Personal Favourites

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AFlickering
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Re: Personal Favourites

Post by AFlickering »

1. no country for old men (coen brothers, 2007)
2. aguirre: the wrath of god (herzog, 1972)
3. mulholland drive (lynch, 2001)
4. dead ringers (cronenberg, 1988)
5. eyes wide shut (kubrick, 1999)
6. perfect blue (kon, 1998)
7. the long goodbye (altman, 1973)
8. stalker (tarkovsky, 1979)
9. the passenger (antonioni, 1975)
10. hana-bi (kitano, 1997)

still haven't seen a billion classics though

doctor7
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Re: Personal Favourites

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1) Touch of Evil
2) Yojimbo
3) Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
4) Kingdom of Heaven (Director's Cut)
5) Tommy Boy
6) The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
7) Black Hawk Down
8) The Life of Brian
9) Blazing Saddles
10) Man on Fire

NoSex
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Re: Personal Favourites

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for now, whatever:

1. The Blair Witch Project (Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sanchez, 1999)
2. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (David Lynch, 1992)
3. Possession (Andrzej Zulawski, 1981)
4. Videodrome (David Cronenberg, 1983)
5. Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (William Greaves, 1968)
6. Blue Velvet (David Lynch, 1986)
7. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (Sergio Leone, 1966)
8. The Hour of the Wolf (Ingmar Bergman, 1968)
9. La Dolce Vita (Federico Fellini, 1960)
10. Night of the Living Dead (George A. Romero, 1968)
11. Annie Hall (Woody Allen, 1977)
12. The Thin Blue Line (Errol Morris, 1988)
13. Week End (Jean-Luc Godard, 1967)
14. Gummo (Harmony Korine, 1997)
15. Straw Dogs (Sam Peckinpah, 1971)
16. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (Tim Burton, 1985)
17. A Nightmare on Elm Street (Wes Craven, 1984)
18. The Forbidden Zone (Richard Elfman, 1980)
19. Beyond The Valley of the Dolls (Russ Meyer, 1970)
20. Magnifique, Le (Philippe de Broca, 1973)

Bojangles
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Re: Personal Favourites

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The Thin Red Line (1998)
JFK (1991)
Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
Heat (1995)
Bottle Rocket (1996)
The King of Comedy (1983)

Katya
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Re: Personal Favourites

Post by Katya »

1. Come and See (1985) - perfect...
2. The Godfather Part I and II (1972, 1974)
3. 3-Iron (2004)
4. Brazil (1985)
5. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) - I'm really sensitive about this movie. Last year, one of my friends watched this and said "So what, it wasn't funny at all?". I was so pissed off that we had a long argument just because of this.
6. Ivan's Childhood (1962)
7. Underground (1995)
8. There Will Be Blood (2007)
9. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
10. The Fountain (2006)
11. My Sassy Girl (2001)
12. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
13. Freaks (1932)
14. Memories of Murder (2003)
15. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
16. House of Flying Daggers (2004)
17. The Seventh Seal (1957)
18. A Night at the Roxbury (1998) - Most people hate this but I laugh everytime I watch.
19. The Descent (2005)
20. Carrie (1976)

theficionado
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Re: Personal Favourites

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1. Children of Men (Cuaron, 2005)
2. 3-Iron (Kim, 2004)
3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Gilliam & Jones, 1976)
4. Fargo (Coens, 1996)
5. Oldboy (Park, 2004)
6. Walkabout (Roeg, 1971)
7. Play Time (Tati, 1967)
8. Viridiana (Bunuel, 1961)
9. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Fassbinder, 1974)
10. Save the Green Planet! (Jang, 2003)

Honorable mention to Aguirre and anything scribed by Charlie Kaufman.

Not sure what it is about the last decade of Korean film, but apparently it tends to really hit me in the gut.

MmzHrrdb
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Re: Personal Favourites

Post by MmzHrrdb »

Updated list:

43. “Chicago” (Rob Marshall, 2002)
42. “The Little Mermaid” (Ron Clements & John Musker, 1989)
41. “Lilo and Stitch” (Chris Sanders & Dean Deblois, 2002)
40. “The Sixth Sense” (M. Night Shyamalan, 1999)
39. “Dawn of the Dead” (George Romero, 1978)
38. “Welcome to the Jungle” (Jonathon Hensleigh, 2007)
37. “Lady and the Tramp” (Clyde Geronimi & Wilfred Jackson & Hamilton Luske, 1955)
36. “The Wizard of Oz” (Victor Fleming, 1939)
35. “[rec]” (Jaume Balagueró & Paco Plaza, 2007)
34. “The Princess Bride” (Rob Reiner, 1989)
33. "Dead Man's Shoes" (Shane Meadows, 2004)
32. “The Last House on the Left” (Wes Craven, 1972)
31. “The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad” (David Zucker, 1988)
30. “Once Were Warriors” (Lee Tamahori, 1994)
29. “The Descent” (Neil Marshall, 2005)
28. “The Long Kiss Goodnight” (Renny Harlin, 1996)
27. “Airplane!” (David Zucker & Jerry Zucker & Jim Abrahams, 1980)
26. “Ed Wood” (Tim Burton, 1994)
25. “Deliverance” (John Boorman, 1972)
24. "2001: A Space Odyssey" (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
23. “Mysterious Skin” (Gregg Araki, 2004)
22. “Eyes Wide Shut” (Stanley Kubrick, 1999)
21. “Open Water” (Chris Kentis, 2003)
20. “Cube” (Vincenzo Natali, 1997)
19. “Psycho” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)
18. “The Evil Dead” (Sam Raimi, 1981)
17. “The Exorcist” (William Friedkin, 1973)
16. “Grimm Love” (Martin Weisz, 2006)
15. “Irreversible” (Gaspar Noe, 2002)
14. “A Clockwork Orange” (Stanley Kubrick, 1972)
13. “Million Dollar Baby” (Clint Eastwood, 2004)
12. “28 Days Later” (Danny Boyle, 2002)
11. “Mulholland Drive” (David Lynch, 2001)
10. “May” (Lucky McKee, 2002)
9. “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” (Tobe Hooper, 1974)
8. “Suspiria” (Dario Argento, 1977)
7. “Session 9” (Brad Anderson, 2001)
6. “The Shawshank Redemption” (Frank Darabont, 1994)
5. “The Blair Witch Project” (Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sanchez, 1999)
4. “Kill Bill” (Quentin Tarantino, 2003)
3. “The Lion King” (Rob Minkoff & Roger Allers, 1994)
2. “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” (Jim Sharman, 1975)
1. "Un Chant D'amour" (Jean Genet, 1950)
Last edited by MmzHrrdb on Wed Jan 21, 2009 12:45 pm, edited 4 times in total.

losrasputin
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Re: Personal Favourites

Post by losrasputin »

1. Seul contre tous (Noé, 1998)
2. Walkabout (Roeg, 1971)
3. O Lucky Man! (Anderson, 1973)
4. Innocence (Hadzihalilovic, 2004)
5. Kes (Loach, 1969)
6. Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (Herzog, 1972)
7. Living (Zwartjes, 1971)
8. Falling Down (Schumacher, 1993)
9. C'era una volta il West (Leone, 1968)
10. Our Relations (Lachman, 1936)

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