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Never seen it. But I suspect I may appreciate it as I rate the writer, obviously.

Threads is a film everyone who grew up in the 80's ought to be able to identify with, I vaguely remembered seeing a bit of it or hearing mention of it as a kid, so I bought a copy quite recently (along with several other nuclear war themed films from that era) thinking it would be a cheesy secondary-school style documentary that might be a bit of a laugh and remind me of my childhood days. As it happens it's the only film I've ever watched that I can honestly say I found genuinely frightening.

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Threads is a film everyone who grew up in the 80's ought to be able to identify with, I vaguely remembered seeing a bit of it or hearing mention of it as a kid, so I bought a copy quite recently (along with several other nuclear war themed films from that era) thinking it would be a cheesy secondary-school style documentary that might be a bit of a laugh and remind me of my childhood days. As it happens it's the only film I've ever watched that I can honestly say I found genuinely frightening.

I'll take this is a hearty recommendation. I'll follow it up.

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I need to add aswell that I think Threads sets a standard for political film-making that really hasn't been bettered in the 24 years since it was shown on tv. It's brutal, frank, and unapologetic in a way that you just simply will never see in film today due to the way the industry works.

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again, in no order:

Blade Runner

Evil Dead: Army Of Darkness

Fistful Of Dollars

For A Few Dollars More

The Good The Bad And The Ugly

El Dorado

Beverly Hill Cop

Beverly Hill Cop 2

Godfather Trilogy (I watch them in a oner every few months, so they are 1 film to me)

O Brother Where Art Thou

Other films I would maybe stick in there if I thought about it some more:

Serpico

Casino

Hang Em High

Police Academy 1

Every Which Way But Loose

The Running Man

Total Recall

and hundreds of others. Too many great movies.

Batman (1987) is great too, like in all seriousness.

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In no particular order:

Citizen Kane

Richard III

Empire Strikes Back

Clerks

Blues Brothers

Spinal Tap

Rocky

The Time Machine (original)

War of the Worlds (original)

Night of the Living Dead

These nearly made the list:

The Big Lebowski

Shaun of the Dead

The Crow

Blazing Saddles

Signs

Dogma

Beyond the Mat

The Warriors

Shaft

The Sound of Music

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1. Magnum Force

2. This Is Spinal Tap

3. Goodfellas

4. Dirty Harry

5. The Wicker Man

6. Midnight Run

6. Pulp Fiction

7. Monty Python's Life of Brian

8. The Blues Brothers

10. Trading Places

I reserve the right to alter this when I remember other films that should be in there.

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I only reasoned for films I thought might need defending... :p

- Stakeout - Sneaks in at number 10. I've always loved this film, I think it's really funny and Richard Dreyfuss is great in this. I'm a sucker for a good buddy cop film.

good call. i watched it again a month or two on freeview, and it really is fecking good.

i might even do a 'buddy cop film' top ten...

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Now I'm a big Woody fan (steady), but Manhattan has never been a favourite. Woody's character is a bit of a tube in it. It looks great though and you can't go wrong with Gershwin.

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I'm not sure if that's the one I'm thinking of, but does Woody Allen pretty much always play bumbling losers? I haven't seen him in anything half decent.

Here's a few of my faves, though I don't watch films that often (hence can't really get ten):

Taxi Driver

Vanilla Sky

How to get ahead in advertising- Same production company as Withnail + I, but much better. Richard E Grant plays an ad-man gone mad. V. funny, cutting satire on modern world.

The Wicker Man - Straight up eery.

Lolita

Dr Strangelove

Factotum - features Matt Dillon playing Charles Bukowski

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I find the ten films easy to come up with, it's the ordering that's a problem. If I had a bash though, it would probably look like....

1. Amelie

2. Ghost World

3. Taxi Driver

4. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

5. Rushmore

6. A Bout de Souffle

7. The Royal Tenenbaums

8. Trainspotting

9. A Very Long Engagement

10. Me, You and Everyone We Know

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