April 2014 50 Movie Challenge - Favorites

[Travis]

The challenge: watch your top 50 movies in a month.

We usually do 10 categories, like last month. This month, I really want to watch the films I've been neglecting.

60 Movies - Platinum
50 Movies - Gold
40 Movies - Silver
30 Movies - Bronze

• If you're going to repost your entire list each time, please hide it under spoiler tags (and I also delete my previous one when I do to keep the thread tidy)
• If you are going to post pictures for the films (poster art or bluray covers, for example) please try not to use GIANT pictures, and if there are tons of them, again - please hide under spoilers

[Travis]

It took me a long time to make this list and organize it. I am sure I will move stuff around before and after I watch them. Also, I had to remind myself the list was of movies that I like the most, not necessarily the best films.

Top 50

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1. The Godfather
2. Alien
3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
4. Star Wars
5. Raiders of the Lost Ark
6. Rocky
7. Goodfellas
8. The Godfather Part II
9. Drive
10. Shrek
    
    
11. Blade Runner
12. The Shining
13. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
14. The Incredibles
15. Psycho
16. Carlito's Way
17. E.T.:The Extra-Terrestrial
18. The Empire Strikes Back
19. Raging Bull
20. Apocalypse Now
    
    
21. Jaws
22. Dune
23. Sideways
24. Return of the Jedi
25. Casino
26. The Sting
27. The Deer Hunter
28. Moon
29. The Big Kahuna
30. Bonnie and Clyde
    
    
31. The Outlaw Josey Wales
32. 12 Angry Men
33. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
34. Planet of the Apes
35. The Little Mermaid
36. Fargo
37. Excalibur
38. The Exorcist
39. The Terminator
    
    
40. Finding Nemo
41. Scarface
42. Office Space
43. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
44. Platoon
45. Ali
46. X-Men
47. Halloween
48. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
49. Once Upon a Time in the West
50. The Untouchables
    
    Or To Kill a Mockingbird, On the Waterfront, Alfie, The Usual Suspects, Kramer vs. Kramer, The Grapes of Wrath, Night of the Living Dead, Dog Day Afternoon, The Graduate, Rob Roy, or Once Upon a Time in America

Watched:

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#29 #30 #31

Extra:

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[cinemaphile]

I'll watch my favorites and track them, but no way I make anything more than maybe Bronze this time. With all of the new release movies in theaters and on BD that I will watch, I won't get in 50 besides those

Important to note: These aren't necessarily what I think are the 50 BEST movies... just my 50 *favorite*

My 50 Favorite Films (alphabetically, not ranked):

[Show spoiler]Blue = watched in January
Red = watched in February
Green = watched in March
Pink = watched in April
Purple = watched in May

The Avengers
Back to the Future
Braveheart
Can't Hardly Wait
Die Hard
Dumb and Dumber
E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial
Empire Records
The Empire Strikes Back
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Fight Club
The Fisher King
Forrest Gump
Ghostbusters
Gladiator
The Goonies
Heathers
Independence Day
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Iron Man
Jurassic Park
Kick Ass
The Last Boy Scout
Lion King
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Moulin Rouge!
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Much Ado About Nothing
Out of Sight
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Princess Bride
Pulp Fiction
Raiders of the Lost Ark
[COLOR="rgb(255, 140, 0)"]Return of the Jedi[/COLOR]
Romeo + Juliet
Scream
Serenity
Seven
Shakespeare in Love
South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut
Speed
Star Wars (A New Hope)
Strange Brew
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
True Romance
Way of the Gun
When Harry Met Sally...

(WOW I had a hard time cutting this down to 50! A lot of great films fell by the wayside. )

Most recent entries:

[Travis]

Originally Posted by cinemaphile

I'll watch my favorites and track them, but no way I make anything more than maybe Bronze this time. With all of the new release movies in theaters and on BD that I will watch, I won't get in 50 besides those

[Show spoiler]Brainstorming list still in progress, not in any order)

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Die Hard
The Empire Strikes Back
Moulin Rouge!
Star Wars (A New Hope)
Return of the Jedi
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Serenity
When Harry Met Sally...
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Speed
The Avengers
Ghostbusters
The Goonies
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
The Fisher King
Out of Sight
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial
Iron Man
T2
Much Ado
Fast & Furious 6
Shakespeare in Love
Gladiator
Braveheart
Lion King
Beauty & the Beast
Way of the Gun
Matrix
Fiht Club
Seven
South Park
Titanic
Lebowski
Can't Hardly Wait
Memento
Scream
R+J
ID4
Twister
Kiss Kiss
Rent
Kick Ass
Wall-E
Empire Records
Toy Story
Usual
Gump
Fiction
Dumber
Jurassic
Fugitive
True Romance
Sleepless
Les MIs
Cabin
Aliens
Saving
Last Boy Scout
Back to the Future
Indy
Christmas
Close Encounters

Last Boy Scout.

Serenity....still got Firefly unopened. Heard it is good, got it cheap. Don't think I've seen all of Serenity, just bits on TV.

[AaronJ]

This month will be much easier. All I need to fight against is baseball. One game pretty much every day. But that's how I roll.

OTOH, there's no way I can get minimum 5 into each category. For instance, I don't think I've even seen 5 Disney films. So, my Miscellaneous category may be really large. Anyways ...

[cinemaphile]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

This month will be much easier. All I need to fight against is baseball. One game pretty much every day. But that's how I roll.

OTOH, there's no way I can get minimum 5 into each category. For instance, I don't think I've even seen 5 Disney films. So, my Miscellaneous category may be really large. Anyways ...

Theres no categories this month. just your 50 favorite movies

[bunkz323]

Reserved
This might actually b pretty tough, like what cinema said, all these new films releasing I rarely watch anything I have unless I really feel like watching it. Ill try it but im sure wont get far.

[Russhole]

I'm not sure how to approach this challenge. I still want to try and watch 50 films, but I'm not in the mood to watch 50 favorites in one month. I might break it up by genre and go from there.

[bunkz323]

Originally Posted by Russhole

I'm not sure how to approach this challenge. I still want to try and watch 50 films, but I'm not in the mood to watch 50 favorites in one month. I might break it up by genre and go from there.

Thats what I wad thinking of doing. Break them down.

[QuasidodoJr]

I'm sure I won't get 50. But I'll toss my hat in.

1. The Avengers
2. Black Hawk Down
3. Stand By Me
4. We Bought a Zoo
5. Say Anything...
6. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
7. Lawrence of Arabia

[chris_sc77]

Dont know if I will watch my 50 favorites But I will attempt to watch some of my very favorite films this month in addition to many other films. :

April 1
1.Anchorman 2 : Super Sized Edition (6.5/10)
2. The Man Who Wasn't There (9/10)
3. The Bag Man (7/10)

April 2
4. Botched (6/10)
5.the Great Race (6/10)
6. The Burning (Watched With Audio Commentary by the Cast)

April 3
7. The Inbetweeners movie (5.5/10)
8. Vampire (0/10)
9. Home Alone (7.5/10)

April 4
10. Captain America: the Winter Soldier (9.5/10)
11. Cropsey (7/10)

April 5
11. Twice Born (6.5/10)
12. Anchorman 2: Unrated (Watched With Audio Commentary by the Director, Producer and Cast)
13. At Middleton (6/10)
14. Witchboard (6/10)

April 6.
15. Witchboard (Watched With Audio Commentary by the Director, Producer and Cast)
16. Lionheart (5/10)
17.Pacific Heights (5/10)
18. Spider-Man 3 (6.5/10)

April 7
19. Swamp Thing (4/10)
20. The Wall (Die Wand) (6/10)
21. Charlie Wilson's war(6/10)
22. Phenomena (7.5/10)

April 8
23. Witchboard (Watched With Audio Commentary #2 by the Director and Producers )
24. Crave (5.5/10)
25. Grudge Match(7/10)
26. Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (5.5/10)
27. Sound City (7/10)
28. Undercover Brother (5.5/10)

April 9
29. Six Days , Seven Nights (5.5/10)
30. Mary Shelly's Frankenstein (7.5/10)
31. Diary of A Wimpy Kid (6/10)

April 10
32. Air Force One (8.5/10)
33. Star Wars : Episode 1 : The Phantom Menace (8/10)


April 11
34. Mrs. Doubtfire (8/10)
35. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (6/10)

April 12
36. Milius (7.5/10)
37. Return of the Jedi (10/10)

April 13
38. Stone Cold (5/10)
39. White Reindeer (5/10)
40. The Dirties (4/10)

April 14
41. The Godfather (9.5/10)
42. Inside Man (9/10)

April 15
43. The Secret Life of walter Mitty (5.5/10)
44. Ride Along (5.5/10)

April 16
45. The Invisible Woman (4/10)
46. Interior. Leather Bar. (5/10)
47. Wicked Blood (2/10)
48. Nurse (4.5/10)
49. Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (5/10)

April 17
50. Holy Matrimony (5.5/10)
51. The Hard Way (7/10)
52. Running With Arnold (7/10)
53. Philomena (8.5/10)

April 18
54. Sanitarium (2.5/10)
55. Wrong Cops (6.5/10)
56. Eraser (7.5/10)

April 19
57. Chill Factor (5/10)
58. Calvaire (3/10)
59. Coneheads (5.5/10)
60. The Boy With the Striped Pajamas (7/10)
61. National Lampoons Vacation (8.5/10)
62. Heathers (7.5/10)

April 20
63. I Stand Alone (6.5/10)
64. Moulin rouge (8/10)
65. Cop Out (5.5/10)
66. Hannibal (7/10)
67. Talk to Me (6.5/10)

April 21
68. Breaking the Waves (7.5/10)
69. The Ladykillers (7/10)
70. Requiem for a Dream (9/10)

April 22
71. Big Bad Wolves (7/10)

April 23
72. The Swimmer (7.5/10)
73. Walking with Dinosaurs (2.5/10)
74.The Story of 'The Swimmer'(7.5/10)
75. Look Whos Talking (6/10)

April 24
76. Look Whos Talking Too (4.5/10)
77. The Brass Teapot (8.5/10)
78. OUtrage (5.5/10)
79. Beyond Outrage (4.5/10)
80. Look Whos Talking Now (6.5/10)

April 25
81. Ringers: Lord of the Fans (6.5/10)
82. Taxidermia (3.5/10)
83. Spaceballs (7/10)
84. Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone:Extended Version (8.5/10)

April 26
85. Sabotage (7/10)
86.Ringers: Lord of the Fans(Watched With Audio Commentary by the filmmakers)
87. Romeo Must Die (7/10)

April 27
88. The Seventh Continent
89.
90.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by cinemaphile

Theres no categories this month. just your 50 favorite movies

Oh. Well, that makes it easier.

[Jasonic]

Dedicating an entire month to only revisiting movies and no movies I haven't seen before? Pfft, count me out. Good luck.

[AaronJ]

1. "Frozen"
2. "Gravity"

[gaboman]

I'm aiming to at least finish half the challenge this time around...

I'll make up my top 50 as I go along.

I've watched:

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[Russhole]

Comedy
1. Heathers (Favorite) - Blu-ray -
2. Return to Nuke 'Em High: Volume 1 - Blu-ray -
3. Go - Blu-ray -
4. Last Vegas - Rented Blu-ray -

Crime
1. Ms. 45 - Blu-ray -
2. Foxy Brown - DVD -

Comic Book
1. Hellboy - Blu-ray -
2. Captain America: The Winter Soldier - Theater -

Sci-Fi - Post Apocalyptic
1. Dead End Drive-In - DVD -
2. Cyborg - Blu-ray -

Horror
1. Basket Case (Favorite) - Blu-ray -
2. Slime City - DVD -
3. Brain Damage (Favorite) - DVD -
4. Society (Favorite) - DVD -
5. You're Next - DVD -

Miscellaneous
1. Naked Fear (1999) - DVD -
2. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Blu-ray -
3. A Field in England - Blu-ray -

Drama
1. American History X - Blu-ray -

[cinemaphile]

I think I've decided how I'm going to handle this challenge.

I know I won't get in all 50 all-time favorites this month. I probably won't even come close. I know there are too many non-favorites stuff that I will be watching as well. But I DO want to revisit my favorite films.
So while I won't be getting all 50 in this month, I'm going to use this as an ongoing checklist. Whenever I do have a chance to pick a random movie to watch, I'll pick one off my list and work my way through it. It will probably take a couple months, but I will revisit them all.
(I'm also checking off any of them that I have already watched in 2014)

p.s. Russhole - great choice with Heathers!

[Travis]

Originally Posted by cinemaphile

I think I've decided how I'm going to handle this challenge.

I know I won't get in all 50 all-time favorites this month. I probably won't even come close. I know there are too many non-favorites stuff that I will be watching as well. But I DO want to revisit my favorite films.
So while I won't be getting all 50 in this month, I'm going to use this as an ongoing checklist. Whenever I do have a chance to pick a random movie to watch, I'll pick one off my list and work my way through it. It will probably take a couple months, but I will revisit them all.

p.s. Russhole - great choice with Heathers!

Not a bad idea. Interested in what everyone has as favorites. Think putting favorites in brackets or changing color is good.

[Al_The_Strange]

Man, I haven't done one of these challenges in a little while. I didn't think I'd do it this month, since I have so many rentals and blind-buys to look at first. But, heck, I'll start posting here, and if 30 or more happen to be favorites, then it'll work.

I think it's a bit of a shame that we're only limited to the top 50, as I could probably make a top 300 or so, but I supposed the limitation will make it a real challenge (especially since most of my favorites are long ).

So far, all I have is:

01: The Grandmaster

1 film, 0 qualified as top 50 favorites

[Travis]

Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange

Man, I haven't done one of these challenges in a little while. I didn't think I'd do it this month, since I have so many rentals and blind-buys to look at first. But, heck, I'll start posting here, and if 30 or more happen to be favorites, then it'll work.

I think it's a bit of a shame that we're only limited to the top 50, as I could probably make a top 300 or so, but I supposed the limitation will make it a real challenge (especially since most of my favorites are long ).

So far, all I have is:

01: The Grandmaster

1 film, 0 qualified as top 50 favorites

Like your top 100 list a lot. I've been trying to watch all the Ghibli films. I'm in Taiwan, and they are very popular here. Last month, I watched 5 for the studio challenge.