The Best Movie of All Time A-Z

[calsnowskier]

.........I didn't see "the searchers" on any list....?!,........"Django" is a great flick too,......."North by Northwest" is a classic Hitchcock flick,......."Saving Prvt. Ryan",..........."Battle of the Bulge",......"The Firm",....*just a few of my fav's*.

We are currently doing nominations for the polls that will be posted probably next week. Go ahead and nominate 5 movies for each letter...

 

[Schmoopy1000]

Star Wars. That what it was called in the movie theaters.

But now that the universe has expanded, it is referred to as New Hope, which it is called IN THE MOVIE.

I think it is Star Wars & should be under S.

 

[Smart]

#: 12 Angry Men
A: Amadeus
B: Being John Malkovich
C: Catch Me If You Can
D: The Departed
E: End of Watch
F: The Fugitive (I swear, I watch non-cop movies, too)
G: The Godfather
H: Hoop Dreams
I: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
J: ????????? (My top rated are Jurassic Park and Jaws, but those are only 8s...so I think I'll pass)
K: The King's Speech
L: The Lion King
M: Monty Python and the Holy Grail
N: Nebraska
O: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
P: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Q: Quiz Show
R: Raiders of the Lock Ark
S: The Social Network
T: Thank You For Smoking
U: Up In The Air
V: V for Vendetta
W: Whiplash
X: X2
Y: ????????? (Only the second letter without a 9 or 10.....no award given. Young Frankenstein is the top)
Z: Zombieland

Runs a little recent, partially because I watch more recent movie (seen at least 50 from every year from 2002 to 2014...seen 3-5 most years pre-1970) and partially because I think movie nostalgia is overrated and recent movies tend to be better. Took straight off a list, so there is no "greatness bias" in my memory.

 

[calsnowskier]

#: 12 Angry Men
A: Amadeus
B: Being John Malkovich
C: Catch Me If You Can
D: The Departed
E: End of Watch
F: The Fugitive (I swear, I watch non-cop movies, too)
G: The Godfather
H: Hoop Dreams
I: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
J: ????????? (My top rated are Jurassic Park and Jaws, but those are only 8s...so I think I'll pass)
K: The King's Speech
L: The Lion King
M: Monty Python and the Holy Grail
N: Nebraska
O: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
P: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Q: Quiz Show
R: Raiders of the Lock Ark
S: The Social Network
T: Thank You For Smoking
U: Up In The Air
V: V for Vendetta
W: Whiplash
X: X2
Y: ????????? (Only the second letter without a 9 or 10.....no award given. Young Frankenstein is the top)
Z: Zombieland

Runs a little recent, partially because I watch more recent movie (seen at least 50 from every year from 2002 to 2014...seen 3-5 most years pre-1970) and partially because I think movie nostalgia is overrated and recent movies tend to be better. Took straight off a list, so there is no "greatness bias" in my memory.

Some great adds.

Hoop Dreams and End of Watch, in particular.

Also, I currently have Holy Grail in "H" and Last Crusade in "L"

 

[calsnowskier]

3 days for Noms? I dont want to leave them open too long...

 

[tabascojet]

jesus are you really going to have 26 stickied threads in this forum....

 

[calsnowskier]

jesus are you really going to have 26 stickied threads in this forum....

Once the noms close, I will unsticky them. A, B and C will be unstickied later this AM.

 

[TKOSpikes]

Absolutely shocked at some of the top movies. Shocked! To each his own I guess, but really?

 

[ChiSoxFan]

Zulu for Z

 

[calsnowskier]

My plan is to close H, I and J sometime tomorrow. I am basically counting the entire weekend as 1 day.

R, S and T were opened today. U, V and W will open on Monday, and X, Y, Z and # will open on Tuesday.

This should clear out all the nominations by next Monday, when we will start with the polls. I am open for suggestions if you think it should be handled a different way, though.

 

[calsnowskier]

In review, so far we have...

A:

Airplane
Aliens
American History X
Animal House
Apocalypse Now

B:

Back to the Future
Bladerunner
Blazing Saddles
Braveheart
The Breakfast Club
Bridge on the River Kwai
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

C:

Caddyshack
Casablanca
Castaway
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Cool Hand Luke

D:

Dances With Wolves
The Dark Knight
Deer Hunter
The Departed
Die Hard

E:

Easy Rider
Empire Strikes Back
Escape from New York
Excalibur
The Exorcist
Extraterrestrial (ET)

F:

Fargo
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Field of Dreams
Forrest Gump
Full Metal Jacket

G:

Gladiator
Godfather I
Godfather II
Goodfellas
Good Will Hunting[/QUOTE]

 

[calsnowskier]

I am reviewing how I am going to vote, and I am surprised that I will be voting for a comedy for A, B AND C. I am a bit shocked that I think that highly of comedies.

D, I have no idea where I am going to vote. None of those movies have a "best of all time" feel to them, especially for such a strong group of movies.

E is a no-brainier for me. I don't actually expect that to be too close.

F is between 2 movies for me. I have no clue which I vote for.

G is so super solid. I know where my vote is going, but I would be 100% OK with any of 3 of these winning. I like the other two, but they don't belong with the other 3, IMHO.

 

[calsnowskier]

Also, I plan on having open voting. I think it will be interesting to see how everyone votes.

As for runoffs, I think a movie will need to have 50% +1 to "win". If, when the poll closes, no movie has 50% +1, then any movie that would end up with 50% if all votes for "lessor" movies went to them will advance to the runoff.

For example, A has 8, B has 7, C has 6, D has 4, E and F both have 3. Since 16 votes would be required to "win", A, B and C would all advance. If C was the second choice of those who voted for D, E and F, than C could still win. No losing because your vote got split (Kill Bill and Godfather).

Not sure how to handle a 3-way tie at the end, though. Ideas?

 

[beardown07]

Also, I plan on having open voting. I think it will be interesting to see how everyone votes.

As for runoffs, I think a movie will need to have 50% +1 to "win". If, when the poll closes, no movie has 50% +1, then any movie that would end up with 50% if all votes for "lessor" movies went to them will advance to the runoff.

For example, A has 8, B has 7, C has 6, D has 4, E and F both have 3. Since 16 votes would be required to "win", A, B and C would all advance. If C was the second choice of those who voted for D, E and F, than C could still win. No losing because your vote got split (Kill Bill and Godfather).

Not sure how to handle a 3-way tie at the end, though. Ideas?

You lost me at runoffs homes

 

[beardown07]

In review, so far we have...

A:

Airplane
Aliens
American History X
Animal House
Apocalypse Now

B:

Back to the Future
Bladerunner
Blazing Saddles
Braveheart
The Breakfast Club
Bridge on the River Kwai
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

C:

Caddyshack
Casablanca
Castaway
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Cool Hand Luke

D:

Dances With Wolves
The Dark Knight
Deer Hunter
The Departed
Die Hard

E:

Easy Rider
Empire Strikes Back
Escape from New York
Excalibur
The Exorcist
Extraterrestrial (ET)

F:

Fargo
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Field of Dreams
Forrest Gump
Full Metal Jacket

G:

Gladiator
Godfather I
Godfather II
Goodfellas
Good Will Hunting

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gonna be tough

 

[beardown07]

I am reviewing how I am going to vote, and I am surprised that I will be voting for a comedy for A, B AND C. I am a bit shocked that I think that highly of comedies.

D, I have no idea where I am going to vote. None of those movies have a "best of all time" feel to them, especially for such a strong group of movies.

E is a no-brainier for me. I don't actually expect that to be too close.

F is between 2 movies for me. I have no clue which I vote for.

G is so super solid. I know where my vote is going, but I would be 100% OK with any of 3 of these winning. I like the other two, but they don't belong with the other 3, IMHO.

I think a great comedy that stands the test of time is much more impressive than a drama that does the same.

Spoiler

Movies like Blazing Saddles and Caddyshack...they are just so damn great. Smart and timeless.

Movies are meant to entertain, and laughing is great entertainment.

 

[beardown07]

I'm still butthurt that A Clockwork Orange and Fear and Loathing didn't make the cut.

 

[Nosferatu]

Whats cool is when we are done here we can do this for songs, bands, solo artists...

 

[calsnowskier]

Whats cool is when we are done here we can do this for songs, bands, solo artists...

I am not interested in that, but you can run that one...

 

[Nosferatu]

I am not interested in that, but you can run that one...

It was just an idea...