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Thread started 03/30/03 9:11pm

DorothyParkerW
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Your top 20 Favorite Films

Just curious to see what people's taste in movies are, my list is...

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Vertigo
3. A Clockwork Orange
4. Do The Right Thing
5. The Manchurian Candidate
6. Sunset Boulevard
7. Dr. Strangelove or How I Stopped Worrying And Loved The Bomb
8. Psycho
9. Malcolm X
10.Network
11.The 400 Blows
12.Bonnie and Clyde
13.Breathless
14.Coming To America
15.Fight Club
16.Lolita
17.Breathless
18.Which Way is Up?
19.He Got Game
20.The Wild Bunch
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Reply #1 posted 03/30/03 9:16pm

DorothyParkerW
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Correction on #17

DorothyParkerWasCool said:

Just curious to see what people's taste in movies are, my list is...

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Vertigo
3. A Clockwork Orange
4. Do The Right Thing
5. The Manchurian Candidate
6. Sunset Boulevard
7. Dr. Strangelove or How I Stopped Worrying And Loved The Bomb
8. Psycho
9. Malcolm X
10.Network
11.The 400 Blows
12.Bonnie and Clyde
13.Breathless
14.Coming To America
15.Fight Club
16.Lolita
17.Roger and Me
18.Which Way is Up?
19.He Got Game
20.The Wild Bunch
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Reply #2 posted 03/30/03 9:21pm

Moonbeam

Let me write them down first, and then try to order them:

1. Edward Scissorhands
2. Dancer in the Dark
3. Aliens
4. American Beauty
5. Grease
6. With Honors
7. Jurassic Park
8. Jaws
9. The Messenger
10. Bram Stoker's Dracula
11. Amistad
12. Halloween 2
13. Phenomenon
14. Tron
15. Halloween
16. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
17. The Exorcist
18. Jesus of Nazareth
19. Boys Don't Cry
20. Blade Runner
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Reply #3 posted 03/30/03 9:26pm

DorothyParkerW
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Moonbeam said:

Let me write them down first, and then try to order them:

1. Edward Scissorhands
2. Dancer in the Dark
3. Aliens
4. American Beauty
5. Grease
6. With Honors
7. Jurassic Park
8. Jaws
9. The Messenger
10. Bram Stoker's Dracula
11. Amistad
12. Halloween 2
13. Phenomenon
14. Tron
15. Halloween
16. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
17. The Exorcist
18. Jesus of Nazareth
19. Boys Don't Cry
20. Blade Runner
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One flew is a great flick
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Reply #4 posted 03/30/03 9:30pm

DigitalLisa

Purle Rain
Pretty in Pink
The color purple
She's gotta have it
The Goonies
Do the right thing
School dayz
Boyz n the hood
Claudine
Indiana Jones (temple of dome)
Adventures in babysitting
Leeza
Rocky Horror Picture show
Carrie
The shinning
The Godfather
The Wiz
Mahogony ...

that's all I can think of 4 now lol
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Reply #5 posted 03/30/03 9:38pm

Blackcat

The Matrix
The Ladies Man ( A really funny movie)
The Rose (saw that last night)
The King of New York
Malcolm X
Planet of the Apes (the original)
Journey to the Center of the Earth
The Time Machine (original)
Pulp Fiction
ET
The Discover Channel's Animals Screwing (docudrama)
Purple Rain
Brainstorm
The Deer Hunter
Angel Heart
Men in Black (I loved that movie)

Is that 20?
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Reply #6 posted 03/30/03 9:40pm

Blackcat

Blackcat said:

The Matrix
The Ladies Man ( A really funny movie)
The Rose (saw that last night)
The King of New York
Malcolm X
Planet of the Apes (the original)
Journey to the Center of the Earth
The Time Machine (original)
Pulp Fiction
ET
The Discover Channel's Animals Screwing (docudrama)
Purple Rain
Brainstorm
The Deer Hunter
Angel Heart
Men in Black (I loved that movie)

Is that 20?


Oh yeah!!! Raiders of the Lost Ark
Last Tempation of Christ
and School Daze
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Reply #7 posted 03/30/03 9:45pm

Blackcat

Blackcat said:

Blackcat said:

The Matrix
The Ladies Man ( A really funny movie)
The Rose (saw that last night)
The King of New York
Malcolm X
Planet of the Apes (the original)
Journey to the Center of the Earth
The Time Machine (original)
Pulp Fiction
ET
The Discover Channel's Animals Screwing (docudrama)
Purple Rain
Brainstorm
The Deer Hunter
Angel Heart
Men in Black (I loved that movie)

Is that 20?


Oh yeah!!! Raiders of the Lost Ark
Last Tempation of Christ
School Daze
Wild Thangs
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Reply #8 posted 03/30/03 9:54pm

rdhull

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All That Jazz
The Rose
Mo Betta Blues
...
"Climb in my fur."
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Reply #9 posted 03/30/03 9:59pm

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1. PRETTY WOMAN
2. SAVE THE LAST DANCE
3. ..YA YA SISTERHODD
4. MATRIX
5. PURPLE RAIN
6. FRIDAY
7. CLOCKERS
8. HIGHER LEARNING
9. BREAKFAST CLUB
10. SIXTEEN CANDLES
11. ST ELMOS FIRE
12. UNDER THE CHERRY MOON
13. DREAM A LITTLE DREAM
14. SHINING
15. WHITE MEN CANT JUMP
16. FORREST GUMP
17. DELIRIOUS (EDDIE MURPHY)
18. SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
19. CANDYMAN
20. CLOCKERS
He calls me "Holi" cuz he says everyday w/ me is like a Holiday...
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Reply #10 posted 03/30/03 10:00pm

MostBeautifulG
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How about my top 10 cause top 20 is too much thinking for 12 midnight but they are not in a certain order big grin


1. Footloose
2. Godfather
3. 8 Mile
4. Purple Rain
5. Friday
6. Save the last dance
7. Half Baked - "Fuck you, fuck you, your cool and fuck you"
8. Princess Bride
9. Graffitti Bridge
10. Stir of Echos
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Reply #11 posted 03/30/03 10:07pm

rdhull

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see below
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"Climb in my fur."
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Reply #12 posted 03/30/03 10:07pm

rdhull

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DorothyParkerWasCool said:

Just curious to see what people's taste in movies are, my list is...

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Vertigo
3. A Clockwork Orange
4. Do The Right Thing
5. The Manchurian Candidate
6. Sunset Boulevard
7. Dr. Strangelove or How I Stopped Worrying And Loved The Bomb
8. Psycho
9. Malcolm X
10.Network
11.The 400 Blows
12.Bonnie and Clyde
13.Breathless
14.Coming To America
15.Fight Club
16.Lolita
17.Breathless
18.Which Way is Up?
19.He Got Game
20.The Wild Bunch


you're the shit nod
"Climb in my fur."
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Reply #13 posted 03/30/03 10:09pm

rdhull

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luv4thepurple1 said:

11. ST ELMOS FIRE


my stepmonster

17. DELIRIOUS (EDDIE MURPHY)

mother..the ice cream man cometh



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Reply #14 posted 03/31/03 12:50am

mistermaxxx

1)Godfather Part 1,2)Roots,3)Godfather part 2,4)Cooley High,5)Annie Hall,6)Do The Right Thing,7)Taxi Driver,8)Lady Sings the Blues,9)Which Way is Up?,10)Malcolm X,11)Saturday Night Fever,12)Casablanca,13)The Birds,14)The Defiant Ones,15)On the Waterfront,16)Superfly,17)Coming to America,18)The Graduate,19)Rain Man,20)ET
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Reply #15 posted 03/31/03 1:33am

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All I can say is that there is Star Wars (which is far beyond a mere movie to me...), Unforgiven, In the Mouth Of Madness, She's Having A Baby, The Day The Earth Stood Still, The Godfather series, Forbidden Planet, Fargo, the Big Lebowski, The Thing, Play Misty For Me, Jaws, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, Living In Oblivion, Prince Of Darkness, Barton Fink, The Usual Suspects, Nosferatu (Murnau), Goodfellas, Gangs Of New York, About Schmitt, The Evil Dead 1 and 2, Doctor Mabuse and many , many more...
"Goodness will guide us when love is inside of us... The Force will be with you, always"
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Reply #16 posted 03/31/03 1:37am

CalhounSq

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Not in order...

Goodfellas
School Daze
Purple Rain
Do The Right Thing
Chicago
The Doom Generation
Your Friends & Neighbors
The Five Heartbeats
The Wiz
9 1/2 Weeks
Summer of Sam
Little Shop of Horrors
Suburbia
What's Love Got To Do With It
The Crow
Kama Sutra
Raising Arizona
Dumb & Dumber
Wild @ Heart
Love Jones

(realizing I forgot about Living in Oblivion & The Color Purple. Mad b/c I couldn't include Glory, Chasing Amy, Heat, Urban Cowboy, An Officer & A Gentleman, Miami Rhapsody, New Jack City, That Thing You Do, Amores Perros & The Best Man) :X


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Reply #17 posted 03/31/03 1:44am

grandebelle

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DorothyParkerWasCool said:

Just curious to see what people's taste in movies are, my list is...

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Vertigo
3. A Clockwork Orange
4. Do The Right Thing
5. The Manchurian Candidate
6. Sunset Boulevard
7. Dr. Strangelove or How I Stopped Worrying And Loved The Bomb
8. Psycho
9. Malcolm X
10.Network
11.The 400 Blows
12.Bonnie and Clyde
13.Breathless
14.Coming To America
15.Fight Club
16.Lolita
17.Breathless
18.Which Way is Up?
19.He Got Game
20.The Wild Bunch

I wont repeat "the musicals" from the other thread:
  • 1. SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
  • 2. BODY HEAT
  • 3. BODY DOUBLE
  • 4. SEVEN
  • 5. MRS. DOUBTFIRE
  • 6. THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT
  • 7. PLEASURE SEEKERS
  • 8. KITTEN WITH A WHIP
  • 9. THE MATRIX
  • 10. PAULIE
  • 11. LADY & THE TRAMP
  • 12. BAMBI
  • 13. WALL STREET
  • 14. UNFAITHFUL
  • 15. SCARFACE ( AL PACINO)
  • 16. FEAR DOT COM
  • 17. DAHMER
  • 18. CRAZY AS HELL
  • 19. FRAILTY
  • 20. GUESS WHO'S COMING 2 DINNER
just getting started...but ok.
May the BELLS ring 4 U even when ur not in love. hug kisses
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Reply #18 posted 03/31/03 1:49am

ConsciousConta
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Shawshank Redemption
Groundhog Day
Back to the Future
The Fan
Annie Hall
Play It Again Sam
Superman II
Schindlers List
Goodfellas
Purple Rain
Rocky IV
Ali
Truman Show
The Life of Brian

can't think of anymore
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Reply #19 posted 03/31/03 1:54am

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My 20 #1:

1. Men in Black
2. The Green Mile
3. Mississipi Burning
4. Lost and Found
5. 8 Mile
6. Cool Runnings
7. ...


I've run out of movies 2 count...
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Reply #20 posted 03/31/03 3:29am

medoc2003

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somewhat in order, but not exactly

1. 8 1/2
2. wings of desire
3. the graduate
4. the godfather
5. north by northwest
6. apocalypse now
7. monty python's holy grail
8. chinatown
9. la dolce vita
10. butch cassidy and the sundance kid
11. animal crackers
12. taxi driver
13. a hard days night
14. play it again, sam
15. brazil
16. pulp fiction
17. one flew over the cuckoos nest
18. casablanca
19. the hustler
20. my life as a dog
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Reply #21 posted 03/31/03 4:32am

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Just a few I like:

- Moulin Rouge
- Monsters Inc
- Lord Of The Rings
- Le HuitiƩme Jour
- The Matrix
- Pulp Fiction
- Cool Runnings
- The Green Mile
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Reply #22 posted 03/31/03 4:42am

DavidEye

Not in order...


***"Boogie Nights" (1997)
***"Saturday Night Fever" (1977)
***"Car Wash" (1976)
***"Dazed And Confused" (1993)
***"Set It Off" (1996)
***"The Mack" (1973)
***"Summer Of Sam" (1999)
***"Grease" (1978)
***"Clueless"(1995)
***"The Brady Bunch Movie" (1995)
***"The Goodbye Girl"(1977)
***"Claudine" (1974)
***"Poltergeist" (1982)
***"Beat Street" (1984)
***"Purple Rain" (1984)
***"Blood In,Blood Out (aka "Bound By Honor") (1993)
***"American Me" (1992)
***"Thank God It's Friday" (1978)
***"Carrie" (1976)
***"Goodfellas" (1990)
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Reply #23 posted 03/31/03 5:42am

Blackcat

DavidEye said:

Not in order...


***"Boogie Nights" (1997)
***"Saturday Night Fever" (1977)
***"Car Wash" (1976)
***"Dazed And Confused" (1993)
***"Set It Off" (1996)
***"The Mack" (1973)
***"Summer Of Sam" (1999)
***"Grease" (1978)
***"Clueless"(1995)
***"The Brady Bunch Movie" (1995)
***"The Goodbye Girl"(1977)
***"Claudine" (1974)
***"Poltergeist" (1982)
***"Beat Street" (1984)
***"Purple Rain" (1984)
***"Blood In,Blood Out (aka "Bound By Honor") (1993)
***"American Me" (1992)
***"Thank God It's Friday" (1978)
***"Carrie" (1976)
***"Goodfellas" (1990)


confuse How do you remember all those dates? Do you have everyone of these movies on tape/cd?
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Reply #24 posted 03/31/03 5:47am

DavidEye

Blackcat said:

DavidEye said:

Not in order...


***"Boogie Nights" (1997)
***"Saturday Night Fever" (1977)
***"Car Wash" (1976)
***"Dazed And Confused" (1993)
***"Set It Off" (1996)
***"The Mack" (1973)
***"Summer Of Sam" (1999)
***"Grease" (1978)
***"Clueless"(1995)
***"The Brady Bunch Movie" (1995)
***"The Goodbye Girl"(1977)
***"Claudine" (1974)
***"Poltergeist" (1982)
***"Beat Street" (1984)
***"Purple Rain" (1984)
***"Blood In,Blood Out (aka "Bound By Honor") (1993)
***"American Me" (1992)
***"Thank God It's Friday" (1978)
***"Carrie" (1976)
***"Goodfellas" (1990)


confuse How do you remember all those dates? Do you have everyone of these movies on tape/cd?




I ALWAYS remember dates...lol...same thing with songs too.And yes,I do have all these movies on either VHS or DVD.
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Reply #25 posted 03/31/03 6:00am

Blackcat

DavidEye said:[quote]

Blackcat said:

DavidEye said:

Not in order...


confuse How do you remember all those dates? Do you have everyone of these movies on tape/cd?




I ALWAYS remember dates...lol...same thing with songs too.And yes,I do have all these movies on either VHS or DVD.


OK, well what date was it that Gerald Ford fell and bumped his ass -- the first time?
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Reply #26 posted 03/31/03 6:40am

shausler

once upon a time in america

children shouldnt play with dead things

dawn of the dead

boogie nights

goodfellas

posieden adventure

blue velvet

rivers edge

jackie brown

harold and maude

wheres papa

to live and die in LA

the drywall incident

mean streets

el mariachi

jumpin through the boneyard

star trek : wrath of khan

blair witch project

last house on the left

meet the parents
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Reply #27 posted 03/31/03 6:46am

july

Reply to 'Your top 20 Favorite Films'

Purple Rain and watch it 20 times... 8) oh yeah...
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Reply #28 posted 03/31/03 6:47am

DigitalLisa

American X was a good movie 2
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shausler

DigitalLisa said:

American X was a good movie 2



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