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Other Discussions => Entertainment => Off Topic => Movies => Topic started by: perks-a-beast on July 31, 2009, 11:26:45 AM
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Personally, I have to go with the 90's just for producing some of the most CLASSIC movies of all time.
Shawshank Redemption
Pulp Fiction
Saving Private Ryan
Schindlers List
Good Fellas
Braveheart
Forrest Gump
Titanic (like it or not, it's probably the most popular of all time)
There's something about Marry
Casino
Dazed and Confused
Godfather Part 3
Clerks
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Godfather 3?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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Bonnie & Clyde
The Graduate
2001 Space Odyssey
+ more...
60's
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Godfather 3?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
i saw that too, you go with GF 3 and leave off the best movie of that decade, apollo 13?
for shame!
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Godfather 3?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
i saw that too, you go with GF 3 and leave off the best movie of that decade, apollo 13?
for shame!
Is there something wrong with that? i'm sorry?
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Godfather 3?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
i saw that too, you go with GF 3 and leave off the best movie of that decade, apollo 13?
for shame!
Is there something wrong with that? i'm sorry?
nah just busting your chops, its a slow Friday :D
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Godfather 3?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
i saw that too, you go with GF 3 and leave off the best movie of that decade, apollo 13?
for shame!
Is there something wrong with that? i'm sorry?
I think Godfather 3 is a terrible movie, and I think that's the consensus among critics, as well. However, different strokes for different folks. It wouldn't make my top-200 list for best movies of the 90s.
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i also voted 90's btw, just so many good movies, and i don't have personal knowledge of 70's and before. Ive seen movies from then of course, but i feel like the 90's had just a wealth of awesome film making.
To bad the 2000's (at least past 01-02) for the most part haven't followed suit.
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The 2000's was a close 2nd for me
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GF 3 probably wouldn't crack my top 100 for the 90's but i did a google search for most popular movies of the 90's and that happend to be like #25 or something like that.
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i voted for 80's. so many classics in all different genres
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The 2000's was a close 2nd for me
why, if i may ask?
This entire decade has been one crappy remake of movies from previous decades + comic book/ cartoon movies after another.
There have been a exceptions of course, but so far this decade has been pretty lackluster IMO
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I would agree with the crappy remake part but the two main reasons would probably be 1) i am a huge nerd and am a lord of the rings Fanatic. 2) My favorite genre would have to be comedy and IMO no decade even comes close to producing the number of laugh out loud comedys that the 00's have (Step Brothers, Old School, Grandmas Boy, Anchorman, Superbad) That's just my kind of dumb humor i guess. lol.
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their are no decades just Robert De Niro
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their are no decades just Robert De Niro
I was thinking about him recently. When was the last time he did something decent? I used to love him, but it seems he's either not getting good roles, or just grown weary of challenging roles.
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I think the last thing De Niro did was Ritcheous Kill with Al Pacino which was hardly a good movie, so i'd say the last decent thing he did was Meet the Parents.
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I am voting for the 80's.
Teenwolf
Raiders of the Lost Ark/Last Crusade
Aliens
Raging Bull
The Shinning
Back to the Future
Bladerunner
Diehard
Stars V/VI
Glory
The Untouchables
Rainman
The Terminator
This Is Spinal Tap
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I think the last thing De Niro did was Ritcheous Kill with Al Pacino which was hardly a good movie, so i'd say the last decent thing he did was Meet the Parents.
I take it back...This was a pretty good role
(http://l.yimg.com/eb/ymv/us/img/hv/photo/movie_pix/universal_pictures/the_adventures_of_rocky_and_bullwinkle/_group_photos/jason_alexander1.jpg)
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Yup
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1939 is widely claimed to be the best year for Hollywood. Wizard of Oz is still one of my favorites.
BTW, I'm really #*@%!^& old.
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a 2005 Time Magazine top 100 list has
60s - 13
80s - 11
90s - 10
70s - 9
00s - 5
a 1999 Entertainment Weekly top 100 has
60's - 11
70's - 11
80's - 9
90's - 6
(other decades not tallied as they weren't options)
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the last semi decent thing Bobby D did was The Score and even that wasn't nearly as good as it could have been..
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I don't know if the 80s would win for most critically acclaimed movies, but in terms of movies affecting pop culture, the 80s seem like an easy choice:
Star Wars
Indiana Jones
Back to the Future
Rocky
Karate Kid
Breakfast Club
Ferris Bueller
...just to name a few.
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I don't know if the 80s would win for most critically acclaimed movies, but in terms of movies affecting pop culture, the 80s seem like an easy choice:
Star Wars
Indiana Jones
Back to the Future
Rocky
Karate Kid
Breakfast Club
Ferris Bueller
...just to name a few.
Starwars and Rocky were made in the 70s.
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Maybe it's just because I've been watching a ton of 70s stuff on netflix lately (just checked out The Conversation last night- very, very good movie), but the 70s may take the spot for me. There were tons of good directors at the peak in the 70s, and since critically loved movies were making big bucks (those were the days), studios were giving them free reign.
The 80s and 90s were both great, but a lot of this is influenced from growing up during this time.
The 00s have been pretty underrated as well. Sure, the remakes/sequels get the most pub, but that has always been the case. Big, bloated summer movies are the ones that make the big bucks. Don't blame the studios, blame the knucklehead that repeatedly go to bad movies.
but there have been have dozens of great movies this decade. Some have been big money makers (the dark knight), but most of them were smaller movies. It may take a little more time to find them, but the effort is worth it.
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the 80's. i love everything about the 80's. sigh. no cell phones.how peaceful is that?
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80's
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80's - quite a few good sports themed movies:
Bull Durham
Hooisers
The Natural
Caddyshack (too funny)
Raging Bull
The Color of Money (hey, I'm a pool player)
I'm sure there are more...
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For me the 70's were always my favorate decade.
The Godfather 1 and 2
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Apocalypse Now
Star Wars
Jaws
Rocky
A Clockwork Orange
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Blazing Saddles
American Graffiti
The Exorcist
Monty Python's Life of Brian
Patton
Annie Hall
Young Frankenstein
Deliverance
Animal House
Alien
Dirty Harry
All the President's Men
Superman
Breaking Away
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
and a lot more.
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Personally, I have to go with the 90's just for producing some of the most CLASSIC movies of all time.
Shawshank Redemption
Pulp Fiction
Saving Private Ryan
Schindlers List
Good Fellas
Braveheart
Forrest Gump
Titanic (like it or not, it's probably the most popular of all time)
There's something about Marry
Casino
Dazed and Confused
Godfather Part 3
Clerks
You are missing a few, help make our argument stronger...
Happy Gilmore
Billy Madison
Home Alone
Jurassic Park
Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey
Alladin
Lion King
American History X
Primal Fear
Terminator 2
The list goes on and on. this should be a wrap
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70's for me.
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The 70s might be tough to beat from a critical perspective. First of all, I has what's many consider the best movie of all time (and the sequel)...
Godfather 1 and 2
It has Star Wars.... that's gotta give it massive points.
Some of the iconic work from Kubrick, Spielberg, Coppola, Scorcese...
Apocalypse Now
China Town
Clockwork Orange
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Jaws
Taxi Driver
... Other iconic films include
Rocky
Saturday Night Fever
Young Frankenstein
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Exorcist
Network
Alien
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Dog Day Afternoon
French Connection
The Deer Hunter...
Maybe some of those movies just seem bigger, because they are classics and changed the industry.
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It's the mid-50's to mid-60's without question, but that's not a choice here, so to stay with the choices given, I have to go with 90's, followed by the new millenia.
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This will shock you, but I've decided not to be objective about it and give it to the 2000s for the Star Wars prequels alone
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where's 2001
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In my opinion the 70's, 90's, and 2000's are all amazing
Crownsy - to respond to what you said about all movies in the 2000's being remakes and comic book movies, I will agree that we have seen an overload of those types of movies but that is just at the theater. If you look closely you'll find good movies.
For example (Alphabetic order from my library of movies I own):
1. Across the Universe (2007)
2. American Psycho (2000)
3. The Assassination of Jesse James (2007)
4. Atonement (2007)
5. The Aviator (2004)
6. Babel (2006)
7. Big Fish (2003)
8. Blood Diamond (2006)
9. Blow (2001)
10. Burn After Reading (2008)
11. Butterfly Effect (2004)
12. Children of Men (2006)
13. City of God (2002)
14. Collateral (2004)
15. Crash (2004)
16. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
17. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
18. The Departed (2006)
19. Donnie Darko (2001)
20. Doubt (2008)
21. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
22. Finding Nemo (2003)
23. The Fountain (2006)
24. Gangs of New York (2002)
25. Gone Baby Gone (2007)
26. Gran Torino (2008)
27. Hotel Rwanda (2003)
28. In Bruges (2008)
29. Into the Wild (2007)
30. Kill Bill vol. 1 (2003)
31. Kill Bill vol. 2 (2004)
32. The Kite Runner (2007)
33. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
34. The Lookout (2007)
35. Lost in Translation (2003)
36. Memento (2000)
37. Milk (2008)
38. Munich (2005)
39. Mystic River (2003)
40. No Country For Old Men (2007)
41. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
42. Panic Room (2002)
43. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
44. The Passion of the Christ (2004)
45. Phone Booth (2002)
46. The Pianist (2002)
47. The Prestige (2006)
48. The Reader (2008)
49. Requiem For a Dream (2000)
50. Revolutionary Road (2008)
51. Sin City (2005)
52. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
53. There Will Be Blood (2007)
54. Traffic (2000)
55. The Wrestler (2008)
Not to mention movies I don't own yet such as Changeling, Inglourious Basterds, Frost/Nixon, and countless others...
With all of that said, I think I would still put the 90's on top, probably in the 2 spot as the second best decade because of movies like Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump, The Shawshank Redemption, Titanic, Eyes Wide Shut, etc. I would put the 70's in 3rd with A Clockwork Orange, Woodstock, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Godfather I and II, Dirty Harry, Chinatown, Halloween, Alien, etc. I would definitely have to put the 2000's in first.
As far as the best single years...
2007 - Across the Universe, The Assassination of Jesse James, Atonement, Gone Baby Gone, Into The Wild, The Kite Runner, The Lookout, No Country For Old Men, There Will Be Blood.
2008 - Burn After Reading, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Doubt, Gran Torino, In Bruges, Milk, The Reader, Revolutionary Road, Slumdog Millionaire, The Wrestler.
1994 - Clerks, Forrest Gump, Pulp Fiction, The Shawshank Redemption.
1939 - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Gone With the Wind, The Wizard of Oz.
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For me the 70's were always my favorate decade.
The Godfather 1 and 2
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Apocalypse Now
Star Wars
Jaws
Rocky
A Clockwork Orange
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Blazing Saddles
American Graffiti
The Exorcist
Monty Python's Life of Brian
Patton
Annie Hall
Young Frankenstein
Deliverance
Animal House
Alien
Dirty Harry
All the President's Men
Superman
Breaking Away
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
and a lot more.
You're missing some. But I'd go with the 70s.
Halloween
The Towering Inferno
Earthquake
High Plains Drifter
The Outlaw Jose Wales
Serpico
Death Wish
The Valachi Papers
The Cowboys
Big Jake
Cahill US Marshall
Rooster Cogburn
Kelly's Heroes
The Sting
The Warriors (I was in high school...)
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70s for me
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I think the hard part in gauging the 2000s is that unlike the previous decades, many of the best movies were not culturally recognized. Same thing with literature and with music in this decade. Our culture is, in my opinion, stupid. We like stupid things, and stupid things get popular. Sometimes a well made movie gets extremely popular, but for every 1 great film that is a huge success there are 5 that were box office failures.
But while I give the 2000s credit, I think the 70s take it. People have already listed some of the many movies here. I think it wins for quality, and for long-term effect. The Godfather films have a near dominant influence on modern crime films. Jaws was and is a landmark film that is emulated over and over again. Rocky is the premier example of an underdog sports film. Animal house is the blue print for many goof-ball comedies now.
But more importantly than any of that, Star Wars. For better or worse those films sparked the Hollywood blockbuster craze that still dominates American film to this day.
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For me the 70's were always my favorate decade.
The Godfather 1 and 2
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Apocalypse Now
Star Wars
Jaws
Rocky
A Clockwork Orange
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Blazing Saddles
American Graffiti
The Exorcist
Monty Python's Life of Brian
Patton
Annie Hall
Young Frankenstein
Deliverance
Animal House
Alien
Dirty Harry
All the President's Men
Superman
Breaking Away
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
and a lot more.
You're missing some. But I'd go with the 70s.
Halloween
The Towering Inferno
Earthquake
High Plains Drifter
The Outlaw Jose Wales
Serpico
Death Wish
The Valachi Papers
The Cowboys
Big Jake
Cahill US Marshall
Rooster Cogburn
Kelly's Heroes
The Sting
The Warriors (I was in high school...)
Forgot about Enter the Dragon and Brian's Song.
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Well, we have to have more than one vote for the 60s.
Some of my favorite's are:
Tom Jones
West Side Story
Mary Poppins
The Graduate
Spartacus
Zorba the Greek
Alice's Restaurant
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Well, we have to have more than one vote for the 60s.
Some of my favorite's are:
Tom Jones
West Side Story
Mary Poppins
The Graduate
Spartacus
Zorba the Greek
Alice's Restaurant
Well, my favorite ten years goes from 55 to 65, so while we're betraying our ages a bit, TB, I'll over-lap and add a few more to your list:
South Pacific (my favorite of all time)
My Fair Lady
The King and I
Oklahoma!
The Sound of Music
Singing In the Rain
The Pink Panther
Psycho
Sayonara
The Ten Commandments
To Catch A Thief
The Manchurian Candidate
Vertigo
North By Northwest
To Kill A Mockingbird
Rebel Without A Cause
The Rear Window
On The Waterfront
The Apartment
Ben Hur
The Birds
Lawrence of Arabia
The Graduate
The Hustler
Funny Girl
Funny Face
From Here To Eternity ('53)
The Fly
The Dirty Dozen ('67)
Bridge On the River Kwai
Bus Stop Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
[dang] Yankees
Diabolique
That said, I can probably pick at least 30 movies from every decade that I love, up to the present moment. ;)
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So, Bahku....which decade did you vote for? It wasn't the 60's....
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So, Bahku....which decade did you vote for? It wasn't the 60's....
No ... I couldn't vote the way I wanted, (55 to 65), so I went with my next favorite period, the 90's, (further down the page). ;)