The Top 100 English Language Films of All Time (With Commentary)

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written/directed: Peter Bogdanovich

Remake of Bringing Up Baby, sort of. One of all time five best comedies.

― Skottie, Thursday, 17 April 2003 20:41 (twenty-one years ago) link

Wait a minute, Rosemary's Baby!!!!! Surely this takes all prizes.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 17 April 2003 20:44 (twenty-one years ago) link

The Top Ten Most Underrated Supporting Actors of the 80's & 90's:

1. Billy Zabka
2. Jeremy Piven
3. Valeria Golino
4. Jack Nance
5. Keith David
6. Jeffrey Jones (very creepy)
7. Michael Rooker
8. David Patrick Kelly ("Warriors, come out and play!")
9. Illeana Douglas (the definitive saucer-eyed actress)
10. Brad Dourif (of Raymond in Blue Velvet fame)

― Cub, Thursday, 17 April 2003 20:46 (twenty-one years ago) link

No Curtis Armstrong?

― felicity (felicity), Thursday, 17 April 2003 20:51 (twenty-one years ago) link

Top Five overrated supporting actors/actresses of the 80s & 90s:

1. Christopher Walken
2. Kathy Bates
3. Judi Dench
4. Steve Buscemi
5. Harvey Keitel

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Thursday, 17 April 2003 20:54 (twenty-one years ago) link

Oh, shit. I left out Lance Hendrickson and Ernie Hudson.

― Cub, Thursday, 17 April 2003 20:57 (twenty-one years ago) link

That's Sir Judi Dench to you, Mr. Yanc3y!

― Skottie, Thursday, 17 April 2003 20:58 (twenty-one years ago) link

Thank god someone motherfuckin mentioned Billy Zabka. He was also the bully in "just one of the guys."

Movies I watch a lot

1. Career Opportunities
2. The Stoned Age
3. Making Mr. Right
4. Super Fuzz

I think Jess's list is okay. But it's missing 'CAN'T BUY ME LOVE.'

― Mandee, Thursday, 17 April 2003 21:01 (twenty-one years ago) link

I know, Billy Zabka even carried around some weightlifting gloves to kick some nerd ass in Just One of the Guys.

But Zabka always lost in the end. Tis' a pity.

― Cub, Thursday, 17 April 2003 21:04 (twenty-one years ago) link

Can't Buy Me Love is AMAZING!!! Patrick Dempsey needs more love! CBML and Loverboy were the two most important movies to me when I was 12. I wanted to be a pizza delivery guy cuz of Loverboy ("and extra anchovies!").

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Thursday, 17 April 2003 21:07 (twenty-one years ago) link

Best trilogy of the 80s: The William Zabka asshole trilogy. As seen in Karate Kid, Back to School and Just One of the Guys. You HAVE to read whateverdude.com's tribute to William Zabka. I e-mailed the writer to let him know that Zabka also played an asshole on Gimme A Break when he was Sam's boyfriend and was mooching off her and then ran off with her life savings and in European Vacation as Audrey's asshole boyfriend. Zabka actually e-mailed the writer back to express his thanks. I luv the internet! T

― Carey (Carey), Thursday, 17 April 2003 21:10 (twenty-one years ago) link

Add the "Woowoo Kid" w/ Dempsey and we have another trilogy winner!

I want a Yanc3y with exxxxtrrrraaaa anchovies.

― Carey (Carey), Thursday, 17 April 2003 21:13 (twenty-one years ago) link

Woowoo Kid? Whaz that?

Carey yr making me blush!!!

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Thursday, 17 April 2003 21:13 (twenty-one years ago) link

It's also known as "In The Mood". True story of this teenager that ran off with like 3 married womenin the 40s maybe. Beverly D'Angelo and some others in it. They do not I repeat they do not do the African Anteater Ritual dance in it.

― Carey (Carey), Thursday, 17 April 2003 21:17 (twenty-one years ago) link

jess, I'm waiting...

― shoops (Oops), Thursday, 17 April 2003 21:18 (twenty-one years ago) link

The women are in their 40s or it's set in the 40's?

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Thursday, 17 April 2003 21:18 (twenty-one years ago) link

it's set in the 40s.

THe William Zabka tribute: www.childrenofpain.com/london/zabka.html

― Carey (Carey), Thursday, 17 April 2003 21:30 (twenty-one years ago) link

jess has earned my eternal respect for including Gremlins 2:The New Batch, tho it should be at #1 No, I haven't seen the other four before it, but really, what could they possibly offer that's better than "I want to.....discuss"? Little green monsters doing everything we WANT to do but know we shouldn't/can't; it never gets old.

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Thursday, 17 April 2003 21:37 (twenty-one years ago) link

i watch rounders all the time too, and it's horrible. best film not yet mentioned on this thread - cabin boy.

― dan (dan), Thursday, 17 April 2003 21:55 (twenty-one years ago) link

I left a cabin boy and came back a cabin man!
have never seen this movie although when I was in Jr. High I was way into Dave Letterman and Chris Elliot and thought it was going to be a spectacular flop, in a good way.

― Carey (Carey), Thursday, 17 April 2003 22:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

Yay! This Zabka revival warms my heart. Last time I talked about the Cobra Kai everybody acted like they did know what I was talking about.

― Nicole (Nicole), Thursday, 17 April 2003 22:40 (twenty-one years ago) link

I want a Cobra Kai karate suit.

― Cub, Thursday, 17 April 2003 22:52 (twenty-one years ago) link

i am going to be a shower for next halloween.

also, jess have u seen "toy soldiers"?

― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Thursday, 17 April 2003 22:54 (twenty-one years ago) link

Do not make me start a "Barb Wire" thread.

― Chris P (Chris P), Thursday, 17 April 2003 23:09 (twenty-one years ago) link

40-21, no comments

40 Red Dawn
39 Project X
38 Barb Wire (for Chris)
37 Ghost Dad
36 Darkman
35 The Stoned Age (Fuck snotrag, get us some talls!...okay, one comment.)
34 Predator II
33 Stargate
32 Real Genius
31 Ladybugs
30 Death Becomes Her
29 Pet Semetary
28 Dave
27 The Dark Crystal
26 Addams Family Values
25 Karate Kid II
24 Poltergeist II
23 Braveheart
22 Ghostbusters
21 Ghostbusters II

― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 17 April 2003 23:37 (twenty-one years ago) link

i spelled cemetary wrong...i feel they would want it this way

― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 17 April 2003 23:41 (twenty-one years ago) link

There needs to be some more non-Caddyshack Rodney Dangerfield:

I nominate Easy Money and Ladybugs.

jess, at least one of these dystopian gems must be in the Top 100:

Rollerball (1975)
Death Race 2000
The Warriors
No Escape
Prayer of the Rollerboys
National Lampoon's Last Resort

― Cub, Friday, 18 April 2003 00:30 (twenty-one years ago) link

What he's actually missing is Spice World.

― Ally (mlescaut), Friday, 18 April 2003 00:45 (twenty-one years ago) link

While a freakish strange world, I wouldn't call that dystopian, Ally.

Prayer of the Rollerboys

Clearly the best film ever.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 18 April 2003 02:06 (twenty-one years ago) link

Richard E. Grant: What the hell?

― Ally (mlescaut), Friday, 18 April 2003 02:41 (twenty-one years ago) link

Thank you. But Barb Wire is so much better than the Dark Crystal that it makes your whole list suspect.

― Chris P (Chris P), Friday, 18 April 2003 02:44 (twenty-one years ago) link

The Stoned Age is great! I didn't like Death Becomes Her or Pet Sematary. I haven't seen any of the others. (I've seen a few on the film school list.) And Half-Baked sucks.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 18 April 2003 02:59 (twenty-one years ago) link

I'm really glad that Dave got some recognition on this thread from someone other than me. Kevin Kline's a Komedic Kgenius. "All hail the chief cuz he's the one we hail to..."

Rounders is a horrible movie, but at the same time, it's the greatest movie ever made. Ya know?

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Friday, 18 April 2003 03:02 (twenty-one years ago) link

But Barb Wire is so much better than the Dark Crystal

You sick bastard.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 18 April 2003 03:15 (twenty-one years ago) link

It's the god's honest truth, Ned. My bandmate and I will make you watch it next time we're spending so much time together that it makes sense to watch "Barb Wire" instead of, you know, anything else.

― Chris P (Chris P), Friday, 18 April 2003 03:16 (twenty-one years ago) link

17. Glengarry Glenn Ross

"Nice guy? I don't give a shit. Good father? Fuck you, go home and play with your kids! You wanna work here...close."

― Joe (Joe), Friday, 18 April 2003 04:05 (twenty-one years ago) link

i'm not being ironic!!
That's pretty funny. )-;

― nathalie (nathalie), Friday, 18 April 2003 07:48 (twenty-one years ago) link

17. Glengarry Glenn Ross

actorly macho bullshit masquerading as critique of something or other. (ok, great actorly macho bullshit, but i'll take swimming with sharks). what am i missing? also, only one "n".

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 18 April 2003 10:42 (twenty-one years ago) link

If you want to see actorly macho bullshit, you must check out Hurly-Burly.

― s1utsky, Friday, 18 April 2003 14:27 (twenty-one years ago) link

Rounders is a horrible movie, but at the same time, it's the greatest movie ever made. Ya know?

Showgirls rules that genre. (honorable mention: Center Stage)

― felicity (felicity), Friday, 18 April 2003 14:29 (twenty-one years ago) link

Center Stage IS great! Showgirls I've never seen. I'll catch it one of these days...

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Friday, 18 April 2003 14:30 (twenty-one years ago) link

Arrrgghhhh Showgirls is by no means "horrible"! I've never seen Rounders.

― Amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 18 April 2003 14:45 (twenty-one years ago) link

Arrrgghhhh Showgirls is by no means "horrible"!

If you accept the fact that it's a genre film limited by the problems of such a self-conscious construct, then I think you can try and make that argument.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 18 April 2003 14:49 (twenty-one years ago) link

Rounders -- Classic or Dud?

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Friday, 18 April 2003 14:54 (twenty-one years ago) link

Galaxy Quest is a great movie.

― felicity (felicity), Friday, 18 April 2003 14:56 (twenty-one years ago) link

My friend is in Galaxy Quest! (he's the dorky kid who saves the day; he's also in the NBC show Ed) And yes, it's great.

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Friday, 18 April 2003 14:57 (twenty-one years ago) link

After I saw that movie about the host of the Gong Show who was also in the CIA, it took me forever to remember what else I had seen Sam Rockwell in. Then it hit me...the character from Galaxy Quest who doesn't have a last name and will therefore die. That movie rules. When they're pulling the spaceship out of the docking bay and it scrapes along the side for like 20 minutes - nevermind that there's no sound in space - it cracks me up.

― Nick A. (Nick A.), Friday, 18 April 2003 15:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

If you accept the fact that it's a genre film limited by the problems of such a self-conscious construct

Huh? Genre is a limitation on form and style, not quality. And how is a genre film any more selfconscious than a non-genre film? I don't grok you at all, Ned.

― Amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 18 April 2003 15:03 (twenty-one years ago) link

Yeah, Sam Rockwell's great in it. Best part tho: Tony Shalhoub as the stoner crew member.

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Friday, 18 April 2003 15:06 (twenty-one years ago) link

Some genre films = The Searchers, Meet Me in St. Louis, Scarlet Street, A Star Is Born

― Amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 18 April 2003 15:07 (twenty-one years ago) link

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