i would say this film should be in the top: 250 but as itis an average and not my personal choice (terrible) its not in it
i would also include collateral, one of my favourite films of last year
perhaps also gangs of new york
what about you?
make me a producer so I can get my name on imdb
oh and:
Closer
This movie is a masterpiece!
THE best films ever. And yes, when it comes to this subject (which is entirely subjective and pure opinion), I do agree with my choices on much higher level than anyone else's.
Mulholland Dr.
North by Northwest
Scarface
Vertigo
Easy Rider
The Exorcist
Star Wars
Rear Window
Lonesome Dove
The list is very harsh to many great foreign films...
But hey, I guess that's to be expected.
But when I see crap like Batman Begins in the list...
Okay, don't get me wrong. BB is great popcorn entertainment. But one of the 250 greatest works of cinema of all time?!
..
I don't think so.
I also think Adaptation should be on it, at least based on some of the other films on the list.
People need to realise that just being in the top 250 is a huge deal. There have been far more than 250 great films made. With this in mind, I usually wouldn't mind if Adaptation was on the list, because I know it's a great film, nbut considerring some of the other films on the list..
Meh, the top 250 means very little. Make up your own mind about your favourite films. Your list will always mean more to you, and will be free of trashy summer movies.
Catch Me if You Can
Boogie Nights
Casino
What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Aviator
Adaptation (definitely)
"ok, I'll tell ya' somethin' go *beep* ya mother" Tommy DeVitto
Waking Life
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Gattaca
Rushmore
Jackie Brown
Easy Rider
and, yes, Adaptation.
Jackie Brown
Casino
Scarface
The Virgin Suicides
Tigerland
Traffic
Interview with the Vampire
Oceans 11
American Psycho
Blow
The Thin Red Line
True Romance
I never seen adaptation so I very well can't place it anywhere yet. I hope to see it soon because I see a lot of good comments on it.
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punch-drunk love
battle royale
the nightmare before christmas
the suicide club
when harry met sally
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?! You have got to be kidding me. That movie disturbed me a bit with it's references to Michael Jackson.
If anything, put Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory in the 250!
Tootsie, generally considered one of the funniest movies ever made and, in my opinion, Dustin Hoffman's best performance.
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Ghost World should be on the top 250 and it should be ranked at #1, #2, #3, #4, #5.... all the way to #250
but that's just my (reasonable) opinion
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Sand is overrated. It's just tiny, little rocks.
Out of Africa (1985)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Sophie's Choice (1982)
The Joy Luck Club (1993)
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Wuthering Heights (1939)
The English Patient (1996)
West Side Story (1961)
The Hours (2002)
The Color Purple (1985)
E.T. (1982)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Dances with Wolves (1990)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
Field of Dreams (1989)
Mary Poppins (1964)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Traffic (2000)
Avalon (1990)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Titanic (1997)
Chicago (2002)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Little Women (1994)
Pinocchio (1940)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Fantasia (1940)
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Whale Rider (2003)
The Lion King (1994)
Witness (1985)
Nobody Knows (2004)
The Uninvited (1944)
and many more.....
all pt andersons movies and naked lunch.
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Titanic
Edward Scissorhands
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Truman Show
The Man Who Wasn't There
Cast Away
And everything seemed to be going so well.
I don't think even one person mentioned Casablanca on this thread. I'd also throw on a little bit of everyone. These director's bests. (For me)
12 Angry Men, Sidney Lumet
North by Northwest, Alfred Hitchcock
Dr. Strangelove, Stanley Kubrick
Rainman, Barry Levinson
The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Sergio Leone
Maria Full of Grace, Joshua Marston
About Schmidt, Alexander Payne
Apocolypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola
The Sting, George Roy Hill
Adaptation, Spike Jonze
O Brother Where Art Though, Joel Coen
Lady and the Tramp, Clyde Geronimi
Mullhaland Drive, David Lynch
Desperado, Robert Rodriguez
Resevoir Dogs, Quentin Tarantino
Taxi Driver, Martin Scorcese
Caddyshack, Harold Ramis
Big Fish, Tim Burton
The Graduate, Mike Nichols
Gladiator, Ridley Scott
The Return of the King, Peter Jackson
Office Space, Mike Judge
And my Guilty Pleasure and favorite film of all time,
Romancing the Stone, Robert Zemeckis
We were mentioning films NOT in the Top 250, that we think should be in it.
And everything seemed to be going so well.
A Few Good Men!
shareChicago (2002); Renee Zellweger
The Hours (2002); Nicole Kidman
Adaptation. (2002); Nicolas Cage
About Schmidt (2002); Jack Nicholson
Traffic (2000); Michael Douglas
Casino (1995); Robert De Niro
Good Will Hunting (1997); Robin Williams
Punch-Drunk Love (2002); Adam Sandler
Short Cuts (1993); Tim Robbins
Wonder Boys (2000); Michael Douglas
Boogie Nights (1997); Mark Wahlberg
Moulin Rouge! (2001); Nicole Kidman
The Others (2001); Nicole Kidman
The Piano (1993); Holly Hunter
Boyz N the Hood (1991); Cuba Gooding Jr.
Misery (1990); Kathy Bates
A Beautiful Mind (2001); Russell Crowe
Rushmore (1998); Jason Schwartzman
The Color Purple (1985); Whoopi Goldberg
Fatal Attraction (1987); Glenn Close
Moonstruck (1987); Cher
The Crying Game (1992); Stephen Rea
Hanna and Her Sisters (1986); Woody Allen
Mighty Aphrodite (1995); Mira Sorvino
As Good As It Gets (1997); Jack Nicholson
Titanic (1997); Leonardo DiCaprio
Shakespeare in Love (1998); Gwyneth Paltrow
Billy Elliot (2000); Julie Walters
Seabiscuit (2003); Tobey Maguire
House of Sand and Fog (2003); Ben Kingsley
Thirteen (2003); Holly Hunter
Cabaret (1972); Liza Minnelli
just some I can think of right now.. way too many more to name.
Jesse Taylor...
Movie Afficionado!
i'm suprised no one has mentioned Say Anything (1989?) directed by Cameron Crowe.
The top 250, and imdb does a great job of putting fantastic movies with sort of cult followings together: i'm surprised it's missed this gem, and al the other one's mentioned.
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1. Mulholland Drive
2. Adaptation
3. Malcolm X
4. Moulin Rouge!
5. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
6. Lost in Translation
I can't believe that none of those are ranked. They'd all have a really good shot at my top 100 list.
I sadly have not seen Midnight Cowboy yet. Most of the others mentioned I don't really feel are all that great.
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ok first....some of u ppl list awful flims....what hsould be in there...Last Tango, The Royal Tannenbaums, The Birds, The Long Goodbye, Good Will Hunting, amongst others.....relax with south park and jurassic park....dont confuse entertaining movies with acutal films ppl!!!!
shareFail-Safe (1964) 7.8
sharewtf !? South Park can't compare to great movies.
I am Jack's complete lack of surprise.
Team America can
shareRain Man
The Untouchables
Adaptation.
25th Hour
MORE AS WELL.
"Either he's dead or he isnt..or the cops got him, or they don't."- Mr. Blonde, Reservoir Dogs.
glengarry glen ross
the boondock saints
unbreakable
Ocean’s Eleven
Rain Man
Garden State
Armageddon
Desperado
Clerks
Chasing Amy
Good Will Hunting
Office Space
As Good as it Gets
Collateral
Identity
Jurassic Park
Unbreakable
Napoleon Dynamite
Tunes of Glory
Shoot the Piano Player
Bande à part
Contempt
Masculin féminin
Alphaville
Une femme est une femme
Pierrot Le Fou
Playtime
Day of Wrath
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Cries and Whispers
Night and the City
The Shop on Main Street
Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
The Red Shoes
I Know Where I am Going!
Black Narcissus
Eyes Without a Face
Le Corbeau
Kanal
Ashes and Diamonds
Ivan IV parts I and II
Marnau's Faust
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
The Big Heat
Early Summer
Tokyo Story
Good Morning
Bob le flambeur
Le Samurai
Raise the Red Lantern
The Grand Illusion
The Rules of the Game
Boudu Saved from Drowning
The Exterminating Angel
The Discrete Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Viridiana
That Obscure Object of Desire
The Phantom of Liberty
Au revoir, les enfants
Elevator to the Gallows
Lacombe Lucien
Divorce Italian Style
La Dolce Vita
I Vitelloni
Umberto D- #249 and it will get bumped by the next Batman Begins/V for Vendetta/Matrix. While it is on the list, it won't be for long.
The Children are Watching Us
Spoorloos
The Ladykillers (Alexander Mackendrick version)
The Man in the White Suit
Whisky Galore!
Being There
The Last Detail
Port of Shadows
Pepe Le Moko
Cleo from 5 to 7
as far as the movie, i haven't seen it in a while, but south park overall, doesn't get the credit it deserves. Much of south park is VERY good satire, and they really stay on top of things. Like i said, i can't speak for the movie, but south park deserves some recognition.
shareadaptation needs to be in a high rank in the list, but not the first.
i think top 250 movies need to be more than just any stupid movie you just like, it needs to be different, deep and something you can learn for the real life.
i think stupid satires like south part or stupid love stories dont belong there.
too bad most of the movies (at least what get to see) are hollywood movies.
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And Shepherds we shall be
For thee, my Lord, for thee.
Power hath descended forth from Thy hand
Our feet may swiftly carry out Thy commands.
So we shall flow a river forth to Thee
And teeming with souls shall it ever be.
In Nomeni Patri Et Fili Spiritus Sancti
I agree with the first post Collateral should be up there. But Shaun of the dead was terrible and stupid.
Also
Thin Red Line
Jurrassic Park
1-Mulholland Drive
2-Dancer In The Dark
3-Airplane
4-Rushmore
5-Adaptation
6-Being John Malkovich
7-When Harry Met Sally
8-Barry Lyndon
9-Shakespeare In Love
10-In The Mood For Love
11-The Thin Red Line