I can't pick just one but my top 5 would probably have to be:

Boondock Saints
Requim for a Dream
Godfather Part I
Shawshank Redemption
Good Will Hunting

not necessarily in that order.

Oh, and i'll add Rounders to that.

(This way my post relates to the "General Poker Forum")

lol

Tie. Godfather I or II. both brilliant.

Shawshank is in the top 5-10 for sure.

It's too hard to choose, but if I rounded it down to my top 3 I would probably say:

Pulp Fiction
American Beauty
Forrest Gump

Life really IS like a box of chocolates.


Forrest Gump > Genius

Gotta agree w/ Shawshank, good will hunting, american beauty

add in se7en off the top of my head.

No Specific ordder

Rounders (of course)
Lord of The Rings (I am a nerd when it comes to that Trilogy)
Office Space
Apocalypse Now
Maverick
Billy Madison
Three Amigos
Old School

A random collection of good movies from different genres

I agree with all the submissions so far.

Let me add:
-- The Usual Suspects
-- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
-- Plan 9 from outer Space (sw)

agree w/

Godfather, Usual Suspects, & Shawshank

also in no order

Goodfellas
Rocky
Empire Strikes Back
The Matrix

I just watched Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and it was awesome.

Robert Downey is Hilarious in this movie.

see commentary. Usual Suspects is fantastic. Surprised no one has mentioned Heat yet.

Also The Wizard. heh.

Haha, The Wizard as in the movie with Fred Savage and that kid who is the man at video games.

If that is what you are talking about that is one of the greatest movies of all time.

Kiss Kiss bang bang was great and if we are taling about old kid movies, how about Cloak and Dagger!

Plus the best worst movie ever has to be Killer Klowns from outer space.

BTW, have I ever mentioned that I watch way too many movies!!!

I have to say Goodfellas, Midnight Run, Back to the Future, and Buster Keaton's The General.

thats the one. the only movie to ever solely be a vehicle for a video game release....and yet it worked so gooooooot.

"the pass line, spanky!"

"you got 50,000 points in Double Dragon!?!?!?"

and of course Lucas and the power glove......

Godfather 1
Braveheart
Deer Hunter
Lawrence of Arabia

5 years ago I agree but now Mel Gibson is dead to me...

dude, lucas was a bad***. The power glove just radiated bad***.

Casino?

Casino was a good one. It was a long one too.

Braveheart


..although Ghost Dog was prime as well, hehehe

This is a no brainer:


TAXI DRIVER

and all you had to do in the other thread was mention rounders....

no brainer status would mean over 50% of people (at least) would agree with you. and I doubt 5% would.

good movie but not in the class of godfather and others.

I rented Taxi Driver a couple years ago because it is supposedly a classic, and I was completely disapointed, not fing plot.....a waste of 4 bucks and 2 hours

w00t

I think it is good but it is very questionable whether this movie is even in Robert De Niro's top 5.

Godfather 2, Heat, goodfellas, raging bull, meet the parents (sw, hate that movie) and others. what a career.

the wizard was awesome

probably one of the greatest movies of all time.

no longer a newbie....w00t.

The Matrix
Pulp Fiction
Fight Club
Snatch
Boondock Saints

love snatch. but was lock stock better? debates are endless.....

theres probably 10 threads on this and I always answer. Keith (Kdawg) can come up with good lists. How about some foreign films?

Amores Perros.
Life is Beautiful.
Old boy.
Y tu mama tambien.
Seventh Samurai

Damn that one is tough. LOL...They're both great. I just didn't put that one up there, "Lock Stock" becauseI didn't think too many people knew about it.

Braveheart, Scent of a Woman, The Last Castle... bunches more.

Sideways

Breaking Away

for anyone that likes rounders, google search european rounders, its hilarious, its basically pot limit omaha version of rounders its pretty funny.


not masterpieces but classics, karate kid, goonies, original batman and superman movies. the program HAHA, i like that movie though.

Best black comedy ever.

Then we got:

Blazing Saddles
Stir Crazy
See no Evil, Hear no Evil

(yes I'm a gene wilder & richard pryor fan)

How come none of you idiots said Army Of Darkness... yes im drunk

http://saddlepoint.livejournal.com/7844.html



theres the link to eurorounders its good stuff.

Saving Private Ryan

Full Metal Jacket

Shawshank

Godfather Part 2, part 1

Scarface

these were good reminders for me thanks.

i'm not saying these are best ever but a few foreign films I recommend

Infernal Affairs - The Departed is the american version of this great movie

My Sassy Girl - good romantic movie that's funny in a way only a Korean movie can be. But, that won't stop hollywood from doing their version

My Wife is a Gangster - very good kung-fu comedy/drama

That was the funniest thing i have read today. Now i can't sleep 'cause I laughed so hard.

2 words


Time Bandits

Some you guys have missed:

American History X
25th Hour
Donnie Darko
Boiler Room
Minority Report

Few more to add...

A Few Good Men
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Amadeus
Mulholland Dr.
Barton Fink


few comments....I've recently seen Lock, Stock...it was ten times better than Snatch...and read Barry the Baptists portfolio in the extra features, so sick...the only other one that is decent I've seen recently was Capote.

Lots of good ones in here so far even though I hated HEAT. Confidence is one of my favorites.

How has Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels only received casual mention in this thread?

Also the Princess Bride I haven't seen listed yet.

Mark

I forgot to mention

Chinatown
Miller's crossing

How can any internet forum best movie list not have the Big Lebowski.. For shame.....


Also, pretty much anything by Kubrick is a great choice, Dr Strangelove being his Masterpiece.

The Seventh Seal is a glaring foriegn film ommision.

Fantasia is the best animated movie of all time, in my humble opinion, and the best thing disney ever made ( though a case certainly can be made for sleeping beauty.)

Glengary Glenross is a personal favorite of mine.

Also:

Seven
Fight Club
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Godfather I
Goodfellas
The Usual Suspects
Tombstone

My current top 5 (I think)

Usual Suspects
Shawshank Redemption
Boondock Saints
Pulp Fiction
Tombstone

Honerable Mention

Kill Bill
Serenity
Fight Club
Hero
CTHD
Kevin Smith's Films (Sans Jersey Girl)