I was very impressed by the movie The Green Mile. I remember spending hours watching that story. Nowadays, movies 2-3 hours long are nothing special, but in 1999, it was unusual. "The Green Mile" is 189 minutes long, so critics were disappointed with its length. They made offensive statements about it, but Tom Hanks stood up for the picture. The actor told them they would get more enjoyment for the money they would have given for a movie of standard length. I'm thinking of watching this movie again on https://www.999flix.com/movie. I suggest you check out this classic movie too.
@infinitehope: I watched The Third Man now. It was pretty good. I think there's a lot of interesting story ideas in it, but I wouldn't put it on my top 10 list.
To expand on my ranking not being a favorite ranking: I know that being a fan of a particular thing doesn't mean it's actually of higher quality then other things, however I'm still integrating my values of what makes a good film into my ranking. Trying to determine which film elements are more important then other film elements is a very subjective matter, however there is a greater degree of objectivity within an individual film element.
…this is in no order straight off the top of my head, for a question that constantly evolves with different entries for me. As I look at them, some of these are not technical achievements or acting masterpieces, but are just movies I love and never get tired of.
@infantfinite128: The book is considerably better in every aspect. Not close really. But the material upon which the film is based is so strong that even a decent adaptation with excellent direction and performances is well above almost every movie there is.
The book is worse in nearly every way. The only thing it does better is handling the characters, and that's mainly cause it's able to add more depth and bring to light more of their dynamics. The book is riddled with dumb plotlines that didn't need to be there along with a bunch of other crazy shit.
@brogokudestroys: Thanks. You tagged my old profile and an old post so now I have to figure out what you're referring to. haha Hope you're having a good day!
10. Apocalypse now / Inside Llewyn Davis / Moonlight / Decision to leave / It's such a beautiful day / The Grand Budapest hotel / Spirited away (and two or three dozen more films would be in my honorable mention)
Films ranked by pure quality(???)/ greatness (imo among the films I have seen) (not in order)
Once again I would like to drastically change my list.
I’m leaving this comment just to say that I’ve been very critical of The Godfather in the past, but I have now changed my mind about it after rewatching it a while back
Also I asked my Grandmother about The Godfather and she had interesting things to say on it. Now a movie such as Inception works more for me then The Godfather. And I’m sure The Godfather works more for Grammy than Inception would if I showed it to her. But there both great movies that have differing audience appeals.
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