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Top ten !
10. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Werner Herzog
A conquistador in search of Eldorado leads his expedition in the jungle to disaster.
Through this simple plot. Herzog takes us in a journey through dellusion and madness. Shot in columbian jungle, the dispute between the director and Klaus Kinski, the main actor have become legendary, and the performance of the main actor is certainly among the best I've seen. The ending is a thing of beauty.
9. Citizen Kane, Orson Welles
Evrything about this movie has already been told. Incredible opening scene, cut and acting. That being said, two criticism : the news presentation should never have been shot ( it was an idea of the producers) and I'm not fond of the Rosebud idea. Still the movie deserves its reputation.
8. Solaris, Andrei Tarkovski
Saw it thanks to à TLer ! Scientists are studying a planet which seems to be alive, but on their station, strange phenomenon appears...
Philosophical and beautiful, a reflexion on reality and desire. Powerful.
7. Wild Strawberries, Ingmar Bergman
An old doctor is going to receive an honorary degree. His journey is the occasion to reflect on his life, his relationship to others and his coming death.
Exploring Bergman's favorite themes, in particular the difficulty of living with others, the occasion of à bittersweet reflexion on life. It's never too late to change.
6. Touch of Evil, Orson Welles
A crime occures at the american-mexican border. Two policemen investigate, an old corrupted one and a young idealistic one.
Perfectly directed, Orson Welles' acting great as usual, the opposition works perfectly until the very end. Things are not always what they seem.
5. Seven Samurai, Akira Kurosawa
The most famous movie from a director I love. I won't expand much on it except to say the opposition between the samourai and the peasants is the key to this movie.
4. M, Fritz Lang
A child killer terrorize a german city. As the police can't catch him, the mafia decides to intervene.
A powerful reflection on justice, vengeance and humanity. Peter Lorre is an incredible actor, and his speech is a great moment of cinema. Every jury should see this.
3. All about Eve, Joseph L. Mankiewicz
An aging theater star accepts to help a young naive enthousiast fan, taking her as her assistant. Seemingly by chance, this young girl will become the next big star...
A violent satire of Broadway, this movie shines through its academic but faultless directing and its main actors, who all could have won an Academy Award. Another superb ending.
2. The rule of the game, Jean Renoir
A classic of these kind of list. A biting satire of French upper-class just before WW2. Incredibly well written dialogues, perfect acting and directing that changed film- making forever : the way two scenes can play at once, the fast change of focus in story perfectly match those frivole stories in which servants are scornfully treated. A masterpiece.
1. Cries and Whispers, Ingmar Bergman
A young woman dies of cancer among her two sisters and their maid.
This movie changed me. Every scene is memorable, every actress is perfect. Fades to red, close shots, the photo. The priest's speech. The ending. That moment where the two sisters finally speak to each other. The death scene. The glass.
A dark film, on death, pity, the impossibility to communicate, and what might make life worth it, even in its darkest moment. Thank you for this, Mr. Bergman.
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Aliens
Blair Witch Project
Saving of Private Ryan
The Thing (80s one)
Seven
The Pianist
Legend
Fargo
Shawshank Redemption
I Saw the Devil
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Finally, I've seen one of these! (#9)
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On August 23 2012 04:02 Psychobabas wrote:
Aliens
Blair Witch Project
Saving of Private Ryan
The Thing (80s one)
Seven
The Pianist
Legend
Fargo
Shawshank Redemption
I Saw the Devil
Seven is pretty good, Fargo is better, the rest is at best forgettable. Did not see Aliens nor The Thing.
Edit : Game ! Did you like it ?
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thanks for writing this, i'll check out some of these
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I didn't really like Citizen Kane but I'm the kind of person whose favorite movie is Inception  if you get my drift.
Surprised not to see Godfather up there though
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Good job not talking about Fight Club although we all know its #1.
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Good list. Seen a lot of them, will definitely try the other ones. Can't have enough Bergman or Welles.
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On August 23 2012 04:11 corumjhaelen wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2012 04:02 Psychobabas wrote:
Aliens
Blair Witch Project
Saving of Private Ryan
The Thing (80s one)
Seven
The Pianist
Legend
Fargo
Shawshank Redemption
I Saw the Devil Seven is pretty good, Fargo is better, the rest is at best forgettable. Did not see Aliens nor The Thing. Edit : Game ! Did you like it ?
Well that's my personal favourites. Yeah Game is pretty good too.
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hmmm favorite Directors: Akira Kurosawa, Orson Welles, and Ingmar Bergman?
also, from the comments above, you didn't like Shawshank Redemption or Saving Private Ryan?
thx for the List. I'll probably be checking most of these out. 
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I'd add 12 angry men, but I missed the part 2 perhaps it's in it.
And The rope. But I'd basically add all Hitchcock's, The rope is my favorite tho.
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This list seems a bit pretentious.
If we are going to talk artsy movies then I really liked Underground by Emir Kusturica
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On August 23 2012 06:34 Grend wrote:
This list seems a bit pretentious.
If we are going to talk artsy movies then I really liked Underground Emir Kusturica
Yeah, it looks more like an all time top 30 than a personal top30. (not that it's bad tho)
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You forgot Gone with the Wind, the acting and dialogue are so great that you really get to feel the emotions the actors are conveying.
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too many bergman sigh haha. his stuff is very poetic which i love, but often times when i watch them i get bored imo nothing really pulls the movie along. wild strawberries had nice nostalgia from his old memories though again great list i need to watch like half of these still. is touch of evil the badass opening camerashot? cause that was awesome . i couldnt really give my top 30 as its hard for me to pick one over the other so these are the best of mine
5. Shame (the most powerful movie ive ever seen. requiem looks like childs play.)
4. Stalker (i just love this so much, the zone is intriguing.)
3. The Social Network (one of the few films i consider perfect or about as good as you can get.)
2. Days of Heaven (the best cinematography ever.)
1. 8 1/2 (Hands down blew me away even by todays high standards.)
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On August 23 2012 06:42 thoraxe wrote:
You forgot Gone with the Wind, the acting and dialogue are so great that you really get to feel the emotions the actors are conveying.
hahaha
I like The Champ (scene with the kid crying...), Pans Labyrinth (love the main actress) and Blues Brothers.
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Ho, and Dial M for Murder !
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I feel uneducated or uncultured or something. I've probably only heard of 3 movies in your entire list of 30 movies and have seen none of them.
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Time to watch your #1 movie!
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@capplanetcatplanet : I love Gofather, had to make some choices though :-(
@ lemonerer : I don't like Fight Club. The twist killed the movie for me. Well shot though.
@ Fishgle : Indeed ! I know he's talented, but I have a problem with Spielberg. Shawshank is a pretty academic movie which completely lacks any subtlety.
@ Mr con : funnily enough, The Rope is a pretty underestimated Hitchcock in my opinion. Dial M is a very fun movie ! I like Hitchcock in general, he's just not my favorite.
@ grand : it's personnal, even though the top10 is a bit conventionnal, but what can I say, I do love those movies. Really. Underground is great. Artsy is an overused adjective. As for pretentiousness, there's no Nolan on my list ;-)
@ thoraxe : Gone with the wind is the movie I really can't understand. I think actors overplay their role, directing is conventionnal and it's too fucking long :/
@ nrgmonk : I guess you kinda are, not worse than average though. Maybe cinema is not your stuff , or maybe you should try some classical stuff to see what you think of it !
@ WniO : i understand your feeling about Bergman, especially for his late work, or what I know of it. It's not easy, but somehow I feel really connected to what he has to say. I'd say that there's something personnal here. Not sure for Touch of Evil, saw it 8-9 years ago. I think it starts with a car crossing a border.
@ Chairman Ray : hope you'll like it, it's certainly not for everybody. But if you get into it I think it's really worth it.
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