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Isobel Frost's avatar

as a fellow lost boys lover, my argument is that alongside a ‘best’ list, we should also rank media by ‘most fun’. now that’s a ranking it could top

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Kevin Maher's avatar

I've avoided this debate but really enjoyed reading your observations, Gena. I related to the line " I am dumb and uncultured". But *whose* culture? Because you are cultured. And I'm cultured. But there seems to be an unspoken idea that some cultures are better than others. People like us feel outclassed. (Not to tell you how you feel!) I admire that you get so much out of the movies you watch, you engage with the arts and find meaning in it. (And you write about it eloquently.) Anyway, I am just trying to be mindful of the classist trappings around art appreciation.

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Pat Brennan's avatar

I can't argue that these are the greatest of all time, but they're movies I love dearly and think are perfect (begins sweating, breathing heavily):

Chungking Express

RoboCop

A bunch of Kurosawa (Ikiru and Yojimbo in particular)

The 'Burbs

The Exorcist

Mad Max: Fury Road

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

Don't Look Now

The Thing

Five Easy Pieces

Wild Strawberries

Female Trouble

...shit, I've given too many. I don't know, man. If I only had these movies to watch for the rest of my life, I'd be pretty okay.

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Terri's avatar

Agree on the “best hair” rating.

I am wholly unqualified to make this kind of list but I’ll try anyway because I love having an opinion. Movies that stayed with me and made me think and are good in some kind of “we can talk about film and narrative quality” way would include: “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night” (which I saw with you!!), “Labyrinth” (the older I get, the more a movie in which a young woman rejects the romance and returns to the real world where she also keeps the magic is radical and subversive), “Murderball,” “Akira,” Suspira.”

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