Your top 10 (Descriptive version)

[smurphy]

Battle RoyaleEasily my favourite movie. I dont know what i love so much about it but it could be the concept of a government trying to control youth or the great characters such as Kitano and especially Kiriyama.

Public EnemyA korean movies from a few years back this is one of the funniest black comedies ive seen. Nothing is subtle in this film. The story of a crooked cop hunting down a crooked businessman has never been done like this.

Hard Boiled The last movie John Woo made before going to Hollywood is probably his best. For an action movie it has got a pretty convuluted plot and has an excellent performance from Chow Yun Fat. Slow motion, Baby.

AkiraTruly a feast for the eyes. There is no better looking movie and the atmosphere of Neo Toyko is just so darkly conveyed. Anyone who hasnt seen it needs to see it before the remake ruins everything.

FF VII Advent ChildrenBeing a FF VII means that this has to be on my list. This film looks infinitely better than real life and out of all the films ive ever seen it probably has the best chereographed fight scenes in any film. A worthy addition to any list.

OldboyProbably one of the darkest movies i have ever seen. This film is just simply perfectly paced with you finding out just enough to keep you hooked.And despite the ending being a bit of a damp squib the twist in the story is just astounding.

Die Hard Similarly to Oldboy this is an action movie which is perfectly paced. Alan Rickman is perfect in his role and this film has a perfect balance of action, romance and humour. It also has some very memorable set pieces. Ditto Die Hard with a Vengeance.

Monty Pythons life if Brian The funniest film i have seen bar none. This film doesnt lack for memorable characters( Biggus Dickus anyone) or memorable lines("he's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy") Proof that when done correctly surreal humour is infinitely better than sophisticated humour. The holy grail just missed out on my top 10.

RanIn my opinion Akira Kurosawa is the greatest director who ever walked the earth. Any number of his films such as Rashomon, The Seven Samurai, The Hidden Fortress, Kagemusha or Dreams could have made my list. Akiras interpretation of King Lear is in my opinion his masterpiece. The film is distinctly his with its amazing palette of colours and his ability to put stark images in your head as well as feel the loss when a character dies. A film everyone should see.

Ichi the killerLIke with Kurosawa i could have put any number of Takashi Miike movies in here. I chose Ichi as it has one thing his other movies dont. Probably the greatest screen performance i have seen from Tadanobu Asano as a masochist who is hunting down the sadist who killed his Yakuza boss. Honourable mentions to One missed call, Crows zero 1 and 2 as well as Happiness of the Katakuris from Miike.

[The Doctor]

I'm fond of science fiction and crazy stuff. I don't like American cinema too well, it's too fake for me. These are in no particular order(I can't be bothered to number them)

• Chungking Express
  
  Someone mentioned this movie, I think? I saw it and had to put it up. I like the soundtrack, which is to say I like this one song they play over and over again. It's a lot like Tarantino, even though it isn't. But it has the random, chopped up timeline and the criminal intrigue along with a real story about second and last chances.
  
  
• Dune
  
  I do like David Lynch and practically everything he does. Twin Peaks is choice. Dune was David Lynch doing Sci-fi, how could it be anything short of brilliant? The acting is over-the-top and cheesy just like sci-fi should be.
  
  
• Forbidden Planet
  
  This is the movie that would be at the top of my list(had I numbered them). It's American cinema at it's finest, which is to say it's about 50 years old. It's well-written and full of that Flash Gordon greatness.
  
  
• Dr. Strangelove
  
  Peter Sellers will never be anything but genius and this movie was his masterpiece. And for a comedy, people simply don't take it serious enough. The laughs are real, but this movie isn't really meant for laughing at.
  
  
• Murder on the Orient Express
  
  Murder Mystery is something my auntie got me into. This is that kind of old-style dapper British Agatha Christie sleuth whodunnit. It's just hilarious how happy the music is in this movie.
  
  
• Clockwork Orange
  
  Sci-Fi, genius, well-acted, well-written and a cinematic classic. It's actually a little darker than I like movies. But it's still a classic.
  
  
• Bedazzled
  
  It had to be on here. Peter Cook.
  
  
• A Scanner Darkly
  
  A nice piece of work, despite Mr. Reeves. Phillip K. **** will always be a favorite. You may well wonder why I have this one up instead of Blade Runner. Well, this is a placeholder for pretty much every Phillip K. **** movie ever made.
  
  EDIT: Good Lord!! You censored the poor man's name! Sacrilege! Poor Mr. ****! *I had such a laugh over this, you've no idea*
  
  
• Flash Gordon
  
  I'm a pretty big Flash Gordon fan and the fact that Brian Blessed is in it makes it movie gold. It's so cheesy, so awful that it can't help but loop around and be brilliant.
  
  
• The Count of Monte Cristo
  
  SWASHBUCKLING! It doesn't have Errol Flynn, but it's amazing and it does have Richard Harris in it, RIP.