Fenxy Thread: 50 Films to see before you die

50 Films to see before you die

bluebloggin16 — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 10:00:21

Your film seems a bit testosterone-laden??? Any particular reason?

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Feistypoo — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 21:42:23

oh its definitely a great movie, I just dont know if I agree with all the hype. Maybe I should watch it again.

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chris — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 08:52:16

The Shawshank Redemption is good stuff. I've seen it multiple times and recently forced my girlfriend to watch it, haha.

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Kamigoroshi — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 08:45:26

No, I think Shawshank Redemption was great. I thought it was an underdog movie to begin with that's why I liked it even more. I must have watched it like 10-15 times and each time I watch it, it feels like it's the first time I'm watching it again.

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Feistypoo — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 17:57:24

The Godfather is missing. Boo.

Anyone else think The Shawshank Redemption is just a TAD overrated?

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weisheng — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 01:49:45

I love Al Pacino, Scarface is an absolute classic too! There's never enough space on these lists.

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alamba78 — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 23:34:32

i hate donnie darko. I watched while falling asleep so maybe that explains why I didn't 'get it'.

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BinaryMoon — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 14:02:27

This isn't the best films ever list. It's a list of films you should see - they're not saying the films are good but that they define genres. I believe (I didn't actually watch the show so could be wrong) that the films were listed in categories, so the Godfather was left out in favour of Scarface.

I've only seen 17 of them but there are a few on there that I'd like to see.

As for additions... I agree that Memento should be there and think Old Boy, and Amelie should be added in also.

BTW Scrivs has already said note editing is on the todo list :)

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Kamigoroshi — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 09:57:52

What? No Citizen Kane? No Memento?

These people don't watch many movies do they?

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weisheng — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 09:01:21

Oh yeah, the Godfather was left out too! The first two, in fact the whole trilogy, deserve to be on any list.

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chris — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 09:00:06

Go Fight Club! Chuck Palahniuk is that dude.

But no Godfather? Chris is sad.

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avuee — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 03:52:05

I'm surprised that "The Pianist" wasn't on the list. Should be.

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Scrivs — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 03:20:11

You have to pick Mononoke due to the awards and it being the first real big anime to hit it big in U.S. theaters. But I agree, there are much better animes out there.

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Griffin — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 03:19:56

Good list. Nice to see Manhunter and The King of Comedy there. Lists are always fun for some debate but as Rich said they're always subjective, which is why they're fun I suppose. Guess the Ten Commandments isn't subjective but then it's not that fun because you can't debate them. Like you can't argue Thou Shall Not Publicly Argue On The Cell Phone was an oversight. I like the Ten C's they're just not fluid like a good movie list.

This one suffers from the lack of Kurosawa. Oh, and Pearl Harbor. How could they leave off Pearl Harbor?

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weisheng — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 03:13:31

Can't believe they included Princess Mononoke over Kurosawa's samurai classics. It's a great anime film but nowhere near a classic, I especially love Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and Ran.

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Andrew — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 01:23:23

Well that's what this post was, a feature request masquerading as an interesting note :)

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Rich — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 01:13:47

If Mike, Colin or Scrivs sees this: consider it a feature request. ;)

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Andrew — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 00:59:18

Sorry dude, can't edit notes.

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Rich — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 00:53:47

Would it not be more useful in the order they appear in the top 50?

I've seen 30 of those. A lot don't belong though and there are some missing, in my opinion. These lists are entirely subjective I think, it's kind of pointless.

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Andrew — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 00:40:32

This is the top 50 list (in alphabetical order) according to a UK documentary made in 2006 and recently aired on Channel 4

I think they've left out some major gems notably some Taiwanese and South Korean films as well as the 2 Japanese masters Kurosawa and Ozu but worst of all they forgot Tarkovsky and Eisentein and Charlie Chaplin...I guess that would be for the top 100 films.

2001: A Space Odyssey
A Bout de Souffle
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Alien
All About Eve
Apartment, The
Apocalypse Now
Badlands
Black Narcissus
Boyz N the Hood
Brazil
Breakfast Club, The
Cabaret
Chinatown
City of God
Come and See
Dawn of the Dead
Donnie Darko
Erin Brockovich
Fanny and Alexander
Fight Club
Heavenly Creatures
Hero
Ipcress File, The
King of Comedy, The
Ladykillers, The
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Lost in Translation
Manhattan
Manhunter
Mulholland Drive
Night at the Opera
North by Northwest
Pink Flamingos
Player, The
Princess Mononoke
Pulp Fiction
Raising Arizona
Royal Tenenbaums, The
Scarface
Searchers, The
Secrets and Lies
Sexy Beast
Shawshank Redemption, The
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
This Sporting Life
Three Colours Blue
Touch of Evil
Trainspotting
Walkabout