Blu-ray.com Community Top 50 films of All Time (Please read first post)

[Romulus]

All right folks, thought I would try something out here that I've done on other forums before.

You come up with your Top 50 films of all time. These would best and not favorite. For some people these are one in the same when they can be very different. Equilibrium is one of my favorite films, but I wouldn't consider it one of the best 50 films of all time. It doesn't belong with films such as A Clockwork Orange, The Shawshank Redemption or Seven Samurai (In my opinion ). If we want to do another thread down the road for Top 50 Favorite films, I will gladly do so.


So, ahem, onto how this works. You put together a Top 50 list. Your Top 50 will essentially be your 50 films you think should be nominated for our community list. After a certain period of time, I'll cut off nominations and put together a list that represents the Top 50 films of the users that participated. So the more that participate, the better the results.


I've made it a little easier by establishing the following scoring rules: You list your top 20 films, and those will be scored in reverse order. Example:

1 - 20 Points
2 - 19 Points
....
18 - 3 Points
19 - 2 Point
20 - 1 Point

Every film after 20 will also be rewarded 1 point. This makes it easier because you just have to arrange the Top 20, while you can list the other 30 in particular order. That cuts down on the stress a little, especially if you're trying to figure out if Jurassic Park is at number 37 or 35.

I'm thinking of keeping this going for about a week, so next Saturday I'll cut off the nominations.

I'll have my Top 50 up soon. Any suggestions or constructive criticism are welcome. Also respect other peoples lists. Opinions are just that, opinions.

[Kryptonic]

1. Jaws
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey
3. Superman Returns
4. Raiders of the Lost Ark
5. Superman: The Movie
6. Conan the Barbarian
7. Schindler's List
8. A.I. Artificial Intelligence
9. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
10. Predator
11. King Kong (2005)
12. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
13. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
14. Ran
15. Alien
16. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
17. Back to the Future
18. The Terminator
19. Aliens
20. The Thing (1982)

Batman Begins
Blade Runner
Casino Royale
The Dark Knight
The Evil Dead
Eyes Wide Shut
Ghostbusters
Hook
Hulk (2003)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Iron Giant
Jurassic Park
Kill Bill Vol. 2
King Kong (1933)
The Mask of Zorro
The Matrix Reloaded
The Mist
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Peter Pan (2003)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Saving Private Ryan
Se7en
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
The Shawshank Redemption
Total Recall
True Lies
Unbreakable
Valkyrie
War of the Worlds (2005)
Zodiac

[Lord_Stewie]

1. Citizen Kane.
2. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
3. Sex, Lies, and Video Tapes.
4. Psycho (Hitchcock)
5. The Man who knew too much. (Hitchcock)
6. Harold and Maude.
7. Le Doulos. (French noire)
8. Touchez pas au grisbi.
9. ET
10. Duel
11. Jaws.
12. The last hurrah for JF.
13. Red Warren Beatty
15. The Candidate.
16. The day the E.S.S.(OR)
17. JFK.
18. Gladiator.
19. Scarface.
20. Godfather.
21. Casino.
22. Platoon.
23. Heat.
24. Shawshank Redemption
25. Titanic.
26. The Shining.
27. Rocky.
28. Wag the Dog.
29. Full Metal Jacket.
30. Nightmare Before Christmas.
31. Braveheart.
32. The Lion King.
33. Saving Private Ryan.
34. Spartacus.
35. Beauty and the Beast
36. Jurassic Park.
37. Gladiator.
38. The Godfather 2.
39. Rocky 2.
40. The Green Mile.
41. The Wizard of Oz.
42. Casablanca.
43. Silence of the Lambs.
44. Run Lola Run.
45. Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy.
46. First Blood.
47. Aladdin.
48. Momento.
49. Terminator 2.
50. Schindler's List.

This is the top 20 on my list. If you noticed most of the list is almost political genre. Can't help it, I am big on politics.

Done and updated.

[Jsheth]

I think there should should be top FAVORITE list
It would be more fun to see what stuff everybody else likes

And I dont think there can be any list of "greatest" movies ever
Nothins perfect

[Galactus]

1. Saving Private Ryan
2. The Shawshank Redemption
3. Jaws
4. Halloween (1978)
5. Braveheart
6. Rocky
7. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
8. The Empire Strikes Back
9. Forrest Gump
10. The Green Mile
11. The Prestige
12. GoodFellas
13. Aliens
14. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
15. The Wizard of Oz
16. The Dark Knight
17. King Kong (2005)
18. An American Werewolf in London
19. It's a Wonderful Life
20. Spider-Man 2
21. The Exorcist
22. The Godfather (Part II)
23. Blade Runner
24. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
25. Edward Scissorhands
26. Kelly's Heroes
27. The Sixth Sense
28. Schindler's List
29. Dracula (1931)
30. Léon: The Professional
31. The Rainmaker (1997)
32. Cinderella Man
33. The Lion King
34. The Wrestler
35. Se7en
36. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
37. Spaceballs
38. Frankenstein (1931)
39. The Time Machine (1960)
40. Iron Man
41. Raging Bull
42. Platoon
43. Blow
44. Army of Darkness
45. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
46. Ghostbusters
47. Monsters Ink.
48. Pulp Fiction
49. Fight Club
50. X2: X-Men United

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by Jsheth

I think there should should be top FAVORITE list
It would be more fun to see what stuff everybody else likes

And I dont think there can be any list of "greatest" movies ever
Nothins perfect

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[uziel5000]

1. The Shawshank Redemption
2. Schindler's List
3. Braveheart
4. Gladiator
5. Star Wars
6. Raiders of the Lost Ark
7. The Dark Knight
8. The Empire Strikes Back
9. The Godfather
10. The Return of the King
11. Saving Private Ryan
12. The Matrix
13. Beauty and the Beast
14. Amadeus
15. Goodfellas
16. American Beauty
17. Black Hawk Down
18. Full Metal Jacket
19. A Beautiful Mind
20. E.T.
21. Aliens
22. WALL-E
23. Glory
24. Titanic
25. The Green Mile
26. Revenge of the Sith
27. Ghostbusters
28. Return of the Jedi
29. Tropic Thunder
30. Jurassic Park
31. Iron Man
32. Memento
33. Pulp Fiction
34. Seven
35. Toy Story
36. Forrest Gump
37. Batman Begins
38. Good Will Hunting
39. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
40. The Fellowship of the Ring
41. Fight Club
42. Back to the Future
43. Transformers
44. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
45. Unforgiven
46. Die Hard
47. Gandhi
48. Groundhog Day
49. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
50. Philadelphia

I might do some editing in terms of the order before next Saturday but this is it

[Maswov]

Originally Posted by Jsheth

I think there should should be top FAVORITE list
It would be more fun to see what stuff everybody else likes

And I dont think there can be any list of "greatest" movies ever
Nothins perfect

Refer to rule#1... Read 1st post

[toef]

Originally Posted by Jsheth

And I dont think there can be any list of "greatest" movies ever
Nothins perfect

Hence "greatest" movies ever, not "perfect" movies ever.

[toef]

1. Casablanca
2. The Godfather
3. The Wizard of Oz
4. City Lights
5. Citizen Kane
6. Singin' in the Rain
7. It's a Wonderful Life
8. Psycho
9. Lawrence of Arabia
10. The Bicycle Thief
11. Modern Times
12. Sunset Boulevard
13. Vertigo
14. Pinocchio
15. The Godfather, Part II
16. 12 Angry Men
17. The Wild Bunch
18. Saving Private Ryan
19. On the Waterfront
20. Chinatown


Rashomon
The Maltese Falcon
M
Rear Window
Schindler's List
Dr. Strangelove
Goodfellas
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
North by Northwest
The Best Years of Our Lives
In Cold Blood
Million Dollar Baby
Wall-E
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Great Dictator
The Sting
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Pianist
The Shawshank Redemption
Touch of Evil
The Gold Rush
Once Upon a Time in America
The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallance
The Big Sleep
Toy Story
Gone With the Wind
LA Confidential
Amadeus

[J. J. Hunsecker]

Originally Posted by Romulus

You come up with your Top 50 films of all time. These would best and not favorite. For some people these are one in the same when they can be very different.

This is going to be difficult, since subjectivity always plays into lists of these sorts, but here goes...

Chinatown
The Godfather
Jaws
Taxi Driver
Dog Day Afternoon
Bonnie and Clyde
Citizen Kane
The Maltese Falcon
Casablanca
Double Indemnity
Strangers on a Train
The Big Sleep
Gun Crazy (1949)
The Set-Up
Battleship Potemkin
The Last Laugh
The Kid (1921)
Sherlock Jr.
Greed
Sunrise
Metropolis
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
The Public Enemy
Frankenstein (1931)
M
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Duck Soup
Ninochka
The Lady Eve
Oliver Twist (1948)
The Wages of Fear
The Third Man
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Searchers
Memento
Goodfellas
Star Wars
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 or 1978, they're both great!)
Some Like it Hot
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Seven Samurai
On the Waterfront
Psycho
My Darling Clementine
I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Midnight Cowboy
The 400 Blows
Time Bandits

[adh56]

I think it would take me less time to watch 50 movies than come up with an honest list.

[ParadoxLC]

1. GoodFellas
2. The Shawshank Redemption
3. Spirited Away
4. Forrest Gump
5. Slumdog Millionaire
6. Dr. Strangelove
7. Amadeus
8. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
9. The Godfather
10. Star Wars
11. Raiders of the Lost Ark
12. Taxi Driver
13. A Clockwork Orange
14. The Departed
15. Saving Private Ryan
16. Princess Mononoke
17. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
18. Back to the Future
19. Casablanca
20. Gone with the Wind
21. The Godfather part 2
22. Citizen Kane
23. Borat
24. Back to the Future part 2
25. Back to the Future part 3
26. Wall-E
27. Ratatouille
28. Up
29. Toy Story
30. Toy Story 2
31. Jurassic Park
32. Raging Bull
33. Religulous
34. Titanic
35. Rear Window
36. Schindler's List
37. Pulp Fiction
38. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
39. Kill Bill 1
40. Kill Bill 2
41. Star Wars
42. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
43. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
44. 2001: A Space Odyssey
45. Jaws
46. Grave of the Fireflies
47. A Bug's Life
48. My Neighbor Totoro
49. Castle in the Sky
50. 5 Centimeters per Second

[Suntory_Times]

Originally Posted by EricJ

Again, people--
Sign the petition...Take the pledge...Make a new start on life:

Growing up means learning how not to make threads with the word "Ever" in them. EVER.

Aghh, you just used the word ever ..... know I used it to ..... NNNNNOOOOOOO

[SonOfArathorn]

My top 50 best is the same as my top 50 favorites. I would think everyones would be. Anyway don't have the time now but tomorrow I will

[Lepidopterous]

1. Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa)
2. Life is Beautiful (Roberto Benigni)
3. Amelie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
4. City of God (Fernando Meirelles)
5. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino)
6. Sin City (Robert Rodriguez)
7. The Bicycle Thief (Vittorio De Sica)
8. Planet of the Apes (1968, Franklin J. Schaffner)
9. Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme)
10. The Modern Times (Charlie Chaplin)
11. Gladiator (Ridley Scott)
12. The Lion King (Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff)
13. The Diving Bell & the Butterfly (Julian Schnabel)
14. Grave of the Fireflies (Isao Takahata)
15. Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino)
16. Ronin (John Frankenheimer)
17. Oldboy (Chan-wook Park)
18. Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky)
19. The Constant Gardener (Fernando Meirelles)
20. A Beautiful Mind (Ron Howard)



21. 28 Days Later (Danny Boyle)
22. Babel (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu)
23. The Butterfly Effect (Eric Bress)
24. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg)
25. Collateral (Michael Mann)
26. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee)
27. The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan)
28. E.T. (Steven Spielberg)
29. Fight Club (David Fincher)
30. Independence Day (Roland Emmerich)
31. The Insider (Michael Mann)
32. Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg)
33. Kramer vs. Kramer (Robert Benton)
34. LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson)
35. LOTR: The Return of the King (Peter Jackson)
36. LOTR: The Two Towers (Peter Jackson)
37. Lucky Number Slevin (Paul McGuigan)
38. The Matrix (Wachowski brothers)
39. Memento (Christopher Nolan)
40. No Country for Old Men (Coen brothers)
41. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Milos Forman)
42. Pan’s Labyrinth (Guillermo Del Toro)
43. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg)
44. Schindler’s List (Steven Spielberg)
45. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner)
46. The Sixth Sense (M. Night Shyamalan)
47. Titanic (James Cameron)
48. True Lies (James Cameron)
49. V for Vendetta (James McTeigue)
50. The Wrestler (Darren Aronofsky)

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by Suntory_Times

Aghh, you just used the word ever ..... know I used it to ..... NNNNNOOOOOOO

oh no....wash your mouth out boy.

[Blue-water]

Cool here's my List

1. Life is Beautiful
2. Oldboy
3. Blade Runner
4. City of God
5. The Shawshank Redemption
6. Unforgiven
7. No Country for Old Men
8. 2001: A Space Odyssey
9. Let The Right One In
10. Once Upon a Time in America
11. American Beauty
12. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
13. Requiem for a Dream
14. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
15. Wall-E
16. Taxi Driver
17. Once
18. The Green Mile
19. A Beautiful Mind
20. Pan’s Labyrinth

[Steve46]

1. Mulholland Dr. 2001 (David Lynch)
2. The Shawshank Redemption 1994 (Frank Darabont)
3. The Green Mile 1999 (Frank Darabont 2)
4. Blue Velvet 1986 (David Lynch 2)
5. Pulp Fiction 1994 (Quentin Tarantino)
6. No Country for Old Men 2007 (Coen brothers)
7. Fargo 1996 (Coen brothers 2)
8. American Beauty 1999 (Sam Mendes)
9. The Departed 2006 (Martin Scorsese)
10. Inglourious Basterds 2009 (Quentin Tarantino 2)
11. The Silence of the Lambs 1991 (Jonathan Demme)
12. Lost Highway 1997 (David Lynch 3)
13. Jackie Brown 1997 (Quentin Tarantino 3)
14. The Shining 1980 (Stanley Kubrick)
15. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 1975 (Milos Forman)
16. The Prestige 2006 (Christopher Nolan)
17. There Will Be Blood 2007 (Paul Thomas Anderson)
18. Vertigo 1958 (Alfred Hitchcock)
19. Psycho 1960 (Alfred Hitchcock 2)
20. Dead Poet’s Society 1989 (Peter Weir)

21. 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 (Stanley Kubrick 2)
22. As Good As It Gets 1997 (James L. Brooks)
23. The Birds 1963 (Alfred Hitchcock 3)
24. Burn After Reading 2008 (Coen brothers 3)
25. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969 (George Roy Hill)
26. Cast Away 2000 (Robert Zemeckis)
27. Dog Day Afternoon 1975 (Sidney Lumet)
28. Dr. Strangelove 1964 (Stanley Kubrick 3)
29. Field of Dreams 1989 (Phil Alden Robinson)
30. Fight Club 1999 (David Fincher)
31. Glengarry Glen Ross 1992 (James Foley)
32. Good Will Hunting 1997 (Gus Van Sant)
33. The Great Escape 1963 (John Sturges)
34. Jaws 1975 (Steven Spielberg)
35. Kill Bill: Volume 1 2003 (Quentin Tarantino 4)
36. Kill Bill: Volume 2 2004 (Quentin Tarantino 5)
37. L.A. Confidential 1997 (Curtis Hanson)
38. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 (Peter Jackson)
39. The Matrix 1999 (Wachowski brothers)
40. Memento 2000 (Christopher Nolan 2)
41. Pay It Forward 2000 (Mimi Leder)
42. Ratatouille 2007 (Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava)
43. Rear Window 1954 (Alfred Hitchcock 4)
44. Reservoir Dogs 1992 (Quentin Tarantino 6)
45. Se7en 1995 (David Fincher 2)
46. Seabiscuit 2003 (Gary Ross)
47. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me 1992 (David Lynch 4)
48. Up 2009 (Pete Docter and Bob Peterson)
49. Wild At Heart 1990 (David Lynch 5)
50. Zodiac 2007 (David Fincher 3)

Decades represented:

2000’s – 18
1990’s – 17
1980’s – 4
1970’s – 3
1960’s – 6
1950’s – 2

Director's with multiple entries:

Quentin Tarantino – 6
David Lynch – 5
Alfred Hitchcock – 4
Coen brothers – 3
Stanley Kubrick – 3
David Fincher – 3
Frank Darabont – 2
Christopher Nolan – 2

[GLaDOS]

This is gonna take me a long time to finish.....

1. Gone With The Wind
2. Ben Hur
3. Lawrence Of Arabia
4. Saving Private Ryan
5. Forrest Gump
6. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
7. The Silence Of The Lambs
8. The Shining
9. 2001: A Space Odyssey
10. Star Wars
11. Lord Of The Rings (Counting the trilogy as one)
12. Full Metal Jacket
13. Vertigo
14. A Clockwork Orange
15. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
16. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
17. The Godfather
18. Blade Runner
19. Snow White & The Seven Dwarves
20. Raging Bull

Rocky
Gladiator
Braveheart
Toy Story
Harry Potter (Counting the series as one)
Bonnie & Clyde
Jaws
Poltergeist
The Exorcist
Requiem For A Dream
Apollo 13
Pulp Fiction
JFK
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Kill Bill Vol. 1
Kill Bill Vol. 2
Dr. No
The Matrix
The Shawshank Redemption
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Borat
The Balir Witch Project
The Dark Knight
Titanic
Unforgiven
Fargo
The Green Mile
Zodiac