Favorite Brian De Palma films

[Hannibal21]

One of the closest directors we have today to a 'modern Hitchcock'. I've always been a fan of this man's films, and with The Black Dahlia coming out this Friday, I just thought it appropriate to ask everyone to list their favorites of De Palma.

My favorites:
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1. Carrie
2. Blow Out
3. Carlito's Way
4. Dressed to Kill
5. Body Double
6. Femme Fatale
7. The Untouchables
8. Sisters
9. The Black Dahlia
10. Raising Cain

Of the other films I've seen of his, I enjoyed them all (some in a so-bad-it's-good kind of way) with the exception of Mission to Mars & Scarface (his worst film IMO). Are The Fury, Casualties of War, and Bonfire of the Vanities worthy my time?

[KillerKlown]

1. Carrie
2. Dressed to Kill
3. Blow Out

[Andrew Ratto]

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[Cronos]

Originally posted by Hannibal21
Scarface (his worst film IMO). Are The Fury, Casualties of War, and Bonfire of the Vanities worthy my time?

:eek: for Scarface

both The Fury and Casualties are excellent films and definitely worth checking out. i also liked Bonfire, the direction is beautiful, but i had some problems with the plot and some of the acting

i find it kinda hard to put his films into a list as i really need to see some of them again but this is what it is at the moment (im sure Black Dahlia will end up being pretty high up on it)

Scarface
Phantom of the Paradise
The Untouchables
Mission: Impossible
Raising Cain
Carlito's Way
The Fury
Body Double
Femme Fatale
Blow Out

[loggy]

Mission: Impossible
Scarface
Carlito's Way

can't wait to see The Black Dahlia, the trailer looks incredible

[BorderEevilIII]

DePalma flicks I have seen....

The Untouchables (8/10) The scene in the train station still blows me away
Scarface - 1983 (7/10)
Carrie (6/10)
Mission:Impossible (5/10)
Body Double (4/10)
Femme Fatale (4/10) , though I dug that erotic lesbian scence in the begining :D
Blow Out (4/10)
Dressed To Kill (4/10)
The Fury (4/10)
Snake Eyes (2/10) , Hitchcock must be rolling his grave on this movie...
Wise Guys (2/10)
Mission To Mars (0/10) DePalma tryin to do a 2001 Space Odyssey?!?!? DON'T THINK SO :rolleyes:
Bonfire Of The Vanities (0/10) Zzzzzzzzz

[Lazy Boy]

1. Blow Out
2. Carlito's Way
3. Casualties of War
4. Carrie
5. Phantom of the Paradise
6. Dressed to Kill
7. Femme Fatale
8. Raising Cain
9. Sisters
10. Scarface

Snake Eyes, The Untouchables, Mission: Impossible, and Bonfire of the Vanities are all misfires on his behalf, and Mission to Mars is an absolute godawful turkey.

Hannibal, I think you would definitely LOVE Casualties of War. It's one of the best war films of the eighties.

[scamp2005]

personally I think that De Palma has only made two or three good films.

Carlito's Way
Femme Fatale
Scarface
Mission: Impossible

Every other one I have seen has been very average. Blow Out, Dressed To Kill, Mission To Mars, Obsession, and Snake Eyes, are all average flicks.

[RandalGraves]

Mission Impossible
The Untouchables

[notchreturns]

Carlito's Way is his masterpiece

[The FamilyJulas]

CARRIE

[zeppelin]

I haven't seen that many, really.

1. Blow Out
2. The Untouchables
3. Carrie
4. Scarface

That's it. Those first two are great movies, but the next two I've never seen what all the big hype was about. Still, I think The Black Dahlia looks amazing, and I'll hopefully be seeing it this weekend.

[Philip Marlowe]

I've almost seen ever feature film he's made and this is how i'd rank them.

01. Blow Out (1981)
02. Femme Fatale (2002)
03. Scarface (1983)
04. Sisters (1973)
05. Carlito's Way (1993)
06. Casualties of War (1989)
07. Body Double (1984)
08. Snake Eyes (1998)
09. The Untouchables (1987)
10. Obsession (1976)
11. Raising Cain (1992)
12. Dressed to Kill (1980)
13. Hi, Mom! (1970)
14. Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
15. Mission: Impossible (1996)
16. Mission to Mars (2000)

everything at after this point i'd say where intresting failures and good films overall.

17. The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
18. The Fury (1978)
19. Carrie (1976)
20. Wise Guys (1986)

[ilovemovies]

1. The Untouchables 10/10
2. Carlito's Way 9/10
3. Snake Eyes 8/10
4. Casaulties of War 7/10
5. Mission to Mars 7/10
6. Femme Fatale 7/10
7. Mission: Impossible 7/10
8. Carrie 5/10

[QUENTIN]

1.) Carlito's Way -10/10
2.) Blow Out -9/10
3.) Scarface -9/10
4.) Femme Fatale -8/10
5.) Sisters -8/10
6.) The Untouchables -7/10
7.) Mission Impossible -7/10
8.) Casualties of War -7/10
9.) Carrie -6/10
10.) Dressed to Kill -6/10

[Shockwave]

Untouchables for me.

[Tony_Montana]

SCARFACE!!!! Closely followed by thr Untouchables with Carlito's Way getting an honourable mention.

[chinton]

Femme Fatale just made me so freakin angry. The Operation Have Lesbian Sex To Steal Diamonds was so dumb.

[tsay1616]

Am i the only one who thought Snake Eyes was pretty good?

ayways mine are...

Scarface
Untouchables
Carlito's Way
Snake Eyes
Mission Impossible

[Cronos]

Originally posted by tsay1616
Am i the only one who thought Snake Eyes was pretty good?

no, i give it 8/10 and the more i see it the more i like it

[ilovemovies]

I loved it too. Also gave it an 8/10. It was slick, great cinematography, great story and great performances from Nicolas Cage and Gary Sinise.

[Philip Marlowe]

Originally posted by tsay1616
Am i the only one who thought Snake Eyes was pretty good?


Me Three

I'm a hugh fan of the film. I don't know why people dislike it so much. It's one of those films that I constantly here people say almost every time "it was very good up until the ending" And that's it people just didn't find the ending gratifying enough or found it to be so bad that they simply ended up hating it.

[ilovemovies]

I hear that too but I don't understand what it is about the ending people hate. Is it because the ending is kinda dark in that Nic Cage's character, after deciding to actually do the right thing but ends up paying a price for that? I personally loved that about the ending.

[Philip Marlowe]

Originally posted by ilovemovies
I hear that too but I don't understand what it is about the ending people hate. Is it because the ending is kinda dark in that Nic Cage's character, after deciding to actually do the right thing but ends up paying a price for that? I personally loved that about the ending.

Spoilers

absolutely, That's what makes the film great. He doesn't get away scott free. I mean his character ain't no saint lets face it. And what he does is only part of his redemption the other part is him going to jail for being a "bad cop" or better yet a corrupt cop.

[TylerDurden182]

1. Scarface
2. Carlito's Way
3. Casualties of War
4. Blow Out
5. Snake Eyes
6. Mission Impossible
7. Carrie
8. Sisters
9. Dressed To Kill
10. Femme Fatale

[bigred760]

I haven't seen that many of his films - since I consider the guy very hit-or-miss, but I'm a big fan of The Untouchables. That would be my favorite from the guy.

[Suziecue]

1. Casualties of War
2. Scarface
3. Carrie
4. Carlito's Way
5. Snake Eyes
6. The Untouchables
7. Bonfire of the Vanities (Most people hated this one, I liked it!)

[FilmKing2000]

I have only seen four films from Brian De Palma...

1. The Untouchables - 8/10
2. Carrie - 7/10
3. Scarface - 6/10
4. Mission Impossible - 6/10

[Rocco84]

01. Femme Fatale - *****/*****
02. The Fury - ****/*****
03. Carrie - ****/*****
04. Scarface - ****/*****
05. Blow Out - ****/*****
06. Sisters - ****/*****
07. Dressed To Kill - ****/*****
08. Casualties Of War - ****/*****
09. Black Dahlia - ****/*****
10. Body Double - ***1/2/*****
11. Obsession - ***/*****
12. Raising Cain - ***/*****
13. Mission To Mars - ***/*****
14. Carlito's Way - **1/2/*****
15. The Untouchables - **1/2/*****
16. Snake Eyes - **1/2/*****
17. Wise Guys - **1/2/*****
18. Mission Impossible - **/*****
19. Home Movies - **/*****
20. Phantom Of The Paradise - **/*****

One Of The Greats!!!

[DareDevil]

Originally posted by notchreturns
Carlito's Way is his masterpiece

True, the only movie of his that I thought wasn't overrated.

I haven't seen the Untouchables yet, it's on my to do list though.

Top 3 (only 3 movies I've liked of his)

1. Carlito's Way
2. Scarface
3. Mission to Mars - Am I the only person who really enjoyed this movie?

[PSU80]

Scarface, Carlito's Way, Carrie, The Untouchables.

[Le_Big_Mac]

1. Casualties of War (1989)
2. Scarface (1983)
3. Carlito's Way (1993)
4. Carrie (1976)
5. The Untouchables (1987)
6. Sisters (1973)
7. Dressed to Kill (1980)

[powersauce]

Untouchables
Casualties Of War

[Tony_Montana]

SCARFACE. The Untouchables comes in at second place while Carlito's Way manages to get the bronze.