Anyone here on icheckmovies?
It has a bunch of lists based on imdb ratings and categories as well as many others.
Every single of those movies has a 100% and is only ordered after the number of reviews. How should one take that seriously. There should be the audience rating beside the list too see which movie is good and enjoyable at the same time.Interesting how different RT top is
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/top/bestofrt/
Shawshank is very deserving. Probably the most universally loved movie of all time from my experience.
However, I've attempted to watch Citizen Kane about 4 or 5 times and have fallen asleep every time. :_\
TSPDT list is great but it favours canonized auteur directors (Godard, Welles, Bunuel...) too much in comparison to less known names.
From the site:
"Where is the love? Some notable directors without a film in the 1,000 Greatest Films listing include William Wellman, Peter Greenaway, Abel Ferrara, Stephen Frears, Ettore Scola, Chuck Jones, Tsai Ming-liang, Stephen Soderbergh, Derek Jarman, The Dardenne Brothers, Ernie Gehr, Richard Donner, Jules Dassin, Peter Kubelka, Cameron Crowe, Franklin J. Schaffner, Aki Kaurismäki, Walter Hill, Jonas Mekas, Hollis Frampton, Alexander Payne, Jan Svankmajer, William Dieterle, Raúl Ruiz, Kathryn Bigelow, and many others."
It also favours arthouse cinema in favour of genre films and documentaries and European and American films over Asian, South American and African films.
I think this book presents a much more balanced list of essential cinema. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1001_Movies_You_Must_See_Before_You_Die
Heavy bias toward more classic films given how the ballots were compiled. But it's great masturbatory material for those that give more 'prestige' to anything antiquated and at least gives exposure to films people would have less likely heard of. Also better than the bias toward pop film that you see with the IMDB list.Holy shit what an absolutely ridiculous list.
I hope nobody holds this in any sort of esteem. It's terrible.
This is the ONLY 'film list' that matters.
And on the opposite end of the spectrum...
Heavy bias toward more classic films given how the ballots were compiled. But it's great masturbatory material for those that give more 'prestige' to anything antiquated and at least gives exposure to films people would have less likely heard of. Also better than the bias toward pop film that you see with the IMDB list.
Make a movie that nobody hates and it'll get a high RT score. Make a movie that everyone loves and it'll get a high IMDB score.Interesting how different RT top is
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/top/bestofrt/
Have like 30 I need to see off that list.
I have seen 198 of those, without trying to watch the 250 : )
Wow, OP must not be a film major.
Watch Bicycle Thieves, Rashomon, Sherlock Jr., Man With a Movie Camera, City Lights, and other oldies first. So great!
8 missing for me.
43) The Avengers
72) A Separation
152) Warrior
217) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
224) Yip Man
241) Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
242) Beauty and the Beast
243) Taare Zameen Par
Nothing too interesting except for maybe A Seperation and Nosferatu.
The thing that pisses me off about movies is when the characters are complete idiots. I can't believe the main character in 'Alien' went back for her fucken cat.
Yea i guess i would feel differently if i had pets.That specific case: it's Ripley's first moment of pure humanity and wonderfully turns her from a simple fighter into a morally impervious hero.
In general: silly thing to get pissed off about. If a character acts differently than their previously established character, that's one thing. Acting stupid in general is something everyone does on a daily basis and being annoyed by characters doing so signals a short fuse
5.The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
6.12 Angry Men (1957)
7.Schindler's List (1993)
16.Goodfellas (1990)
20.The Matrix (1999)
21.Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
22.Rear Window (1954)
23.The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
27.The Usual Suspects (1995)
28.Se7en (1995)
29.Psycho (1960)
30.It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
31.Leon: The Professional (1994)
32.Sunset Blvd. (1950)
35.Apocalypse Now (1979)
36.American History X (1998)
37.Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
38.North by Northwest (1959)
39.Saving Private Ryan (1998)
42.City Lights (1931)
44.American Beauty (1999)
46.Taxi Driver (1976)
47.The Shining (1980)go (1958)
50.Paths of Glory (1957)
51.The Pianist (2002)
52.Modern Times (1936)
54.Amélie (2001)
55.Double Indemnity (1944)
57.The Lives of Others (2006)
61.Life Is Beautiful (1997)
62.Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
63.To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
64.Das Boot (1981)
65.Requiem for a Dream (2000)
67.The Third Man (1949)
69.The Prestige (2006)
70.The Green Mile (1999)
A Separation (2011)
71.Cinema Paradiso (1988)
72.The Great Dictator (1940)
73.Gladiator (2000)
74.Chinatown (1974)
75.The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
76.L.A. Confidential (1997)
The Intouchables (2011)
77.Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
78.Rashomon (1950)
80.Full Metal Jacket (1987)
81.Singin' in the Rain (1952)
82.Bicycle Thieves (1948)
83.Some Like It Hot (1959)
84.Amadeus (1984)
85.All About Eve (1950)
86.Metropolis (1927)
87.Raging Bull (1980)
88.Braveheart (1995)
89.Oldboy (2003)
92.The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
93.The Apartment (1960)
94.Unforgiven (1992)
96.Princess Mononoke (1997)
97.The Sting (1973)
99.Downfall (2004)
101.Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
102.Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
104.Inglourious Basterds (2009)
105.The Seventh Seal (1957)
107.On the Waterfront (1954)
108.The Elephant Man (1980)
109.Yojimbo (1961)
110.The Great Escape (1963)
111.The Maltese Falcon (1941)
112.Batman Begins (2005)
114.Rebecca (1940)
115.Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
116.Snatch. (2000)
117.For a Few Dollars More (1965)
118.The General (1926)
119.Heat (1995)
120.Blade Runner (1982)
121.Fargo (1996)
122.Ran (1985)
123.Wild Strawberries (1957)
126.Touch of Evil (1958)
128.Ikiru (1952)
129.The Deer Hunter (1978)
130.Jaws (1975)
131.No Country for Old Men (2007)
133.Cool Hand Luke (1967)
134.Scarface (1983)
135.It Happened One Night (1934)
136.The Wages of Fear (1953)
137.The Wizard of Oz (1939)
138.The Sixth Sense (1999)
139.Strangers on a Train (1951)
140.The Kid (1921)
141.The King's Speech (2010)
143.Annie Hall (1977)
144.Black Swan (2010)
145.The Gold Rush (1925)
146.The Artist (2011)
148.Platoon (1986)
149.Warrior (2011)
150.Trainspotting (1996)
151.Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
152.Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
153.The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
154.Into the Wild (2007)
155.Sunrise (1927)
156.The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
157.The Thing (1982)
158.Notorious (1946)
159.Donnie Darko (2001)
160.Gone with the Wind (1939)
161.Casino (1995)
162.Million Dollar Baby (2004)
163.Diabolique (1955)
164.Life of Brian (1979)
169.Ben-Hur (1959)
170.Amores Perros (2000)
172.V for Vendetta (2006)
173.Good Will Hunting (1997)
174.The Big Sleep (1946)
175.Groundhog Day (1993)
176.Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
177.The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
178.Stand by Me (1986)
179.Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
180.Harakiri (1962)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
181.Twelve Monkeys (1995)
182.The Graduate (1967)
183.Network (1976)
184.The Night of the Hunter (1955)
185.Mary and Max (2009)
186.The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
187.The 400 Blows (1959)
188.Gandhi (1982)
189.Dial M for Murder (1954)
190.Persona (1966)
191.The Battle of Algiers (1966)
192.District 9 (2009)
193.The Princess Bride (1987)
194.The Killing (1956)
195.8½ (1963)
196.Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
197.La Strada (1954)
199.The Hustler (1961)
200.Sherlock Jr. (1924)
201.The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
203.The Exorcist (1973)
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
204.The Wild Bunch (1969)
205.The Wrestler (2008)
206.Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
208.Stalag 17 (1953)
209.The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
210.Barry Lyndon (1975)
211.A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
212.Nights of Cabiria (1957)
214.Star Trek (2009)
215.All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
216.High and Low (1963)
217.Ip Man (2008)
219.Tokyo Story (1953)
220.Rope (1948)
221.The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
222.Come and See (1985)
223.Roman Holiday (1953)
224.Infernal Affairs (2002)
225.Stalker (1979)
226.Rosemary's Baby (1968)
228.Mystic River (2003)
229.Let the Right One In (2008)
230.Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
231.The Celebration (1998)
232.Monsters, Inc. (2001)
233.Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
234.Nosferatu (1922)
236.Throne of Blood (1957)
237.Grand Illusion (1937)
238.Le Samouraï (1967)
239.Manhattan (1979)
Like Stars on Earth (2007)
240.Shutter Island (2010)
242.Magnolia (1999)
My list, for future reference
I may ignore some of the nerdier movies though. I think a lot of the ratings on imdb are skewed by the fact that most people using the site are nerds.
Do you mean film nerds when you say nerds? Because, let me assure you, the imdb top 250 is no list for and by film nerds
I can't take any list seriously that proposes Scarface to be one of the top 250 films of all time.
NoDo you mean film nerds when you say nerds? Because, let me assure you, the imdb top 250 is no list for and by film nerds
30.It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
42.City Lights (1931)
45.Toy Story 3 (2010)
48.M (1931)
52.Modern Times (1936)
55.Double Indemnity (1944)
61.Life Is Beautiful (1997)
63.To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
A Separation (2011)
72.The Great Dictator (1940)
The Intouchables (2011)
81.Singin' in the Rain (1952)
82.Bicycle Thieves (1948)
83.Some Like It Hot (1959)
84.Amadeus (1984)
85.All About Eve (1950)
86.Metropolis (1927)
97.The Sting (1973)
99.Downfall (2004)
101.Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
109.Yojimbo (1961)
110.The Great Escape (1963)
111.The Maltese Falcon (1941)
115.Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
118.The General (1926)
122.Ran (1985)
126.Touch of Evil (1958)
128.Ikiru (1952)
135.It Happened One Night (1934)
140.The Kid (1921)
145.The Gold Rush (1925)
146.The Artist (2011)
147.High Noon (1952)
149.Warrior (2011)
155.Sunrise (1927)
156.The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
158.Notorious (1946)
160.Gone with the Wind (1939)
163.Diabolique (1955)
164.Life of Brian (1979)
167.How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
169.Ben-Hur (1959)
174.The Big Sleep (1946)
177.The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
185.Mary and Max (2009)
186.The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
187.The 400 Blows (1959)
188.Gandhi (1982)
191.The Battle of Algiers (1966)
193.The Princess Bride (1987)
195.8½ (1963)
197.La Strada (1954)
198.Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
200.Sherlock Jr. (1924)
201.The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
206.Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
208.Stalag 17 (1953)
212.Nights of Cabiria (1957)
215.All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
217.Ip Man (2008)
219.Tokyo Story (1953)
220.Rope (1948)
221.The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
222.Come and See (1985)
230.Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
231.The Celebration (1998)
233.Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
234.Nosferatu (1922)
235.Beauty and the Beast (1991)
236.Throne of Blood (1957)
237.Grand Illusion (1937)
Like Stars on Earth (2007)
241.Castle in the Sky (1986)