Best made movies
 

Ok, here is something a little different. What are in your opinion the top five best made movies around. Not your favorite but movies that where done well.

Shawshank redemption
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
vanilla sky
The last samurai
Kill Bill volume 1 & 2

I just named the first 5 that came to mind.

I thought Collateral was really good and despite all the hype, the Lord of the Rings movies were brilliantly done as well.

they where done decently but i dont think i would put them in my top 100.

Saw


and Catman 2: Boxers Blow

Shaun of the Dead was directed excellently
Hitchcock films
Falling Down too

I'm sure there are plenty more but I can't be bothered to think now

Anything by Scorsese
Collateral (Heat, too)
Million Dollar baby

Those are the first that come to mind.

Silence of the Lambs

I get shivers EVERY time i watch that. And Clarice's fear at the end of the movie when she's hunting down the killer is superb.. its hard to act scared, like extremely scared... if you watch her hands, they're shirvering

I have to jet, so I'lll list more later

The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Kill Bill (Tarantino is a maniac)
The Matrix trilogy
The Star Wars trilogy
Casshern
Battle Royale

I thought all of the above movies were really well done. Feel free to disagree. I know Zarius will be all up in this soon enough, and I won't hesitate to close the thread if a fight breaks out.

Those are good choices, Ai. I didn't like the Matrix movies, but they were excellent visually.

Totally.

I have no intention of starting ANY arguments in here, whatever gave you that impression?

Back on topic, The Matrix movies are horrendously underated, mostly because the story is told in different mediums, making it difficult for people who don't buy EVERY part of the franchise to follow

That WAS pretty random.

Just wanted to throw that out there, because Zarius has the reputation of starting confrontation. But if not, that's cool. Back to the discussion.

The original Star Wars trilogy....and when I say "original", I don't mean the versions that are revamped every five years.

Now i hve more time to post..

I've already mentioned Silence of the Lambs, and others already mentioned Kill Bill (Volume 2 was especially well made, very poigent) so i'll think of others..

Seven
The Ring (not a great movie imho, but it does have a good atmosphere)
Run Lola Run
Hero
Cowboy Bebop (coudln't think of anything else right now)

Se7en
the Salem's Lot remake was fairly amazing compaired to the original. By far the best Stephen King movie to date.

I loved the way they did the shoot outs in Boondock Saints, how Dafoe went around figuring out what happened while they did a simultaneous flash back of the fight.

Pirates of the Carribbean I felt was also a movie that was well, well done. Really top notch.

Cube: A very tense movie, especially toward the end. The race for escape and the conflict between the characters will have you gnashing your teeth and screaming at the tv. At least, *I* did. And I don't normally get that drawn into movies. It's also a very cheap production, too. Just goes to show you that you DON'T need a multi-million dollar budget and Hollywood heart-throbs to make a good movie.

Videodrome (unrated): A strange, strange David Cronenberg flick. Not as strange as Naked Lunch, but that's what makes it a better movie IMO (Naked Lunch just didn't make enough sense). Videodrome, at least when it was made, was a commentary on then-new cable television and the sudden increase in violent media. Having lived through the days of BetaMaxes and Medi General Cable, the movie has a profound statement that still holds up today and our current increase in desensetization. The visuals are surreal, grotesque and al-around bizarre. And James Woods rawks, yo.

In the Mouth of Madness: The last good movie John Carpentor ever made, as well as my favorite of his credentials. I'm a big HP Lovecraft fan, and this stands as the finest HP Lovecraft movie ever made. In fact, it's the ONLY good HP Lovecraft movie ever made (I'm a huge Re-Animator fan, but the mvies have little to do with the source material). It stays true to all the surreal, dark and menacing aspects of a Lovecraft story and combines it with some very convincing and disturbing special effects (pre-CGI) and Sam Neil in one of his best roles. GREAT flick.

And there's so many more that I love, but my fingers are tired.

I totally agree with you. Alot of people I know were disappointed about volume 2 because it differed so much in style from the first. But I honestly think the second one's story and direction made it superior to the first.

El Mariachi- Robert Rodriguez was able to make a really cool film for only 7,000 bucks. the book he wrote on the whole experience is really good. It's called "Rebel Withou a Crew".

American Splendor- Very original, very cool. Paul Giamatti is soo awesome. Harvey Pekar is such an interesting guy too. I'd like to meet him.

Ghostbusters- A bunch of funny guys on the top of their game, with an incredilbly funny script, and cool special effects, even for today's standards. Bill Murray is my idol.

Napolean Dynamite- This movie surprised the hell out of me. It kinda came with no warning outta left field and totally shocked the hell outta me with how funny and well done it is.

Alien- A great, gothic, sci-fi/horror classic. There are parts that can make you **** your pants. And it's good to see a good, strong heroine in a movie and she isn't all about "oh, I'm a woman, and I'm going to prove you wrong." Sigorney Weaver was just badass.

Oh, I forgot to mention the Godfather. What an incredible movie. the cinematography was just awesome, and Brando and Pacino and James Caan and Robert Duvall were just awesome in this movie. Great movie.

I totally agree. I liked vol.2 a lot more than vol.1.