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

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Hmm, just yesterday I heard someone on the radio describe Apocalypse Now as the second best war film of all time, just behind Come and See. Think I'll check Come and See out seeing as it's so highly rated.
 
Rooney in Paris said:
Can't disagree, and I actually thought his last two were the most flawed of all. Days of Heaven isn't my favourite though I should really re-watch it along with Badlands to make my mind up. Thin Red Line and Lost World are my favourite.

Actually, I have a long weekend beginning on Wednesday evening, so maybe I can try to watch a few Thursday and Friday before doing the list. It's still going to be torture, dunno how you managed to thin it down to 20 films, I kept reading lists and thinking 'ah yeah I'll have to include that, I would've forgotten it!' :lol:
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I think he actually shot a few masterpieces, but they got lost somewhere in the editing room.

It was torture, I tell ya!
sullydnl said:
Hmm, just yesterday I heard someone on the radio describe Apocalypse Now as the second best war film of all time, just behind Come and See. Think I'll check Come and See out seeing as it's so highly rated.
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Steven Spielberg apparently screened it before making both Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan, yet those films still appear fluffy compared to it.
 
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Ffs called Malick's film "Lost World", I meant New World of course.

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Pull yourself together RiP!
 
Spoony said:
Top three for me.
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I would have included 2046 too if I had more space.

The lesson here is that Wong Kar-Wai is a god, or well, he used to be.

Rooney in Paris said:
Ffs called Malick's film "Lost World", I meant New World of course.

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The picture doesn't show up, FFS RIP.
 
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The Godfather
Ran
In the Mood for Love
The Godfather 2
Sunset Boulevard
Casablanca
Solyaris(Tarkovsky)
Seven Samurai
Das Boot
Blade Runner
Raise the Red Lantern
Apocalypse Now
Rosemary's Baby
Raging Bull
Spirited Away
Dial M for Murder
The Empire Strikes Back
Raiders of the Lost Ark
City Lights
 
Duffy's gonna have your head for that template.

I really should watch Raise the Red Lantern again now that there's a blu ray version available, loved it when I saw it despite the quality being terrible and it being such a visual film and all.
 
Yeah I'll reformat it later, I'm sure Duffer won't get his Chelsea knickers in a twist in the meantime.
 
The Dark Knight (2008) - 1 - 15 Points
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) - 2 - 14 Points
The Avengers (2012) - 3 - 13 Points
Rocky (1976) - 4 - 12 Points
Star Wars Episode V - Empire Strikes Back (1980) - 5 - 11 Points
Blood Diamond (2006) - 6 - 10 Points
American Beauty(1999) - 7 - 9 Points
Rain Man (1988) - 8 - 8 Points
The Pursuit of Happiness (2006) - 9 - 7 Points
Warrior (2011) - 10 - 6 Points
The Karate Kid (1984) - 11 - 5 Points
Rush (2013) - 12 - 4 Points
Dallas Buyers Club (2013) - 13 - 3 Points
Star Wars Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) - 14 - 2 Points
Silence of the lambs (1991) - 15 - 1 Point
Inception (2010) - 16 - 1 Point
Shutter Island (2010) - 17 - 1 Point
There Will Be Blood (2007) - 18 - 1 Point
The Inbetweeners Movie (2011) - 19 - 1 Point
American Pie: The Wedding (2003) - 20 - 1 Point
 
Goodfellas (1990) - 1 - 15 Points
Godfather II (1974) - 2 - 14 Points
Apocalypse Now (1979) - 3 - 13 Points
Godfather I (1972) - 4 - 12 Points
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975) - 5 - 11pts
The Lion King (1994) - 6 - 10 Point
Taxi Driver (1976) - 7 - 9 points
Die Hard (1998) - 8 - 8 Point
Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) - 9 - 7 Points
WALL·E (2008) - 10 - 6 Point
Leon: The Professional (1994) - 11 - 5 Points
City of God (2002) - 12 - 4 Points
On The Waterfront (1954)- 13- 3 points
Reservoir Dogs (1992) – 14 – 2 point
Pan's Labyrinth (2006) - 15 - 1 Point
Se7en (1995) - 16 - 1 Points
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) - 18 - 1 Point
Up (2009) - 17 - 1 Points
Groundhog Day (1993) - 19 - 1 Point
The Searchers (1956) - 20 - 1 Point
 
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Spoony said:
The Godfather
Ran
In the Mood for Love
The Godfather 2
Sunset Boulevard
Casablanca
Solyaris(Tarkovsky)
Seven Samurai
Das Boot
Blade Runner
Raise the Red Lantern
Apocalypse Now
Rosemary's Baby
Raging Bull
Spirited Away
Dial M for Murder
The Empire Strikes Back
Raiders of the Lost Ark
City Lights
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Spoony said:
Yeah I'll reformat it later, I'm sure Duffer won't get his Chelsea knickers in a twist in the meantime.
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:lol: That format is fine by me, no need to change it.
 
Jurassic Park (Year) - 1 - 15 Points
Aliens (Year) - 2 - 14 Points
The Dark Knight (Year) - 3 - 13 Points
Saving Private Ryan (Year) - 4 - 12 Points
Pulp Fiction (Year) - 5 - 11 Points
Predator (Year) - 6 - 10 Points
Die Hard (Year) - 7 - 9 Points
The Prestige (Year) - 8 - 8 Points
Jaws (Year) - 9 - 7 Points
Inglorious Basterds (Year) - 10 - 6 Points
The Lion King (Year) - 11 - 5 Points
Inception (Year) - 12 - 4 Points
Terminator 2 (Year) - 13 - 3 Points
Shawshank Redemption (Year) - 14 - 2 Points
Gladiator (Year) - 15 - 1 Point
Django Unchained (Year) - 16 - 1 Point
Road To Perdition (Year) - 17 - 1 Point
Toy Story (Year) - 18 - 1 Point
Borat (Year) - 19 - 1 Point
South Park - Bigger Longer & Uncut (Year) - 20 - 1 Point



Wow, that was bloody tough, so many films I had to end up leaving out, I also didn't have the heart to delete the ones that didn't make it off my list after typing all that shit out so have a look if you think I'm committing any sort of Film herecy in my top 20 list...

Die Hard With a Vengeance
Forrest Gump
Scarface
Batman
Pulp Fiction
Schindler's List
The Green mile
The Shining
Godzilla (1954)
Braveheart
Apocalypse Now
The Usual Suspects
City of God
The Matrix
Psycho
Se7en
Fight Club
Toy Story 2
Wall-E
Gravity
The Silence of The Lambs
Blow
Batman Begins
Dumb and Dumber
Me, Myself and Irene
Goodfellas
Boyz N The Hood
Menace to Society
American History X
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
In Bruges
Star Wars: Return of The Jedi
The Usual Suspects
Raiders of The Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade
Big Trouble In Little China
The Godfather
The Green Mile
Alien
The Big Lebowski
Back To the Future
Back to The Future 2
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Monty Python and The Holy Grail
The Good The Bad And The Ugly
 
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To Kill A Mockingbird (1962) - 1 - 15 Points
The Godfather (1972) - 2 - 14 Points
Hotaru No Haka (1988) - 3 - 13 Points
Grapes Of Wrath (1940) - 4 - 12 Points
There Will Be Blood (2007) - 5 - 11 Points
The Silence Of The Lambs (1991) - 6 - 10 Points
Apocalypse Now (1979) - 7 - 9 Points
Dog Day Afternoon (1975) - 8 - 8 Points
Scent Of A Woman (1992) - 9 - 7 Points
Sophie's Choice (1982) - 10 - 6 Points
Insomnia (2002) - 11 - 5 Points
The Deer Hunter (1978) - 12 - 4 Points
In The Name Of The Father (1996) - 13 - 3 Points
Shichinin No Samurai (1954) - 14 - 2 Points
Requiem For A Dream (2000) - 15 - 1 Point
Blue Is The Warmest Color (2013) - 16 - 1 Point
Cool Hand Luke (1967) - 17 - 1 Point
Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (1969) - 18 - 1 Point
Training Day (2001) - 19 - 1 Point
Into The Wild (2007) - 20 - 1 Point
 
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R.N7 said:
I probably should have included Seven Samurai seeing as it's picking up quite a few points.
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It was in my first draft but I've thought of a bunch of stuff I like better since then. 20 just isn't enough for me.
 
What we thinking ladies and gents, is Friday a sufficient deadline or extend it for a few days?
 
Duffy said:
What we thinking ladies and gents, is Friday a sufficient deadline or extend it for a few days?
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Talking from a selfish point of view here, but a few more days would be great. I've been swamped at work and elsewhere and haven't had the opportunity to watch a few films I really should before doing the list, so having the whole weekend at the very least would be great. Nilsson, be my advisor here, what absolute classics should I see before compiling it? I'm thinking:
- Aguirre
- Stalker
- re watching Badlands and Days of heaven
- Vertigo
- Come & see

?

Also, has there been much love for Citizen Kane in here? Has Nosferatu been mentioned?
 
R.N7 said:
You forgot to put The Godfather on the list.
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I left it out on purpose, It's a great film n'all but I don't really rate it as highly as most people seem to and everyone was gonna have it in their list so it got cut from the list. I'm surprised you also didn't notice the Godfather 2 wasn't even in my runners up list, though that's a whole different story with that one :nervous:

*runs away*
 
I re-watched a number of Kurosawa films recently and Seven Samurai was the one that really blew me away, I felt that it towered over everything else I was seeing. I had always liked it but it's just such a predictable, ever present feature of top film lists that I always wanted to push back a little. Yojimbo and High and Low were my usual go to Kurosawa's when talking of favourites but these days I go wth Seven Samurai. It's at the Citizen Kane level of film making genius and should be higher up my list but for the whims of personal preference.

Similar with The Godfather. Only in the last few years have I acknowledged what a remarkable film it really is. To the extent that, as a result of back to back viewings, the 2nd part has started to suffer quite badly in my estimation. I think I'm about ready to amputate part 2 in my mind, in the same way that everyone has done with part 3. The problems of following perfection.
 
ArmandTamzarian said:
I left it out on purpose, It's a great film n'all but I don't really rate it as highly as most people seem to and everyone was gonna have it in their list so it got cut from the list. I'm surprised you also didn't notice the Godfather 2 wasn't even in my runners up list, though that's a whole different story with that one :nervous:

*runs away*
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Yeah you better run!
 
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