Best Movie Ever? Suggestions...

eagle eye · 12-04-2009 7:03am

The Big Lebowski
Twelve Angry Men
The Godfather 1 and 2
The Usual Suspects
The Shawshank Redemption
The Dark Knight
Unforgiven
Fight Club
The Matrix
Pulp Fiction
The Third Man
Once Upon a time in America
Batman Begins
Memento

And many, many more but they are what come to mind right now. No doubt about the first four in my mind as the best four but not necessarily in that order

greatgoal · 12-04-2009 8:32am

Midnight Express

Pride Fighter · 12-04-2009 8:48am

Date Movie
Meet the Spartans

All the classics;)

ztoical · 12-04-2009 10:11am

how has this pointless thread not been locked yet?

MooseJam · 12-04-2009 12:10pm

Doom

JC 2K3 · 12-04-2009 12:42pm

City of God.

tman · 12-04-2009 12:44pm

Oldboy

Everybody has their own unique tastes, but for me that is by far the greatest movie ever made...

Kold · 12-04-2009 12:46pm

Schindler's List not gotten a mention yet?

JC 2K3 · 12-04-2009 12:49pm

tman wrote: »

Oldboy

Everybody has their own unique tastes, but for me that is by far the greatest movie ever made...

That'd be up there on my list too. Amazing film.

Zascar · 12-04-2009 12:55pm

American Psycho is my favourite

ronnie3585 · 12-04-2009 4:13pm

The Big Lebowski
Magnolia
Dumb and Dumber

mle1324 · 13-04-2009 12:00am

my top ten would be
1.goodfellas
2.scarface
3.saving private ryan
4.godfather
5.die hard
6.forest gump
7.platoon
8.heat
9.la confidential
10.the fugitive

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Lamper.sffc · 13-04-2009 2:41am

abouttobebanned wrote: »

Because it's not that great of a film. It's good...but it doesn't belong in any kind of top ten list.

Can you give us 10 better films in your opinion.

abouttobebanned · 13-04-2009 2:20pm

I can indeed.

The Sting.
The Godfather.
Pappillion.
The Good the bad and the Ugly
Schindler's List
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Silence of the Lambs
Saving Private Ryan
The Godfather Part 2
12 Angry Men

All of those films are better than the shawshank redemption. I'll give you another ten if you want.

Lamper.sffc · 13-04-2009 3:06pm

abouttobebanned wrote: »

I can indeed.

The Sting.
The Godfather.
Pappillion.
The Good the bad and the Ugly
Schindler's List
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Silence of the Lambs
Saving Private Ryan
The Godfather Part 2
12 Angry Men

All of those films are better than the shawshank redemption. I'll give you another ten if you want.

Maybe this should be added to your post (IMO) Talk about picking the obvious. Did you look up a top ten movie list in empire.

Ok. Films from your list that are not better IMO

The good the bad the ugly
The silence of the lambs
Saving Private Ryan

while still good movies they dont surpass shawshank in my opinion.

Some of the others would be in the same league

And you can come up with another 100 movies if you like, you will still be wrong:P IMO

abouttobebanned · 13-04-2009 3:12pm

It's all about opinions mate. I think Shawshank Redemption is a great popcorn film, but imo it's just too predictable as a "favourite film of all time" for people and really doesn't warrant such a tag.

Personally, I can't believe anybody would think that Shawshank Redemption is better than the good, the bad and the ugly. Saving Private Ryan has its flaws but is still a superior picture.

But this is what movies discussion is all about.

johnny_ultimate · 13-04-2009 3:43pm

Good to see films like Shawshank Redemption conjuring up a bit of a debate. I'd also think it is 'overrated' - it is overly sentimental and manipulative (voiceover in particular is like getting hit in the face with a mallet). That isn't to say its a bad film - I really do like it, wouldn't be anywhere near my top ten mind but it is a highly enjoyable film with some great moments.

Discussions about 'best movie ever' shouldn't just be about listing films (and I'm glad the charter points that out). Everyone will have their own opinions at the end of the day. There isn't a best film ever made, everyone just has their favourites (indeed there are films in my top ten I would readily admit aren't perfect, but I adore them anyway). And that makes film debate more interesting. There are going to be fans and haters of pretty much every film out there, and it is good to hear both voices.

banshee_bones · 13-04-2009 3:58pm

1. Pulp Fiction
2. Fight Club
3. The Godfather
4. American Beauty
5. American History X

grames_bond · 13-04-2009 4:04pm

it has got to be pulp fiction! superb movie in every single way!

Rockshamrover · 13-04-2009 5:07pm

I can't pick the best ever but here are a few I thought were pretty good. In no particular order.

Jean de Floret.
Spiderman 2.
White heat.
Raging bull.
The pianist
The first Jason Bourne movie.
The shining.
Psycho (the original).

Lots more I can't think of.

JasonBourne 2.0 · 13-04-2009 7:49pm

Forgot to mention this one: A beautiful mind. An absolute classic of a movie. Just goes to show you how flawed the academy awards are considering Denzel Washington for his "You shot me in the ass" performance in Training day beat Russell Crowe's outstanding performance at the oscars. Note: i still like Training day

*Simone* · 13-04-2009 9:02pm

I see no one has mentioned this one yet (and Im usually on my own with it) but;

The Talented Mr. Ripley.

I just think its amazing, fascinating, beautifully shot, brilliantly scripted, and very under-rated.

JasonBourne 2.0 · 13-04-2009 9:14pm

Yeah love that film aswell and anything with matt damon in it really as you can probably guess from my user name. There is also a decent follow up called Ripleys Game with John Malkovich as Ripley which i seen a few years ago, you should check it out, severley under rated film. I think the films are based on a series of books.

*Simone* · 13-04-2009 9:18pm

Somehow I missed Ripley's Game when it came out, and I never bothered with it because I heard it was a very poor "sequel" so to speak, and I thought it might just ruin the original for me! But might as well check it out, as Malkovitz rarely gets it wrong...

Lamper.sffc · 14-04-2009 1:31am

abouttobebanned wrote: »

It's all about opinions mate. I think Shawshank Redemption is a great popcorn film, but imo it's just too predictable as a "favourite film of all time" for people and really doesn't warrant such a tag.

Personally, I can't believe anybody would think that Shawshank Redemption is better than the good, the bad and the ugly. Saving Private Ryan has its flaws but is still a superior picture.

But this is what movies discussion is all about.

That is my point. You cant just come in saying people who say shawshank is their favourite movie deserve a smack in the face. Its all about opinions mate. That is why i said use the IMO

At the end of the day, saying one film is better than the other is redundant . But please dont attack other peoples opinions in such an aggressive way.

rochie16 · 14-04-2009 1:54am

Agreed on the whole Shawshank issue. Terribly over-rated.

My top 10

True Romance
The Departed
Miller's Crossing
Raging Bull
Lord of the Rings
No Country For Old Men
Fargo
Pulp Fiction
Goodfellas
Memento

14-04-2009 3:08am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-vUpVy7h7w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dtiCJkLsTs

Galvasean · 14-04-2009 3:13am

Deleted User wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-vUpVy7h7w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dtiCJkLsTs

Remarkably enjoyable piece of crap that

14-04-2009 3:26am

Galvasean wrote: »

Remarkably enjoyable piece of crap that

It is rather fun, much like Frankenfish which to this day remains one of the most enjoyable films ever.

On a completely different note, I just gave Uwe Boll 33 euros of mine to help fund his next film.

Galvasean · 14-04-2009 3:29am

Deleted User wrote: »

It is rather fun, much like Frankenfish which to this day remains one of the most enjoyable films ever.

I have yet to see a better film about killer fish (that can walk on land).

Shot by a house!

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