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[Dogmatic187]

50 FILMS TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE

EXPERTS NAME THE BEST
By Anita Singh

APOCALYPSE NOW has been named the No1 film to see before you die.

Experts put Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 Vietnam War classic - starring Marlon Brando - top of their 50 must-see movies.

The list was compiled to mark digital channel Film4 goin free-to-air today.

Few of the entries in the rundown are big screen blockbusters.

Second is The Apartment, Billy Wilder's 1960 comedy drama starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine.

Brazilian film City of God is, third, ahead of Roman Polanski's Chinatown. Sexy Beast, starring Ray Winstone and Ben Kingsley, is fifth.


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The top 10 is completed by 2001: A Space Odyssey, Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest, French flick A Bout de Souffle, Donnie Darko and Woody Allen's Manhattan.


Alien, Lost in Translation and The Shawshank Redemption were just behind.


Trainspotting comes in at No25. The top 50 includes Pulp Fiction, with Uma Thur-man, The Breakfast Club and Scarf ace, with Al Pacino.


A panel including Chariots of Fire producer David Puttnam chose the list.


Classics including Star Wars, Gone With The Wind and Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs did not make the final 50.

1. Apocalypse Now
2. The Apartment
3. City of God
4. Chinatown
5. Sexy Beast
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey
7. North by Northwest
8. A Bout de Souffle
9. Donnie Darko
10. Manhattan
11. Alien
12. Lost in Translation
13. The Shawshank Redemption
14. Lagaan: Once Upon A Time in India
15. Pulp Fiction
16. Touch of Evil
17. Walkabout
18. Black Narcissus
19. Boyzn the Hood
20. The Player
21. Come and See
22. Heavenly Creatures
23. A Night at the Opera
24. Erin Brockovich
25. Trainspotting
26. The Breakfast Club
27. Hero
28. Fanny and Alexander
29. Pink Flamingos
30. All About Eve
31. Scarface
32. Terminator 2
33. Three Colours: Blue
34. The Royal Tenen-baums
35. The Ladykillers
36. Fight Club
37. The Searchers
38. Mulholland Drive
39. The Ipcress File
40. The King of Comedy
41. Manhunter
42. Dawn of the Dead
43. Princess Mononoke
44. Raising Arizona
45. Cabaret
46. This Sporting Life
47. Brazil
48. Aguirre: The Wrath of God
49. Secrets and Lies
50. Badlands.

Source: The Sunday Mail


What a bullshit list, no Godfather, no Deer Hunter, no Gone With The Wind, Casablanca, I could go on and on. But instead we get such timeless gems as Erin Brockovich, Pink Flamingos and Hero. Please

 

[AmerikazMost]

I think the were shooting for movies you might not think of when it comes to must sees. Sort of a sleeper list.


There are some real good movies on there though.

 

[Dogmatic187]

^^I thought about that, then realzied this is the UK, they voted "Wondewall" the greatest song of all time, and knew they were serious.

 

[AmerikazMost]

^^I thought about that, then realzied this is the UK, they voted "Wondewall" the greatest song of all time, and knew they were serious.

You have a point.

 

[PuffnScruff]

1. Apocalypse Now
3. City of God
9. Donnie Darko
11. Alien
12. Lost in Translation
13. The Shawshank Redemption
15. Pulp Fiction
19. Boyzn the Hood
25. Trainspotting
26. The Breakfast Club
31. Scarface
32. Terminator 2
34. The Royal Tenen-baums
36. Fight Club
42. Dawn of the Dead
44. Raising Arizona
these are the only ones i have seen on the list, they should have added cool hand luke to the list

35. The Ladykillers -which one are they talking about?
42. Dawn of the Dead - again, same question

 

[AmerikazMost]

^ most likely the originals

 

[Flipmo]

I've seen out of all these out of that list.

Bold = Classic/Great
Underlined = Good/worth watching
Normal = Nothing special

1. Apocalypse Now
2. The Apartment
3. City of God
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey
9. Donnie Darko
11. Alien
12. Lost in Translation
13. The Shawshank Redemption
15. Pulp Fiction
19. Boyzn the Hood
24. Erin Brockovich
25. Trainspotting
26. The Breakfast Club
27. Hero
31. Scarface
32. Terminator 2
36. Fight Club
38. Mulholland Drive
41. Manhunter
42. Dawn of the Dead
44. Raising Arizona
50. Badlands.

 

[Saint33]

Blow should defineatly hav been on that list, and Goodfellas those were fuckin amazing. Plus the ones dog mentioned