Favourite Films?

[Elsien]

On the topic of "Movie" being not documentary and for entertainment -- The Big Lebowski

I say again

The Big Lebowski.

yes? yes?

Oh. So then you know that they were trying to pee on your rug.

[nihil]

Mulholland Drive


Touche!

And many many others, but who cares.

[Drienne]

Omen 2, Christine, The Crow & martian child

Actually there are tons i like mostly horror... i get bored easy

[Isca]

The Silence of the Lambs

Hannibal

Red Dragon

The Hours

[mplogue]

Dark City
Blade Runner
City of Lost Children
The Little Prince
Naked Lunch
Wild Orchid

[Synapse]

"V for Vendetta", that was strangely an excellent movie. :)

[Cairech]

When I was a kid, I watched these movies repeatedly:

Star Wars (4, 5 & 6)
Grease 2 - mostly because Michelle Pfeiffer was GREAT
Secret of NIHM
Flying Karamozov Brothers Circus HBO special, until it accidentally got erased

I don't watch movies much anymore, and seldom get to re-watch favorites. Some favorites being:

Lord of the Rings trilogy
Legend
Princess Mononoke
A&E's Pride & Prejudice
Last Unicorn
Addams Family

Last movie I saw in the theatre was Bill Maher's Religulous. It wasn't as good as I'd hoped it would be.

2009 is shaping up to be busy. There's the Watchmen, a new Star Trek, and Wolverine all coming out in the 1st half of the year.

[Micropsia]

I could live without film and usually steer away from movie theaters. However, there have been a couple of films that have really made an impact on me, Derek Jarman's Caravaggio being one of them. The plot isn't exactly memorable, I just find it aesthetically fascinating. It is basically Caravaggio's paintings put to film which makes for a not so popular but very beautiful movie. Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal and Fellini's 8 1/2 are also favorites of mine. I've enjoyed other movies but I wouldn't consider them favorites. Film is certainly not my thing.

[ggwbach]

just saw Slumdog Millionaire.

what an experience. All the highs and lows of life, bound together by the eternal quest for love.

a wrenching journey

[bluevelvet]

sorry,animated includes Pixar (love these guys) and dreamworks as well

[Zhen]

just saw Slumdog Millionaire.

what an experience. All the highs and lows of life, bound together by the eternal quest for love.

a wrenching journey

hmmm yeah...entertaining enough...preferred "trainspotting" though. latika was pretty...

[SRVcardsfan27]

Dr. Strangelove, This is Spinal Tap, Office Space, Fletch, Forrest Gump, The Big Lebowski.

[demvesalius]

300 & Mamma Mia! come to mind.

[Nyctalop]

Choke, Hard Candy, Strictly Sexual, Towelhead. Those are the last movies I saw that I liked.

[tombrisbane]

American Pie's (1-3) - feel good summer movies
Back to the Future (all of them, 2,1,3 in order of preferance)
Eternal Sunshine
Requiem for a Dream
Live and let die
The Usual Suspects
Almost Famous
Transformers
Batman Begins / The Dark Knight

[zibber]

I finished watching Straw Dogs this morning and I'm watching Slacker (w/commentary) now. Just working through the Criterion Collection (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.). (It's not like I've seen all of A through R, though :laugh:)

Anyway, they're both really good. Straw Dogs is multi-interpretable, but to me is about the struggle a modern guy can have with the expectation of "masculinity" still somewhat present. The main character gets into conflicts with his really girly wife and some Irish thugs as a result of not being able to fulfill that. Well, you can go a lot of ways with that film, many layers to it. Because of a rape scene that was pretty vital to the story, it was actually banned in Britain (where it was shot) until 2002. It was made in 1971. Isn't that crazy? Now Slacker, that's just my kind of thing in terms of content and overall vibe. There is no narrative or plot and the movie just meanders along, going from character to character as different laid back people go about their usual business. "Slacker" is seen as a negative term, I guess, but as Linklater expresses, going under the radar and not interacting much with the mainstream culture and economy can just as well be described as a virtue. Also, the people in this film are actually very active and all have little projects of their own; they just don't contribute that much to "society" as a whole (in terms of involvement with the market). Very nifty little flick that is just as fun to watch the second time, due to the cool commentary.

ps. Fellas, y'all really need to write some more about the titles you post, otherwise we don't have any idea why you like them ;)

[Sunshine]

ps. Fellas, y'all really need to write some more about the titles you post, otherwise we don't have any idea why you like them ;)
Must there be a written reason for each? I mean, can't you just thoroughly enjoy something without breaking down why?

(actually, I'm just too lazy)

[Jeffries]

Metropolis (1927)
Rebel without an cause

[altoid]

Off the top of my head:

Serenity (although I think Firefly was more enjoyable as a series.)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Amelie
Kung Fu Hustle
Choke
Pi

I like the occasional documentary...
Why We Fight
American Movie
The King of Kong

...and mockumentary:
Spinal Tap
Waiting for Guffman

[zibber]

Just watched Truffaut's The 400 Blows, finally. I've had the Antoine Doinel set for a while now, but never got around to sitting down and devoting my attention.

The movie is great! It's always refreshing to see something like this after a couple of entertaining but utterly predictable, formulaic Hollywood viewings (Tropic Thunder, Zack & Miri Make a Porno), as it lets go of a strict beginning-middle-end structure and just presents a fragment of someone's life. It's very realistic and reminded me of the Italian realist film The Children Are Watching Us, in that it is about a boy's troublesome relationship with his (humanly) imperfect parents, but it is much less heavy and dramatic and just presents things as they happen without moralising too much. The absolute star of the film is the young lead, who really puts down a solid and credible performance.

I think I'll rewatch some of Eric Rohmers 6 moral tales next, and I've been meaning to make some time for the Samurai trilogy (Musashi Miyamoto). I love torrents.

Must there be a written reason for each? I mean, can't you just thoroughly enjoy something without breaking down why?

(actually, I'm just too lazy)

Oh, by no means, do what you like. I speak for myself, but it's quite meaningless to me to see a list of titles and nothing else; if some minimal shred of opinion was given, there'd be a reason to read the posts here.

[IreOfDesire]

big fan of Aronofsky - Pi and The Fountain mostly
Also, Hannibal movies
Memento
Mononoke-hime
Aliens
Sin City
The Dark Knight
Rome - series

etc, etc, etc...

[Fox]

Pluto Nash
The Love Guru
Giglee
Freddy Got Fingered

[Samoan Corleone]

The Godfather I
The Godfather II
Dog Day Afternoon
Taxi Driver
Raging Bull
Goodfellas
The Departed
Scent of a Woman
The Usual Suspects
Casino
Scarface
American Gangster
Fade To Black
Crash
Enter The Dragon
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
The Shawshank Redemption
Dark Knight
American Beauty
Die Hard (haven't yet seen Live Free or Die Hard)
Heat
Lean On Me
The Truman Show
Forest Gump
Gattaca
Carlito's Way

Too many to name really, I know I'll have more after I post this.

[CaseBlue]

The Big Lebowski, Sunshine, Seven Samurai

[wittykitty]

Top 3 -
Shawshank Redemption
Gladiator
Life is Beautiful

Favorites:
Count of Monte Cristo
Finding Neverland
Cider House Rules
October Sky
The Dark Knight
Joyeux Noël

Kids Films:
Iron Giant
Anastasia
Mulan
Bridge to Terabithia

[Zombicide]

Mostly the visceral ones, I don't like many comedies but I'll give a couple of examples of ones I have liked e.g. Knocked Up and The Forty Year Old Virgin. Although I can't recall all the movies I've liked, the types of movies I like include

Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade
The Escaflowne Movie
Akira
Kite
The Animatrix
Ghost In The Shell: Innocence
Vampire Hunter D
Wonderful days
Apple Seed

Lolita
More or less anything by Tarantino
Good Will Hunting
Schindler's List
Apocalypse Now
No Country For Old Men
Blade Runner
There Will Be Blood
Donnie Darko
The Shawshank Redemption
Catch Me If You Can
Hostel
Casino
Stay
The Machinist
The Departed
Da Vinci Code
Dune
Aliens
Le Pacte des Loups: The Brotherhood Of The Wolf
Final Fantasy Seven: Advent Children
A Clockwork Orange
Zodiac
Domino
Munich
The Punisher
The Toxic Avenger
Children Of Men
Legend
Full Metal Jacket
Train Spotting
Road To Perdition
Jar Head
Fight Club

[walden]

Bunch of my favorites:

Hiroshima Mon Amour
Star Wars (original three)
Natural Born Killers
Enemy Mine
Dr. Strangelove
I Spit On Your Grave
Happiness
Cinema Paradiso
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Escape from New York

French new wave, science fiction, dark comedy, and exploitation. Sounds about right.

[Samoan Corleone]

It's funny that wittykitty should mentoin kid's films. Call Disney an evil corporation if you will, but The Hunchback of Notre Dame is one of my favourite films. I have a history in singing and drama (more of singing than drama), and I'd love to play Frollo on stage.

[arduousname]

Right now...
1. Revolver--better than The Game and Memento--not as crazy as Fight Club

[LaoTzu]

I can't think of a list.... So I'll give 2 that just came to me... :)

Lawrence of Arabia.
(the story... I don't identify with. The cinematography however... DAMN!....)

Field of Dreams.
(I really get off on the mystical meets reality thing....)

[Zombicide]

Just remembered some (mere extras), King Pin (one of the few comedies I like), The Matrix, Maisi Goes To Reno. . . Sin City, AI: Artificial Intelligence, The Village, Undisputed, Behind Enemy Lines, Shooter, Friday, Saw, Death Race. . . Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the remake of course. . .granted I somewhat like The Toxic Avenger, so I guess it's not really that obvious), War Of The Worlds, Ghost Dog, Unbreakable, Hannibal Rising, Crank (Satan I hate that they've made a sequel to that), Ikiru by Akira Kurosawa and Any Given Sunday. . .no I don't like football, just that movie. I can't remember but I think I may have liked the films Dark City, American History X, The Fifth Element, The Last King Of Scotland and The Truman Show as well, mostly sure about Dark City amongst those four.

Oh and Final Cut starring Robin Williams, can't forget that one, which reminds me that I use to love the Popeye movie. I wish I could remember them all, I know there's a lot of military and documentary ones I'm missing

OMFG I just remembered one that I absolutely love, The Passion Of The Christ, I'm not a sadist but I almost came watching him get tortured to death. Similar to Alex DeLarge I kept wishing time travel was possible (and that Jeebus wasn't a fictional character) just so that I could go back through time and be one of the Roman soldiers beating Christ to death. It was certainly one of the best movies I've ever seen.

[Thinker]

Some that I have watched recently and enjoyed (some for the 2nd or third time):
My Life as a House
A River Runs Through It
All James Bond
Dirty Harry
Local Hero

[Perf]

Top Secret from 1985 is one I've seen about 10 times. Completely stupid comedic gags, but I still notice something new every time I watch it.

Office Space is my other favourite.

I suppose lots of porn movies would be there as well (Wicked at Heart with Chasey Lain - now that was good), but I'll keep it simple for now.

[harrycallahan71]

I'll watch any movie really regardless of genre. As far as favorite movies go here's what my top 25 is (in random order):

Taxi Driver (1976)
Nosferatu (1922)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Halloween (1978)
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
The Hustler (1961)
Raging Bull (1980)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Psycho (1960)
Platoon (1986)
Die Hard (1988)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
The Dark Knight (2008)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Back to the Future (1985)
Army of Darkness (1992)
The Great Escape (1963)

[callmemigs]

The Graveyard of Fireflies
Spirited Away
My Neighbor, Totoro


I'll add some more anytime I get back to this thread.

[probity]

There's only a few on my list and I can never remember them when I try too.
I just watched one that I can definitely say is one of my favorites though: The Sensation of Sight.
I'm not a movie person. I've owned American Beauty for about 4 years (it was a gift) and I've yet to watch it.

[BlackOp]

I'm not a movie person. I've owned American Beauty for about 4 years (it was a gift) and I've yet to watch it.

Watch it...was a great movie.

[probity]

Watch it...was a great movie.

That's what everyone keeps telling me. *sigh* I just have to knuckle down and sit through it I guess. It's not that I don't think I'll enjoy it, it's just that movie watching is close to the bottom on the list of things I'll do on my own initiative.

[Cthulhu]

Ten off the top of my head:

The Big Lebowski
Shane
Broadway Danny Rose
Alien
Pulp Fiction
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
The Seven Samurai
Apocalypse Now
The Piano
Team America: World Police

[Littlelambofgod]

City of Lost Children
The Lost Highway
Falling Down
and I can't help but enjoy Tarantino movies
Man Bites Dog

[Bobert]

Stranger Than Fiction
Willy Wonka and Charlie & The Chocolate Factory
Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas
A&E's Pride & Predjudice
Dr. Strangelove
Dangerous Liasons





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People keep posting Dune, but not saying which version 1985 or 2000. Personally, I think both could have still been done better - Paul was 15, lean build, and dark hair!! Not the buff blonde 25 year old shown in the 2nd film. William Hurt? Ugh!
There were no such things as weirding modules!

[intellael]

Matrix
LOTR
Star Wars trilogy
A Beautiful Mind
Butterfly Effect
Hancock
Gladiator
300
Dune (original)
Core
Contact
What the Bleep!
Never Ending Story
Field of Dreams
Signs

[Only Forward]

I think I share most of the same favourites as the other members but one of the more memorable ones that I found fascinating was Sword Of Doom (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.).

[INTJoe]

In my opinion, everyone should have at least 1 Kubrick film on their list.

Choose from the following:

The Killing
Paths of Glory
Spartacus
Lolita
Dr. Strangelove
2001
A Clockwork Orange
Barry Lyndon
The Shining
Full Metal Jacket
Eyes Wide Shut

[TheLastMohican]

In my opinion, everyone should have at least 1 Kubrick film on their list.

Choose from the following:

The Killing
Paths of Glory
Spartacus
Lolita
Dr. Strangelove
2001
A Clockwork Orange
Barry Lyndon
The Shining
Full Metal Jacket
Eyes Wide Shut

I didn't understand 2001. Spartacus was pretty good. The Shining, however, was indeed one of the finest films ever made. Still not in my top ten, though.

[Brittle]

Pretty much anything by Tarantino and Christopher Nolan (Memento, The Machinist, The Prestige..)

The Breakfast Club (ultimate favourite)

Fight Club

Zoolander

The Shawshank Redemption & The Green Mile

All the Austin Powers films

American Beauty

Usually anything with Johnny Depp (he makes some great film choices)

South Park - Bigger, Longer, Uncut

[heyejanli]

Tashan (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) is the best movie ever made. Seriously. You don't even have to like Bollywood to like this film because it has a little bit of everything - excluding kissing, which the censors in India frown upon. Plus, Anil Kapoor (gameshow host from Slumdog) plays the best villain ever.

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And '70s Blaxploitation (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) films are pretty pimpin' too.

Shaft! Damn Right! No one understands him but his woman.

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[Bobert]

Top Secret from 1985 is one I've seen about 10 times. Completely stupid comedic gags, but I still notice something new every time I watch it.

I suppose lots of porn movies would be there as well (Wicked at Heart with Chasey Lain - now that was good), but I'll keep it simple for now.

LOL! I don't know which to laugh at more, Top Secret or Wicked at Heart.
I actually liked Top Secret (haven't seen it in a long time), but just the mention of a porn :laugh:

Deja Vu, Chocolate Mousse, and the cow :laugh:





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Once again, different movie, which Lolita?

[INTJoe]

I didn't understand 2001. Spartacus was pretty good. The Shining, however, was indeed one of the finest films ever made. Still not in my top ten, though.

My 4 favorites by Kubrick are probably 2001, The Shining, Barry Lyndon, The Killing.

Barry Lyndon is a ridiculously under-appreciated film. It's amazing. Watch it if you haven't. And The Killing is an awesome film noir from 1956 about a racetrack robbery that he made when he was 28.

I can't say I understand 2001, either but the movie is still mind-blowingly good (especially for 1968). Spielberg called it "the big bang for directors".

[Mathnerdkid]

Spirited Away
Paprika
Mirrormask
Who Killed the Electric Car?

[Matty37]

The Departed, 12 Monkeys, The Usual Suspects, Syriana, Pi, anything with plenty of plot twists that keep me guessing. I watch my favorite movies 3-5 times to pick up on sub plots or listen to the Director's commentary.

[Ntwadumela]

Amelie.

[Trenchant1]

Oh Brother Where Art Thou? Great fun and wonderful music.
Monty Python's Life Of Brian. Very funny.
Donnie Darko. Weird
The Bourne Identity, Supremacy and Ultimatum (especially the first two). Exciting.
Saving Private Ryan. Stirring.
Don't Look Now. Truly scary.
Scum. Shocking.
Forrest Gump. Endearing.
Bladerunner.
The Godfather 1 & 2.
The Seven Samurai.
Goodbye Mr Chips (1939, with Robert Donat & Greer Garson)
The Thirty Nine Steps (1935, with Robert Donat & Madeleine Carroll)
It's A Wonderful Life
Bridge Over The River Kwai.
Run Lola Run.
Blow Up.
Deliverance.

There are lots of others, I'm sure, but I can't think of them off hand.

[Airfire]

Not much of a movie watcher, but to name a few favs:

Escape from New York (1981)
The Professional (1994)
Memento (2000)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Religulous (2008)

All time favorite has to be The Thing (1982) directed by John Carpenter.

[harrycallahan71]

My 4 favorites by Kubrick are probably 2001, The Shining, Barry Lyndon, The Killing.

Barry Lyndon is a ridiculously under-appreciated film. It's amazing. Watch it if you haven't. And The Killing is an awesome film noir from 1956 about a racetrack robbery that he made when he was 28.

I can't say I understand 2001, either but the movie is still mind-blowingly good (especially for 1968). Spielberg called it "the big bang for directors".

You seen The Asphalt Jungle? If not I'd recommend it because it's very similar to The Killing.

[uncon]

Adaptation - incredible film by and about an INFJ and Nick Cage's greatest performance.

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