Channel 4's 50 Films to See Before You Die

[Chris]

Channel 4 did another one of those countdowns the other day to coincide with Film4 becoming free, according to them this is the Top 50 Films to See Before You Die:

1. Apocalypse Now
2. The Apartment
3. City of God
4. Chinatown
5. Sexy Beast
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey
7. North by Northwest
8. A Bout de Souffle
9. Donnie Darko
10. Manhattan
11. Alien
12. Lost in Translation
13. The Shawshank Redemption
14. Lagaan: Once Upon A Time in India
15. Pulp Fiction
16. Touch of Evil
17. Walkabout
18. Black Narcissus
19. Boyz N the Hood
20. The Player
21. Come and See
22. Heavenly Creatures
23. A Night at the Opera
24. Erin Brockovich
25. Trainspotting
26. The Breakfast Club
27. Hero
28. Fanny and Alexander
29. Pink Flamingos
30. All About Eve
31. Scarface
32. Terminator 2 Judgment Day
33. Three Colours Blue
34. The Royal Tenen-baums
35. The Ladykillers
36. Fight Club
37. The Searchers
38. Mulholland Dr.
39. The Ipcress File
40. The King of Comedy
41. Manhunter
42. Dawn of the Dead
43. Princess Mononoke
44. Raising Arizona
45. Cabaret
46. This Sporting Life
47. Brazil
48. Aguirre: The Wrath of God
49. Secrets and Lies
50. Badlands.

Apocalypse Now at number 1!?!? That doesn't even deserve to be in the top 50, nevermind number 1!! Its just a borefest after the first hour (i like the beach landing bit and the line "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" but after that its just crap).

Where is Aliens (my favourite film ever) and where is The Green Mile on that list?!? The only film ever to make me have one of those "lump-in-throat" moments (not crying, i'm not a pussy, lol ). I'm glad that The Shawshank Redemption was fairly high on the list though (if you've never seen it, its on Film4 next monday at 9pm, brilliant film), and also that Manhunter got a mention, apart from missing Anthony Hopkins performance as Hannibal Lecter, Manhunter was far superior to Red Dragon in my opinion (Manhunter and Red Dragon are both based on Thomas Harris' first Lecter book, Red Dragon, incase you didn't know, plus Manhunter has got William Petersen who plays Grissom in CSI in it ).

To be honest though, this cant be a proper list, i bet its just a list of 50 films that Channel 4 has the rights to show, lol.

[~Wayne~]

I've seen around 1/3 or half of 'em

[TheLonelyRobot]

The Breakfast Club deserved to be way higher than number 26 xD

[~Wayne~]

My girlfriend is obsessed with that film, I got bored halfway

[Shane]

What was that wierd film with the Nuns or something that wes waaaay old?!

[Shane]

Okay, it's Black Narcissus

[Tim]

the godfather, well the hell is that!, thats advertised on film 4

[Patriot1776]

What do you mean Apocalypse Now doesn't deserve a spot? Sure it doesn't deserve numer one but it is definately one of the 50 greatest films of all time.

The list forgot all three films in the "Man With No Name" trilogy.

"The Searchers" also deserves a much higher spot.

[NotAChild]

The list isn't a rankings system.

It's 50 FILMS TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE. Not '50 OF THE GREATEST FILMS EVER'. Just remember that before you post again. It'll save your blushes.

[Chris]

The list isn't a rankings system.

Hmm, well you could have fooled me, especially considering that each film is numbered 1-50 i.e. a 'Rankings System'...

[Kuzaki]

I've seen pretty much every film on that list. I can die a happy man.

[Tim]

its not a ranking system i don't think its just 50 films u gotta see before u die and they've just numbered them

[Tami]

y the hell is lost in translation on there that is the worst movie


or pewrhaps thats y its on it