The 10 BEST movies of all time

[commishbob]

Originally Posted by stlcardsfan

Lots of great movies mentioned here.

I love The Verdict with Paul Newman. Great movie I always watch to the end when I catch it on.

Late to the party but it's nice to see someone else giving The Verdict some love. I thought it was Paul Newman's best performance. Ben Kingsley got the Oscar that year but Newman deserved it, at least in my eyes. In fact the whole movie was perfectly cast.

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by commishbob

Late to the party but it's nice to see someone else giving The Verdict some love. I thought it was Paul Newman's best performance. Ben Kingsley got the Oscar that year but Newman deserved it, at least in my eyes. In fact the whole movie was perfectly cast.

Hey Bob

We are limited to 10 movies here, of which I have already posted. Anyway, my next 2 best movies are Absence of Malice and The Verdict. Back-to-back (1981 & 1982, respectively)
really great performances by Paul Newman.

Furthermore, I agree with you, Paul Newman should have received the Academy Award for his performance in The Verdict.


I rate Paul Newman and Charlton Heston as the best actors during the years from the early 1950's to 1990's.

Incidentally, my Daughter Zoe, had a bit part in the TV film Empire Falls. It was a Bar scene in Lewiston, Maine where she served Paul a beer, and had a few spoken lines with him.
She said that he was "all business" during the filming, but afterward they did have a short conversation.


TED Z

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[drcy]

Some fine films, but definitely don't agree witht the OP lists (Jaws??? Rocky??? Not saying there not good films, but come on)

Merely my 10 favorite, in order:

1) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968, Director: Stanley Kubrick)-- also my pick for best movie ever made
2) Raging Bull (1980, Martin Scorsese)
3) The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928, Carl Dreyer)
4) Taxi Driver (1975, Martin Scorsese)
5) The Graduate (1967, Mike Nichols)
6) M (1931, Fritz Lang)
7) It’s a Wonderful Life (1946, Frank Capra) . . . Yes, a sentimental favorite
8) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948, John Huston)
9) Scarlet Street (1946 Fritz Lang)
10) Bad Lieutenant (1992, Abel Fararra)

Duly note that I'm a fan of So Good They're Bad vintage horror movies, so I like a lot of really bad and corny movies too.

[barrysloate]

Ten is impossible, as it could easily been fifty, but I'll take a shot:

On the Waterfront
Citizen Kane
Some Like it Hot
Grand Hotel
A Night at the Opera
Pulp Fiction
Knife in the Water- Roman Polanski's directorial debut
Rosemary's Baby
Performance- Mick Jagger and James Fox
O Lucky Man- Malcolm McDowell and Helen Mirren

The list could change tomorrow.

[rats60]

Citizen Kane
The Godfather
Casablanca
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Grapes of Wrath
Gone With the Wind
On the Waterfront
Vertigo
Lawrence of Arabia
A Clockwork Orange

[jiw98]

My list in alphabetical order:
American Graffiti
Blazing Saddles
Cool Hand Luke
Forrest Gump
Jeremiah Johnson
Outlaw Josey Wales
Saving Private Ryan
Shawshank Redemption
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Unforgiven

Yes, I like Clint Eastwood westerns.