Ever appreciative of Christian allegory The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader comes in at number eleven.

Added a couple of films I saw over Christmas, Tron: Legacy and Jumper.

1-Pulp fiction
2-American Beauty
3-Braveheart
4-Blue Velvet
5-The exorcist
6-lemon popsicle
7-The sixth sense
8-Goodfellas
9-Once upon a time in america
10-City of god
11-Wild at heart
12-True Romance
13-Back to the future
14-Dumb and Dumber
15-Back to the future 2
16-Rocky
17-Edward Scissorhands
18-The notebook
19-Avatar
20-Menace 2 Society
21-Lemon popsicle 2(hot bubblegum)
22-Jaws
23-The Deer hunter
24-Gone with the wind
25-The shawshank Redemption
26-American history X
27-The green mile
28-Spirited away
29-Reservoir Dogs
30-Full metal jacket
31-Gladiator
32-Gran torino
33-Sin city
34-Kill bill
35-Scarface
36-Casino
37-Kill bill 2
38-Big fish
39-The truman Show
40-Kick ass
41-A Christmas carol(george c scott)
42-Toy Story 3
43-Inception
44-Airplane
45-The silence of the lambs
46-the prestige
47-Halloween
48-Raging bull
49-Up
50-Finding nemo

My top 50....

1- Snatch
2- True Romance
3- Scar Face
4- Lock Stock
5- Empire Strikes Back
6- Seven
7- Goodfellows
8- Pirates Of The Caribbean
9- Lord Of The Rings
10-Heat

7 crime films, 2 fantasies and a sci fi. Yet another FISO member who loves crime fiction. Don't see the attraction of it myself. I want the goodies to win and the baddies to lose, like in return of the jedi. Interesting that you went for "Pirates of the Carribean" and "Lord of the Rings" as sets of films yet you specify Episode V of Star Wars.

In at number 70, I'd forgotton how good Irresistable was.

How can it be 5.7 on imdb it's supurb

2001: A Space Odyssey
The Wizard of Oz
Life of Brian
Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail
Minority Report
Jurassic Park
Alien
Aliens
The Fifth Element
28 days later
28 weeks later
Scarface
Taxi Driver
Leon
Planet of the Apes
Monsters Inc.
Chicken Run
Gangster No 1
Moon
Day of the triffids
Once Upon a Time in the West
Airplane
Arsenic and Old Lace
Westworld
The Good the bad and the ugly
The last emperor
Inception

I like it bloggie, a nice diverse set of films there.

I tried to record Planet of the Apes the other day but I did not have a good reception of Film 4.

The original one that is.

I thought that went without saying.

This thread got me wondering whether i could remember 100 films, let alone rank them.

Just tried using IMDB's Top 250 films as a prompt.
I found about 50 films that I like in that list.
Perhaps half a dozen more if I went through it again.

But it did help remind me of some other films though that didnt make their top 250, but would make my favourites list (in no particular order);

Ferris Buellers Day Off
The Goonies
True Romance
Human Traffic
Cable Guy
Beautiful Mind
In the Name of the Father
Carlito's Way
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
House of Flying Daggers
Basketball Diaries
Rocky II
Rocky III
Rocky IV
Awakenings
Predator
Total Recall
5th Element
Sleepers
Kalifornia
Vanilla Sky
Being John Malkovich
Cape Fear
The Beach
Withnail and I




I guess if i went and looked at my DVD's there will be other ones ive forgotten.

Hawk the Slayer and Condorman were two films I remember very fondly (from childhood). Having made the mistake of watching them again in more recent years; they were horrificly bad. Never go back. Never go back.

That said, recently watched Willy Wonker (original) and Goonies - both still great films.

i watched lock stock again last night . ...

must be in the top ten of the best ever .. .we all know a plank sort off bloke

sandwich bacon ?

How has Watchman not even got one mention in this thread so far. I watched it recently and it has gone into my list at number 46. A great exploration of a set of superhero's that were all very human, making mistakes, using violence to gain power, lustful, full of anger, seeking revenge.

So back to the films that FISO reccomended I should watch

Princess Bride
The Godfather
The Godfather part 2
Pulp Fiction
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Chinatown
The Silence of the Lambs
City of God
The Usual Suspects
The Searchers

The Searchers. I just don't like westerns, not any of them. Having said that this was excellent. For a western. Beautifully shot and a cleverly told story.


Just The Usual Suspects to go. I suspect I shall not rate it highly but we shall see.

I don't think Watchmen's a brilliant film, but it is a brilliant graphic novel, far more worthy of your time:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Watchmen-Alan-M ... 852&sr=1-1

I'm stunned. Not only is there another 'Popsicle' fan in the UK, there's another one on FISO! I prefer Private Popsicle, but it wouldn't be anywhere near my top 100...(which would start with An American Werewolf in London in case you care to know).

Hi Whatever, wondered when you might kick this off again.

Been a while working through that list! Quote from Dec '09.....
Buy/rent /download it - I will be surprised if you dont rate it. Superb film IMO.

Although you have mentioned crime drama is not your thing. That is what it is.

A couple of crackers I saw recently during Film 4's 'Films to see before you die' season....
IP Man
Ip Man 2

Anyone else seen these ? I downloaded them after watching only to discover I had got the dubbed versions - awful, cant stand foreign language films dubbed into English.

Also, opinions on District 9 anyone ?

Easily enters my list, somewhere near the top too.

It makes my top 100...comfortably .

The Usual Suspects is absolutely brilliant (and a name I've used for my fantasy teams, by the way).

If you don't like it, watch it again. And again. etc