Best Movie of all Time?

[thecoalman]

With the new Diehard movie I was thinking about how much I like the original. So much so it fits in my top ten list for best all time action movies. Anyhow it got me wondering what everyone thinks is the best movie of all time ever. So what I'm suggesting is we get a collection of titles and vote on them For the first round we can split the movies off into different categories and take a poll, if the category exceeds 10 we'll split it up into two polls. For the second round we'll put each winner of a category against the other winners.

Here's the current list, I'll edit the new ones in and as they come in:


Note:Sequels are not listed at this time to keep the list shorter but will be added for the actual polls.

Action/Adeventure:
1. Diehard
2. Terminator
3. Indiana Jones - Raiders of the Lost Ark
4. Road Warrior
5. Matrix
6. Kill Bill
7. Rambo (No need to mention the others )
8. Back to the Future
9. The Hunt for Red October

Super Heroes
1.Batman
2. Superman
3. Spiderman

War:
1. Patton
2. Full Metal Jacket
3. Platoon
4. Schindler's List
5. Saving Private Ryan
6. The Great Escape
7. Apocalypse Now
8. Black Hawk Down
9. Last Samurai
10. Tora Tora Tora
11. The Big Red One
12 Pearl Harbor (2001)
13. The Bridge on the River Kwai
14. Kelly's Heroes
15. The Deer Hunter
16. U571

Crime/Cop:
1. The Godfather
2. Goodfellas
3. Pulp Fiction
4. Reservoir Dogs
5. Dirty Harry
6. Scarface

Western:
1. The Magnificent Seven
2. Unforgiven
3. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
4. Rooster Cogburn
5. True Grit


Horror:
1. Psycho
2. Friday the 13th
3. Halloween
4. The Shining (original)
5. Freddy Kreuger
6. The Exorcist
7. The Changeling
8. Evil Dead 2


Drama:
1. Rocky
2. The Shawshank Redemption
3. True Romance
4. 12 Angry Men (original)
5. Apollo 13
6. The Breakfast Club
7. Field of Dreams
8. Dead Poets Society
9. Philadelphia
10. Braveheart
11. Vertigo
12. Basic Instinct
13. Casablanca
14. Modern Times (1936)
15. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
16. Paper Moon (1973)
17. The Silence of the Lambs
18. Dancing with Wolves
19. Forest Gump
20. E.T.
21. Jaws
22. Cool Hand Luke
24. A Clockwork Orange
25. Deliverance
26. Titanic
27. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Comedy:
1. 48 Hours
2. Caddyshack
3. Beverly Hills Cop
4. The Odd Couple
5. Snatch
6. Stripes
7. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
8. Life of Brian
9. Blazing Saddles
10. Animal House
11. National Lampoons Vacation
12. Young Frankenstein
13. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
14. M*A*S*H
15. Airplane!
16. There's Something About Mary
17. Wedding Crashers
18. Spaceballs


Sci-Fi
1. Star Wars
2. Star Trek
3. Alien
4. 2001:A Space Oddyssy
5. The Thing
6. Serenity
7. Dune

Fantasy
1. The Princess Bride
2. Mirror Mask
3. Labyrinth
4. The Dark Crystal
5. Harry Potter
6. Bridge To Tarabithia
7. Lord of the Rings


Animated/Claymation
1. Finding Nemo
2. Toy Story
3. Shrek
4. Snow White
5. Pinnochio
6. Fantasia
7. Frosty the Snowman
8. Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer

Chick Flicks:
1. Love Story (1970)
2. It's a Wonderful Life


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To add to the list just post it next, categories can be expanded if need be. As far as sequels guess you can include them too.

[SquirrelDip]

Interesting... This is going to be a difficult undertaking.

Here's a few that come to mind:

Action:
Kill Bill

War:
The Great Escape
Apocalypse Now
(should Rambo be action?)

Comedy:
Snatch
Stripes
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Life of Brian

Drama:
Pulp Fiction
The Shawshank Redemption
True Romance

Sci Fi:
Star Trek

[thecoalman]

(should Rambo be action?)

Yes, i think so. I moved it.

Drama:
Pulp Fiction

I already have that under crime, you think drama is better category?

[SquirrelDip]

Tough call on Pulp Fiction - Would you say that it is more similar to Godfather or Shawshank?

Oh, guess "Reservoir Dogs" should be on the list also (crime or drama?)

[gadgetguy]

One of my all time favorites is The Princess Bride, but I'm not sure where it fits in your catagories. Perhaps add a Fantasy Catagory? (Please don't lump Fantasy and SciFi together.)
Also "Bridge To Tarabithia"

SciFi: I would add 2001:A Space Oddyssy

[thecoalman]

Oh, guess "Reservoir Dogs" should be on the list also (crime or drama?)

I don't know , your suggestion so it's your call. You could argue about many of these films categories. We could just make a "Crazy ass shit" category and put the likes of Pulp fiction and Apocalypse Now in them.

Need some more suggestions, keep them coming.

Added a category for animation/claymation.

Be funny to see Frosty the Snowman pitted against the Terminator. You never know, Frosty might win.

[j1d10t]

SciFi: I would add 2001:A Space Oddyssy

Here, here.

For Comedy: Blazing Saddles.

[thecoalman]

What we could do is ditch the categories all together for the poling, just randomly select titles for each poll. Might actually work out better.

What about Sequels? Guess we should probably include them too.

[j1d10t]

What about Sequels? Guess we should probably include them too.

I would, because sometimes the sequel is just as good, or better then the original.

[Faustus]

The Thing

[thecoalman]

I would, because sometimes the sequel is just as good, or better then the original.

Yes, well that's one of the resons I only listed Terminator 2, that IMO is the best one but I guess others could differ. For the moment I'll only list one to keep the list shorter but I'll add the sequels for polling..

[Heywould3]

for war in a mini series.. my number one of all time band of brothers.
war: shindlers list. Sp*
war: black hawk down
war: last samurai
action/adventure: i liked the back to the future movies. part one the most.
raiders of the lost arc was up there too.

[thecoalman]

The Thing

Added, not sure where to put it so I added it under Sc-Fi.

for future reference if anyone suggest a movie that can fall into different categories please suggest the category too.

[j1d10t]

One I forgot for Drama: 12 Angry Men.

A classic. One of my favorites.

[SquirrelDip]

I would, because sometimes the sequel is just as good, or better then the original.

Yes, well that's one of the resons I only listed Terminator 2, that IMO is the best one but I guess others could differ. For the moment I'll only list one to keep the list shorter but I'll add the sequels for polling..

I would say add sequels as separate movies - IMO, Terminator 2 was the best, 1 was good and 3 blew chunks. So many others are the same (Indiana: 1, 3 good, 2 blew).

On the Reservoir Dogs: Needs to be same place as Pulp Fiction...

Cheers on the Blazing Saddles (one of my fav's) - But need to add "Young Frankenstein"

[SquirrelDip]

Drama:
Apollo 13
The Breakfast Club
Field od Dreams
Dead Poets Society
Philadelphia
Braveheart

Comedy:
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
M*A*S*H
AIRPLANE!
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY
CADDYSHACK

[gadgetguy]

Fantasy:
Mirror Mask
Labyrinth
The Dark Crystal
Harry Potter

Sci Fi:
Serenity

Edit:
Question: With the addition of Frosty and Rudolph in the Animated catagory does that mean this is open to "made for TV" or "direct to DVD" as well?

And at the risk of repeating myself. (Although I didn't catagorize it.)
Bridge to Tarabithia, which is actually more of a drama, but anyone who's seen only the previews would think it's a fantasy, so let's go with that.

[thecoalman]

Question: With the addition of Frosty and Rudolph in the Animated catagory does that mean this is open to "made for TV" or "direct to DVD" as well?

Sure why not, doubtful there's many worth listing but I'll add anything anyone suggests. I think Frosty can take The terminator. :P

Bridge to Tarabithia, which is actually more of a drama, but anyone who's seen only the previews would think it's a fantasy, so let's go with that.

Sorry missed that, I put it under fantasy is that where it should be? I'm not familiar with that movie.

[gadgetguy]

Sorry missed that, I put it under fantasy is that where it should be? I'm not familiar with that movie.

It's actually a drama, but it's aimed at a younger audience than some of the others listed and the people that made the marketing decisions created previews from moments of the movie that misrepresented the actual story making it appear as if it were a fantasy. Because of this, many people who probably would have enjoyed it didn't bother to see it in the theaters. I believe the DVD release is imminent and I recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it.

[gadgetguy]

Question: With the addition of Frosty and Rudolph in the Animated catagory does that mean this is open to "made for TV" or "direct to DVD" as well?

Sure why not, doubtful there's many worth listing but I'll add anything anyone suggests. I think Frosty can take The terminator. :P

Then add the Babylon5 movies to SciFi

[Webster]

how about Vertigo (1958) , Basic Instinct (1992) for drama.
Casablanca (1942), for drama/war
The Exorcist (1973) for horror
The Magnificent Seven (1960) for action (I don't like western that much, but this movie was fun to watch.)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) for war/action/drama
Kelly's Heroes (1970) for war/action/comedy
Modern Times (1936), Sunset Blvd. (1950), Paper Moon (1973) for drama/comedy

P.S. I noticed that no one suggested the Lord of the Rings trilogy for fantasy??
P.P.S. you forgot the "chick flicks i.e. Romance" cat. like Love Story (1970), It's a Wonderful Life (1946) etc....

[thecoalman]

(I don't like western that much, but this movie was fun to watch.)

ahhh.. I forgot Westerns.. New category added.

P.P.S. you forgot the "chick flicks i.e. Romance" cat. like Love Story (1970), It's a Wonderful Life (1946) etc....

I don't see the point.... :P but i added them anyway.

[zzyzzx]

[SquirrelDip]

If we've go a Western Category you've got to have some of the John Wayn Classics:

Rooster Cogburn
True Grit
(I'm sure others have som fav's but I'm not quite that old... He's also got some classic war flicks but I doubt they'll stand a chance with anyone under 50...)

War:
Patton

Horror:
The Changeling (one of my fav's)

[tgpo]

Best movie of all time: Evil Dead 2

[j1d10t]

Comedy: Wedding Crashers.

War: U571.

I don't know if you would put these under action/adventure, or if you would want to create a Superhero section: Batman Begins, X-Men.

[Webster]

Rooster Cogburn

I might be showing my age here, but I actually saw this movie in the theater when it was released....

@zzyzzx, that is funny...

[Noahtuck]

Note:Sequels are not listed at this time to keep the list shorter but will be added for the actual polls.

I'm pretty sure T2 is a sequel :P

Best movie of all time: Evil Dead 2

Wrong Wrong Wrong!!

Army of Darkness!! (i thought last time we had this discussion we agreed it was AOD)



WUT WUT WUT!!!!!
sad sad people

Where is DUNE ?!?!?
You can't have a sci-fi category without having DUNE
And i'm not talking about the old U.S. hacked version, i'm talking about the full uncut version!!
8)

[thecoalman]

I think the list is all up to date, keep them coming.

[thecoalman]

Forgot to add... Spaceballs ... Gotta have Spaceballs in the list.

any other suggestions?