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For a bit of a laugh I thought I'd have a go at working out such a thing. They aren't necessarily my absolute top 10 films as I sometimes forget which I like best so it's the first 10 that come to mind. (With my odd taste, I expect it to be quite low)

1 Blade Runner 8.3
2 Aliens 8.5
3 Alien 8.5
4 Deathstalker 2 4.7
5. Breaking Glass 6.3
6. A Life Less Ordinary 6.3
7. The Crow 7.6
8. Dark Star 6.6
9. Three Colours Blue 7.9
10. Liquid Sky 5.7

=70.4

An excellent idea sir. My deeply personal top ten of today in no particular order...

The Man With The Golden Gun 6.7
The Usual Suspects 8.7
Trainspotting 8.2
Airplane! 7.8
Anchorman 7.0
The Lives of Others 8.5
Raiders of the Lost Ark 8.7
Shawshank 9.2
Commando 6.3
Vertigo 8.6

which totals 79.7. Not bad.

Arrrrrgh! I'm gonna have to have a long think about my favourite films now.

1 - Blade Runner 8.3
2 - Aliens 8.5
3 - Se7en 8.6
4 - Saving Private Ryan 8.5
5 - Platoon 8.2
6 - Groundhog Day 8.2
7 - Pulp Fiction 8.9
8 - Superbad 7.8
9 - Shawshank Redemption 9.2
10 - Braveheart 8.4

Total = 84.6

Damn. I held the lead for two minutes.

I bet no one can score as low as me.

Oh, I can...

hold on and I'll go check.

Kingpin 6.7
Planes, Trains and Automobiles 7.5
The Rock 7.2
The Thing 8.2
American Psycho 7.4
Fargo 8.3
Jurassic Park 7.9
Goodfellas 8.7
Full Metal Jacket 8.4
Forrest Gump 8.6

78.9

Don't judge me!

The Princess Bride: 8.1
A Knight's tale 6.6 (what?!)
Labyrinth: 7.3
The Neverending Story II: 4.4
Groundhog Day: 8.2
10 Things I hate about you: 6.9
The Worst Witch: 6.7
Life aquatic 7.2
Patch Adams 6.2
Return to Oz 6.7

= 68.3

Evil Dead 2 7.9/10
My Neighbour Totoro 8.1/10
Seven Samurai 8.8/10
Battle Royal 7.9/10
Ichi the Killer 7.2/10
Mad Max 2 7.6/10
Freddie Got Fingered 4.0/10
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance 8.0/10
District 9 8.3/10
The Thing 8.2/10

76/100

Interesting to see everyones top 10. These were the first 10 that popped in my head. It's nearly always changing...

With the same proviso that these are the top 10 that spring to mind right now:

The Omen - 7.6
Fight Club - 8.8
Saw - 7.7
Bram Stoker's Dracula - 7.3
Edward Scissorhands - 8.0
Forrest Gump - 8.6
Rain Man - 8.0
Being John Coffey Malkovich - 7.9
The Assassination of Richard Nixon - 7.1
Seven - 8.6

Total: 79.4 (I think)

It's a tough one, but here's an initial list of 10 of my faves:

Primal Fear - 7.6
The Shawshank Redemption - 9.2
Tell No One - 7.6
The Man From Earth - 8.1
American History X - 8.6
Good Will Hunting - 8.1
Rounders - 7.3
House of Games - 7.4
The Silence of the Lambs - 8.7
Léon - 8.6

81.2

1. Harold & Maude 8.1
2. Braindead 7.6
3. Alien 8.5
4. A Matter of Life & Death 8
5. Robocop 7.6
6. Spinal Tap 7.9
7. Dr Phibes Rides Again 6.4
8. Day of the Dead 7
9. Wings of Desire 8
10. Theater of Blood 7.1

Total: 76.2

Seriously, fuck off with The Shawshank Redemption. It's saccharine, hackneyed shit at best.

Get out. It's ace.

requiem for a dream - 8.5
borat - 7.6
memento - 8.7
star wars IV: a new hope - 8.8
the big lebowski - 8.2
inglorious basterds - 8.4
into the wild - 8.2
the best of youth - 8.1
there will be blood - 8.2
the road - 7.5

=82.2

that was hard, i'm sure i forgot loads. Now i see The Road must be the most underrated movie ever

In your heart of hearts you know that is not the case.

In my heart of hearts, I love you. And Shawshank.

Shawshank is over-rated but still good. NOW CAN WE MAKE FUN OF ZARDOZ'S CHOICES PLEASE?

Pick wisely, bro.

One flew over the cuckoo's nest - 8.9/10

The Shining - 8.5/10

Halloween - 8.0/10

Shawshank Redemption - 9.2/10

The Green Mile - 8.4/10

Blazing Saddles - 7.8/10

Stir Crazy - 6.6/10

Hooper - 5.9/10

Rollercoaster - 5.9/10

The Posiedon Adventure - 7.1/10

I cannot genuinely say this is off the top of my head - this list has been profiled to make me look more like a cineaste But they're all films I love and have seen at least 3 times for most of them and many times more for at least half of them. What they all have in common is that they get better with repeated viewings. It goes without saying that there are many films mentioned in this thread that I have seen and think are awesome and some that have received high scores which I haven't seen. These have been noted. One thing I have to say is that the entire metric is pissed by the simple fact that The Shawshank Redemption gets 9.2. It's very good, but it's not more than an 8 ferchissakes.

The Manchurian Candidate (1963 version with Laurence Harvey and Frank Sinatra) 8.3
Blade Runner 8.3
Unforgiven 8.3
A Clockwork Orange 8.5
The Thing 8.2
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest 8.9
L A Confidential 8.4
Chinatown 8.5
North by Northwest 8.6
Casablanca 8.8

84.8/100

1: A Matter of Life & Death - 8.0
2: Fargo - 8.3
3: Night of the Hunter - 8.2
4: O Brother Where Art Thou - 7.8
5: The Life & Death of Colonel Blimp - 8.1
6: North by North West - 8.6
7: Porco Rosso - 7.8
8: Master & Commander - 7.5
9: Tremors - 7.2
10: It's a Wonderful Life - 8.7

Average: 8.02/10 / 80.2/100

But only 8.2 for Night of the Hunter, arguably the greatest film ever made? Are they mad? And Crowe haters knocking the glorious Master & Commander down too? (It's Peter Weir for Christ sakes! Maybe I should have gone for also fave 'Witness' at 7.6 instead?) Looks like it's Tremors that's knocked it down for me, but I'm unrepentant. I'm sure it's the lousy endless sequels and series spin-offs that's responsible for its IMDB under-rating.

Top ten from ones others have chosen that I also love:

North by Northwest
Labyrinth
The Lives of Others
Groundhog Day
Robocop
My Neighbour Totoro
Seven Samurai
Big Lebowski
Bladerunner
Life Aquatic (Ta for choosing this Mimi, it doesn't get enough love!)

Was Never Ending Story II the one with the witch with the blank face in it? I remember her - possibly mixed with a memory of the witch from that ridiculous/awesome/awful 'MAGIC SHOES?' Clark's advert my sister was obsessed with at the time, a travelling teapot and a stupid big chicken. I have no idea if it was any good. I did like the first one when I was a kid though.

My Top Ten (that I can think of at the moment, anyway)

Shawshank - 9.2
12 Angry Men - 8.9
Glory - 8.0
Dog Soldiers - 6.8
Aliens - 8.5
Young Frankenstein 8.0
Rear Window - 8.7
Seven - 8.6
The Goonies - 7.5
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest - 8.9

Total - 83.1

Also...

Look, I know what with Two Worlds and everything that I'm really in no position to criticise, but that right there is the belmingest thing ever said on BeeX.

IMDB Witness message board post:



lol.



*Sigh*

I also love that film. Watched it last Saturday in fact, introducing a friend to it. She loved it too.

Some great suggestions here. Nice idea picking a top ten from others choices, Pete.

Not surprised that one of my choices has the lowest score so far.

The Big Lebowski 8.2
My Neighbour Totoro 8.1
Dawn of the Dead 8.0
The Shining 8.5
BASEketball 6.4
Brazil 8.0
The Ninth Gate 6.6
Tremors 7.2
Napoleon Dynamite 6.9
The Straight Story 8.0

75.9/100

Evil Dead 3 : Army of Darkness 7.2
Aliens 8.5
Highlander 7.2
12 Angry Men 8.9
The Breakfast club 7.9
Near Dark 7.0
Star Trek 2 : The Wrath of Khan 7.8
The Blues Brothers 7.9
The Thing 8.2
Escape from new York 7.1

Total 77.7 / average 7.77

I wrote this with just the top ten out of my head and then read some others and thought - i have to have the princess bride in there but i'm not sure what one i'd drop , the other two that jumped into my head while writing but i left out were "Big Trouble in little china" , a great silly film but it was as i added in the thing and escape from new york which are much better Kurt Russell movies , and Akira which was just such an impressive film to me when i first saw it.

I also kept putting breaking glass in the list and then taking it back out , its probably because its on Nirejhenge's list which reminded me about it - anyway - how are you suppose to stop at 10 ? :-)

Serenity 8.0
Escape from New York 7.1
The Princess Bride 8.1
The Big Sleep 8.3
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension 6.0
Arlington Road 7.2
My Neighbour Totoro 8.1
The Shawshank Redemption 9.2
Slap Shot 7.2
Twelve Angry Men 8.9

Total 78.1


Really could have swapped a couple of Big Trouble in Little China, Laputa, Up!, Wall-E, Fail Safe, Wargames, The Blues Brothers... why couldn't this have been 20?


Also: Good to see this is a Star Wars free list so far.

I completely and utterly agree. It's so bad I've not managed to watch all of it.

Also congratulations to mimi on having worse taste than me. (apparently)

1. Repo Man - 6.8
2. Aliens - 8.5
3. Enter The Dragon - 7.6
4. The Thing - 8.2
5. Stir Crazy - 6.6
6. Near Dark - 7.0
7. Demons - 6.5
8. Ghostbusters - 7.8
9. Big Trouble In Little China - 7.1
10 - Groundhog Day - 8.2

82.3

I really struggled with this, keeping out Evil Dead 2, Fright Night, Memento, fucking Terminator! and Southern Comfort. Oh piss, and Freddy Got Fingered.

Both John Coffey and Blucey FAIL at this because they haven't added up their score.

These are probably not the best films I have seen but ones which I can (and have) watch multiple times. There's loads of films that I have seen that have had a really big effect on me but watching them again wouldn't have the same effect so these are my favourites - not necessarily the best.

Good Fellas 8.7
Galaxy Quest 7.2
Toy Story 2 8.0
Princess Bride 8.1
Dogma 7.3
High Plains Drifter 7.6
Starship Troopers 7.1
Monty Python and The Holy Grail 8.4
Bourne Identity 7.7
The Prophecy 6.4

Total - 76.5

Goodfellas 8.8
The Butterfly Effect 7.8
Highlander 7.2
Empire Strikes Back 8.8
Constantine 6.7
The Matrix 8.7
The Telephone 3.7
The Boondock Saints 7.8
Return of the Jedi 8.3
Bruce Almighty 6.6

74.4

A mixture of films that I have watched lots of times and one or two that I only saw once but stood out from the crowd. Obviously the people who have rated the telephone don't appreciate it as much as I do probably because it is mainly Whoopi on the telephone and nobody gets shot or shagged.

Aliens 8.5
Brazil 8.0
Goodfellas 8.8
Jason X 4.4
Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope 8.8
Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back 8.8
Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 7.8
The Wicker Man 7.8
The Prestige 8.4
Vertigo 8.6

TOTAL: 79.9

Jesus, I've missed out The Good, The Bad and the Ugly!

10 is such a low number.

I really should have had Napoleon Dynamite in my list. After all, I did take a long trip to the town where it was filmed to go see all the sites and sights.

I bet Steve Brookstein would have fucked it up also!

My bad, I rushed the list as I had to get off to work. I'm here now, adding up film scores. Fuck you NHS!

Well, that's confirmed it. Mali, you're wronger than jam on steak.

In no particular order:

The General 8.4
Monkey Business 7.6
Casablanca 8.8
Gettysburg 7.6
The Third Man 8.5
Glory 8.0
Nosferatu 8.0
Pulp Fiction 8.9
Singin' in the Rain 8.4
O Brother Where Art thou 7.8

Total 82
Mean 8.2

Hmm.... hmm... that might work, depends which fruit though would have to be cranberry or black cherry maybe. It would also need a good strong cheese.

Blade Runner 8.3
Swingers 7.6
Wimbledon 6.4
Casablanca 8.8
Fight Club 8.8
The Hangover 7.9
Three Colors Blue 7.9
Three COlors White 7.6
Three Colors Red 8.1
Doberman 6.4

Total 77.8
Mean 7.8

In alphabetical order,
Amelie 8.6
Back To The Future 8.4
Die Hard 8.3
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind 8.5
Hedwig And The Angry Inch 7.6
High Fidelity 7.6
Little Shop of Horrors (80's) 6.6
Spirited Away 8.5
The Muppet Christmas Carol 7.5
Toy Story 8.2

Total 79.8
So my love of Little Shop has been my undoing.

Defence rests.

It warms my heart that Nirejhenge loves Liquid Sky, Zordoz loves Freddie Got Fingered and Mimi loves... well, all the awesome 80s kids fantasy films I would expert her to love. Everything is right in the world!

My (non definitive) list would be:

The Terminator - 8.1/10
The Thing - 8.2/10
Blade Runner FC - 8.3/10
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - 7.6/10
Pi - 7.5/10
Tetsuo, The Iron Man - 7.0/10
2001: A Space Odyssey - 8.4/10
Apocalypse Now - 8.6/10
Naked - 7.9/10
Rockers - 7.6/10

Total = 79.2

Two more crackers there, Rockers.

LOTS of love for The Thing I see.

That makes it 0.1 point better than Edison's 1894 classic 'Fred Ott's Sneeze' (6.3)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000008/

Yar here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Ott's_Sneeze

Ten? TEN? TEN!?

You people have no soul. How can you narrow your choices down to 10?

Anyway, here are my current (as I thought of them, top ten )

In no particular order



Ack. What a hideously populist list.