*OSM's TOP 45 Movies Contest - THE COUNTDOWN*

DWilson

I really do not think Rush Hour deserves to be in this list - it's just my humble opinion.

King Noel

@Majstor-Matt Good to see my 5th and 6th pick being on the list. Lion King and Rush Hour!!!!

Majstor Matt

                               #35 AMERICAN BEAUTY [1999]

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Director : Sam Mendes
Summary : Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) is a gainfully employed suburban husband and father. Fed up with his boring, stagnant existence, he quits his job and decides to reinvent himself as a pot-smoking, responsibility-shirking teenager. What follows is at once cynical, hysterical, and, eventually, tragically uplifting.
Genres : Drama, Romance

                              #34 SCHINDLER'S LIST [1993]

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Director : Steven Spielberg
Summary : Businessman Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) arrives in Krakow in 1939, ready to make his fortune from World War II, which has just started. After joining the Nazi party primarily for political expediency, he staffs his factory with Jewish workers for similarly pragmatic reasons. When the SS begins exterminating Jews in the Krakow ghetto, Schindler arranges to have his workers protected to keep his factory in operation, but soon realizes that in so doing, he is also saving innocent lives.
Genres : Biography, Drama, History

                               #33 TAXI DRIVER [1976]

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Director : Martin Scorsese
Summary: Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city. When Travis meets pretty campaign worker Betsy (Cybill Shepherd), he becomes obsessed with the idea of saving the world, first plotting to assassinate a presidential candidate, then directing his attentions toward rescuing 12-year-old prostitute Iris (Jodie Foster).
Genres : Drama, Crime

                               #32 DEADPOOL [2016]

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Director: Tim Miller
Summary: Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) is a former Special Forces operative who now works as a mercenary. His world comes crashing down when evil scientist Ajax (Ed Skrein) tortures, disfigures and transforms him into Deadpool. The rogue experiment leaves Deadpool with accelerated healing powers and a twisted sense of humor. With help from mutant allies Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Brianna Hildebrand), Deadpool uses his new skills to hunt down the man who nearly destroyed his life.
Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy

                              #31 INCEPTION [2011]

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Director: Christopher Nolan
Summary: Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a thief with the rare ability to enter people's dreams and steal their secrets from their subconscious. His skill has made him a hot commodity in the world of corporate espionage but has also cost him everything he loves. Cobb gets a chance at redemption when he is offered a seemingly impossible task: Plant an idea in someone's mind. If he succeeds, it will be the perfect crime, but a dangerous enemy anticipates Cobb's every move.
Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

AlbertoSab12

Deadpool! Such a great movie! Should be #1

WrinkledPaulsack

@SUPERNOVA-8 So you call people names they ask you not to call them:-p

Please don't call me Mr. Huge P****.

SUPERNOVA 8

@SUPERNOVA-8 said in *OSM's TOP 45 Movies Contest - THE COUNTDOWN*:

@Majstor-Matt Kevin? Yeah , that man rocks as an actor. True. And noway I'm gonna start calling you Bruce buddy. No worries. I just love teasing you and also reading your posts. Hahaha. Hug? :hugging:

@WrinkledPaulsack said in *OSM's TOP 45 Movies Contest - THE COUNTDOWN*:

@SUPERNOVA-8 So you call people names they ask you not to call them:-p

Please don't call me Mr. Huge P****.

Well if you read back my posts you will see for yourself that I never said that. I don't torture my friends this way...Calling them names they don't like. Pfff... :rofl:
And since you are one of my friends , believe me I would never call you this way , whether it would please you or not. I'd hate to see you climbing on such a high horse buddy !
So dream on Paul...

WrinkledPaulsack

Yep I posted that with good intention. I thought it was relatively mild, but I will stick to knock knock jokes for the future. By the way, it wouldn't please me at all. I'm comfortable with my attributes. This was never meant to be taken as an egotistical comment, but if it has been construed that way, then so be it. Won't lose any sleep over it

Majstor Matt

                               #30 300 [2006]

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Director: Zack Snyder
Summary: In 480 B.C. a state of war exists between Persia, led by King Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro), and Greece. At the Battle of Thermopylae, Leonidas (Gerard Butler), king of the Greek city state of Sparta, leads his badly outnumbered warriors against the massive Persian army. Though certain death awaits the Spartans, their sacrifice inspires all of Greece to unite against their common enemy.
Genres: Action, Fantasy

                      #29  STAR WARS: EPISODE V - THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK [1980]

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Director : Irvin Kershner
Summary: The adventure continues in this "Star Wars" sequel. Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), Han Solo (Harrison Ford), Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) and Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew) face attack by the Imperial forces and its AT-AT walkers on the ice planet Hoth. While Han and Leia escape in the Millennium Falcon, Luke travels to Dagobah in search of Yoda. Only with the Jedi master's help will Luke survive when the dark side of the Force beckons him into the ultimate duel with Darth Vader (David Prowse).
Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

                              #28 THE MATRIX [1999]

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Director: The Wachowski Brothers
Summary: Neo (Keanu Reeves) believes that Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne), an elusive figure considered to be the most dangerous man alive, can answer his question -- What is the Matrix? Neo is contacted by Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss), a beautiful stranger who leads him into an underworld where he meets Morpheus. They fight a brutal battle for their lives against a cadre of viciously intelligent secret agents. It is a truth that could cost Neo something more precious than his life.
Genres: Action, Sci-Fi

                             #27 PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL  [2003]

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Director: Gore Verbinski
Summary: Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead.
Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

                               #26 DOGVILLE [2003]

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Director: Lars von Trier
Summary: A barren soundstage is stylishly utilized to create a minimalist small-town setting in which a mysterious woman named Grace (Nicole Kidman) hides from the criminals who pursue her. The town is two-faced and offers to harbor Grace as long as she can make it worth their effort, so Grace works hard under the employ of various townspeople to win their favor. Tensions flare, however, and Grace's status as a helpless outsider provokes vicious contempt and abuse from the citizens of Dogville.
Genres: Crime, Drama

Bazelfc_NL

@SUPERNOVA-8 :goal: yeeh

King Noel

@Majstor-Matt So glad to see my number two pick; 300 making into the top 30! :thumbsup_tone4:

Majstor Matt

                           #25  LA VITA E BELLA [1997]

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Director : Roberto Benigni
Summary : A gentle Jewish-Italian waiter, Guido Orefice (Roberto Benigni), meets Dora (Nicoletta Braschi), a pretty schoolteacher, and wins her over with his charm and humor. Eventually they marry and have a son, Giosue (Giorgio Cantarini). Their happiness is abruptly halted, however, when Guido and Giosue are separated from Dora and taken to a concentration camp. Determined to shelter his son from the horrors of his surroundings, Guido convinces Giosue that their time in the camp is merely a game.
Genres : Drama, Comedy

                           #24 V FOR VENDETTA [2005]

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Director : James McTeigue
Summary : Following world war, London is a police state occupied by a fascist government, and a vigilante known only as V (Hugo Weaving) uses terrorist tactics to fight the oppressors of the world in which he now lives. When V saves a young woman named Evey (Natalie Portman) from the secret police, he discovers an ally in his fight against England's oppressors.
Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller

                            #23 INTERSTELLAR [2014]

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Director : Christopher Nolan
Summary: In Earth's future, a global crop blight and second Dust Bowl are slowly rendering the planet uninhabitable. Professor Brand (Michael Caine), a brilliant NASA physicist, is working on plans to save mankind by transporting Earth's population to a new home via a wormhole. But first, Brand must send former NASA pilot Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) and a team of researchers through the wormhole and across the galaxy to find out which of three planets could be mankind's new home.
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

                              #22 AVATAR [2009]

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Director : James Cameron
Summary: On the lush alien world of Pandora live the Na'vi, beings who appear primitive but are highly evolved. Because the planet's environment is poisonous, human/Na'vi hybrids, called Avatars, must link to human minds to allow for free movement on Pandora. Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), a paralyzed former Marine, becomes mobile again through one such Avatar and falls in love with a Na'vi woman (Zoe Saldana). As a bond with her grows, he is drawn into a battle for the survival of her world.
Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

                         #21 DEAD POETS SOCIETY [1989]

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Director: Peter Weir
Summary : A new English teacher, John Keating (Robin Williams), is introduced to an all-boys preparatory school that is known for its ancient traditions and high standards. He uses unorthodox methods to reach out to his students, who face enormous pressures from their parents and the school. With Keating's help, students Neil Perry (Robert Sean Leonard), Todd Anderson (Ethan Hawke) and others learn to break out of their shells, pursue their dreams and seize the day.
Genres: Drama, Comedy

Majstor Matt

Today we got 5 brilliant movies, every one of this 5 is brilliant in its own way and genre.. I love Nolan and he is my favourite director, and Interstellar was good, V for Vendetta is one of my fave movies that has such a strong message.. Life is Beautifull is a teardropper with such powerfull scenes as well.. but if I had to choose I for only one I would go with this pure brilliance called "Dead Poets Society": WHAT A MOVIE! People die, legends live forever. R.I.P Robin Williams