Best Film You Have Ever Seen

[ianrauk]

One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
Man Bites Dog
Taxi Driver

 

[Angelfishsolo]

One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
Man Bites Dog
Taxi Driver

Man bites dog is fantastic. You might like Behind the Mask - The Rise of Leslie Vernon as it is in a similar vein

 

[PBancroft]

Children of Men. Thought provoking with some astonishing scenes, well filmed, and very well acted.

 

[Mr Phoebus]

I'm also adding Marathon Man. I think it's safe to do so.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

I'm also adding Marathon Man. I think it's safe to do so.

I though it was like pulling teeth. I'll get my coat......

 

[Zoiders]

I have far too many favourites...I think we need a thread about underated films instead.

 

[just jim]

"Back to the Future"
What a flick!

 

[Angelfishsolo]

I have far too many favourites...I think we need a thread about underated films instead.

I started one for you

 

[Flying_Monkey]

It was difficult but I managed to get it down to a Top 50. There's still other things I might include or things here I might exclude on a different day or if I was in a different mood...

A Bout de Souffle (Breathless)
Aguirre
Amelie
An American in Paris
Bad Day at Black Rock
The Battle of Algiers
The Big Sleep
Blade Runner
Bom Yeoreum Gaeul Gyeoul Geurigo Bom (Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring)
Den Brysomme Mannen (The Bothersome Man)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Cache (Hidden)
Casablanca
Cidade de Deus (City of God)
The Conversation
Dare Mo Shiranai (Nobody Knows)
Das Testement des Dr Mabuse (The Last Testament of Dr Mabuse)
Do the Right Thing
Enter the Dragon
Get Carter
Goodbye Lenin
Heimat (Home)
L’Homme du train (The Man on the Train)
Hotaru no Haka (Grave of the Fireflies)
Jean de Florette / Manon des Sources
Jules et Jim
Ladri di Biciclette (The Bicycle Thieves)
Das Leben den Anderen (The Lives of Others)
Like Water for Chocolate
Love and Death
M
The Maltese Falcon
La Meglio Gioventu (The Best of Youth)
Memento
Monsieur Hire
Mogari no Mori (The Mourning Forest)
Nosferatu (either version!)
North by Northwest
The Parallax View
Pi
Primer
Rashomon
The Quiet Earth
Singing In The Rain
The Third Man
THX 1138
Tillsammans (Together)
Tokyo Nagaremono (Tokyo Drifter)
Der Untergang (Downfall)
West Side Story

 

[ColinJ]

Children of Men. Thought provoking with some astonishing scenes, well filmed, and very well acted.

Children of Men star Clive Owen knew some friends of mine in Coventry and I remember him as a young man coming into our pub of choice and announcing that he would soon be going off to Drama College (er, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art!), one day he'd be a big star, that kind of thing.
My reaction - Yeah, sure - I'll believe that when I see it!




As for 'best' film ... I wouldn't try and choose one, but there have been many that I have enjoyed over and over again, including:

• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
• Once Upon a Time in the West
• Alien
• The Shawshank Redemption
• If ...
• The Godfather I/II
• Forbidden Planet
• Electra Glide in Blue
• Trainspotting
• Shallow Grave
• Carlito’s Way
• Das Boot
• Groundhog Day
• Léon
• Get Carter
• Fargo
• Memento
• Gladiator
• The French Connection
• Cool Hand Luke
• The Last Of The Mohicans
• Rear Window
• The Graduate
• Donnie Darko
• Psycho
• Dr. Strangelove

 

[accountantpete]

Runaway Train

 

[accountantpete]

Vanishing Point

 

[the_mikey]

Amelie
Alice Et Martin
La Haine
Chungking Express
Fallen Angels
In the mood for love
My Blueberry Nights
Buffalo 66

 

[MontyVeda]

Spinal Tap
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Waiting for Guffman
The Princess Bride
Psychomania
Son of Rambow
The Wicker Man
Amelie
Anvil - The Story of Anvil
Back to the Future I, II, III
A Mighty Wind
Stop Making Sense
Children of Men
Brazil
Donnie Darko
Once upon a Time in the West
Napoleon Dynatime

it's hard to choose just one

 

[MontyVeda]

Vanishing Point

I like the way they give away the very abrupt ending on the poster!