What is the greatest film of all time?

In your opinion? It can be any kind of film, from superheroes to comedies to romances to dramas etc. It can by any type of film.

To me, it's easily:

Despite not being my favorite (it ties with The Avengers), I find the Dark Knight Rises a better film.

How about you?

Also, I looked, and no one has made

For me, and my limited knowledge of films

its

I.Forrest Gump

II.Remember the Titans

III. 8Mile

III.Man on Fire

V.A Knights Tale

Honorable mentionings

Inception, Wanted, Save the Last Dance, Lion King, Spider-Man,

Maybe not the greatest but they are definitely my favorites

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@FiMFTW: On that note, Godzilla 1985.

@FiMFTW: I never said The Avengers was the greatest film of all time. I said it tied for my favorite.

Pulp Fiction is my personal favorite.

I don't know what the greatest is, but my favorite is Avengers.

Wow, though question.. Heres a few classics thats hard to argue with:

• Bladerunner
• Leon
• Forrest Gump
• One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
• American History X
• Requiem For A Dream

Personal opinion aside, I believe everyone pretty much like these.

@TheCannon: Fine, but my point still stands.

In a world with such masterpieces as Citizen Kane, Schindler's List and Pulp fiction. With masterfully made film adaptations of great books like 1984, Shawshank Redemption, Fight Club, 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Godfather. And movies that prove a meaningful story can still be told while simultaneously giving us kick-ass action like the first two Terminator movies and the Matrix.

How could you possibly believe The Dark Knight F***ing Rises is better than all of them? A rushed, horribly passed film with gaping plot holes and post edit idiosyncrasies so prevalent you can almost smell them?

I'm not trying to start an argument, I'm just struggling to comprehend what new level of Batman fanboyism must have been reached for this type of thing to occur.

Pulp Fiction

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@FiMFTW: Okay, first off, do not call be a Batman fanboy. That's the biggest insult there is.

As for Rises itself, it's not rushed in the slightest (look at how slow the first two hours move). The only plot hole in the film is Bane and his henchmen suddenly getting motorcycles at a stock exchange.

Personal Fav: The Departed.

Best Movie ever made: Probably some great art film I've never seen.

It may be I'm the only one who;s heard of it but The Man From Snowy River could possibly be the best movie that every will be made.

@Edamame: I'm looking for one film, but if you can't decide and have to narrow it down to 3 or 5, that's fine.

@Bruxae said:

Wow, though question.. Heres a few classics thats hard to argue with:

• Bladerunner
• Leon
• Forrest Gump
• One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
• American History X
• Requiem For A Dream

Personal opinion aside, I believe everyone pretty much like these.

@TheCannon: Well, with that unbelievably convincing argument, I completely agree with you.

The Dark Knight Rises is the greatest cinematic masterpiece ever put to film, it is the greatest movie ever made, any movie that has ever been made is inferior to the Dark Knight Rises.

Who cares if American Beauty changed your life and the way you look at the world? Who cares if Fight Club left you speechless and awestruck while sitting in the cinema? The Dark Knight Rises is waaay better!

Because uh - It has Batman in it and stuff.

{Citation Needed}

The Correct Answer is still The Lord of The Rings..

@Rogan2112 said:

It may be I'm the only one who;s heard of it but The Man From Snowy River could possibly be the best movie that every will be made.

Is it an art film?

@TheCannon: Well, with that unbelievably convincing argument, I completely agree with you.

The Dark Knight Rises is the greatest cinematic masterpiece ever put to film, it is the greatest movie ever made, any movie that has ever been made is inferior to the Dark Knight Rises.

Who cares if American Beauty changed your life and the way you look at the world? Who cares if Fight Club left you speechless and awestruck while sitting in the cinema? The Dark Knight Rises is waaay better!

Because uh - It has Batman in it and stuff.

{Citation Needed}

@Decoy Elite: No it's a Australian "Western", though it's hard to classify as any one genre. It's got everything, pathos, humor, romance, adventure, amazing cinematography, amazing writing, directing, acting. Dang, I have to go watch it now. lol (Came out in the early to mid 80s btw starring Kirk Douglas, and a guy no one but me and people from Australia have heard of named Tom Burlison)

My favorite movie of all time is Reservoir Dogs.

@Rogan2112: Darn, ruined my theory then.

Sounds neat, might try and hunt it down on Netflix.

@Decoy Elite: lol obviously I can't recommend it highly enough. If you see it I hope you enjoy it a 100th as much as I do and you'll at least enjoy a decent movie :)

@PrinceAragorn1 said:

The Correct Answer is still The Lord of The Rings..

Love those films too!

@The Stegman said:

Pulp Fiction is my personal favorite.

-_- @ Quentin Tarantino movies being said.

No.

Best movies:

Bridge over the River Kwai

Ben-Hur

Casablanca

White Heat

Public Enemy (Cagney version)

Night of the Hunter

African Queen

2001: Space Odyssey

Cape Fear (original)

Out of the Past

Citizen Kane

Raging Bull

Spartacus

The Searchers

All those movies make any Tarantino film look like Troll 2.

In terms of the best full length film, that is really up for grabs as there are just so many great films from different genres that make them very hard to compare. Among my personal favorites would be Lawrence of Arabia, Watership Down and Le conseguenze dell'amore just to name three of the many films I love.

But if you were to ask me what my favorite short film of all time was I would have to say The Man Who Planted Trees, beats anything else in the short film genre by miles. You can even watch it for free on YouTube, it is only half an hour long.

Dunno about greatest film but my favorite would be brazil

Jurassic Park.

@The Stegman said:

I had a smile on my face the entire time

You heard it here first, folks, the pinnacle, the absolute peak of over a century of motion picture history, The Dark Knight Rises earned it's position on the basis that it made people smile.

Ha

Ha

Aha

If Aliens came to earth, asking to see the highest quality piece of media you had to offer, the most brilliant, marvelous and exceptional thing mankind has ever achieved using a camera, would it seriously be a f***ing Christopher Nolan Batman movie?

I have so many to name :\

-_- @ users being dicks over something completely subjective.

@Stormbox said:

Dunno about greatest film but my favorite would be brazil

+1.

I haven't even seen brazil, but you got one thing at least. No one can state the greatest movie.. We all are just stating our favourites :D

May be a fanboy...but I've recently fallen in love with this movie for just..the..everything

The acting was fantastic, the movie was hilarious, the movie had the drama factor, the movie also had some music and dance..it just had a little bit of everything.

@PrinceAragorn1 said:

@Stormbox said:

Dunno about greatest film but my favorite would be brazil

+1.

I haven't even seen brazil, but you got one thing at least. No one can state the greatest movie.. We all are just stating our favourites :D

Man you should watch it some time. Its the greatest film terry gilliam has ever made (and this is the man who directed 12 monkeys and fear and loathing in las vegas)

But yea, i dont think any of us can say which is the greatest film ever made, its all subjective

@judasnixon said:

@BiteMe-Fanboy: Man are you an film student?

Nah. Just got good taste. ;)

This has got to be my choice; it's my favourite movie of all time so this was a no brainer!

@FiMFTW said:

@The Stegman said:

I had a smile on my face the entire time

You heard it here first, folks, the pinnacle, the absolute peak of over a century of motion picture history, The Dark Knight Rises earned it's position on the basis that it made people smile.

Ha

Ha

Aha

If Aliens came to earth, asking to see the highest quality piece of media you had to offer, the most brilliant, marvelous and exceptional thing mankind has ever achieved using a camera, would it seriously be a f***ing Christopher Nolan Batman movie?

Man, has he killed your family or anything? :P

Haters gonna hate I suppose.

@Stormbox said:

@PrinceAragorn1 said:

@Stormbox said:

Dunno about greatest film but my favorite would be brazil

+1.

I haven't even seen brazil, but you got one thing at least. No one can state the greatest movie.. We all are just stating our favourites :D

Man you should watch it some time. Its the greatest film terry gilliam has ever made (and this is the man who directed 12 monkeys and fear and loathing in las vegas)

But yea, i dont think any of us can say which is the greatest film ever made, its all subjective

*makes a note in 'movies to be watched' list*

No way in hell everybody will agree on one movie. I can't pick one but since we can go as high as five here are mine: 
Ghostbusters 
Star Wars Episode IV 
Big Trouble In Little China 
Die Hard With A Vengeance 
Predator

Old action movies.

-_-