LU's Top 50 Movies - 2009 Edition

[Misanthrope]

I found that a depressing experience

Depressing experience = The Butterfly Effect. Hell, watch REC/Quarantine (essentially the same movie) and come out without feeling just a little bit wrecked.

 

[snoozer]

1 slingblade
2 bladerunner
3 mad max
4 sin city
5 fight club
6 starwars
7 empire strikes back
8 2001
9 team america world police
10 reservoir dogs
11 clerks
12 saving private ryan
13 the 5th element
14 enemy at the gates
15 run lola run

 

[Everlovin' Antichrist]

This is my list from 2007 and TBH, I can't change it.

1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
2. Dawn of the Dead (Original)
3. Shawshank Redemption.
4. Stalag 17.
5. Shaun of the Dead.
6. Life of Brian.
7. War of the Worlds. (Original)
8. Usual Suspects.
9. Saving Private Ryan.
10. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
11. Talladega Nights.
12. The Castle.
13. Star Trek, First Contact.
14. Billy Madison.
15. Baseketball.

 

[Big Pete]

1. Big Fish
2. Fight Club
3. Almost Famous
4. Mulholland Drive
5. It's A Wonderful Life
6. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
7. Edward Scissorhands
8. American History X
9. American Beauty
10. Donnie Darko
11. Rocky
12. Vertigo
13. Garden State
14. Pulp Fiction
15. Sin City

 

[Big Pete]

Depressing experience = The Butterfly Effect. Hell, watch REC/Quarantine (essentially the same movie) and come out without feeling just a little bit wrecked.

Edward Scissorhands is also a massive downer. I watched it with a group of mates down at the Gold Coast and it left us in a pensieve mood.

 

[Evil Borad]

1. Rocky III
2. Rocky IV
3. Rambo
4. Rambo II
5. Rocky II
6. Rambo IV
7. Bladerunner (Director's Cut)
8. Sin City
9. Role Models
10. The Butterfly Effect
11. Stepbrothers
12. Pineapple Express
13. Rambo III
14. Anchorman
15. Nothing to Lose

EDIT: Got rid of Romper Stomper, moved Nothing to Lose to 15 and added Anchorman

 

[Tommax25]

Terminator 2
Shawshank Redemption
Die Hard
Indiana Jones 3
Lord of the Rings 3
Casino
The Matrix
Little Miss Sunshine
Reservoir Dogs
American Pie
Hero
Spiderman
Spirited Away
Office Space
In the Realm of the Senses

 

[God-King Dean]

1. Master & Commander
2. Terminator 2
3. Braveheart
4. LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring
5. Hook
6. LOTR: Return of the King
7. Gladiator
8. Legends of the Fall
9. Apocalypto
10. Snatch
11. Dark Knight
12. 300
13. League of their own
14. Anchorman
15. Pineapple Express

 

[MKEB...]

1. Schindlers list
2. Life is Beautiful
3. Escape from sobibor
4. Cocoon
5. Mystic River
6. Pulp Fiction
7. Licence to Kill
8. Kill Bill
9. Once were Warriors
10. No Country for Old Men
11. Shawshank remption
12. Police academy
13. Monsters Inc
14. Snatch
15. American History X

 

[Everlovin' Antichrist]

Terminator 2
Shawshank Redemption
Die Hard
Indiana Jones 3
Lord of the Rings 3
Casino
The Matrix
Little Miss Sunshine
Reservoir Dogs
American Pie
Hero
Spiderman
Spirited Away
Office Space
In the Realm of the Senses

Love that movie, just missed out on my top 15.

 

[Tommax25]

I know office space is hilarious, definitely an underated gem.

By the looks of it Im thinking the Shawshank Redepmtion could be the early favourite so far, its gotten into the top 5 of many people so far.

 

[Frederick]

1. Shawshank Redemption
2. Dark Knight
3. Watchmen
4. Iron Man
5. Transformers
6. American Psycho
7. Donnie Darko
8. Back to the Future
9. Office Space
10. Pulp Fiction
11. The Silence of the Lambs
12. Shaun of the Dead
13. Mystic River
14. Anchorman
15. No Country for Old Men

 

[magpie_man]

1. Amelie
2. Into the Wild
3. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
4. Fight Club
5. American History X
6. There Will be Blood
7. Little Miss Sunshine
8. The Lives of Others
9. The Red Violin
10. Good Bye Lenin!
11. Collateral
12. The Wrestler
13. City of God
14. Memento
15. The Fifth Element

 

[weasel]

1. Amelie
2. Into the Wild
3. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
4. Fight Club
5. American History X
6. There Will be Blood
7. Little Miss Sunshine
8. The Lives of Others
9. The Red Violin
10. Good Bye Lenin!
11. Collateral
12. The Wrestler
13. City of God
14. Memento
15. The Fifth Element

Now that's a well-thought out list.

 

[Misanthrope]

I must be in a minority in saying I thought Amelie was utter, over-hyped sh*te.

 

[weasel]

No, you're just a boring old biddy. That's right, I said it.

ps. I'll post my list soon.. Don't you dare close the voting, Misanthrope. I know your real name. *eyes fire warning daggers at chriswalkerbush*

 

[elyod138]

I must be in a minority in saying I thought Amelie was utter, over-hyped sh*te.

I think being an introvert was a major factor in my enjoyment of Amelie, it was easy to relate to the character.

 

[Misanthrope]

I think being an introvert was a major factor in my enjoyment of Amelie, it was easy to relate to the character.

I consider myself to be relatively introverted. Maybe I just need to see it again outside the haze of being recently dumped, as was the case last time around.

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

I'm a sucker for the childhood favourites I grew up with.

1. Bad Boys
2. The Warriors
3. The Thing
4. The Crow
5. Jaws
6. Blade Runner
7. Once Were Warriors
8. 300
9. Unleashed
10. Fearless
11. Ghostbusters
12. Soldier
13. Groundhog Day
14. Logan's Run
15. Karate Kid

I could write this list on ten different days and come up with ten different lists, but that's what came out today.

 

[pennywisealfie]

1. Orgazmo
2. Anchorman
3. The Castle
4. Old School
5. Borat
6. Amelie
7. Breakfast Club
8. American Pie
9. Billy Madison
10. Next Friday
11. Happy Gilmore
12. Degrassi: Schools Out
13. Big Daddy
14. Superbad
15. South Park Movie