Movie What's the last movie you saw? (3)

[thurmanmunson]

Naked - It took me a couple of days to watch in full and I wouldn't exactly say I enjoyed it, but I highly recommend people check this one out. Really depressing stuff but some amazing acting, excellent cinematography and music make it worth your while. In a sea of terrible people, Greg Cruttwell's character stands out as one of the worst I've ever seen on film.

This film is brilliant and would definitely be up near my Top 10. How good is David Thewlis in this??? Incredible Mike Leigh movie. My friend and I used to quote Sebastian Hawkes/Jeremy Smart all the time because he is such a creep.

I actually for dragged to see 'We Bought A Zoo' the other night as my little niece wanted me to take her and it wast as god awful as I expected. I didnt like it all (it's the typical Cameron Crowe chick flick syrupy crap) but I expected way worse...

 

[Underdog]

Just saw New Years Eve and as expected - holy shit it's bad!

Having said that, I was pretty surprised by Zac Efron, he was about the highlight and was fairly charismatic.

 

[exe ex machina]

Just finished watching Red State, after it sitting on my downloaded 'to watch' movie list for ages. Holidays affording me time to get thru them.

I thought it was an interesting movie plot-wise, how the story develops, so many moments are totally unexpected, you really have no idea how it's going to play out in the end, let alone from one scene to the next. It happens so regularly thru the film right thru to the very last shot that it must've been deliberate, and for that I give Kevin Smith a huge

 

[placebo]

Hard to narrow down my all time Top 10, but it would be (off the top of my head) the following:

A Woman Under The Influence
Taxi Driver
The Conversation
The Battle Of Algiers
Z
The French Connection
Down By Law
A Man Escaped
The Seven Samurai
Heat

I like this top ten list idea. I think I'll add mine.

Currently:

The Seventh Seal
Crimes and Misdemeanours
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
12 Angry Men
Inherit the Wind
Through a Glass Darkly
Life of Brian
Duck Soup
The last two spots would be a tie between: 'Paris, Texas', '2001: A Space Odyssey', 'Fargo', 'No Country for Old Men', 'Lost in Translation'.

There are so many films I want to see that I haven't seen yet, so this list is obviously subject to change.

 

[Asgardian]

Not possible to do a top 10, here's a top 100, not in any order except number 1, The Cruel Sea

The Cruel Sea (1953)
M (1931)
Les diaboliques (1955)
Seven Samurai (1954)
The Wages of Fear (1953)
All the President's Men (1976)
Lifeboat (1944)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Dracula (1931)
The Box of Pandora (1929)

The Seventh Seal (1957)
The Searchers (1956)
The Four Days of Naples (1962)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
The Godfather (1972)
Long Is the Road (1949) (Lang ist der Weg)
Duck Soup (1933)
Double Indemnity (1944)
White Heat (1949)
Alien (1979)

Das Boot (1981)
North by Northwest (1959)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Paths of Glory (1957)
San Demetrio London (1943)
Stalag 17 (1953)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Ben-Hur (1959)
High Noon (1952)
Rope (1948)

The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
The Third Man (1949)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
City Lights (1931)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)

12 Angry Men (1957)
Rear Window (1954)
Nosferatu (1922)
Schindler's List (1993)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Skallagrigg (1994)
She Goes to War (1929)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Raging Bull (1980)

Downfall (2004)
Metropolis (1927)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Rashômon (1950)
Chinatown (1974)

Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Vertigo (1958)
Psycho (1960)
The Birds (1963)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Ran (1985)
The Mad Parade (1931)
The War Game (1965)
Come and See (1985)
Western Approaches (1945)

The Killing (1956)
Murder, He Says (1945)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Harvey (1950)
Life of Brian (1979)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
The Missiles of October (1974)
Frankenstein (1931)
The Burmese Harp (1956)
Fires on the Plain (1959)

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Becket (1964)
The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942)
Children of Men (2006)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
The Killing Fields (1984)
The Brotherhood of War (2004)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)

A Man for All Seasons (1966)
The Caine Mutiny (1954)
The African Queen (1951)
My Name Is Ivan (1962)
King Kong (1933)
Army of Shadows (1969)
Miller's Crossing (1990)
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Glory (1989)
Scrooge (1951)

 

[CLUBMEDhurst]

Not possible to do a top 10, here's a top 100, not in any order except number 1, The Cruel Sea

The Cruel Sea (1953)
M (1931)
Les diaboliques (1955)
Seven Samurai (1954)
The Wages of Fear (1953)
All the President's Men (1976)
Lifeboat (1944)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Dracula (1931)
The Box of Pandora (1929)

The Seventh Seal (1957)
The Searchers (1956)
The Four Days of Naples (1962)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
The Godfather (1972)
Long Is the Road (1949) (Lang ist der Weg)
Duck Soup (1933)
Double Indemnity (1944)
White Heat (1949)
Alien (1979)

Das Boot (1981)
North by Northwest (1959)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Paths of Glory (1957)
San Demetrio London (1943)
Stalag 17 (1953)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Ben-Hur (1959)
High Noon (1952)
Rope (1948)

The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
The Third Man (1949)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
City Lights (1931)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)

12 Angry Men (1957)
Rear Window (1954)
Nosferatu (1922)
Schindler's List (1993)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Skallagrigg (1994)
She Goes to War (1929)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Raging Bull (1980)

Downfall (2004)
Metropolis (1927)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Rashômon (1950)
Chinatown (1974)

Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Vertigo (1958)
Psycho (1960)
The Birds (1963)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Ran (1985)
The Mad Parade (1931)
The War Game (1965)
Come and See (1985)
Western Approaches (1945)

The Killing (1956)
Murder, He Says (1945)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Harvey (1950)
Life of Brian (1979)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
The Missiles of October (1974)
Frankenstein (1931)
The Burmese Harp (1956)
Fires on the Plain (1959)

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Becket (1964)
The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942)
Children of Men (2006)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
The Killing Fields (1984)
The Brotherhood of War (2004)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)

A Man for All Seasons (1966)
The Caine Mutiny (1954)
The African Queen (1951)
My Name Is Ivan (1962)
King Kong (1933)
Army of Shadows (1969)
Miller's Crossing (1990)
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Glory (1989)
Scrooge (1951)

Mighty impressive list Asgardian, highlighted those that'd make my top 100

 

[exe ex machina]

Now I'm not liking this idea much people are gonna post millions of movies, and my 'to watch' list, which is already too large, is exploding as i copy-paste these added lists, will take 5 lifetimes to get thru now.

 

[HARKER]

Now I'm not liking this idea much people are gonna post millions of movies, and my 'to watch' list, which is already too large, is exploding as i copy-paste these added lists, will take 5 lifetimes to get thru now.

Ignore the lists and watch We need to talk about Kevin
Has no one really bothered yet?
​

 

[exe ex machina]

Thanks for saving me Harker, I was drowning in quicksand, my head spinning like a kid in a candy store.

I will download this now just for you

 

[HARKER]

Thanks for saving me Harker, I was drowning in quicksand, my head spinning like a kid in a candy store.

I will download this now just for you

No, but do yourself a favour (in the old Molly way)
Happy (wrong word), interesting and intruiging viewing.

Addendum:
For anyone with a wife/partner that has had kids, this may make for some insightful viewing.
Watch together, but it may not be easy.

 

[Asgardian]

Mighty impressive list Asgardian, highlighted those that'd make my top 100

Thanks, we agree on only 27 movies though?

I'm keen to see your list, as I'm sure I've missed some worthy films.

 

[exe ex machina]

Am 412mb of 835mb thru as we speak.

 

[Mobbs]

Top of head :

1. The Year My Voice Broke.
2. High Noon.
3. Monty Python's The Life Of Brian.
4. Bad Blood.
5. Wake In Fright.
6. The Blair Witch Project.
7. The Quiet Earth.
8. Sunday Too Far Away.
9. The Three Amigos.
10. Long Weekend.

(didn't think long nor hard, probably would change a lot if I did)

 

[RobbyRoy]

After Asgardian's 100 and my own trying to narrow down to 10, I think we're going to need top 20 lists. I think I'll get on to it early next year.

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - Just brilliant. Love everything about it and will continue to watch it at regular intervals.

 

[CLUBMEDhurst]

Thanks, we agree on only 27 movies though?

I'm keen to see your list, as I'm sure I've missed some worthy films.

To be honest there was probably a few more that I coulda named, however I chose the definite starters.

Have never sat down in an attempt to list my favourite 100, as it's a fraught activity.

I'll try and break it down to top 5 in certain genres (OK, I'm addicted to crime!)

I'll have a go

Western
1. Once upon a Time in the West
2. The Wild Bunch
3. Blood on the Moon
4. Shane
5. The Searchers

Comedy
1.The Jerk
2. Duck Soup
3. A Night at the Opera
4.The Producers
5. Dr Strangelove (couldn't leave out)

Orstraylian
1. Chopper
2. Wake in Fright
3. The Proposition
4. Kiss or Kill
5. Mad Dog Morgan

War
1. The Thin Red Line
2. Hell is for Heroes
3. Apocalypse Now
4. Paths of Glory
5. Patton

Drama (sans crime)
1. Sunset Blvd
2. The Sweet Smell of Success
3. Taxi Driver
4. The Seven Samurai
5. The Vanishing

Film Noir
1. Out of the Past
2. Touch of Evil
3. Double Indemnity
4. The Big Heat
5. The Killing

French Crime
1. Rififi
2. Le Cercle Rouge
3. Coup de Torchon
4. Bob Le Flambeur
5. Pepe Le Moko

Brit Crime
1. Get Carter
2. The Criminal
3. The Long Good Friday
4. Sexy Beast
5. Hell is a City

Japanese Crime
1. Sonatine
2. Drunken Angel
3. Violent Cop
4. Hana-Bi
5. Ichi the Killer

Yank Crime
1. The Friends of Eddie Coyle
2. The Godfather
3. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
4. Chinatown
5. The Godfather II

 

[thurmanmunson]

Went through parts of my collection tonight to try to narrow down a Top 100, but without serious analysis it would definitely I've to include the following (in no particular order):

A Woman Under The Influence
Down By Law
Z
The French Connection
Taxi Driver
A Man Escaped
The Conversation
The Battle Of Algiers
The Seven Samurai
Blue Velvet
The Seventh Seal
Glengarry Glen Ross
Two Lane Blacktop
Old Boy
Election (Japan)
Amadeus
Nashville
Malcolm X
Joint Security Area
Breathless (1960)
La Haine
Requiem For A Dream
Raging Bull
Last Tango In Paris
Le Cercle Rouge
A Clockwork Orange
Vertigo
Barry Lyndon
My Own Private Idaho
Goodfellas
Dog Day Afternoon
The Verdict
JFK
Paths Of Glory
Knife In The Water
El Topo
Los Olvidados
Belle De Jour
Don't Look Now
Lenny
The Exterminating Angel
Blade Runner
Barton Fink
Apocalypse Now
Lost Highway
Rumble Fish
Angel Heart
Runaway Train
Breaking The Waves
The Belly Of An Architect
Naked Lunch





Bad Lieutenant
Naked
81\2
The Thin Red Line
The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant
Soldier Of Orange
Ghosts Of The Civil Dead
Leon
Chinatown

The Wild Bunch
2001
Heat
The Godfather I & II
Blood Simple
The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie
Eraserhead
Fanny and Alexander
The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie
Rashomon
Patton
Point Blank (1967)
Reservoir Dogs
The King Of Comedy
There Will Be Blood
Mean Streets
Last Exit To Brooklyn
Wild At Heart
The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre
Giant
Le Samourai
The Killer
Minnie and Moskowitz
Do The Right Thing
All The President's Men
The 400 Blows
Bande A Part
Pulp Fiction
Rio Bravo
The Good The Bad & The Ugly
Midnight Cowboy
Pickpocket
Badlands
Citizen Kane
The Silence Of The Lambs
Yojimbo
La Chinoise
City Of God

 

[AndSmithMustScore]

#1 Boondock Saints

 

[thurmanmunson]

Ignore the lists and watch We need to talk about Kevin
Has no one really bothered yet?
​

I loved it. Went and paid to see it at the cinema after watching the torrent. I loved it even more on the big screen. It is definitely an experience, silence has never been used so well

 

[raskolnikov]

Will do top 100 some time but for now my top twenty:

1. The Elephant Man
2. The Green Mile
3. Rebecca
4. North by Northwest
5. The Shawshank Redemption
6. Raiders of the Lost Ark
7. American Beauty
8. Vozrasheniye(The Return)
9. Pan's Labyrinth
10. The Lives of Others

11. Three Colours Red
12. Vertigo
13. The Wizard of Oz
14. Mystic River
15. The Sound of Music
16. Witness
17. Schindler's List
18. Key Largo
19. Boys Don't Cry
20. Fahrenheit 451

 

[thurmanmunson]

Damn, totally forgot Kieslowski! I would have to fit in The Double Life of Veronique and Three Colours White into my list somehow.

 

[Atavistic]

I watched Friends With Benefits and No Strings Attached. Definitely prefer the latter.

 

[Mobbs]

Serenity - Cheap and childish mishmash of other movies' concepts and moments. Still kind of enjoyable but looked amateur and the comic/heavier scenes were just too conflicting.

It's A Wonderful Life - Yeah, for the seventh, eighth or ninth time. Never fails to rivet. Amazing that it was not more excitedly received when it was released. Apparently the only reason it's a household name now is because someone forgot to renew copyright, it entered public domain, TV stations started throwing it our way, and of course only the truly psychopathic failed to fall in love with it.

 

[Asgardian]

Went through parts of my collection tonight to try to narrow down a Top 100, but without serious analysis it would definitely I've to include the following (in no particular order):

A Woman Under The Influence
Down By Law
Z
The French Connection
Taxi Driver
A Man Escaped
The Conversation
The Battle Of Algiers
The Seven Samurai
Blue Velvet
The Seventh Seal
Glengarry Glen Ross
Two Lane Blacktop
Old Boy
Election (Japan)
Amadeus
Nashville
Malcolm X
Joint Security Area
Breathless (1960)
La Haine
Requiem For A Dream
Raging Bull
Last Tango In Paris
Le Cercle Rouge
A Clockwork Orange
Vertigo
Barry Lyndon
My Own Private Idaho
Goodfellas
Dog Day Afternoon
The Verdict
JFK
Paths Of Glory
Knife In The Water
El Topo
Los Olvidados
Belle De Jour
Don't Look Now
Lenny
The Exterminating Angel
Blade Runner
Barton Fink
Apocalypse Now
Lost Highway
Rumble Fish
Angel Heart
Runaway Train
Breaking The Waves
The Belly Of An Architect
Naked Lunch





Bad Lieutenant
Naked
81\2
The Thin Red Line
The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant
Soldier Of Orange
Ghosts Of The Civil Dead
Leon
Chinatown

The Wild Bunch
2001
Heat
The Godfather I & II
Blood Simple
The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie
Eraserhead
Fanny and Alexander
The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie
Rashomon
Patton
Point Blank (1967)
Reservoir Dogs
The King Of Comedy
There Will Be Blood
Mean Streets
Last Exit To Brooklyn
Wild At Heart
The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre
Giant
Le Samourai
The Killer
Minnie and Moskowitz
Do The Right Thing
All The President's Men
The 400 Blows
Bande A Part
Pulp Fiction
Rio Bravo
The Good The Bad & The Ugly
Midnight Cowboy
Pickpocket
Badlands
Citizen Kane
The Silence Of The Lambs
Yojimbo
La Chinoise
City Of God

An interesting list, you are not a fan of early cinema / silents / pre 1960's for the most part based on what I'm reading above (with a few exceptions)

 

[phantom13]

I dont want to sound like a prick, and dont get me wrong, some of the top 100 lists are amazing, but if you "cant possibly" narrow it down to a top 10 dont do one. Clearly we are all massive cinemaphiles but if you really cant think of your top 10 loved movies listing a top 100 just looks pretentious.

 

[thurmanmunson]

An interesting list, you are not a fan of early cinema / silents / pre 1960's for the most part based on what I'm reading above (with a few exceptions)

Pretty much. Cant think of many pre-WWII films I would watch on a regular basis. I don't think I've ever seen a silent film to be honest (apart from 'Metropolis' I think?). French new wave and 70s are definitely my preferred genres