This might not work, but it could be interesting.

This is an attempt to compile a list of movies that are universally loved by the members of Spaced Out.

How does it work?
Anyone can nominate a film that they believe is loved by one and all. Just post your suggestions and see what comments follow. But please, try not to deluge the thread with suggestions and lists of films.

If 5 (or more) people agree that it deserves a place it will appear on the list below.

How do you decide if it meets the "greatest" criteria?
If it is a film you personally rate 7.5 or more out of 10.

Can a film be removed from the list?
Yes. If one member truly believes it does not deserve a 7.5 rating, it will be removed.

Obviously if you haven't seen the movie, don't vote.

if you take time to nominate, please take time to also vote.


Let's see if it works.

CURRENT NOMINATIONS
A Matter Of Life & Death
Die Welle
Kikujiro
Little Women (1949)
Midnight Run
Night On Earth
The Diving Bell & The Butterfly
The Taking Of Pelham 123
Waking Life






THE DEFINITIVE LIST:

12 Angry Men
Alien
Aliens
An American Werewolf In London
Assault On Precinct 13 (1976)
Atonement
Back to the Future (Part 1)
Barry Lyndon
Battle Royale
Blazing Saddles
Bubba Ho-tep
Bullets over Broadway
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Capturing the Friedmans
Casablanca
Chinatown
Cidade de Deus (City of God)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Crimes and Misdemeanours
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Die Hard
Dirty Harry
Dog Day Afternoon
Dr Strangelove
Escape From New York
Evil Dead II
Ghostbusters
Gregory's Girl
Heathers
High Fidelity
Infernal Affairs
Jason & The Argonauts
Jaws
Lawrence of Arabia
Layer Cake
Lost in La Mancha
Love & Death
Memento
Metropolis
Miller's Crossing
My Neighbour Totoro
Network
Night Of The Hunter
North By Northwest
Office Space
Once Upon a Time in America
Once Upon A Time In The West
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Play It Again Sam
Police Story
Pretty in Pink
Punch Drunk Love
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Rear Window
Rebecca
Robocop
Seven Samurai
Shaun of the Dead
Singin' In The Rain
Strangers On A Train
Taxi Driver
The Bourne Identity
The Breakfast Club
The Dark Crystal
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
The Day the Earth Stood Still
The Departed
The Great Escape
The Jerk
The Killer
The Long Good Friday
The Prestige
The Princess Bride
The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Terminator
The Thing
The Wild Bunch
They Live!
This Is Spinal Tap
Top Secret
Toy Story
Tremors
Vertigo
Wicker Man (1973)




Removed from Ultimate List
American Splendor
Batman Begins
Blade Runner
Clerks
Crank
Deliverance
Empire Strikes Back
Gremlins
Hard Boiled
Heat
Kung Fu Hustle
LA Confidential
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Manhattan
Oldboy
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Pleasantville
Predator
Starship Troopers
Team America - World Police
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Godfather Part I
The Godfather Part II
The Omen
The Usual Suspects
Trading Places
Tron
Withnail & I


Vetoed:
Adaptation
Akira
Almost Famous
Amelie
American History X
Anchorman
Apocalypse Now
Beowulf
Blair Witch Project
Blue Velvet
Blues Brothers
Brazil
Breaking the Waves
Caddyshack
Children of Men
Chopper
Cloverfield
Collateral
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Dawn Of The Dead (2004)
Dead Man's Shoes
Desperado
Dog Soldiers
Donnie Darko
Edward Scissorhands
Election
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Evil Dead
Ferris Beuller's Day Off
Fight Club
Friday Night Lights
From Russia With Love
Goodfellas
Great Expectations (1946)
Grosse Point Blank
Highlander
Fargo
Holes
Home Alone
Jackie Brown
Kill Bill Vol 1
Kill Bill Vol 2
Labyrinth
Leon
Little Miss Sunshine
Mad Max
Munich
No Country for Old Men
Oh Brother where art Thou?
Ong-bak
Pan's Labyrinth
PI
Platoon
Pulp Fiction
Reign Over Me
Run Lola Run
Rushmore
Schindlers List
School of Rock
Secretary
Seven
Shawshank Redemption
Sideways
Spirited Away
Star Wars
Sunset Blvd
Superman
Swingers
The Descent
The Dish
The Exorcist
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
The Lion King
The Lost Boys
The Matrix
The Proposition
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Shining
The Truth About Cats & Dogs
The Untouchables
The Warriors
The Wind That Shakes The Barley
Tron
Walk the Line
Wall-E
When Harry Met Sally
Wings of Desire
Young Frankenstein
Zodiac
Zoolander

I'll start with a few nominations:

Jaws
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Empire Strikes Back

Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Aliens
Schindlers List

They get my vote.

Any opinion on the first 3?

I'd like to make two additions to this list:

The Proposition: I really liked this film and I'm sure some others on here did too.

Breaking the Waves: I suspect that this will not make the list in the end due to people either not liking it or not having seen it but I had to nominate it anyway as I think it's incredible.

It's early days so I'm not having a go at anyone

If anyone is going to nominate films, could we at least have a "yay" or "nay" for some of those that are on the nominated list, otherwise we are stuck with just a list of movies individuals like!


"Yes" to The Proposition by the way

It will probably not make the list, but you are right, and it deserves a place over most of the LOTR films...

Nearly everything so far is a yes for me, they'd all get over 7.5, except...

'The Proposition', which probably wouldn't scrape a 5 from me, because it's so bloody boring.

Lord Sostie, strike it from the list!

Proposition gone. Damn you.

I cannot comment on The Proposition or Breaking the Waves, as I have never seen them, although I can't imagine there are many films that can out do LOTR, but then again... personal choice and all that...

Agree with Jaws, Empire and Raiders...

Breaking the Waves is a big pile of shit in my opinion but I don't have a problem if it stays on the list.

Here's some of mine
Apocalypse Now
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Taxi Driver

Breaking The Waves is off.


No more nominations please until we clear a few of these up.

I'm fine with all the films on the list so far (that I've seen)

I'd like to add:

LA Confidential
Terminator
The Godfather (Part I & II)

Well that helps!

What one have you seen?

Now you've removed The Proposition & Breaking The Waves, all of them.

I few I'd like to throw in.........


Shawshank Redemption

Zoolander (harmless fun, honest!!)

Donnie Darko

Secretary (Leeeerve Maggie Gyllenhall)

The Matrix (original - the second two were pants!)

Kill Bill Vols 1&2

Fight Club (Go with me on this)

Anchorman

Oh Brother where art Thou?

I'm sure there are loads more, but cant think at the moment!

No voting for these yet. They will be added once we get through some of the backlog.


Remember people, if you take time to nominate, please take time to also vote.

^ Ooops, Sorry (really should read threads instead of scanning over them)

All nominated I agree with apart from Schindlers List which is just too damn depressing. Cant comment on LA Confidential though as never seen it

INDUCTED (until at least someone says they rate them below 7.5/10)
Jaws
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Empire Strikes Back
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Aliens

Didn't make it:
Schindlers List

I'm giving a resounding 'yes' to LA Confidential.

I love Mike from Neighbours.

Yes to:
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Taxi Driver
LA Confidential
The Godfather Part I
The Godfather Part II

No to:
Apocalypse Now

Farewell Apocalypse Now

As am I.


Along with yessage for:

Jaws
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Empire Strikes Back
LOTR: ROTK
The Godfather: Part 1

I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to disagree with this. Whether a film is depressing or not, does not mean it's not great. Spielberg has yet to reach the brilliance that he created on that film!

I dunno, I personally think he has done better work before and since, but that is purely my opinion.

Anyway, I add a further yes to L.A Confidential, as well as The Terminator and the two Godfathers.

Are we allowed to make any more suggestions now?

Blade Runner

Perfectly updated film noir, with stunning visuals and a hauting score - brilliant stuff!

LA Confidential inducted





I'd rather wait for the backlog to reduce first.

Four more added to nominations list (Bloomeeney's suggestions):


Shawshank Redemption

Zoolander

Donnie Darko

Secretary

Zoolander out of the running. Not a 7.5er for me.

Knuckles duly rapped, will call back later.

I'd have to say yes to Cuckoo's Nest and Terminator, but a huge, loud "Oh for fucks sake definitely not ever in a million years" to Donnie Darko.

I concur with the Donnie Darko veto, but not quite as violently. It's good but I could only push it up to a 7.

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest in. Donnie Darko out.

Yes from me on

Taxi Driver
Terminator
The Godfather Part I
The Godfather Part II
Shawshank Redemption

Inducted:
Taxi Driver
Terminator
The Godfather Part I

Nominations added:
Blade Runner
The Matrix
Kill Bill Vol 1
Kill Bill Vol 2
Fight Club
Anchorman
Oh Brother where art Thou?



Please, no more nominations for the moment

Kill Bill 1 & 2 and Anchorman out.

Done (damn you)


Remember, you can say no to anything that has been "inducted".

Additionally, if a film is removed from the "inducted" list they can be re-instated if the person who votes "no" later watches the film and re-considers their vote.

Anchorman wouldn't have been a "yes" vote for me on first viewing but would after my second.

A 'yes' for me on Fight Club, Blade Runner, and Shawshank.

I like to nominate : LOTR: The two Towers. ...it a better film than ROTK.


of the current nominations:
The Godfather Part II
Blade Runner
The Matrix
Fight Club
...all get the thumbs up from me.

As mentioned a few posts above. No more nominations until the backlog is cleared a little




This puts Godfather II on the list.

Blade Runner
The Matrix

Thumbs up.

No to The Matrix and Fight Club (although if you'd asked me about 3 years ago they would have both been a yes), yes to Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?

Can I suggest the 7.5 thing be changed to 8 or even 9 out of ten.

For example I'd give the simpsons movie a 7.5 out of 10, but I certainly wouldn't consider it for a definitive greatest film list.

A bit late to change the suggested score now.

Despite the title, this more an attempt to find the films that people here universally love as opposed to the greatest films ever.

I have a suggestion. But I'll keep it to myself for the minute.

Same here.

But how can you say no to The Matrix? I feel it's a film whose sequels seem to have gone back and made the original shit too. If you just take the first one as it is, and ignore the rest, it's still a damn good flick.

Indeed. Such is the case with so many sequels. For instance, take the Halloween sequels...
...Thanks, you can keep them.

I think it's horrible. It's a stupid film wrapped up in an insultingly thin veneer of intelligence that people seem to buy into. I think it doesn't just insult the intelligence of it's viewers, it does so in a way that leaves them feeling clever when they've just spent 100 minutes being talked down to and patronised.

Of course, that's just my opinion. Feel free to disagree. Most of the people I know do. Violently.

They disagree, and then hit you?

No. They stand there screaming about how great it is. Then they hit me later when I say I can't stand Labyrinth either.

GET OUT!!!!

That's because it's awful. Truly, terribly, awful.