Best Movies

[Herlock Sholmes]

This is a trickier one for me because I certainly wouldn’t call myself a film buff. It’s not very often that I watch one but I’ve given it a go.

Again, in no particular order:


The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes

Blade Runner

Twelve Angry Men

The Life Of Brian

Raiders Of The Lost Ark

True Grit (the original)

North By Northwest

A Shot In The Dark

Rear Window

Dracula (the original)

The Silence Of The Lambs

Citizen Cain

The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

The Thing (the original)

The Lord Of The Rings (I’ll go for The Fellowship Of The Ring)

2001: A Space Odyssey

Planes, Trains And Automobiles

Nosteratu

Sunset Boulevard

Jaws

[Ms Diddles]

This is a trickier one for me because I certainly wouldn’t call myself a film buff. It’s not very often that I watch one but I’ve given it a go.

Again, in no particular order:


The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes

Blade Runner

Twelve Angry Men

The Life Of Brian

Raiders Of The Lost Ark

True Grit (the original)

North By Northwest

A Shot In The Dark

Rear Window

Dracula (the original)

The Silence Of The Lambs

Citizen Cain

The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

The Thing (the original)

The Lord Of The Rings (I’ll go for The Fellowship Of The Ring)

2001: A Space Odyssey

Planes, Trains And Automobiles

Nosteratu

Sunset Boulevard

Jaws

Yeah, this is trickier Herlock as it depends on what mood I'm in.

I concur with three of your choices as follows:

Jaws
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
The Life of Brian

and add.....

Stagecoach
Christiane F
Harold and Maude
Wings of Desire
Zoolander
Bowfinger
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane
The Man Who Fell To Earth
All About Eve
Kickass
Kind Hearts And Coronets
Sunday In New York
Alien
Terminator

I love a good Christmas film too, so I've got to include:

Muppet's Christmas Carol
It's a Wonderful Life
Elf

The lineup would probably look different if I did this again tomorrow though!

[Herlock Sholmes]

Yeah, this is trickier Herlock as it depends on what mood I'm in.

I concur with three of your choices as follows:

Jaws
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
The Life of Brian

and add.....

Stagecoach
Christiane F
Harold and Maude
Wings of Desire
Zoolander
Bowfinger
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane
The Man Who Fell To Earth
All About Eve
Kickass
Kind Hearts And Coronets
Sunday In New York
Alien
Terminator

I love a good Christmas film too, so I've got to include:

Muppet's Christmas Carol
It's a Wonderful Life
Elf

The lineup would probably look different if I did this again tomorrow though!

I’ve only seen 10 of the 20 but that’s pretty high for me. I’ve heard lots of people mention Zoolander for example but I’ve never seen it. I’m going to have to watch it on the grounds that there must be reasons that so many people like it. I was thinking of watching Wings Of Desire a couple of weeks ago but ended up watching something else. I know what you mean about mood though. It’s strange but I have to be in the mood just to watch a film in the first place.

[Ms Diddles]

I’ve only seen 10 of the 20 but that’s pretty high for me. I’ve heard lots of people mention Zoolander for example but I’ve never seen it. I’m going to have to watch it on the grounds that there must be reasons that so many people like it. I was thinking of watching Wings Of Desire a couple of weeks ago but ended up watching something else. I know what you mean about mood though. It’s strange but I have to be in the mood just to watch a film in the first place.

Yeah, sometimes I just don't have the attention span to sit down and watch a movie.

It's great on a rainy evening with a bottle of wine and some nibbles though!

Zoolander is silly and funny and never fails to make me laugh.

Wings of Desire involves Peter Falk, Nick Cave and Berlin. Three of my favourite things!

[Herlock Sholmes]

Yeah, sometimes I just don't have the attention span to sit down and watch a movie.

It's great on a rainy evening with a bottle of wine and some nibbles though!

Zoolander is silly and funny and never fails to make me laugh.

Wings of Desire involves Peter Falk, Nick Cave and Berlin. Three of my favourite things!

I’ve probably missed out on loads of great films just because they don’t sound interesting to me and so I can’t persuade myself to watch them. For years my friend kept telling me to watch Planes, Trains and Automobiles but I held off because I just didn’t think I’d like it and here it is on my top twenty list.

[Ms Diddles]

I’ve probably missed out on loads of great films just because they don’t sound interesting to me and so I can’t persuade myself to watch them. For years my friend kept telling me to watch Planes, Trains and Automobiles but I held off because I just didn’t think I’d like it and here it is on my top twenty list.

I'd say you owe your friend a pint for introducing you to that classic Herlock!

[c.d.]

I am embarrassed to say that one of my favorite movies is Harold and Kumar go to White Castle. It is a silly stoner movie with low brow humor and a sophomoric plot. You won't find it on the list of The American Film Institute's greatest movies of all time. But what the hey. I am a simple man. It makes me laugh.

c.d.

[Herlock Sholmes]

I'd say you owe your friend a pint for introducing you to that classic Herlock!

Sadly he’s no longer with us Ms D but you’re certainly right.

[Herlock Sholmes]

I am embarrassed to say that one of my favorite movies is Harold and Kumar go to White Castle. It is a silly stoner movie with low brow humor and a sophomoric plot. You won't find it on the list of The American Film Institute's greatest movies of all time. But what the hey. I am a simple man. It makes me laugh.

c.d.

Funny is funny c.d. I often think that there’s as much snobbery about comedy as there is about art.

[Georgeb]

This is a trickier one for me because I certainly wouldn’t call myself a film buff. It’s not very often that I watch one but I’ve given it a go.

Again, in no particular order:


The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes

Blade Runner

Twelve Angry Men

The Life Of Brian

Raiders Of The Lost Ark

True Grit (the original)

North By Northwest

A Shot In The Dark

Rear Window

Dracula (the original)

The Silence Of The Lambs

Citizen Cain

The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

The Thing (the original)

The Lord Of The Rings (I’ll go for The Fellowship Of The Ring)

2001: A Space Odyssey

Planes, Trains And Automobiles

Nosteratu

Sunset Boulevard

Jaws

Hi great list. Mine would be.

The Godfather
The Professionals (60s western)
The Devil Rides Out (fav Hammer film)
The Swimmer
The French Connection
The Dirty Dozen
HMSS (first Bond at the pictures)
For a Few Dollars More
Magnum Force
Blazing Saddles

Ask tomorrow probably 5/6 changed. Noticed they are all from the 60/70s showing my age.

[Herlock Sholmes]

Hi great list. Mine would be.

The Godfather
The Professionals (60s western)
The Devil Rides Out (fav Hammer film)
The Swimmer
The French Connection
The Dirty Dozen
HMSS (first Bond at the pictures)
For a Few Dollars More
Magnum Force
Blazing Saddles

Ask tomorrow probably 5/6 changed. Noticed they are all from the 60/70s showing my age.

Some classics there that could easily have made my list George. I remember seeing Blazing Saddles as the support movie when I went to see Monty Python’s Holy Grail. I hadn’t heard of The Professionals or The Swimmer (both Burt Lancaster) They’ll have to go on my ‘to check out’ list. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service gets a bit of stick because some people didn’t like George Lazenby but it stands up well against other Bond films. I think that it might have been more highly rated if Connery had been in it?

[String]

Again in no particular order

The Lord of the rings trilogy
Gladiator
2001
Jaws
Close encounters of the third kind
Vertigo
Rear window
The thirty nine steps
12 angry men
Double indemnity
African queen
The incredible shrinking man
Strangers on a train
Terminator 2
Airplane
Dark Star
1984
The Lady Vanishes
Dr Strangelove
Saving Private Ryan

and

Raiders of the Lost ark, 1 and 3
Both Blade Runners

[c.d.]

The American Film Institute's top 100 movies of all time:

https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-movies-10th-anniversary-edition/

It says 10th anniversary edition but I am not sure what year this if from.

c.d.

[GBinOz]

Only top twenty meant leaving out some favourites, but staying within the rules:

Jeremiah Johnston
Hombre
The Outlaw Josey Wales
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
For a Few Dollar More
Lawrence of Arabia - The Restoration
Kingdom of Heaven
The English Patient
Dances with Wolves
The Lighthorsemen
Predator
Million Dollar Baby
Cinderella Man
The Road to Perdition
Sweeney Todd
Collateral
Bladerunner
Sophie's Choice
Gallipoli
Enemy at the Gates

Cheers, George

[Enigma]

Here we go. In no particular order and leaving out some goodies.

The Sting
Rear Window
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
North By Northwest
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Singin' In The Rain
Where Eagles Dare
A Man For All Seasons
To Kill A Mockingbird
Die Hard
Arsenic And Old Lace
The Court Jester
Casablanca
Rio Bravo
Dirty Harry
The Searchers
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
The Great Escape
Mississippi Burning
GWTW