In no particular order and a list that might be different next week or even tomorrow but ten movies that I can watch again and again.......
10. Dead Man's Shoes.
One of the best revenge movies....ever!
9. Lucky Number Slevin.
Another great revenge movie.
8. The Wind and the Lion.
Worth it alone for the scene with the marines....brilliant!
7. Freebie and the Bean.
A great but silly buddy cop movie.
6. Midnight Sting.
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The only movie ending that has ever made me cheer!
5. No country for old men.
A bleak look at modern times...........
4. Yojimbo.
Mifune and Kurosawa at their best, remade several times with Clint Eastwood and Bruce Willis playing the Mifune role......
3. Kingdom of Heaven (Directors Cut)
An okay movie until the extra 40 odd minutes were added and then became a brilliant movie.....
2. Judge Dredd.
Not the fecking Stallone one but the Karl Urban one.....
1. I Went Down.
Low budget Irish brilliance..........
Now I've forgotten, Shawshank Redemption, Fight Club, LA Confidential,
You went for some classics! And nice to see Dredd get some dap. It was a cool film.
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You know, I haven't seen one of these. I'd better get myself educated. It's good to meet you! :)
ReplyDeleteNo Zulu!? :-( I´m really bad with top tens...my choices change every so often.
ReplyDeleteI think Kingdom of Heaven is the only one of those I've seen but I'm interested in the new Dredd movie.
ReplyDeleteNot only have I not seen any of these - I've one even heard of one before. I'm intrigued by Kingdom of Heaven now that you say it went from meh to brilliant with the additional 40 minutes.
ReplyDeleteNot that's a list. First one that I have come across where I don't know most of these movies. I need to broaden my horizons.
ReplyDeleteExcellent choice on "The Wind and the Lion" - Brian Keith is superb as Teddy Roosevelt!
ReplyDeleteMy list would have a few more Coen Brothers films including "O Brother Where Ought Thou?" and "Miller's Crossing"
I do have to say I'm a bit surprised to see "Judge Dread 3D" on the list but then again I have no taste for the finer things in life...
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Lucky Number Slevin was very well done, seen half of them, other half i haven't, yet.
ReplyDeleteThe only movie I've watched on this list is Kingdom.I'll have to check the others out :)
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Some really good calls there Fran. I will have to think on this and have a go myself.. Only ten seems a bit tight though... mhmm.
ReplyDeleteyou already know that Karl Urban is my one true love :) and that KINDGOM OF HEAVEN is one of my fave epics too! Love the music in that one too!
ReplyDeleteNice list. It's always fun to read these lists and remember the movies. I'll have to add mine.
ReplyDeleteOf your ten I've seen four !- My bad I guess.
ReplyDeleteI'll be watching out for the ones I haven't seen
Amazing. I have never seen any of them.
ReplyDeleteWind and the lion AND freebie and the bean. Since half the commentors haven't seen them, does that mean we are becoming old? I better start to practice screaming " you kids get offa my lawn!"
ReplyDeleteI hear you sir!
DeleteI've only heard of one that actually made the list but Fight Club, now that is an awesome flick!!!
ReplyDeleteWe are not on the same page - movie-wise, but who the hell cares! Fun to read anyway.
ReplyDeleteMine-Lawrence of Arabia, Dreams (Kurosawa), The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Goldfinger (best Bond ever, don't even argue), The Man Who Would Be King, True Grit, Zulu Dawn, Howl's Moving Castle, The Treaty and HELP! (the Beatles).
ReplyDeleteSome good ones Anne but also some awful ones!
DeleteThere are a couple of yours that I wouldn't watch even if you tied me to a chair and taped my eyelids open :)
DeleteNice list Fran, I might have to google some of these
ReplyDeleteSome really great picks in there
ReplyDeleteTop ten lists will always be subjective. Your choices differ very wildly to mine but so what? It would be a very dull world if we all agreed on the same things. Vive la difference!
ReplyDeleteI will echo Vampifans words. While I can't criticise your choices in any way, they are your choices and not mine. I will say I am disappointed that no cowboy films made the cut!
ReplyDeleteIn the short time I've been reading you.. yeah.This looks like your list alright. I like what I've seen.
ReplyDeleteI too have not seen a single one of these, and I've only heard of one of them previously - Kingdom of Heaven. ;)
ReplyDeleteI have not heard of your #10 or #1 movies…a first on the sites I have visited for this hop. I loved No County and almost no one else I know liked it. Guess I am a Coen fanatic! Slevin was good with so much talent in it and sorry, but I like the Stallone Dredd J
ReplyDeleteLike you 3 alternatives too!
Chuck at Apocalypse Now
Just dropping by from the blog hop. Clearly, I have to expand my "to watch" list because I haven't seen a number of movies that are on your list.
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