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Live Poll: IMDb Poll Board Users' Top 10 All Time Classic Movies
Intro:
The poll board users have chosen their most beloved all time classic movies. They all have reasons for picking their special candidate from 1960s and earlier. Which user's pick would you agree the most? Tell us about your favorites here.
Rules:
It got to be made in the 1960s or earlier. Only 10 per user. There has to be a reason for picking the personal #1 of every user. Please state why you would your #1 as #1. I'll take your statement 1:1 to the list, except the staff has reasons why I should not take it on the list, or if it's offensive or something like that. Please give me the tt-numbers of the movies to put them on the list.
Link:
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls097362665/
Poll:
https://www.imdb.com/poll/tCR9ErOTg10/
The poll board users have chosen their most beloved all time classic movies. They all have reasons for picking their special candidate from 1960s and earlier. Which user's pick would you agree the most? Tell us about your favorites here.
Rules:
It got to be made in the 1960s or earlier. Only 10 per user. There has to be a reason for picking the personal #1 of every user. Please state why you would your #1 as #1. I'll take your statement 1:1 to the list, except the staff has reasons why I should not take it on the list, or if it's offensive or something like that. Please give me the tt-numbers of the movies to put them on the list.
Link:
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls097362665/
Poll:
https://www.imdb.com/poll/tCR9ErOTg10/
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joe_siegel_7dvor8f6z882
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1_[link=tt0021749] City Lights
2_[link=tt0062622] 2001: A Space Odyssey
3_[link=tt0050976] The Seventh Seal
4_[link=tt0042804] Los Olvidados
5_[link=tt0038650] It's a Wonderful Lif
6_[link=tt0023427] Scarface
7_[link=tt0061512] Cool Hand Luke
8_[link=tt0038787] Notorius
9_[link=tt0042876] Rashomon
10_[link= tt0064100] Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
"City Lights has the most beautiful romantic history of cinema"
By the way, a great idea
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Breumaster
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ardan_tuzunsoy
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1 - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
2 - 12 Angry Men
3 - Army Of Shadows (Melville)
4 - Seven Samurai
5 - Midnight Cowboy
6 - Citizen Kane
7 - Once Upon a Time In The West
8 - Der Letzte Mann
9 - On The Waterfront
10 - Chaplin (anything by him, really)
These wonderful films I had to leave out, I hope they forgive me:
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Le Samourai
Requiem For A Heavyweight
Brute Force
Metropolis
Anything by Buster Keaton, Hitchcock, Sam Fuller, Tati
Cool Hand Luke
The Third Man
Frankenstein
The League Of Gentlemen
Singing in The Rain
Damn The Defiant
Freaks
Ikiru
Sanjuro
and many others.
I don't consider The Good, The Bad & The Ugly as the best film ever, but for me it's certainly the most beautiful-looking film ever. Every frame is a joy (what most people feel for Lawrence Of Arabia, I feel for The Good, The Bad & The Ugly) but what appeals to me most is the universal theme. Even though there's a war going around them, these three men are only concerned about one thing: gold. In other words, themselves.
I also like the fact that (despite the stereotyping title) all three main characters are far from stereotypes: The Good is not that good, he doesn't mind doing business with criminals, or leaving a man tied up in the desert and stealing from him. The Bad isn't that bad: he gives the wounded, battle-weary soldier his own much needed drink. And The Ugly isn't that ugly at all, he has a human side: he loves his brother, and is ashamed to admit to Blondie that they had a fight. Add that to the best musical score of all times, and you've got an endlessly enjoyable masterpiece.
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Breumaster
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ardan_tuzunsoy
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If you want a definite title by Chaplin, ok.
1 - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
2 - 12 Angry Men
3 - Army Of Shadows (Melville)
4 - Seven Samurai
5 - Midnight Cowboy
6 - Citizen Kane
7 - Once Upon a Time In The West
8 - Der Letzte Mann
9 - On The Waterfront
10 - The Gold Rush
And a shorter explanation for my no.1 pick:
I don't consider The Good, The Bad & The Ugly as the best film ever, but for me it's certainly the most beautiful-looking film ever, therefore my favorite from the pre-1970 era. What also appeals to me is the universal theme. Even though there's a war going around them, these three men are only concerned about one thing: gold. In other words, themselves. I also like the fact that (despite the stereotyping title) all three main characters are far from stereotypes. Add that to the best musical score of all times, and you've got an endlessly enjoyable masterpiece.
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riverotter
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Hoekkie
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2. The Bridge On the river Kwai
3. The best years of our lives
4. Brief Encounter
5. Destry Rides Again
6. The Day the earth stood still
7. The General
8. The Cabinet of dr. Caligari
9. Sunset Boulevard
10. High Noon
You asked for classic movies so I left out the spaghetti westerns. Or do you want my personal top 10? Then I will change the list.
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dracko
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2_Greed(1924)
3_Bambi(1942)
4_Fantasia(1940)
5_Citizen Kane(1941)
6_Spartacus(1960)
7_Ben-Hur(1959)
8_Playtime(1967)
9_The Trouble with Harry(1955)
10_Dumbo(1941)
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Breumaster
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