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OT- The Greatest film of all time?

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  1. Alain Pardeaux

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    Oh ****, didn't realise that! Although I was only half paying attention to The Goonies.
     
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    Alain Pardeaux, Jan 7, 2012
  2. W.MacKenzie

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    The Inbetweeners movie. One of the males in the movie very much reminded me of my very self. The other males reminded me of my rather immature, inferior and annoying friends.
     
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    W.MacKenzie, Jan 7, 2012
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    T2
    Aliens
    The Matrix
    Heat
    The Excorcist
    The Evil Dead
    Avatar
    Gran Turino
    LOTR trilogy
    The last Harry Potter film
    Ferris Buellers Day Off
     
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    one flew over the cuckoos nest,and loads of others with naked ladies in them that the wife doesnt know about
     
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    pauljohnhutch, Jan 8, 2012
  5. Donkey Toon

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    12 Angry Men (my absolute favourite)

    Honourable mentions;
    The Third Man
    The Twilight Samurai
    Casablanca
    The Maltese Falcon
    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
    Saboteur
    Rope
    Come and See
    Evil
    Festen
    Mesrine
    The Quiet Man
    Ran
    Europa Europa
    Angel A
    Groundhog Day
    Life of Brian
    Anchorman
    The Seven Samurai
    Open Range
    Serpico

    The second list will change daily.
     
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    Once upon a time in the west
     
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  7. Oh Titus She Said No

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    Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Requiem for a Dream, Trainspotting, Clockwork Orange & The Doors
     
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  8. Sultan Of Swing

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    1. Pulp Fiction
    2. The Dark Knight
    3. Inception
    4. Shaun Of The Dead
    5. Donnie Darko
     
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    I'd recommend Snatch and Fight Club too.
     
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  10. skalpel

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    Glad to see more people mentioning:

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    What a film.
     
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  11. Donkey Toon

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    The Maltese Falcon is a classic chap <ok>

    Good to see you included loads of Hitchcock in your list. I restricted mine to two of his, I could have put a dozen easily ;)
     
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  12. skalpel

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    I just couldn't help myself <laugh>. Love that you have Rope in your list there too, such an underrated Hitchcock and one of his very best - insane amounts of tension. It was shot in either 2 or 3 incredibly long, uncut shots too I think which pretty much makes everything from the plot to the acting and the directing to the camera work absolutely masterful.
     
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    I had to control myself too. Shadow of a Doubt and his versions of Rebecca and 39 Steps were screaming out to be included <laugh> Those three along with Rope and Saboteur make up my all time top five hitchcock films (till the wind changes direction) ;)

    Rope should be a must on filmmaking courses/degrees for that reason. Technically one of the best films ever made and not at the expense of tension and acting. Shame it isn't that well known these days really.
     
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  14. TheLittleGeordie

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    I'll just add in a couple more that i love, The Blues Brothers has to be in my top few as do all the Monty Pythons films
     
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    A couple of Biology classics:
    Deep Throat
    Debby Does Dallas
     
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    I think what happened with Rope is that Hitchcock had this vision of a movie with no cuts but the technology at the time couldn't handle it so they had to do it in 5 minute shots. Any time the camera zooms into something black and zooms back out there is a cut. It's a very clever way of circumventing the limits of technology actually.
     
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    Yep, you're spot on. It pans past/zooms into a character's back as he walks by the camera which is when the subtle cuts are made. Very clever stuff.
     
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  18. Amnesiac

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    <ok> Deffo in my top 5 films that!
     
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  19. Albert's Chip Shop

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    I must admit I've always been a fan of snatch...... Unlike AH...
     
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    Trainspotting
    Fight Club
    Requiem for a Dream
    Snatch
    Slumdog Millionaire
    Good Will Hunting
    The Hangover
    Get Him To The Greek
    Jurassic Park
    Shawshank Redemption
     
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    RyanNUFC, Jan 8, 2012
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