One of my best “at the movies” memories happened when my dad went with my brother and I to see ‘Jaws.’ Think I was about high school age or thereabout. When the head popped out of that hole in the bottom of the fishing boat, it shocked my dad so badly that he came across with his elbow and hit me in the face. About knocked my ass out! He couldn’t stop laughing. I had a black eye for a week or so…Good memory.
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In no specific order:
- Truman Show (Peter Weir)
- GoodFellas (Martin Scorsese)
- Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Terry Gilliam)
- Artificial Intelligence: AI (Steven Spielberg)
- Forrest Gump (Robert Zemeckis)
I prefer his Picnic at Hanging Rock.
2. GoodFellas ([i]Martin Scorsese)[/i]
I prefer his The King of Comedy.
3. Adventures of Baron Munchausen ([i]Terry Gilliam[/i])
I prefer his Brazil.
4. Artificial Intelligence: AI ([i]Steven Spielberg[/i])
I prefer his Duel.
5. Forrest Gump ([i]Robert Zemeckis[/i])
I prefer his Contact.
But don’t take it personally. 
;D
- Jaws
- Mean Streets
- Pulp Fiction
- Shining
- Full Metal Jacket
- Wizard Of Oz
- Taxi driver
- Rocky
- Monty Python & The Holy Grail
- Citizen Kane
sorry, can’t just do 5
No particular order
Halloween
Death Wish
Dirty Harry
Full Metal Jacket
The Shining
Trading Places
Bowfinger
Uncle Buck
The Last Dragon
Star Trek First Contact
Rocky III
Enter the Dragon
Dirty Harry
Clockwork Orange
Bullet in the Head
The Long Good Friday
Emperor of the North
Gangs of New York
Goodfellas
Young Frankenstein
Murder by Death
No Country for Old Men
Hmm… something like this
- Scarface (remake)
- The Godfather
- The Godfather II
- Yojimbo
- Blood Sucking Freaks
Eyes Wide Shut
Ran
Shogun Assassin
Suspiria
The Fox and the Hound
Otto e Mezzo - Fellini
Mon Oncle - Jacques Tati
La Notte di San Lorenzo - Fratelli Taviani
Aux Revoir les Enfants - Louis Malle
Gladiator - Ridley Scott
1 Fargo
2 The Third Man
3 Amadeus
4 Taxi Driver
5 Rififi
Yes![quote=“Silver Wolf, post:50, topic:1169”]Shogun Assassin[/quote]
Yes!![quote=“Bad Lieutenant, post:49, topic:1169”]Hmm… something like this
5. Blood Sucking Freaks[/quote]
Huh?![quote=“chuck connors brother, post:47, topic:1169”]Clockwork Orange[/quote]
“up to some nastiness, yes!”[quote=“Col. Douglas Mortimer, post:46, topic:1169”]Halloween[/quote]
“indistinct breathing”
In no particular order
The Maltese Falcon
Night on Earth
Full Metal Jacket
The Thing
Shaun of the Dead
Also have to add Last of the Mohicans. Not really a western but music is great as is the movie.
Its impossible to cut the list that short.
Here is my Top 50 list (not in order)
Dirty Harry (Don Siegel, 1971)
Get carter (Mike Hodges, 1971)
Blade Runner ( Ridley Scott, 1982)
High Noon (Fred Zinnemann, 1952)
2001: A space odysse (Stanley Kubric, 1968)
The Good, the bad and the ugly (Sergio Leone, 1966)
High crime(Enzo Castellari, 1973)
Revolver (Sergio Sollima, 1973)
Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942)
The third man (Carol Reed, 1949)
Shichinin no Samurai (Akira Kurasawa, 1954)
Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979)
Aliens (David Cameron, 1986)
Mad Max (George Miller, 1979)
Mad Max: The road warrior (George Miller, 1981)
The Warriors (Walther Hill, 1979)
For a few dollars more (Sergio Leone, 1965)
A fist full of dollars (Sergio Leone, 1964)
Once upon a time in the West (Sergio Leone, 1968)
The great silence (Sergio Corbucci, 1968)
Conan the barbarian (John Milius, 1982)
Aguirre, der zorn gottes (Werner Herzog, 1972)
The Mercenary (Sergio Corbucci, 1968)
Django (Sergio Corbucci, 1966)
Django Kill (Giulio Questi, 1967)
Sabata (Gianfranco Parolini, 1968)
The Running Man (Paul Michael Glaser, 1987)
Duel (Stephen Spielberg, 1971)
Jaws (Stephan Spielberg, 1975)
Lost Highway (David Lynch, 1997)
Twin Peaks the complete series (David Lynch, 1990-1992)
Blue Velvet (David Lynch, 1986)
The outlaw Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood, 1976)
High Plains Drifter (Clint Eastwood, 1973)
Where Eagles Dare (Brian G. Hutton, 1968)
The Professionals TV-series (Brian Clemens, 1977-1983)
Bullet in the head (John Woo, 1990)
A better tomorrow (John Woo, 1986)
The Killer (John Woo, 1989)
Escape from New York (John Carpenter, 1981)
The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982)
Wild at Heart (David Lynch, 1990)
The Ipcress File (Sidney J. Furie, 1965)
Solaris (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1975)
Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1975)
Runaway Train (Andrei Konchalovsky, 1985)
Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia (Sam Peckinpah, 1974)
The Wild bunch (Sam Peckinpah, 1969)
The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino, 1978)
Pale Rider (Clint Eastwood, 1985)
would have been a lot shorter if they were non-westerns but some great movies none the less
My top 20:
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
- 12 Angry Men
- Chinatown
- Pulp Fiction
- Seven
- Vertigo
- Snatch
- Memento
- The Shawshank Redemption
- City of God
- Casino
- Casablanca
- Psycho
- Forrest Gump
- Of Mice and Men
- Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
- Misery
- Brain Dead
- Fight Club
- Rear Window
[quote=“The Magnificent Gringo, post:58, topic:1169”]My top 20:
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
- 12 Angry Men
- Chinatown
- Pulp Fiction
- Seven
- Vertigo
- Snatch
- Memento
- The Shawshank Redemption
- City of God
- Casino
- Casablanca
- Psycho
- Forrest Gump
- Of Mice and Men
- Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
- Misery
- Brain Dead
- Fight Club
- Rear Window[/quote]
We’re bound to be opponents (not enemies of course) TMG, not one movie would make it to my Top 20 (well, maybe 12 Angry Men)
To avoid misunderstandings: I don’t think these are bad movies, I just don’t like them as much as many other people seem to do.
Ah well, everyone has their own opinions 
Care to share your top20? ;D
I’m sure I already did, but I can’t find it right now
This earlier post should give you a good idea of my preferences:
5 art movies even SD* should have seen:
Mon Oncle - Tati
Otto e mezzo - Fellini
City Lights - Chaplin
La Notte di San Lorenzo - Taviani Brothers
Au revoir les enfants - Malle
5 non-western action movies I frequently rewatch:
Gladiator
Braveheart
Spartacus
Yojimbo
Dirty Harry
5 comedies you should watch before you die (laughing):
It’s a Gift
Duck Soup
Flying High (aka Airplane)
The Nutty Professor
Blazing saddles
Two Local Tips:
Godforsaken (Van God Los) - recent great Dutch movie
L’Enfant - great recent Belgian movie
Note:
- You haven’t met this guy, but I can assure you he hated arthouse movies