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GameTavern's Most Cherished Films

Here you can ( and will :devil2: ) throw in your votes for Greatest Film(s) of all time. You can put as many as 5 films on your list.

1. The Sting
-An astonishing look at the lives of two con artists. Masterful acting performances by Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Plot twists that con not only the characters in the movie, but also the viewer
2. The Great Escape
-This look at the lives of real P.O.W.s from WWII mixes the perfect amount of historical accuracy, suspense and humour
3. Lawrence of Arabia
-A historical epic led by one of the most impressive acting performances of all time from Peter O'Toole.
4. The Shawshank Redemption
-Beautfully written and recreated on film. Following the life of a prisoner who secretly works on an escape
5. Saving Private Ryan
-Spielberg has the viewer follow a story based in WWII. The film manages to deliver a stunningly realistic WWII atmosphere while keeping the viewer entertained

:dj:

Perhaps not the best of all time, but the movies I enjoyed most:

Fight Club,
The Boondock Saints,
The Fugitive,
American Beauty,
and Aliens

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5) Star Wars Trilogy - Nobody ever saw anything like it before.
4) Braveheart - Well damn, it just made you want to kill English :D
3) Metropolis - Simply the first epic ever and showed the first glimpse of what movies could do.
2) 2001 Space Odyssey - The greatest vision ever put to film.
1) Miller's Crossing - The Coen brothers best, and possibly least known movie. Every scene is remarkable and artfully shot. A movie oil painting that captured both the grit and romantic aspects of classic 1920's and 30's gangsters. John Turturro and Gabriel Bryne's best performances ever with a frighteningly funny turn by Coen brothers favorite, John Polito.

Honorable Mentions - Citizen Kane, Jaws, His Girl Friday, Casablanca, Taxi Driver, The Seventh Seal, The Manchurian Candidate, The Seven Samurai and Rashomon.

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In no particular order...

Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Matrix Trilogy
Schindler's List
Saving Private Ryan

I can only think of those 4 right now as movies I very much enjoyed (I just consider the two trilogies as one movie...)

Honorable mention: Spirited Away (its not a motion picture, but its a masterpiece. Amazing animation and excellent story.)

In no order(putting favorite things in order is too hard)

Jurassic Park(the origional only, the rest sucked)
Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind
Star Wars triology
Signs
The Truman Show

Can you tell I like science fiction?

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1) Dr Strangelove: Simply the best comedy ever. A comedy about the cold war and sex. I catch another little joke every time I see it. Kubrick is a genious

2)Caddyshack: This is a hybrid. This is a cross, ah, Bluegrass, Kentucky Bluegrass, Featherbed Bent, and Northern California Sensemilia. The amazing stuff about this is, that you can play 36 holes on it in the afternoon, take it home and just get stoned to the bejeezus-belt that night on this stuff. Here, I've got pounds of this.

3) Stu, if you like

Go rent

Stalag 17: The movie (and the play) were the basis for Hogan's Heros. Stalag 17 is far more serious, even though it does contain much of the comedic genious of HHs.

4)The Untouchables: One of Sean Connery's best films. There's not much I can say about it except see it for yourself. It's great.

5)Thirteen Days: There's so many I'd love to put here, but I'm going with a personal favorite. The acting is so good in this movie and for someone who didn't get to actually live through the period the fear is still very real.

My top 5 movies (no particular order):

- Unforgiven
- Black Hawk Down
- The Shawshank Redemption
- Apollo 13
- Payback

1) La Vita Bella (Life is Beautiful)
2) Pulp Fiction
3) Star wars Trilogy (4/5/6)
4) Indiana Jones Trilogy
5) American Beauty

1. Brave Heart
2. Indiana Jones Trilogy
3. Saving Private Ryan
4. To Kill a Mockingbird
5. The Matrix(first one,, not trilogy)

1. Battle Royale ~ It's Japanese but has English subtitles, find it on Ebay or something NOW.

2. Silence of the Lambs

3. Hannibal

4. Red Dragon

5. Surviving the Game (I think that's what it's called anyway...)

Honorable mentions= Ninja Turtles first two movies, 8 Mile :)

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lmfao... I find it so ironic that you like something that was made from manga :p

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:rofl:

Surviving the Game. That movie was hilarious. Didn't it have Ice Cube? Man, I miss that movie.

Oh yeah, the turtle movies were great too. That and the ghostbuster movies.

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Which was from a book...

1. Battle Royale (Kazaa now please)
2. What's Up Tiger Lily
3. Swordfish
4. Black Hawk Down
5. LOTR Trilogy

To Kill A Mocking Bird
Moulin Rouge
Remember The Titans
The Shawshank Redemption
Contact

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One movie that DOESN'T deserve recognition is Ninja Turtles 3. WTF? Why were they in China?

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I remember that movie. I went to the theatre to see it, and I was literally the only person there. Well, my mom or someone was probably there with me, since I was like 5, but other than that, no one else. What a horrible, horrible movie.

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Honorable Mentions:

-Rudy
-Brian's Song (only movie I've actually shed a tear to)
-To Sir With Love
-One Flew Over the Kuckoo's Nest
-Goodfellas
-Star Wars: A New Hope
-Vertigo
-Unforgiven
-the Untouchables
-Goldfinger

and under the ":lol:" category:

-Slapshot!
-Caddyshack
-Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

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Mah Bad, Ice-T

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How can you guys put the LotR and Matrix trilogies down when the third installments for both stories have not yet even been released. :unsure:

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Oh yeah, I forgot about Goodfellas. And, as I just saw/remembered it recently, "The Crow" was a hella-good movie as well.

OH! Heres another one of my favorites: Independence Day.

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I.......................Love...................Brian...Piccolo...


SOB :baby:

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Turtles 3 is a disgrace to the Turtles franchise.

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...because the turtles franchise just has so much integrity as it is.

:rolleyes:

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LOL. EXACTLY!

The Ninja Turtles franchise was a big deal for the movie industry. Without it, movies like Titanic, Saving Private Ryan, and The Shawshank Redemption would have never been possible.

It paved the way, my friend. Paved the way.

Turtle Power!

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You like baseball, and you're trying to make fun of something else?

:rolleyes:

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Star Wars Trilogy
The Matrix
The Untouchables
Gladiator
The Great Escape


Haha, Slapshot. What was it, the Hansen brothers lmao

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*ignores sarcasm* Damn straight.

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That's the best you can do?

Try harder man.

A Clockwork Orange
Predator
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Shining
Wet Hot American Summer