We are clearly of a different generation. Here are mine: 1. Cool Hand Luke 2. Treasure of the Sierra Madre 3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 4. The Shawshank Redemption 5. The Caine Mutiny 6. Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison 7. Pan's Labyrinth 8. Fargo 9. All Quite on the Western Front 10. The Silence of the Lambs
Based on your lists, here are my Top 10 movies I’d love to see you guys do first-time reaction videos for, if you haven’t seen them already (and setting aside movies like Shawshank, Private Ryan, Raiders, and The Patriot that I have to believe you have seen): * LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (1986 sci-fi horror musical), * THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1960 tough-guy western), * HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940 screwball comedy) * GLORY (1989 Civil War drama), * CLERKS (1994 dark retail comedy), * CAPTAIN BLOOD (1935 pirate adventure) * THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALENCE (1962 western) * KEY LARGO (1948 film noir crime drama) * SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE (1978 super-hero adventure) * ARSNIC AND OLD LACE (1944 comedy-horror murder mystery) Bonus tv series: TALES OF THE GOLD MONKEY(1982 treasure -hunting comedy adventure)
1 the thing 2 ET 3 Hateful 8 4 American beauty 5 watchmen 6 batman (Tim Burton) 7 ghost busters 8 jurassic park 9 v for vendetta 10 little shop of horrors Half way through writing I was stoked to see 1 of you acknowledge hateful 8. Great taste
I like a few of the Movies on your List but being 72 years old, I have a much longer list to choose from. I started watching Movies on TV in the late 50's so those Films were from the 30's and 40's, so some of those are my Favourites ; "The Adventures of Robin Hood" with Errol Flynn. "Duck Soup" with The Marx Brothers. Of course "Casablanca", "Citizen Kane", "The Best Years of our Lives" and "Laura". The first Movie I saw in a Theatre was "The Alamo" 1960. It got me stuck on Historical movies and it's my Favourite Genre to this day. But of course I'm a huge Sci-Fi Fan or I wouldn't be here with you watching Star Trek! I consider myself an OG Trekkie. I was there the first Night with "The Man Trap" and have seen every Star Trek Episode and met almost all the Stars ( I was a big Convention goer for 20 years ). I truly love watching the Episodes again and seeing you react to them for the first time as I did all those years ago! .... So continue to "Boldly Go ...."
Alex, I'm glad you included Session 9, a fantastic and eerie AF movie. I became aware of that movie from watching "The 50 Best Horror Movies You've Never Seen" (2014). That documentary is on Amazon but also free on RUclips. On another note, a movie that is like The Thing and Alien (people trapped in a place while a monster lurks) is THE RUINS. It's very underrated and I think you'd enjoy it.
Liked seeing “The Hateful Eight” on the list, but if you love that one, might I suggest “ Once Upon A Time In The West”. My favorite Sergio Leone film.
My top ten, which can also be taken as recommendations from me: 1) 8 1/2 by Federico Fellini 2) Casablanca by Michael Curtiz 3) 12 Angry Men by Sidney Lumet 4) The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly by Sergio Leone 5) Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans by F.W. Murnau 6) Persona by Ingmar Bergman 7) 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick 8) Mulholland Drive by David Lynch 9) The Dekalog by Krzysstof Kieslowski 10) Kwaidan by Masaki Kobayashi
One of my favorite movies since I was young (which is also a musical!) is the original Blues Brothers...a must watch! great music, epic car chases, so many great musicians from the era. timeless....
I'll give my top 20 because it's immensely difficult to pick just ten. 1: 12 Angry Men (1957) 2: Psycho (1960) 3: Vertigo (1958) 4: Alien (1979) 5: For A Few Dollars More (1965) 6: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (1966) 7: Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 8: The Terminator (1984) 9: Jason And The Argonauts (1963) 10: The Thing (1982) 11: Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) 12: Star Wars (1977) 13: Shaun Of The Dead (2004) 14: Aliens (1986) 15: The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad (1958) 16: Rosemary's Baby (1968) 17: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 18: Witness For The Prosecution (1957) 19: North By Northwest (1959) 20: Clash Of The Titans (1981) All fully recommended.
Some favorites I've watched over and over: 1. Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory ('70s version) 2. Wrath of Khan 3. Casablanca 4. Jackie Brown 5. Sound of Music 6. The Empire Strikes Back 7. The Goonies 8. Fame (1980 version) 9. The Undiscovered Country 10. Across the Universe
Great lists! 10 each from you, so here are my favourite 20: 20 The Towering Inferno (1974) 19 It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World(1963) 18 Final Destination 2 (2003) 17 The Negotiator (1998) 16 The Last Boy Scout (1991) 15 Carry on Abroad (1972) 14 Star Trek: Generations (1994) 13 Scream (1996) 12 Red (2010) 11 Speed (1994) 10 Halloween Kills (2021) 9 Love Actually (2003) 8 Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) 7 Dirty Harry (1971) 6 Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country (1991) 5 Beverly Hills Cop (1984) 4 A Fish Called Wanda (1988) 3 Damien: Omen 2 (1978) 2 Die Hard (1988) 1 Halloween (1978)
Since Arrival is your favorite, have you seen Contact? My first contact best of, Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Contact and Arrival.
1. Star Wars (1977) 2. The Godfather 3. The Empire Strikes Back 4. Raiders of the Lost Ark. 5. The Ten Commandments 6. Jurassic Park. 7. The Dark Knight 8. Rear Window 9. Casino Royale 10. Birdman
Great to hear your list of faves. I love me some Edgar Wright but my fave of his is Hot Fuzz. It's just everything. I'm not a big horror guy but I love The Thing as well. Arrival is up there as well as Interstellar for me. For less scifi ones I like to watch About a Boy is right up there as well as some classics like To Kill a Mockingbird and Inherit the Wind. The Spy Who Loved Me is probably my favorite Bond film. If you ever dive into anime The Wings of Honneamise or Royal Space Force over here, is still probably my favorite animated film. Your Name is a modern classic anime film and several earlier Miyazaki anime films are faves as well. And well, Star Trek The Motion Picture is my favorite Trek film.
That was an interesting group of films, that’s for sure: Mine: 1. Brazil (1985) 2. McCabe & Mrs Miller (1971) 3. Blade Runner (1990s ‘Director’s Cut’) 4. Seconds (1966) 5. Notorious (1946) 6. Ed Wood (1994) 7. Broadway Danny Rose (1984) 8. Man Bites Dog (1992) 9 Ganja & Hess (1973) 10. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)
Love Shutter Island as well. I would just say keep checking out those older movies. They're classics for a reason and you've barely dipped a toe into the well lol.
I've gotten the "what's your favorite movie" question a number of times in my life. I always tell people that I can't get it down to 1 movie, but I can get it down to 3. And they aren't necessarily the best movies I've ever seen, but they're the 3 movies that I watch at least once a year on my own, and then anytime I see them on TV I'll flip over and end up watching until the end. 1a) Aliens 1b) Jurassic Park 1c) Terminator 2 There's just something about these movies that is endlessly watchable for me.
@@Blazingstoke Ultimately, I'd probably go with the Theatrical Cut because I really like not seeing the colony at all until the Marines arrive. It really allows you to discover everything along with the main characters, which I really enjoy. There's also some heavy-handed and unnecessary foreshadowing in the DC that really spoils a big reveal during the 3rd Act. The foreshadowing in the TC is just the right mix of chilling and subtle. However, in a perfect world, it would be the Theatrical Cut with the inclusion of "that" scene with Ripley and Burke early on in the movie. That one scene adds so much to Ripley's character/motivation for the rest of the movie and is really the only reason I even pause when asked to pick between the two versions. How that scene got cut from the theatrical version is beyond me.
I don't have a list hammered out but I'll tell you guys about a profound one for me that would inevitably be high up on my eventual list.. Jurassic Park I was obsessed with dinosaurs as a kid. I know every kid can say that and it's not a contest ha, but I was taking dinosaur books out from the library that didn't even have pictures. Couldn't get enough. So I'm not kidding that Jurassic Park was life changing for me. I was 10 years old. That movie is iconic moment after iconic moment. The Tyrannosaur breaking out of it's paddock, the moment when things really hit the fan. The ripples in the cup of water. I've watched a lot of horror movies, but to this day my heart has never POUNDED like it did during that scene. I'll never forget that theater experience. From here I went on to read every Michael Crichton novel multiple times and he became one of the other (along with Star Trek) sci-fi pillars in my life
I don't really have a favorite movie list, but hearing you guys mention some theater experiences made me want to share one of mine. It's 1987, The Living Daylights (James Bond) had just come out. I had gone to see it on opening day. It was a weekday and 14 year old me didn't have a lot to do. So I saw it in a half filled theater and it was fine, nothing special, just fine. That weekend my sister asked if I wanted to go with her to see The Name of the Rose and again, 14 year old me had nothing to do so I was like, sure, let's go. We get to the cinema and the lobby is packed. We had to squeeze past people to get to the door of the theater. When our doors opened, my sister, I and about 6 others went in. Everyone else was going to the Bond movie. I've never watched Daylights again, I've seen The name of the Rose multiple times. Every time I do I think of that day and it makes me smile.
Can’t say I have a top 1 but love these - Total recall, matrix trilogy, most Star Trek, Star Wars 1-6, starship troopers, robocop, falling down (Watch this if you haven’t seen it!) , first 2 terminators, LOTR (best trilogy ever!), fifth element, Shawshank, gladiator, but my favorite still to the day is Aliens, I frakin love that movie! Almost forgot interstellar!
Totally makes sense now that the very first Star Trek episode you saw captivated you so much to watch all of Trek since it was a mystery horror plus scifi theme.
OG here. For the last 30 years, i thought the Empire strikes back was the best Star Wars movie, but Rogue One took that spot for me. The Avengers is the height of MCU for me also. The movie that terrified me the most (saw it at a midnight showing) Alien. Favorite old classics, The Great Escape, and original Magnificent 7 (the remake is fantastic also). Steve McQueen, what's not to love. Modern Sci-fi Oblivion and Interstellar. T2 has to be on here along with John Carpenters the Thing.. Romantic/comedy LadyHawke and the Princess Bride. Sorry I guess that's 11.
In no particular order; Little Big Man, In Harm's Way, Team America, Galaxy Quest, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Paint Your Wagon, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure,ST6 The Undiscovered Country, LOTR Return of the King, Last of the Mohicans.
Guys, I am way older than you two, but I like many of your picks. My favorite all time movie is one you may have never heard of. From 1987, the Danish film Babett's Feast. It might be the most charming and feel good movie I have ever seen. I highly recommend it. Not a fast paced film, but every moment is perfect. It won the best foreign film Oscar back then.
1....NARC 2....SE7EN 3....ALIEN 4....RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK 5....THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION 6....DANCES WITH WOLVES 7....SUPERMAN 1978 8...ALIENS 9...LOGAN 10...WIND RIVER But like everyone i have 100's of my favourite movies.
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My number one movie will always be "Hellboy" 2004 directed by Guillermo del Toro and starring Ron Perlman. Since you guys like comic book movies, I would love to see your reaction to this movie.
Pasting part of my post Patreon: Monsters Inc. is a very good film. I think a lot of what you said about it not being a huge franchise also applies to "A Bug's Life", which is also a pretty creative movie, imo (also me being obsessed with bugs as a kid also contributed to my enjoyment of it). Re: the Thing, you should read the short story called "the Things' which is presented from the alien's PoV!
I literally applauded two times during this video: for "12 Angry Men" and "Arrival." Great picks. P.S. I now want to watch "Monsters, Inc." and "Session 9." My favorite "Star Wars" movie will always be the first. It was in theaters so long when it first came out that I saw it with my first boyfriend in our local theater and it was my first date with my second boyfriend in the city where I went to college.
great list - I love the "Arrival" by Denis Villeneuveand "Dune Part I" - I have high hopes for Part II, Dark Waters is rarely mentioned, i think. Musicals "Singing in the Rain" is one of my favourites, "The Wizard of Oz" too and more recent "Moulin Rouge". Not a musical, but "Strictly Ballroom" by BazLuhrmann has a special place in my heart, " Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain," too. Horror / SciFi I really like "Dr Sleep", Scream "Invasion of the body snatchers" from 1956 and "The Fog" (Carpenter 1980) Star Trek IV, VI and VIII and Galaxy Quest are very special to me and - I´m not getting tired to mention it "The Dark City The Directors Cut.
The thing (1982) and 12 angry men are high on my list to, Movies i frequently rewatch are, Back to the future trilogy. Tremors (1990) Pump up the volume (1990) Heart and souls (1993) Dirty Harry movies Death wish movies with Charles Bronson. The warriors (1979) The pink Panther franchise with Peter Sellers. Alien/Aliens Terminator 1 and 2 Harvey (1950)
You both have some really great picks heres a few I would highly recommend: if you love denis villenueve I would recommend "Enemy" I loved it and it's a real thinking man's movie. If you like isolation movies, the movie "moon" with sam rockwell (one of my fav actors). I also think momento is one of the best christopher nolan movies of all time and of course "good will hunting"
I hate horror with a passion because it gives me nightmares. However, there's a couple of exceptions. The Mummy films, and Bubba Hotep. Take a senior citizens home where one old guy says he's the real Elvis and the other says that he's JFK. And then the place is attacked by a mummy. More comedy then horror but i think you'll like it.
The Thing is so much more than just your typical horror film, which really, it's more of a mystery and suspense film. At first you're just trying to figure out what's going on, and then you're trying to figure out who is who. It's a great film to watch on a cold winter's night, especially with friends so you can discuss the film afterwards. A personal favorite film of mine is "Memento," it's a Christopher Nolan film, but I won't go into that film since not everyone has seen it. It's good though and shot differently than other films. Another film, and one I always recommend is "The Conversation" from 1974. It lost best picture to Godfather part II, but both films were directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Films from the mid to late 70's is when cinema began to drastically change, with lots of new creative directors. Directors like Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and Brian De Palma.
My list would probably change any given day of the week because I have about 50 movies that I absolutely love, but my top ten at this precise moment is: 1. Alien 2. The Devil's Advocate 3. The Thing 4. Heat 5. Day of the Dead (1985) 6. The Terminator 7. Blade 8. They Live 9. Big Trouble in Little China 10. Predator
Love your channel guys. I was born in the 70s, so I have at least 20 years on you. When I was your age, I was devouring Turner Classic Movies, so I really love the older stuff an its literally impossible to keep my list down to 10 favorites, so I will try to stick to sci fi/horror/suspense stuff (with an exception or two) that you may not have seen but I think you would like. 1. Island of Lost Souls (1933) Possibly the creepiest movie pre Psycho. Great Creature make-up in this one. It's an adaptation of The Island of Dr. Moreau. 1940s 2. Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde with Spencer Tracy. Good psychological horror. 3. Double Indemnity - My favourite film Noir. ( Hitchcock loved this one) 1950s 4. Rear Window - Maybe be my favorite Hitchcock movie. 5. North by Northwest (Not horror, but another one of Hitchcock's best) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Has a twilight zone feel to it). 6.Invaders from Mars (This one creeped out Spielberg when he was a kid) 1960's 7. Manchurian Candidate (Political Thriller, but has some really creepy elements to it.This movie continues to haunt me. 8.Original Planet of the Apes - still the best of all the Apes movies and doesn't get enough credit for being the sci fi classic that it is. 9. The Producers with Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel. (Not scifi or Horror, but since you like Gene Wilder, this is my favorite of his movies. He won an oscar for supporting actor I believe. 1970s 10. Clockwork Orange (2001 gets most of the critics love, but this is my favourite Stanley Kubrick film and also sci fi. Very controversial though. 11. Duel (Spielberg's first film. I assume you have seen Jaws, so I am including this one instead, which has been called Jaws with a big truck instead of a shark. Very suspenseful. 12. The Wicker Man 1973 version (Horror and part musical. True cult classic) Of more recent movies, I love Dark City and Pan's Labryinth, but that's already 14, so I'll stop now.
Love the choices of Revenge of the Sith, Psycho, Willie Wonka, The Shining, and Arrival. All great movies (I will defend even defend the prequels as great movies any day). Alex's story about spoiling Shutter Island reminds me of my grandfather, who didn't understand the concept of spoilers, and one day just goes, "I saw this movie The Sixth Sense the other day. It's about a kid who's seeing a therapist because he sees dead people, and it turns out..." Here's a top 20 from me, with the restriction of only one film per director or per series (otherwise there'd be a lot of Star Wars, Hitchcock, and Kubrick): 20. Alien (1979) 19. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) 18. Knives Out (2019) 17. Casablanca (1942) 16. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) 15. High Anxiety (1977) 14. Blade Runner 2049 (2017) 13. Annie Hall (1977) 12. Brazil (1985) 11. Touch of Evil (1958) 10. Seven Samurai (1954) 9. The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 8. The In-Laws (1979) 7. M (1931) 6. The Seventh Seal (1957) 5. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 4. Duck Soup (1933) 3. Vertigo (1958) 2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 1. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
For musicals, please watch 1776 for July 4th! It’s a great musical for guys who like musicals and for guys who don’t, and it’s fantastic for guys who love history. (Stars Mr Feeney from Boy Meets World) And you just mentioned Amy Adams……… (I can’t say any more, spoilers, but get back to ……..)
My top 10 movies 10. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones 9. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 8. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 7. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 6. The Neverending Story 5. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 4. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 3. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi 2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 1. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
You guys might want to check out "Poor Things" which is in theaters now. Starring Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo. It is an amazing, unique, one of a kind film!
No one asked but my top 10. And thanks to the boys and the others in the comments that shared theirs. In no order: -The Empire Strikes Back -Once Upon a Time in the West -Raiders of the Lost Ark -John Carpenter's The Thing -It's a Wonderful Life -The Searchers -Lawrence of Arabia -Citizen Kane -All the President's Men -The Sting
as an older guy, and in order that they occurred to me: 1941 The Blues Brothers Ferris Buehler's Day Off The Fifth Element Kelly's Heros Wrath of Khan The Rundown The Man With The Golden Gun Enter The Dragon Sahara
Your lists are great. I loved that I could have predicted some but never guessed others. I've tried many times to get my list down to 10 and rank them. The closest I can get is top 20 in alphabetical order: • Annie Hall - One of the best comedies ever. • Bride of Frankenstein - The best Universal Monsters movie. • Captain America: Winter Soldier - The best MCU movie. • Dark Knight Returns - The best superhero movie? • Duck Soup - The best Marx Bros movie. • His Girl Friday - My favorite Cary Grant movie. • It's a Wonderful Life - The best Christmas movie. • The Matrix - Deep philosophy and cool action scenes in the same movie. • Princess Bride - The most quotable movie? • Psycho - One of the best Hitchcock and horror movies. • Pulp Fiction - Somehow still Tarantino's best movie. • Raiders of the Last Ark - My favorite Spielberg and Harrison Ford movies. • Rear Window - My favorite Hitchcock movie. • Silence of the Lambs - My favorite horror. • Singin' in the Rain - My favorite musical. • Skyfall - My favorite Bond or spy movie. • Spider-Man 2 - My favorite superhero movie. • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn - My favorite Star Trek movie. • When Harry Met Sally ... - My favorite romantic comedy. • Young Frankenstein - My favorite Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks movie.
Regarding SPOILERS: the concept of spoiling a movie really didn’t come to be until after the Sixth Sense. While some movies hinge upon not knowing, most movies aren’t affected much by that. Some movies you enjoy more when you know what’s going to happen.
Guess I’ll give my top 10. It’s ever changing but currently it’s 1. Raider of the lost ark 2. The empire strikes back 3. Back to the future 4. Terminator 2: Judgement Day 5. The lord of the rings: the return of the king 6. Jaws 7. Seven Samurai 8. The good, the bad and the ugly 9. Pulp Fiction 10. Taxi Driver
Oh, man, I love Hateful Eight, too! It didn't get much love at the time, if I remember correctly, but I loved the bottle episode feel of the movie and a bit of a mystery element.
So many movies I'm sure anyone's top ten list would fluctuate, so much based on what we're going through in our current life, but this is what I came up with. Putting this together made me realize many of my favorites are because of my cold war childhood. 10) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 1971, this is a top notch musical and Gene Wilder is amazing. 9) Night of the Living Dead 1990, yes, I prefer the remake, it is very tightly plotted and I'm a sucker for heroic redemption 8) 2010 The Year We Make Contact, 1984, yes I'm the weirdo who likes 2010 better than 2001. Yes 2001 is a better art film, but 2010 is a better story especially for a cold war kid like me. 7) You Only Live Twice, 1967, over the top fun, to me taking James Bond in a more realistic direction slowly drained the fun out of the franchise 6) Jaws, 1975, definitely a movie that failed upward. The shark is not the bad guy. 5) Hunt for Red October, 1990, saw this shortly after enlisting as a sonarman. "One Ping Only" was such a meme among us back then 4) Wargames, 1983, as a cold war kid I can come back to this one over and over 3) Captain America Winter Soldier, 2014, the best of the MCU movies, very tightly paced 2) Star Wars, 1977, first movie I ever saw, we didn't have home video back then, and for while afterward this is what defined movies for me. 1) North by Northwest, 1959, again as a cold war kid this is Hitchcock's near perfect film, although having to explain to everyone why the mistaken identity happens is annoying.
I also have high praise for North by Northwest. Back fan of Willie Wonka, too. But only after Gene Wilder shows up. The four sick grandparents are a lot to take.
Some films i love include... Lord of the Rings.... well all together get are one film. Almost any of the Star Trek films. The 1st for all its flaws has a special place because of seeing something new after so long of just reruns. The 1st Star Wars (which is now #4) because it was the 1st scifi film id seen that treated the slfx as serious instead of kiddy. It was only on the giant wide-screen theaters tag no longer exist. Disney sleeping beauty the artwork is gorgeous. For comedy? Tough choices Blazing Saddles, Court Jester, A Funny Thimg Happened on the Way to the Forum and Bringing Up Baby. Casablanca Almost Anything by Fred Astair or Gene Kelley. Forbidden Planet Gettysburg Apollo 13 Desk set... fascinating look at computers and office life.
I love that you had classics like 12 Angry Men, Psycho, and the Shining on your list But given the generation you both grew up in, I'm extremely disappointed that Idiocracy didn't make the cut, especially with how much it has gone from camp to prophecy in recent years 2 Al Pacino movies you should see, "Serpico" & "And Justice for All" Lastly, if you liked The Shining, you have to watch "One flew over the Cuckoo's nest"
It being too hard to rank them, I'll just put mine alphabetically instead: Alien Bladerunner Conan the Barbarian The Elephant Man The Empire Strikes Back The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly The Man Who Would be King The Matrix Raiders of the Lost Ark Reservoir Dogs And having written down 10, of course the brain is full of others that maybe should be on the list; The Name of the Rose, Se7en, Shawshank Redemption, Heat, The Godfather, Goodfellas, Lord of the Rings, The Usual Suspects, The Shining, One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Seven Samurai, Mad Max 2, The Shining, 2001, and on and on. These kind of lists are bloody impossible.
I don't think I could manage to make a top 10 list as there are so many movies I love I would even struggle making a top 5 movie list from some of my favourite directors
Oooooo, okay, ummmm...if I HAD to boil down my favorite films into just ten...well it's difficult but I will try though I need to express that they won't be in any particular order because what would be my number 1 film may change on a daily bases so bear that in mind: Army of Darkness (my first real introduction to the wonder that is Bruce Campbell and th Evil Dead series of films and TV show. It's amazing what Sam Rami was able to accomplish during filming with the cinematography to make this silly, low budget film look much more grand in scope and scale all while giving us Three Stooges jokes and hammy one liners) 2001 A Space Odyssey (probably the greatest hard sci-fi film ever made with effects, if not clothing and hair styles, that still hold up to this day. It's also an example of nearly pure visual storytelling with dialog only really present in the middle third of the film.) The Back to the Future Trilogy (Easily one of the greatest trilogies, though somewhat flawed due to the 2nd and 3rd film not having been planned on being made. Regardless, time travel is one of my favorite sci-fi tropes so I love seeing it be explored, even if it's not necessarily explored well in these films. The characters, the heart, it's got what it NEEDS to make it work and I love them dearly) Citizen Kane (an amazing piece of film, unique in its time for taking every camera trick in the book and putting them all in one film. The nonlinear storytelling, the unreliable series of narrators and a protagonist reporter we barely ever see, investigating the twists and turns of a powerful mans life that on his death bed called out for an innocent time of his childhood is unlike anything else in 1941) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (I know a lot of hard core fans of Raiders consider this film to be weak as it removed Indy from the serialized pulp hero he was intended to be, but I really love this film. Partially it was because my own father passed away the year before and the idea of a father and son adventure with Indy saving his father's life, well, I wish I could have saved mine. The interaction with the characters and Harrison Ford and Sean Connery was pure gold and lent the film a charm that even Raiders hard-liners can't deny) Seven Samurai (The film that Magnificent Seven was based on...only better, in my opinion. I get that they wanted to localize the story for US audiences, but I just think the original was truly the magnificent version of the film. Akira (Speaking of Japanese films, Akira! I am a huge fan of this film. The perfection of perspective drawing in animated form, by hand and without CGA is a thing to behold. Many people prefer the Manga version because it's longer and I just don't see it. The film distills the story to it's most important elements, that all the machinations of man, the military, the corrupt politicians, the religious zealots and revolutionary's, it is all nothing compared to the powers of the cosmos that we, scurrying around on this planet can't understand and can't hope to control, and everything we thought we knew can easily be swept aside by that power.) Time Bandits and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (I really feel like Terry Gilliam used to be able to tap into something that no other director could. His films weren't the biggest, but they often felt that way. These two films are just so amazing, existing close to opposite ends of the 80's. I could have given them two separate listings but they just go together very well. Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy (It's so nice to be able to call this a trilogy now. Despite Disney screwing up the MCU we finally got an amazing closer to the Guardians films. The first two were so amazing and fun and while the 3rd film was a tad darker it has such an uplifting ending that makes it a perfect ending. Much like dhow the two Bobs had to scramble to make the following two films for Back to the Future, resulting in two slightly disjointed sequels, Disney and Marvel Studios made decisions that made Guardians 3 somewhat disjointed as well, so while not a perfect trilogy, they are one of my absolute favorites. The original Star Wars trilogy, theatrical versions ( I cannot stress how much these films meant to kids that grew up with them when they were new films. I was there when original trilogy toys were on the shelf still until 1985. Those three films were so different to anything out there. They defined a lot of our childhoods. Also not a perfect trilogy with a lot of Lucas' decisions having to be retconned in Return of the Jedi. How else to solve a love triangle without killing off a main character than making two of them brother and sister?) The Lord of the Rings Extended Cut trilogy (Pretty much my perfect trilogy example where they had a plan right out the gate and stuck the landing. The extended cut allows more breathing room and it works every time I watch them. Not a perfect adaptation of the books but still one of the great ones. We will never see a film trilogy like this again)
Godfather 1,2 One Flew over the cuckoo's nest. Goodfellas Scarface The Heiress 1940s Gaslamp 1940s Unforgiven Pyscho Star Wars Empire My List off the top of my head for those who wanted it. 🙃
"Dune: Part 1 aside..." Interesting. What didn't you guys like about it? Because it had the almost impossible task of trying to do the book justice, and I think it actually succeeded. I have my quibbles with it, and it's obviously not as amazing as the novel (nothing is ever going to be), but the fact that it's not a complete train wreck, and is, if fact, quite good, is pretty impressive. For me, it absolutely swims in the same waters as Blade Runner 2049 and Arrival.
@@targetaudience My outlook is obviously shaped by my knowledge of the book, so I can't say for sure what I'd think of the movie if I hadn't read it, but what I can say is that Dune: Part 1 covers my favorite part of the novel. Perhaps at least some of the difference in our outlooks is the way movies, as a medium, differ from books in terms of our expectations and what we regard as a proper payoff. With the book, the world-building and history are fascinating in and of themselves, as is the characters' political maneuvering. But I would still say that we see a lot happen in the movie in terms of just violent conflicts, from the Harkonnen invasion of Arrakis, Duke Leto's fate, Paul and Jessica turning the tables in the ornithopter, Duncan Idaho's last stand, Paul's duel with Jamis, and so on (not to mention more than one run-in with sand worms). Compare this all to Arrival, where there are a few pivotal events, but it's largely a psychological slow-burn (I love Arrival, but there are a lot of people I don't think would have the patience to properly enjoy it). So I wonder if it's maybe an issue with framing in Dune: Part 1, and with it maybe not taking the time to sit with a scene and draw out its emotional impact, because there's so much other stuff to get through (I do think it would've been better to break the book into three parts rather than just two, but we can't have everything). Without that, maybe the conflicts pass by without feeling properly momentous, which makes them seem like mere setup rather than things that have value in and of themselves? I mean, you're obviously allowed to dislike things I like, but since you're fans of other Denis Villeneuve films, I'm trying to reason out why we might differ in our opinions on this particular one. Maybe I'm way off; I don't know.
The direction and visuals and all that are still excellent, it’s just the story seemed to just begin by the time the movie ended. I think it will definitely benefit once you can watch the complete story
@@stuffyouotterlistento1461 I recently watched Dune part 1 and 2 and never read the book yet really enjoyed both movies. I knew beforehand just a tiny bit of the plot.
Empire is my least favorite of the first trilogy (and it’s the first trilogy doggonnit!). I saw all three originals in the theater, empire and return on opening night (nothing like hearing THAT line completely unspoiled in a theater of unspoiled people). But it suffered from middle film syndrome. Return of the Jedi I loved. There was something about the original Star Wars(before the ReNaming) that was so special in th3 dark and cycpnical 1970s. It was hopeful and wonderful.
I can't afford to join Patreon. I can't wait until you have more Star Trek related videos. I check everyday to see if you have a new video. I hope you are going to start TNG season 2 soon.
Well guys I gotta tell you I now know you’re younger than I thought you were but this list explains a lot of how you look at things and your reactions to things on all the other previous things I’ve watched on your channel and it’s fine my favorite list of movies is too long and too extensive because I’m a lot older than both of you Put together but but the fact that I have been researching film and television since before either one of you were born and I go back along way in my fact that I’m a film historian, the comic book, historian, and the television historian so I’ve researched all this stuff before you guys were old enough to even watch your first movie But you’re less bad at all but like I said it does explain a lot and I hope that you guys do do more outside of Star Trek like this because it’s good for you although you know I slept and drank Star Trek my entire life and I still am with the new stuff that the streaming that you haven’t even gotten to yet so hang in there and there’s a couple more videos on your channel I have to catch up on and I’m gonna do that but I need to do some other investigating but this was very entertaining and you need to keep doing more of these things
These are the movies you like? Yikes! Kidding. I greatly enjoyed the conversation. No matter what the choices, I know that we are all part of a community whenever I hear the magic words, "This is the film that made me love movies." My top 10? The list changes, but I exclude all the films I loved as a kid. Sherlock Jr The 39 Steps The Thin Man Stray Dog The Dark Knight Citizen Kane Days of Heaven Jules and Jim Trouble in Paradise 2001: A Space Odyssey (the film that made me love movies)
My favorites list (reposted from Patreon), in release order rather than attempting to rank them (although "Apollo 13" is #1): Intolerance (1916) Metropolis (1927) The Wizard of Oz (1939) Fantasia (1940) Citizen Kane (1941) Tokyo Olympiad (documentary, 1965) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) The Right Stuff (1983) Ghostbusters (1984) Return to Oz (1985) The Thin Blue Line (documentary, 1988) Henry V (Kenneth Branagh, 1989) Apollo 13 (1995) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Hot Fuzz (2007) Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009) The Martian (2015) If one of these things seems to be unlike the others, it's because "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" is important to me for personal reasons.
I honestly didnt know what to expect, but nothing could have prepared me for how "movie bro" your movie tastes are. 😂 I honestly don't mean that as a slight; I'm just surprised, because you guys appreciate more thoughtful stuff like Star Trek, and 12 Angry Men has quickly become one of your favorites as well. So, to hear the really obvious and predictable 30-something-male demographic stuff all over your lists was a shock. One can only hope that as you continue to watch more stuff, your tastes will continue to evolve and refine. Cheers!
"Born in the 90s"... oh, I feel old now :-) edit ; everyones lists are different, thats how it is. I am a bit puzzeled none of the all time greats was on there, but no answer is correct :-) There are so many mentions, that the task is somewhat impossible. I presume you have seen alien, aliens, terminator 1+2, predator, where eagels dare, shawshank redemtion, back to the future, lord of the rings, unforgiven, etc?
Very surprised to hear fans of Denis Villeneuve say they disliked Dune. Actually, "baffled" might be a more accurate term. Did you guys have lousy seats that night or something?
Star Wars (screw this new-fangled "A New Hope" nonsense) is the best Star Wars movie, and it's not even close. Empire has better direction, the walkers were the coolest thing I'd ever seen, and I respect it for ending on a down note, but parts of it dragged (chunks of Dagobah, Bespin, and when they're hiding inside the asteroid/slug in the Millennium Falcon), and I don't give a crap about the Han/Leia romance. Meanwhile, Star Wars started everything off, revolutionizing science fiction and requiring Lucas to build a special effects company from the group up. It was self-contained, introducing us to the universe and resolving all the plots it'd put into play by end. And it was surprisingly ambitious considering when it was made. Really, it's an amazing piece of work, and even riding on its coattails, Empire couldn't top it. As for Return of the Jedi, I dig Jabba's Palace, but after that, it really lost its mojo, with the exception of the throne room. Han lost his edge, I didn't give a crap about anybody involved in the space battle, and the ewoks suuuuuck. Whereas the earlier movies had passion and felt like they had a reason to exist, Jedi just felt like it was going through the motions some of the time. And a second Death Star? They couldn't come up with anything better than retreading that ground? Jedi is a necessary part of the original trilogy, because it contains the final confrontation and resolution, but otherwise, I probably wouldn't bother with it. It was rather disappointing overall. With Revenge of the Sith, it was by far the best of the (mostly terrible) prequels, and it finally succeeded in delivering the special effects fun-ride that they'd been going for all along. But it was often still stilted and clumsy, and it failed in its central mission of getting Anakin to fall to the dark side in a convincing and satisfying way. Also, that whiny bitch is in no way shape or form Darth Vader. I was a reaction to A New Hope (Star Wars) by somebody who'd already seen the prequels, and I literally had to turn it off when she kept calling Darth Vader "Ani". Bleh! But even though it has some pretty big flaws, Revenge does some stuff very well, and the action from the original trilogy can look positively geriatric in comparison. My tendency is to rank it ahead of Jedi, because it's by far the best of its trilogy (giving the best of what that trilogy has to offer), while Jedi is by far the worst of its trilogy, but I can understand why some would disagree.
I'm not sure I get why everyone states what their favorite movies are in the comments. Having said that, you've got some of my favorite and least-favorite movies on your lists, which is exactly how it should be.
Unfortunately this doesn't answer any questions, but only raises more; Have neither of you guys ever seen Lord of the Rings? Or Freddy Got Fingered?!?! 😊
Bro! 12 Angry Men, Respect man, Respect. Then you immediately lose some credit with the shining I get it it’s a “classic” and even if my opinion happens to align with the writer of the original book I have resigned myself to being in the minority that it is overrated, not that I hate it but the fact that so many people have it in their top 10-20 or even 50 irks me because there are a minimum of 50 better films out there!
Nice pick on Scott Pilgrim. Early Brie Larsson / Chris Evans work. go canada. Musical - Singing in the Rain John Carpenter's Thing was amazing. The Shining was too tense for me. The music had me nervous and on edge watching the helicopter shot of him driving through the mountains to get the job. Totally freaked out. If you like that check out Kubrick : Clockwork Orange, Dr Strangelove, Full Metal Jacket, Spartacus, Paths of Glory, 2001 a Space Odyssey , Barry Lyndon.
We are clearly of a different generation. Here are mine:
1. Cool Hand Luke
2. Treasure of the Sierra Madre
3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
4. The Shawshank Redemption
5. The Caine Mutiny
6. Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
7. Pan's Labyrinth
8. Fargo
9. All Quite on the Western Front
10. The Silence of the Lambs
Great List
Based on your lists, here are my Top 10 movies I’d love to see you guys do first-time reaction videos for, if you haven’t seen them already (and setting aside movies like Shawshank, Private Ryan, Raiders, and The Patriot that I have to believe you have seen):
* LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (1986 sci-fi horror musical),
* THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1960 tough-guy western),
* HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940 screwball comedy)
* GLORY (1989 Civil War drama),
* CLERKS (1994 dark retail comedy),
* CAPTAIN BLOOD (1935 pirate adventure)
* THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALENCE (1962 western)
* KEY LARGO (1948 film noir crime drama)
* SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE (1978 super-hero adventure)
* ARSNIC AND OLD LACE (1944 comedy-horror murder mystery)
Bonus tv series: TALES OF THE GOLD MONKEY(1982 treasure -hunting comedy adventure)
1 the thing
2 ET
3 Hateful 8
4 American beauty
5 watchmen
6 batman (Tim Burton)
7 ghost busters
8 jurassic park
9 v for vendetta
10 little shop of horrors
Half way through writing I was stoked to see 1 of you acknowledge hateful 8. Great taste
A lot of these films are not my cup of tea, but I'm glad you guys enjoyed them.
Total respect for Millennials who actually watch movies made decades before they were born.
it's not that hard
I like a few of the Movies on your List but being 72 years old, I have a much longer list to choose from. I started watching Movies on TV in the late 50's so those Films were from the 30's and 40's, so some of those are my Favourites ; "The Adventures of Robin Hood" with Errol Flynn. "Duck Soup" with The Marx Brothers. Of course "Casablanca", "Citizen Kane", "The Best Years of our Lives" and "Laura". The first Movie I saw in a Theatre was "The Alamo" 1960. It got me stuck on Historical movies and it's my Favourite Genre to this day. But of course I'm a huge Sci-Fi Fan or I wouldn't be here with you watching Star Trek! I consider myself an OG Trekkie. I was there the first Night with "The Man Trap" and have seen every Star Trek Episode and met almost all the Stars ( I was a big Convention goer for 20 years ). I truly love watching the Episodes again and seeing you react to them for the first time as I did all those years ago! .... So continue to "Boldly Go ...."
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Awesome
Alex, I'm glad you included Session 9, a fantastic and eerie AF movie. I became aware of that movie from watching "The 50 Best Horror Movies You've Never Seen" (2014). That documentary is on Amazon but also free on RUclips. On another note, a movie that is like The Thing and Alien (people trapped in a place while a monster lurks) is THE RUINS. It's very underrated and I think you'd enjoy it.
Liked seeing “The Hateful Eight” on the list, but if you love that one, might I suggest “ Once Upon A Time In The West”. My favorite Sergio Leone film.
My top ten, which can also be taken as recommendations from me:
1) 8 1/2 by Federico Fellini
2) Casablanca by Michael Curtiz
3) 12 Angry Men by Sidney Lumet
4) The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly by Sergio Leone
5) Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans by F.W. Murnau
6) Persona by Ingmar Bergman
7) 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick
8) Mulholland Drive by David Lynch
9) The Dekalog by Krzysstof Kieslowski
10) Kwaidan by Masaki Kobayashi
One of my favorite movies since I was young (which is also a musical!) is the original Blues Brothers...a must watch!
great music, epic car chases, so many great musicians from the era.
timeless....
_"We're in a truck"_ Blues Brothers is pretty much the only musical I like.
I'll give my top 20 because it's immensely difficult to pick just ten.
1: 12 Angry Men (1957)
2: Psycho (1960)
3: Vertigo (1958)
4: Alien (1979)
5: For A Few Dollars More (1965)
6: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (1966)
7: Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
8: The Terminator (1984)
9: Jason And The Argonauts (1963)
10: The Thing (1982)
11: Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)
12: Star Wars (1977)
13: Shaun Of The Dead (2004)
14: Aliens (1986)
15: The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad (1958)
16: Rosemary's Baby (1968)
17: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
18: Witness For The Prosecution (1957)
19: North By Northwest (1959)
20: Clash Of The Titans (1981)
All fully recommended.
Great list
Some favorites I've watched over and over:
1. Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory ('70s version)
2. Wrath of Khan
3. Casablanca
4. Jackie Brown
5. Sound of Music
6. The Empire Strikes Back
7. The Goonies
8. Fame (1980 version)
9. The Undiscovered Country
10. Across the Universe
Great lists! 10 each from you, so here are my favourite 20:
20 The Towering Inferno (1974)
19 It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World(1963)
18 Final Destination 2 (2003)
17 The Negotiator (1998)
16 The Last Boy Scout (1991)
15 Carry on Abroad (1972)
14 Star Trek: Generations (1994)
13 Scream (1996)
12 Red (2010)
11 Speed (1994)
10 Halloween Kills (2021)
9 Love Actually (2003)
8 Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
7 Dirty Harry (1971)
6 Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
5 Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
4 A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
3 Damien: Omen 2 (1978)
2 Die Hard (1988)
1 Halloween (1978)
Since Arrival is your favorite, have you seen Contact?
My first contact best of, Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Contact and Arrival.
1. Star Wars (1977) 2. The Godfather 3. The Empire Strikes Back 4. Raiders of the Lost Ark. 5. The Ten Commandments 6. Jurassic Park. 7. The Dark Knight 8. Rear Window 9. Casino Royale 10. Birdman
Great to hear your list of faves. I love me some Edgar Wright but my fave of his is Hot Fuzz. It's just everything. I'm not a big horror guy but I love The Thing as well. Arrival is up there as well as Interstellar for me. For less scifi ones I like to watch About a Boy is right up there as well as some classics like To Kill a Mockingbird and Inherit the Wind. The Spy Who Loved Me is probably my favorite Bond film. If you ever dive into anime The Wings of Honneamise or Royal Space Force over here, is still probably my favorite animated film. Your Name is a modern classic anime film and several earlier Miyazaki anime films are faves as well. And well, Star Trek The Motion Picture is my favorite Trek film.
That was an interesting group of films, that’s for sure:
Mine:
1. Brazil (1985)
2. McCabe & Mrs Miller (1971)
3. Blade Runner (1990s ‘Director’s Cut’)
4. Seconds (1966)
5. Notorious (1946)
6. Ed Wood (1994)
7. Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
8. Man Bites Dog (1992)
9 Ganja & Hess (1973)
10. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)
OHMSS is such a fantastic movie!
Clerks? The Matrix? Michael Douglas' 'The Game'? Seen any of those?
Seen all of them, they’re all good
@@targetaudienceanother one (The Game) to remove from the suggestion list then. Incredible movie. Fincher's a god
Love Shutter Island as well. I would just say keep checking out those older movies. They're classics for a reason and you've barely dipped a toe into the well lol.
Yeah there's way better movies out there than what's on their lists.
I've gotten the "what's your favorite movie" question a number of times in my life. I always tell people that I can't get it down to 1 movie, but I can get it down to 3. And they aren't necessarily the best movies I've ever seen, but they're the 3 movies that I watch at least once a year on my own, and then anytime I see them on TV I'll flip over and end up watching until the end.
1a) Aliens
1b) Jurassic Park
1c) Terminator 2
There's just something about these movies that is endlessly watchable for me.
_Aliens_ theatrical cut, director's cut, or both?
@@Blazingstoke Ultimately, I'd probably go with the Theatrical Cut because I really like not seeing the colony at all until the Marines arrive. It really allows you to discover everything along with the main characters, which I really enjoy. There's also some heavy-handed and unnecessary foreshadowing in the DC that really spoils a big reveal during the 3rd Act. The foreshadowing in the TC is just the right mix of chilling and subtle.
However, in a perfect world, it would be the Theatrical Cut with the inclusion of "that" scene with Ripley and Burke early on in the movie. That one scene adds so much to Ripley's character/motivation for the rest of the movie and is really the only reason I even pause when asked to pick between the two versions. How that scene got cut from the theatrical version is beyond me.
I don't have a list hammered out but I'll tell you guys about a profound one for me that would inevitably be high up on my eventual list..
Jurassic Park
I was obsessed with dinosaurs as a kid. I know every kid can say that and it's not a contest ha, but I was taking dinosaur books out from the library that didn't even have pictures. Couldn't get enough. So I'm not kidding that Jurassic Park was life changing for me. I was 10 years old. That movie is iconic moment after iconic moment. The Tyrannosaur breaking out of it's paddock, the moment when things really hit the fan. The ripples in the cup of water. I've watched a lot of horror movies, but to this day my heart has never POUNDED like it did during that scene. I'll never forget that theater experience.
From here I went on to read every Michael Crichton novel multiple times and he became one of the other (along with Star Trek) sci-fi pillars in my life
I love Jurassic Park! I saw it when I was 8. The best theater experience of my life!
@@katiejackson2178 totally. unforgettable
I don't really have a favorite movie list, but hearing you guys mention some theater experiences made me want to share one of mine.
It's 1987, The Living Daylights (James Bond) had just come out. I had gone to see it on opening day. It was a weekday and 14 year old me didn't have a lot to do. So I saw it in a half filled theater and it was fine, nothing special, just fine.
That weekend my sister asked if I wanted to go with her to see The Name of the Rose and again, 14 year old me had nothing to do so I was like, sure, let's go. We get to the cinema and the lobby is packed. We had to squeeze past people to get to the door of the theater. When our doors opened, my sister, I and about 6 others went in. Everyone else was going to the Bond movie. I've never watched Daylights again, I've seen The name of the Rose multiple times. Every time I do I think of that day and it makes me smile.
Can’t say I have a top 1 but love these - Total recall, matrix trilogy, most Star Trek, Star Wars 1-6, starship troopers, robocop, falling down (Watch this if you haven’t seen it!) , first 2 terminators, LOTR (best trilogy ever!), fifth element, Shawshank, gladiator, but my favorite still to the day is Aliens, I frakin love that movie! Almost forgot interstellar!
Totally makes sense now that the very first Star Trek episode you saw captivated you so much to watch all of Trek since it was a mystery horror plus scifi theme.
Arrival is amazing. The short story it’s based on (Story of Your Life) is fantastic as well!
OG here. For the last 30 years, i thought the Empire strikes back was the best Star Wars movie, but Rogue One took that spot for me. The Avengers is the height of MCU for me also. The movie that terrified me the most (saw it at a midnight showing) Alien. Favorite old classics, The Great Escape, and original Magnificent 7 (the remake is fantastic also). Steve McQueen, what's not to love. Modern Sci-fi Oblivion and Interstellar. T2 has to be on here along with John Carpenters the Thing.. Romantic/comedy LadyHawke and the Princess Bride. Sorry I guess that's 11.
Congrats again on the 10k :) see you at 20k ;)
hmm. Pretty interesting lists. More power to you guys.
Also congrats on more than 10 k.
In no particular order; Little Big Man, In Harm's Way, Team America, Galaxy Quest, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Paint Your Wagon, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure,ST6 The Undiscovered Country, LOTR Return of the King, Last of the Mohicans.
Guys, I am way older than you two, but I like many of your picks. My favorite all time movie is one you may have never heard of. From 1987, the Danish film Babett's Feast. It might be the most charming and feel good movie I have ever seen. I highly recommend it. Not a fast paced film, but every moment is perfect. It won the best foreign film Oscar back then.
1....NARC
2....SE7EN
3....ALIEN
4....RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
5....THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
6....DANCES WITH WOLVES
7....SUPERMAN 1978
8...ALIENS
9...LOGAN
10...WIND RIVER
But like everyone i have 100's of my favourite movies.
Do you guys prefer if we leave comments here or on Patreon?
Sometimes we have to re-upload the videos before publishing to fix errors or deal with copyright claims so it’s probably better to comment on Patreon before publish, but commenting here is fine too
@@targetaudience ok, I'll keep it in mind!
Just yes. For communication, Patreon is probably more reliable. But for YT algorithmic purposes...
My number one movie will always be "Hellboy" 2004 directed by Guillermo del Toro and starring Ron Perlman. Since you guys like comic book movies, I would love to see your reaction to this movie.
Pasting part of my post Patreon: Monsters Inc. is a very good film. I think a lot of what you said about it not being a huge franchise also applies to "A Bug's Life", which is also a pretty creative movie, imo (also me being obsessed with bugs as a kid also contributed to my enjoyment of it). Re: the Thing, you should read the short story called "the Things' which is presented from the alien's PoV!
That short story was fantastic to read! Everyone who loves "The Thing" should read it. I don't remember now where I saw it online.
I literally applauded two times during this video: for "12 Angry Men" and "Arrival." Great picks. P.S. I now want to watch "Monsters, Inc." and "Session 9." My favorite "Star Wars" movie will always be the first. It was in theaters so long when it first came out that I saw it with my first boyfriend in our local theater and it was my first date with my second boyfriend in the city where I went to college.
Shutter Island is also one of my favorites. Contact and Casablanca are also up there for me.
great list -
I love the "Arrival" by Denis Villeneuveand "Dune Part I" - I have high hopes for Part II,
Dark Waters is rarely mentioned, i think.
Musicals
"Singing in the Rain" is one of my favourites,
"The Wizard of Oz" too
and more recent "Moulin Rouge".
Not a musical, but "Strictly Ballroom" by BazLuhrmann has a special place in my heart,
" Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain," too.
Horror / SciFi
I really like "Dr Sleep",
Scream
"Invasion of the body snatchers" from 1956 and
"The Fog" (Carpenter 1980)
Star Trek IV, VI and VIII and Galaxy Quest are very special to me
and - I´m not getting tired to mention it
"The Dark City The Directors Cut.
The thing (1982) and 12 angry men are high on my list to,
Movies i frequently rewatch are,
Back to the future trilogy.
Tremors (1990)
Pump up the volume (1990)
Heart and souls (1993)
Dirty Harry movies
Death wish movies with Charles Bronson.
The warriors (1979)
The pink Panther franchise with Peter Sellers.
Alien/Aliens
Terminator 1 and 2
Harvey (1950)
Mad Max Fury Road was a nice one from the more recent times
You both have some really great picks heres a few I would highly recommend: if you love denis villenueve I would recommend "Enemy" I loved it and it's a real thinking man's movie. If you like isolation movies, the movie "moon" with sam rockwell (one of my fav actors). I also think momento is one of the best christopher nolan movies of all time and of course "good will hunting"
I hate horror with a passion because it gives me nightmares. However, there's a couple of exceptions. The Mummy films, and Bubba Hotep. Take a senior citizens home where one old guy says he's the real Elvis and the other says that he's JFK. And then the place is attacked by a mummy. More comedy then horror but i think you'll like it.
The Thing is so much more than just your typical horror film, which really, it's more of a mystery and suspense film. At first you're just trying to figure out what's going on, and then you're trying to figure out who is who. It's a great film to watch on a cold winter's night, especially with friends so you can discuss the film afterwards. A personal favorite film of mine is "Memento," it's a Christopher Nolan film, but I won't go into that film since not everyone has seen it. It's good though and shot differently than other films. Another film, and one I always recommend is "The Conversation" from 1974. It lost best picture to Godfather part II, but both films were directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Films from the mid to late 70's is when cinema began to drastically change, with lots of new creative directors. Directors like Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and Brian De Palma.
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My list would probably change any given day of the week because I have about 50 movies that I absolutely love, but my top ten at this precise moment is:
1. Alien
2. The Devil's Advocate
3. The Thing
4. Heat
5. Day of the Dead (1985)
6. The Terminator
7. Blade
8. They Live
9. Big Trouble in Little China
10. Predator
Love your channel guys. I was born in the 70s, so I have at least 20 years on you. When I was your age, I was devouring Turner Classic Movies, so I really love the older stuff an its literally impossible to keep my list down to 10 favorites, so I will try to stick to sci fi/horror/suspense stuff (with an exception or two) that you may not have seen but I think you would like.
1. Island of Lost Souls (1933)
Possibly the creepiest movie pre Psycho. Great Creature make-up in this one. It's an adaptation of The Island of Dr. Moreau.
1940s
2. Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde with Spencer Tracy. Good psychological horror.
3. Double Indemnity - My favourite film Noir. ( Hitchcock loved this one)
1950s
4. Rear Window - Maybe be my favorite Hitchcock movie.
5. North by Northwest (Not horror, but another one of Hitchcock's best)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Has a twilight zone feel to it).
6.Invaders from Mars (This one creeped out Spielberg when he was a kid)
1960's
7. Manchurian Candidate (Political Thriller, but has some really creepy elements to it.This movie continues to haunt me.
8.Original Planet of the Apes - still the best of all the Apes movies and doesn't get enough credit for being the sci fi classic that it is.
9. The Producers with Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel. (Not scifi or Horror, but since you like Gene Wilder, this is my favorite of his movies. He won an oscar for supporting actor I believe.
1970s
10. Clockwork Orange (2001 gets most of the critics love, but this is my favourite Stanley Kubrick film and also sci fi. Very controversial though.
11. Duel (Spielberg's first film. I assume you have seen Jaws, so I am including this one instead, which has been called Jaws with a big truck instead of a shark. Very suspenseful.
12. The Wicker Man 1973 version (Horror and part musical. True cult classic)
Of more recent movies, I love Dark City and Pan's Labryinth, but that's already 14, so I'll stop now.
My favorite version of Jekyll and Hyde (!)
Love the choices of Revenge of the Sith, Psycho, Willie Wonka, The Shining, and Arrival. All great movies (I will defend even defend the prequels as great movies any day). Alex's story about spoiling Shutter Island reminds me of my grandfather, who didn't understand the concept of spoilers, and one day just goes, "I saw this movie The Sixth Sense the other day. It's about a kid who's seeing a therapist because he sees dead people, and it turns out..."
Here's a top 20 from me, with the restriction of only one film per director or per series (otherwise there'd be a lot of Star Wars, Hitchcock, and Kubrick):
20. Alien (1979)
19. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
18. Knives Out (2019)
17. Casablanca (1942)
16. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
15. High Anxiety (1977)
14. Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
13. Annie Hall (1977)
12. Brazil (1985)
11. Touch of Evil (1958)
10. Seven Samurai (1954)
9. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
8. The In-Laws (1979)
7. M (1931)
6. The Seventh Seal (1957)
5. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
4. Duck Soup (1933)
3. Vertigo (1958)
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
1. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
For musicals, please watch 1776 for July 4th! It’s a great musical for guys who like musicals and for guys who don’t, and it’s fantastic for guys who love history. (Stars Mr Feeney from Boy Meets World)
And you just mentioned Amy Adams……… (I can’t say any more, spoilers, but get back to ……..)
Do you guys have planned the verhooven trilogy for the channel?
My top 10 movies
10. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
9. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
8. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
7. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
6. The Neverending Story
5. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
4. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
3. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
1. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
You guys might want to check out "Poor Things" which is in theaters now. Starring Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo. It is an amazing, unique, one of a kind film!
Alex saw it
No one asked but my top 10. And thanks to the boys and the others in the comments that shared theirs. In no order:
-The Empire Strikes Back
-Once Upon a Time in the West
-Raiders of the Lost Ark
-John Carpenter's The Thing
-It's a Wonderful Life
-The Searchers
-Lawrence of Arabia
-Citizen Kane
-All the President's Men
-The Sting
as an older guy, and in order that they occurred to me:
1941
The Blues Brothers
Ferris Buehler's Day Off
The Fifth Element
Kelly's Heros
Wrath of Khan
The Rundown
The Man With The Golden Gun
Enter The Dragon
Sahara
No escape with Ray Liotta.
Your lists are great. I loved that I could have predicted some but never guessed others. I've tried many times to get my list down to 10 and rank them. The closest I can get is top 20 in alphabetical order:
• Annie Hall - One of the best comedies ever.
• Bride of Frankenstein - The best Universal Monsters movie.
• Captain America: Winter Soldier - The best MCU movie.
• Dark Knight Returns - The best superhero movie?
• Duck Soup - The best Marx Bros movie.
• His Girl Friday - My favorite Cary Grant movie.
• It's a Wonderful Life - The best Christmas movie.
• The Matrix - Deep philosophy and cool action scenes in the same movie.
• Princess Bride - The most quotable movie?
• Psycho - One of the best Hitchcock and horror movies.
• Pulp Fiction - Somehow still Tarantino's best movie.
• Raiders of the Last Ark - My favorite Spielberg and Harrison Ford movies.
• Rear Window - My favorite Hitchcock movie.
• Silence of the Lambs - My favorite horror.
• Singin' in the Rain - My favorite musical.
• Skyfall - My favorite Bond or spy movie.
• Spider-Man 2 - My favorite superhero movie.
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn - My favorite Star Trek movie.
• When Harry Met Sally ... - My favorite romantic comedy.
• Young Frankenstein - My favorite Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks movie.
I didn't like "Rear Window" on my first viewing. But something clicked on my second viewing, and it became a favorite.
Regarding SPOILERS: the concept of spoiling a movie really didn’t come to be until after the Sixth Sense. While some movies hinge upon not knowing, most movies aren’t affected much by that. Some movies you enjoy more when you know what’s going to happen.
Guess I’ll give my top 10. It’s ever changing but currently it’s
1. Raider of the lost ark
2. The empire strikes back
3. Back to the future
4. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
5. The lord of the rings: the return of the king
6. Jaws
7. Seven Samurai
8. The good, the bad and the ugly
9. Pulp Fiction
10. Taxi Driver
The Princess Bride
Oh, man, I love Hateful Eight, too! It didn't get much love at the time, if I remember correctly, but I loved the bottle episode feel of the movie and a bit of a mystery element.
I think you two would really like Burt Reynolds RomCom triumph Deliverance!
Absolutely huge movie fan here so I get the troubles trying to make a top 10 list.
So many movies I'm sure anyone's top ten list would fluctuate, so much based on what we're going through in our current life, but this is what I came up with. Putting this together made me realize many of my favorites are because of my cold war childhood.
10) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 1971, this is a top notch musical and Gene Wilder is amazing.
9) Night of the Living Dead 1990, yes, I prefer the remake, it is very tightly plotted and I'm a sucker for heroic redemption
8) 2010 The Year We Make Contact, 1984, yes I'm the weirdo who likes 2010 better than 2001. Yes 2001 is a better art film, but 2010 is a better story especially for a cold war kid like me.
7) You Only Live Twice, 1967, over the top fun, to me taking James Bond in a more realistic direction slowly drained the fun out of the franchise
6) Jaws, 1975, definitely a movie that failed upward. The shark is not the bad guy.
5) Hunt for Red October, 1990, saw this shortly after enlisting as a sonarman. "One Ping Only" was such a meme among us back then
4) Wargames, 1983, as a cold war kid I can come back to this one over and over
3) Captain America Winter Soldier, 2014, the best of the MCU movies, very tightly paced
2) Star Wars, 1977, first movie I ever saw, we didn't have home video back then, and for while afterward this is what defined movies for me.
1) North by Northwest, 1959, again as a cold war kid this is Hitchcock's near perfect film, although having to explain to everyone why the mistaken identity happens is annoying.
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, not Charlie.
I also have high praise for North by Northwest. Back fan of Willie Wonka, too. But only after Gene Wilder shows up. The four sick grandparents are a lot to take.
If you guys haven't seen Pleasantville then i definitely recommend it.
Some films i love include...
Lord of the Rings.... well all together get are one film.
Almost any of the Star Trek films. The 1st for all its flaws has a special place because of seeing something new after so long of just reruns.
The 1st Star Wars (which is now #4) because it was the 1st scifi film id seen that treated the slfx as serious instead of kiddy. It was only on the giant wide-screen theaters tag no longer exist.
Disney sleeping beauty the artwork is gorgeous.
For comedy? Tough choices Blazing Saddles, Court Jester, A Funny Thimg Happened on the Way to the Forum and Bringing Up Baby.
Casablanca
Almost Anything by Fred Astair or Gene Kelley.
Forbidden Planet
Gettysburg
Apollo 13
Desk set... fascinating look at computers and office life.
I love that you had classics like 12 Angry Men, Psycho, and the Shining on your list
But given the generation you both grew up in, I'm extremely disappointed that Idiocracy didn't make the cut, especially with how much it has gone from camp to prophecy in recent years
2 Al Pacino movies you should see, "Serpico" & "And Justice for All"
Lastly, if you liked The Shining, you have to watch "One flew over the Cuckoo's nest"
Need to up your game boys...
"Revenge of the Sith" is THE BEST star wars movie!
Jedi would easily be my favorite if Lucas had the technology to pull it off with wookiees like in the prequels.
It being too hard to rank them, I'll just put mine alphabetically instead:
Alien
Bladerunner
Conan the Barbarian
The Elephant Man
The Empire Strikes Back
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
The Man Who Would be King
The Matrix
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Reservoir Dogs
And having written down 10, of course the brain is full of others that maybe should be on the list; The Name of the Rose, Se7en, Shawshank Redemption, Heat, The Godfather, Goodfellas, Lord of the Rings, The Usual Suspects, The Shining, One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Seven Samurai, Mad Max 2, The Shining, 2001, and on and on. These kind of lists are bloody impossible.
Really like your list, and I forgot about "Blade Runner" when I made mine. "G/B/U" is a great one too. Though I've just seen it once.
I've never liked _Empire. Jedi_ was always my favorite.
Thank you for warning me off of _It._ I *hate* to be scared.
I don't think I could manage to make a top 10 list as there are so many movies I love
I would even struggle making a top 5 movie list from some of my favourite directors
I love Return of the Jedi too :)
Richard Marquand directed another movie called Jagged Edge. Really good courtroom thriller with Jeff Bridges and Glenn Close.
Oooooo, okay, ummmm...if I HAD to boil down my favorite films into just ten...well it's difficult but I will try though I need to express that they won't be in any particular order because what would be my number 1 film may change on a daily bases so bear that in mind:
Army of Darkness (my first real introduction to the wonder that is Bruce Campbell and th Evil Dead series of films and TV show. It's amazing what Sam Rami was able to accomplish during filming with the cinematography to make this silly, low budget film look much more grand in scope and scale all while giving us Three Stooges jokes and hammy one liners)
2001 A Space Odyssey (probably the greatest hard sci-fi film ever made with effects, if not clothing and hair styles, that still hold up to this day. It's also an example of nearly pure visual storytelling with dialog only really present in the middle third of the film.)
The Back to the Future Trilogy (Easily one of the greatest trilogies, though somewhat flawed due to the 2nd and 3rd film not having been planned on being made. Regardless, time travel is one of my favorite sci-fi tropes so I love seeing it be explored, even if it's not necessarily explored well in these films. The characters, the heart, it's got what it NEEDS to make it work and I love them dearly)
Citizen Kane (an amazing piece of film, unique in its time for taking every camera trick in the book and putting them all in one film. The nonlinear storytelling, the unreliable series of narrators and a protagonist reporter we barely ever see, investigating the twists and turns of a powerful mans life that on his death bed called out for an innocent time of his childhood is unlike anything else in 1941)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (I know a lot of hard core fans of Raiders consider this film to be weak as it removed Indy from the serialized pulp hero he was intended to be, but I really love this film. Partially it was because my own father passed away the year before and the idea of a father and son adventure with Indy saving his father's life, well, I wish I could have saved mine. The interaction with the characters and Harrison Ford and Sean Connery was pure gold and lent the film a charm that even Raiders hard-liners can't deny)
Seven Samurai (The film that Magnificent Seven was based on...only better, in my opinion. I get that they wanted to localize the story for US audiences, but I just think the original was truly the magnificent version of the film.
Akira (Speaking of Japanese films, Akira! I am a huge fan of this film. The perfection of perspective drawing in animated form, by hand and without CGA is a thing to behold. Many people prefer the Manga version because it's longer and I just don't see it. The film distills the story to it's most important elements, that all the machinations of man, the military, the corrupt politicians, the religious zealots and revolutionary's, it is all nothing compared to the powers of the cosmos that we, scurrying around on this planet can't understand and can't hope to control, and everything we thought we knew can easily be swept aside by that power.)
Time Bandits and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (I really feel like Terry Gilliam used to be able to tap into something that no other director could. His films weren't the biggest, but they often felt that way. These two films are just so amazing, existing close to opposite ends of the 80's. I could have given them two separate listings but they just go together very well.
Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy (It's so nice to be able to call this a trilogy now. Despite Disney screwing up the MCU we finally got an amazing closer to the Guardians films. The first two were so amazing and fun and while the 3rd film was a tad darker it has such an uplifting ending that makes it a perfect ending. Much like dhow the two Bobs had to scramble to make the following two films for Back to the Future, resulting in two slightly disjointed sequels, Disney and Marvel Studios made decisions that made Guardians 3 somewhat disjointed as well, so while not a perfect trilogy, they are one of my absolute favorites.
The original Star Wars trilogy, theatrical versions ( I cannot stress how much these films meant to kids that grew up with them when they were new films. I was there when original trilogy toys were on the shelf still until 1985. Those three films were so different to anything out there. They defined a lot of our childhoods. Also not a perfect trilogy with a lot of Lucas' decisions having to be retconned in Return of the Jedi. How else to solve a love triangle without killing off a main character than making two of them brother and sister?)
The Lord of the Rings Extended Cut trilogy (Pretty much my perfect trilogy example where they had a plan right out the gate and stuck the landing. The extended cut allows more breathing room and it works every time I watch them. Not a perfect adaptation of the books but still one of the great ones. We will never see a film trilogy like this again)
Godfather 1,2
One Flew over the cuckoo's nest.
Goodfellas
Scarface
The Heiress 1940s
Gaslamp 1940s
Unforgiven
Pyscho
Star Wars Empire
My List off the top of my head for those who wanted it. 🙃
"Dune: Part 1 aside..."
Interesting. What didn't you guys like about it? Because it had the almost impossible task of trying to do the book justice, and I think it actually succeeded. I have my quibbles with it, and it's obviously not as amazing as the novel (nothing is ever going to be), but the fact that it's not a complete train wreck, and is, if fact, quite good, is pretty impressive. For me, it absolutely swims in the same waters as Blade Runner 2049 and Arrival.
Never read the book so none of that matters to us. We found it extremely boring since it’s essentially a 3-hour set up movie.
@@targetaudience My outlook is obviously shaped by my knowledge of the book, so I can't say for sure what I'd think of the movie if I hadn't read it, but what I can say is that Dune: Part 1 covers my favorite part of the novel. Perhaps at least some of the difference in our outlooks is the way movies, as a medium, differ from books in terms of our expectations and what we regard as a proper payoff. With the book, the world-building and history are fascinating in and of themselves, as is the characters' political maneuvering.
But I would still say that we see a lot happen in the movie in terms of just violent conflicts, from the Harkonnen invasion of Arrakis, Duke Leto's fate, Paul and Jessica turning the tables in the ornithopter, Duncan Idaho's last stand, Paul's duel with Jamis, and so on (not to mention more than one run-in with sand worms). Compare this all to Arrival, where there are a few pivotal events, but it's largely a psychological slow-burn (I love Arrival, but there are a lot of people I don't think would have the patience to properly enjoy it).
So I wonder if it's maybe an issue with framing in Dune: Part 1, and with it maybe not taking the time to sit with a scene and draw out its emotional impact, because there's so much other stuff to get through (I do think it would've been better to break the book into three parts rather than just two, but we can't have everything). Without that, maybe the conflicts pass by without feeling properly momentous, which makes them seem like mere setup rather than things that have value in and of themselves?
I mean, you're obviously allowed to dislike things I like, but since you're fans of other Denis Villeneuve films, I'm trying to reason out why we might differ in our opinions on this particular one. Maybe I'm way off; I don't know.
The direction and visuals and all that are still excellent, it’s just the story seemed to just begin by the time the movie ended. I think it will definitely benefit once you can watch the complete story
@@stuffyouotterlistento1461 I recently watched Dune part 1 and 2 and never read the book yet really enjoyed both movies. I knew beforehand just a tiny bit of the plot.
Empire is my least favorite of the first trilogy (and it’s the first trilogy doggonnit!). I saw all three originals in the theater, empire and return on opening night (nothing like hearing THAT line completely unspoiled in a theater of unspoiled people). But it suffered from middle film syndrome. Return of the Jedi I loved. There was something about the original Star Wars(before the ReNaming) that was so special in th3 dark and cycpnical 1970s. It was hopeful and wonderful.
I can't afford to join Patreon. I can't wait until you have more Star Trek related videos. I check everyday to see if you have a new video. I hope you are going to start TNG season 2 soon.
They've already posted the first 2 episodes of season 2 on Patreon. So they should be coming to RUclips soon.
@@katiejackson2178 Not everyone can afford Patreon.
@AD5DU I understand that but once they're posted to Patreon that means they'll be posted to RUclips soon
@@katiejackson2178 Now I see where they say they will start showing the season 2 videos on February 5.
Well guys I gotta tell you I now know you’re younger than I thought you were but this list explains a lot of how you look at things and your reactions to things on all the other previous things I’ve watched on your channel and it’s fine my favorite list of movies is too long and too extensive because I’m a lot older than both of you Put together but but the fact that I have been researching film and television since before either one of you were born and I go back along way in my fact that I’m a film historian, the comic book, historian, and the television historian so I’ve researched all this stuff before you guys were old enough to even watch your first movie But you’re less bad at all but like I said it does explain a lot and I hope that you guys do do more outside of Star Trek like this because it’s good for you although you know I slept and drank Star Trek my entire life and I still am with the new stuff that the streaming that you haven’t even gotten to yet so hang in there and there’s a couple more videos on your channel I have to catch up on and I’m gonna do that but I need to do some other investigating but this was very entertaining and you need to keep doing more of these things
But have you ever seen the original thing from another world?
They should watch Invasion of the Body Snatchers '56 and '78.
These are the movies you like? Yikes! Kidding. I greatly enjoyed the conversation. No matter what the choices, I know that we are all part of a community whenever I hear the magic words, "This is the film that made me love movies."
My top 10? The list changes, but I exclude all the films I loved as a kid.
Sherlock Jr
The 39 Steps
The Thin Man
Stray Dog
The Dark Knight
Citizen Kane
Days of Heaven
Jules and Jim
Trouble in Paradise
2001: A Space Odyssey (the film that made me love movies)
Thanks!
Ohsnap, I just hit play and didn't look all too closely at the title, but this isn't best of 2023, it's of all time!
My favorites list (reposted from Patreon), in release order rather than attempting to rank them (although "Apollo 13" is #1):
Intolerance (1916)
Metropolis (1927)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Fantasia (1940)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Tokyo Olympiad (documentary, 1965)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
The Right Stuff (1983)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Return to Oz (1985)
The Thin Blue Line (documentary, 1988)
Henry V (Kenneth Branagh, 1989)
Apollo 13 (1995)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)
The Martian (2015)
If one of these things seems to be unlike the others, it's because "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" is important to me for personal reasons.
Great list. I'm a huge fan of "Fantasia."
I honestly didnt know what to expect, but nothing could have prepared me for how "movie bro" your movie tastes are. 😂
I honestly don't mean that as a slight; I'm just surprised, because you guys appreciate more thoughtful stuff like Star Trek, and 12 Angry Men has quickly become one of your favorites as well. So, to hear the really obvious and predictable 30-something-male demographic stuff all over your lists was a shock.
One can only hope that as you continue to watch more stuff, your tastes will continue to evolve and refine.
Cheers!
"Born in the 90s"... oh, I feel old now :-) edit ; everyones lists are different, thats how it is. I am a bit puzzeled none of the all time greats was on there, but no answer is correct :-) There are so many mentions, that the task is somewhat impossible. I presume you have seen alien, aliens, terminator 1+2, predator, where eagels dare, shawshank redemtion, back to the future, lord of the rings, unforgiven, etc?
Empire strikes back is to scary 😨
Very surprised to hear fans of Denis Villeneuve say they disliked Dune. Actually, "baffled" might be a more accurate term.
Did you guys have lousy seats that night or something?
Waited 2 and a half hours for the movie to start, then it ended
Deep dive into Session 9 please.
In no particular order..
Alien
The Big Lebowski
Goodfellas
To Live and Die in LA
Wrath of Khan
Tombstone
Pulp Fiction
Sicario
The Thing
Only the Brave
12 angry men is a very good movie
Any more Star Trek forthcoming?
Yes
90's Kids are weird (angrily shakes fist)).
It's weird having 2 people discuss 20 top movies and some pretty safe bets not show up.
What’s an example of a safe bet you’re referring to?
@@targetaudience The Matrix, Robocop, Seven and a ton more that would be "expected", but it's a surprising list with great movies.
Gotcha, we definitely do like all of those
Well, at least we have *TNG.*
Star Wars (screw this new-fangled "A New Hope" nonsense) is the best Star Wars movie, and it's not even close. Empire has better direction, the walkers were the coolest thing I'd ever seen, and I respect it for ending on a down note, but parts of it dragged (chunks of Dagobah, Bespin, and when they're hiding inside the asteroid/slug in the Millennium Falcon), and I don't give a crap about the Han/Leia romance. Meanwhile, Star Wars started everything off, revolutionizing science fiction and requiring Lucas to build a special effects company from the group up. It was self-contained, introducing us to the universe and resolving all the plots it'd put into play by end. And it was surprisingly ambitious considering when it was made. Really, it's an amazing piece of work, and even riding on its coattails, Empire couldn't top it.
As for Return of the Jedi, I dig Jabba's Palace, but after that, it really lost its mojo, with the exception of the throne room. Han lost his edge, I didn't give a crap about anybody involved in the space battle, and the ewoks suuuuuck. Whereas the earlier movies had passion and felt like they had a reason to exist, Jedi just felt like it was going through the motions some of the time. And a second Death Star? They couldn't come up with anything better than retreading that ground? Jedi is a necessary part of the original trilogy, because it contains the final confrontation and resolution, but otherwise, I probably wouldn't bother with it. It was rather disappointing overall.
With Revenge of the Sith, it was by far the best of the (mostly terrible) prequels, and it finally succeeded in delivering the special effects fun-ride that they'd been going for all along. But it was often still stilted and clumsy, and it failed in its central mission of getting Anakin to fall to the dark side in a convincing and satisfying way. Also, that whiny bitch is in no way shape or form Darth Vader. I was a reaction to A New Hope (Star Wars) by somebody who'd already seen the prequels, and I literally had to turn it off when she kept calling Darth Vader "Ani". Bleh!
But even though it has some pretty big flaws, Revenge does some stuff very well, and the action from the original trilogy can look positively geriatric in comparison. My tendency is to rank it ahead of Jedi, because it's by far the best of its trilogy (giving the best of what that trilogy has to offer), while Jedi is by far the worst of its trilogy, but I can understand why some would disagree.
I'm not sure I get why everyone states what their favorite movies are in the comments.
Having said that, you've got some of my favorite and least-favorite movies on your lists, which is exactly how it should be.
Unfortunately this doesn't answer any questions, but only raises more;
Have neither of you guys ever seen Lord of the Rings? Or Freddy Got Fingered?!?! 😊
Bro! 12 Angry Men, Respect man, Respect.
Then you immediately lose some credit with the shining I get it it’s a “classic” and even if my opinion happens to align with the writer of the original book I have resigned myself to being in the minority that it is overrated, not that I hate it but the fact that so many people have it in their top 10-20 or even 50 irks me because there are a minimum of 50 better films out there!
Nice pick on Scott Pilgrim. Early Brie Larsson / Chris Evans work. go canada.
Musical - Singing in the Rain
John Carpenter's Thing was amazing.
The Shining was too tense for me. The music had me nervous and on edge watching the helicopter shot of him driving through the mountains to get the job. Totally freaked out.
If you like that check out Kubrick : Clockwork Orange, Dr Strangelove, Full Metal Jacket, Spartacus, Paths of Glory, 2001 a Space Odyssey , Barry Lyndon.