**Pie and Bovril's Top 100 Films of All Time**

[Bully Wee Villa]

1. The Godfather

2. The Godfather Part II

3. Goodfellas

4. Monty Python's Life of Brian

5. Monty Python's Holy Grail

6. Pulp Fiction

7. My Cousin Vinny

8. 2001 : A Space Odyssey

9. The Shining

10. Battle Royale

[BillyAnchor]

1. Local hero

2. the Long good Friday

3. So I married an axe murderer

4. Zulu

5. Prisoner on 2nd Avenue

6. Planes trains and automobiles

7. My blue heaven

8. Trainspotting

9. 24 hour party people

10. My name is Joe

 

[Jupiter Jazz]

The Master (2012)

No Country For Old Men (2007)

The Long Goodbye (1973)

In Bruges (2008)

Fargo (1996)

Inherent Vice (2014)

Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Barry Lyndon (1975)

Paper Moon (1973)

Sideways (2004)

Edited December 29, 2022 by Jupiter Jazz

[Swordfishtrombone]

1-A Matter Of Life And Death

2-LA Confidential

3-The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp

4-In Bruges

5-The Conversation

6-Midnight Run

7-Die Hard

8-Rocky 4

9-The Ladykillers(the original)

10-Double Indemnity 

[MrWorldwideJr]

12 hours ago, BFTD said:

The Usual Suspects seems to have been re-evaluated in recent years. Folk who don't like it claim it's garbage because it gives the illusion of being a smart thriller with a clever twist ending, but hate it because there are basically no hints about the twist before it lands, and in retrospect it basically amounts to

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a bunch of people turning up dead on a boat, with an unknown survivor reeling off an entirely manufactured story, before being released right before the interrogator realises that not a word of it was true. We don't even know who Pete Postlethwaite and Kevin Spacey are playing in the final shots.

Personally, I've no problem with that; it's a thoroughly enjoyable film due to the way it's told, rather than because of the story, which is a bit meta. It's better than Sex and the City 2, so I'll add it to the bottom of my list for now.

Also, Bryan Singer and Kevin Spacey have repeatedly been accused of sex crimes over the past fifteen years or more, along with generally being unpleasant douchebags, so that may well have had an effect on the film's legacy.

I think also, for the younger generation who are watching the film for the first time now, the twist is just a part of popular culture.

So you already know what is going to happen going in, which definitely took something away from the film for me. Similar for The Sixth Sense.

[capt_oats]

Definitely favourite rather than best;

1. When Harry Met Sally - dir. Rob Reiner (1988)
2. Kicking and Screaming - dir. Noah Baumbach (1995)
3. Back To The Future - dir. Robert Zemeckis (1985)
4. Raiders of The Lost Ark - dir. Steven Spielberg (1981)
5. The Empire Strikes Back - dir. Irvin Kershner (1980)
6. The Godfather Pt. II - dir. Francis Ford Coppola (1974)
7. Gregory's Girl - dir. Bill Forsyth (1981)
8. Beautiful Girls - dir. Ted Demme (1996)
9. Before Sunrise - dir. Richard Linklater (1995)
10. Say Anything - dir. Cameron Crowe (1989)

Edited December 19, 2022 by capt_oats

[jagfox]

Pulp Fiction

Midnight Run

First Blood

Mad Max 2

Empire Strikes Back

Superman 2

Stir Crazy

Blazing Saddles

The Man Who Would Be King

Zulu

[MrWorldwideJr]

1. Chungking Express (1994) - d. Wong Kar Wai

2. Before Sunrise (1995) - d. Richard Linklater

3. In The Mood For Love (2000) - d. Wong Kar Wai

4. Short Term 12 (2013) - d. Destin Daniel Cretton

5. Her (2013) - d. Spike Jonze

6. Blue Valentine (2010) - d. Derek Cianfrance

7. La La Land (2016) - d. Damien Chazelle

8. Before Sunset (2004) - d. Richard Linklater

9. Boogie Nights (1997) - d. Paul Thomas Anderson

10. Shiva Baby (2020) - d. Emma Seligman

[scottsdad]

No surprises here..

1. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

2. Unforgiven (1992)

3. The Godfather (1972)

4. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

5. Batman Returns (1992)

6. Chinatown (1974)

7. Goodfellas (1990)

8. Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)

9. The French Connection (1971)

10. Airplane! (1980)

[coprolite]

4 minutes ago, scottsdad said:

No surprises here..

1. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

2. Unforgiven (1992)

3. The Godfather (1972)

4. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

5. Batman Returns (1992)

6. Chinatown (1974)

7. Goodfellas (1990)

8. Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)

9. The French Connection (1971)

10. Airplane! (1980)

What do you mean no surprises? Fully expected Star Trek at 1-6.

[scottsdad]

1 minute ago, coprolite said:

What do you mean no surprises? Fully expected Star Trek at 1-6.

I decided only to put one Trek film in, given there is this whole other thread devoted to the movies. 

[Lex]

1) Reservoir Dogs

2) The Usual Suspects

3) Leon

4) Pulp Fiction

5) Se7en

6) Inception

7) The Shining

8 Clockwork Orange

9) Scarface

10) Memento

[Gaz]

1) Jurassic Park

2) The Empire Strikes Back

3) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

4) Saving Private Ryan

5) The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King

6) Star Wars

7) Apollo 13

 Hot Fuzz

9) The Martian

10) Cloverfield

[BMG Spider]

1.            2001 A Space Odyssey

2.            The Godfather Part 2

3.            Blade Runner

4.            The Lives of Others

5.            Reservoir Dogs

6.            Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

7.            La Haine

8.            Downfall

9.            Young Frankenstein

10.          Paris Texas

Very difficult to choose, and I would probably change it if I looked at it again tomorrow, to include the likes of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Kagemusha; V for vandetta; The Godfather; Rogue One; The Four Feathers (original version) or a host of others I haven't remembered yet

[the aggressive beggar]

The Lives of others

Suspiria (2018!)

Oldboy (2003)

Jacobs Ladder 

Tyrannosaur 

Funny Games (only saw the English Language version, haven't got round to watching the original yet.)

A History of Violence 

The Usual Suspects 

Fargo

Cube

@Slim Charles.   Swapped out the machinist for Cube

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 26, 2022 by the aggressive beggar

[BFTD]

1 hour ago, the aggressive beggar said:

The Lives of others

Suspiria (2018!)

Oldboy (2003)

Jacobs Ladder 

Tyrannosaur 

Funny Games (only saw the English Language version, haven't got round to watching the original yet.)

A History of Violence 

The Usual Suspects 

Fargo

The Machinist

As you've specified a couple of films that are/have received remakes, you might be interested to know that Jacob's Ladder received a remake a few years back. Good news - apparently it's shit!

Also, the original version of Funny Games was a lot better than the remake, as I recall. Worth checking out.

[the aggressive beggar]

5 hours ago, BFTD said:

As you've specified a couple of films that are/have received remakes, you might be interested to know that Jacob's Ladder received a remake a few years back. Good news - apparently it's shit!

Also, the original version of Funny Games was a lot better than the remake, as I recall. Worth checking out.

I had read that the remake of Funny Games was identical to the original, so never really bothered with it.  Been a while since I saw It though, so I suppose this is a good time to get it watched.

 

Saw a trailer for the JL remake last year - yeah, that can GTF

[PrestersKTID]

1. Lord of the rings the return of the king

2. Indiana jones and the last crusade

3. Back to the future.

4. Raiders of the lost ark

5. Whiplash

6. Django Unchained 

7. Inglorious Basterds

8. Austin Powers International Man of Mystery

9. Star Wars

10. Saving Private Ryan

 

[Rugster]

Very difficult and a few missing out I would like in there. But here goes. Had to throw one daft comedy in that always cheers me up.

1. Heat

2. Goodfellas

3. The Shawshank Redemption

4. The Green Mile

5. The Departed

6. Scent of a Woman

7. In The Name Of The Father

8. The Untouchables

9. Gangs of New York

10. Step Brothers

 

[Joe Terrapin]

Trainspotting

Cinema Paradiso

Man on Fire

Shawshank Redemption

The Wrong Trousers

Fargo

Memento

Blade Runner

Alien

The Departed