Top 5 films you’d watch

[waspish]

Pulp Fiction
Jaws
Empire strikes Back
Planet of the apes(1968)
Matrix

 

[Beswick Prize Bands Big Drum]

Easy Rider,
Paul,
Life of Brian,
American Graffiti,
Thelma and Louise

 

[Chippy_boy]

Not necessarily my top 5 (I suggested some already) but oldies I'd forgotten:

Raiders of the lost ark - what a beltingly good laugh that was, the first time I saw it back in 1982/83 was it?
Ghost Busters - Ditto
Beverley Hills Cop - Ditto
Lethal weapon - Ditto
The sting - ditto

 

[Two Gun Bob]

Goodfellows? Is that the one set in Oxford?

American gangster film mate and pretty gritty stuff if you haven't seen it and your in for a proper treat.

 

[OB1]

Not necessarily my top 5 (I suggested some already) but oldies I'd forgotten:

Raiders of the lost ark - what a beltingly good laugh that was, the first time I saw it back in 1982/83 was it?
Ghost Busters - Ditto
Beverley Hills Cop - Ditto
Lethal weapon - Ditto
The sting - ditto

Raiders was 1981 and one of the best movie going experiences of my life: I saw it in Grauman's Chinese Theatre on a huge screen with the most impressive cinema sound system I'd ever heard.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Kind of agree that lost on a desert island I'd want escapism, comedy and nostalgia, so as much as I love Fargo (which I guess is comedic in parts) and Goodfellas and The Usual Suspects, I'd opt for lighter fare:

1. This is Spinal Tap
2. Anchorman
3. 24 Hour Party People
4. Amelie
5. Blazing Saddles

Or find a place for Clueless or Holy Grail.

 

[ballinio]

12 Angry men
Schindler’s list
Jaws
Sound of music
Some like it hot

 

[Chippy_boy]

Cambridge Analytica would be having a field day with this!

 

[OB1]

Kind of agree that lost on a desert island I'd want escapism, comedy and nostalgia, so as much as I love Fargo (which I guess is comedic in parts) and Goodfellas and The Usual Suspects, I'd opt for lighter fare:

1. This is Spinal Tap
2. Anchorman
3. 24 Hour Party People
4. Amelie
5. Blazing Saddles

Or find a place for Clueless or Holy Grail.

Now Clueless is a movie that never fails to make me smile.

 

[wigman]

Escape from New York
Rita Sue and Bob too
Gladiator
Midnight Run
Law Abiding Citizen

 

[growl]

Third Man
Young Frankenstein
Maltese Falcon
Citizen Kane
Cabaret

 

[ali benarbia's studs]

Pulp Fiction
Big Labowski
No country for old men
Basketball Dairies
Interstellar

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

The Shawshank Redemption
The Godfather Pt 2
Close Encounters
Snatch
Where Eagles Dare

Though that can change day on day.

That would be my choice, possibly take out snatch and replace with The unforgiven?

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Escape from New York
Rita Sue and Bob too
Gladiator
Midnight Run
Law Abiding Citizen

Ah, good one. There's a movie I never get tired of watching. If we had a list of most underrated films ever made, mine would be:

Midnight Run ("Here come two words for you: Shut the fuck up.")
Starship Troopers
Hot Fuzz
Tommy Boy
How to Marry a Millionaire

 

[jimharri]

That would be my choice, possibly take out snatch and replace with The unforgiven?

Good call. As I said, my five could change daily. Nearly impossible to narrow it down to 5.

 

[willipp]

Ah, good one. There's a movie I never get tired of watching. If we had a list of most underrated films ever made, mine would be:

Midnight Run ("Here come two words for you: Shut the fuck up.")
Starship Troopers
Hot Fuzz
Tommy Boy
How to Marry a Millionaire

Starship Troopers???? There's only one thing good about that film. Well maybe two if you consider the credits.

 

[grunge]

harder to boil it down than I expected

Interstellar.
Avengers
Good will hunting
The Incredibles
Cabin in the woods.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Starship Troopers???? There's only one thing good about that film. Well maybe two if you consider the credits.

It's the most underrated satire of/commentary about fascism ever made. How plastic the characters are and their mindless devotion is part of the point.

And the shower scene.

 

[aguero93:20]

American History X
Fight Club
The Dark Knight Rises
Enemy At The Gates
Hurdy Gurdy

 

[I'm With Stupid]

It's the most underrated satire of/commentary about fascism ever made. How plastic the characters are and their mindless devotion is part of the point.

And the shower scene.

Same director as Robocop. And rewatching that one as an adult, I realised it's also a pretty good satire of the corporatization of public services in America.