what would your fifty films be?

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nickenglezos — 17 years ago(May 19, 2008 05:40 PM)

in no particular order these are my 50:

1. Lion King
2. Star Wars
3. The Godfather
4. Titanic
5. Braveheart
6. Saving Private Ryan
7. North By northwest
8. Die Hard
9. Back to the Future
10. Indiana Jones
11. Dr No
12. The Great Escape
13. Casablanca
14. Toy Story
15. Cast Away
16. The Green Mile
17. A Few Good Men
18. Jerry Maguire
19. Stand By Me
20. Rocky
21. Harvey
22. The Wizard of Oz
23. The Hurricane
24. Malcolm X
25. Remember the Titans
26. Lord of the Rings
27. The Fugitive
28. The Matrix
29. Pulp Fiction
30. Grease
31. Gallipoli
32. Gandhi
33. The English Patient
34. Quiz Show
35. The Shawshank Reemption
36. Good Will Hunting
37. Duck Soup
38. The Africn Queen
39. We Were Soldiers
40. Terminator
41. Courage Under Fire
42. Dead Poets Society
43. Ghost
44. Sister Act
45. City Slickers
46. The Elephant Man
47. Silence of the Lambs
48. Goodfellas
49. Gladiator
50. The Truman Show

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michaeltaylor10 — 17 years ago(May 27, 2008 06:33 AM)

i argee maybe garden state?

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bloodshot_sky — 17 years ago(June 17, 2008 09:58 AM)

Children of men should be on their.

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dtatroom — 17 years ago(July 17, 2008 02:36 PM)

The Verdict
The Vanishing
Blade Runner
Wall Street
It's a Wonderful Life
Shawshank Redemption
The Life of David Gale
Touch of Evil
3rd Man
Thomas Crown affair
Cuckoos Nest
As Good as it Gets
English Patient
Gold Finger
Doctor No
Midnight Run
Memento
Donnie Brasco
American Beauty
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Casino
Casino Royale
Layer Cake
Silence of the Lambs
Hannibal
GodFather 1 & 2
Once Upon a time in America
Michael Clayton
Schindler's List
Black Book
Imitation of Life
Lock, Stock & 2 smoking Barrels
Bugsy
Serpico
The Shining
Pulp Fiction
GoodFellas
Raging Bull
Heat
Miami Vice
Quadrophenia
Havana
The Piano
The Painted Veil
Platoon
Wall Street
Physco
Vertigo
O Brother Where art thou
Man on Fire
The Pianist
Lord of War
Mulholland Drive
Lord of the Rings trilogy
Star Wars trilogy
American History X
Angel Heart
The Player
Apocalypto
Mad Max
Brave Heart
Being There
Blood Diamond
Titanic
Butch Cassidy
Back to the future
Bringing up baby
What's up Doc
Basic Instinct
Bobby
Butterfly Effect
Just Friends
Batman Begins
The Color of Money
The Hustler
The Quiet American
Hannah & Her 7 Sisters
The Cider House Rules
Forest Gump
Animal House
Children of Men
The Four Feathers
Cinderella Man
Casablanca
Carlito's Way
Cape Fear
The night of the Hunter
Cool Hand Luke
Serendipity
Sweet Home Alabama
Walk The Line
The Long Good Friday
Doctor Zhivago
Deer Hunter
Double Indemnity
Body Heat
Body Double
What Lies Beneath
The Exorcist
French Connection
5th Element
Good Will Hunting
Gangs of New York
There Will be Blood
Gladiator
Grand Prix
Hotel Rwanda
High Fidelity
Hustle & Flow
Do The Right Thing
Rising Sun
In the Name of the Rose
Infernal Affairs
JFK
Kill Bill 1 & 2
Reservoir Dogs
The Last King of Scotland
LA Confidential
the Lady from Shanghai
Leon
Diva
Mystic River
Last Tango in Paris
The Last Boy Scout
Against all Odds

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latashamj — 17 years ago(October 09, 2008 09:07 PM)

here are my 20, i am too lazy to think of 50:
lost in translation
requiem for a dream
the united states of leland
american history x
kids
match point
mysterious skin
american beauty
vanilla sky
legend
the visitor
ghost world
the virgin suicides
pretty persuasion
factory girl
about a son
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
wassup rockers
brokeback mountain
all the pretty horses

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toonces12 — 17 years ago(October 22, 2008 07:26 PM)

Well my list would be kinda different from any of the ones previously mentioned. Try and think outside of Hollywood and the last 3 decades please; unless you are fine with watching linear films from the same country and time. If Shawshank Redemption is anywhere on your best film list then you are going to hate mine.
-The first two are a must watch for anyone.
Spoorloos
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Adaptation
Eraserhead
Hana-bi
Intolerance
M
Sunset Boulevard
Oldboy
The Apu Trilogy
Paradise Now
Sonatine
Breathless
2001: A Space Odyssey
The 400 Blows
Metropolis
The Public Enemy (1931)
Discreet Charm of the Bourgeousie
Get Carter
Andrei Rublev
Stray Dog
Hard Boiled
Rashomon
Grizzly Man
Once Upon a Time in the West
Freaks
Easy Rider
8 1/2
Angels With Dirty Faces
The Apartment
Akira
Rushmore
Birth of a Nation
The Killing
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
Man Bites Dog
Night of the Hunter
THX 1138
Tokyo Story
Paths of Glory
Some Like it Hot
Scarface (1932)
Strike (1925)
Notorious
12 Angry Men
Seven Samurai
The Searchers
Midnight Cowboy
Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

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joeymo — 16 years ago(November 12, 2009 08:04 PM)

toonces12, wowgreat beep list man!!!

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Neon-man — 16 years ago(March 30, 2010 10:59 PM)

It's not your best 50 movies, it's just 50 movies someone should see before they die. Maybe even movies you would only need to see once (ie Pink Flamingoes).

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kelly18-1 — 17 years ago(December 11, 2008 08:02 AM)

im nt sure of the order or 50 films in fact, but these r deffo sum of my favs of all time
the green mile
men of honour
billy elliot
grease
carry on camping
oldboy
bridge to terabithia
schindlers list
one flew over the cuckoos nest
rainman
in the name of the father
star wars
lost boys
eight below
jumanji
lion king
to name but a few

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oilers_girl05 — 16 years ago(September 03, 2009 12:00 PM)

1. The Green Mile
2. Shawshank Redemption
3. Matrix
4. V for Vendetta
5. Fight club
6. Requiem for a dream
7. Titanic
8. To kill a mockingbird
9. Grease
10. Lion King
11. Jacob's Ladder
12. Lord of the rings trilogy (counting as one)
13. Star Wars episodes
14. Braveheart
15. Gladiator
16. 300
17. Pulp Fiction
18. Labyrinth
19. American History X
20. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
21. A Beautiful Mind
22. Princess Bride
23. The Exorcist
24. August Rush
25. Forrest Gump
26. Remember the Titans
27. Edward Scissorhands
28. Stand by me
29. Schindler's List
30. Misery
31. Rain Man
32. Awakenings
33. Dark knight
34. What Dreams May Come
35. The Bucket List
36. Full Metal Jacket
37. Silence of the lambs
38. Erin Brockovich
39. Wizard of Oz
40. Magnolia
41. Trainspotting
42. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
43. Armageddon
44. Crash
45. Donnie Darko
46. The godfather
47. Scarface
48. Walk the Line
49. Some like it Hot
50. The Shining

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yonus_565 — 16 years ago(October 03, 2009 12:44 AM)

In no particular order:

1. american Beauty
2. The Usual Suspects
3. The Shawshank redemption
4. Jurassic Park
5. The night of the Hunter
6. Almost Famous
7. Good Night and Good Luck
8. No Country for Old Men
9. The Fugitive
10. Adam's Rib
11. Platoon
12. The Deer Hunter
13. Amadeus
14. Being John Malkovich
15. High Fidelity
16. Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
17. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
18. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
19. Sunset Boulevard
20. Chinatown
21. Annie Hall
22. MAS*H
23. Das Leben der Anderen(The Lives of Others)
24. The Wizard of Oz
25. The Searchers
26. Straw Dogs
27. The man who shot Liberty Valance
28. Rear Window
29. Psycho
30. Star Wars
31. star Wars: The empire strikes Back
32. OldBoy
33. The Sound of Music
34. My Fair Lady
35. LA Confidential
36. Back to the Future
37. The Bourne Identity (the good one, before Paul greengrass got his hands on the two sequels)
38. The French Connection
39. Raise the Red Lantern
40. Indiana Jones (the first three as one)
41. Lawrence of Arabia
42. Trainspotting
43. The Wicker Man (the original)
44. Rain Man
45. Misery
46. Pulp Fiction
47. One flew over the cuckoo's nest
48. Saving Private Ryan
49. Wo Hu Cang Long (Crouching Tiger Hiden Dragon)
50. The Bond Movies, if I had to choose five to represent them: From Russia with Love, Moonraker, Live and Let Die, the Spy who loved me and The World is not enough

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flvdberg — 15 years ago(October 04, 2010 01:32 PM)

In no particular order:

1. Batman (1989)
2. Terminator
3. The Matrix
4. Scarface
5. Back to the Future
6. Die Hard
7. From Russia with Love
8. Robocop
9. First Blood
10. Twelve Monkeys
11. Minority Report
12. Indiana Jones trilogy
13. Star Wars trilogy (parts 4, 5 and 6)
14. Los cronocrmenes
15. Pulp Fiction
16. Sin City
17. Inception
18. Memento
19. Vertigo
20. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
21. American History X
22. Wall-E
23. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
24. Reservoir Dogs
25. Up
26. Donnie Darko
27. The Sixth Sense
28. V for Vendetta
29. Ed Wood
30. King Kong
31. Kill Bill (vol. 1 & 2)
32. Rain Man
33. Stargate
34. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
35. Liar Liar
36. The Naked Gun: from the files of police squad
37. Kick-Ass
38. Coffy
39. A Few Good Men
40. The Devil's Advocate
41. THX 1138
42. 2001: A Space Odyssey
43. Videodrome
44. The Fly
45. Superman: The Movie
46. Jurassic Park
47. Darkman
48. Airplane! (1980)
49. Girl, Interrupted
50. Midnight Cowboy

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sandor-enckell — 15 years ago(October 10, 2010 02:12 AM)

In no special order:

1. Lion King
2. The Sixth Sense
3. The Godfather
4. The Godfather part 2
5. Braveheart
6. Memento
7. North By northwest
8. Die Hard
9. Back to the Future
10. Indiana Jones
11. American History X
12. The Deer Hunter
13. Casablanca
14. Toy Story
15. The Shining
16. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
17. Sin City
18. Gladiator
19. Stand By Me
20. Rocky
21. Taxi Driver
22. On The Waterfront
23. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
24. Terminator
25. Terminator 2: Judgement day
26. Lord of the Rings
27. Love Actually
28. The Matrix
29. Pulp Fiction
30. Grease
31. Amlie
32. To Kill A Mockingbird
33. Chinatown
34. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
35. The Shawshank Reemption
36. Unforgiven
37. Strangers on a train
38. The Graduate
39. Blue Velvet
40. Terminator
41. Planet of the Apes
42. Hannah and her sisters
43. Annie Hall
44. Forrset Gump
45. Ben-Hur
46. The Elephant Man
47. Silence of the Lambs
48. Goodfellas
49. The Killer
50. Saw

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sandor-enckell — 15 years ago(October 10, 2010 02:14 AM)

In no special order:

1. Lion King
2. The Sixth Sense
3. The Godfather
4. The Godfather part 2
5. Braveheart
6. Memento
7. North By northwest
8. Die Hard
9. Back to the Future
10. Indiana Jones
11. American History X
12. The Deer Hunter
13. Casablanca
14. Toy Story
15. The Shining
16. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
17. Sin City
18. Gladiator
19. Stand By Me
20. Rocky
21. Taxi Driver
22. On The Waterfront
23. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
24. Terminator
25. Terminator 2: Judgement day
26. Lord of the Rings
27. Love Actually
28. The Matrix
29. Pulp Fiction
30. Grease
31. Amlie
32. To Kill A Mockingbird
33. Chinatown
34. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
35. The Shawshank Reemption
36. Unforgiven
37. Strangers on a train
38. The Graduate
39. Blue Velvet
40. Battle Royale
41. Planet of the Apes
42. Hannah and her sisters
43. Annie Hall
44. Forrest Gump
45. Ben-Hur
46. The Elephant Man
47. Silence of the Lambs
48. Goodfellas
49. The Killer
50. Saw

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phreak9 — 14 years ago(December 15, 2011 01:59 AM)

waking life
stalker (tsarkovsky)
fight club
matrix
star wars (456)
waking the dead
out cold
dumb and dumber
traffic
caddyshack
bram stokers dracula
catch me if you can
the adventures of mark twain (claymation)
porn

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johnno74 — 14 years ago(February 20, 2012 11:57 AM)

Note; this is not my top fifty, but some of the films are included in my personal top 50. This list is in no particular order.

1. Schindler's List
2. ET The Extra Terrestrial
3. Wizard Of Oz
4. Godfather
5. It's A Wonderful Life
6. Mr Smith Goes To Washington
7. Thelma & Louise
8. Jaws
9. Star Wars IV
10. Pinocchio
11. To Kill A Mockingbird
12. On The Waterfront
13. Good The Bad & The Ugly
14. Battleship Potemkin
15. Fantasia
16. Saving Private Ryan
17. Lord Of The Rings (whole trilogy)
18. Reservoir Dogs
19. Gone With The Wind
20. Kramer Vs Kramer
21. Ten Commandments
22. Dead Poets Society
23. Elephant Man
24. Braveheart
25. Rocky
26. Unforgiven
27. Edward Scissorhands
28. Amistad
29. Full Metal Jacket
30. Jurassic Park
31. Taxi Driver
32. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
33. Casablanca
34. Bridge On The River Kwai
35. Searchers
36. In Which We Serve
37. Terminator
38. Superman
39. Jason & The Argonauts
40. French Connection
41. Lawrence Of Arabia
42. Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid
43. Beauty & The Beast (disney version)
44. Enter The Dragon
45. Fiddler On The Roof
46. Amadeus
47. Basic Instinct
48. Chicken Run
49. Great Escape
50. Any Robin Hood film

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concretedreams — 13 years ago(May 18, 2012 11:16 AM)

1 Battle Royale
2 The Color Purple
3 District 9
4 The Shining
5 La Haine
6 American Beauty
7 Close Encounters of the Third Kind
8 Sunset Boulevard
9 But I'm a Cheerleader
10 Norbit (you might as well before you die)

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walkerus — 9 years ago(October 19, 2016 01:35 AM)

In no particular order:
1)Charley Varrick 1973
2)The Dresser 1983
3)Martin Chuzzlewit 1994
4)The Goodbye Girl 1977
5)Secrets & Lies 1996
6)Great Expectations 1946
7)Brideshead Revisited 1981 (Series)
8)Bullets over Broadway 1994
9)Stanley & Iris 1990
10)Wives & Daughters 1999 (Series)
11)A Shock to the System 1990
12)Things Change 1988
13)Out of Africa 1985
14)The Remains of the Day 1993
15)Derailed 2005
16)Breakdown 1997
17)Heaven can Wait 1978
18)Eagles Wing 1979
19)Pulp Fiction 1994
20)Castaway 2000
21)Fargo 1996
22)A Few Good Men 1992
23)Pride & Prejudice 1995 (Series)
24)Groundhog Day 1993
25)Burn After Reading 2008
26)Master & Commander (Far Side of the World) 2003
27)Death at a Funeral 2007 (English Version)
28)Cinderella Man 2005
29)My Cousin Vinny 1992
30)Life of Brian 1979
31)The Edge 1997
32)Tiara Tahiti 1962
33)Panic 2000
34)Murphy's War 1971
35)Accidental Hero 1992
36)Death Trap 1982
37)Little Voice 1998
38)Sleuth 1972
39)Payback 1999
40)Double Jeopardy 1999
41)Scoop 2006
42)The Omega Man 1971
43)Shawshank Redemption 1994
44)Ransom 1996
45)Dave 1993
46)The Man Who Would Be King 1975
47)A Simple Plan 1998
48)Godfather 1 & 2
49)Philadelphia 1993
50)Vice Versa 1988

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bull-boy — 1 year ago(February 03, 2025 02:37 PM)

Great lists

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