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Posted on 6/16/26 at 2:08 pm to
Posted by Bmath
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Member since Aug 2010
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Posted on 6/16/26 at 2:08 pm to
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I really like Temple of Doom but I might be biased because it was the first Indiana Jones movie I can remember watching.


Same. It’s the one that was always on TV when I was a kid.
Posted by The Eric
Member since Sep 2008
24499 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 2:25 pm to
Ready Player One was a damn fine movie
And while Spielberg may hate Hook, it’s the best Peter Pan movie.
This post was edited on 6/16/26 at 2:28 pm
Posted by Proximo
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Posted on 6/16/26 at 2:27 pm to
What a retarded list
Posted by bluestem75
Dallas, TX
Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 6/16/26 at 2:27 pm to
1-Raiders
2-Ryan
3-Jurassic Park
4-ET
5-Schindler
6-Minority Report
7-Last Crusade
8-Catch Me
9-Jaws
10-Close Encounters




This post was edited on 6/16/26 at 2:28 pm
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
95847 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 2:36 pm to
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4. Schindler's List (1993)
3. Munich (2005)


Ain't that peculiar? And I'm not even putting the stink on either one - Schindler's List is a legit great movie.

(But TEN places ahead of Raiders? indeed)

I mean, there is little question that Jaws, E.T., and Raiders are the Top 3.

And the second JP movie THIRTY FIFTH? A bad movie? Sure. But most of that was just it wasn't as good as the first by quite a bit (we call that "Temple of Doom" syndrome.)

A.I. at 18? Only 4 places behind Raiders? I'm not saying it's 35th, but that movie must be flirting with the high 20s or higher.

I've been critical of Saving Private Ryan as it is generally way, way too overrated by most - the Normandy landing scene is as good as films get, but it drops off drastically after that. Did Steven direct TWENTY movies better? of course not.

List would need a lot of improvement to be merely shite.

Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
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Posted on 6/16/26 at 2:54 pm to
Hey Jerry.


Posted by BCTigerFan
Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 6/16/26 at 2:58 pm to
West Side Story over Raiders? Sure Jan
Posted by dickkellog
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Posted on 6/16/26 at 3:09 pm to
for me jaws has not aged well pre cgi shark looks dated, it's a great book which i read after i saw the movie. hooper has an affair with brody's wife and dies in the book.

the central theme in the book is brody's inferiority complex revolving around being a townie, vs. the rich summer residents which was mostly left out of the movie.

compared to a movie of the same time period coma based on a micheal crichton book that movie, which i watched a couple of months ago on TCM and i thought that movie has held up great it still looks like a contemporary movie. where jaws just looks like an old movie because it is. it's 50 years old.

i think jaws could stand a remake.

my favorite seilberg movie is bridge of spies.
Posted by buckeye_vol
Member since Jul 2014
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Posted on 6/16/26 at 3:16 pm to
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33.5
28.5
12.5
I don’t think the authors knows hour an ordinal numbers work.
Posted by NOSHAU
Member since Feb 2012
13781 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 3:26 pm to
Saving Private Ryan 21? WTF?
Posted by SammyTiger
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2009
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Posted on 6/16/26 at 3:46 pm to
Raiders at 14 is kinda insane.
Posted by Thracken13
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Posted on 6/16/26 at 3:54 pm to
this - but for the Hollywood Reporter

Posted by kywildcatfanone
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Posted on 6/16/26 at 3:57 pm to
Duel is top 3 easily
Posted by Cole Beer
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Posted on 6/16/26 at 4:35 pm to
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West Side Story


I heard WSS was really good, but I didn't see it. Anybody confirm if WSS is good or not?
Posted by PuertoRicanBlaze
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Posted on 6/16/26 at 4:39 pm to
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JP2:LW gets too much hate. It's not near as good as the first one obviously, and there is some stupid in it. But it is still pretty damn good. But the simple fact that it ranks dead last is laughably stupid.



Far better than any Jurassic movie that followed...
Posted by Gifman
Clearwater Beach, FL
Member since Jan 2021
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Posted on 6/16/26 at 6:34 pm to
Ready Player One should be higher
Posted by H-Town Tiger
Member since Nov 2003
61035 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 6:38 pm to
The top 5 should be, in any order you prefer but chronologically
Jaws
Raiders
ET
Schindler’s List
Saving Pvt Ryan
With Jurassic Park next
This post was edited on 6/16/26 at 9:09 pm
Posted by Sun God
Member since Jul 2009
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Posted on 6/16/26 at 6:55 pm to
West side story at 5 is flabbergasting
Posted by Sun God
Member since Jul 2009
52255 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 6:56 pm to
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for me jaws has not aged well pre cgi shark looks dated, it's a great book which i read after i saw the movie

You’re entitled to your opinion but Jaws is probably the best example ever of a movie being better than the book
Posted by grizzlylongcut
Member since Sep 2021
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Posted on 6/16/26 at 7:02 pm to
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Don't know about Schindler's List because I started making out with my GF during the previews and missed the entire movie.


one of the best bits in Seinfeld.
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