It was one of the few "coming of age" tales that i was able to identify with... and it got me into martial arts.

Added support for Karate Kid into the list above.

It's a call for fresh voting from the remaining films, so all of you can vote again for those which you feel should make the cut for the final 100.

I'll wait till some of you go ahead, before putting my choices forward.

I'm not really clear about the fate of 'backburner' films. Although, as you say, some of them have the most negations, they also have the most initial votes, and are most likely to get more additional supportive votes when looking comparatively at the 'big list'.

As a fake example, maybe Shawshank Redemption got 3 negs, but had 2 initial support votes, and an additional 1 vote during discussion, for a total of +0.

If we 19-some folks look at all those +1 films, four people who haven't chimed in on Shawshank may say Shank is better than most of the '+1 films', and thus make it a +4 film.

For that reason, would you list the backburner films that have not made it into the Top 100 films?

Actually, the films in the backburner are the ones which received the most objections when we started the debate.

I'd say the films with any/all support in the 1-nomination list get precedence here. Instead of making things more complicated by adding those in the backburner, let's finish completely with the 1-nominations. Once we finish rustling through this list, we shall tackle all the remaining films, including the ones in the backburner.

There are still 37 films (+25 Honorable Mentions) needed, so we need at least 20-25 out of this present lot. The backburner films can fill any/few slots remaining.

If anyone supports any of these films for our 100, post.

Children of a Lesser God
TOOTSIE
Terms of Endearment
World According to Garp
Reds (1981)
Dangerous Liaisons
The Matrix
Apollo 13
Edward Sissorhands
Dead Poet's Society
NETWORK
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN
Born on the Fourth of July
Goldfinger (1964)
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Rain Man (1988)
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Topper 1937
Rebecca (1940)
Fantastic Voyage


I don't think I cast support for these yet:
THE DEER HUNTER
Day the Earth Stood Still
Planet of the Apes (1968)

I'm still pretty new to the forums, so could someone explain this to me?

My personal choices in 50 best movies (not in order)......
 

1. The Departed
2. Blood Diamond
3. Fight Club
4. A River Runs Through It
5. Pulp Fiction
6. Legends of the Fall
7. The Patriot
8. Braveheart
9. Lord of the Rings (all of them actually)
10. Saving Private Ryan
11. Gangster Squad
12. The Hobbit (both of them)
13. The Godfather
14. Full Metal Jacket
15. Untouchables
16. Mr. Brooks
17. Dances with Wolves
18. Last of the Mohicans
19. Sling Blade
20. Tombstone
21. Scarface
22. We Were Soldiers
23. Gone With the Wind
24. Goodfellas
25. The Matrix (all of them)
26. Seven
27. It's a Wonderful Life
28. Gladiator
29. Harvey
30. The Wolf of Wall Street
31. Good Will Hunting
32. 12 Years a Slave
33. Edward Scissorhands
34. Stand by Me
35. Bourne (all of them)
36. Green Street Hooligans
37. Harry Potter (all of them)
38. American History X
39. Pan's Labyrinth
40. The Last Samurai
41. The Breakfast Club
42. Boyz N the Hood
43. Doctor Zhivago
44. Gangs of New York
45. Rain Man
46. Troy
47. 300 (both)
48. Immortals
49. What's Eating Gilbert Grape
50. Alice in Wonderland (Tim Burton)

Due to lack of interest/voters/supporters, I'll have to close this compilation.

No choice.

Thank you for your work on it V. I really enjoyed participating. I thought it was a great idea. It's obvious to me our HDC members know a great deal about films of all genres. Maybe it's timing. Maybe more a Winter event.

Ditto