The Best Movies Ever Made (Top 40) (Greatest Films Of All Time)
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Published 2013-01-04
Movies like LORD OF THE RINGS, STAR WARS, FIGHT CLUB, GOODFELLAS, SCARFACE, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, 300, MAGNOLIA etc. or the whole old stuff like PSYCHO, CASABLANCA, CITIZEN KANE, 12 ANGRY MEN, THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY (entire Dollar-Trilogy),VERTIGO, CLOCKWORK ORANGE, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, THE KID, MODERN TIMES, THE GREAT DICTATOR, SEVEN SAMURAI, RAGING BULL, SHINING, JAWS, 2001 etc. etc. etc. most of them are great, even very great, of course!!! AND YES I've seen them all!!! But in my opinion, they can not be counted among the 40 best movies of all time only cause they are old, classic and have good ratings TODAY, most of them from people older than 60!!! Why am I emphasizing TODAY? Cause many of these todays "Big Classics" were nothing special at their time, some even have been hated and only many many years later and mostly after the death of the director they become classics!!! So what is the fault of the todays directors whose masterpieces came after the Hitchcocks, Kubricks & Co.?! Who can say what people gonna think about Nolan, Spielberg, Fincher, Cameron & Co. in 20, 30, 40 years (if they are even today legends)? Then their movies of the last years become classics! So what? In contrast to many of you, I have my own opinion and I'm not being influenced and impressed by the years and the todays status of a movie, what only additionally do manipulate and raise up the value and impression of it! And by the way... all the movies of my list have everywhere !!!extreme high!!! ratings too... you can check it yourself (for example at IMDb)!!!
PS
I'm not really a Kubrick, Lynch or Hitchcock fan! (AND YES I've watched many of their movies!)
AND OFFENSIVE OR CRUDE COMMENTS WILL BE DELETED IMMEDIATELY!!! YOU CAN ALSO ARGUE AND CRITICIZE IN A DECENT WAY!!!
And for the critics here are the IMDb (by far the most credible rating stage) ratings of my movies:
Memento: 8,5
The Lion King: 8,5
Jurassic Park 8,1
The Exorcist: 8,0
The Last Samurai: 7,7 (lil bit underrated, could be an 8,0 as well!)
The Elephant Man: 8,2
Cast Away: 7,7 (underrated, deserves minimum 8,2)
Pulp Fiction: 9,0
Rain Man: 8,0
Inception 8,8
Se7en: 8,7
Good Will Hunting: 8,2
Million Dollar Baby: 8,1
Hachi: 8,2
Munich: 7,6 (extremely underrated - deserved minimum 8,4)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: 8,8
The Game: 7,8 (underrated - deserved minimum 8.4)
Gran Torino: 8,2
American Beauty: 8,5
Avatar: 7,9
Léon: 8,6
Blood Diamond: 8,0
Terminator: 8,1
Terminator 2: 8,5
Indiana Jones: - Raiders Of The Lost Ark: 8,6
- Temple Of Doom: 7,6 (underrated - deserved minimum 8,0)
- Last Crusade: 8,3
American History X: 8,6
The Pianist: 8,5
The Sixth Sense: 8,2
Life Is Beautiful: 8,6
Pan's Labyrinth: 8,3 (Lil' underrated - deserved minimum 8,6)
Titanic: 7,7 (underrated - deserved minimum 8,4)
The Shawshank Redemption: 9,3
The Godfather: 9,2
The Godfather Part II: 9,1
Alien: 8,5
Aliens: 8,4
Braveheart: 8,4 (underrated - deserved minimum 8,8)
The Matrix: 8,7
Forrest Gump: 8,8
Batman Begins: 8,3
The Dark Knight: 9,0
The Dark Knight Rises: 8,6
Gladiator: 8,5 (deserved 8,8)
The Green Mile: 8,5 (deserved minimum 8,9)
Schindler's List: 8,9 (deserved minimum 9,3)
All Comments (21)
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who else watches these things to look for movies to watch?
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Have you seen any movies of the 30's, 40's, and 50's ? There are hundreds of great movies from that era, when people could act with incredible emotion. You don't need violence, ridiculous special effects, and nudity in movies.
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Avatar wouldn’t even make my top 200
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I like how they're respecting the first two rules of Fight club.
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Here's my list: 1. The Godfather 2. Pulp Fiction 3. GoodFellas 4. Psycho 5. A Clockwork Orange 6. Taxi Driver 7. Star Wars Ep. 5 8. The Dark Knight 9. Citizen Kane 10. Apocalipse Now 11. Metropolis 12. The Shawnshawk Redemption 13. 2001: A Space Odissey 14. Requiem for a Dream 15. Donnie Darko 16. Whiplash 17. Lawrence of Arabia 18. Titanic 19. Ben-Hur 20. The Planet of the Apes 21. Dr Strangelove 22. Inception 23. Se7en 24. The Sixth Sense 25. The Wizard of Oz 26. Fight Club 27. Reservoir Dogs 28. Toy Story 29. No Country for Old Men 30. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly 31. Irreversible 32. TLoTR part 3 33. The Elephant Man 34. Saving Private Ryan 35. The Shining 36. Jaws 37. Terminator 2 38. The Exorcist 39. Inglorious Basterds 40. The Wolf of Wallstreet 41. Superbad 42. Vertigo 43. Back to the Future 44. One Flew Over the Cukoos Nest 45. Gladiator 46. Raiders of the Lost Ark 47. Forrest Gump 48. Blade Runner 49. Its a Beautiful Life 50. Grown Ups 2
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Films like "Gone With the Wind", "Ben Hur", "Casablanca" "To Kill a Mockingbird", "2001", "Dr. Strangelove", "Lord of the Flies", "The Great Escape", etc., etc., and anything else pre-1990 just don't make the grade with this poster. I suspect the list was compiled by someone of a very young age who has not even bothered to look back at the classics.
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Wow, No Hitchcock or Kubrick or Sergio Leone movies. Those three broke the mold in movie making.
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Not having a single Kubrick movie on there is conpletely unforgivable
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His/her list for somebody who does not want to watch the entire video: 40. Memento 39. The Lion King 38. Jurassic Park 37. The Exorcist 36. The last Samurai 35. The Elefant Man 34. Cast Away 33. Pulp Fiction 32. Rain Man 31. Inception 30. Se7en 29. Good Will Hunting 28. Million Dollar Baby 27. HACHI-KO - A Dog's Tale 26. Munich 25. One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest 24. The Game 23. Gran Torino 22. American Beauty 21. Avatar 20. Leon: The Professional 19. Blood Diamond 18. Terminator 1/2 17. Indiana Jones 1-3 16. American History X 15. The Pianist 14. The Sixth Sense 13. La Vita E Bella: Life is Beautiful 12. Pan's Labyrinth 11. Titanic 10. The Shawshank Redemption 9. The Godfather 1/2 8. Alien/Aliens 7. Braveheart 6. Matrix 5. Forrest Gump 4. Batman Begins/The Dark Knight/The Dark Knight Rises 3. Gladiator 2. The Green Mile 1. Schindler's List Thank you? - Not for that PS: Why didn't he take "Time" as the song for Inception?
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Gone with the wind, Giant, To kill a mockingbird, Shanadoa, Sound of music, It's a wonderful Life, Christmas story, Frequency.... Number one PASDION OF THE CHRIST
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No Scarface? No Taxi Driver? No Fight Club? No Sound Of Music? No Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon? No Princess Bride? No Star Wars or Lord Of The Rings? No Breakfast At Tiffany’s? No Rosemary’s Baby? No comedies and only one horror film?? But you did add Pan’s Labyrinth; and you’re a G for that. 😂👍🏼👏🏼
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10 . American Graffiti , 9. Casa Blanca 8.True Grit 1969 7.Gone with the wind 6. silence of the lambs 5. the color purple 4. Platoon 3.Lord of the ring's trilogy 2. Forest Gump 1. the Best Years of our lives
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No single Kubrick's film...
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Citizen cane, gone with the wind, Casablanca. Are you joking
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You could have added any of these. Citizen Kane The Searchers Night of the Hunter Vertigo Jaws 2001 Good the Bad and The Ugly Wizard of Oz Annie Hall The Conversation Alien The Big W So many more that should be mentioned
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I can name a lot of movies from earlier eras such as “Psycho”, Some Like It Hot”, and of course, “Gone With The Wind” and “The Wizard of Oz” from 1939. Others include “Imitation of Life”, “How the West was Won”, “Tombstone”, “Das Boot”, “Last of the Mohicans”, “The Count of Monte Cristo “ (2002), “Casablanca”, “Dances With Wolves”. Those are just some that come to mind. I am sure there are many others. “Romeo and Juliet” (1968) “Casino Royale” (2006)
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Lord of the Rings just has to be up there man. It won the most Oscars in history for a reason
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If I could chip in, here's mine: 1. The Shawshank Redemption 2. Good Will Hunting 3. The Silence of the Lambs 4. The Godfather 5. King Kong 6. Gladiator 7. Ford vs Ferrari 8. Django Unchained 9. The pursuit of Happyness 10. Interstellar 11. First they Killed my Father 12. Saving Private Ryan 13. Enemy at the Gates 14. A beautiful mind 15. First Blood
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10: On the Waterfront 9: Gone With the Wind 8: Raging Bull 7: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back 6: Pulp Fiction 5: The Wizard of Oz 4: Casablanca 3: 2001: A Space Odyssey 2: Citizen Kane 1: The Godfather
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The best movie ever made has to tell a complete story and carry you through emotionally while doing it. Gone With The Wind 🏆- absolutely ...hands down the best!
