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Big Lebowski for 1-5
The Big Lebowski is a feminist masterpiece where every man is a buffoon and every woman is willing to go as far as cutting off their own toe to get what they want.
I never looked at it this way! Really interesting
A long time ago, there used to be a really, really good film analysis breakdown of this very idea on YouTube. I can’t remember the guy, but he locked up all his film analysis behind paywalls years ago. I remember the Big Lebowski one being so well put together, and in the end, it’s really hard to argue that the film has anything other than a deeply feminist viewpoint.
I’ll throw my hat in the ring and give my list in no particular order:
Seven Samurai
Borat
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
War of the Worlds (2005)
The Godfather
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@Euraru
Those are some great choices. I haven’t seen Close Encounters yet though. And I loved War of the Worlds.Close Encounters is amazing and iirc some of the plot points were taken from reality.
Seven Samurai is an amazing movie. It set the groundwork for so much more to follow.
Yeah we could hang
Did we just become best friends?
Just as long as you don’t touch my drums
I want to know more about why you would put War of the Worlds in your top 5. I am not hating on you. Purely perplexed because I’ve never seen anyone mention this movie since it came out. I rewatched it last year, but I don’t remember much to write home about.
I was 8 years old when I first saw the film and it scared me so much it left in me a permanent fear of aliens and once I got older I grew to love the film and aliens in general.
Tbh the battle on the hill is enough to make it a great film for me because it involves the ultimate dilemma: which child do you save?
It’s a choice no parent should ever have to make and the entire scene in general shows how hopeless it was against the Tripods.
I don’t have something like that, but every time this kind of question is asked, City of God (2002) always comes to mind.
Same here. Great movie, great soundtrack.
And Children of Men. That’s my “of” favorites.
I’m a sucker for the Jerk, Strange Brew, and Hot Fuzz for comedies
Oh how could I have forgotten Children of Men. Watched it so many times and I’m still awed.
- The Godfather.
- Blade Runner.
- Scarface.
- The good, the bad, and the ugly.
- The fight club.
No particular order, these are some of my favorites.
Alien and Aliens could be there too.
And a bunch of animates movies like Ghost in the Shell, Akira, A silent voice, Grave for the Fireflies, The Tale of Princes Kaguya, Princess Mononoke, Howls moving Castle.
Also Toy Story 2, Shrek 2, The Prince of Egypt, Fantasia, Klaus, Into the Spiderverse.
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Young Frankenstein
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The Princess Bride
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Blazing Saddles
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The Matrix
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The Shawshank Redemption
It’s a toss-up on a couple of those. The Blues Brothers could easily make the list, as could Pulp Fiction, Terminator 2, Alien, Interstellar, and I’m sure there are many others. I will abandon what I’m doing to watch any one of these, if they come on, probably 90% of the time.
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The Dark Knight
The Shining
LOTR Trilogy (ROTK if I have to pick one)
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In Bruges!! I forgot to put that one on my list. Such a good fucking movie.
That movie made me obsessed with Martin McDonagh and permanently cemented my love for Colin Farrell.
- Back to the Future
- Wall-E
- Into The Spider-verse
- Interstellar
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- I Origins (2014)
- Return of the Jedi (1983)
- The Boondock Saints (1999)
- The Matrix (1999)
- Interstellar (2014)
In no particular order.
The premise for Interstellar was maddening. Just plant fucking beans and squash with the corn and stop using petrochemicals. Boom, end of movie.
So The Office is in your list of top tv shows
The German version (Stromberg) is, but I don’t like the American one. Incompatible humour, really… I don’t remember any funny US series that I actually found funny.
Edit: Thought about it for a bit, Scrubs was funny as hell. So there was at least one.
I thought it was a reference to this
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Dead Man: A film by Jim Jarmusch starring Johnny Depp and Gary Farmer and an all-star cast. Beautiful acid western about friendship in harsh circumstances. Wonderful original soundtrack by Neil Young.
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The Fall: A film by Tarsem. This films story isn’t necessarily amazing, but this is a love letter to classic cinema. It has a plot about classic cinema, and it uses all classic techniques to achieve the effects. Tarsem famously went out of their way to ensure there wasn’t any CGI in this film. It’s one of the most vividly colorful and visually stunning films I have ever seen.
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Dreams: A film by Akira Kurosawa. A montage of short films inspired by dreams experienced by filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. In partnership with Lucasfilm. Almost as visually stunning as The Fall but much more cohesive stories for being inspired by dreams. Come for “The Peach Orchard,” and stay for “Village of the Watermills.”
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Brazil: A film by Terry Gilliam starring Jonathan Pryce, Robert DeNiro, Kim Greist and Michael Palin. A treatise on dreams in a totalitarian society. The only cut worth watching is the Directors Cut. The film was famously butchered by the studios to give it a “happy ending” because the original was considered too bleak.
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Sneakers: A film by Phil Alden Robinson starring Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, River Phoenix, and Ben Kingsley. One of the only films that ever presented a semi-realistic portrayal of hacking. Good plot, good pacing, and arguably prescient considerations.
The Fall is such an eye feast.
Sneakers was my favorite movie when I was like 12. Which is a weird age for that and yet. (my other fav was The Hunt for Red October, so I was kind of a weird tween…)
I love Brazil so much. De Niro has such a fantastic role in that film, never fails to make me smile.
And the Kafkaesque/Orwellian tone is just sublime.
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- Star Trek: First Contact
- Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
- October Sky
- 12 Angry Men
- It’s a Wonderful Life
Blade Runner // Apocalypse Now // Goodbye, Dragon Inn // Guardians of the Galaxy 2 // Any Bourne film
I’ll do “so far” instead of “all time” because all time has not yet elapsed, but I’ll shut up and list the current roster:
- Werckmeister Harmonies
- Fellowship of the Ring
- The Dreamers
- The Wind Rises
- L’eclisse
Honorable mentions go to Casino Royale, Ashes and Diamonds, The Empire Strikes Back, Paprika, and Vanilla Sky.
Taboo 1-5
- Star Wars: A New Hope
- Blade Runner
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Jurassic Park
- Back To The Future
Runners up: Empire Strikes Back, The Matrix, Pulp Fiction, ET, Close Encounters, Alien(s), Ghostbusters, Stand By Me, Full Metal Jacket, A Bronx Tale, Good Will Hunting
It’s too hard to pick just 5!
- Interstellar 2-5. Napoleon dynamite, Wayne’s World, arrival, Scott pilgrim vs the world
Oh I forgot about Arrival. That was such an intense slow-burner, I loved every second. Definitely an all-time fave as well.
I actually sat down a coworker years ago and did this. It was surprisingly easy once I realized something - I’ll sit down and watch a lot of movies on TV, but there are a few I refuse to. Too many commercials and edits just make me furious… those are my favorites. Getting down to 10 was hard enough, so top 5 are in no order. Some changed how I thought about things, some just entertained me for years:
The Matrix
Interstellar
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Fight Club
Schindler’s List
And because it was so hard, here are a few more that just as easily could be top 5:
Silence of the Lambs, Inception, V for Vendetta, OG Star Wars trilogy, Indiana Jones trilogy, Kung Pow, Blair Witch Project
Edit: Forgot one - Arrival. Probably in top 5, no idea which to demote. Fight Club maybe
