This is such a hard thing to narrow down. You have movies that hit with huge impact at a certain time in your life, but this list is more on rewatchability. I either saw these multiple times in theaters or will stop what I'm doing when they randomly show up on TV.
Drive The Town Old School Good Will Hunting The Usual Suspects Goodfellas Saving Private Ryan Gladiator Adaptation Mad Max: Fury Road
The Town is a very underrated movie that is aging quite well
Cruel intentions 2 American Pie 6 Cocktail Roadhouse Batman and Robin How to Teach a Dragon Meet Joe Black Fellowship of the Ring Me Myself and Irene Underworld Rise of the Lycans
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American Pie is tremendous for representing that era Cocktail has a definitive place in representing the yuppy New York scene of the 80s
Scarface also belongs ... to me it's a definitive movie about the late 70s early 80s Miami
I'd also throw in The Untouchables for the 20s and 30s Chicago mob scene
I loved Untouchables back when it came out. I watched recently, and it did not hold up.
It's become a little dated- e.g., the soundtrack is terrible, but ISFL the bridge scene. And De Niro is still the GOAT Capone, inc. the guy that plays him in Boardwalk Empire.
Scarface also belongs ... to me it's a definitive movie about the late 70s early 80s Miami
I'd also throw in The Untouchables for the 20s and 30s Chicago mob scene
I loved Untouchables back when it came out. I watched recently, and it did not hold up.
I get what you're saying because I have the same issue when I watch older Bond movies and hold them against the Craig era of the franchise ...
As Yellow noted, De Niro's the GOAT Capone and Connery's work in the film is one of his finer performances in my mind. The Bridge Scene is iconic as part of that movie. My favorite sequence comes with Connery confronting the crooked cop and the cop saying "I'm looking at a dead man" and what comes with it
It's not necessarily historically accurate at all points and whatnot ... but there's a really important portion of American history during the Prohibition time period that I don't feel like we have adequately really captured in film
Bond Movie Rankings (only "official" Bond movies):
1) On Her Majesty's Secret Service 2) Casino Royale (Craig) 3) Spectre 4) From Russia With Love 5) Live and Let Die 6) Goldfinger 7) GoldenEye 8) The Spy Who Loved Me 9) The Man with the Golden Gun 10) Skyfall 11) Tomorrow Never Dies 12) The Living Daylights 13) The World is Not Enough 14) Octopussy 15) Dr No 16) Quantum of Solace 17) Thunderball 18) For Your Eyes Only 19) License to Kill 20) A View to a Kill 21) Die Another Day 22) You Only Live Twice 23) Diamonds Are Forever 24) Never Say Never Again 25) Moonraker
Are you fucking high? Any list that doesn't have Goldfinger at #1 is an absurdity.
Bond Movie Rankings (only "official" Bond movies):
1) On Her Majesty's Secret Service 2) Casino Royale (Craig) 3) Spectre 4) From Russia With Love 5) Live and Let Die 6) Goldfinger 7) GoldenEye 8) The Spy Who Loved Me 9) The Man with the Golden Gun 10) Skyfall 11) Tomorrow Never Dies 12) The Living Daylights 13) The World is Not Enough 14) Octopussy 15) Dr No 16) Quantum of Solace 17) Thunderball 18) For Your Eyes Only 19) License to Kill 20) A View to a Kill 21) Die Another Day 22) You Only Live Twice 23) Diamonds Are Forever 24) Never Say Never Again 25) Moonraker
Are you fucking high? Any list that doesn't have Goldfinger at #1 is an absurdity.
It's highly subjective ...
Goldfinger is tremendous ... it's my 2nd favorite Connery movie.
I've always liked From Russia with Love just a tad better ... personal taste.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service is my preferred Bond movie ... it really has everything to it.
The series with Craig is by and large my favorite sequence of movies to date.
Live and Let Die always gets bumped in my rankings for 2 reasons:
1) It's by far the best title song in the franchise's history and it's not even close
Bond Movie Rankings (only "official" Bond movies):
1) On Her Majesty's Secret Service 2) Casino Royale (Craig) 3) Spectre 4) From Russia With Love 5) Live and Let Die 6) Goldfinger 7) GoldenEye 8) The Spy Who Loved Me 9) The Man with the Golden Gun 10) Skyfall 11) Tomorrow Never Dies 12) The Living Daylights 13) The World is Not Enough 14) Octopussy 15) Dr No 16) Quantum of Solace 17) Thunderball 18) For Your Eyes Only 19) License to Kill 20) A View to a Kill 21) Die Another Day 22) You Only Live Twice 23) Diamonds Are Forever 24) Never Say Never Again 25) Moonraker
Are you fucking high? Any list that doesn't have Goldfinger at #1 is an absurdity.
It's highly subjective ...
Goldfinger is tremendous ... it's my 2nd favorite Connery movie.
I've always liked From Russia with Love just a tad better ... personal taste.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service is my preferred Bond movie ... it really has everything to it.
The series with Craig is by and large my favorite sequence of movies to date.
Live and Let Die always gets bumped in my rankings for 2 reasons:
1) It's by far the best title song in the franchise's history and it's not even close
2) Jane Seymour
All bullshitting aside, I'm the worst guy to judge the entire franchise. I'm basically a Connery guy or GTFO. Although, Craig seems like a bad ass.
Bond Movie Rankings (only "official" Bond movies):
1) On Her Majesty's Secret Service 2) Casino Royale (Craig) 3) Spectre 4) From Russia With Love 5) Live and Let Die 6) Goldfinger 7) GoldenEye 8) The Spy Who Loved Me 9) The Man with the Golden Gun 10) Skyfall 11) Tomorrow Never Dies 12) The Living Daylights 13) The World is Not Enough 14) Octopussy 15) Dr No 16) Quantum of Solace 17) Thunderball 18) For Your Eyes Only 19) License to Kill 20) A View to a Kill 21) Die Another Day 22) You Only Live Twice 23) Diamonds Are Forever 24) Never Say Never Again 25) Moonraker
Are you fucking high? Any list that doesn't have Goldfinger at #1 is an absurdity.
It's highly subjective ...
Goldfinger is tremendous ... it's my 2nd favorite Connery movie.
I've always liked From Russia with Love just a tad better ... personal taste.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service is my preferred Bond movie ... it really has everything to it.
The series with Craig is by and large my favorite sequence of movies to date.
Live and Let Die always gets bumped in my rankings for 2 reasons:
1) It's by far the best title song in the franchise's history and it's not even close
2) Jane Seymour
All bullshitting aside, I'm the worst guy to judge the entire franchise. I'm basically a Connery guy or GTFO. Although, Craig seems like a bad ass.
Pretty sure DDY and I could fill 2 hours on a podcast just talking about each Bond movie in detail
FUCK, what a great pull! I bet if this thread were "what movie have you seen the most times," it would be either The Last Starfighter or White Men Can't Jump.
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Boyz N the Hood
Wall Street
All deserve inclusion as well
I'd also throw in The Untouchables for the 20s and 30s Chicago mob scene
The Departed is also quite good
Cocktail has a definitive place in representing the yuppy New York scene of the 80s
As Yellow noted, De Niro's the GOAT Capone and Connery's work in the film is one of his finer performances in my mind. The Bridge Scene is iconic as part of that movie. My favorite sequence comes with Connery confronting the crooked cop and the cop saying "I'm looking at a dead man" and what comes with it
It's not necessarily historically accurate at all points and whatnot ... but there's a really important portion of American history during the Prohibition time period that I don't feel like we have adequately really captured in film
Goldfinger is tremendous ... it's my 2nd favorite Connery movie.
I've always liked From Russia with Love just a tad better ... personal taste.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service is my preferred Bond movie ... it really has everything to it.
The series with Craig is by and large my favorite sequence of movies to date.
Live and Let Die always gets bumped in my rankings for 2 reasons:
1) It's by far the best title song in the franchise's history and it's not even close
2) Jane Seymour
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