Let's just say that your movie is not going straight in the pool room

This is also a great one. Probably top 3 or 5. Although it may actually suffer in my rankings from being overplayed here.

It's a shame that Crocodile Dundee is the movie that most non-Aussies have seen, because The Castle is far superior.

FULL COLLECTION

1. Seven Samurai
2. Psycho
3. Goodfellas
4. Godfather II
5. Empire Strikes Back
6. Better Off Dead
7. Frankenstein
8. Chicago
9. Magnificent Seven
10. The Third Man
11. Religulous
12. Inside Out
13. So I Married An Axe Murderer
14. Caddyshack
15. Ben Hur
16. Rocky
17. The French Connection
18. Spaceballs
19. Once Upon A Time In America
20. Boogie Nights

Too many ways to go with my final pick, so I'll just take the first movie by my favorite filmmakers.

Ebert put it best:

"The genius of "Blood Simple" is that everything that happens seems necessary. The movie's a blood-soaked nightmare in which greed and lust trap the characters in escalating horror. The plot twists in upon itself. Characters are found in situations of diabolical complexity. And yet it doesn't feel like the film is just piling it on. Step by inexorable step, logically, one damned thing leads to another...Every individual detail seems to make sense, and every individual choice seems logical, but the choices and details form a bewildering labyrinth." They build crazy walls with sensible bricks."

It's a great modern film noir from 1984 in which Dan Hedeya hired M Emmett Walsh to kill his wife and her lover. After saying to Dan "how can I trust you not to go simple and do something stupid" and hearing back "the money," he agrees to the job. But then he decides to kill Hedeya instead because that's just one murder with 0 witnesses rather than 3 (he'd have to kill him anyway to eliminate the witness). You'll have to watch to see what happens next, if somehow you haven't seen it already.

So I'm taking Blood Simple as my final movie. If you like the Coens or noirs and haven't seen this, then do yourself a favor and watch it.

Final list:

It's a Wonderful Life
Modern Times
North by Northwest
Bonnie and Clyde
Chinatown
The Princess Bride
Kill Bill vol1
True Grit
Cube
Aladdin
LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring
Headhunters
Under Siege 2
Halloween
The Prestige
No Country for Old Men
King of Kong: Fistful of Quarters
Big Fish
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Blood Simple

For my last pick, I'm taking a cult classic (maybe the definition of a cult classic) movie. It's fun, crazy, was playing in theaters for years and the start (or close to it) for several big name stars.

My final collection:

Why don't you let off a little steam DWetzel

Final Collection:

Apocalypse Now
Pulp Fiction
2001
Mr Smith Goes to Washington
Once Upon a Time in the West
Lawrence of Arabia
Groundhog Day
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Double Indemnity
Nightmare Before Christmas
Kill Bill Vol 2
Ikiru
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Zombieland
Mother****ing Snakes on a Mother****ing Plane
Life Itself
Office Space
Inception
Life of Brian
Commando

having trouble picking among Mel Brooks movies

Will do a overall write up this weekend and rank other picks/collections this weekend

you seem to be having a lot of trouble picking

What I think of Chuckle's Collection

Apocalypse Now - 7
Pulp Fiction - 8.5
2001 - 9
Mr Smith Goes to Washington - Not Seen
Once Upon a Time in the West - Not Seen
Lawrence of Arabia - Not Seen
Groundhog Day - 7
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - 7
Double Indemnity - 8.5
Nightmare Before Christmas - 8
Kill Bill Vol 2 - 8
Ikiru - Not Seen
Who Framed Roger Rabbit - 6
Zombieland - 5
Mother****ing Snakes on a Mother****ing Plane - 3
Life Itself - Not Seen
Office Space - 6
Inception - 7
Life of Brian - 6
Commando - 1

Best Pick: 2001
Worst Pick: Commando
Picks Seen: 15
Average Score: 6.47

Roger Rabbit, zombieland, office space and life of Brian are all 5/6? I guess you don't like to laugh

it's all relative

I like movies that I score 5 or higher. I just reserve the higher numbers for movies that I like more.

If I rank movies like that 8 or 9 then there's nowhere to go for truly exceptional cinema

Very surprised by this.

What I think of lilrascal's Collection

The Wizard of Oz - 7
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope - 7
Scarface - 7
The Blair Witch Project - 2
Jackass: The Movie - 7
The Mask of Zorro - 4
Some Like It Hot - 7
La vera storia di Mamma Lucia - Not Seen
The Maltese Falcon - 7
Planet of the Apes - 6.5
Guardians of the Galaxy - 6
Pitch Perfect - 4.5
Avatar - 5.5
Iron Man - 5
My Cousin Vinny - 6
Saving Private Ryan - 8
Jurassic World - Not Seen
Galaxy Quest - 5
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Not Seen
The Rocky Horror Picture Show - 3

Best Pick: Saving Private Ryan
Worst Pick: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Picks Seen: 17
Average Score: 5.74

There are huge holes in what I've seen because of a weird hoarding tendency that I have

What I think of Nicholasp27's Collection

It's a Wonderful Life - 9.5
Modern Times - Not Seen
North by Northwest - 8.5
Bonnie and Clyde - 7
Chinatown - 6
The Princess Bride - 9
Kill Bill vol1 - 8
True Grit - Not Seen
Cube - 4
Aladdin - 5
LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring - 7
Headhunters - Not Seen
Under Siege 2 - 4
Halloween - 5.5
The Prestige - 6
No Country for Old Men - 7
King of Kong: Fistful of Quarters - 6
Big Fish - 7
The Grand Budapest Hotel - 8
Blood Simple - Not Seen

Best Pick: It's a Wonderful Life
Worst Pick: Under Siege 2
Picks Seen: 16
Average Score: 6.72

I really wanted Con Air or Running Man for my low movie but they were right at 6.6

And you should watch Blood Simple, btw

One of the best Coen's

All those Coen movies and no Fargo!

Yeah, Fargo was my fave of theirs for like a decade

Still top 3 but I had to pick True Grit for a western and I think I currently like NCFOM better and more people need to hear about Blood Simple than Fargo

What I think of ChachiArcola's Collection

1. Seven Samurai - Not Seen
2. Psycho - 9
3. Goodfellas - 8
4. Godfather II - 9
5. Empire Strikes Back - 7
6. Better Off Dead - Not Seen
7. Frankenstein - 7
8. Chicago - 3
9. Magnificent Seven - Not Seen
10. The Third Man 8.5
11. Religulous - Not Seen
12. Inside Out - 8
13. So I Married An Axe Murderer - Not Seen
14. Caddyshack - 5
15. Ben Hur - Not Seen
16. Rocky - 6
17. The French Connection - 6
18. Spaceballs - Not Seen
19. Once Upon A Time In America - Not Seen
20. Boogie Nights - Not Seen

Best Pick: Psycho
Worst Pick: Chicago
Picks Seen: 11
Average Score: 6.95

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