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Best Film

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Bomber

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El Duque - my sister is going to kill you when she sees this site! She loves The Hurricane!
 
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CanadianSteve

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The Godfather
The Godfather II
The Deerhunter
Chariots of Fire
Not on my best list, but I recently saw Snatch and Billy Elliot. What did you Brits think of them/? I thought Billy Elliot was an interesting picture of working class England. Was it set in league country?
 
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CanadianSteve

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I forgot Breaking Away to round out my top 5.
Recently Sports Illustrated magazine in the US had a long article on sports movies. Chariots of Fire, Breaking Away, and Raging Bull were in their top 10 (or 20, I forget). Has there ever been a movie with rugby as the focus? Wouldn't the 1895 split of league and union make a good period piece film?
 
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imported_TaxiDriver_

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My all time best flick is the Godfather.

Thought you might find this interesting, it's from a site called www.imdb.com . Thousand upon thousands of movie fans from around the world rate movies, I usually have a look at the site before deciding on seeing something at the movies and the reviews have never let me down. based on the moviefanratings, the 100 best flicks are

<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tbody> <tr> <th>Rank</th> <th align=left>Title</th></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>1</td> <td>Godfather, The (1972) 8.9/10 (38490 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>2</td> <td>Shawshank Redemption, The (1994) 8.8/10 (54974 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>3</td> <td>Schindler's List (1993) 8.7/10 (40888 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>4</td> <td>Citizen Kane (1941) 8.7/10 (24332 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>5</td> <td>Casablanca (1942) 8.7/10 (27598 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>6</td> <td>Godfather: Part II, The (1974) 8.7/10 (19648 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>7</td> <td>Star Wars (1977) 8.7/10 (62507 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>8</td> <td>Shichinin no samurai (1954) 8.6/10 (8609 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>9</td> <td>One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 8.6/10 (27460 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>10</td> <td>Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 8.6/10 (24363 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>11</td> <td>Memento (2000) 8.6/10 (10766 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>12</td> <td>American Beauty (1999) 8.6/10 (42803 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>13</td> <td>Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 8.6/10 (38024 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>14</td> <td>Rear Window (1954) 8.5/10 (15566 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>15</td> <td>Usual Suspects, The (1995) 8.5/10 (42226 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>16</td> <td>Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 8.5/10 (46257 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>17</td> <td>Psycho (1960) 8.5/10 (21808 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>18</td> <td>Pulp Fiction (1994) 8.5/10 (52407 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>19</td> <td>Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) 8.4/10 (36920 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>20</td> <td>Wo hu cang long (2000) 8.4/10 (21075 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>21</td> <td>North by Northwest (1959) 8.4/10 (14288 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>22</td> <td>It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 8.4/10 (16901 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>23</td> <td>Goodfellas (1990) 8.4/10 (24195 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>24</td> <td>Saving Private Ryan (1998) 8.3/10 (41613 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>25</td> <td>Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 8.3/10 (11859 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>26</td> <td>12 Angry Men (1957) 8.3/10 (9996 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>27</td> <td>Taxi Driver (1976) 8.3/10 (17545 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>28</td> <td>To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 8.3/10 (11563 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>29</td> <td>Vertigo (1958) 8.3/10 (13706 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>30</td> <td>L.A. Confidential (1997) 8.3/10 (29507 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>31</td> <td>Matrix, The (1999) 8.3/10 (51812 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>32</td> <td>Fight Club (1999) 8.3/10 (30932 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>33</td> <td>Third Man, The (1949) 8.2/10 (6959 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>34</td> <td>Sixth Sense, The (1999) 8.2/10 (35223 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>35</td> <td>Boot, Das (1981) 8.2/10 (10524 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>36</td> <td>Vita è bella, La (1997) 8.2/10 (16341 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>37</td> <td>Apocalypse Now (1979) 8.2/10 (23350 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>38</td> <td>Paths of Glory (1957) 8.2/10 (4653 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>39</td> <td>Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) 8.2/10 (7845 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>40</td> <td>Maltese Falcon, The (1941) 8.2/10 (8374 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>41</td> <td>Wizard of Oz, The (1939) 8.2/10 (16051 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>42</td> <td>Toy Story 2 (1999) 8.2/10 (13709 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>43</td> <td>Some Like It Hot (1959) 8.2/10 (8157 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>44</td> <td>Sunset Blvd. (1950) 8.2/10 (5093 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>45</td> <td>Chinatown (1974) 8.2/10 (10041 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>46</td> <td>M (1931) 8.2/10 (4120 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>47</td> <td>Raging Bull (1980) 8.2/10 (9896 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>48</td> <td>Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957) 8.2/10 (9088 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>49</td> <td>2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 8.2/10 (29037 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>50</td> <td>Singin' in the Rain (1952) 8.2/10 (7999 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>51</td> <td>Requiem for a Dream (2000) 8.1/10 (5985 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>52</td> <td>All About Eve (1950) 8.1/10 (4903 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>53</td> <td>Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 8.1/10 (22758 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>54</td> <td>American History X (1998) 8.1/10 (17197 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>55</td> <td>Clockwork Orange, A (1971) 8.1/10 (25476 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>56</td> <td>Alien (1979) 8.1/10 (25111 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>57</td> <td>Braveheart (1995) 8.1/10 (39086 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>58</td> <td>Reservoir Dogs (1992) 8.1/10 (24576 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>59</td> <td>Fargo (1996) 8.1/10 (29552 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>60</td> <td>Manchurian Candidate, The (1962) 8.1/10 (5392 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>61</td> <td>Blade Runner (1982) 8.1/10 (34770 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>62</td> <td>Touch of Evil (1958) 8.1/10 (4463 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>63</td> <td>Se7en (1995) 8.1/10 (31041 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>64</td> <td>Jaws (1975) 8.0/10 (18563 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>65</td> <td>Traffic (2000) 8.0/10 (13183 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>66</td> <td>Lola rennt (1998) 8.0/10 (10806 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>67</td> <td>Amadeus (1984) 8.0/10 (16610 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>68</td> <td>Léon (1994) 8.0/10 (17546 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>69</td> <td>Being John Malkovich (1999) 8.0/10 (18639 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>70</td> <td>Double Indemnity (1944) 8.0/10 (3997 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>71</td> <td>Sting, The (1973) 8.0/10 (9715 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>72</td> <td>Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948) 8.0/10 (4143 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>73</td> <td>Green Mile, The (1999) 8.0/10 (18228 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>74</td> <td>Rashomon (1950) 8.0/10 (3777 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>75</td> <td>Almost Famous (2000) 8.0/10 (10382 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>76</td> <td>Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 8.0/10 (4787 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>77</td> <td>Aliens (1986) 8.0/10 (28201 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>78</td> <td>Shrek (2001) 8.0/10 (8367 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>79</td> <td>C'era una volta il West (1969) 8.0/10 (4076 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>80</td> <td>Annie Hall (1977) 8.0/10 (8368 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>81</td> <td>Ran (1985) 8.0/10 (4478 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>82</td> <td>Princess Bride, The (1987) 8.0/10 (24504 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>83</td> <td>Modern Times (1936) 8.0/10 (3850 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>84</td> <td>On the Waterfront (1954) 8.0/10 (4588 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>85</td> <td>Duck Soup (1933) 7.9/10 (4105 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>86</td> <td>Gladiator (2000) 7.9/10 (34326 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>87</td> <td>Great Escape, The (1963) 7.9/10 (7128 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>88</td> <td>Magnolia (1999) 7.9/10 (15092 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>89</td> <td>City Lights (1931) 7.9/10 (2955 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>90</td> <td>General, The (1927) 7.9/10 (2461 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>91</td> <td>Shining, The (1980) 7.9/10 (18072 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>92</td> <td>Insider, The (1999) 7.9/10 (10127 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>93</td> <td>African Queen, The (1951) 7.9/10 (6439 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>94</td> <td>Graduate, The (1967) 7.9/10 (11288 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>95</td> <td>Full Metal Jacket (1987) 7.9/10 (16986 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>96</td> <td>Deer Hunter, The (1978) 7.9/10 (10382 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>97</td> <td>Glory (1989) 7.9/10 (9564 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>98</td> <td>High Noon (1952) 7.9/10 (4785 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>99</td> <td>Gone with the Wind (1939) 7.9/10 (12649 votes)</td></tr> <tr> <td align=middle valign=top>100</td> <td>Ladri di biciclette (1948) 7.9/10 (2482 votes)</td></tr></tbody></table>
 
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pepe

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taxi driver

yes that is a great site,i was going to post the address as well,it's great for finding out important things such as were themunchkins having orgies on the set of wizard of oz etc.
 
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pepe

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''my life as a dog'' a swedish film from the 80's is a classic.

tin men -with danny devito and richard dreyfuss was excellent also.

close encounters of the third kind-perhaps the best sci-fi ever!!!
 
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legend

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Time Bandits. Great film about a group of midgets who can travel through time. Sean Connery has a small role in the film.
 
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Bomber

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Cry Freedom

One of my favourite movies with I was a little kid (and this may amuse some Kiwis) was the Footrot Flats aminimated movie - I was a huge fan of the comics, and had every one of them up to about 16 or 17.....I still like them but never nag my mum at the newsagents to buy them anymore!!
 
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imported_Raging Bulldog

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I wouldn't exactly classify it inthe best film catagory, but I watched Rush Hour 2 on a 'pirate' VCD copy last night, thanks to a friend who sent it from the U.S,and must say it was very, very funny and good entertainment.
I was a big fan of Rush Hour, but this one does surpass it easily in the 'funny' class.
I highly recommend it when it arrives on our shores soon.
:eek:)

 
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mud n blood

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Gav .... you and me must be the only two people who have ever seen Fritz !!!! What a cack .....
 
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G@v

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Mud, I saw Fritz when I was about 15 at the local fleapit, so my memory of the film is a little faded. I remember Fritzy getting his oats with some cute little feline babe early in the film, and all the cops were pigs. I guess it was my first taste of hardcore porno.
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G@v

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Canadian Steve, there was a movie based on Rugby League. This Sporting Life was made in 1963 and starred a Richard Harris as a coal miner turned professional RL player. It was mostly filmed at Wakefield Trinity's ground, but Halifax's Thrum Hall groundwas also used for some shots. Some critics rate it one of the best sporting movies of all time.
 
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