Conference bookie::movies

re: .0

My own favorite movies are pretty clear on the top 5, a little more uncertain
after that.

	1.  "The Last Wave" - Peter Weir's apocalyptic movie about a lawyer
		(Richard Chamberlain) who gets in over his head with some
		Aborigine shaman types
	2.  "Voyage En Douce" - a very sly French movie about two women
		looking at vacation houses in Provence who find themselves
		falling back into the patterns of their childhood friendship
	3.  "Wings of Desire" - Wim Wenders film about angels in Berlin
	4.  "Lawrence of Arabia" - Peter O'Toole is amazing as the Great Man.
	5.  "Casablanca" - Bogie and Ingrid doing "play it again, Sam"
Then there's:
	6.  "Persona" - Ingmar Bergman's best film, about the confusion of
		identity in intimate relationships
	7.  "The African Queen" - Bogie and Hepburn in the jungle
	8.  "Manhattan" - Woody Allen's best
	9.  "The Maltese Falcon" - Bogie, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre
	10. "The Milagro Beanfield War" - underrated Robert Redford-directed
		comdey/drama
Plus Woody Allen's "Sleeper", "Bananas", and "Hannah and Her Sisters", Ingmar
Bergamn's "Shame" and "The Seventh Seal", "The Last Temptation of Christ",
"Jean De Florette", "Witness", "Treasure of the Sierra Madre", and "Seven
Samurai" for honorable mentions.
								- paul

 Siskel
*10 Under Seige
* 9 Missippi Masalla
* 8 Wayne's World
* 7 Damage
  6 The Hairdresser's Husband
* 5 Malcom X
* 4 The Crying Game
* 3 Howard's End
* 2 The Player
* 1 One False Move
 
 Ebert
 10 Bad Leiutenent
* 9 Unforgiven
* 8 The Player
  7 The Hairdresser's Husband
* 6 Damage
* 5 The Crying Game
  4 Flirting
* 3 Howard's End
* 2 One False Move
* 1 Malcom X

Ebert's				Siskel's
===================		====================
10] The Rapture			*Once Around
 9] *Thelma & Louise		Daddy Nostalgia
 8] *The Man in the Moon	*Ju Dou
 7] *Life Is Sweet		*JFK
 6] A Woman's Tale		*Grand Canyon
 5] *My Father's Glory:		Beauty and the Beast
    *My Mother's Castle
 4] *Grand Canyon		LaBelle Noiseuse
 3] Beauty and the Beast	*Boyz N the Hood
 2] *Boyz N the Hood		*An Angel at My Table
 1] *JFK			*Hearts of Darkness

    Ebert's                   Siskels
    -------                   --------
    10.The Wanderers          10.The Boat
    9.The Blue's Brothers      9.Star Trek 4
    8.Red Heat                 8.Restless Natives
    7.Star Trek 6              7.The Jungle book
    6.The Beast of War         6.A few good men
    5.Star Wars                5.The Crying Game
    4.Highlander               4.Patriot games
    3.Jurrasic park            3.Kelly's hero's
    2.Terminator II            2.Waynes world
    1.Unforgiven               1.Reservoir Dogs

    Personally, I'd rather hear what the readers here consider to be their
    Top Ten Favorite Movies of all time, rather than Siskel's and Ebert's.
    
    Just a thought!
    
    Lorna
    

> Personally, I'd rather hear what the readers here consider to be their
> Top Ten Favorite Movies of all time, rather than Siskel's and Ebert's.

	Personally I prefer to know what the critics choses are.
	Then I can compare my choices with theirs in order to
	know how to weigh those critics future reviews.

    re .6, I just think it's fun to hear what other people's favorite
    movies are.
    
    Lorna
    

RE       <<< Note 287.7 by VAXWRK::STHILAIRE "Food, Shelter & Diamonds" >>>

>    re .6, I just think it's fun to hear what other people's favorite
>    movies are.
    
  So why can't we have both? Does hearing the critics choices some how make
it less possible to hear individual opinions?

  George

    re .8, both is fine by me.  It's just that I thought .0 meant personal
    choices, so I was sort've surprised to see all the Siskel and Ebert
    lists that followed.
    
    Lorna
    

  As far as I know, Siskel and Ebert are people, although there is some doubt
about Ebert.

  George

    re .10, by people, I meant regular people...noters, not famous TV
    stars.  
    
    George, for god's sake, just tell me your favorite movies and leave it
    at that, okay?
    
    Lorna
    

I love doing top ten lists for almost anything. My film list changes constantly
with four or five remaining constant. Really ten are far too few. A better way
for me would be to break them down by genre. The problem there of course are
the films that bridge genres or belong to none. Here's some for now off the
top of my head (or somewhere around there):

Dramas:

Wuthering Heights ('39)
Gone With the Wind
Seven Samurai
The Ghost and Mrs Muir
The Quiet Man
The Informer
Marty
The Natural
Casablanca
Inherit the Wind

Musicals:

Swing Time
Top Hat
The Bandwagon
An American in Paris
Singin in the Rain
Shall We Dance
Follow the Fleet
West Side Story
A Star is Born ('54)
Easter Parade

Westerns:

The Searchers
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
My Darling Clementine
Red River
Shane
Silverado
Winchester '73
High Noon
Rio Bravo
Dances With Wolves

Film Noir:

Out of the Past
Pursued (a film noir western!)
The Maltese Falcon
Laura
The Big Heat
Gilda
Double Indemnity
Murder, My Sweet
The Lady From Shanghi
Chinatown

Romantic Comedy:

When Harry Met Sally
Bringing Up Baby
The Philadelphia Story
Holiday
Bachelor Mother
My Man Godfrey
Nothing Sacred
Born Yesterday
Breakfast at Tiffanys
Desk Set

Suspense/Mystery:   

Rebecca
Rear Window
Vertigo
Notorious
Suspision
North x Northwest
The Big Sleep
Bad Day at Black Rock
Shadow of a Doubt
The 39th Step
(What can I say? Hitchcock is the master.)

Horror:

I Walked With a Zombie
Cat People (Lewton)
The Leopard Man
Bride of Frankenstein
The Wolf Man
An American Werewolf in London
The Thing (From Another World)
The Thing
Tremors
Them!

Fantasy/Science Fiction

Excalibur
Field of Dreams
The Abyss
Alien
Aliens
Terminator II
Star Trek 2,4,6 (ok so I cheated a little)
The Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Siegel)
The Day the Earth Stood Still
The Princess Bride

Adventure:

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Gunga Din
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Sea Hawk
Only Angels Have Wings
Charge of the Light Brigade
Lawrence of Arabia
Robin Hood:Prince of Thieves
The Man Who Would Be King


That's all I have time for now.


Randy

  My top 10 list of 5 star movies.

Hamlet (with Sir Larance)
Romeo and Juliet
Das Boat
Breaker Morant
Bull Durham
Casablanca
E.T.
Lady and the Tramp
Splash
Ghost Busters I

  George

    I dunno, it's hard to keep a constant top ten.  I can list a few of my
    favorites. By favorite, I mean movies which struck a chord, which are
    still great to watch.  By no means is this list meant to indicate what
    I think are the "best" movies ever.
    
    
    Star Wars
    The Natural
    Jaws
    The Killing Fields
    Phar Lap
    The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
    Robin Hood (Disney)
    The Man From Snowy River
    Return to Snowy River (or Man from Snowy River II)
    
    (I'm positively certain I've neglected to mention some of my
    favorites.)
    
    Here's some I'm pretty keen on:
    
    Almost anything animated from Disney
    Resevoir Dogs 
    The Krays      (This and Dogs are great character studies, I think)
    The Lion in Winter 
    Flash Gordon (GREAT costuming)
    Casablanca
    Roadhouse (my Patrick Swayze/he-man film fix)
    Steel Dawn (see above)
    
    
    kim
    

    These are my current Top Ten Favorite Movies.  As .14 said, this list
    is in no way meant to indicate the "best" movies ever.  It's simply the
    Top Ten Movies that I currently enjoy the most, that, to quote .14
    again, "struck a chord" with me.
    
    
    1.  When Harry Met Sally
    2.  Howard's End
    3.  Annie Hall
    4.  A Room With A View
    5.  Hannah & Her Sisters
    6.  Truly, Madly, Deeply
    7.  Crossing Delancy
    8.  Hope and Glory
    9.  Housekeeping
    10. L.A. Story
    
    And four runners-up:
    
    11. Bodies, Rest and Motion
    12. Husbands and Wives
    13. Sleepless In Seattle
    14. Singles
    
    
    Lorna
    

    
    
    WARNING !!!  I have quite ecletic tastes.
    
    1.  Star Wars trilogy
    2.  Dances with Wolves
    3.  Weird Science
    4.  Road Warrior
    5.  Aliens
    6.  Indiana Jones Trilogy !well maybe not #2
    7.  Any old Clint Eastwood western
    8.  The Wizard of OZ
    9.  Terminator 1+2
    10. The 10 commandments
    
    
        see I told you......
    
    
           -=-=-R~C~W-=-=-

    1.  The Wizard of OZ
    2.  One Flew over the CooCoo's nest
    3.  The Graduate.
    4.  The Hustler
    5.  The Man who would be King
    6.  Alien + Aliens
    7.  Terminator 1+2
    8.  Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
    9.	The Odd Couple
    10. E. T.
    11. Jaws
    
		Keith	

    Here are my top ten faves (the ones I could think of) in no particular
    order: 
    
    
    Romeo and Juliet (Franco Zeffirelli)
    To Sir with Love
    Arthur
    Father of the Bride (original)
    Gone with the Wind
    Beauty and the Beast (Disney)
    Pride and Prejudice (BBC Production)
    The Bishop's Wife
    Star Wars
    Dark Victory
    
    
    Marilyn

    My top 3 favorites are:
    
    1	Superman : The Movie
    2	Star Trek II : The Wrath Of Khan
    3	18 Again
    
    The following are my next 10 favorites, but not in any order...
    
    1	Highlander
    2	The Empire Strikes Back
    3	The Final COuntdown
    4	Halloween IV : The Return Of Michael Myers
    5	Aliens
    6	The Color Of Money
    7	Arthur
    8	Rambo : First Blood Part II
    9	The Fugitive (Just came out and already one of my fav's!)
    10	The Hunt For Red October	

1. Dances with Wolves
2. Heart and Soul (to be released this weekend, I saw the Sneak)
3. Field of Dreams
4. King of Hearts (French Film)
5. Like Water for Chocolate (Mexican Film)
6. Gandhi
7. Groundhog Day
8. Grand Canyon
9. The Graduate
10. City Slickers


Others: Ghost, Milagro Beanfield War, Born on the Fourth of July

    For a reason I can't recall right now, the 
    Milagro Beanfield War reminded me of 
    Field of Dreams so now I affectionately call it:
    Field of Beans. :^)
    
    Jodi-

    
    My ten favourite movies (another really mixed bag)...
    
    1. Field of Dreams
    2. The Princess Bride
       It's a Wonderful Life
       The Music Man
       Monty Python and the Holy Grail
       Raiders of the Lost Ark
       Little Shop of Horrors
       Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
       Witness
       Alladin
    
    (Not in any order after #2)
    
    Joe                        

    1. 2001 - A Space Odyssey
    2. Local Hero
    3. Atlantic City
    4. The Great Escape
    5. The Magnificent Seven
    6. West Side Story
    7. Animal House
    8. Play It Again Sam
    9. Angels With Dirty Faces
    10. Hoosiers
    
    NAZZ

    
    Brazil
    Dr. Strangelove
    Mean Streets
    Lost in America
    Chinatown
    Five Easy Pieces
    Eraserhead
    Spinal Tap
    Last Tango in Paris
    Manhattan
    The Producers

    Top ten huh?
    
    no order here.
    
    Dances with Wolves
    Henry V  (Branagh)
    Dead Again
    Star Wars Tril
    Raiders of the Lost Ark
    Indiana Jones and the last Crusade
    Highlander
    64 Charlie Mopic
    His Girl Friday  (Howard Hawks dir, cary Grant and Rosalind Russel '38)
    K2
    
    There are probably a few more really worth mentioning, but these jumped
    to mind more or less.  The two with the greatest emotional impact were
    64 Charlie Mopic and Dances with Wolves
    
    Andrew
    

    Following movies are all great to me.
                                  
    Raiders of the Lost Ark
    2001 - A Space Odyssey
    Field of Dreams
    The Graduate
    The Killing Fields
    Apocalypse Now
    Platoon
    Psycho (!!!)
    Casablanca
    Citizen Kane
    Seven Samurai
    Samurai Trilogy
    Yojimbo
    The Hidden Fortress
    Ran
    Ben Hur
    Melody
    Alien, Alines
    Beauty and Beast (The French movie)
    Beauty and Beast (Walt Disney)

    Here is my favorite top ten movies of all time:-
    
    1.  ALIENS/ALIEN
    2.  PINK FLOYD (THE WALL)
    3.  THE THING
    4.  SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
    5.  PREDATOR        
    6.  STAR WARS TRILOGY
    7.  TERMINATOR 1 + 2                   
    8.  DIRTY HARRY'S MOVIES.
    9.  RAMBO 1 + 2.
    10. JURASSIC PARK.
    
                               Regards,
                                        Rich.
    
    8.  

    
    Fav Top 10 :
    
    1. Aliens
    2. Dirty Harry
    3. The Deerhunter
    4. Planet Of The Apes
    5. Python And The Holy Grail
    6. Omega Man (Solient Green ? in US)
    7. Curse Of Frankenstein (Classic Hammer)
    8. Thelma and Louise
    9. Silence Of The Lambs
    10. Some Like It Hot
    
    Tom

    
    In no particular order:
    
    Spaceballs
    Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
    The Abyss
    1776
    The Hunt for Red October
    Star Trek IV
    Dances with Wolves
    Spartacus
    Patriot Games
    Witness
    
    ***
    
    

    
    Mine have stayed the same for the past 2 years at least.
    
    1.Steel magnolias I know I know I am a guy and that is kinda a "girl"
    movie, but the acting was first rate. 
    
    2. Roots-If that could be catogorized as "a" movie.  Simply the best
    story ever told.
    
    3. The Little Mermaid --Still watch it all the time...without the kids!
    
    4. Star Wars Take you're pick..all three were fantastic.
    
    5. Always - Did not do to well at the box office, but dryfuss and Hunter
    were great together.  And Goodman was a riot.
    
    6. Die Hard When I first rented it, I immediatley rewound it and
    watched it again!
    
    7. The Abyss- Someday maybe I can see it on a big screen.
    
    8. Monty Python and the holy Grail!  Had to have at least one comedy in
    there.  It has to be this one!
    
    9. Mississippi Rain Maybe not quite in the top ten, but a dammn good
    movie.
    
    10. Reserved for "Jurrasic Park"
    
    Dave
    

It's hard to make a top ten that represents all the genres and eras.  I prefer
comedies to a westerns, so maybe that's why I don't have any westerns on 
my list.  Also slighted are animation, sci-fi and fantasy.  Here they are:

Citizen Cane
Wizard of Oz
Top Hat
Casablanca
Lawrence of Arabia
Annie Hall
Nashville
Fannie and Alexander
Black Robe
Bram Stoker's Dracula

Brian

Selections from me and my wife.  Most of mine, particularly the older ones,
were selected because they had a tangible effect on my life.

John					Marge

2001: A Space Odyssey			Harold and Maude
American Graffiti			The Hunt for Red October
Casablanca				Chinatown
Chinatown				The Dresser
Fail-Safe				A New Leaf
Forbidden Planet			Sleuth
L. A. Story				A Soldier's Story
The Good Soldier			Master Harold -- and the Boys
The Graduate				They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Lost Horizon (1937)			To Kill a Mockingbird
    
      John

    can someone tell me if there is a note on; 
    
    	'The Hunt For Red October'            f

    
    Its difficult to narrow it down to ten, but here goes....
    
    Aliens
    Frankenstein
    Field of Dreams
    Predator
    It's a Wonderful Life
    To have and have not
    Terminator 
    The Abyss (special edition)
    Spartacus
    Ben Hur (Heston)
    
    next ten
    
    The Great Escape
    Bride of Frankenstein
    Son of Frankenstein
    The Wolfman
    Outlaw Josey Wells
    The Searchers
    Dial "M" for Muder
    Rear Window
    Alien
    Pinocchio
    
    
    Vince...

Andrei Rublev
The Lacemaker
La Grande Illusion
Vertigo
The Big Sleep
Laura
Portrait of Jennie
Citizen Kane
Psycho
Rebecca

    In order of preference:
    
    The Grapes Of Wrath
    Fitzcarraldo
    1900
    The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre
    The Man In The White Suit
    Brief Encounter
    The Last Emperor
    The Man Who Would Be King
    To Kill A Mockingbird
    Cul De Sac
    
    
    Almost included but just failing to make the cut are:
    
    The Pride And The Passion (I was young when I first saw it)
    The African Queen
    Zulu
    The Magnificent Ambersons
    The General
    The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp
    Mr Roberts
    Twelve Angry Men
    Twelve O'Clock High
    The Front Page
    The Out Of Towners
    The Ladykillers
    On Golden Pond
    Hobsons Choice
    The Producers
    
    That's enough for now...
    
    Henry Fonda - Jack Lemon - Alec Guinnes
    
    Mackendrick - Huston - Wilder - Lean    well represented...
    
    Who directed The Last Emperor please?
    
    Bucko...
    
    

Re .37:

Bertolucci directed The Last Emperor.

    
    
    
    My top ten:
    
         1.  Fiddler on the Roof
         2.  The Wind and the Lion
         3.  Ballad of a Soldier
         4.  Inherit the Wind
         5.  The Adventures of Robin Hood
         6.  Mystic Pizza
         7.  The Sure Thing
         8.  Casablanca
         9.  The Man From Snowy River
         10.  Ben Hur
    
      Honorable mention:
             Hair
             Matewan
             The Guns of Navarone
             Singing in the Rain
             The Flim Flam Man
             Local Hero
             Hope and Glory         
             Windy City
             The Terminator
             Dr. No
             Goldfinger

In no particular order:

	Les enfants du paradis (first entry in chart)
	The Thief of Badgad (1940 Korda version, ditto)
	Casablanca
	Some like it hot
	A matter of life and death (or Colonel Blimp, not sure)
	Citizen Kane
	La belle et la bete (and the Disney version if I can have it for free)
	Frankenstein (James Whale version, dead scary)
	Rembrandt (for Charles Laughton's face)
	Batman

Only three in colour, two of them lurid and one (Batman) gothic. And only one
after 1950...not that I don't enjoy more modern films, these just bear watching
and thinking about again and again.

Looking at the list, most of them are even better when you see them as part of
their director's or producer's collected works or style. I could probably manage
on a desert island with a different Billy Wilder, Powell and Pressburger or
James Whale. Or even another Carne, though losing Les enfants du paradis would
be tough. I could also manage with (for example) another example of Charles
Laughton on peak form.

Having only recently discovered this conference (intuitively, I knew it
existed -- it had to!!), let me resurrect this topic with my own favorite
top 10 movies of all time, subject to change without notice:

1.  Little Big Man -- Hoffman and Chief Dan George are dynamite
2.  Chinatown -- my sister, my daughter, my sister...
3.  The Deerhunter -- almost as disturbing as Apocalypse Now
4.  Being There -- Sellers is perfect
5.  Patton -- every time I see a picture of the real Patton, it doesn't
    look right
6.  The Day the Earth Stood Still -- we may need someone like Klaatu soon
7.  2001:  A Space Odyssey -- what does it all mean, Mister Natural?
8.  Forrest Gump -- what a wonderful picture, it restoreth my soul
9.  Marathon Man -- is it safe?  I'll never look at a dentist the same way
    ever again
10. Kelly's Heroes -- great parody, funny and dumb, thoroughly entertaining

Almost, but not quites:

11. Innocent Blood -- Robert Loggia and Don Rickles are priceless
12. Rain Man -- that was Tom Cruise?  Are you sure?
13. Seconds -- obscure flick with Rock Hudson, John Randolph, and Granpa
    Walton!!
14. Blue Velvet -- I don't think I'll ever recover from Dennis Hopper's
    performance, the final scene is devastating

Carl-who-may-not-be-here-very-long

    This is a pretty old topic , but it's a good repository of people's
    opinions on movies.. Some of my best films , in no particular order :
    
    	o Raging Bull - De Niro as Jake La Motta in Scorcese's film is
    		        memorable in this one.
    
    	o Spartacus - The only reason this is listed is because of the 
    		      fantastic range of character actors - Peter Ustinov,
    		      Lawrence Olivier, Charles Laughton - the cameo roles
    		      were better than the main roles played by Kirk
    		      Douglas and Tony Curtis
    
    	o Andrei Rubalov - This is a Russian masterpiece by Tarkovsky,
    			   whose films are almost like poetry and are true
    			   cinematic experiences - Solaris, the Stalker,	
    			   etc. But this one is my favorite.
    
    	o Macbeth	- Orson Welles plays Macbeth with a markedly
    			  Scottish accent in this one. Remarkable
    			  adaptation of the play. A contemporary
    			  interpretation.
    
	o 2001, A Space Odyssey - The sense of wonder that this film
    				  inspired when first released in the early
    				  was truly awesome.
    
    	o Les Quatre Cent Coups - A great story by a legendary French
    				  director, Francois Truffaut. In English,
    				  the Four Hundred Blows
    
    	o Z		- Another great film , a political thriller with a
    			  great performance by Yves Montand
    
    	o A Bout De Souffle or Breathless - Jean Luc Goddard's masterpiece,	
    					    another French film with Jean
    					    Paul Belemondo in the lead.
    
	o Ray's Apu Trilogy 	- Showing Oct 4 1995, Oct 11 1995 and
    				  Oct 18 1995 in Boston. A must see.
    
    	o Rashoman	- Akira Kurosawa's masterpiece - One murder, four
    			  witnesses, four stories - A real puzzle.
    
    There are some other all time greats [ 10 is too short ]; here are some
    more movies to stimulate the imagination :
    
    	o Kurosawa's Kagemusha [ the Shadow Warrior ] and the Seven Samurai
    
    	o Taxi Driver - a great film by Martin Scorcese, again with De Niro
                	in the lead.
    		
    	o Bicycle Thieves -  One of my favorites, an old Italian B&W film
    			     by Vittorio De Sica. His other films are
    			     disappointing.
    
    	o The Wages of Fear - Not the one starring Roy Scheider but the old
    			      French one, which was in B&W.
    
    	o The Seventh Seal - A great film with Max Von Syndow by Ingmar
    			     Bergman
    
    	o Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence - Incredible performance by David 
    					  Bowie
    
    	o Knife in the Water - A great film on obsession by Roman Polanksi
    
    	o La Strada - Anthony Quinn puts in a terrific, towering
    		      performance in this Fellini film. Probably one of the
    		      best roles to grace the screen.
    
    	o Apocalypse Now - It's an experience.

    Where is the Apu Trilogy playing?

    I don't remember the exact location where this is playing. Check out
    last Sunday's Boston Globe. I only remembered that the 3 movies were
    playing every Wednesday starting Oct 4.

    From my TOP.10 file - subject to change, as always:
    
    1. Star Wars - The best roller coaster ride I've been on!
    
    2. Raiders Of The Lost Ark - never seem to get tired of this one; I
       love the opening scene in the Peruvian tomb and the convoy chase.
       
    3. Jurassic Park - dinosaurs are real!  A splendid job by Spielberg, 
       ILM et. al.
    
    4. Hunt For Red October - loved the book, and the film comes close
       enough for me.
    
    5. 2001: A Space Odyssey - This was the film I'd watched the most times
       prior to VCRs!
    
    6. Fantasia - wonderful today; must have been INCREDIBLE for the 1940s
       audiences (since "Steamboat Willie" came barely a dozen years
       prior!)
    
    7. Who Framed Roger Rabbit - a masterful integration of animation and
       live action, and a wonderful story as well.
    
    8. Blade Runner - dark, compelling, pessimistic and yet uplifting
       (except for the constant rain ;^).......)
    
    9. The Secret Of N.I.M.H. - a heartwarming story. Don Bluth's first
       post-Disney animation is superlative, and Jerry Goldsmith's music
       equally so.
    
    10. Ghostbusters - who you gonna call?
    
    Honorable mentions:
    
    Star Trek VI - The Undiscovered Country
    Casablanca
    Firefox
    Spaceballs
    Strategic Air Command
    Tora! Tora! Tora!
    Forrest Gump
    Fern Gully
    The Music Box (a Laurel & Hardy 2-reeler; their *only* Academy Award)
    Starcrash (just kidding .... this one's so BAD, it's good!!!!!)
    
    						--Eric--   

    In no particular order:
    
    1. A Matter of Life and Death - Powell and Pressburger, and a wonderful
       use of technicolor and monochrome.
    
    2. 2001: A Space Odyssey - Brilliant yet flawed. Kubrick does SF and
       does it well.
    
    3. Reservoir Dogs - Tarantino! And what a cast; Madsen, Keitel, Roth...
    
    4. Star Wars - Massively derivative in content, looking slightly date
       when compared to modern SFX, but still a great achievement.
    
    5. The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover - The pinnacle of Peter
       Greenaway's cinematic output. So far, he has never surpassed this study
       in excess and depravity.
    
    6. Casablanca - 'nuff said.
    
    7. Koyaanisqatsi - No dialogue, no plot, but a powerful message and a
       great soundtrack by Philip Glass.
    
    8. Apocalypse Now - A nightmare vision and a nightmare for all
       involved.
    
    9. All Quiet on the Western Front - War is hell, even then. By the way,
       don't bother with the remake.
    
    10. The Killing Fields - An emotional rollercoaster ride through a
        devastated country. Tragedy tinged with hope.
    
    Clive

The old Movies conference had an overall favorites topic, though I can't
remember the exact name of the topic.  A search showed me a Best of 92, and
nothing else for "favorites" or "best."

Given some thought, what 10 movies would you list as your all-time favorites?

I'll write 10, knowing for sure that I'll forget something.  Not necessarily in
order: 


1.  Papillion (1973) - where even Hoffman (Oscar) admits that he was out-classed
	    by his co-star, Steve McQueen.


2.  Breaking Away (1979) - Done on a budget of something like $120K, and one
    of Dennis Quaid's first movies.

3.  Back to the Future (1985) - A rarity: A comedy that makes people think,     
    whether they admit it or not.

4.  A Midnight Clear (1991 or 92) - This movie shows that it is 
    circumstances, not virtue or evil that spawn heroic or cowardly acts.

5.  Psycho (1960) - Psycho.

6.  Northwest Passage (1940) - One of the first full-color movies ever 
    produced, based on Kenneth Roberts' account of Rogers' Rangers, great
    story, surprising cast.

7.  Wizard of Oz (1939) - Still love it.

8.  Forrest Gump (1994) - Lives up to its hype.

9.  Jeremiah Johnson (1972) - Excellent story, some of the best one-liners
    I've ever heard.

10.  The Great Escape (1966) - A true action/adventure movie.

And about 20 others, though I think these are my favorites.  Anyone else
want to try?

-S

    
    	Does this mean you have a directory listing of the old conference?
    
    	If so, I would love to have a copy ... thanks!!
    

> Does this mean you have a directory listing of the old conference?

No, I just remember the old conference and this topic.  

-S

Not necessarily in order:

1. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.  Jack Nicholson in a mental institution.

2. Catch 22.  Alan Arkin. Insanity of war, air force in Italy during World
	War II.

3. Dr. Strangelove. Peter Sellers, George C. Scott.  Insane general bombs
	Russia to start World War III.

4. Duck Soup.  Insanity of war, Marx Brothers style.

5. Young Frankenstein.  Mel Brooks parody starring Gene Wilder.

6. Monty Python and the Holy Grail.  Medieval humor.

7. Amadeus.  Story about how a mediocre but well-connected composer reacted
	to Mozart's genius.

8. The Graduate.  Dustin Hoffman, music by Simon and Garfunkle.  Sex comedy
	about a recent college graduate not sure what to do with his life.

9. The Tin Drum.  German film about an unusual boy growing up (or rather
	failing to grow up) during World War II.  Not a heart-warming family
	flick by any means.

10. Paper Moon.  Ryan and Tatum O'Neal.  Story about a small-time hustler
	and his maybe daughter.

				-- Bob

    
    	"Paper Moon" was excellent.  Haven't seen that in years.
    

Top ten favorite lists are fun but usually kind of artificial since usually
you can come up with several favorite top ten films with mostly different
titles each time. Here's ten of mine for today.

Wuthering Heights ('39)
Swing Time
Gone With the Wind
Vertigo
Seven Samurai
The Abyss
When Harry Met Sally
Rebecca
The Searchers
Field of Dreams


Randy

    The ones that have been mentioned are all wonderful
    but I have a few others that I always watch when they
    are on:
    
    Night at the Opera 
    An Affair to Remember 
    Sound of Music
    King Solomon's Mine (Stewart Granger's)
    Westward the Women (1950's western with Robert Taylor)
    The Cary Grant/Audrey Hepburn thriller set in France
      (I have just drawn a total blank on the title)
    
    I am sure I have more but can't think of them at the moment.
    
    Mo
    

Replies .47 - .53 were moved from a new topic note on the same subject.
I can see why the author of .47's search didn't turn up this topic, since
it used to be titled "The Infamous 'Top Ten' List Topic". I've changed the
title to make it more susceptible to future title searches on words like "favorite"
and "best." :-)

-- Nina, with moderator hat on

.53>    The Cary Grant/Audrey Hepburn thriller set in France
.53>      (I have just drawn a total blank on the title)

"Charade," n'est-ce pas? :-)  (One of my favorites, too.)

-- Nina
    

    Not necessarily in order
    
    - we are in late in Europe ! still waiting for SEVEN - 12 Monkeys -
    Jumanji - To Wong Foo... - didn't see Desperado - Assassins - Walk in
    the clouds ...) But for the moment :
    
    1.  Interview with the Vampire - Brad Pitt & Tom Cruise & Antonio Banderas 
    2.  Braveheart - Mel Gibson
    3.  Apollo 13 - Thom Hanks & Gary Sinise & Kevin Bacon ...
    4.  Legends of the fall - Brad Pitt &  Anthony Hopkins & Aidan Quinn ..
    5.  Rob Roy - Liam Neeson & Jessica Lange & John Hurt ...
    6.  The mask - Jim Carrey ...
    7.  Forrest Gump - Tom Hanks & Gary Sinise ...
    8.  One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.  Jack Nicholson
    9.  Blown away - Jeff Daniels & Tommy Lee Jones ...
    10. Speed - Keanu Reeves & Sandra Bullock
    
    and
    
    11. Maverick (Mel Gibson & jodie Foster)
    12. Backdraft (Kurt Russell & ? Baldwin)
    13. The Shadow (Alec Baldwin)
    14. Star Wars
    15. A few good men (Jack Nicholson & Tom Cruise & Demi Moore)
    16. Ghost (PAtrick Swayze & Demi Moore)
    17. City of Joy (Patrick Swayze)
    18. Point Break (Patrick Swayze & Keanu Reeves)
    19. North & South (Patrick Swayze / Tv series)
    20. Silence of the lamb (Jodie Foster & Anthony Hopkins)
    21. The Professional (Leon) - Jean Reno
    22. Les visiteurs - Jean Reno & Christian Clavier...
    ...
    
    and much more ....
    
    Flo 
        

    A couple of personal favourites that I don't think have been mentioned:
    
    "A Christmas Carol" Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge.  The ultimate
    Christmas movie.  I love it.
    
    "Wild Strawberries" Ingmar Bergman.  My favourite Bergman.  I haven't
    seen some of his best known movies, I admit, so this may not be
    definitive.  But this I've seen a number of times, and it doesn't weaken.
    
    "Pelle the Conqueror" I saw only once, the year it came out in North
    America, but I found it tremendously touching, & still remember the
    experience of watching it.  Max von Sydow as an agricultural labourer
    in 19th-century Denmark, looking out for smart, brave young Pelle.
    
    And I have to echo the many noters who mentioned "Casablanca."
    
    -Stephen

    
    Kind of in order...
    
    1. Jaws
    2. Star Wars
    3. Pee Wee's Big Adventure
    4. Alien
    5. A Clockwork Orange
    6. Eraserhead
    7. Raising Arizona
    8. Diner
    9. Monty Python's Life Of Brian
    
    ..... and I guess I sorta need to put one action/adventure in
    there, and it came down to Die Hard and my eventual winner,
    
    10. First Blood
    
    Wish I could have's: Breaking Away, Exorcist, Tremors, Never
    Cry Wolf, John Carpenter's The Thing, Real Genius, To Live and
    Die in LA

    Eclectic top 10 follows.....
    
    1. La Balance............Excellent french cop thriller.
    2. Wings of Desire.......Stunning
    3. Diva..................Operas, Mopeds, Mailmen, the lot.
    4. Killing Fields........Excellent acting, fantastic soundtrack.
    5. The Young Master......Wicked martial arts film starring Jackie Chan.
    6. Scarface..............Al Pacino, the coolest bastard in any film
    			     ever.
    7. The Big Blue..........Deep, maaan
    8. Blade Runner..........Classy Sci-Fi, hardly flawed.
    9. OHMSS.................IMHO, the best Bond film, Best Plot, Best
    			     Music, top birds.
    10.Empire Strikes Back...BEst of the three Star Wars films

Hmm, let me try this..... there's more than 10 here, but it's pretty hard to
narrow it down!

In no particular order:
  
	Pulp Fiction
	A Clockwork Orange
	Midnight Express
	Easy Rider
	Monty Python's Life Of Brian
	The Exorcist
	The Omen (both 1 & 2)
	The Other
	Carrie
	Dreamscape (was that the name of it?  Natalie Woods' last movie... 
		     w/Christopher Walken)
	Moving (with Richard Pryor)
	

Ken

    
    	"Dreamscape" was the Dennis Quaid movie about inter-dream travel,
    	if that makes a difference.
    

        >> Dreamscape (was that the name of it?  Natalie Woods' last movie... 
	>> w/Christopher Walken)
    
        "Brainstorm", I think.

>"Brainstorm", I think.

That's what I first thought it was, but then I thought noooooo, that was 
something else.... must have been Dreamscape.

Thanks for the correction!

    
    
    definitely Brainstorm, got both of them on tape.
    
    Chris
    :)

    Saw another faourite last night that I didn't mention in .57:  Charlie
    Chaplin's "City Lights."  Lots of very funny physical comedy, and an
    amazing sentimental fairy-tale plot.  The last scene absolutely
    tremendous.
    
    -Stephen

My favorite cartoon movie - Jungle Book. No other animation full length movie
is as humorous as this one.

-Jk

> Does this mean you have a directory listing of the old conference?

    27  32942::LAZARUS        8-FEB-1993    16  Any way to access archived
								conference?

    
    These are by no means my most or least fave. films but films i love and
    can watch over and over again without getting bored of them.
    
    Star Wars (trilogy)
    Psycho
    Trainspotting
    Citizen Kane
    Godfather (trilogy)
    Hard Boiled
    Cinema Paradiso
    The Sleeper
    Naked
    Ferris Beullers Day Off
    
    
    mike
    

    Lets see if I can't get some peole irate over some of my choices now!!!
    
    "ARNIE" flicks                       Comedies
    ---------------                      ---------
    1- The Terminator                    1- Ace Ventura:Pet Detective
    2- The Terminator 2		         2- Planes, Trains & Automobiles
    3- True Lies	                 3- Clerks
    
    
    Oldies but goodies!                  Crappiest of all time!
    -------------------			 -----------------------
    1- It's a Wonderful Life             1- Serial Mom
    2- To Kill a Mockingbird		 2- High Lander 2 : The Quickening
    3- Tom Sawyer			 3- Rising Sun
    
    
    Trilogies +                          X-tras that I really like!
    ------------			 ---------------------------
    1- StarWars                          1- The Unforgiven
    2- DieHards				 2- The Crow
    3- Iniana Jones'			 3- Night of the Living Dead (orig)
    4- Aliens			 
    5- Lethal Weapons
    
    and now for my TOP 10's
    
    10- Aliens
    9 - Pet Detective
    8 - T-2
    7 - The Shawshank Redemtion
    6 - It's a Wonderful Life
    5 - Tombstone
    4 - The Silence of the Lambs
    3 - The Empire Strikes Back
    2 - Raiders of the Lost Ark
    
    & now my #1 favorite movie of all time...
    
    
    !!!!!!Police Academy 4!!!!!! Eyyyuuuck!!!
    
    No really its... BRAVEHEART  A++
    
    H.A.G.O.,
    
    	     J 
                                             

    
                          [Internet Movie Database]


The top 250 movies as voted by YOU

(N.B. Each title has received 200 or more votes)

The formula for calculating the top 250 films gives a true Bayesian
estimate:

   weighted rank (WR) = (v/(v+m))*R + (m/(v+m))*C

   where:

     R = average for the movie (mean) = (Rating)
     v = number of votes for the movie = (votes)
     m = minimum votes required to be listed in the top 250 (currently 200)
     C = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 6.62)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Rank WR (Rating) Title  (votes)

1
     __8.7__ (8.8) Star Wars (1977) (3941 votes)
2
     __8.5__ (8.8) Shawshank Redemption, The (1994) (1339 votes)
3
     __8.5__ (8.6) Pulp Fiction (1994) (3656 votes)
4
     __8.5__ (9.0) Wrong Trousers, The (1993) (771 votes)
5
     __8.4__ (8.8) Usual Suspects, The (1995) (1146 votes)
6
     __8.4__ (8.8) Toy Story (1995) (877 votes)
7
     __8.4__ (8.6) Schindler's List (1993) (1949 votes)
8
     __8.4__ (8.6) Casablanca (1942) (1754 votes)
9
     __8.4__ (8.5) Blade Runner (1982) (2968 votes)
10
     __8.3__ (8.6) Citizen Kane (1941) (1285 votes)
11
     __8.3__ (8.5) Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and
     Love the Bomb (1963) (1574 votes)
12
     __8.3__ (8.9) Babe (1995) (578 votes)
13
     __8.3__ (9.0) Sense and Sensibility (1995) (500 votes)
14
     __8.3__ (8.5) Braveheart (1995) (1576 votes)
15
     __8.2__ (8.4) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) (1486 votes)
16
     __8.2__ (9.6) Close Shave, A (1995) (233 votes)
17
     __8.2__ (8.4) Godfather, The (1972) (1361 votes)
18
     __8.2__ (8.4) Se7en (1995) (1183 votes)
19
     __8.2__ (9.0) Postino, Il (1994) (359 votes)
20
     __8.1__ (8.3) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) (2429 votes)
21
     __8.1__ (8.6) Trzy kolory: Czerwony (1994) (607 votes)
22
     __8.1__ (8.7) Shichinin no samurai (1954) (562 votes)
23
     __8.1__ (8.3) Reservoir Dogs (1992) (1567 votes)
24
     __8.1__ (8.2) Empire Strikes Back, The (1980) (2307 votes)
25
     __8.1__ (8.2) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) (2275 votes)
26
     __8.1__ (8.2) Brazil (1985) (1689 votes)
27
     __8.0__ (8.3) Rear Window (1954) (989 votes)
28
     __8.0__ (8.3) Lawrence of Arabia (1962) (927 votes)
29
     __8.0__ (8.2) Princess Bride, The (1987) (1742 votes)
30
     __8.0__ (8.3) Twelve Monkeys (1995) (853 votes)
31
     __8.0__ (8.3) North by Northwest (1959) (925 votes)
32
     __8.0__ (8.2) It's a Wonderful Life (1946) (1024 votes)
33
     __8.0__ (9.0) Once Were Warriors (1994) (256 votes)
34
     __8.0__ (8.1) Aliens (1986) (1885 votes)
35
     __8.0__ (8.1) Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974) (1757 votes)
36
     __7.9__ (8.3) Leon (1994) (783 votes)
37
     __7.9__ (8.3) Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) (629 votes)
38
     __7.9__ (8.1) Apocalypse Now (1979) (1759 votes)
39
     __7.9__ (8.1) Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) (2017 votes)
40
     __7.9__ (8.1) Clockwork Orange, A (1971) (1472 votes)
41
     __7.9__ (8.2) Taxi Driver (1976) (1049 votes)
42
     __7.9__ (8.1) Apollo 13 (1995) (1669 votes)
43
     __7.9__ (8.0) Alien (1979) (1887 votes)
44
     __7.9__ (8.9) Dead Man Walking (1995) (256 votes)
45
     __7.9__ (8.1) Psycho (1960) (1116 votes)
46
     __7.9__ (8.2) Maltese Falcon, The (1941) (750 votes)
47
     __7.9__ (8.3) Heat (1995) (565 votes)
48
     __7.8__ (8.3) 12 Angry Men (1957) (522 votes)
49
     __7.8__ (8.2) Cinema Paradiso (1988) (664 votes)
50
     __7.8__ (8.2) Vertigo (1958) (678 votes)
51
     __7.8__ (7.9) Return of the Jedi (1983) (2011 votes)
52
     __7.8__ (8.3) Trzy kolory: Niebieski (1993) (498 votes)
53
     __7.8__ (8.3) Ran (1985) (479 votes)
54
     __7.8__ (8.2) To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) (531 votes)
55
     __7.8__ (7.9) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) (1752 votes)
56
     __7.8__ (8.4) Himmel ueber Berlin, Der (1987) (406 votes)
57
     __7.8__ (8.0) Amadeus (1984) (1263 votes)
58
     __7.8__ (8.1) Clerks (1994) (677 votes)
59
     __7.8__ (8.1) GoodFellas (1990) (879 votes)
60
     __7.8__ (8.5) Killer, The (1989) (335 votes)
61
     __7.8__ (8.1) Much Ado About Nothing (1993) (839 votes)
62
     __7.8__ (8.3) Third Man, The (1949) (484 votes)
63
     __7.8__ (7.9) Blues Brothers, The (1980) (1472 votes)
64
     __7.8__ (8.1) Henry V (1989) (636 votes)
65
     __7.8__ (8.4) C'era una volta il west (1969) (399 votes)
66
     __7.8__ (7.9) Fugitive, The (1993) (1331 votes)
67
     __7.8__ (8.8) Fargo (1996) (214 votes)
68
     __7.8__ (8.1) Delicatessen (1991) (650 votes)
69
     __7.7__ (8.4) Smoke (1995) (361 votes)
70
     __7.7__ (8.1) Godfather: Part II, The (1974) (633 votes)
71
     __7.7__ (8.4) Sunset Boulevard (1950) (319 votes)
72
     __7.7__ (8.2) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) (393 votes)
73
     __7.7__ (8.0) African Queen, The (1951) (707 votes)
74
     __7.7__ (8.0) Annie Hall (1977) (685 votes)
75
     __7.7__ (8.4) Mr. Holland's Opus (1995) (295 votes)
76
     __7.7__ (8.4) Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957) (304 votes)
77
     __7.7__ (7.8) Terminator, The (1984) (1611 votes)
78
     __7.7__ (7.9) While You Were Sleeping (1995) (755 votes)
79
     __7.7__ (8.0) Graduate, The (1967) (745 votes)
80
     __7.7__ (8.1) Some Like It Hot (1959) (492 votes)
81
     __7.7__ (8.4) Podwojne zycie Weroniki (1991) (303 votes)
82
     __7.7__ (8.1) Raging Bull (1980) (430 votes)
83
     __7.7__ (8.0) True Romance (1993) (688 votes)
84
     __7.7__ (8.0) Wizard of Oz, The (1939) (684 votes)
85
     __7.6__ (8.1) Singin' in the Rain (1952) (407 votes)
86
     __7.6__ (8.0) Sting, The (1973) (645 votes)
87
     __7.6__ (8.0) Manhattan (1979) (507 votes)
88
     __7.6__ (8.5) Tombstone (1993) (241 votes)
89
     __7.6__ (8.5) Roman Holiday (1953) (247 votes)
90
     __7.6__ (7.9) Lion King, The (1994) (783 votes)
91
     __7.6__ (8.1) Once Upon a Time in America (1984) (468 votes)
92
     __7.6__ (8.3) Braindead (1992) (309 votes)
93
     __7.6__ (7.9) Unforgiven (1992) (760 votes)
94
     __7.6__ (8.1) Harold and Maude (1971) (388 votes)
95
     __7.6__ (8.1) Boot, Das (1981) (419 votes)
96
     __7.6__ (7.8) Dead Poets Society (1989) (1348 votes)
97
     __7.6__ (7.8) Life of Brian (1979) (1144 votes)
98
     __7.6__ (7.9) Chinatown (1974) (597 votes)
99
     __7.6__ (8.1) Grand bleu, Le (1988) (374 votes)
100
     __7.6__ (7.9) Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957) (578 votes)
101
     __7.6__ (8.5) Rashomon (1950) (216 votes)
102
     __7.6__ (8.1) Miller's Crossing (1990) (373 votes)
103
     __7.6__ (7.9) Full Metal Jacket (1987) (701 votes)
104
     __7.6__ (8.1) Heavenly Creatures (1994) (359 votes)
105
     __7.6__ (7.7) Forrest Gump (1994) (1936 votes)
106
     __7.6__ (8.0) Nikita (1990) (516 votes)
107
     __7.6__ (7.9) Remains of the Day, The (1993) (601 votes)
108
     __7.6__ (8.4) 8 1/2 (1963) (239 votes)
109
     __7.6__ (8.2) Before Sunrise (1995) (287 votes)
110
     __7.6__ (7.7) Die Hard (1988) (1428 votes)
111
     __7.6__ (8.0) Glory (1989) (457 votes)
112
     __7.6__ (8.2) Duck Soup (1933) (287 votes)
113
     __7.5__ (7.9) Deer Hunter, The (1978) (591 votes)
114
     __7.5__ (7.9) Army of Darkness (1993) (451 votes)
115
     __7.5__ (7.9) In the Name of the Father (1993) (494 votes)
116
     __7.5__ (8.4) Hard-Boiled (1992) (217 votes)
117
     __7.5__ (7.6) Back to the Future (1985) (1729 votes)
118
     __7.5__ (7.8) Beauty and the Beast (1991) (732 votes)
119
     __7.5__ (8.3) Modern Times (1936) (238 votes)
120
     __7.5__ (8.1) Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948) (322 votes)
121
     __7.5__ (8.2) Exotica (1994) (267 votes)
122
     __7.5__ (8.0) Philadelphia Story, The (1940) (407 votes)
123
     __7.5__ (8.2) Jean de Florette (1986) (282 votes)
124
     __7.5__ (7.6) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) (1584 votes)
125
     __7.5__ (7.7) Highlander (1986) (992 votes)
126
     __7.5__ (8.0) Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) (347 votes)
127
     __7.5__ (8.0) Local Hero (1983) (349 votes)
128
     __7.5__ (8.2) Strictly Ballroom (1992) (243 votes)
129
     __7.5__ (7.8) Heathers (1989) (696 votes)
130
     __7.5__ (7.8) Fantasia (1940) (502 votes)
131
     __7.5__ (8.4) Gold Rush, The (1925) (200 votes)
132
     __7.5__ (7.7) Groundhog Day (1993) (800 votes)
133
     __7.5__ (7.8) Young Frankenstein (1974) (629 votes)
134
     __7.5__ (7.8) Right Stuff, The (1983) (519 votes)
135
     __7.5__ (8.0) Mitt Liv Som Hund (1985) (344 votes)
136
     __7.5__ (7.9) Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, The (1994)
     (443 votes)
137
     __7.5__ (7.7) Aladdin (1992) (731 votes)
138
     __7.5__ (8.1) Metropolis (1926) (281 votes)
139
     __7.5__ (8.0) Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) (334 votes)
140
     __7.5__ (7.9) Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) (375 votes)
141
     __7.5__ (7.9) My Fair Lady (1964) (421 votes)
142
     __7.5__ (8.1) Evil Dead II (1987) (276 votes)
143
     __7.5__ (8.0) Night on Earth (1991) (311 votes)
144
     __7.5__ (8.2) Bawang bie ji (1993) (225 votes)
145
     __7.5__ (7.6) Fish Called Wanda, A (1988) (1366 votes)
146
     __7.5__ (7.6) Speed (1994/I) (1179 votes)
147
     __7.5__ (8.0) Manchurian Candidate, The (1962) (285 votes)
148
     __7.5__ (8.0) Big Sleep, The (1946) (294 votes)
149
     __7.5__ (7.8) Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (1991)
     (455 votes)
150
     __7.5__ (7.7) Shining, The (1980) (829 votes)
151
     __7.4__ (8.3) Dahong denglong gaogao gua (1991) (200 votes)
152
     __7.4__ (7.9) Great Escape, The (1963) (356 votes)
153
     __7.4__ (7.7) Gandhi (1982) (584 votes)
154
     __7.4__ (8.0) Diva (1980) (299 votes)
155
     __7.4__ (7.6) When Harry Met Sally... (1989) (1222 votes)
156
     __7.4__ (7.8) Ben-Hur (1959) (468 votes)
157
     __7.4__ (7.8) Room with a View, A (1986) (485 votes)
158
     __7.4__ (8.2) Babylon 5 (1993) (TV) (202 votes)
159
     __7.4__ (8.2) Bullets Over Broadway (1994) (210 votes)
160
     __7.4__ (7.6) Witness (1985) (963 votes)
161
     __7.4__ (7.7) Piano, The (1993) (680 votes)
162
     __7.4__ (7.9) Leaving Las Vegas (1995) (324 votes)
163
     __7.4__ (7.9) Shallow Grave (1994) (335 votes)
164
     __7.4__ (7.7) Gone with the Wind (1939) (651 votes)
165
     __7.4__ (7.9) Little Women (1994) (351 votes)
166
     __7.4__ (8.2) Double Indemnity (1944) (208 votes)
167
     __7.4__ (7.9) High Noon (1952) (321 votes)
168
     __7.4__ (7.6) Dangerous Liaisons (1988) (734 votes)
169
     __7.4__ (7.8) Being There (1979) (447 votes)
170
     __7.4__ (7.9) Pump Up the Volume (1990) (312 votes)
171
     __7.4__ (7.8) Akira (1988) (446 votes)
172
     __7.4__ (7.6) Player, The (1992) (723 votes)
173
     __7.4__ (8.0) Notorious (1946) (274 votes)
174
     __7.4__ (7.8) Short Cuts (1993) (431 votes)
175
     __7.4__ (7.6) Field of Dreams (1989) (795 votes)
176
     __7.4__ (7.7) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) (567 votes)
177
     __7.4__ (7.5) Dances with Wolves (1990) (1002 votes)
178
     __7.4__ (7.6) Stand by Me (1986) (647 votes)
179
     __7.4__ (7.8) Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) (337 votes)
180
     __7.4__ (8.1) Great Dictator, The (1940) (210 votes)
181
     __7.4__ (7.9) Trzy kolory: Bialy (1994) (292 votes)
182
     __7.4__ (7.9) Shadowlands (1993) (295 votes)
183
     __7.4__ (7.6) Crimson Tide (1995) (618 votes)
184
     __7.4__ (8.1) Rebecca (1940) (214 votes)
185
     __7.4__ (8.0) On the Waterfront (1954) (236 votes)
186
     __7.4__ (7.8) Paris, Texas (1984) (323 votes)
187
     __7.4__ (7.6) Crow, The (1994) (548 votes)
188
     __7.4__ (7.8) Forbidden Planet (1956) (331 votes)
189
     __7.4__ (7.8) What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) (304 votes)
190
     __7.4__ (7.5) Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) (1164 votes)
191
     __7.3__ (7.9) Man Who Would Be King, The (1975) (263 votes)
192
     __7.3__ (8.0) Como agua para chocolate (1992) (230 votes)
193
     __7.3__ (7.8) Killing Fields, The (1984) (352 votes)
194
     __7.3__ (8.0) Bringing Up Baby (1938) (211 votes)
195
     __7.3__ (7.5) Hunt for Red October, The (1990) (1245 votes)
196
     __7.3__ (7.5) Blue Velvet (1986) (751 votes)
197
     __7.3__ (8.0) Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) (232 votes)
198
     __7.3__ (8.0) Jesus de Montreal (1989) (209 votes)
199
     __7.3__ (8.0) Manon des Sources (1986) (212 votes)
200
     __7.3__ (7.7) Unbearable Lightness of Being, The (1988) (416 votes)
201
     __7.3__ (7.5) Untouchables, The (1987) (802 votes)
202
     __7.3__ (7.6) This Is Spinal Tap (1984) (513 votes)
203
     __7.3__ (7.5) GoldenEye (1995) (832 votes)
204
     __7.3__ (7.9) Muriel's Wedding (1994) (261 votes)
205
     __7.3__ (7.6) Quiz Show (1994) (456 votes)
206
     __7.3__ (7.4) Rain Man (1988) (1307 votes)
207
     __7.3__ (7.9) Koyaanisqatsi (1983) (238 votes)
208
     __7.3__ (7.8) American President, The (1995) (285 votes)
209
     __7.3__ (7.8) Christmas Story, A (1983) (311 votes)
210
     __7.3__ (7.7) Strange Days (1995) (330 votes)
211
     __7.3__ (7.5) Fisher King, The (1991) (670 votes)
212
     __7.3__ (8.0) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) (217 votes)
213
     __7.3__ (7.8) 37.2 le Matin (1986) (280 votes)
214
     __7.3__ (7.9) Don Juan DeMarco and the Centerfold (1995) (246 votes)
215
     __7.3__ (7.4) Jaws (1975) (1069 votes)
216
     __7.3__ (7.6) Pink Floyd - The Wall (1981) (491 votes)
217
     __7.3__ (7.4) Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) (1086 votes)
218
     __7.3__ (7.7) Patton (1970) (310 votes)
219
     __7.3__ (8.0) Yinshi Nan Nu (1994) (207 votes)
220
     __7.3__ (7.6) Nightmare Before Christmas, The (1993) (386 votes)
221
     __7.3__ (7.8) Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) (256 votes)
222
     __7.3__ (7.7) Little Big Man (1970) (333 votes)
223
     __7.3__ (8.0) Tampopo (1986) (201 votes)
224
     __7.3__ (7.7) Cool Hand Luke (1967) (308 votes)
225
     __7.3__ (7.5) Sound of Music, The (1965) (561 votes)
226
     __7.3__ (7.8) Gallipoli (1981) (275 votes)
227
     __7.3__ (7.8) Conversation, The (1974) (241 votes)
228
     __7.3__ (7.8) Better Off Dead (1985) (279 votes)
229
     __7.3__ (7.7) Jungle Book, The (1967) (313 votes)
230
     __7.3__ (7.6) Hudsucker Proxy, The (1994) (364 votes)
231
     __7.3__ (7.6) Ed Wood (1994) (401 votes)
232
     __7.3__ (7.6) Real Genius (1985) (412 votes)
233
     __7.3__ (7.5) Few Good Men, A (1992) (526 votes)
234
     __7.3__ (7.7) My Left Foot (1989) (322 votes)
235
     __7.3__ (7.5) Name of the Rose, The (1986) (625 votes)
236
     __7.3__ (7.4) Raising Arizona (1987) (724 votes)
237
     __7.2__ (7.5) In the Line of Fire (1993) (442 votes)
238
     __7.2__ (7.6) Awakenings (1990) (383 votes)
239
     __7.2__ (7.7) Commitments, The (1991) (264 votes)
240
     __7.2__ (7.5) Last of the Mohicans, The (1992) (397 votes)
241
     __7.2__ (7.5) Howards End (1992) (415 votes)
242
     __7.2__ (7.4) Crying Game, The (1992) (594 votes)
243
     __7.2__ (7.5) Excalibur (1981) (560 votes)
244
     __7.2__ (7.4) Airplane! (1980) (905 votes)
245
     __7.2__ (7.6) Doctor Zhivago (1965) (374 votes)
246
     __7.2__ (7.4) Dead Again (1991) (555 votes)
247
     __7.2__ (7.6) Papillon (1973) (333 votes)
248
     __7.2__ (7.7) Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) (277 votes)
249
     __7.2__ (7.6) Deliverance (1972) (323 votes)
250
     __7.2__ (7.4) Thelma & Louise (1991) (769 votes)

    
    The Wrong Trousers?  

    Hmmm ... by my thumbnail analysis, this list does show an
    internet/hacker/dweeb/futurist/technologist influence. When
    you look at the number of scifi/fantasy/technology themes in
    the list, it far exceeds the number of ones I've seen on similar
    "people's choice" lists done by ETW, Movieline, etc.
    
    Geoff

    re .71
    
    It's an animated short by Nick Parks (sp?).  I believe it won the
    Academy Award for best Animated Short in... maybe 1994?   It's the
    second in a series of 3 shorts staring Wallace and Gromit.  Actually, I
    think all three won academy awards, the last one being this year.
    
    It's EXTREMELY funny and sits very high up on my "best of" list as
    well.   Worth picking up at your local video store.
    
    -Steve
    

    Re; Wrong Trousers...
    
    Ditto...very funny, animation for adults.

             The Greatest "English Speaking Films" of all-time.                           
    
    
                             Here's my choice
    
    
    1. Gone with the Wind
    2. Citizen Kane
    3. Raging Bull
    4. The Grapes of Wrath
    5. Star Wars
    6. Schindlers List 
    7. Dances with Wolves
    8. Psycho
    9. The Godfather II
    10. Glory
    
    
    Honorable mentions: The Searchers, Forrest Gump, Ben-Hur, Lawerence of
    Arabia, Taxi Driver, and many more.
    
    
                       My opinions subject to change.
    
                              Sean P. Collins

        Thanks to the noters of this conference, I have been able to select
        good movies.  Here is my list of top 10.  I love foreign films as
        you can see.
    
        In no particular order
    
        The English Patient
        Il Postino
        Like Water for Chocolate
        The Shawshank Redemption
        The Commitments
        The Crying Game
        Forest Gump
        Pulp Fiction
        Eat Drink Man Woman
        Fargo
    
        I also liked "Farewell My Concubine" but it's not one that I would
        necessarily recommend to others.  My husband would definitely replace 
        one on my list with "Usual Suspects".  Come to think of it, he would 
        probably bump a few for "The Russians are Coming", and "Princess Bride"
        (I can't believe it, I've slept through this movie twice with him).
    
        PChaplinsky
    

    
    	Geez, first I find out that Laurie Brown is a male, and now I
    	find out that PCHAPLINSKY is a female.
    
    	I guess I should pay more attention to content and not just the
    	node::name.  8^)
    

Re: .83

I agree with the husband, replace "The Commitments" with "The Usual Suspects".

Good list, though!

-Jeff