1- The Shawshank Redemption (also known in Argentina as "Sueños de Libertad"), released in 1994 by Frank Darabont. IMDB says: "Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency." Starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman.
2- The Godfather ("El Padrino" in Argentina), released in 1972 by Francis Ford Coppola. IMDB says: "The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son." Starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan.
3- The Godfather: part II, released in 1974 by Francis Ford Coppola. IMDB says: "The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York is
portrayed while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on his
crime syndicate stretching from Lake Tahoe, Nevada to pre-revolution
1958 Cuba." Starring Al Pacino, Robert de Niro, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton.
4- Pulp Fiction (also known in Argentina as "Tiempos Violentos"), released by Quentin Tarantino in 1994. IMDB says: "The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of
diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption." Starring John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel Jackson.
5- Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (also known in Argentina as "El bueno, el feo y el malo"), released by Sergio Leone in 1966. IMDB says: "A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a
third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery." Starring Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef.
Have you seen any of this movies?
Do you agree with that ranking?
Would you add or remove any movie to the ranking?
Which would be your own Top Five?
I have seen the first four movies of the ranking. I agree that The Godfather might be in any Top Five. Anyway, the ranking is full of american commercial movies, ignoring many good movies as the British "A Clockwork Orange", American old great movies as "Citizen Kane", by Orson Welles or "Modern Times", by Charles Chaplin, European films (of course) and even the "indie" American films, one of which, under my point of view, might be in a Top Five: "Everything is Illuminated", by Liev Schreiber, released in 2005.
ReplyDeleteI dare not make my own Top Five, I'm afraid of forgetting some great movie!
By the way, I recommend that last movie, you can find it in any video shop.
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