Post #106627 by Tiki Matt on Fri, Aug 6, 2004 8:18 AM

Being addicted to movies, I thought it would be interesting to post the top 5 films I think everyone should see. Of course this is my opinion and would love to hear others. The goal here, of course, is to keep this thread going and hopefully turn people on to some cool movies that maybe they haven't seen or heard of (including me!)
I'm going to put a brief description after each entry and hope you will do the same. I'm keeping the list to 5, but could probably list 500. Here goes.....

1. "Out of the Past" - Possibly the best example of Film Noir and one of my favorite films of all time. Robert Mitchum stars with Kirk Douglas as the 'bad guy'.
   
2. "Rashomon" - Akira Kurosawa's greatest movie. The story is of a crime that was committed and the multiple re-telling of the same event by different people. This movie has often been imitated ("Basic" being the most recent) but never duplicated.
   
3. "Touch of Evil" - Orson Welles' second best film. The opening sequence alone is worth the rental fee! Great score by Henry Mancini. Great Noir thriller that is masterfully shot.
   
4. "The Third Man" - Directed by Carol Reed with Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles in his best performance. The cuckoo clock speech could be the best monologue in film history.
   
5. "The Wild Bunch" - I love westerns and this is the best. Gritty, well acted, beautifully shot (directed by Sam Pekinpah). This film is the benchmark for violence in modern cinema.
   

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