Greatest Movie of All Time, Drama/Thriller Region
(Intro from the initial thread:)
OK. Here's the deal. Being a little bored, being a movie nerd and having a little extra time, I've built a few brackets. The idea is to, eventually, crown the Greatest Movie of All Time. (Hence the thread title.)
First, these are the movies I happened to choose. Some good ones got left out. Some that you think are good aren't thought good by the masses or, more importantly, by me -- since, well, I made the bracket. And you may then disagree with the seedings, too. And that's fair. But just play along, if you're interested. Could be fun.
Reply on the thread with the seeds and names of your winners of each pairing. I'll let the first round go for a while, then add up the votes and post the winners/next round's pairings.
Not represented in this particular tournament are the 'smaller' genres, like war, western, documentary, etc. And, sorry international MFPers, I didn't go foreign, either. So consider this The Greatest (American) Movie of All Time Bracket Tourney, I suppose.
The four genre regions are Comedy, Action, Sci-Fi/Fantasy and Drama/Thriller. Winners of each region will be determined, starting with Comedy, and then will pair off for the Final Four. Comedy will face Drama/Thriller, Action will meet Sci-Fi/Fantasy.
And to spark more discussion, feel free to give your reasons for some of your choices!
Comedy's region has a winner; the genre will be represented in the Final Four by Monty Python: Holy Grail. Action, too, has given us a representative in Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Arc. Sci-Fi/Fantasy's champion is Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back. And now, Drama/Thriller.
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Greatest Movie Of All Time: Drama/Thriller Region First Round
1 The Godfather
32 Sunset Boulevard
16 Silence of the Lambs
17 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
8 North by Northwest
25 The Untouchables
9 Rear Window
24 Vertigo
5 Casablanca
28 Memento
12 The Shining
21 Jaws
13 Rocky
20 The Exorcist
4 Schindler's List
29 Breakfast at Tiffany's
3 Citizen Kane
30 Pulp Fiction
14 Gone With the Wind
19 To Kill a Mocking Bird
6 The Godfather, Part II
27 Fight Club
11 Chinatown
22 Lawrence of Arabia
7 Goodfellas
26 Once Upon a Time in the West
10 Psycho
23 Kramer vs. Kramer
15 Shawshank Redemption
18 The Graduate
2 Raging Bull
31 Se7en
OK. Here's the deal. Being a little bored, being a movie nerd and having a little extra time, I've built a few brackets. The idea is to, eventually, crown the Greatest Movie of All Time. (Hence the thread title.)
First, these are the movies I happened to choose. Some good ones got left out. Some that you think are good aren't thought good by the masses or, more importantly, by me -- since, well, I made the bracket. And you may then disagree with the seedings, too. And that's fair. But just play along, if you're interested. Could be fun.
Reply on the thread with the seeds and names of your winners of each pairing. I'll let the first round go for a while, then add up the votes and post the winners/next round's pairings.
Not represented in this particular tournament are the 'smaller' genres, like war, western, documentary, etc. And, sorry international MFPers, I didn't go foreign, either. So consider this The Greatest (American) Movie of All Time Bracket Tourney, I suppose.
The four genre regions are Comedy, Action, Sci-Fi/Fantasy and Drama/Thriller. Winners of each region will be determined, starting with Comedy, and then will pair off for the Final Four. Comedy will face Drama/Thriller, Action will meet Sci-Fi/Fantasy.
And to spark more discussion, feel free to give your reasons for some of your choices!
Comedy's region has a winner; the genre will be represented in the Final Four by Monty Python: Holy Grail. Action, too, has given us a representative in Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Arc. Sci-Fi/Fantasy's champion is Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back. And now, Drama/Thriller.
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Greatest Movie Of All Time: Drama/Thriller Region First Round
1 The Godfather
32 Sunset Boulevard
16 Silence of the Lambs
17 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
8 North by Northwest
25 The Untouchables
9 Rear Window
24 Vertigo
5 Casablanca
28 Memento
12 The Shining
21 Jaws
13 Rocky
20 The Exorcist
4 Schindler's List
29 Breakfast at Tiffany's
3 Citizen Kane
30 Pulp Fiction
14 Gone With the Wind
19 To Kill a Mocking Bird
6 The Godfather, Part II
27 Fight Club
11 Chinatown
22 Lawrence of Arabia
7 Goodfellas
26 Once Upon a Time in the West
10 Psycho
23 Kramer vs. Kramer
15 Shawshank Redemption
18 The Graduate
2 Raging Bull
31 Se7en
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1 The Godfather
16 Silence of the Lambs
25 The Untouchables
24 Vertigo
5 Casablanca
21 Jaws
20 The Exorcist
4 Schindler's List
30 Pulp Fiction
19 To Kill a Mocking Bird
6 The Godfather, Part II
22 Lawrence of Arabia
7 Goodfellas
10 Psycho
15 Shawshank Redemption
2 Raging Bull0 -
1 The Godfather
16 Silence of the Lambs
25 The Untouchables
9 Rear Window
28 Memento
12 The Shining
20 The Exorcist
4 Schindler's List
3 Citizen Kane
19 To Kill a Mocking Bird
27 Fight Club
11 Chinatown
7 Goodfellas
10 Psycho
15 Shawshank Redemption
31 Se7en0 -
1 The Godfather
16 Silence of the Lambs
8 North by Northwest
9 Rear Window
28 Memento
12 The Shining
13 Rocky
4 Schindler's List
30 Pulp Fiction
14 Gone With the Wind
27 Fight Club
11 Chinatown
7 Goodfellas
10 Psycho
15 Shawshank Redemption
31 Se7en0 -
1 The Godfather
16 Silence of the Lambs
25 The Untouchables
9 Rear Window
5 Casablanca
12 The Shining
13 Rocky
4 Schindler's List
3 Citizen Kane
14 Gone With the Wind
6 The Godfather, Part II
11 Chinatown
7 Goodfellas
10 Psycho
15 Shawshank Redemption
2 Raging Bull0 -
Get rid of Se7en and add Usual Suspects......0
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1 The Godfather
16 Silence of the Lambs
25 The Untouchables
9 Rear Window
5 Casablanca
12 The Shining
20 The Exorcist
4 Schindler's List
3 Citizen Kane
19 To Kill a Mocking Bird
27 Fight Club
22 Lawrence of Arabia
7 Goodfellas
10 Psycho
15 Shawshank Redemption
31 Se7en0 -
Greatest Movie Of All Time: Drama/Thriller Region First Round
1 The Godfather
17 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
25 The Untouchables
24 Vertigo
28 Memento
12 The Shining
20 The Exorcist
4 Schindler's List
3 Citizen Kane
19 To Kill a Mocking Bird
27 Fight Club
11 Chinatown
7 Goodfellas
10 Psycho
15 Shawshank Redemption
2 Raging Bull0 -
1 The Godfather
16 Silence of the Lambs
25 The Untouchables
9 Rear Window
28 Memento
12 The Shining
13 Rocky
4 Schindler's List
30 Pulp Fiction
19 To Kill a Mocking Bird
27 Fight Club
22 Lawrence of Arabia
7 Goodfellas
10 Psycho
15 Shawshank Redemption
31 Se7en
*****Suggestions for a future round maybe- I'm bored too :-(
American History X
Clockwork Orange
The Dark Knight
The Professional
Forest Gump
The Notebook
The Departed
Gladiator
Requiem for a Dream
Trainspotting
Reservoir Dogs
Full Metal Jacket
Amadeus
12 Monkeys
Inglourious *kitten*
No Country for Old Men
Black Swan0 -
1 The Godfather
16 Silence of the Lambs
8 North by Northwest
9 Rear Window
5 Casablanca
21 Jaws
13 Rocky
29 Breakfast at Tiffany's
3 Citizen Kane
19 To Kill a Mocking Bird
6 The Godfather, Part II
22 Lawrence of Arabia
7 Goodfellas
10 Psycho
15 Shawshank Redemption
2 Raging Bull
I'd put It's a Wonderful LIfe and The Hunt for Red October well before some of these. You also forgot Cape Fear. That movie was incredible.0 -
I'll make it easy for you. Gone With The Wind, FTW.0
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Sunset Boulevard -- Classic
Silence of the Lambs -- freaking scary, better than the book
North by Northwest - Hitchcock, nuff said
Rear Window - It is the better of the two
5 Casablanca -- no contest and I loved Memento
Jaws - hard choice, but better lines in Jaws
The Exorcist - I just don't like Rocky
Schindler's List - moving and Finnes rocked his role
Citizen Kane - I hate you so much for this choice. :laugh:
To Kill a Mocking Bird - because scout is great
Fight Club - because of the 1st rule (and Meatloaf)
Chinatown - Forget it Jake, Its Chinatown, jack
Goodfellas
Psycho
Shawshank Redemption -- again better then the book
Se7en -- just plain twisted.0 -
1 The Godfather
16 Silence of the Lambs
25 The Untouchables
9 Rear Window
5 Casablanca
12 The Shining
20 The Exorcist
4 Schindler's List
30 Pulp Fiction
19 To Kill a Mocking Bird
27 Fight Club
11 Chinatown
7 Goodfellas
10 Psycho
15 Shawshank Redemption
31 Se7en
***Gone With the Wind vs. To Kill a Mockingbird?!?!? How do you pick between those 2?!?!?0 -
1 The Godfather
16 Silence of the Lambs
8 North by Northwest
9 Rear Window
5 Casablanca
21 Jaws
20 The Exorcist
4 Schindler's List
3 Citizen Kane
14 Gone With the Wind
6 The Godfather, Part II
22 Lawrence of Arabia
7 Goodfellas
10 Psycho
15 Shawshank Redemption
2 Raging Bull0 -
Greatest Movie Of All Time: Drama/Thriller Region First Round
1 The Godfather
17 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
25 The Untouchables - Gotta go with this one, cause I have never seen North by Northwest
9 Rear Window
5 Casablanca
12 The Shining
20 The Exorcist
4 Schindler's List
30 Pulp Fiction
14 Gone With the Wind
6 The Godfather, Part II
11 Chinatown
7 Goodfellas
10 Psycho - This is the original right??
15 Shawshank Redemption
2 Raging Bull
This should have been 2 categories, one for Thriller and one for Drama, it was so hard to compare some of them because one was a drama and the other a thriller. There were also a lot on this list that I had not seen which actually surprised me.0 -
I'd put It's a Wonderful LIfe and The Hunt for Red October well before some of these. You also forgot Cape Fear. That movie was incredible.
I must agree with the above comment, especially It's a Wonderful Life, I watch it every year and not just at Christmas.0 -
I'd put It's a Wonderful LIfe and The Hunt for Red October well before some of these. You also forgot Cape Fear. That movie was incredible.
I must agree with the above comment, especially It's a Wonderful Life, I watch it every year and not just at Christmas.
maybe the next tourney will be greatest Christmas movie ... hmmm ...
This should have been 2 categories, one for Thriller and one for Drama, it was so hard to compare some of them because one was a drama and the other a thriller.
well that's what makes it fun!
haha!0 -
1 The Godfather
16 Silence of the Lambs
25 The Untouchables
9 Rear Window
28 Memento
21 Jaws (DUDE COME ON)
13 Rocky
4 Schindler's List
3 Citizen Kane
19 To Kill a Mocking Bird
27 Fight Club
11 Chinatown
7 Goodfellas
10 Psycho
15 Shawshank Redemption
2 Raging Bull0 -
Greatest Movie Of All Time: Drama/Thriller Region First Round
1 The Godfather
16 Silence of the Lambs
25 The Untouchables
9 Rear Window
5 Casablanca
21 Jaws
13 Rocky
4 Schindler's List
3 Citizen Kane
19 To Kill a Mocking Bird
6 The Godfather, Part II
22 Lawrence of Arabia
7 Goodfellas
23 Kramer vs. Kramer
15 Shawshank Redemption
2 Raging Bull0 -
Greatest Movie Of All Time: Drama/Thriller Region First Round
1 The Godfather
16 Silence of the Lambs
25 The Untouchables
9 Rear Window
28 Memento
12 The Shining
13 Rocky
4 Schindler's List
30 Pulp Fiction
19 To Kill a Mocking Bird
27 Fight Club
11 Chinatown
7 Goodfellas
10 Psycho
15 Shawshank Redemption
31 Se7en
DAMN this round was EXTREMELY hard!! so may FABULOUS movies!!!!0 -
Get rid of Se7en and add Usual Suspects......
Se7en is awesome!! but you are right Usual Suspects is KILLER; get rid of that racist **** move Gone With The Wind; yea I said it...0 -
1 The Godfather
16 Silence of the Lambs
25 The Untouchables
9 Rear Window
28 Memento
12 The Shining
13 Rocky
4 Schindler's List
30 Pulp Fiction
19 To Kill a Mocking Bird
27 Fight Club
22 Lawrence of Arabia
7 Goodfellas
10 Psycho
15 Shawshank Redemption
31 Se7en
*****Suggestions for a future round maybe- I'm bored too :-(
American History X
Clockwork Orange
The Dark Knight
The Professional
Forest Gump
The Notebook
The Departed
Gladiator
Requiem for a Dream
Trainspotting
Reservoir Dogs
Full Metal Jacket
Amadeus
12 Monkeys
Inglourious *kitten*
No Country for Old Men
Black Swan
I agree with all these; ESPECIALLY American History X...LOVE that movie!!0 -
Greatest Movie Of All Time: Drama/Thriller Region First Round
1 The Godfather
16 Silence of the Lambs
8 North by Northwest
9 Rear Window
5 Casablanca
21 Jaws
13 Rocky
4 Schindler's List
3 Citizen Kane
19 To Kill a Mocking Bird
6 The Godfather, Part II
11 Chinatown
7 Goodfellas
10 Psycho
15 Shawshank Redemption
2 Raging Bull0 -
keep the votes coming in ... I'll let 'er go until at least tomorrow afternoon, depending on how active this is overnight and through the first part of the day tomorrow.0
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1 The Godfather
16 Silence of the Lambs
25 The Untouchables
9 Rear Window
5 Casablanca
21 Jaws
20 The Exorcist
4 Schindler's List
30 Pulp Fiction
14 Gone With the Wind
6 The Godfather, Part II
11 Chinatown
7 Goodfellas
10 Psycho
18 The Graduate
31 Se7en0 -
Get rid of Se7en and add Usual Suspects......
Seriously!!
My votes:
1 The Godfather
16 Silence of the Lambs
25 The Untouchables
9 Rear Window
5 Casablanca
12 The Shining
20 The Exorcist
4 Schindler's List
3 Citizen Kane (despite my LOVE for Tarantino...)
19 To Kill a Mockingbird
6 The Godfather, Part II
11 Chinatown
7 Goodfellas
10 Psycho
15 Shawshank Redemption
2 Raging Bull0 -
wow. no love for se7en, huh? tough crowd!
(they are both great movies, fwiw. but suspects tends to be more of a cult following. I mean, if you look at just the worldwide gross -- I know, just one indicator, but they came out in the same year so no adjustment of money needed -- suspects made a little under 30 million or so. se7en made more than 316 million.)0 -
wow. no love for se7en, huh? tough crowd!
(they are both great movies, fwiw. but suspects tends to be more of a cult following. I mean, if you look at just the worldwide gross -- I know, just one indicator, but they came out in the same year so no adjustment of money needed -- suspects made a little under 30 million or so. se7en made more than 316 million.)
No Se7en is one of my all time favorites by far; glad it was on here!! Some people just cant handle the "gore"0 -
Greatest Movie Of All Time: Drama/Thriller Region First Round
1 The Godfather
32 Sunset Boulevard
16 Silence of the Lambs
17 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
8 North by Northwest
25 The Untouchables - abstain.
9 Rear Window
24 Vertigo - Abstain
5 Casablanca (HARD!)
28 Memento
12 The Shining
21 Jaws
13 Rocky
20 The Exorcist
4 Schindler's List
29 Breakfast at Tiffany's - (I'm a history movie buff, but Schindler's List can't hold a candle to the Pianist)
3 Citizen Kane
30 Pulp Fiction
14 Gone With the Wind
19 To Kill a Mocking Bird
6 The Godfather, Part II
27 Fight Club
11 Chinatown
22 Lawrence of Arabia
7 Goodfellas
26 Once Upon a Time in the West - abstain.
10 Psycho
23 Kramer vs. Kramer
15 Shawshank Redemption
18 The Graduate
2 Raging Bull
31 Se7en - abstain.0 -
1 The Godfather
32 Sunset Boulevard
16 Silence of the Lambs
17 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
8 North by Northwest
25 The Untouchables
9 Rear Window
24 Vertigo
5 Casablanca
28 Memento
12 The Shining
21 Jaws
13 Rocky
20 The Exorcist
4 Schindler's List
29 Breakfast at Tiffany's
3 Citizen Kane
30 Pulp Fiction
14 Gone With the Wind
19 To Kill a Mocking Bird
6 The Godfather, Part II
27 Fight Club
11 Chinatown
22 Lawrence of Arabia
7 Goodfellas
26 Once Upon a Time in the West
10 Psycho
23 Kramer vs. Kramer
15 Shawshank Redemption
18 The Graduate
2 Raging Bull
31 Se7en
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1 The Godfather
16 Silence of the Lambs
25 The Untouchables
24 Vertigo
5 Casablanca
12 The Shining
13 Rocky
4 Schindler's List
30 Pulp Fiction
19 To Kill a Mocking Bird
6 The Godfather, Part II
22 Lawrence of Arabia
7 Goodfellas
10 Psycho
15 Shawshank Redemption
2 Raging Bull0
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