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Title: My LONG "Greatest Of" List Post by: ER on November 30, 2008, 07:20:33 PM IMHO the greatest in these categories are:
Greatest love story: The Painted Veil (2007) Greatest drama: Suddenly Last Summer Greatest western: High Noon Greatest sci-fi flick: Forbidden Planet Greatest Christmas movie: A Christmas Story Greatest horror film: The Ring Greatest film trilogy: The Lord of the Rings Greatest gross-out comedy: There Something About Mary Greatest animated film: Fantasia Greatest silent film: Wings Greatest chick flick: Fried Green Tomatoes Greatest war movie: Saving Private Ryan Greatest tragedy: Leaving Las Vegas Greatest David Lean film: Doctor Zhivago Greatest Stanley Kubrick film: 2001: A Space Odyssey Greatest John Ford film: The Quiet Man Greatest Alfred Hitchcock Movie: Vertigo Greast Steven Spielberg film: Schindler’s List Most Underappreciated Classic: The Birth of a Nation Most Underappreciated Modern Classic: Eyes Wide Shut Most Undeserving Classic: Caddyshack Greatest Film of the 1910’s: Intolerance Greatest Film of the 1920’s: The Hunchback of Notre Dame Greatest Film of the 1930’s: Gone With The Wind Greatest Film of the 1940's: It’s A Wonderful Life Greatest Film of the 1950's: Sunset Boulevard Greatest Film of the 1960's: Midnight Cowboy Greatest Film of the 1970's: Star Wars Greatest Film of the 1980's: Raging Bull Greatest Film of the 1990's: The Usual Suspects Greatest Film of the 2000's: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Title: Re: My LONG "Greatest Of" List Post by: zombie no.one on November 30, 2008, 07:59:49 PM nice, some good choices. Ill have a think and see if I can come up with a list. minus some categories e.g. 'silent film'...'greatest film of the 1920s' etc., wouldn't have a clue about those...
Title: Re: My LONG "Greatest Of" List Post by: Rev. Powell on November 30, 2008, 08:07:17 PM OK, I'll play.
LOVE STORY: Casablanca DRAMA: The Godfather WESTERN: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly SCI-FI: 2001: A Space Odyssey CHRRISTMAS: Miracle on 34th Street HORROR: Night of the Living Dead TRILOGY: Lord of the Rings GROSS-OUT COMEDY: Animal House ANIMATED: Fantasia SILENT: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari CHICK FLICK: Ooh, tough one... Thelma & Louise? WAR: Apocalypse Now TRAGEDY: Five Easy Pieces DAVID LEAN: Bridge on the River Kwai KUBRIK: 2001 FORD: abstain, haven't seen enough HITCHCOK: Vertigo SPIELBERG: Schindler's List UNDERAPPRECIATED CLASSIC: The Seven Samurai UNDERAPPRECIATED MODERN CLASSIC: Network UNDESERVING CLASSIC: Good Will Hunting 1910s: abstain 1920s: Metropolis 1930s: The Wizard of Oz 1940s: Casablanca 1950s: Sunset Boulevard 1960s: La Dolce Vita 1970s: The Godfather 1980s: Amadeus 1990s: Pulp Fiction 2000s: reserving judgement. Title: Re: My LONG "Greatest Of" List Post by: zombie no.one on November 30, 2008, 08:35:25 PM I couldn't answer nearly half those, so I put a couple of my own categories at the end.
Greatest love story: Wild At Heart (david lynch) Greatest western: Good The Bad & The Ugly Greatest sci-fi flick: Species Greatest Christmas movie: Home Alone Greatest horror film: The Howling Greatest film trilogy: Naked Gun 1, 2 1/2, 33 1/3rd Greatest gross-out comedy: Freddy Got Fingered Greatest animated film: Jungle Book Greatest war movie: The Deer Hunter Greatest Stanley Kubrick film: A Clockwork Orange Greatest Alfred Hitchcock Movie: Psycho Greast Steven Spielberg film: Jaws Most Underappreciated Classic: Faster p***ycat Kill! Kill! Most Underappreciated Modern Classic: Dazed & Confused Most Undeserving Classic: The Exorcist Greatest Film of the 1960's: The Graduate Greatest Film of the 1970's: Jaws Greatest Film of the 1980's: Pee Wee's Big Adventure Greatest Film of the 1990's: Pulp Fiction additions... Greatest Gangster Film: Goodfellas Greatest 'Whodunnit': Profondo Rosso a.k.a. Deep Red Worst Sequel: Speed 2 Title: Re: My LONG "Greatest Of" List Post by: Allhallowsday on November 30, 2008, 09:16:52 PM Interesting idea; I'd have to think about several of these before committing, hence the question marks:
Greatest love story: OSSESSIONE (1943) Greatest drama: LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (1962) Greatest western: MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (1946) Greatest sci-fi flick: THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (1951) Greatest Christmas movie: SCROOGE (1951) Greatest horror film: TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974) Greatest film trilogy: STAR WARS (1977) Greatest gross-out comedy: PINK FLAMINGOS (1972) Greatest animated film: PINOCCHIO (1940) Greatest silent film: CITY LIGHTS (1931) Greatest chick flick: THELMA AND LOUISE (1991) Greatest war movie: ? Greatest tragedy: GERMANIA ANNO ZERO (1948) Greatest David Lean film: GREAT EXPECTATIONS (1946) Greatest Stanley Kubrick film: BARRY LYNDON (1975) Greatest John Ford film: THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940) Greatest Alfred Hitchcock Movie: REAR WINDOW (1954) Greast Steven Spielberg film: JAWS (1975) Most Underappreciated Classic: ? Most Underappreciated Modern Classic: ? Most Undeserving Classic: ? Greatest Film of the 1910’s: ? Greatest Film of the 1920’s: THE GOLD RUSH (1925) Greatest Film of the 1930’s: ? Greatest Film of the 1940's: ? Greatest Film of the 1950's: ALL ABOUT EVE (1950) Greatest Film of the 1960's: LA DOLCE VITA (1960) Greatest Film of the 1970's: THE GODFATHER (1972) Greatest Film of the 1980's: ? Greatest Film of the 1990's: ? Greatest Film of the 2000's: ? Title: Re: My LONG "Greatest Of" List Post by: JaseSF on December 01, 2008, 04:07:35 AM I'll play along but will note there's still plenty I need to see.
Greatest love story: The Apartment (1960) Greatest drama: The Shawshank Redemption Greatest western: The Magnificent Seven Greatest sci-fi flick: The Day the Earth Stood Still Greatest Christmas movie: Scrooge (1951) Greatest horror film: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) Greatest film trilogy: Back to the Future Greatest gross-out comedy: Shaun of the Dead Greatest animated film: Watership Down Greatest silent film: The Phantom of the Opera Greatest chick flick: Grease Greatest war movie: All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) Greatest tragedy: On the Waterfront Greatest David Lean film: The Bridge on the River Kwai Greatest Stanley Kubrick film: Paths of Glory Greatest John Ford film: The Quiet Man Greatest Alfred Hitchcock Movie: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) Greast Steven Spielberg film: Jaws Most Underappreciated Classic: Quatermass and the Pit Most Underappreciated Modern Classic: The Princess Bride Most Undeserving Classic: Titanic Greatest Film of the 1910’s: Conquest of the Pole Greatest Film of the 1920’s: The Phantom of the Opera Greatest Film of the 1930’s: The Hunchback of Notre Dame Greatest Film of the 1940's: The Maltese Falcon Greatest Film of the 1950's: On the Waterfront Greatest Film of the 1960's: Planet of the Apes Greatest Film of the 1970's: Jaws Greatest Film of the 1980's: Blade Runner Greatest Film of the 1990's: Toy Story Greatest Film of the 2000's: Shrek Title: Re: My LONG "Greatest Of" List Post by: Allhallowsday on December 01, 2008, 07:21:54 PM Greatest war movie: THE LONGEST DAY (1962)
Greatest Film of the 1930’s: YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU Greatest Film of the 1980's: HANNAH AND HER SISTERS (1986) Most Underappreciated Classic: OLIVER TWIST (1948 ~ DAVID LEAN's followup to the superb GREAT EXPECTATIONS) Though GREAT EXPECTATIONS is a well admired film, OLIVER TWIST seems overlooked and it's just as good. Most Undeserving Classic: TERMS OF ENDEARMENT |