Doing blow alone tonight and working on my "10 Favorite Movies of All Time" list. List so far (in no particular order):
- Return of the King - Wolf of Wall Street - Interstellar - Silver Linings Playbook - Goodfellas - There Will be Blood - Superbad - Rosemary's Baby - Get Out - Shawshank Redemption - No Country for Old Men - Taxi Driver - Saving Private Ryan - Twelve Monkeys - Django Unchained - Forrest Gump - The Dark Knight - The Lion King - Training Day - Black Swan - Requiem for a Dream - Scarface - Tropic Thunder
It's going to be tough to narrow this down to a top 10. What does b think? Am I missing anything so far?
I feel like a Pixar movie should be on here somewhere but can't pick one that really stands out. Maybe Toy Story / Toy Story 3
Easton Ortiz
I'm very aware Godfather is one of the best movies of all-time (objectively). It's tough to separate my own opinion from the list. I love Pacino but find the movie slow.
Robert Diaz
Inception and Tombstone could get consideration
Adrian Ward
Had a hard time choosing the right comedies. These are all great but I have a soft spot for Superbad and Tropic Thunder
Jordan Adams
Fuck yeah, I don't know why I'm fighting this... Inception needs to be here
Jaxon Jones
Updating list to include Inception and Mad Max Fury Road - Need some more Tom Hardy
Grayson Scott
- Return of the King - Wolf of Wall Street - Interstellar - Silver Linings Playbook - Goodfellas - There Will be Blood - Superbad - Rosemary's Baby - Get Out - Shawshank Redemption - No Country for Old Men - Taxi Driver - Saving Private Ryan - Twelve Monkeys - Django Unchained - Forrest Gump - The Dark Knight - The Lion King - Training Day - Black Swan - Requiem for a Dream - Scarface - Tropic Thunder - Mad Max: Fury Road - Inception
James Nguyen
Great list. What about these not my top 10 though.
Pulp Fiction Leon the Professional Gladiator Fight Club Good Will Hunting Kill Bill The Pianist
So what's your top 10 then? I was close to putting Gladiator and Fight Club in the list but they didn't quite make the cut. I find some of Taratino's movies are a but overrated. Pulp Fiction has yet to really grow on me
John Richardson
No "Fight Club"?
Justin Stewart
I agree with Inception but fuck Mad Max cucked Fury!
Easton Bennett
Are you 25? So many of those are on my list. Silver linings play book is great
I like your taste. Have fun watching these again user. Don't over-do the blow.
I'll just add Children of Men and Pan's Labyrinth.
Jaxon Perry
I'm 30. Realize it's harder for me to respect the classics bevause I'm younger. Might be some recency bias here with Interstellar and Wolf of Wallstreet but they're so fucking good even after 20 views. Yes, silver linings is criminally overlooked
Jordan Lewis
Yeah, girlfriend's out of town and I had some blow leftover from some summer concerts. Both these movies are amazing and I am now considering adding them... I purposely left out Pan's but actually forgot about Children of Men.
Zachary Reed
Fight club would be on mine too. Also Schindler's list? Just for the Jimmy's russled Also I cry everytime.
Liam Foster
Fury Saving Private Ryan Shawshank Redemption Leave No Trace The Town Apocalypse Now Gladiator Iron Man Terminator 2
Just a few suggestions off the top
Jason Diaz
I would play wolf on wallstreet and silver linings playbook back to back while getting blacked out. Like you said 20+ views it's still great
Logan Cook
I rewatched Children a year ago and was still blown away. I had forgotten some scenes so that helped, but fuck if that isn't a great movie.
Camden Foster
Needs more Das Boot
Brody Davis
Yeah watch something and do blow, fuck that, just put that shit under your eyelid and go for a walk.
Juan Ward
TERMINATOR 2 IS GOING ON THE FUCKING LIST. Thank you.
I'm glad you mentioned a Marvel movie. Really hard to choose the best one for the list but I was thinking End Game or Ragnarok (a personal favorite). Iron man or Civil War would be good choices as well.
Logan Smith
LMFAO
Samuel Flores
Young Guns also guys come tf lol idk maybe im just old and watched that everyday i stayed home from school
Owen Walker
Anyone think Toy Story is worthy? Any other Pixar?
Daniel Barnes
If going with Pixar, Wall-E
Isaiah Jones
Adding T2 & Children of Men:
- Return of the King - Wolf of Wall Street - Interstellar - Silver Linings Playbook - Goodfellas - There Will be Blood - Superbad - Rosemary's Baby - Get Out - Shawshank Redemption - No Country for Old Men - Taxi Driver - Saving Private Ryan - Twelve Monkeys - Django Unchained - Forrest Gump - The Dark Knight - The Lion King - Training Day - Black Swan - Requiem for a Dream - Scarface - Tropic Thunder - Mad Max: Fury Road - Inception - Terminator 2 - Children of Men
If I put Wall-E, why not Up? Or Monsters Inc? I just can't see a pixar that's head and shoulders above the rest. Inside Out is a maybe but I want to see how it ages
Justin Gutierrez
Up starts strong but kind of fizzles midway, in my opinion. Monsters is also a very solid choice.
In all honesty, this list is easier to add to than take away. Needs a few more comedies, but those can be hard to consider classics.
Levi Robinson
Fuckin' hell! This is a classic.
Jacob Carter
Yeah exactly. Comedies are really tough and extremely based on personal taste / age group. I'm sure some would want to see Austin Powers, Happy Gilmore, Caddy Shack.
I grew up in the Seth Rogen/Dead Pan era. So Superbad is my favorite. The year it came out was literally my high school graduation.
Fargo and Big Lebowski should probably be above Superbad if this was strictly objective.
Angel Walker
The Hateful Eight
Luis Collins
A lot of Mel Brooks is lost on me I guess. Maybe it's my age group. I find his movies good for a few chuckles. Very slapstick. Curious how old you are?
Christopher Carter
I'm only about 5-6 years older than you, so Superbad was still on my radar. The ones that I consider great in my early years that still hold up are Dumb and Dumber and Kingpin. Guess I just enjoy the Farrelly brothers.
Hudson Taylor
harlem nights pulp fiction forest gump godfather good fellas aliens resvoror dogs punisher (Tomas jane) full metal jacket platoon
Evan Kelly
2001: a Space Odyssey Appleseed (1988) The Raid Stand By Me Big Fish Silver Linings Playbook The Upside Garfield 2: a Tale of Two Kitties White Boy Rick Forrest Gump Mean Girls Begotten Hobo With a Shotgun Frank Step-Brothers Death of a Salesman
Hateful Eight is a low-key favorite of Tarantino's for me. I've heard a lot of hate go its way. The writing is peak Tarantino. Still tough to put it on the list though
Kevin Cooper
wolf of wall street
Benjamin Brooks
Just re-watched Reservoir Dogs a few days ago. I found Tarantino's early writing alot like Kevin Smith. That's not a compliment. The dialogue is too wordy, fast and unrealistic. The overall plot is very entertaining though.
Christian Sanchez
Honestly I find Kubrick too slow. Builds the tension way more than required. If I put any Kubrick it would probably be clockwork (not a perfect movie) or The Shining
Samuel Scott
Good call on Step Brothers. Would be good to find a Will Ferrell entry as he led his own era of comedy
Ethan Sanders
What did you think of Green Book? Farrelly brother's newest. Did it deserve best film?
Jaxson Foster
it's easily one of my favorites of all time
Adam Cox
Haven't watched it yet. I've dropped the ball in recent years and don't watch as much as I used to. I've only seen Us in the theatre this year....that's it.
Joseph Miller
Yeah 2018 was a weak year anyway. I'm tempted to go check out Once upon a Time in Hollywood now. That may be added to the list based on what I am hearing. I'm checking Piratebay everyday for a proper Us upload
Jaxon Davis
why? it's terrible
Easton Campbell
I love Brad Pitt and Leo. Tarantino is always worth watching. I figured "how can it not be great?"
Eli Rivera
Us? by Jordan Peele?
Juan Lewis
Oh sorry you meant Us. Was it not good? I heard good things
Christopher Ward
31
Luke Bennett
the only interesting thing is the ending, it's more of a social commentary, kinda like "What Would You Do?" type shit.
Ethan Flores
OK well I'm 30 so no difference there. Were you into the Seth Rogen era? Or you just dig the classic comedies?
Juan Gonzalez
I like it, but it could be because I watched it a week later and my coworkers were talking about how bad it was compared to Get Out.
However, I'm a big horror fan and was not expecting just a flat out horror movie, so I ended up really liking Us as a result.
Justin Rogers
You're just going to sit up all night gritting your teeth and watching old monster truck VHS tapes. You aren't fooling anyone.
Cooper James
OK so I can normally get a sense of what to expect from a movie by comparing user score to critic score. Critics LOVED Us and user's seemed split. I am getting a sense Peele is being overrated by critics now from Get Out's success. I'll absolutely still watch it though to see for myself.
Elijah Howard
HAHAHA no I'm looking for movies to watch that make drug use look fun right now. Drugs are always portrayed as evil in movies. Wolf of Wall street is an exception. Watching it now.
Jose Russell
It's far from terrible, I found it to be quite good. It's a movie about acting.
-You are 26 -Hispanic, possibly white -male -sarcasm comes far too easy for you -you believe you are capable of great things but are held back by something -you hold out hope for the underdogs -you realize that people have secrets and a darker side -you are semi impressionable by those around you -you understand the concept of honor but not the concept of true sacrifice -you arent afraid of things that scare most people
I almost put Hereditary on the list. Speaking of horrors
Cameron Ward
I think your about 20 years old with autism.
Eli Morgan
>- Get Out That's how I know your black
Jace Torres
Yes, I'm a white male with a weakness for sarcasm and awkward deliveries. You're not far off on a lot of these other statements. Kinda creepy man
Lucas Richardson
That's another tough genre to put on the list because of diminishing results. All time, I go with The Shining. Modern day....the one that still stays under my skin is Wolf Creek.
Samuel Lee
I just realized how shallow I am
Jacob Carter
Thanks I'll have to watch Wolf Creek. Watch Rosemary's Baby if you haven't already. It aged amazingly for a 1968. Silence of the lambs probably should be considered too.
Aaron Davis
Tell me you watched Hereditary though?
Mason Anderson
fucking awful list. you probably have zero fucking objective considerations when watching a movie. cringey as fuck list from an uncultured shithead.
im trying to call you out. stop trying to be different and just be happy. whether other people are made happy by the same thing or not. stop caring so much about being different and focus on being fulfilled.
Thomas Miller
how about a good movie? you probably haven't even seen one. Network is the easiest one I could spoon feed you but what about Kurosawa or Kubrick or Coppola or Demme? maybe even fucking Tarkovsky or Fellini? How about an actual film from a film movement outside of 20 years of Hollywood garbage?
You havn't seen enough movies user. You have like 2 good pics, picks but Return of the King is total garbage.
you need to watch:
The French connection Dr. Strangelove Happyness Videodrome The city of God The Road Warrior Aliens The Thing (1982) Dog Day Afternoon The Shining Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid The Matrix (only the first one) Back to the future Upgrade ex Machina Kung Fu Hustle Some like it Hot The Big Lebowski t2 The usual suspects Inglorious Bastards Ghost Busters MP & The Holy Grail China Town
oh right, you want to get your ass titillated off and walk away with no conduit with which to grow or appreciate the next movie you watch. fucking plebs.
Top Tier - Return of the King, Wolf of Wall Street, Goodfellas 2nd Tier (likely in top 10) - Interstellar, Silver Linings Playbook, There Will be Blood, Saving Private Ryan, Shawshank Redemption, Taxi Driver, Django Unchained, Forrest Gump, The Lion King, Scarface 3rd tier (may not make top 10) - Terminator 2, Rosemary's Baby, Get Out, Twelve Monkeys, The Dark Knight, Training Day, Black Swan, Children of Men, Inception 4th tier (eliminated from top10) - Mad Max: Fury Road, Superbad, Requiem for a Dream, Tropic Thunder
This is so difficult...
Landon Hill
Yea. I liked it, just didn't stick with me. But I do tell people to check it out because it's pretty unique.
Brandon Morris
Great list but and Inception? Inception > All
Nathaniel Murphy
>why did you like *this* movie user? >uhh it was cool and the part where my hero said a cool line was super sweet. also guns
why even fucking watch movies just eat the popcorn and watch Guardians of the Galaxy on a loop
Definitely have to second Aliens here. And Alien. Dear God, those are just excellent back to back viewings.
Tyler Russell
I know alot of people would think sac-religious to omit Godfather, Apocalypse Now, Usual Suspects, Big Lebowski. Unfortunately these lists have so much subjectivity. I would never attempt an objective "best movie of all-time list" because there's too much I haven't seen or missed the cultural impact. Where is Citizen Cane and Wizard of Oz? I just can't comment on those with any conviction.
Matthew Sullivan
All of Michael Moore's movies should be on there. Also Mad As Hell (Ceny Yuger documentary)
Jaxon Fisher
And yeah I'm gonna add Big Lebowski the more I think about it. John Goodman is incredible
Tyler Gray
literally 3 years of postwar italian cinema is better than OP's entire "signed up right after highschool" shitlist of hollywood vomit. Godfather is fine but people like him like it cause it's edgy not for any other objective reason.
A dude on coke has the most fag free and serious discussion thread on here in months.
Fuck yes.
Connor Jenkins
you can easily omit those obligatory picks. Those are societies favorites. Choose your personal favorites. This is YOUR list, not Time Magazines.
Luis Cox
Haha thanks. I haven't been on b in like 5 years. Thought this was a good group to run my list by. Impossible to narrow it down to 10.
Thomas Brown
Original oldboy?
Levi Edwards
It's kind of an amalgamation of MINE and SOCIETIES tbh. I don't want to put anything on the list that isn't say, top 100 all-time (objectively). Ultimately it's based on my favorites though. Interstellar is a big one for me that I know a lot wouldn't include.
Tyler Robinson
probably because those movies are all the fucking same. no variety no experimentation. no wonder you love coke so much you have to preface the fact you're using it before starting a conversation with strangers.
I need some foreign language I know. And fuck yes this is a truly great movie. If I had to add a favorite for foreign language, I'm going Pan's Labyrinth.
Owen Sullivan
stop thinking though societies eye. Make your own list. it's more interesting.
One of my movies ever is videodrome. You'll never see that on a top 100.
Grayson Cooper
Yes I do! I haven't watched it yet which is ridiculous because I love the Coens. It's on my list.
Aaron Williams
City of God can't be beaten in the foreign category.
Joshua Rivera
Coke is fun. I'm not ashamed. Good for thought exercises like this one.
Ryan Cook
Yeah I know it's hard to balance the "counter-culture" tendency without losing objectivity. I have a personal bias against Fight Club because EVERYONE loves it and it bothers me for some reason. Funny part is I like the movie a lot.
I usually need to see GREAT acting to add a movie to my all-time list. Hence Leo shows up a lot.
Tyler Gutierrez
if you think choosing a winner between these movies is a 'thought exercise' with or without drugs involved you are the reason dogshit movies are made and sell into the millions. just call it a "the edgiest movies of hollywood's past 20 years" list. that's what it is. there's no objective standard other than edginess and mass appeal to tie these choices together.
Hey OP good list don't listen to these cucks that are talking shit. Maybe sprinkle some foreign films and it's a banger. Finally a good thread and discussion.
Joshua Morgan
>sprinkle some foreign films missing the point entirely. if OP wants titillation that's fine but he shouldn't honestly believe these are 'good' movies when all they do is titillate his low standards
Angel Bennett
Yeah for Foreign I'd be thinking Oldboy, Pan's, or maybe the Orphanage
Jordan Lee
Edgy isn't the right word here. That would be like Brokeback Mountain, Crash, Moonlight, Spotlight, etc. A lot of forgettable Oscar bait.
Mass appeal for good movies? Imagine that
Jack Ramirez
What about Bladerunner(original) or Bladerunner 2049? Predator maybe in there somewhere as well
Jose Edwards
Bladerunner is great I just think 12 monkeys is better. For some reason I was deciding between those 2 specifically. Brad Pitt's acting job made me choose 12 monkeys.
I liked 2049 but still need to see how it ages. I'm not totally sold yet. Is Ryan Gosling timeless?
Carter Jenkins
mass appeal is gratuitous violence (particularly sexual violence), gunplay and crowd appeasement such as fanservice and self-referential one-liners being an active writing instrument.
just because a movie does well does not make it a good movie.
and no, edgy is definitely the right word. his top picks are literally movies revolving around crime, violence and sexual exploitation to advance their plots. you can like a few of Tarantino's movies but you should NOT like all of them because most of them are really pretty fucking bad. And sure you can pick shit like Interstellar cause "that shit blew my mind man" but it's chosen for THAT reason, not because it's a good example of SCIFI (hint: it isn't.)
OP likes the content, not the movie. And the content here is titillation, not execution or greater context or applicability or sheer technical mastery of film elements.
both are garbage. the first one took an amazing book, an expert prop department and Syd Mead's talent and shit out a movie-length chase scene.
The second one has no redeeming qualities and is a cash grab before the people who were young enough to think the first was cool when it hit theaters become old enough to forget about it.
Seven The goodfellas Silence of the lamb Jurrasic park Ferris bueler day's off V for vendetta
Joshua Wood
You're actually saying a lot of stuff I agree with. Notice Pulp Fiction and Reservior Dogs is absent from my list? Tarantino isn't always gold in my opinion.
Interstellar is a personal favorite for me. It tackled black holes, worm holes & time travel head on and with intelligence while still being an entertaining movie.
Primer might be the smartest movie ever made but was not approachable for a casual viewing. That matters to me.
Kayden Mitchell
What are your picks
Anthony Collins
>means girls a true man of cinema
Ian Parker
Seven is great but the more I watch it, the more I associate it with a just another crime thriller, albeit a very good/polished one. David Fincher creates CLEAN films if nothing else.
Go back and watch V for Vendetta again. I had it built up in my head for so long and now I find it's not holding up with age. Still entertaining of course but it has weaknesses.
Jurassic Park & Silence of the Lambs belongs on a list like this. Just no room on mine. I'd put Silence of the Lambs as a very honorable mention.
Leo Parker
Interstellar would have been a masterwork in helping today's audience understand relativistic effects *and* an equally great movie if they had made it a third of its total runtime.
Don't get me wrong. I fucking love movies with 3-4 hour runtime (esp. scifi ones) but that shit had better be so good the lower half of my body goes numb.
Every time I re-watch it, I think similarly about the run-time. I think some of the fluff in the beginning could have been cut-out or reduced. The relationship with the son was time wasted. But everything after they get to space is necessary IMO.
Grayson Sanchez
i strongly think you need to reconsider where superbad belongs
Isaac Fisher
Someone already said DasBoot Not top 10, but notable good movies
13th warrior redline (2009) event horizon (1997) Ghostbusters (1984) Batman (1989) Beetlejuice Dances with Wolves Edge of Tommorow District 9 Dredd The City of Lost Children (1995) Jurassic Park KIDS (1995) American Beauty Rumble in the Bronx Demolition Man Nightmare before Christmas Bone Tomahawk Total Recall HEAT Iron Giant (fuck you, we all cried)
Jace Long
I had to decide between The Exorcist and Rosemary's Baby for horror. I'm still thinking about the exorcist. I'll need to re-watch and evaluate again.
Oliver Phillips
CB4 Team America World Police
Christian Flores
Actually forgot about American Beauty. Thanks for reminding me. This probably belongs on the list somewhere.
Jordan Sullivan
Boogie nights
Wes Anderson has to get something on the board
Jason Anderson
Home Alone
Jaxson Morgan
Like higher or lower?
James White
higher. it's like the scream of the comedy genre
Connor Bennett
JUST watched Boogie Nights tonight as I thought it would go well with Blow. It's really good but short of top10 IMO. The pacing seems off.
Yes, I now Wes Anderson would have an entry on a lot of ppls lists but I find his movies all so similar I can't choose one that really stands out. I'd probably go with Moonrise tbh.
Joshua Collins
Short Circuit Beverly Hills Cop 2 Labyrinth Red Dawn Tremors Goonies E.T.
Nathaniel Rogers
no order:
The Bicycle Thief Akira Come and See Phase IV Bridge Over the River Kwai Tetsuo: Body Hammer 12 Angry Men Il Confromista Paths of Glory Perfect Blue The Thin Red Line The Longest Day Children of Men Solaris(both) Ran Ikiru Rashomon Touch of Evil Dr. Strangelove 2001 STALKER Badlands Kafka What Scoundrels Men Are! Some Like it Hot Satyricon Fantastic Planet Spartacus(1960)
and if you think I'm a boomer (sigh) watch more movies
Adrian Morgan
no boomer and zoomer memes here. this a real nigga thread!
Adam Morris
It's tough with comedies because they are always a product of their times. Superbad meant a lot to me personally because of my age at release. It still holds up today IMO.
Pretty much a perfect comedy but comedies are often not perfect movies.
Gavin White
Naked Sorry to bother you Timecrimes Blue/white/red Straw dogs Shallow grave GUMMO Dogtooth Dancer in the dark Sympathy for Mr.vengence Morvern callar Hard eight Being john Malkovich City of lost children Pink floyd the wall The immaculate conception of little dizzle The war zone This is England Naked lunch Elephant Knife in the water Happiness
Nice list. First time I watched Being John Malkovich I was deliriously sick with the flu and watched Adaptation immediately after by chance. I thought I was going crazy.
Haha yeah I had mentioned the Mel Brooks Slap-stick doesn't really resonate with me. Respect for a true classic though.
Kayden Allen
I'm re-watching happiness right now. Thanks for the reminder. Cringe has never been done so believably in film.
Nathan Torres
12 angry men
Colton Roberts
2001: A Space Odyssey Apocalypse Now RAN Andrei Rublev The Passion of Joan of Arc Last Year at Marienbad Ivan the Terrible Fanny and Alexander Sansho the Bailiff Tokyo Story Citizen Kane Earth Breathless Blow-up The Last Emperor Intolerance Napoleon Va par Abel Gance M Once Upon a Time in the West Hitler: a film from Germany Chinatown Nashville JFK In the Mood for Love Mother and Son Werckmeister Harmonies The New World There Will Be Blood Pulp Fiction Blue Velvet Heaven's Gate Lola Montes The Third Man
Joshua Foster
It's a hard watch for sure , tim roth's the war zone is right up there with it
Wyatt Lewis
>stanley kubrick has entered the channel
Christopher Evans
Thanks , I own these all on dvd too!
Daniel Wilson
No Star Wars no real horror movie. No real action. You be a fag.
Christian Parker
Good picks. another man of culture. M is so fucking fresh still it's incredible. Lolita is another banger.
The New World is probably my favorite Mallick movie visually but man the more I rewatch it the more I want to see different faces in that cast.
12 Angry Men Gunga Din The Godfather Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (Fuck you that movie is awesome) Full Metal Jacket High Plains Drifter John Carpenter's The Thing