The Great Movie Tournament: Overall Event Overview

[Still Servant]

Love all the ones listed. Pale Rider is certainly on that list for me. I love that Bone Tomahawk was mentioned. A really good recent Western with a twist.

[Tommy]

Bone Tomahawk is really good but I will never watch that again, ha! That one scene did me in, holy shit!

Hell or High Water and No Country for Old Men also count according to IMDb.

[webstar1000]

Love all the ones listed. Pale Rider is certainly on that list for me. I love that Bone Tomahawk was mentioned. A really good recent Western with a twist.

Would I like that? I never seen it

[Still Servant]

Love all the ones listed. Pale Rider is certainly on that list for me. I love that Bone Tomahawk was mentioned. A really good recent Western with a twist.

Would I like that? I never seen it

I think you might!

[webstar1000]

Love all the ones listed. Pale Rider is certainly on that list for me. I love that Bone Tomahawk was mentioned. A really good recent Western with a twist.

Would I like that? I never seen it

I think you might!

Ok gonna grab it and check it out.

[Still Servant]

Bone Tomahawk is really good but I will never watch that again, ha! That one scene did me in, holy shit!

Hell or High Water and No Country for Old Men also count according to IMDb.

Hell or High Water and No Country for Old Men are modern Westerns for sure. My Western lists usually only consider period piece Westerns.

[fernandito]

I became freaking obsessed with Westerns after I read The Gunslinger at the ripe ole age of 17. I had the Netflix disc-based service back then and I musta watched all of Eastwood's westerns in the span of a month. Just couldn't get enough.

To this day I still love Westerns and although it's a relatively dying breed I still get excited when modern offerings are released. 3:10 to Yuma, The Proposition, True Grit, Bone Tomahawk. It's all groovy baby.

[DoctorZaius]

Ahh yes!!! Silverado!!! Another classic western tale!!!

Great story behind this one with Kevin Costner. Costner was supposed to be seen in flashbacks in The Big Chilll (he played the corpse, Alex) but was edited out the film entirely. Lawrence Kasdan felt so bad about it that he cast him in Silverado.

Costner is technically in some other westerns - Dances with Wolves (some consider it a western) and currently he's in Yellowstone on tv.

[Merlin1958]

Ahh yes!!! Silverado!!! Another classic western tale!!!

Great story behind this one with Kevin Costner. Costner was supposed to be seen in flashbacks in The Big Chilll (he played the corpse, Alex) but was edited out the film entirely. Lawrence Kasdan felt so bad about it that he cast him in Silverado.

Costner is technically in some other westerns - Dances with Wolves (some consider it a western) and currently he's in Yellowstone on tv.

What would you call DWW if not a western?

[Still Servant]

Ahh yes!!! Silverado!!! Another classic western tale!!!

Great story behind this one with Kevin Costner. Costner was supposed to be seen in flashbacks in The Big Chilll (he played the corpse, Alex) but was edited out the film entirely. Lawrence Kasdan felt so bad about it that he cast him in Silverado.

Costner is technically in some other westerns - Dances with Wolves (some consider it a western) and currently he's in Yellowstone on tv.

He was also in Open Range with Robert Duvall, which was pretty good. It's pretty standard fare, so a lot of people don't talk about it much.

[mae]

Round 3 started today! Thank you all for your continued great participation and diligent voting!

Here's where things stand after two rounds:

Moving on:

1. Alien 195.83%
2. Halloween 195.45%
3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 191.60%
4. Jaws 188.00%
5. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 186.91%
6. Star Wars 182.95%
7. Taxi Driver 181.67%
8. Dawn of the Dead 180.48%
9. The Exorcist 179.50%
10. Carrie 178.63%
11. Rocky 178.33%
12. Young Frankenstein 178.26%
13. Mad Max 177.50%
14. Serpico 175.95%
15. Apocalypse Now 175.71%
16. Invasion of the Body Snatchers 175.07%
17. The Omen 174.63%
18. A Clockwork Orange 174.36%
19. Deliverance 173.86%
20. The Godfather 173.86%
21. Animal House 173.61%
22. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 170.83%
23. Escape from Alcatraz 170.00%
24. Dog Day Afternoon 165.95%
25. Dirty Harry 165.53%
26. Westworld 165.00%
27. The Deer Hunter 158.22%
28. The Godfather: Part II 156.82%
29. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 155.34%
30. Enter the Dragon 153.68%
31. All the President's Men 152.73%
32. The French Connection 150.99%
33. Diamonds Are Forever 149.57%
34. Blazing Saddles 148.19%
35. Magnum Force 147.27%
36. The Rocky Horror Picture Show 147.04%
37. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 145.83%
38. Rocky II 144.74%
39. The Sting 144.51%
40. MASH 143.33%
41. Chinatown 142.49%
42. American Graffiti 141.67%
43. Patton 140.83%
44. King Kong 140.22%
45. Logan's Run 137.50%
46. The Gauntlet 135.22%
47. The Bad News Bears 134.78%
48. The Andromeda Strain 134.47%
49. Monty Python's Life of Brian 132.43%
50. Murder on the Orient Express 132.24%
51. Papillon 130.50%
52. The Return of the Pink Panther 130.44%
53. The Jerk 129.92%
54. The Muppet Movie 129.22%
55. The Towering Inferno 128.64%
56. Smokey and the Bandit 127.97%
57. Death Wish 127.72%
58. The Outlaw Josey Wales 125.00%
59. Superman 124.12%
60. Shaft 123.00%
61. Star Trek: The Motion Picture 122.77%
62. High Plains Drifter 122.59%
63. The Pink Panther Strikes Again 122.35%
64. Grease 121.97%
65. Three Days of the Condor 121.43%
66. The Poseidon Adventure 120.84%
67. Marathon Man 120.83%
68. Freaky Friday 118.84%
69. Live and Let Die 118.16%
70. Catch-22 118.01%
71. The Enforcer 117.00%
72. Assault on Precinct 13 116.67%
73. Straw Dogs 116.27%
74. Escape from the Planet of the Apes 115.87%
75. Soylent Green 115.87%
76. The Omega Man 115.28%
77. Kramer vs. Kramer 114.85%
78. The Warriors 114.50%
79. The China Syndrome 114.17%
80. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 113.64%
81. Annie Hall 112.50%
82. Charlotte's Web 112.50%
83. Coma 111.90%
84. Play Misty for Me 111.90%
85. The Hills Have Eyes 110.00%
86. Tora! Tora! Tora! 110.00%
87. Saturday Night Fever 109.14%
88. Silver Streak 109.10%
89. Up in Smoke 108.33%
90. Network 107.95%
91. The Last House on the Left 106.44%
92. Eraserhead 106.34%
93. The Day of the Jackal 105.45%
94. Frenzy 105.00%
95. Kelly's Heroes 104.55%
96. Midnight Express 104.55%
97. Duel 103.41%
98. The Spy Who Loved Me 103.06%
99. A Bridge Too Far 100.83%
100. Airport 100.38%
101. The Deep 100.38%
102. The Amityville Horror 100.00%
103. THX 1138 100.00%
104. Suspiria 98.81%
105. The Conversation 97.83%
106. The Last Picture Show 96.52%
107. Midway 95.66%
108. Oh, God! 93.00%
109. Hair 92.62%
110. Every Which Way But Loose 90.91%
111. Walking Tall 90.53%
112. Slap Shot 89.44%
113. Barry Lyndon 85.71%
114. Deep Red 85.00%
115. And Justice for All 85.00%
116. High Anxiety 84.38%
117. Mean Streets 82.58%
118. The Wicker Man 82.19%
119. Two Mules for Sister Sara 81.16%
120. Drunken Master 80.95%
121. Rollerball 78.03%
122. Thunderbolt and Lightfoot 76.89%
123. The Tenant 76.82%
124. I Spit on Your Grave 76.19%
125. All That Jazz 75.00%
126. Foxy Brown 69.92%
127. Fantastic Planet 69.56%
128. The Golden Voyage of Sinbad 66.56%

Eliminated:

1. Meatballs 100.91%
2. Phantasm 89.83%
3. Being There 88.93%
4. 10 88.57%
5. Tommy 86.36%
6. Jeremiah Johnson 86.36%
7. Five Easy Pieces 81.82%
8. Family Plot 81.34%
9. A Star is Born 79.84%
10. Last Tango in Paris 78.26%
11. Picnic at Hanging Rock 77.86%
12. Klute 77.64%
13. Watership Down 73.49%
14. The Mechanic 72.86%
15. Death Race 2000 71.77%
16. Fiddler on the Roof 71.36%
17. Black Sunday 70.86%
18. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore 70.43%
19. Time After Time 70.43%
20. Cabaret 70.35%
21. Convoy 70.00%
22. Orca 69.69%
23. The Eiger Sanction 67.51%
24. Robin Hood 67.27%
25. The Aristocats 66.67%
26. Let's Scare Jessica to Death 66.67%
27. Car Wash 66.66%
28. Manhattan 65.53%
29. Lenny 65.43%
30. Breaking Away 63.33%
31. The Abominable Dr. Phibes 63.10%
32. Force 10 from Navarone 61.17%
33. Carnal Knowledge 60.60%
34. The Getaway 60.00%
35. The Boys in Company C 59.48%
36. Dark Star 58.93%
37. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask) 57.73%
38. Nashville 56.44%
39. What's Up, Doc? 55.98%
40. The Brood 55.77%
41. Days of Heaven 54.77%
42. Pink Flamingos 54.17%
43. Badlands 54.09%
44. The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane 52.27%
45. Don’t Look Now 51.90%
46. The Shootist 50.91%
47. Cross of Iron 50.00%
48. Rolling Thunder 50.00%
49. The Seven-Ups 49.48%
50. Paper Moon 49.33%
51. Fritz the Cat 48.82%
52. The Kentucky Fried Movie 48.57%
53. Piranha 47.35%
54. The Parallax View 46.92%
55. Daughters of Darkness 45.00%
56. The Last Detail 45.00%
57. El Topo 44.05%
58. Coming Home 43.46%
59. The In-Laws 42.81%
60. Interiors 42.65%
61. Stalker 37.02%
62. Aguirre, the Wrath of God 36.51%
63. The Beguiled 35.79%
64. Scarecrow 34.09%

The Godfather dropped to 20th place, from 16th.

[amd013]

Well, still under 50% seen of what is left, but I have seen 56 or so of those left. But I had only seen 9 of the ones eliminated.

There are about 16 that I would consider watching before they are eliminated, if I find them for free.

[amd013]

Just subscribed to Disney+. Anyone know if there are any movies still in the tournament that are available on Disney+? I am guessing there aren't.

[mae]

The Muppet Movie. Also, Freaky Friday and Robin Hood, but they've been eliminated.

[amd013]

The Muppet Movie. Also, Freaky Friday and Robin Hood, but they've been eliminated.

Thanks, I should have thought of the Muppet Movie. I already added the Muppet Show to my watchlist. I have the first 3 seasons on DVD, but they never released the last 2.

[amd013]

My Darling Clementine
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Red River
The Searchers
Unforgiven
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Winchester '73
The Magnificent Seven
The Wild Bunch
The Ox-bow Incident
Ride the High Country
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Blazing Saddles
3:10 to Yuma (both versions)
Rio Bravo
Stagecoach
Once Upon a Time in the West
Shane
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
A Fistful of Dollars
For a Few Dollar More
Tombstone
The Naked Spur
Johnny Guitar
High Plains Drifter
Giant
3 Godfathers
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
Brokeback Mountain
Junior Bonner
God's Own Country
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
The Sons of Katie Elder
Hondo
Hud
The Big Country


Loads more but I'm tired and have to go through my records but these are some of my favorites.

I am often tempted by clickbait, so clicked on a top 25 list of westerns. I have only seen 4 on the list. Was surprised that only 3 Clint Eastwood films made the list (#1,#3, #5) (although maybe he is in some of the others, and I just didn't recognize it as a CE movie).

https://newarena.com/entertainment/t...ew_15_vmgrec_2

[DoctorZaius]

Well, still under 50% seen of what is left, but I have seen 56 or so of those left. But I had only seen 9 of the ones eliminated.

There are about 16 that I would consider watching before they are eliminated, if I find them for free.

Clearly the 70s was my wheel house - of the 128 remaining, I have not seen only 7 films. It was 8, but I watched Forbidden Planet last weekend - thanks to those who recommended it. It freaked my wife and kids out, but I thought it was pretty freaking cool.

[mae]

Apologies, forgot to post the updated standings once Round 4 started:

Moving on:

1. Alien 295.83%
2. Jaws 283.65%
3. Halloween 279.45%
4. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 277.31%
5. Mad Max 272.24%
6. Rocky 269.24%
7. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 268.73%
8. Star Wars 265.56%
9. Deliverance 263.86%
10. The Godfather 263.86%
11. Dawn of the Dead 261.43%
12. Escape from Alcatraz 259.47%
13. The Exorcist 258.67%
14. Dirty Harry 256.44%
15. Taxi Driver 255.58%
16. Young Frankenstein 255.53%
17. A Clockwork Orange 255.31%
18. Apocalypse Now 252.98%
19. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 252.65%
20. Carrie 252.54%
21. Serpico 250.95%
22. Invasion of the Body Snatchers 250.07%
23. The Omen 244.63%
24. The Godfather: Part II 243.78%
25. Animal House 242.03%
26. Dog Day Afternoon 235.95%
27. The Deer Hunter 235.49%
28. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 230.34%
29. All the President's Men 227.73%
30. Enter the Dragon 223.68%
31. Westworld 220.00%
32. The French Connection 215.99%
33. The Rocky Horror Picture Show 207.91%
34. Rocky II 205.61%
35. Blazing Saddles 204.19%
36. Chinatown 200.82%
37. Magnum Force 199.65%
38. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 195.83%
39. The Sting 192.34%
40. MASH 190.95%
41. Patton 190.83%
42. The Andromeda Strain 189.47%
43. Superman 187.76%
44. The Outlaw Josey Wales 185.00%
45. The Warriors 184.50%
46. Monty Python's Life of Brian 182.43%
47. King Kong 181.13%
48. Papillon 180.50%
49. The Return of the Pink Panther 180.44%
50. The Bad News Bears 180.23%
51. Smokey and the Bandit 177.97%
52. High Plains Drifter 177.59%
53. Logan's Run 174.34%
54. The Pink Panther Strikes Again 172.35%
55. The Muppet Movie 170.13%
56. Midnight Express 169.55%
57. Death Wish 168.63%
58. Escape from the Planet of the Apes 163.70%
59. Star Trek: The Motion Picture 162.77%
60. Shaft 162.13%
61. Charlotte's Web 160.12%
62. Three Days of the Condor 154.76%
63. Saturday Night Fever 151.25%
64. Mean Streets 129.95%

Eliminated:

1. American Graffiti 185.15%
2. The Jerk 177.29%
3. Grease 176.97%
4. Diamonds Are Forever 174.57%
5. Marathon Man 163.69%
6. Murder on the Orient Express 160.81%
7. The Towering Inferno 160.22%
8. The Gauntlet 160.22%
9. Live and Let Die 159.07%
10. The Poseidon Adventure 156.84%
11. Network 152.95%
12. The Omega Man 151.64%
13. The China Syndrome 150.53%
14. Soylent Green 147.69%
15. The Enforcer 147.43%
16. Coma 146.90%
17. Play Misty for Me 146.90%
18. Kramer vs. Kramer 146.43%
19. Eraserhead 145.47%
20. The Hills Have Eyes 141.58%
21. Assault on Precinct 13 140.48%
22. The Day of the Jackal 140.45%
23. Up in Smoke 140.15%
24. Silver Streak 139.10%
25. Suspiria 136.91%
26. Freaky Friday 136.23%
27. Catch-22 135.40%
28. Frenzy 135.00%
29. The Last House on the Left 133.71%
30. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 133.64%
31. Straw Dogs 132.94%
32. Tora! Tora! Tora! 132.73%
33. Annie Hall 132.50%
34. Kelly's Heroes 129.55%
35. THX 1138 126.09%
36. Slap Shot 124.44%
37. The Conversation 122.83%
38. The Amityville Horror 121.74%
39. Barry Lyndon 120.71%
40. The Spy Who Loved Me 119.06%
41. Duel 115.91%
42. Oh, God! 115.73%
43. The Deep 114.02%
44. The Last Picture Show 113.91%
45. A Bridge Too Far 110.35%
46. The Wicker Man 109.46%
47. Airport 109.08%
48. Walking Tall 108.71%
49. Hair 108.41%
50. Drunken Master 105.95%
51. Every Which Way But Loose 105.91%
52. Midway 104.75%
53. Deep Red 104.05%
54. Two Mules for Sister Sara 102.21%
55. Foxy Brown 99.92%
56. Fantastic Planet 99.56%
57. High Anxiety 99.38%
58. And Justice for All 95.00%
59. The Tenant 95.00%
60. Rollerball 91.67%
61. All That Jazz 90.00%
62. Thunderbolt and Lightfoot 86.89%
63. I Spit on Your Grave 84.89%
64. The Golden Voyage of Sinbad 76.56%

The Godfather jumped from 16th to 10th place (technically tied for 9th).

[fernandito]

Nice. Hopefully it climbs to the No. 1 where it deserves.

[DoctorZaius]

Top 64 films of the decade? Really?

Star Trek: The Motion Picture ?
Logan's Run ?
King Kong ?
Monty Python's The Life of Brian ?
Superman ? - Sorry Kris
Westworld ?

That's just at first glance.

So many truly great films gone bye bye.

[Randall Flagg]

I was sad to see American Graffiti go.
It was a coming of age film for me.

[DoctorZaius]

The eliminated list is so loaded with great films. I know it's probably my age, but I will reiterate my belief that the 1970s remains the best decade of films.

[mae]

Barry Lyndon eliminated, so yeah. But the members have spoken!

[fernandito]

I know it's probably my age, but I will reiterate my belief that the 1970s remains the best decade of films.

Yeap, the 70's for me too, with maybe the 90's right behind it.

[Still Servant]

I think Sci-fi has a lot of fans here, which explains Logan's Run.