Name Your Favourite Top 30 Top 40 or Top 50 Films All Genres

The Saloon
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[quote=“mrchallenge, post:20, topic:824”]Thanks for the kind words. I originally thought my taste was too “mainstream”, but I think its a good mix of genre’s. I try to keep an open mind when it comes to cinema.

btw, I added Corman’s House of Usher to my list. I can’t believe I forgot about that.[/quote]

You are welcome and I can confirm that your list/taste is much closer to my own/popular
and if you adding the stupendous Edgar Allan POE/Roger Corman/Vincent Price:

FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER 1960 Vincent Price Mark Damon Myrna Fahey

With this selection you are elevating yourself into the realm of cinema greatness/elitism. :smiley:
A film has to entertain, be memorable, be popular, be well acted/directed/written so
anything SW/Giallo/Hammer Films/Poe/Corman Horror is self evidently VERY CLASSIC :smiley:

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ROGER CORMAN made numerous excellent Classic Horror Films based on
Edgar Allan Poe writings and often starring VINCENT PRICE / RAY MILLAND.

These series of Films are true classics and Roger Corman was a master at achieving much
with small limited Financial budgets. His films deserve places in anybodys Top 40 or Top 50.

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SD ALL TIME GREATEST FILMS TOP 50 IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE ALL GENRES

MY PREFERENCES are based on : ACTORS, PLOT, DIRECTOR, Music, Memorable
SCREEN PRESENCE, ACTORS AND ACTRESSES CREATING ELECTRICITY ON SCREEN ETC

  1. THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY 1966 Clint Eastwood , Lee Van Cleef

  2. IMMORTAL 1969 Christopher George , Carol Lynley

  3. MCCLOUD: WHO KILLED MISS USA 1970 Dennis Weaver , Diana Muldaur

  4. TIME MACHINE 1960 Rod Taylor , Yvette Mimieux

  5. FISTFUL OF DOLLARS 1964 Clint Eastwood , Marianne Koch

  6. HOUSE ON GREENAPPLE ROAD 1970 Christopher George , Lynda Day

  7. ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST 1969 Charles Bronson , Henry Fonda

  8. HANG EM HIGH 1968 Clint Eastwood , Inger Stevens

  9. HAWAII FIVE-0 1968 Jack Lord , Nancy Kwan

  10. FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED 1969 Peter Cushing , Veronica Carlson

  11. FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE 1965 Clint Eastwood , Lee Van Cleef

  12. KILLER ADIOS 1968 Peter Lee Lawrence, Rosalba Neri

  13. FLAMING FRONTIER/OLD SUREHAND 1965 Stewart Granger , Leticia Roman

  14. CAT 0’NINE TAILS 1971 James Franciscus , Catherine Spaak

  15. FIRECREEK 1968 Henry Fonda , Inger Stevens

  16. FIVE CARD STUD 1968 Dean Martin , Inger Stevens

  17. CHUKA 1967 Rod Taylor , Luciana Paluzzi

  18. ASSAULT / IN DEVILS GARDEN 1971 Suzy Kendall , James Laurenson

  19. HELICOPTER SPIES (MAN FROM UNCLE) 1968 Robert Vaughan , Carol Lynley

  20. FEAR NO EVIL 1969 Louis Jourdan , Lynda Day George

  21. MERCENARY ./ PROFESSIONAL GUN 1968 Franco Nero , Giovanna Ralli

  22. GARRINGO 1969 Peter Lee Lawrence, Anthony Steffen

  23. MAN CALLED NOON 1973 Richard Crenna , Rosanna Schiaffino

  24. AMONG VULTURES 1964 Stewart Granger , Elke Sommer

  25. KILLER CALIBER 32 1967 Peter Lee Lawrence, Helene Chanel

  26. EL ROJO 1966 Richard Harrison , Susan Scott

  27. DEATH RIDES A HORSE 1968 Lee Van Cleef , John Philip Law

  28. VENETIAN AFFAIR 1967 Boris Karloff , Luciana Paluzzi

  29. ONE MILLION YEARS BC 1966 John Richardson , Raquel Welch

  30. DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE 1968 Christopher Lee , Veronica Carlson

  31. ONCE YOU KISS A STRANGER 1969 Carol Lynley , Paul Burke

  32. WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH 1970 Victoria Vetri , Robin Hawdon

  33. BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE 1969 Suzy Kendall , Tony Musante

  34. AND SOON THE DARKNESS 1970 Pamela Franklin , Michele Dotrice

  35. CEMETERY WITHOUT CROSSES 1969 Michele Mercier , Robert Hossein

  36. IF YOU MEET SARTANA PRAY 1968 Gianni Garko , Klaus Kinski

  37. LONGSTREET 1971 James Franciscus , Bradford Dillman

  38. CORRUPTION 1968 Peter Cushing , Kate 0’Mara

  39. WHITE FANG 1972 Franco Nero , Virna Lisi

  40. TORSO 1974 John Richardson , Suzy Kendall

  41. MAN CALLED SLEDGE 1970 James Garner , Dennis Weaver

  42. BANDOLERO 1968 Dean Martin , Raquel Welch

  43. MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 1960 Yul Brynner , Horst Bucholtz

  44. CROSSPLOT 1969 Roger Moore , Claudie Lange

  45. PSYCHOPATH 1966 Judy Huxtable , Patrick Wymark

  46. SHE CRIED MURDER 1973 Lynda Day George , Telly Savalas

  47. VENGEANCE / Yoko 1968 Richard Harrison , Spela Rosin

  48. POSSE FROM HELL 1961 Audie Murphy , John Saxon

  49. BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES 1969 James Franciscus , Linda Harrison

  50. LIVE AGAIN DIE AGAIN 1974 Donna Mills , Walter Pigeon
    MERCENARIES 1968 Rod Taylor , Yvette Mimieux

AND MANY MANY MANY 100s 100s MORE :smiley:

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ANY MORE Overall Top 50 Lists ? Let us have them please dont be shy :o

TELEVISION FILMS or TV MOVIES should be included as they are as good as cinema films

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This is what i managed to compile (in alphabetical order):
Akira (1988, Katsuhiro Ôtomo)
Apocalypse Now (1979, Francis Ford Coppola)
Blade Runner (1982, Ridley Scott)
Blue Velvet (1986, David Lynch)
Braindead (1992, Peter Jackson)
Cani arrabbiati (1974, Mario Bava)
C’era una volta il West (1968, Sergio Leone)
Chinatown (1974, Roman Polanski)
Die xue jie tou (1990, John Woo)
Dip huet seung hung (1989, John Woo)
Dirty Harry (1971, Don Siegel)
El Topo (1970, Alejandro Jodorowsky)
From Russia with Love (1963, Terence Young)
Giù la testa (1971, Sergio Leone)
Halloween (1978, John Carpenter)
Heat (1995, Michael Mann)
Highlander (1986, Russell Mulcahy)
Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (1966, Sergio Leone)
Il grande silenzio (1968, Sergio Corbucci)
La casa dalle finestre che ridono (1976, Pupi Avati)
La corta notte delle bambole di vetro (1971, Aldo Lado)
La leggenda del pianista sull’oceano (1998, Giuseppe Tornatore)
La resa dei conti (1966, Sergio Sollima)
Lat sau san taam (1992, John Woo)
Manhunter (1986, Michael Mann)
Non si sevizia un paperino (1972, Lucio Fulci)
Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988, Giuseppe Tornatore)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984, Sergio Leone)
Per qualche dollaro in più (1965, Sergio Leone)
Per un pugno di dollari (1964, Sergio Leone)
Popiół i diament (1958, Andrzej Wajda)
Profondo rosso (1975, Dario Argento)
Psycho (1960, Alfred Hitchcock)
Rosemary’s Baby (1968, Roman Polanski)
Ryan’s Daughter (1970, David Lean)
Shichinin no samurai (1954, Akira Kurosawa)
Smultronstället (1957, Ingmar Bergman)
Tenebre (1982, Dario Argento)
The Blues Brothers (1980, John Landis)
The Godfather (1972, Francis Ford Coppola)
The Godfather: Part II (1974, Francis Ford Coppola)
The Holy Mountain (1973, Alejandro Jodorowsky)
The Shining (1980, Stanley Kubrick)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974, Tobe Hooper)
The Thing (1982, John Carpenter)
The Wild Bunch (1969, Sam Peckinpah)
What Dreams May Come (1998, Vincent Ward)

47 movies for now, because i’m pretty sure i’ve forgotten something and i want to have a space to add it in the future.

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Thanks Alko , that is a very International list, many excellent SWs/Giallos and more. :smiley:

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CANI ARRABIATI / RABID DOGS 1974

Is available on DVD by itself and also in the Mario Bava Box Set 2 :smiley:
This is the famous “unfinished” Bava Film that was held in the vaults for over 20 years
after a court dispute but is now available fully remastered/restored as per Bava’s wishes.

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TOP 51-100 ALL Time Film Favourites by SD Coming Soon

There are so many Classic/Great Films that I will have to expand my Top 50 Overall.

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Here we go…
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
To Kill a Mockingbird
Thief(James Caan)
Once Upon a Time in the West
Last of the Mohicans(D. Day-Lewis)
The Thing(J. Carpenter)
The Outsiders
Sorcerer(the late, great Roy Scheider)
The Professionals
Papillon
For a Few Dollars More
The French Connection
Bullitt
Fistful of Dollars
The Great Escape
Spencer’s Mountain
The Grapes of Wrath(1940)
Bridge on the River Kwai
Glory(1998)
Escape From New York
Unforgiven
The Outlaw Josie Wales
The Sting
Hard Times(Bronson)
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
The Warriors(1979)
Bladerunner
The Killer Elite
Cool Hand Luke
Heat(1995)
Snatch
Tom Horn
The Mercenary/A Professional Gun(1968)
March or Die
Platoon
My Name is Nobody
Force 10 From Navarone
Southern Comfort
The Hi-Lo Country
God Forgives…I Don’t
Rocky
100 Rifles
Last of the Dogmen
Extreme Prejudice(Nolte/Boothe)
Open Range
Quigley Down Under
Shane
The Searchers
The Stranger’s Gundown/Django the Bastard
The Wild Bunch

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Thanks AceHigh

An Interesting Selection Of Westerns SWs Adventure Thrillers and Varied Films.

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SD, I was looking at your top 50 and noticed your #40. I saw that movie at the drive-in sometime during the summer of '77. My friends and I had graduated high school that May and we had a ritual of going each Thursday night to the drive-in to drink beer and hang out. The movie was secondary of course, the beer drinking and girl-chasing were the primary reasons for our weekly visits. Anyway, one Thursday night, we got all rapt up in the movie and forgot about the girls. The movie was “Torso” and it was really good. Good enough to keep the attention of some beer-drinking 18 year old yahoos one summer night in a Texas drive-in movie. That’s saying something!

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AceHigh

Greatly entertaining story about how you came to know that classic GIALLO masterpiece

TORSO 1974 JOHN RICHARDSON SUZY KENDALL LUC MERENDA

It needs to be a special film as you said to keep 18 year old Texans Concentrated on it
and TORSO 1974 along with 100s of Italian Giallos are films with style, thrills, greatness.
I hope you get to see many more like TORSO 74 and also keep away from alcohol/girls :smiley:

No on second thought just stay away from the alcohol…the girls are something else :wink:

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Funny, thirty years later and I still enjoy both…right along with a good SW!

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Excellent ! :slight_smile:

TORSO 1974 JOHN RICHARDSON SUZY KENDALL Giallo Classic

GREAT ESCAPE 1963 STEVE McQUEEN Rides His Motorcycle

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50 movies without westerns and SW

  1. the thing 1982
  2. vambires 1998
  3. the evil dead 1982
  4. predator 1987
  5. my bloody valentine 1981
  6. friday the 13th part 3
  7. friday the 13th part 5
  8. friday the 13th part 6
  9. friday the 13th part 7
  10. friday the 13th part 8
  11. phantasm 2
  12. hard boiled 1992
  13. black mask
  14. snuff botle connection
  15. 7 grand masters
  16. braindead 1992
  17. demons 1985
  18. five for hell 1969
  19. class of 1999
  20. no hold barred 1989
  21. phantom soldiers 1987
  22. born invisible 1978
  23. wariors two 1978
  24. five element ninjas 1982
  25. tremors 1989
  26. the punisher 1989
  27. robocop 1987
  28. robocop 2 1990
  29. day of the dead 1985
  30. a rytern to salem lot 1987
  31. creepshow 1982
  32. necronomicon: book of the dead
  33. the beyond 1981
  34. city of the living dead 1980
  35. halloween 2
  36. cobra
  37. no retreat no surender 2
  38. creepshow 2 1987
  39. deep space 1987( i wish some day to released on dvd!)
  40. planet terror 2006
  41. desperado 1996
  42. scarecrows 1988
  43. dead heat 1988
  44. hell’s widestaff
  45. death duel of kung fu
  46. shaolin indruders
  47. revenge of the shaolin master
  48. the victim
  49. the ultimate versus
  50. junk 1999
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Men Just by watching/reading this thread I became really tired

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one day when my collection will complete i will write my top 50 westerns and sw together

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La Jetée
12 Monkeys
Ikiru
High Plains Drifter
The Great Silence
Fight Club
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Lives of Others
Pierrot Le Fou
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Princess Mononoke
Scarface
Yojimbo
Star Trek: First Contact
Titanic
The Matrix
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Willow
The Breakfast Club

Good Will Hunting
The Usual Suspects
Out for Justice
Battle Royale
Avatar
Léon: The Professional
Hana-bi (Fireworks)
Chungking Express
Kick-Ass
Inception

Star Wars: A New Hope
Napoleon Dynamite
The Twilight Samurai
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Man on Wire
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings
Before Sunrise
The Princess Bride
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (DDLJ)
The Jerk

The Outlaw Josey Wales
Django
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Bottle Rocket
Solaris
Terminator 2
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Shawshank Redemption
Groundhog Day
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

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Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach< I just recently watched it…Liked it a lot! :slight_smile:
In no particular order:
Shogun Assassin
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Sunset Blvd
M
The Thing
Black Sunday
Big Gundown
For a Few $ More
The Haunted Palace
Blood & Black Lace
Some Like it Hot
Day of Anger
Shoguns Ninja
Grease
Casablanca
Once upon a Time in the West
If You Meet Sartana Pray for your Death
Death Walks at Midnight
36th Chamber of Shaolin
Amadeus
Maltese Falcon
Suspiria
Dawn of the Dead (original)
Good Bad & Ugly
Scars of Dracula
Crippled Avengers
Invincible Pole Fighter
Godfather
Evil Dead 1&2
Rumblefish
Secret Service of the Imperial Court
Spider Baby
Danger Diabolik
Paths of Glory
Ed Wood
Kill Baby Kill
Conan the Barbarian
Terminator (#1)
Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars
Usual Suspects
The Mercenary
Death Rides a Horse
Legend of a Fighter
Snake in Eagles Shadow
Killer Constable
Horror of Dracula
Django
Witchfinder General
I think thats 50 :slight_smile:

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This is one of the best German films ever.