New Poll: Name 10 "Must Have" Movies

[burychka]

First...BJ_M, how do you watch the original aspect ratio of 2001 ASO, on three TVs? As I recall, the original was in Cinerama! Yes, I saw it in the theater.

Anyway, here's my list alphabetically (and I resist the temptation to break the rules and list my top 50!):

Apocalypse Now - The only war movie that approaches the actual absurdity of war. (Yes, I did serve in the 1st ID in Vietnam 67-68. 1st ID motto: "No mission too difficult. No sacrifice too great. Duty first." Yeah, right!)
Casablanca
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Das Boot (The subtitled version is best, if you can find it.)
Day the Earth Stood Still (You gotta see the REALLY scary interview with the producer!)
Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
In the Heat of the Night (The movie. Any similarity to the TV show is purely in the name.)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) Not only a classic Sci-Fi, but also a virtual course in cinematography.
It's a Wonderful Life
The Last Picture Show

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Keep on Ripping!

[harrymj3]

I noticed "PULP FICTION" on several lists. Great movie, if you liked that you'll like a sleeper called "FORMULA 51".
harrymj3

[dcsos]

Quatermass and the Pit
thanks for PROMPTING ME TO ADD
4 FILMS you might've MISSED that all should see:

THE QUATERMASS EXPERIMENT: FIVE MILLION MILES TO EARTH
PRIVATE PARTS by Paul Bartel (not howardsterns)
THE SECRET CINEMA (also BARTEL)
and
SPIRITS of the DEAD by Federico Fellinni, Roger Vadim & Louis Malle

[az1284xx]

Ok, 10 "watch anytime" movies

1) Lawrence Of Arabia
2) All The Presidents Men
3) Thomas Crown Affair (McQueen/Dunaway)
4) Apocolypse Now
5) It's a mad, mad mad, mad , mad world
6) Eyes Wide Shut
7) Dr. Strangelove
8) Goldfinger
9) God Father 2
10) Casino

[BJ_M]

First...BJ_M, how do you watch the original aspect ratio of 2001 ASO, on three TVs? As I recall, the original was in Cinerama! Yes, I saw it in the theater.................

it was shot in Super Panavision 70 and shown in some theatres as a modified Super-Cinerama 2.6:1 ratio (well in that area anyway) , Cinerama was orig. a three camera system , but not for 2001.

2001 was released in many formats - non 2 the same (even a sphere version).

i display this with a high def video server stored images squeezed to 16:9 ratio and displayed with a video projector that uses an anamorphic lens (and edge blanking to bring it back on the screen properly masked).

[wd40cloud]

These are in no particular order.

-Pulp Fiction (2 Disc Set)
-Halloween (Original not TV Version)
-American Beauty
-The Shawshank Redemption
-Dogma
-Friday
-There's Something About Mary
-CLERKS!
-Army Of Darkness
-Ferris Bueller's Day Off

These are the worst lookking DVDs I have ever seen in no particular order.

-Halloween 2 (Goodtimes DVD)
-Resevoir Dogs (Standard Release with matting over fullsceen so it would appear widescreen)
-Predator

[burychka]

i display this with a high def video server stored images squeezed to 16:9 ratio and displayed with a video projector that uses an anamorphic lens (and edge blanking to bring it back on the screen properly masked).

What brand of popcorn do you prefer?

[EddyH]

Re: Song of the South

I don't get it about how people say how rare this film is.

If anyone wants to see it but can't stump up the $230 in order to import a UK copy, just give me a shout, I'll happily send you one for sixty. The local supermarkets Disney tape sections (raa, still no miyazaki/other diz-distro'd titles displayed on them) are overflowing with the bloody things.

Heck if I get twenty orders I'll drop it to fifty.

Could do with an extra bit of cash, five hundred pounds (1000 dollars minus tapes and postage) would do nicely.

[skljohnson]

A great many flicks...forgive me if I missed someones post BUT I didn't see anyone post TOPGUN as a great MUST HAVE MOVIE, especially if you have a surround sound system. I'm goin' with TOP GUN as the all time favorite of many...or have you lost that lovin' feelin???

[twodogs]

Oh come on all you AUSSIES....

have you forgotten about THE CASTLE

[burychka]

Oh come on all you AUSSIES....

have you forgotten about THE CASTLE

Thanks for the reminder--even though I am not an Aussie--about this gem by the Sitch/Kennedy/Cilauro/Gleisner team. Another often overlooked film from director Rob Sitch is The Dish, with Sam Neill. Sitch and his associates have an uncanny ability to create characters that you actually care about, while not running through their entire four-letter vocabulary six times in the first reel!

And these favorites are often available for under $15 (US) on DVD. I haven't seen The Castle in a while. Just need to decide whether to put in in my Netflix queue or just go buy it!

[housepig]

zzyzzx wrote:

My top 10 picks are all porn flicks.

well, let's hear 'em....

if I had to restrict my list to the adult world...

- House of Dreams
- Latex
- Shock
- Sodomania 19
- Sodomania 10
- Devil In Miss Jones
- Insatiable
- Talk Dirty to Me
- The Erotic World of Angel Cash
- Sandy, Insatiable
- lots and lots of clips from KaZaa

---housepig

[jeepster39]

Hmmm .... tricky

My top 10 (in no particular order) would have to be:

Ronin
Where Eagles Dare
Monsters Inc
Star Wars: A New Hope
Highlander
The Italian Job
Zulu
Scaramouche
Reservoir Dogs
Saving Private Ryan

[freewm]

this is my list of ten best i did have more and it was hard to keep some off

blow
cool hand luke
tombstone
gladiator
scarface
pulp fiction
the shawshank redemsion
the green mile
braveheart
heat

honorable mention

friday after next
menace 2 society

[freak_in_cage_10k]

NO ORDER
indiana jones
matrix
the good, the bad & the tgpo, OH, whoops, i meant ugly :P:P
american pie 1 & 2
28 days later
jaws
lord of the rings trilogy
Taxi
lethal weapon
aliens

oh, also the shawshank redemption

i am surprised at the lack of star wars films mensioned! personally i dont really enjoy them, not my sort of thing, buti can see why sum ppl are crazy on them! thinking on it, a new starts wars game, completly interactive & online is out v soon called start wars galaxies!

oh, and btw, i made a post vvv similar to this a while ago: (entitled whats you top 5 movies of all time)

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=144346&highlight=

would be interesting to see if ppl here are consisten with what they were in febuary!

[pacmania_2001]

Oh come on all you AUSSIES....

have you forgotten about THE CASTLE

The Castle

That movie still rates as one of the best Australian movies of all time. Good chance to see Eric Bana before he made it famous (overseas anyway) with Black Hawk Down/The Hulk.

Anything actually from the Working Dog group is good actually. The Panel is a great TV show, The Dish was also a great Australian movie and Frontline was by far the best spoof ever done of the news/current affairs genre.

P.S Almost forget to mention, Russel Coight All Aussie Adventures, hilarious

[ChrisX]

There is a movie very hard to get: "Sliver". The Sharon Stone film based in a New York apartment.

It is only available in VHS tape. Did anyone seen a copy of the DVD anywhere in America or anywhere on this planet?

[Craig Tucker]

Romper Stomper was a good movie, not sure if it was Aussie or New Zealand though.

[BorgQueen]

1. Dangerous Liasons
2. Beaches
3. Torch Song Trilogy
4. Chasing Amy
5. Orlando
6. Like Water for Chocolate
7. Lilies
8. Rocky Horror
9. Crouching Tiger
10. The Matrix (trilogy)

[i_am_dave]

In no special order:

1. Happy Gilmore
2. Three Amigos
3. Blazing saddles
4. Rocky Horror Picture Show
5. Christmas Vacation
6. Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai
7. Opus and Bill, a wish for Wings that work
8. Judge Dread
9. Jackie Chan Rush Hour
10. Any movie with girl-girl action Just kidding