[BobbyCooper]

I think another reason on why we almost always see the usual suspects in those list (like in the poll from MMA) and on various top 10 lists throughout the decades.. is, that those movies have achived a status because over so many years, so many generations have included them into the top 10 or close to the top 10.

I go out on a limb and say that some of these won't ever leave there places anymore and can't leave them anymore because there are already brainmarked from years over years as a must top 10.

Like Casablance for example. An awesome example to that rule! Almost everbody you ask will say that Casablanca is a classic, which of course it is even though the story and cinematography is really just old.. it just belongs there because so many people over decades now considering it to be a top 10.

I hope you understand the point I am trying to make here^^ kinda hard for me to explain now.

Some movies will never lose their spot and can't lose their spot on such lists anymore in my eyes because people are like "brainwashed" to have these movies in the top 10.

Just take a look at the list from Quentin Tarantino. It's such a facinating and unique list he put out there with his top 15 movies of all time.

I think we should be more free to finally replace boring movies like Casablanca and 2001 finally..

no matter what they did for the cinema.. 2001 is an old space movie and we have seen 100 better once already!

Just saw that Tarantinos list had a time frame too.