Favorite Movies

[Son of the Suns I]

I checked all over this forum, and I did not see a thread about this, so I decided to post this topic. Which are your favorite movies? Here's my Top 11 list (weird number for a list, but...): 1.Saving Private Ryan 2.Star Wars:Episode I-The Phantom Menace 3.Star Wars:Episode V-The Empire Strikes Back 4.Star Wars:Episode VI-Return of the Jedi 5.Star Wars:Episode IV-A New Hope 6.Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark 7.Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 8.Disney's Beauty and the Beast 9.Disney's The Lion King 10.Jurassic Park 11.Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

[Elrond]

1. Tomorow never dies 2. The Empire strikes back 3. The return of the Jedi 4. The phantom mennace 5. A new hope 6. Romeo+Juliet (new version) 7. Titanic* 8. Goldeneye 9. Saving private Ryan Uh... I think thats it. *I don't lie this or the previous film because of leonardo di caprio... they would be better without that @$$ around... No offence to anyone who likes him...

[anduin]

In no particular order.... Harold an Maude SW OT and TPM, duh :) Dirty Rotten Scoundrels A Christmas Story..."How does momma's little piggy go?..." The Jerk Ah, I know there are more... ...and there is... The Godfather I and II Six Degrees of Separation

[Darth Tater]

1. The Sting 2. Bridge on the River Kwai 3. TPM 4. ESB 5. ROTJ 6, 7, + 8. The Indiana Jones Movies (No particular order) 9. ANH

[bmilder]

Hmm, umm... 1-4. This should be obvious :D (SW films in no particular order, I can never choose between them) 5-8. LotR! Ok, so it hasn't come out yet, but it's bound to be good :D. Whenever I'm asked this, I can never come up with any others...

[galadriel1]

Anduin: I didn`t think anyone else out there knew about the movie Harold and Maude! Isn`t that a great movie?I think one of the best movies ever made was Shawshank Redemption. Excellent movie! I love Morgan Freeman. He`s one of my favorite actors. Apollo 13 was good. Star Wars and Saving Private Ryan are definitely up there! And I loved Mask! Great movie! Easy Rider was cool for that type of movie. Titanic was good but not one of the best ever made in my opinion. Some great effects! There was a movie called Come Back to the Five and Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean. It had a great cast and was an excellent movie. Oh, and for characters, I loved Steel Magnolias. I have nver laughed and cried so much in the same movie! Hmmm.....I`ll have to think about this some more!

[galadriel1]

Bridge On the River Kwai is a great movie! I forgot about all of the great old war movies! Three others that I think are excellent are: The Green Berets, The Longest Day, and one of my favorites - Kelly`s Heroes! i`ve seen it probably 30 times. Great, great cast!!!!!! A lot of great characters in that movie! Have you ever seen it? ((marches out of the thread whistling the Col. Bogey tune from Bridge....))

[bmilder]

Well, I've seen Bridge on the River Kwai. When that general guy was locked up, I half expected him to get out his lightsaber and slash off the bars :P. Last year my school band played that song in the concert :).

[anduin]

Galadriel, Harold and Maude is my all time favorite movie. I am totally in love with Bud Cort, J/K, (sorta) :) I am an avid listener of Cat Stevens because of that movie, too. I watch it at least twice a year with my boyfriend, once on our anniversary, because that is the movie we watched on our first date. No, not in a theatre, on video :D I love the look on Harold's face when he sees Maude naked for the first time (when she is modeling for that artist, what's his name?) You should rewatch it just for that look, it's classic!!

[gdl96]

no particular order: sw ep 1-6 (2 nd 3 havent come out yet, but obviously, theyre gonna be good. im surprised im the first one to say this) billy madison happy gilmore big daddy waterboy xfiles austin powers(both of them) theres definitely more, but theyre not on the top of my mind at the moment.

[The One Ring]

Hmmm.... Most of mine have already been mentioned, but I'm surprised no one has listed one of the best science fiction movies ever made.... 2001. And, also directed by Stanley Kubrick, [i]Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb[i]. One of the funniest movies around.

[bmilder]

2001? That movie was so boring I could barely sit through it...

[Ryan6233]

What happened to shaving ryans privates? (i actually took offense to that when i first heard of it :P )

[galadriel1]

You ARE bad hon! hehehe I ever heard that put quite that way. ANDuin: I love that part in H&M. It IS a great movie! One of my fave movies I forgot to mention is Willow. I love that movie! gdl96: Happy Gilmore is on broadcast tv Friday night. I've never seen it. Maybe I'll give it a look.

[Ryan6233]

Ok, the lamest movie ever has to be to a mocking bird (the B&W version)...

[gdl96]

never seenhappy gilmore? make sure u watch it. trust me, u wont regret it. wat about the mad tv skit saving ryans private?

[whoturnedoutthelightsburt]

Dazed and Confused Clerks Mallrats Chasing Amy Godfather 1+2 TPM,ANH, TESB, ROTJ Withnail and I The Wild Bunch Ferris Bueller's Day Off Apocalypse Now Blade Runner Schindler's List Casablanca It's A Wonderful Life Vertigo

[anduin]

Welcome to Entmoot, whoturnedoutthelightsburt!! Have you seen the director's cut of Blade Runner? What did you think of the new ending?

[Elanor]

here's just some movies I loved, in no order Star Wars--all Mary Poppins Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Fiddler on the Roof Mulan Anastasia Ever After It's a Wonderful Life The Fugitive The Princess Bride The Slipper and the Rose To Live (Chinese) That's all I can think of right now.

[Son of a Hutt]

"To A Mockingbird" ? Must have been really boring for you to leave a word out of the title... :P

[Loopy]

in no particular order... Clerks Mallrats Dogma the Star Wars movies The Indiana Jones trilogy The Burbs Being John Malkovich Wayne's World Dazed and Confused

[galadriel1]

I forgot about that one! Excellent movie! Beautful, haunting score.

[anduin]

Yeah, and it has yummy Liam in it!!! :P

[Ryan6233]

hehehe soah :)

[Son of the Suns I]

Wow, this thread has done very well.

[gdl96]

galadriel1, did u ever watch happy gilmore oon friday? what did you think? anyway, i say matrix last night. awsome movie. one of the best ive seen in a while. these movies are now added to my list: -the world is not enough- denise richards in a wet tshirt, yeah! :P -matrix

[dmaul96]

aperantly you have been very determined on telling the world that you saw the person in bond w/ a wet tshirt :)

[gdl96]

yup :p

[galadriel1]

gdl96: No, I didn`t see it. I got busy with some other matters. One of these days, I`ll have to rent it. I`ve never seen Matrix, either. It`s one that should probably be seen on big screen. I can`t imagine the effects being as good on the small screen. How was it on the small screen? Is it worth checking out? And as for Bond, I don`t like Brosnan or Dalton as the character so I didn`t go see that, either.

[gdl96]

well, i have a 36 inch tv and a digital 4 speaker nd one subwwofer surround sound system, so it was pretty impressive. wouldve been better on dvd, though.

[dmaul96]

I've posted in this thread, but I have never said anything about my fav movies, so I will do so now. Some of you like some pretty wierd movies I've never heard of. -last 3 bond movies-last one i didnt really understand, but it was fun when he killed ppl -sw movies -adam sandler movies- billy madison is the best one

[Darth Tater]

I've got a new one for the list. A Thousand Clowns

[Fat middle]

...so many films. It´s dificult to pick only a few: -SW all -Indy all -Schindler´s list -Saving private Ryan -In the name of the father -Sense and sensibility -The princess bride -The Godfather I & II -Blade Runner -Eldorado -Bullets over Broadway (was that the title?) -In the hard, hard winter (sure IT WASN´T the title, im translating (bad) from the Spanish translation)It was an english film about a little company playing Hamlet in very hard conditions to save a church from demolition. Very, very funny. anduin: Six degrades of separation!! I believe i was the only one who like that film. Isn´t one of the very, very best, but i like it a lot. In my country it was a complete box office disaster. In my city it was shown only a week in only one theater (i saw it for chance). It wasn´t released in VHS... but finally i see a TV channel was going to released it. I called all my friends to see the movie... and none of them like it :( :( :( Perhaps that´s why i like it so much :) Loopy: Clerks ??? Do you like that?!

[dmaul96]

I forgot to mention the 2 austin powers movies.

[anduin]

[b]Fat Middle[b] I don't think it did very well here either....but I love the movie anyway :) My friend told me to rent it, but I bought it instead, because the recommendation she gave was so high...I am glad I did..... "The Kandinsky is painted on both sides.....chaos, control.....chaos, control...."

[Son of the Suns I]

Thanks dmaul96 for bringing this up, and thanks Fat Middle, for the compliment:) I'm thinking of making an even longer list of my favorite movies, but that'll have to wait till later.

[emilsson]

In no particular order....

All Star Wars movies
The Shawshank Redemption
Dead Poets´Society

For some reason I cannot think of any other good movies probably because it´s morning or I have spent too much time watching bad movies like Terror under the Midnight Sun ;) .

[juntel]

2001 A Space Odyssey
Citizen Kane
Apocalypse Now
West Side Story
Bleu (or Blue, if you prefer, by Kievlovsky)
The Elephant Man
Annie Hall
Blade Runner
Romeo and Juliet (Zeffirelli's)
Sophie's Choice

(a list that is always changing, according to my mood)

[Fat middle]

Oh, yes, "Blue" was a very good film, i had forgotten that. IMHO, one of the best soundtracks of ever.

I forgot also "Henry V", by Branagh, but i´ve commented that at Illyria.

[TheRobRoy]

Top 10 Favorite movies:
(Disclaimer: This list is subject to change without warning as per my mood and current financial status)

10- The Seven Samurai, Run and The Phantom King - Akira Kurisawa's epic trilogy
9- Spartacus - "I'm Spartacus!"
8- Being John Malkovich - "I'm John Malkovich."
7- Chariots of Fire - Makes ya wanna run for the fun of it!!
6- The Big Sleep - Bogey at his finest in the most convoluted gumshoe story ever
5- Cyrano de Bergerac - 1992 French version
4- The Joy Luck Club - Ever want to understand why your asian girlfriend is the way she is?
3- That Thing You Do - Small town boys make good
2- Graveyard of the Fireflies - This little animated film would make even John Wayne cry
1- Shogun - This mini-series is one of the finest eight hours you can ever spend watching anything. Richard Chamberlain is superb as the western man caught in the unfamiliar eastern world. Costumes, dialogue, action, all based off the even better novel by James Clavel leaves you wanting so much more but glad you came anyway!!

[Ganger]

man, this wil take a while for me. . .
let's see. . .

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. The Godfather
3. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
4. After Hours
5. Goodfellas
6. Taxi Driver
7. Casino
8.

MAN, I CAN'T GO ON!!! I MEAN I MUST SEE MORE OF KUBRICK, I HAVEN'T SEEN A CLOCKWORK ORANGE AND IT'S DRIVING ME NUTS!!!!!!!!

[IronParrot]

First of all, I can't supply a numbered list because some films just can't be compared against each other, and there would also be way too many ties.

Secondly, my "favorite" list is separate from my "best" list... here come my favorites in a VERY approximate order.

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Singin' in the Rain
All the Star Wars films
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Casablanca
The Big Sleep
The Maltese Falcon
Bridge on the River Kwai
The Wizard of Oz
West Side Story
Fiddler on the Roof

Ah, hell, too many. I'm giving up.

[Elfling]

Had to think a long time, but this is about it:

The Matrix
American Beauty
American Pie
Austin Powers II
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigalow
Blast from the Past
Hot Shots!
Airplane II
Sixth Sense
Notting Hill
Hudson Hawk

[etherealunicorn]

In no particular order:
Apocalypse Now
Dr. Strangelove...
A Clockwork Orange
All the Star Wars movies
The Matrix
Most Mel Brooks movies
Apollo 13 (also liked From the Earth to the Moon)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
The Fifth Element
Harvey
Kelly's Heroes
Heavy Metal
To Kill a Mockingbird
The 13th Warrior
The Incredible Journey(original version)
Porky's 1 and 2
1941
Aliens(2)
Goldfinger
No doubt there are others, but I can't think of them at the moment

[etherealunicorn]

Also:
Gettysburg
Men in Black
Animal House
The Blues Brothers
Blues Brothers 2000
Caveman

[easygreen]

I make these lists all the time for fun, and they are usually huge - e.g. my 50 favorite muscials of 1940-1945. Well, here goes:

1. The Awful Truth.
2. Vertigo. James Stewart as a necrophiliac.
3. Singin' in the Rain.
4. The Adventures of Robin Hood.
5. The Searchers. Surprise - John Wayne can act.
6. It's a Wonderful Life.
7. Yankee Doodle Dandy.
8. The Maltese Falcon.
9. The Best Years of Our Lives.
10. Margie. Jeanne Crain loses her underwear 3 times in this film from 1946.
11. The Thin Man. Lucky guy that Nick Charles.
12. Our Hearts Were Young and Gay.
13. Athena. Jane Powell as a New-Age weirdo circa 1953 - must be seen to be believed.
14. All That Money Can Buy.
15. Laura.
16. Johhny Belinda. The first Mrs. Reagan as a deaf-mute.
17. Pillow to Post.
18. The Wind. Lillian Gish - words fail.
19. It Happened One Night.
20. My Man Godfrey. Convulsive laughter - nearly killed me.

[arynetrek]

serious stuff -
- What Dreams May Come
- Dead Poets Society
- Matrix
- Girl, Interrupted
- Escaflowne (anime)
- Deep Impact
- 5th Element
- Sixth Sense
- the new Zorro - w/ antonio banderas & anthony hopkins
- the original The Haunting (the b&w, very old version)
- Shadowlands (warning: this is possibly the saddest movie ever, but very good)
- Trek II, III, IV (they make a mini-trilogy) & VIII
- SW, esp. ESB & RotJ

funny stuff -
- Yellow Submarine (Beatles)
- MP & the holy grail

aryne *

[Puc conDoin]

1. LOTR 1-3
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Reservoir Dogs
4. X-files movie
5. Hot Shots 1-2
6. Demolition Man
7. Fortress
8. Austin Powers 1-2
9. The hunt for red October
10. Crimson Tide

[Son of the Suns I]

Here is my revised list:

1. Saving Private Ryan
2. Star Wars: Episode V-The Empire Strikes Back
3. (Tie) Star Wars: Episode I-The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Episode IV-A New Hope, Star Wars: Episode VI-Return of the Jedi
4. Raiders of the Lost Ark
5. Jaws
6. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
7. The Lion King
8. Beauty and the Beast
9. Jurassic Park
10. 2001: A Space Odyssey

[Film Hobbit]

I hate doing these, its always so hard to decide:

1. Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi
2. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
3. The Matrix
4. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
5. Monty Python and The Holy Grail
6. The Princess Bride
7. Star Wars: A New Hope
8. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
9. Mr. Holland's Opus
10. Crimson Tide

Honorable Mention: Jurassic Park, Star Trek VI, The Hunt for Red October, 2010, and Notting Hill

[Elanor]

I have to add some movies that I've recently seen or re-seen and loved:

Twelfth Night
Newsies
The Truman Show
Legacy
American Prophet
Little Women

[afro-elf]

therobroy


I've seen RAN I've yet to see the 7, when i get back to the states I wanna check it out.

BUT I didn't know they were a trilogy.

I assume Toshiro Mifune was the same character in all 3?



I can't name all my favorites because the older I become my taste changes.

There are many films posted here that as a youth I thought were great but I've watched recently and thought what utter lite fluff.


I NOW tend to like films that contain some of the following elements: serious, intellectual, original, dark, gritty, realistic or have a certain Euro or art house feel.

The key word above is tend.


I would say off the top of my head:]


The Professional (AKA Leon and the Perfect Assassin overseas)

Once were Warriors

Momento

Farewell My Concubine

Too Live ( AKA Life Times)

LA Condifential

Gladiator

Braveheart

The starwars movies ( just the parts with the bad guys, the saber duels and asteroid field)

Guildenstern and Rosencrantz are Dead

The FIRST 20 min of Saving Private Ryan


Too tired to think of anything else now.

[FrodoFriend]

Good movies (in no particular order):

1. LotR
2. Bladerunner
3. Apocalypse Now
4. The Shadow
5. Die Hard
6. Beauty and the Beast
7. The Princess Bride
8. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
9. Lawrence of Arabia
10. 2001: A Space Odyssey
11. Rashoman
12. The X-Files: Fight the Future (okay, it wasn't that good, but I love the x-files so it's on the list anyway! ) :) :)
13. The Shawshank Redemption

[FrodoFriend]

Oops, I forgot some:

14. The Great Escape
15. Rebel Without A Cause
16. 1984 (read the book too!)

I can't believe people actually *like* the Phantom Menace . . . *groan* No offense, I've just seen that SO MANY TIMES, against my will and better judgment (it's my little brother's favorite movie) that the very name makes me want to retch!

[afro-elf]

yeah

i forgot bladerunner, shawshank and unbreakable

[Alethes]

Originally posted by Elanor
I have to add some movies that I've recently seen or re-seen and loved: ...

Newsies


Wow, someone else has seen that movie! I really like Newsies, but I don't know too many people who have heard of it.

I also like:
Muppet Treasure Island
Galaxy Quest
Singing in the Rain

[Churl]

Some good ones that haven't been mentioned yet:

Bottle Rocket … as I've said elsewhere, everyone needs a friend like Dignan: unbridled enthusiasm coupled with absolute cluelessness. Think Don Quixote in a lawn care jumpsuit.

Rushmore … I identified with Max Fisher all too well, and Bill Murray portrays middle-age disillusionment with more heart and empathy than a lot of Oscar winners could muster.

Wonder Boys … more great middle-age disillusionment and aimlessness, this time from Michael Douglas.

This is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, and Best In Show … I'll watch Christopher Guest mockumentaries for as long as he makes 'em. Unbelievably funny stuff.

So I Married an Axe Murderer … if there's anything funnier than Charlie's mad Scottish father ranting against Colonel Sanders (or browbeating "Heed"), then I have yet to see it.

Wag the Dog … caveat: I find it harder to be cynical about government post-9/11, and believe me, this movie is incredibly cynical about government. However, it's also hilarious dark satire.

The Great Race … long, ludicrous, and just plain fun. Jack Lemmon and Peter Falk are likeable bumbling villains, Tony Curtis is the annoyingly perfect hero, and Natalie Wood is a dedicated (and beautiful) suffragette. They all compete in a turn-of-the-century race (almost) around the world.

Casablanca … sad, romantic, perfect. OK, so a few others mentioned this too, but I just had to agree.

The English Patient … more doomed romance in Africa. I still maintain that this is not a chick flick. Someone back me up on this … anyone … ?

Clue … slapstick squared, plus a great cast. And Colleen Camp in a French maid uniform: ooo la la.

North By Northwest … cool, funny, unpredictable spy thriller from Alfred Hitchcock.

Rear Window … there's so much going on in this movie (surface plot as well as underlying themes) that I won't begin to synopsize it. Oh, and by the way: can I go back — á lÃ* Somewhere in Time — and romance Grace Kelly, circa 1954? I'm in love.

…Too many more to list, and it's way past my bed time.

(For the record, I'm not a total wuss. I like kick-ass action as much as the next guy. However, most of my favorite action/scifi/fantasy picks were already listed, so I thought I'd throw out some alternatives.)

[afro-elf]

Yeah I forgot about Wonderboys

[orald]

I like alot of the movie's mentioned.Some I'd add
1.Untouchables
2.Highlander(only the first one).
3.The 13th warrior
4.Contact
5.The nightmare before christmas(Elfman's killer soundtrack makes it worth watching for the music alone).
6.Braveheart(didnt see it posted,probably already been said)
7.American beauty
8.The outlaw Josey Whales
9.Platoon
10.Perfect world
In no paticular order.

[Churl]

How could I have forgotten?

Trekkies!!!

Actually a documentary, this is one of the funniest things you'll ever see.

If you're a Trekkie/Trekker ("I usually try to avoid the whole debacle") as well as a Rings enthusiast, you'll be glad to know that, most likely, you're not as "out there" as some.

If you're not a Trek fan (as for myself, I respect the shows, but I never made a point of watching regularly), then Trekkies will make you literally cry with laughter.

To its credit, the film doesn't take cheap shots or merely make fun of — um — "dedicated" fans. It also presents how much the show has meant to many around the world.

Watch it if you can find it … it beats any of that "reality TV" trash hands down.

[spidersbane]

1. Lord of the Rings
2. Behind Enemy Lines
3. Oceans 11
4. American Pie

[Arréion]

it is too hard to choose the best film of all time because there is too many genres, but "jay & silent bob strike back" is the funniest film in history