top films

[Rybo89]

Hey im really doing this to check out what films i need to watch

In no order the top films i can think of what ive watched over years:

Rocky 1-5
Great Escape
Hamburger Hill
Escape to Victory
Never Back Down
Blood Diamond
Enemy At The Gates
Blade 1-3
Forrest Gump
Green Mile
Pearl Harbour
Grid iron Gang
Hotel Rwanda
I Am Legend
Kick Boxer
Ali
Blood Sport
Bad Boys 1-2
Independence Day
Iron Man
Dog Soldiers
Ray
A.I
Sixth Sense
Ladder 49
Life
Men in Black 1-2
Remember The Titans
Glory Road
Resurrecting The Champ
Rise Of The Foot Soldier
Shooter
Hancock
I Robot
Stomp The Yard
The Condemned
Batman 1-2
The Forbidden Kingdom
The Guardian
The Game Plan
Dream Girls
The Hurricane
The Legend Of Bagger Vance
Lord Of The Rings 1-3
Matrix 1-3
The Shawshank Redemption
Transformers
V For Vendetta
White Men Cant Jump
Sister Act 1-2
Cool Runnings
Biker Boyz
Eragon
John Q
Me, Myself And irene
Men Of Honor
Resident Evil 1-3
Saving Private Ryan
Snatch
The Terminal
Troy
Undisputed
We Were Soldiers
Windtalkers
Black Hawk Down
Reservoir Dogs
Punisher 1-2
Sex Drive
Armageddon
Man on Fire
Crow
Unleashed
scarface


I strongly recommend all these films and im sure theres plenty more that ive forgot.

Favourite actors being : Will Smith and Denzil Washington and Don Cheadle and Djimon Hounsou and Wesley Snipes (hmmm yes there all black, black people are better actors)

So if anyone could give me any more films to have a look at please do

 

[semi-pro waster]

When you say top do you mean good films or just ones that you've enjoyed because several of them have to be questionable in relation to being actually good films.

If you want good and enjoyable then I can happily recommend 12 Angry Men, Seven Samurai, Casablanca and The Third Man - all black & white classics and all truly fantastic films.

Since I notice you've got a few sports films on there I'd also recommend Coach Carter, Varsity Blues and The Longest Yard. I can't really recommend Never Back Down as although Djimon Hounsou is in it, he's largely wasted in his role.

Classic martial arts I'd recommend Enter The Dragon and Drunken Master, more modern martial arts epics such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hero and Fearless are all well worth a watch.

I could recommend literally hundreds of films but they'll do for starters.

 

[Rybo89]

I should have really put "your top films"

See most of the films you have mentioned are the ones i have forgot about, all great films except The Longest Yard.

And im not entirely sure ive seen any of the black and white ones.

I can watch any kind of film, war/fighting/musical/drama/martial arts/gangster/sport/comedy/ action/ true storys/ subtitled

Just no girly crap and horrors dont do much for me either unless there based on a true story, tend to find most horrors these days are cheaply written rubbish.

You've also reminded me of another good jet li film called Unleashed, many will disagree with this im guessing, but i loved it.

They'll be loads i need to watch again now, so ill start by looking for the martial arts ones you've recommended, be able to get the all for just a few quid these days

There's 1 old film i cant remember the name of, its back in world war 1 or 2 where some of the english have been captured and have to make a railway track through a jungle. Can anyone remember the name of this?

Thanks

 

[trO]

Had a quick look at your list, didn't see "Man on Fire" there? may be wrong....has your fav actor in it....Mr Washington....
Great film very violent....

 

[Chojin]

Have you seen films like Cradle 2 the Grave and Babylon AD?

I know you mentioned no horrors but Jason X is worth a watch.

 

[platypus]

Will Smith eh?

 

[jamief]

Never Back Down? I am Legend? A.I.? Hancock? Troy?

Crikey, I think a lot of your films would be on my "worst films" list

 

[Rybo89]

Never Back Down? I am Legend? A.I.? Hancock? Troy?

Crikey, I think a lot of your films would be on my "worst films" list

awesome films!

Had a quick look at your list, didn't see "Man on Fire" there? may be wrong....has your fav actor in it....Mr Washington....
Great film very violent....

yes another film i havent seen in a while, this would be in my top 10 no doubt

Have you seen films like Cradle 2 the Grave and Babylon AD?

I know you mentioned no horrors but Jason X is worth a watch.

seen cradle 2 the grave but not babylon, ive never heard of it but just had a quick look and its a vin deisal film so no doubt ill enjoy that 1, cheers


could anyone recommend any old gangster films? watched scarface not long ago and thought it was a amazing film

list updated to

 

[trO]

The ultimate has to be "Once Upon a Time in America"

The Untouchables
The Goodfellas

and the very good film.... "Carlito's Way"

also try " The Departed"

& to finish "Heat"

 

[semi-pro waster]

There's 1 old film i cant remember the name of, its back in world war 1 or 2 where some of the english have been captured and have to make a railway track through a jungle. Can anyone remember the name of this?

Thanks

Oddly enough I thought about mentioning Bridge On The River Kwai but stopped as I figured I'd put down enough to be going on with.

Gattaca is pretty decent, I suspect given your choices you might also like Equilibrium. Blade Runner is superb, as is the original short story it is based on.

Kung Fu Hustle brilliantly combines martial arts with comedy, even people who don't like martial arts films seem to like it.

Now for some more random films that I've got to put down and don't worry I'm not typing them all out, it's a list of films that I've got for when I don't feel like raking through the DVD collection:
A Few Good Men
American Psycho
Animal House
Apocalypse Now
Big Trouble In Little China
Broken Arrow
Buffalo Soldiers
Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid
Cannonball Run
Chinatown
Clerks
Con Air
Cool Hand Luke
Dirty Pretty Things
Dogma
Escape From New York
Eurotrip
Fargo
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
Ferris Buellers Day Off
Fight Club Parts
Full Metal Jacket
Gangs Of New York
Gone In 60 Seconds
Grosse Pointe Blank
High Fidelity
Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back
Kiss Of The Dragon
LA Confidential
Last Man Standing
Leaving Las Vegas
Leon
Life Of Brian
Lionheart
Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels
Mallrats
Memento
O Brother Where Art Thou
Once Upon A Time In China
Once Upon A Time In Mexico
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
Orange County
Payback
Planes, Trains And Automobiles
Platoon
Project A
Pulp Fiction
Road Trip
Roadhouse
Rollerball
Romeo Must Die
Ronin
Rumble In The Bronx
Seven
Short Circuit
Short Circuit 2
Sling Blade
Smokey And The Bandit
Snatch
Speed
Spellbound
Stand By Me
Tango & Cash
Taxi (original French version only)
The Big Lebowski
The Boondock Saints
The Dirty Dozen
The French Connection
The Game
The Great Escape
The Hustler
The Italian Job
The Legend Of Drunken Master
The Quick And The Dead
The Rock
The Shining
This Is Spinal Tap
Tin Cup
Training Day
Trainspotting
Unbreakable
Under Siege
Unforgiven
Usual Suspects
Wall Street
Way Of The Gun

 

[Rybo89]

Cheers trO for them, ill deffiantly get them, is the godfather worth getting to?

Nice one semi-pro waster, been wanting to know name of that film for a while and cheers for mentioning all those films, will imdb a few tomorrow and check them out

ill report back once ive watched a few, thanks all

 

[trO]

The Godfather trilogy is cult ganster viewing.....but I would still prefer to watch "Once Upon a Time in America" or "Carlito's Way"....

Let us know what you think if you get around to viewing either of those two films....