Top 5 Arnold Schwarzenegger Films

Super bored at work today...

1) Conan
2) The Terminator
3) Running Man
4) Predator
5) The Villain

That was easier than I thought. Maybe there won't be much discussion. I almost went True Lies in the 5th spot, but The Villain has a special place in my heart as a flick that was always on at the youth center when I was a small boy. I haven't seen many of his recent ones, but would like to check out Maggie sometime.

1) CONAN THE BARBARIAN

that's it. done. but I'll keep playing...

2) Terminator
3) Terminator 2
4) Predator
5) Commando [so bad, it's good. the sheer number of shitty/great one liners is worth it IMO]

1. Conan the Barbarian
2. Terminator
3. Predator
4. Commando
5. Total Recall

His recent films have been pretty good. Maggie isn't bad. He probably acts more in it than all of his other movies combined.

drewcula wrote: 1) CONAN THE BARBARIAN


5) Commando [so bad, it's good. the sheer number of shitty/great one liners is worth it IMO]

+1000

"Sully, remember when I said I would kill you last ? I lied"

And not to mention the absurd body count.

1. Conan the Barbarian
2. Terminator and Terminator 2 (it's my list, I can cheat if I want to)
3. Total Recall
4. Pumping Iron
5. TIE-- Predator, Commando, True Lies, Kindergarten Cop, Running Man, Last Action Hero, Twins, The 6th Day, Governor of California

1. Terminator: "I'll be back."
2. Terminator 2: Judgment Day: "Hasta la vista, baby."
3. Predator: "If it bleeds, we can kill it."
4. Conan: "To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women."
5. Total Recall: "Consider this a divorce."

1. Terminator

2. Total Recall

3. Terminator 2

4. The Running Man ( the casting of Richard Dawson is awesome )

5. True Lies - good mix of action and comedy

1. Conan the Barbarian

2. The Terminator

3. Total Recall

4. Predator

5. T2 Judgement Day

For T2, I can't stand the kid so that's why its last.

This is tough because most of his movies are hot garbage. "Which is the best canned beef?"

Ranking based largely on nostalgia and watchability...

1. PUMPING IRON (The best one-liner here is from Lou Ferrigno, after losing to Arnold insisting that "It dutht maykth me wan to twain hahduh! It dutht maykth me wan to twain hahduh!" He's partially deaf, so this is cruel, but I have never been able to get this out of my head.)
2. THE TERMINATOR (The best John Carpenter movie made by someone else. Best use of Arnold in a role too.)
3. TOTAL RECALL (Come for sweaty in-her-prime Sharon Stone, stay for Rob Bottin SFX)
4. CONAN THE BARBARIAN (2nd best use of Arnold in a role. Can't believe they remade this with that skinny dude.)
5. PREDATOR (Stan Winston SFX save the day. Movie's kind of shit though)

I really don't like Conan at all.

1. The Terminator (this is very much HIS movie. He's fantastic in it)
2. Dave (does this count as one of his movies? He's in it and I LOVE this movie)
3. Terminator 2 - this film gets worse and worse everytime I rematch it but I shouldn't forget how great it was the first time
4. Total Recall - why is no one mentioning this?!?! It's GREAT
5. Predator - love it
6. (i'll put a number 6 if Dave doesn't count) um..I guess True Lies. He's really good in this very under appreciated movie.

guilty pleasure: Running Man - this horrible movie is amazing. I can't turn it off when it's playing on TV. I really need a remake of this badly, but done more closely to the Stephen King novella

Black Barney wrote: guilty pleasure: Running Man - this horrible movie is amazing. I can't turn it off when it's playing on TV. I really need a remake of this badly, but done more closely to the Stephen King novella

Never happen, man. Do you remember how this ends? Never happen in a million fucking years.

This list is pointless because all Schwarzenegger movies are either:

- Terminator and Conan
- The other ones

Granted, some of the other ones are pretty good even at a guilty pleasure level (Commando rules, OK). But most of the other ones are pretty bad (True Lies, Last Action Hero, etc.). Predator sucks. The movie is terrible, it just has a great monster and some awesomely hilarious dudebro moments. One of the two Conan films and three out of the five (!) Terminator movies classify as "the other ones".

The Running Man was way ahead of its time. The movie is crude and badly made, but you can see where it influenced a lot of things from Mortal Kombat to The Hunger Games.

Does Battle Royale predate Running Man?

Jeb, I forget how it ends...can you remind me and put it in a spoiler text for others? I remember loving the book but can't remember the ending at all. I just wanted to re-read The Long Walk so badly I think I was tearing through Running Man too quickly

Black Barney wrote: Does Battle Royale predate Running Man?

No, not by a mile. Death in your game shows had a lot of play in DEATH RACE 2000 too, don't forget.

Black Barney wrote: Jeb, I forget how it ends...can you remind me and put it in a spoiler text for others? I remember loving the book but can't remember the ending at all. I just wanted to re-read The Long Walk so badly I think I was tearing through Running Man too quickly

In the novella, at least originally, not sure it's still available...

Oh wow, how do I not remember that at all? I remember Rage really well, but the only thing I remember from running man was dropping off packages in mailboxes and the competitor that bites it in the shed.