The German version (Stromberg) is, but I don't like the American one. Incompatible humour, really... I don't remember any funny US series that I actually found funny.
Edit: Thought about it for a bit, Scrubs was funny as hell. So there was at least one.
I must admit that your tastes are on the bro-side of favorites. But I'd be a liar if I said I didn't like The Boondock Saints and Interstellar. The Boondock Saints is a guilty pleasure movie for me though - it has a reputation for being adopted by a particular type of person.
I want to know more about why you would put War of the Worlds in your top 5. I am not hating on you. Purely perplexed because I've never seen anyone mention this movie since it came out. I rewatched it last year, but I don't remember much to write home about.
I was 8 years old when I first saw the film and it scared me so much it left in me a permanent fear of aliens and once I got older I grew to love the film and aliens in general.
Tbh the battle on the hill is enough to make it a great film for me because it involves the ultimate dilemma: which child do you save?
It's a choice no parent should ever have to make and the entire scene in general shows how hopeless it was against the Tripods.
The Big Lebowski is a feminist masterpiece where every man is a buffoon and every woman is willing to go as far as cutting off their own toe to get what they want.
I need to rewatch The Wind Rises. It's been long enough I think since I saw it; and, I became a father. Oh, I need to punish myself and watch Grave of the Fireflies too.
I don't know my top 5 but I absolutely know Jurassic Park is the no.1 for me, and I was starting to get upset nobody was listing it even in the long lists!
It's a toss-up on a couple of those. The Blues Brothers could easily make the list, as could Pulp Fiction, Terminator 2, Alien, Interstellar, and I'm sure there are many others. I will abandon what I'm doing to watch any one of these, if they come on, probably 90% of the time.
No particular order, these are some of my favorites.
Alien and Aliens could be there too.
And a bunch of animates movies like Ghost in the Shell, Akira, A silent voice, Grave for the Fireflies, The Tale of Princes Kaguya, Princess Mononoke, Howls moving Castle.
Also Toy Story 2, Shrek 2, The Prince of Egypt, Fantasia, Klaus, Into the Spiderverse.
Wow. Another fan of Death to Smoochy out in the wild. That's the response I would give to Brett Goldstein on his podcast for my favorite film that was not beloved by critics. I may go watch it now...
Dead Man: A film by Jim Jarmusch starring Johnny Depp and Gary Farmer and an all-star cast. Beautiful acid western about friendship in harsh circumstances. Wonderful original soundtrack by Neil Young.
The Fall: A film by Tarsem. This films story isn't necessarily amazing, but this is a love letter to classic cinema. It has a plot about classic cinema, and it uses all classic techniques to achieve the effects. Tarsem famously went out of their way to ensure there wasn't any CGI in this film. It's one of the most vividly colorful and visually stunning films I have ever seen.
Dreams: A film by Akira Kurosawa. A montage of short films inspired by dreams experienced by filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. In partnership with Lucasfilm. Almost as visually stunning as The Fall but much more cohesive stories for being inspired by dreams. Come for "The Peach Orchard," and stay for "Village of the Watermills."
Brazil: A film by Terry Gilliam starring Jonathan Pryce, Robert DeNiro, Kim Greist and Michael Palin. A treatise on dreams in a totalitarian society. The only cut worth watching is the Directors Cut. The film was famously butchered by the studios to give it a "happy ending" because the original was considered too bleak.
Sneakers: A film by Phil Alden Robinson starring Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, River Phoenix, and Ben Kingsley. One of the only films that ever presented a semi-realistic portrayal of hacking. Good plot, good pacing, and arguably prescient considerations.
Sneakers was my favorite movie when I was like 12. Which is a weird age for that and yet. (my other fav was The Hunt for Red October, so I was kind of a weird tween...)
Runners up: Empire Strikes Back, The Matrix, Pulp Fiction, ET, Close Encounters, Alien(s), Ghostbusters, Stand By Me, Full Metal Jacket, A Bronx Tale, Good Will Hunting
I actually sat down a coworker years ago and did this. It was surprisingly easy once I realized something - I'll sit down and watch a lot of movies on TV, but there are a few I refuse to. Too many commercials and edits just make me furious... those are my favorites. Getting down to 10 was hard enough, so top 5 are in no order. Some changed how I thought about things, some just entertained me for years:
The Matrix
Interstellar
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Fight Club
Schindler's List
And because it was so hard, here are a few more that just as easily could be top 5:
Silence of the Lambs, Inception, V for Vendetta, OG Star Wars trilogy, Indiana Jones trilogy, Kung Pow, Blair Witch Project
Edit: Forgot one - Arrival. Probably in top 5, no idea which to demote. Fight Club maybe
Super hard to limit to just 5 but here's the first that came to mind:
Star Wars: A New Hope, The Matrix, Delicatessen, The Science of Sleep, The Fifth Element.
Any of the following could easily go somewhere on the above list :)
Blade Runner, 12 Monkeys, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Brazil, The Hudsucker Proxy, Groundhog Day, Dark City, Inception & Intersteller (if only it didn't have the whole love is a force that transcends dimensions and can be used to communicate across time and space stuff?!)
LOTR (it may be 3, but let's just call it a single movie)
Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back
Jean de Florette
The Matrix
Top Gun
Honourable mentions: anything Monty Python, Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Alladin, Indiana Jones (up to and including Last Crusade), any Bond film with Sean Connery, Die Hard, Rocky, Rambo: First Blood, The Passion of Christ, Cross and the Switchblade, The Godfather, Blade Runner, Jurassic Park
I like how this quote from Clerks sums up the star wars debate:
"Empire" had the better ending. I mean, Luke gets his hand cut off, finds out Vader's his father, Han gets frozen and taken away by Boba Fett. It ends on such a down note. I mean, that's what life is, a series of down endings. All "Jedi" had was a bunch of Muppets.
Leto's performance is genuinely captivating and the storytelling is top-tier. The film strikes a perfect balance between deep emotional resonance and stunning visuals. It's not just a superhero movie, it's a profound exploration of the human condition. Highly recommend it to anyone looking for more than just escapism.
Top rated because of the story (all), acting (all), music (except for 2), number of awesome quotes (3 and 4) and all in all just being amazing.
Also, since I saw someone mention it, I'd like to add that the worst movie of all time is imho 2001 A Space Odyssey. On IMDb I don't rate movies lower than 2 stars because I have 1 exclusively reserved for 2001 ASO. Watching it has been the most boring experience of my life, which btw is saying a LOT. Punishment in hell probably shifted to eternally watching this movie, with sinners wishing to go back to when they were physically tortured. I cannot stress enough how much I dislike this movie. You can be absolute sure that my top 5 is nothing like that.
2001 is divisive. I love that movie, but I know so many people that find it insufferably slow.
I think it's just too "spacious" for lack of a better term. It only presents the bare minimum in plot and focuses almost entirely on the cinematography. But just think about it in the context of 1968. This was during the height of the space race, and the film explores the core concept: what is the destiny of humanity and where did we come from? It's so fucking massive in scope that the only way to do it justice is to just give the viewer space to digest.
As such it asks a lot from the viewer to fill in the gaps and use the film as more of a meditation than a passive viewing experience.
Back to the Future
Raiders Of the Lost Ark
Star Wars
Alien
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Honorable Mentions:
Any of the LOTR Trilogy, Wrath of Khan, Dune (2021), Interstellar, Arrival, Avatar (2009)
The Thing
Tropic Thunder
Doctor Sleep
Top Gun: Maverick
Requiem for a Dream
Very hard to choose a top five. Here were my runner ups:
Cold Pursuit
Ace Ventura (both)
The Devils Rejects
Halloween 2018
The Loved Ones
Train to Busan
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
Zoolander
There is so many great ones. These ones come first to my mind:
-The Godfather (yes, the first one)
-Blade Runner
-Blade Runner 2049
-Scarface
-V for Vendetta
Some of these are not fully rewatchable for me. Like, Blade Runner, if i watch it, i just dont feel like watching it again for a few months. But that does not mean its not of my favorites.
-Blade Runner
-Black Dynamite
-STALKER
-Solaris (Russian original)
-The first four Lexx made for tv movies (I Worship his Shadow, Supernova, Eating Pattern, Gigashadow)