The Redcafe Top 100 movies

rednev said:
This list is incorrect. Godfather II is in no way better than the original Godfather. You'll have to start it all over again, I'm afraid.
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I've just realised that Godfather II is the one I prefer. I was mixing the Godfather films up with the Rocky films, and I HATE Rocky 2.

Godfather II > Godfather.
 
At least mine is done and out there, I can site back and call you all cnuts now.

I don't think the list is too bad, it was only thrown together in a couple of hours to be honest, so I could have put a bit more thought into it, but feck it it's done.
 
Still getting over the shock of them re-making Manhunter, the original was fecking brilliant and not even old enough to warrant a re-make in the first place, let alone making a shit one.
 
Hammer Michael said:
Big Kubrick fan then, Rednome?

Guess the foreign film fans have yet to cast their votes, judging by the lists so far.
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Love Kubrick, probably my favorite director if I had to pick one.

I've got loads of Foreign films downloaded and waiting to watch just didn't have the time before making this list, so I'm sure a lot of them have missed out on this list.

I'll update at some point down the line, but this will be a work in progress untill the day I die, or untill the day I stop watching films at least.
 
1 The Godfather: Part II
2 Rear Window
3 Dr. Strangelove
4 The Godfather
5 Apocalypse Now
6 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
7 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
8 Taxi Driver
9 Double Indemnity
10 Alien
11 Paths of Glory
12 12 Angry Men
13 Raiders of the Lost Ark
14 Silence of the Lambs
15 Once Upon A Time in the West
16 Seven Samurai
17 Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
18 Goodfellas
19 Reservoir Dogs
20 Aliens
21 Raging Bull
22 Terminator 2
23 Modern Times
24 The Sting
25 The Elephant Man
26 The Big Sleep
27 Amelie
28 M
29 Chinatown
30 Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
31 Life of Brian
32 The Seventh Seal
33 Toy Story 2
34 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
35 A Clockwork Orange
36 Amadeus
37 Come and See
38 Rosemary's baby
39 Casablanca
40 Boot, Das
41 Jaws
42 To Kill a Mocking Bird
43 Cool Hand Luke
44 Blade Runner
45 Full Metal Jacket
46 On The Waterfront
47 Some Like it Hot
48 City Lights
49 In the Mood for Love
50 Strangers on a Train
51 Rashomon
52 Pulp Fiction
53 The Third Man
54 City of God
55 The Usual Suspects
56 The Apartment
57 Monty Python and the Holy Grail
58 Memento
59 The Manchurian Candidate
60 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
61 Fistful of Dollars
62 The Deer Hunter
63 Dog Day Afternoon
64 The Killing
65 The Matrix
66 The Great Escape
67 Before Sunrise
68 Back to the Future
69 The Hustler
70 Rififi
71 Dial M for Murder
72 The Big Lebowski
73 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
74 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
75 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
76 Spirited Away
77 Sleuth
78 High Noon
79 Once Upon A Time in America
80 Twelve Monkeys
81 2001: A Space Odyssey
82 Rebecca
83 Unforgiven
84 Scarface
85 The Man Who Would be King
86 Central Station
87 Diabolique, Les
88 The Conversation
89 Gladiator
90 Rope
91 La Haine
92 Toy Story
93 Anatomy of a Murder
94 Die Hard
95 Psycho
96 Fight Club
97 Wages of Fear
98 Donnie Darko
99 Once Were Warriors
100 L A Confidential
 
Heh. Not enough Asian movies for your liking, I bet. I wanted to put A Tale of Two Sisters in there but ran out of spots. Lots of Hitchcock and Kubrick as expected. 12 spots (6 each) taken by the two of them.
 
I've got loads of Hitchcock films and all in my list. Watched Lady Vanishes and Spellbound today. Both fantastic, but LV was my fav of the two. Great entertainment, although it took my almost 30mins to get into it.

(and Tale of Two Sisters won't make my list)
 
mehro said:
Haven't seen those two. Also Notorious. I wanted to put 39 steps in there too but again ran out of spots.
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39 Steps was brilliant, but I'm not sure it's British humour would have a broad appeal compared to his others films. Notorious was excellent and all, basically it was a Noir/Romance. I'll probably have both on my list.
 
I've got Ran on my list, along with Hidden Fortress, Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, Yojimbo, Sanjuro. . .and I've yet to see Dreams and Ikiru. Kagemusha, though very good wasn't as good as those.
 
mehro said:
1 The Godfather: Part II
2 Rear Window
3 Dr. Strangelove
4 The Godfather
5 Apocalypse Now
6 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
7 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
8 Taxi Driver
9 Double Indemnity
10 Alien
11 Paths of Glory
12 12 Angry Men
13 Raiders of the Lost Ark
14 Silence of the Lambs
15 Once Upon A Time in the West
16 Seven Samurai
17 Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
18 Goodfellas
19 Reservoir Dogs
20 Aliens
21 Raging Bull
22 Terminator 2
23 Modern Times
24 The Sting
25 The Elephant Man
26 The Big Sleep
27 Amelie
28 M
29 Chinatown
30 Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
31 Life of Brian
32 The Seventh Seal
33 Toy Story 2
34 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
35 A Clockwork Orange
36 Amadeus
37 Come and See
38 Rosemary's baby
39 Casablanca
40 Boot, Das
41 Jaws
42 To Kill a Mocking Bird
43 Cool Hand Luke
44 Blade Runner
45 Full Metal Jacket
46 On The Waterfront
47 Some Like it Hot
48 City Lights
49 In the Mood for Love
50 Strangers on a Train
51 Rashomon
52 Pulp Fiction
53 The Third Man
54 City of God
55 The Usual Suspects
56 The Apartment
57 Monty Python and the Holy Grail
58 Memento
59 The Manchurian Candidate
60 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
61 Fistful of Dollars
62 The Deer Hunter
63 Dog Day Afternoon
64 The Killing
65 The Matrix
66 The Great Escape
67 Before Sunrise
68 Back to the Future
69 The Hustler
70 Rififi
71 Dial M for Murder
72 The Big Lebowski
73 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
74 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
75 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
76 Spirited Away
77 Sleuth
78 High Noon
79 Once Upon A Time in America
80 Twelve Monkeys
81 2001: A Space Odyssey
82 Rebecca
83 Unforgiven
84 Scarface
85 The Man Who Would be King
86 Central Station
87 Diabolique, Les
88 The Conversation
89 Gladiator
90 Rope
91 La Haine
92 Toy Story
93 Anatomy of a Murder
94 Die Hard
95 Psycho
96 Fight Club
97 The Lion King
98 Donnie Darko
99 Once Were Warriors
100 L A Confidential
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Decent list but where is Shawshank Redemption? I know you and Spooney dislike it but it should still make a top 100 list, I mean come on Die Hard and Lion King are better than Shawshank? Also as a LOTR fan I'm suprised that the only movie you included was The Two Towers, I thought that was the worst of the three. I'd also make room for Schindlers List, Hotel Rwanda, Forest Gump, The Worlds Fastest Indian, The Pianist and Snatch. Well done on Once were Warriors though.
 
No one has mentioned Prince of Thieves, you're all classless morons (that was the tree pic I posted earlier of course, if GG still posted here, she'd have got it)
 
Spammy said:
Gladiator above La Haine?? Lion King???

Gash.
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That's a good point. And Gladiator shouldn't anywhere near anyone's top 100.

mehro said:
I totally forgot about La Haine and put it in last minute. Might make a couple of changes later. Lion King stays. A great movie for kids. I think I only have 4 animated movies.
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The Jungle Book and Snow White. They shouldn't have been omitted.
 
Kiwi_fan said:
Decent list but where is Shawshank Redemption? I know you and Spooney dislike it but it should still make a top 100 list, I mean come on Die Hard and Lion King are better than Shawshank? Also as a LOTR fan I'm suprised that the only movie you included was The Two Towers, I thought that was the worst of the three. I'd also make room for Schindlers List, Hotel Rwanda, Forest Gump, The Worlds Fastest Indian, The Pianist and Snatch. Well done on Once were Warriors though.
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Snatch and Forrest Gump don't deserve to be in any top 100. As for LOTR, TT was by far the best. Return of the King was a joke of a film, however.
 
It depends what you class as a good movie. Gladiator might be just a fantastic action film but it does what it is meant to really really well. And I am a huge sucker for good cinematography and quite a few bits of that film are stunningly good cinematography. The hand through the barley is one of my favorite images from film.
 
Spoonez el Grande said:
Snatch and Forrest Gump don't deserve to be in any top 100. As for LOTR, TT was by far the best. Return of the King was a joke of a film, however.
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Snatch was great fun but I'm not sure it would make my top 100. LOTR was great entertainment that could well make my top 100 but I tend to think of it as 1 very long film. Very similar to Gladiator in many ways in that it is a fun tale theatrically told.
 
Wibble said:
Snatch was great fun but I'm not sure it would make my top 100. LOTR was great entertainment that could well make my top 100 but I tend to think of it as 1 very long film. Very similar to Gladiator in many ways in that it is a fun tale theatrically told.
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I actually think Two Towers(movie) bettered the book.
 
Good list, mehro. Although I agree with the rest about The Lion King. It's one of my favourite Disney films, but I wouldn't have it in the top 100. In fact, there's at least a couple of other Ghibli films other than Spirited Away that should be in that list ahead of the Lion King.
I'm surprised to see Sunset Boulevard isn't on your list! Have you seen Solyaris?
 
On subject of animation...the only two which will make it on mine are Toy Story and Fantasia.
 
Fantasia won't make my list purely because I didn't enjoy watching it enough irrespective of its qualities.

The Lion King doesn't stand out that much when considered against the excellent quality of recent kids animation but you forget that when it was released that it had been forever since decent quality feature animation had been made. Disney had descended into piss poor quality animation such as The Aristocats.
 
agree re Fantasia, I didn't enjoy it as well. The Jungle Book will always be my favourite Walt Disney, I still don't think it's been bettered by WD.
 
How about an extension? I propose a 5th January deadline. Besides I don;t think Hammer'll be back at college/uni prior to that date.
 
Now in order, removed a few duplicates and replaced with others

1. Star Wars: Episode V - Empire Strikes Back
2. The Wizard of Oz
3. The Great Escape
4. It’s a Wonderful Life
5. Jaws
6. The Deer Hunter
7. The Terminator
8. Aliens
9. Robocop
10. City of God
11. GodFather 2
12. The Godfather
13. Zulu
14. Apocolypse Now
15. The Italian Job
16. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
17. One Flew over the Cuckoos nest
18. Raging Bull
19. Goodfella’s
20. The Thing
21. Alien
22. Rocky
23. Close Encounters
24. Raiders of the Lost Ark
25. Watership Down
26. Spartacus
27. Full Metal Jacket
28. Blade Runner
29. The seven Samurai
30. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
31. Platoon
32. Trainspotting
33. The Shawshank Redemption
34. A Bridge too far
35. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
36. Once Upon A Time in America
37. An American Werewolf in London
38. Dawn of the Dead (Original)
39. The Usual Suspects
40. Planet of the Apes
41. Pulp Fiction
42. Scarface
43. Pan’s Labrinyth
44. Good Will Hunting
45. Dumb and Dumber
46. Saving Private Ryan
47. Mad max
48. Casablanca
49. Toy Story
50. Fight Club
51. Cool Hand Luke
52. Back to the Future
53. Predator
54. Casino
55. Dirty Harry
56. The Jerk
57. Fargo
58. The Warriors
59. The Man with 2 Brains
60. Deliverance
61. Bullit
62. Theres something about Mary
63. Unforgiven
64. Die Hard
65. Monty Python: Life of Brian
66. Lethal Weapon
67. Halloween
68. The big Lebowski
69. The Shining
70. Clerks
71. LA Confidential
72. Blazing Saddles
73. Excalibur
74. Kingpin
75. Gremlins
76. Airplane!
77. Pale Rider
78. The Running Man
79. Boyz in Da Hood
80. No Country for Old Men
81. Southern Comfort
82. Old Boy
83. Silence of the Lambs
84. The Exorcist
85. Highlander
86. The Blair Witch Project
87. Schindlers list
88. Batman Begins
89. Finding Nemo
90. Police Story
91. Wild at Heart
92. Once upon a time in China
93. Leon
94. Mean Streets
95. Alive
96. Romper Stomper
97. The Towering Inferno
98. The Poseiden Adventure (original)
99. The Passion of the Christ
100. Assault on Precinct 13 (original)
 
Two that don;t seem to get a mention - The Warriors and Mad Max, both great films. Oh Event Horizon, Geebs? that's one of the worst movies ever made.
 
Best films, though(well Best of the one's you've seen) Geebs, not necessarily the ones that you enjoyed most.
 
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