Top 10 bestest films ever made

i like heat with de niro ,the original to this was la takedown

We just don't agree on anything

I suppose you didn't rate Glegarry Glen Ross either. That's a rhetorical question by the way, I already know your answer..

macvicar ,,,,,,,,,sound track also very good

The Cincinnati Kid was a not too bad film about a poker player.

Infact, it was very good.

rounders with matt damon was good

Now you know i'm only jesting, Slippy (except for Bridges)

Talking of the best Dr Watson ever.. Here's a quote from him...


I am in no way a distinguished man, but if I died tomorrow, I can honestly claim to have been what few men can call themselves - a really happy one. For 26 years I have been blessed with the love and friendship of a very wonderful woman. I have two attractive and splendid daughters of whom I am very proud, and my two sons-in-law I respect and like enormously. Except for a groggy leg I have been given excellent health, and all through my life I have had the friendship of many attractive and worthwhile people, for all this I am very grateful. I have made a few enemies and for their opinions I care not a fig. I may be broke or ill again, but as long as I have Bunny beside me I shall be happy, and I can only hope that our two daughters will enjoy their lives as much as their father has enjoyed every minute of his. (1947)

The stories we did were modernised but the characters of the famous detective and his biographer were kept more or less as originally written by Conan Doyle. Watson, however, in the films was made much more of a 'comic' character than he ever was in the books. This was with the object of introducing a little light relief. The doctor, as I played him, was a complete stooge for his brilliant friend and one whose intelligence was almost negligible. Many of the lovers of Conan Doyle must have been shocked, not by this caricature of the famous doctor but by seeing the great detective alighting from an aeroplane and the good doctor listening to his radio. To begin with, Basil and I were much opposed to the modernising of these stories but the producer, Howard Benedict, pointed out to us that the majority of youngsters who would see our pictures were accustomed to the fast-moving action of gangster pictures, and that expecting machine guns, police sirens, cars travelling at 80 miles an hour and dialogue such as 'Put em up bud', they would be bored with the magnifying glass, the hansom cabs, the cobblestones and the slow tempo of an era they never knew and a way of life with which they were completely unfamiliar.



Nigel Bruce died aged 58 of a heart attack..

Blow - film about George Yung (the king of cocaine) is good.

I would have loved to have been in his shoes for a few years.

Johnny Depp is the man in this film.

How about Carry On Up The Khyber?

good film blow ,depps co star  a latin beauty  p cruz

now your talking

Carry on Abroad at the Ells Bells hotel is my favourite closely followed by Carry on Camping and Carry on at your convenience.

My fred is dying a deaf

its got more lives than what jimmy saville ruined

Thank phuck that Jim did not fix it for my little sister
in the 70s. 

Salma Hayek, now there's a Mehican beauty that i would buy a pint..

I'm waiting for the Tiswas scandal to emerge...

Sally James. 

Matt Damons best film is on shortly, Mr Ed..

Good Will Hunting

very good film g2dear who was the dark haired bird think she was english

Ahh the sensual Minnie Driver

my kind of girl ........skinny ,costs less to feed them

She's tall though, not far off 6ft..

Sorry Guinness being flippant re the Carry Ons.
How about some of these in no particular order

ET
Once Upon A Time In The West
Forrest Gump
Sea Biscuit
Magnificent Seven
All the Godfather films
Invictis(because I am a big rugby fan and of Nelson Mandella)
Ray
Carnal Knowledge(Ann Margret what a stunning body)
The Kings Speech
Pharlap

Look me in the eye and tell me you like some or all of them.

am sat watching day of the jackal ,a good film

You can put up what you want Felty, it's a film fred, we all like different things some of the time..

Well i'm looking at you with my one good eye (the glass one) and only 3 of them hit the spot, for me that is..

The original Mr Ed ?

feltfair theres a channel on sky called pbs america it has a documentary about seabiscuit on normally repeats every 3 weeks

its on sky movies i think its the original

Yep, i think the remake with a very sloppy Bruce Willis was just called The Jackal..

no this 1 20 years before big bruce

You're watching the Edward Fox one, great film with a very good cast..

Back by popular demand....

Film4 12.25 am. For all you educated nightbirds - Pan's Labyrinth..

Fcuking cracking movie that guinness, cracking, I'll watch that later, thank you.

any bap exposure?

Absolutely not sofia, behave yourself, different type of movie, really different, stay up and watch it.

Here's another one for ya, lucky number slevin, good movie.

child-eating monsters portals fascists fauns..not gonna waste time watchin tosh..

Watched a danish film called The Hunt recently

if you dont mind foreign film , its heavy going at times but i would recommend it for the performances and story alone

child-eating monsters portals fascists fauns..not gonna waste time watchin tosh

Sofia,  believe nothing of what you read, and only half of what you see

good film pans, too sophisticated for this sheep shagger

the spy who loved me...v good
the spy who fcuked me..excellent

oi! fatboy slim..dont knock what you aint tried!

jesus is he an aberdonian

bet the lads got crackin wellies


Fit ya dein loon

McVICAR

this ruddy snow has ruined the "season"..Spring??..its baltic!

you ever seen the seagull up there sofia , walks into same newsagent every day and helps itself to same flavour crisps almost every day

Zorba the Greek, a most slendiferous movie

yeah..old hat ..its now been sold to the chinese as a punishment.
cheeky sod.

Once upon a time in the west, how good was that?

an epic of fantastic proportions with amazing acrors at the top of thier game

you have my sympathies there sophia i have a new enemy ts an easterly wind...

top film that oykdy just downloaded django unchained any of you seen it, its very long but my m8 says its good

If the world was full of Zorba's, it would be a wonderful place, just
watch the opening scene, encroyable, Alan Bates, Anthony Howard, classic stuff

did watch killing them softly which was good and went to see stoker which has f all to do with vampires, made by this korean director who did oldboy which is excellent imo, it was pretty good too

Slim, it's the best movie in the world, until the shooting scene, and then Tarentino appears.
It then falls off a cliff, give it a go.

thats the thing about him he makes the best bits of movies...
the opening 20 minutes to Inglourious Basterds is the best opening to a film i have ever seen but the rest of the film just doesnt live up to the expectation it sets in u

Fargo is a must, don't die until you watch Fargo

Most cohen bro,s  films are must sees

wots this got to do with Violet Jordan?

I've just watched a film called 'Mama'....

If you like being scared chitless and hanging off the edge of your commode, then this is the film for you..

Absolutely brilliant.

Here ye go..

The Prestige is a very good film imo.

Thanks guinness, it looks like a great thread. It'll take me weeks to get through all this!

My favourite 10 films in no particular order...

Double Indemnity
Ace in the Hole
The Philadelphia Story
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Rope
The African Queen
12 Angry Men
You Can't Take It With You
Anatomy of a Murder
Harvey

It's not too precise cos there are so many good films. My list would change every day!

would suggest scent of a woman is a must watch for al pacino fans..

Being There, Peter Sellar's last film, it hardly ever gets a mention on threads like this but it's a bit of a classic.

Apart from me that is, I already said it previously

I have already posted on here with some but as said by others there are many great films and I could name hundreds I really have enjoyed and still do when I watch again - perhaps it is as simple as being able to watch a film over and over again (and enjoy) which gives an insight as to your thoughts of it

Conductor: My thoughts on Pacino are on this fred..

Rope a good choice, sheppy.

As are my thoughts on Pegg, Slippy..

from left field, when in a good mood with a bottle of wine sit back and enjoy the timeless minder on the orient express. class...

no matter what happens in a days punting.. a viewing of the film a wonderful life with james stewart will put things into perspective for us all...

Yep, a grand film with a great message.

Capra made 4 great films in the 30s.

The other 3 were....

You Can't Take It with You
It Happened One Night
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

And 40s ob..

Guinness, Marathon Man worthy of a shout?

To me it is anyway.

"Is it safe?"

guinness2dear     03 Jul 12 14:41
 
Marafon Man is a good shout Tony, but as i hate dentists i can't add it i'm afraid.

I still can't watch that scene, Slippy..

Horrendous stuff.

Yes it must be the worst torture scene ever!

"Is it safe?"

guinness - those Capra films are amongst my favourites. Forgot about Mr. Smith Goes to Washington - great film.

What page did you get up to, sheppy?

Before you gave up that is..

Capra made some great war documentaries as well, sheppy..

the opening 20 minutes to Inglourious Basterds is the best opening to a film i have ever seen

slim with me and i think it lasted about 40 minutes that honour went to saving private ryan

all i could think was i'm pleased i wasn't there

Guinness - I haven't started yet! Well I've actually read everything since you salvaged it.

I have to ask this cos it's driving me nuts! This thread is awesome but why is it in the racing section???

I take it you haven't been on here long then?

There was a poster once upon a time who used to do top 10 freds on this forum (R.I.P.) So every now and again a top 10 fred will appear on some strange subject or other..

This is one of mine..

Always been into WW11 and cold war thrillers the courage of some of these people make me feel very humble a great little war film called operation Amsterdam well worth a look seen it many times.

Oh and there's no filum forum, sheppy..

guinness - yes I'm a newbie!

I've a lot to learn!


dod - Film4 show that movie a lot. I recorded a few years ago but still haven't watched it.

I'll tell you what, you've no worries about missing anything on this channel!

guinness - yes going point.

God I'm losing it!

Good point - not going point!

A great man got me into films directed by Akira Kurosawa and two of my favs must be Red Beard and Ran.

And new films Dark Tourist and Big Bad Wolves have got to be up there with a couple of my favs too.

Anyone i know?

And you need to keep away from Leicester Square..

hahah And whys errr that?   And yeps  ya know him only too well....

Too many kosher films.

You need to do a top 10 btw to join the echelon..

1, Ran
2, Red Beard,
3, Big bad wolves
4, Dark Tourist
5, Thirst (Korean)
6, Audition
7, The Green Mile
8, Psycho
9, Schindlers List
10, Deathwatch

Guinness.. as I am an anti establishment type of guy I could watch the posh school scene at the end of the movie scent of a woman every day.. the headmaster attempts to blame the poor boy Charlie for the vandalism to his new sports car. al pacino defends him superbly and even all the rich boys cheer him on. well worth a watch and why  the great british public do not do this thing to politicians, bank managers, cold callers, insurance companies, etc etc is very much a source of frustration for me...

Dod: Give Letter to Kremlin a watch (if you haven't already) Great cold war film, imo..

Conductor: There's no one more ant-establishment than my good self, and i fully agree with your feelings about them, but our similarities may well end there...

Pacino's acting sends me to sleep (blind or not) To think of truly great actors over the years who haven't been given a 50th of his recognition makes my blood boil a touch, but each to their own.

Kirschy i will reply to your list after Racing (when i have finished burying AP)

hi guinness, I take on board your comments. I agree pacino is a tad overrated but his work as colonel frank slade was good. maybe it was the combo of his blindness and his good heart (yes we all have it somewhere)that made it an inspirational piece of anti establishment acting. take care and keep enjoying the blackstuff. which reminds me do you feel an opportunity was missed when they did not make a movie with regards to that 80s classic boys from the black stuff set in thatchers Liverpool. that may have been a classic.imo

Good evening conductor (if you're still about)

I don't think tv series make good films. BFTB was a great bit of tv for the time. Bleasdale got it just about right, Bernard Hill was an inspirational choice as Yosser, and has gone on to prove what a great actor he is in films and the stage.

Would it have transferred to the screen though?

Kirschy: Thirst is a great choice, Audition one of my faves. 10 was put in for a laff, right? 3 and 4 i haven't seen, Ran and Red Beard is stunning.

Your taste has improved.

once upon a time in america, good bad and the ugly - both leone, can't be separated at the top.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsfzhiW5l8c      Big bad wolves trailer.....  A must see....  imo

Anyone who likes WW2 films take a look at one called COME AND SEE.A Russian made from the 80s,strong stuff

Time to close the door if that shíte The Revenant wins..

Common sense prevails. Well done Spotlight.

the yearling

the good the bad and the ugly

the deer hunter

the godfather

the magnificent seven

the revenant

the green mile

the silence of the lambs

the seven samurai

the searchers

1st reserve

the wolf of wall st