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Eh, okay sure.
Top 10 Animated Films:
1. Fantasia
2. Beauty and the Beast
3. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
4. Finding Nemo
5. The Lion King
6. The Emperor's New Groove
7. Toy Story 2
8. Ratatouille
9. Shrek
10. Princess Mononoke
Runners up: The Lego Movie, Aladdin, Mulan, The Rescuers Down Under, A Bug's Life, Wolf Children: Ame and Yuki, Rango, Up, The Iron Giant, Metropolis
Hum yeah that would do. I will try as soon as I'm over done with Gravity Falls 
@TLC:
Genre 1: Top Ten Favorite Animated Films (I suppose Robby's won't change much)
Actually, its a fair bit different. My top favorite movies the fact they're animated doesn't really factor into it, they could be in live action and they'd be the sameish. Animated films I love for the animation can be different in terms of design or visuals, or them being cartoony in a way live action just can't get away with (pacing or action sequence or whatnot). I love Castle of Caglisotro like crazy, and Mononoke and Ratatouille, but they could just as easily be live with CGI and I don't feel they'd be fundamentally changed at their core.
All that said, I can't trim down to just 10. Impossible.
Lilo and Stitch, How to Train Your Dragon (from the main list)
Lupin the Third: The Fuma Conspiracy (greatest car chase scene EVER)
Kung Fu Panda (great action, lotta fun)
South Park the Movie (still great music)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (THE best Batman movie. And the art style is part of it. The story could be live action sure, but the look is part of it.)
Emporer's New Groove (hilarious and wacky)
Fantasia (the animation is just jaw dropping.)
Road to El Dorado/Tangled (its a two-pack)
Last Unicorn (art style is amazing)
And from the nostalgia pile of things that might not be any good but go back a long ways…
Dominion Tank Police (Nostalgia, my first anime)
A Goofy Movie (childhood identification nostalgia, no longer on my fave movies list)
Outlanders
Green Legend Ran (its been years since I last saw it though...)
Tenchi Forever (my favorite Tenchi outing, but it relies a bit on the series, and is very different tonally from the series... and could be live action)
There's also a whole cluster of Disney animated films where I just have no idea where they all fit. Mermaid, Beast, Aladdin, Lion King, Mulan, Tarzan, Rescuers Down Under, Hunchback, Robin Hood... where basically they'd make their own list if I included any of them. They all tie together in my childhood so closely with certain memories and idea and overall feeling thats its really hard to break apart and pick out. Emporer's New Groove I can pull apart because it feels completely seperate from the rest and very different in tone, like somethign I had to rewatch and share with others... and Lilo and Stitch just instantly became one of my favorite movies even the first time I saw it, though age (and the existence of HTTYD) have dulled it a tiny bit.
I also always WANT to include Iron Giant because its fantastic, but what can I say, I liked Brad Bird's next two films even better.
Animated movies:
1. Howl's Moving Castle
2. Tangled
3. The Transformers: The Movie
4. Despicable Me
5. How to Train Your Dragon
6. Akira
7. Spirited Away
8. Castle In the Sky
9. The Emperor's New Groove
10. The Lion King
Animated, eeeh. Well I don't watch much animated… But still, here's some I like I guess. :v
It's only nine because... I... I couldn't remember any more good ones. Hahahaha. My memory is shit. 
EDIT: I just remembered Fantasmagorie, put that sucker somewhere high in the list and I've got my complete list of top ten like all the other cool kids!
That's cool, I like categorizing by genre a lot more than a generalized top 10 list.
1. Fantasia
2. Coraline
3. Grave of the Fireflies
4. Princess Mononoke
5. The AristoCats
6. Angel's Egg
7. La Planète Sauvage
8. Kung Fu Panda 2
9. Ghost in the Shell
10. Night on the Galactic Railroad
With honorable mentions to Tangled, Tarzan and Tokyo Godfathers.
Though man I think I could fill several lists on this subject alone.
I guess we're all a bit like that, this forum being what it is.
Suprised nobody named my favorite animated movie of all time… the most inspiring work of great Ralph Bakshi...
Movie lists came up elsewhere and I'm feeling nostalgic for reasons, and I randomly thought about this thread again. Bumping it because there's probably people that haven't seen it before.
Where was I at… yikes, 3 years ago?
1. Castle of Cagliostro
2. Princess Mononoke
3. Lilo and Stitch
4. How to Train Your Dragon
5. Ratatouille
6. Moulin Rouge
7. 1776
8. Jackie Chan Drunken Master 2
9. Almost Famous (director's cut)
10.Good Will Hunting
New list for 2018.
1. Castle of Cagliostro
2. How to Train Your Dragon
3. Princess Mononoke
4. Moulin Rogue
5. Zootopia
6. Almost Famous (director's cut)
7. Ratatouille
8. Good Will Hunting
9. Last Unicorn
10.Wolf Children
I should also throw Lord of the Rings up on there but its just not fair to rank a whole damn trilogy, and I'm not giving it three slots.
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Last Unicorn gets added to the list because I've realized its a movie thats been with me since childhood. I've read the book, bought the book that has the short story sequel, bought the dvd, bought the blu ray, found and downloaded the soundtrack, bought the comic. Something in it makes it personal and true and a perennial for me, and I'm not entirely sure why it didn't make it to the list sooner.
Wolf Children was on the edge before but still too new then. But it's super solid and charming. Zootopia… is just a damn perfect movie. The three minute bit with Flash still gets me laughing.
I took out 1776 because last fourth of july I really watched it with my wife, who had never seen it. And... it dragged. I love the music in 1776 and the dialogue and the audacity of making a musical about the declaration of independance but truly rewatching it I realized that I always have it as background noise, and there are entire chunks I want to fast forward through.
And as much as Drunken Master is Jackie Chan's best action, the overall movie plot is thin. Its the best of a Chan List, but it shouldn't be my top ten.
And, I still love love love Lilo and Stitch but... the quirky wackiness aspect and all the surprises have faded with time over the last 16 years, while How to Train Your Dragon by the same director only becomes stronger. I HAVE to watch that when certain scenes come around and theres a couple bits that are just magic every time and the soundtrack is perfect and just... ahhh. Lilo and Stitch will always have that soft spot along with Goofy Movie and Disney's Robin Hood, but they were attachments of a very particular time and place I think.
I'm also really taken by Kubo and the Two Strings but I don't think it's going to be an all timer. I wanted to love Boy and the Beast after Wolf Children and its so close to being a thing but its second half is... iffy. Fantasia is close to being on the list but theres too many segments that don't do it for me. Citizen Kane is legit super good but its not casual viewing. Princess Bride is super good but amazingly, I actually read the book first and processed it as a straight adventure rather than a comedy so the movie has always been weird to me.[/hide]
I'm not really a film buff, I really only like blockbuster fantasy, sci-fi, and adventure movies, and movies in general don't really connect with me like they used to, so this is tough. There will be a lot of nostalgia in this list. It should also be noted that I have been listening to a lot of film scores recently…
Honorable mentions to Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Ghostbusters, Pirates of the Caribbean 2 & 3, and South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut. They could easily be on the list, as everything 5 and on is basically how I was feeling at the moment.
Honorable mentions to the Star Wars Prequels, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, and Ghostbusters II for the Love-Hate sentimentality.
I spent most of the years after Revenge of the Sith (2005) until about The Avengers (2012) watching pre-MCU and early MCU Marvel movies and big budget but generally forgettable action movies like Transformers and Star Trek 2009. Few films from that period still resonate with me. Post Avengers, when I was getting into longer fantasy series and anime/manga, I found modern movies of similar genres to be paced too quickly for me.
No particular order, except for the first one. I've just avoided old movies in black-and-white for a specific reason 1- A Touch of Zen
2 -Inherent Vice
3 -Queen Margot
4 -Knife in the Water
5 -There will be blood
6 -All Jacque Tati's movies (it's not a title, like I mean, literally all his movies)
7 -An Autumn Afternoon
8 -To live and die in L.A.
9 -Mad Max Fury Road
10- Alien
I wouldn't even know where to start narrowing it down that much. Somebody throw me a genre of film and I'll do it that way.
I wouldn't even know where to start narrowing it down that much. Somebody throw me a genre of film and I'll do it that way.
Romcom .
Holdo is best and everything about Holdo is best.
It's gonna be hard..
1. Return of the King
2. The Shining
3. The Dark Knight
4. The Godfather
5. Pusher ( danish crime drama; must watch )
6. Jurassic Park
7. Boyz n the Hood
8. Ghost in the Shell
9. The Lion King
10. The Empire Strikes Back
Romcom .
That's the hardest category you could have thrown at me.
There's other films I thought of while listing these but it's hard for me to see them as romantic comedies first and foremost. Like Groundhog's Day.
That's the hardest category you could have thrown at me.
I could have gone with porn. :ninja:
Started with a top 30 on some Discord a few years back. Always update it, but it mostly stays the same.
50 Frequency
49 Tenet
48 The Social Network
47 Frailty
46 X Men 2
45 Falling Down
44 Captain America: Winter Soldier
43 The Prestige
42 House Arrest
41 Crazy Stupid Love
40 Watchmen
39 Pulp Fiction
38 The Wolf Of Wall Street
37 Rush Hour
36 Da 5 Bloods
35 Days of Future Past
34 Infinity War
33 Angels in the Outfield
32 Wanted
31 Spiderman 2
30 Django
29 Interstellar
28 American Gangster
27 Fight Club
26 Toy Story
25 Shutter Island
24 Departed
23 Slumdog Millionaire
22 Stranger than Fiction
21 Dogday Afternoon
20 Hateful 8
19 Reservoir Dogs
18 John Q
17 Phonebooth
16 Law Abiding Citizen
15 Usual suspects
14 Whiplash
13 District 9
12 Seven Pounds
11 Eagle Eye
10 Best Man
9 A Time To Kill
8 Captain America: Civil War
7 Lion King
6 Dark Knight
5 Inception
4 Beautiful mind
3 V for Vendetta
2 Inside Man
1 The Wood
The Wood is a wonderful movie.
My list of favorite movies is always changing. But I don't think I'd be able to name just 10. Instead, I'll do 10 live-action and 15 animated.
Live-Action:
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The original Star Wars trilogy
Airplane!
Dr. Strangelove or How I learned the Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
E.T: The Extraterrestrial
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Groundhog Day
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Back to the Future
Castaway
Animated:
Bambi
The Fox and the Hound
Zootopia
The Secret of NIMH
My Neighbor Totoro
Princess Mononoke
Coco
The Incredibles
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Kung Fu Panda
Honorable mentions: Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse, Fantasia, An American Tail, Toy Story 1 and 2
I have to try out Castaway. I love The Incredibles
Is it sad that the first Avengers movie is in my top 10 list?
I just love it
@Shiebs said in Favorite Top Ten Movies:
Is it sad that the first Avengers movie is in my top 10 list?
I just love it
Not at all. It would probably be in my top 20.
[And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon]
My list has not changed much since 4 years ago. As I get older its harder to find new FAVORITES that I know are going to stick with me forever and get tons of rewatches but RRR is definitely one of those films.
*-Fish Story (AMAZING once, and good to watch a second time... but it doesn't work after a ton of viewings)
*LotR isn't really fair for a list since its three movies. Otherwise its high up there.
Other stuff from the last couple years I can't quite place yet, that I'm not sure if it'll survive the long run
-Cyrano (2021)
-Hamilton pro-shot (probably not a long term thing)
-Everything Everywhere All At Once
Things I loved but watched too much that I can't watch anymore because I have them memorized
A Goofy Movie
Emperor's New Groove
Land Before Time
Wayne's World
Groundhog's Day
Hmm, ranking them is next to impossible, but a live action top 10 might include:
Will Stay with me forever:
le diner des cons
life is beautiful
Hotel Rwanda
Beauty and the beast
The color purple
You've got mail
Spiderman 2
A Walk to remember
Nightcrawler
Modern movies that I still feel too early to call but I think will last
Gone Girl
Whiplash
Malcom and Marie
Special mention to RRR . Its not in my top 10 but I have rewatched 5 times (which is a feat since I dont like movies past 2 hours) and I think I will always remember it with great fondness.
Last time I posted my list was 8 years ago and, yeah, it's still the same. I've seen a ton of movies since then, many of which I really liked, but like Robby said the older you get the harder it is to find movies that will really stick with you.
I feel like Shawshank may drop off my list at some point. Great movie, but it's gotten a smidge tiresome on repeated viewings.
For the sake of variety, here are some movies that I think would be in my top 20
@Cockycent said in Favorite Top Ten Movies:
@desa Malcolm and Marie and King Richard are my 1st and 2nd place of last year. I don't think I can put them in my top 50 yet.
I will have to watch them again to see if the feeling is still there. It feels unfair because there are 2020 films that i've watched at least 3 times now.
I still need to find the motivation to watch king Richard but I dont have motivation to watch much right now.
But I think letting it sit for 3-4 years at least feels right before declaring them in my favorites.
@Nobodyman said in Favorite Top Ten Movies:
@Shiebs said in Favorite Top Ten Movies:
Is it sad that the first Avengers movie is in my top 10 list?
I just love it
Not at all. It would probably be in my top 20.
Good to know, I just love it! It's the perfect Super Hero movie in my book, and just a blast to rewatch
@andre said in Favorite Top Ten Movies:
Animated:
The Incredibles
The Emperor's New Groove
Lilo and Stitch
Princess Mononoke
Up
The Lion King
Shrek
Beavis and Butthead Do America
Antz
An American Tail
Non-Animated:
Hook
Ikiru
Rush Hour 2
The Five Heartbeats
Nacho Libre
Pulp Fiction
City of God
Friday
Remember the Titans
Seven Samurai
It is 9 years later and some things have changed, but not all things. I don't feel the need to separate the lists into animated vs non-animated anymore. Movies are movies. These aren't the best movies of all time, but my favorites. To me, there's a clear distinction.
Honorable Mention:
Beavis and Butthead Do America, The VVitch, The Fellowship of the Rings, End of Evangelion, Spider-Man 2, The Prince of Egypt, Princess Mononoke, and Treasure Planet.
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@Cockycent I watched it recently after Hit-Boy sampled it for the Nas track, Legit.
