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Re: Top Films of All Time
« Reply #550 on: August 13, 2009, 12:13:32 AM »
Our shared titles:

12. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002)
15. Once Upon A Time In The West (1968)
42. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
48. Hoop Dreams (1994)

Titles I'm particularly happy to see get some love:

1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
9. Matrix, The (1999)
29. JFK - Director's Cut (1991)
40. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
47. Adaptation (2002)
50. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
54. GoodFellas (1990)
60. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
63. Narc (2002)
65. 12 Angry Men (1957)
69. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
76. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
80. Alien (1979)
82. NeverEnding Story, The
91. 25th Hour (2002)

Title I most need to revisit:

2. Never Cry Wolf (1983)

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Re: Top Films of All Time
« Reply #551 on: August 13, 2009, 12:14:31 AM »
Cool list, smirnoff. Love the screenshottery. :)

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Re: Top Films of All Time
« Reply #552 on: August 13, 2009, 12:34:57 AM »

7. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983)


really?  ;)

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Re: Top Films of All Time
« Reply #553 on: August 13, 2009, 12:36:40 AM »
Very bold of you, putting Mr. and Mrs. Smith at #27.

Love seeing Kids back-to-back on the list with The Wizard of Oz.

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Re: Top Films of All Time
« Reply #554 on: August 13, 2009, 12:38:59 AM »
Awesome, keith. Maybe when I'm not so tired I'll actually try and figure out what your list is.

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Re: Top Films of All Time
« Reply #555 on: August 13, 2009, 12:45:28 AM »

Love seeing Kids back-to-back on the list with The Wizard of Oz.

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Re: Top Films of All Time
« Reply #556 on: August 13, 2009, 12:47:12 AM »



1. Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)
2. Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)
3. The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kersner, 1980)
4. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
5. Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999)
6. Star Wars (George Lucas, 1977)
7. Chungking Express (Wong Kar Wai, 1994)
8. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, 1981)
9. Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright, 2004)
10. The Incredibles (Brad Bird, 2004)
11. Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro, 2006)
12. Terminator 2: Judgement Day (James Cameron, 1991)
13. Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg, 1993)
14. The Iron Giant (Brad Bird, 1999)
15. Kill Bill Vol. 1 (Quentin Tarantino, 2003)
16. High and Low (Akira Kurosawa, 1963)
17. Howl's Moving Castle (Hayao Miyazaki, 2004)
18. Eureka (Shinji Aoyama, 2000)
19. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Hayao Miyazaki, 1988)
20. Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)
21. Aliens (James Cameron, 1986)
22. Dr. Strangelove (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)
23. Oldboy (Park Chan-wook, 2003)
24. The Great Dictator (Charles Chaplin, 1940)
25. Battle Royale (Kinji Fukasaku, 2000)
26. Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962)
27. Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis, 1985)
28. Grave of the Fireflies (Isao Takahata, 1988)
29. The Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson, 2001)
30. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Sergio Leone, 1966)
31. Princess Mononoke (Hayao Miyazaki, 1997)
32. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar Wai, 2000)
33. The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer, 1994)
34. Toy Story (John Lasseter, 1995)
35. Lady Vengeance (Park Chan-wook, 2005)
36. Kill Bill Vol. 2 (Quentin Tarantino, 2004)
37. Se7en (David Fincher, 1995)
38. Sonatine (Takeshi Kitano, 1993)
39. Nights of Cabiria (Federico Fellini, 1957)
40. Wall-E (Andrew Stanton, 2008)
41. Le Cercle Rouge (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1970)
42. The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008)
43. 8 1/2 (Federico Fellini, 1963)
44. Hot Fuzz (Edgar Wright, 2007)
45. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (Tim Burton, 1985)
46. Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, 1992)
47. Le Samourai (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1967)
48. Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)
49. The Lion King (Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff, 1994)
50. Fallen Angels (Wong Kar Wai, 1995)
51. Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson, 2008)
52. Lost Highway (David Lynch, 1997)
53. My Neighbor Totoro (Hayao Miyazaki, 1988)
54. Memories of Murder (Bong Joon-ho, 2003)
55. 2046 (Wong Kar Wai, 2004)
56. Mindgame (Masaaki Yuasa, 2004)
57. 28 Days Later (Danny Boyle, 2002)
58. Millenium Actress (Satoshi Kon, 2001)
59. Singin' in the Rain (Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly, 1952)
60. Monsters Inc. (Pete Docter, 2001)
61. Yojimbo (Akira Kurosawa, 1961)
62. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Mel Stuart, 1971)
63. The 400 Blows (Francois Truffaut, 1959)
64. His Girl Friday (Howard Harks, 1940)
65. Infernal Affairs (Lau Wai-keung, 2002)
66. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (David Hand, 1937)
67. Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa, 1952)
68. Fitzcarraldo (Werner Herzog, 1982)
69. Castle in the Sky (Hayao Miyazaki, 1986)
70. The Truman Show (Peter Weir, 1998)
71. The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949)
72. My Own Private Idaho (Gus Van Sant, 1991)
73. Beauty and the Beast (Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise, 1991)
74. Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, 1950)
75. Stray Dog (Akira Kurosawa, 1949)
76. Finding Nemo (Andrew Stanton, 2003)
77. Waltz with Bashir (Ari Folman, 2008)
78. Miller's Crossing (The Coen Brothers, 1990)
79. Jeanne Dielman (Chantal Akerman, 1975)
80. The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme, 1991)
81. Yi yi (Edward Yang, 2000)
82. Little Shop of Horrors (Frank Oz, 1986)
83. The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner, 1987)
84. The Blind Swordman: Zatoichi (Takeshi Kitano, 2003)
85. Touch of Evil (Orson Welles, 1958)
86. The Vanishing (George Sluizer, 1988)
87. Mullholand Dr. (David Lynch, 2001)
88. Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954)
89. A Scene at the Sea (Takeshi Kitano, 1991)
90. The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1928)
91. Hoop Dreams (Steve James, 1994)
92. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)
93. Fargo (The Coen Brothers, 1996)
94. JFK (Oliver Stone, 1991)
95. Tokyo Story (Yasujiro Ofzu, 1953)
96. Modern Times (Charles Chaplin, 1936)
97. Serenity (Joss Whedon, 2005)
98. Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)
99. Harakiri (Masaki Kobayashi, 1962)
100. No Country for Old Men (The Coen Brothers, 2007)



Foreign Language:

Japanese - 23
Chinese - 5
French - 5
Korean - 3
Italian - 2
Spanish - 1
Swedish - 1
German - 1
Hebrew - 1

Total - 42

By Decade:

1930's - 2
1940's - 4
1950's - 10
1960's - 10
1970's - 4
1980's - 14
1990's - 23
2000's - 32

Random Year Stats:

Oldest year - 1936 (Modern Times)
Newest year - 2008 (Wall-E, The Dark Knight, Let the Right One In, Waltz with Bashir)
Average year - 1984

Directors with Multiple Titles:

Akira Kurosawa - 6
Hayao Miyazaki - 6
Wong Kar Wai - 4
Quentin Tarantino - 3
Takeshi Kitano - 3
Alfred Hitchcock - 3
The Coen Brothers - 3
Stanley Kubrick - 2
Paul Thomas Anderson - 2
Steven Spielberg - 2
Edgar Wright - 2
Brad Bird - 2
James Cameron - 2
Park-chan Wook - 2
Charles Chaplin - 2
Andrew Stanton - 2
Federico Fellini - 2
Jean-Pierre Melville - 2
David Lynch - 2

Titles In Common with Other Filmspotters:

jbissel - 30
philip918 - 30
BlueVoid - 27
worm@work - 26
Junior - 26
Thor - 24
lotr-sam0711 - 24
toro913 - 24
Wilson - 23
stevekimes - 23
Woodpecker from Mars - 23
Dracula - 23
Bill Thompson - 22
ses593 - 22
_Keith_ - 22
FLYmeatwad - 20
StarCarly - 18
THATguy - 18
matt the movie watcher - 18
jrod - 18
frantastical - 18
faceboy - 17
The Mighty Celestial - 17
Basil - 17
NedMeier - 17
Clovis8 - 17
corndog - 17
Emiliana - 17
oneaprilday - 16
ferris - 16
pixote - 16
roujin - 15
sdedalus - 15
zarodinu - 26
smirnoff - 13
chardy999 - 11
skjerva - 7
Columbo - 7
Mr. Hutchinson - 6
verite - 6

Average - 19
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Re: Top Films of All Time
« Reply #557 on: August 13, 2009, 12:48:14 AM »
2D graphics!

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Re: Top Films of All Time
« Reply #558 on: August 13, 2009, 12:50:03 AM »
So many conflicting thoughts.
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Re: Top Films of All Time
« Reply #559 on: August 13, 2009, 01:01:18 AM »
edit - seems safer here

Unless I change something...













Not Pictured:

11 - Network
13 - Almost Famous
21 - City of God
22 - Paths of Glory
23 - The Wizard of Oz
24 - Kids
26 - Le cercle rouge
29 - Shadow of a Doubt
32 - Die Hard
33 - Until the End of the World
34 - North by Northwest
36 - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
37 - Festen (The Celebration)
39 - Capturing the Friedmans
41 - Ferris Bueller's Day Off
44 - Låt den rätte komma in (Let the Right One In)
48 - Bande a Part (Band Of Outsiders)
49 - Groundhog Day
50 - Aliens
51 - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
52 - Dancer In the Dark
54 - Kontroll
56 - Sullivan's Travels
59 - All About My Mother
61 - Planet of the Apes
62 - Kill Bill Vol. 1
63 - Schindler's List
66 - Princess Bride
67 - Mulholland Dr.
70 - Croupier
71 - American Movie
72 - Ed Wood
75 - Silence of the Lambs, The
77 - Rock, The
79 - Bonnie and Clyde
80 - Sandlot, The
82 - Days of Heaven
83 - Chinatown
85 - Halloween
86 - Before Sunrise
87 - Rififi
88 - Tron
94 - Lost Highway
95 - War Games
96 - Trust
97 - Infernal Affairs
100 - Muppets Take Manhattan, The

On Loan:

90 - Dark City
92 - 25th Hour, The

 

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