OT - The Boneyard Greatest Movie of All-Time Tournament

[Dove]

I submitted a list. Not in any order. Even when office staff was clamoring for me to assist them with things I yelled "NOT NOW!!!!!"

 

[Thirty Three]

A few good ones I havent seen mentioned:
Reservoir Dogs
The Warriors
Super Troopers
Jackie Brown

 

[Poe]

Boyhood great in concept, poor in execution. I'm probably in the minority but I found it boring and the characters unlikable

Totally agree. I kept waiting for something interesting to happen besides the characters aging, and nothing did. Boring.

 

[CL82]

A few good ones I havent seen mentioned:
Reservoir Dogs
The Warriors
Super Troopers
Jackie Brown

I liked the Warriors when it was first released. I tried rewatching it within the last couple of years and couldn't get through it. Best thing about it now is how campy it is.

 

[Kemba429]

Shawshank Redemption

Harold and Maude

Godfather

Being There

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

My Cousin Vinny

A Few Good Men

The Player

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

The Great Escape

The Big Lebowski

Being John Malkovich

American Beauty

High Fidelity

Godfather II

Youre the only list with The Big Lebowski... The ‘Yard should be ashamed of themselves.

 

[Doctor Hoop]

Lots of good ones already mentioned, but here are a few that are not so far.

On the Waterfront
Young Frankenstein
A Night at the Opera
Bridge on the River Kwai
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
The Score
Midnight Run
The Princess Bride

And I'm sure I'm missing a few also.

 

[JMick]

I debated this very thing about Talladega Nights, which I am always happy to watch no matter when I catch it. But then I thought better of putting it on the Greatest Movie of All-Time Tournament thread.

Talledega Nights is a masterpiece. There's nothing worth changing in the movie and it hits on all it's targets. These types of movies often go unappreciated even though their execution is flawless

 

[CL82]

Lots of good ones already mentioned, but here are a few that are not so far.

On the Waterfront
Young Frankenstein
A Night at the Opera
Bridge on the River Kwai
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
The Score
Midnight Run
The Princess Bride

And I'm sure I'm missing a few also.

The genius of this thread is that some of these movies will do really well in head to head match ups. Midnight Run and the Princess Bride didn't make my list but they have a shot to upset higher seeds.

 

[Mano]

Youre the only list with The Big Lebowski... The ‘Yard should be ashamed of themselves.

Don’t worry Lebowski is well represented, even if I don’t think much of it.

 

[Guapo]

No particular order and I could only cut it to 17. If need be I can cut it to 16 and put them in order-

The Deer Hunter
Lone Star
The Wild Bunch
Dazed and Confused
Cinema Paradiso
Midnight Run
True Romance
City of God
Deliverance
Once Upon a Time in America
There Will be Blood
Paths of Glory
Matewan
McCabe and Mrs. Miller
Pan's Labyrinth
Heat
Amores Perros

Need more time to come up with my list; but, I just wanted to show my appreciation for listing Once Upon a Time in America.

Not sure if it’ll end up making my list, but the full version of this movie is a *gosh darn* masterpiece.

The edit that ended up being released is one of the biggest travesties in Hollywood history.

 

[Dove]

I submitted a list. Not in any order. Even when office staff was clamoring for me to assist them with things I yelled "NOT NOW!!!!!"

Arggh. I forgot Jaws.

 

[Sky ball]

Not in any order:
Casablanca
Thin Man Movies...all (well the last one on the ship not so much)
Last of the Mohicans
An Affair to Remember (Cary Grant)
Star Wars - Return of the Jedi
Roman Holiday
Forrest Gump
Sunset Blvd
Wizard of Oz
Saving Private Ryan
The Deer Hunter
Good Will Hunting
Shawshank Redemption
The Godfather

 

[NH Husky]

Don’t think I’ve seen these on others

No Country For Old Men
The Wolf of Wall Street
American Hustle
Midnight Express

 

[Poe]

Does He Got Game get a bye to the round of 16?

 

[Mano]

Just to repeat, please continue the discussion and by all means post your lists but also find your way to the link below for entry.

Boneyard Greatest Movie of All-Time Entry!

 

[Pgh2Storrs]

Kelly's Heroes

One of my favorite war movies. Kelly's Heroes, Battle of The Bulge, Patton, Midway, The Devil's Brigade, Dirty Dozen, To Hell and Back....I drive my wife nuts around Memorial Day/Veterans Day when they run marathons of these and I fill up the DVR.

 

[Deepster]

metropolis
king kong (1933), grapes of wrath (my #2), citizen kane
streetcar named desire, the birds
soylent green, a boy named charlie brown
jaws, apocalypse now, blues brothers, manhattan
hotel new hampshire, ran, head office (my #1), less than zero, running man, caddyshack,
ghostbusters, ferris bueller's day off
legends of the fall, hoop dreams, men in black
an inconvenient truth, ratatouille, talladega nights, grand budapest hotel, crazy rich asians.
(I can't count-got my shoes on...)

Crazy Rich Asians should get you banned from this thread.

 

[Griffman]

In no particular order. Shooting from the hip in 2 minutes time. Here we go.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Stripes
Airplane
Super Bad
Shawshank Redemption
The Godfather
Titanic
Godfather II
Caddyshack
Rudy
Hoosiers
Yankee Doodle Dandy
The Deer Hunter
In The Line of Fire
Braveheart
I give up after 15

 

[superjohn]

The genius of this thread is that some of these movies will do really well in head to head match ups. Midnight Run and the Princess Bride didn't make my list but they have a shot to upset higher seeds.

Midnight Run is flawless, IMO. I can watch it over and over again and still die laughing, it has heart too.

 

[UofCT]

Gladiator
Happy Gilmore

 

[superjohn]

Need more time to come up with my list; but, I just wanted to show my appreciation for listing Once Upon a Time in America.

Not sure if it’ll end up making my list, but the full version of this movie is a *gosh darn* masterpiece.

The edit that ended up being released is one of the biggest travesties in Hollywood history.

Not many people seem to know about it or appreciate how great it is. Too many have watched it on TV and it's a mess how Hollywood cut it up, as you point out.

 

[zymurg]

Not many people seem to know about it or appreciate how great it is. Too many have watched it on TV and it's a mess how Hollywood cut it up, as you point out.

Roger Ebert has a great review; I thought about putting it on my list but "Once Upon a Time in the West" edged it out.

 

[CL82]

Not in any order:
Casablanca
Thin Man Movies...all (well the last one on the ship not so much)
Last of the Mohicans
An Affair to Remember (Cary Grant)
Star Wars - Return of the Jedi
Roman Holiday
Forrest Gump
Sunset Blvd
Wizard of Oz
Saving Private Ryan
The Deer Hunter
Good Will Hunting
Shawshank Redemption
The Godfather

Surprised to see Sunset Boulevard and Roman Holiday on this board. Both are good movies though.

 

[Griffman]

Midnight Run is flawless, IMO. I can watch it over and over again and still die laughing, it has heart too.

Midnight Run really was a classic. I forgot that one but Grodin and De Niro had great chemistry together. I had the pleasure of meeting Grodin in a one on one setting and got to talk with him for a couple hours. He was nothing but pleasurable and willing to discuss all his movies.

 

[uconngb]

What kind of lists are these without the following all time classics:
Caddyshack
Animal House
AIrplane

Rubbish I say, rubbish......