The greatest films of all-time

This afternoon, some friends and I had a lively two-hour argument about the greatest films of all-time. It was quite an enjoyable time. I am curious how some of the analytical minds on this site would respond to this question. Of course people need not feel being stuck with their list, as people mature, and change their minds about such lists. As well as people see films every day that they had not seen before, therefore: What do you think are the greatest films you have seen?

Mine in no particular order:

La Notte

Aguirre: Wrath of God

Early Spring

Mouchette

A Woman in the Dunes

- Aliens

- Shaun of the Dead

- Being John Malkovich

- Gattaca

- Pulp Fiction

My votes go for :

Apocalypse Now

King of Hearts

Being There

My own picks would have to include

Rashomon

The Seventh Seal

Pan's Labrynth

Blade Runner

Pulp Fiction

Along with numerous other movies that I either a: don't remember and/or desperately need to rewatch or c: desperately need to see (Citizen Kane, Seven Samurai, etc).

Those are some good ones, Shivsky, and kptom

I think your picks are pretty damn worthy, Gambitknight

My friend asks that I post her picks. Since she does play chess(a criteria), I said I would:

The Piano

Sense and Sensibility

Doctor Zhivago

Gone with the Wind

Casablanca

All of Mel Brooks,Kevin Smith,Monty Python,and Rowan Atkinson's Movies. 

Monty Python movies are gems, for sure.

From a list I did a long time ago:

Fight Club

The Shawshank Redemption

Das Boot

L.A. Confidential

The Princess Bride

But not Kevin Smith?

I like Clerks and Chasing Amy, but must admit that they don't wear well. On the other hand I could spend a weekend every year watching the Godfather series. My list, though, hmmm. Hard to say.

Certainly:

Battleship Potemkin

Rashomon

Dead Man

The Usual Suspects

Nice list, Ziryab. About Kevin Smith films...I prefer Monty Python

 Everyone who participated so far has outstanding Films so far.I like the Godfather series very very well too.Now,I have a lot of very good movies to watch now with very good suggestions by all of you very good people.

All of Kevin Smith movies have a least 1 reference to one of his movies.If you watch 2 of his movies.You will see 1 particular scene that connect or related by that 1 particular scene or dialouge or something like that in common.

 I think that is very funny.

                  Sorry  for  my  English  if  grammatical  errors  appears ,  i  hope  you  will  understand  which  movies  i  will  list :

               in  Comedy genre :  all  movies  with  Luis  de  funes ,  also movies  with  Norman  Wisdom .

           Other  genres : "The Godfather"  ,  "Once  Upon  a  Tme   in  America" , "Runaway  Train" , "Rainman" ,  "Soliaris" (Tarkovskis ,  also  good  is  Sodebergs  version , but  Tarkovskis  is  masterpiece) ,"Legend  of  1900" (  about pianist) .....

Some  old  Soviet  movies are  very  cool ,  but  i  can  not  translate  now ,  will  say  next  time   and  place  here :)

     "Two man  in  the  town" French  movie  ,  with  Jean  Gabin  and  Alain  Delon  ,  also  other  movies  with  Gabin  and  Delon  ,  more of  them  are  masterpieces. 

             "Tegheran  43"  also  greatest  movie (USSR ,  France  ,  Switzerland  production) .

              Brazilian  movie (  as  i  know  belongs  to  classical movies) "The  Sandpit  Generals"  (  if  i translate  right  ,  i   see  always   Russian  version) . 

   And  more great  movies ,  i  will  add  in  next posts .  I  must  translate names  of  that movies .

          There  are  some  very  cool  Georgian  (  my country ) movies  too .                               

Thanks for those recommendations, paatalogic! I need to see some of those. And Tarvovsky movies are great:Stalker; Andrei Rublev; Mirrors, and of course, Solaris have all been a joy to watch

       You  are  welcome  tryst .  And  you  can  recommend  too ,  because  in  new  movies  i  am  not  expert  

    It  is  good  idea  to  recommend  movies  to  each  other ,  all  members  who  posts  on  this  topic .

                    Now  i  remember  one  great  movie "Forest  gump" .  I  think  you  like  too   this  movie .

Thank you again, paatalogic. I don't like many American films, though. I hated "Forest Gump". The last great American film that I saw was probably "Memento".

                But  "Forest  Gump"  not  so  bad  movie :) 

                   "Memento"  i  do  not  know ,  must  see  ,  thanks  for  recommendation  :)

                I  must  find  now   fragments  at  YouTube .  

I found Forest Gump nauseating. But there are plenty of good American films; they are usually unpopular (which in America means, lightly advertised). In the past few weeks I saw three new American films. The Road was excellent, but the only movie house in my city that had it somehow left it off the big board at the ticket counter. There were two dozen people in the audience. The day before (Christmas), Sherlock Holmes was packed (we were there) and Avatar was sold out (we saw it a week later). I enjoyed all three films, but two years from now probably will remember only The Road--by far the best of the three.

Crash is good. I like Magnolia and Coffee and Cigarettes. All American films from the past decade.

The Godfather Series

Saving Private Ryan

The Thing

Star Wars

Citizen Kane

Lord of the Rings

Little Caesar

Which version of "The Thing"? Hawks or Carpenter?