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Hoo boy, a whole new section, and it is empty.  I get to post first  :hot:

So what are everyone's top 5 "good" movies?
(yeah, kind of a lame first topic)

Mine:
The Man Who Would be King
The Princess Bride
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Star Wars
the Blues Brothers.

(I'm not sure whether to include Zardoz & Buckaroo Bonzai here)

No, no, NO!  You supposed to just say, "Frist post!"

Okay, my list changes a bit, but these usually stay near the very top:
Seven Samurai
Saving Private Ryan
Spirited Away
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Shawshank Redemption

G...o...o....d Mo..v...i..e. I'm sorry I'm not familiar with this term. Is it some new slang?

I will post it later, I really have to think about it  :teddyr:

heya

my top 5 is....
 
Shine
Being John Malkovich
Cube
Hellraiser
Nosferatu (Herzog's )

 :cheers:

i though it was about GOOD MOVIES  :question:

i really mean it

My top 5 Good Films are:

Conan The Barbarian
The Mission
West Side Story
The Magnificent Seven
Romeo & Juliet

It's impossible for me to list just 5 films I think so I'll just name 5 favourites that come to mind at the moment.

1) COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT
2) BRAZIL
3) BLADE RUNNER (Director's Cut)
4) 12 MONKEYS
5) THE QUATERMASS XPERIMENT

In no particular order

The Princess Bride

The Usual Suspects

Blues Brothers

Rocky

Young Frankenstein

Currently:

Brazil
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Vertigo
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Pee-wee's Big Adventure

Uhm... Uhhhhhhhhhhhh. :lookingup:

1) A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Uhm... Uhhhhhhhhhhhh. :lookingup:
2) Star Wars
Uhm... Uhhhhhhhhhhhh. :lookingup:
3) The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
Uhm... Uhhhhhhhhhhhh. :lookingup:
4) Cat People (uhh... Both!)
Uhm... Uhhhhhhhhhhhh. :lookingup:
5) Zardoz

No, wait a minute!
Uhm... Uhhhhhhhhhhhh. :lookingup:
Wait a second! Do these, like, actually count, or something? :question:
No, wait a minute!
Le'me start over!
Uhm... Uhhhhhhhhhhhh. :lookingup:
1) The Entity
Uhm... Uhhhhhhhhhhhh. :lookingup:
2) Tattoo
Uhm... Uhhhhhhhhhhhh. :lookingup:
3) 1941
Uhm... Uhhhhhhhhhhhh. :lookingup:
4) Things to come
Uhm... Uhhhhhhhhhhhh. :lookingup:
5) Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Nononono... Uhm... Wait a minute... Uhh...

I find that over 40 years of movie watching is making it almost impossible to pick just 5 favorites, but I'll give it a shot.

1) The Thing
2) Forrest Gump
3) A Guy Named Joe
4) Big Jake
5) Feast

but what about:

The Haunting (original)
Gunga Din (Sam Jaffe) my wife is getting sick of seeing this one.
Pulp Fiction
Godzilla and/or any of his pals
etc. etc. etc.

I could go on for a long time, but I'll stop here, tomorrow the list might be different.  :cheers: :cheers:

The Breakfast Club

North by North-West

Wild Strawberries

Clerks

Blade Runner (or 12 Monkeys, depending on my mood)

The top three are locks, the other two tend to change quite a bit.

Lemme see....boy...this is tuff...cuz I actually like alot of "good movies".
RAGING BULL
TAXI DRIVER
the GOOD,the BAD and the UGLY
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
MONSTER
FRANKENSTIEN(1931)
 I get confused about so-called "good" movies.Does The SADIST(1964), a well made, low budget psycho movie starring Arch (EAGH!)Hall Jr. qualify as a "good movie?"Does INDEPENDENCE DAY,a multi-million dollar piece of predictable dreck qualify as a "bad movie?"Ohhhh.....my head hurts....get-ting confused....

Empire Strikes Back

Eyes Wide Shut

Heathers

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Fight Club

This is tough.

Fight Club
John Woo's - The Killer
Pulp Fiction
Royal Tenenbaums
Star Wars

Top 5? That's tough; it changes.

The Wizard of Oz will always be there; it's a way better movie than it has any right to be, and it is sad that it is dismissed as "just a kid's movie." It has a very literary structure and presents an excellent story of self-discovery. I can go into further detail if anyone should happen to be interested.

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. Empire and Jedi are all right, and episodes 1-3 stink, but the original is still very good.

I don't know if I can really pick which Terry Gilliam film(s) to include; pretty much anything from Monty Python and the Holy Grail to 12 Monkeys (with the exceptions of Fisher King and Fear and Loathing).

Casablanca. 'Nuff said.

Another toss-up: Any other Bogart flick, plus a range of classics (Twelve Angry Men, the Hope/Crosby Road to films, most Marx Brothers films,  etc.).

Okay, so I cheated and included more than five films.  :tongueout: So sue me. I've got a copy of Manos: Hands of Fate I'll let you have in the settlement.

My Top 5 (in no particular order):

Suspiria
A Clockwork Orange
Spirited Away
Blue Velvet
The Silence of the Lambs

Honorable mentions go to Pulp Fiction, Psycho (the original), and Return to Oz (dont ask).

Blade Runner
Clockwork Orange
Taxi Driver
Cube
Tie between Aliens and Hard Candy

Picking over is 5 is tough ... considering I have over 5000 movies.

But if I had to pick only 5 ....

In no order ...

Amadeus
Legend of 1900
Cinema Paradiso
Full Metal Jacket
Gladiator


Are you not entertained!!

no particular order:

Paper Moon
Crazy Love
Bad Boy Bubby
Stroszeck
Henry Fool

No order:

A clockwork orange

Alien

Pee wees big adventure

Oldboy

Adaptation

Those, i can watch again and again. Ill probably think of something soon, that i regret that i didnt put on.

5. The Thing
4. Alien
3. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. Star Wars
1. Forbidden Planet

In no particular order:

American History X
Good Night, and Good Luck
Kagemusha
Kinsey
Blood Diamond

See, now that I've posted my top 5, I want to go back and change them.  LOL

Here are some of my favorites from what's been mentioned:

Oldboy
Adaptation
Monty Python And The Holy Grail
The Thing
Kinsey
American History X
Full Metal Jacket
Clockwork Orange
Taxi Driver

It's near impossible to come up with a top 5 when it comes to good films. 

My top 5 "good" movies:

5.) Forrest Gump

4.) One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

3.) The Shawshank Redemption

2.) Clerks.

1.) Pulp Fiction

I am surprised to see CINEMA PARADISO on your short list.  That is one of the greatest films about watching films that I've yet seen...and, yeh, is one of my favorites.  Here's my five in no particular order:

CINEMA PARADISO (1988) for reminding me that watching movies is meant to be a communal experience. 

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974)

GREAT EXPECTATIONS (1946) a title which David Lean lives up to, a film that defines sweeping storytelling, perfect economy and atmosphere coupled with superb acting including John Mills, Alec Guinness, Finlay Currie, Martita Hunt, Francis L. Sullivan, Valerie Hobson, Jean Simmons, this is one of the very best films yet made by one of the best filmmakers. 

THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946) for being one of the most intelligently insightful films about American life, mores, and the fulfillment of hopes and dreams. 

REAR WINDOW (1954) for being completely engrossing and so much fun to deconstruct. 

OK, lessee . .. .

FIRST OFF,   The Lord of The Rings (all 3, extended editions . . .  one glorious 11 hour movie!)

SECOND - Star Wars, Episode IV, A New Hope . . . the original is still the best.

THIRD - Star Trek, First Contact

FOURTH - Saving Private Ryan

FIFTH - Gladiator

Hard to narrow it down to five, but those are five I love!!!

1) Raiders of the Lost Ark
2) Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
3) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
4) Superman: The Movie   
5) Brazil

Goodfellas
Dazed & Confused
Pulp Fiction
Profondo Rosso (only recently seen...stunning fim)
Fargo

...first 5 that came to mind, there's others I probably like equally as much - but not more than - these...and word to whoever said "Heathers" don't see that mentioned much.

Surprised? Are you saying I'm uncultured? :tongueout:

I liked the original better the Neuvo re-cut, I thought it was a little focused to much on external things not really related to the central plot of the movie. Giuseppe Tornatore is an outstanding director and you'll notice I have another film of his on my list, "The Legend of 1900" ... if you've never seen it you must it's got some of the greatest jazz and piano numbers put on film.

Check this one out it's a little long with Japanese subtitles, but mainly watch from about 2 min to 5 min the waltz piano number. (Note there are a couple of mature words near the end so if the kids are around, be aware.)

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAWvHjYA_7Y

I haven't a musical bone in my body but I love music played well.

Here are my 5.  If you ask me tomorrow, I might give you a different list.  Very tough to pick the best 5 of all time.

* GODFATHER / GODFATHER PART II (I can't separate them . . . not sure which one I like better)

* TAXI DRIVER

* THE HUSTLER

* THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE

* GOODFELLAS

Hmmmm...I'm sure I'll switch this up later...the following except #1 are in no order...

1.) Jaws
2.) Scarface
3.) Caddyshack
4.) Friday The 13th Part 1
5.) Empire Strikes Back

My answer will change with the tides, but for right now, in no particular order;

1. The Right Stuff

2. The Vikings

3. Goodfellas

4.Tombstone

5.Amelie (Huh? AM I going soft. No way. It must be all those hormones they pump into our meat.)

no particular order, probably in 5 minutes I will tell another five movies(this is VERY difficult):

- the seventh seal

-a clockwork orange

-saving private ryan

-fight club

-schindler's list

 :cheers:

Currently rolling around in my head,

Dead Man
Fargo
Crumb
Santo and Blue Demon vs The Monsters
Mulholland Drive

In chronological order (just for convenience):

1. King Kong (the Original)

2. The Great Dictator

3. Arsenic and Old Lace

4. Leon (the Professional; Jean Reno NOT Jean Claude van Damme, the "man with four names where two would do")

5. The Big Lebowski

Lemme see, lemme see.  These are always subject to adjustment:

The Man Who Would Be King--John Houston's rousing epic adventure in mythical Khafiristan, with wonderful interplay between Michael Caine and Sean Connery

One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest--while not 100% on par with Kesey's novel, it is still one of the Best Pictures ever

The Bridge on the River Kwai--the best war movie ever

Duck Soup--the Marx Brothers battle in Freedonia, one of the eras finest comedies

The Haunting--the original, Robert Wise's spooky, creaky haunteed house is the best and scariest rides

Usual disclaimers apply.  Here's five I'd be happy to go with:

LA DOLCE VITA
CASABLANCA
CHINATOWN
THE WIZARD OF OZ
[see my avatar]

5 that I like real well:

The Empire Strikes Back

Heathers

Eyes Wide Shut

Alien

The Breakfast Club

 5 of the best...:

               1. the Seven Samurai 
               2. 12 Monkeys
               3. Holy Grail
               4. Labyrinth (Didn't realize t´was a musical...sort of... until a year ago. And I have been watching it since the 80´s)
               5. Dead man

In no particular order:

V For Vendetta
Flushed Away
Stranger Than Fiction
X-Men Last Stand

The final choice is down to In the Mouth of Madness, Lilo and Stitch or Tremors
depending on my mood.

It's not an easy list to make...  Like all film buffs, I love a lot...
The only ones I can think of right now that I strongly support are:

Stalag 17

Coffy

Blazing Saddles

Abbot and Costello meet Frankenstein

Arthur

1. The Night Porter - best love epic ever

2. Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

3. Nekromantic1/Nekromantic2

4. Dead Alive

5. Fade to Black

Also is a toss up with Aftermath/Genesis, although from my experience i dont recommend this as a date movie, i pretty sure my last boyfriend left me because i made him watch it....

(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k37/chococat667/200px-Fade_to_blackposter.jpg)

Let's see top 5 (or so) movies that I can think of at the moment... in no particular order...

Excalibur

Time Bandits

ST: The Wrath of Khan

Empire Strikes Back

Halloween (Original)

MP Holy Grail


Honorable Mentions... Dawn of the Dead (original), The Black Hole (cheesy yeah, but good for its day and a decent concept), Flash Gordon (for reasons too numerous to list in a short post)... there are others but I'd be listing movies all night.