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  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    Posts: 7,653
    I think that Cameron managed to make two great Terminator movies and while they are both different they deliver superiour entertainment. Something the man Cameron does in spades. O:-)
  • 001001
    Posts: 1,575
    1 - Dr No
    2 - Thunderball
    3 - The good the bad the ugly
    4 - The Italian Job
    5 - Willy wonka and the chocolate factory

    Rocky
    Jaws
    Superman: The Movie
    Raiders Of The Lost Ark
    Total Recall
    Star Wars
    Terminator 2
    Planet Of The Apes
    Goldfinger
  • yogi1yogi1
    Posts: 94
    I don't dislike terminator 1 I just prefer T2 but what the hell do I know , I really like Terminator Salvation and The Phantom Menace !!!!
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 41,011
    I think the first 'Terminator' is fantastic, and it and its sequel are both near perfection in my eyes - Arnie is, as you said, incredibly scary in the first - but I think the action and story progression in the second is fantastic, and it ranks slightly higher than the first for me.
  • Baltimore_007Baltimore_007
    Posts: 5,634
    T2 for all it's hype at the time of release and expensive sets and glamor, only amounts to an all said, frustrating experience

    The whiny Connor kid gets damn irritating mighty fast and spoils any enjoyment whenever on screen, and worst of all, Schwarzenegger gets tweaked to become a 'good' Terminator.. What a pile of chicken litter

    Robert Patrick is in fact the most entertaining character of the entire movie and without him, any watch just wouldn't be possible. Some may view T2 as some grand viewing experience, but the sum total is it's in fact another example of a film release that's all style and no substance

  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    edited January 2016 Posts: 15,723
    Now that I've seen quite a few more films since I've last posted here:

    (Can't limit it to 5 now, sadly)

    1. Munich
    2. The Man From Nowhere
    3. I Saw The Devil
    4. The Chaser
    5. The Yellow Sea
    6. Hwayi: A Monster Boy
    7. Blood Diamond
    8. Lord of War
    9. Layer Cake
    10. The Mission (1999 Hong Kong film)
    11. Breaking News (2004 Hong Kong film)
    12. Collateral
    13. Terminator 2
    14. Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade
    15. Die Hard: With a Vengeance
    16. Yojimbo
    17. Heat
    18. Taken
    19. Zodiac
    20. The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
  • Last_Rat_StandingLast_Rat_Standing Long Neck Ice Cold Beer Never Broke My Heart
    Posts: 4,600
    I'll just do a top 5. Too many to list. Not counting anything Bond related.

    1. The Departed
    2. Fight Club
    3. The Matrix
    4. Inception
    5. The Dark Knight
  • bigladiesmanbigladiesman
    Posts: 1,009
    License To Kill
    The French Connection
    Army Of Darkness
    Duck Soup
    Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope

    Plus my three favorite pieces of crap: Death Wish III (silly? Yes, shamefully parafascist? Hell yes, exciting and badass? FUCK YEAH, entertaining and funny? [HAS AN ORGASM]), Giorgio Moroder's Metropolis (I love the original, and I have an special BFI edition, but the Moroder version will stay my fav for geeky reasons) and 3 Dev Adam (a Turkish delight).
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,827
    @bigladiesman, what an eclectic list! =D>
    And yeah, the Moroder version is my fave as well!
    YEAH BABY!
  • Crazysoul95Crazysoul95
    edited January 2016 Posts: 3,336
    Edit: Had to throw in some more

    1. Casino Royale
    2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    3. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
    4. The Godfather
    5. The Godfather Part 2
    6. Vertigo
    7. Rear Window
    8. Good Will Hunting
    9. Saving Private Ryan

  • FoxRoxFoxRox
    Posts: 12,521
    Crazysoul95 wrote: »
    Edit: Had to throw in some more

    1. Casino Royale
    2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    3. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
    4. The Godfather
    5. The Godfather Part 2
    6. Vertigo
    7. Rear Window
    8. Good Will Hunting
    9. Saving Private Ryan

    That's one heck of a Top 6; love it. I still can't give an order (or limit to five), but here are some of mine:
    -The Dark Knight
    -The Godfather
    -The Godfather Part II
    -The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
    -The Lion King
    -Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
    -Big Fish
    -Casino Royale
    -Labyrinth

    Also have to give mentions to the rest of the Dark Knight and Lord of the Rings trilogies. There are a TON more honorable mentions to give; sometime I should just sit down and figure out my Top 50-100 films I've seen. Making an exact order is pretty much impossible though for me.
  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
    edited January 2016 Posts: 4,151
    Nice to come across this thread. I see that some posters have included Bond movies in here but, for me, I think I'm going to go with a Top 5 films, not including 007. However, I may well need some time to think of this, I certainly know of 2 that will be in my top 5 but the others will be tough to choose.
  • Gustav_GravesGustav_Graves
    Posts: 11,119
    Interesting to see that blockbusters are rated so highly here :-). Which is understandable on a Bond-forum ;-). But I would go with a slightly different list. Away from the world of blockbusters, I tend to like small, 'human' drama a lot. Movies that....put a mirror in front of you. This would be my TOP 5:

    01. "NETWORK" (1976):
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    Wonderful, no...brilliant film that's still very topical. The film almost predicted the rise of 'unethical' journalism and right-wing 'news' channels like Fox News. And Faye Dunaway was simply magnetic in this film.

    02. "AMERICAN BEAUTY" (1999):
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    After 9/11 our (western) world changed. We are now faced with Donald Trump's xenophobia, the demise of the European Union and the immigrant crisis. But this film shows how....unconcerned, happy-go-lucky society was in the 1990's. And so was all the little drama in the suburbs.

    03. "CRASH" (2004):
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    My hot favourite for the 'Best Picture' Oscar back in 2006, and Paul Haggis' ("Casino Royale") directorial debut. This movie perfectly sums up the aspect of xenophobia and fear. Fear for the unknown, fear that is being facilitated to us by populists. And it's all set in real-life environments, your neighbourhood, or mine.

    04. "NASHVILLE" (1975):
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    I think it's one of Robert Altman's best films, but sadly most people have forgotten it. The film has around 10 leading characters, whose lives are followed in the musical scene of Nashville, Tennessee. The individual storyline's are interwoven through a presidential primary of...yet another populist.

    05. "LITTLE CHILDREN" (2006):
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    A movie about kids...from the kids of parents to the actual 'children' of this film; the parents. Another suburbian tale, that is centered around a pedophile. And it's that pedophile who actually tries hard to grow up.

    Honorary mentions:
    06. "ON GOLDEN POND" (1981):
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    07. "MAGNOLIA" (1999):
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    08. "KRAMER VS. KRAMER" (1979):
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    09. "BOYHOOD" (2014):
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    10. "THE LAST PICTURE SHOW" (1971):
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    11. "ABOUT SCHMIDT" (2002):
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    12. "BIUTIFUL" (2010):
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    13. "FARGO" (1996):
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    14. "BABEL" (2006):
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  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    Posts: 7,207
    1. Persona (SE 1966),
    directed by INGMAR BERGMAN

    2. Suspiria (IT 1977),
    directed by DARIO ARGENTO

    3. Licence to Kill (UK 1989),
    directed by JOHN GLEN

    4. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (NZ 2001),
    directed by PETER JACKSON

    5. Der Himmel über Berlin (DE 1987),
    directed by WIM WENDERS

    6. Le Samouraï (FR 1969),
    directed by JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE

    7. 8 1/2 (IT 1963),
    directed by FEDERICO FELLINI

    8. The Third Man (UK 1949),
    directed by CAROL REED

    9. Kagemusha (JP 1980),
    directed by AKIRA KUROSAWA

    10. Vertigo (US 1958),
    directed by ALFRED HITCHCOCK
  • bigladiesmanbigladiesman
    Posts: 1,009
    chrisisall wrote: »
    @bigladiesman, what an eclectic list! =D>
    And yeah, the Moroder version is my fave as well!
    YEAH BABY!

    And it's ackowledged that if not for Moroder and his team, who discovered some new footage and made the film available to the general public, maybe Metropolis wouldn't be one of the most studied films nowadays. It's a gigantic MTV video, but man, as Moroder's song said, "from heeeeeere to eteeeeeeeenityyyyyyy".
  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
    Posts: 4,151
    Ok, so here are my Top 5 movies (subject to change the more movies I watch, of course and not including any Bond movies).

    1. Die Hard – the ultimate action movie, never bettered.

    2. The Time Machine (1960) – Brilliant time travel movie.

    3. Robocop (1987) – Still relevant today

    4. Back to the Future – Fantastic adventure.

    5. Harry Brown – Caine is magnificent in this role.
  • Gustav_GravesGustav_Graves
    Posts: 11,119
    Shark_0f_Largo wrote: »
    Ok, so here are my Top 5 movies (subject to change the more movies I watch, of course and not including any Bond movies).

    1. Die Hard – the ultimate action movie, never bettered.

    2. The Time Machine (1960) – Brilliant time travel movie.

    3. Robocop (1987) – Still relevant today

    4. Back to the Future – Fantastic adventure.

    5. Harry Brown – Caine is magnificent in this role.

    Uhm.....interesting list ;-). But...what about @GoldenGun 's and my list ;-)? Curious if you have seen those films. By the way, I have seen all the films in your list, and I think "Harry Brown" is my favourite.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    Posts: 23,883
    Shark_0f_Largo wrote: »
    1. Die Hard – the ultimate action movie, never bettered.
    This will certainly be in my list. The definition of a classic from start to finish imho.
  • patbpatb
    Posts: 4,617
    The Right Stuff
    The Magnificent Seven
    Shane
    Star Trek 2
    Waldo Pepper
    (this will change one second after clicking "post comment")
    common themes - bravery, sacrifice, friendship, adventure, justice, ageing, fatherhood
    PS
    Heat at 6 (same themes, a pattern emerging)
  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
    Posts: 4,151
    Gustav_Graves wrote: »
    Shark_0f_Largo wrote: »
    Ok, so here are my Top 5 movies (subject to change the more movies I watch, of course and not including any Bond movies).

    1. Die Hard – the ultimate action movie, never bettered.

    2. The Time Machine (1960) – Brilliant time travel movie.

    3. Robocop (1987) – Still relevant today

    4. Back to the Future – Fantastic adventure.

    5. Harry Brown – Caine is magnificent in this role.

    Uhm.....interesting list ;-). But...what about @GoldenGun 's and my list ;-)? Curious if you have seen those films. By the way, I have seen all the films in your list, and I think "Harry Brown" is my favourite.

    Yeah, its a different list is mine but I like what I like ;) and these movies are my current favourites. Always subject to change of course.

    As for yours, I'll be honest, some I've never heard of but some greats in there. :D
  • Crazysoul95Crazysoul95
    edited January 2016 Posts: 3,336
    FoxRox wrote: »
    Crazysoul95 wrote: »
    Edit: Had to throw in some more

    1. Casino Royale
    2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    3. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
    4. The Godfather
    5. The Godfather Part 2
    6. Vertigo
    7. Rear Window
    8. Good Will Hunting
    9. Saving Private Ryan

    That's one heck of a Top 6; love it. I still can't give an order (or limit to five), but here are some of mine:
    -The Dark Knight
    -The Godfather
    -The Godfather Part II
    -The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
    -The Lion King
    -Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
    -Big Fish
    -Casino Royale
    -Labyrinth

    Also have to give mentions to the rest of the Dark Knight and Lord of the Rings trilogies. There are a TON more honorable mentions to give; sometime I should just sit down and figure out my Top 50-100 films I've seen. Making an exact order is pretty much impossible though for me.

    I've seen in your previous posts that we have a lot in common, when it comes to which movies we like :)
    Haven't seen Labyrinth, but other then that i either love or like the rest of your picks.
  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
    Posts: 4,151
    bondjames wrote: »
    Shark_0f_Largo wrote: »
    1. Die Hard – the ultimate action movie, never bettered.
    This will certainly be in my list. The definition of a classic from start to finish imho.

    Couldn't agree more.

  • JohnBarryFanJohnBarryFan
    Posts: 1,405
    1-OHMSS
    2-CR
    3-Lincoln
    4-City Lights (by Charlie Chaplin)
    5-Lord of the Ring (Fellowship)

    Honorable mention:

    King Kong (Peter Jackson)
    8 men out
    Modern Times (by Charlie Chaplin)
    The Living Daylights
    Avengers (first movie, not the Ultron garbage)
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    Posts: 7,207
    I must be honest here. As far as non period action movies go, I only really adore the Bond films. Though I can make an exception for the really good ones like Die Hard, Batman (Returns) or the Bourne films.

    What makes Bond so different, and why I like it so much, are the stylish protagonist, the classy music and the inventive titles to name but a few. I'd prefer foreign art house, period pieces or cult horror over any Lethal Weapon for instance.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    edited January 2016 Posts: 41,011
    It's hard to go wrong with a movie like 'Die Hard.' Don't think I've ever heard a negative thing spoken about it.
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    Posts: 11,189
    In no order:

    Silence of the Lambs
    Goodfellas
    The Naked Gun
    Airplane
    The Lion King

    Perhaps not the most inspired of choices but they have been some of my most watched films while growing up.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    The Naked Gun is a great choice.

    I always found the Lion King to be one of the weaker Disney films, though.
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
    Posts: 4,589
    1. Jaws
    2. sex, lies, and videotape
    3. GoodFellas
    4. Full Metal Jacket
    5. L.A. Confidential
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Never saw LA Confidential.

    Your first two are abysmal. The next two are great, so not sure what to think.
  • OHMSS69OHMSS69
    Posts: 2,341
    Tough but I will attempt: These are films I never tire of watching, over and over
    1. Godfather I (1972)
    2.House Sitter (1992)
    3. Nothing in Common (1986)
    4. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
    5. Predator (1987)
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