top 5 movies

**ickle_jim** · January 9th, 2003, 07:58 PM

sh1t man! [img]redface.gif[/img] i completely forgott Leon! i wanna change my top 5 now [img]tongue.gif[/img] I love that film.

And independence day is far too american for its own good, the whole movie is basicly, "we are american god damm it! we cant let aliens invade earth. God bless america!"

The president of the USA fighting aliens in a jet on the 4th of july, give me a fvcking break! [img]tongue.gif[/img]

**Phaethon** · January 9th, 2003, 08:15 PM

How many of you have seen "Heat"? If you've seen this movie it ought to be on your list! Powerful performances by Al Pacino, and Robert Deniro. I'm going to go out on a limb and say this movie contained Al Pacinos best performance ever. The writing and directing by M. Mann could not ave been better, and the photography by Dante Spinote as pure magic. If you havent seen this movie, rent it. No, buy it.

**Xendar** · January 9th, 2003, 10:06 PM

Christ! I had my top 5 all figured out then I read other peoples lists and remembered loads of other films that I could include. Here goes...

1) The Matrix - This has to my favourite. Okay so the acting isn't the best, but the concept and effects make this a masterpiece. Roll on Reloaded.

2) Duel - Such a simple idea, a truck harrassing & chasing a car through the desert. I thought this film was genuinley scary.

3) The Shawshank Redemption - This such an underrated film. A great cast and a fantastic story.

4) The Wicker Man - It's a British movie! It's also really eerie too. Plus Christopher Lee makes such a cool bad guy.

5) Hard Boiled - I love the over the top action sequences. One of the best action movies.

**Mods** · January 10th, 2003, 04:49 AM

Ahh, couldn't quite remember the name of the film. Cheers. I meant Eddie too, not Eddit.

Edit Murphy lol.

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**Vlad the Impaler** · January 10th, 2003, 04:49 AM

whats wrong with independance day?

oh, and mines changing all the time [img]smile.gif[/img] i think at the moment it is:

pulp fiction
the matrix
oceans eleven

thats all i can think of at the moment cos i'v just watched them over the last few days [img]smile.gif[/img]

**ac_01** · January 10th, 2003, 04:52 AM

Only 5...? At this point in time I would have to go for:

Leon -- Luc Besson at his best.

2001: Space Odyssey -- Science fiction at its most profound... and most confusing.

Heat -- A Michael Mann film. nuff said!

LA COnfidential -- superbly cast as well as brilliantly written. This is the way all plots should be.

Goodfellas -- dunno why.

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**Generic Skinhead** · January 10th, 2003, 03:00 PM

How many times have we seen this thread? Ah well I got time to burn before the train leaves...

Memento-you can't make a better 5M film.

American Beauty- I CAN watch it again and again.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade- What can you say? So good!

Amelie- Killed my cynicism stone dead baby.

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon- It's so beautiful. And a feminist action movie?! Wowsa.

Honourable mentions- Matrix, two towers, breathless (the original goddard version), the birds, Empire strikes back, shawshank...

Also comedy wise I'm the only person in the world who hates gross-out. I like quirky like Royal Tennenbaums or insane like Monthy Python and the Holy Grail.

**karribu** · January 10th, 2003, 06:44 PM

5 - Aliens (special edition), probably should have stopped making the rest after this one.

4 - Abyss, I like the story and there's a good amount of character development.

3 - Hana-Bi, If you don't know of Takeshi Kitano, see this.

2 - Labrynth, ok Im not really a David Bowie fan, but this film entertained me so much when I was a kid.

1 - Kikujiro, Again a Takeshi Kitano film, and probably one of the best he has done. Nothing extravagent about this, It's simply filmed with plenty of chances to get to know and identify with all of the characters, it's great.