Movies in your top 20 that you RARELY see on others'

[bankholdup]

What are some flicks in your top 20 that you have only seen maybe once or twice on other folks' top 20?


Safety Last! (1923)


That's pretty much the only one; only one other person has listed it on ymdb.com

[vtadave]

Freddy Got Fingered
Ishtar
Last Action Hero
The Postman
Batman Forever

[RickySlade]

Dumb and Dumber, The Goonies.

These are in my top 20 because of my childhood. These used to be my favorite in my younger years and I just can't balance it out with the rest of my top 100.

[Tom Samborski]

Dumb & Dumber
Jurassic Park

[BadCoverVersion]

These rarely appear on other schmoe top 20's...

1. Kes (1969)
3. Naked (1993)
4. Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
8. Wicker Man, The (1973)
10. Ratcatcher (1999)
12. SCUM (1979)
13. Blowup (1966)
16. Don't Look Now (1973)
18. Performance (1970)
19. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

Kes, Blowup and SCUM are possibly the rarest.

[Annie Hall]

9. Say Anything…
12. The Graduate
13. The Princess Bride
14. Beauty and the Beast
17. Léon
20. Dead Poets Society

I rarely see these on anyone's top 20, mainly because these are not considered "the best movies ever", but ones that are important to me for various reasons.

[ohsocrazy]

Dumb & Dumber
Rules of Attraction
Confidence
Forrest Gump
Swordfish

[The Delfonics]

Rounders
Jurassic Park
Legend of Bagger Vance
Man Bites Dog
One Hour Photo
Boondock Saints
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Bambi

[moviemuffin]

The Quiet Man
Much Ado About Nothing
Bend it Like Bekham

[Reigh Kaufman]

My top five movies are:

Waking The Dead
Boy's Don't Cry
Jesus' Son
The Virgin Suicides
Being There

I never see Waking The Dead or Jesus' Son anywhere.

[Scarface98.9]

Dark City

Casino

The Producers

Monty Python...(both movies)

[Cosimo]

Midnight Cowboy
The Last Detail
The Pledge

[Sad man]

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
THE WALL
DANCER IN THE DARK
CENTRAL STATION

[Nate6]

The Producers (except for Scarface98.9!)
Modern Times
The Gold Rush
Bringing Out the Dead

[Droog989]

Originally posted by Nate6
The Producers (except for Scarface98.9!)


No way bub, thow my name up there next to Scarface's!

And as for on my top 20 that aren't on others:

Haggard is really the only one I can think of, but I'm not sure if there are many who have Ed Wood, but prove me wrong.

[Hannibal21]

All About Eve
La Dolce Vita
Rebecca
Spellbound

[zeppelin]

I don't recall ever seeing La Strada or Modern Times on anyone else's top 20...I've seen them on plenty of top 100s and top 50s, but never in a top 20 besides mine.

I've seen Do the Right Thing on maybe 2 other peoples' top 20 lists. Double Indemnity is another one I rarely see in anyone's top 20.

The other 16 movies in my top 20 are pretty common to top 20 lists though...

[Ren Hoek]

~ Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horror
~ C'era una volta il west (Once Upon a Time in the West)
~ Hotaru no haka (Grave of the Fireflies)
~ The Night of the Hunter

I've seen these in some schmoes' top 100, but never in a top 20 list. (Grave of the Fireflies is among JCPhoenix's faves, though)

[RicochetShaw]

Originally posted by zeppelin
I don't recall ever seeing La Strada or Modern Times on anyone else's top 20...I've seen them on plenty of top 100s and top 50s, but never in a top 20 besides mine.

I've seen Do the Right Thing on maybe 2 other peoples' top 20 lists. Double Indemnity is another one I rarely see in anyone's top 20.




Good taste there, every one of those films is on my top 20 as well.... except for La Strada, which I haven't seen completely (I fell asleep watching it once when it was on late on TCM :mad: ).

[Michael_myers]

The Elephant Man. Critically acclaimed, yet never ranked as a great film. :(

[QUENTIN]

La Dolce Vita (though that's changing it seems)
Do The Right Thing (a couple times though, these rest it seems are on NO ONE's list though)
The Last Picture Show
Aguirre: Der Zorn Gottes (okay, I think I've seen this on Fergus's)
Nora Inu
Sunrise
La Grande Illusion
Bridge on The River Kwai

[randythetool]

"Beauty and the Beast," "Singin' in the Rain," "Annie Hall," and "Say Anything..." don't get a lot of love around these parts. :(

[dannywalker17]

Spellbound (except Hannibal)
The Princess Bride (except Annie)
Pleasantville
The Sting
Misery
Deep Impact (I am not ashamed)
Pearl Harbor (see above)

[MovieMan75]

16. Best in Show
17. Spider-Man
18. X2
19. Mallrats

[Trinity]

Originally posted by Hannibal21
All About Eve
Rebecca

You know I have those two as well. But I don't think ALL ABOUT EVE is all that rare. SPELLBOUND is just outside my top 20.

Movies from my top 20 I rarely (if ever) see on anyone else's list:

NOTORIOUS (7)
THE END OF THE AFFAIR (9)
BOUND (12)
and especially:
THE HEIRESS (20)

[Damned Martian]

The Truman Show
Amores Perros
25th Hour
Beautiful Girls
Bringing Out the Dead
Demolition Man
Insomnia
Happiness
Grave of the Fireflies
Pleasantville

[Streepster]

Sophie's Choice
Adaptation
Mary Poppins
Poltergist
Kiss the Girls
Contact

[Trinity]

Originally posted by Streepster
Sophie's Choice
Adaptation
Mary Poppins
Poltergist
Kiss the Girls
Contact

Great, another "Contact" loving schmoe! I have it in my top 20 as well. :)

[Puck Bond]

Goldfinger and The Great Escape

[Annie Hall]

Originally posted by randythetool
"Beauty and the Beast," "Singin' in the Rain," "Annie Hall," and "Say Anything..." don't get a lot of love around these parts. :(

3 of those (Beauty and the Beast, Say Anything..., and Annie Hall) are on my top 20 as well. :)

[Streepster]

Originally posted by Trinity
Great, another "Contact" loving schmoe! I have it in my top 20 as well. :)


Very, very nice! Great taste in movies, I might add!;)

[Grebdron]

Raising Arizona

The Princess Bride

Unforgiven

Sling Blade

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

[Romero&Juliet]

No-One Likes these


The Tin Drum
the Wicker Man
Nosferatu: the Vampyre
The Little Foxes
SCUM
Swoon

[Romero&Juliet]

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore~

[Shockwave]

Probably my whole top 20 but heres half in no order-

Jurrasic Park

Transformers the movie

Falling Down

Night of the Living Dead(remake)

Tremors

Donnie Darko

Lost Boys

Spirited Away

Princess Mononoke

Castle in the Sky

Evil Dead

[dollface]

Pumpkin
Firefly
The Proposition
Donnie Darko (awesome movie!!!!)
Go
The Sweet Hereafter
Spitfire Grill
Slingblade
A Simple Plan
Riding in Cars with Boys

just a few......

[TheGodSon]

The Thin Red Line
The Insider

[Hannibal21]

Originally posted by Trinity
You know I have those two as well. But I don't think ALL ABOUT EVE is all that rare. SPELLBOUND is just outside my top 20.


Yep, I know. Great taste! :) Although I am starting to see All About Eve on more people's lists as I check out some of the lists from ymdb.

[notchreturns]

Glengarry Glen Ross
Grave of the Fireflies
The Sweet Hereafter
Black Christmas
Three Kings
Clue
The Conversation
Talk Radio
Ordinary People

To name a few...

[Ren Hoek]

Originally posted by notchreturns
Grave of the Fireflies
Talk Radio
Let me say that I'm particularly pleased to see these two on your list. Grave of the Fireflies is also in my top 20, and Talk Radio is solid top 50 material. Both great yet criminally underappreciated films! :)

[The 8 Ball]

Besides Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of The Rings, Pulp Fiction, and Magnolia. I almost never see the other 17 on anybody's list.

[Ripper1888]

1.Psycho
2.Schindler's List
3.The Shawshank Redemption
4.The Godfather
5.The Silence of the Lambs*
6.Seven Samuri
7.Evil Dead*
8.Halloween*
9.Monty Python and the Holy Grail
10.Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark
11.Young Frankenstein*
12.Blazing Saddles*
13.Rear Window*
14.L.A. Confidential*
15.Say Anything*
16.Reservoir Dogs
17.Requiem for a Dream*
18.The Thing(John Carpenter version)*
19.Stand by Me*
20.GO*

*Indicates the films in my Top 20 that I haven't seen on too many Top 20 lists.

[notchreturns]

Originally posted by Ren Hoek
Let me say that I'm particularly pleased to see these two on your list. Grave of the Fireflies is also in my top 20, and Talk Radio is solid top 50 material. Both great yet criminally underappreciated films! :)

Damn straight! Two BRILLANT films not enough have seen. And why is that no one else ever seems to acknowledge Black Christmas? I know nearly everyone on the Horror boards LOVES this film, but I NEVER see it mentioned in any other place.

Probably the best horror film I've seen, with Texas Chainsaw Massacre and BLOWS Halloween, Scream, Friday the 13th and all of it's other rip-offs out of the fuckin' water!

See Black Christmas people!!

[Hucksta G]

Donnie Darko (even though I kind of see this in a few peoples top 20's it has been listed here so I'll put it here as well.)
Gangs of New York
Vanilla Sky
Stand By Me
Jerry Maguire

[Streepster]

Originally posted by Ripper1888
1.Psycho
2.Schindler's List
3.The Shawshank Redemption
4.The Godfather
5.The Silence of the Lambs*
6.Seven Samuri
7.Evil Dead*
8.Halloween*
9.Monty Python and the Holy Grail
10.Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark
11.Young Frankenstein*
12.Blazing Saddles*
13.Rear Window*
14.L.A. Confidential*
15.Say Anything*
16.Reservoir Dogs
17.Requiem for a Dream*
18.The Thing(John Carpenter version)*
19.Stand by Me*
20.GO*

*Indicates the films in my Top 20 that I haven't seen on too many Top 20 lists.


Nice list you have there!

Both "The Silence of the Lambs" and "Requiem For A Dream" are on my top 20 as well!

[The TZA]

Originally posted by Shockwave
Probably my whole top 20 but heres half in no order-

Jurrasic Park

Transformers the movie

Falling Down

Night of the Living Dead(remake)

Tremors

Donnie Darko

Lost Boys

Spirited Away

Princess Mononoke

Castle in the Sky

Evil Dead


Awesome list, a fair few of those would appear on my list too. A few titles that no one's mentioned yet but would always appear on my list:

Ghostbusters
The Terminator
Commando
Dirty Work
Back to the Future

Okay, I'm geeking out, I'm gonna have to spend some time compiling my top 10000000 films like all good schmoes should!

[blankpage]

The Gold Rush ('cept for ol' Nate)
Manhattan ('cept for ol' Bob)
Annie Hall ('cept for Randy, Annie, and Bob)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ('cept for o'l Puck, BankHoldup, Jerk, and Mizz Hall)

[Mad Maggot]

Pulp Fiction.





ha ha ha, bad joke.


Tremors
Memento
The Matrix Reloaded
Vanilla Sky
Magnolia

[Buck Turgidson]

Originally posted by dollface
The Sweet Hereafter


There are a lot of us around here who really like that film :cool:

My unorthodox choices are Diner, The Hill, Exotica* and One False Move.


*Another excellent Atom Egoyan film.

[bankholdup]

Originally posted by blankpage

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ('cept fotr o'l Puck and Jerk)

And me...

[Romero&Juliet]

Originally posted by Ripper1888
5.The Silence of the Lambs*
7.Evil Dead*
8.Halloween*
11.Young Frankenstein*
12.Blazing Saddles*
13.Rear Window*
14.L.A. Confidential*
15.Say Anything*
16.Reservoir Dogs
17.Requiem for a Dream*
18.The Thing(John Carpenter version)*
19.Stand by Me*
20.GO*

*Indicates the films in my Top 20 that I haven't seen on too many Top 20 lists.

you're kidding, right?!


I see these flicks on peoples top 20's ALL the time... Especially the horror flicks you mentioned. THey're all classics!

[Jon Lyrik]

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
Beauty and the Beast
The Great Piggy Bank Robbery
Throne of Blood

[SubMethod]

Being John Malkovich
Pi
Lenny
Midnight Cowboy
Unforgiven

[zeppelin]

Originally posted by Mad Maggot
Memento

I guess we've been looking at different top 20 lists, because I've seen Memento on a TON of top 20s. Including the IMDb's...

[Annie Hall]

Originally posted by blankpage
Annie Hall ('cept for Randy and Bob)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ('cept fotr o'l Puck and Jerk)

Sniff :( ...no, no....I understand...



;)

[lalex81]

Movies on my top 20 that I haven´t seen on this topic about movies on your top 20 that you haven´t seen on other´s

GATACCA

A SIMPLE PLAN

RAVENOUS

HAMLET (Kenneth Branagh)

HIGHLANDER

A KNIGHT´S TALE

SE7EN

THE GAME

HEAT

FACE/OFF

[blankpage]

Originally posted by Annie Hall
Sniff :( ...no, no....I understand...



;)


I swear, the minute I got off the computer, I said, " Ah fuck, I fogot Annie."

True Story.


Annie and Bank shall be added!

[Annie Hall]

Originally posted by blankpage
I swear, the minute I got off the computer, I said, " Ah fuck, I fogot Annie."

True Story.


:D I just like harrassing you, darling...never fear.

[blankpage]

Originally posted by Annie Hall
:D I just like harrassing you, darling...never fear.


Yeah, people love harrassing me. :p

[sarah1980]

The Abyss (10)
Gladiator (4)
Titanic (3)

[PsycoPat]

Cube

Menace II Society

Airplane

Aliens

[my_name_is_neo]

I almost never see The Matrix or Unbreakable in anyone's top 20 lists, but they are on mine.

[Hannibal21]

Originally posted by my_name_is_neo
I almost never see The Matrix or Unbreakable in anyone's top 20 lists, but they are on mine.

I see The Matrix on a lot of people's lists, especially when I check out YMDB.

[rushmore beauty]

Sleepy Hollow
Ed Wood
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Princess Mononoke
Rushmore

[Batgirl1979]

Originally posted by The Delfonics

Boondock Saints


Wicked choice, that was the first movie that came to my mind when I saw this thread. There is a sequel coming out this year:
Boondock II: All Saints Day (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0330083/)

Also:

Highway
Equilibrium
Dog Soldiers
Series 7
Stephen King's The Stand

[Indy in IN]

- Big Trouble In Little China
- Predator
- Back To The Future II
- Galaxy Quest
- Friday
- Octopussy
- Willow
- Ghostbusters
- Goonies
- Office Space
- Tombstone
- Red Dawn
- Highlander
- Gremlins
- Iron Eagle
- Tron
- Romancing The Stone
- Sneakers
- Ice Pirates
- DC Cab
If any of these are on, I will sit through the whole thing.

[ANavissi500]

I rarely see ...

Amelie
Wonder Boys
The Rules of Attraction
10 Things I Hate About You
Mr. Holland's Opus
The Game

[Helter-Skelter]

1. Fight Club
2.The Godfather Part 2
3. Se7en
4. The Godfather
5. Apocalypse Now
6. Aliens *
7. The Silence of the Lambs
8. Pulp Fiction
9. The Empire Strikes Back *
10. Alien *

Of my current top ten, I think all are pretty common top 10 enteries with the exception of three. I think that while alot of people like Alien & Aliens, most don't love the movies as much as I do (ofcourse I could be wrong). The same goes with Empire....

[ilovemovies]

Originally posted by Trinity
Great, another "Contact" loving schmoe! I have it in my top 20 as well. :)

It's on my list as well.

Some others from my list:

Heart & Souls

Of Mice and Men (1992)

Rebel Without a Cause

JFK

Glory

Lethal Weapon

[Tagia_Romero]

The first two "Mad Max" films for a start, followed by Lee's first "Dracula" film, anime feature of "Hellsing", "Young Frankenstien"... I could go on but I don't wanna sound like that I am condeming anyone. :D

[Sparrow]

Mindwalk

Sense and Sensibility

The Road Home

The Music Teacher

Impromptu

Husbands and Wives

Eat Drink Man Woman

Room with a View

Grease

[Guy Strong]

1. Pulp Fiction
2. Goodfellas
3. Raiders of the Lost Ark
4. True Romance*
5. The Big Lebowski*
6. The Empire Strikes Back
7. A Clockwork Orange
8. Apocalypse Now
9. Reservoir Dogs
10. The Godfather
11. Scarface
12. Miller's Crossing*
13. Back to the Future
14. Star Wars
15. Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
16. Taxi Driver
17. The Deer Hunter
18. The Godfather Part II
19. Boogie Nights*
20. Die Hard*

[SuperSoulMan]

Pearl Harbor
Requiem for a Dream
Black Hawk Down
Face/Off

[syxxpac]

True Lies
Die Hard
Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade

Where's the love?

:(

[SIREN30]

The ones on my top 20 that I've never seen on anyone else's are:

A Room With A View
The Great Escape
Gigi
William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
Giant
The Big Country
Mr Deeds Goes To Town
Goodybe Mr Chips
You Can't take It With You

[movieguy1021]

1. The Shining (maybe on a few, but still...)
2. The Royal Tenenbaums
3. Clue
6. The Sixth Sense
7. Airplane!
8. The Man Who Wasn't There
9. Punch-Drunk Love
12. As Good As It Gets
13. Solaris
15. Ringu
16. The Truman Show
17. Full Metal Jacket
18. Lost in Translation
19. A Night at the Opera

[Grim H.]

I can safely say I've seen few people with Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas on their top 20.

[blankpage]

Lemme add...

Lost in Translation.


I know that not a whole lot of people have seen the movie, but in any case, I still think when more and more people see it, I'll be one of the only folks who'll have it in their top 20...or top 10 for that matter. *NOTE* movieguy1021 has this one his list.


Jules et Jim

I know Ren and Lady Version have this darling flick in their top 20....but who else?



Some like it Hot

I know Hannibal, and if I'm not wrong, Mizz Hall (just being safe in case she beats on me yet again ;) ).


The Seven Samurai

Bob, Ripper1888 , and another schmoe (fuck, forget the name) have this flick in their top 20 (10).


The Great Escape

I've seen it on some lists....but the film isn't on a whole bunch, though.

[Michael_myers]

Patton, Network, The Player, Mr Smith (it's there sometimes but rarely) Manchurian Candidate (see Mr Smith), Bonnie and Clyde (See MC), Grapes of Wrath (See Mr Smith) LOL.

[JCR]

My top 20:

1. Dr Strangelove or: how I stopped worrying and learned to love the bomb
2. Frankenstein (1931)
3. Psycho (1960)
4. Withnail and I
5. Reservoir dogs
6. Blue Velvet
7. The Big Lebowski
8. The third man
9. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with me
10. Taxi Driver
11. LOTR: FOTR
12. Goodfellas
13. Fight Club
14. Casablanca
15. Rashomon
16. The Maltese Falcon
17. Dead or Alive (1999)
18. Robocop
19. Battle Royale
20. Eraserhead


I'd say between 8-10 of 'em aren't seen often.

[blankpage]

Originally posted by Michael_myers
Patton, Network, The Player, Mr Smith (it's there sometimes but rarely) Manchurian Candidate (see Mr Smith), Bonnie and Clyde (See MC), Grapes of Wrath (See Mr Smith) LOL.

Sorry, Mike, I don't swing that way. Mr. Smith sounds like a great guy, heh, maybe we can be JUST friends. Tell him that.


:D

[Michael_myers]

Originally posted by blankpage
Sorry, Mike, I don't swing that way. Mr. Smith sounds like a great guy, heh, maybe we can be JUST friends. Tell him that.


:D

What in GOD'S name are you babbling about Blank? :D ;)

[blankpage]

Originally posted by Michael_myers
What in GOD'S name are you babbling about Blank? :D ;)


Well, hey, you kept on saying see Mr. Smith.... I thought you meant see him by dating...GEEZ!!!!!!!!!!!


:D :D :D :D :D


Or maybe it's just my Southern Ontario uselessness kicking in again.


Oops, babling again. ;)

[Michael_myers]

Originally posted by blankpage
Well, hey, you kept on saying see Mr. Smith.... I thought you meant see him by dating...GEEZ!!!!!!!!!!!


:D :D :D :D :D


Or maybe it's just my Southern Ontario uselessness kicking in again.


Oops, babling again. ;)

Oh... oh yeah.... of course. Damn easterners. ;)

[Edward's Hands]

One of my alltime favorites is Pi.

[ashes]

This is a good thread,
I've wondered why these great movies are hardly mentioned,

Coming Home

Paths Of Glory

Witness

The Killing Fields

Deliverance

Scent Of A Woman

Walkabout***

***I would'nt mind a small wager on not many even knowing anything about the last one.

[Gian-Sergio]

La Dolce Vita
Ikiru
West Side Story
Once Upon A Time In The West
The Battle Of Algiers

[GoldenGhost]

Manhattan
Withnail and I
Chungking Express
The Wicker Man
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre('74)



Nice to see Withnail and I slapped at #4 on your list though, JCR! :)

[Tayzlor]

Manhattan
Persona
Paris, Texas
La Dolce Vita
L'Avventura
Ikiru
My Life to Live
Five Easy Pieces
Nashville
Blowup
The Seventh Seal
Eyes Wide Shut
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

[LordSimen]

Originally posted by lalex81
FACE/OFF

:D I agree on this one. It's on my list as well.

[Badbird]

Equilibrium

Face/Off

Predator 2

The Secret of Nimh

Strange Days

The Abyss

Last Action Hero

Goldeneye

[ilovemovies]

Recently added:

The Girl Next Door
Wonder Boys
What Dreams May Come
A Little Princess
The American President

[EvilEd]

Dr. No
Conan

[bluesbrother965]

Blues Brothers
This Is Spinal Tap
Blue Velvet
Malcolm X
Magnolia
American Grafitti
The Lost Weekend
The Man Who Wasn't There
The Conversation
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Third Man

[Sigur509]

Before Sunrise
Before Sunset
Waking Life(I've never seen this on a top anything, mabye top 20 worst, but not best)
Slacker(See Waking Life)
Manhattan(Actually, its quite common)

[GoldenGhost]

Originally posted by Sigur509
Manhattan(Actually, its quite common)

I wasn't too sure wether to put it on mine either because I've seen it on a few lists round here lately. But you don't see it all that often.

[Cronos]

Avalon
Zatoichi
American Psycho
The Crow
Dark City
Seven Samurai
Predator
Alien 3

[GoldenGhost]

Originally posted by Cronos
Seven Samurai


V.popular on people's lists, of what I can remember.