My feed
Premium

Please
or
to access all these features

Films

What are your top ten films of all times?

63 replies

earlgreyplease · 15/09/2012 18:45

Have managed to miss virtually all films ever produced over the years not to mention not having seen all the best classics......am trying to catch up.....so need to make a long list!! Would love your input

OP posts:
Report
Mintyy · 15/09/2012 18:48

Raising Arizona
This Is Spinal Tap
Withnail & I
Rear Window
West Side Story
Pulp Fiction
Fargo
The Towering Inferno
Edward Scissorhands
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Report
gymboywalton · 15/09/2012 18:50

oooh..hard!!! so many good ones!!


erm..not in any order..

etre et avoir
manhattan
it's a wonderful life
scrooge the musical
my big fat greek wedding
brief encounter[sob]


i am now going to think over my remaining four...

Report
ThePieWhoLovedMe · 16/09/2012 08:46

Shawshank Redemption
Kill bill x2
Usual suspects
Fight club
Butterfly effect
Sin City
Kick-ass
The green Mile
Pulp Fiction

Report
hugandroll · 16/09/2012 09:56

Shawshank redemption
Donnie darko
We were soldiers
Usual suspects
The green mile
Se7en
We need to talk about kevin
Silence of the lambs
Underworld (cheating because all of them I am counting as one)
Reservoir dogs

Report
ThePieWhoLovedMe · 16/09/2012 19:42

Loving your films Hugs !! Forgot about Se7en & SotL !!

Report
hugandroll · 16/09/2012 21:14

Thanks pie I love all of yours too, kick ass is amazing, just not in my top 10, prob in my top 20 though!

Report
totallyfrazzled · 16/09/2012 21:54

There's a Girl in My Soup
Somethings Gotta Give
Sophie's Choice
The Deer Hunter
Strange Days
High Society
Hannah and Her Sisters (Most Woody Allens actually!)
Gosford Park
The Great Gatsby
Au Revoir Les Enfants

Report
FrankieMyDearIDontGiveADamn · 16/09/2012 22:16

Hmmm...


Hero (Tarrentino)
House of Flying Daggers.
Millennium Trilogy Hmm
The Piano.
The Secretary.
Alice In Wonderland (Nick Willing or Tim Burton's)
Fight Club.
Inglorious Basterds.
Crank.
Oh Brother Where Art Thou?

Smile

Report
RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 16/09/2012 22:19

Okay - top one is the top but the others are in no particular order:

The Breakfast Club
The Wedding Singer
Breakfast At Tiffany's
Clueless
Nottinghill
About A Boy
Priscilla Queen Of The Desert
Pride And Prejudice (with KK)
Emma (with Kate Beckinsale)
The Princess Bride

Report
joanofarchitrave · 16/09/2012 22:24

Different top ten for different purposes, but:

All The President's Men
Amadeus
Danton
Persuasion (the BBC/Amanda Root/Ciaran Hinds version)
Rear Window
The Lady Vanishes
My Cousin Vinny
Splash
Le Nozze di Figaro (70s version with Mirella Freni as Susanna)
The Wicker Man

Now will go and read other people's.

Report
joanofarchitrave · 16/09/2012 22:26

Different top ten for different purposes, but:

All The President's Men
Amadeus
Danton
Persuasion (the BBC/Amanda Root/Ciaran Hinds version)
Rear Window
The Lady Vanishes
My Cousin Vinny
Splash
Le Nozze di Figaro (70s version with Mirella Freni as Susanna)
The Wicker Man

Now will go and read other people's.

Report
joanofarchitrave · 16/09/2012 22:26

Aargh, sorry!

Report
Francagoestohollywood · 16/09/2012 22:30

My list changes all the time. Tonight I will say:

Stand by me
The white nights by Luchino Visconti
Monty Python and the meaning of life
The Descendants
Pulp Fiction
L'uomo che verra'
Young Frankenstein
Il giardino dei Finzi Contini
Star Wars
Carlito's way

Report
Binfullofmaggotsonthe45 · 16/09/2012 22:31

Serious mood:
Magnolia
Live Flesh
Irreversible
Tricolour Blue
Consider the Lilies
Amistad
Amelie
The Godfather
Ivans XTC
Tricolour White

Report
Francagoestohollywood · 16/09/2012 22:32

And I have realised that I didn't include any Woody Allen's, and I love all his movies.

Report
joanofarchitrave · 16/09/2012 22:37

Oh I'd forgotten Hannah and her Sisters.

Report
Binfullofmaggotsonthe45 · 16/09/2012 22:38

Trashy mood:
Star Wars
My Cousin Vinny
Robocop
Fargo
Minority Report
Rocky III & IV
Intolerable Cruelty
School for Scoundrels (original)
The Italian Job (original)
Casino Royale

Report
GusTheOneEyedPolarBear · 16/09/2012 22:48

Probably changes depending on my mood, but for now in no particular order

Monty Python and the search for the holy grail
Beetlejuice
Anchorman - the legend or ron burgandy
drop dead fred
Sense and sensibility
Robin Hood Prince of thieves
Rocky horror picture show
Star trek 2 the wrath of Kahn
Sweeney Todd Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (stars Steve Martin and Michael Cain, worth a watch)

Report
MrsWembley · 16/09/2012 22:51

Well, we'll start with All The President's Men and A Princess Bride...

Report
MrsWembley · 16/09/2012 22:52

Sorry, that should have been The Princess BrideBlush

Report
MrsWembley · 16/09/2012 22:57

West Side Story...

Report
MrsWembley · 16/09/2012 22:58

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (The Best Children's Film Ever)

Report

Don’t want to miss threads like this?

Weekly

Sign up to our weekly round up and get all the best threads sent straight to your inbox!

Log in to update your newsletter preferences.

You've subscribed!

MrsWembley · 16/09/2012 22:59

Oh, and An Affair To Remember (except for the songs - dire!)

Report
TheDoctrineOfSnatch · 16/09/2012 23:00

There's a movie reviews topic? Wow!

Will have to think about the question...

Report
MrsWembley · 16/09/2012 23:04

This Is Spinal Tap...

Report
Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.