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Cool, that's the second mention of The Boondock Saints-I LOVE that movie!!! 8)
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Looking at Syl's list, there are a bunch of other films I consider to be in my favorites.

And again, this is why making lists like this is so futile. I've seen so many movies that I can't possibly condense them into a top 10.
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tough topic because there are so many variations. I present 2:

My top 10 that I love and know are great movies (in no order):
* Dr. Strangelove...
* Miller's Crossing
* Sanjuro
* Hidden Fortress
* Maltese Falcon
* Spirited Away
* Jaws
* Brazil
* 39 Steps
* Lord of the Rings trilogy

10 more that I love but may not be considered 'great':
* Fifth Element
* Monty Python in Search of the Holy Grail
* Zoolander
* Eyes Wide Shut
* Mr. & Mrs. Smith
* Adventures of Baron Muchausen
* Raising Arizona
* Kung Fu Hustle
* Thomas Crown Affair (Brosnan version)
* Oceans 11

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Usivius, you're the first person I've ever encountered who loves "Eyes wide shut."
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I loved "Eyes Wide Shut". It's a favorite of mine. Probably not Top Ten material but very good IMHO.
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This isn't a top 10 so much as a '10 movies I can think of right now that I really like' - in no particular order:

Jacob's Ladder
Altered States
Pi
The Game
LOTR
Chronicles of Narnia
The Matrix
ST 4: The Voyage Home
The Princess Bride
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my son's latest gf's list. she is a film student.

1) Donnie Darko
2) Nightmare Before Christmass
3) Ed Wood
4) Science of Sleep
5) Crazy Beautiful
6) Crash
7) Lucky Number Slevin
8] The Jacket
9) Taxi Driver
10) Leon
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I have mixed feelings about "Slevin"...

However I loved "The Game"!!!! Should be on my list somewhere.
I cried at the last scene the frist time I saw it...

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10? Just 10? I can only pick 10! Are you a sadist? Okay, I take that back; I don't have to play. Are you a masochist?!! Hm, maybe I am.

Since this is unofficial, and unranked . . .
Galaxy Quest
Young Frankenstein
Pirates OTC: Black Pearl
LOTR: Fellowship
The Matrix
The Terminator
Congo
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Serenity
Raiders of the Lost Ark

10 already? I didn't even get Star Wars IV up there! Or any Star Trek!
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Congo? Really?
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Congo? Really?
I second that confusion....
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Thirded. What was good about it?
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Never saw Congo - but I read the book! Shocking but true. (It's usually the reverse for me: I've seen the movie but didn't read the book.) My favorite adaptations of Michael Chricton's books are Jurassic Park and The Andromeda Strain.

Oh, and I really enjoyed Eyes Wide Shut as well, but then I like almost all of Kubrick's films.
Cail wrote:Looking at Syl's list, there are a bunch of other films I consider to be in my favorites.

And again, this is why making lists like this is so futile. I've seen so many movies that I can't possibly condense them into a top 10.
Film buffs at the first decade of the last century must've had a much easier time picking their favorites. Wonder how many movies in total had been made by then. :)

I noticed Waking Life on Syl's list. Marvelous movie! I finally saw it on DVD only a few months ago.

I guess putting down just our all-time top 10 is a bit boring. It's more interesting to see the variations here, or the choices beyond the top ten.

My favorite 11-20 (in no particular order):

Kill Bill (Vols. 1 & 2)
Lost In Translation
Alien
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Star Wars (A New Hope)
Before Sunset
Munich
Heat
Sleepy Hollow

The Top 10 was easy...this was hard. :)
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See, the rub is this. Tapeheads is one of my favorite movies. It is by no means great, and most people who see it simply don't get it. I love it, and I can watch it over and over again. But if I'm compiling a top 10 list (or even a top 20 list), I'll never list it, because it simply doesn't compare to movies like Aliens, Die Hard, Heat, The Thing, Invasion of the Body Snatchers ('77), and the rest of the stuff I listed. Big Trouble in Little China is the same way. Love the movie, but it's hardly a high-quality film.
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Cail wrote:See, the rub is this. Tapeheads is one of my favorite movies. It is by no means great, and most people who see it simply don't get it. I love it, and I can watch it over and over again. But if I'm compiling a top 10 list (or even a top 20 list), I'll never list it, because it simply doesn't compare to movies like Aliens, Die Hard, Heat, The Thing, Invasion of the Body Snatchers ('77), and the rest of the stuff I listed. Big Trouble in Little China is the same way. Love the movie, but it's hardly a high-quality film.
The same applies to Congo. I can't tell you how many times we've watched it (the same goes for the rest of my list), and to me, that's the bench mark for belonging on the list.

Congo gets a bad rap. I can't help that, because the reasons we like it have more to do with the actors/characters, and less to do with plot holes and actors in gorilla suits. Laura Linney and Ernie Hudson are great in this, and Delroy Lindo steals his scenes. I could go on, but--

Sure, I've enjoyed indies and classics from other lists, but many of those I don't watch again. Besides, the list (which could easily reach 50) is for ME.
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True.

I've just never heard of anyone enjoying Congo.

To each their own.
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Congo was my favorite film, but then I remembered that it had bad acting, bad cinematography, a screen-play written by a twelve-year-old, bad animatronics, and a tie-in deal with Taco Bell (or maybe it was Burger King). On top of that, the film gave me cancer.
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Well, at least you enjoyed it.
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Just because a film is your favorite doesn't mean it has to be deep meaningful and oscar winning.... :P

1. Jaws
2. Empire Strikes Back
3. The Fellowship of the Ring
4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
5. Bubba Hotep
6. Better Off Dead
7. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
8. Alien
9. Army of Darkness
10. Star Wars
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Here's 10 of my favorites in no particular order:

Casablanca
The African Queen
Braveheart
Jaws
The Seven Samurai
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Cleopatra
Raiders of the Lost Ark
It's a Wonderful Life
The Adventures of Robin Hood
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