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First let me start by saying I am a big fan of IMDB's top 250. While no list is perfect, I do find my own personal opinions to be much closer to IMDB's ratings than any other list I've come across. I understand there are some who vehemently dismisses it as flawed at best and trash at worst, and for a long time I defended IMDB's voting system despite its flaws, but recently even I have to admit there is a strong bias towards newly released movies and internet cult favorites. And so I inevitably wonder: can GAF do better?
So, while I'm bored at work, let's try a little experiment. Let's have everyone list their favorite movies and I shall attempt to compile them into a list of GAF's top movies (similar to GOTY voting). Then, let's see if GAF can agree on whether it's a good list or not.
Here are the rules: vote for your 10 favorite movies (which will receive 2 points each) and up to20 10 "highly recommended" movies (which will receive 1 point each). Movies from this year do not qualify due to new movie hype syndrome (or else Inception would already be #1 
). I'll start:
10 favorites:
2001: A Space Odessey
Memento
Groundhog Day
Hotel Rwanda
The Dark Knight
The Matrix
Dead Poet's Society
The Thing
Raiders of the Lost Ark
City of God
Highly Recommended:
A Beautiful Mind
Batman Begins
Casino Royale
Fight Club
Life is Beautiful
Schindler's List
Sin City
LOTR: Fellowship
LOTR: Two Towers
LOTR: Return of the King
The Prestige
The Usual Suspects
I'm sure I'm missing a ton since I still haven't seen most "classics" but I'm sure the rest of GAF can fill me in.
And yes I know there's ambiguity with "greatest" versus "favorite". This voting system is inherently flawed due to most Gaffers being more exposed to recent movies than older ones. Eventually sometime down the road I hope to come up with a better system but this is good for now. I think it's interesting to see as long as we don't take it too seriously.
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As of Post #184
1. Pulp Fiction
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey
3. Blade Runner
4. The Godfather
5. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings
6. Lost in Translation
7. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
7. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
9. Fight Club
9. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
11. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
11. Raiders of the Lost Ark
13. There Will Be Blood
14. No Country for Old Men
14. Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back
16. A Clockwork Orange
16. Alien
16. Aliens
16. Back To The Future
16. Dr. Strangelove
16. Goodfellas
22. Citizen Kane
22. The Dark Knight
22. The Shawshank Redemption
25. City of God
25. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
25. Seven Samurai
28. Children of Men
28. Fargo
28. Memento
28. The Godfather Part II
32. Vertigo
33. Apocalypse Now
33. Star Wars IV: A New Hope
33. The Matrix
33. Once Upon a Time in the West
37. Amelie
37. Kill Bill Vol.1
37. Taxi Driver
37. The Shining
41. Casablanca
41. Pan's Labyrinth
43. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
43. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
43. The Thing
46. Jurassic Park
46. Schindler's List
46. The Big Lebowski
49. Full Metal Jacket
49. In the Mood for Love
49. Rear Window
49. Spirited Away
49. Toy Story
So, while I'm bored at work, let's try a little experiment. Let's have everyone list their favorite movies and I shall attempt to compile them into a list of GAF's top movies (similar to GOTY voting). Then, let's see if GAF can agree on whether it's a good list or not.
Here are the rules: vote for your 10 favorite movies (which will receive 2 points each) and up to
). I'll start:10 favorites:
2001: A Space Odessey
Memento
Groundhog Day
Hotel Rwanda
The Dark Knight
The Matrix
Dead Poet's Society
The Thing
Raiders of the Lost Ark
City of God
Highly Recommended:
A Beautiful Mind
Batman Begins
Casino Royale
Fight Club
Life is Beautiful
Schindler's List
Sin City
LOTR: Fellowship
LOTR: Two Towers
LOTR: Return of the King
The Prestige
The Usual Suspects
I'm sure I'm missing a ton since I still haven't seen most "classics" but I'm sure the rest of GAF can fill me in.
And yes I know there's ambiguity with "greatest" versus "favorite". This voting system is inherently flawed due to most Gaffers being more exposed to recent movies than older ones. Eventually sometime down the road I hope to come up with a better system but this is good for now. I think it's interesting to see as long as we don't take it too seriously.
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As of Post #184
1. Pulp Fiction
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey
3. Blade Runner
4. The Godfather
5. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings
6. Lost in Translation
7. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
7. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
9. Fight Club
9. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
11. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
11. Raiders of the Lost Ark
13. There Will Be Blood
14. No Country for Old Men
14. Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back
16. A Clockwork Orange
16. Alien
16. Aliens
16. Back To The Future
16. Dr. Strangelove
16. Goodfellas
22. Citizen Kane
22. The Dark Knight
22. The Shawshank Redemption
25. City of God
25. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
25. Seven Samurai
28. Children of Men
28. Fargo
28. Memento
28. The Godfather Part II
32. Vertigo
33. Apocalypse Now
33. Star Wars IV: A New Hope
33. The Matrix
33. Once Upon a Time in the West
37. Amelie
37. Kill Bill Vol.1
37. Taxi Driver
37. The Shining
41. Casablanca
41. Pan's Labyrinth
43. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
43. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
43. The Thing
46. Jurassic Park
46. Schindler's List
46. The Big Lebowski
49. Full Metal Jacket
49. In the Mood for Love
49. Rear Window
49. Spirited Away
49. Toy Story
