Top 110 films
Not Including Kids or young adult films (Like Star Wars & Back to the future)
I've watched Taxi Driver, Chinatown & Deer Hunter pretty recently and I think compared to the below they do not scrub up well.
I've watched Taxi Driver, Chinatown & Deer Hunter pretty recently and I think compared to the below they do not scrub up well.
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- DirectorRidley ScottStarsSigourney WeaverTom SkerrittJohn HurtThe crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.I thought this was dated before, wrong! all time original classic, well ahead of it's time, 1979 your kidding me? Ridley Scotts greatest, Top Casting & top acting from Ian Holm, made Sigourney Weaver, with John Hurt!
Watched about 6 or 7 times last saw October 2017 [is when I moved it into 1st/2nd from about 25th] - DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsJohn TravoltaUma ThurmanSamuel L. JacksonThe lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.My Best Crime film
Quentin Tarantino's best film, made Samuel L, Travolta's return to greatness
Watched about 6 or 7 times, last saw 01/18 - DirectorLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsKeanu ReevesLaurence FishburneCarrie-Anne MossWhen a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.Top Casting - Keanu Reeves (born for this film) Laurence Fishburne (born for it) you cannot beat this idea for a film 25 years later.
Watched about 6 or 7 times - DirectorTony ScottStarsChristian SlaterPatricia ArquetteDennis HopperIn Detroit, a pop-culture nerd steals cocaine from his new wife's pimp and tries to sell it in Hollywood, prompting the mobsters who own the drugs to pursue the couple.A timeless classic, the comedy, the style, the casting, Alabama Wurly what a name!
Watched about 5 times, last time being [3/1/2016] - DirectorGuy RitchieStarsJason FlemyngDexter FletcherNick MoranEddy persuades his three pals to pool money for a vital poker game against a powerful local mobster, Hatchet Harry. Eddy loses, after which Harry gives him a week to pay back 500,000 pounds.Guy Ritchie's best film, best British film
Watched 4 or 5 times
Have not seen in 10+ years - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsTom HanksMatt DamonTom SizemoreFollowing the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.Tom Hanks at his very best.
Seriously memorable scenes [Beach, Sniper, Bridge]
Best war film
Watched 3 times - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroRay LiottaJoe PesciThe story of Henry Hill and his life in the mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito.Joe Pesci & de Niro are superb, 'made' Ray Liotta, Martin Scorsese's best film.
As I age this drops places as I deem the comedy element not as good as Lock Stock, True Romance, The Gentlemen or Pulp Fiction, but it won't leave my top 10.
Watched about 8 times, as it's old and obviously good
Last saw August 2017, won't watch again. - DirectorJaco Van DormaelStarsJared LetoSarah PolleyDiane KrugerA boy stands on a station platform as a train is about to leave. Should he go with his mother or stay with his father? Infinite possibilities arise from this decision. As long as he doesn't choose, anything is possible.Epic & 'nobody' seems to know about it!
Watched twice [2014 & May 2019] - DirectorBong Joon HoStarsSong Kang-hoLee Sun-kyunCho Yeo-jeongGreed and class discrimination threaten the newly-formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.Saw 28/02/24
- DirectorGavin RotheryStarsTheo JamesStacy MartinRhona Mitra2038: George Almore is working on a true human-equivalent AI. His latest prototype is almost ready. This sensitive phase is also the riskiest. Especially as he has a goal that must be hidden at all costs.Maybe the most after thought's I've ever had with a film.
Watched for a second time 02/10/22, can't have paid attention first time, this is going to be a classic one day. - DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsHarrison FordRyan GoslingAna de ArmasYoung Blade Runner K's discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former Blade Runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for thirty years.If you miss the bit by the tree the rest of the film does not make sense.
Watched twice, really enjoyed 2nd time in Jan 2020 - DirectorGuy RitchieStarsMatthew McConaugheyCharlie HunnamMichelle DockeryAn American expat tries to sell off his highly profitable marijuana empire in London, triggering plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.Guy Ritchie back to his best, Matthew Mc let's us down with his mumbling voice as per
- DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerSharon StoneMichael IronsideWhen a man goes in to have virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars implanted in his mind, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real - or is he?Arnies best film for me, the remake is awful. some scenes are the most memorable in film history, Airport, Cab, the tech was great for it's day, slightly dated tech in parts, but the baddie chase does get annoying.
Watched about 7 times because it's old, and less quality to watch back then for a big Sci-Fi fan, a cult classic - DirectorChristopher NolanStarsMatthew McConaugheyAnne HathawayJessica ChastainWhen Earth becomes uninhabitable in the future, a farmer and ex-NASA pilot, Joseph Cooper, is tasked to pilot a spacecraft, along with a team of researchers, to find a new planet for humans.30 minutes less beginning would have been Stellar!
Matthew Mc's mumbling is annoying, rewound a bit he said 5 times, had to give up in the end.
It has It's flaws, The time dilation is inaccurate, any anything passing through a black hole is mince meat, the bookcase scene is stupid.
Watched 3 times, won't watch again - DirectorGuy RitchieStarsJason StathamBrad PittStephen GrahamUnscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.Watched about 5 times
- DirectorJames CameronStarsEd HarrisMary Elizabeth MastrantonioMichael BiehnA civilian diving team is enlisted to search for a lost nuclear submarine and faces danger while encountering an alien aquatic species.Ed Harris is superb
Classic film
Watched about 7 times, because there was less quality back then, My best 80's film
last watched Nov 21 - DirectorChristopher NolanStarsLeonardo DiCaprioJoseph Gordon-LevittElliot PageA thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.Watched 4 times.
Last watched 9/20 - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsLeonardo DiCaprioEmily MortimerMark RuffaloTeddy Daniels and Chuck Aule, two US marshals, are sent to an asylum on a remote island in order to investigate the disappearance of a patient, where Teddy uncovers a shocking truth about the place.Much preferred it the second time, maybe I didn't concentrate enough, the cave scene shouldn't have been in it though, subject matter keeps it out of top 15
Watched twice, last time - 12/18 - DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsSandra BullockGeorge ClooneyEd HarrisDr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first time on a space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.Appreciated it more the 2nd time, I like the simplicity
Seen twice, last saw 2017 - DirectorAlex GarlandStarsAlicia VikanderDomhnall GleesonOscar IsaacA young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a highly advanced humanoid A.I.Simple and thought provoking
Watched twice, 2nd time 25/11/2017 - DirectorChristopher NolanStarsFionn WhiteheadBarry KeoghanMark RylanceAllied soldiers from Belgium, the British Commonwealth and Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.Watched once early 2018
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHaley Joel OsmentJude LawFrances O'ConnorA highly advanced robotic boy longs to become "real" so that he can regain the love of his human mother.Watched this again 08/2015, an under rated Kubrick and Spielberg classic
- DirectorJonathan GlazerStarsRay WinstoneBen KingsleyIan McShaneBrutal gangster Don Logan recruits "retired" safecracker Gal for one last job, but it goes badly for both of them.Watched 5 or 6 times
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsRussell CroweJoaquin PhoenixConnie NielsenA former Roman General sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.
- DirectorMichel GondryStarsJim CarreyKate WinsletTom WilkinsonWhen their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories forever.A new idea back in 2004
Watched twice, can always remember it, so no need to watch again.