic River

Sling Blade

Oops now 16...

 A Simple Plan

 
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1. Leaving Las Vegas

2. Oldboy

3. Frailty

4. Slumdog Millionaire

5. Get on the Bus

6. City of God

7. American Me

8. Jungle Fever

9. Get Shorty

10. Ex Machina

 
Ghostbusters

Martyrs

Suspiria

The Truman Show

The Exorcist

The Omen

The Karate Kid

Paranormal Activity

Gremlins

Gremlins 2

 
These are 10 movies that I doubt appear on anyone's "best" lists, but when I'm clicking through channels, I just can't seem to pass by w/o watching for at least a few minutes.

Warriors, Red Dawn, Princess Diaries, Zombieland, Small Soldiers, My Cousin Vinny, Heaven is Real, Mr Deeds, Happy Gilmore, Gangs of New York.

 
Not sure if by most people we mean just regular Joes or movie critics/movie lists?

1. The 400 Blows

2. The Best Years of Our Lives

3. Grapes of Wrath

4. Malcom X

5. Being There

6. The Passion of Joan of Arc

7. Rushmore

8. The Conversation

9. Throne of Blood

10. Z

 
The Long Goodbye (1974)

The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

Being John Malkovich (1999)

King of Hearts (1966)

Sweeney Todd (2007)

Buttpirates4: The Wreckening (1996)

Hable Con Ella (Talk To Her) (2002)

Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)

Last Tango In Paris (1972)

The Producers (1968)

 
Ok- I'm treating this as movies that aren't necessarily on anybody's top 10 lists- either critics or popular vote. and since I'm not taking much time with it, it's the first 10 that come to mind that fit that description- not really my actual top 10 (which would take some time to sort out- time I don't have).

Diva

Atlantic City

Strozcek

The Inlaws

Flirting with Disaster

Hopscotch

True Lies

Thin Red Line

Hanna

A Woman Under the Influence

 
Serenity

Stargate

Coming to America

Mean Girls

Get Shorty

9 To 5 :bag:

Midnight Run

Silverado

Vision Quest

Election

 
TripItUp said:
10.  Drive
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very cool movie

shuke said:
Jacob's Ladder
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just posted this somewhere... love it.

ZenoRazon said:
Requiem for a Heavyweight
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I loved Raging Bull- but this one is absolutely epic... the cinematography during the fight scenes is incredible.

JoeSteeler said:
Gattaca

Winter's Bone

 A Simple Plan
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loved these. gattaca's art direction (I've always wanted a convertible citroen), the writing and command performances in winter's bone. 

Keith R said:
9. Get Shorty
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nowhere near enough credit- a perfect comedy with action. 

Scoresman said:
The Truman Show
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might be better considered than others, but still a great idea told well.

Ilov80s said:
5. Being There
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one of my favorite movies- I should've remembered it for my own list.

wikkidpissah said:
Being John Malkovich (1999)

Buttpirates4: The Wreckening (1996)
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loved malkovich on every level. and I didn't think they could up the ante from buttpirates3: pacific fissures... but wow, was I wrong.

 
Hard.  Like others have said, do we treat this as Average Joe, or critic list?   My guess would be that either way it would begin and end with my boner for 1997 movies and sprinkle in a couple others that stick out.  

The Sweet Hereafter

Jackie Brown

Starship Troopers

The Ice Storm

The Killing (Kubrick)

Amores Perros

Kingpin 

The Cable Guy (last 2 are 2 of my top comedies, but don't think many would have them nearly that high)

The Thin Red Line

Before Sunset (thought about cheating and putting in the whole trilogy, but this is my favorite of the 3). 

ETA:  Requiem for a Dream should be in there too, just not sure what I would take off.  

 
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Roadhouse

The early catalog of the anal sluts series.  The latter part get's quite hacky and uninspired IMO. 

Edit: didn't notice I was late on the anal sluts/butt pirates joke   :kicksrock:

 
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KarmaPolice said:
Hard.  Like others have said, do we treat this as Average Joe, or critic list?   My guess would be that either way it would begin and end with my boner for 1997 movies and sprinkle in a couple others that stick out.  

The Sweet Hereafter

Starship Troopers

The Thin Red Line

Before Sunset (thought about cheating and putting in the whole trilogy, but this is my favorite of the 3). 

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Oh wow... Those are all great choices

 
Notorious-Hitchcock

Layer Cake

Oldboy

Red Rock West

In a Lonely Place

TheFriends of Eddie Coyle

Dark City

Bottle Rocket

Unbreakable

 
brun said:
These are 10 movies that I doubt appear on anyone's "best" lists, but when I'm clicking through channels, I just can't seem to pass by w/o watching for at least a few minutes.

Warriors, Red Dawn, Princess Diaries, Zombieland, Small Soldiers, My Cousin Vinny, Heaven is Real, Mr Deeds, Happy Gilmore, Gangs of New York.
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No Roadhouse?

 
shuke said:
The Conversation
Lost Highway
Clerks
Glory
Donnie Darko
Jacob's Ladder
Talk Radio
Blue Velvet
Shallow Grave
Diner
 
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I concur with the Glory pick.  I'd swap Blue Velvet out for Mulholland Drive.  No hay banda.  

 
This is a tough one (I'm excluding Glory because I've seen it mentioned twice, so may be too well-liked to qualify).  My attempt:

  • The Lavender Hill Mob
  • The Man in the White Suit
  • Kind Hearts and Coronets (Alec Guinness Ealing trio off the bat)
  • A Shot in the Dark
  • Miller's Crossing
  • A Face in Crowd (watched this for the first time for the KP polls and shot up my list)
  • Paths of Glory (may be borderline eligible here)
  • Out of the Past
  • ****
  • Josie and the #####cats (a couple of mindless ones that I love to round out)
 
TripItUp said:
I used "favorite", not "best"...didn't want to get into a discussion about what "best" means...I've seen that rabbithole playout a million times in the FFA.
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The film I listed first was Leaving Las Vegas, my personal #3 overall movie.  However, it is so draining to watch that I've only seen it a few times to see if it holds up (it does).  So I went "best", not "favorite" - otherwise I would have listed a lot of guilty pleasure movies that I've seen a dozen times or more but even I couldn't argue their merit as Top 25 ATG movies.  Flash Gordon, The Last Dragon, Knock Knock, etc.

No wrong play though.  This is a fun thread so enjoy it in whatever manner you like.

 
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99% whittles the list down pretty far. Be that as it may...

Brief Encounter

All The Kings Men

In A Lonely Place

The Wages of Fear

Judgement At Nuremberg

Duel

Breaker Morant

Silverado

Tucker: The Man and His Dream

Stick It

I had to remove All The Kings Men, The Innocents, A Face In The Crowd, and The Devil's Advocate to get to 10.

 
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City of God

Sideways

The Descendants 

Waiting for Guffman

Lone Star

Strictly Ballroom

The Last Days of Disco

Jackie Brown

The Last Seduction

You Can Count on Me

Limbo

 
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Scott Pilgrim vs the World

Starship Troopers

Kung-Fu Hustle

The Quick and the Dead

Lucky Number Slevin

Rapid Fire

Blade II

The Raid

The Long Kiss Goodnight

The Last Boy Scout

J

 
These are movies that I rewatch that are in my collection and a little more obscure from other "top" lists:

Vanishing Point

Billy Jack

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry

True Romance

Rounders

Barfly

Blues Brothers

Something About Mary

Warriors

Baby Driver

 
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