Top 10 Movies of all time (tell us Why - NO LISTS)

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Hmm interesting. Makes me wanna go out and rent some of these aforementioned movies.

1. [Pirates of the Caribbean] Both of them. I love the character development and interaction in the movies. The special/visual effects are mind-blowing, especially in DMC. The storylines are interesting. And the humor's just awesome. For someone who isn't into Johnny Depp, unlike the rest of the world :lol:, Johnny is pretty damn hot as Jack Sparrow. Totally surpassed my expectations when I first heard about the movies being based off the Disneyland ride. Hell, I enjoy the movies so much that I don't even notice the over 2-hour runtime for each movie.

2. [Crash] Ahh one of the few dramas I enjoyed, given that I'm an action/adventure fan. Loved the anti-stereotyping message behind the movie and how all the various plots within the movie come together and serve that point. Terrence Howard is just awesome. And I was a pretty big Ryan Phillippe fan back in my teeny-bopping days, so it was good seeing him again.

3. [The Fast & The Furious] I hate it when people complain about how the movie lacked depth and acting talent; it's an action movie about cars/racing, dammit. And I love action and cars. I even managed to like every single character in the movie. Paul's Brian was the loyal, good guy. Vin's Dominic was the badass with heart. And even Rick's Johnny was likeable to a degree, mostly for the garage scene in which he forced oil into some guy's mouth, which I found to be pretty hot. :lol:

4. [Batman Begins] Only the best comic-book adaptation ever for one of my favorite superheros. The movie finally did Bats some justice after the previous movie debacles. Plus, Christian Bale is just awesome, so it's great that he's finally getting recognition.

5. [Ocean's Eleven] Clever, witty movie with a superb cast. Finally, a movie in which the 'bad guy' thiefs really weren't bad guys.

6. [Se7en] As mentioned earlier, great thriller with innovative murders.

7. [Training Day] I like violence in movies. I like Denzel in movies. What a great combination of both. :D I'm just sick and enjoy stuff like twisted cops and people getting tortured on the big screen.

8. [The Lion King, A Time to Kill] Two totally different movies. Former, my favorite movie growing up so I can't give that up now. Loved the story. Loved Simba. Hated Mufasa's death; I think that was the first and only time I've ever cried during a movie. The latter, best John Grisham-adaptation movie ever. The storyline was provocative, and the acting was great. Samuel L. Jackson's the man. And from what I've seen of Matthew McConaughey in this movie, he is sorely underused with his chick flicks.

9. [Brian's Song, Remember the Titans] I love football, and both are great football movies with substance. The story of Brian Piccolo was heart-wrenching, especially given how unlikeable Brian was during the first half of the movie. And the latter's a light-hearted movie with a heart-warming message and outcome.

10. [Romeo Must Die] Good action movie with generally great casting. Too bad Jet Li's kind of hard to understand, but his ass-kicking skills make up for it. Aaliyah did a good job, and it's a shame her career and life ended so abruptly. But like I mentioned earlier, I have a thing for bad guys, and both Isaiah Washington and Russell Wong were phenomenal.
 
In no particular order...

Donnie darko- so original and amazing
Eternal sunshine- awesome premise and a epic love story
Lost in translation- quiet and subtle brilliance
Kill Bill and Kill Bill Vol. 2- Awesome just awesome
Napoleon Dynamite- so damn funny!
Sleepless in Seattle- cute love story
Romeo and Juliet- epic love story done brilliantly
Cruel Intentions- kicka$$...nuff said..
One flew over the cuckoo's nest- so moving
11:14- most perfect film ever made
The Wizard of Oz- classic
 
1. The Breakfast Club - Classic. This storyline is one of the greatest. I love this movie.
2. The Notebook - This was the first movie to make me cry. This was such a great love story.
3. 28 Days - I like that this movie has a little bit of everything in it. Romance, drama, drugs, sex, etc. Such a great movie.
4. Raise Your Voice - Powerful movie. I love this movie to death.
5. Fried Green Tomatoes - Extremely powerful movie! Beautiful story. Sad and moving. I love it.
6. Homeward Bound - I always loved this movie. It'll make you laugh and cry. I love it.
7. The Perfect Score - I can watch this movie over and over again and never get tired of it.
8. Return To Paradise - Sad. Very moving. Keeps you on the edge of your seat. Strong.
9. Christmas Vacation - Funniest movie known to man!!
10. Ferris Buellers Day Off - Again, a classic.
 
Ooh, these are my favorite kinds of threads! Thanks for starting it, Leila :) I'll be back later with my top ten.
 
1) War of the Worlds remake-love it!! great acting and loved all the action scenes. i really don't like tom cruise but i loved him in this movie!!!

2) House of Wax remake-what can i say? after 19 times i still love it!!! the lines are just so funny and jared padalecki is really hot!!

3) A Walk to Remember-i've seen it 18 times and i love it each time!! shane west and mandy moore were great! and shane is so hot!!

4) October Sky-Jake G's 1st movie!!, i loved him in it! the acting and the story line is so inspiring i love it!!

5) X-men 2-the action was great!! i loved all 3 but this was my fave!! the acting is always so great!!!

6) The Nightmare Before Christmas-such an old movie but i love it!! the songs are great!!

7) Beauty and the Beast-this movie is so inspirational! the message (beauty is only skin deep) is great!!

8) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire-such a great movie!! the action is awesome!! and the acting is awesome for teens

9) Saw 2-awesome movie!! donnie wahlberg was great!! wonderfully thought out!!

10) High School Musical 1 and 2-for a disney movie it is great!!! the acting and the songs are awesome!!

Other Faves

1) Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Mans Chest-amazing movie, johnny depp is awesome

2) Eight Below-amazing movie, very sad....paul walker was awesome!

3) X-Men 3-awesome movie! i loved it!

4) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets-awesome! loved it..so funny

5) The Hitcher-the original...i love it so much! i'm obsessed with it!

6) Eragon-awesome!! the acting and the scenery was just so amazing!

7) Pirates of the Caribean At World's End-the best one of the three! amazing!

8) Driving Lessons-my current obsession, Rupert Grint was amazing! the plot was so original and its so funny!

9) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix-the best one yet...it was amazing!!

10) Sweeney Todd-the new one with johnny depp....its beyond amazing!!! the acting and singing are outstanding!! i'm obsessed!!
 
My top 10 sometimes change :)

1. Rushmore - I don't know why but I think this film is really magical. One thing I love about Wes Anderson films is how he chooses songs that fit the movie scenes so well. I am also a big dreamer like the protagonist that's why I relate so much in the film. Plus, I enjoy the whole unrequited love-boy falling in love with an older girl type of stories. I just LOVE THIS FILM! It's all about the details.

2. Chungking Express, Hong Kong - This film is the reason why I want to be a filmmaker. It captures my heart and it is really charming. Again, I relate to one of the characters here (Faye) where you just like have this crush on someone but you try to help him silently. I am a big big dreamer and also an introvert so yeah...

3. Amadeus - I know it is a stretch but I think this film is close to perfection. Films involving music is something I tremendously enjoy. I want to go to Vienna.

4. My Sassy Girl, South Korea - A story about how relationships are formed and can also be tied up to destiny. It is funny and yet at times, a sad film. Very beautiful.

I am kind of worried that they are remaking this.

5. Almost Famous - You see the pattern? I just love those unrequited love, coming of age stories, and films with music. I am such a hopeless romantic :D

6. Lovely Rivals, South Korea - this is a teacher-student film. The teacher (a girl) have a crush on a new male faculty member. Since the male teacher is quite handsome, she found herself competing against a lot of girls, even students who are 10 years old! But one girl, her own student, proved to be a worthy rival of all. A film with heart. It's very simple yet it made me cry and touched me. During the time I watched this I have a huge (harmeless) crush on my film teacher, maybe that's why I enjoyed this so much.

7. School of Rock - Another teacher film I love. As I mentioned from another thread, this is one of my comfort movies.

8. Battle Royale, Japan - Another teacher-student film on a different scale. I just saw this this year but I immediately love it. The acting is not the greatest but the idea is cool and scary and disturbing.

9. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - I think this is another movie which is close to perfection. Milos Forman is awesome. Just the sheer brilliance of watching great acting and great storytelling is totally an experience.

10. Grave of the Fireflies, Studio Ghibli Japan - After I watched this I became completely quiet and lost the ability to talk to people. I got over it though, but it will forever leave a huge impact on me.

I just have to mention The LOTR trilogy, Roman Holiday (the ending!!!), animated Disney films (The Lion King, Mulan, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Little Mermaid), Cars and a whole lot more but I can't fit it in...
 
1. Star Wars - Episode IV - A New Hope

This will always be my favorite. I really can't explain why as some of the effects are dated and the acting is fairly bad, not to mention some of the script! But... put it all together and you get great entertaiment (even though not very original, but who cares), characters you really care for, robots, wookie's and cool lighrsabre's that do that 'humming' thing. I like Empire Strikes Back too and Return of the Jedi, though the three most recent were at best passable.

2. Terminator

This film about a killer cyborg has got my favorite love story ever, would you believe. Kyle and Sarah. His line "I came across time for you" is so beautiful and intense. I love these two. I also liked the rest of the film with Arnold doing what he does best when he is robotic and dosen't say much.

3. Aliens

What can I say.... I love the character of Ripley and I love the whole Space Marine Corps going to kick some xenomorph butt. One of those great films that have spawned hundreds of bad copies. Hudson and his 'Game over', classic.

4. Mon Oncle

I love Jacques Tati and this film about a boy and his ultra modern parents and his shabby and old fashioned uncle is so funny and sweet. My parents made us watch his films and I've grown up a big fan. I also want a fish fountain just like in the film.

5. Singing In The Rain

Through my mother I've grown up a big fan of MGM musicals and this is my favorite. I love Gene Kelly he is such a fantastic dancer but here he is well partnered by Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Connor. I love their number 'Good Morning' and Donald O'Connor's dancing in 'Make Em Laugh' is fabulous.

6. Nuovo Cinema Paradiso

A great film full of wonderful characters. But the best is the young Salvatore, so cute, played so well by Salvatore Cascio.


7. Kes

Ken Loach at his best. Such a hard story about a boy in the North of England growing up without much love who befriends a kestrel. Sad and beautiful at the same time. One of the saddest endings in any film I've seen.


8. Shaun of the Dead

I love films that don't take themselves too seriously and this is one of them. So funny with a bit of gore, just how I like em. A film I can watch over and over.


9. The Mummy

A great popcorn movie with really cool characters. Another one that I can watch over and over.

10. Rear Window

I think deep down we are all peeping toms! The tension when the killer see's him looking at him...omg! I love this film and for some reason like to watch it late at night.


Special Mention To

Lord of the Rings trilogy

Really well made films of a book that can't be easy to adapt into films. I love the characters, the battles, the orcs, the script and over all look of the film.
 
Blondie- Great list there, I loved the movie Man in the moon.

I will come back with my 10 ten. This is going to take alot of thinking.
 
Oh god, top 10....geez soo hard i had to leave a lot out :(

1. Sleepless In Seattle - watched it a million times, never get sick of it, one of the things I want to do before I die - go to the top of the empire state building on Valentines Day :love: (i'm from Australia- so probably why I havnt been yet unlike a lot of other ppl on here....) plus u can't go wrong with Tom and Meg :love:

2.Now and Then - great cast, cute story one of my fave lines ever : "You can't get pregnant from kissing!" :lol: hilarious

3.Riding In Cars With Boys - great cast again, love it from beginning to end, Drew and Steve are especially fantastic, and hottie aussie Adam Garcia doesn't hurt either- makes me cry and laugh in so many scenes :)

4. The Breakfast Club - big Molly Ringwald fan :) I do not get sick of this movie, funny and sad at the same time, the transformation of the characters is great

5. 10 Things I Hate About You - Heath is :love: the aussie accent really stands out and makes him even more sexier, great soundtrack also!

6. When Harry Met Sally - classic romantic comedy - great chemistry btween Meg and Billy - its great that you can fall in love with your best friend

7. Brokeback Mountain - Heath and Jake = :love: fantastic chemistry between the two, powerful acting between two of my fave boys :) Michelle was great as well :)

8. Fight Club - had to watch it about 300 times for Media Studies and analyze it to death, which I loved doing, getting into the psyche of the characters was fun and scary, great acting by Brad and Edward. I also have a soft spot for Brad - I wouldn't mind waking up next to him every morning **ahhh heaven** :lol:

9. Cruel Intentions - great acting, great soundtrack, fantastic lines, stirring chemistry between Reese and Ryan :)

10. A Walk to Remember - cried my eyes out - Mandy and Shane soooo cute :) and great soundtrack as well :)

a few close calls:

My Girl - "where are his glasses, he can't see without his glasses" - Anna Chlumsky fantastic debut effort :) great acting by Dan and Jamie and Macualy

Forrest Gump - one of those movies that no matter how many times I watch it, gets me with every scene and every line. Tom Hanks finest :)

Pretty in Pink - Molly Ringwald + high school prom - need I say more
 
Well of course you would have to tell why you loved each of the film but your right, the list would be so long :lol:


Brit- :lmao: I just had to add that one in.
 
I know that there are a TON of movies better then these I picked out there, BUT these movies are ones that I could watch anytime they come on and they never get old. Mine are In order from my number one pick, to my number 10 pick.


01.) The Man In The Moon - What can I say? Reese Witherspoon won me over in this film. I know alot of people have never heard or seen this film and it wasn't exactly a major blockbuster, but I LOVE IT. I cannot stress how Spectacular she was in this film. I cry and laugh everytime I see this film. The whole cast is AMAZING, not to mention Jason London is so CRUSHABLE! :sigh: "Dani: I want you to be the first boy to ever kiss me." I love this scene, truely magical.

02.) Titanic - Now you can't have a movie list without this one on there somewhere. Leo and Kate are probably one of the best movie couples to DATE IMHO. The chemistry is UNDENIABLE with these too. I mean they were Jack and Rose and James C. did make a spectacular film. I think the editing was terrific. One scene that will always stand out to me has to be, the scene when everything is silent, except the band playing and you see all the point of views from everyone. The old couple laying together, the third class mother having to tuck her children in bed, cause they could not get out. Gets me everytime. This movie is a hard one to beat. Not many films have topped this one IMHO.

03.) Brokeback Mountain - Jake and Heath were AMAZING (Especially Jake) it took a lot of guts for them to make this movie and they poured their heart and souls into those two roles and pulled off an amazing portrayal of a couple who has all odds stacked against them, but cannot shake the love they carry for one another. It's the perfect example of how your first TRUE LOVE lives in your heart, until you die. I think the movie deserves all the credit it got. People can make fun of it all they want, but they were amazing. jake Gyllenhaal is one actor that can make you fall head over heels with just the innocence he expresses. You just wanna squeeze him. I only saw the movie because of Jake, but ended up loving the film for what it was.

04.) American History X - Not to many people like this movie or what it's about, but I can watch it over and over. It has to be Edward Norton's most brutal and controversial role ever and he played Derrik with PERFECTION. The movie hit on real topics that are rarely discussed in movies now a days. Not to mention he BUFFED his self up and put his all into that role as well. I thought it was great. Sure he was great in Primal Fear and Fight Club, but DAMN he was amazing in this film. It was hard for me to watch the first couple of times, I'll admit that, but I think the message it sent out was that people do horrible things and pay for them and can change in the blink of an eye. It still dosen't make what they did right, of course, but it's a start. I recommend watching it.

05.) A Time To Kill - Superb Cast - Superb Film. samuel L. Jackson did not get recognized for this film and that's a rip off. The film really affected me, being a parent and all and it dose make you wonder what you would do if you were in his shoes. The whole movie from start to finsih was great, gripping and pitiful. Keifer, Samuel, Matthew Sandra, they were all terrific. I recommend this film as well. Actually I just watched it this morning, so it's fresh on my mind.

06.) Beaches - Give me a box of klennex and get my girls. This is probably the best chick flick I have ever seen. Bette Middler and Barbara Hershey are great together. I think I cry everytime I see this film and if it's on at someone's house that I don't want to cry in front of, I have to leave the room. I'm a sap :lol:

07.) The Outsiders - I loved the book and the movie did not disappoint me in any way. I really enjoyed this film and it makes my list. I loved C.Thomas Howell and Ralph Machio in this film. I think that's when I got my crush on him, or it may have been The Karate Kid :lol: Anyways, great film.

08.) Se7en - BEST THRILLER - Actually made me lock my doors while I was watching it. Spine Chilling is all I can say. Very good twist at the end too. I never saw him coming. I really love who done it serial killer movies and this one tops my list as number one thriller. Great Script, Great Actors.

09.) Halloween - My favorite Holiday - My favorite Horror Movie. This has to be my favorite horror movie ever. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Original) and Devil's Rejects, run close second & third, but hands down. Michael Myers takes the cake.

10.) 8 Mile - Loved Eminem in this film. I am a HUGE fan, had low expectations for him as an actor and got side swiped. he was great and the film was too. The only movie that I have ever been to in theatres, where it was given a standing Ovation. I mean the whole theatre, which was so packed that people were sitting in the isle's and standing, was cheering and clapping through the whole finale.
 
Oh wowie.. to choose only 10
1. Simon Birch
2. A Walk To Remember
3. Sweet Home Alabama
4. Princess Diaries 1 & 2
5. Benny & Joon
6. While You Were Sleeping
7. When A Man Loves A Woman
8. Dead Poets Society
9. Six Days, Seven Nights
10. The Cure
 
I not a moderater(sp?) or anything but u could also but put Why its your favorite or if they are in order What makes #1 the #1 movie.

I'll come back later with me 10 But their are 2 many favorites

Angie
 
If we had a Top 20 list, imagine on how long the posts would be (since we're not allowed to have lists. Better yet, imagine how much ranting I will put all the readers through :lmao: (Trust me on this one :D)
 
1. The Breakfast Club
2. Titanic
3. Ferris Buellers Day Off
4. Big
5. Now and Then
6. Stepmom
7. Forrest Gump
8. Miracle on 34rd Street
9. My Girl
10. Stand By Me
 
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