Your own Top 40 movies of all time

[Canuck21]

jay_z's top 40: classic movies that can stand the test of time

these movies intrigue me and make me feel good during the movie and after it. (not in order)

1. all bruce lee movies
- he was far ahead of his time. all those fight scenes were brilliantly choreographed.
- bruce lee vs. kareem

2. rambo I - first blood
- john rambo was trained to kill.

3. rocky 1-4
- "AdriaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaN!" - rocky balboa, the italian stallion.
- "eye of the tiger"

4. shawshank redemption
- always good to see the good guys win at the end.

5. big
- kids want to become adults, but when they become adults, they wish they can go back.

6. as good as it gets

7. analyze this

8. good fellas
- joe pesci

9. my cousin vinny
- pesci & marisa tomei were hilarious!

10. the usual suspects
- the movie that made kevin spacey a star

11. new jack city

12. forrest gump
- life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna to get.
- mama said...
- bubba gump shrimp restaurants

13. the matrix I and the www.themeatrix.com
- red pill or blue pill?
- mopheus vs moopheus; neo vs leo

14. training day

15. police academy
- love all of them

16. austin powers 1-3
- "nice legs...what time do they open?" -- ap
- "hi, i'm rr. right. someone said you were looking for me" -- ap
- "baby, i'm an american express lover...you shouldn't go home without
me" -- ap
- drEvil and mini-ME

17. three men and a baby

18. crocodile dundee 1-3

19. kramer vs kramer

20. back to the future I


hk movies - i love watching old hk movies, especially those comedy.

1. a better tomorrow I and II

2. an autumn tale

3. eighth happiness (八星報喜

4. the killer

5. armours of god (龍兄虎弟

6. full throttle

7. infernal affairs

8. a moment of romance I

9. the unwritten law
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10. as tears go by (旺角卡門
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11. happy ghost 1-5

12. crazy companies (最佳損友 1-2

13. the romancing star (精裝追女仔 1-2

14. a project I

15. drunken master

16. once upon a time in china I and II

17. dragron from china (紅場飛龍

18. security ulimited (摩登保鑣

19. aces go places (最佳拍檔

20. no risk no gain (至尊計狀元才

I'm not satisfied with your list. You have to list your fave IN ORDER. And a movie is a movie no matter if it's from Hollywood, Europe or HK. Why do people tend to separate the groups? Just mix them all together and give us a list and in order please. I must admit that 40 is a bit too many. I had an extremely hard time listing 20 and I have now realized that I have forgotten a few. I'll have too update it.

[MYF]

Godamnit, 40 films? you really are asking for an effort arn't you?

Well here goes:

1. Chungking Express
- so many levels of angst

2. Once Upon a Time in the West
- A Masterpiece in tension, and fantastically cynical when placed next to Ford/Wayne westerns.

3. Mulholland Drive
- Country girl loses her mind in Hollywood. Like LSD laced coffee, but funnier.

4. The Third Man
- Noir on location in old Vienna, right after WWII. Dark.

5. Cries and Whispers
- Normally, intimate chamber dramas don't interest me much. But this inconspicous Bergman masterpiece is so claustrophobic, you'll be wondering around in a haunted daze long afterwards. Usually ignored because of his flashier films (Fanny and Alexander, Persona, and The Seventh Seal).

6. Ashes of Time
- Screw all the complaints about the spoilt actions scenes. They never understood this film. I'm not going to say anymore, as this is a love it or hate it kind of film.

7. Blade Runner
- A Ridley Scott's vision of the future often imitated, but never bettered.

8. Tokyo Story
- Ozu may be boring to some, but there's something serene in his meditations. Providing you're in the right mood that is.

9. Badlands
- Sparse, moody and poetic. Malick Stomps all over other road movies like Thelma and Louise and True Romance.

10. JFK
- Whether the film tells the truth or not is of no real concern. The concern here is twelve thousand, three hundred and sixty seconds of meticulous technical perfection - you have any idea how much film that is?

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Well theres my top ten, a tad pretentious and eclectic it may appear at first but I don't care much for appearing pretentious - I just detest the boring action packed no-brainer popcorn flicks which make their way into peoples top 10's.

Although of course, my list could be classed by some as the ultimate yawnfest as well, not to mention it could be classed as a complete shambles by the likes of rigid film buffs who insist on putting the Scorsese, Coppola, Kurowsawa, Kubrick, Renoirs etc right at the top of their lists without hesitation. But... I think I can just about defend my choice in these films - technically (mis-en-scen, montage, editing blah blah) as well as personally.

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The rest of the list -

11. Unforgiven
12. A Clockwork Orange
13. 2046
14. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
15. The Big Lebowski
16. Amelie
17. Monty Python and the Holy Grail !
18. Monty Python's The Life of Brian
19. Eraserhead
20. 8 1/2

21. Apocalypse Now
22. The Seventh Seal
23. Persona
24. Days of Being Wild
25. Les Enfants du paradis
26. Stand By Me
27. Fight Club
28. Manhattan
29. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

30. M
31. Brazil
32. Vertigo
33. Dark City
34. Eyes Wide Shut
35. Ran
36. A bout de Souffle
37. Goodfellas
38. The Wizard of Oz
39. The Usual Suspects
40. Evil Dead 2 (just for pure sillyness)

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Well, thats my list, there are some films I know which should be included but are not and vice versa, but... its my list dagnamit!

Btw Jay_Z i thought they buried those Romancing Star films - I remember them being so stupidly funny when I was a kid during the 80's, but looking back now, they're almost as bad as 'Carry-on' films

[ylee_coyote]

Lol I don't think there's any need to defend your choices MYF. The topic does say "Your own Top 40" so to each his/her own. Besides some of your choices match my own and I'm pretty sure I'm not pretentious...unless my friends aren't telling me something

Wow, my own Top 40 list? And the list encompasses all of time? Hmm...a tall order indeed. I actually sat down and made a list of all the movies I watched in the last 10 years (at least the ones I remember watching) and my conclusion is that I've watched a lot of damn movies!

Anyways, here's my top 40, in no particular order really (disclaimer: subject to change at any moment...hey, I'm just covering myself for those great movies that have yet to be made )

1. The Usual Suspects
2. Philadelphia
3. Saving Private Ryan
4. Big Fish
5. The Last Samurai
6. Gladiator
7. The Messenger
8. Memento
9. The Manchurian Candidate (remake)
10. Terminator 2

11. se7en
12. Donnie Darko
13. The Ring (US)
14. Ju-on (JP)
15. Hero
16. Finding Nemo
17. Toy Story
18. Battle Royale
19. The Matrix
20. Dark City

21. There's Something About Mary
22. Braveheart
23. Apollo 13
24. The Truman Show
25. Pleasantville
26. Fight Club
27. Airplane!
28. Ghostbusters
29. Goldeneye
30. Jumanji

31. A Better Tomorrow
32. Hard-Boiled
33. Face/Off
34. LOTR movies
35. Star Wars movies
36. Princess Mononoke
37. Akira
38. Spiderman 1 and 2
39. X-Men 1 and 2
40. Dumb and Dumber (yes, you read right)

The lists that you guys have come up with are great, I'm definitely going to make it a point to check out some of these movies that you guys have mentioned.

[lyndsi]

40?! this is going to be a challenge!! well, here it goes: (in no particular order)

1. LOTR (all 3)
2. X-men (1 and 2)
3. Troy
4. Sweet Home Alabama
5. Meet the Parents
6. A world Without thieves
7. To Kill a Mockingbird
8. Finding Nemo
9. American Pie
10. Charlie's Angels (only the 1st one)

11. Harry Potter (all 3)
12. The Sixth Sense
13. The Ring (1st one only)
14. Final Destination (1 and 2)
15. The Matrix (1st one only)
16. Forrest Gump
17. Pirates of the Carribeans
18. Shrek (1 and 2)
19. Toy Story (1st one only)
20. Mean Girls

21. Back to the Future
22. Erin Brockovich
23. Ocean's Eleven
24. Schindler's List
25. Spider Man (1st one only)
26. Dude, Where is my car
27. There's something about Mary
28. Titanic
29. The Lion King
30. My Big Fat Greek Wedding

31. Armaggedon
32. Pearl Harbor
33. The Day After Tomorrow
34. Mission: Impossible
35. Catch me if you Can
36. Shakespear in Love
37. Anger Management
38. Billy Madison
39. 8 Mile
40. Freaky Friday

[Moinllieon]

I'm going to repeat what I said earlier:

"What's the point in coming out with a Top 40 list if you aren't going to list them in order? I could rattle off the Top 100 movies of all time not in any order, it also won't have any meaning either because that doesn't really require any judgement on my part to decide that Casablanca deserves to be one of the top 100 but Gigli doesn't. I could list you the top 10 fighters in the LoCH and RoCH in no particular order or come out with Top 30 American Presidents in no particular order and it would mean just as much (diddly-squat). Just plainly listing in no particular order is really a cop out in my opinion. It shows that not only did I not put too much thought into this list, I hadn't taken time to compare the films to each other to decide whose more deserving, and I don't believe in my own taste enough to decisively say: "I like Shawshank Redemption better than any of the RoTKs" etc.

That said, I'm too lazy and too much of a wimp to compile my own list. I'd spend like half a day compiling it, don't have the time to put forth the effort.

[ylee_coyote]

I would agree if we were asked to make a list that was more definitive and specific, like "List The Top 100 greatest horror movies of all time" (basically something like those AFI specials that one sees on TV). If this were the case then yeah, ranking the movies would be necessary as it sets a parameter (i.e. horror movies) and a variable (i.e. greatest) amongst movies that are similar.

Yet with a topic that just says "your Top 40," it's bit too open-ended. In my opinion, in a thread such as this, my main interest isn't how everybody ranks their movies but which movies made who's list (lol I found lyndsi's choice of "Dude, where's my car?" to be very interesting )

Besides, asking me to compare "There's something about Mary" to "The Manchurian Candidate," for example, is a bit unfair as these movies both have made a lasting impression on me, and both movies work on different levels. It's like asking me "which of your arms do you like better?" Well, I use my left arm for dexterous tasks while I use my right arm for tasks that require strength. How can I choose when both have their own merits?

I don't think not listing them in order is necessarily copping out. I mean, I did list the movies that I love the most and will stick with me for the rest of my life (and I'm pretty sure some with disagree with my choices...*cough* gladiator *cough*), but I just think ranking one above the other is a trivial matter since the list is a personal one.

Whew, that's my $0.02. I hope it made "cents" (bad joke...I know )

[yearning]

I tried and tried, but can't find top 40 for some reason. i stole most of them off the lists here, considering that I can't remember all the movies I've watched (wayy too many). So here's the top 31. I'll add the 9 later sometime. They are roughly in order, although I can't really decide b/w City of God vs. Amelie vs. chungking express hmm.

1. amelie
2. city of god
3. chungking express
4. fallen angels
5. merlin
6. the matrix
7. the godfather part 1
8. the godfather part 2
9. spirited away
10. princess mononoke
11. mystic river
12. scary movie 3
13. windstruck
14. my sassy girl
15. perhaps love
16. the road home
17. infernal affairs
18. il mare
19. bridge of Madison county
20. the ring
21. tian xia wu zei ~ world without thieves
22. lost in time
23. huo zhe (to live)
24. postmen in the mountains
25. serendipity
26. memento
27. gosford park
28. mulholland dr.
29. Raise the Red Lantern
30. tiramisu
31. kate and Leopold

[Sparky]

I'm redoing my list because I'm coming up with more ways to procrastinate lol...again, towards the end the order becomes rather insignificant.

1. Memento
2. Good Will Hunting
3. Titanic
4. 10 Things I Hate About You
5. Juno
6. The Lion King
7. Se7en
8. Batman Begins
9. The Dark Knight
10. Braveheart

11. Ocean's Eleven
12. Atonement
13. Little Miss Sunshine
14. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
15. Gattaca
16. No Country for Old Men
17. Gladiator
18. A Beautiful Mind
19. Walk the Line
20. Once

21. Shrek 1&2
22. Waitress
23. The Wind that Shakes the Barley
24. Amelie
25. October Sky
26. Fargo
27. V for Vendetta
28. The Departed
29. Gone with the Wind
30. Mulan

31. Romeo + Juliet
32. Moulin Rouge
33. The Patriot
34. Mean Girls
35. Blood Diamond
36. 300
37. Serendipity
38. Chocolat
39. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
40. Thank You for Smoking

[yearning]

No Chinese movies, Sparky? I've turned so fobby over the years (music and movie taste that is) lol.

[Sparky]

No Chinese movies, Sparky? I've turned so fobby over the years (music and movie taste that is) lol.

I don't tend to like them--well, there are films I've enjoyed, but few that would make my Top 40. I think it arises from my general like of interest in wuxia? Or perhaps my lazy unwillingness to read subtitles? Haha.

[bellamia]

1. The Notebook
2. Shrek I & II
3. Titanic
4. Pretty Woman
5. The Passion of the Christ
6. Ocean Eleven & Twelve
7. Batman Begins
8. The Last Samurai
9. The Gladiator
10. Mr. & Mrs. Smith
11. Die Another Day
12. The Lord of the Rings I, II, & III
13. Casino Royale
14. Spiderman I & II
15. The King & I
16. X-men I & II
17. Mission Impossible I & II
18. Troy
19. Moulin Rouge
20. Walk the Line
21. A Beautiful Mind
22. Austin Powers I, II, & III
23. Miss Congeniality
24. The Matrix I
25. Braveheart
26. The Ring I
27. Kung fu
28. Speed I
29. American Pie I, II, & III
30. Charlie Angels I & II
31. Meet the Parents I
32. Jane Eyre
33. Notting Hill
34. Pearl Harbor
35. Pirates of the Caribbean I & II
36. My Big Fat Greek Wedding
37. Ice Age II
38. A Walk in the Clouds
39. Jerry Maguire
40. Hero

[Sunlight_zero36]

All mixed up. No order. -english --asian

1-Finding Neverland
2-Van Helsing
3-Titanic
4-Pearl Harbor
5-Spiderman 1 &2
6-Pirates of the Caribbean 1&2
7-Mean Girls
8-Seabiscuit
9--Love Concerto
10--Daisy
11--House of Flying Daggers
12-Cellular
13-The Incredibles
14-King Kong
15-Little Secret
16-Tristan + Isolde
17-Bend it Like Beckham
18-Timeline
19-John Tucker Must Die
20-13 going on 30
21-Shrek 1 & 2
22- Sinbad and the Seven Seas
23-Just Like Heaven
24-The Day After Tomorrow
25-Freaky Friday
26-The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants
27-

Can't think anymore.

[cheeky]

Mine (in no particular order):
1.Jumanji
2.Home Alone
3.The Princess Bride
4.The Hot Chick
5.Hide and Seek
6.V for Vendetta
7.Interview with the Vampire
8.Minority Report
9.The Pianist
10.Artificial Intelligence
11.Matilda
12. The Day After Tomorrow
13. Dodgeball
14. King Kong
15. Stuck on You
16. The Butterfly Lovers (HK)
17. Titanic
18. Forrest Gump
19. Troy
20. Pirates of the Caribbean I and II
21. Just Like Heaven
22. Mean Girls
23. Shrek 1 and 2
24. The Lion King 1
25. Pearl Harbor
26. Dumb and Dumber

[Sentry]

1. Saving Private Ryan
2. Ocean's Eleven
3. Batman Begins
4. Bourne Supremacy
5. Zoolander
6. Ocean's Twelve
7. Bourne Ultimatum
8. Schindler's List
9. Gladiator
10. Jurassic Park
11. Shawshank Redemption
12. Dark Knight
13. Jaws
14. Tropic Thunder
15. Kung Fu Hustle
16. Rush Hour
17. Van Helsing
18. Forrest Gump
19. Lord of the Rings I
20. Anchorman
21. Pirates of the Carribean I
22. Pirates of the Carribean II
23. Pirates of the Carribean III
24. War of the Worlds
25. The Batman
26. Ocean's Thirteen
27. Spiderman I
28. Spiderman III
29. Rain Man
30. Lord of the Rings II
31. Home Alone
32. Face Off
33. Se7en
34. Lord of the Rings III
35. Bourne Identity
36. A Beautiful Mind
37. The Matrix
38. Austin Powers III
39. Austin Powers II
40. Thank You for Smoking

[belki]

This is really tough...but will try to squeeze my brain out...

1. The Sound of Music
2. The Parent Trap (both 60's and 90's version)
3. Speed
4. The Philadelphia Story (Kate Hepburn)
5. It Happened One Night (Clark Gable)
6. The Women (1939 version, couldn't care less about the remakes)
7. Sense and Sensibility
8. A Letter to Three Wives (Linda Darnell)
9. Silence of the Lambs
10. My Best Friend's Wedding

11. Dangerous Minds (Michelle Pfeiffer)
12. Victor/ Victoria (Julie Andrews)
13. Gone With the Wind
14. His Girl Friday (Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell)
15. The Blind Side
16. Music of the Heart (Meryl Streep)
17. Funny Girl (Barbra Streisand, the one movie I loved her in)
18. While You Were Sleeping
19. Psycho
20. The Exorcist

21. Howards End
22. Indiana Jones (trilogy, I don't like the last one)
23. Citizen Kane
24. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
25. ET
26. The Lion King
27. Dangerous Liaisons
28. Jerry Maguire
29. Babe
30. Chicago

31. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
32. Drunken Master 2
33. Farewell to My Concubine
34. Heroic Trio
35. Once Upon a Time in China
36. Rouge (Anita Mui)
37. Bring It On
38. Never Been Kissed (Drew B)
39. A Walk in the Clouds
40. Must Love Dogs

I'm sure I left plenty out...the list might change in minors, I guess...
Oh well........

[irish66]

okay, I'll list 40 of my favourites which i though were excellent
La confidentiel (probably my all time favourite)
house of flying daggers
The french connection
The star wars original trilogy
city lights
modern times
the general
raiders of the lost ark
the philadelphia story
it happened one night
king kong (original)
king kong (jackson)
Mr Deeds goes to town
Mr smith goes to washington
it's a wonderful life
Heat
Superman (Donner)
Creeping tiger, hidden dragon
The Moving Target (newman)
Butch Cassidy and the sundance kid
The sting
Cool Hand luke
The towering inferno
Mary Popins
The sound of music
ET
Jurassic park
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Kid
Shane
The night of the hunter
A nous La liberte
La Jour Da Fete
Mr Hulot's holiday
Mon Oncle
animals are beautiful people
airplane
rosemary's baby

That was easy