5 best movies from the past 20 years.

Well, thought it'd be fun and a way too find out new good movies.

Not by rank,

mine are,

1) Oldboy
2) Sympathy for lady vengeance
3) pulp fiction
4) Spirited Away
5) My sassy girl (korean)

Others which are good,

Taegukgi
The damned united
The counterfeiters
500 days of summer
Dark knight ( pretty ok i guess =p )
Fight club
pan's labyrinth
Leon <--- Love it
Avatar <-- pretty
JSA
gladiator
kill bill
million dollar baby
hero and house of flying daggers
howl's moving castle <-- watched it when i was younger, was magical





so what are yours?

L.A. Confidential

Do The Right Thing

Shawshank Redemption

Con Air

Gladiator I guess.

There Will Be Blood

Up

The Wrestler

Toy Story

The Terminal.

Taken
A Few Good Men
The Departed
Catch Me If You Can
Confidence

Something is wrong with this world, all you guys have named are hollywood films. have you watched oldboy? THE BEST THING EVER! amazing character, un-cliche story.

Originally Posted by Valkierei

Something is wrong with this world, all you guys have named are hollywood films. have you watched oldboy? THE BEST THING EVER! amazing character, un-cliche story.

Get over it.

Originally Posted by Valkierei

Something is wrong with this world, all you guys have named are hollywood films. have you watched oldboy? THE BEST THING EVER! amazing character, un-cliche story.

Can't say any of my movies would fall into my own understanding of a "Hollywood movie".

=p the departed, was adapted from the chinese version, which is much better. XD nothing is wrong. go on, hope the list continues.

Originally Posted by Valkierei

=p the departed, was adapted from the chinese version, which is much better. XD nothing is wrong. go on, hope the list continues.

I love the cast of it anyway so it still rules even if its a derived work.

Heat
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Master & Commander: Far side of the world
Inside Man
Training Day

Also good:

Hero (But I didn't really like House of the Flying Daggers for some reason)
LA Confidential
Watchmen
Ocean's Eleven (the remake with george clooney and brad pitt)
A Bridge Too Far
Saving Private Ryan
Gladiator
Pan's Labyrinth

Originally Posted by The Red Knight

Heat
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Master & Commander: Far side of the world
Inside Man
Training Day

Also good:

Hero (But I didn't really like House of the Flying Daggers for some reason)
LA Confidential
Watchmen
Ocean's Eleven (the remake with george clooney and brad pitt)
A Bridge Too Far
Saving Private Ryan
Gladiator
Pan's Labyrinth

Emphasis added. This is the problem with just five movies....

Originally Posted by Gaidin

Emphasis added. This is the problem with just five movies....

yes, but the very best is what matters XD

yea the departed is good 75% of the movie. =p i loved it. i still have the soundtrack. but there was 25% that almost made me sleep XD


Red knight : i forgot ocean's eleven!
ah i love saving private ryan too.

yes the house of flying daggers is not as meaningful as hero. in my opinion.

i havnt watched 3 of your 5 favourites though.

i also havnt watched a few good men, con air, taken, confidence, and do the right thing. whats the genre?

Originally Posted by Valkierei

i also havnt watched a few good men, con air, taken, confidence, and do the right thing. whats the genre?

Courtroom Drama, Cheesy Action, Drama Action, Confidence Scheme, and ????

Originally Posted by Valkierei

yes, but the very best is what matters XD

The problem being I picked the first five movies to come to mind and they're sort of interrelated either by plot style or casting. Where I like Heat better than one or two of the five I listed but it didn't drop in on my train of thought.

Originally Posted by Valkierei

yes the house of flying daggers is not as meaningful as hero. in my opinion.

i havnt watched 3 of your 5 favourites though.

If you loved Hero then you should definitely watch Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon if you get the chance. It's not an easy movie. It looks like a revenge story, but it's also two love stories with swords. You might have to watch it twice to understand everything. The movie won 4 oscars and lead to a boost in popularity of chinese movies in the west. Hero and House of the Flying Daggers would probably not have been made if it wasn't for this movie.

I wouldn't watch Con Air if I were you. Not a good movie.

Originally Posted by The Red Knight

If you loved Hero then you should definitely watch Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon if you get the chance. It's not an easy movie. It looks like a revenge story, but it's also two love stories with swords. You might have to watch it twice to understand everything. The movie won 4 oscars and lead to a boost in popularity of chinese movies in the west. Hero and House of the Flying Daggers would probably not have been made if it wasn't for this movie.

I wouldn't watch Con Air if I were you. Not a good movie.

lol i watched it. crouching tiger hidden dragon is cliche when given to someone who grew up watching kung fu dramas =p i prefer hero. 1v3000! =p super warrior.

oh and to the dude who liked saving private ryan. i highly recommend silmido, and joint security area.

and to the person who liked terminal, i recommend the korean my sassy girl. you'll love it!

Goodfellas
Miller's Crossing
Insomnia
Downfall
Unforgiven

Ok you always think Yea I can name my top 5 easy, but man is it hard, heres mine anyway which will probably change many times

The Lord Of The Rings (Me and my bro always put LOTR trilogy into one film so we can fit it as our No1)
Avatar
Forrest Gump (She Tasted Like Cigarettes lol)
Zombie Land
Donnie Darko (No 1 only)

Thanx
Raradir

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Forrest Gump
Gladiator
The Shawshank Redemption
Lord of the Rings Trilogy

(Sorry for mainly picking the obvious ones- but they are well known for a reason)

I feel I am forgetting some. I will come back when I have had a better think.

yes forrest gump is good. what's ironic about the shawshank redemption is its low number of votes it gets on imdb. yet i find it a really good film over those with high votes. >_> have you watched snatch since youre a fan of lock stock and two smoking barrels?

honestly im waiting for someone to mention old boy, cus i absolutely love this film and think everyone should watch it. but havn't been able to find anyone to discuss it with. lol.

gaidin : the only courtroom drama i remember is the exorcism of emily rose XD

i will find time to watch the rest =p