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Bucky

(54,106 posts) Mon Jun 11, 2012, 07:12 PM Jun 2012

Fifty films you should see before you die (according to Britain's Channel 4)

A rather off-beat list (wiki page). For instance, it has Robert Altman's The Player, but not Nashville or MASH. Silence of the Lambs is off the list, but a less thrilling treatment of Hannibal Lecter, Manhunter, somehow got on. I've linked out to a few films I thought you might not've heard of. The list heavily favors British films.

1. Apocalypse Now (1979)
2. The Apartment (1960)
3. City of God (2002)
4. Chinatown (1974)
5. Sexy Beast (2000)
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
7. North by Northwest (1959)
8. Breathless (1960)
9. Donnie Darko (2001)
10. Back to the Future (1985)
11. Alien (1979)
12. Lost in Translation (2003)
13. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
14. Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagaan:_Once_Upon_a_Time_in_India
15. Pulp Fiction (1994)
16. Touch of Evil (1958) [font size="1"]Yes, the Mexican Charlton Heston movie[/font] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_of_Evil
17. Walkabout (1971)
18. Black Narcissus (1947) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Narcissus
19. Boyz N the Hood (1991)
20. The Player (1992) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Player
21. Come and See (1985) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_and_See
22. Heavenly Creatures (1994) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavenly_Creatures
23. A Night at the Opera (1935)
24. Erin Brockovich (2000)
25. Trainspotting (1996)
26. Hero (1982)
27. The Breakfast Club (1985)
28. Fanny and Alexander (1982) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_and_Alexander
29. Pink Flamingos (1972)
30. All About Eve (1950)
31. Scarface (1983)
32. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
33. Three Colors: Blue (1993) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Colors:_Blue
34. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
35. The Ladykillers (1955)
36. Fight Club (1999)
37. The Searchers (1956) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Searchers
38. Mulholland Dr. (2001)
39. The Ipcress File (1965) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ipcress_File_%28film%29
40. The King of Comedy (1983)
41. Manhunter (1986) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhunter_%28film%29
42. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
43. Princess Mononoke (1997) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Mononoke
44. Raising Arizona (1987) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_Arizona
45. Cabaret (1972)
46. This Sporting Life (1963) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Sporting_Life
47. Brazil (1985)
48. Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)
49. Secrets & Lies (1996) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secrets_%26_Lies_%28film%29
50. Badlands (1973) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badlands_%28film%29

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Fifty films you should see before you die (according to Britain's Channel 4) (Original Post) Bucky Jun 2012 OP

Shit. I read the OP as "FILTHY films". Perhaps I should log off now. HopeHoops Jun 2012 #1

I've seen all of these but a few! kwassa Jun 2012 #2

Have only seen 13 of them. Love "Secrets and Lies" - Brenda Blethyn is incredible Flaxbee Jun 2012 #3

I have seen 1/2 of them and 1/2 of those I did not like. n/t RebelOne Jun 2012 #4

I've only seen 4 of those movies Art_from_Ark Jun 2012 #6

American History X should be on that list. RiffRandell Jun 2012 #5

Spam deleted by gkhouston (MIR Team) Ashley96 Jun 2012 #7

I've seen all but four of them. MineralMan Jun 2012 #8

Where are the classics? Graybeard Jun 2012 #9

No 'Casablanca,' no 'Lawrence of Arabia,' no 'To Kill a Mockingbird' pinboy3niner Jun 2012 #10

it isn't a greatest films list. The others you mention get plenty of press CBGLuthier Jun 2012 #12

Seen them all except the Three Colors films. CBGLuthier Jun 2012 #11

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

1. Shit. I read the OP as "FILTHY films". Perhaps I should log off now.

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Mon Jun 11, 2012, 07:30 PM

Jun 2012

kwassa

(23,340 posts)

2. I've seen all of these but a few!

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Mon Jun 11, 2012, 07:30 PM

Jun 2012

I guess I'm ready to die now.

Flaxbee

(13,661 posts)

3. Have only seen 13 of them. Love "Secrets and Lies" - Brenda Blethyn is incredible

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Mon Jun 11, 2012, 07:52 PM

Jun 2012

love love that movie.

RebelOne

(30,947 posts)

4. I have seen 1/2 of them and 1/2 of those I did not like. n/t

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Mon Jun 11, 2012, 08:04 PM

Jun 2012

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)

6. I've only seen 4 of those movies

Reply to RebelOne (Reply #4)

Mon Jun 11, 2012, 08:28 PM

Jun 2012

My list would be way different.

RiffRandell

(5,909 posts)

5. American History X should be on that list.

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Mon Jun 11, 2012, 08:26 PM

Jun 2012

I think Lost in Translation was completely overrated.

Ashley96

(23 posts)

7. Spam deleted by gkhouston (MIR Team)

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Mon Jun 11, 2012, 08:31 PM

Jun 2012

MineralMan

(146,359 posts)

8. I've seen all but four of them.

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Mon Jun 11, 2012, 08:33 PM

Jun 2012

I'll have to look into getting those.

Graybeard

(6,996 posts)

9. Where are the classics?

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Tue Jun 12, 2012, 05:57 AM

Jun 2012

There is just one film from the 1930s - A Night At The Opera.

There is just one film from the 1940s - Black Nercissus.

There are no silent films at all (no Chaplin?).

It's like looking at the history of film through the wrong end of a telescope.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

10. No 'Casablanca,' no 'Lawrence of Arabia,' no 'To Kill a Mockingbird'

Reply to Graybeard (Reply #9)

Tue Jun 12, 2012, 07:00 AM

Jun 2012

'Sexy Beast' was good, but no way it rates above those classics. No '12 Angry Men'?

Each of us is likely to find fault with even the best lists, but for all the good picks here there are glaring omissions that are far superior to some of these picks. They seem to be going out of their way to include some that simply don't measure up.

'Terminator2'? If they're going to go that route, they may as well make it a list of the top 300 or 200 so their stranger picks don't squeeze out the truly deserving films.

CBGLuthier

(12,723 posts)

12. it isn't a greatest films list. The others you mention get plenty of press

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #10)

Tue Jun 12, 2012, 07:46 AM

Jun 2012

None of those are as good as Casablance many of them are better than to Kill a Mockingbird (because it is overrated) and some of them are better than Lawrence of Arabia, Aquirre,for example.

But of course, this is all opinion.

CBGLuthier

(12,723 posts)

11. Seen them all except the Three Colors films.

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Tue Jun 12, 2012, 07:43 AM

Jun 2012

Not the usual list of classics but there are some great films here.

Come and See is a real mind blower. All those who LOVE war should see it.

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