Top Ten All-Time American Box Office Movies

S&W45Colt · Nov 26, 2013

This may have been done before, but I do not remember since I've been here.

One Rule: No Animation....give me a break. Actors make movies.

See below for my intentions when I said American Movies, I meant that were made with the US market in mind or had success in the American Cinema, not some abstract sub-titled foreign film that sold 4 tickets in the U.S. If that clears it up.

Here's mine, no particular order.

1. The Godfather
2. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
3. The Shootist
4. The Matrix
5. Casablanca
6. It's a Wonderful Life
7. Apocalypse Now
8. Gladiator
9. Citizen Kane
10. The Shawshank Redemption

zzzippper · Nov 26, 2013

Is The Good, the Bad, the Ugly an American movie?

I agree with The God father #1. The perfect movie.

jag312 · Nov 26, 2013

I thought The Good, the Bad and the Ugly was an Italian movie.

doublesharp · Nov 26, 2013

OP mentioned several of my faves but here are 10 I can watch over and over.

1. Tender Mercies
2. Open Range
3. Goodfellas
4. Bull Durham
5. The Great Escape
6. Coal Miner's Daughter
7. The Searchers
8. Unforgiven
9. Cape Fear (either version)
10. We Were Soldiers Once (and young)

S&W45Colt · Nov 26, 2013

Good point, let me redefine it, made for the American Box office. In other words, not something that was never shown anywhere except Tibet.

kozmic · Nov 26, 2013

In no particular order...
Godfather
Raging Bull
The Searchers
Vertigo
To Kill A Mockingbird
Saving Private Ryan
The Graduate
Rudy
Animal House
Groundhog's Day

finesse_r · Nov 26, 2013

The top ten movie list of all times is quite an undertaking. No doubt I have over looked several, but certainly these should be near the top.

1. Gone with the Wind – This is without a doubt the best movie ever made. Upstart Vivian Liegh wins her first of two Academy Awards and stole the show from Clark Gable.

2. Birth of a Nation - Politically important and technologically important. One of the movies most studied at UCLA film school.

3. 7. Apocalypse Now – Terrifying movie about Vietnam.

4. Blue Velvet –Dennis Hopper – Isabella Rosoline – This is probably to bizarre and violent for most people. It is a classic and the best thing Dennis Hopper ever did.

5. The Conversation Gene Hackman This and the package are perhaps Hackman’s best performances.

6. Blade Runner Harrison Ford – Rutger Hauer – Sean Young – Daryl Hannah – Edward Olmos

7. Unforgiven

8. Missouri Breaks

9. Hombre

10. Reservoir Dogs – Harvey Keitel – Tim Roth – Michael Madsen – Quinten Tarintino Old classic. Very violent

brucev · Nov 26, 2013

O. K. Let's play!

1. Lord of the Rings - All three parts.
2. Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
3. Casablanca.
4. Lawrence of Arabia.
5. Zorba the Greek.
6. To Kill a Mockingbird.
7. Once Upon A Time in The West.
8. The Searchers.
9. Bridge Over the River Kwai.
10. Dr. Zhivago.

bamabiker · Nov 26, 2013

I'll just list some I like to watch about anytime. No particular order.
1.Cool Hand Luke
2.The Outlaw Josey Wales
3.The Shawshank Redemption
4.Gladiator
5.Heat
6.Second Hand Lions
7.An Unfinished Life
8.Saving Private Ryan
9.Jaws
10.Christmas Vacation...got to have one comedy.

jlrhiner · Nov 26, 2013

Ben Hur
The Ten Commandments
Wizard of Oz
Gone With the Wind
Casablanca
Father Goose
Stagecoach
The Searchers
The Wild Bunch
The Professionals

the ringo kid · Nov 27, 2013

Absolutely no way to have a static top 10 favorites list--just impossible but here are 10 of mine:

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BCDWYO · Nov 27, 2013

No Country for Old Men
Unforgiven
Gran Torino
Godfather
True Grit
Fargo
Pulp Fiction
The Departed
Silence of the Lambs
Goodfellas
The Sting

DR505 · Nov 27, 2013

finesse_r said:
1. Gone with the Wind – This is without a doubt the best movie ever made. Upstart Vivian Liegh wins her first of two Academy Awards and stole the show from Clark Gable.

Stop right there! That movie was way over the top on everything...and too long by half. I wouldn't list it as a footnote, let alone number 1. Over acted, over produced, overblown. Though Vivian is one hot number, I'll grant you that!

barbsaurus · Nov 27, 2013

Ringo Kid,
You obviously like Marion Mitchell Morrison. I knew a USN Flight Officer who had the duke's likeness air brushed on the back of his flight jacket. In his job, he deployed with marines who didn't understand the USN flight jacket was not part of a uniform but was in fact a part of a costume. At least that was his story.

Varangi · Nov 27, 2013

Not in order:
1. The List of Adrian Messenger
2. Twelve O'clock High
3. Hell is for Heroes
4. Run Silent, Run Deep
5. The Eagle has Landed
6. Das Boot!
7. Go Tell the Spartans!
8. The Enemy Below
9. Shindler's List
10.The Iron Cross

How many people under 50 recognize all these movies?

Mike

wbraswell · Nov 27, 2013

Gone With the Wind- the pinnacle of filmaking, yeah, it's long, but the subjects almost demand it.
Casablanca
How the West was Won
The Longest Day
The Great Escape
Animal House
To Kill a Mockingbird
Dr. Zhivago
Citizen Kane
Braveheart
No gangsters or gorefests here.

LedFowl · Nov 27, 2013

You're going to need '2001: A Space Odyssey' somewhere in your top 5, I think.

the ringo kid · Nov 27, 2013

barbsaurus said:
Ringo Kid,
You obviously like Marion Mitchell Morrison. I knew a USN Flight Officer who had the duke's likeness air brushed on the back of his flight jacket. In his job, he deployed with marines who didn't understand the USN flight jacket was not part of a uniform but was in fact a part of a costume. At least that was his story.

Great story

And I like them all.I grew up classics movies deprived till we first got cable TV in town circa 1979? 1980? and then had access to WTBS and WGN when they both were great station. Duke is and will always be a top favorite of mine like Stewart, Heston, Fonda, etc. My username here is from the character (the: Ringo Kid) he played in Stagecoach--which is the movie that made him an "A" list star.

the ringo kid · Nov 27, 2013

Varangi said:
Not in order:
1. The List of Adrian Messenger
2. Twelve O'clock High
3. Hell is for Heroes
4. Run Silent, Run Deep
5. The Eagle has Landed
6. Das Boot!
7. Go Tell the Spartans!
8. The Enemy Below
9. Shindler's List
10.The Iron Cross

How many people under 50 recognize all these movies?

Mike

Im 46 & 1/2 and I recognize all of them like most of em.

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the ringo kid · Nov 27, 2013

For ALPO--before I forget::::

You had asked me about the B&W pic with Heston and a Japanese Officer. Its not Heston but is Jeffrey Hunter w/ Toshiro Mifune--who is my favorite Japanese Actor. This movie is Hell To Eternity and is the story of Guy Gabaldon who was a Marine in WWII who went on to win the Distinguished Service Cross and was also known as: "The Pied Piper of Saipan." Even though im not a Vet--the combat scenes especially the Banzai Charge towards the end--looks realistic. The movie also has: John Larch, George Takai, Vic Damone and David Janssen as their Sergeant.

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