Chris(Spielberg)'s Top Films [modified]

[chrisspielberg]

Not in any particular order (yet, although Eternal Sunshine stays at the top) and still quite a few to add as soon as I remember what they are and if I like them. Don't judge me too harshly, I haven't seen a lot of classic foreign films or 'classic classics' etc...

Now decided to put them in a top 10 of genres... let's hope this works

Comedy/Romance:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Gondry)
Singin' in the Rain (Kelly)
The Gold Rush (Chaplin)
Shaun of the Dead (Wright)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Gilliam, Jones)
Moulin Rouge! (Luhrman)
Duck Soup (McCarey)
Arsenic and Old Lace (Capra)
Some Like it Hot (Wilder)
Annie Hall (Allen)

Foreign:
La Haine (Kassovitz)
The Lives of Others (Donnersmarck)
City of God (Meirelles)
Run Lola Run (Tykwer)
Amores Perros (Iñárritu)
Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Jeunet)
À bout de souffle (Godard)
Spirited Away (Miyazaki)
Chunking Express (Kar Wai)
Y tu mamá también (Cuarón)

Sci-fi/Fantasy etc…:
Terminator 2 (Cameron)
The Matrix (Wachowski’s)
Donnie Darko (Kelly, R)
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (Lucas)
E.T. the Extra Terrestrial (Spielberg)
Back to the Future (Zemeckis)
Alien (Scott, R)
Children of Men (Cuarón)
The Terminator (Cameron)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Jackson)

Drama:
Jaws (Spielberg)
Gods and Monsters (Condon)
Big Fish (Burton)
Trainspotting (Boyle)
The Truman Show (Weir)
Dog Day Afternoon (Lumet)
American Beauty (Mendes)
Finding Neveralnd (Forster)
Being John Malcovich (Jonze)
Pi (Aronofsky)

Action:
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Leone)
Pulp Fiction (Tarantino)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Spielberg)
Jurassic Park (Spielberg)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Verbinski)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (Tarantino)
Spider-Man 2 (Raimi)
Die Hard (McTiernan)
Se7en (Fincher)
Léon (Besson)

Horror:
The Shining (Kubrick)
An American Werewolf in London (Landis)
Psycho (Hitchcock)
The Evil Dead (Raimi)
The Night of the Hunter (Laughton)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (Aldrich)
Bride of Frankenstein (Whale)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (Craven)
Frankenstein (Whale)
Scream (Craven)

I think I have to see more films...

[Clark Nova]

...nice avatar.

and some good movies, but branch out more. There's a whole world of cinema out there beyond the "classics" that people our age are obligated to like.

[dontdigonswine]

I think the first "classic/foreign" movie I would suggest to you is Hiroshima Mon Amour, just because it focuses on some of the same points that Eternal Sunshine did.

[criterionmaster]

yeah, i don't know if you saw, there is a thread "movies you need to see" under "general film discussion". you should check that out if you haven't. i really like your list, and think you are off to a good start if you are going to be getting into classic american and foreign films. love that you have true romance on there, since that is very underrated, but there are some films that i would never put on a list.

3 best (imo):
1. breathless
2. pulp fiction
3. la haine

3 worst (imo):
1. amelie
2. pirates of the caribbean
3. shawshank

[ie]

As my PM states, curious avatar.

I don't have much to say about the list, though. Some I like, some I don't care for; truth be told, nothing on it really grabs my attention. You seem like you could be interested in more "adult" animation. Kite is an interesting one to check out and you might like Aachi and Ssipak, if you can find it...

[chrisspielberg]

being on this forum, looking back at my list and the responses ive gotten, i have to say i'm quite disappointed in my movie viewing, i seem to be quite mainstream compared to a lot of others on here. I do try to look for more interesting things though! Never give up hope!! ;D

[ie]

chrisspielberg said:

being on this forum, looking back at my list and the responses ive gotten, i have to say i'm quite disappointed in my movie viewing, i seem to be quite mainstream compared to a lot of others on here. I do try to look for more interesting things though! Never give up hope!! ;D

Don't worry about that. These people will have you watching boring Italian movies because everyone else does!!

Just watch whatever the hell you feel like watching, and if you choose to listen to them or to me, so be it.

[chrisspielberg]

yes sir!! i mean, no sir!!! i mean... err, okay ;D

[chrisspielberg]

i'd also like to personally thank those people who gave me karma. if other people do give that to you, i'm not really sure how it works.

[criterionmaster]

chrisspielberg said:

i'd also like to personally thank those people who gave me karma. if other people do give that to you, i'm not really sure how it works.

yeah, you can exalt someone, or smite someone, and it gives positive or negative karma to them. i just exalted you, and you had three, so now you have four. and don't worry, we aren't that bad, i think most of us still like some pretty mainstream stuff, and plus, your list isn't as mainstream as many of the lists i have been seeing other people have.

[chrisspielberg]

cooool! ;D