techinicaly it isnt a movie forum until there is a top ten movies list thread so here it is.

1. braveheart
2. wo hu cang long (crouching tiger hidden dragon)
3. memento

and the rest in no particular order

ran
seven samurai
the fellowship of the ring (extended version)
black hawk down
shenmue
les miserables
brain donors

Braveheart #1?

yeah. you got a problem with that?!
(breaks beer bottle)

makeitstop, you made some good choices adding "Memento" and the "Fellowship of the Ring" in there. I haven't seen the other movies I'm afraid.

I don't have a particular Top Ten list, but here are some movies I like:

Beauty & the Beast, Memento, LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring, LOTR: The Two Towers, American History X, The Shawshank Redemption, Fight Club.

There's loads more, I'll add them if I think them worthy.

Oh yeah, My Girl.

By the way, makeitstop, what are your thoughts on The Two Towers?

sadly I have not yet been able to see it. the reason why is complicated so I will just say it involves a girl, a conspiracy, otherworldly forces and maybe the yakuza (but you didnt hear it from me) but hopefully I will soon be able to overcome this dillema and see the two towers. I already know it will be great. at least it must be better than the book which was missing the last few pages when I read it anyway I cant wait.

When you do see it, it'll be even better, cos you've waited so long. Anyway, I hope it works out with the girl and the yakuza soon.

Saving Private Ryan
Unbreakable
Forrest Gump
LOTR Fellowship
Schinder's List

honorable mention
Memento
Gladiator
Remember the Titans
Braveheart

Why?

i agree with you emma....

I found Unbreakable a bit of a let down... A lot of build up and in my opinion a rather poor ending! Still a good movie...

Unbreakable is kind of a love-hate movie. You are one of the bunch that hate it, i personally LOVE it. The imagrey was fantastic, which is caused by the wonderful art and color. If you watch it more in dpeth, you can see that is was very well done.

I didn't hate it, but then again I didn't particularly like it either.

you just have to watch it more closely is what i'm saying. See it a few times.

my problem with ubreakable is that it was advertised as the next big supernatural thriller. but it was relly just about comic books. I could have enjoyed (a little) if I hadnt been lied to by a bunch of low life advertising executives.

thats exactly what it was, a comic book put into a movie.

Braveheart is good although i still find it difficult having American actors playing historical figgures successfully and i believe this film does not make the common mistake of having a foreign actor that sounds so foreign, like that Richard Gere, robin hood film (he could have at least acted English).

i believe they made all the right choices with the casting, especially with Mel Gibson, although we was the directoor also...

yeah i agree,

I also believe that they made the right more in the Richard Lionheart (can never remember his name) and for his army aswell. Although i did kinda feel that some parts where made to be more interesting, for example the meeting with William Wallace and the French Princess.

My Fav Movies

1. Lord of the Rings:The Two Towers
2. XXX
3. The Others
4. 10 Things I Hate About You
5. Minority Report

Oh my God, I love that movie!!!

Teen movie or not, it's really really sweet, and Heath Ledger is so lovely in it!

all teen movies should be collected and burned in a massive orgy of destruction

Hve you seen 10 Things I Hate About You?

Battle Royale
Snatch
Lock, Stock, and 2 Smoking Barrels
Romey and Michelle's High School Reunion
Minority Report
To Kill a Mocking Bird
Pearl Harbor

finally...someone who agrees with me about minority report

IT WAS GUFF

that's a decent list........but Highschool reunion doesn't belong anywhere near this thread

Well... Romey and Michelle's Highschool Reunion was my favorite movie, so I just had to put it.

And anomaly, Minority Report has to be the best move Tom Cruise has ever played in.

10. Empire Strikes Back - For the movie itself, what can I say about it that hasn't already been said?
Instead, I'll just relay my opinion on the experience of this film.
This was back when movies would stay in theatres, not for weeks at a time, but for months.
I think that, on the majority, audiences today have been so desensitized from so-so blockbusters being released every other week-end, that they will never get to experience the feeling a big movie-event like Star Wars. The year of Empire was one of my fave summers ever as a kid. It was really cool knowing that I could hop on the city bus at any point during the season & go watch TESB. And every time that I did, the other audience members were just as excited to be seeing this film at the end of the summer as they were at the beginning. Every year that one of the 3 original films was released, you could not only feel the power of the "Force" within the air, but also, you could feel it in the air all season long.

9. Ghandi - The British Empire, humbled via one man & the power of peaceful resistance.
Nuff said.

8. House Of Flying Daggers - Growing up, it always frustrated me whenever the majority of big budget action flicks or martial arts movies of the time often seemed to sacrifice on story to make room for the big bangs & the action effects. It was generally said, that in these types of movies, you couldn't really have both. And I was one those kids who always asked "Why not?"
And then came the House Of Flying Daggers. And with it's beatufil story of love & intrigue, combined with lavish costumes, great performances & unique individually themed action sequences, it seemed to asked the very same question.

7. Raiders Of The Lost Ark - Best action/adventure film ever.

6. Good Will Hunting - I'm surprised that after this Oscar-winning script, Damon & Affleck haven't more for Hollywood.

5. Goodfellas - You just can't beat this gangster movie for charismatic energy. Scorcese pays close attention to the minute details that the mafia engage in for the sake of maintaining the lifestyle that they have become accustomed to. And then director shows how that type of self-contained lifestyle can only eventually crumble as the outside world continually changes & evolves.


4. Aliens - This movie has everything that I look forward to in a sci-fi adventure. Suspenseful action, solid story, distinct characters (with great chemistry) , great visuals, kick-ass aliens, a turning plot-twist ( we all thought for sure, that Bishop couldn't be trusted), & of course, a catch-phrase that made the entire theatre roar (" Get away from her, you bitch!").

Mannnn.... I wish I had acid for blood.

3. Close Encounters Of The 3rd. Kind - For me, the most realistic handling of a story of aliens ( inspiring films like Contact & Signs which tried admirably to emulate), that it made it almost believable for me that extra-terrestrials do exist. Also, it was done with such a sense of awe-inspiring hope & elegant beauty, that it almost made me wish that they did indeed exist( & maybe aliens do, but that's an entirely different website, altogether).

Mannnn.... I wish a UFO would come down & fly me away into the limitless potential of space.
(Sans anal-probes, of course.)

2. Superman - Yep. The fact that this #2 of my favorite movies ever is evidence that I am a huge comicbook nerd. And since admitting that usually doesn't garner much respect, I only expect the best when a project interprets my favorite medium up on the big screen. We comicbook fans don't need any more ammunition to makes us seem any more goofy. We can do that all by ourselves. ALL by ourselves.
And no matter what anyone says, this is the original gangsta of superheroes. So it is only fitting that the last son of Krypton's big-budget movie debut should turn out to be the one that all other comic-book based superhero movies must be measured by. And while I know that this movie does have it's dated flaws, it was, just like the character whom it portrayed, the one that started on how epic the idea of a superhero could truly be.

1. The Godfather - I could go on & on with why I agree with so many people of why this is such a great movie, but instead, I'll do a top ten within a top ten.
Top 10 reasons why I like the Godfather:

10. The late great John Cazale.
9. Marlon Brando is back with a performance uniquely his own.
8. James Caan. IMO, his best performance ever & the best character in the movie.
7. All the "oranges=death/violent act" scenes.
6. Apollonia!!!
5. Vito Corleone's "...And that I do not forgive" speech during the meeting of the criminal masterminds.
4. Lines like "Sleeping with the fishes" or " Time to take out the mattresses", phrases that have since become part of popular culture.
3. Sonny's death scene.
2. The theme song.
1. Francis Ford Coppola's masterful use of foreshadowing.
Example:When Luca Brasi ( the guy who ends up sleeping with the fishes) goes to make a deal with the rival crime-family, he walks thru a glass door that leads to the bar where he will meet his end. As the door closes, the scene is shot looking at Luca from behind, setting up the shot to so that you will notice fish designs that have been engraved into the glass & give the impression that they are surrounding Luca's body.
Awesome.
Simply awesome.