Your favourite films ?

[mydrugbuddy]

I have seen this thread done on other forums. It eventually ended up looking just like any other list of favourite films. I wonder if EADDs selection will be different. These are my top 22, that i can currently recall, and the order may be subject to change. I could have gone on to do a top 50 but that may put people off. Id be surprised if we dont see the same films popping up again and again, but there's bound to be a few nominations that i havent even heard of.

1. One Flew Over The cuckoos nest
2. Requiem For A Dream.
3. The Shining.
4. Gladiator.
5. House Of Sand And Fog.
6. Man On Fire.
7. Jaws.
8. Animal Kingdom
9. In America.
10. Sin Nombre.
11. The Pianist.
12. Avatar.
13. The Last King Of Scotland.
14. Eastern Promises.
15. A History Of Violence.
16. The Hills Have Eyes (remake)
17. The Grudge.
18. As Good As It Gets.
19. Blood Diamond.
20. Into The Wild.
21. Bravehart.
22. The Pledge.

 

[zombywoof]

dr strangelove
one flew over the cuckoos nest
Excalibur
young frankenstein
threads
not in that order and plenty more i cant remember at the moment but those few would do for a while anyway

 

[mydrugbuddy]

2 for cuckoos nest allready. Good start. Poor Billy. That fuckin witch Nurse Ratchet.

 

[maxalfie]

1. Goodfellas
2. Casino
3. Scum
4. Natural Born Killers
5. Scarface
6. Chopper
7. Rise Of The Footsoldier
8. Trainspotting
9. Bronson
10. Crash

That's the films that come straight to mind as favourites of mine but not necessarily in that particular order.

 

[mydrugbuddy]

Crash by David Cronenberg or the other one with the interlocking threads ? (I prefered the latter and think it should also be in my list.)

 

[Bearlove]

Do we need to make a list :D

Forbidden Planet (original) Metropolis,Nosferatue, The thing, Aliens (get away from her you bitch), Lake placid, 28 days later!

 

[maxalfie]

Crash by James Cronenberg or the other one with the interlocking threads ? (I prefered the latter and think it should also be in my list.)

The one with stories all interwoven together and to do with different races of people.

 

[GodSpeedK]

I could be here all night, listing and not remembering all my favourite movies.

Barry Lyndon
Lost in translation
Fantastic Planet
Akira
Dead Man
Bleeder
Dead Man's Shoes
Man Bites Dog
Being There
Five Easy Pieces
The Man Who Fell To Earth
Apocalypse Now
Fargo
The Seventh Seal
Rumble Fish
Trainspotting
Breathless
Jackie Brown
Old Boy
Chopper
Fight Club
Adaptation
Brazil
Le Samourai
Chinatown
American History X
Dogville
Ed Wood
Boogie Nights


To name a few...

 

[parttime crackhead]

Off the top of my head...

The Warriors
Blues Brothers
Carlitos Way
Quadrophenia
Pulp Fiction
Full Metal Jacket
Stand By Me
City Of God
The Jungle Book
Cannonball Run

 

[maxalfie]

Ah yeah 'The Warriors' classic film, Warriors,come out and play!

 

[Mendo_K]

Scum is brutal, dad bought it from Morrisons first time seeing us in 7 years when I was about 13 and my brother 16, just destroying a korma when that kid was getting violently bummed in the greenhouse.

The Beach
Trainspotting
Dead Mans Shoes
City of God
Braveheart
This is England
Human Traffic
The Business
Blow
Requiem for a Dream
Basketball Diaries
Fear and Loathing
Pulp Fiction
The shawshank Redeption
Anal Adventures 2
Saving Private Ryan
Snatch
Scarface
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Lock Stock and two smoking Barrels
La Haine
Fight Club

 

[Allein]

No particular order:-

The Shinning
Quadraphenia
A Scanner Darkly
Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Videodrome
High Plains Drifter
The Elephant Man
......(TBC)

 

[mickeyfinn79]

Neds.................instant classic (IMHO)

 

[Uncle Robert]

Really like lots of the films mentioned already so just going to be green and recycle the ones that I like that little bit extra.

4. Gladiator.
11. The Pianist.
21. Bravehart.

2. Casino
3. Scum
5. Scarface
7. Rise Of The Footsoldier
8. Trainspotting

28 days later!

Jackie Brown
Fight club
American History X

The Warriors
Pulp Fiction
Full Metal Jacket
City Of God

This is England
The Business (Uncle Bob edit: I was an extra in this film :D)
The shawshank Redeption
Saving Private Ryan
Snatch
Lock Stock and two smoking barrels

Shit at remembering films I've watched but a few more-

The Deer Hunter
Se7en
Taxi Driver
Zulu
The Green Mile
Das Boot
Black Hawk Down
Heat

 

[BlindHelperMonkey]

das boot? nice choice there dr.robert


godfather parts one and two. goodfellas is like the cheap, nasty, desert wine to the godfathers vintage merlot. or the nasty skank, back-alley slut with four kids swinging from her teats to the fresh faced, smooth skinned, innocent young flower prime for your corruption

 

[zombywoof]

how could i forget das boot just when you think they are home safe bloody brylcream boys get them at the end

 

[mydrugbuddy]

Good Johan. I loved the way the captain kept saying that in Das Boot. I forgot 28 days later, and 28 weeks later, pans' labyrinth, the green mile, american history x, shawshank rdemption, Fight Club, Lock, stock & 2 smoking barrels, the boy in the striped pyjamas, silence of the lambs. All great films. I'll have to check out the ones listed that ive not seen.

K-Pax was great on first viewing. American beauty was good too. Also Rabid, and The Dead Zone by David Cronenberg. I liked most of his work until he seemed to loose his style, or change direction recently.

House of sand and fog doesnt seem to be getting many mentions. It really is a fuckin brilliant film, ben kinglsey and jennifer connelly star in it for a start.

What was tha film with Ben Kingsley and Ray 'Fakin' Winstone, where Ray is an ex pat in spain, and that huge boulder comes rolling down the mountain into his swimming pool ? I cant see it listed on imdb That was a good 'un too.

You know we really are lucky that so many fuckin brilliant films have been produced recently. They've come such a long way. Still a fair few made for TV turkeys though.

 

[One Thousand Words]

Ferris Beuller's Day off
Point Break
Cool Hand Luke
Unforgiven
Rocky IV
Dazed And Confused
Le Grand Bleu
A View To A Kill
Moonrise Kingdom
Bad Boy Bubby
Pump up the Volume
Usual Suspects

 

[mydrugbuddy]

cool hand luke is a good old fashioned proper movie isnt it. Still famous for the car wash scene. "Oh Man, she doesnt know what she's doing." "Nah, she knows exactly what she's doing." lol. I didnt manage to enjoy Ungorgiven, and havent seen many of the other films you mention. What time is it over there in Oz now ? Are you west coast, east, ? I have family in Perth.

 

[knock]

Is there a Das Boot film? Watched the series back in the 80s, was excellent.

I'll have to think about my list.