Interference's Favorite Movies

[LMP]

This stems from an idea I had in the AFI thread and it's pretty simple.

Submit your Top 25 movies in the best order you can (#1 = 25 points, #2 = 24 pts., etc...). After maybe a week or two weeks I'll tally up the results to make a list of Interference's Favorite Movies.

We can discuss our lists, why we like some of these movies, why we don't like them, you know, fun things like that. Remember, this list is your 25 favorite movies, not necessarily the greatest movies you've ever seen. The more people participate, the more fun this will all be.

To start us all off, I'll submit my Top 25 in the preferred format:

1. Back to the Future (1985)
2. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
3. Ghostbusters (1984)
4. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
5. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
6. Children of Men (2006)
7. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
8. Waiting for Guffman (1996)
9. Wayne’s World (1992)
10. The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
11. Pulp Fiction (1994)
12. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
13. Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)
14. Aliens (1986)
15. Jaws (1975)
16. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
17. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
18. Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
19. Batman Begins (2005)
20. Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
21. Zoolander (2001)
22. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
23. Tommy Boy (1995)
24. The Jerk (1979)
25. Caddyshack (1980)

That was harder than I thought it would be.

 

[waynetravis]

this will be hard, but i'll give it a go:


1. Saving Private Ryan
2. Return of the King
3. Gladiator
4. Signs
5. Finding Nemo
6. Spaceballs
7. Indiana Jones: Last Crusade
8. Batman Begins
9. War of the Worlds (2005)
10. Prates 2: Dead Man's Chest
11. The Two Towers
12. Bruce Almighty
13. Jurassic Park
14. The Mummy
15. Disney's Peter Pan
16. Blazing Saddles
17. Dumb and Dumber
18. The Lost World: Jurassic Park
19. National Treasure
20. The Alamo (2004)
21. Back to the Future 3
22. Titanic
23. Mouse Hunt
24. We Were Soldiers
25. Sin City

 

[Justin24]

Ok here are my Top 100 films of All Time for me

100. Flight of the Navigator
99. Ong Bok Thai Warrior
98. Casino
97. Apocolypto
96. Open Range
95. The Wild Bunch
94. Seven Samurai
93. Ran
92. Dreams
91. Sword of Doom
90. Transformers The Movie. (Cartoon)
89. Das Boot
88. Back to the Future
87. Back to the Future 2
86. Desperado
85. Grindhouse
84. Jackie Brown
83. Letter's From Iwo Jima
82. The Postman (yes I know, I am insane)
81. Empire of the Sun
80. Kagemusha
79. Black Robe
78. Star Wars
77. Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back
76. The Misision
75. Clear and Present Danger
74. The Departed
73. Rocky
72. Rambo
71. The Hunchback of Notre Dam (Disney Cartoon, the only dark cartoon made by them, kicks ass)
70. Rocky IV
69. Unforgiven
68 Bridge on the River Kwai
67. Ten Commandments
66. Passion of the Christ ohmy: )
65. Stand By Me
64. Alien
63. Aliens
62. Blade Runner
61. A.I.
60. The Sixth Sense
59. Unbreakable
58. Carlito's Way
57. Heat
56. Glory
55. War of the Worlds( No- Tom Cruise version)
54. Ed Wood
53. Pee Wee's Big Adventure
52. Night of the Living Dead
51. 28 Day's Later
50. Monty Python's Holy Grail
49. Monty Python The Meaning of Life
48. The Others
47. Gang's of New York
46. ScarFace
45. Goodfellas
44. Borat
43. Colors
42. Young Frankenstein
41. Space Balls
40. Syriana
39. Deer Hunter
38. Black Hawk Down
37. Gladiator
36. Children of Men
35. Pan's Labrynth
34. BatMan Begins
33. This is Spinal Tap
32. Labrynth (David Bowie)
31. The Prestige
30. American Psycho
29. The Road to Perdition
28. Indian Jones and the Raider's of the Lost Ark
27. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
26. Lawrence of Arabia
25. Termenator 2: Judgement Day
24. James Bond:Casino Royal (Remake)
23. Waiting for Guffman
22. Best in Show
21. Jurassic Park
20. Braveheart
19. Poltiergeist
18. The Magnificent Seven
17. S7ven
16. Silence of the Lambs
15. Tombstone
14. El Mariachi
13. Raging Bull
12. Wizard of Oz
11. Apocolypse Now
10. The GodFather
09. The GodFather Part 2
07. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
06. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
05. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
04. Jaws
03. Taxi Driver
02. Dances with Wolves
01. Schindler's List.

 

[WinnieThePoo]

DaMN IT , it is hard )

favorites .....greatest ....disneyworld....



1. Blues Brothers

2-4. Star Wars Trilogy

3. Reservoir Dogs

4. Midnight Cowboy

5.Layer Cake

6.Man On The Moon

7. Le Samourai

8. Fisherking

9. Jackie Brown

10-11. Kill Bill Vol 1,2

12. Blade Runner

13. The Matrix

14 . QuickChange

15 . Batman

16. Seven

17. Good , Bad And The Ugly

18. Apocalypse Now

19. Das Boot

20. 12 Monkeys

21. Perfect World

22. Jungle Book

23. Trainspotting

24. La Femme Nikita

25. Buffalo 66

 

[pepokiss]

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[Lemonchick]

Here are mine.

1. Almost Famous
2. Wings of Desire
3. Garden State
4. Lost in Translation
5. A Clockwork Orange
6. Little Miss Sunshine
7. Elizabethtown
8. Children of Men
9. To Kill A Mockingbird
10. School of Rock
11. The Lion King
12. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
13. The Pianist
14. Apocalypse Now
15. Moulin Rouge
16. Trainspotting
17. Pulp Fiction
18. The Shining
19. American Beauty
20. The Breakfast Club
21. Amadeus
22. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
23. Erin Brockovich
24. Motorcycle Diaries
25. Breakfast At Tiffany's

Even though Life is Beautiful, Downfall, and sooo many others should be there. This was hard.

 

[powerhour24]

It's impossible for me to rank things, I love so many and have seen so many, but if I had to pick a favorite it'd be two: The Shawshank Redemption and The Wizard of Oz.

 

[ZeroDude]

Purely out of interest…

1. Le Samourai

2. Russian Ark

3. Kagemusha

4. Jean de Florette/ Manon des Sources

5. Gozu

6. Le Cercle Rouge

7. Downfall

8. Infernal Affairs

9. Princess Mononoke

10. Old Boy

11. A Matter of Life and Death

12. A Bitter Sweet Life

13. Y Tu Mama Tambien

14. Porco Rosso

15. One Nite in Mongkok

16. Ichi the Killer

17. Gladiator

18. Duck Soup

19. La Haine

20. The Seven Samurai

21. Sophie Scholl

22. Pusher

23. Spartacus

24. Tony Takitani

25. Assault on Precinct Thirteen

 

[U2vertigofly]

Damn, that was hard...

01- Rocky (1976)
02- Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
03- Remember the Titans (2000)
04- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
05- Back to the Future (1985)
06- The Blues Brothers (1980)
07- Rocky III (1982)
08- Elf (2003)
09- Casino Royale (2006)
10- Spider-Man 2 (2004)
11- Invincible (2006)
12- Forrest Gump (1994)
13- Friday Night Lights (2004)
14- The School of Rock (2003)
15- The Terminator (1984)
16- Zoolander (2001)
17- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
18- National Treasure (2004)
19- Star Wars (1977)
20- Rocky IV (1985)
21- Cast Away (2000)
22- Rocky II (1979)
23- Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
24- Apollo 13 (1995)
25- Rudy (1993)

yes I love the Rocky movies and football movies

 

[BonoIsMyMuse]

This took me an hour

1. The Big Lebowski (1998)
2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
3. Casablanca (1942)
4. Pulp Fiction (1994)
5. The Birdcage (1996)
6. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
7. The Prince of Tides (1991)
8. Dead Poets Society (1989)
9. Lost In Translation (2003)
10. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
11. Easy Rider (1969)
12. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
13. Off the Black (2006)
14. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
15: Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983)
16. The Hours (2002)
17. Robin Hood: Men In Tights (1993)
18. About Schmidt (2002)
19. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
20. The Deer Hunter (1978)
21. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
22. American Beauty (1999)
23. The Godfather (1972)
24. Office Space (1999)
25. Almost Famous (2000)

 

[elevation2u]

1. annie hall
2. badlands
3. pulp fiction
4. children of men
5. o brother where art thou
6. coffee and cigarettes
7. before sunrise
8. before sunset
9. broken flowers
10. sweet and lowdown
11. lost in translation
12. 21 grams
13. little miss sunshine
14. american splendor
15. lenny
16. igby goes down
17. my own private idaho
18. trainspotting
19. benny and joon
20. dead man
21. rushmore
22. office space
23. east of eden
24. sin city
25. dead poets society
26. amelie
27. adaptation
28. junebug
29. fear and loathing in las vegas
30. magnolia
31. the thin red line
32. what's eating gilbert grape
33. apocalypse now
34. the village
35. u turn
36. kill bill 2
37. memento
38. meatballs
39. bullets over broadway
40. the big lebowski
41. dog day afternoon
42. motorctcle diaries
43. eternal sunshine on the spotless mind
44. american beauty
45. raising arizona
46. road to perdition
47. ed wood
48. sleepy hollow
49. days of heaven
50. the new world

 

[Lancemc]

Looks like we're gonna need a shit load of lists to tally any reasonable Interference list over 10 films. Keep em coming. Great stuff so far.

And Justin, how come Goodfella's dropped into the 40's all of a sudden?

 

[beegee]

1. Before Sunset
2. Before Sunrise
3. Gone With The Wind
4. Boogie Nights
5. Sid & Nancy
6. Lolita (1997)
7. Love And a .45
8. Say Anything
9. Run Lola Run
10. Empire Records
11. White Oleander
12. Romeo + Juliet (1996)
13. Freeway
14. Pretty In Pink
15. Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
16. About A Boy
17. Rock Star
18. Reality Bites
19. Titanic
20. This Boy's Life
21. What's Eating Gilbert Grape
22. Nightmare Before Christmas
23. Sylvia
24. Basketball Diaries
25. Kalifornia

 

[Muldfeld]

In no particular order, other than the number 1 spot:
1. Barcelona (1994, US, Whit Stillman)
2. The Big Lebowski
3. Out of Africa
4. The Unforgiven
5. Sideways
6. Crimes and Misdemeanors
7. The Sea Inside
8. Million Dollar Baby
9. Deconstructing Harry
10.The English Patient
11.Star Trek: The Motion Picture
12.Bad Santa
13.Brothers (Danish, 2005)
14.After the Wedding (Danish, 2006)
15.Mystic River
16.Dances with Wolves
17.September
18.Another Woman

There are probably more but I can't recall right now.

 

[deep]

Some of you have made some pretty good selections

but some of these films are

City of God
not on one list

and Memento only made one list, no 37

 

[LMP]

There are probably more but I can't recall right now.

You can always add your last 7 slots later, if that helps.

And I really think that the difference between Greatest and Favorite makes this kind of thing fun. For example, Schindler's List is probably one of the greatest films I've ever seen, but can I watch that movie again and again, on a road trip or car trip? Probably not, that'd be a horribly depressing trip, but I'd gladly watch something like Big Trouble in Little China over and over again because it's fun, but that's just my taste. It'll be cool to see where the taste of most of the voters slant.

 

[beegee]

...the difference between Greatest and Favorite makes this kind of thing fun.

 

[ultravioletluvv]

Ok, I'm just gonna do the 25, like requested. Anymore than that gets to be too much.

1) Shawshank Redemption
2) Back To The Future
3) Airplane!
4) Jerry Maguire
5) The Breakfast Club
6) Braveheart
7) Shrek
8) Heat
9) Cast Away
10) Old School
11) Titanic
12) A Beautiful Mind
13) Forrest Gump
14) Office Space
15) Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
16) When Harry Met Sally
17) Dead Poet's Society
18) Sixteen Candles
19) American Beauty
20) Little Miss Sunshine
21) A Fish Called Wanda
22) L.A. Confidential
23) Mystic River
24) Notting Hill
25) Point Break! (My guilty pleasure!!!)

 

[Saracene]

Off the top of my head (and I'm bound to forget some favourites):

1. Schindler's List
2. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
3. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
4. Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
5. LA Confidential
6. Godfather
7. A Fish Called Wanda
8. Aliens
9. Bridget Jones' Diary
10. Sense & Sensibility
11. Producers (the original, not the remake of the Broadway show)
12. Amadeus
13. Annie Hall
14. Monty Python's Life of Brian
15. Toy Story
16. Forrest Gump
17. Pulp Fiction
18. Titanic
19. Gone with the Wind
20. The Aviator

 

[WinnieThePoo]

another top 25

1. Angel Heart
2. Howard The Duck
3.Willow
4-6.Alien/Aliens/Alien 3
7.Batman : Mask Of Phantasm
8.Predator
9.Sideways
10.Fight Club
11.Freejack
12.Stalker
13.Taxi Driver
14.Million Dollar Hotle
15.Wings Of Desire
16. The Producers
17.The Shining
18.Totall Recall
19-20.For a few Dollars More/Fistful of dollars
21. Maltese Falcon
22. Godfather I
23.GodFather II
24. James Bond : From Russia With Love
25. La Chevre

 

[BonoIsMyMuse]

City of God
not on one list

I just saw City of God a few weeks ago, and I was impressed by it. I think it would make my top 25 greatest films, but not my favorites list. I almost added it here, but there were other movies I liked more.

For me, how much a movie entertained me mattered much more than its cinematic value. That's why there are some movies on my list that are far from fine cinema, because they've made me laugh or cry or somehow have become important to me over time. I based my list on the movies I've seen over and over again in my life, the few movies I own, and more recent movies that I know I'm going to watch every time I get the chance to.

 

[LMP]

I'm pretty sure I want to change the last 5-6 on my list already.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

01 - Star Wars – A New Hope
02 - The Empire Strikes Back
03 - Raiders Of The Lost Ark
04 - Airplane!
05 - 2001
06 - Unbreakable
07 - Seven
08 - The Usual Suspects
09 - Shawshank Redemption
10 - Leon, The Professional
11 - Blade Runner
12 - Big Trouble In Little China
13 - Die Hard
14 - Fight Club
15 - 12 Monkeys
16 - Ghost In The Shell
17 - The Life Of Brian
18 - Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels
19 - Dogma
20 - The Royal Tenebaums
21 - Akira
22 - The Insider
23 - Lord Of The Rings – The Fellowship Of The Rings
24 - American Beauty
25 - Space Balls


That was hard... Kind of strange how Seven is number seven on the list...

 

[ylimeU2]

1. La Vita E Bella (Life is Beautiful)
2. Dirty Dancing
3. Dogma
4. Days of Wine and Roses
5. The Birds
6. Back the the Future Part 1
7. Philadelphia
8. Rain Man
9. Schindler's List
10. Gone With the Wind
11. Fellowship of the RIng
12. The Two Towers
13. Return of the King
14. The English Patient
15. Chocolat
16. The Jerk
17. Saved
18. But I'm a Cheerleader
19. The Prestige
20. Wings of Desire

:shurg:
I really can't think of anymore.

 

[Lancemc]

Looks like The Lord of the Rings films are gonna be very high on the final list.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

No more complaining until you put up your list...

 

[Lancemc]

Working on it.

And you can bet your ass there's no LOTR on it.

 

[Slapnutz]

This was hard - real hard. I guess it all boils down to what I watch the most.

1. Leon the Professional
2. Batman Begins
3. Jaws
4. Rear Window
5. Seven Samurai
6. Planes, Trains and Automobiles
7. Memento
8. American Psycho
9. Godfather
10. Ed Wood
11. La Belle noiseuse
12. Platoon
13. The Big Lebowski
14. Rocky
15. Predator
16. Blade Runner
17. The Fabulous Baker Boys
18. The Terminator
19. Leaving Las Vegas
20. Born on the Fourth of July
21. Batman Returns
22. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
23. Mysterious Skin
24. Blue Velvet
25. True Romance

 

[LMP]

Looks like The Lord of the Rings films are gonna be very high on the final list.

But the Star Wars movies seem pretty evenly spread out though.

I'm not big on LOTR either, but a lot of people really like them. Not as much as Big Trouble in Little China

I think EL-FA and I are the only ones who'll post that gem on our lists.

 

[Slapnutz]

But the Star Wars movies seem pretty evenly spread out though.

I'm not big on LOTR either, but a lot of people really like them. Not as much as Big Trouble in Little China

I think EL-FA and I are the only ones who'll post that gem on our lists.

I love Big Trouble in Little China. Can't get enough of Carpenter's The Thing, too. Damn, this list should have been top 50.

"When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, looks you crooked in the eye and asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail."