This list is mostly a joke.  So many great directors didn't make the list.  Francis Ford Coppola, Bernardo Bertolucci, Sergio Leone, The Coen Brothers, Brian De Palma and Federico Fellini.

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...oh yes, rightly Bernardo Bertolucci - 1900 - an absolute mind bender of a movie, terrific story plus De Nero, Burt Lancaster, Gérard Depardieu plus Donald Sutherland in his most evil role - 5 hours of cinematic perfection.

... and then "Last Tango in Paris", "The Little Buddah" and "The Last Emporer" just to name three.

A genius.

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I can't believe I'm the only one that put "On the Water-Front" (1954) on the list.

Great actor (Marlon Brando at his zenith), great director (Elia Kazan), great film (an oscar winner, but, then again, that doesn't mean much).

I can tell you my favourite top ten.

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST

SLEEPER

EDWARD SCISSORHANDS

BACK TO THE FUTURE

LEON

THE COMMITMENTS

COOL RUNNINGS

CAST AWAY

NATURAL BORN KILLERS

GOODFELLAS

THE INCREDIBLES

There are probably many more I've forgotten... Sin City is good enough to be in the top 20.

Has anyone mentioned Dr. Zhivago (1965) with Omar Sharif?

Excellent movie - don't make 'em like that anymore...

In no particular order.....

Shawshank Redemption

Life of Brian

Private Ryan

The Usual Suspects

Dr. Strangelove

Gladiator

The Deerhunter

Apocalypse Now

The Full Monty

Dr. Zhivago

Good Fellas

Pulp Fiction

The Sand Pebbles

Good Morning Vietnam

Alien

Air America

Mad Max2

I'll watch any movie with Morgan Freeman in it. (incl. Robin Hood!)

The only movie I ever walked out of was Kubrik's 2001 Space Crap

Has anyone mentioned Dr. Zhivago (1965) with Omar Sharif?

Excellent movie - don't make 'em like that anymore...

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I fell in love with Julie Christie that year

Can't believe I'm the only one who has mentioned "The Big Lobowski". I thought it was a fantastic film... 

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I like it a lot. Not a favorite of mine, but it is really funny. How could anyone not like "The Dude?"

I'm very surprised that with all the Asia lovers out there, not one other person has mentioned the third film in Oliver Stone's " Vietnam Trilogy", my all time favourite, ' Heaven and Earth'

A lot of you have nominated the first, ' Platoon' , but 'Born on the Fourth of July' & 'Heaven and Earth' seem to have been forgotton.

Oh my God, A Fish Called Wanda, how could I forget that one?  I love that movie.  Great comedy.

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The only problem with the movie was that the jokes had to be explained for the American audience.

"applause", "applause"

Oh my God, A Fish Called Wanda, how could I forget that one?  I love that movie.  Great comedy.

The only problem with the movie was that the jokes had to be explained for the American audience.

"applause", "applause"

Not for me!

....Ah &lt;deleted&gt; it's true  - we all hate the English   

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See? I knew it! I knew it!

Debbie Does Dallas was the first porno I ever saw...can still remember a couple of the scenes

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Not my first , but certainly memorable: "Mr. <forgotten name>, I don't think you're supposed to do that" .

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Clint Eastwood?

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Clint Eastwood?

Yes...some of the best Westerns ever made...

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Clint Eastwood?

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Yes...some of the best Westerns ever made...

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I meant as a director. I think his best western was probably ;The Outlaw Josey Wales' And he directed that.

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Clint Eastwood?

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As a director?

"Play Misty for Me" was a tremendous debut and everything he has done since has got better, but he is not flawless. Some of his films I leave feeling there is just a little something missing. I haven’t seen "The Bridges of Madison County", which others tell me is excellent. "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" was a fine movie; great sense of pace and atmosphere.

Last film I saw of his was "Space Cowboys" which I thought was geriatric trash.

This is the list of the top 10 movies of all time according to imdb.com, which gets 27 million hits per month from the movie viewing public. Don't take too much notice of the LOTR because I heard some die-hard fans got some campaign together and did some under-handed multiple voting.

Rank Rating Title Votes

1. 9.0 The Godfather (1972)

2. 9.0 The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

3. 8.9 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

4. 8.9 The Godfather: Part II (1974)

5. 8.8 Shichinin no samurai (1954)

6. 8.8 Schindler's List (1993)

7. 8.8 Casablanca (1942)

8. 8.7 Star Wars (1977)

9. 8.7 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

10. 8.7 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Clint Eastwood is just an overhyped institution.

He's a better director than actor, as an actor he is one dimensional and has zero versitality.

  I thought people going out in their dressing gown was funny 'til I come to Thailand and see people going down for late night street food in their jim jams.

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My wife often goes to the village shop dressed in her night clothes and dressing gown..

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Clint Eastwood?

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Yes...some of the best Westerns ever made...

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The "Dollar" films - brilliant:

Fistful of Dollars

For a Few Dollars More

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

- and music by Ennio Morricone (I've got a couple of vinyl 7" singles and a vinyl LP of Morricone's "Dollar" music).

Clint Eastwood is just an overhyped institution.

He's a better director than actor, as an actor he is one dimensional and has zero versitality.

C'mon..the "Dirty Harry" collection are classics!

Clint Eastwood is just an overhyped institution.

He's a better director than actor, as an actor he is one dimensional and has zero versitality.

C'mon..the "Dirty Harry" collection are classics!

Absolutely eventhough Steven Seagal for example has more versatility. I don't know how you would describe his type of martial arts but it makes nice viewing.

Absolutely eventhough Steven Seagal for example has more versatility. I don't know how you would describe his type of martial arts but it makes nice viewing.

Steven Seagal and versatility in the same sentence? Never thought I would see that but to each his own.

Seagal practices Aikido Karate and is actually very accomplished in it having been a teacher in Japan for some time.

Absolutely eventhough Steven Seagal for example has more versatility. I don't know how you would describe his type of martial arts but it makes nice viewing.

Steven Seagal and versatility in the same sentence? Never thought I would see that but to each his own.

Seagal practices Aikido Karate and is actually very accomplished in it having been a teacher in Japan for some time.

I heard he's a practicing buddist as well and frequently visits LOS.

Absolutely eventhough Steven Seagal for example has more versatility. I don't know how you would describe his type of martial arts but it makes nice viewing.

Steven Seagal and versatility in the same sentence? Never thought I would see that but to each his own.

Seagal practices Aikido Karate and is actually very accomplished in it having been a teacher in Japan for some time.

And then there's Jon Claude VanDam?

Absolutely eventhough Steven Seagal for example has more versatility. I don't know how you would describe his type of martial arts but it makes nice viewing.

Steven Seagal and versatility in the same sentence? Never thought I would see that but to each his own.

Seagal practices Aikido Karate and is actually very accomplished in it having been a teacher in Japan for some time.

And then there's Jon Claude VanDam?

He's ok but I believe after he got addicted to coke things didn't go to well for him.

If we want to talk martial arts action stars, then lets start at the top:

1. Bruce Lee

2. Jet Li

If we want to talk martial arts action stars, then lets start at the top:

1. Bruce Lee

2. Jet Li

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3.Chow Yun-Fat

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4 : Jackie Chan.

5. Sammo