Top Ten Films

[Brooklyn]

difficult to create an honorable mention list but here it goes ...


Safety Last - Harold Lloyd [1923]

Hills of Kentucky - Rin Tin Tin [1927]

Dracula - Lugosi [1931]

Last Days of Pompeii - Preston Foster [1935]

Great Dictator - Charlie Chaplin [1940]

Devil & Daniel Webster - Edward Arnold & Walter Huston [1941]

Body & Soul - John Garfield [1947]

Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein - [1948]

The Searchers - John Wayne [1956]

Dr Zhivago - Omar Sharif [1965]



all really good stuff

[DMac]

Omar & Julie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaHPjT_GDm0

[Brooklyn]

Omar & Julie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaHPjT_GDm0

there are many great things you can say about that classic - for me the highlight was the great work by Rod Steiger in portraying the evil Viktor Komarovsky

[dislaxxic]

+1

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[seacoaster]

Chariots of Fire.

Saving Private Ryan.

Godfather and Godfather Part II.

[youthathletics]

12 Strong -- the best modern war flick since Blackhawk Down (also from Bruckheimer, same authentic docudrama style).

The remarkable true story * of the Horse Soldiers of US Army Special Forces Team ODA 595. They were the first into Afghanistan, on their own, less than a month after 911. They teamed up with the Northern Alliance, directed US airstrikes, took Mazar i Sharif in 3 weeks, & paved the way for the rout of the Taliban.

* It took just a few months for American and Afghan forces to defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan; thus ousting them from power. The actions of the ODA 595 helped lay the groundwork for that victory. Like in the 12 Strong movie, the real Horse Soldiers were able to liberate Afghanistan's fourth largest city, Mazar-i-Sharif, in just three weeks. Mazar-i-Sharif was the stronghold for the Taliban's northern force and once liberated, the northern provinces quickly fell. From there, American and Afghan forces would liberate Kabul in the east, Herat in the west, Kandahar in the south, and Jalalabad, resulting in the Afghan forces taking control of the country from the Taliban. In all, less than 100 Special Forces soldiers toppled the Taliban government. Military historians have called it one of the most successful unconventional warfare campaigns in U.S. history. -Legion of Brothers

Reairs on Cinemax, Mon 9/17.

Watched this last night with the wife. we really enjoyed it. Was not much a fan of the lead actor at first...just felt too rigid almost "b" movie-ish, but it subsided. Had to stay up for awhile afterwards to settle down.

[Typical Lax Dad]

Another Ten (eleven) that I really liked:

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Before The Devil Knows You're Dead
Deer Hunter
Sunshine
I Saw The Devil (Korean)
13 Assassins (1963 Japanese)
The Professional
Killing Fields
48 Hours
Once Upon A Time In America
Tell No One (French)

[2Pontificate]

First film to make me cry - Old Yeller
The first and only film to give me nightmares - The Fly (1958, Vincent Price)
My favorite cougar, Mrs. Robinson, and favorite movie song (obviously, Mrs. Robinson) - The Graduate

[Cooter]

Top Ten All Time for Dislaxxic

(Well, for today, anyhoo... )

10. The Birds
9. Cat Ballou
8. Alien
7. Swiss Family Robinson (Childhood Fav)
6. Avatar (for the groundbreaking visuals)
5. The Terminator
4. Take The Money and Run
3. Shakespeare In Love
2. The Godfather
1. Little Big Man

Notice a pattern??

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Hillaryious that we both have Little Big Man up there......and Take the Money and Run.......notice a pattern

I watched Little Big Man a week or so ago. I wasn't very impressed with it.
I think if I were rating it on IMDB that I would give it a 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 - which means I don't ever want to bother watching it again.

[runrussellrun]

Top Ten All Time for Dislaxxic

(Well, for today, anyhoo... )

10. The Birds
9. Cat Ballou
8. Alien
7. Swiss Family Robinson (Childhood Fav)
6. Avatar (for the groundbreaking visuals)
5. The Terminator
4. Take The Money and Run
3. Shakespeare In Love
2. The Godfather
1. Little Big Man

Notice a pattern??

..

Hillaryious that we both have Little Big Man up there......and Take the Money and Run.......notice a pattern

I watched Little Big Man a week or so ago. I wasn't very impressed with it.
I think if I were rating it on IMDB that I would give it a 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 - which means I don't ever want to bother watching it again.

Lots of movies don't hold up, but, I still think lil big man is a fun watch, with historical tones.

[Farfromgeneva]

Harold and Maude
North by northwest
Dr Strangelove
gangs of New York
Unbearable lightness of being
Caddy shack (cliche but still fng great)
Seven psychopaths
snatch

[Cooter]

I tend to be an old movie buff, the TCM type. I haven't got myself up to 10 yet but here is 6 I like a lot:
Casablanca (1942) - Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman with an excellent supporting cast - things just come together in this movie.
Notorious (1946) - Ingrid Bergman again, but with Cary Grant after the war, dealing with some Nazis.
Roman Holiday (1953) - A fun movie, Audrey Hepburn's coming out movie. Gregory Peck and Eddie Arnold also star. Filmed in Rome.
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) - Gregory Peck in a more serious drama
Pygmalion (1938) - Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller in George B. Shaw's play
Red Badge of Courage (1951) - Civil War - Audie Murphy.

[SCLaxAttack]

Cooter’s inclusion of Roman Holiday got me thinking. Most of these would never get on any critic’s list of greatest movies, but if I had a week to live and had to watch one movie on each of those days, these are the ones I’d choose. In no particular order:
Roman Holiday
Field of Dreams
Schindler’s List
The Godfather
The Sound of Music
Miracle on 34th Street
Apollo 13

[Matnum PI]

Top Ten Films lists are subjective So, to create context for this list, I am also listing the traits that are most common to what I deem to be the year’s Top Films.

1- Screenplay – Far and away, the screenplay is critical. There are exceptions to this rule. But the rule is that a Top Film needs a great screenplay.
2- Acting – Layered on top of the screenplay is the performances of the actors.
3- Other – Though nowhere near as important as a film’s screenplay or acting performances, there are numerous other factors that can make a good film great or a great film even better. These other factors include cinematography, music, costumes, make-up, special effects, and more.
With this said…

2019 Top Ten Films
1- Joker
2- Arctic
3- The Two Popes
4- Little Women
5- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
6- A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
7- Marriage Story
8- Knives Out
9- Hidden Life
10- Peanut Butter Falcon and JoJo Rabbit
Honorable Mention: Uncut Gems

[johnnyonthegunpowder]

Best of the decade
In no order other than
1. Tree of Life
2. Melancholia
Mud
Professor and The Madman
Interstellar
The Town
The Dawn Wall
Her
Abundant Acreage Available
Whiplash

Honorable Mention
A Star is Born
Birdman
The Martian
Silence
13 Hours
Drive

Something Out of Nothing
Sully

Worst Movies There are obviously alot of bad movies, but I can tell by the trailer that they will be awful, these slipped through the cracks
20th Century Women
Miss Sloane

Best Director
Malick/Duplass Bros.

[Matnum PI]

I also liked Tree of Life and... Need to look into several of your choices. Thank you.

I liked 20th Century Women but whatever.

[johnnyonthegunpowder]

Lol, it's all so subjective; I might like a movie one day and hate it another. I'm sure I've left so much off the list, and I haven't seen Joker or A Hidden Life yet, but looking forward to both. Had to edit to add Her in there. I never would've put The Town on there, but I watched it last week after seeing it in the theatre years ago, and I was so impressed with how cohesive and enthralling it was. Affleck is impressive. Peter Butter Falcon is a hidden gem of a flick.

[Matnum PI]

Just added Jojo Rabbit to my list. It's very good.

[Matnum PI]

2019 NY Film Critics Circle Awards

[Matnum PI]

1917 is an undeniably good film (Period) ...based primarily on attempting and accomplishing something technically difficult. So if you evaluate your films like judges evaluate a gymnast (like the Golden Globes seemingly did), you'll like the film.