Here's my stab at a top 10 list. Some of these are good/great movies, and one or two are guilty pleasures.

In no particular order:

Rashomon
Seven Samurai
Dazed and Confused
Das Boot
Top Secret
28 Days Later
Dark City
A Clockwork Orange
The Devil's Backbone
Donnie Darko

This is hard. 1-9 are a given and in no order. My 10th fluctuates amongst many movies. I'll put what's top of mind currently...

In stone:
Star Wars
ESB
ROTJ
Big Trouble in Little China
The Thing (John Carpenter)
Fellowship
Two Towers
ROTK
Gladiator

Fluctuates:
Infinity War

Infinity War is better than any movie in your 1-9.

The Dirty Sock said:

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My top 10s because I watch them over and over again. I don't really care to see Casablanca, Gone with the wind, or Citizen cane multiple times.


Happy Gilmore
Out Cold
Eurotrip
Hunt for Red October
Almost Famous
Edge of tomorrow
Joe Dirt
Man on fire
Mary Poppins
Taken

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never thought I would see this on anybody else's list, but it's definitely in my top 10.

Head Ninja In Charge said:

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Infinity War is better than any movie in your 1-9.

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Prove it.

Hard to just pick 10, so will try and go with my favorite of each series just to cut it down:

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Jurassic Park (The first 'non kid' movie I saw in the theater, I had all the toy figurines)
Back to the Future II (I was obsessed with the flying DeLorean as a kid)
Ghostbusters
Star Wars
Top Gun
Walk The Line
The Dark Knight
Skyfall
The Avengers

Honorable mentions:
The Rocketeer
Dances With Wolves
Gettysburg
Saving Private Ryan
Forrest Gump

Dr. Strangelove
Apocalypse Now
Godfather II
Raising Arizona
Dazed and Confused
Matrix
Fellowship of the Rings
Pulp Fiction
Blade Runner
The Big Sick

No order, rattling off w/out thinking too much:

Shawshank
Fargo
It's a Wonderful Life
BTTF
Braveheart
Forest Gump
Usual Suspects
Rocky II
Cinderella Man
The Great Escape

no particular order:

Top Gun
The Godfather
The Godfather: Part II
The Prestige
Hell or High Water
There Will Be Blood
Children of Men
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Chinatown
Gladiator

Charlie Conway said:

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The Dirty Sock said:

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My top 10s because I watch them over and over again. I don't really care to see Casablanca, Gone with the wind, or Citizen cane multiple times.


Happy Gilmore
Out Cold
Eurotrip
Hunt for Red October
Almost Famous
Edge of tomorrow
Joe Dirt
Man on fire
Mary Poppins
Taken

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never thought I would see this on anybody else's list, but it's definitely in my top 10.

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I may have overlooked something but here's a quick list. Lots of the same from others with a few different ones.

Lonesome Dove
Forrest Gump
Jurassic Park
The Sandlot
Apollo 13
Gladiator
Rocky 4
Dumb & Dumber
Shawshank Redemption
Fried Green Tomatoes

I added FGT at the end since it was something our family watched every Mother's Day. It's a great movie.

I need to work on my list.

I think I only saw Stand by Me once on here...thats a shame.

and not one person said School of Rock which is definitely in my top 10.

Stand By Me is in my top 25. Really, I put all my top 25 on the same tier of movies.

Godfather - 1& 2
The Dark Knight
Inglorious *******s
Lost in Translation
Django Unchained
Raging Bull
Manhattan
The Pool (2007)
On the Waterfront
The Hustler

Kind of surprised no comedies made the list.

Chipotlemonger said:

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I love this thread. Very cool to see everyone's answers and some of the reasonings or thought processes. Also great way to see people's tastes more so than just a singular top movie or top 2 or even 5. With 10 you have a little room for personal favorites that may not be "great" movies to many. Here are my unordered top 10, took some deliberation:

Godfather Part II
El Dorado (old western, John Wayne, James Caan)
Dazed and Confused
The Dark Knight
Big Trouble in Little China
Dumb and Dumber
Star Wars
The Big Lebowski
Good Will Hunting
Shawshank Redemption

I will not name my honorable mentions, but they are all mentioned in the thread in one or more spots in others' top 10s, so nothing too abnormal.

Two notes though. First, saw Edge of Tomorrow mentioned a couple times. I agree with y'all, it is such an excellent movie. Did not think about it initially for my list, for some reason that movie just didn't take off marketing wise I guess but whenever I remember about it I think of how awesome it was.

Secondly, lots of Dances With Wolves and Legends of the Fall. I've seen the former but not the latter, may need to fix that.

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This is a garbage list

Why don't you offer up your Top 10 then pal?

What on earth is garbage about this list? It's pretty damn good, and I've seen far worse in this thread.

TCTTS said:

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What on earth is garbage about this list? It's pretty damn good, and I've seen far worse in this thread.

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Don't worry about it, BowSowy is a troll on here to me and in real life. I'm used to it.

Chipotlemonger said:

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TCTTS said:

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What on earth is garbage about this list? It's pretty damn good, and I've seen far worse in this thread.

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Don't worry about it, BowSowy is a troll on here to me and in real life. I'm used to it.

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You'll take it and like it otherwise you won't get any more Wordle help

This is an impossible request but I'll try to curate a top 10 (not in order):

- True Lies - my favorite action/comedy movie to watch as a kid with my Dad. The best use of Tom Arnold ever.
- Inception - my favorite non-comic movie by Nolan (could easily put Prestige or Interstellar here)
- Jurassic Park - was mind-blowing and still is
- Terminator 2 - same as JP
- Super Troopers - saw it in theater with no idea what it was about. Seeing the first scene with no background of what was happening is possibly my top theater experience of all time. I didn't know it was a comedy.
- The Matrix - completely blown away when I saw it in theaters. Didn't fully follow so had to see it immediately the next day. Just watched it again and it's amazing how well it holds up.
- Gone Girl - I think I'm the only one to have this on my list and it makes me weird, but I need Fincher represented. I love Trent Reznor's score and the acting and the twist and the dark comedy. It just strangely hits all the right notes for me. (Seven, Social Network, Fight Club could also be here)
- Inglourious Basterds - got to have a Tarantino movie (OUATIH is really close because I saw it in QT's theater in LA and it was an incredible experience, but I have to give it to IB because it came out right at the age where I started to really appreciate QT's dialogue driven movie style, hard to pass on Django Unchained also)
- The Dark Knight - my favorite comic book movie of all-time
- Edge of Tomorrow - Perfect movie fit for me. Great humor, music, action and emotional drama. I've seen it more times than any other movie that has come out since 2014.


Four honorable mentions that I highly doubt anyone else would add:

- GATTACA - I saw it in theaters in middle school (while learning basic biology) and I loved the look and the music and the story of an outcast beating the system. This movie is extremely underrated and is more and more relevant every day as technology advances. It still looks like it could have been made right now (except for the computers).
- What about Bob? - my favorite comedy movie to watch with my Dad.
- Stand by Me - my favorite drama movie to watch with my Dad.
- The Saint - I think this is another one no-one else said and I'm not surprised. I've seen this movie as much as any movie. I think Val Kilmer just crushes it, the music is awesome, and I just love the anti-hero aspect and the rise from being an orphan. So much great comedy throughout and of course, Elizabeth Shue.

This was basically impossible for me to do but I enjoyed having to make the effort.

No Heavyweights, Tonyperkis?!

That's a really solid list. Can't argue against any of those selections.

In no particular order

Jaws
Godfather
Godfather2
No Country for Old men
Star Wars - A New Hope
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Forrest Gump
Shawshank
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Groundhog Day

Tonyperkis said:

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- Inglourious Basterds - got to have a Tarantino movie (OUATIH is really close because I saw it in QT's theater in LA and it was an incredible experience, but I have to give it to IB because it came out right at the age where I started to really appreciate QT's dialogue driven movie style, hard to pass on Django Unchained also)

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Ok. Someone please help me out. What does he mean by OUATIH? I can't think of a Tarantino movie that fits.

once upon a time in hollywood

Nm


Figured it out

Lol, fair point. Top 10 is too hard

random order

Raising Arizona
Godfather
Dumb and Dumber
Nobody's Fool
Major League
Die Hard
Steel Magnolias
Blues Brothers
Star Wars
Rocky

Cool concept.

T2
Die Hard
The Usual Suspects
Super Troopers
Superbad
Kick-Ass
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
The Dark Knight
The Sandlot
Fight Club

T2, Die Hard, The Usual Suspects:
Classics (to me) and pioneers of cinema in their respective ways.

Super Troopers & Superbad:
So quotable.

Kick-Ass & SPvs.tW:
Sometimes you go into a movie with no (or negative) expectations and the experience is more rewarding. Kinda quirky but they left lasting impressions and I still watch both.

TDK:
The only movie I can ever remember seeing in the theater and legit being on the edge of my seat for most of it.

The Sandlot:
Childhood nostalgia

Fight Club:
Every year I get older this one gets more poignant.

I've already submitted my list, but a few movies that I haven't seen come up include:

- Crimson Tide - rewatched this recently and Denzel and Hackman are both incredible. Hunt for Red October has been mentioned a few times. I need to do a re-watch to determine which one is my favorite.
- Warrior - this may be my favorite sports movie (in discussion with Rocky III and IV)
- Predator - all-time classic that I can watch over and over. Surprised no-one has listed this yet (unless I missed it)
- City of God - probably the first international movie I really loved (Parasite and Old Boy are great entries for international)
- Dead Poet's Society - probably gets taken out by Good Will Hunting which I don't disagree with
- Bladerunner 2049 (I saw Bladerunner mentioned, I honestly struggle to pick my favorite but Denis Villenueve is the man)
- Scarface - classic
- The Wolf of Wall Street - so rewatchable and entertaining
- Independence Day - one of the best summer blockbusters ever, quotable, rewatchable, and incredible in theaters
- Men in Black - same comments as ID

Apologize if someone mentioned these before but I didn't see them.