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« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2008, 01:36:52 AM »
I know these lists are ridiculous and painful, but here they are, my Desert Island Top 20 Films of All-Time (in alphabetical order):

Annie Hall
Back to the Future
Chunking Express
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
La Dolce Vita
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Evil Dead 2
The Graduate
The Hole (Tsai, not the crappy British film with Keira Knightley)
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Princess Bride
Pulp Fiction
Raging Bull
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Rashomon
Say Anything
Spirited Away
Star Wars: A New Hope
Touch of Evil

There are probably over a hundred films I'd consider Top 20-worthy, but these are without a doubt my favorite films.

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« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2008, 06:41:45 AM »
20 is a big number, but I'll play along...

Shawshank Redemption
Truman Show
Rear Window
North By Northwest
Die Hard
True Grit
The Outlaw Josie Wales
Magnificent Seven
Back to the Future
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
It's a Wonderful Life
The Philadelphia Story
Tommy Boy
Boondock Saints
No Country For Old men
Shaun of the Dead
Big Lebowski
Goonies
The Matrix
Lord of the Flies (If I'm on a deserted island I'll need survival tips..)

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« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2008, 10:14:16 AM »
I'm a young guy so most of my picks are from from the last decade or so. No order.

I'm only 28...But, for me a lot of older movies have more repeat-playability than a lot of the stuff pumped out these days.

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« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2008, 12:51:41 PM »
Boogie Nights
Empire Strikes Back
High Fidelity
Nowhere
The Professional
The Seven Samurai
Battle Royale
Lost in Translation
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Revenge of the Nerds
Student Bodies
To Kill a Mockingbird
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Clerks
Mallrats
Bloodsport
The Great White Hype
Shaun of the Dead



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« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2008, 05:21:35 PM »
I thought coming up with the 20 movies would be tough, but it really wasn't. Ranking them was the hard part... really, really hard. When it's all said and done though, I can say I like each movie better than the one below it.

After much deliberation, here is my top 20:

#1 (1973) The Sting
#2 (1997) Princess Mononoke
#3 (2003) The Fog of War
#4 (1994) Endless Summer 2
#5 (1991) Terminator 2
#6 (1984) Amadeus
#7 (2003) Touching The Void
#8 (2001) Lord of The Rings
#9 (1995) Braveheart
#10 (1999) The Insider
#11 (1977) Starwars: A New Hope
#12 (2001) Vanilla Sky
#13 (1996) Shine
#14 (2004) Vera Drake
#15 (2000) Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
#16 (1995) Heat
#17 (2007) Into the Wild
#18 (2001) Winged Migration
#19 (1995) Casino
#20 (2001) Brotherhood of the Wolf

 :D What a mess!
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« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2008, 05:31:48 PM »
Completely off the top of my head here...

Magnolia
Children of Men
Lonely Are The Brave
The Shining
Sunshine
There Will Be Blood
Jurassic Park
Brazil
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Lord of the Rings: RotK
The Thing
Alien
Shaun of the Dead
Blade Runner
Fargo
The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
Se7en
12 Monkeys
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Pan's Labyrinth
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« Reply #8 on: February 25, 2008, 05:36:28 PM »
After we get some more input in this thread it'll be interesting to tally up. Come on everyone, I want to see your lists too!  :)

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« Reply #9 on: February 25, 2008, 06:00:53 PM »
Ugh..

The Manchurian Candidate
Tokyo Story
Rio Bravo
Unforgiven
Seven Samurai
Ocean's Eleven
Se7en
Zodiac
Jaws
Taxi Driver
All the President's Men
Chinatown
The Limey
The Science of Sleep
There Will Be Blood
Almost Famous
Apocalypse Now
Vertigo
Once Upon A Time in the West
Magnolia

And the film that can't really be placed on any list: The Great Mouse Detective
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