Approximation of a Top 30

[lordofdance]

• Raising Arizona
  
• Suspiria
  
• Raiders of the Lost Ark
  
• McCabe & Mrs. Miller
  
• Love & Death
  
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
  
• Blue Velvet
  
• Taxi Driver
  
• Soylent Green
  
• Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
  
• Myra Breckinridge
  
• Chinatown
  
• Goodfellas
  
• Nights of Cabiria
  
• Cool Hand Luke
  
• The 400 Blows
  
• Support Your Local Sheriff
  
• Showgirls
  
• Pink Flamingos
  
• Pulp Fiction
  
• Wicker Man (1973)
  
• Vampyres
  
• Foxy Brown
  
• Repulsion
  
• Gate of Flesh
  
• CQ
  
• Peeping Tom
  
• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
  
• Evil Dead 2
  
• Elevator to the Gallows
  

[captainofbeef]

Nice number 6.

[agentknight]

I agree with beef.

EDIT: Good to see The Wicker Man in there, very charming, funny film.

[ie]

I've only seen parts of CQ, but I liked what I saw.

[mixed]

::)Nice number 6

the biggest list cliche like ever. Your list is vey special, im impressed and fascinated by it

[lordofdance]

mixed said:

::)Nice number 6

the biggest list cliche like ever. Your list is vey special, im impressed and fascinated by it

So, then, since The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is "the biggest list cliche like ever", does that mean that your comment about my list being special is an act of sarcasm? Or are you saying that there were plenty of other movies on my list for them to appreciate other than The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, and that the list is special despite having that movie on it?

[agentknight]

When I posted #6 was Blue Velvet. The Good The Bad and The Ugly is nothing special.

[mixed]

Oh right. Well regarding your list, I wasn't being sarcastic about it. Its a very varied and interesting list. I was just saying that to many people have TGBU on their lists. I like your list and I hadn't heard of films like CQ and you have some very cool and unusual other choices like support your local sheriff and foxy brown.

[lordofdance]

agentknight said:

When I posted #6 was Blue Velvet. The Good The Bad and The Ugly is nothing special.

Ahh, yes. I think I switched it briefly. Blue Velvet is probably the favorite I've had the longest, aside from Raiders of the Lost Ark.

[kiddo]

I like your list a whole lot. So nice to see Suspiria up there, and Taxi Driver, Bring Me..., Chinatown, Goodfellas and Repulsion on the same list. Great.

[lordofdance]

kiddo said:

I like your list a whole lot. So nice to see Suspiria up there, and Taxi Driver, Bring Me..., Chinatown, Goodfellas and Repulsion on the same list. Great.

I've spent a number of years figuring out which movies I truly enjoy, as opposed to the ones I'm supposed to enjoy. I don't like supposedly "great" or "classic" films just because of their status. I have to be genuinely entertained. The list I submitted represents my true tastes fairly accurately.

[captainofbeef]

Top 3:
1. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Chinatown

Bottom 3: (still like the last two)
1. SHOWGIRLS? LOL
2. Pink Flamingos
3. Cool Hand Luke

[blackmoses]

Best:
1. The 400 Blows
2. Goodfellas
3. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Worst:
1. Showgirls
2. Pulp Fiction
I don't want to pick this but...
3. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

[lordofdance]

This is what I believe to be my official Top 100 after weeding out all the deadweight. I figure for every 20 to 100 movies I watch, one of these will be replaced.

1 Raising Arizona (1987)
2 Suspiria (1977)
3 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
4 McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
5 Love and Death (1975)
6 Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The (1967)
7 Blue Velvet (1986)
8 Taxi Driver (1976)
9 Soylent Green (1973)
10 Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
11 Myra Breckinridge (1970)
12 Pulp Fiction (1994)
13 Nights of Cabiria (1957)
14 Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)
15 Pink Flamingos (1972)
16 CQ (2001)
17 Goodfellas (1990)
18 Cool Hand Luke (1967)
19 Gate of Flesh (1964)
20 Showgirls (1995)
21 Commando (1985)
22 Tombstone (1993)
23 Chinatown (1974)
24 400 Blows, The (1959)
25 Supervixens (1975)
26 Three Women (1977)
27 Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
28 Virgin Spring, The (1960)
29 Vampyres (1974)
30 Foxy Brown (1974)
31 Peeping Tom (1960)
32 Evil Dead II (1987)
33 Canterbury Tale, A (1944)
34 Wicker Man, The (1973)
35 Switchblade Sisters (1975)
36 Princess Bride, The (1987)
37 Contempt (1964)
38 Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The (1974)
39 Star Wars (1977)
40 Repulsion (1965)
41 Harakiri (1962)
42 Barry Lyndon (1975)
43 Coffy (1973)
44 Unforgiven (1992)
45 Johnny Guitar (1954)
46 Orpheus (1949)
47 Evil Dead, The (1982)
48 Blazing Saddles (1974)
49 Seven Beauties (1976)
50 Pirate Movie, The (1982)
51 Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)
52 Blood Freak (1972)
53 Ms. 45 (1981)
54 Seven Year Itch, The (1955)
55 Häxan (1922)
56 Big Lebowski, The (1998)
57 Muriel's Wedding (1994)
58 ...And God Created Woman (1957)
59 Woman Is a Woman, A (1961)
60 Ride the High Country (1962)
61 Fuego (1969)
62 Eraserhead (1977)
63 Candy Snatchers, The (1973)
64 Three Musketeers, The (1973)
65 Death Race 2000 (1975)
66 Wild Bunch, The (1969)
67 Body Double (1984)
68 Zombie (1979)
69 Dead Man (1995)
70 ¡Three Amigos! (1986)
71 Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
72 Exorcist, The (1973)
73 Vice Squad (1982)
74 Goldfinger (1964)
75 Diggstown (1992)
76 Confessions of a Psycho Cat (1968)
77 Master of the Flying Guillotine (1975)
78 Week End (1967)
79 Up! (1976)
80 Godson, The (1971)
81 Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films (2003)
82 Event Horizon (1997)
83 Man Who Fell to Earth, The (1976)
84 Top Secret! (1984)
85 Kingpin (1996)
86 Female Trouble (1975)
87 Belle de jour (1967)
88 Claire's Knee (1971)
89 Gun Crazy (1949)
90 Videodrome (1983)
91 Django (1966)
92 Joy of Flying, The (1977)
93 99 Women (1969)
94 They Live (1988)
95 Onibaba (1964)
96 Toy Box, The (1971)
97 Port of Shadows (1938)
98 Return of the Living Dead, The (1985)
99 Jigoku (1960)
100 Notorious Bettie Page, The (2005)

[sai]

Showgirls... Really? I mean Showgirls as your only Verhoeven. I LOVE the guy but come on... Robocop, The Fourth Man, Starship Troopers, fuck even Flesh and Blood or Spetters. I'm intrigued by why you picked Showgirls.

Interesting list BTW. Here's my grades for those I've seen
1 Raising Arizona (1987) 4/5
3 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 5/5
7 Blue Velvet (1986) [Needs a rewatch for grading]
8 Taxi Driver (1976) 5/5
12 Pulp Fiction (1994) 4/5
17 Goodfellas (1990) 5/5
20 Showgirls (1995) 1/5
21 Commando (1985) 3/5
23 Chinatown (1974) 5/5
26 Three Women (1977) 4/5
29 Vampyres (1974) 3/5
30 Foxy Brown (1974) 3/5
31 Peeping Tom (1960) 5/5
32 Evil Dead II (1987) 3/5
34 Wicker Man, The (1973) 5/5
36 Princess Bride, The (1987) 5/5
38 Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The (1974) 5/5
39 Star Wars (1977) 3/5
40 Repulsion (1965) 3/5
47 Evil Dead, The (1982) 4/5
48 Blazing Saddles (1974) 3/5
56 Big Lebowski, The (1998) 4/5
57 Muriel's Wedding (1994) [Needs a rewatch for grading]
64 Three Musketeers, The (1973) 2/5
65 Death Race 2000 (1975) 1/5
67 Body Double (1984) 3/5
68 Zombie (1979) 5/5
70 ¡Three Amigos! (1986) 3/5
72 Exorcist, The (1973) 2/5
82 Event Horizon (1997) 3/5
83 Man Who Fell to Earth, The (1976) [Needs a rewatch for grading]
85 Kingpin (1996) 3/5
87 Belle de jour (1967) 4/5
90 Videodrome (1983) 4/5
98 Return of the Living Dead, The (1985) 3/5
100 Notorious Bettie Page, The (2005) 3/5

[lordofdance]

sai said:

Showgirls... Really? I mean Showgirls as your only Verhoeven. I LOVE the guy but come on... Robocop, The Fourth Man, Starship Troopers, fuck even Flesh and Blood or Spetters. I'm intrigued by why you picked Showgirls.

I'd like to give you a deep reason, but it really comes down to:

I LIKE NAKED WOMEN + I LIKE CAMPINESS = I LIKE SHOWGIRLS

To tell you the truth, I don't really follow a Director Quota. I don't think to myself, "Well, I gotta have a Verhoeven film on the list. Showgirls is not highly regarded, so I better go with one of his more artistic early films, or Robocop." I don't really like his other films that much, at least that I've seen. Maybe after going through his other films, I'll add one of those as well.

I like campy films and visually interesting films and films with prostitutes, and occasionally, I even like good movies. I know what I like when I see it.

[sai]

Fair enough. The reason I HATED Showgirls was that it actually managed to make me bored by the nudity, and I LOVE naked women, don't get me wrong here.
Honestly though if you like Showgirls that much you should try some of Verhoeven's proper films. Start with Flesh and Blood. It's got boatloads of violence, masses of gratuitous nudity and decent performances from Rutger Hauer and Jennifer Jason Leigh.

Nice list by the way, there's a lot of exploitation movies I've been meaning to see on it. Oh and given your love of exploitation do also try Thriller: A Cruel Picture. I'm sure you'll thank me.

[lordofdance]

I own the uncut version of Thriller: A Cruel Picture. I'd give it a 6/10 most likely. Check out the DVDs I own to get a full perspective on my tastes.

I do intend to watch Paul Verhoeven's earlier offerings, though Showgirls is a one-of-a-kind. I don't really consider it an erotic experience, but I do get a warm feeling whenever I watch it. You should definitely check out Blood Freak and Confessions of a Psycho Cat from off my list. They're two of the funniest exploitation films I've seen. All the Russ Meyer films are worthwhile, too.

[ie]

Hmm.... I couldn't figure where else to post this:


Paul Verhoeven is now a knight in the Netherlands / Nederland.

[lordofdance]

Now that you're bringing up Verhoeven again, I guess this would be a good time to give an update on my early movies of Verhoeven explorations. Currently my favorite Verhoeven movie is Showgirls, but I have been willing to check out his earlier movies just in case one of those might be better. Turkish Delight is the first one I looked into, and, though it was interesting, it doesn't come close to the greatness of my sweet Showgirls. I will keep trying, though.

I am glad for Paul. He should get the Noble Peace Prize for Showgirls.

[lordofdance]

This my most complete list yet. There's not much order, particularly after 100.

1. Raising Arizona (1987)
2. Suspiria (1977)
3. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
4. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
5. Love and Death (1975)
6. Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The (1967)
7. Blue Velvet (1986)
8. Taxi Driver (1976)
9. Soylent Green (1973)
10. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
11. Nights of Cabiria (1957)
12. Myra Breckinridge (1970)
13. Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)
14. Pink Flamingos (1972)
15. Showgirls (1995)
16. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
17. Pulp Fiction (1994)
18. Goodfellas (1990)
19. CQ (2001)
20. Gate of Flesh (1964)
21. Commando (1985)
22. Tombstone (1993)
23. Foxy Brown (1974)
24. Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
25. Three Women (1977)
26. Vampyres (1974)
27. Wicker Man, The (1973)
28. Contempt (1964)
29. Supervixens (1975)
30. Canterbury Tale, A (1944)
31. 400 Blows, The (1959)
32. Chinatown (1974)
33. Virgin Spring, The (1960)
34. Peeping Tom (1960)
35. Evil Dead II (1987)
36. Switchblade Sisters (1975)
37. Princess Bride, The (1987)
38. Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The (1974)
39. Repulsion (1965)
40. Muriel's Wedding (1994)
41. Barry Lyndon (1975)
42. Coffy (1973)
43. Unforgiven (1992)
44. Blazing Saddles (1974)
45. Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)
46. Blood Freak (1972)
47. Ms. 45 (1981)
48. Seven Year Itch, The (1955)
49. Häxan (1922)
50. Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966)
51. Jigoku (1960)
52. ...And God Created Woman (1957)
53. Fuego (1969)
54. Eraserhead (1977)
55. Candy Snatchers, The (1973)
56. Three Musketeers, The (1973)
57. Death Race 2000 (1975)
58. Body Double (1984)
59. Zombie (1979)
60. ¡Three Amigos! (1986)
61. Onibaba (1964)
62. Exorcist, The (1973)
63. Vice Squad (1982)
64. Goldfinger (1964)
65. Diggstown (1992)
66. Confessions of a Psycho Cat (1968)
67. Master of the Flying Guillotine (1975)
68. Week End (1967)
69. Up! (1976)
70. Man Who Fell to Earth, The (1976)
71. Claire's Knee (1971)
72. Deadly Is the Female (1949)
73. Django (1966)
74. Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972)
75. 99 Women (1969)
76. Challenge of the Tiger (1980)
77. Scream in the Streets, A (1973)
78. Seventh Seal, The (1958)
79. Belle de jour (1967)
80. Toy Box, The (1971)
81. Ride the High Country (1962)
82. Notorious Bettie Page, The (2005)
83. Joy of Flying, The (1977)
84. Equinox (1970)
85. Black Narcissus (1947)
86. Un chien andalou (1929)
87. Crumb (1994)
88. Your Vice Is a Closed Room and Only I Have the Key (1972)
89. Au hasard Balthazar (1966)
90. Rio Bravo (1959)
91. Black Orpheus (1959)
92. Salon Kitty (1976)
93. Star Wars (1977)
94. Godson, The (1971)
95. Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
96. Kingpin (1996)
97. Wild Bunch, The (1969)
98. Seven Beauties (1976)
99. Top Secret! (1984)
100. Harakiri (1962)
101. Event Horizon (1997)
102. Orphée (1949)
103. Mulholland Dr. (2001)
104. Johnny Guitar (1954)
105. Port of Shadows (1938)
106. They Live (1988)
107. Dead Man (1995)
108. Once Upon a Time in the West (1969)
109. Trash (1970)
110. Evil Dead, The (1982)
111. Female Trouble (1975)
112. Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films (2003)
113. M (1931)
114. Woman Is a Woman, A (1961)
115. Big Lebowski, The (1998)
116. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
117. Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
118. Videodrome (1983)
119. Return of the Living Dead, The (1985)
120. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
121. Christmas Story, A (1983)
122. Casablanca (1942)
123. Clockwork Orange, A (1971)
124. Matrix, The (1999)
125. Terminator, The (1984)
126. Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1973)
127. Conqueror Worm, The (1968)
128. Tetsuo (1988)
129. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
130. Bloodsport (1988)
131. Godfather, The (1972)
132. Leopard Man, The (1943)
133. Murder, My Sweet (1944)
134. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
135. I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967)
136. Pickup on South Street (1953)
137. Beauty and the Beast (1947)
138. 7th Voyage of Sinbad, The (1958)
139. Virgins from Hell (1987)
140. Collectionneuse, La (1967)
141. Lady Terminator (1988)
142. Viridiana (1961)
143. Mighty Peking Man, The (1977)
144. Snake Dancer (1976)
145. Great Silence, The (1968)
146. Fearless Vampire Killers, The (1967)
147. I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
148. Boxer's Omen, The (1983)
149. Big Bad Mama (1974)
150. Youth of the Beast (1963)
151. GoldenEye (1995)
152. High Plains Drifter (1971)
153. Space Is the Place (1974)
154. Wizard of Oz, The (1939)
155. Swimming to Cambodia (1987)
156. Frankie and Johnnie... Were Lovers (1975)
157. Dumb & Dumber (1994)
158. Thing, The (1982)
159. Groundhog Day (1993)
160. Ballad of Cable Hogue, The (1970)
161. Crypt of Dark Secrets (1976)
162. Made in Britain (1982)
163. Bare Behind Bars (1980)
164. Baby Doll (1956)
165. Across 110th Street (1972)
166. Walkabout (1971)
167. Mistress (1976)
168. Vengeance Is a Golden Blade (1969)
169. Black Magic (1975)
170. Pervert! (2005)
171. Brides of Blood (1968)
172. Magnificent Seven, The (1960)
173. Street Trash (1987)
174. I Spit on Your Grave (1978)
175. Zeta One (1969)
176. Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens (1979)
177. Straw Dogs (1971)
178. Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
179. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
180. Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist (1997)
181. Night of the Bloody Apes (1969)
182. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
183. Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
184. Miami Blues (1990)
185. Untouchables, The (1987)
186. Forbidden Games (1952)
187. Marie Antoinette (2006)
188. Scarlet Empress, The (1934)
189. Bizarre (1970)
190. Ghost World (2001)
191. Enter the Dragon (1973)
192. Young Lady Chatterley (1977)
193. Green for Danger (1946)
194. Mean Streets (1973)
195. Dames du Bois de Boulogne, Les (1945)
196. Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
197. Grindhouse (2007)
198. Daughters of Darkness (1971)
199. That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
200. Badlands (1973)
201. Eyes Without a Face (1960)
202. Swamp Girl (1971)
203. Topo, El (1970)
204. Wages of Fear, The (1953)
205. Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
206. Third Man, The (1949)
207. Thunderball (1965)
208. Big Sleep, The (1946)
209. Avventura, L' (1960)
210. Night, The (1961)
211. Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
212. Forty-Ninth Parallel (1941)
213. Cheeky (2000)
214. Bicycle Thief, The (1948)
215. Tarkan Viking kani (1971)
216. Wham Bam Thank You Spaceman (1975)
217. For a Few Dollars More (1967)
218. Pirate Movie, The (1982)
219. Road House (1989)
220. Ruling Class, The (1972)

[criterionmaster]

holy hell, that list is INSANE. so much crazy sounding stuff on there that i must see, i love that you have commando so high, that may be one of the funniest films i have seen in my whole life. when arnold is holding the guy over the cliff thing, and goes "that is my bad arm". holy hell, comedy gold.

i am going to use your list as a list of things i need to see, for the most part.

[lordofdance]

I saw Commando hundreds of times when I was younger. It's easily my favorite 80's action movie. This review ruthlessreviews.com/reviews.cfm/id/774/back/80/page/commando.html is one of the funniest things I've ever read.

How many have you seen off the list? I'd recommend some if I knew what you already saw.

[criterionmaster]

lordofdance said:

I saw Commando hundreds of times when I was younger. It's easily my favorite 80's action movie. This review ruthlessreviews.com/reviews.cfm/id/774/back/80/page/commando.html is one of the funniest things I've ever read.

How many have you seen off the list? I'd recommend some if I knew what you already saw.

that review was fucking hilarious.

Cooke (The Great Bill Duke): "Scared, motherfucker? Well, you should be. Cause this Green Beret's going to kick you ass."

Matrix (Arnold): "I eat Green Berets for breakfast. And right now (punch) I'm (kick) very (slap) hungry." Cooke gets tossed through a wall.

Cindy (Dawn Chong): "I don't believe this macho bullshit!"


here is what i have seen:

lordofdance said:

1. Raising Arizona (1987)
2. Suspiria (1977)
3. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
6. Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The (1967)
8. Taxi Driver (1976)
9. Soylent Green (1973)
14. Pink Flamingos (1972)
15. Showgirls (1995)
17. Pulp Fiction (1994)
18. Goodfellas (1990)
21. Commando (1985)
22. Tombstone (1993)
24. Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
31. 400 Blows, The (1959)
32. Chinatown (1974)
35. Evil Dead II (1987)
36. Switchblade Sisters (1975)
37. Princess Bride, The (1987)
38. Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The (1974)
41. Barry Lyndon (1975)
42. Coffy (1973)
45. Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)
59. Zombie (1979)
60. ¡Three Amigos! (1986)
62. Exorcist, The (1973)
63. Vice Squad (1982)
64. Goldfinger (1964)
70. Man Who Fell to Earth, The (1976)
78. Seventh Seal, The (1958)
85. Black Narcissus (1947)
86. Un chien andalou (1929)
89. Au hasard Balthazar (1966)
90. Rio Bravo (1959)
93. Star Wars (1977)
95. Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
97. Wild Bunch, The (1969)
100. Harakiri (1962)
103. Mulholland Dr. (2001)
108. Once Upon a Time in the West (1969)
110. Evil Dead, The (1982)
111. Female Trouble (1975)
115. Big Lebowski, The (1998)
118. Videodrome (1983)
119. Return of the Living Dead, The (1985)
120. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
121. Christmas Story, A (1983)
122. Casablanca (1942)
123. Clockwork Orange, A (1971)
124. Matrix, The (1999)
125. Terminator, The (1984)
129. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
131. Godfather, The (1972)
135. I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967)
142. Viridiana (1961)
151. GoldenEye (1995)
154. Wizard of Oz, The (1939)
157. Dumb & Dumber (1994)
158. Thing, The (1982)
159. Groundhog Day (1993)
166. Walkabout (1971)
172. Magnificent Seven, The (1960)
173. Street Trash (1987)
174. I Spit on Your Grave (1978)
177. Straw Dogs (1971)
181. Night of the Bloody Apes (1969)
183. Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
185. Untouchables, The (1987)
186. Forbidden Games (1952)
187. Marie Antoinette (2006)
190. Ghost World (2001)
191. Enter the Dragon (1973)
194. Mean Streets (1973)
195. Dames du Bois de Boulogne, Les (1945)
197. Grindhouse (2007)
199. That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
200. Badlands (1973)
203. Topo, El (1970)
204. Wages of Fear, The (1953)
205. Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
206. Third Man, The (1949)
211. Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
216. Wham Bam Thank You Spaceman (1975)
217. For a Few Dollars More (1967)

[lordofdance]

You should really watch Road House if you like crappy 80's Action. It's pretty hilarious.

Pervert! is a homage to Russ Meyer-style movies. It's not great, but it's stupid funny and loaded with busty women.

L'Avventura and La Notte (The Night) are quite good, and part of Michelangelo Antonini's trilogy. L'Eclisse is the other movie, though I did't like it as much. They seem like your style.

Big Bad Mama has William Shatner in it and is pretty fun.

Definitely get Ms. 45! I'd like to see your opinion on whether it's as good as I Spit On Your Grave or not.

[ie]

I thought you should know that Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky is incredible. Have you seen it? If so, why isn't it on your list?

Oh, and I still want to see CQ, along with about half the stuff on your list. ;D ;D

I've seen these, 100% through, no cheating:

lordofdance said:

6. Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The (1967)
8. Taxi Driver (1976)
10. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
16. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
17. Pulp Fiction (1994)
18. Goodfellas (1990)
19. CQ (2001)
31. 400 Blows, The (1959)
49. Häxan (1922)
78. Seventh Seal, The (1958)
86. Un chien andalou (1929)
93. Star Wars (1977)
100. Harakiri (1962)
107. Dead Man (1995)
113. M (1931)
115. Big Lebowski, The (1998)
123. Clockwork Orange, A (1971)
124. Matrix, The (1999)
125. Terminator, The (1984)
128. Tetsuo (1988)
129. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
158. Thing, The (1982)
166. Walkabout (1971)
182. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
190. Ghost World (2001)
191. Enter the Dragon (1973)
197. Grindhouse (2007)
203. Topo, El (1970)
214. Bicycle Thief, The (1948)
217. For a Few Dollars More (1967)

30/220 - 13%

So we'll skip the foreplay: this may be the best list on this forum. Screw all your classics-only lists. Those are boring. I don't care the order that they've ranked Ebert's Favorite Movies in!

I'm definitely going to try to watch some of the movies on your list soon. Get that score up.

[criterionmaster]

lordofdance said:

You should really watch Road House if you like crappy 80's Action. It's pretty hilarious.

Pervert! is a homage to Russ Meyer-style movies. It's not great, but it's stupid funny and loaded with busty women.

L'Avventura and La Notte (The Night) are quite good, and part of Michelangelo Antonini's trilogy. L'Eclisse is the other movie, though I did't like it as much. They seem like your style.

Big Bad Mama has William Shatner in it and is pretty fun.

Definitely get Ms. 45! I'd like to see your opinion on whether it's as good as I Spit On Your Grave or not.

thanks for the recommendations! I will rent that 80’s action film sometime when some people are over, those are always fun to make fun at with a bunch of people. I actually just watched beyond the valley of the dolls, so i am really in the mood for something like russ meyer (since i just saw two of his recently), so pervert might be a cool choice, if i can get a hold of it from somewhere.

i really need to see some more antoinoini (sp?) and those sounds really good, but i am kinda in the mood for american trash or 70's american films at the moment, but i will still definitely check those out.

ooh, ms. 45, in what way is that like i spit on your grave? i haven't heard them compared. but isn't it on something weird? i am definitely going to rent that soon.

ie said:

So we'll skip the foreplay: this may be the best list on this forum. Screw all your classics-only lists. Those are boring. I don't care the order that they've ranked Ebert's Favorite Movies in!

I'm definitely going to try to watch some of the movies on your list soon. Get that score up.

i agree that this is probably the best on the forum, and it is definitely one of the most original lists i have seen. i just love it soo much, not saying i don't like a list of classics, though, but this is just awesome.

[lordofdance]

I thought you should know that Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky is incredible. Have you seen it? If so, why isn't it on your list?

Oh, and I still want to see CQ, along with about half the stuff on your list.

So we'll skip the foreplay: this may be the best list on this forum. Screw all your classics-only lists. Those are boring. I don't care the order that they've ranked Ebert's Favorite Movies in!

Haven't seen Riki-Oh, but now I guess I'll have to. I'm not sure what you'll think of CQ. I like it because of its low-key retro charm, but its not something everyone will appreciate, I figure.

This list has been created based on my theory that "If I like it, it must be good." I block out everything else (critics, popular opinion, the concept of good/bad, ect.) the best that I can so it's just me and the DVD player/movie screen. If what I see comes together in an acceptable way according to my psychological makeup, then the movie gets its rightful spot on the list. Free your mind, and the list will follow.

There are a lot you haven't seen. I still think you should see Boxer's Omen and Black Magic. Crazy movies. Tarkan vs. the Vikings (or Tarkan Viking kani) is seriously funny. And you haven't seen Crumb? That is one great documentary about the underground artist Robert Crumb. I kind of relate to him because he likes large bottomed women.

ooh, ms. 45, in what way is that like i spit on your grave? i haven't heard them compared. but isn't it on something weird? i am definitely going to rent that soon.

Ms. 45 is another rape/revenge movie from about the same time. I always compare the two in my mind, though Ms. 45 is slicker and I Spit On Your Grave is more graphic. I forget what company released it, but I've been waiting for a new version to come out before I buy it.

Oh, and Pervert! is easily available as far as I know. I bought it off of DVD Planet. Big Bad Mama is one you should check out, not just because of Shatner, but because that girl gang leader from Switchblade Sisters is in it. And it's 70's trash.

[ie]

Oh yeah, Ms. 45 does look interesting.

And I'll just go ahead and state it. Best list on the forum, period. No competition. I also really respect how you created your list. I definitely have got some catching up to do. ;D ;D


Here's what you'll be getting into with Riki-Oh.

I have seen a bit of CQ and I liked what I saw, so mainly it's just a "damn it, I should finish that up someday..." And, I've seen a bit of Crumb but it just really didn't impress me all that much. I wasn't really too interested in what Crumb had to offer at the time anyways, so that may have been a main factor.

I do have Boxer's Omen around, and saw a little bit of it. Hasn't quite hit the weird brilliance yet, but I'll try to finish it when I have time.

The plan is to have a text file with your list. Two lists actually. First the list minus the movies I've seen, and the second is the complete list. The goal of this is to try to get through them all, very eventually. I really only do this with a couple people's lists that I really respect, and so far it's turned out well. Tastes are different, but when you find a few lists that sync up, the times are good.

[criterionmaster]

lordofdance said:

ooh, ms. 45, in what way is that like i spit on your grave? i haven't heard them compared. but isn't it on something weird? i am definitely going to rent that soon.

Ms. 45 is another rape/revenge movie from about the same time. I always compare the two in my mind, though Ms. 45 is slicker and I Spit On Your Grave is more graphic. I forget what company released it, but I've been waiting for a new version to come out before I buy it.

Oh, and Pervert! is easily available as far as I know. I bought it off of DVD Planet. Big Bad Mama is one you should check out, not just because of Shatner, but because that girl gang leader from Switchblade Sisters is in it. And it's 70's trash.

i looked for ms. 45 on amazon and it is long since oop, but then i looked to see if netflix had it, and they do, so i added it to my queue. i guess the dvd was released by image, but it is oop so it doesn't really matter. it is like $50 on amazon.

oh, for some reason i thought pervert! wasn't on dvd, but i checked, and it is also on netflix, so i added it. it sounds really good, and i like the dvd cover. i added big bad mama too, lol. but yeah, did you know there was a sequel to that? have you seen it? is it worth seeing at all after i see the first?

ie said:

The plan is to have a text file with your list. Two lists actually. First the list minus the movies I've seen, and the second is the complete list. The goal of this is to try to get through them all, very eventually. I really only do this with a couple people's lists that I really respect, and so far it's turned out well. Tastes are different, but when you find a few lists that sync up, the times are good.

i will probably do the same.