Pick your top 10 films, comment them. The most frequently picked films will go higher up in the rankings. We will vote on any leftover films on a scale of 1-10. Here is my list:
Alien
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Godfather
Empire Strikes Back
The Big Lebowski
Amelie
Akira
Terminator 2
The Matrix
Die Hard
That was way harder than I thought it would be.
.1. Apocalypse now - 1979, Ford Coppola, the Redux version.
The insanity of Vietnam displayed in all its facets on a boatride down the river, slowly but surely descending into a moist and pressing jungle nightmare. Perfect soundtrack, tension building, acting, atmosphere, cinematics, the constant feel of "wtf and waiting" and a raw feel to the clusterfuck called Vietnam.
Oh yeah and this scene, with a mindblowing performance from Robert Duvall!
.2. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb - 1964, Kubrick.
The absolut top satirical picture ever made. At the hight of the cold war, with real commie and nuclear holocaust fears kubrick dissects the insanity of it. Even with the overacting by Peter Sellers on the German guy in the end the picture stands tall and has an ever increasing pressing athmosphere when the lunacy just doesnt end. The cinematics are also impressive.
.3. 2001: a Space oddysee, 1968, Kubrick.
Mind blown, Kubrick nailing the evolution theory in the first scene and the movie hasnt even stated yet. Visual and atmospheric so well done, such a wonderfull tension building that slowly ocreeps you the fuck out and a totally mindblowing open ending.
"the dawn of man" I just have to because it's a goddamn genius scene
.4. The good the bad and the ugly - 1966, sergio Leone.
What is there to say..... a masterpiece. My god the soundtrack by Enio Morrione alone is iconic, pure heaven sent and still causing erections on a daily basis all over the globe. Following 3 skwtchy opportunist over the scorches of a civil war thorn USA, full character development, a good storyline, breathtaking cinemathics, changing odds and alliances. The best ending scene and suspense built up
.5. Goodfellas, 1990, Scorsese.
Danny fucking Devito on cocaine = a lot of phuks
.6. Akira, 1988, Otomo
.7. Airplane, 1980, Abrahams, Zucker x 2
.8. Godfather, 1972, coppola
.9. La femme Nikita, Besson
.10. La vita e Bella, 1997, Begnini.
Honorary mentions:
Pulp fiction
Alien
Big lebowski
Oldboy
Raging bull
Paths of glory
the shining
Once upon a time in the West
Blade runner
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
I have just changed #9 for "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly". While "Frankenstein Created Woman" is the high point of Hammer Horror, I just noticed the lack of spaghetti westerns, and the slot needs either to be filled with TGTBATU (for being the most refined one) or Django (as the one that kicked the trend off and still aged extremely well).
Cool hand Luke
Gran Torino.
Firefly.
The big lebowski.
28 days later.
Good Morning, Vietnam.
Reservoir Dogs.
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest.
Shawn of the Dead.
Heat.
A Clockwork Orange
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Big Lebowski
Pulp Fiction
Gladiator
Groundhog Day
Apollo 13
Signs
Fight Club
No Country for Old Men
Honorable Mentions:
V for Vendetta, Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, The Matrix, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, A Scanner Darkly, *Magical Mystery Tour
In no particular order:
Tideland
Fight Club
Tremors
Sphere
Desperado
Moon
Idiocracy
Event Horizon
Evil Dead
Ghostbusters