RedCafe's Top 50 Films Of All Time Submission/Discussion Thread

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R.N7 said:
Is it just me or has there been a suprisingly few number of Kubrick films submitted. I would have had Barry Lyndon on a longer list. Come at me haters!

No Kitano films so far :(
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Dr Strangelove would be my number 1. Paths of glory would be on it as well
 
crappycraperson said:
All my love for Balu is justified now. Dr Strange love as number 1 :drool:
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You love me? :nervous: Not sure I want a relationship with someone with anger issues.

Number 1 really was a no-brainer. Best director of all time, my favourite out of all his films with one of my favourite actors and probably the greatest comedian of all time in the leading role? Easy choice. I almost included 'The Life and Death of Peter Sellers' as well, because of my undying love for him.
 
Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) - 1 - 15 Points
Taxi Driver (1976) - 2 - 14 Points
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind (2004) - 3 - 13 Points
Come and See (1985) - 4 - 12 Points
Stalker (1979) - 5 - 11 Points
A Separation (2011) - 6 - 10 Points
The Deer Hunter (1978) - 7 - 9 Points
Paths of Glory (1957) - 8 - 8 Points
Godfather 2 (1974) - 9 - 7 Points
Life of Brian (1979) - 10 - 6 Points
Pulp Fiction (1994) - 11 - 5 Points
Apocalypse Now (1979) - 12 - 4 Points
La Haine (1995) - 13 - 3 Points
Das Boot (1981) - 14 - 2 Points
Godfather (1972) - 15 - 1 Point
Lives of the others (2006) - 16 - 1 Point
Matrix (1999) - 17 - 1 Point
Rear Window (1954) - 18 - 1 Point
Rope (1948) - 19 - 1 Point
Schindler's List (1993) - 20 - 1 Point
 
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Life of the others (2006) - 16 - 1 Point
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Sorry for being pedantic, but it's called 'The Lives of Others'. Excellent choice. I'm really glad that it gets so much recognition outside of Germany. Easily the best German film of the last 2 or 3 decades.
 
Gladiator (2000) - 1 - 15 Points
Good Will Hunting (1997) - 2 - 14 Points
The Lion King (1994) - 3 - 13 Points
Jurassic Park (1993) - 4 - 12 Points
Into the Wild (2007) - 5 - 11 Points
Die Hard (1988) - 6 - 10 Points
Terminator 2 (1991) - 7 - 9 Points
Se7en (1995) - 8 - 8 Points
The Dark Knight (2008) - 9 - 7 Points
Snatch (2000) - 10 - 6 Points
The Boondock Saints (1999) - 11 - 5 Points
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) - 12 - 4 Points
Blazing Saddles (1974) - 13 - 3 Points
The Departed (2006) - 14 - 2 Points
The Matrix (1999) - 15 - 1 Point
Juno (2007) - 16 - 1 Point
Seven Pounds (2008) - 17 - 1 Point
50/50 (2011) - 18 - 1 Point
Gran Torino (2008) - 20 - 1 Point
 
Pulp Fiction (1994) – 1- 15 points
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) – 2 - 14 points
Fight Club (1999) – 3 - 13 points
Snatch (2000) – 4 - 12 points
Dr Strangelove (1964) – 5 - 12 points
The Truman Show (1998) – 6 - 11 points
Being Cyrus (2005) – 7 - 10 points
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) – 8 - 9 points
The Prestige (2006) – 9 - 8 points
Scent of a Woman (1992) - 10 - 7 points
Jungle Book (1967) – 11 - 6 points
Die Hard (1988) – 12 - 5 points
LOTR: Return of the King (2003) – 13 - 4 points
Django Unchained (2012) – 14 - 3 points
Godfather (1972) - 15 - 2 points
City of God (2002) – 16 - 1 point
The Dark Knight Rises (2012) – 17 - 1 point
Usual Suspects (1995) – 18 - 1 point
Requiem for a dream (2000) – 19 - 1 point
Rush Hour (1998) – 20 - 1 point

EDITED: Forgot Scent of a Woman. Great film
 
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Coppola and Nolan will sweep the top three it seems, not sure what order though.
 
Once Upon A Time In America - 15 points
Withnail & I - 14 points
The Big Lebowski - 13 points
Mean Streets - 12 points
Apocalypse Now - 11 points
The Godfather - 10 points
Cool Hand Luke - 9 points
The Magnificent Seven - 8 points
Usual Suspects - 7 points
Kelly's Heroes - 6 points
Goodfellas - 5 points
Fight Club - 4 points
Rumble Fish - 3 points
Cinema Paradiso - 2 points
The Shawshank Redemption - 1 point
The Godfather II - 1 point
Life of Brian - 1 point
Se7en - 1 point
The Shining - 1 point
The Eye (The Pang brother's version) - 1 point

Hard as...
 
Kazi said:
Coppola and Nolan will sweep the top three it seems, not sure what order though.
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Urghhh I have a bad feeling all 3 batman movies will be in top 10 or something. Really hope not.

We actually once did a top 100 movies list, a very long project with everyone submitting their 100 list. Much better than this though more demanding. I had to make a strategic list and add in some movies which were not getting a shout out at all.
 
crappycraperson said:
Urghhh I have a bad feeling all 3 batman movies will be in top 10 or something. Really hope not.

We actually once did a top 100 movies list, a very long project with everyone submitting their 100 list. Much better than this though more demanding. I had to make a strategic list and add in some movies which were not getting a shout out at all.
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I think the other two will be fairly low on the list (bit harsh on the first one which is quite underrated), but the acclaimed one will definitely be in the top three.

My list is sort of strategic, but it's hard to leave out films you feel you need to list. Best I could do in terms of giving certain films a shout-out was putting Wall-E in 4th (one of four films I'd give a perfect 10/10) and Grave of the Fireflies in 20th. It deserves a point. Oh, and some love for Harry Potter, too.
 
Kazi said:
I think the other two will be fairly low on the list (bit harsh on the first one which is quite underrated), but the acclaimed one will definitely be in the top three.

My list is sort of strategic, but it's hard to leave out films you feel you need to list. Best I could do in terms of giving certain films a shout-out was putting Wall-E in 4th (one of four films I'd give a perfect 10/10) and Grave of the Fireflies in 20th. It deserves a point. Oh, and some love for Harry Potter, too.
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Batman Begins I think was the best of the lot. Dark Knight was good and mainly elevated by Ledger.
 
crappycraperson said:
Urghhh I have a bad feeling all 3 batman movies will be in top 10 or something. Really hope not.

We actually once did a top 100 movies list, a very long project with everyone submitting their 100 list. Much better than this though more demanding. I had to make a strategic list and add in some movies which were not getting a shout out at all.
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Yeah that was great( invite only I seem to recall). We attempted to start a new Top 100 but for some reason it never got anywhere.
 
crappycraperson said:
I had to make a strategic list and add in some movies which were not getting a shout out at all.
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Back in 2007:
crappycraperson said:
Shotgun raisin said:
I'm having similar issues with what kind of movies to pick. I know for example that everyone's gonna pick City of God, so I'm flirting with the idea of replacing it in my list with something a little less high profile like Central do Brasil.
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That's stupid.
You should simply make the list of top 100 movies according to you, forget *** what others are picking. This is not a reality show
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Balu said:
Sorry for being pedantic, but it's called 'The Lives of Others'. Excellent choice. I'm really glad that it gets so much recognition outside of Germany. Easily the best German film of the last 2 or 3 decades.
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German cinema tapered off a lot after the 70's it feels, I've enjoyed Goodbye, Lenin! and Head-On along with The Lives of Others in the last decade though.
 
R.N7 said:
German cinema tapered off a lot after the 70's it feels, I've enjoyed Goodbye, Lenin! and Head-On along with The Lives of Others in the last decade though.
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Yeah, we always had a few good directors, but Fassbinder, Herzog and Wenders took it to a totally different level in the 70's along with Petersen, Schlöndorff and a few others. The 90's weren't that great though, Tom Tykwer saved that decade with Run Lola Run at the end, but overall our neighbours in Austria probably made the better films - Michael Haneke's Funny Games almost made my list, terrifying movie. I have Tykwer's Heaven in my list, wouldn't call it a German movie though, it's more European. Kieslowski's last script, Tykwer's cinematography, Cate Blanchett is excellent in it. It took me a while to appreaciate the ending, but it's one of my top 5 films of the last decade now. Sadly, he didn't direct anything remotely great since then.
 
The Third Man (1949) - 1 - 15 Points
The Mirror (1975) - 2 - 14 Points
The Godfather (1972) - 3 - 13 Points
Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow (2004) - 4 - 12 Points
Chinatown (1974) - 5 - 11 Points
Apocalypse Now (1979) - 6 - 10 Points
The Philadelphia Story (1940) - 7 - 9 Points
The Godfather: Part II (1974) - 8 - 8 Points
Come and See (1985) - 9 - 7 Points
The Wages of Fear (1953) - 10 - 6 Points
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - 11 - 5 Points
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) - 12 - 4 Points
Sabrina (1954) - 13 - 3 Points
The Return (2003) - 14 - 2 Points
This Is Spinal Tap (1984) - 15 - 1 Point
The Piano Teacher (2001)- 16 - 1 Point
It's a Wonderful Life (1946) - 17 - 1 Point
The Conversation (1974) - 18 - 1 Point
The Graduate (1967) - 19 - 1 Point
Hamlet (1964) - 20 - 1 Point
 
The Mirror, boom!

Balu said:
Yeah, we always had a few good directors, but Fassbinder, Herzog and Wenders took it to a totally different level in the 70's along with Petersen, Schlöndorff and a few others. The 90's weren't that great though, Tom Tykwer saved that decade with Run Lola Run at the end, but overall our neighbours in Austria probably made the better films - Michael Haneke's Funny Games almost made my list, terrifying movie. I have Tykwer's Heaven in my list, wouldn't call it a German movie though, it's more European. Kieslowski's last script, Tykwer's cinematography, Cate Blanchett is excellent in it. It took me a while to appreaciate the ending, but it's one of my top 5 films of the last decade now. Sadly, he didn't direct anything remotely great since then.
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I thought Perfume was a nice visual treat.

You seen Oh Boy?
 
R.N7 said:
I thought Perfume was a nice visual treat.

You seen Oh Boy?
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I thought Perfume was a disaster, but I love the book way too much and probably never gave the film a fair chance. And nope, I haven't seen Oh Boy yet, but heard wonderful things about it. I hope one of the open air cinemas around here will show it this summer. I hate it, if I have to watch movies at home first, so if I miss films when they come out, it usually takes a few years until I've seen them.
 
Dante said:
Back in 2007:
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I think there is a big difference between doing a top 100 and top 15. But yeah I probably should have just done a straight one without juggling it for points for movies getting less of a mention.
 
List from the top 100 thing we did way back for those who are interested --

1.Godfather 2
2.Godfather
3.Apocalypse Now
4.Goodfellas
5.Taxi Driver
6.Raging Bull
7.Blade Runner
8.Casablanca
9.Clockwork Orange, A
10.The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
11.One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
12.In the Mood for Love
13.Das Boot
14.Seven Samurai
15.Deer Hunter, The
16.Dr Strangelove
17.On the Waterfront
18.Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back
19.Pulp Fiction
20.City of God
21.Usual Suspects, The
22.Jaws
23.Alien
24.Memento
25.Scarface
26.Great Escape, The
27.Life of Brian
28.Double Indemnity
29.Full Metal Jacket
30.Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
31.Schindlers list
32.Mullholland Drive
33.Aliens
34.Se7en
35.Amelie
36.Shining, The
37.Silence of the Lambs
38.Platoon
39.Fight Club
40.Reservoir Dogs
41.Casino
42.Chinatown
43.Shawshank Redemption, The
44.Terminator 2
45.To Kill a Mockingbird
46.2001: A Space Odyssey
47.Big Lebowski, The
48.Citizen Kane
49.Old Boy
50.Streetcar Named Desire, A
51.Terminator
52.It’s a Wonderful Life
53.Once Upon a Time in the West
54.Seventh Seal
55.Star Wars: A New Hope
56.Monty Python and the Holy Grail
57.12 Angry Men
58.Blue Velvet
59.Rear Window
60.Some Like it Hot
61.Lawrence of Arabia
62.Once Upon A Time in America
63.Third Man, The
64.Ran
65.Rashomon
66.Trainspotting
67.Hiroshima mon amour
68.Psycho
69.Downfall, The
70.Breathless
71.Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
72.Brazil
73.Matrix
74.LA Confidential
75.Modern Times
76.Wild at Heart
77.American Beauty
78.Cool Hand Luke
79.Sunset Boulevard
80.Planet of the Apes
81.Leaving las vegas
82.Rocky
83.400 Blows, The
84.Back to the Future
85.Network
86.Donnie Darko
87.Solyaris(Tarkovsky)
88.Leon
89.Ichi the Killer
90.Fargo
91.Exorcist, The
92.Toy Story
93.Dog Day Afternoon
94.Gladiator
95.Being John Malkovich
96.Twelve Monkeys
97.Fistful of Dollars, A
98.Mean Streets
99.Diaboliques, Les
100.Die Hard
 
crappycraperson said:
List from the top 100 thing we did way back for those who are interested --

1.Godfather 2
2.Godfather
3.Apocalypse Now
4.Goodfellas
5.Taxi Driver
6.Raging Bull
7.Blade Runner
8.Casablanca
9.Clockwork Orange, A
10.The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
11.One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
12.In the Mood for Love
13.Das Boot
14.Seven Samurai
15.Deer Hunter, The
16.Dr Strangelove
17.On the Waterfront
18.Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back
19.Pulp Fiction
20.City of God
21.Usual Suspects, The
22.Jaws
23.Alien
24.Memento
25.Scarface
26.Great Escape, The
27.Life of Brian
28.Double Indemnity
29.Full Metal Jacket
30.Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
31.Schindlers list
32.Mullholland Drive
33.Aliens
34.Se7en
35.Amelie
36.Shining, The
37.Silence of the Lambs
38.Platoon
39.Fight Club
40.Reservoir Dogs
41.Casino
42.Chinatown
43.Shawshank Redemption, The
44.Terminator 2
45.To Kill a Mockingbird
46.2001: A Space Odyssey
47.Big Lebowski, The
48.Citizen Kane
49.Old Boy
50.Streetcar Named Desire, A
51.Terminator
52.It’s a Wonderful Life
53.Once Upon a Time in the West
54.Seventh Seal
55.Star Wars: A New Hope
56.Monty Python and the Holy Grail
57.12 Angry Men
58.Blue Velvet
59.Rear Window
60.Some Like it Hot
61.Lawrence of Arabia
62.Once Upon A Time in America
63.Third Man, The
64.Ran
65.Rashomon
66.Trainspotting
67.Hiroshima mon amour
68.Psycho
69.Downfall, The
70.Breathless
71.Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
72.Brazil
73.Matrix
74.LA Confidential
75.Modern Times
76.Wild at Heart
77.American Beauty
78.Cool Hand Luke
79.Sunset Boulevard
80.Planet of the Apes
81.Leaving las vegas
82.Rocky
83.400 Blows, The
84.Back to the Future
85.Network
86.Donnie Darko
87.Solyaris(Tarkovsky)
88.Leon
89.Ichi the Killer
90.Fargo
91.Exorcist, The
92.Toy Story
93.Dog Day Afternoon
94.Gladiator
95.Being John Malkovich
96.Twelve Monkeys
97.Fistful of Dollars, A
98.Mean Streets
99.Diaboliques, Les
100.Die Hard
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Godfather 2 over Godfather 1 is standard film ponce bullshit. Godfather 1 > Apocalypse Now > Godfather 2. is the correct order. Hmmm yessur.
 
Yeah, the guy can't even place The Conversation in his rankings.....what a ponce. Man Coppola in the 70's makes me so sad, how much it all destroyed him to pretty much own that decade in Hollywood.
 
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