I've checked some through some old answers but most seem to point towards everyones favourite film but if you had to name your top ten films what would they be, to start the ball rolling mine are, in no particular order
Stand by Me Life of Brian Sin City Platoon Back to the Future (1,2,+3, taking them as 1) The Goonies The Inside Man (If you haven't seen it, it is superb) The Butterfly Effect (I know Ashton Kutcher is in it but it's still very original, unless you saw Donnie Darko first which I didn't) The Breakast Club Being John Malkovich
From compiling this list I've realised that I could have added at least 30 more classics but that'll take to long so I'll leave it at that.
1. 12 Angry Men
2. Pulp Fiction
3. The Great Escape
4. Reservoir Dogs
5. The Deer Hunter
6. The Usual Suspects
7. This is Spinal Tap
8. Back to the Future trilogy
9. The Blues Brothers
10 The Shawshank Redemption
Closely followed by The Rocky Horror Picture Show, A Muppet Christmas Carol and Psycho.
1. One flew over the cuckoos nest
2. Charlie and the chocolate factory (original)
3. Butterfly effect
4. St Elmo's fire
5. Kill Bill 1 and 2
6. Seven
7. The Goonies
8. City of Angels
9. Shawshank Redemption
10. Amazing Mr Blunden
I could go on and on but I think they are my top ten.
Roughly chron order. I couldn't possibly do them in order of preference:
Rear Window
12 Angry Men
The Hill
Dr Strangelove
2001
Quatermass & The Pit
The Taking of Pelham 123
Jaws
Close Encounters
This Is Spinal Tap
Withnail & I
The Double Life of Veronique
A Short Film About Killing
The Village
V interesting lists. Some great films mentioned. I have to admit I found it hilarious that someone had Cocktail on theirs, but I'm not taking the p*ss - good on you, it's what these lists are for.
-Fight Club
-Anchorman
-Falling Down
-Back to the Future (part 1)
-Butterfly Effect
-Napoleon Dynamite
-Good Will Hunting
-The Fast & The Furious
-Star Wars (original trilogy)
-Thumbsucker
It's too hard to choose just 10 so I want two bonus choices: