Top 10 Favorite Movies

[Allowat Sakima]

in no particular order
-Shaun of the Dead
-The Lord Of The Rings (I can call them one movie because I have watched them back to back to back...extended versions!)
-The Ten Commandments
-The Dark Knight
-The Empire Strikes Back
-Casino Royale
-Swiss Family Robinson
-The Princess Bride
-Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban/Order of the Phoenix
-Peaceful Warrior take a note of this and watch it if you have not.

[Eric]

No order:

- Donnie Darko
- Watchmen
- The Good Girl
- Serenity
- Little Miss Sunshine
- Halloween
- Stardust
- Terminator 2: Judgement Day
- Alien
- Sunshine Cleaning

There it is. If anyone has anything to say, please do. I'd find it quite interesting to find out what people think about my top ten. (:

[Allowat Sakima]

Is that the original Halloween Eirc? Good list though. There was a time when T2 was on my top 10. Great movie, first "R" I snuck in and saw in a theater.

[Eric]

Oct 12, 2009 0:57:53 GMT -5 Allowat Sakima said:

Is that the original Halloween Eirc? Good list though. There was a time when T2 was on my top 10. Great movie, first "R" I snuck in and saw in a theater.

Thank you very much. Your list is pretty good too.

And, yes, it's the original. I can't stand the remake.

[NightlySorrow]

eric, Halloween is my favorate horror film of all time, and would make my top 10 as well. It's perfect, the tone, the simplicity, the killer and the way he moves, the pacing, the music, etc. I hate what Rob Zombie has done to the series. I don't know if I can really make a list of my top 10 of all time, but I could make a top 10 of some of the best movies I've seen recently.

1.) Battle Royale
2.) Audition
3.) Let the Right One In
4.) Hard Candy
5.) American Beauty
6.) Little Miss Sunshine
7.) A Tale of Two Sisters
8.) Juno
9.) Only Yesterday
10.) The Dark Knight

I love Hayao Miyazaki films, and horror movies like the original Halloween and Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Evil Dead 1 and 2, etc. And I can live off of 80's films like Sixteen Candles, Heathers, and The Monster Squad. Maybe I'll attempt a top 10 of all time list later, but that sounds impossible for me.

[Allowat Sakima]

Hard Candy is great. Nice list.

[Eric]

Oct 12, 2009 22:14:30 GMT -5 NightlySorrow said:

eric, Halloween is my favorate horror film of all time, and would make my top 10 as well. It's perfect, the tone, the simplicity, the killer and the way he moves, the pacing, the music, etc. I hate what Rob Zombie has done to the series.

Couldn't agree more.

Oct 12, 2009 22:14:30 GMT -5 NightlySorrow said:

I don't know if I can really make a list of my top 10 of all time, but I could make a top 10 of some of the best movies I've seen recently.

1.) Battle Royale
2.) Audition
3.) Let the Right One In
4.) Hard Candy
5.) American Beauty
6.) Little Miss Sunshine
7.) A Tale of Two Sisters
8.) Juno
9.) Only Yesterday
10.) The Dark Knight

Oct 12, 2009 22:55:39 GMT -5 Allowat Sakima said:

Hard Candy is great. Nice list.

So, Hard Candy = good? I've been wanting to see it for a while, but haven't gotten around to it. Also, kudos for putting Little Miss Sunshine on there, even if this is just some of the good recent films you've seen. I loved all of the cast members in that movie although my favorites were Alan Arkin, Abigail Breslin and Steve Carell. Beth Grant was pretty good, too. That woman is in everything.


I'm a tad bored. I think I'll explain a little bit about my top ten. So, here they are again, except with commentary. (:



Alien
I love a good Sci-Fi flick. My favorite part, though, is that it's horror, not action. In a few ways, it combines aspects of two of my favorite genres.

Donnie Darko
This movie is so complex that even by the third time I watched it, it was like a whole new movie. I consider that a good thing. That, combined with Jake Gyllenhaal's very good performance and my obscure obsession with the idea of time-travel, make this an easy choice for my list.

The Good Girl
When not doing really lame, predictable romantic-comedies, Jennifer Aniston is one of my favorite actresses and this movie is the main reason. Sure, I loved her on Friends, but in The Good Girl, she's has a few funny bits and more importantly shows she can be dramatic actress. It also stars Jake Gyllenhaal, one of my favorite actors and a very funny trio in John C. Reilly, Tim Blake Nelson and Zooey Deschanel. The ending is real sad and kind of left me thinking for a while.

Halloween
In spite of being made more than a decade before I was born, Halloween was one of my first real horror movies. This is pretty much the only think I can think of to say that hasn't been said by NightlySorrow.

Little Miss Sunshine
Alan Arkin is so funny in this. He more than deserved that Oscar win. I've also really big Steve Carell fan.

Serenity
I'm in love with Summer Glau. Not joking. But that's not the only reason I love Serenity. It also features Joss's signature witty dialog and a plot that makes every Firefly or sci-fi drool.

Stardust
The movie that turned my onto the amazing works of Neil Gaiman. This essentially made Michelle Pfeiffer one of my favorite movie villains. A few people have told me it's cheesy, but the ending was kinda cute.

Sunshine Cleaning
I never liked Amy Adams much. It takes a lot for me to change my mind. I think that speaks for how much I like this movie. Emily Blunt and Alan Arkin are in it, both of whom I like. I just thought the plot was very interesting and endearing.

Terminator 2: Judgement Day
The first Terminator was amazing, but the second was even better. Linda Hamilton was pretty amazing as Sarah. I think having a Terminator on each side really improved the action scenes.

Watchmen
Great drama film with super heroes! The graphic novel was so great, so I was really happy that the movie adaption was good too. Malin Ackerman was my favorite cast member from the film.




I thought that would be fun, but it got find of boring half way through and I got a tad lazy. Oh, well.

[iloveromy]

Star Wars: A New Hope
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
Sword in the Stone
The Dark Crystal
City of Lost Children
Black Narcissus
Safe
Far From Heaven
Volver
Heat

[Randi Giles]

1.The Notebook
2.The Matrix/Reloaded
3. Zombieland
4. Jurassic Park
5. Pulp Fiction
6. Rob Zombie's Halloween
7. Twister
8. Sex and the City
9. Pineapple Express
10. Carrie(original)
10. Stephen Kings IT(I saw it when I was younger and it still gives me the creeps)

Final revised list. I still couldn't choose between Carrie and IT

[VampSlayer]

Well, I know three of my favorites. xD

- Avatar
- Titanic
- Serenity

[AngelFaith]

1. Little Women - the 1995 Winona Ryder version. This movie is beautifully shot, wonderfully cast and follows the book fairly faithfully, at least for the first half.

2. The Boondock Saints - I love the action sequences, the music, the boys are hot and Willem Dafoe is hilarious. Plus, when I first watched it, it was a very new and interesting concept, one I hadn't seen on film before.

3. Crazy/Beautiful - this movie is just so fresh and real and the love story is very realistic and not over-dramatised. Plus I love Kirsten Dunst, she's so good in this!

4. V For Vendetta - I saw this four times at the cinemas. I love the direction, the story, Hugo Weaving is terrific and the final scene is just so freakin' awesome.

5. The Virgin Suicides - hauntingly beautiful, gorgeous direction, very well acted and it just leaves such an impact on the viewers.

6. Thirteen - a very real and brutal script, almost scary at times with it's portrayal of young teenage life. Evan Rachel Wood and Nicki Reed both give amazing performances and Catherine Hardwick's direction is so unique.

7. Club Dread - this is one of my guilty pleasures. Broken Lizard do a great job of satirising the horror genre. It's funny, amusing and very politically incorrect at times.

8. The Little Mermaid - I love this film! I know I'm too old for it, but I just can't get enough. Disney is awesome and this film is so pretty and fun, with awesome music.

9. Dead Poets' Society - Robin Williams is brilliant in this movie and the story is so uplifting, funny and inspiring. The ending gives me chills every single time I watch it.

10. American History X - so powerful, so horrifying. Edward Norton and Edward Furlong are both stand-outs in their portrayals of the Vinyard brothers and it's so well directed.

[Eric]

I'm redoing my list, but I went up to twenty, because I have a hard time choosing.


Top five (at the moment) in order:

• 1.) Teeth
  
  
• 2.) Halloween (1978)
  
  
• 3.) Terminator 2: Judgement Day
  
  
• 4.) Donnie Darko
  
  
• 5.) The Good Girl

The other fifteen in alphabetical order:

• Alien
  
• Behind the Mask: Rise of Leslie Vernon
  
• Clash of the Titans (1981)
  
• District 9
  
• Little Miss Sunshine
  
• Pineapple Express
  
• Planet Terror
  
• Pumpkin
  
• Repo! The Genetic Opera
  
• Serenity
  
• Stardust
  
• Sunshine Cleaning
  
• Wes Craven's New Nightmare
  
• Zerophilia
  
• Zodiac

[Jezebel Jinx]

These are in no particular order.

• The Terminator
  
• Terminator 2
  
• Aliens
  
• Alien Ressurection
  
• Beauty and the Beast (animated)
  
• X-Men
  
• X-Men 2
  
• Commando
  
• Ruthless People
  
• Halloween (original)
  

Some other movies that I love but didn't quite make the top 10 list.

True Lies
Dawn of the Dead (original)
Night of the Living Dead (90's remake)
Resident Evil
Legally Blonde
Eraser
Titanic
The Mask
Paranormal Activity

[PJ]

1) X-men Trilogy
2) Ginger Snaps Trilogy
3) The Fifth Element
4) Alice in Wonderland (animated and Tim Burtin's)
5) Titanic
6) Daredevil
7) Aliens
8) Alien Ressurection
9) Brokeback Mountain
10) The Day after Tomorrow

Close to making my list....
Red Eye
Jurassic Park Trilogy
Alien
Aliens 3
Paranormal Activity
Serenity
True Lies
Terminator 2
The Dark Knight
Spiderman
Wrong Turn
Daybreakers
ect.

[dusk3333]

I can't do a top ten!!! Too much pressure. I'm gonna have to think about this for a while, poll those around me, and compile a list of pros and cons for all the movies I love. (minored in film studies in college) But for now, a few that come to mind in no particular order are:

Serenity
Repo: The Genetic Opera
Dirty Pretty Things
Seven Samurai
While You Were Sleeping
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Let the Right One In (and for future reference, not referring to the soon to come US remake)
Last House on the Left (the original - incredibly hard to watch at moments, but very good film)
Watcher in the Woods
Battle Royale
Chungking Express


Wish the limit hadn't been 10. Will probably come back later and change it, though.

[Jezebel Jinx]

May 13, 2010 10:56:29 GMT -5 PJ said:

Red Eye
Jurassic Park Trilogy
Serenity
The Dark Knight

I knew I forgot a few. These are in my almost made the top 10 list too.

[Jsebold87]

Mar 20, 2008 21:01:39 GMT -5 Jsebold87 said:

1. Lord of the Rings Trilogy (sorry I can't split it up)
2. Serenity
3. Jurassic Park
4. Titanic
5. Casanova
6. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
7. Troy
8. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
9. An American Haunting
10. Secret Window

Plus many many more

Wow, definitely a very old list....

New list:

1. Lord of the Rings Trilogy
2. The 10 Commandments
3. Jurassic Park
4. Serenity
5. Twilight
6. Storm of the Century
7. The Fourth Kind
8. Armageddon
9. Twister
10. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

[Ferg]

Aug 2, 2009 5:51:06 GMT -5 Ferg said:

Mar 19, 2008 16:02:31 GMT -5 Ferg said:

1. The Frighteners
2. Grosse Pointe Blank
3. Back to the Future Part II
4. Twelve Monkeys
5. The Terminator
Beyond that it's to hard to organise my faves...

Some revisions to my list:
1. The Frighteners
2. Grosse Pointe Blank
3. Back to the Future Part II
4. Twelve Monkeys
5. Psycho (Hitchcocks original - of course)
6. The Terminator
7. Donnie Darko (the theatrical cut)

Really can't decide on the last 3, there's just to many good movies on there, but some other favourites of course include Back to the Future Part's I and III, Terminator 2, The Goonies, Rear Window, American Beauty, Ghostbusters, Evil Dead II and many more.

Some re-arranging:
1. The Frighteners
2. Hitchock's Psycho
3. Donnie Darko
4. Back to the Future Pt II
5. Twelve Monkeys
6. The Terminator
7. Grosse Pointe Blank
8. Hard Boiled
9. The Incredibles
10. and.... ? TBD

[spurtyknowledge]

I've been rewatching some of my favorite films, so here's an update on my list. Nevertheless, I still have two ties.

1. Inland Empire
2. Sunset Boulevard
3. Vertigo
4. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
5. Laura/Mulholland Dr.
6. Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain
7. Wild Strawberries
8. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
9. Amadeus/The Piano
10. Ghost World

Honourable Mentions: Cidade de Deus, Serenity, The House of Sand and Fog, American History X, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Donnie Darko, Rushmore, North by Northwest, Shadow of a Doubt, Brazil

[afterthebattle]

1. Disney's The Lion King
2. Fight Club
3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
4. Lord of the Rings Trilogy
5. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
6. Das Leben der Anderen
7. Forrest Gump
8. A Fish Called Wanda
9. Pulp Fiction
10. Scream

Wow, I can't believe I actually managed to prioritize like that!