List To End All Lists: Top 40 Movies

[Warhammer]

This is the list to end all lists.
100 is too much and 25 is too little.

What are your Top 40 movies?

 

[JTStarkiller]

Ooh, this could take a while. I'll have to get back to you later.

 

[FaT_tONle]

Be a little more specific???? WHo the heck is gonna write forty movies down... I thought u'd at least start off with a list....

 

[Warhammer]

Be a little more specific???? WHo the heck is gonna write forty movies down... I thought u'd at least start off with a list....

What do you mean?
List your 40 favorite movies.

I'll do my list.

 

[The Chairman]

Meh, I'm bored, might as well do mine.

1) Almost Famous
2) Goodfellas
3) Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade
4) Fast Times At Ridgemont High
5) One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
6) True Romance
7) Pulp Fiction
8) Who Framed Roger Rabbit
9) Aliens
10) The Wizard Of Oz
11) The Love Bug
12) Batman Returns
13) Die Hard
14) Wayne’s World
15) The Outsiders
16) Raiders of the Lost Ark
17) The Empire Strikes Back
18) The Big Lebowski
19) Ghostbusters
20) Spaceballs
21) The Departed
22) Laura
23) The Godfather Part II
24) The Godfather
25) It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
26) Dirty Harry
27) Grease
28) Taxi Driver
29) Indiana Jones And The Temple of Doom
30) Rebel Without A Cause
31) Raging Bull
32) The Godfather
33) American Pie 2
34) Casablanca
35) Stripes
36) The Godfather Part II
37) Sin City
38) Return Of The Jedi
39) Predator
40) Alien

(And no, I didn't just do this off the top of my head.)

 

[JTStarkiller]

Be a little more specific???? WHo the heck is gonna write forty movies down... I thought u'd at least start off with a list....

The thread is pretty specific to me. Sound to me like you just don't want to do it.

 

[Warhammer]

edit.

 

[The Chairman]

Crap.
I am changing the thread to Top 50.

Sorry people.

Okay, then.

 

[Warhammer]

Okay, then.

Crap, nevermind.

 

[Warhammer]

My List (No Order):

- Crash.
- The Shawshank Redemption.
- Lost in Translation.
- Pulp Fiction.
- Batman Begins.
- The Prestige.
- Mission: Impossible.
- Mission: Impossible III.
- Friday.
- Remember The Titans.
- I, Robot.
- True Lies.
- Die Hard With A Vengeance.
- The Terminal.
- Meet Joe Black.
- Signs.
- Collateral.
- Hollywood Homicide.
- Coming To America.
- Spider-Man 2.
- Finding Nemo.
- The Last Samurai.
- Gladiator.
- Raiders of the Lost Ark.
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
- Minority Report.
- Rush Hour.
- Rush Hour 2.
- Armageddon.
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
- The Phantom.
- The Shadow.
- Ocean's Eleven. (Remake)
- The Silence of the Lambs.
- Face/Off.
- Toy Story 2.

 

[Dangerous]

My List (No Order):

- Crash.

The cool one by David Cronenberg?, or the lame recent one?

 

[Warhammer]

The cool one by David Cronenberg?, or the lame recent one?

The lame reason one.

 

[CConn]

1. The Lord of the Rings
2. The Godfather
3. Schindler's List
4. Raiders of the Lost Ark
5. The Empire Strikes Back
6. Saving Private Ryan
7. 12 Angry Men
8. To Kill a Mockingbird
9. The Departed
10. The Bride of Frankenstein
11. North by Northwest
12. The Seven Samurai
13. Se7en
14. Fight Club
15. Star Wars
16. Reservoir Dogs
17. The Shining
18. Edward Scissorhands
19. Crash
20. Vertigo
21. Spartacus
22. The Invisible Man
23. Witness for the Prosecution
24. Memento
25. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
26. Taxi Driver
27. Hotel Rwanda
28. The Deer Hunter
29. Patton
30. Ed Wood
31. Return of the Jedi
32. Jaws
33. Terminator 2
34. Kill Bill
35. Beau Geste
36. The French Connection
37. Batman Begins
38. Rear Window
39. Batman
40. Dr. No

I don't know if the orderings quite right, but that's pretty much it for me. Granted, there's still quite a few really great films I've yet to see...

EDIT: I should note, this is a list is a combination of my favorites and best of I've seen, so some movies may be favored a bit because they're favorites, or visa versa.

 

[ToddIsDead]

All right, I'll go.

Note: I'm doing my top FAVORITES, NOT what I think are the BEST.

1. Batman Begins
2. Man on Fire (2004)
3. Dawn of the Dead (1979)
4. The Warriors
5. Aliens
6. The Terminator
7. Goodfellas
8. Predator
9. Terminator 2
10. True Romance
11. The Devil’s Rejects
12. The Boondock Saints
13. Seven Samurai
14. Battle Royale
15. Commando
16. Friday the 13th Part VI
17. A Nightmare on Elm Street
18. Total Recall
19. Frankenstein (1931)
20. 28 Days Later
21. Clerks 2
22. Clerks.
23. Kill Bill (The whole movie)
24. Hook
25. Jaws
26. The Thing (1982)
27. Alien
28. Wes Craven’s New Nightmare
29. Reservoir Dogs
30. Pulp Fiction
31. Friday the 13th
32. Day of the Dead (1985)
33. Return of the Living Dead
34. Evil Dead 2
35. Army of Darkness
36. Night of the Living Dead (Both. A tie between the Romero and the Savini versions.)
37. Superman: The Movie (Really for the first 2/3 of it.)
38. Leon The Professional
39. Superman Returns
40. Batman (1989)
41. The Departed
42. 48 Hours
43. The Wolfman
44. Halloween
45. The Exorcist
46. The Big Lebowski
47. They Live
48. Escape From New York
49. Big Trouble in Little China
50. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
51. The Fly (1986)

I couldn’t limit it down to forty. The numbering might be a bit off, but that’s it for the most part. I know most are popcorn/actiony movies, but remember, these are my favorites, and I just like watching them.

 

[Carmine Falcone]

1. One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
2. The Long Good Friday
3. Goodfellas
4. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
5. Pulp Fiction
6. The Godfather Part II
7. Get Carter
8. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
9. Fight Club
10. Layer Cake
11. The Godfather
12. The Usual Suspects
13. Reservoir Dogs
14. Snatch
15. Se7en
16. Raging Bull
17. Batman Begins
18. The Man Who Would be King
19. White Heat
20. Narc
21. Twelve Monkeys
22. Dirty Harry
23. True Romance
24. Unforgiven
25. The Last Crusade
26. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
27. Casino
28. American Psycho
29. V for Vendetta
30. High plains Drifter
31. Lock Stock and Two smoking barrels
32. X-Men 2
33. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
34. The Outlaw Josey wales
35. Kill Bill Vol.2
36. Trainspotting
37. The Big Lebowski
38. Key Largo
39. Edward Scissorhands
40. Big Fish

Right now, I would place The Departed somewere in the first twenty titles. But I need to see a movie atleast twice to give it a spot there. But the way I feel about the movie now, I would place it at 5.

 

[BloodyWolverine]

This sounds like something i'd come up with and people wouldn't like, But you know what they say about great minds.
I to will list my 40 favorite and it won't be based on box office ranking but just my favorites.

1 Lord Of The Rings Trilogy.
2 Star Wars Trilogy 4,5 and 6
3 The Raiders Of The Lost Arc.
4 Pirates Of The Caribbean:C.O.T.B.P.
5 Batman Begins.
6 Spiderman.
7 Peter Jacksons: King Kong.
8 Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire.
9 The Lion King.
10 Jaws.
11 Goldeneye.
12 Jurassic Park.
13 Gladiator.
14 Armageddon.
15 Indiana Jones and The Temple Of Doom.
16 X-Men 2.
17 Batman.
18 1933 King Kong.
19 Hellboy.
20 Clash Of The Titans.
21 The 10 Commandments.
22 Goldfinger.
23 The Wizard OF Oz.
24 Pirates Of The Craibbean D.M.C
25 Bram Stokers Dracula.
26 Die Hard Witha Vengeance.
27 Scarface.
28 Taxi Driver.
29 Star Wars Episode 3.
30 Willow.
31 Casino Royale.
32 Predator.
33 The Mummy.
34 Dr.No.
35 The Man In The Iron Mask.
36 The Army Of Darkness.
37 Terminator 2 Judgement Day.
38 Die Another Day.
39 V For Vendetta.
40 Spiderman 2.

 

[Dangerous]

The lame reason one.

I'm just kidding, I have not even seen it.
I just really like the 1996 film of the same name 'cause it is about rude stuff.t:

 

[Dangerous]

This sounds like something i'd come up with and people wouldn't like, But you know what they say about great minds.
I to will list my 40 favorite and it won't be based on box office ranking but just my favorites.

1 Lord Of The Rings Trilogy.
2 Star Wars Trilogy 4,5 and 6
3 The Raiders Of The Lost Arc.
4 Pirates Of The Caribbean:C.O.T.B.P.
5 Batman Begins.
6 Spiderman.
7 Peter Jacksons: King Kong.
8 Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire.
9 The Lion King.
10 Jaws.
11 Goldeneye.
12 Jurassic Park.
13 Gladiator.
14 Armageddon.
15 Indiana Jones and The Temple Of Doom.
16 X-Men 2.
17 Batman.
18 1933 King Kong.
19 Hellboy.
20 Clash Of The Titans.
21 The 10 Commandments.
22 Goldfinger.
23 The Wizard OF Oz.
24 Pirates Of The Craibbean D.M.C
25 Bram Stokers Dracula.
26 Die Hard Witha Vengeance.
27 Scarface.
28 Taxi Driver.
29 Star Wars Episode 3.
30 Willow.
31 Casino Royale.
32 Predator.
33 The Mummy.
34 Dr.No.
35 The Man In The Iron Mask.
36 The Army Of Darkness.
37 Terminator 2 Judgement Day.
38 Die Another Day.
39 V For Vendetta.
40 Spiderman 2.

I like that you like Spider-man better than it's follow up, me too.

 

[TRWalter Kovacs]

1.American Beauty
2.V for Vendetta
3.Clerks 2
4.Reservior Dogs
5.American History X
6.Pulp Fiction
7.The Big Lebowski
8.Full Metal Jacket
9.American Physco
10.Office Space
11.Goodfellas
12.Good, the bad, and the Ugly
13.The Crow
14.Clerks
15.Batman Begins
16.A Scanner Darkly
17.Punisher
18.Secret Window
19.Good Will Hunting
20.Collateral
21.Mallrats
22.X-2:X-Men United
23.Taxi Driver
24.Escape from Elcatraz
25.Mothman Prophices
26.Sin City
27.Superman 1 and 2 (Tie)
28.Shawshank Redemption
29.Empire Strikes Back
30.Donnie Darko
31.Requiem for a Dream
32.Superman Returns
33.Gladiator
34.Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
35.Running Scared
36.O Brother Were Art Thou?
37.Happy Gilmore
38.Napolean Dynamite
39.Road to Peridtion
40.Grandma's Boy

 

[ToddIsDead]

I like that you like Spider-man better than it's follow up, me too.

Spider-Man was leagues ahead of Spider-Man 2.

 

[Bat Attack]

Top 40 Favorites:

1. Batman
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Ghost World
4. Sin City
5. Reservoir Dogs
6. Batman Returns
7. Out of the Past (1947)
8. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
9. Aliens
10. Alien
11. Terminator 2
12. The Abyss
13. Poltergeist
14. A Nightmare on Elm Street
15. Scream
16. Jackie Brown
17. The Big Sleep
18. Asphalt Jungle
19. Batman Mask of the Phantasm
20. Batman Forever
21. Fast Times At Ridgemont High
22. Dick Tracy (1990)
23. A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
24. Hellraiser
25. Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
26. Halloween
27. Chinatown
28. The Shining (1980)
29. The Graduate
30. Saw
31. Saw II
32. Saw III
33. Rain Man
34. The Terminator
35. Superman: The Movie
36. Superman II
37. Ruthless People
38. The Godfather Part II
39. The Godfather
40. Spider-Man 2

 

[Cyrusbales]

well top 4(no order) - JSA, in a lonely place, match point, chunking express.

Other films that would be in there somewhere: In the mood for love, 2046, talk to her, a bittersweet life. Dead mans shoes, all the little animals(maybe right at the top). Casablanca(near top), Closer

 

[Cyrusbales]

Oh, and obviously Barry lyndon up there, also 2001. Dark city too(except the enging, prob be in the thirties)

 

[L0ngsh0t]

Meh, I'm bored, might as well do mine.

1) Almost Famous
2) Goodfellas
3) Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade
4) Fast Times At Ridgemont High
5) One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
6) True Romance
7) Pulp Fiction
8) Who Framed Roger Rabbit
9) Aliens
10) The Wizard Of Oz
11) The Love Bug
12) Batman Returns
13) Die Hard
14) Wayne’s World
15) The Outsiders
16) Raiders of the Lost Ark
17) The Empire Strikes Back
18) The Big Lebowski
19) Ghostbusters
20) Spaceballs
21) The Departed
22) Laura
23) The Godfather Part II
24) The Godfather
25) It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
26) Dirty Harry
27) Grease
28) Taxi Driver
29) Indiana Jones And The Temple of Doom
30) Rebel Without A Cause
31) Raging Bull
32) The Godfather
33) American Pie 2
34) Casablanca
35) Stripes
36) The Godfather Part II
37) Sin City
38) Return Of The Jedi
39) Predator
40) Alien

(And no, I didn't just do this off the top of my head.)

i don't nessecarily agree with Fast times being so damn high, and like american pie 2 and predator, but man

i got to give you props for putting Almost Famous no.1, its not my number 1 but that movie kicks a whole lot of ass, bold move

 

[JTStarkiller]

Note: I'm doing my top FAVORITES, NOT what I think are the BEST.

I still haven't to this day understood this statement.