Top 25 films
Now that I'm older I have to rank the films in LEVELS. Ones that inspired me most and made me fall in love with cinema are top 4. The list can always change but the top four will always be constant for me now. And from then on other really great films that awed me. Then those that I find are great films but also personal favourites outside my top 7 or 8.
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- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMarlon BrandoAl PacinoJames CaanThe aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.The Ultimate Film I watched in 2008. What a year it was for me personally when it comes to movies.... I loved the story of Michael and just how well directed this movie is. The story is so perfect and so well told. I was in awe of everything when I first watched it. It is the greatest epic in Cinema.
- DirectorsEthan CoenJoel CoenStarsTommy Lee JonesJavier BardemJosh BrolinViolence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong and over two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.No Country For Old Men was released in 2008, not 2007 in Hong Kong. And this was the first film that I watched that year that made me love movies. It was such an intense film. I realised what great storytelling and directing was with this movie. Chigurh is one of the greatest and most intimidating villains. Only one other film tops this movie's intensity and it's the film right under this one...
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsChristian BaleHeath LedgerAaron EckhartWhen a menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman, James Gordon and Harvey Dent must work together to put an end to the madness.Exceptionally well made and what's more is that this was a comic book movie. Batman and the world that he inhibits became a complex reflection of today's world in a film that was just as heart-pounding and intense as No Country. It's been 8 years and the more I watch it, the more I fall in love with this movie and realise no superhero movie has yet to top this masterpiece. Every shot and every scene tell a story that's multilayered.
This is Nolan's greatest film. And one that made me a Nolan fanboy. Another movie in 08 that made me a cinephile. - DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsDaniel Day-LewisPaul DanoCiarán HindsA story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.Beautifully shot and haunting, this is another 08 movie that inspired me to be a cinephile like Godfather, No Country, and The Dark Knight. It was released in 07 but I watched it in 08.
I never watched a film this well executed and acted prior to this. Haunting visuals and incredible performances by Paul Dano and Daniel Day Lewis portraying 2 incredible characters. DD Lewis stole the show - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneTakashi ShimuraKeiko TsushimaFarmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, and he gathers six other samurai to join him.Watched this gem for free On Demand in Korea. I remember being tired at midnight scrolling through the list of films. After reading some rave reviews on the OD site, I decided to give it a go. This was when I truly became a fan of Kurosawa.
I really have a taste of epic cinema and this is as good as it comes. Seven Samurais are asked by a bunch of villagers to defend their village from bandits. The bandits are not cartoonish and they seem more or less like a force of nature. Something that just IS in Feudal Japan. I just love the time period and the atmosphere from that period. Was highly disappointed when I watched Mag7.
It's the first of its kind but still a great watch with beautiful storytelling, amazing characters, and a payoff that's bittersweet but satisfying. - DirectorDavid LeanStarsPeter O'TooleAlec GuinnessAnthony QuinnThe story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.The most beautiful film I've seen. One of my favourite moments in cinema which is just a cutaway but so beautifully done and magical/mystical. The desert is hauntingly beautiful, Lawrence is a captivating figure. The action is scarce and there's no romance but Peter O'Toole carries the movie. His performance and character are just amazing to behold. What a strange guy TE Lawrence was. And what a strange war and adventure.
Get this masterpiece on Bluray. It's a spectacle to watch. - DirectorStanley KubrickStarsKeir DulleaGary LockwoodWilliam SylvesterWhen a mysterious artifact is uncovered on the Moon, a spacecraft manned by two humans and one supercomputer is sent to Jupiter to find its origins.I really do have a thing for epic films don't I? A film that confuses and bewitches me at the same time. Another beautiful film. And just like LoA, there's no better way to watch this film than on Blu-Ray. It's about scientific advancements and what it means to us. But after that I'm not sure what this film really is about. It still captures my imagination every time I watch it. This has to be Kubrick's masterpiece. It shows just what a brilliant director he is. The film is confusing and hard to understand but it's well told enough for us to grasp certain aspects and to be bewitched by the scenery and masterful storytelling by Kubrick.
Took me years for me to really appreciate the film. One of my all time favourite movies. The film is proof that cinema is magic. - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroCathy MoriartyJoe PesciThe life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.Wolf of Wallstreet and Goodfellas might be the more "entertaining" films of this kind (you know what I'm talking about... the Scorsese Film)
But Raging Bull is the most personal film Scorsese has ever made and you feel it, watching this movie. DeNiro starred in this movie to help Martin out and both gave their all for this movie. The passion and personal attachment of both virtuosos are felt watching this movie about a man who rises then falls.
It's much darker than Goodfellas and Wolf of Wallstreet and much better. - DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsJamie FoxxChristoph WaltzLeonardo DiCaprioWith the help of a German bounty-hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner in Mississippi.Tarantino is one of my favourite directors of all time. And this is currently my personal fave Quentin movie. Kill Bill, Ingourlious Basterds, and Pulp Fiction are all other personal faves of mine but I just couldn't resist putting this one above the rest. Quentin Tarantino + Westerns? Hell. Yes.
What more can I say? - DirectorsJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsJeff BridgesJohn GoodmanJulianne MooreJeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroRay LiottaJoe PesciThe story of Henry Hill and his life in the mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCary GrantEva Marie SaintJames MasonA New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroJodie FosterCybill ShepherdA mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action.
- DirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerStarsSteve McQueenDustin HoffmanVictor JoryA French convict in the 1930s befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence in the South American penal colony on Devil's Island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsJohn TravoltaUma ThurmanSamuel L. JacksonThe lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
- DirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerStarsGeorge C. ScottKarl MaldenStephen YoungThe World War II phase of the career of controversial American general George S. Patton.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordSean ConneryAlison DoodyIn 1938, after his father goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, Indiana Jones finds himself up against the Nazis again to stop them from obtaining its powers.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartGrace KellyWendell CoreyA bored photographer recovering from a broken leg passes the time by watching his neighbors and begins to suspect one of them of murder.
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsLeonardo DiCaprioJoseph Gordon-LevittElliot PageA thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.
- DirectorFrank DarabontStarsTim RobbinsMorgan FreemanBob GuntonA banker convicted of uxoricide forms a friendship over a quarter century with a hardened convict, while maintaining his innocence and trying to remain hopeful through simple compassion.
- DirectorPeter JacksonStarsElijah WoodIan McKellenOrlando BloomA meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.The trilogy
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsHarrison FordRutger HauerSean YoungA blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
- DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenDorothy ComingoreFollowing the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsTom HanksMatt DamonTom SizemoreFollowing the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.
- DirectorIrvin KershnerStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherAfter the Empire overpowers the Rebel Alliance, Luke Skywalker begins training with Jedi Master Yoda, while Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett pursue his friends across the galaxy.The first trilogy
