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Would you like to create an Invelos Top 25 Movie List?
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorhydr0x
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Hope I'm not late to the party

I made a special rule for my list only to include movies I've seen in their original language from a DVD I own. That ruled out a lot of stuff that would be on it otherwise. My collection is also severely lacking in the 60s/70s department, especially for European productions. As you can see some childhood memories from the late 80s rank higher than they probably should :D

In no order, sorry, it's ridiculous to compare Blade Runner and Bringing Up Baby...

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Hah, I'm surprised by my own list. I'd never have expected that many 80s/2000s movies and that few 90s (1) and 40s movies. I'm also wondering why no silent made the list. I gotta watch more of those I own 


I just realized I have to rank the list to have it taken into the poll. So, I'll try:

01. Elizabethtown, 2005
02. The Adventures of Robin Hood, 1938
03. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, 1989
04. Children of Men, 2006
05. Back to the Future, 1985
06. Ferris Bueller's Day Off, 1986
07. North by Northwest, 1959
08. The Wizard of Oz, 1939
09. C'era una volta il West / Once Upon A Time in the West, 1968
10. Beverly Hills Cop, 1984
11. Bringing Up Baby, 1938
12. The Prestige, 2006
13. Blade Runner, 1982
14. Léon, 1994
15. Dip huet seung hung / The Killer, 1989
16. The Ninth Gate, 1999
17. The Philadelphia Story, 1940
18. Top Gun, 1986
19. Singin' in the Rain, 1951
20. Wo hu cang long / Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 2000
21. Cidade de Deus, 2002
22. 3:10 to Yuma, 2007
23. The Notebook, 2004
24. Sin City, 2005
25. Who Framed Roger Robbit, 1988

Jeez, ask me any other day and the list could be the other way around :/
- Jan
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I just realized I have to rank the list to have it taken into the poll. So, I'll try:


I didn't know this also. So I went back I tried to give some ranking to my list.


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My Ranked List (My Top Ten is pretty solid; after that the differences are not all that huge, but since you need a ranked list, here it is):

1) Manhattan
2) 2001 A Space Odyssey
3)  Wizard of Oz
4) The Abominable Dr. Phibes
5) The Lord of the Rings (I consider them all one big movie, but if you need them separated out then my fave of the 3 is Fellowship of the Ring)
6) Batman (Michael Keaton version)
7) A Clockwork Orange
8) Wizards
9) Cabaret
10) The Harvey Girls
11) Allegro Non Troppo
12) Edward Scissorhands
13) North by Northwest
14) White Heat
15) Seven Samurai
16) Eraserhead
17) The Adventures of Prince Achmed
18) Fantasia
19) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
20) The Good Fairy (1935)
21) Repo Man
22) Way Out West (Laurel & Hardy)
23) The Girl Who Knew Too Much
24) Intolerance
25) Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow


A lot of things here that I'll have the only vote for, but so it goes.    The list said "favorite" so I went with that, and quality of the movie be damned.  These are all movies that I can, and have, sat through over and over and over again.  Love 'em all.  And by my count, only five made after 1980, though I shirked on the non-US films (only Seven Samurai, Prince Achmed and Girl Who Knew Too Much, unless you count 2001 as British).
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11) Allegro Non Troppo


Is it actually that good? Been interested in a purchase for a while...

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17) The Adventures of Prince Achmed


wow, surprised to see this on a list. you're talking about the Lotte Reiniger animation, right?

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25) Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow


Mh, loved it the first time I watched it, almost hated it the second time and found it good but not awesome the third time. Seems to depend a lot on my mood :D

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though I shirked on the non-US films (only Seven Samurai, Prince Achmed and Girl Who Knew Too Much, unless you count 2001 as British).


you forgot Holy Grail
- Jan
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Figure I may as well throw in my lot as well, although it seems I have a substantial bias in my choices. As with many others, I think that this could change significantly on another day.

1. Urusei Yatsure Movie 5: Final Chapter
2. Urusei Yatsura Movie 2: Beautiful Dreamer
3. 12 Angry Men
4. Porco Rosso
5. Little Shop of Horrors [1986]
6. Clue
7. Seven Samurai
8. Sanjiro
9. Yojimbo
10. Night of the Living Dead [1968]
11. Dawn of the Dead [1978]
12. And then there were none
13. Laputa, Castle in the Sky
14. Akira
15. My Neighbour Totoro
16. The Ring
17. The Thing [1982]
18. Milleniun Actress
19. Iron Monkey [1993]
20. Dark Crystal
21. Aliens
22. Asoka
23. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
24. Dial M for Murder
25. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

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Allegro non Troppo is a little uneven---the live action bits are awful, but most of the animation is excellent.  The Dvorak is great, and the Sibelius Valse Triste is just downright beautiful.  The Bolero is a pretty entertaining riff on Fantasia.  I like it a lot, and if you can get through the live action stuff it's quite rewarding.

Yes, the Lotte Reininger animation of Prince Achmed.  It's a stunning piece of work, and you have to respect the incredible dedication and artistry behind it.

Yeah, my first viewing of Sky Captain knocked my socks off and then my shoes and then mussed up my hair.  I guess you can only have that experience once, but I can still watch it over and over.

Oh yeah, Holy Grail is British, isn't it?  Just a wee bit..... 
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Not been here for a while, but favourite lists are always fun! Looking forward to seeing which ones come out on top.

1: Dances With Wolves
2: Aliens
3: Rio Bravo
4: Jaws
5: Seven Samurai
6: The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
7: Citizen Kane
8: The Empire Strikes Back
9: Ferris Buellers Day Off
10: The Godfather
11: Vertigo
12: Once Upon a Time in the West
13: Raiders of The Lost Ark
14: The Ladykillers
15: Touch of Evil
16: Casablanca
17: Alien
18: The Searchers
19: The Long Good Friday
10: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
21: It's a Wonderful Life
22: Sullivan's Travels
23: Silence of the Lambs
24: Some Like it Hot
25: Robocop
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Lord, I would suggest you might need to wait a bit longer for the Invelos TOP 25, I guess some more people will post their lists , like KEN and maybe more.

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Lord, I would suggest you might need to wait a bit longer for the Invelos TOP 25, I guess some more people will post their lists , like KEN and maybe more.

greetings
Donnie


I agree this will be the last hold.  Wednesday will be the final and I will begin tabulations.
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1.  The Elephant Man (1980, Lynch)
2.  C'era una volta il West (1968, Leone)
3.  Casablanca (1942, Curtiz)
4.  The Blues Brothers (1980, Landis)
5.  2001: A Space Odissey (1968, Kubrick)
6.  Rocky (1976, Avildsen)
7.  My Fair Lady (1980, Cukor)
8.  Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979, Herzog)
9.  Gone with the Wind (1939, Fleming)
10. Ben-Hur (1959, Wyler)
11. It's a Wonderful Life (1946, Capra)
12. Fantasia (1940)
13. Jaws (1975, Spielberg)
14. Modern Times (1936, Chaplin)
15. Il gattopardo (1963, Visconti)
16. A Clockwork Orange (1971, Kubrick)
17. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949, Hamer)
18. Manhattan (1979, Allen)
19. Star Wars (1977, Lucas)
20. Coming to America (1988, Landis)
21. Million Dollar Baby (2004, Eastwood)
22. Jules et Jim (1962, Truffaut)
23. Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988, Almodóvar)
24. The Front Page (1974, Wilder)
25. Roman Holiday (1953, Wyler)
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I agree this will be the last hold.  Wednesday will be the final and I will begin tabulations.

I do not envy you the task of tabulation.  I tried a sneak peek the other day and it's a big headache just prepping the data (though hopefully you have an easier way) and then there's all the title variations (not to mention trilogies being listed as both individual parts AND as trilogies).
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1) The Shawshank Redemption (all time favorite, have it in 3 versions)
2) The Bourne trilogy
3) The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
4) American History X
5) Love Actually
6) Life is beautiful
7) Apocalypto
8) Secondhand Lions
9) Black Hawk Down
10) Saving Private Ryan
11) A Clockwork Orange
12) Inside Man
13) The Fifth Element
14) Memoirs of a Geisha
15) The Star Wars saga
16) Pan’s Labyrinth
17) I kina spiser de hunde
18) Reservoir Dogs
19) Blade Runner
20) The Party (Peter Sellers)
21) Se7en
22) Interview with the Vampire
23) Blinkende Lygter
24) Citizen Kane
25) Dr. Strangelove

This list is my current Top 25 - it constantly changes, but the top 10 usually stays the same.
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The list is going to be released when?
It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?


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The list is going to be released when?


Funny, I wanted to ask the same thing when I opened the board
- Jan
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The list is going to be released when?


If you are asking about the list I am sorry a couple things beyond my control slowed it down.  I promise to have the list up by this weekend.
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Don't worry about impatient people.  The list will be up when it's up.  You get things sorted out at your end, and if people are really that keen to see the results, they have all the information they need to make the list themselves (and then they can see how much work you've got yourself in for).
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