Okay DU'ers, what's the best movie of all time?

[MrSoundAndVision]

I decided to take a little break from being such a devoted Kucinich supporter (click http://www.kucinich.us and change the world with me!) and get down and dirty and truly passive movie-watchin American and create a list, no THE list, THE ONLY and BEST THOUGHT OUT list of the best movies of all time (just as Kucinich has the best though out platform for the good of the people...) right here on DU: just wait, next thing you know CNN will be deferring to us not only in matters of solving the nation's problem of massive boredom, but also on political matters, so here's vote number one:

"The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" because you may have heard of it and "Glengarry Glenross" because it's the most well written (starring Jack Lemmon, a young Kevin Spacy, Ed Harris, Al Pacino (as Al Pacino of course), and a cameo from Alec Baldwin as an asshole capitalist). So let's here more 'cause by god we're Democrats and we've thought it out.

[julka]

1. Triumph of the Will

[julka]

2. Will......G. Gordon Liddy, starring Robert Conrad

[julka]

3. Good Will Hunting

[julka]

6. Will and Grace

I know

[Wednesdays]

4. Schindler's List.

eom

[proud patriot]

5. It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

I love it !

[CanuckAmok]

44. The opening credits alone qualify as "best ever"! n/t

[Stone Cold]

7. A Christmas Story!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[La_Serpiente]

8. The Green Mile

[Democrats unite]

9. Risky business

:)

[tsipple]

34. Don't Forget "The Graduate"

Similar genre: coming of age movie.
And "Animal House."

I never understood why "Porky's" was so influential in its time. Or for that matter "American Pie." But they're all kind of in the same category. Except "The Graduate" stands head and shoulders above the others.

[tsipple]

35. Some More Best Movie Nominees

"A Clockwork Orange"
"2001: A Space Odyssey"
"Barbarella"
early Bond (e.g. "Goldfinger")

[Scurrilous]

41. A Clockwork Orange gets my vote....

...a very zammechat work of sinny.

[Dogmudgeon]

54. A Mercifully Few Pretentious Words About Porky's, etc.

I went to see it with a girlfriend of mine. She absolutely hated it because all of the women in it were portrayed as "sluts".

I could see her point, but I loved the movie, although I did agree that the sexual angles were worthless. The movie was a David-and-Goliath story, where the young, naïve boys overcame the redneck who ran the town.

Porky's 2 was pretty good as well, and they gave the girls something to do other than just wag their fecund tails. They also tackled the subject of Southern anti-Semitism, which had been quite strong at the time the movies were set in (late 1950s to early 1960s), but which had mercifully died out by the 1980s.

Animal House can not compare. It broke the frozen winter ground, but was quickly surpassed in the springtime of the Great Teen Sex Romp Movie.

I haven't seen American Pie yet, but all my friends have told me how astoundingly good it is ("for a teen-sex movie"). About the only thing that caught my interest in it is that Natasha Lyonne is in it. Lyonne is probably the best "teen-sex tramp" in the history of the genre. She was great in The Slums of Beverly Hills, too. She has been at NYU for several years now, learning how to direct and produce.

--bkl
So there.

[jmanjman]

10. Halloween

"Michael Myers is pure evil" - Dr. Sam Loomis. Quoted about 200 times throughout the series.

[dolo amber]

11. Raising Arizona

USDA Grade A 100% comedy perfection. :)

[StClone]

15. Two thumbs

The final scene still can make me tear up after all the hilarity. "Oh Brother, where art thou" is its equal.

[hlthe2b]

12. NOT Citizen Kane, IMO... although it ends up topping

all the reviewer's lists. I find it boring...

Schindler's would definitely get a nod. Personally, I LOVED the English Patient (although I know many did not).

[Faygo Kid]

26. Agreed on Schindler's List. Not on English Patient.

Should have added Schindler's List to my list. The English Patient was one of the worst movies ever; may even top my worst movies list (yeah, there's a real split on that one). However, Titanic and Gods and Generals are right there, too, as the worst.

[CanuckAmok]

45. Agreed on Kane.

I dodn't care for it, but it rewrote the book on film production, cinamatography, screen acting, etc.

I have never seen a Welles movie I can say I like, but I have to respect his intensity, his dedication, and his revolutionary technical ideas.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

13. To Kill A Mockingbird

Great story, great message, great acting. I watched it again last night on Turner Classic Movies, and It's still my favorite.
Duckie

[Lilith Velkor]

14. Babe. n/t

[tsipple]

32. Oh, I Love "Babe"

Thanks for mentioning that one. Is "Babe: Pig in the City" worth renting? Haven't seen that one yet.

[newyawker99]

56. Hi LillithVelkro!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[RandomKoolzip]

16. Rushmore. No question...

"Get those rich kids in your sights...and take them down..."

"You were in Vietnam?"
"Yeah..."
"Were you in "the shit?""
Pause...
"Yeah, I was in "the shit.""

Bill Murray's greatest ever performance, the best soundtrack ecer...a perfect film. The only time I've ever seen a movie more than once in the theater. I left the first showing dazed, telling my friend "you know, If I had directed that movie, I wouldn't have done a THING differently." How many movies can you say that about? Plus, the last scene in the film, where Max and his teacher dance to the strains of "Ooh La La" by the Faces, makes me cry EVERY SINGLE TIME I see it, and I've seen it possibly 50 times....Flawless.

My runners-up:
Harold and Maude
Catch-22
The World According to Garp
Being There
Seize the Day
Airplane!
The Conversation
The Chocolate War

[CanuckAmok]

46. "These are 'O.R. scrubs".

"O.R. they?"

best comeback ever, and delivered by a teenager holding the largest glass of scotch I've ever seen.

[Metatron]

17. Dr. Strangelove n/t

[Faygo Kid]

18. Casablanca, followed by:

Godfather I and II; To Kill A Mockingbird; The Apartment; Sunset Boulevard; Patton (sorry, but it's great stuff); The Philadelphia Story - Oh, never mind. Too many to list. Probably recall many more another time.

[rucky]

20. I second faygokid's top 3

Nice Picks!

I'll also add... "on the waterfront" and "his girl friday"

[Faygo Kid]

24. Why, thanks!

Your picks are superb, as well. Probably should add Citizen Kane, The Searchers and The Maltese Falcon while I am at it. My head is spinning! Too many choices. Wish more were of recent vintage, but they just aren't as good (50+, but I am entitled to my opinion, anyway). Guilty pleasure: The Great Race (Professor Fate!).

[TennesseeWalker]

19. Gone With the Wind

Classic, and still makes perfect sense.

[bookworm65t]

21. Star Wars

n/t

[ronzo]

22. The Shawshank Redemption

The best American movie in the last fifty years... my humble opinion.

[ablbodyed]

23. the blob

[Redneck Socialist]

25. Brazil

Perhaps not the best ever, but a personal favorite.

[nuxvomica]

27. Citizen Kane

It was my favorite even when I was a kid, before I knew it was an "important" film.

[SiobhanClancy]

28. The Lion In Winter

so say I!:)

[grannylib]

30. Awesome pic!

[nuxvomica]

37. Oh yeah

If that's on the tube when I'm channel surfing, I can't tear myself away. Hepburn and O'Toole are brilliant together.

[theemu]

29. A Bout de Souffle

Breathless by Jean-Luc Godard. Not my favorite film, but one of them, and it's the film that changed the way we make movies. As Francois Truffaut famously remarked, there have only been two eras in film - before Godard, and after Godard, and Breathless is the purest reflction of his vision.

[tsipple]

31. Best Movie, Favorite Movie

Best movie: Citizen Kane
Favorite movie: Time Bandits

Off topic a little bit...
Best and favorite television series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

[grannylib]

33. Star Wars, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Rebecca

Was lucky enough to catch the original Star Wars in pre=release in 1976 in a little hole-in-the-wall theatre in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, and was totally blown away! Pre-hype director's cut, and it rocked!!
GHCTD one of the finest films ever, IMHO...love anything Hepburn ever did, and Poitier was stellar, as usual...
Rebecca was just a classic.

[kath]

36. Many great ones already mentioned here---

Also really lurve "The African Queen". I'm so sad that Kate Hepburn is no longer with us.

Too hard to pick just one!
We watch "A Christmas Story" every year over the holidays and never tire of it-- really a great flick.

[EV1Ltimm]

38. army of darkness.

[lpbk2713]

39. "Giant"

Taylor, Hudson, Dean, great cast, great story.

Likewise "Inherit the Wind" Tracy, March, Kelly, et al.

[corarose]

40. Harold & Maude

I use to be in love with Bud Cort when I was a kid.

[shance]

42. Out of Africa, The Sound of Music (DONT laugh***)

and Hannah and her Sisters was pretty awesome. Crimes and Misdemeanors.....

OH...

Thelma and Louise.....great flick I wish more men would see, and they might get women a little better....

If I was going to pick a John Wayne movie, Id go with True Grit or The Cowboys.....

And, of course Its a Wonderful World

So much for one movie.....

[CanuckAmok]

43. Wings of Desire, or maybe Fight Club. n/t

[Cleita]

47. Speaking only for myself.

I think "Lawrence of Arabia" came close except that the ending fell flat. For a long time it was "2001, A Space Odyssey", for me but it eventually got dated. The best scene ever filmed to me was the helicopter attack in "Apocalypse Now" set to the 'Ride of the Valkyries'.

[corarose]

48. Trading Places, Coming to America, Puberty Blues

I have so many favorites that it's hard to say which one that I like the most.

[Insider]

49. West Side Story

[Myra]

50. Homicide

And of course Godfather 1&2. Clueless.
Blazing Saddles. Oliver. Mary Poppins.
Shindler's List. Miller's Crossing.
Matewan. Chasing Amy. Bowling for Comumbine.
Desperado. O'Brother Where Art Thou?
Something About Mary. All About Eve.
Sunset Blvd. Pulp Fiction. This is Spinal Tap.
...

I won't pick just one and you can't make me.

Hell, the Coen Bros may have made the most great
movies of anyone. In addition to the above,
Blood Simple, Raising Arizona. Their new one,
Intolerable Cruelty is great.

Hm, possible spin off thread...

[kodi]

51. kane, casablanca, godfather, gone with the wind, lawrence of arabia

after that, its a crap shoot of the wizard of oz, singin in the rain, sunset blvd, schendler's list, star wars, bridge on the river kwai, 2001 a space odessey

[chefgirl]

52. My top five

Gone With the Wind
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Godfather
12 Angry Men
1776

-chef-

[thebigidea]

53. The Big Lebowski, Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The World's Greatest Sinner

oh, I'm never good at narrowing it down.

Duck Soup!
Doctor Strangelove!
Alphaville!
Plan 9!

[Myra]

59. Oh good lord

How could I forget Dr Strangelove?
How?

[Loonman]

55. The Royal Tenenbaums

n/t

[bif]

57. 2001: A Space Odyssey

Still the best.

[John_H]

58. Santa Sangre, Belly of an Architect, Night on Earth, and Raging Bull