Five Best Movies of All Time?

[TVTeufel]

Best movies to me are the ones I can watch repeatedly (within limits) & want to see again.

5. Dr. Strangelove (mentioned)
4. Any spaghetti western (just for the music alone!)
3. Twelve O'clock High
2. Dr. Zivago
1. And I can't believe not yet mentioned...........

NETWORK - '77 - "I'm mad as hell"...etc. - absolutely timeless.

Honorable mentions, not yet mentioned - Manchurian Candidate, The Parallex View, The Thing, & the origional Little Shop of Horrors.

Ron.

[Moot]

1. Lord of the Rings (All 3 in extended versions; it's one long story).
2. Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark.
3. Star Wars, episode 4.
4. Dr. Strangelove.
5. Maltese Falcon.

[markmarc]

Seen too many to limit to just five:

The Right Stuff- Brillant from beginning to end
Dances With Wolves- perfect editing
Almost Famous- Best Rock n Roll movie ever, period!
Tie: Dave/In & Out- Kevin Kline is hysterical
The Shawshank Redemption- Powerful and gripping
Monty Python's Life of Brian- Most sarcastic movie ever
Airplane!- 25 years later and I'm still laughing
On Her Majesty's Secret Service- Best Bond movie, yes, better than Goldfinger.
Slapshot- rude, and sheer fun
My Big Fat Greek Wedding- Anybody with lots of ethnic relatives can relate
Patton- The opening five minutes are worth it alone
Bladerunner- Gets better as I get older
The Milagro Beanfield War- Underappreciated, great music
Downhill Racer- Seems like a documentary at times, dialogue is so realistic
Monsters, Inc- Pixar's best, most original story
Local Hero- Far better screen play than Sideways

in particular order
the birds
the cell
slaughter house five
wrath of kahn
the burbs

[Mike Bama]

Some of my top movies

1. Bullitt
2. Wild Bunch
3. Tombstone
4. Officer And A Gentleman
5. Dirty Harry

Honorable Mention in no order

Right Stuff
Used Cars
Psycho
North By Northwest
Star Wars
Walk The Line
Ray
Hustle & Flow
Casablanca
Gone With The Wind
Indiana Jones (any)
Shawshank Redemtion
Green Mile (stayed true to the books)
Open Range
Any Ron Howard directed film
Any Brian DePalma film

Just to name a few

[JerryM]

In chronological order:

Rashomon

North by Northwest

The Manchurian Candidate (the 1962 original)

Dr. Strangelove

Breaking the Waves

[Toasted Almond]

The Magnificent 7 (That fucking music. Seven young studs and that fucking music.)
12 Angry men
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Nevada Smith
The Searchers

Jerry above me has number 6 with The Manchurian Candidate (the original).

[Bigerik]

In no particular order:
The Third Man
Casablanca
Almost Famous
Lawrence of Arabia
Citizen Kane


Honourable mention:
High Society (Bing, Frank and Satchmo all in one movie)

[johndoe3]

The Sting
Raiders of the Lost Ark
American Graffiti
L.A. Confidential
Star Wars-A New Hope

[daveshel]

Airplane
Caddyshack
Night Shift
Memento
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

[markdi]

das boot

requiem for a dream

the fifth element

dr. Zivago

the war zone

[donoghue]

Not necessarily best I've ever seen but my favorites

Vertigo
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
Ran-Kurosawa
Empire Strikes Back
Lawrence of Arabia

Also
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Casino
Das Boot
Gattica
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Godfather II
For a Few Dollars More
LA Confidential
Fargo
Leon
Neverending Story

[Hepcat]

The hell with it. Here is my all time top 25 movies: (And by the way, "Blood Simple" is the original version, not the "Director's cut" version. It was much better the first time. I have a VHS and Laser Disc copy but not a DVD yet)

Top 25 Movies

1. Dr. Stangelove
2. Mister Roberts
3. The Caine Mutiny
4. One-Eyed Jacks
5. Raising Arizona
6. Casablanca
7. Paths of Glory
8. La Dolce Vita
9. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
10. The Americanization of Emily
11. The Maltese Falcon
12. Chinatown
13. Raiders of the Lost Ark
14. Patton
15. The Conversation
16. Blade Runner
17. The Killing
18. The Last Picture Show
19. The Manchurian Candidate (1962 version)
20. Godfather (I & II)
21. The Shining
22. Blood Simple
23. The Asphalt Jungle
24. Blow Out
25. The Third Man

[WhiteSE]

As of tonite my best are:

2001
Silent running (with Glenn Ford)
Das Boot
12 Angry Men
The Odd Couple
Dr Strangelove
All You Wanted to Know About Sex but Were afraid Of..
The Killing Fields
Mr Roberts

if anyone wants to see a great movie that never got very big, try the boondock saints. it has a quinten tarentino feel to it.