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 The Dark Knight

2.       Shawshank Redemption

3.       Interstellar

4.       The Prestige

5.       Inception

6.       Matrix

7.       Fight Club

8.       Pulp Fiction

9.       Forest Gump

1.       Terminator 2 : Judgement Day

2.       Snatch

3.       Lock Stock and the two smoking Barrels

4.       Memento

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.       The Wolf of Wall street

6.       Clockwork Orange

7.       Scarface

8.      Alien

9.     2001 : A Space Odyssay

10.   Star Trek 2009

11.   Warcraft: The Beginning

 
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#3 Interstellar ??? REALLY ???

Shawshank Redemption an excellent selection @ #2. a number of movie sites rate it THE best picture of all time even over The Godfather and Citizen Kane

my top ten dramas

The Godfather Epic Coppola's "directors cut" which is the chronological telling of the story with the 1st part Robert De Niro as Young Vito Corleone from Godfather II then the original Godfather with the ending being Al Pacino as Michael Corleone as Godfather from Godfather II

Citizen Kane (1941)

Casablanca (1942)

The Right Stuff (1983)

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Alien (1979)

Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

The Professional (1994)

Live and Let Die (1973)

The Equalizer (2014)

top five comedies

What's Up, Doc? (1972)

Let it Ride (1989)

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

Slap Shot (1977)

The Producers (1968)

these are the movies I can watch over and over and NOT get bored



 
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OOPS!!! forgot to add Snatch (2000) in comedies. gotta be THE funniest crime themed movie EVER
 
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i don't see the usual suspects anywhere in this thread.  why is that?
 
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Quote Originally Posted by ClubDirt:

i don't see the usual suspects anywhere in this thread.  why is that?


The Usual Suspects (1995) an excellent crime-mystery drama with an outstanding cast. Kevin Spacey with a Best Supporting Actor Oscar along with and Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. I rated it of four when reviewed. yet another movie I can watch over and over
 
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Rink---In the comedy category---no love for "Airplane?"  That's one I can watch over and over.
 
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Rink---In the comedy category---no love for "Airplane?"  That's one I can watch over and over.


NOT a big fan of Airplane (1980) or other Leslie Nielsen "stupid funny" comedies although in a survey in the UK it was judged the second greatest comedy film of all time, after Monty Python's Life of Brian. DOES have one of the all time great laugh lines in a movie, though >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM2K7sV-K74
 
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Quote Originally Posted by LeRinkRat:

#3 Interstellar ??? REALLY ???

Shawshank Redemption an excellent selection @ #2. a number of movie sites rate it THE best picture of all time even over The Godfather and Citizen Kane

my top ten dramas

The Godfather Epic Coppola's "directors cut" which is the chronological telling of the story with the 1st part Robert De Niro as Young Vito Corleone from Godfather II then the original Godfather with the ending being Al Pacino as Michael Corleone as Godfather from Godfather II

Citizen Kane (1941)

Casablanca (1942)

The Right Stuff (1983)

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Alien (1979)

Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

The Professional (1994)

Live and Let Die (1973)

The Equalizer (2014)

top five comedies

What's Up, Doc? (1972)

Let it Ride (1989)

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

Slap Shot (1977)

The Producers (1968)

these are the movies I can watch over and over and NOT get bored



I gotta put Aliens above Alien 
 
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Quote Originally Posted by TRAIN69:

I gotta put Aliens above Alien 


Aliens definitely with more "action" BUT when the Mrs and I saw the original Alien back in 1979, it was THE most suspenseful movie we had EVER seen. just one "heart stopping" scene after another. I think Ridley Scott's "trick" was NOT ever really showing the whole "xenomorph" until the end of the movie and that made it even more scary
 
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Such a personal thing.  I'd have to have Patton on any list.  Probably the Bridge on the River Kwai as well.  Would also have to give serious consideration to:
Rear Window,
Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and
Memento. 
Godfather 1 and 2. 
Goodfellas. 
Platoon?  Apocalypse Now?
JFK is a great film, except it makes a lot of stuff up. 
Gone with the Wind.
True Grit.
Red River is one of the best films ever, until the last 15 minutes, which rather undoes all that came before.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by LeRinkRat:



NOT a big fan of Airplane (1980) or other Leslie Nielsen "stupid funny" comedies although in a survey in the UK it was judged the second greatest comedy film of all time, after Monty Python's Life of Brian. DOES have one of the all time great laugh lines in a movie, though >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM2K7sV-K74



Going from one extreme to another----where do you rate " Deer Hunter? "
 
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 It's tough to pick.......lot of good ones from the past.

 "Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid"

 "The Sting"

 "LA Confidential"

 "Jaws"

 "48 hours"

 "Planes, Trains, & Automobiles"

 "Caddyshack"

 "Field of Dreams"

 "Saving Private Ryan"

 "The African Queen"

 "Raiders of the Lost Ark"

 "Animal House"

 "Goldfinger"

 "The Hustler"

 "Cool Hand Luke"

 "The Dirty Dozen"

 Too many to just narrow it down to 10.
 
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LeRinkRat

they are in no particular order man, i wrote it but i think it got lost since i had do delete something cause of long thread or something.

but yes, Interstellar is an amazing movie, if you watched it once, try watching it again, but focus on music, photography and acting
 
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Quote Originally Posted by THEMUGG:

 It's tough to pick.......lot of good ones from the past.

 "Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid"

 "The Sting"

 "LA Confidential"

 "Jaws"

 "48 hours"

 "Planes, Trains, & Automobiles"

 "Caddyshack"

 "Field of Dreams"

 "Saving Private Ryan"

 "The African Queen"

 "Raiders of the Lost Ark"

 "Animal House"

 "Goldfinger"

 "The Hustler"

 "Cool Hand Luke"

 "The Dirty Dozen"

 Too many to just narrow it down to 10.

Pretty difficult to question any of those picks. 
 
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Thin Red Line
Goodfellas
The Deep
The Shinning
The Sting
Planet Of The Apes org movie 70's.
Live And Die In LA
Apoc Now
Alien !
Mutiny On The Bounty.

Bonus: The Final Countdown.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by 1129ken:




Going from one extreme to another----where do you rate " Deer Hunter? "

It's #1 on my list 
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest 
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Quote Originally Posted by Hugh_Jorgan:


It's #1 on my list 


Thought it was amazingly well done, but for the longest time I couldn't bring myself to watch it again.  
 
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ahh....great lists all of these guys.
Mad Skills I see by your list that you are not only enamored with action flicks, but a wide array of drama's as well.
Unless youve already seen it, checkout  Daniel Day Lewis Epic film
There will be Blood.



 
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Casablanca and Mary Poppins were the first two that entered my mind. Others? Eight Men Out, Owning Mahowny , The Sting, The Alamo, Godfather I & II., The Dark Knight, 12 Years a Slave, Singing in the Rain, Titanic, Saturday's Hero, The day The Earth Stood Still (1951), The Wizard of Oz, The Graduate, A hard Day's Night, The Terminator 1, All that Jazz, The reincarnation of Peter Proud and Beauty and the Beast.
 
 
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Shawshank Redemption is a very nice movie. One of the greatest movies ever made. 

I'd like to add Hannibal Rising in the list. 
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