Scene from the cult classic, Crash
Earlier tonight I saw the hashtag #7FavFilms floating around on twitter and decided to participate naming my seven favorite movies of all time. But after sharing seven I realized I had missed so many movies and there was no way I could choose just seven. So I started putting together a list for myself, just to kinda see what I would come up with. I ended up with the list below and since it took a lot of effort to put together, I figured I might as well share them on my blog.
Below are various film genres and each contains just seven films. I figured I’d set myself some sort of limit and seven would fit with the original hashtag. So check it out, some of the choices are predictable, some won’t make sense to anyone and I’m sure I’ve also missed a ton of great films. But this is my list right now:
Action
First Blood
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Rambo III
Cobra
Bloodsport
Tango & Cash
Commando
Adventure
The Goonies
Stand By Me
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Planet of the Apes
Lord of the Flies
The NeverEnding Story
Jurassic Park
Scene from the funniest movie of all time, Monty Python The Holy Grail
Comedy
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Groundhog Day
The Big Lebowski
Office Space
Airplane!
Hot Shots!
The Naked Gun
Drugs
Trainspotting
Carlito’s Way
Dazed & Confused
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Requiem for a Dream
Up in Smoke
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Foreign
City of God
Oldboy
The Triplets of Belleville
Fucking Åmål
Waltz with Bashir
Downfall
Shutter
Mob
The Godfather
The Godfather: Part II
The Godfather: Part III
Goodfellas
Casino
Scarface
Heat
Other
Kids
Vertigo
Sneakers
Menace II Society
The Darjeeling Limited
Magnolia
Natural Born Killers
Scene from Close Encounters of the Third Kind
SciFi
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Alien
2001: A Space Odyssey
Blade Runner
The Thirteenth Floor
Akira
Waterworld
War Films
Apocalypse Now
Platoon
The Deer Hunter
Full Metal Jacket
Das Boot
Hamburger Hill
Empire of the Sun
Weird
Inception
The Lost Highway
Memento
Donnie Darko
Birdman
Pi
Crash (1996)
27 replies on “#7FavFilms”
typical guy.
no romance genre.
mark, what will you play on ‘date night?’
Hahahaha, my favorite date night films back in uni used to be The Lost Highway and Crash. Confused the fuck out my dates
*yawn*
Great taste in movies. I bet you were born in the late 70s.
Yup, 78
No ‘Lord of War’? That’s in my top 10 all time.
Really? I remember it being good but not THAT good
I’m a huge fan for some reason. I think it’s the narration that sold me
Also no Pulp Fiction, The Pianist, Schindler’s List, 12 Angry Men…
Mark, No horror movies?
no, not a fan of horrors really
you gotta get rid of the part 3’s (Rambo 3 and Godfather 3) they can’t be on your favourites good sir, surely there’s something more worthy in their spot
I guess i could replace Rambo III with Cliffhanger 😛
btw watched First Blood last night, damn it aged so nicely. its so good. now watching bloodsport for breakfast, i’m dying of laughter, it didn’t age as well but still a classic for sure.
Fight Club, Seven, American History X…
I never thought too highly of Fight Club but Se7en and American History X are definitely all time greats.
You know Trainspotting 2 is coming out next year.
Are you going to watch Trainspotting 2? It very well could be one of the few sequels in film history that surpasses the original, others being Godfather Part II and Tanu Weds Manu Returns (Bollywood).
My faves: 8 Femmes, Irreversible, Bamako, Ankur, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Jungle Fever and Les Amants Criminels.
yup why not
The Shawshank Redemption, The Silence of the Lambs, Braveheart, Interstellar, Pulp Fiction, Snatch, Lock, Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels….
where is ” the shawshank redemption” best movie ever after that mob list and ofcourse “basket ball diaries for the drugs section
No superhero movies?
What? No “Saving Private Ryan” under war movies?
The Punisher(2004)
Con Air(1997 Movie)
The Rock(1996 Movie)
Street Fighter(1994 Movie)
Terminator 2
Star Wars Episode 7
Leon The Professional
Foreign Films:
Zinzana(2015)
Silenced (2011)
The Twilight Samurai
The Man From Nowhere
Memories of Murder(2003)
A Better Tomorrow
A Better Tomorrow II
waw Forrest Gump not in your list!
Monty Python, I approve.
Your list of Science fiction movies is good and I suggest you check the following (if you didn’t do so already) as they are great movies under the main genre (science fiction):
1. Predestination (2014)
2. Time lapse (2014)
3. Sunshine (2007)
4. Timecrimes (2007)
5. Primer (2004)
6. Coherence (2013)
7. Silent Running (1972)
By the way, Inception (2010) and Donnie Darko (2001) are considered science fiction movies. Inception (a future where mind can be intercepted through dream invasion) and Donnie Darko (Time travel involvement for secondary character shows off a future for a main character)