50. El Mariachi
49. Run Lola Run
48. Cube
47. Blood Feast
46. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
45. Mad Max
44. Amores Perros
43. Shadows
42. Swingers
41. Dead Man's Shoes
40. The Descent
39. The Passion Of The Christ
38. Grosse Point Blank
37. Being John Malkovich
36. Buffalo '66
35. THX-1138
34. The Blair Witch Project
33. Shallow Grave
32. Two Lane Blacktop
31. Pink Flamingos
30. Sweet Sweetback Baadassss'...
29. Bad Lieutenant
28. In The Company Of Men
27. Dark Star
26. Lost in Translation
25. Drugstore Cowboy
24. Happiness
23. The Evil Dead
22. Nosferatu
21. Roger And Me
20. Slacker
19. Lone Star
18. Withnail And I
17. City of God
16. She's Gotta Have It
15. Blood Simple
14. Stranger Than Paradise
13. Memento
12. Eraserhead
11. Bad Taste

And the top 10:

10. Mean Streets
9. Sideways
8. The Usual Suspects
7. Sex, Lies, And Videotape
6. Night of the Living Dead
5. Monty Python's Life Of Brian
4. Clerks
3. The Terminator
2. Donnie Darko
1. Reservoir Dogs

http://www.empireonline.co.uk/features/ ... /50-41.asp

This list is garbage.

Hehe, with 50 films listed, everybody should find some films they think are overrated. I'm sure Lecter isn't happy to see Run Lola Run and The Blair Witch Project in there. Overall, I find the list decent, except that there should be some Asian films.

Great to see Cube getting some love.

You are garbage!

Actually, I am quite content with the lost, even though many "indies" here, don't even seem to be indies anymore to us due to their popularity. Sure, I would love Blair Witch Project and Run Lola Run banned from this and any other list, but other than that I must say I am pretty happy with it, way happier than with the horror movies list.

Donnie Darko has got to be by far and away my favorite of the bunch and I like to see it that high on the list. Reservoir Dogs deserves its spot as well, I'd say. Very happy to see The Usual Suspects, Sideways and The Terminator in the Top 10. Hey, it's actually a really good list.

Other hightlights of the list include Amores Perros, The Evil Dead, Being John Malkovich, The Descent and City of God.

I have seen the following:


49. Run Lola Run
48. Cube
46. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
45. Mad Max
44. Amores Perros
40. The Descent
39. The Passion Of The Christ
37. Being John Malkovich
34. The Blair Witch Project
23. The Evil Dead
17. City of God
9. Sideways
8. The Usual Suspects
6. Night of the Living Dead
3. The Terminator
2. Donnie Darko
1. Reservoir Dogs

48. Cube
46. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
44. Amores Perros
37. Being John Malkovich
34. The Blair Witch Project
26. Lost in Translation
24. Happiness
17. City of God
13. Memento
9. Sideways
8. The Usual Suspects
6. Night of the Living Dead
5. Monty Python's Life Of Brian
4. Clerks
3. The Terminator
2. Donnie Darko
1. Reservoir Dogs


Those are the ones I've seen. I don't understand why HAPPINESS is in the list.

But it is a great list.

It's certainly an interesting list.

I love Grosse Pointe Blank so very much, but its existence as an independent film is news to me.

Donnie Darko #2?? I agree with Andaroo in saying the movie is highly overated. I did like it but I dont see what the fuss is about. Was it because its a movie set in the 80s about time travel with a bunch of Tears of Fears songs mixed in?

Some good ones in here, and a lot I have never even heard of. I've seen the following:


45. Mad Max
37. Being John Malkovich
35. THX-1138
27. Dark Star
26. Lost in Translation
22. Nosferatu
16. She's Gotta Have It
13. Memento
9. Sideways
8. The Usual Suspects
7. Sex, Lies, And Videotape
5. Monty Python's Life Of Brian
4. Clerks
3. The Terminator
2. Donnie Darko
1. Reservoir Dogs

http://www.empireonline.co.uk/features/ ... /50-41.asp[/quote]

I've seen...

37. Being John Malkovich
34. The Blair Witch Project
26. Lost in Translation
13. Memento
9. Sideways
8. The Usual Suspects
6. Night of the Living Dead
3. The Terminator
2. Donnie Darko

Glad to see Donnie Darko, The Terminator, and The Usual Suspects all make the top ten. Memento should also be in the top ten.
As with the horror list, the inclusion of Blair Witch automatically lowers its credibility. Oh well.

Donnie Darko is an awful movie and whoever likes it thinks all children should die in gas chambers without trials.

Hmmm, I am from Germany, I am offended

39. The Passion Of The Christ
37. Being John Malkovich
26. Lost in Translation
23. The Evil Dead
19. Lone Star
15. Blood Simple
13. Memento
9. Sideways
8. The Usual Suspects
6. Night of the Living Dead
3. The Terminator

These are the ones I've seen.

Donnie Darko at #2 is friggin' sweet!!!! A lot of awesome films on this list. I love it.

PEACE, Mike.

Donnie Darko ruled man :shakes fist at Andaroo:

I'm surprised how many people haven't seen Blood Simple, the Coen brothers first film.

It's the only Coen brothers film that I actually like.

No love for Fargo?

I never quite understood the hype. It's not a bad film, many people seem to like it, but it never clicked with me.

I'm a film noir whore so Blood Simple fits right up my alley.

I'm all over the place with some of the directors:

Not a fan of Sex, Lies, And Videotape and most of Soderbergh's early work but I think The Limey and Out of Sight are perfect films.

Can't stand Eraserhead, can't stand Lynch but The Straight Story is incredible.

Shallow Grave over Trainspotting, that's a tough call. Boyle's indie opus Trainspotting opened the floodgates for UK neo cinema.

Same here. Fargo is good, but I don't think it's incredible and I don't see anything in McDormand's performance that was supposedly so outstanding.


Now, Loyal, O Brother, where art thou? deserves some love, though!

The Usual Suspects is the worst film ever. Oh wait... SPOILER Kevin Spacey is Soze END SPOILER what a dumb ending. It was hyped and that's all it is? Argh!

Please, shut up.

Oops! Sorry about the repost, and I'm one of the more frequent visitors to this forum...