Your Top 3 Movies of All Time

[Schtumple]

narrowing it down to 3 is simply impossible... if i include Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Shawshank redemption, and the Godfather i'll have to exclude Pulp Fiction, 2001, Ronin, raiders of the lost ark, blade runner, ben hur, nightmare before christmas

I love Blade Runner only for how incredibly neo-film noir it is, it is beyond beautiful, it encapsulated everything of the era, reinterpreted it in a thoroughly post modern sci-fi setting projecting how life would be if the 80s sensibilities and socio-economic had carried on for the next few decades becoming more refined and reached their inevitable collapse. That and it achieved the near impossible task of being completely timeless, that film has not dated at all.

Note: I have a TV & film degree. It ruins your ability to just "watch" films, but at the very least, makes you understand why a film is good.

Sorry if this post seems a bit intense, I've missed getting deep over films since coming out of uni

 

[h1r0ll3r]

1. Star Wars
2. Lord of the Rings Trilogy
3. Red Cliff (Great once you get past the subtitles. And the International version, not the Theatrical version)

I guess I could also throw in;
Tombstone
Black Hawk Down
Gladiator
300

 

[mobilehaathi]

Three is pretty hard...in no particular order:

Brazil
Apocalypse Now
Blazing Saddles
Time Bandits
The Life of Brian
The Big Lebowski
History of the World Part I
12 Angry Men (1957)

There are more, but I can't think of them right now...

 

[0098386]

Top 3? There are loads that have moved me, impressed me, taught me, inspired me. But the 3 films I can watch over and over again;

1. Die Hard
2. Lord of the Rings (all, extended)
3. Truman Show

Notable others - Die Hard with a Vengeance, Home Alone 2, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, 24 Hour Party People, The Dark Knight, Terminator 2, My Neighbour Totoro, Borat.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Yes. Pretty hard indeed.

There are movies I have liked, but have not been bothered about and others (not many) which have blown me away, and which I am more than happy to see again. It is difficult to bring it down to only three, and I see that a number of other posters have disregarded that parameter.

Of the 'popular' classic, of course, I love (in no particular order):

Life of Brian

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Pulp Fiction

Jackie Brown

Godfather (Part 2 especially)

Shawshank Redemption

but there are others which have left me open mouthed at their sheer mastery of their medium, their insight, subtlety and bitter sweet narrative verve.....

Again, in no particular order:

My Life as a Dog

Au revoir, Les Enfants

Lone Star

The Third Man

The Leopard

Jesus of Montreal

 

[Akack]

Pulp Fiction
Shawshank Redemption
Matrix

No particular order.

 

[Liquorpuki]

Fresh
Battle Royale
The Thin Red Line

 

[McGiord]

1- Star Wars: specially The Empire Strikes Back and the Revenge of the Sith
2- Highlander http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091203/
3- Pulp Fiction
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The Godfather Trilogy
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Last Temptation of Christ

Saving Private Ryan
Forrest Gump
Platoon

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Apocalypto
History of the World Part I

Animation:
Toy Story
Shrek
Finding Nemo

Italian:
Life is Beautiful
Il Mostro

Argentinean:
Son of the Bride: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0292542/
The Secret in Her Eyes
Nine Queens
The Aura

French:
Amelie
Le Placard

 

[erickkoch]

Star Wars-A New Hope

Lord of the Rings Trilogy

The Incredibles (were's the sequel already?)

 

[cuestakid]

In no order

Gangs of New York
The Departed
The Pianst
The Boondock Saints
Defiance

 

[ag3nt47]

1. The Boondock Saints (1999, not the 2009 sequel)

2. Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas

3. A Clockwork Orange

 

[eric/]

No particular order:

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Fight Club
Pulp Fiction

 

[MadMiller20]

1. Forest Gump...classic!
2. The Godfather...this trilogy never gets old, great movies. "It's not personal, it's business."
3. Old School (love will ferrel)

 

[Shrink]

A lot go good movies mentioned above.

It's very hard to pick just three:

The Asphalt Jungle
The Maltese Falcon
Sweet Smell of Success

 

[verwon]

Pick 3? Impossible...far too many!

Office Space
The Prestige
Inception
Memento
Boondock Saints
Reservoir Dogs
The Rules of Attraction
The Orphanage
Pirates of the Carribean....except the last one!
Mission Impossible....

I could type all day!

 

[Heebeejeebies]

3 Favorites? I can't say, but top 3 most watched movies by me:

1) Almost Famous
2) Forrest Gump
3) Anything by Wes Anderson.

 

[4JNA]

in no particular order as of this moment in time...

saving private ryan

up

the spanish prisoner

 

[NZed]

I am Sam
Donnie Darko

 

[iJohnHenry]

The 100th Anniversary of Metropolis is coming up in 2027.

And we are rapidly approaching that foretelling.

Well, you are anyway.

 

[rowley]

1. Blade Runner
2. The Shawshank Redemption
3. Ghost in the Shell

 

[Chris 123]

1. Goodfellas
2. Girl, Interrupted
3. In Bruges

 

[GD0X]

1. Jurassic Park (first one)
2. Transformers (2007)
3. The Dark Knight

These movies truly influenced my love for tech. cgi, robots, computers and such.

 

[speedyfv]

Off the top of my head i'll go with:

City of God
Gladiator
The Dark Knight

 

[Peace]

Saving Private Ryan

The Godfather Part Two

2001 A Space Odyssey

 

[Jenfowle]

Some of my all time favs are:

The Maxtrix
The Dreamers
Gladiator
Kung Fu Panda
Ice Age
Love me if you dare
The Godfather