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Top 25 Movies I tried to pick a nice number- exclusive, expansive but not excessive.
See if you can determine your top 25 movies. Here are mine, in order: 1. Edward Scissorhands 2. Dancer in the Dark 3. Aliens 4. American Beauty 5. Grease 6. Jurassic Park 7. Jaws 8. With Honors 9. Amistad 10. Bram Stoker's Dracula 11. Halloween 2 12. Halloween 13. The Messenger 14. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 15. The Poseidon Adventure 16. The Exorcist 17. Phenomenon 18. Casablanca 19. Blade Runner 20. Awakenings 21. TRON 22. The Color Purple 23. The Neverending Story 24. The Silence of the Lambs 25. Jesus of Nazareth What are yours? | |
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In no particula order,(sorry Monnbeam)
"I Like It Like That" "Tie Me Up Tie Me Down" "Women on the verge off a nervous breakdown" "Baraka" "Secrets of the Heart" "What Dreams May Come" "Open Your Eyes" "Not Love Just Frenzy" "Butterfly" "Kika" "Next Friday" "Mi Vida Loca" "All About My Mother" "Talk To Her" "Who's That Girl?" "Evita" "Swing" "Two Loaded Guns and a Smoking Barrel" "Austin Powers" (trilogy) "Dancer In The Dark" "Purple Rain" "The Little Mermaid" "Splash" "Office Space" "Clerks" "The Cell" | |
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Ghost In The Shell
Macross Plus Ninja Scroll To Sir With Love The Hustler Heat Full Metal Jacket Glengarry Glenn Ross Legend Better Off Dead The Outsiders The Shining The Matrix The Princess Bride Amadeus Once Upon a Time in China Enter the Dragon Iron Monkey Hitman Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon When We Were Kings La Femme Nikita City Lights The Professional The Seven Samurai [This message was edited Thu Jun 12 20:56:11 PDT 2003 by NovaAngel] "I ordered no broth! Away with ye lest my cane find your backside!!"- Ralph Wiggum, Actor. | |
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:EEK: How could I have forgotten The PROFESSIONAL! :DISBELIEF:
Love that Film..ok. Now That's my top 26! :WINK: Oh and "LIVE FLESH" Thinking I may need to revise my list.. 
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In no particular order!
1 Star Wars 2 Jaws 3 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 4 Godzilla (ol school..pick one) 5 High Plains Drifter 6 Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 7 Enter The Dragon 8 The GodFather 9 Scarface 10 Seven 11 Full Metal Jacket 12 Buttman's Big Butt Bendover Babes in Brazil 
13 Reservoir Dogs 14 Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels 15 Snatch 16 Fight Club 17 To Kill A Mockingbird (R.I.P. Gregory Peck) 18 Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory 19 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 20 The Exorcist 21 Mad Max (the FIRST one) 22 Hellraiser 23 Training Day 24 City of God 25 Ninja Scrolls The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them. -- Mark Twain.
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i dont have a top 25 but if it is  action or comedy i will watch it[This message was edited Thu Jun 12 22:01:55 PDT 2003 by CHAOSMAN87] | |
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not in order:
1 carrie 2 tank girl 3 a clockwork orange 4 metropolis (anime) 5 rosemary's baby 6 vertigo 7 heavy traffic 8 saturday night fever 9 monty python and the holy grail 10 purple rain 11 coonskin (aka 'street fight') 12 crooklyn 13 the warriors 14 who framed roger rabbit? 15 slc punk! 16 empire records 17 the breakfast club 18 ferris bueller's day off 19 utcm 20 up in smoke 21 the exorcist 22 the omen 23 the godfather 24 akira 25 dolemite 
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Moonbeam said: I tried to pick a nice number- exclusive, expansive but not excessive.
See if you can determine your top 25 movies. Here are mine, in order: 1. Edward Scissorhands 2. Dancer in the Dark 3. Aliens 4. American Beauty 5. Grease 6. Jurassic Park 7. Jaws 8. With Honors 9. Amistad 10. Bram Stoker's Dracula 11. Halloween 2 12. Halloween 13. The Messenger 14. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 15. The Poseidon Adventure 16. The Exorcist 17. Phenomenon 18. Casablanca 19. Blade Runner 20. Awakenings 21. TRON 22. The Color Purple 23. The Neverending Story 24. The Silence of the Lambs 25. Jesus of Nazareth What are yours? No Freeway?  Where's 1984? | |
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In rough order
1. The Godfather 2. Star Wars 3. The Lion In Winter 4. Do The Right Thing 5. The Godfather Pt. II 6. Malcolm X 7. The Empire Strikes Back 8. Pulp Fiction 9. Goodfellas 10. Superman 11. The Matrix 12. Henry V 13. Blazing Saddles 14. Casablanca 15. Spartacus 16. Silence of the Lambs 17. Forrest Gump 18. Return of the Jedi 19. The Magnificent Seven 20. Blazing Saddles 21. The Blues Brothers 22. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 23. Raiders of the Lost Ark 24. The Last Temptation of Christ 25. The Untouchables 10-15 change from time to time. [This message was edited Fri Jun 13 14:25:14 PDT 2003 by namepeace] Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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TRON said: No Freeway?
Where's 1984?Freeway is number 37 and 1984 came in at 29. | |
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my favorite 25 films in n...ular order...
bound to change since there are around 100 titles on dvd that i purchased blindly recently that i haven't watched yet... edit: #1 with a bullet, "les enfants du paradis"... which i watched this morning... unreal. [This message was edited Sun Jun 15 5:23:18 PDT 2003 by suomynona] | |
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namepeace said: 16. Silence of the Lambs
damn, you must really like that one... 24. Silence of the Lambs  | |
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1. Rocky Horror Picture Show
2. Monthy Python and the Holy Grail 3. Velvet Goldmine 4. Lola Rennt 5. Tuhlaajapoika (Finnish flick) 6. The 6  s
7. Yellow Submarine 8. Y tu mamá también 9. Eyes Wide Shut 10. Naked Gun 33 1/3 11. Naked Gun 2½ 12. Con Air 13. The Shining 14. Kummeli Kultakuume (Finnish flick) 15. Kummeli Stories (Finnish flick) 16. A Clockwork Orange 17. The Hours 18. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective 19. Snatch 20. Magnolia 21. Hero 22. Girl Interrupted 23. Boogie Nights 24. Edward Scissorhands 25. Kamasutra I'm watching The Doors and Monthy Python's Life of Brian tonight. Let's see if they make my list...  Allow me to introduce: Ms. Onder and Mrs. Donk! (o)(o)
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not in order
1 back to the future 2 the hudsucker proxy 3 die hard 4 pulp fiction 5 the matrix 6 the nightmare before christmas 7 rope 8 lola rennt/run lola run 9 falling down 10 the war of the roses 11 the goonies 12 the empire strikes back 13 kentucky fried movie 14 hair 15 tommy 16 batman returns 17 the wonder boys 18 lord of the ring 19 groundhog day 20 american pie 21 scarface 22 snatch 23 lock stock & two smoking barrels 24 shrek 25 catch me if you can most of these movies are standard favourites, others change from day to day. WHAT IF THERE IS NO TOMORROW? THERE WASN'T ONE TODAY! | |
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This is in no particular order...
1. American flyers 2. Le fabuleux destin d’amelie poulain : amelie 3. Robin hood (errol flynn version) 4. Magnificent seven 5. The great escape 6. City of angels 7. War of the worlds 8. Star wars 9. Transformers : the movie 10. Much ado about nothing 11. The dirty dozen 12. Dr. No 13. Witness 14. Grease 15. Amadeus 16. Gladiator 17. High road to china 18. Groundhog day 19. Hard boiled 20. Superman 21. Airplane 22. History of the world :part 1 23. Meet joe black 24. Die hard 25. La vita e bella | |
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WHAT ABOUT PURPLE RAIN...BWWWAAA :FALLOFF: The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them. -- Mark Twain.
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ugh, I'll try
in no order Star Wars: A New Hope The Empire Strikes Back Return of the Jedi Attack of the Clones The House of Yes Dancer in the Dark The Breakfast Club Terms of Endearment The Color Purple Dead Man Walking Waiting For Guffman The Exorcist Some Kind of Wonderful Requiem for a Dream The Pianist The Wonder Boys Shrek Bambi The Aristocats The Dark Crystal The Virgin Suicides Scream 2 The Great Muppet Caper Under The Cherry Moon Best In Show and in the runner-up slot: Finding Nemo...give me a year and it will probably end up on this list | |
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DexMSR said: WHAT ABOUT PURPLE RAIN...BWWWAAA :FALLOFF: check again when it asks for top 25 drama queen movies. | |
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1. Deep Cover
2. Which Way Is Up 3. The Maltese Falcon 4. Purple Rain 5. Night of the Living Dead (Original) 6. Boyz In The Hood 7. Tombstone 8. Patton 9. Godfather II 10. Pulp Fiction 11. Baby Got Back 1 ... oops how did that get in there 
12. Hollywood Shuffle 13. Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan 14. Trading Places 15. Raising Arizona 16. Dawn of The Dead 17. Godfather 1 18. Batman & Robin 19. Richard Pryor: Wanted 20. Treasure Of Sierra Madre 21. Spider-Man 22. Coming To America 23. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 24. Daredevil 25. Stripes [This message was edited Fri Jun 13 8:16:29 PDT 2003 by intha916] [This message was edited Fri Jun 13 8:17:19 PDT 2003 by intha916] Bringing Together Five Decades of R&B/Funk/Soul/Dance
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wow this is hard...no particular order:
Seven Samurai Wish U were Here My life as a Dog Purple Rain Under the Cherry Moon The Breakfast Club Better off Dead Amadeus Interview with a Vampire Armistad The Color Purple Empire of the Sun The Last Emperor Steel Magnolias Something to Talk about Amelie Chocolat What's Eating Gilbert Grape The Sixth Sense The Omen Dances with Wolves Philadelphia Mulan Beauty and the Beast Meet Joe Black there are more but I can't think of them off the top of my head. 
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boogie nights signs superman rocky fight club do the right thing true romance last tango in paris midnight express the last temptation of christ halloween goodfellas malcolm x back to the future meet the parents taxi driver the godfather(pt.1&2) memento the terminator american beauty the champ saturday night fever the big boss the way of the dragon enter the dragon [This message was edited Fri Jun 13 9:03:56 PDT 2003 by RhythmMan] "a man without enemies is a man without movement." | |
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RhythmMan said: (in no particular order)
boogie nights signs superman rocky fight club do the right thing true romance last tango in paris midnight express the last temptation of christ halloween goodfellas malcolm x back to the future meet the parents taxi driver the godfather(pt.1&2) memento the terminator american beauty the champ saturday night fever the big boss the way of the dragon enter the dragon [This message was edited Fri Jun 13 9:03:56 PDT 2003 by RhythmMan] Damn can't believe I left off Boogie Nights! One of the funniest movies of all-time! Well I guess Baby Got Back will have to come off my list after all Bringing Together Five Decades of R&B/Funk/Soul/Dance
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Nearly impossible as I'm sure I will forget many movies, but here are twenty-five of my top movies in no paticular order.
Before Sunrise Dumb and Dumber True Romance The Matrix Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan Star Trek (Eight) - First Contact Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Sliding Doors Big Cast Away Pulp Fiction Fletch The Breakfast Club Hoop Dreams Major League Vacation Field of Dreams Bull Durham Thelma and Louise Tommy Boy Back to the Future Something About Mary E.T. Office Space Caddyshack The Big Lebowski Big Lebowski edit  [This message was edited Fri Jun 13 23:52:53 PDT 2003 by lovemachine] | |
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Moonbeam said: TRON said: No Freeway?
Where's 1984?Freeway is number 37 and 1984 came in at 29. Whoa. I thought the latter was top 10 movies for you for sure. I must like it better than you do. | |
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intha916 said: RhythmMan said: (in no particular order)
boogie nights signs superman rocky fight club do the right thing true romance last tango in paris midnight express the last temptation of christ halloween goodfellas malcolm x back to the future meet the parents taxi driver the godfather(pt.1&2) memento the terminator american beauty the champ saturday night fever the big boss the way of the dragon enter the dragon [This message was edited Fri Jun 13 9:03:56 PDT 2003 by RhythmMan] Damn can't believe I left off Boogie Nights! One of the funniest movies of all-time! Well I guess Baby Got Back will have to come off my list after all There ya go.BN is essential movie watching!  "a man without enemies is a man without movement." | |
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suomynona said: namepeace said: 16. Silence of the Lambs
damn, you must really like that one... 24. Silence of the Lambs Nope, I just caint read them thar squiggly lines too good! Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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No list is complete without 'Withnail & I'.
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In no particular order:
I prolly mist a few and i'm not sure i got 25, but here u go "It's better 2 B hated 4 what U R than 2 B loved 4 what U R not."
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Moonbeam said: 3. Aliens 4. American Beauty 16. The Exorcist 24. The Silence of the Lambs I like these ones. :headband: I've not seen many of the others. NOTE: THIS ACCOUNT IS NOW CLOSED. PLEASE CONTACT “K A M  L L E” | |
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Apart from 2 mentions of Casablanca it seems there were no 30s, no 40s, no 50s and no 60s. 
Is that what they call love of the cinema? Hitchcock anyone? Ford? Capra? Huston? Bergman? Chaplin? Hawks? Cukor? Lubitch?...?  | |
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