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Share some of your top 10 best/worst lists! Movies, songs, anything!

Movies:

10 - Star Wars (episode 4)
9 - Kingsman
8 - Der Untergan (Downfall)
7 - Kill Bill vol. 2
6 - The Fellowship of the Ring
5 - The Shining
4 - The Return of the King
3 - Inglorious Basterds
2 - Kellys Heroes/Kill Bill
1 - Kill Bill/Kellys Heroes

Edit: A few movies that should be on the list but I can't fit in: The Dark Knight, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Atlantis (the disney one)

Songs:

10 - Working man - Rush
9 - Toxicity - System of a Down
8 - Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
7 - Me and my Monkey - Robbie Williams
6 - Hysteria - Muse
5 - The Hardest Mile - Dropkick Murphys
4 - Bridges - Rise Against
3 - Re-Education (Through Labour) - Rise Against
2 - Tom Sawyer - Rush
1 - Knights of Cydonia - Muse

Top 10 Songs

10 - Eagle eye Cherry - Save tonight
9 - Led Zep - Black Dog
8 - Paramore - Brick by Boring Brick
7 - Rise Against - Chamber the Cartridge
6 - Falling in Reverse - Brother
5 - Memphis May Fire - Vaulted Ceilings
4 - Linkin Park - In the End
3 - Eminem - Lose Yourself
2 - Bring me the Horizon - Sempiternal
1 - Oasis - Wonderwall

Honourable Mentions

- Paramor - Emergency
- Linkin Park - Numb
- Bring me - Throne

Best PC Games (without order)
I missed some, probably

- Civilization
- Fallout 1, 3
- C&C Generals, ZH
- Jagged Alliance 2
- TES3 Morrowind
- Dwarf Fortress (stupid interface, though)
- Sim City
- Mad Max
- Close Combat V Invasion Normandy
- Dune 2

Worst PC games (not indie)

- Fallout 4
- Company of Heroes 2 (yeah, politics)
- World of Tanks (was funny at the start, but now its pointless to play)
- Minecraft
- Operation Flashpoint (I hate being killed every 1 sec and searching for every simple action in manual)
- Doom 3
- Diablo 3
- DOTA
- LoL
- WOW except for classic and cataclysm
- GTA 5 because I want to play it but can't

Oh I missed games!

10: Age of Empires 2 (one of the best games of my childhood)
9: Team Fortress 2
8: Minecraft (sorry, I'm really nostalgic)
7: Squad
6: Insurgency
5: Rome Total War
4: Mount and Blade: Warband
3: CS: GO
2: Medieval 2: Total War
1: Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (Unfortunately this doesn't run on Windows 10)

movies
10. Metropolis (fritz lang)
9. Jason and the argonauts
8. sweeny todd
7. district 9
6. Gattaca
5. Yojimbo
4. Full metal jacket
3. A clockwork orange
2. Seven Samurai
1. Iron man 1

I can confirm that the movies top ten list gets more difficult with age!

Honourable metions: skyfall, star wars episode7, captain america the first avenger, thor, watchmen, the dark knight returns, yellow submarine.


Ah, i forgot about 'gangster number 1' when i did the list. (kicks self)

Movies
10. As Good as it Gets
9. Casablanca
8. The original Dracula
7. Zootopia
6. Gladiator
5. Spaceballs
4. The Godfather
3. Rogue One
2. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
1. Mad Max: Fury Road

Games
Honorable mention to No Man's Sky, were it to ever reach the potential it promised.

10. Dragon Age: Inqusition
9. Crystalis
8. Undertale
7. Suikoden 2
6. Skyrim
5. Mass Effect 2
4. Okami
3. Fallout 4
2. Journey
1. Dark Souls 3/Bloodborne (tie)

Books
10. Longitude
9. The Great Gatsby
8. Beowolf
7. The Canterbury Tales
6. Complete Works of Shakespeare
5. A Walk in the Woods
4. Joy of Cooking
3. D-Day
2. A Short History of Nearly Everything
1. The Plague

Movies:
1) Braveheart
2) American Sniper
3) Gladiator
4) Deadpool
5) 13 Hours
6) Home of the Brave
7) Mad Max Fury Road
8) Avatar
9) Guardians of the Galaxy
10) We Were Soldiers

Honorable mentions:
Lord of the rings/Hobbits
Star Wars
Sin City

Video Games:
1) Everquest
2) Mass Effect 2
3) Gears of War
4) Legend of Legaia
5) Fallout 4
6) Elder Scrolls Skyrim
7) Battle for Middle Earth
8) MechWarrior 2
9) StarCraft
10) Unreal Tournament

Honorable mentions:
Turok 2 Seeds of Evil
Goldeneye
Starfox

Books:
1) One Second After- William R. Forstchen
2) The Remaining- D J Molles
3) The Long Road- G Michael Hopf
4) The Last Chancers- Gav Thorpe
5) War of the Spider Queen (series)- various Authors
6) Iron Company- Chris Wraight
7) Forged By Chaos- C L Werner
8) Old Mans War- John Scalzi
9) Enders Game- Orson Scott Card
10) Shadowmage- Matthew Sprange

Honorable mentions: Beowulf, Silmarillion, MechWarrior Dark Age: The Last Charge

Albums:
10. Master of Puppets - Metallica
9. Swamplord - Kalmah
8. Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedys
7. Vengence - Tradgedy
6. Closer - Joy Division
5. Australasia - Pelican
4. Walk Among Us - Misfits
3. Beyond - Dinosaur Jr
2. Suffer - Bad Religion
1. No Control - Bad Religion

Books:
10. Night Falls Fast - Kay Redfield Jamison
9. Hyperspace - Michio Kaku
8. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
7. If on a winter's night a traveler - Italo Calvino
6. The Martian - Andy Weir
5. A Man Without a Country - Kurt Vonnegut
4. Player Piano - Kurt Vonnegut
3. Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut
2. Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell
1. Breakfast of Champions - Kurt Vonnegut

 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:
Albums:
10. Master of Puppets - Metallica
9. Swamplord - Kalmah
8. Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedys
7. Vengence - Tradgedy
6. Closer - Joy Division
5. Australasia - Pelican
4. Walk Among Us - Misfits
3. Beyond - Dinosaur Jr
2. Suffer - Bad Religion
1. No Control - Bad Religion

That's a pretty decent top ten. You didn't skate in high school, did you?

 feeder wrote:
You didn't skate in high school, did you?

I did (I was in high school during the resurgence of skating in the 90s) and still occasionally do.

hm.. let me think..
Music:

1) 1812 Festival Overture in E-flat major, Op. 49 - Tchaikovsky
2) Carmina Burana - O Fortuna - Carl Orff
3) Carmina Burana - Fortune plango vulnera - Carl Orff
4) Sunshine (Adagio in D minor) - John Murphy & Underworld
5) For the World ( 'Hero' Soundtrack ) - Tan Dun
6) The Ballade of Puppets: Flowers Grieve and Fall - Kenji Kawai
7) Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 129 - Ludwig van Beethoven
8) Piano Sonata No. 14 'Quasi una fantasia' in C-Sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 - Ludwig van Beethoven
9) O mio babbino caro - Giacomo Puccini
10) Ellens Gesang III 'Hymne an die Jungfrau', D 893 Op. 52 No. 6 - Franz Schubert

Probably the weirdest 'music' list in this thread, but.. oh well.

Games:
1) Fallout NV
2) Fallout 4
3-5) Mass Effect 1-3
6) Star Wars KotOR
7) Star Wars KotOR 2
8) World of Warcraft
9) Warcraft 3 & Frozen Throne
10) Minecraft

And movies.. well, i don't really watch movies, so i'll narrow it down to 3.
1) Hero
2) Ghost in the Shell
3) Grave of the Fireflies

Not sure if I can fit classical in my top 10s, but I have a few favs:

5: Swan lake
4: Flight of the Valkyries
3: 1812 Overture
2: Symphony No. 9
1: O fortuna

My favorites:
Movies:
10: San Andreas
9: Mad Max: Fury Road
8: Dante's Peak
7: Big Trouble in Little China
6: Hellfighters
5: Kelly's Heroes
4: Avatar
3: The Avengers
2: Aliens
1: Star Wars (all of them together, yes, including the prequels, TFA, and Rogue One. They're kind of a package deal!)

Video Games/MMOs:
10: Hearthstone (PC/phone/tablet)
9: Donkey Kong 64 (N64)
8: Runescape (PC)
7: Assassin's Creed: Black Flag (PS3/PS4)
6: Call of Duty: Black Ops II (PS3)
5: Total Annihilation (PC)
4: Battlefield 4 (PS4)
3: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (various)
2: Starcraft II (PC)
1: Super Smash Bros. Melee (Gamecube)

Books:
10: Cataclysm- Tim Washburn
9: One Second After- William R. Forstchen
8: 2001: A Space Odyssey- Arthur C. Clarke
7: Dune- Frank Herbert
6: The Books of Swords (series)- Fred Saberhagen
5: Ender's Game- Orson Scott Card
4: Fragment- Warren Fahy
3: The Andromeda Strain- Michael Crichton
2: Destroyermen (series)- Taylor Anderson
1: The Lord of the Rings (trilogy)- J.R.R. Tolkien

If these are by personal favorites, then for games:

10 - Saint's Row the Third
9 - Pokemon Sapphire
8 - System Shock 2
7 - Planescape: Torment
6 - TF2
5 - Mass Effect 2
4 - Civilization IV
3 - Dwarf Fortress
2 - Skyrim
1 - Mount and Blade: Warband

Books:

10 - Death Note (Manga counts, right?) (Tsugumi Ohba)
9 - Anything by H.P. Lovecraft, but especially The Color Out of Space
8 - Shadowmarch (Tad Williams)
7 - The Lucifer Effect (Philip Zimbardo)
6 - Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
5 - Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
4 - Thinner (Stephen King)
3 - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
2 - A Song of Ice and Fire (George R. R. Martin)
1 - It (Stephen King)

Movies:
1: Ghost Busters (The Original)
2: The Thing
3: The Grand Hotel Budapest
4: Young Frankenstein
5: Moon
6: Raiders of the Lost Ark
7: Stand By Me
8: Pete's Dragon (The Original)
9: The Explorers
10: Guardians of the Galaxy

Games:
10: Doom the whole series
9 : alien vs predator
8 alien vs predator 2
7 alien versus predator
6 star craft 1 brood war
5 super Mario 3
4 blood borne
3 twisted metal 2
2 dawn of war 1 the actual good game.
1: mortal kombat 2 maybe Xl because goro.


Movies

10. Resident evil 1
9 alien reseraction
8 doom
7 highlander
6 tremors
5 jaws
4 Jurassic park 2
3 krampus
2 predator 1 and 2 can't pick.
1 Jurassic park 1 best movie ever made.

Movies (no particular order)


10. The Fifth Element
9. Blade Runner
8. Alien
7. Aliens
6. Guardians of the Galaxy
5. Apocalypse Now
4. Godfather
3. Thank You for Smoking
2. God Bless America (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1912398/?ref_=nv_sr_1)
1. Mad Max: Fury Road

I might have to update my lists, seven months of discovering new music and movies does a lot to you!

Movies:

10 - Der Untergang
9 - The Shining
8- Kill Bill 2
7- Fellowship of the Ring
6- Sicario
5- American History X
4- The Iron Giant
3- Kellys Heroes
2- Inglorious Basterds
1- Kill Bill

Honourable Mentions: Rogue One, Kingsman, Mad Max: Fury Road

Songs:

10- Satellite - Rise Against
9- Me and My Monkey - Robbie Williams
8- Lie Lie Lie - Serj Tankian
7- Revenga - System of a Down
6- Plug in Baby - Muse
5- Tom Sawyer - Rush
4- Forest - System of a Down
3- Exogenesis Symphony - Muse
2- Jesus of Suburbia/Homecoming - Green Day
1- Knights of Cydonia - Muse

Honourable Mentions: Empty Walls - Serj Tankian (live w/ orchestra in Auckland), Hypnotize - System of a Down, Longview - Green Day

PC Games:

10- War Thunder
9- Rome Total War
8- CS 1.6
7- Age of Empires 2
6- Mount and Blade: Warband
5- Rainbow Six: Siege
4- Medieval 2: Total War
3- CS: GO
2- Worms World Party
1- Medal of Honor: Allied Assault

Albums:

10- Origin of Symmetry - Muse
9- Endgame - Rise Against
8- Elect the Dead - Serj Tankian
7- Hypnotize - System of a Down
6- Dookie - Green Day
5- Black Holes and Revelations - Muse
4- American Idiot - Green Day
3- Mezmerise - System of a Down
2- Absolution - Muse
1- Moving Pictures - Rush

This is fun!

Movies:

LoTR
Star Wars original trilogy
Spaceballs
Twelve Monkeys
Kelly's Heroes
Guardians of the Galaxy
Akira
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly
Once Upon a Time in the West

In no particular order

Games (in order of most time wasted on it to least)
1) Magic: the Gathering
2) Heroes of Might and Magic 3
3) Starcraft
4) Planescape: Torment (not so much time spent but man is this game awesome!)
5) Dungeons & Dragons
6) Civilization 5
7) Baldur's Gate 2
8) Diablo 2
9) HoMM 5
10)Bloodbowl

Music:

10) Ride On - AC/DC
9) Hurt - Johnny Cash
8) Piano Man - Billy Joel
7) ParadiseBy the Dashboard Light - Meat Loaf
6) Dream On - Aerosmith
5) Learning to Fly - Pink Floyd
4) Hotel California - The Eagles
3) Let There Be Rock - AC/DC
2) Innuendo - Queen
1) Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd

The top 3 were easy, but man is music a hard one. I can easily add another twenty songs that should be in the top 10. Yeah, I know that doesn't add up. Also, what can I say? I like my classics.

My top 10 will be made with mixed stuff, this would be quite funny:

1) Video Games: Mass Effect 2 & 3
2) Movie: Aliens
3) Comic: Watchmen
4) Album: WASP - The Crimson Idol
5) Tv Series: Chuck
6) Movie: The Good The Bad And The Ugly
7) Games: 40k Orks
8) Album: Cowboys From Hell
9) Comic: Sin City
10) Books: Stieg Larson - Millenium Trilogy

I wish I had rooms for video games Max Payne and Baldur's Gate 2, the movie American Beauty and tv series Game of Thrones but only 10 positions, so they're out.

Best holiday memories:

Wexford (Ireland)
Gran Canaria
Southern Spanish Coast x2
Portugal
San Diego
Donegal (Ireland)
Western France
Euro Disney
Thailand

My top 10 tanks

1) Merkava all generations, because it's the best for its crew
2) T-14 Armata with 152mm and 30mm guns, because of dakka
3) Abrams during Desert Storm for its front armour and night vision
4) T-54/T-55, because it still heavy fighting after hundred years
5) Renault FT, because of it's effectiveness and design still used today
6) T-34, because it's a victory weapon (can't say it was better than Sherman for USA, though)
7) Pz Tiger, because it wiped a lot of T-34's
8) T-72M, because you get everything you need for a cheap price
9) KV-1 for it's enormous armour at early war
10) Leopard-2, because of it's well-rounded characteristics and cool look

My top 10 guns

1) FN FAL, because i love it
2) Lee-Enfield rifle. Best bolt action of it's period, IMHO
3) MG-42, because I sad it was used by opposite side
4) AK-47 and modifications. My favorite - AKS-74U
5) Early cowboy revolvers
6) HK416, because it beats AK
7) StG-44 for it showed what's an assault rifle looks like
8) Lewis machine gun. because it looks funny
9) Flintlock musket. Because served a long time
10) Any gun you have when you need a gun

More Germans in the list? It says about something...

 Freakazoitt wrote:
My top 10 tanks

Great idea!

10. Saint-Chamond
9. Matilda II
8. T-34/85
7. A27M Cromwell
6. ISU-152
5. Medium Mark A Whippet
4. Mk I-V heavy tank (I'm just lumping all of the early British heavy tanks together)
3. M3 Lee/Grant
2. Crusader III
1. M4A3E8 Sherman

Good idea Freakazoitt1

10. Strv 122 (Swedish Leopard 2A5)
9. Panzer II
8. T-34/76
7. M3 Lee
6. M36 Tank Destroyer
5. Matilda II
4. BT-5
3. Strf 90 (swedish AFV)
2. KV-2
1. Strv 103

Top ten video game weapons:

10. G36C, Rainbow Six: Siege
9. BAR, Battlefield 1
8. MP40, Medal of Honor, Allied Assault
7. Homing Missile, Worms World Party
6. AKS-74U, Squad
5. M16, Insurgency
4. SMG-11, Rainbow Six Siege
3. MP7, CS: GO
2. LAW Rocket Launcher, Squad
1. AK-47, CS: GO

Not in order:
Movies:
*Creature from the Black Lagoon
*Star Wars
*African Queen
*Southern Comfort
*Alien
*Spartacus
*The Long Riders
*Battle of Britain
*The Thing From Another World (original black and white)
*Last of the Mohicans

Songs:
*too many but I will mention Pachabel, Queen, Fats Domino, Wilson Pickett, Waylon Jennings, and Johnny Cash

I'll add:
Novels:
*The Golden Torc
*To Kill a Mockingbird
*A Time to Kill
*LOTR (Derp of course Dakka Dakka board)
*Phantoms
*Dune
*Ron Howards' Conan novels
*The Illearth War
*The collected works of John Locke
*Heller's O God



Plays/Musicals:
*Chicago
*Phantom of the Opera
*Creepshow the Musical
*Richard II
*Julius Caesar

My top 10 RPG's of all tme

Final Fantasy VII
Phantasy Star IV
Suikoden 2
World of Warcraft
Dark Souls
Mass Effect 2
Grandia
The Adventures of Alundra
Alpha Protocol
Star Ocean: The Second Story

Songs:
1. One - Metallica
2. Ocean Front Property - George Strait
3. Ball and Chain - Social Distortion
4. Brews - NOFX
5. Lori Meyers - NOFX
6. Green Field of France - Dropkick Murphy's
7. Last Caress - Misfits
8. Where Eagle's Dare - Misfits
9. do what you want - Bad Religion
10. Superman - Goldfinger

Honorable Mention because its my wife and I's song. Picture - Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow and 21st century digital boy - Bad Religion

Top 10 sandwiches...


10. BLT made by me.
9. Pit Beef from Baltimore.
8. The 'Wise Guy' Italian sub from Fontano's in Chicago.
7. Italian Beef with Hot and Sweet Peppers, baptized(dunked), from Mr. Beef in Chicago.
6. Pulled Pork from Germantown Commissary in Memphis.
5. BBQ Brisket from Fountain's BBQ in Chicago.
4. McDonald's Double Filet-o-Fish.(guilty pleasure, can't help myself)
3. Reuben from Katz's Deli in NYC.
2. Bacon Double Cheeseburger, preferably from my backyard grill.
1. The 'Woody Allen' at One City Diner in Chicago...oh, baby!

Now to vacuum drool from between the keys on keyboard.

My top 10 fishing flies

10. Elk hair caddis
9. Standard Adams dry fly
8. Deer hair beetle
7. Dark sulphur nymph
6. Wooly bugger
5. Pheasant tail nymph
4. Hare ear nymph
3. comparadun dry fly
2. Zebra midge
1. Parachute dry fly

Top 10 Songs - No order

Tool - The Patient
Tool - The Grudge
Led Zep - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
Jimmi Hendrix - All Along the Watch Tower
The Toodies - Tyler
The Smiths - How Soon is Now
New Order - Blue Monday
Radiohead - 2+2 =5
Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
Metallica - (Blue Oyster Cult Cover) Astronomy

Movies - No order

Gladiator
The Matrix
Man on Fire
Startrek First Contact
Sunshine
Prometheous
Apollo 13
Mystic River
Terminator 2 Judgement Day
WALLE (just to cute not to mention)

On a side note - Worst Movie Ever = Cloud Atlas