The Year in Five Favorite Films

Federico Giner

Top 5: Eternal sunshine of a spotless mind, Memento, The Conversation, Pulp Fiction, Taxi Driver

Dec 31 - 05:44 PM

Benjamin Bellouin

1. 2001
2. The Tenant
3. Children of Men
4. Chinatown
5. The Apartment

Dec 31 - 08:32 PM

Pio William Lumongsod

top 5: 1. Schindler's list, 2. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 3. My neighbor Totoro, 4. Up, and 5. The Dark Knight Rises.

Dec 31 - 09:47 PM

Marc Habchy

1-LOTR trilogy 2-the dark knight 3-saving private Ryan 4-fight club 5-godfather (I count lotr as one movie with same rating though each can be a stand alone and be my number 1) Worth mentioning:shawshank redemption - inception - alien - se7en)

Dec 31 - 10:49 PM

David Watkins

My top 5: The Dark Knight, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Goodfellas, Drive, Saving Private Ryan.

Dec 31 - 11:02 PM

Chris Albios

My top 5: Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction, American Beauty, The Karate Kid(1984), Knocked Up

Jan 1 - 12:21 AM

Anton Medina

1. Ip Man
2. Looper
3. American History X
4. Castle in the Sky
5. Red Cliff
---Honorable Mentions---
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Prestige, Empire of the Sun, V for Vendetta, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Gangs of New York, Howl's Moving Castle, The Wrestler~~~

Jan 1 - 12:34 AM

Philip Shaheen

In no particular order...because this is hard enough as it is:

1. Se7en
2. Amelie
3. The Shawshank Redemption
4. The Maltese Falcon
5. The Princess Bride

Jan 1 - 03:52 AM

Mark Jems Cuizon

waw

Jan 1 - 06:35 AM

Mark Jems Cuizon

I love those movies!

Jan 1 - 06:36 AM

Mark Thomason

1) the shining 2) the matrix 3) the good, the bad, and the ugly 4) Pi 5)5 deadly venoms/chinese super ninjas

Jan 1 - 09:38 AM

David Bobzien

My top 5: Vertigo, 8 1/2, 2001: A Space Odyssey, All About Eve and The Graduate

Jan 1 - 11:52 AM

Jovan Pavlovic

1. OSTROV
2. BRAVEHEART
3. DERSU UZALA
4. LOTR
5. FORREST GUMP

PS. ROMANCING THE STONE

Jan 1 - 01:37 PM

Andrew Perkins

Mine would be The LOTR trilogy, Source Code, Dumb and Dumber, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and Moonrise Kingdom.

Jan 1 - 03:37 PM

Big Brother

Raiders of the Lost Ark - I saw it for the first time at 4 years old and no movie has ever made me feel the same way about cinema since. Most movie's even the great ones don't make me feel the way I do when I watch it on TV even now. Even at 36 I still want to be Indiana Jones when I grow up.
2. Rob Roy - Liam Neeson's best performance for my money and Tim Roth gives one of the most underrated villainous performances in movie history which totally adds up to perhaps the most satisfying ending ever. Was overshadowed a bit by the hype around Braveheart when it first came out and Rob Roy isn't as instantly gratifying, but if you give it the time I think you'll see it's a superior movie.
3. Finding Neverland - Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Dustin Hoffman and Freddy Highmore are so believable at times that you're transported to Neverland with a surprisingly minimal amount of special effects. A movie that even if it's not true, should be.
4. L.A. Confidential - Gladiator be damned, this is Russell Crowe at his rawly animalistic best. There are probably a dozen performances in this movie that were Oscar caliber aside from Kim Basingers which actually won the Oscar. From start to finish in every aspect of film making just about perfection. Reminds me of all those movie's people loved from the 1970's on it doesn't look like crap because of the 70's general suckiness outside of filmmaking (fashion, cars, hairstyles, etc) Rolo Tamasi.
5. The Usual Suspects - Again magnificent performances all around and an ending so surprising The Sixth Senses ending looks at it and says "God damn, that's a surprising ending!!!"
Honorable mentions to The Magnificent Seven, V for Vendetta, Empire Strikes Back, TDK, Dr. Strangelove, Bride of Frankenstein, Gods and Monsters and because I'm really starting to feel like I'm cheating now Empire Strikes back...**cough cough** Braveheart.

Jan 1 - 03:48 PM

Teo Pini

My top 5: The Tree Of Life, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Funny Games (German Version), Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, The Dreamers

Jan 1 - 03:59 PM

Alex Curtis

Top 5: Apocalypse Now, Enter The Void, Wild At Heart, The Road Warrior, Halloween (1978 of course)

Jan 1 - 05:31 PM

Mark Carriere

Shawshank Redemption, Braveheart, Saving Private Ryan, Murder in the 1st, Pulp Fiction.

Jan 1 - 05:33 PM

Meredith Morgan

My top five of all time: first and foremost, the Shawshank Redemption. Then Inception, The Dark knight, American Beauty, and Harry Potter: The Deathly Hallows part 2.

Jan 1 - 08:33 PM