Best of THE TOP 360 GREATEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME~!

[S.K.o.S.]

The Gilles' Wife vote is me, not Raziel.  That YouTube clip labelling it as "romantic" is kind of a chuckle as it's pretty much the opposite of romantic.

Requiem for a Dream is a big blind spot for me, I really need to get around to watching that.

[RIPPA]

1 minute ago, S.K.o.S. said:

The Gilles' Wife vote is me, not Raziel.

Yeah - that was a left over from when your two columns got merged - I flip flopped the names at the top

[Execproducer]

28 minutes ago, S.K.o.S. said:

Requiem for a Dream is a big blind spot for me, I really need to get around to watching that.

This. It hasn't helped motivate me that all I ever read about is how depressing it is to watch. As always, these polls are a journey of discovery and now, Caterpillar, Gilles' Wife, and Red Desert have been added to my mental Netflix queue.

[(BP)]

I think Requiem touches a raw nerve that most movies about addiction don't because there's something universal there about using drugs as a tool to nurture self-delusion. Everyone has a story they tell themselves to get through each day, and as the story becomes more incongruous from reality the characters slip further away. It's not just escape; even the desperate work of scoring is preferable to confronting themselves. 

[RIPPA]

54 minutes ago, Execproducer said:

As always, these polls are a journey of discovery and now, Caterpillar, Gilles' Wife, and Red Desert have been added to my mental Netflix queue.

This is exactly why I do them.

I mean if for nothing else I now know there is an Asian version of Towering Inferno that I have to see

[Execproducer]

Then you should check out the Hong Kong Backdraft.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120115/

[RIPPA]

Holy Shit! I never knew I needed that in my life until right now

[RIPPA]

350) A FEW GOOD MEN (1992)

Director: Rob Reiner

98 Points (3 Votes) - HIGH VOTE: West Newbury Bad Boy (#44) - ADDITIONAL VOTES: Tbarrie, Raziel

IMDB : ROTTEN TOMATOES (81%) : METACRITIC (62)

Criterion Collection: NO

Previous DVDVR Poll Placement: 134 (90s V.2); 159 (90s V.1)

 

 

[RIPPA]

349) THE AVENGERS (2012)

Director: Joss Whedon

98 Points (3 Votes) - HIGH VOTE: Natural (#32) - ADDITIONAL VOTES: Cyanide, WNNB

IMDB : ROTTEN TOMATOES (92%) : METACRITIC (69)

Criterion Collection: NO

Previous DVDVR Poll Placement: N/A

 

[RIPPA]

That fucking movie was called three different things on three different websites

[RIPPA]

348) A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)

Director: Elia Kazan

98 Points (2 Votes) - HIGH VOTE: JT (#38) - ADDITIONAL VOTES: JH

IMDB : ROTTEN TOMATOES (98%)

Criterion Collection: NO

Previous DVDVR Poll Placement: 58 (50s)

 

 

[RIPPA]

Going to eat lunch - will finish the 98s after

EDIT - I decided to make some turkey burgers I found in the freezer

My stomach pain will be your gain

[RIPPA]

347) STAR WARS EPISODE VII: THE FORCE AWAKENS (2015)

Director: J.J. Abrams

98 Points (2 Votes) - HIGH VOTE: Paco (#36) - ADDITIONAL VOTES: KLOS

IMDB : ROTTEN TOMATOES (92%) : METACRITIC (81)

Criterion Collection: NO

Previous DVDVR Poll Placement: N/A

 

 

[Matt D]

I can get someone putting the Santo movie at 4. 

Force Awakens at 36 though? A bold choice.

[RIPPA]

346) GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES (Hotaru no haka) (1988)

Director: Isao Takahata

98 Points (2 Votes) - HIGH VOTE: Chaos (#22) - ADDITIONAL VOTES: JH

IMDB : ROTTEN TOMATOES (97%)

Criterion Collection: NO

Previous DVDVR Poll Placement: 61 (80s)

 

 

[RIPPA]

345) THE PIANIST (2002)

Director: Roman Polanski

98 Points (2 Votes) - HIGH VOTE: KLOS (#15) - ADDITIONAL VOTES: Sublime

IMDB : ROTTEN TOMATOES (96%) : METACRITIC (85)

Criterion Collection: NO

Previous DVDVR Poll Placement: 88 (2000s)

 

 

[RIPPA]

I have 2 more 98 movies 3 99 movies so I will clear out all the non-100 point movies today

Just later

[Raziel]

If TFA showed up this high, sure as shit Empire better be WAAAAAAY higher.

 

3 hours ago, RIPPA said:

I mean if for nothing else I now know there is an Asian version of Towering Inferno that I have to see

Sadly, it's not longer on Netflix (where I saw it), but it is on Amazon rentals.

[jaedmc]

I'd rather all the Star Wars movies just be clumped together back here in the 300s.

On the other hand, last night I watched Female Prisoner 701 Scorpion(I got that awesome new bluray set a month or two ago) and it would have been like Top 30 for me, so who am I to talk.

[Death From Above]

GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES is probably the best looking film that I am confident is outstanding that I can never bring myself to even consider watching because it looks soul crushing. Come to think of it I really liked The Pianist the one time I watched it but it's pretty close to that territory.

 

As always, the bottom end of these lists is loaded with all-over-the-map interesting choices. Fun times.

[Chaos]

I'm surprised that Grave of the Fireflies ended up being that low. I figured I'd be an "also vote" on that thing. Given this board's penchant for Ghibli-related films, and my lack of having seen many of them, it's surprising. Ironically, that film and one other (not Ghibli or animated for that matter) that I voted for that I expect to rank I saw for the first time on the same evening together.

EDIT: I have not seen that poster for The Pianist before (granted, I don't look for Posters on that film). That is a fantastic poster.

[RIPPA]

344) FISH TANK (2009)

Director: Andrea Arnold

98 Points (1 Vote) - HIGH VOTE: SKOS (#3)

IMDB : ROTTEN TOMATOES (91%) : METACRITC (81)

Criterion Collection: YES

Previous DVDVR Poll Placement: N/A

 

 

[RIPPA]

343) SHERLOCK JR. (1924)

Director: Buster Keaton

98 Points (1 Vote) - HIGH VOTE: Execproducer (#3)

IMDB : ROTTEN TOMATOES (94%)

Criterion Collection: NO

Previous DVDVR Poll Placement: N/A

 

 

[S.K.o.S.]

My top 5 dropping like flies

[Cyanide]

7 minutes ago, S.K.o.S. said:

My top 5 dropping like flies

Fish Tank was one of the brutal last ones out in my honorable mentions territory pile. Glad it got some love.