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

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GET IN THERE! 1 POINT!!!!

This is gonna be too obvious to have as my fake number 4 in the countdown now isn't it?
 
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The Matrix (1999) - 1 - 15 Points
The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - 2 - 14 Points
The Departed (2006) - 3 - 13 Points
Pulp Fiction (1994) - 4 - 12 Points
The Dark Knight (2008) - 5 - 11 Points
Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) - 6 - 10 Points
In Bruges (2008) - 7 - 9 Points
Blade Runner (1982) - 8 - 8 Points
Hot Fuzz (2007) - 9 - 7 Points
RocknRolla (2008) - 10 - 6 Points
Love Actually (2003) - 11 - 5 Points
The Prestige (2006) - 12 - 4 Points
Spider-Man 2 (2004) - 13 - 3 Points
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) - 14 - 2 Points
The Princess Bride (1987) - 15 - 1 Point
Fight Club (1999) - 16 - 1 Point
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004) - 17 - 1 Point
A Few Good Men (1992) - 18 - 1 Point
The Hangover (2009) - 19 - 1 Point
The Iron Giant (1999) - 20 - 1 Point

Quite a difficult list to make, I've left out a lot of films that I love.
 
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DoubleDinhos

Taxi Driver (1976) - 1 - 15 Points
Last Year In Marienbad (1961) - 2 - 14 Points
Apocalypse Now (1979) - 3 - 13 Points
Vertigo (1958) - 4 - 12 Points
The Conformist (1970) - 5 - 11 Points
A Matter Of Life And Death (1946) - 6 - 10 Points
The Tree Of Life (2011) - 7 - 9 Points
Barry Lyndon (1975) - 8 - 8 Points
Rio Bravo (1959) - 9 - 7 Points
Three Colours: Blue (1993) - 10 - 6 Points
Casablanca (1942) - 11 - 5 Points
Badlands (1973) - 12 - 4 Points
Ordet (1955)- 13 - 3 Points
The Apartment (1960) - 14 - 2 Points
Performance (1970) - 15 - 1 Point
Johnny Guitar (1954) - 16 - 1 Point
The Passenger (1975) - 17 - 1 Point
The New World (2005) - 18 - 1 Point
The Mirror (1975) - 19 - 1 Point
The Seventh Continent (1989) - 20 - 1 Pointt

Now, that is a list I like.

Nice to see that I'm not the only person in the world that has seen The Passenger.
 
Seven Samurai (1954) - 1 - 15 Points
Fight Club (1999) - 2 - 14 Points
Inglorious Basterds (2009) - 3 - 13 Points
Pulp Fiction (1994) - 4 - 12 Points
V for Vendetta (2005) - 5 - 11 Points
The Matrix (1999) - 6 - 10 Points
Taxi Driver (1976) - 7 - 9 Points
Memento (2000) - 8 - 8 Points
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) - 9 - 7 Points
Throne of Blood (1957) - 10 - 6 Points
Fargo (1996) - 11 - 5 Points
Rosemary's Baby (1968) - 12 - 4 Points
The Godfather II (1974) - 13 - 3 Points
Batman Begins (2005) - 14 - 2 Points
Full Metal Jacket (1987) - 15 - 1 Point
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) - 16 - 1 Point
The Dark Knight (2008) - 17 - 1 Point
Schindler's List (1993) - 18 - 1 Point
The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (2002) - 19 - 1 Point
The Shining (1980) - 20 - 1 Point
 
Why is 12 Angry Men not there? I thought it was definitely better than "In Bruges"!
 
Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) - 1 - 15 Points
North by Northwest (1959) - 2 - 14 Points
Rashomon (1950) - 3 - 13 Points
The Third Man (1949) - 4 - 12 Points
Metropolis (1927) - 5 - 11 Points
Once upon a time in America (1984) - 6 - 10 Points
Godfather (1972) - 7 - 9 Points
Life is beautiful (1997) - 8 - 8 Points
Night on Earth (1991) - 9 - 7 Points
Mulholland Drive (2001) - 10 - 6 Points
The Lives of Others (2006) - 11 - 5 Points
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - 12 - 4 Points
The Usual Suspects (1995) - 13 - 3 Points
In the Heat of the Night (1967) - 14 - 2 Points
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) - 15 - 1 Point
Dancer in the Dark (2000) - 16 - 1 Point
Amélie (2001) - 17 - 1 Point
Casablanca (1942) - 18 - 1 Point
Heaven (2002) - 19 - 1 Point
The Jungle Book (1967) - 20 - 1 Point

Am I the only one who believes that Rashomon is Kurosawa's true masterpiece? Seven Samurai could have made the list as well, but I didn't want to pick more than one movie from the same director. Sergio Leone is the only exception, it just looked so very very wrong without one of his Western films and Once upon in America is his best work in my opinion.

Metropolis and The Lives of Others are the two standout German movies in my opinion. The Tin Drum and Aguirre, the Wrath of God deserve to be mentioned as well.
 
Nice list @Balu. I was almost about to put in Rashomon but refrained as I already had two Kurosawa flicks.
I probably would have picked Ran as the 2nd Kurosawa film. Rashomon will always be my first choice though. The storytelling is just mind-blowing, up until today I haven't seen anything that could match it and despite the low budget, the directing and especially the lightning is outstanding.

I'm surprised, that no one has Metropolis in the top 20 so far. It's such an exceptional film. I might be biased towards it, because in 2011, I got the chance to watch it in Munich with a huge live orchestra playing the original score.

But I've watched several silent films with live music, Metropolis stands above all of them, in my opinion.
 
I'm just waiting for Mockney's meltdown after he sees The Departed is ranked higher than Infernal Affairs.
 
I probably would have picked Ran as the 2nd Kurosawa film. Rashomon will always be my first choice though. The storytelling is just mind-blowing, up until today I haven't seen anything that could match it and despite the low budget, the directing and especially the lightning is outstanding.

I'm surprised, that no one has Metropolis in the top 20 so far. It's such an exceptional film. I might be biased towards it, because in 2011, I got the chance to watch it in Munich with a huge live orchestra playing the original score.

But I've watched several silent films with live music, Metropolis stands above all of them, in my opinion.

Yeah, absolutely love it myself. Achieving that with so little was a brilliant job.
 
Goodfellas (1990) - 1 - 15 Points
The Godfather (1972) - 2 - 14 Points
Pulp Fiction (1994) - 3 - 13 Points
Unforgiven (1992) - 4 - 12 Points
Jaws (1975) - 5 - 11 Points
Wall-E (2008) - 6 - 10 Points
Gladiator (2000) - 7 - 9 Points
Schindler's List (1993) - 8 - 8 Points
The Matrix (1999) - 9 - 7 Points
Aliens (1986) - 10 - 6 Points
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) - 11 - 5 Points
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) - 12 - 4 Points
Saving Private Ryan (1998) - 13 - 3 Points
Elf (2003) - 14 - 2 Points
Fight Club (1999) - 15 - 1 Point
The Dark Knight (2007) - 16 - 1 Point
The Princess Bride (1987) - 17 - 1 Point
Dune (1984) - 18 - 1 Point
Groundhog Day (1987) - 19 - 1 Point
Stand by Me (1986) - 20 - 1 Point
 
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She's the Man is a modern classic, but I'm not convinced that The Football Factory is in fact better than Goal!.
 
Good list @Balu except Life Is Beautiful. That movie is an atrocity.
Why? I haven't watched it in years, but it left such a wonderful impression when I've seen it the first time, that I had it in my top 20 almost instantly and never questioned it. Maybe I rewatch it this weekend.

You were the one with The Diving Bell and the Butterfly in your list, right? Wonderful film, would have made my top 25. I wanted to include a variety of genres and in the end decided Dancer in the Dark makes my top 20 instead of it. Couldn't fit both in.
 
Why? I haven't watched it in years, but it left such a wonderful impression when I've seen it the first time, that I had it in my top 20 almost instantly and never questioned it. Maybe I rewatch it this weekend.

You were the one with The Diving Bell and the Butterfly in your list, right? Wonderful film, would have made my top 25. I wanted to include a variety of genres and in the end decided Dancer in the Dark makes my top 20 instead of it. Couldn't fit both in.

Just dealing with Nazi's like its slapstick, and its generally silly take on the subject it was dealing with felt cheap and offensive. I actually haven't seen it in years either but I remember it being uncomfortable viewing.

Yeah, I had Diving Bell. I love it and Before Night Falls, both by the same director, but to make a film about a guy who can't move any way so gripping and empathetic was a hell of an achievement. Won't lie, I teared up a bit.
 
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harshadgada

12 Angry Men (1957) - 1 - 15 Points
Godfather (1972) - 2 - 14 Points
Once Upon A Time In America (1984) - 3 - 13 Points
Godfather II (1974) - 4 - 12 Points
Alien (1979) - 5 - 11 Points
Modern Times (1936) - 6 - 10 Points
City of God (2002) - 7 - 9 Points
Forrest Gump (1994) - 8 - 8 Points
On the Waterfront (1954) - 9 - 7 Points
Shawshank Redemption (1994) - 10 - 6 Points
Goodfellas (1990) - 11 - 5 Points
Saving Private Ryan (1998) - 12 - 4 Points
Stranger's On A Train (1951) - 13 - 3 Points
Schindler's List (1993) - 14 - 2 Points
Taxi Driver (1976) - 15 - 1 Point
Vertigo (1958) - 16 - 1 Point
Apocalypse Now (1979) - 1 Point
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (1966) - 18 - 1 Point
Do Aankhen Baarah Haath (1957) - 19 - 1 Point
Back To The Future (1985) - 20 - 1 Point
 
Curse you Duffy for making me omit these films.

The Passion of Joan of Arc
The Big Lebowski
Seven Samurai
Hiroshima, mon amour
Mulholland Drive

Had to leave this one out myself :lol:
 
Goodfellas (1990) - 1 - 15 Points
The Godfather (1972) - 2 - 14 Points
The Dark Knight (2008) - 3 - 13 Points
Taxi Driver (1976) - 4 - 12 Points
Pulp Fiction (1994) - 5 - 11 Points
Inception (2010) - 6 - 10 Points
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) - 7 - 9 Points
The Godfather II (1974) - 8 - 8 Points
Jaws (1975) - 9 - 7 Points
Bladerunner (1982) - 10 - 6 Points
Rocky (1976) - 11 - 5 Points
Saving Private Ryan (1998) - 12 - 4 Points
The Insider (1999) - 13 - 3 Points
Groundhog Day (1993) - 14 - 2 Points
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) - 15 - 1 Point
Midnight Run (1988) - 16 - 1 Point
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) - 17 - 1 Point
Memories of Murder (2003) - 18 - 1 Point
The Big Lebowski (1998) - 19 - 1 Point
Terminator 2 (1991) - 20 - 1 Point

Really tough to cutdown the list, I've left some pretty big names out of mine simply because as I was noting them down I was thinking "yeah this is a great film, I recognise it as a great film but would I watch it over this film?".
 
Just dealing with Nazi's like its slapstick, and its generally silly take on the subject it was dealing with felt cheap and offensive. I actually haven't seen it in years either but I remember it being uncomfortable viewing.
Couldn't disagree more. I felt that the film always found the right moment to get back to a serious tone and never went over the top with its approach.
 
I'm actually glad that Mulholland Drive became a film. It's perfect, his best work in my opinion. I agree that the series would have been brilliant, but I doubt it would have matched the intensity of the film and I'm sure they would have ruined it in the end.
 
Couldn't disagree more. I felt that the film always found the right moment to get back to a serious tone and never went over the top with its approach.
Agree with you. It was a brilliant movie that kept the tension high despite it's funny moments.
 
Seven Samurai (1954) - 1 - 15 Points
Fight Club (1999) - 2 - 14 Points
Inglorious Basterds (2009) - 3 - 13 Points
Pulp Fiction (1994) - 4 - 12 Points
V for Vendetta (2005) - 5 - 11 Points
The Matrix (1999) - 6 - 10 Points
Taxi Driver (1976) - 7 - 9 Points
Memento (2000) - 8 - 8 Points
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) - 9 - 7 Points
Throne of Blood (1957) - 10 - 6 Points
Fargo (1996) - 11 - 5 Points
Rosemary's Baby (1968) - 12 - 4 Points
The Godfather II (1974) - 13 - 3 Points
Batman Begins (2005) - 14 - 2 Points
Full Metal Jacket (1987) - 15 - 1 Point
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) - 16 - 1 Point
The Dark Knight (2008) - 17 - 1 Point
Schindler's List (1993) - 18 - 1 Point
The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (2002) - 19 - 1 Point
The Shining (1980) - 20 - 1 Point
Just realised that you have Batman Begins above Dark Knight. I love you for that.
 
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as-95

The Departed (2006) - 1 - 15 Points
The Prestige (2006) - 2 - 14 Points
Django Unchained (2012) - 3 - 13 Points
Dark Knight Rises (2013) - 4 - 12 Points
Dark Knight (2009) - 5 - 11 Points
Fight Club (1999) - 6 - 10 Points
Watchmen (2009) - 7 - 9 Points
Inception (2010) - 8 - 8 Points
Source Code (2011) - 9 - 7 Points
Looper (2012) - 10 - 6 Points
Inglorious Basterds (2009) - 11 - 5 Points
Moon (2009) - 12 - 4 Points
Gladiator (2000) - 13 - 3 Points
Zombieland (2009) - 14 - 2 Points
Taken (2008) - 15 - 1 Point

kloroform
The dark knight (2008) - 15 points
Saving Private Ryan (1998) - 14 points
Oldboy (2003) - 13 points
Das Boot (1981) - 12 points
Seven Samurai (1954) - 11 points
Dog Day Afternoon (1975) - 10 points
Back to The Future (1985) - 9 points
Cinema paradiso (1988) - 8 points
Blood Diamond (2006) - 7 points
The Artist (2011) - 6 points
The secret in their eyes (2009) - 5 points
Kahaani (2012) - 4 points
Confessions (2010) - 3 points
The Intouchables (2011) - 2 points
Children of Heaven (1997) - 1 points

HumphreyBogart
The Godfather Part II (1974) - 1 - 15 Points
The Godfather Part I (1972) - 2 - 14 Points
Chinatown (1974) - 3 - 13 Points
Goodfellas (1990) - 4 - 12 Points
12 Years a Slave (2013) - 5 - 11 Points
Raging Bull (1980) - 6 - 10 Points
Salmer fra kjøkkenet/Kitchen Stories (2003) - 7 - 9 Points
The Apartment (1960) - 8 - 8 Points
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) - 9 - 7 Points
Sunset Blvd. (1950) - 10 - 6 Points
No Country for Old Men (2007) - 11 - 5 Points
Groundhog Day (1993) - 12 - 4 Points
Vertigo (1958) - 13 - 3 Points
Fargo (1996) - 14 - 2 Points
Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back - 15 - 1 Point
Unforgiven (1992) - 16 - 1 Point
It's a Wonderful Life (1946) - 17 - 1 Point
Léon (1994) - 18 - 1 Point
Double Indemnity (1944)- 19 - 1 Point
Annie Hall (1977)- 20 - 1 Point
 
HumpreyBogart is the only acceptable newbie. I hope that the others won't ever get promoted. How old is as-95? 12 or something like that, ffs he has only a single pre-2000 movie on his list. Those votes should not be eligible, right?
 
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j0rdie

Une Femme Est Une Femme (1961) - 1 - 15 Points
M (1931) - 2 - 14 Points
Yojimbo (1961) - 3 - 13 Points
The 400 Blows (1951) - 4 - 12 Points
Dr Strangelove or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb (1964) - 5 - 11 Points
Blazing Saddles (1974) - 6 - 10 Points
Spirited Away (2001) - 7 - 9 Points
Thin Red Line (1998) - 8 - 8 Points
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000) - 9 - 7 Points
Psycho (1960) - 10 - 6 Points
Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981) - 11 - 5 Points
Three Colours - Blue (1993) - 12 - 4 Points
The Hunt (2013) - 13 - 3 Points
Before Midnight (2013) - 14 - 2 Points
Before Sunset (2004) - 15 - 1 Point
Before Sunrise (1995) - 16 - 1 Point
Infernal Affairs (2002) - 17 - 1 Point
Monty Python's Holy Grail (1975) - 18 - 1 Point
Der Untergang (2004) - 19 - 1 Point
Her (2013) - 20 - 1 Point
 
Pulp Fiction (1994) - 1 - 15 Points
The Usual Suspects (1995) - 2 - 14 Points
Dark City (1998) - 3 - 13 Points
Fight Club (1999) - 4 - 12 Points
Revolver (2005) - 5 - 11 Points
Crash (2004) - 6 - 10 Points
Taxi Driver (1976) - 7 - 9 Points
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975) - 8 - 8 Points
The Matrix (1999) - 9 - 7 Points
Sin City (2005) - 10 - 6 Points
L.A Confidential (1997) - 11 - 5 Points
Memento (2000) - 12 - 4 Points
Dead Mans Shoes (2004) - 13 - 3 Points
Snatch (2000) - 14 - 2 Points
Oldboy (2003) - 15 - 1 Point
44 Inch Chest (2009) - 16 - 1 Point
Pontypool (2008) - 17 - 1 Point
The Machinist (2004) - 18 - 1 Point
Se7en (1995) - 19 - 1 Point
The Black Dahlia (2006) - 20 - 1 Point
 
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Name of Film (Year) - 1 - 15 Points
Name of Film (Year) - 2 - 14 Points
Name of Film (Year) - 3 - 13 Points
Name of Film (Year) - 4 - 12 Points
Name of Film (Year) - 5 - 11 Points
Name of Film (Year) - 6 - 10 Points
Name of Film (Year) - 7 - 9 Points
Name of Film (Year) - 8 - 8 Points
Name of Film (Year) - 9 - 7 Points
Name of Film (Year) - 10 - 6 Points
Name of Film (Year) - 11 - 5 Points
Name of Film (Year) - 12 - 4 Points
Name of Film (Year) - 13 - 3 Points
Name of Film (Year) - 14 - 2 Points
Name of Film (Year) - 15 - 1 Point
Name of Film (Year) - 16 - 1 Point
Name of Film (Year) - 17 - 1 Point
Name of Film (Year) - 18 - 1 Point
Name of Film (Year) - 19 - 1 Point
Name of Film (Year) - 20 - 1 Point

To be continued......
Good list Tom, not sure about nr 14 though. Didn't like the ending.