Top 10 Movies of All Time: The Definitive List

[JOSweetHeart]

My most favorite film is named Lifted, but because its an independent film, not as many people know of it and so of the more well known movies, my most favorite is Frequency with Dennis Quaid and Jim Caviezel.

God bless you and them always!!!

Holly

 

[cnm]

Full Metal Jacket is the best war movie I've seen, not that I'd know, admittedly.

 

[Never3ndr]

I don't know much about the technical side of the house, but thinking more of influence / cultural impact and how "good" they were:

- Star Wars
- The Godfather
- Aliens
- Pulp Fiction
- The Matrix
- Gone with the Wind
- Jaws
- Lord of the Rings
- Seven Samurai
- Wizard of Oz

 

[Tommy Tainant]

The Searchers
High Noon
Shane
The Godfather
Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
A Matter of Life and Death
Day for Night (Truffaut)
Mr Deeds Goes to Town
Red River
Zulu
12 Angry Men
The Apartment - probably my all time favourite.

 

[PredFan]

I can't do it. There are more than 10 great movies. The Lord of the Rings trilogy takes up three by itself.

 

[PredFan]

The Searchers
High Noon
Shane
The Godfather
Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
A Matter of Life and Death
Day for Night (Truffaut)
Mr Deeds Goes to Town
Red River
Zulu
12 Angry Men
The Apartment - probably my all time favourite.

Zulu! I almost take back the things I've said about you. That is an awesome movie.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

I can't do it. There are more than 10 great movies. The Lord of the Rings trilogy takes up three by itself.

You can count that as one.

 

[sealybobo]

Well what'll it be? Factors to consider: entertainment value, influence on culture, quality, acting, message....

Let's put together a list of movies and I'll start a thread in a few days to vote on them.

Back to the future. Stand by me. Young guns. Lost boys. Good fellas pulp fiction reservoir dogs God father wizard of Oz jerasic park marvel comics super hero movies (all of them)

 

[Vandalshandle]

1. Wizard of Oz

2.Sound of Music

3.The Birds ( Hitchcock)

4.White Christmas

5.Forest Gump

6.Gone with the Wind

7.The Unsinkable Molly Brown

8.Star Wars

9. Dances with Wolves

10. Lord of the Rings

I have many in the animated genre

I think that I am going to be sick........

 

[sealybobo]

Maybe not all ten, but nonetheless:
1. Leviathan (Zvyagintsev)
2. The Godfather (Copolla)
3. The Return (Zvyagintsev)
4. Cast away (Zemeckis).
5. Come and see (Klimov)
6. City lights (Chaplin).
7. The citizen Kane (Welles).
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that is without thinking too much.

And maybe some characteristics:
1. It is about the character and the will of living. What the one should face when has all his connections with the society and "normal living" cut off. What would be your answer to abyss(Leviathan)?
2. Everybody seen... The movie about fortitude and responsibility. Real men's movie.
3. Again about people's peronality and maturing.
4. Same thing about hard times in everybody's life.
5. Simply the best movie about war.
6. Best melodrama.
7. Good thinking about wealth and its influence on mind.

Leviathan is good, but not amazing. I wouldn't put any of those in the top ten.

I also think it's about the mood you are in when you watch the film. If you're in the wrong mood, the film won't take you so easily.

i haven't seen other movies which emphasize the same idea as leviathan does. And this idea i consider as very important in living.
I rate movies not by mood, but by thoughts after watching.

Breakfast club

 

[theDoctorisIn]

1. The Big Lebowski

 

[sealybobo]

Well what'll it be? Factors to consider: entertainment value, influence on culture, quality, acting, message....

Let's put together a list of movies and I'll start a thread in a few days to vote on them.

Whenever you compose your list, it helps to think of this in terms of each movie's potential as "greatest movie of all-time" and not just a really good movie you liked. There are tons and tons of really good and GREAT movies that aren't the greatest of all-time. I looked at my list when finished and asked myself, could each of these movies be considered on their own merit as "the greatest" and I had to remove a few and replace them with others.

Shawshank redemption

 

[sealybobo]

1. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
2. Grapes of Wrath
3. It's a Wonderful Life
4. The Wizard of Oz
5. Psycho
6. Gone with the Wind
7. To Kill a Mockingbird
8. Pulp Fiction
9. Forrest Gump
10. Goodfellas

Indiana jones

 

[sealybobo]

1. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
2. Grapes of Wrath
3. It's a Wonderful Life
4. The Wizard of Oz
5. Psycho
6. Gone with the Wind
7. To Kill a Mockingbird
8. Pulp Fiction
9. Forrest Gump
10. Goodfellas

Wasn't gone with the wind too slow?

I forgot to say all those great Clint Eastwood and John Wayne westerns and Clint's dirty harrys

 

[sealybobo]

I was disappointed by Come and See, especially after its build up.

I think Seven Samurai would be in there somewhere.

Life of pi or slumdog millionaire

 

[Bonzi]

off the top of my head, will change later:

AMERICAN BEAUTY
THE GODFATHER
ACCIDENTAL TOURIST
BROADCAST NEWS
DANGEROUS LIAISONS
ORDINARY PEOPLE
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
RAGING BULL
ON THE WATERFRONT
LEAVING LAS VEGAS

 

[Boss]

1. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
2. Grapes of Wrath
3. It's a Wonderful Life
4. The Wizard of Oz
5. Psycho
6. Gone with the Wind
7. To Kill a Mockingbird
8. Pulp Fiction
9. Forrest Gump
10. Goodfellas

Wasn't gone with the wind too slow?

I forgot to say all those great Clint Eastwood and John Wayne westerns and Clint's dirty harrys

Well, when I made my list, I tried to think of each entry in terms of it's own merit as "greatest" and not just part of a list of great movies. Any of my list might arguably be #1 on someone's list. I seriously doubt anyone would argue Dirty Harry is the greatest movie of all time... maybe someone would, and it's an awesome movie, but nowhere near the greatest movie of all time. So there is a major difference between my personal favorite movies and my list of greatest movies of all time. For instance, my personal favorite Top 10 would include The Big Lebowski... it's nowhere close to being on a list of great movies of all time.

 

[Eaglewings]

1. Wizard of Oz

2.Sound of Music

3.The Birds ( Hitchcock)

4.White Christmas

5.Forest Gump

6.Gone with the Wind

7.The Unsinkable Molly Brown

8.Star Wars

9. Dances with Wolves

10. Lord of the Rings

I have many in the animated genre

I think that I am going to be sick........

Ok ok..several are chick flicks...but come on...
you didn't like Dances with Wolves, Lord of the Rings and Star Wars?

I bet you loved Easy Rider.......? I do.

Or maybe your favorite favorite favorite movie is Thomas the Motorcycle Tank.....


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[Vandalshandle]

1. Wizard of Oz

2.Sound of Music

3.The Birds ( Hitchcock)

4.White Christmas

5.Forest Gump

6.Gone with the Wind

7.The Unsinkable Molly Brown

8.Star Wars

9. Dances with Wolves

10. Lord of the Rings

I have many in the animated genre

I think that I am going to be sick........

Ok ok..several are chick flicks...but come on...
you didn't like Dances with Wolves, Lord of the Rings and Star Wars?

I bet you loved Easy Rider.......? I do.

Or maybe your favorite favorite favorite movie is Thomas the Motorcycle Tank.....


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Eagle, if we knew each other, I am absolutely positive that we would never go to a movie together in our entire lives!

Casablanca
Treasure of Sierra Madre
Lawrence of Arabia
Twelve angry Men
Grapes of Wrath
Last Picture Show
To Kill a Mockingbird
Pulp Fiction
High Noon
Wizard of Oz

 

[Chuz Life]

In no certain order (still trying to whittle it down to ten)

The Notebook
The Breakfast Club
Black Beauty
War of the Worlds
Indecent Proposals
20 Thousand leagues under the sea
Fantastic Voyage
Star Wars
Ghost
The Green Mile
Fried Green Tomatoes
St. Elmo's Fire