as a guy who thought 6-7 years ago that Spiderman was the best film ever, there are people that stupid and Argos I was one of them. I thought that special effects were great, screw BW films. They are boring and yawn fests and what beauty can they show to these (modern Cgi films)?

Then I saw these films and I was amazed that they could make such high quality BW films back then and made me remember who can have all the CGI and effects you want, its the acting and story that make a great film.

For Example:
Whats the best part in TDK, the special effects hell no!

What is TF minus the robots, a mediocre film at best.


Anyways apologize for interrupting your thread junio, please were dying for your top ten, best list easily.

How old are you?

Man With a Movie Camera! Wasn't expecting that.

I find it more interesting than enjoyable, but still an inspired pick.

Oh yeah, well you haven't watched it while being high, have you?

I certainly have not. I imagine it is quite the experience. As would most films, I suppose.

It's a bit of a trip, but I was only half joking. To me it's like a thrill ride and an editing class unto itself.

So, to recap:

1. Sunset Boulevard
2. Casablanca
3. Citizen Kane
4. Breakfast at Tiffany’s
5. Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios
6. Ran
7. Children of Men
8. The Insider
9. Man with a movie camera
10. Gosford Park
11. The Smiling Lieutenant
12. All About Eve
13. Thelma & Louise
14. The General
15. The Lion in Winter
16. Brokeback Mountain
17. Fitzcarraldo
18. Ace in the Hole
19. M
20. Ladri di biciclette
21. E.T.: the Extra-Terrestrial
22. King Kong (‘33)
23. Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
24. The English Patient
25. Fargo
26. Rashomon
27. The Searchers
28. Annie Hall
29. Raging Bull
30. The Thief of Bagdad
31. Lost in Translation
32. Bringing Up Baby
33. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
34. Fight Club
35. Nanook of the North
36. 2001: A Space Odyssey
37. Amélie
38. THX 1138
39. La grande illusion
40. Gattaca
41. The Age of Innocence
42. Double Indemnity
43. Raiders of the Lost Ark
44. Volver
45. Y tu mamá también
46. Stage Door
47. Born to Kill
48. Star Wars
49. Yi Yi
50. Nashville
51. Love and Death
52. Heaven can Wait (’43)
53. Finding Nemo
54. The Talented Mr. Ripley
55. Barton Fink
56. Airplane!
57. Before Sunset
58. The Apartment
59. Jaws
60. Halloween
61. Dancer in the Dark
62. The Big Heat
63. The Philadelphia Story
64. Lady and the Tramp
65. Some Like It Hot
66. The Empire Strikes Back
67. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
68. La mala educación
69. Ratatouille
70. To Be or Not to Be
71. Chinatown
72. Moulin Rouge!
73. Death Becomes Her
74. Mildred Pierce
75. The Godfather
76. The Exorcist
77. The Professional
78. The Departed
79. Ghost World
80. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
81. Requiem for a Dream
82. T2: Judgment Day
83. Stalag 17
84. A.I. Artificial Intelligence
85. Beetlejuice
86. From Dusk Til Dawn
87. Videodrome
88. Dogville
89. A History of Violence
90. Elizabeth
91. Battleship Potemkin
92. Aguirre, the Wrath of God
93. Planet of the Apes
94. The African Queen
95. She Done Him Wrong
96. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
97. Big Business
98. Return of the Jedi
99. Edward Scissorhands
100. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

movie camera is up next in my queue. or maybe it's second.
I'm very excited either way.

Interesting stuff junio

Hey thanks! Voce fala portugues?

snack, when are you going to watch Man with a movie camera?

I love your #1 pick. Sunset Blvd. would probably be my #1 movie also.

The Insider is an inspired, unexpected choice for your top ten. The best film of 1999, if you ask me.

Are these going in any particular order? Can I do a list soon?

Maybe if the mods change the thread title.

CHANGE THE TITLE MODS.

I will go in 1 year. until then, only anticipation.

That's too long a wait!

Can you believe that I feel like my 100 has changed already, not dramatically but I feel as though I've seen movies since then that certainly deserve to be there: Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, La Strada, L'enfant, El ángel exterminador which struck me as top 20 material, Smiles of a Summer Night, maybe even The Shop on Main Street.

It's been two years since the last. I'm going next for Version 3. (after roo's list)

Roo's list died, you guys should start this up again. I, of course, have no list, yet, but would love to see yours. Let's go people, get this thing up and running, whether on volume 3 or whatever, I want to see more lists.

Can I have a 2nd go at this?

May I?

100. The Purple Rose of Cairo
99. King Kong ('33)
98. Dogville
97. Trouble in Paradise
96. Jackie Brown
95. The Empire Strikes Back
94. Mildred Pierce
93. The Petrified Forest
92. Casino
91. Thieves' Highway
90. Boogie Nights
89. Breakfast at Tifanny's
88. The Narrow Margin
87. Slacker
86. M
85. Tropical Malady
84. The Player
83. La mujer sin cabeza
82. The Virgin Spring
81. Volver
80. Le notti di Cabiria
79. Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary
78. Ratatouille
77. Videodrome
76. La flor de mi secreto
75.Double Indemnity
74. Fresa y chocolate
73. The Passion of Joan of Arc
72. Dancer in the Dark
71. The Age of Innocence
70. 2001: A Space Odyssey
69. Fargo
68. To Be or Not to Be
67. The Seventh Seal
66. Bringing Up Baby
65. Pinocchio
64. La mala educacion
63. Leave Her to Heaven
62. Some Like It Hot
61. Nashville
60. Brief Encounter
59. Taxi Driver
58. Gattaca
57. Heaven can Wait
56. Before Sunset
55. Love and Death
54. Stage Door
53. A History of Violence
52. Lost in Translation
51. Rashomon
50. Barton Fink
49. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
48. The Thief of Bagdad
47. Y tu mama tambien
46. The Saddest Music in the World
45. La grande illusion
44. Annie Hall
43. Syndromes and a Century
42. Snow White and the Seven Swarfs
41. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
40. Hiroshima mon amour
39. 5x2
38. The Shop on Main Street
37. Manhattan
36. L'enfant
35. Short Cuts
34. The Apartment
33. Yi Yi
32. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
31. Ladri di biciclette
30. Raging Bull
29. Le ballon rouge
28. Z
27. Smiles of a Summer Night
26. Ace in the Hole
25. Modern Times
24. Fitzcarraldo
23. Brokeback Mountain
22. The Lion in Winter
21. El angel exterminador
20. Todo sobre mi madre
19. The General
18. La strada
17. Thelma & Louise
16. Diary of a Lost Girl
15. Madame de...
14. All About Eve
13. Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
12. The Smiling Lieutenant
11. Gosford Park
10. Man with a Movie Camera
9. Viridiana
8. The Insider
7. Children of Men
6. Ran
5. Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios
4. Casablanca
3. La dolce vita
2. Citizen Kane
1. Sunset Boulevard

Are "Seventh Seal" and "Smiles of a Summer Night" the only Bergmans you have seen Junio?

And The Virgin Spring. Wild Strawberries and Sawdust and Tinsel are in my queue's top 50 though.

nah that's enough Bergmar. move on to someone more interesting.

LOL

I need to find space in my list for Bay of Angels and Midnight.

I highly highly advise Cries and Whispers. It is, of the ones I've seen, by far his most divisive and powerful film. I'm not sure if you would love it or hate it but you'd probably have a strong opinion. Wild Strawberries is very good but doesn't carry the emotional power or philosophical depth of some of his other films.