My 50 Favorite Movies

[AbsurdRandomness]

Took a long-ass time to put together. Please rate:

1. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
2. Scenes From a Marriage
3. Cache
4. Elephant
5. Jackie Brown
6. Stalker
7. Repulsion
8. Persona
9. Werckmeister Harmonies
10. Tokyo Story
11. Chinatown
12. Y Tu Mama Tambien
13. City of God
14. Paths of Glory
15. La Dolce Vita
16. The Night of the Hunter
17. Nostalgia
18. Ikiru
19. Nights of Cabiria
20. Requiem For a Dream
21. Damnation
22. L.A. Confidential
23. The Last Picture Show
24. Dr. Strangelove
25. Touch of Evil

26. Mean Streets
27. Raging Bull
28. The Seventh Seal
29. Time of the Wolf
30. The Conversation
31. The Maltese Falcon
32. Metropolis
33. Punch-Drunk Love
34. Aguirre - The Wrath of God
35. Lost in Translation
36. Magnolia
37. Short Cuts
38. Sleuth
39. Ghost World
40. Inland Empire
41. Fargo
42. Boogie Nights
43. Pixote
44. Babel
45. Picnic At Hanging Rock
46. Dark City
47. Rushmore
48. The Piano Player
49. Network
50. Malcolm X

[KingOfBBQ]

I've never heard of any of them. Are these movies from the 60's or something?

[Reyals]

At 2/8/08 08:15 PM, KingOfBBQ wrote: I've never heard of any of them. Are these movies from the 60's or something?

No, some of them are quite recent.

[JackBonneham]

36. Magnolia

That's the only one on that list that i've seen.

It's raining frogs!

[creepyboy]

At 2/8/08 08:14 PM, AbsurdRandomness wrote:

4. Elephant
12. Y Tu Mama Tambien
20. Requiem For a Dream
22. L.A. Confidential
39. Ghost World
41. Fargo
42. Boogie Nights
44. Babel
46. Dark City

I've only seen those ones, and my favourites are Ghost World, Fargo and Dark City.

[OPIUMSKUM]

So far, out of your list, I've only seen Metropolis, Lost in Translation, and Babel.

[elegy]

It's backwards! You ruined the surprise :(

Haven't seen most of them. Maybe 5 or 6 but no more.

[Punk-Noodles]

I swear to god george if you even existed i'd divorce you.

Great list.

[AbsurdRandomness]

At 2/8/08 08:47 PM, Punk-Noodles wrote: I swear to god george if you even existed i'd divorce you.

Great list.

I just checked your top 3. Seven Samurai is my third-favorite Kurosawa, and Dog Day Afternoon carries Al Pacino's best performance ever, imo.

[10000000000000000000]

k umm never seen any of them but umm good job

[thel3mon]

not a bad list but i cant believe you added jackie brown and not pulp fiction

[AbsurdRandomness]

At 2/8/08 08:58 PM, thel3mon wrote: not a bad list but i cant believe you added jackie brown and not pulp fiction

I love every movie Tarantino has directed, but nothing he's ever made matches up to the brilliance of Jackie Brown.

excuse for bump

You basically just created a list of movies I've never seen.

Looks like a good list, even though I haven't sen a fair few of them. It's always good to see foreign films listed on NG, particularly if at least one of them is a Fellini flick. I'd like to see a Kurosawa film, but I can never find one :(

Fargo is excellent. I actually now want to live in the midwest because of that film. Okay, not the best film for inspirations, but it was so homely!

[Rooster]

I think "Punch Drunk Love" is pretty much the only Adam Sander movie I haven't seen.
Mainly due to the fact that I can never find it.

[TiiBag]

Only one I've even heard of is Babel, and that's cuz my mom was watching it. I saw the sexy naked asian girl scene.

[DocHolidae38]

5. Jackie Brown - Good
11. Chinatown - Okay
13. City of God - Great, one of the best
22. L.A. Confidential - Eh
24. Dr. Strangelove - No
27. Raging Bull - Eh
31. The Maltese Falcon - Okay
33. Punch-Drunk Love - Eh
35. Lost in Translation - Nah
39. Ghost World - Eh
41. Fargo - Good
42. Boogie Nights - Great
44. Babel - Nah
46. Dark City - Okay
47. Rushmore - Eh
50. Malcolm X - Okay

Where's Crash, Seven, Interview with the Vampire, Blow, and more....

[Cryoma]

At 2/9/08 09:36 PM, TiiBag wrote: Only one I've even heard of is Babel, and that's cuz my mom was watching it. I saw the sexy naked asian girl scene.

Lulz, same here.

[FlonneTheFallenAngel]

What a boring list.

There's really nothing very adventurous on it, and very little which I particularly liked (the latter of these statements is obviously the less important).

Go out there and get a better list.

[Budgieboy]

At 2/8/08 08:14 PM, AbsurdRandomness wrote: 5. Jackie Brown

I wish I could give you a high 5 right now.

[Postcount]

No "City Of God"?

[Sunglasses]

At 2/9/08 10:07 PM, Skat0r wrote: No "City Of God"?

At 2/8/08 08:14 PM, AbsurdRandomness wrote: 13. City of God

Shows how much you read the first post.

[AbsurdRandomness]

At 2/9/08 09:37 PM, DocHolidae38 wrote: Where's Crash, Seven, Interview with the Vampire, Blow, and more....

Crash - Oversimplifies a controversial issue, trying to gather every racial stereotype they can think of and fuck them in the asshole on-screen.

Seven - Great movie, didn't like the ending. I know it basically summarized the point of the film, but it paced too long and by the time "the scene" came, I no longer cared.

Interview with a Vampire - Good movie, far from top 50 material.

Blow - Read above.

[jewdudewtf]

At 2/8/08 08:14 PM, AbsurdRandomness wrote: Took a long-ass time to put together. Please rate:

Okay, this might take a while... Here we go!!!

20. Requiem For a Dream

Finally, one I have seen. A very good movie indeed, but very strange. Good to watch if ready for a good plot and just overall weird movie.

24. Dr. Strangelove

I've been wanting to see this for a while, but can't find a copy. :'( If you could give me a place to rent or maybe download, that would be sweet.

35. Lost in Translation

I've seen this too, but its been a while. I should probably re-watch it.

That took a lot less time then I thought. I only commented on the movies I have seen too. I've heard of most, but I haven't got around to seeing them.

[Fezzycakes]

Thats a big list, i've only seen like 5 of those movies

[AbsurdRandomness]

At 2/9/08 10:13 PM, jewdudewtf wrote:

24. Dr. Strangelove

I've been wanting to see this for a while, but can't find a copy. :'( If you could give me a place to rent or maybe download, that would be sweet.

Mininova, Netflix, or Blockbuster should have it.

[Postcount]

At 2/9/08 10:09 PM, Sunglasses wrote:

At 2/9/08 10:07 PM, Skat0r wrote: No "City Of God"?

At 2/8/08 08:14 PM, AbsurdRandomness wrote: 13. City of God

Shows how much you read the first post.

I read all of it, but I went through it too fast, I guess.

[DarkSoldier]

I never heard of these moves.

[Joshiwa]

I feel kind of bad because I have only heard of 21 of the 50 movies you listed. But hey I guess you cant see them all.

[DevourerJay]

wow... someone actually wrote 50 movies?!?