What are your top 20 movies?

[Matt]

I have never seen Harold and Maude. I really need to sort that out.

Good God are you in for a treat. It's amazing.

[Ben Thomas]

I love Hal Ashby normally and I know so many people that put Harold and Maude on a pedestal.

As I said, you could do this and populate a list entirely from 80s genre films. You could also legitimately do it with artier fare. A film that you can watch any time doesn't have to just be fun. Something like Jesse James is hypnotic for me and another film that I've watched a couple of times every year since it came out, at the very least. From a visual and performance and music and sheer craft level, its impossible for me to not watch it. And that's how I judge a favourite film. If pushed, I'd say my 2 favourite films of all time are probably Die Hard and Raising Arizona. And as throwaway as both of those films may be to some, they encapsulate most of what great cinema is about.
Just wanted to throw that out there.

[Matt]

HAROLD AND MAUDE and BEING THERE are pretty much perfect movies.

[Captain Russ]

I love Hal Ashby normally and I know so many people that put Harold and Maude on a pedestal.

As I said, you could do this and populate a list entirely from 80s genre films. You could also legitimately do it with artier fare. A film that you can watch any time doesn't have to just be fun. Something like Jesse James is hypnotic for me and another film that I've watched a couple of times every year since it came out, at the very least. From a visual and performance and music and sheer craft level, its impossible for me to not watch it. And that's how I judge a favourite film. If pushed, I'd say my 2 favourite films of all time are probably Die Hard and Raising Arizona. And as throwaway as both of those films may be to some, they encapsulate most of what great cinema is about.
Just wanted to throw that out there.

Yeah yeah whatever nerd

[Abraham Smashington]

Russ's comment made me laugh out loud.

[FilmNerdJamie]

Awww Christ. Alright, alphabetical and this is an ever changing list.

12 Angry Men
Aliens
Back to the Future
Being There
Dawn of the Dead
Excalibur
Goodfellas
Hannah & Her Sisters
It's a Wonderful Life
JFK
Marty
Mississippi Burning
Once Upon a Time in America
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Empire Strikes Back
The Godfather and The Godfather Part II
The Shawshank Redemption
The Wizard of Oz
When Harry Met Sally...

[Matt]

great list, Jamie. I haven't seen MARTY yet but I can't point at any of them on your list and say 'this doesn't belong here.'

[Abraham Smashington]

This thread asks the question: WHAT ARE YOUR TOP 20 MOVIES THAT YOU CAN WATCH NO MATTER WHAT AND QUALITY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING JUST 20 MOVIES THAT YOU CAN PUT IN AND ALWAYS BE ENTERTAINED?


Also, for me this encapsulates what Podcaust/BDR is about for me.

In no order...

1. Dawn of the Dead (70's/2k's)
2. Hackers
3. Raiders of the Lost Ark
4. The Empire Strikes Back
5. Sin City - MARV SEQUENCE ONLY
6. American Movie
7. The Thing
8. Night of the Living Dead (60s/90s)
9. The Devil's Rejects
10. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
11. WarGames
12. First Blood
13. The Fifth Element
14. Ghostbusters
15. Friday the 13th Part IV
16. The Lawnmower Man
17. The Monster Squad
18. Shaun of the Dead
19. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
20. Reservoir Dogs

I have a feeling this will be edited at some point (as tomorrow I'll kick my own ass for forgetting some movie I LOVE AND OMG IT'S THE GREATEST), but off the top of my head if I had to choose only 20 movies to watch over and over these are the ones.

What are yours?

So let's see how much my list has changed in 2 years

1. Dawn of the Dead (70's/2k's)
2. Hackers
3. Raiders of the Lost Ark
4. The Empire Strikes Back
5. *Sin City - MARV SEQUENCE ONLY* - The Final Girls - NEW
6. American Movie
7. The Thing
8. Night of the Living Dead (60s/90s)
9. *The Devil's Rejects* - Jurassic Park (shut it, I love this fucking movie)
10. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
11. WarGames
12. First Blood
13. The Fifth Element
14. Ghostbusters
15. Friday the 13th Part IV
16. The Lawnmower Man
17. The Monster Squad
18. Shaun of the Dead
19. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
20. *Reservoir Dogs* - Jackie Brown (always a toss up but I've come to terms that I just prefer Jackie Brown over pretty much every other one of QT's movies)

[FilmNerdJamie]

great list, Jamie. I haven't seen MARTY yet but I can't point at any of them on your list and say 'this doesn't belong here.'

Marty has one of the all-time great happy endings. Easy to see why people fell in love with it in '55 and why Borgnine took the Oscar.

[Martin]

I miss Ben Thomas...

[Matt]

So do I.

[Anderson]

Meh. He can still go fuck himself.

[FilmNerdJamie]

Uh... what happened?

[Anderson]

Uh... what happened?

He threw a prolonged fit about a year or so ago because I didn't agree with his assessment of Sideways. He then raged about how he's always persecuted and we were turning into CHUD. Then, he bailed.

Hopefully, he swallowed a fistful of Midol and cooled the fuck down.

[Martin]

He threw a prolonged fit about a year or so ago because I didn't agree with his assessment of Sideways. He then raged about how he's always persecuted and we were turning into CHUD. Then, he bailed.

Hopefully, he swallowed a fistful of Midol and cooled the fuck down.

It's not like you were helping. I get that no-bullshit thing, but abrasive is also I term I can coin you with when you're debating with him.