The RLLMUK Top 100 Favourite Films poll

[Dork Knight]

Errr, another list with which I'll probably change my mind two minutes after posting.

Well, here goes - A list with which I could sit down and not complain about watching;

Seven Samurai / Shichinin no samurai,

Red Bead / Akahige,

A Better Tomorrow / Ying hung boon sik,

A Better Tomorrow II / Ying hung boon sik II,

Infernal Affairs / Miu gaan diy,

Oldboy,

Hard-Boiled / Lat sau san taam,

American History X,

Yojimbo,

Sanjuro / Tsubaki Sanjûrô,

Clerks,

Mallrats,

Dogma,

Any Given Sunday,

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Hmm, tough one where Goodfellas, Apocalypse Now, The Hidden Fortress and a couple of others could be changed for one or two in the list but I think I'll leave it as it is.

[Vemsie]

Errr, another list with which I'll probably change my mind two minutes after posting.

Well, here goes - A list with which I could sit down and not complain about watching;

Seven Samurai / Shichinin no samurai,

Red Bead / Akahige,

A Better Tomorrow / Ying hung boon sik,

A Better Tomorrow II / Ying hung boon sik II,

Infernal Affairs / Miu gaan diy,

Oldboy,

Hard-Boiled / Lat sau san taam,

American History X,

Yojimbo,

Sanjuro / Tsubaki Sanjûrô,

Clerks,

Mallrats,

Dogma,

Any Given Sunday,

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Hmm, tough one where Goodfellas, Apocalypse Now, The Hidden Fortress and a couple of others could be changed for one or two in the list but I think I'll leave it as it is.

Three John Woo films! And I thought I was a fan

[Dork Knight]

..and Four Akira Kurosawa films

I thought I would create a list with which I could sit down and not complain about a single one.

However, A Better Tomorrow & One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest could be changed for something else now I look at the list.

Did you ever purchase the "A Better Tomorrow Ultimate Edition" release?

[Vemsie]

Did you ever purchase the "A Better Tomorrow Ultimate Edition" release?

Damn, I knew I forgot something.

[Rsdio]

Speaking of that ultimate edition, what is with these weird tin box/keep case hybrids that are all over the place at the moment? Someone obviously thinks it's a good idea but we'll be fucked if they break and we need new ones.

johnT - More obscure and foreign films have been quite inaccessable until quite recently so it's inevitable that they're not going to feature much on these lists, I think most people are picking things they've watched and watched over many years. When I was first started looking outside current mainstream stuff it was difficult and expensive to see foreign films, plus there was nothing like imdb where you could go and see if the film you were debating buying on an £18 Artificial Eye VHS was even any good. That wasn't long ago at all but it's so much easier now, you can pay much less and know exactly what it is you're spending your hard-earned on (or not spending anything at all on, even). I wouldn't be surprised if the opposite to what you say holds true and people under a certain age actually have more foreign stuff on their lists. If we were doing lists of the films we feel are the best I'm sure there'd be much more of that sort of thing too, I know mine would be almost completely different. 'Favourites' is ridiculously subjective anyway, Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom is my favourite of the trilogy even though I know it's the worst, just because I've got memories of watching it every single time I went to stay at my auntie and uncle's when I was a kid.

If I'd have seen something like Stalker, for example, earlier than just a few years ago I've got no doubt it'd be on there, but at the moment it would seem kind of fickle if I left out one of the others I grew up with to accomodate it. I feel like I need to have lived with a film for quite a while before I can truthfully say it's one of my absolute favourites.

[marcus]

The Descent

Kill Bill 1

Kill Bill 2

Ferris Buellers Day Off

Raiders Of The Lost Ark

Alien

Donnie Darko

An American Werewolf In London

Irreversible

Leon

Fight Club

Jaws

Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Rings

The Terminator

Poltergeist

[Daedalus]

Do the Right Thing

Annie Hall

Citizen Kane

Pulp Fiction

Bambi

Insomnia (the Nolan remake)

Lost Highway

Stand By Me

American Beauty

Se7en

A One and a Two (Yi Yi)

Mysterious Skin

Home Alone

LA Story

Rushmore

A list I'd treat with suspicion, missing out loads that for whatever reason I'm not thinking of now probably. It's got a nice balance though. A lot of these I remember in terms of the impression they made, and how it felt watching them as opposed to how impressed I am critically, or what characters and dialogue I can remember. 'Mysterious Skin' is associated with my summer between the second and third years of university, listening to Slowdive and feeling really happy about life, whilst slipping at the same time into isolation and depression. It's got this gorgeous glistening, suspended feel to it. 'Do the Right Thing' has this wonderful offbeat, sun-bleached colour (take that pun if you want) that makes it so unpredictable and fun to inhabit for its duration. 'Insomnia' also has this chilled, misty hushed feeling. Without wishing to sound too much like Crispin in his current habit of slightly unconvincing bold statement-making, when I think about it I think about the icy blueness that pervades the film. It's so-so storywise, but fantastic as a visual evocation of atmosphere. 'A One and a Two' is another gorgeous film - to watch (with those in-car nighttime scenes) and in terms of pace (it's not got that title for any old reason). I can see how that can put some off, but it feels really confidently patient - unhurried but still focused and observant. It's also really sad, which works with me especially: I make more of a connection (more of an intuitive personal investment) with films and music and books when I'm depressed. They end up meaning more to me, and this impression remains.

And then there are others that are smart or well-directed, or have brilliant characters and dialogue: 'Citizen Kane', 'Se7en', 'Rushmore', 'La Story' and it's east-coast counterpart 'Annie Hall'. 'Pulp Fiction' is such, such fun - it has this real Chaucerian delight in the telling of tales. And 'Bambi' is literally stunning to watch.

[femax]

9/11

The Fog Of War

Koyaanisqatsi

Stalker

Turtles Can Fly

Gray Gardens

Europa Europa

The Tin Drum

American Splendor

Children Underground

Baraka

Angela's Ashes

Paper Dolls

American Movie

Carandiru

[CactuarBill]

I'm assuming that there's just a couple more days for people to vote or change their vote. Also when presented with the results, will it be like channel 4 and take six hours to find out number 1?

[Couch Corpse]

Miller's Crossing

Robocop

Predator

The Naked Gun

Brazil

Goodfellas

The Godfather

The Big Lebowski

12 Angry Men

The Return of the Living Dead

Blade Runner

Trading Places

2001: A Space Odyssey

Dr. Strangelove

Rushmore

Fifteen just doesn't cut it, some tough cuts were made. It will probably be Predator or Aliens with the win.

[sandman]

Heres my 15

1 - Blade Runner

2 - The Empire Strikes Back

3 - Beauty and The Beast

4 - Seven

5 - Raiders of The Lost Ark

6 - Aliens

7 - Superman 2

8 - Back To The Future

9 - Fellowship Of The Ring

10- The Matrix Revolutions

11- Return of The Jedi

12- Minority Report

13- Wrath of Khan

14 - Return of The King

15 - The Matrix

[Vimster]

Pi

Ghost Dog

Dawn Of The Dead

The Descent

The Full Monty

Hellraiser

The Matrix

A Room For Romeo Brass

Videodrome

Assault On Presinct 13

Saw

Die Hard

Office Space

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind

Angel heart

[FishyFish]

I'm assuming that there's just a couple more days for people to vote or change their vote. Also when presented with the results, will it be like channel 4 and take six hours to find out number 1?

Don't go expecting the results tomorrow is all I'm saying... I'll peck away at it as I get time, but it might not be done for a while.

[Couch Corpse]

I'll do it Fishy.

[Landshead]

Alien (first two)

Robocop

Starwars ESB

Bttf

Pulp Fiction

Kill Bill

Spiderman (series)

The Departed

Fight Club

Seven

Zodiac

Leon

Ghostbusters

Lord of the rings

Taxi Driver

[FishyFish]

I'll do it Fishy.

I'm more than happy for you to, as long as you don't mind? It'd probably take me a few weeks to sort out otherwise.

PM me if you want to go ahead with it.

[Hewson]

1) Harold and Maude

2) Cyrano de Bergerac

3) All About My Mother

4) Magnolia

5) Raiders of the Lost Ark

6) In the Mood for Love

7) Beauty and the Beast (Disney)

Kind Hearts and Coronets

9) Rushmore

10) Dawn of the Dead (Original)

11) Chinatown

12) Miller's Crossing

13) The Devil's Backbone

14) Seven

15) The Straight Story

God that's tough.

[Garwoofoo]

In no particular order.

Seven Samurai

Festen

The Godfather

Pulp Fiction

Schindler's List

Three Colours: Red

Twelve Angry Men

2001: A Space Odyssey

Fight Club

The Lord of the Rings (does this count as one? If not, then the first one)

The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

Lawrence of Arabia

Lost in Translation

Mulholland Drive

Nosferatu

[Goose]

Locked for counting