Best movies ever.

[Admiral Swagmeister G-Funk]

I'm not sure if this thread already exists on this forum, as I'm only new, so forgive me if it already does.

After looking at the worst movies thread, I am curious to see what films revleft comrades consider to be the best.

I'll kick the thread of with Stalker, by Andrei Tarkovsky. This film was made in 1979 in the USSR. It is based on a novel (as far as I can remember), and it acts as many things, including a critique of the Soviet Union at this point in history, as well as being one of the most beautifully crafted films in the history of cinema.

It is definitely one of my favourites, and I would reccommend it to all comrades. Now post your own favourites!

[Communist Theory]

I liked Avatar.

[Admiral Swagmeister G-Funk]

What did you like about Avatar?

[Communist Theory]

I liked the animation plus the natives won for once.

[Admiral Swagmeister G-Funk]

The natives winning is a great thing, but the animation that you speak of is not. It was created on an almost $5billion budget. That budget is enough to fund 20 or more independent films.

Avatar was built on everything that Native Americans died for! U.S. Capitalism.

[Communist Theory]

Well I don't think my ancestors died so that someday
a man would fufill his dream of recreating Dances with Wolves.
But I do get your point.

[Admiral Swagmeister G-Funk]

I'm glad that you understood my point. Avatar is something that should be abolished with. I can gladly say this without seeing the film.

Anyway, what are the comrades' favourite movies?

[Communist Theory]

I liked the Edukators when I saw it but the fellows on here say
it is bad or something.

[bharath]

hello comrade
i saw many movies among them i like lion of desert enacted by antony quinn about libian revolution
mainly the taking and representing the culture of revolutionaries is nice in that movie

[cleef]

i'd have to go with my all time faves being:

Kidulthood
Harry Brown
Snatch
Fight club
Cinderella Man

[cleef]

The natives winning is a great thing, but the animation that you speak of is not. It was created on an almost $5billion budget. That budget is enough to fund 20 or more independent films.

Avatar was built on everything that Native Americans died for! U.S. Capitalism.

its funny its not the budget that put me off going to see this film..but more because it just looks shit

[MarxSchmarx]

Memento

What I liked about it was that the audience participates with the plot as it developed.

[Sasha]

oktober and potkemkin ;)

nah, only kidding (although they are good).

in the name of the father is without doubt on the top of the list.
so is milk
pan's labyrint also
takahisi mike's audition is an fav in the asian genre
so is akira and ghost in the shell
avalon (the polish/japanese one, not the femino king arthur shite)
john woo's the killer

i'll ad more later

[x359594]

...I'll kick the thread of with Stalker, by Andrei Tarkovsky...It is definitely one of my favourites, and I would reccommend it to all comrades...

Excellent choice comrade. Tarkovsky is one of the all time great film makers and Stalker is one of his best.

Among my favorites are Sanshu Dayu (dir. Mizoguchi Kenji, Japan 1954), Roma Citta Aperta (dir. Roberto Rosselini, Italy 1945), An American Tragedy (dir. Josef von Sternberg, USA 1931), Lifeboat (dir. Alfred Hitchcock, USA 1944), Rio Bravo (dir. Howard Hawks, USA 1959), La règle du jeu (dir. Jean Renoir, France 1939), Céline et Julie vont en bateau (dir. Jacques Rivette, France 1975), The Searchers (dir. John Ford, USA 1956), Shock Corridor (dir. Sam Fuller, USA 1963), Shanghai Triad (dir. Zhang Yi-mou, PRC 1997).

[Uncle Hank]

My IMDb voting history. (http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=35012358) :)

Hasn't been updated in quite a while though.

[Axle]

My IMDb voting history. (http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=35012358) :)

Hasn't been updated in quite a while though.

I laughed when I saw Killer Klowns from Outer Space on there. I'm glad I'm not the only person in history to have seen that movie, lol.

[RED DAVE]

Perhaps the greatest film of all:

CITIZEN KANE (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Kane)

RED DAVE

[Uncle Hank]

I laughed when I saw Killer Klowns from Outer Space on there. I'm glad I'm not the only person in history to have seen that movie, lol.
:lol: Surprisingly enough it would seem several people have seen it as there is a band named after the creators of the (if you will permit me to call it such) film, called Chiodos.

[Bandito]

I'd go with Snatch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snatch_%28film%29).

[Sasha]

forgot dark city, thats an classic
Pulp fiction and reservior dogs need to be up here aswell
and in the category briliant mindless comedy i would like to nominate "return of the killer tomatoes"

[x359594]

In 1952 Sight & Sound polled the world's leading film critics to compile a list of the best films of all time. The magazine has repeated this poll every ten years, to show which films stand the test of time in the face of shifting critical opinion. Here's the results of the 2002 list:

1. Citizen Kane (Welles)
2. Vertigo (Hitchcock)
3. La Règle du jeu (Renoir)
4. The Godfather and The Godfather part II (Coppola)
5. Tokyo Story (Ozu)
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick)
7. Battleship Potemkin (Eisenstein)
8. Sunrise (Murnau)
9. 8 1/2 (Fellini)
10. Singin' in the Rain (Kelley & Donen)

[Angry Young Man]

As is my wont, I will post before reading the previous discussion. How many times has Clockwork Orange been put up?

And Blazing Saddles is the best film ever

[Communist Theory]

Snatch.
Pan's Labyrinth.

[mykittyhasaboner]

IMO one of the best films ever that immediately comes to mind is In Bruges (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780536/). Not sure if many have seen it but it would be on my list.

I whole heatedly recommend this movie to anyone.

"Shoot first. Sightsee later." :laugh::laugh: Ah, you'll get it once you watch the film. :)

[Uncle Hank]

IMO one of the best films ever that immediately comes to mind is In Bruges (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780536/). Not sure if many have seen it but it would be on my list.

I whole heatedly recommend this movie to anyone.

"Shoot first. Sightsee later." :laugh::laugh: Ah, you'll get it once you watch the film. :)
One of the few things left in the world that can diminish a man's hate for Colin Farrell. :)

[TheCultofAbeLincoln]

Apocalypse Now

[un_person]

I'm not sure what the best movie ever is but I'm gonna say one of my favorites would have to be V For Vendetta.

[mykittyhasaboner]

One of the few things left in the world that can diminish a man's hate for Colin Farrell. :)

To be fair whatever role he might have played that you dislike, unless you dislike the man himself, should be completely disregarded when watching this movie. Farrell is brilliant in Bruges.

[Uncle Hank]

To be fair whatever role he might have played that you dislike, unless you dislike the man himself, should be completely disregarded when watching this movie. Farrell is brilliant in Bruges.
I'm not contesting his brilliance in the film in the least. He's a talented actor, I just don't like his persona but would be more forgiving if he were to take on more challenging roles; although I look forward to Parnassus, no doubt. I guess I may have went a little overboard on the hyperbole, but if one can't do that then this is a world not worth living in.

[RotStern]

Fitzcarraldo. :cool:

[The Red Next Door]

ichi the killer
akria
ghost in the shell
run lola run
layer cake
trans potting
the crying game
v for vendetta

[CELMX]

A Clockwork Orange (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_clockwork_orange)
Best movie i have ever seen, effects amazing, perfect soundtrack, original,
not corny at all like most movies of my generation

and it's anti-government :D

[x359594]

Best films of 1959:

North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock)
Pickpocket (Robert Bresson)
Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks)
Imitation of Life (Douglas Sirk)
Anatomy of a Murder (Otto Preminger)
The Horse Soldiers (John Ford)
Suddenly Last Summer (Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
The Crimson Kimono (Sam Fuller)
Fires on the Plain (Ichikawa Kon)
Breathless (Jean-Luc Goddard)

[Ravachol]

Not exactly a movie but more of a soundscape/visual experimental piece of art: Zoetrope. It's kind of a love it or hate it piece of art.

[RotStern]

A Clockwork Orange (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_clockwork_orange)
Best movie i have ever seen, effects amazing, perfect soundtrack, original,
not corny at all like most movies of my generation

and it's anti-government :D

That was terrible.

[Uncle Hank]

That was terrible.
no u. Film snob thou.

[CELMX]

That was terrible.

why?:crying:

[ChrisK]

Fight Club: Greatest film ever. Bar none. Dark comedy, action, satire, social commentary, Meat Loaf and Edward Norton narrating.

Snatch: Funny and involves a good deal Brad Pitt hitting people. Whats not to like?

Lock Stock and Two Smokin Barrels: Even funnier than Snatch. Guy Ritchie is quite a good director.

Taxi Driver: Robert De Niro playing an insane anti-hero who is so blinded to his own depravity yet sees everyone elses issues as detrimental. That and he gets to go on a rampage.

Platoon: Absolutely the best war film ever. Very anti-war and very honest.

Role Models: Possibly the funniest movie ever. Paul Rudd is hysterical. "Your 'presence' here is court ordered." "Why did you put presence in quotes? Are you implying that we're not here?"

The Lord of the Rings: This is the second greatest films of all time. The Epic's epic.

Spartacus: A great story about a great slave revolt.

The Departed: Sorcese for the win! A very complex and interesting film.

No Country For Old Men: The gas station scene made this whole movie.

Sherlock Holmes: Robert Downey Jr is how Sherlock was supposed to be in the book, albeit a little more eccentric.

The Dark Knight: I don't care how reactionary it is, its epicness makes up for it.

The Life of Brian: Satire incarnate.

Wolf Creek: I almost shit myself watching this movie.

Animal House: When being handed a joint by his professor, "I won't go schitzo will I?" "Its a distinct possibilty." LOL.

Rocky: Slyvester Stallone makes one of two movies he's actually good in.

Malcolm X: Need I say more?

Revenge of the Nerds: I'm in that movie. I'm so many of those nerds.

On the Waterfront: MARLON BRANDO!

The Godfather: MARLON BRANDO, JAMES CAAN, AL PACHINO!!!

Seven: Good movie with a good plot and a good twist.

[The Red Next Door]

v for vendetta
ichi the killer
violent jack
cecil b demented

[Invincible Summer]

Akira
Ghost in the Shell
District 9
Amelie
Atonement
Re-Animator
Terminator 1/2
Star Wars Original Trilogy
Blade Runner
Reservoir Dogs
Der Untergang (Downfall)
Tron

[Woyzeck]

1] John Carpenter's The Thing
2] The Life Aquatic
3] Brazil
4] Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas
5] Full Metal Jacket
6] Mulholland Drive
7] The Matrix Trilogy*
8] A Clockwork Orange
9] Come & See
10] Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht

*Cheating, perhaps, but I consider it to be one piece.

This list is always changing but it approximates to my current tastes.

[Robespierre2.0]

Battle Royale.

Basically, it's the story of a class of Japanese high school kids randomly picked by the government to fight to the death until only one remains.
It's got action, a little macabre humor, dramatic classical music, and evokes a sort of nostalgia for the awkward adolescent years.

It's the best movie ever, go watch it

[Floyce White]

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Les Miserables (1978)
My Fair Lady
Someone Behind the Door
The World of Suzie Wong
After the Fox
Z
Our Man in Havana
The Long Run
Fate Is the Hunter
The Man in the White Suit
A Bad Day at Black Rock
Being There
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
No Highway in the Sky
In the Heat of the Night
Brainstorm
The Flower Drum Song
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Reds
A Beautiful Mind
Uptown Saturday Night
Fast Food Nation
Roman Holiday
Absence of Malice
The Sound of Music
To Kill a Mockingbird

[laplace]

My top list;

1-Pulp Fiction
2-Forest Gump
3-The Godfather
4-Duvar ("Le Mur" or "the wall")
5-The Matrix

[The Ben G]

Snatch
Evil dead 2
Hot Fuzz
Lord of the Rings 1 2 and 3
a nightmare on elm street
Christopher lee/Peter Cushing Dracula movies
Halloween (original)

[Black Sheep]

Oldboy , plus the other two of the trilogy.

[Jimmie Higgins]

Anything by John Waters:

"Hairspray" (John Waters, not the shitty remake that makes it seem like the white kids taught black people in the mid-60s how to resist segregation... in the original, it is much more clearly white solidarity with the existing black struggle).

"Polyester"

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"Matewan"

"Star Wars" - I love that the defining "escapist" movie trilogy is about an anti-imperialist revolution in space. Also despite what people think of Avatar, now the #1 movie of all time is yet another American movie that shows a justified and successful struggle of the oppressed against corporate and military power. Now, where are all the conservatives that used the popularity of "The Dark Night" to argue that the US is an inherently conservative country and the movie's success is because it reflected conservative ideas.

"Tout Va bien" - it's not the best Goddart movie but it's a personal favorite.

"Sullivan's Travels" - I love satire with a class bent to it.

"Wages of Fear" - (the original) just see it.

I like most Hitchcock movies and have reassessed Spielberg's movies recently - both are just great to watch because they are fantastic at their craft and using the Hollywood style to impact the audience. I would add Sam Raimi and the Cohen Brothers to this list.

"Chinatown" "Rosemary's Baby" "the Pianist" and "The Tenet". Polanski takes techniques developed by Hitchcock and John Ford to the next level.

[Jimmie Higgins]

1] John Carpenter's The ThingAhh... love John Carpenter. What the hell happened to him? He made fantastic suspense movies in the 80s and since then it's all been mediocre.

[Ligeia]

Sacco & Vanizetti
Voces Inocentes
I'm a cyborg but that's ok
Los olvidados
Dolls
Apocalypse now

....and so on..... I can't think of more at the moment but there are surely more.

[Uncle Hank]

Snatch
Evil dead 2
Hot Fuzz
Lord of the Rings 1 2 and 3
a nightmare on elm street
Christopher lee/Peter Cushing Dracula movies
Halloween (original)
Really? :(

[The Ben G]

Really? :(

You dont like them?

[Uncle Hank]

I'm not gonna bash them or anything, sprinkled throughout them are some alright laughs, but overall... I don't see how they belong in this conversation. :unsure:

[x359594]

It would be interesting to read about what makes some of these movies are "best ever."

[The Ben G]

I'm not gonna bash them or anything, sprinkled throughout them are some alright laughs, but overall... I don't see how they belong in this conversation. :unsure:

Oh well, since it is your opinion im not gonna explode. Thanks for the feed back, though. :crying: