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READ THE RULES BEFORE YOU POST SUGGESTIONS! Check through the thread to prevent posting duplicates. Finally, try to stay away from posting series together
There are thousands of movie top lists from different sources, like the popular IMDB Top 250, or Empire's "500 Greatest Movies of All Time". Even sites like Reddit have their own top lists, so I see no reasons why Facepunch can't come together for once and create our own. We may not exactly be professional critics, but everyone here has an opinion and really likes to show it.
Ranking System
The easiest way to create the list would be to use the forum ratings. An Agree will be a +1 while a Disagree will be a -1. ALL OTHER RATINGS WILL NOT BE COUNTED! Basically, a person posts a movie they think is worthy of being added to the list and people vote on it. The actual ranking of the list will be based on which movies have the most points. For this to actually work, each individual post would obviously need to be kept to only one movie suggestion, but people can suggest as many movies as they want (as long as it isn't to the point of spamming).
Rules
[list][*]Think hard about your movie suggestions. I realize this is just a silly list on a forum but try to actually post movies that you truly believe are MUST WATCH, and not just "pretty good" movies. If you need to be reminded of some great movies that usually fly under the radar then I suggest you look at some bigger top lists such as these (just try not to copy them completely):
The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made
Empire Presents: The 500 Greatest Movies Of All Time[*]Think before rating. Yeah, it's just a 12x12 pixel on a website, but spamming agrees or disagrees is even worse for the results than suggesting a bunch of mediocre movies. When rating agree think "Is this truly a MUST SEE movie?". Also, when rating disagree think "Does this movie not deserve to be on the list because it was a bad movie, or do I just not enjoy it?". If you're not sure about those things, just don't rate the movie. I don't think I need to say this but please don't be stupid and rate movies that you haven't seen, only watched a small chunk of, or watched while mostly asleep (unless of course that movie was so bad that it put you to sleep)[*]Try to go beyond the obvious. I'm not saying don't add absolutely great movies that are well-known for a reason and I'm also not saying add obscure movies for the sake of obscurity, but try to think a little deeper to add a bit more variety to the list.[/list]How to form suggestions:
[url=IMDB Link Here]Movie Name (Release Year)[/url]
(You can add extra stuff like posters and whatnot but make sure this part is included and it'll be the only part that gets put into the actual list)
The Current List
Posts with more than one movie (unless it's a series) or less than 5 points haven't been accounted for. Ties are not put in any specific order.
(87 points) Fight Club (1999) [VOTE]
(78 points*) Back to the Future Trilogy (1985, 1989, 1990) [VOTE]
(65 points) The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1966) [VOTE]
(62 points) American History X (1998) [VOTE]
(58 points) Forrest Gump (1994) [VOTE]
(50 points) Gran Torino (2008) [VOTE]
(49 points) The Dark Knight (2008) [VOTE]
(48 points) Pulp Fiction (1994) [VOTE]
(44 points) Inception (2010) [VOTE] [VOTE]
(43 points) The Shawshank Redemption (1994) [VOTE]
(42 points) Moon (2009) [VOTE]
(41 points*) The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001, 2002, 2003) [VOTE]
(39 points) Hot Fuzz (2007) [VOTE]
(38 points) The Big Lebowski (1998) [VOTE]
(37 points) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) [VOTE]
(37 points) Leon: The Professional (1994) [VOTE]
(36 points) Full Metal Jacket (1987) [VOTE]
(35 points) Schindler's List (1993) [VOTE]
(35 points) Donnie Darko (2001) [VOTE]
(33 points)A Clockwork Orange (1971) [VOTE]
(32 points) Children of Men (2006) [VOTE]
(30 points) American Psycho (2000) [VOTE]
(30 points) The Matrix (1999) [VOTE]
(29 points) There Will Be Blood (2007) [VOTE]
(29 points) Spirited Away (2001) [VOTE]
(29 points) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) [VOTE]
(26 points) Pan's Labyrinth (2006) [VOTE]
(26 points) Apocalypse Now (1979) [VOTE]
(26 points) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) [VOTE]
(25 points) The Toy Story Trilogy (1995, 1999, 2010) [VOTE]
(25 points) The Silence of the Lambs (1991) [VOTE]
(25 points) The Thing (1982) [VOTE]
(27 points) Shaun of the Dead (2004) [VOTE]
(24 points) Jurassic Park (1993) [VOTE]
(22 points) The Departed (2006) [VOTE]
(21 points) The Godfather (1972) [VOTE]
(21 points) No Country For Old Men (2007) [VOTE]
(20 points) American Beauty (1999) [VOTE]
(20 points) Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) [VOTE]
(20 points) The Terminator (1984) [VOTE]
(20 points) The Truman Show (1998) [VOTE]
(20 points) Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) [VOTE]
(20 points) V for Vendetta (2006) [VOTE]
(19 points) Aliens (1986) [VOTE]
(19 points) Goodfellas (1990) [VOTE]
(18 points) Die Hard (1988) [VOTE]
(18 points) Citizen Kane (1941) [VOTE]
(18 points) Memento (2000) [VOTE]
(18 points) Inglorious Basterds (2009) [VOTE]
(17 points) Sin City (2005) [VOTE]
(17 points) Snatch. (2000) [VOTE]
(17 points) The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) [VOTE]
(17 points) The Fifth Element (1997) [VOTE]
(17 points) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) [VOTE]
(17 points) Saving Private Ryan (1998) [VOTE]
(17 points) Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) [VOTE]
(16 points) Trainspotting (1996) [VOTE]
(16 points) The Lion King (1994) [VOTE]
(15 points) Blade Runner (1982) [VOTE]
(15 points) WALL-E (2008) [VOTE]
(15 points) 28 Days Later (2002) [VOTE]
(15 points*) The Naked Gun Trilogy (1988, 1991, 1994) [VOTE]
(15 points) The Room (2003) [VOTE]
(15 points) The Deer Hunter (1978) [VOTE]
(14 points) Alien (1979)[VOTE]
(14 points) Platoon (1986) [VOTE]
(14 points) Taxi Driver (1976) [VOTE]
(14 points) Akira (1988) [VOTE]
(14 points) Airplane! (1980) [VOTE]
(14 points) Se7en (1995) [VOTE]
(13 points) Downfall (2004) [VOTE]
(13 points) District 9 (2009) [VOTE]
(13 points) City of God (2002) [VOTE]
(12 points) Scarface (1983) [VOTE]
(12 points) Dirty Harry (1971) [VOTE]
(12 points) Amadeus (1984) [VOTE]
(12 points) The Pianist (2002) [VOTE]
(12 points) Letters From Iwo Jima (2006) [VOTE]
(12 points) The Blues Brothers (1980) [VOTE]
(12 points) Hotel Rwanda (2004) [VOTE]
(12 points) Seven Samurai (1954) [VOTE]
(12 points) Goldfinger (1964) [VOTE]
(11 points) Amélie (2001) [VOTE]
(11 points) Brazil (1985) [VOTE]
(11 points) Oldboy (2003) [VOTE]
(11 points) Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988) [VOTE]
(11 points) This Is England (2006) [VOTE]
(11 points) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) [VOTE]
(11 points) Starship Troopers (1997) [VOTE]
(11 points) Vertigo(1958) [VOTE]
(11 points) Psycho (1960) [VOTE]
(10 points) North By Northwest (1959) [VOTE]
(10 points) Bronson [VOTE]
(10 points) To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) [VOTE]
(10 points) Stalker (1979) [VOTE]
(10 points) Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010) [VOTE]
(10 points) Predator (1987) [VOTE]
(10 points) The Godfather: Part II (1974) [VOTE]
(10 points) Total Recall (1990) [VOTE]
(10 points) Ghost Busters (1984) [VOTE]
(9 points) The Great Escape (1963) [VOTE]
(9 points) The Last King of Scotland (2006) [VOTE]
(9 points) Blood Diamond (2006) [VOTE]
(9 points) Battle Royale (2000) [VOTE]
(9 points) Das Boot (1981) [VOTE]
(9 points) Catch Me If You Can (2002) [VOTE]
(9 points) Serenity (2005) [VOTE]
(9 points) Good Will Hunting (1997) [VOTE]
(9 points) The Boondock Saints (1999) [VOTE]
(9 points) The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) [VOTE]
(9 points) John Carpenter's Escape From New York (1981) [VOTE]
(8 points) Gladiator (2000) [VOTE]
(8 points) Twelve Monkeys (1995) [VOTE]
(8 points) Blazing Saddles (1974) [VOTE]
(8 points) Dark City (1998) [VOTE]
(8 points) Lawrence of Arabia (1962) [VOTE]
(8 points) Sunshine (2007) [VOTE]
(8 points) Clerks. (1994) [VOTE]
(8 points) A Beautiful Mind (2001) [VOTE]
(8 points) Army of Darkness (1992) [VOTE]
(7 points) All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) [VOTE]
(7 points) Ben-Hur (1959) [VOTE]
(7 points) Requiem for a Dream (2000) [VOTE]
(7 points) TRON (1982) [VOTE]
(7 points) Evil Dead II (1987) [VOTE]
(7 points) Four Lions (2010) [VOTE]
(7 points) The Machinist (2004) [VOTE]
(7 points) Apollo 13 (1995) [VOTE]
(6 points) Adaptation. (2002) [VOTE]
(6 points) Soylent Green (1973) [VOTE]
(6 points) Zulu (1964) [VOTE]
(6 points) Tremors (1990) [VOTE]
(6 points) Mulholland Dr. (2001) [VOTE]
(6 points) Boogie Nights (1997) [VOTE]
(6 points) The Evil Dead (1981) [VOTE]
(6 points) Interview with the Vampire (1994) [VOTE]
(5 points) The Fugitive (1993) [VOTE]
(5 points) This Is Spinal Tap (1984) [VOTE]
(5 points) Superman (1978) [VOTE]
(5 points*) Austin Powers Trilogy (1997, 1999, 2002) [VOTE]
(5 points) First Blood (1982) [VOTE]
(5 points) Black Swan (2010) [VOTE]
(5 points) Gandhi (1982) [VOTE]
(5 points) Eyes Wide Shut (1999) [VOTE]
(4 points) Thank You for Smoking (2005) [VOTE]
*: Series may be broken up and recounted later
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Platoon (1986)
-Good vs. evil conflict
-Charlie Sheen
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Schindler's List
- Very nice Holocaust movie
- Black and white. :colbert:
- Emotional Ending.
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Might wanna separate these because otherwise you can't really attribute the ratings to a specific one
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Yeah, when I made the post it was only me, and I didn't want to double post.
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
-Ronald Lee Ermey
-Me so horny
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Battle Royale (2000)
- Instant classic, Well written concept and it's atmosphere is very immersive
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I remember saying something towards the lines of, "Nothing like this will work because everyone will just argue and we'll get sidetracked and the thread will turn into a big ball of poo," and hopefully maybe Facepunch will start to learn to work together but I have high doubts.
Anyway my nominee is Citizen Kane (1941) and I don't need an explanation because it's Citizen fucking Kane; one of the most important movies ever made.
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Reservoir Dogs
Great plot and structure.
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People should probably just not respond to other posts. Simply use the rating system and it can stay organised. Also probably not a good idea to put more than one movie per post.
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"Only through the elimination of violence can we achieve world peace." - Y.K. Kim
August 2009
6,190 Posts
Street Fighter (1994)
Award winning performances from Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia. Truly a masterpiece of film making.
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The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Gripping thriller and Anthony Hopkins's performance was so good that he won an Oscar for Best Actor even though he was only on screen for like 16 minutes
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inb4 fight club
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Dammit people read the rules more carefully
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A Bronx Tale
What the fuck nobody likes this?
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damn, fixing it.
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Gran Torino (2008)
Brilliant movie.
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A Clockwork Orange
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The only problem with this is that great obscure movies will be rated lower than popular good movies simply because not as many people have watched the obscure ones.
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Yeah, but hopefully it'll balance out a bit because great obscure movies will likely have a solid amount of agrees while popular movies will have disagrees mixed in
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Kill Bill volumes one and two
The Princess Bride
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Blade Runner (1982)
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Eyes Wide Shut
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Winner x 16
Friendly x 8
Useful x 2
Disagree x 1
Agree x 35
Informative x 1
Funny x 31
Optimistic x 1
