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[-] LeftBoobFreckle@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

My cat is sitting on my lap so you get both of ours combined together

  • The Fifth Element
  • The Matrix
  • Dark City
  • The Big Lebowski
  • Burn After Reading
  • Fargo
  • Lost In Translation
  • Snatch
  • Grosse Pointe Blank
  • Thor: Ragnarok
[-] Percy@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago

Monty Python and the holy grail

DnD movie

And all three LOTR movies. Extended of course.

[-] Erk@cdda.social 5 points 1 year ago

No way I can do all time, because my tastes change. However, I guess right now it's:

  • My neighbour Totoro
  • Grave of the Fireflies, even though I can't watch it
  • into the spider verse
  • knives out
  • everything everywhere all at once

The top two there never really shift but the other three do all the time.

[-] TrippyTortuga@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
  1. There Will Be Blood
  2. The Fabelmans
  3. Gangs of New York
  4. Memento
  5. The Dark Knight

This is an incredibly difficult question for me, so I have to list my runners up:

  • The Prestige
  • Shawshank Redemption
  • Pulp Fiction
  • Spirited Away
  • 2001: A Space Oddysey
  • Dallas Buyers Club

I'm probably an idiot for not including The Godfather but it's been a long time since I saw it so I probably need to watch it again.

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[-] OptimistPrime@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago
  • LOTR trilogy
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  • A Midnight in Paris
  • The Matrix
  • Howl's Moving Castle
[-] LordPain@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Interstellar

Inception

About Time

Arrival

The Green Mile

[-] DontNoodles@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago
  1. LOTR: For staying close to the book while still being amazing.
  2. The Matrix: Still can't forget walking out of the theater, everyone so silent with their minds collectively blown.
  3. Cinema Paradiso: For the way it shows the love for cinema.
  4. Life is Beautiful: For showing that only we control how we live our lives.
  5. Children of Heaven: For its depiction of love in its purest forms.
[-] atlasraven31@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago
  • Fight Club
  • LOTR
  • The Matrix
  • V for Vendetta
  • Star Wars
[-] Julian_1_2_3_4_5@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Thats really hard to decide, i guess off the top of my head:

  1. LotR Trilogy
  2. Spiderman into the Spiderverse
  3. Interstellar
  4. Dune 2022
  5. Your Name

Some more neccessary mentions:

  • Akira
  • star wars Ep1-6
  • Avatar
  • The Batman
  • Fight Club
  • Bladerunner
[-] angrystego@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Jurassic Park

The 5th Element

Brazil

Joker

Life of Brian

[-] dingus@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
  1. Dead Man: A film by Jim Jarmusch starring Johnny Depp and Gary Farmer and an all-star cast. Beautiful acid western about friendship in harsh circumstances. Wonderful original soundtrack by Neil Young.

  2. The Fall: A film by Tarsem. This films story isn't necessarily amazing, but this is a love letter to classic cinema. It has a plot about classic cinema, and it uses all classic techniques to achieve the effects. Tarsem famously went out of their way to ensure there wasn't any CGI in this film. It's one of the most vividly colorful and visually stunning films I have ever seen.

  3. Dreams: A film by Akira Kurosawa. A montage of short films inspired by dreams experienced by filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. In partnership with Lucasfilm. Almost as visually stunning as The Fall but much more cohesive stories for being inspired by dreams. Come for "The Peach Orchard," and stay for "Village of the Watermills."

  4. Brazil: A film by Terry Gilliam starring Jonathan Pryce, Robert DeNiro, Kim Greist and Michael Palin. A treatise on dreams in a totalitarian society. The only cut worth watching is the Directors Cut. The film was famously butchered by the studios to give it a "happy ending" because the original was considered too bleak.

  5. Sneakers: A film by Phil Alden Robinson starring Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, River Phoenix, and Ben Kingsley. One of the only films that ever presented a semi-realistic portrayal of hacking. Good plot, good pacing, and arguably prescient considerations.

[-] funnyletter@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

Sneakers was my favorite movie when I was like 12. Which is a weird age for that and yet. (my other fav was The Hunt for Red October, so I was kind of a weird tween...)

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[-] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Dune (hopefully)

Until then, it might be something like:

  • Last of the Mohicans
  • Mad Max Fury Road
  • Children of Men
  • The Matrix
  • Dr Strangelove (&c)
[-] WastedJobe@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Back to the Future
Raiders Of the Lost Ark
Star Wars
Alien
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Honorable Mentions:
Any of the LOTR Trilogy, Wrath of Khan, Dune (2021), Interstellar, Arrival, Avatar (2009)

[-] faltuuser@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
  • John Wick
  • John Wick : Chapter 2
  • John Wick : Chapter 3
  • John Wick : Chapter 4
  • Upcoming John Wick 5 movie
[-] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I thought for a solid 5 minutes. Sorry, can't decide on top 5.

[-] Independent_Node@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
  • Lawrence of Arabia
  • Sorcerer
  • Silent Running
  • The Omega Man
  • Primer

Bonus: Trancers/Jack Deth movies.

[-] leCradle@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
  • The Lion King
  • Silence of the Lambs
  • Seven
  • 12 Angry Men
  • Forrest Gump
[-] ComatoseSquirrel@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
  • Young Frankenstein

  • The Princess Bride

  • Blazing Saddles

  • The Matrix

  • The Shawshank Redemption

It's a toss-up on a couple of those. The Blues Brothers could easily make the list, as could Pulp Fiction, Terminator 2, Alien, Interstellar, and I'm sure there are many others. I will abandon what I'm doing to watch any one of these, if they come on, probably 90% of the time.

[-] DarkKnight79@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago
  1. The Dark Knight
  2. The Iron Giant
  3. Forrest Gump
  4. Pulp Fiction
  5. Dumb and Dumber
[-] Martin@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago
  1. Once upon a time in the West
  2. Dogville
  3. Pulp Fiction
  4. American Beauty
  5. Fucking Åmal

Top rated because of the story (all), acting (all), music (except for 2), number of awesome quotes (3 and 4) and all in all just being amazing.

Also, since I saw someone mention it, I'd like to add that the worst movie of all time is imho 2001 A Space Odyssey. On IMDb I don't rate movies lower than 2 stars because I have 1 exclusively reserved for 2001 ASO. Watching it has been the most boring experience of my life, which btw is saying a LOT. Punishment in hell probably shifted to eternally watching this movie, with sinners wishing to go back to when they were physically tortured. I cannot stress enough how much I dislike this movie. You can be absolute sure that my top 5 is nothing like that.

[-] TrippyTortuga@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

2001 is divisive. I love that movie, but I know so many people that find it insufferably slow.

I think it's just too "spacious" for lack of a better term. It only presents the bare minimum in plot and focuses almost entirely on the cinematography. But just think about it in the context of 1968. This was during the height of the space race, and the film explores the core concept: what is the destiny of humanity and where did we come from? It's so fucking massive in scope that the only way to do it justice is to just give the viewer space to digest.

As such it asks a lot from the viewer to fill in the gaps and use the film as more of a meditation than a passive viewing experience.

[-] llama@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Bring It On, Liar Liar, The Hot Chick, House Party 4, and Burn After Reading

With exquisite taste, I embrace a diverse spectrum of films, from the captivating cheerleading rivalry and wit of "Bring It On" to Jim Carrey's comedic brilliance in "Liar Liar," and the hilarious escapades of body-swapping in "The Hot Chick." "House Party 4" evokes a nostalgic charm, while the Coen brothers' "Burn After Reading" showcases their unparalleled storytelling, leaving me captivated. This selection embodies my discerning taste and appreciation for a wide range of cinematic experiences.

[-] FVVS@l.lucitt.com 2 points 1 year ago
  1. Back to the Future
  2. Wall-E
  3. Into The Spider-verse
  4. Interstellar
  5. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
[-] generalEdo@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

American Flyer

Eurovision

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

All Rush Hours

All Jphn Wicks

[-] SpezCanLigmaBalls@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Interstellar and both the spiderverse movies

[-] Candelestine@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In no particular order

  1. Starship Troopers
  2. Peter Jackson's Trilogy is one movie. Fight me.
  3. Speed Racer

I guess I just have three.

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[-] Anissem@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago
[-] dingus@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The Big Lebowski is a feminist masterpiece where every man is a buffoon and every woman is willing to go as far as cutting off their own toe to get what they want.

[-] Anissem@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I never looked at it this way! Really interesting

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[-] skiguy0123@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Idk if I'd say these are the top 5, but ones that come to mind:

Team America World Police Airplane Fargo Apollo 13 Apollo 13 a second time

[-] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Not in order:

  • Inception
  • Stand by me
  • Shawnshank Redemption
  • Inglorious Basterds
  • The Untouchables
[-] Sabakodgo@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago
  • Everything all at Once
  • V for Vendetta
  • Matrix
  • Joker
  • Gladiator

anime movie - Demon Slayer: Mugen Train

[-] Abrslam@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

-Blade Runner -Black Dynamite -STALKER -Solaris (Russian original) -The first four Lexx made for tv movies (I Worship his Shadow, Supernova, Eating Pattern, Gigashadow)

[-] angrystego@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

The original Solaris is awsome!

[-] ki77erb@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
  1. Star Wars: A New Hope
  2. Blade Runner
  3. Raiders of the Lost Ark
  4. Jurassic Park
  5. Back To The Future

Runners up: Empire Strikes Back, The Matrix, Pulp Fiction, ET, Close Encounters, Alien(s), Ghostbusters, Stand By Me, Full Metal Jacket, A Bronx Tale, Good Will Hunting

It's too hard to pick just 5!

[-] wellnotreally@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Mr. Holland’s Opus, Steel Magnolias, The Truman Show, Clueless, Little Miss Sunshine

[-] lhx@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Such a hard thing to do.

In no particular order, and this is only my mind right now,

  • Grave of the Fireflies
  • LOTR
  • The Mummy (Brendan Fraser)
  • Fifth Element
  • The Northman

Honorable mentions, and depending on my mood, any of these might sneak into the list:

  • Empire Strikes Back
  • Spirited Away
  • Hotel Rwanda
  • The Lives of Others
  • Princess Bride
  • White Christmas
  • Blade Runner / Blade Runner 2049
  • Dune
  • Your Name
  • Alien
  • The Brotherhood of the Wolf (Le pacte des loups)
  • Arrival
  • Children of Men
  • Pretty much any Mel Brooks movie, but particularly Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, Robin Hood MIT, Dracula dead and loving it
  • Kubo and the Two Strings
  • In Bruges
  • A fish Called Wanda
  • The Life of Brian
  • Some Like it Hot
  • Arsenic and Old Lace
  • Wrath of Khan
  • Best in Show
  • Them
  • Something Wes Anderson, likely Grand Budapest Hotel or Royal Tenenbaums
  • Hot Fuzz
  • There will be Blood
  • 1917
  • The Color of Money
  • The Godfather Part 1
  • Master and Commander
  • Tropic Thunder
  • The Sting
  • Burn After Reading
  • A River Runs Through It
[-] ickplant@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
  1. The Princess Bride
  2. Shawshank Redemption
  3. The Thing
  4. Pan’s Labyrinth
  5. Requiem for a Dream
[-] captainjaneway@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
  • Star Trek: First Contact
  • Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
  • October Sky
  • 12 Angry Men
  • It's a Wonderful Life
[-] ForTheLoveOfGod@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

In no particular order:

  • Clue
  • Muppet Treasure Island
  • Lord of the Rings
  • The Hunt for Red October
  • Oscar

All but one have Tim Curry, hmm... I never noticed that before.

[-] Euraru@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I'll throw my hat in the ring and give my list in no particular order:

Seven Samurai

Borat

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

War of the Worlds (2005)

The Godfather

[-] _finger_@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[-] Euraru@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Did we just become best friends?

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[-] captainjaneway@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I want to know more about why you would put War of the Worlds in your top 5. I am not hating on you. Purely perplexed because I've never seen anyone mention this movie since it came out. I rewatched it last year, but I don't remember much to write home about.

[-] Euraru@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I was 8 years old when I first saw the film and it scared me so much it left in me a permanent fear of aliens and once I got older I grew to love the film and aliens in general.

Tbh the battle on the hill is enough to make it a great film for me because it involves the ultimate dilemma: which child do you save?

It's a choice no parent should ever have to make and the entire scene in general shows how hopeless it was against the Tripods.

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