Top Fives

[Dorset Girl]

Another random thread. Stu or BS, if you think that this should be moved to the 'games' section, feel free - I wasn't sure where to put it.

My insomniac brain was in 'geek' mode last night and wouldn't let me sleep because it was thinking about all my fave things, some of which I've listed below! I invite you all (if you're bored enough) to join in with your own 'top five' lists for any subject you like! I deliberately went for five instead of ten, which I think is harder because you have to be more specific.

[Dorset Girl]

Here are some of mine.

Top five films
1. Toy Story 2
2. Toy Story
3. Con Air
4. Shutter Island (I know I rated ‘Knowing’ higher, but after a rewatch of SI, I’ve changed my mind!)
5. Fifth Element

Top five TV dramas
1. Life on Mars
2. Lost
3. Dexter
4. Ashes to Ashes
5. Breaking Bad

Top five music tracks
1. Roxette – Fading Like a Flower
2. Train – Drops of Juliter
3. Depeche Mode – Enjoy the Silence
4. Martyn Joseph – Between the Raindrops
5. Muse – Time is Running Out

Top five sitcoms
1. The Fall & Rise of Reginald Perrin
2. M*A*S*H
3. Frasier
4. Red Dwarf
5. Third Rock from the Sun

[woggle]

Cooooooool idea .... gonna take me a min to think on this one sooo be back with my lists as soon as a rack me brains .

[Karin]

Great idea, DG!

Top five TV shows
1. Frasier
2. The West Wing
3. Monk
4. 24
5. The Daily Show

Top five songs
1. Muse - Time is Running Out
2. Pearl Jam - Black
3. Keane - Somwhere Only We Know
4. U2 - One
5. The Who - Baba O'Riley

Top five cities
1. New York City
2. Rome
3. Victoria
4. Cologne
5. Boston

[Dorset Girl]

3. Keane - Somwhere Only We Know

That narrowly missed being in my top five too, it's a beautiful song.

Top five cities
1. New York City

If I'd visited more places, I'd do a 'cities' list too - but I've hardly been anywhere! NYC is fantastic, though - wish I could go back there.

[woggle]

Glad to see 24 on your list Karin ... did you get to see the whole series yet? i know u were working your way thru them .

Top 5 films

1. Saving private ryan
2. The princess bride
3. District 9
4. Mamma Mia
5. Fight club

Top 5 songs

1. N.E.R.D - Rock star
2. AC/DC - Thunderstruck
3. Blink 182 - all the small things
4. Brandon Flowers - crossfire
5. Fergal sharkey a good heart


Top 5 clothing brands

1. Adidas
2. Animal
3. Quicksilver
4. Superdry
5. DC

Top 5 chocolates / sweets

1. Toffifee
2. Lindt
3. Topic bar
4. Guylian
5. Chocolate cups

[Karin]

3. Keane - Somwhere Only We Know

That narrowly missed being in my top five too, it's a beautiful song.

Yeah, it’s really hard when you have to narrow it down to five! I came up with about 15 songs that actually could have made it into my top five.

[Karin]

Glad to see 24 on your list Karin ... did you get to see the whole series yet? i know u were working your way thru them .

I finished season 7 a couple of weeks ago, then I got S8 for Christmas and I just started watching it last night. I really loved season 7, I thought it was one of the best so far.

[barnaclelapse]

Top Five First Five Numbers:
1. 4
2. 3
3. 5
4. 1
5. 2

Okay I'm kidding.

Top Five Bruce Springsteen Songs:
1. Candy's Room
2. Girls in Their Summer Clothes
3. Atlantic City
4. The Rising
5. The Wrestler

Top Five Movies of 2010:
1. Shutter Island
2. Toy Story 3
3. Inception
4. Red
5. Tron Legacy

Top Five Robert Mitchum Movies I've Seen So Far (Since I've been watching a lot of his stuff lately):
1. The Friends of Eddie Coyle
2. Night of The Hunter
3. Farewell, My Lovely
4. His Kind of Woman!
5. Cape Feare/Yakuza.

[Dorset Girl]

Top Five First Five Numbers:
1. 4
2. 3
3. 5
4. 1
5. 2

I honestly thought to myself when creating this thread 'Barney will see it and come up with a ridiculous list before he writes any real ones.' I swear that's what I thought! Actually, I thought you'd start with pizza toppings.

Hey, that's a good one:

Top five pizza toppings

1. onion
2. tomato
3. cajun chicken
4. mushrooms
5 garlic sprinkles

[Dorset Girl]

Top Five Movies of 2010:
1. Shutter Island

That's good to see. I remember you saying you thought the ending was predictable?

Hey, and when he walks up the stairs in the lighthouse, why is his clothing dry?

[welshben23]

Top 5 Films

1. The Green Mile
2. Die Hard
3. Raging Bull
4. Independence Day
5. Man on Fire

Top 5 TV Dramas

1. The West Wing
2. 24
3. The Sopranos
4. Lost
5. NYPD Blue

Top 5 TV Sitcoms

1. Frasier
2. Friends
3. Cheers
4. Only Fools and Horses
5. The Big Bang Theory

Top 5 Cities

1. Barcelona
2. Rome
3. Ajaccio
4. Dublin
5. Paris

[CatNamedRudy]

I'll do this when I get home from work tonight!

[Cake for Brains]

Top 5 TV Dramas

1. Mad Men
2. Six Feet Under
3. Doctor Who
4. The Sopranos
5. Cracker

Top 5 sitcoms

1. Frasier
2. Curb your Enthusiasm
3. Peep Show
4. Fawlty Towers
5. Father Ted

Top TV 2010
1. Mad Men
2. Breaking Bad (though I've not seen S3, so this probably doesn't count)
3. Sherlock
4. Being Human
5, Misfits

Top 5 films of 2010

1. The Social Network
2. Toy Story 3
3. Kick Ass
4. Inception
5. Scott Pilgrim vs The World

Top 5 films (all time)

1. The Shawshank Redemption
2. Up
3. American Beauty
4. Se7en
5. Pulp Fiction

[insaneasperger]

this is a great idea!!!

Will have a think then get back to you!

[cassius]

Top Five Test Matches:

1. England v Australia, Headingly 1981
2. India v Australia, Calcutta 2001
3. India v Australia, Adelaide 2003
4. England v Australia, Edgbaston 1981
5. England v Australia, Sydney 1932/3
< H. Larwood 10 wickets, Stan McCabe 187* Bodyline >

Top Five Ski Resorts:

1. Cortina, Italy
2. Chamonix, France
3. Aspen, USA
4. Kitzbuhel, Austria
5. Zermatt, Switzerland

Top Five TV Chefs:

1. Keith Floyd
2. Antonio Carluccio
3. Jamie Oliver
4. Rick Stein
5. Gordon Ramsay

Top Five Composers:

1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
2. Ludwig Van Beethoven
3. Richard Wagner
4. Johann Sebastian Bach
5. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakoff

Top Five Buzzes:

1. Downhill Skiing
2. Bungie Jumping
3. One Night Stand
4. High Speed Driving
5. Alcohol and Drugs

cassius

[Moon-Crane]

Yep, i'll see what i can come up with for later.

[barnaclelapse]

Top Five Movies of 2010:
1. Shutter Island

That's good to see. I remember you saying you thought the ending was predictable?

Hey, and when he walks up the stairs in the lighthouse, why is his clothing dry?

It was pretty predictable (to me), but it was still a well-handled ending. If that makes any sense. And the rest of the movie is just such a powerhouse. Everything else is flawless.

Top Five Cigarette Brands:
1. Pall Mall Blues (lights)
2. Camel Lights
3. Camel Regulars
4. Marlboro Lights
5. Tahoe Regulars

[cassius]

I thought about the cig's, but as I packed up tobacco last year they didn't make the grade anymore. But if they did it would still be Marlboro 100's for the hit on inhaling..

cassius

[kat]

Top 5 Songs

1.Jeff Buckley-Hallelujah
2.Nightwish-The Poet And The Pendulum
3.The Seekers-The Carnival Is Over
4.Queen-Save Me
5.Satyricon-K.I.N.G

Top 5 Films

1.The Italian Job (1969)
2.Toy Story
3.Toy Story 3
4.Toy Story 2
5.Clerks

[Dorset Girl]

2.Toy Story
3.Toy Story 3
4.Toy Story 2

Yay!

[CatNamedRudy]

Ok:

Top 5 Dramas

1. Mad Men
2. The West Wing
3. The Sopranos
4. Oz
5. House

Top 5 Sitcoms

1. Frasier
2. The Dick Van Dyke Show
3. MASH
4. Cheers
5. Friends

Top 5 Premium Cigars

1. Partagas Serie D #4
2. Liga Privada #9
3. Dirty Rat
4. Fuente Opus X
5. Rockey Patel 1961

Top 5 Actors I Lust After

1. Jon Hamm
2. Kelsey Grammer
3. Harrison Ford
4. Chris Noth
5. Pierce Brosnan

Top 5 Sports Teams

1. Green Bay Packers (American football)
2. Milwaukee Brewers (baseball)
3. Chicago Blackhawks (hockey)
4. Minnesota Twins (baseball)
5. Boston Red Sox (baseball)

[kat]

top five live acts

1.Nine Inch Nails
2.Machine Head
3.Nightwish
4.Natalie Imbruglia
5.Cradle Of Filth

top five Formula 1 circuits

1.Spa
2.Silverstone
3.Suzuka
4.Interlagos
5.Hockenhiem (pre 2002)

[Moon-Crane]

Here's a pile:

Top 5 TV Dramas
1. Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
2. Breaking Bad
3. Northern Exposure
4. The Practice
5. Sons Of Anarchy

Top 5 TV Sitcoms
1. Frasier
2. Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads
3. Curb Your Enthusiasm
4. Friends
5. Men Behaving Badly

Top 5 Films
1. Chungking Express
2. Star Wars
3. Pulp Fiction
4. Back To The Future
5. My Neighbor Totoro

Top 5 Books
1. 1984 - Orwell
2. The Picture Of Dorian Gray - Wilde
3. The Trial - Kafka
4. The Wild Ass's Skin - Balzac
5. Candide - Voltaire

Top 5 Songs
1. All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
2. (Don't Fear) The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
3. Stranger In A Strange Land - Iron Maiden
4. Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
5. A Forest - The Cure

Top 5 Cities
1. London
2. Hong Kong
3. Geneva
4. Paris
5. Edinburgh

Top 5 Bond Films
1. From Russia With Love
2. GoldFinger
3. The Spy Who Loved Me
4. Goldeneye
5. Live And Let Die

Top 5 Guitarists
1. Jimi Hendrix
2. Joe Satriani
3. Steve Vai
4. Jimmy Page
5. Dave Murray

Top 5 Suit Makers (dedicated to Barney Stinson)
1. Brioni
2. Hugo Boss
3. Paul Smith
4. Ermenegildo Zegna
5. Ozwald Boateng

[Dorset Girl]

In light of recent 'Avatar' viewing, I'm going to have to change my top five films. They are now:

1. Avatar
2. Toy Story 2
3. Toy Story
4. Con Air
5. Shutter Island

So sorry TS2 - you've occupied the top spot for years!