1. The Godfather Part II (1974): Francis Ford Coppola's exploration of the dark side of the capitalist American Dream, which parallels the young Vito Corleone's 1910s rise with his son Michael's 1950s spiritual fall.
2. Raging Bull (1980): Martin Scorsese's brutal character study explores the soul of a profoundly violent man and searches for the human core buried deep inside him; Michael Chapman's excellent black-and-white photography lends the film a stylized edge while sharpening its visceral emotional impact.
3. Taxi Driver (1976): Martin Scorsese's chilling psychological drama places an isolated, potentially volatile man in New York City, which is depicted as a grimly stylized hell on Earth, where noise, filth, directionless rage, and dirty sex (both morally and literally) surround him at all turns.
4. Goodfellas (1990): Martin Scorsese's stunningly ambitious and ferociously entertaining look at the netherworld of Italian-American organized crime is used as an unusual but very clear moral fable, and was shot and edited with an incredibly propulsive sense of rhythm.
5. Brazil (1985): Terry Gilliam's visually-stunning, near-psychedelic comic fantasy-nightmare succeeds precisely because it presents a grimy future with real similarities to the present, where technology and efficiency lead to more, not less, government interference and bureaucracy.
6. Mean Streets (1973): Martin Scorsese's examination of the daily struggles of a wannabe hood to keep his morals straight on the streets of Little Italy is the first Scorsese film to deal with themes of sin, redemption, guilt, and crime.
7. Once Upon a Time in America (1984): Sergio Leone's sprawling masterpiece is memorably conveyed through flashbacks, flash-forwards, dreams, and fantasies, and is driven by themes of guilt, honor, betrayal, and redemption.
8. The Deer Hunter (1978): Michael Cimino's Vietnam epic, which is both renowned for its tough portrayal of the war's effect on American working class steel workers and notorious for its ahistorical use of Russian roulette in the Vietnam sequences, creates an indelible metaphor for warfare and its atmosphere of sudden, random violence.
9. Casino (1995): Martin Scorsese's explosive story of crime and punishment details the inner-workings of a corrupt Las Vegas casino.
10. Jackie Brown (1997): Quentin Tarantino's adaptation of Elmore Leonard's 1995 book Rum Punch is a heavily stylized and intelligent character-driven thriller.
2006-07-02 15:18:43
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answered by Anonymous
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1. Taxi Driver
2. Godfather 2
3. The King of Comedy (with Jerry Lewis)
4. The Untouchables as Al Capone
5. The Fan
6. Goodfellas
7. Wag the dog with Dustin Hoffman
8. Casino
9. Bronx Tale Also Director
10 Cape Fear
2006-07-01 13:54:10
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answered by Anonymous
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10??? Wow...here goes:
1.) Godfather Part II
2.) The Deer Hunter
3.) Once Upon A Time In America
4.) Taxi Driver
5.) Heat
6.) Goodfellas
7.) The King Of Comedy
8.) Mean Streets
9.) Midnight Run
10.) Casino
2006-07-01 22:19:55
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answered by contrafilms 5
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1. Casino
2. Heat
3. Goodfellas
4. Meet the Parents
5. Meet the Fockers
6. Hide and Seek
7. Foxxy Brown
8. Taxi Driver
9. Raging Bull
10. The Godfather 2
2006-07-01 13:41:42
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answered by hamc322 3
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Rain Man. The Godfather. God send. Scarface. The Deer Hunter. Godfather II. Meet the parents.
2006-07-01 14:24:36
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answered by noteparece? 4
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1. Taxi Driver
2. The Godfather Part 2
3.The King of Comedy
4.The Deerhunter
5.Casino
6.The Don's Analyst
7.Heist (I think that's the name with Pacino & Val Kilmer)
I can think of more but not that I would put in top ten. I bet when I see the other answers, I'll smack myself in the head and say why didn't I think of that..
2006-07-01 14:31:22
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answered by please remove me from here 4
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These are in no particular order
Raging Bull
Taxi Driver
Awakenings
Casino
Sleepers
The Deer Hunter
The Untouchables
Midnight Run
Goodfellas
Backdraft
2006-07-01 13:38:34
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answered by pipi08_2000 7
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I can't think of 10. The only one I can think of that I really liked was Cape Fear
2006-07-01 13:43:16
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answered by njyecats 6
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meet the parents
meet the fockers
sleepers
the godfather
goodfellas
the untouchables
heat
and thats about it!!! can't think of any others
2006-07-03 00:30:23
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answered by rubytuesday. 4
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Cape Fear
2006-07-01 14:43:32
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answered by craig f 1
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