List 30 movies you love that are probably on no one's all-time best list

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chewchoo said:
a few that i don’t think have been mentioned yet:

secondhand lions
the gods must be crazy (I & II)
my life as a house
starman
the last starfighter
transylvania 6500
two weeks with love
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The Gods Must be Crazy! :rotfl: Fantastic! Haven’t seen it in years…I will have to rent it now!
 
I tried to not repeat what others have said ('cause there was a LOT):
  1. From Hell
  2. Chocolate
  3. K-19
  4. Kundun
  5. Little Buddha
  6. Secret Window
  7. Arabian Nights
  8. The Ninth Gate
  9. Shakespeare in Love
  10. Stir of Echoes
  11. Balto
  12. The Prince of Egypt
  13. What Dreams May Come
  14. One Hour Photo
  15. Tom et Lola
  16. The AbsentMinded Professor
  17. The Cat from Outerspace
  18. Scrooge
  19. Luther
  20. The Time Machine (2002)
  21. Merlin (the made for TV with Sam Neil)
  22. Rounders
  23. The Cooler
  24. The Game
  25. Black Beauty (With David Thewlis)
  26. Dragonheart
  27. Spartacus
  28. Red Dragon (With Ed Norton and Ralph Fiennes)
  29. Skeleton Key
  30. A Beautiful Mind
 
I can’t believe only one person listed Young Frankenstein. That film has the best lines ever. I never tire of watching it.
 
Joannm said:
I can’t believe only one person listed Young Frankenstein. That film has the best lines ever. I never tire of watching it.
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It could be that most people consider it a classic. I know I do. 👍 “What hump?”
 
In a thinly disguised effort to bump this thread into visibility, here is my third list of 30 films (they’re getting harder to come up with, and if I don’t “love” all of these, I certainly like them a whole lot :)) :

A Knight’s Tale
Captains of the Clouds
The Day of the Jackal
Eat, Drink, Man, Woman
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Jim Carey playing completely against type)
Goodbye Mr. Chips (1969)
Honogurai mizu no soko kara (original Japanese, Dark Water)
House of Flying Daggers
Irma La Douce
Ju-on (2003, original Japanese, The Grudge)
Lady In The Water
Minority Report
No Highway In The Sky
Punch-Drunk Love
Raise The Red Lantern
Regarding Henry
Scary Movie 3
Serenity (too cool!)
Shanghai Noon
The Snapper
Spanglish
The Stuntman
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Tempest
Ten Things I Hate About You
Three Days of the Condor
Tin Cup
Tortilla Soup (remake in English of Eat, Drink, Man, Woman)
The Van (1996)
War of the Worlds (Tom Cruise)
 
Definitely a modern classic movie that has gone unappreciated over the years:

1999’s Payback starring Mel Gibson

One of the best action movies of all time and also one of Gibson’s best performances:

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Anyone’s here besides me who’s seen it?

A truly life-altering movie for me.

PS - Don’t get the awful recut “Straight Up” version from 2007. The original 1999 version is much better.
 
Okay most of my movies are going to be horror movies, is that okay with everyone? LOL

Last Supper (It has nothing to do with Jesus but is a good movie)
The Faculty
I Know Who Killed Me (that one’s new but I enjoyed it)
Saw I, II, III, and IV (I haven’t seen 4 yet but it should be good)
Ringu
Ju-On
Uzumaki
A Tale Of Two Sisters
Art Of The Devil
Ju-on 2
Shaun Of The Dead
Final Destination 1, 2, and 3
The Butterfly Effect
The Handmaid’s Tale
Jeepers Creepers
Beetlejuice
Nightmare Before Christmas
Sleepy Hallow (The one with Johnny Depp)
Anything with Christopher Walken
Any Stephen King Movie
Any Eli Roth Movie
and Any Sam Raimi movie
 
lubczyk said:
Definitely a modern classic movie that has gone unappreciated over the years:

1999’s Payback starring Mel Gibson

One of the best action movies of all time and also one of Gibson’s best performances.

Anyone’s here besides me who’s seen it?

A truly life-altering movie for me.
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I remember an awful lot of mayhem (including Mel on the receiving end of quite a bit) over not enough money!
 
The Ten Commandments (original) (1922)
Ben Hurr (1926)
Wings (1928)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
City Lights (1932)
King Kong (1933)
Sign of the Cross (1934)
A Tale Of Two Cities (1935)
Modern Times (1936)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
War of the Worlds (1954)
The Time Machine (1960)
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
The Great Race (1966)
Planet of the Apes (all five films 1969-1973)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1972)
Charlotte’s Web (1973)
Soylent Green (1973)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Mel Brooks’ Silent Movie (1976)
Saturday Night Fever (1977)
9 to 5 (1980)
Airplane (1980)
Somewhere in Time (1980)
Time Bandits (1981?)
Star Trek IV The Journey Home (1983?)
Maximum Overdrive (1983?)
Back to the Future (1, 2 & 3) (1985-89)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Dogs And Cats (2001)
The Passion of the Chist (2004) The last I stepped into a movie theater.
 
I’d struggle to get to 30 films but here are a few that spring to mind at the moment - once again in no particular order:

Gregory’s Girl
Sons of the Desert (Laurel & Hardy)
Amelie
Back to the Future 2
Superman (Chris Reeve of course)
Matrix
Pulp Fiction
Blazing Saddles
The Day After Tomorrow
Top Secret
 
**I put in a list earlier, but there is one more that I’d like to add:

Meatballs

I had forgotten how funny it was, and how fortunate I was never to attend summer camp.

Maggie**
 
In no particular order:
  1. Interview with the Vampire
  2. The Mummy
  3. The Doors
  4. Terminator 2
  5. Sixteen Candles
  6. The Goonies
  7. Fight Club
  8. Moulin Rouge
  9. Kalifornia
  10. Benny and Joon
  11. Chopper
  12. Brother Sun Sister Moon
  13. Lord of War
  14. Thunderheart
  15. Hero (Jet Li)
  16. The Cell
  17. Children of Dune
  18. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
  19. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
  20. Howl’s Moving Castle
  21. The Emporer’s New Groove
  22. True Romance
  23. East of Eden
  24. The Philadelphia Story
  25. Arsenic and Old Lace
  26. Highlander
  27. Desert Saints
  28. Lost Boys
  29. Young Guns II
  30. The Painted Veil
Just what came to mind…
 
Cranch said:
Was it under a different member name? I don’t see it.
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**Oh, yeah! Different name for my home computer and public computer (since I forgot my password).

Morning Glory was the list.

Maggie

(need to update the public signature too)**
 
Capote
The Simpsons Movie
Home Alone
Angels in America
But i’m a Cheerleader
Nightmare on Elm Street
Children of the Corn
Mystic River
Latter Days
The 300
Spiderman
The Fall
For Love of the Game
Remember the Titans
Major League
Memento
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Truman Show
American Wedding
Transamerica
Brokeback Mountain
Kill Bill
Punch Drunk Love
Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith
You got Mail
Batman Begins
The Zodiac
Shrek
Shrek 2
Finding Nemo
 
Cranch said:
Haven’t seen it on TV of any kind in years and years. Now you have a reason to join Netflix 'cause they do have it. You could check it out during the free trial period!
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I saw it on AMC or Scifi during one of their “creepy movie” lineups around Halloween a few years back. Ever notice that it’s on in the waiting room of the Oracle’s place in “Matrix”? :cool: Did that just make me sound like I play D&D in the basement of my mom’s house all day?
 
Cranch said:
Haven’t seen it on TV of any kind in years and years. Now you have a reason to join Netflix 'cause they do have it. You could check it out during the free trial period!
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Nope, I’m thinking of Night of the Lepus. My mistake.
 
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