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Well, I agree with Citizen Kane, and see numerous "honorable mentions" on your list, but 'absolute TOP 20' ...?

Posted by Audiophilander (A) on July 7, 2004 at 11:07:02

In Reply to: Top 20 films of all time......... posted by RC on July 6, 2004 at 20:20:21:

To be fair, I realize that your list is probably composed of personal faves, but allow me to toss out other possibilities heedless of the fact that some folks in this crowd will probably behave like one of Spielberg's mechanical sharks from Jaws on autopilot:

Beauty and the Beast (d. Cocteau/46)
Sunrise (d. Murnau/28)
Faust (d. Murnau/27)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (d. Dreyer/28)
Metropolis (d. Lang/27)
M (d. Lang/31)
Greed (d. Von Stroheim/24)
Shanghei Express (d. Von Sternberg/32)
The Gold Rush (d. Chaplin/25)
City Lights (d. Chaplin/31)
Modern Times (d. Chaplin/36)
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (a. Keaton/27)
The Cameraman (a. Keaton/28)
Safety Last (a. Lloyd/23)
The Freshman (a. Lloyd/25)
The Kid Brother (a. Lloyd/27)
Fantasia (p. Disney/40)
High Noon (p. Kramer/52)
Casablanca (d. Curtiz/43)
Cyrano de Bergerac (d. Kramer/50)
Lord of The Rings (trilogy/d. Jackson/2000-2003)
The Wild Bunch (d. Peckinpaw/69)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (d. Wise/50)
Dreams (d. Kurosawa/90)
Freaks (d. Browning/30)
The Sixth Sense (d. Shyamalan/98)
Unbreakable (d. Shyamalan/2000)
The Crowd (d. Vidor/28)
A Clockwork Orange (d. Kubrick/70)
AI-Artificial Intelligence (d. Spielberg/2000)
Andromeda Strain (d. Wise/71)
The Abyss (d. Cameron/88)
Blade Runner (d. Scott/81)
The Third Man (d. Reed/49)
Touch of Evil (d. Welles/56)
The Thief of Bagdad (a. Fairbanks/24)

Guilty Pleasures & honorable mentions that might crop up among my personal favorites from time to time:

Starship Troopers (d. Verhooven/97)
Jurassic Park & sequels (p. Spielberg 91-97)
The Thing (d. Carpenter/84)
MIB (d. Sonenfeld/97)
Jason and the Argonauts (Harryhausen/63)
King Kong (O'Brian/33)
The Wizard of Oz (d. Flemming/39)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Warner Bros./38)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (a. Fairbanks/24)
My Best Girl (a. Pickford/28)

Of those previously mentioned on your "Best Films" list I would also be inclined toward adding to my own:

Citizen Kane (d. Welles/41) ...Yes!
Das Boot (d. Peterson/82) ...exc. film & mini-series, but which cut?
Dr. Strangelove (d. Kubrick/64) ...important, so yes, but not a fave
The Treasure of Sierra Madre (d. Houston/48) ...exc. film; probably
The Exorcist (d. Friedkin/73) ...groundbreaking, yes, but which cut?

Of those I definitely would avoid placing on my list:

Gone With the Wind, ...great guilty pleasure, but empty calories
On the Waterfront, ...great performances, but a "root canal" to watch
Prizzi's Honor, ...well acted, but a forgettable movie
Forrest Gump, ...great performances all around, but a saccharin story
Nosferatu (Herzog), ...you gotta be kidding; the original was better!

Of course this is an incomplete list, subjectively gathered and subject to revision from time to time, but it's fairly consistent and reflective of my personal tastes.

AuPh

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