Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Top 20 Films


"You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies-all of life's riddles are answered in the movies."  Steve Martin


I have been thinking about my top 20 films of all time.  What films can I watch over and over and over?   This is a tough one, for me at least, because I love the entire film making process from the actors, the art direction, the music, the props,  well just all of it.  So picking the top 20 is a difficult task, but here goes( not in any particular order)

Moonstruck
Princess Bride
Overboard
LOTR Return of the King, The Two Towers, Fellowship of the Ring
Pride and Prejudice
What's Up Doc
It Happened One Night
A Day at the Races
Bringing Up Baby
Harry Potter(all of them)
Pirates of the Caribbean
Scrooge(the musical Albert Finney)
Its a Wonderful Life
Rio Bravo
Blue Hawaii
The Quiet Man
Murphy's Romance
Dear Frankie
Fanaa
Lagaan
Some Like it Hot


While not in any particular order, these are my top 20 for now( well okay so there are 21, I just couldn't stop).  Of course there are so many wonderful films that I enjoy watching often and some that I watch once a year, but that could be another post.


What is on your Top 20 list?  I'd love to hear from everyone, might give me some new films to watch.
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4 comments:

  1. AngieJuly 24, 2008 at 7:24 PM

    OK...here we go in no particular order....

    1.Godfather I
    2.Godfather II
    3.All That Jazz
    4.Gone With the Wind
    5.Wizard of Oz
    6.Anchorman: The Legend of Ron...
    7.BlockParty
    8.The Apartment
    9.Big Jake
    10.Crash
    11.Pulp Fiction
    12.Toy Story
    13.Coalminer's Daughter
    14.Walk the Line
    15.Glory
    16.The Right Stuff
    17.Casablanca
    18.Bridge Over the River Kwai
    19.CaddyShack
    20.Animal House
    And ANY movie that is shown on Lifetime...kidding.

    If no one else offers another list I am totally posting TOP 20 ADULT FILM list too. :)

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  2. A New MeJuly 25, 2008 at 1:01 PM

    How could I have ever stopped at 20! I forgot so many. Walk the Line is one of my favorite films ever! and I always watch The Godfather if I happen to be channel surfing.

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  3. madJuly 29, 2008 at 6:23 AM

    Favorites at one time or another...

    1. Sixteen Candles
    2. Breakfast Club
    3. Some Kind of Wonderful
    4. Dirty Dancing
    5. Escape to Witch Mountain
    6. Victory
    7. The Big Fish
    8. A Knight's Tale
    9. Enemy of the State
    10. Harold and Maude
    11. The Tenant
    12. My Life as a Dog
    13. Thelma and Louise
    14. Fried Green Tomatoes
    15. Knotting Hill
    16. About a Boy
    17. Elf
    18. Foul Play
    19. The Unbearable Lightness of Being
    20. A Room with a View

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  4. AnonymousJuly 29, 2008 at 8:42 AM

    I'll try to come up with 20-I'm not that much of a movie person:

    Amelie
    Blazing Saddles
    Star Wars (IV-VI)
    Jean de Florette
    Manon of the Spring
    Spaceballs
    Say Anything
    Life Aquatic with Steve Zizou
    Lost in Translation
    The Pianist
    Like Water for Chocolate (even though the book is better!)
    Saving Private Ryan
    Seabiscuit
    Brokeback Mountain
    The Blues Brothers
    Henry V
    Born into Brothels (a *very* good documentary)
    Wayne's World
    March of the Penguins (who doesn't love penguins?)
    Super Size Me (great for making you think about what you consume)

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