EARLY ACCESS - Our Top 10 Favorite Movies (10K Subscriber Special)
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Excellent lists. No one could go wrong watching any of the above. My list would be: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) Gojira (1954) Psycho (1960) Airplane! Knightriders Raiders of the Lost Ark Die Hard Fight Club V for Vendetta Captain America: The Winter Soldier I'm going to make a special mention for Pacific Rim which I just watched recently for the first time since I saw it theatrically (we just got an 85 inch TV so...) and I have to say it had a much bigger impact on me the second time than the first. Ultimately, I don't know if it will displace anything on my list but there was clearly way more there than I appreciated from the initial viewing.
Nick Sauer
2024-01-23 20:43:00 +0000 UTCOK here is my list without diving deep, Bladerunner is a Hard #1, the rest can shift around. (Every list I see, I am like 'Oh Yeah' that movie, but...) 1 - Bladerunner 1982 2 - The Thing 1982 3 - Halloween 1978 4 - Candyman 1992 5 - Dark City 1998 6 - Escape From New York 1981 7 - The Road Warrior 1981 8 - Silent Hill 2006 9 - Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 10 - Aliens 1986
MrDeadstu
2024-01-19 01:26:29 +0000 UTCMy favorites list, in release order rather than attempting to rank them (although "Apollo 13" is #1): Intolerance (1916) Metropolis (1927) The Wizard of Oz (1939) Fantasia (1940) Citizen Kane (1941) Tokyo Olympiad (documentary, 1965) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) The Right Stuff (1983) Ghostbusters (1984) Return to Oz (1985) The Thin Blue Line (documentary, 1988) Henry V (Kenneth Branagh, 1989) Apollo 13 (1995) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Hot Fuzz (2007) Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009) The Martian (2015) If one of these things seems to be unlike the others, it's because "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" is important to me for personal reasons.
Anthony Bernacchi
2024-01-17 07:14:33 +0000 UTCIt makes sense that you have fallen in love with star Trek. you both have 'old souls' and put a lot of thought into your watching. Alex picks up on even the subtlest of clues which is why we cant have trek titles and even have to be careful with comments..Josh picks up on the heart of the story from the writers perspective, often finding the sentiments that are easily missed.
Badger
2024-01-17 06:22:22 +0000 UTC😵
Josh (Target Audience)
2024-01-17 02:57:37 +0000 UTCI used to work for Mike Medavoy (SHUTTER ISLAND producer) and know Eric Heisserer (ARRIVAL writer). When this drops on YouTube I’m sending to both.
Stuart Arbury
2024-01-17 02:50:47 +0000 UTCTwo other suggestions are from Director ROBERT WISE, who directed Star Trek: The Motion Picture --- those 2 are "THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL" (1951) and "THE SOUND OF MUSIC" (1965) --- the latter a musical, based upon a true story from the World War II era.
Rhett Coates
2024-01-17 01:13:41 +0000 UTCI fully understand your picks regarding your age. I am a 70s kid and my favorite movies are from the 80s and 90s with a few from the 60s and 70s. You love the things you grow up with. Just a fact.
Sam Langanke
2024-01-16 12:18:28 +0000 UTCI've really enjoyed your lists and those of the patrons. Love seeing where they overlap with mine, as well as getting ideas for things to check out. Here's mine, in no particular order: The Big Lebowski Casablanca Close Encounters of the Third Kind The Empire Strikes Back The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Jodorowsky's Dune The Long Goodbye Raiders of the Lost Ark They Call Me Trinity Two Lane Blacktop
Moonlander
2024-01-16 06:22:38 +0000 UTCYeah, like Stuart said, it's a double feature, you may want to watch it along side Machete or whatever that other movie was
Rj Simas
2024-01-16 04:05:53 +0000 UTCIsn't that the truth. I still have my DVD rips I burned in college. Woo's HK filmography really could use a remaster and re-release but apparently the rights to those films are are in legal limbo. I'd still argue both of those movies in particular are must see's any way you can get a hold of em... edit: looks like Hard Boiled is streaming for free on Plex of all places.
Ca$hWednesday
2024-01-16 03:40:58 +0000 UTCEnjoyed hearing about both your lists. Quite a few surprises in there - several unexpected picks. I am totally with you on films like 12 Angry Men, Willy Wonka, Psycho, 500 Days of Summer, The Thing, and The Avengers. Some of them I have not seen (but had heard about) and am now more interested in checking out, like Shutter Island and Arrival. When it comes to picking favorite anything (movies, music, pizza, whatever), I think most of the time it comes down to our personal experiences as kids growing up and how much we enjoyed the experience that then carries over into what makes something our favorite as adults. Example - you could think Dominos pizza is the greatest while most people think it's trash, but because your family had Dominos pizza every Friday night when you were a kid, it's your favorite pizza of all time.
Collin Freeman
2024-01-16 03:38:13 +0000 UTCThat is a movies to see before you die list! It Happened One Night I'd replace with The Awful Truth but this list is solid.
Ken R
2024-01-16 02:35:03 +0000 UTCI forgot about the connection to Machete lol!!! I agree that it's a bit of the oddball Tarantino flick just because it's so part of the Grindhouse package it kind of makes it feel a bit separate from Tarantino's other films.. but it's still undeniably Tarantino and a must watch for his fans
James Bottas
2024-01-16 01:43:18 +0000 UTCFinally located my list I made a couple years ago of my top 50 movies, in no particular order. Don't worry, I'm cutting it down (almost) in half. Gone with the Wind It’s a Wonderful Life North By Northwest Rear Window The Martian Some Like It Hot Casablanca The King’s Speech Field of Dreams It Happened One Night The Princess Bride Rebecca (1940) Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Singin’ in the Rain Vertigo Young Frankenstein 12 Angry Men (1957) The African Queen Citizen Kane Dial M For Murder Harvey Major League The Philadelphia Story Charade Strangers on a Train Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
KatWithAttitude
2024-01-16 00:57:07 +0000 UTCGood luck finding Hard Boiled or The Killer!
Stuart Arbury
2024-01-16 00:37:22 +0000 UTCWatched the double feature when it was released as “Grindhouse”- both movies had “missing reels” on purpose and the fake trailers that have now become real movies like Machete, Thanksgiving. Death Proof is bottom of the Tarantino list… but it’s still really good.
Stuart Arbury
2024-01-16 00:37:02 +0000 UTCI agree on the subway scene though ;)
Andreas Schmitt
2024-01-16 00:12:56 +0000 UTCI like 2 more because it ends in Australia, I never enjoy the New York sections much
Andreas Schmitt
2024-01-15 23:49:29 +0000 UTCI gotta take Dundee 1 over 2. All the classic moments. And the subway scene at the very end. 🥹
James Bottas
2024-01-15 23:47:43 +0000 UTCIts A Wonderful Life Grease The Two Towers Empire Strikes Back Advs Of Robin Hood 1938 West Side Story 1961 Man Who Shot Liberty Valence These are the films I tend to find the most rewatchable
Ken R
2024-01-15 23:42:17 +0000 UTCWithout a specific order: Star Trek VI Groundhog Day Ghostbusters Return of the Jedi Indiana Jones The last Crusade Crocodile Dundee II Rocky Balboa Das Boot Full Metal Jacket Arrival Django Unchained Back to the Future III Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Andreas Schmitt
2024-01-15 23:05:33 +0000 UTCHere's my list. I'm not claiming these are the best movies ever made, but they are sentimental favorites and ones I never fail to watch reaction to. In no particular order: It's a Wonderful Life The Truman Show Star Wars (Not the best SW film, but the one that started it) Raiders of the Lost Ark The Princess Bride The Shawshank Redemption Dirty Rotten Scoundrels The Avengers: Infinity War Raising Arizona Back to the Future
David Felgate
2024-01-15 21:35:42 +0000 UTCInteresting. I have seen all of Josh's list, but Alex... Gave me a few films to watch which I'd not heard of (or seen). Nice one!
Andy Frankham-Allen
2024-01-15 21:02:35 +0000 UTCThe vast majority of my favorites are pre-1960, although a few are after that. I put together a list of my top 50 for another website some time ago, so maybe I'll look for it. For the record, I was born in 1960.
KatWithAttitude
2024-01-15 20:56:56 +0000 UTCAlways liked Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) myself.
James Bottas
2024-01-15 20:37:40 +0000 UTCRevenge of the Sith always seems underrated to me. They packed a lot into that movie! George Lucas seem to hit his directing stride with that one too. People could probably poke a thousand holes into that movie, but that movie had heart (and steered away from kids) which some of the Stars Wars movies seemed to lack.
Chtphr Rrr
2024-01-15 20:11:05 +0000 UTCI think I remember watching The Thing at my grandmother's house by myself late at night on HBO. My family never had HBO, but for some reason my grandmother did. I'm glad I wasn't any younger when I saw that one! What a wild and awesome movie! However, that movie seemed to disappear completely until about 5 years ago when everyone who did not grow up with practical effects needed to make a reaction video to that one. I have to put that movie and Jeff Goldblum's The Fly together. I think I watched that one in the same situation. I think The Fly creeped me out more. That movie built into something crazy. The third similar movie I saw around the same time and in the same circumstances was Escape from New York also with John Carpenter and Kurt Russell. However, youtubers don't seem to make reaction videos to that one much.
Chtphr Rrr
2024-01-15 20:05:57 +0000 UTCIt's weird how certain performances weren't even nominated for an Oscar when they came out. Gene Wilder was robbed in not getting at least nominated for Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. The Academy Awards really hated comedians back then I think. That film wasn't even a top 10 grossing movie in 1971! I guess a lot of adults without children didn't go to see that movie when it came out. I remember seeing that movie playing on a bigger scene in a video store 25 or 30 years ago and thinking that that really was a great movie. I wish I was young enough to have seen in a theater. I think I might have seen part of it once on a small black and white television; that was a waste of that movie's color palette. However, I think I liked the scenes in the factory the most. That movie doesn't really fit into a category with other movies, so I sometimes for forget about it. It as directed by a guy named Mel Stuart, but I don't think I really recognize any of his other movies.
Chtphr Rrr
2024-01-15 19:48:16 +0000 UTCAs a musical guy you have to love Singing in the Rain.
John M.
2024-01-15 19:40:33 +0000 UTCScratching off the 'To suggest' list
James Bottas
2024-01-15 19:32:12 +0000 UTCYeah while I personally like Monsters Inc more, Shrek getting the Oscar is hard to argue. Plus the animated movie Oscar is jokingly referred to as “the Pixar award” because they win it so much lol
Josh (Target Audience)
2024-01-15 19:29:50 +0000 UTCI think it was deserved. Both good movies, but Shrek was much more subversive which I think was the reason they got the prize.
Captain Proton
2024-01-15 19:27:52 +0000 UTCIf nobody minds, I'm just gonna copy n paste this from my comment on the video. I don't have a list hammered out but I'll tell you guys about a profound one for me that would inevitably be high up on my eventual list.. Jurassic Park I was obsessed with dinosaurs as a kid. I know every kid can say that and it's not a contest ha, but I was taking dinosaur books out from the library that didn't even have pictures. Couldn't get enough. So I'm not kidding that Jurassic Park was life changing for me. I was 10 years old. That movie is iconic moment after iconic moment. The Tyrannosaur breaking out of it's paddock, the moment when things really hit the fan. The ripples in the cup of water. I've watched a lot of horror movies, but to this day my heart has never POUNDED like it did during that scene. I'll never forget that theater experience. From here I went on to read every Michael Crichton novel multiple times and he became one of the other (along with Star Trek) sci-fi pillars in my life
James Bottas
2024-01-15 19:25:59 +0000 UTCThumbs up to everything great said about Death Proof.
PIG
2024-01-15 19:05:15 +0000 UTCAlso.. Kurt Russell. 'Nuff said!
James Bottas
2024-01-15 18:53:18 +0000 UTCIf you like Tarantino's dialogue, bad ass ladies and jaw dropping stunt driving.. it's a great watch
James Bottas
2024-01-15 18:49:48 +0000 UTCI'm still bitter about Monsters Inc losing the Oscar to Shrek, tbh
JD Nevesytrof
2024-01-15 18:49:37 +0000 UTCHome Alone I & II are both in my top 100 - Josh
Josh (Target Audience)
2024-01-15 18:45:55 +0000 UTCI chose to see Nocturnal Animals instead of Arrival when they were in theaters. Nocturnal Animals is a great film, but I highly regret not seeing Arrival until at home
Josh (Target Audience)
2024-01-15 18:44:41 +0000 UTCTruman Show would be part of my list of 100 for sure - Josh
Josh (Target Audience)
2024-01-15 18:42:58 +0000 UTCGood to know, will have to check it out then. Loved Planet Terror but heard Death Proof wasn’t as great but don’t remember where I heard that honestly
Josh (Target Audience)
2024-01-15 18:42:00 +0000 UTCI've long felt Infinity War is the new "Empire Strikes Back" both in tone, stakes and shock moments and deserves to inherit its mantle for the decades to come.
JD Nevesytrof
2024-01-15 18:01:52 +0000 UTCDeath Proof is awesome
James Bottas
2024-01-15 17:44:19 +0000 UTCIf you like Tarantino and his over the top action, check out John Woo's Hong Kong films if you haven't already. Specifically Hard Boiled or the Killer.
Ca$hWednesday
2024-01-15 17:33:07 +0000 UTCEnlightening! No top 10 overlaps for me, though I love Scott Pilgrim, Psycho, 12 Angry Men and Willy Wonka. Mine: 1. Singing in the Rain 2. Fargo 3. Groundhog Day 4. The Insider 5. Master and Commander 6. LA Confidential 7. Raiders 8. Empire Strikes Back 9. Truman Show 10. The Sweet Heteafter
John M.
2024-01-15 17:13:41 +0000 UTCMonsters Inc. is a very good film. I think a lot of what you said about it not being a huge franchise also applies to "A Bug's Life", which is also a pretty creative movie, imo (also me being obsessed with bugs as a kid also contributed to my enjoyment of it). Re: the Thing, you should read the short story called "the Things' which is presented from the alien's PoV! Arrival is easily a top 10 of all time Sci-Fi movie. It ticked all the boxes for me: great direction and cinematography, expertly written narrative, powerful performances and solid, cerebral sci-fi with an emotional punch to boot. Shutter Island and the Shining are both great picks, as well. Watching Shutter Island while knowing the twist actually makes it more enjoyable for me! Seeing people react to the protagonist in certain ways and knowing the real reason behind it is such an great dramatic irony experience. Alex, did you like the soundtrack to The Hateful Eight? Tarantino got Ennio Morricone, perhaps the best music composer in the Spaghetti Western genre, out of retirement to write it! I wholeheartedly suggest watching some of those older movies if you haven't already: look up the so-called "Dollars Trilogy" to see what movies I'm talking about. Both Django and The Hateful Eight were inspired by them (with Django being an homage to the 1966 Django film, of course).
Captain Proton
2024-01-15 16:43:03 +0000 UTCYeah, my top picks would vary wildly in genre. From suspense, war, westerns, comedy, sci fi, drama, cop shows...etc....
Monty Crawford
2024-01-15 16:28:24 +0000 UTCI thought 2001 was okay when I first watched it 25 years ago. Now I think it’s incredible, it gets better every time I see it. Yeah a lot of favorite films are from when I grew up too. Some day when I have time I’ll go through the golden age era of film.
PIG
2024-01-15 16:25:21 +0000 UTCInteresting choices. As you stated, you guys are children of the 90's so your top choices reflect your generation, which is just fine! The movies you listed are all good!! But for old farts like me...(62, and how I got here so fast still mystifies me..when you get this old I'm sure you will feel the same)..our top ten favorites reflect what our generation grew up with. My #1 movie of all time is 2001 Space Odyssey, which is classic but not for everyone by far. Past that I stopped really trying to quantify my favorite top 10 because of so many movies out there to choose from.
Monty Crawford
2024-01-15 16:14:12 +0000 UTCI have still yet to see Inception. Not for any reason I just haven't seen it! Alex, have you read the short story "Who Goes There?" The story that The Thing is based on? There's also a fantastic short story, fan fiction, I believe its called "Things" which tells the story from the perspective of The Thing.
Steven Johnson
2024-01-15 16:13:46 +0000 UTCArrival is amazing. The only film I can think of that I saw in a theater where, when the lights came up, everyone turned to those around them and just started talking about what we'd all just experienced.
Avaria
2024-01-15 16:06:25 +0000 UTCWilly won ka is great,Witness is great movie that stars Harrison ford, you should check it out
Mark
2024-01-15 15:53:44 +0000 UTC"We're kids from the 90's..." Proceeds to list a majority of intricate non-90's films LOL! I was waiting for "...Home Alone...Kevin Coster's Robin Hood...The Piano..." Your taste is wide and complex. I dig it.
StonyD
2024-01-15 15:51:05 +0000 UTCSuggestions are still open if this gives anyone ideas
Josh (Target Audience)
2024-01-15 15:44:22 +0000 UTCYou probably should have put this out before asking for movie suggestions. We could have targeted our suggestions towards what you like.
Nerd's Gold
2024-01-15 15:27:56 +0000 UTC
