Film Your Top 5 Films of all Time

[BeforeKeanetherewasRobson]

1. Jaws
2. Alien
3. 2001: A Space odyssey
4. Interstellar
5. Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind

That’s a good list.

Alien was on telly the other day and even though I’ve watched it 10-15 times, watched a bit (sign of a good movie?). Almost half a century old (!) but still a great lesson in suspense.… like watching Hitchcock talk about the difference between mystery v suspense OR surprise v suspense. I think he’d have loved Alien.

And the xenomorph is still one of the great horror movie monsters… scared the sh!t out of me first time and never fully gone away

 

[Munkehboi]

Donnie Darko
Pans Labyrinth
Infernal Affairs
Leon
The Fifth Element

 

[Superunknown]

1. Jaws
2. Alien
3. 2001: A Space odyssey
4. Interstellar
5. Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind

We've got extremely similar taste. I adore each of those films and almost put Close Encounters in my list, too.

 

[The Cat]

That’s a good list.

Alien was on telly the other day and even though I’ve watched it 10-15 times, watched a bit (sign of a good movie?). Almost half a century old (!) but still a great lesson in suspense.… like watching Hitchcock talk about the difference between mystery v suspense OR surprise v suspense. I think he’d have loved Alien.

And the xenomorph is still one of the great horror movie monsters… scared the sh!t out of me first time and never fully gone away

Watched it at around 10 years old and it put me off horror films big time. I do need to rewatch it though because the premise is right up my street and I did watch the sequels later on.

 

[Eddy_JukeZ]

Personal entertainment:
1. Avatar
2. Avatar 2
3. The Dark Knight
4. Titanic
5. The Social Network

By objective quality that I've watched:

1. 12 Angry Men
2. The Godfather
3. The Godfather II
4. The Sting
5. The Social Network

 

[Eddy_JukeZ]

Godfather
Pulp Fiction
Goodfellas
Wall-e
Mean Girls

Fetch list.

 

[diarm]

American History X
Zodiac
Children of Men
Good Will Hunting
Spotlight

In no particular order. Goodfellas should be on here really, but I don’t know which one to replace it with.

 

[77]

Withnail and I
Sexy Beast
Godfather II
The Big Lebowski
Glengarry Glenn Ross

On the bench: kes, zulu, The Last Waltz, The Dirty Dozen, Kelly's Heroes, The Great Escape

 

[Jeffchin]

Back to the Future
Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom
Pulp Fiction
Terminator 2
The Thing

HK Movies:
The Mission
A Chinese Odyssey Part II: Cinderella
Ashes of Time
Kung Fu Hustle
Prison on Fire

 

[Berbaclass]

Inglorious Basterds
American History X
Interstellar
A Fistful of Dollars
There Will Be Blood

Honorable Mentions:
Eyes Wide Shut
Ferris Bueller
No Country For Old Men
Kill Bill
Carlitos Way
Scent Of A Woman
Deer Hunter
Mad Max: Fury Road
Good Will Hunting
Silver Linings Playbook
Baby Driver
Whiplash
The Matrix
T2
Iron Man
A Few Good Men
Trainspotting
Spotlight
JFK
Prisoners
Aliens
TDK
In Bruges
Inception

Hated doing this, there are about 50 more I'd like to mention

 

[Jippy]

Matrix
Interstellar
Gattaca
Ringu
Terminator 2

Terminator 2
Django
Interstellar
1917
LOTR: Return of the King

I asked my Mrs and she said:

Pride and Prejudice
LOTR: All of them ..
Boat that Rocked
All Harry Potters

She left her fifth space open and included 12 films across 4 selections. Insanity.

Back to the Future
Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom
Pulp Fiction
Terminator 2
The Thing

HK Movies:
The Mission
A Chinese Odyssey Part II: Cinderella
Ashes of Time
Kung Fu Hustle
Prison on Fire

Nice to see Terminator 2 getting some appreciation.

The Thing was great too and Borat.

 

[Amar__]

She was curious why I loved a film where a 12 year old shags a middle aged man.

Many people don't mind it here, based on caf's history on that movie.

 

[Jippy]

Mesrine
Shogun Assassin
Audition
The Raid
Old Boy

For favourite international five.

 

[Berbaclass]

My top 5 foreign language movies are

Lola Rennt
Parasite
Blue Is The Warmest Colour
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Macbeth (Fassbender + Cotillard)

 

[Volumiza]

That’s a good list.

Alien was on telly the other day and even though I’ve watched it 10-15 times, watched a bit (sign of a good movie?). Almost half a century old (!) but still a great lesson in suspense.… like watching Hitchcock talk about the difference between mystery v suspense OR surprise v suspense. I think he’d have loved Alien.

And the xenomorph is still one of the great horror movie monsters… scared the sh!t out of me first time and never fully gone away

Tbf Alien could have sat happily at no1, I just have such fond memories of Jaws and could watch it infinitesimally.

Alien, just a perfect film from top to bottom. The cast, the directors vision and of course the xenomorph. Perfect example of how suspense horror should be done.

I’d also say Alien is the very best ever cinematic trailer ever too … IMO obvs.

 

[Volumiza]

We've got extremely similar taste. I adore each of those films and almost put Close Encounters in my list, too.

Spent so much time gazing in wonder at 2001, Jaws and Close Encounters as a kid, those 3 films are just burned into my psyche.

The Thing nearly made it onto the list but Interstellar is just such a monster of a film. I know it’s a divisive film (or Nolan is divisive as a director) but it hits every spot for me, really does.

 

[Berbaclass]

Tbf Alien could have sat happily at no1, I just have such fond memories of Jaws and could watch it infinitesimally.

Alien, just a perfect film from top to bottom. The cast, the directors vision and of course the xenomorph. Perfect example of how suspense horror should be done.

I’d also say Alien is the very best ever cinematic trailer ever too … IMO obvs.

I like Alien but I've always gravitated more towards Aliens.

 

[Ekkie Thump]

I've sort of realised that I can't really rank specifically. Much easier to make tiers than a definitive list.

I guess I have a top 3 that I never tire of watching when the mood takes me:

• Cinema Paradiso
• Casablanca
• Apocalypse Now

Then like 10 or so more that I also love, a random 2 of which might be:

• Zerkalo
• Network

(Blade Runner | Ikiru | Lawrence of Arabia | AI: Artificial Intelligence | 3 Colours: Blue | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Life of Brian | Brazil | Pulp Fiction | Vozvrashchenie)

 

[Volumiza]

I like Alien but I've always gravitated more towards Aliens.

In itself a mighty film mate. Some amazing scenes and lines in that film.

 

[Berbaclass]

In itself a mighty film mate. Some amazing scenes and lines in that film.

Both good but obviously different styles. Alien is more horror and Aliens more action. Think Cameron rightfully realised that he shouldn’t have made another horror type movie for the sequel and switched it up.

 

[GueRed]

Apart from the top 2 it changes every week

1. The Godfather
2. Back to the Future

3. The Empire Strikes Back
4. A Bridge Too Far (probably my favourite war movie)
5. Aliens

 

[Hound Dog]

I actually made the trouble to watch most of imdb's top 50, but I just lack the artistic eye to see the greatness. So, going with what I liked best (even though I know the list is crap) :

1. American Beauty
2. La Vita E Bella
3. Star Wars Episode 3 : Revenge of the Sith
4. The Exorcist
5. Joker

 

[Salt Bailly]

Favourite foreign language:

Spirited Away
Pan's Labyrinth
Hero
City of God
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie

 

[Ish]

Too difficult to keep it down to 5, but here goes:

Braveheart
Godfather
The Matrix
Shawshank Redemption
The Dark Knight

 

[Scarlett Dracarys]

Mighty Ducks
Police Academy
Uncle Buck
The Goonies
Cool Runnings

Sanka you dead?

 

[The Corinthian]

Fight Club
No Country for Old Men
Oldboy
Apocalypse Now (Redux)

I'm torn a bit with number 5 - it's either Blue Velvet, Pi, Taxi Driver, The Dark Knight, The Prestige, or There Will Be Blood (or something else). I'll update this post later when I've landed on one. And going by my top 4, I clearly have a theme...

 

[André Dominguez]

Quite surprised one of my favourites Interstellar shows up many times. I could pick dozens, but will try to reduce to 5. Will include sequels as being the same movie, though.

Interstellar
The Godafther I & II
LOTR Triology
The Life of Brian
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

 

[CallyRed]

Sanka you dead?

Feel the rhythm

 

[Oranges038]

Just films that pop into my head when I thought about it.

Demolition Man
Duel
No country for old men
Blazing Saddles
Trainspotting

 

[77]

Trainspotting 1 and 2
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Goodfellas
Fargo
Oh Brother were art though

 

[Agila Dathi]

Django Unchained
Shawshank Redemption
The Unforgiven
Platoon
Ass traffic 17
Just kidding, my last one is Thee good, the bad and the ugly

 

[Nani Nana]

According to the Caf, all films ever made were in the English language

 

[Rams]

The Shining
Barry Lyndon
Full Metal Jacket
Goodfellas
For a Few Dollars More

Could have named a few crackers like Once Upon a Time in the West or Shawshank Redemption as well.

 

[Kazi]

Fetch list.

I’d say it’s more vintage

PS: stop trying to make fetch happen

 

[Ekkie Thump]

According to the Caf, all films ever made were in the English language

This page alone must have 20+ films in languages other than English.

 

[Frank Grimes]

No particular order:

Heat
Goodfellas
City of God
Pulp Fiction
Inglourius Basterds

 

[Chumpsbechumps]

It’s funny cause I’ve seen all the greats and concur with others who pick them.

However, I’m gonna put up my favourite re-watchable movies in no particular order:

Die Hard
con air
Aliens
Interstellar
Batman v Superman ultimate edition (I know most hate this, I f*cking can’t get enough of it.

I goto see die hard, aliens and interstellar in cinema nearly every other year.

watched Hot Fuzz with my family on new years night and forgot how good it was.

Edit: add edge of tomorrow , another classic

Sometimes the best movies are the ones you can rewatch and enjoy over and over again, especially with your family…

 

[Unam333]

It’s funny cause I’ve seen all the greats and concur with others who pick them.

However, I’m gonna put up my favourite re-watchable movies in no particular order:

Die Hard
con air
Aliens
Interstellar
Batman v Superman ultimate edition (I know most hate this, I f*cking can’t get enough of it.

I goto see die hard, aliens and interstellar in cinema nearly every other year.

watched Hot Fuzz with my family on new years night and forgot how good it was.

Sometimes the best movies are the ones you can rewatch and enjoy over and over again, especially with your family…

That's exactly what I think. For example, Grave of the Fireflies is a fantastic movie (at least a 9.5 out of 10), but I wouldn't put it in my top 50 favorite movies list, let alone in my top 5. I've only watched it once and that's enough for me. I have no desire to rewatch it.

I prefer, for example, Sunshine over Grave of the Fireflies, even though the former is in my opinion maybe a 9.

Favorite movies I can rewatch over and over again, reanalyze scenes, discover new things, go to discussion boards and read into other people's views and interpretations.

 

[The Cat]

It’s funny cause I’ve seen all the greats and concur with others who pick them.

However, I’m gonna put up my favourite re-watchable movies in no particular order:

Die Hard
con air
Aliens
Interstellar
Batman v Superman ultimate edition (I know most hate this, I f*cking can’t get enough of it.

I goto see die hard, aliens and interstellar in cinema nearly every other year.

watched Hot Fuzz with my family on new years night and forgot how good it was.

Sometimes the best movies are the ones you can rewatch and enjoy over and over again, especially with your family…

@Dirty Schwein

 

[Parma Dewol]

So difficult this. The best films are different to my favourite films, which as others have said, are movies we like to watch again and again.

Top 5 favourites:

Back To The Future
Dark Knight Rises
Die Hard
The Godfather
Superman The Movie

Nah, forget it. Impossible to trim it down to five now I realise Empire Strikes Back and Shawshank aren’t on there.