The top 100 films according to EWB

[Crybaby Bunting]

So with all these threads which have caused us to argue about the placings of films in the rankings, I had an idea: lets sort out our own little list of the greatest movies of all time. Most of us happen to be mature, so i guess the films that are sorted will end up being actual epics, not kiddie films that people like because there is nothing to compare them to. If this turns out alright it will also double up as a beginners guide to epics, where anyone could just look into this and say.. "I like the look of this. I'll watch it"

Each member (that participates) creates a list of their top 20 movies, these will be then totalled up using a points scheme (20 for no1, 1 for no20 etc.) This will be tallied up all the time, due to having a database at ready for all the actual work. After a while i'll post the results and everyone can complain about the placements of the movies, just like on IMDB

This is how i'd like you to organise your list (you can develop on points for why it is good in your opinion if you want, but it isnt gonna change a thing with the points)

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Edited August 2, 2006 by The General

[GoGo Yubari]

1) Seven Samurai

2) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

3) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

4) Spirited Away

5) 12 Angry Men

6) Pulp Fiction

7) Leon

8) Monty Python & the Holy Grail

9) Annie Hall

10) Duck Soup

11) American Splendor

12) Rashomon

13) Heathers

14) The Princess Bride

15) Reservoir Dogs

16) To Kill a Mockingbird

17) Chasing Amy

18) Clerks

19) Yojimbo

20) Shaun of the Dead

[ROC]

I've got a bad feeling about this. [/takingbacksunday]

1) The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

2) Pulp Fiction (1994)

3) GoodFellas (1990)

4) Glory (1989)

5) Forrest Gump (1994)

6) Monster (2003)

7) Requiem for a Dream (2000)

8) The Rules of Attraction (2002)

9) Office Space (1999)

10) Clerks (1994)

11) Star Wars (1977)

12) The Dirty Dozen (1967)

13) Spirited Away (2001)

14) sex, lies, and videotape (1989)

15) The Crow (1994)

16) Big Fish (2003)

17) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

18) Toy Story 2 (1999)

19) The Untouchables (1989)

20) Milllion Dollar Baby (2004)

[ClaRK! Kent]

1) Apocalypse Now

2) The Godfather

3) On The Waterfront

4) The Shawshank Redemption

5) The Usual Suspects

6) One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

7) When Harry Met Sally

8) Pulp Fiction

9) Rebel Without A Cause

10) The Wild Bunch

11) Shaun of the Dead

12) Goodfellas

13) Reservoir Dogs

14) The Shining

15) Clerks

16) Casablanca

17) Pat Garret & Billy The Kid

18) A Streetcar Named Desire

19) A Fistful of Dollars

20) 12 Angry Men

[figos]

1-Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back

2-The Godfather Part 1

3-The Good, the Bad and The Ugly

4-Once Upon a Time in the West

5-Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

6-Casablanca

7-Kill Bill Vol.1

8-The Untouchables

9-The Lion King

10-Jurassic Park

11-Scarface

12-Star Wars - A New Hope

13-Aliens

14-Sin City

15-Walk The Line

16-Full Metal Jacket

17-Citizen Kane

18-Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade

19-Pirates Of The Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest

20-Being John Malkovich

[Laice07]

1.) Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

2.) Chinatown

3.) Annie Hall

4.) Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship of The Ring

5.) Casablanca

6.) Citizen Kane

7.) Shawshank Redemption

8.) Apocalypse Now

9.) Pulp Fiction

10.) Toy Story 2

11.) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

12.) Forrest Gump

13.) To Kill A Mockingbird

14.) Halloween

15.) The Shining

16.) Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban

17.) Star Wars: A New Hope

18.) Lord of The Rings: Return of The King

19.) Finding Nemo

20.) Who Framed Roger Rabbit

[Xero Gravity]

1) The Godfather: Part I

2) Goodfellas

3) The Usual Suspects

4) Battle Royal

5) Seven Samurai

6) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

7) Oldboy

8) Infernal Affairs

9) Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

10) Se7en

11) Full Time Killer

12) Save The Green Planet

13) What Dreams May Come

14) The Crow

15) Clerks

16) The Story of Ricky

17) Léon

18) Versus

19) Ronin

20) Death to Smoochy

[Crybaby Bunting]

Come on chaps, we can't have a top 100 list when only around 76 have been reccomended so far

[Timmoru Suzuki]

Struggling for a top 20, due to my natural ability to generally like lots, love few (I give out a lot of 7/10's......) Bah, I've got 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' on my to watch list....

1) Pulp Fiction

2) Serenity

3) Fight Club

4) Goodfellas

5) Forrest Gump

6) American Beauty

7) A Few Good Men

8) Airplane!

9) Road to Perdition

10) Monty Python: Holy Grail

11) Reservoir Dogs

12) Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

13) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

14) Psycho

15) Toy Story

16) Battle Royale

17) American Psycho

18) Big Fish

19) Leon

20) Star Trek: First Contact (sorry.....)

I almost put one of the Spider-man films up there. May yet still change a little, but the jist of the list will be the same.

[a. #63]

1) Pulp Fiction

2) Godfather

3) Godfather Part II

4) Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back

5) Buono, il brutto, il cattivo

6) A Fistful of Dollars

7) Million Dollar Baby

8) Scarface

9) Sin City

10) Schindler's List

11) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

12) Reservoir Dogs

13) Jackal

14) Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

15) The Dirty Dozen

16) The Shawshank Redemption

17) Lost in Translation

18) Apocalypse Now

19) Star Wars

20) The Life of David Gale

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

1. Seven Samurai

2. Zatoichi

3. Fight Club

4. Amelie

5. Battle Royale

6. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

7. Ran

8. Alien

9. Apocalypse Now

10. Oldboy

11. Infernal Affairs

12. Ong-Bak

13. Trainspotting

14. Gosford Park

15. Croupier

16. House of Flying Daggers

17. Hero

18. Memento

19. The Sting

20. Scarface

[fineintent]

1. Godfather I

2. Goodfellas

3. Scarface

4. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

5. Donnie Brasco

6. Memento

7. Football Factory

8. Bullet Boy

9. A Room for Romeo Brass

10. Pulp Fiction

11. Hero

12. The Night Before Christmas

13. Trainspotting

14. 28 Days Later

15. Night of the Living Dead

16. Last Tango in Paris

17. Leon

18. Garden State

19. A Streetcar Named Desire

20. Chasing Amy

[ClaRK! Kent]

Ah, nothing like Hamster to throw in some movies nobody else has heard of, and thus add more to the selection. We'll be at 100 in no time once Benji and J show up.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Ah, nothing like Hamster to throw in some movies nobody else has heard of, and thus add more to the selection. We'll be at 100 in no time once Benji and J show up.

Wha? Which of those haven't you heard of?

[Buford Ripley]

Ah, nothing like Hamster to throw in some movies nobody else has heard of, and thus add more to the selection. We'll be at 100 in no time once Benji and J show up.

Wha? Which of those haven't you heard of?

[Liam]

Ah, nothing like Hamster to throw in some movies nobody else has heard of, and thus add more to the selection. We'll be at 100 in no time once Benji and J show up.

Wha? Which of those haven't you heard of?

Echo'd. I've heard and seen most of those in his list bar maybe one or two.

Yeah, I was planning to echo the post. Most of the Oriental films he lists are the "obvious" ones generally.

[ClaRK! Kent]

Perhaps it's just me, but I haven't seen Zatoichi or Ong-Bak for sure, and I don't remember seeing Seven Samurai.

[figos]

Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa is probably the most famous japanese movie of all time, Zatoichi(I've only seen the one with Takeshi Kitano) is about a blind swordsman and Ong-Bak turned stunt double Tony Jaa into an established actor.

[fineintent]

Even I've seen and listed Hero, and I have very little interest in foreign films outside of Kung-Fu.

[FLiam]

1. Apocalypse Now

2. The Shawshank Redemption

3. Snatch

4. Band of Brothers (does this count?)

5. Saving Private Ryan

6. The Breakfast Club

7. Stand By Me

8. Back To The Future

9. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

10. The Goonies

11. Monty Python & The Holy Grail

12. Speed

13. Terminator 2

14. Downfall

15. Black Hawk Down

16. Forrest Gump

17. Pirates Of The Caribbean

18. The Lion King

19. Toy Story

20. Star Wars Episode V: Empire Strikes Back

Is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind worth seeing? Everyone seems to talk about it, I have heard that it isn't very good from a few people I know. Is it actually that good then?

Edited July 24, 2006 by Gooner27