Re: Flickchart: Rank Your Top Movies
You're a big comedy fan. I think that's the first list I've seen like that.
You're a big comedy fan. I think that's the first list I've seen like that.
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"It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace
"You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob Neyer -
"It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace
"You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob NeyerComment
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What is Excalibur?!? Only the best King Arthur story ever.
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O FORTUNA!
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After nearly 700 more rankings I'm much much closer to what my top 20 should look like. All its really missing now is LA Confidential and I've managed to get it up to 22.
1. Office Space
2. Snatch
3. Ghostbusters
4. Aliens
5. Dazed and Confused
6. V for Vendetta
7. Borat
8. Die Hard With Vengeance
9. Batman Begins
10. Big Trouble in Little China
11. Serenity
12. The Dark Knight
13. The Bourne Ultimatum
14. Back to the Future
15. Talladega Night
16. Crimson Tide
17. Kingdom of Heaven
18. Platoon
19. The Bourne Identity
20. A League of Their OwnComment
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Random thread bumps? Maybe. Been a year so bringing this one back.
My updated list (340 Movies)
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GoodFellas
1990 • Martin Scorsese • Rated R
Crime • Gangster Film • Crime Drama
1 on Your Flickchart • Rank This Movie0
2
Edward Scissorhands
1990 • Tim Burton • Rated PG13
Fantasy • Romance • Romantic Fantasy
2 on Your Flickchart • Rank This Movie0
3
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003 • Peter Jackson • Rated PG13
Fantasy • **** • Fantasy Adventure
3 on Your Flickchart • Rank This Movie0
4
Back to the Future
1985 • Robert Zemeckis • Rated PG
Science Fiction • Sci-Fi Comedy • Sci-Fi Adventure
4 on Your Flickchart • Rank This Movie0
5
The Prestige
2006 • Christopher Nolan • Rated PG13
Thriller • Psychological Thriller • Period Film
5 on Your Flickchart • Rank This Movie0
6
American Beauty
1999 • Sam Mendes • Rated R
Comedy Drama • Tragi-comedy • Family Drama
6 on Your Flickchart • Rank This Movie0
7
Forrest Gump
1994 • Robert Zemeckis • Rated PG13
Comedy Drama • Period Film • Americana
7 on Your Flickchart • Rank This Movie0
8
Saving Private Ryan
1998 • Steven Spielberg • Rated R
War • War **** • Ensemble Film
8 on Your Flickchart • Rank This Movie0
9
Toy Story
1995 • John Lasseter • Rated G
Fantasy • Children's/Family • Children's Fantasy
9 on Your Flickchart • Rank This Movie1
10
Ghost
1990 • Jerry Zucker • Rated PG13
Fantasy • Romance • Heaven-Can-Wait Fantasies
10 on Your Flickchart • Rank This Movie0
11
Beauty and the Beast
1991 • Gary Trousdale • Not Rated
Animated Musical • Animation • Children's/Family
11 on Your Flickchart • Rank This Movie0
12
Taxi Driver
1976 • Martin Scorsese • Rated R
Drama • Psychological Drama • Urban Drama
12 on Your Flickchart • Rank This Movie0
13
Girl, Interrupted
2000 • James Mangold • Rated R
Drama • Psychological Drama • Melodrama
13 on Your Flickchart • Rank This Movie2
14
Million Dollar Baby
2004 • Clint Eastwood • Rated PG13
Drama • Sports Drama • Melodrama
14 on Your Flickchart • Rank This Movie1
15
Reservoir Dogs
1992 • Quentin Tarantino • Rated R
Crime • Crime Thriller • Ensemble Film
15 on Your Flickchart • Rank This Movie0
16
Zoolander
2001 • Ben Stiller • Rated PG13
Comedy • Parody/Spoof • Comedy of Errors
16 on Your Flickchart • Rank This Movie0
17
The Godfather
1972 • Francis Ford Coppola • Rated R
Crime • Gangster Film • Crime Drama
17 on Your Flickchart • Rank This Movie0
18
Rain Man
1988 • Barry Levinson • Rated R
Drama • Road Movie • Family Drama
18 on Your Flickchart • Rank This Movie0
19
Finding Nemo
2003 • Andrew Stanton • Rated G
Children's/Family • Family-Oriented Adventure • Adventure Comedy
19 on Your Flickchart • Rank This Movie0
20
The Usual Suspects
1995 • Bryan Singer • Rated R
Crime • Thriller • Crime Thriller
20 on Your Flickchart • Rank This Movie1"It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace
"You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob NeyerComment
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Have you seen Excalibur yet, Yankee?
Anyway, here's mine:
1. Excalibur
2. The Godfather
3. The Shining
4. The Princess Bride
5. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
6. Pulp Fiction
7. O Brother Where Art Thou?
8. Blade Runner
9. This is Spinal Tap
10. The Dark Knight
11. Memento
12. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
13. Night of the Living Dead
14. American Psycho
15. Rear Window
16. Casino Royale
17. Young Frankenstein
18. The Wizard of Oz
19. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
20. Office Space
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I have not and this thread reminded me to add it to my queue. It's Instant Watch on Netflix so maybe I can get some time to watch it tomorrow."It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace
"You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob NeyerComment
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I'm slightly bored and thought I would bump this up since I still use it somewhat.
1. The Godfather
2. The Shining
3. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
4. Pulp Fiction
5. The Princess Bride
6. Memento
7. O' Brother Where Art Thou?
8. Excalibur
9. Rear Window
10. Spinal Tap
11. Monty Python & the Holy Grail
12. Alien
13. Drive
14. Red Cliff Part 1
15. Red Cliff Part 2
16. The Dark Knight
17. Blade Runner
18. Night of the Living Dead
19. Young Frankenstein
20. Casino Royale
21. The Wizard of Oz
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They were laughing at DC on page one, but The Lion King is my favorite movie of all time.Comment
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Thanks for the bump, I had forgotten the name of the website again.PS: You guys are great.
SteamID - Depotboy
...2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2020....
What a run
Roll Tide
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I still haven't seen Excalibur. The heck. Two years. I'm the worst internet movie suggestion taker."It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace
"You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob NeyerComment
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This thing forces some ridiculously difficult decisions on me.
How am I supposed to choose between Hot Fuzz and Die Hard 2?
Or The Truman Show and Toy Story?Member: OS Uni Snob Association | Twitter: @MyNameIsJesseG | #WT4M | #WatchTheWorldBurn
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After 163 movies and 590 rankings:
1. (500) Days of Summer
2. The Dark Knight
3. The Empire Strikes Back
4. The Social Network
5. Se7en
6. Ghostbusters
7. Zombieland
8. Super 8
9. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
10. Star Wars
11. The Truman Show
12. Casino Royale
13. The Departed
14. Horrible Bosses
15. Up in the Air
16. I Love You, Man
17. Easy A
18. Sherlock Holmes
19. Juno
20. The Other GuysMember: OS Uni Snob Association | Twitter: @MyNameIsJesseG | #WT4M | #WatchTheWorldBurn
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