25 Films

[Beastie]

Got this idea off Shaun but changed it to films!

If you was sent out to space and could only watch 25 films what would they be?

[setanta]

impossible for me to do that lol. Love flicks too much. Geek alert

[Beastie]

I think this is one of my fail threads. :joker:

[Shaun]

uhhhhm.

1. Pulp Fiction
2. The Shawshank Redemption
3. The Green Mile
4. Little Miss Sunshine
5. The Big Lebowski
6. Being John Malkovich
7. Watchmen
8. Trainspotting
9. Das Leben der Anderen
10. Babel
11. The Truman Show
12. Milk
13. Anchorman
14. American Beauty
15. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
16. Apocalypse Now
17. A Streetcar Named Desire
18. A Clockwork Orange
19. The Shining
20. Groundhog Day
21. Airplane!
22. Se7en
23. This is England
24. Mrs. Doubtfire
25. Goodbye Lenin!

[GypsyGoth]

1. The Princess Bride
2. Lost in Translation
3. Twilight
4. Ghost World
5. Mona Lisa Smile
6. V for Vendetta
7. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
8. Little Women
9. Spirited Away
10. Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
11. Adventureland
12. 500 Days of Summer
13. Garden State
14. 10 Things I Hate About You
15. Ghosts of Mars
16. The Nightmare Before Christmas
17. Million Dollar Baby
18. Donnie Darko
19. The Phantom Menace
20. Lost and Delirious
21. North by Northwest
22. The Journey of Natty Gann
23. Alice in Wonderland 3d
24. Avatar
25. The Hills Have Eyes

[Shaun]

not one film in common, Claudia :(

we'll have to go on different shuttles.

[Beastie]

not one film in common, Claudia :(

we'll have to go on different shuttles.

:joker:

[setanta]

Some excellent ones there Claudia.

[GypsyGoth]

not one film in common, Claudia :(

we'll have to go on different shuttles.

But we could swap collections for the way back :hugesmile:

that is if we ever make it back :shocked:

[GypsyGoth]

Some excellent ones there Claudia.

Thank you James :thumbs:

And go on do a list :D

[setanta]

Thank you James :thumbs:

And go on do a list :D

You had terrible choices too though hee hee. You know what I'm talking about.

Nah, I can't do it. Too hard for me.

[InOne]

Goodfellas
Y Tu Mama Tambien
The Color Of Money
The Hustler
Once Upon A Time In America
White Men Can't Jump
Pulp Fiction
True Romance
Vanilla Sky
The Godfather
The Godfather 2
Gangs Of New York
Raging Bull
Mean Streets
The Departed
Once Were Warriors
Angela's Ashes
The Magdalane Sisters
American History X
Munich
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
Se7en
City Of God
American Beauty

[Beastie]

1) Breakfast Club
2) Twilight
3) Matilda
4) Lion King
5) True Romance
6) Home Alone 1
7) Home Alone 2
8) Beethoven 1
9) Beethoven 2
10) Titanic
11) Twister
12) The Crow
13) Rocky Horror Picture Show
14) Cool Runnings
15) Uncle Buck
16) Who framed Roger Rabbit?
17) Yes Man
18) Edward Scissorhands
19) American Pie 1
20) American Pie 2
21) American Pie 3
22) Jungle Book
23) Peter Pan
24) Mrs Doubtfire
25) Police Academy

[Beastie]

I just typed the ones at top of my head.. umm

[Princess]

1.The Notebook
2.A Walk To Remember
3.Dirty Dancing
4.Enchanted
5.The Little Mermaid
6.Jack and Sarah
7.Notting Hill
8.Matilda
9.The Little Princess
10.The Parent Trap
11.Spiceworld
12.The Devil Wears Prada
13.Legally Blonde
14.The Princess Diaries
15.Love Actually(presume I'll be up there for Christmas)
16.Step Up
17.Coyote Ugly
18.Stardust
19.Grease
20.Mean Girls
21.Beauty and the Beast
22.Lady and the Tramp
23.High School Musical 3
24.13 Going on 30
25.Sisterhood of Travelling Pants

Very intellectual film taste I have :p

[Mrluvaluva]

Trainspotting.
Pulp Fiction.
Kill Bill.
Kill Bill 2.
True Romance.
A life less Ordinary.
Titanic.
Silence of the lambs.
Cape Fear.
The Shining.
Alien 2.
Football factory.
Green Mile.
Carrie.
Fight Club.
Saw.
8 mm.
Exorcist.
Kalifornia.
Natural Born Killers.
Hellraiser.
Armageddon.
50 First Dates.
Blade.
Rita, Sue and Bob too.

[InOne]

Trainspotting.
Pulp Fiction.
Kill Bill.
Kill Bill 2.
True Romance.
A life less Ordinary.
Titanic.
Silence of the lambs.
Cape Fear.
The Shining.
Alien 2.
Football factory.
Green Mile.
Carrie.
Fight Club.
Saw.
8 mm.
Exorcist.
Kalifornia.
Natural Born Killers.
Hellraiser.
Armageddon.
50 First Dates.
Blade.
Rita, Sue and Bob too.

Good old Buttershaw lol

[setanta]

Just the ones that have entered my head right now, and I'm drunk so here goes, and in no particular order.

La Belle et le Bete
Jaws
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
The Conversation
Seven Samurai
Night of the Hunter
Synecdoche, New York
Taxi Driver
The Innocents
Casablanca
The Fly (remake)
Empire Strikes Back
Bladerunner
Scarface
There Will Be Blood
Chinatown
Withnail and I
Harold and Maude
Vertigo
The Passion of Joan of Arc
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Tootsie
I Am Cuba
Field of Dreams

I'm drunk, so I'll have to have a look at it tomorrow.

[GypsyGoth]

I went to see Synecdoche, New York in the cinema, that was amazingly strange. I'd like to watch it again.

Does the movie have lots of meaning?

[setanta]

I went to see Synecdoche, New York in the cinema, that was amazingly strange. I'd like to watch it again.

Does the movie have lots of meaning?

It's an amazing film. An artists film.

[Beastie]

You can type well for a drunk person James! lol

[InOne]

Just the ones that have entered my head right now, and I'm drunk so here goes, and in no particular order.

La Belle et le Bete
Jaws
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
The Conversation
Seven Samurai
Night of the Hunter
Synecdoche, New York
Taxi Driver
The Bicyle Thieves
Casablanca
The Fly (remake)
Empire Strikes Back
Bladerunner
Scarface
There Will Be Blood
Chinatown
Withnail and I
Harold and Maude
Vertigo
The Passion of Joan of Arc
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Tootsie
The Thing (remake)
Field of Dreams

I'm drunk, so I'll have to have a look at it tomorrow.

A St Paddys piss up??? lol Have you been drunk all week like me?

[setanta]

You can type well for a drunk person James! lol

I'm Irish - we have a gift for language.

[Beastie]

I'm Irish - we have a gift for language.

:joker:

[Beastie]

You have watched a lot of old films James. Think the oldest films I have seen are Wizard of Oz, Psycho and Birds.

[Mrluvaluva]

Good old Buttershaw lol

Haha. I love that film.

[setanta]

:joker:

We articulate our thoughts better while drunk. Still though, I'm not happy with my list. I know I'm missing a few.

[setanta]

You have watched a lot of old films James. Think the oldest films I have seen are Wizard of Oz, Psycho and Birds.

I would have put a whole lot more really old films in too if my mind was with me right now. So many classics to choose from.

[InOne]

Haha. I love that film.

I was in Manchester last week, stopped off for a pint at Mulligans lol

[Mrluvaluva]

I was in Manchester last week, stopped off for a pint at Mulligans lol

Sorry. I missed you.

[InOne]

Sorry. I missed you.

Haha, you ever been there?

[Mrluvaluva]

Haha, you ever been there?

It's a seedy downtown place off Deansgate isn't it?

[Tom4784]

I'm gonna do this in the morning I think I'm gonna end up missing some films I really like otherwise.

[InOne]

It's a seedy downtown place off Deansgate isn't it?

Not too bad inside really, but yeah it's off Deansgate lol

[Mrluvaluva]

Not too bad inside really, but yeah it's off Deansgate lol

They must have done it up since I was last there then. Lol. I was last in The Moon Under Water and The Hog and Hound. I was tempted to go in The Living Room, but it was there the last time I lived in Manchester so I thought it must be totally uncool by now. Like the others weren't, duh!

[InOne]

They must have done it up since I was last there then. Lol. I was last in The Moon Under Water and The Hog and Hound. I was tempted to go in The Living Room, but it was there the last time I lived in Manchester so I thought it must be totally uncool by now. Like the others weren't, duh!

I only know the centre really tbh, just sort of went for a random wander.

[Mrluvaluva]

I only know the centre really tbh, just sort of went for a random wander.

What day last week was it again?

[InOne]

What day last week was it again?

It was Friday the 5th actually I think, the start of the Irish festival.

[Mrluvaluva]

It was Friday the 5th actually I think, the start of the Irish festival.

Ahh yeah. I was out of town that day. Linda warned me to stay away.

[InOne]

Ahh yeah. I was out of town that day. Linda warned me to stay away.

Hmmmm, you and your dodgy edits lol Nothing wrong with a good Manc piss up

[Mrluvaluva]

Hmmmm, you and your dodgy edits lol Nothing wrong with a good Manc piss up

Nothing at all wrong with a good piss up. I am quite partial to one.

[InOne]

Nothing at all wrong with a good piss up. I am quite partial to one.

Haha only messing, the "lies" one

[Mrluvaluva]

It was more to do with Linda telling me to lie. Lol. Even though she is not here. I hear voices.............

[Rory]

1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2. 500 Days of Summer
3. City of God
4. Amelie
5. The Apartment
6. Memento
7. Lost in Translation
8. The Shawshank Redemption
9. Se7en
10. The Machinist
11. Requiem for a Dream
12. Jackie Brown
13. Persona
14. Chungking Express
15. The Conversation
16. Paris Je t'aime
17. Big Fish
18. The Truman Show
19. Shaun of the Dead
20. Mulholland Dr.
21. Harold and Maude
22. Vanilla Sky
23. The Virgin Suicides
24. Battle Royale
25. The Shining

are mine. I had a few that I wanted to put on there, but didn't (like Sunset Boulevard, L.A. Confidential, etc.)

[GypsyGoth]

The films I seen on your list Rory I like, some of them a lot, I will try to see the others.

[InOne]

It was more to do with Linda telling me to lie. Lol. Even though she is not here. I hear voices.............

Bet they're nice voices though ;)

[Mrluvaluva]

Bet they're nice voices though ;)

Not really. REDRUM. REDRUM. REDRUM......................

[InOne]

Not really. REDRUM. REDRUM. REDRUM......................

Hmmmm, well i'm sure it would only be those who deserved it....

[Mrluvaluva]

Hmmmm, well i'm sure it would only be those who deserved it....

Oh of course. Am only joking. I am trying to get a decent score on Simon actually. I think I need pen and paper....

[InOne]

Oh of course. Am only joking. I am trying to get a decent score on Simon actually. I think I need pen and paper....

I was too :tongue: Yeah haha, not been on the arcade in ages

[DrunkerThanMoses]

impossible for me to do that lol. Love flicks too much. Geek alert

As some people will say..... "this"

[Niamh.]

In no particular order

1 - Dirty Dancing
2 - The ShawShank Redemption
3 - The Usual Suspects
4 - Se7en
5 - The Butterfly Effect
6 - I am Legend
7 - Candy
8 - The Notebook
9 - Avatar
10 - Happy Gilmore
11 - Heathers
12 - The Ring
13 - Along came a spider
14 – True Romance
15 – Bram Stokers Dracula
16 – The Green Mile
17 – Ferris Buellers Day off
18 – Silence of The Lambs
19 – Inside Man
20 – In Bruges
21 – The Fugitive
22 – In the name of the Father
23 – The Wind that Shakes the Barley
24 – Sliding Doors
25 – Willy Wonka and the chocolate Factory

[NettoSuperstar!]

Randomly

Fargo
Withnail and I
Crash
No Country for Old Men
Hotel New Hampshire
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Donnie Darko
Gummo
Rita Sue and Bob too
Taxi Driver
Pulp Fiction
Goodfellas
ET
Star Wars
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
American Beauty
Apocalypse Now
Platoon
Stand By Me
Twelve Monkeys
Lost in Translation
Babel
The Shining
Silence of the Lambs
Dawn of the Dead(70s)


Just off the top of my head

[setanta]

Just the ones that have entered my head right now, and I'm drunk so here goes, and in no particular order.

La Belle et le Bete
Jaws
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
The Conversation
Seven Samurai
Night of the Hunter
Synecdoche, New York
Taxi Driver
The Innocents
Casablanca
The Fly (remake)
Empire Strikes Back
Bladerunner
Scarface
There Will Be Blood
Chinatown
Withnail and I
Harold and Maude
Vertigo
The Passion of Joan of Arc
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Tootsie
I Am Cuba
Field of Dreams
.

Rodney had a look at my list this morning and wasn't happy with some of the flicks I left out, so he had a word in my ear and we came up with another one. Just for a bit of variety!

A Matter of Life and Death
Apocalypse Now
ET
The Killers (1946)
Rear Window
The Ox-Bow Incident
To Kill A Mockingbird
Jules et Jim
Hunger
The Big Lebowski
Sunset Boulevard
All About Eve
Dog Day Afternoon
Tokyo Story
Alien
Ed Wood
Toy Story
The Shining
8 1/2
Cross of Iron
Die Hard
Boogie Nights
Shadowlands
The Lion in Winter
Jean De Florette

I might give Tubster a look later on to see what he thinks. hee hee.

[setanta]

Shi%e, and the Third Man. Always forgetting it.

[NettoSuperstar!]

Oh Yeh Alien forgot that and Big Lebowski...Toy Story good call...I want Back To The Future aswell

[setanta]

Oh Yeh Alien forgot that and Big Lebowski...Toy Story good call...I want Back To The Future aswell

Ahhh, forgot about Back to the Future. What a film.

[Claymores]

1 has to be Blade Runner - such a clever movie.

[hennessy]

01) Leon
02) Seven Samurai
03) Battle Royale
04) Pulp Fiction
05) The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
06) Once Upon a Time In America
07) Naked
08) Raging Bull
09) Casino
10) Warrior King
11) The Godfather 2
12) Ponyo On The Cliff
13) The Pianist
14) 2001: A Space Odyssey
15) Fight Club
16) Annie Hall
17) Stir Crazy
18) Some Like It Hot
19) The Philadelphia Story
20) Horse Feathers
21) Pan's Labyrinth
22) Fargo
23) Monty Python's Holy Grail
24) The Lady Killers (original)
25) The Seventh Seal

[Raph]

1. Free Willy
2. The Lizzie McGuire Movie
3. Tonari no Totoro
4. Troy
5. Beauty and the Beast
6. Cinderella
7. Little Miss Sunshine
8. RV
9. Little Manhattan
10. Bridge to Terabithia
11. The prince and the pauper
12. Home Alone 1
13. Home Alone 2
14. Home Alone 3
15. Home Alone 4
16. It's a wonderful Life
17. You Wish!
18. The Evens Stevens Movie
19. The Break-Up
20. The Cheetah Girls 1
21. Mean Girls
22. The Hangover
23. Big Daddy
24. 12 Angry Men
25. IT.

:)

[NettoSuperstar!]

yeh **** Bladerunner...and Trainspotting

[Beastie]

Cute list Samy :)

[RtooDee2]

City of God.
Clerks.
Raging Bull.
The Jerk.
Terminator 2.
The good, the bad and the ugly.
Saw.
Trainspotting.
Raiders of the lost ark.
Aliens.
Recº.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
Capricorn one.
Predator.
Full Metal Jacket.
Pulp fiction.
Close Encounters of the Third kind.
Theres Something about Mary
Leon.
Stir Crazy.
Trueman show.
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot.
Star Wars.
The Sting.
Die Hard.
All these i could watch over and over.

[setanta]

Good list RtooDee2 although I've always loved The Empire Strikes back more than the first Star Wars. In saying that though, they're both terrific.

You like Capricorn One? That's a great conspiracy thriller.

[setanta]

In no particular order

1 - Dirty Dancing
2 - The ShawShank Redemption
3 - The Usual Suspects
4 - Se7en
5 - The Butterfly Effect
6 - I am Legend
7 - Candy
8 - The Notebook
9 - Avatar
10 - Happy Gilmore
11 - Heathers
12 - The Ring
13 - Along came a spider
14 – True Romance
15 – Bram Stokers Dracula
16 – The Green Mile
17 – Ferris Buellers Day off
18 – Silence of The Lambs
19 – Inside Man
20 – In Bruges
21 – The Fugitive
22 – In the name of the Father
23 – The Wind that Shakes the Barley
24 – Sliding Doors
25 – Willy Wonka and the chocolate Factory

Wow. Bram Stoker's Dracula. I thought I was the only person on the planet that enjoyed that one.

[Christina]

1) Harry Potter & The Goblet Of Fire
2) Harry Potter & The Order Of The Pheonix
3) Harry Potter & The Prisnor Of Azkaban
4) Bridget Jone's Diary
5) Waist Deep
6) Love Actually
7) Mean Girls
8) Lion King 1/2
9) Twilight
10) High School Musical 2
11) St Trinians 2
12) 50 First Dates
13) The Princess Diary
14) Princess Protection Programme
15) Crossroads
16) The Muppet's Christmas Carol
17) The Notebook
18) What Happens In Vegas
19) The Holiday
20) While You Were Sleeping
21) The Parent Trap (Lindsay Lohan one)
22) P.S I Love You
23) The Ugly Truth
24) Mamma Mia
25) Avatar


That wasn't in any order really.

[setanta]

Right, Tubster had a look at both of our lists and wasn't happy. lol.

Back To The Future
My Left Foot
The Elephant Man
Notorious
Dances With Wolves
The Usual Suspects
Unforgiven
Once Were Warriors
12 Angry Men
The Maltese Falcon
The Cabinet of Dr Cagliari
Grizzly Man
The Godfather
Paths of Glory
The Sting
Manhunter
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
The Conformist
JFK
The Producers
Groundhog Day
The Dead Zone
How Green Is My Valley
The Tree of Wooden Clogs
Rocky

[Niamh.]

Wow. Bram Stoker's Dracula. I thought I was the only person on the planet that enjoyed that one.

yeah, my favorite vampire film, Gary Oldman is a legend, Keanu was awful in it though! 12 angry men I see on your list, I haven't seen the film but I saw 2 play versions of it, great story.

[setanta]

yeah, my favorite vampire film, Gary Oldman is a legend, Keanu was awful in it though! 12 angry men I see on your list, I haven't seen the film but I saw 2 play versions of it, great story.

Oldman was a fantastic Dracula. That's a flawed but absolutely brilliant film in it's own way. I fecking love it.

[Niamh.]

I like the idea of Ground hog day too, an interesting plot

[Niamh.]

Oldman was a fantastic Dracula. That's a flawed but absolutely brilliant film in it's own way. I fecking love it.

yeah, I'm also a big fan of Winona Ryder, probably since Heathers!

[setanta]

I'm running out of pets to give me another shot at a list. So hard for me to go for just 25 lol.

[Niamh.]

I'm running out of pets to give me another shot at a list. So hard for me to go for just 25 lol.

haha, maybe you could leave some other stuff on earth when you go into space and take a few extra films instead?

[setanta]

haha, maybe you could leave some other stuff on earth when you go into space and take a few extra films instead?

I'm already in space, and I'm floating in a most peculiar way!

[Niamh.]

I'm already in space, and I'm floating in a most peculiar way!

Do the stars look very different today?

[setanta]

Do the stars look very different today?

I'm really looking down at Earth to tell you the truth, and it looks very blue in places. Not where you are though. Can't see you from where I'm stationed.

[Niamh.]

I'm really looking down at Earth to tell you the truth, and it looks very blue in places. Not where you are though. Can't see you from where I'm stationed.

keep a look out for me anyhow Major.

[Shaun]

I heard Space Oddity references and got lured in.

[setanta]

I heard Space Oddity references and got lured in.

Always time in the day for a bit of Bowie hun.

[LewisMarvel]

1.Twilight
2.X-Men
3.X-Men 3-The Last stand
4.X-Men 2
5.Knocked up
6.Juno
7.Pulp Fiction
8.Kindergarden Cop
9.Bruce Almighty
10.Die Hard
11.Die Hard 2 Die Harder
12.Die Hard With A Vengence
13.Die Hard 4.0
14.The Terminator
15.Terminator 2 Judgement Day
16.Spider man
17.Total Recall
18.The Running Man
19.Toy Story
20.Toy Story 2
21.Shrek
22.Terminator 3 The Rise Of The Machines
23.Watchmen
24.Shrek 2
25.Batman The Dark Knight

[setanta]

Twilight at the top of that list. Are you demented? Some great flicks below it.

[LewisMarvel]

Twilight at the top of that list. Are you demented? Some great flicks below it.

yeah,i love twilight!

[setanta]

yeah,i love twilight!

Over the Terminator, Toy Story and Total Recall, among others? I have to take you under my wing and teach you the ways of the force. lol.

[LewisMarvel]

Over the Terminator, Toy Story and Total Recall, among others? I have to take you under my wing and teach you the ways of the force. lol.

lol:joker:

[Braden]

1. Precious
2. Titanic
3. The Blind Side
4. The Devil Wears Prada
5. An Education
6. Up
7. The Boat That Rocked
8. Slumdog Millionaire
9. Avatar
10. The Time Travellers Wife
11. Paranormal Activity
12. Coraline
13. The Chronicals Of Narnia: The Lion,The Witch And The Wardrobe
14. Moulin Rouge!
15. Transamerica
16. Breakfast At Tiffany's
17. Bend It Like Beckham
18. Bruce Almighty
19. Pretty Women
20. The Lovely Bones
21. Dreamgirls
22. Little Miss Sunshine
23. Juno
24. Romeo And Juliet
25. Mean Girls

..26.Sister Act (It felt so lonely)

[setanta]

Another Padawan for me to tutor. Hee hee.

[Tom4784]

1. Kill Bill (both parts as it's technically one film in a sense)
2. Lion King
3. Battle Royale
4. Howl's Moving Castle
5. Labyrinth
6. Let The Right One In
7. Grave of the Fireflies
8. Edward Scissorhands
9. Nightmare Before Christmas
10. Beauty and the Beast
11. Pan's Labyrinth
12. Princess Mononoke
13. Gremlins
14. Crouching tiger, Hidden Dragon
15. Sweeney Todd
16. The Crow
17. Sin City
18. Romeo + Juiliet
19. Big Trouble in Little China
20. Wall-E
21. Dangerous Minds
22. Death Note
23. Rock & Rule
24. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
25. Moon

That was hard, There's some clunkers in there but I do like my guilty pleasures. Like with most things my list would change depending on my mood but I'd say this is roughly my top 25 films.