Favourite Films?

[Opti]

I just wondered what genre of films (If any) FM's like to watch. I go through stages of 'film binging' and then get to the stage were there is nothing new which is of interest of me, so don't bother for months.

My favourite genre (Or sub genre) is Psychological Thrillers. The last film that I enjoyed being The Butterfly Effect.

So are there any avid film buffs? What Genre do you like best? Do you prefer factual or fictional films? Do you rewatch films?

Opti

[INTJohn]

I recommend "Zietgeist"............ To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

not enitrely accurate but you'll get the idea -
about 2 hours long - Enjoy!

INTJohn

[bikerscars]

extremely interesting :-X

[shadowlock]

I mostly just enjoy action and comedy.

[wise]

Amadeus
To Kill A Mockingbird
A Beautiful Mind

[bikerscars]

i am not a movie buff; although i like comedy/action/documentaries

i loathe horror

some favorites that i've watched more than once are...

slap shot
apocalypse now
blues brothers
joe vs the volcano
rocky
rocky 2
patton
stripes
meatballs
kelly's heroes
the good, the bad, and the ugly
pretty standard mainstream fare

[biased]

I recommend "Zietgeist"............ To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

not enitrely accurate but you'll get the idea -
about 2 hours long - Enjoy!

INTJohn

:thumbsdown:

You think Christianity is deceptive? Wait till you understand how decieving Zeitgeist is. It's a fantastic look at how fear and emotion can suck you in. The creators of Zeitgeist are the masters of Propoganda catered to the (no offense) "pseudointellectual" demograph. Have you taken a look at the "sources" they have (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.)? Looks pretty impressive, right? Too bad all of the information essentially comes from a single person. Acharya S a pen name of a better known as "conspiracy theorist" D.M. Murdoc.


The first time I saw this film, I thought it was pretty impressive. It's very well put together except for one problem. It's based upon logical fallacies and false information. I've research all of the claims fairly thoroughly and To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. d=109 presents an extremely good overview of the myth she is intent on pushing onto everyone. Why is it that no scholars take Acharya S seriously? According to Zeitgeist it's all part of the new world order massive conspiracy which has been going on for thousands of years in order to turn all of humanity into microchipped drones so the international world bankers can have what they want. :scared: Oh and only you with your infinite power of love can stop it.

The article I listed is from an apologist site however if you take a look at their references you can double check everything they say. It's put together quite well and is quite objective. It doesn't use emotion in order to convey it's point like Zeitgeist. Zeitgeist is simply another thinly veiled form of propoganda that yet another person is pushing on the "let's hate Catholicism" bandwagon.

Give me a break. Yes, Catholicism has done bad in the past. However, If you take a look at all the good they have done and how they are not engaging in the activities of the middle ages anymore (they too are human) than you would see that the church has actually benefited humanity. Mendel ("father of genetics") and Georges Lemaitre (creator of the big bang theory) were both devout Catholics. One was a monk and the other a priest.

Seems like Zeitgeist enjoys their prejudice and slander. Where's the love there?

These guys are complete charlatans and should be ashamed that they are trying to push their bullshit message of hate on the religions which is based upon a lie. Here's another overview (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts._scholarly_reception). Yes, it's wikipedia, but check the references if you doubt their information. From my research I've found it to be true.

If you want more sources on this. I can provide more. Just ask.

[Opti]

A Beautiful Mind

I just finished watching that for the first time tonight. Very insightful film.

[Rei]

the Shawshank Redemption
Inside Man

There's more... but the list is way too long... maybe I'll list more later.

[rwyatt365]

Depends on my mood;
SciFi – preferentially
Alien
Pitch Black
Comedy
Mr. Bean (the first feature film)
Kung Phooey
Kung Fu
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
House of Flying Daggers
???
Koyaanisqatsi

[Max T]

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Best line- "But I tried, didn't I? Goddamn it. At least I did that."

[Ian]

Deer Hunter - for when you are in a serious mood.
Dogma - for when you are not

[justmeiguess]

I tend to prefer sci-fi or slightly weird/off-kilter films.

Some favourites are:

Brazil
Shaun of the Dead
28 Days Later

Although I've recently being getting into foreign films:

Pan's Labyrinth
Oldboy
Belleville Rendez-vous

One film that really took my breath away when I watched it recently was The Hours. I guess it was the whole introvertedness and feeling of alienation that did it.

[hr]

Oh, and I'm new so um, hi!

[anul]

I enjoy horror and comedy movies. I used to watch movies multiple times when I was younger, but recently I rarely watch a movie multiple times. It's just boring since I know what's going to happen. My favorite horror movie is Evil Dead 2. It's the perfect combination of slap stick comedy and horror.

[qwerty]

I love most psychological thrillers and movies that make you really think and I could properly list quite a few. Instead though I will say, a movie that has really stood out for me in the past 2 years is Blood Diamond.

The simple fact that leo is in it put me off watching for ages but I finally rented it and loved it completely. TIA :)
While I'm here I'll through in training day as well.

[TeleportThis]

If I had to pick right now.

Rushmore.

But, yeah, it changes with mood.

Fight Club, Pulp Fiction, The Muppet Movie, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Pleasantville, Kill Bills, High Fidelity, Being John Malkovich, Almost Famous, Dead Poet's Society, and Bonnie and Clyde could just as easily have been chosen.

[Rei]

I love most psychological thrillers and movies that make you really think and I could properly list quite a few. Instead though I will say, a movie that has really stood out for me in the past 2 years is Blood Diamond.

The simple fact that leo is in it put me off watching for ages but I finally rented it and loved it completely. TIA :)
While I'm here I'll through in training day as well.

Agh I've been meaning to watch Blood Diamond for ages...

[deicruxified]

stuff in my list

1. god father 1-3
2. silence of the lambs (a classic intj)
3. fight club
4. matrix 1-3
5. borat (lol)
6. sex and lucia
7. y tu mama tambien
8. amelie
9. misery
10. city of angels
11. narnia
12. lotr

... i'm into a lot of reading though... fantasy and thrillers on the list

[qwerty]

I love most psychological thrillers and movies that make you really think and I could properly list quite a few. Instead though I will say, a movie that has really stood out for me in the past 2 years is Blood Diamond.

The simple fact that leo is in it put me off watching for ages but I finally rented it and loved it completely. TIA :)
While I'm here I'll through in training day as well.

Agh I've been meaning to watch Blood Diamond for ages...

Definitely check it out and let me know what you think!

[rwyatt365]

Oh man! I forgot about Brazil (thanks justmeiguess, and Welcome!), and Kill Bill (thanks TeleportThis).

[Jbmontag]

Network
The Deer Hunter
Excalibur
American Beauty
Logan' Run
Clockwork Orange
M*A*S*H
Taxi Driver
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Time Bandits
Dances With Wolves

Network is the only one in order. That's a pretty good top 10 or so...

[generalowk]

I hate horror as a genre of film. I like lots of other genres.

Star Wars, The Godfather, The Shawshank Redemption, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Monty Python, Stand By Me, Airplane...

[Ijz]

Shawshank Redemption is definitely number 1. Its one of very few movies that actually put tears in my eyes :-X.

Monty Python's "Search for the holy grail" is also one of my all time favorites.

What I further like :
- Scifi (pretty much everything)
- Comedy
- Some asian flicks (Oldboy, Kung fu Hustle)

And dislike:
- Horror
- And everything else that is predictable

[thegnat]

ah yes Monty Python's Search for the Holy Grail is great. and yeah - Raiders of the Lost Ark, too.

I liked Pan's Labyrinth but I found it...odd...

other favorites:
Seabiscuit (the book is of course better)
Lord of the Rings
Shrek
Tomb Raider (I was so into the video games - went all the way through 6... then I saved when she was dying once and stopped playing video games for awhile...)


I'm not too picky on the *particular* movie.

some genres I like:
Comedy, action, thriller, stories like seabiscuit (i.e. horse movies haha), some sci-fi.

genres I don't like:
horror.

I don't really care for chick flicks. I'll tolerate them, but 99.99% are predictable (at least that I've watched and I'm not sure if there has been one that hasn't been predictable that I've watched). I'll go out to them with my really girly girl cousin who wants a "girls night out" every once in awhile... (her room's BRIGHT pink! Aaaah! I couldn't do that!)

[Epicurus]

Cube, thats a pretty interesting one. I think you haven't mentioned Falling Down, its both funny and uhm touching. :)

[OneBadMother]

I liked Thank You For Smoking, The Usual Suspects, and Life of Brian. Thank You For Smoking had an excellent protagonist, and didn't fall into the trap of sudden, utter redemption at the end of the tale like most other movies would. I dislike blatant predicatability in movies, so I don't tend to go for romantic comedies directed towards either sex. Most inspirational movies leave me similarly cold.

[Frank]

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Best line- "But I tried, didn't I? Goddamn it. At least I did that."
Yes I love that movie and that scene is fantastic :thumbsup:

[Blendy]

I like documentaries, action movies, psychological thrillers, anything Tarantino (pulp fiction is my least favorite, though) war movies, and dark, depressing dramas. I don't care much for most hollywoodish comedies. I abhor cheesy romantic comedies and horror movies. Among my favorites:

Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2
Trainspotting
The Sweet Hereafter
Breaking the Waves
Reservoir Dogs
Mysterious Skin
Sling Blade
Good Will Hunting


Movies that make me want to slit my throat: What the Bleep Do We Know? and The Secret

[vulcan]

BLADE RUNNER, FIGHT CLUB, THE BIG LEBOWSKI, THE ROYAL TENEBAUMS, DONNIE DARKO, THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, PULP FICTION, CASABLANCA, ADAPTATION, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, 12 ANGRY MEN, CITY OF GOD, THE USUAL SUSPECTS, DR. STRANGELOVE, CITIZEN KANE, MEMENTO, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, AMERICAN BEAUTY, TAXI DRIVER, APOCALYPSE NOW!, LABYRINTH, ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, CLERKS, BLOOD DIAMOND, MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL, LIFE OF BRIAN, GARDEN STATE, DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, RESERVOIR DOGS, THE BOONDOCK SAINTS, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, FORREST GUMP, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, AMADEUS, FARGO, COOL HAND LUKE, CHILDREN OF MEN, OLDBOY, ICHI THE KILLER, THE GREEN MILE, THIS IS SPINAL TAP, THE DEER HUNTER, GLADIATOR, THE PRINCESS BRIDE, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID, DIE HARD, GROUNDHOG DAY, THE BREAKFAST CLUB, TRAINSPOTTING, TWELVE MONKEYS, SNATCH, TERMINATOR 2, BIG FISH, 300, SCARFACE, LOCK STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS, 28 DAYS LATER, 28 WEEKS LATER, ENDLESS SUMMER, BRAZIL, STRANGER THAN FICTION, ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW, AMERICAN PSYCHO, MULHOLLAND DRIVE, POINT BREAK, SIN CITY, FANTASIA, THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, JESUS CHRIST: SUPERSTAR, THE FIFTH ELEMENT, THE BLUES BROTHERS, ALADDIN, VANILLA SKY, CASINO, THE LIFE AQUATIC, ZOOLANDER, OFFICE SPACE, AMERICAN SPLENDOR, SCIENCE OF SLEEP


Shit ... there are so many. I've seen thousands of movies.

Fight Club, American Psycho, Blade Runner, Donnie Darko and Apocalypse Now! are probably my favs.


This is leaving out the hundreds of documentaries that I absolutely love as well.

[snoogit]

Any movie that will make me think!!! Documentaries, sometimes the occasional "Thinker's" thriller (I don't know what genre that is, or how to explain it, but if I saw one, I'd point it out.) When I need a break from thinking all day I'll pop in the occasional action movie, even though the whole time I'll be thinking about why the movie makes no sense. :thinking: If I'm watching comedy, the movie had better be sharp and witty. If its garbage comedy, I'll get turned off quick. If I have to turn my brain OFF to watch a movie, I will instantly hate it.

[wise]

Any movie that will make me think!!! Documentaries, sometimes the occasional "Thinker's" thriller (I don't know what genre that is, or how to explain it, but if I saw one, I'd point it out.) When I need a break from thinking all day I'll pop in the occasional action movie, even though the whole time I'll be thinking about why the movie makes no sense. :thinking: If I'm watching comedy, the movie had better be sharp and witty. If its garbage comedy, I'll get turned off quick. If I have to turn my brain OFF to watch a movie, I will instantly hate it.

I completely concur with this post. I love comedy if it isn't garbage, as snoogit said. So, sadly, I don't watch much comedy. A film must engage my thinking or I'm distracted by other thoughts or whatever.

[Bossy Mom]

Variety is what keeps me interested (just don't make me watch musicals or vacuous romantic comedies).

Pride and Prejudice (with Colin Firth)
Sense and Sensibility (with Emma Thompson)
Persuasion (with Amanda Root)
Emma (with Gwyneth Paltrow)
The Manchurian Candidate (with Frank Sinatra and Lawrence Harvey)
Dune (with Kyle MacLachlan)
Napoleon Dynamite
A Christmas Story
The Godfather
Kill Bill
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Fahrenheit 451
Fargo
Slingblade
Shadow of the Vampire
The Stand

[Max T]

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Best line- "But I tried, didn't I? Goddamn it. At least I did that."
Yes I love that movie and that scene is fantastic *:thumbsup:
(For others- in the scene, Jack Nicholson tries to escape from a mental institution by lifting a marble water fountain and smashing it through a window. * In front of several fellow inmates, he failed to lift it.)

:) I think the scene sums up a lot in life- so many people are bystanders, just watching others and their own lives go by. * Only a few actually try and do something, and if they fail, those are the words you feel like shouting at the onlookers.

In fact, the whole movie is like an INTJ trying to break out of a nut house that is the world!

My Own Private Idaho- I related to the drifting lifestyle as an INJTeenager.

[anara]

The Edukators!

[Rohsiph]

For entertainment: Electric Dragon 80,000V (Sogo Ishii, 2001) or Ravenous (Antonia Bird, 1999)
For meaning: Ping Pong (Fumihiko Sori, 2002) or Vital (Shinya Tsukamoto, 2004)
For inspiration: Faust (Jan Svankmajer, 1994) or Dark City (Alex Proyas, 1998)
With children: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (Mel Stuart, 1971) or Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind (Hayao Miyazaki, 1984)

[leet1337]

~~~~~~~FINAL FANTASY VII:ADVENT CHILDREN~~~~~~~ *ftw
Terminator 3
The One
Rush Hour
The Core
Solo
Resident Evil
Dragonball
Samurai X
~anything that is based on a videogame
~true stories
~anime based
~action or comedy

[INTJoe]

I like getting lost in senseless comedies.

Such as

Joe Dirt
Saving Silvermann
Blankman
Meet the Parents
Nothing But Trouble (the brainchild of fellow INTJ Dan Aykroyd)

etc.

[HarleyQuinn]

Mmm...

Disturbing Behavior w/Nick Stahl: I love the idea behind it (students get programmed to be perfect achievers in school and go insane when overstimulated sexually...)
The Crow w/Brandon Lee: Revenge seeking while being led by a crow and being immortal? Count me in. And he quoted Poe :P
Batman Returns w/Michelle Pfeiffer: Pfeiffer + Self Created Leather Costume + Christmas = Yummy.
The Fifth Element w/Bruce Willis: All about Milla Jovavich in this one and some fun scenes with Bruce Willis.
American History X w/Edward Norton: Great film. Unfortunately Fairuza Balk's role is somewhat limited but Norton is Godly in this.
The Craft w/Fairuza Balk: Balk + Schoolgirl Look + Witchcraft = Sold.
Reservoir Dogs w/Steve Buscemi: Great characters but I LOVED Tim Roth as Mr. Orange. I'm still pissed I had to "settle" for Mr. Pink's DVD cover of the 10th anniversary edition rather than Mr. Orange's.

[cielo market]

Not necessarily my favorite but worth mentioning is The Italian Job. I love films that involve elaborate plotting.

[HarleyQuinn]

Not necessarily my favorite but worth mentioning is The Italian Job. I love films that involve elaborate plotting.

If you haven't seen, I highly suggest Layer Cake with Daniel Craig. My mother and I share a fondness for heist films in general. I can watch "Gone In Sixty Seconds" and "Ocean's Eleven" (The remake) again and again.

I also recommend The Score with Norton and DeNiro. Norton especially is great in this.

[Paul V]

The only one that has had any influence in my life/personality (and that's why it's my favourite) is V for Vendetta. Made me lose my fear of torture and pain, and instilled me with the will to make my opinions heard, regardless of the consequences.

[AresX9]

From my Introductory thread:
Black Hawk Down
Saving Private Ryan
ALL of the Star Wars films
The Matrix Trilogy
The Last Samurai
Kill Bill: Volume One
The Departed
Airplane!
The Naked Gun (All three of them)
Blazing Saddles
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
The Evil Dead
Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn
Army of Darkness
Hot Shots! Part Deux

And ones that I remember:

Transformers
Spirited Away
The Punisher
The Last Samurai
300
Troy


I know there's others I can't remember.

[Nomad]

I think probably Grosse Point Blank, Man on Fire and Life as a House are some of my favorites. it gives me hope that i might be redeemable.

I don't watch war movies (modern warfare) Gives me nightmares.

-Nomad

[Charlie Mc.]

Top movie ever is Boondock Saints. Absolutely love that movie. Freakin funny as well.

After that
Apocalypse Now
The new Reefer Madness
Rob Roy
The Duelist
Zulu

[cielo market]

If you haven't seen, I highly suggest Layer Cake with Daniel Craig. My mother and I share a fondness for heist films in general. I can watch "Gone In Sixty Seconds" and "Ocean's Eleven" (The remake) again and again.

I also recommend The Score with Norton and DeNiro. Norton especially is great in this.

Thanks for the suggestions ;) I love Gone and Ocean's!

[groundzero]

Some of my favourite movies are.

LA Confidential
Gattica

I am an interested in finding out about more than just main stream movies.
Could someone suggest some interesting movies that would appeal to an INTJ.

[Capt57]

I am a big fan of Stanley Kubrick films.

If you like big juicy ideas like: for all our art, beauty and technology Man will never escape his animal nature.

A Clockwork Orange
2001: A Space Odyssey

Two recent films I loved:

No Country For Old Men (great story, excellent pace and tension building)
There Will Be Blood (could be the new Citizen Kane)

[xhaan]

Wow, hmm.
This will be hard to pin down.

Just randomly, as I think of them:
300
Black Hawk Down
Watership Down
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Three Kings
Apocalypse Now
The Green Mile
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
The Terminator
K-19: The Widowmaker

All I can think of right now.

[Bear Warp]

I am a big fan of Stanley Kubrick films.

If you like big juicy ideas like: for all our art, beauty and technology Man will never escape his animal nature.

A Clockwork Orange
2001: A Space Odyssey

Not to mention The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, and even Barry Lyndon (boring but beautiful).

Some other movies I like are:

Pi
Napoleon Dynamite
Garden State
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Lost In Translation
Pulp Fiction
Kill Bill 1 and 2

Bond and Bruce Lee films are good too.

[Danisty]

Equilibrium
Dark City
Tank Girl
Ichi the Killer
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Four Rooms

There are probably a lot more that I'm just not thinking of right now.

[gabriel]

Sling Blade. Worth seeing several times.

[ssfanatic]

LOTR Return of the king, the only movie that has come close to make me cry. After the trilogy i was so attached to Sam, i really didnt want him to die. Others...
Van Helsing
Black Hawk Down
We were Soldiers
A Beautiful Mind
And Planet Earth (i know its not a movie but its just crazy cool!)

[karen]

Cecil B. Demented
Gosford Park
The Royal Tenenbaums
Intermission

[prometheus]

Serenity
Shenandoah
Idiocracy
American Beauty
Jeremiah Johnson
Fight Club
V for Vendetta
The Big Lewbowski

[Bear Warp]

New addition- A Scanner Darkly

[Danisty]

I forgot Shawshank Redemption

[1OFMANY]

Shawshank Redemption
Silence of the Lambs
Second Hand Lions
Sandlot
Boondock Saints
Babe
Chronicles of Narnia


EDIT: OMG!!!!

I cant believe I forgot Princess Bride !

[errrzarrr]

The GodFather (complete Trilogy)
Scarface
Scent of a Woman and generaly anyone with Al Pacino there
Lord of The R. (complete Trilogy)
Last king of Scotland
pOrn, If its with a girl, better

[Santana28]

Requiem for a Dream
Neverending Story
Fight Club
Pi
Goonies
Spaceballs
The Great Escape and pretty much any other classic WWII movie :)
the Indiana Jones Trilogy
Legend
Solarbabies
Memento

[yondyr]

Barbarella
Zardoz
A Boy and His Dog
Cherry 2000
Death Race 2000
Silent Running
Smile
Semi Tough
Fellini's Satyricon
come to mind...

[prometheus]

I cant believe I forgot Princess Bride !

It is inconceivable that we both forgot it!

I forgot Braveheart also.

[Danisty]

Okay, now I'm kicking myself because I forgot the Princess Bride too! I also forgot Labyrinth and Highlander.

[Capt57]

Okay, now I'm kicking myself because I forgot the Princess Bride too! I also forgot Labyrinth and Highlander.

:shout: Highlander!! :knife:

[Bossy Mom]

The Manchurian Candidate (the old one with Laurence Harvey and Angela Lansbury)
Dune (with Kyle MacLachlan)
Slingblade
Dr. Strangelove
Ed Wood

[Gonzo]

Oh god theres so many. Here are the ones I remember right now:

The Last Samurai (Hands-down the best movie EVER.)
Wedding Crashers
Anchorman (Pretty much everything with Will Ferrell. That man is a comedic mastermind :laugh:)
Dodgeball (OMG I laughed so hard I had trouble walking the next day)
Team America
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (Matt Stone and Trey Parker will be sitting next to Will, and in turn Jesus, in heaven ;))
Rocky
A Beautiful Mind
Memento
The Sixth Sense
Gattaca


Probably gonna be some editing ;)

[yondyr]

This is really good. I haven't seen movies in yonks, so you're giving me ideas for rentals, and when someone mentions a favourite I can't stand and vice versa, I can follow anothers taste... or not. (Anyone who mentions Casablanca is off my list)

[Pinkie]

Shadowlands, Lost in Translation, De-Lovely, Brief Encounter, The Remains of the Day, The Nun's Story. Probably Shadowlands as number one ^__^

[Santana28]

MULHOLLAND DRIVE...david lynch...'nuff said.

i cant believe i forgot that one!

[Rick]

Any of the old Pink Panther movies with Peter Sellers
The 10 Commandments with Charlton Heston
Highlander
The Indiana Jones movies (another is being made right now!)
Jeremiah Johnson
Blazing Saddles
John Wayne westerns

[Julian]

My absolute favorite: Shawshank Redemption

Favorite movie I've seen in the last year: Idiocracy, absolutely hilarious

Also I am a huge fan of h:scared:rr:scared:r movies, especially the zombie genre.

[Santana28]

i liked shawshank redemption... but i wouldnt call it one of my favorites!

[BlueTopaz]

Lord of the Rings
V for Vendetta
X-men United
The Green Mile
Benny and Joon
Pulp Fiction
A Clockwork Orange
Blue Velvet
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Kill Bill
Sin City
Alien and Aliens
The Terminator
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Star Wars, Return of the Jedi

I'm sure there's more....

[the natural]

The Godfather is a very INTJ movie, so much of it is about strategizing and reading people/situations. I'd also recommend Wall Street for the same reasons.

Easy Rider is my favorite movie of all time, it's all about independence and thinking for yourself, always wanted to buy a bike so I could do the same thing...

[mind_wander]

Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Star Wars Trilogy
Death Wish I-V [If your neighborhood is in a big mess, then hire someone to do the job and eliminate it]
Better Tomorrow I-III [Chinese Movie-Award winner]
Bourne Identity I-III

There is more, but can't think of any at the moment.

[Ace1337]

Godfather, LOTR, Titanic, Schindler's List, Beautiful Mind, The Prestige, Departed, Silence of the Lambs...

[Merle]

There are just way too many incredible movies out there...
My favourites are:
Bringing Up Baby
Don't Look Now
The Big Sleep
Chinatown
Code Unknown
Amateur
Notorious
Viaggio In Italia
Cul-de-Sac
and just about a million more!
Oh! how could I forget all the Powell and Pressburger films... but mostly Black Narcissus and A Matter of Life and Death.

A wonderful film I saw fairly recently was 'The Lives of Others'...

[DeadSpace]

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, just plain good
Tank Girl, strangely appealing...O.o
Serenity, great ending to a series that should have ran longer
V for Vendetta, complex, great imagery
Spaceballs, and other Mel Brooks gems. no comment :x
Silent Running, ty to yondyr had forgotten this one...but now i want to see it again :p
All Bourne movies, needs no comment :)
se7en, flawless
Akira, classic, provokes thought
Blade Runner, great adaption
Insomnia, great pysch thriller
and now for something completely different...
cheech and chong movies, all
harold and kumar go to white castle

[Gonzo]

OMG I forgot Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas... I hate myself now...

[Uberfuhrer]

Transformers is one of those few movies that I can keep watching over and over again, quite honestly.

Other favorites of mine are: A Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, TRON, and others...

[Lout]

I've seen quite a lot of movies, but there are very few that I can keep watching over and over. Right now, I can only think of Forrest Gump and Life is Beautiful. I could mention some of the movies I like merely for aesthetic reasons, but they don't have the same appeal.

[pavman]

Its too bad, I was thinking this was "best movies of all time" but its just "favorite movies"...

Best movies of all time (in no particular order):
Man on Fire
A Clockwork Orange
Hannibal (just got/re-watched this and perhaps I'm biased, but it was so well done...one of those rare sequels that is better than the original)
Fight Club
Beautiful Mind (saw this one show up a lot in this list)
As Good As It Gets
Bill Cosby Himself
Pursuit of Happyness
The Green Mile
Office Space
Godfather Series (well Godfather 3 is pushing best category)
Star Was EP 1 - 6 (yeah yeah Jar Binks blah blah blah)
LOTR SE - this could have finished better...perhaps like the books...would have been nice.

TV Series/Mini-series/MFTM:
Battlestar Galactica, the new series on SciFi.
Band of Brothers
Scrubs (dam roommate hooked me on this dam series).
The Simpsons, all 18 seasons.

Movies I enjoyed just because I'm me (not necessarily Best, no particular order):
The Thirteenth Floor
12 Monkeys
A Good Year
Pi
The Game
Hitch (now some of our secrets are out gents ;O)
Butterfly Effect
Blackhawk Down
The Manchurian Candidate
Catch Me If You Can
8 Mile :o)
Identity
Shawshank Redemption
The Assassination of Richard Nixon ... this was one of those movies that made you feel the protagonist's problems. It was eerily poignant. This may be a best based on that fact, but I only rented it once.

TV Series/Mini-series/MFTM:
Firefly, the series
Pick Up Artist, for all you lonely, unsuccessful nerds out there (ie not me :o).

I am surprised people put 2001: A Space Odyssey. I watched this on AMC recently, and it was so... waste of time. The ending made no friggin sense. Break out the crack pipes, we're watchin 2001: ASO!

DISCLAIMER: This is just a short list. I've seen waay too many movies, and I'm sure there's some out there that should be in this list, but its been so long since I watched (and cared) that they've slipped my mind. By no means is this a complete list of best/favorites. In fact, you can bet on it :o)

[tbone]

The Big Lebowski
Office Space
Fight Club
V for Vendetta
The Godfather (part I and II)
Casablanca
Chinatown
Star Wars (Original Trilogy)
Full Metal Jacket

[Daniel]

MANHATTAN by Woody Allen

Oh that movie is sooo INTJ

[1OFMANY]

I forgot 13 days of October..the original.

[buoin]

They Live
Big Trouble in Little China
Day Of The Dead
Shawshank Redemption
Cool Hand Luke
Papillion
Reservoir Dogs
Dawn Of The Dead (remake and original)

A lot more but those are the ones I tend to go back to watching.

[tearsbymidnyt]

Papillion
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Boxing Helena
The Seventh Sign
Leviathan
Labyrinth
Point of No Return

L.

[INTJewel]

Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal and Red Dragon, in that order
The Edge
What About Bob?
Hoffman (old Peter Sellers flick)
Lord Love a Duck (old Roddy McDowall flick)
Phantom of the Paradise
Lolita (both Kubrick's and Lyne's versions)
Remains of the Day
Sense and Sensibility
Pride and Prejudice (Colin Firth mini-series)
Groundhog Day
Lost in Translation
Fargo
Cabaret
The Graduate
Die Hards I and III
What's Eating Gilbert Grape?


~Jewel

[Pinkie]

I want to add Out Of Africa to my list. Also Galaxy Quest ^__^

[HarleyQuinn]

In alphabetical order...

American History X (Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Fairuza Balk, Stacy Keach)
Batman Returns (Michael Keaton, Michelle Pfeiffer, Danny Devito, Christopher Walken)
Die Hard (Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Reginald VelJohnson)
Disturbing Behavior (James Marsden, Nick Stahl, Katie Holmes, Bruce Greenwood)
Leon: The Professional (Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman)
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (Rod Taylor, Betty Lou Gerson, Ben Wright)
Powder (Sean Patrick Flanery, Jeff Goldblum, Lance Henriksen)
Reservoir Dogs (Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi, Michael Madsen, Harvey Keitel)
Se7en (Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt)
Sidekicks (Jonathan Brandis, Chuck Norris, Joe Piscopo)
The Fifth Element (Bruce Willis, Milla Jovavich, Gary Oldman)
The Pianist (Adrien Brody)
The Quest (Jean-Claude Van Damme, Roger Moore, Jack McGee)
The Thing (Kurt Russel, David Clennon, Keith David)
The Usual Suspects (Kevin Spacey, Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Pollak)
To Kill A Mockingbird (Gregory Peck, Mary Badham)

[Learning]

This is a great thread... sometimes I don't know what to buy/rent next. Seeing the commonality of movies is cool, too. I actually own a majority of these and see some listed that I definitely want to try.

Sundance films are often a great place to look (they're labeled on the cover by awards). The only other movies I could think of that I didn't see on here are The Astronaut Farmer & The Abyss.

[elfece]

Ok, just the top 3:



Pink Floyd: The Wall

Fight Club

Cape Fear


And although it's not a film, I like Dexter, i just have some sort of fascination with psychos and their great efficiency :D

[Mr Galt]

In no particular order:
There Will Be Blood
The Godfather Parts I and II
Clerks
V for Vendetta
Fight Club
Se7en
American History X
Gangs of New York
Silence of The Lambs
The Shining
The Shawshank Redemption
Superbad
Unforgiven
Pulp Fiction

Many others....

[gillyweet]

V for Vendetta
Shawshank Redemption
Dead Poets Society
Millions
Frida

[EastCoast]

The Cook, the thief, his wife, and her lover - in fact any of peter greenaways movies.
The seventh seal
The manchurian candidate
The Oxbow Incident - unbelievable - when the letter is read, I bet all you INTJs
feel something
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Amarcord
last tango in paris
All the beautiful mornings of the world (i can't remember the foreign title)
touch of evil
heavenly creatures
merry christmas mr. lawrence

i could go on and on and on......

[yondyr]

yes! The Cook et al...black humour, brilliant. erm, was that racist?

[David]

Being there
TRON
All of the Matrix movies
All of the Bourne Supremacy movies
All of the Terminator movies
Original 3 Star Wars movies
Something about Mary
Videodrome
Fritz the Cat
The Omen

[integratedvelocity]

Hmm, I decided to resurrect this thread.

Just watched The Thomas Crown Affair (1960s version), it is one of my favorites (though the split screens drive me slightly insane). Also, the A&E/BBC version of Pride and Prejudice is amazing. I also love the original Star Wars trilogy, Much Ado About Nothing, Good Will Hunting, Lord of the Rings, and Sleeping Beauty. It's the Tchaikovsky.

[Claptonian]

Memento
Children of Men
Chinatown
Reservoir Dogs
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

[pallasathena]

I am partial to very old films so here's my list of favorites:

1. Dodsworth-(1930's) about a woman having a midlife crisis.

2. Baby Face-(1930's) Barbara Stanwyck working her way to the top. ;)

3. I'm No Angel-(1930's) Mae West as a lion/man tamer.

4. Now Voyager-(1940's) My favorite Bette Davis movie.

5. Nothing Sacred-(1930's) I'm a big Carole Lombard fan.

6. Hands Across The Table-(1930's) Another great Carole Lombard film.

7. Possessed-(1930's) Joan Crawford actually made 2 movies with this title. This is the first one.

8. Red-Headed Woman-(1930's) Jean Harlow as an unrepentant homewrecker.

9. The Public Enemy-(1930's) James Cagney is wonderful in this.

10. The Barretts of Wimpole Street-(1930's) Norma Shearer's best film in my opinion.

11. Holiday-(1930's) Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant in a story that's still relevant today. Cary has to decide to live his life for himself or to conform to society's conventions.

That's just a few of the movies I like. Can you tell that I like strong female characters? :)

[ceg6]

The 25th Hour
Carlito's Way
American Psycho
Unbreakable
Lord of War
Blow
Primal Fear
Pulp Fiction

[Fej]

Have to go with Shawshank Redemption.

[buddingscholar]

Good Will Hunting
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
The Siege
The Interpreter
Michael Clayton
Erin Brokovich
Collateral

[escapist11]

October Sky
August Rush
V For Vendetta
The Science of Sleep
The Prestige
Martian Child
Cashback
Wristcutters: A Love Story
Les Miserables
The Shawshank Redemption
Say Anything...
That Thing You Do!
A Beautiful Mind
Gattaca
I Heart Huckabees
Inherit the Wind
Garden State
The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

[Toby]

Broken Flowers
Die Hard
Star Trek: First Contact
All Indiana Jones movies
Lost In Translation

[Szarra]

Alot of good movies already named in this thread.

A trio of fun ones to kill an afternoon:
True Lies
Soapdish
Undercover Blues

Edit:
Almost forgot:
Clue and Murder by Death.

[Tinmaiden]

The Iron Giant
Pulp Fiction
Kill Bill vol. 1 and 2
Edward Scissorhands
True Romance
Tokyo Godfathers
Run Lola Run
Hellboy
Pan's Labyrinth
Young Frankenstein
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Hero
Blade Runner

[Thunderstrat13]

The Godfather
Goodfellas
The City Of Lost Children
American Splendor
American Movie
Boogie Nights
Full Metal Jacket
The Hunt For Red October
Downfall
Russ Meyer's Beyond The Valley Of The Ultra Vixens
Barbarella
Delicatessen
Dark Star
Forbidden Zone

[suzyk]

Mean Girls, Meet The Spartans, Meet The Fockers, all the comedy movies. I loves me a good laugh. Throw a few documentaries in there and that's what I like watching.

I only watch National Geographic and Discovery anyways.

[notoppings]

Billy Elliot
October Sky
Deep Impact
Flawless
Listen to Me
Nell
Sleepers
Contact
As Good As It Gets
The Outsiders

[TheLastMohican]

It is a daunting assignment to list my favorite movies, since I will always be forgetting a lot of them that I shouldn't. But some that come to mind:

Lilies of the Field
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Signs
Star Wars series (not so much Episodes I and II)
Collateral
Zulu
Breaker Morant
Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
King Kong (2005)
Indiana Jones Trilogy
Spider-Man Trilogy
I Am Legend
Music & Lyrics *Lucid gags*
The Flight of the Phoenix
It's a Wonderful Life

And many more...

[Uberfuhrer]

Star Wars series (not so much Episodes I and II)

Strangely, my least favorite Star Wars movie was Return of the Jedi. As for Revenge of the Sith, I am pissed to this day that it didn't get an Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects, while the other Star Wars films did.

The Flight of the Phoenix

The original or the remake?

[TheLastMohican]

Strangely, my least favorite Star Wars movie was Return of the Jedi. As for Revenge of the Sith, I am pissed to this day that it didn't get an Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects, while the other Star Wars films did.

I am also bitter about that, and was even more bitter this year when The Golden Compass won the Oscar over Transformers. I mean, come on. Transformers had special effects the likes of which we had never seen, while I thought The Golden Compass looked fakier than Narnia.



The original or the remake?

The original! The remake? :yuck:

[kantsuu]

Clue
Happiness*
The Rocky Horror Picture Show**
Edward Scissorhands
Little Miss Sunshine
Memento

*The title is very misleading and people seem to love or really hate this film... don't get mad at me if you hate it.

**At midnight showings only

haha

[pandora4606]

Boondock Saints
Good Morning Vietnam
Pans Labrynth

All fabulous movies

[Uberfuhrer]

I am also bitter about that, and was even more bitter this year when The Golden Compass won the Oscar over Transformers. I mean, come on. Transformers had special effects the likes of which we had never seen, while I thought The Golden Compass looked faker than Narnia.

I agree with you on Transformers being robbed, too!

The other thing I was bitter about was in 2004 when The Hulk failed to get a nomination for Best Visual Effects.

[TheLastMohican]

I agree with you on Transformers being robbed, too!

The other thing I was bitter about was in 2004 when The Hulk failed to get a nomination for Best Visual Effects.

I thought the effects in Hulkwere not that great. The Hulk looked pretty fake (though I think that had more to do with the too-perfect design than with the quality of the CGI).
RotK and The Curse of the Black Pearl definitely deserved nominations over Hulk. But what was the third nominee?

[Uberfuhrer]

RotK and The Curse of the Black Pearl definitely deserved nominations over Hulk. But what was the third nominee?

Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World.

The Hulk was an amazing achievement in the day, and I thought he looked great -- this new CG Hulk in the movie coming out this summer, quite honestly, does not look very good at all.

[Rayden]

I'm a fan of comedies. My all time two favorite movies are Mystery Men and Undercover brother. Call me immature if you want, but those movies rock.

[TheLastMohican]

Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World.

Well, I guess Hulk deserved the nomination over Master and Commander (which was a great movie, but the special effects were not that challenging).

The Hulk was an amazing achievement in the day, and I thought he looked great -- this new CG Hulk in the movie coming out this summer, quite honestly, does not look very good at all.

I think that 2003 Hulk could've been done better. He did not look nearly as real as other characters like Gollum. I think this is actually due to his design, though. He was perfectly smooth and uniformly colored all over, with that very bright green...ugh. It made him look way too "perfect" to be real.

I like the new Hulk design a lot better. It looks more like a real Hulk would, with much more detail, like the veins and smaller muscles. I also think his hair adds to the effect, since it is longer and allowed to move naturally, instead of sticking to his head like a helmet. The color is better too, being a slightly darker and more natural-looking green, not fluorescent.

I wonder what the new design will look like when finished. I hope they add a bit more localized color variation, but besides that I cannot think of any improvements. (None of the frames of the Hulk or Abomination in the trailer was completed.)

[Claptonian]

I am also bitter about that, and was even more bitter this year when The Golden Compass won the Oscar over Transformers. I mean, come on. Transformers had special effects the likes of which we had never seen, while I thought The Golden Compass looked fakier than Narnia.


I thought Transformer's effects were laughably bad. Nothing in the real world is that shiny.

Also,

Clue
Happiness*
The Rocky Horror Picture Show**
Edward Scissorhands
Little Miss Sunshine
Memento


You like The Kids Are Alright and Memento?! :stunned: :lovestruck:

[Allie]

Here are the ones I could think of:

all Alfred Hitchcock movies
all Stanley Kubrick movies
musicals: The Sound of Music, Grease, etc.
Casablanca
Citizen Kane
The Grapes of Wrath
Rosemary's Baby
Blade Runner
The Pianist
Pulp Fiction
Gattaca
Gladiator
most recent: The Bank Job

[sriv]

I thought Transformer's effects were laughably bad. Nothing in the real world is that shiny.


Transformers are from out of this world. I loved the effects on it. Favorite movie is I am Legend.

[TheLastMohican]

I thought Transformer's effects were laughably bad. Nothing in the real world is that shiny.


As shiny as what? The shiniest thing I saw in the film was some of Optimus Prime's polished chrome, which was not any shinier than the real thing.

[Cubedout]

The Fountain - Amazing, amazing movie for those who are more intuitive.
Children of Men - Great social commentary and really long, intense shots.
Hot Fuzz - Just a solid comedy that I can watch any time.
Pan's Labyrinth - It's grown on me. Guillermo del Toro gets better with every movie.
The Mist - I've only seen this last night, but I already love it.
Merlin - This NBC miniseries was what got me into Tolkien.
LOTR trilogy - Speaking of which...this trilogy got me into analyzing movies.

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[Claptonian]

Transformers are from out of this world. I loved the effects on it.

I guess, but it still made it look unrealistic. It didn't look like some alien metal that reflected light in a unique way; it looked like CGI.

As shiny as what? The shiniest thing I saw in the film was some of Optimus Prime's polished chrome, which was not any shinier than the real thing.

I've never seen chrome anywhere near that shiny. :laugh:

[TheLastMohican]

I've never seen chrome anywhere near that shiny. :laugh:

You are talking about the chrome on the autobots, right?

[Claptonian]

You are talking about the chrome on the autobots, right?

Yes.

[TheLastMohican]

Yes.

Huh. I might have missed whatever shots you are talking about, but I have seen chrome that shiny. Polished chrome can be almost like glass.

[Claptonian]

I guess it's not just that it's too shiny, but also the way the light is reflected. I find that shiny CGI surfaces stick out like a sore thumb to me.

[TheLastMohican]

I guess it's not just that it's too shiny, but also the way the light is reflected. I find that shiny CGI surfaces stick out like a sore thumb to me.

They might have made is too shiny when there was not enough light. It would look wrong if it's glinting but not in strong sunlight. The angles might have been slightly off, too.

I was very impressed with how seamless it all was, but maybe there were some very subtle things that I missed due to all the action going on.

[azelismia]

Alot of good movies already named in this thread.

A trio of fun ones to kill an afternoon:
True Lies
Soapdish
Undercover Blues

Edit:
Almost forgot:
Clue and Murder by Death.


murder by death is one of my all time favorites too.





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I am partial to very old films so here's my list of favorites:

1. Dodsworth-(1930's) about a woman having a midlife crisis.

2. Baby Face-(1930's) Barbara Stanwyck working her way to the top. ;)

3. I'm No Angel-(1930's) Mae West as a lion/man tamer.

4. Now Voyager-(1940's) My favorite Bette Davis movie.

5. Nothing Sacred-(1930's) I'm a big Carole Lombard fan.

6. Hands Across The Table-(1930's) Another great Carole Lombard film.

7. Possessed-(1930's) Joan Crawford actually made 2 movies with this title. This is the first one.

8. Red-Headed Woman-(1930's) Jean Harlow as an unrepentant homewrecker.

9. The Public Enemy-(1930's) James Cagney is wonderful in this.

10. The Barretts of Wimpole Street-(1930's) Norma Shearer's best film in my opinion.

11. Holiday-(1930's) Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant in a story that's still relevant today. Cary has to decide to live his life for himself or to conform to society's conventions.

That's just a few of the movies I like. Can you tell that I like strong female characters? :)


I wish they played old movies more often on satellite or cable. I really used to like AMC when they actually played old movies. Carole lombard is a favorite of mine too.

[lambpox]

My Own Private Idaho
Stand By Me
Taxi Driver
Memento
The Godfather I/II
Fight Club
Se7en
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Donnie Darko
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
A Clockwork Orange
Office Space
Shaun of the Dead
Meet the Parents
American Psycho
Shawshank Redemption
October Sky
Indiana Jones series
Signs
Papillon
Silence of the Lambs
American History X

Too much!! I adore movies.

[Malotis]

Pulp Fiction
Sin City
Kill Bill Vol 1 & 2
American History X
Fight Club
Hero
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
What about Bob?
V for Vendetta
Shawshank Redemption
There will be blood
Equilibrium
Requiem for a Dream
The Truman Show
In Bruges
Superbad

[ssrprotege]

I didn't see movies that much; but those I chose were very brilliant. :)

- Silmido
- Amadeus
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
- The Sea Inside
- The Perfume: the Story of a Murderer
- V for Vendetta

I am looking forward to the Star Trek flim next year :thumbsup:

[Terian]

Anything by M. Night Shyamalan
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Serenity
The Island
The Bourne Identity
Hot Rod
Enchanted
Cloverfield
The Matrix


And as a side note- Gattaca annoys the crap out of me because the helix on the movie poster is spinning the wrong direction. :irked:

[bricklayer]

A Beautiful Mind is a good one. But my fav is The Princess Bride. Its has everything you could want in a movie.

[Henry]

Just watched Donnie Darko. Wow, what a flick. Creative, yet perfectly executed. Skips beats so you actually have to think for yourself. Excellent performances by most of the actors, and I think Patrick Swayze may have played his most authentic role yet. And the Smurf scene - oh my god that's one of the funniest things I've ever heard in my life!

The tone of that movie is pretty much identical to how I feel 90% of the time.

"I think you are the fucking anti christ"

[Elfrun]

I’ve limited myself to 10...

Reservoir Dogs - bestest movie ever!
Donnie Darko
Shawshank Redemption
Pulp Fiction
Rocky Horror Picture Show ;D
A Clockwork Orange
Amalie
Schindler's List
Butterfly Effect
Full Metal Jacket
[and all 50/60s musicals :embarassed:]

[replicant]

I like a lot of movies... so top 10

1. Amelie
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. Real Genius
4. The Goonies
5. Monster Squad
6. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
7. Memento
8. Amelie
9. Red Beard
10. S Diary

[bailey]

ten great movies


the darjeeling limited
the life aquatic with steve zissou
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
being john malkovich
american splendor
intermission
little miss sunshine
thank you for smoking
the big lebowski
wristcutters

[augustus]

Godfather,Lord of the Rings, Schindlers List, Its a wonderful Life & Rocky

[azelismia]

I have been reminded of a few more old favorites,

gregory's girl
comfort adn joy
local hero
Restless natives

[anul]

Evil Dead II
Blazing Saddles
Dawn of the Dead (Georgies)
Death at a Funeral
Thank you for Smoking

[Mozzes]

I like a lot of movies... so top 10

1. Amelie
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. Real Genius
4. The Goonies
5. Monster Squad
6. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
7. Memento
8. Amelie
9. Red Beard
10. S Diary

Did you mean to have Amelie on there twice?

It's difficult for me to just pick out a few, but I'd probably go with

Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Beetle Juice, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Princess Bride, Pan's Labyrinth, The Silence of the Lambs, High Noon, The Maltese Falcon, The Legend of Drunken Master, just about every Disney movie that was (re)released during the late 80s and thru the 90s (nostalgia is pretty powerful - I really got a kick out of those movies as a child. I still like many of them especially The Lion King).

Oh and just about every Pixar movie. I still love them.

[replicant]

Did you mean to have Amelie on there twice?

It's difficult for me to just pick out a few, but I'd probably go with

Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Beetle Juice, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Princess Bride, Pan's Labyrinth, The Silence of the Lambs, High Noon, The Maltese Falcon, The Legend of Drunken Master, just about every Disney movie that was (re)released during the late 80s and thru the 90s (nostalgia is pretty powerful - I really got a kick out of those movies as a child. I still like many of them especially The Lion King).

Oh and just about every Pixar movie. I still love them.

Hahaha! Typo.... Insert Fido or Blade Runner there.

Legend of Drunken Master - great Jackie Chan film..

[Beery Swine]

A new one for me that I've only seen once is There Will Be Blood. I seem to think about that movie once a day. Other than that, movies just do it for me anymore. For most there's just not enough time for character development, or they'd rather focus on how the CG looks .07% better than it did a year ago. Having said that, I still like the superhero movies, especially the last Batman, and can't wait for The Dark Knight (5 more days).

[comet]

My all time favourite movie is Spinal Tap, it's so funny, taking what it's like to be part of a rock band to extremes (although I do think there is probably a lot of truth in it).

I'm a huge David Lynch fan, so movies like Bluevelvet, Mulholland Drive.

Other movies I enjoy are 2001 Space Odessey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Clockwork Orange.

Of the recent batch of movies out, I enjoyed Lars and the Real Girl so much I went back to see it a second time - a rare thing for me.

[Pirate1650]

I think I saw one Kurosawa film mentioned but they are all amazing. Toshiro Mifune is the man.
So far my favoites of his are:
Seven Samurai
Yojimbo
Sanjubo
The Bad Sleep Well

I don't think I saw Snatch or Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels mentioned yet either, both similar and both amazing.

Frequency is another sweet movie that most people I know haven't seen either.

[Max]

Forrest Gump.

[SteveFALZ]

Back to the Future
Spider-Man
Anchorman
Superbad
The Departed
The Shining
Interstate 60 -- Great movie directed by Bob Gale, one of the writers of Back to the Future

[Mozzes]

The Shining

I never would've guessed! :laugh:

[Freak87]

i apologize if this is already a thread, but maybe there are some new members and new movies out- so what are your guy's favorite movies?

[Malotis]

There has (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) been a thread created for this in arts and entertainment. Anyways, I can't remember them all but here's a list of some of my favorites.

V for Vendetta, Kill bill volumes 1 & 2, Pulp Fiction, The grudge, The ring, What About Bob, In Bruges, Requiem for a dream, American Beauty, Little Miss Sunshine, There will be blood.

[major757league]

Forrest Gump, Meet The Parents, Paid In Full, Goodfellas, Training Day. I dont really watch movies that much though, once i predict the ending its no longer amusing.

[Freak87]

American beauty :)

ok, really odd coincidence but guess not since INTJ and ENTP's are a match- almost all of those are favorites of an ENTP I know. I've watched them at his house or he's told me about them lol

my favorites (I guess I should say)
American Beauty. Lord of the Rings series. Mygirl (1&2), Breakfast Club, St. Elmo's Fire, Never Been Kissed, Say Anything, Better off Dead, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Emporers Club, speed racer---just kidding! haha, and so many more. those are just a few.

i also liked little miss sunshine, and i want to see charlie bartlett really bad! what about bob haha. nice. oldschool





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also, pay it froward. wow. i love that movie. thanks for your responses guys!! :)





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Forrest Gump, Meet The Parents, Paid In Full, Goodfellas, Training Day. I dont really watch movies that much though, once i predict the ending its no longer amusing.

have you ever seen matchstick men? that is one ending i did not predict. i recommend you watch it and try to guess. im kind of dense with that genre but maybe it will surprise you. another good movie. i like Nicholas cage

[changos]

Many many (fun, entertainment, etc), but to mention the insightful that make me wake up and be alive:

- The last minute
- Trainspotting
- Frequency
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- Big Fish
- Masters of the Stone (rock climbing documentary)
- princess mononoke

Yet again, the last minute... The clock is ticking... what did you do last weekend? what are you going to do this one??? :)

[redbaren]

Mine would be

- Phone Booth
- Forest Gump
- The Borne series
- I Am Legend

[SnakeFeather]

I love movies.

- Barry Lyndon
- Casino
- No Country For Old Men
- Okay pretty much everything from Kubrick, Scorsese and the Cohens.
- Star Wars (all of 'em, terrible acting included. Revolutionize the industry
anyone?)
- Planet Earth (BBC Documentary)
- Match Point
- Hurly Burly
- Monty Python's Meaning of Life, Life of Brian, Quest for the Holy Grail
- Beowulf (not that great of a movie but goddamn the action was sweet, I'm
not made of stone here, people)
- Final Fantasy Advent Children (sweet action trumps hyper metro-sexuality)
- Howl's Moving Castle (all the films by that Japanese guy shitting on Disney)
- Harsh Times (Cali residents can relate to the authenticity)
- Almost Famous
- The Godfather Trilogy
- Scarface
- Vanilla Sky
- Waking Life
- Tombstone (Kurt Russell's last serious Oscar contending role. Lol. Val Kilmer's the man)
- There Will Be Blood (very instructive)
- Tideland (a whimsical feel good tale, I suggest you watch it)
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- Where the Buffalo Roam

That's all I care to remember for now. And my favorite chick flicks are none of your business.

[lambpox]

- Stand by Me
- My Own Private Idaho
- Se7en
- Requiem for a Dream
- Memento
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- The Shawshank Redemption
- October Sky
- Taxi Driver
- Donnie Darko
- Zoolander (I loved it, stfu!)
- Requiem for a Dream
- Goodfellas

I like anything with River Phoenix (I know he's gone, but still), Morgan Freeman, and Robert Di Niro. :)

[jikin]

Princess Bride
Matrix
Sprited Away
Paprika
Unbreakable
Annie (yes, yes, I know...)
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Second Hand Lions
Monty Python's Search for the Holy Grail

[Freak87]

a lot of monty python and drama i am noticing :)
this is cool. interesting.

[Monte314]

In no particular order:

Invaders From Mars (the 1953 version)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Independence Day
Gone With the Wind
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

[Xaverious]

Wow I can´t believe nobody mentioned Fightclub!! and Matrix just got one mention??

I love pretty much all of the movies you posted EXCEPT for Requiem for a Dream I still get chills when I remember how the poor junkies ended up.

Haven´t seen many of them but I will now and I´m sure I´ll like them. Its pretty useful to have simila minds!! Apparently Monty Python is a big deal among INTJs i´d better get on to that.

Mmm I guess my guilty pleasures are Amelie and Big Fish, I know they are more of INFx movies but I loved them.

[athenian200]

Back to the Future (series)
D.A.R.Y.L
A.I.
Short Circuit (series)
Star Wars (series)
Star Trek (series)
WarGames
Honey, I Shrunk The Kids (series)
The Terminator (series)
Apollo 13
October Sky
Planet of the Apes
The Time Machine
Independence Day
Jurassic Park (original)

[Seppuku Savant]

Pi
Battle Royale
V for Vendetta
Requiem for a Dream
Star Wars (Original Trilogy)
The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls In Love

[mkay]

Take to a desert island:
"The Godfather" trilogy
"Annie Hall"

Can watch repeatedly:
"Goodfellas"
"The Untouchables"
"V for Vendetta"
"Orlando"
"Broadcast News"
"Bull Durham"
"Gosford Park"
"Tombstone"

[pseudonymous]

Alien, Aliens
Star Wars - Episodes 4, 5, 6
Bourne Identity, Bourne Ultimatum
Ronin
The Italian Job
X-Files

[manger]

Baraka
Mind Game (Yuasa)
Unser täglich Brot
The Cook, the Thief...
La Grande Bouffet
Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

[Monte314]

I like "disaster" flicks... I find myself identifying with the charcaters, trying to figure out how I would handle the various challenges they face.

[Monte314]

Pi
Battle Royale
V for Vendetta
Requiem for a Dream
Star Wars (Original Trilogy)
The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls In Love

I've never met another person who saw the movie Pi...

[notoppings]

To keep it simple I will submit:

Billy Elliot

October Sky

Nell

Cider House Rules

A Knights Tale

[searcher]

Independence Day
Empire of the Sun
Of Mice and Men
Matrix series

[manger]

I've never met another person who saw the movie Pi...
I've seen Pi!

[augustus]

My top 10 list

1. Godfather
2. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
3. Schindler's List
4. Lord of the Rings
5. Rocky
6. Count of Monte Christo
7. Fugitive
8. Forest Gump
9. The Good, Bad and the Ugly
10. Phantom of the Opera

[hum]

in no particular order:

Vanilla sky
big fish
V for vendetta
the butterfly effect
Donnie Darko
mars attack
the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy
pirates of the caribbean
Hayao Miyazaki's movies
artificial intelligence

I can't remmember more...

[Neuro]

about schmidt, alexander, american beauty, apocalypse now, big lebowski, blade runner, blue velvet, brokeback mountain, cries and whispers, fanny and alexander, fargo, fight club, idiocracy, in the bedroom, jfk, lawrence of arabia, natural born killers, nausicaa of the valley of the winds, raging bull, se7en, sex lies and videotape, scenes from a marriage, spirited away, talk radio, taxi driver, the new world, the shining, the straight story, traffic, unforgiven

To name a few.

[hum]

in no particular order:

Vanilla sky
big fish
V for vendetta
the butterfly effect
Donnie Darko
mars attack
casanova
the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy
pirates of the caribbean
Hayao Miyazaki's movies
artificial intelligence
Edward scissorhands
the sixth sense
Benny & Joon
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
everything is illuminated
sweeney todd
the man in the iron mask

coming: The dark knight, Akira and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

as I posted on another topic

[lambpox]

I just watched Little Miss Sunshine, I liked it. :D My favorite character was the teenage son. I loved how he adored Nietzsche.

[demvesalius]

I saw Hancock this weekend and really liked it.

[Stella]

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Memento, Interview with the Vampire, The Lost Boys, Neverending Story, Cruel Intentions, Control, Benny & Joon, Fight Club, The Boondock Saints, Pan's Labyrinth, Edward Scissorhands, The Princess Bride, Silence of the Lambs... and I've been a Disney whore since I was little so I watch an old classic when I'm feeling ill. :D

[Shakyamuni]

Lawrence of Arabia, Gladiator, The last emperor, As good as it gets, True lies, The Matrix (first one), LOTR. There are more, but I can't seem to think of them. I liked alot of Arnold's stuff, but I wouldn't say his movies are my favorite by any means. True Lies would have to be his best.

[Flush]

American Beauty.

It gets better each time a watch it.

[Neuro]

The Boondock Saints

Probably the biggest decline for me in enjoyment from young age to rewatching it again recently. Spaceballs is a close second!

[D for Demure]

My favorites are: Gladiator, Memento, Requiem for a Dream, A Scanner Darkly, V for Vendetta,Fight Club, Seven, The Matrix, Closer, Magnolia, Layer Cake, Made, Me myself and Irene, Boondock Saints, 25th Hour, Pulp Fiction, The breakfast club, Good Will Hunting.

Mostly i enjoy movies with dark characters. I like when a movie understands the depths of a character well and can generate dialogue that feels very real. Almost as if it were taken from the people themselves. All of Michael Mann's movies are high quality, the same with Paul Thomas Anderson's.

[Neuro]

Mostly i enjoy movies with dark characters. I like when a movie understands the depths of a character well and can generate dialogue that feels very real. Almost as if it were taken from the people themselves. All of Michael Mann's movies are high quality, the same with Paul Thomas Anderson's.

You have nearly the same taste as me when I was say 16/17. If you like depth of character and real dialogue check out Swedish director Ingmar Bergman's films. Did you like There Will be Blood? Sounds like your favorite movie to me.

I'll look the other way for V for Vendetta hehe. Hard to find high quality revolution type movies. We should work on that. Fight Club is still pretty fantastic though I think.

[Ice Wolf]

American beauty
Into the Wild
Beautiful Mind
Ame agaru
Mibu gishi den

[Risingson]

the matrix
pulp fiction
lord of the rings (fan of the book as well)

[tp6626]

Pulp Fiction, The Godfather, Prozac Nation, American Beauty, Donnie Darko, Vanilla Sky, Waynes World, Shawshank Redemption

Recently:
The Science Of Sleep
The Dreamers

Film Four had a French Cinema season and I caught these two. I am going through a phase of really liking slightly odd french films like this, so if anyones got any tips I'd be pleased to hear them. (Amelie is on my list already).

[blues]

Top 5
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
A Beautiful Mind
What About Bob
Papillon
Cool Hand Luke

I'm a communications major with an emphasis in media production - so movies and TV are kind of my thing. I could probably list about 100 that I like and the list would probably change every day :)

[enWTFp]

I've never met another person who saw the movie Pi...I watched Pi the year it was out. Aronofsky was unknown then. I was telling all my friends about the movie. But the Requiem really impressed me for life.

Okay, I have a lot of lists. Chronological (my choice for best movie of each year), top 5 by genre, alltime top 10 etc. But I'll mention here just two movies for now: Magnolia and Brazil.

(they are both actually not on my top 10 for some strange reasons...)

[HeyZeus]

Saw a number of my faves in this thread:

Doctor Zhivago is practically perfect, and tops my list
Chopper (with Eric Bana) is pure mayhem
2001: A Space Odyssey is ingenious, Barry Lyndon too
Winter Light
24 Hour Party People was made for INTJs--wonderful subtlety of humour
How about Rushmore, INTJs?
The Coen Brothers' movies--made for INTJs too
Mulholland Drive, ditto
Glengarry Glen Ross -- ENRAGED real estate salesmen cold-calling deadbeat clients...who would've thought hatred and dissatisfaction with life could be so funny?
American Psycho
Rules of Attraction
and Powaqqatsi, for the music of Philip Glass and the scenery

[rewhu]

Way, way too many favorites to mention here. It could take all day. But I enjoy reading everybody else's, most of which I’ve seen. Pi is officially on my Netflix list thanks to Uber’s thread To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. I’ve been meaning to see that for several years, don’t know why I’m procrastinating.

For the sake of sharing I’ll list just one movie:

Terminator II

Never bores me and I’ve seen it *counts on fingers and toes* a lot.

[Valentyne]

Kontroll
MirrorMask
Howl's Moving Castle
the 13th Warrior
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
In Bruges

I just saw the last two a little while ago, and I really liked them, ask me a month from now and they may not be on the list anymore.

[Merle]

Monte: I really like your list! Awesome movies!

Anyway...mine is:
Bringing Up Baby
Amateur
La Peau Douce
Black Narcissus
Code Inconnu
The Time of the Wolf
Stalker
Cul-de-sac
The Big Sleep
The Day the Earth Stood Still(1951)
Metropolis

[Myrak]

There's some great stuff listed here. Good taste guys. Noting all these down so I can watch them eventually...

I've recently been watching a slew of films, and haven't watched many films more than once, but those that I do I usually feel I can watch numerous times without getting bored of it. Recently, some of those films would include:

Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas
The Seventh Seal
In Bruges
Jesus Camp

just off the top of my head, of course. I just got done reading Fear and Loathing (the original novel), and I was pleasantly surprised to see the movie stay quite true the entire way through. Unlike Fight Club which I had read immediately previous; the book and movie were so different from each other that it ended up ruining both for me. :\

[Nostalgia]

no particular order

Burnt by the sun
The Fountain
La Grande vadrouille
Witness for the Prosecution
The Mission
Fitzcarraldo
Gone with the Wind
Long day’s Journey into night (1995 Canadian Stratford Production, RIP William Hutt)
Karakter
Tess
Happiness
Sunshine
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
The deer hunter
Brazil
Ladri di biciclette
Le Vieux fusil
Temptress Moon
Farewell My Concubine
Festen
Runaway Train
Pet Sematary
Downfall
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Match Point
Rushmore
The Wild Geese
The Hill (Sidney Lumet)
Man Bites Dog: It Happened in Your Neighborhood
Nacho Libre (hahaha I thought this was a very sweet movie, yes it is super silly, but sweet nevertheless)
The Rules of Attraction
Cross of Iron
The Insider
Heat
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Eye of the Needle
Anything by Kubrick of course.

Many many more,

[HeyZeus]

Fitzcarraldo


Nice choice. Beautiful movie. Too bad the "scientists" could not figure out how to harness the energy from Kinski's perpetually clenched teeth/jaw.

[rewhu]

MirrorMask


Yes, great movie. I'm a fan of Neil Gaimen's work. Although I must admit that I never saw the movie version of Stardust. The book is just too good. I can't taint it by seeing the movie, which my bones tell me is crap.

[Trym]

A.I: Artificial Intelligence
Gattaca
2001: A Space Odyssey
Contact
Silence of the Lambs

[Neuro]

I'm gonna add 'There Will be Blood' to my list. Watched it again and yeah...it's a worthy favorite.

[Jessica]

Don't ask me why but i like Godzilla. Lot of people said that the movie is "meh" but i really like it.

[groundzero]

L.A. Confidential

[groundzero]

LA. Confidential
The Matrix
The Count of Monte Cristo
Fire in the Sky

[metamagnet]

Children of Men anyone?
definitely my favorite movie

[Neuro]

Children of Men anyone?

The action directing is pretty inspiring. I had some problems with the character and plot development but definitely a worthwhile movie.

[sweepmeup]

Everything by David Lynch, Kubrick and the Cohen Brothers. I loved Inland Empire, 2001 a space Odyssey, big lebowsi has always been a favorite. Monty python is awesome. im thinking all this absurdism relates to the 'INTJs really just want people to make sense' factor. its amusing

[1cyberninja1]

My favorite movie of all time without a doubt is Fight Club.

[Moonwalker]

I LOVE good movies and I'm not going to repeat all the superb movies all of you already have mentioned. However, there are at least two directors I haven't seen on the list.... Sofia Coppola and Jean-Pierre Jeunet.

I like all movies Sofia Coppola has done so far and you can easily see that she thinks in the same way as her father. What I especially like with her is her ability to tell a story with a very limited amount of dialogue. Look at Lost in Translation, which is a masterpiece in my eyes. A very introverted movie, not very much of a dialogue, but you still get the point in a very nice way.

The French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet is the hottest name here in Europe now if you ask me. I don't know if he is a well-known name in US or not but definitely a director to look up if you haven't heard of him. Delicatessen, A very long engagement, City of lost children are all good movies but the ONE to see for all us INTJ is Amelie. The character Amelie is an INFJ girl, true, but the way she thinks is so similar to how I see the world on a daily basis. How anyone can catch a character so well on the screen is amazing!

Pan's labyrinth is also a very decent one!

Enjoy!

[Van Diesel]

Groundhog's Day

[p0psicle]

Back to the Future (all three)
Requiem for a Dream
Forrest Gump
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
War of the Roses
Leon
Immortal Beloved
Backbeat

[Kisai]

In no particular order:

Dark City
Fight Club
Moulin Rouge
The Seven Samurai
Memento
Donny Darko
The Hustler
Metropolis (which they found the original 210 minute version this July in Argentina of all places, they're going to release it next year)
City of Lost Children (though you can put Amelie & Delicatessan slightly beneath them)
Miller's Crossing (and other Cohen Bros. films, but this one was the best)
Se7en
The Matrix
Blade Runner


I have to add the Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, A Fistful of Dollars, and For a Few Dollars More. All of them were great films.

[Anderson]

1) The Silence of the Lambs
2) Pulp Fiction
3) The Shawshank Redemption
4) The Shining
5) Star Wars Trilogy (original)
6) Close Encounters of the Third Kind
7) Indiana Jones Trilogy
8) American Beauty
9) A Clockwork Orange
10) North by Northwest

**Honorable Mentions**

Pi
A Beautiful Mind
The Matrix
Shrek
2001: A Space Odyssey
The History Boys

[Valentyne]

Yes, great movie. I'm a fan of Neil Gaimen's work. Although I must admit that I never saw the movie version of Stardust. The book is just too good. I can't taint it by seeing the movie, which my bones tell me is crap.

I quite enjoyed Stardust. I saw it before I read the book, I didn't realize it was a book until a friend mentioned that she wanted to read it. And I am ashamed to say that I like the movie better. So, make of that what you will.

[metamagnet]

I think i said this in our previous movie thread, but i'll say it again

Children of Men
absolutely incredible!!!

[michael ingram]

What does everyone think of "The Truman Show" and "Gattaca"? Those are two of my favorites.

[TheLastMohican]

The Truman Show was amazing. I've never seen Gattaca, though I've heard of it.

[michael ingram]

The Truman Show was amazing. I've never seen Gattaca, though I've heard of it.

Ya, "The Truman Show" was really inspiring. Here's a look at Gattaca:

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This song sums up the movie pretty well. It's really beautiful.

Also, here's the great song from "The Truman Show":

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[Canegrande]

Here goes: The Godfather I and II, Laurence of Arabia, Gladiator, V for Vendetta, Ben Hur, Friday, The Lion King, The Count of Monte Cristo and Malcolm X. I also like Bring It On but only the scenes with Gabrielle Union in the cheerleader outfit.

[Paradox]

1. Citizen Kane.
2. The Manchurian Candidate.
3. Kill Bill Vol. 1.
4. Schindler's List.
5. Forest Gump.
6. The Italian Job.
7. Silence of the Lambs.
8. The Color of Money.
9. North by Northwest.
10. American Psycho.

I realize many have already mentioned most of mine, but they are incredible movies. You people have good taste.

[aok]

David Lynch's, Darren Aronofsky's, 1/2 of Richard Linklater's, most of Martin Scorcese's, many of Francis Ford Coppola's, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's, Ansem's, 1/2 of Christopher Nolan's, Stanley Kubrick's, Micheal Moore's, Rosemary's Baby, There Will Be Blood, The Science of Sleep, Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind, Vanilla Sky, Matrix, The Ninth Gate, London, The Man Who Souled The World, Donnie Darko, i robot, Tron, Blade Runner, SuperHigh Me, Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas, V For Vandetta, American Hardcore, The Grizzly Man, Into The Wild, Manhunter, Scarface, The Doors, Thumbsucker, Chumscrubber, Hated, Time Bandits, Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Brainstorm, Brain Damage, The Island, Dark City, Talented Mr. Ripley, Ripley's Game, The Abyss, Alien 3, Amelie, City of Lost Children, The Lives Of Others, Borat, Harsh Times, Daywatch, Superman movies from the late 70's and 80's, Star Wars 3-6, Star Trek 2, Immortal, From Hell, Thrashin, No Country For Old Men, THX 1138, Bug, Owning Mahoney, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Clash of The Titans, Fantastic Voyage, Charly, Lawnmower Man, American Splendor, The Good Shephard, Basketball Diaries, Drugstore Cowboy, Akira, Neon Genesis Evangelion, The Number 23, Punch-Drunk Love, Keane, Romper Stomper, Kids, Gummo, Go, Human Traffic, Soylent Green, The Trip, The Masque of Red Death, Altered States, Buffalo 66, Powder, Blow, Conspiracy Theory, Close Encounters of The Third Kind, Artificial Intelligence, Fight Club, Citizen Kane, The Assassination of Richard Nixon, Jacob's Ladder, and Trainspotting.

I think that sums up most of them.

[Charmander]

1. The Big Lebowski
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Fight Club
4. Jarhead
5. Donnie Darko
6. Scream
7. Stranger Than Fiction
8. Rocky
9. Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
10. American History X

Also: Star Wars, American Pie, I Am Legend, I Robot, The Dark Knight, Pineapple Express, Hellboy II, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Superbad, American Beauty, Troy, SiCKO, Bowling For Columbine, The Believer, Public Enemy, Disturbia, Transformers, most of the MARVEL films, Shaun of the Dead, The Pursuit of Happyness, Interview With the Vampire, Se7en, and more...

[rflki3]

not in order, off the top of my head

v for vendetta
the departed
little miss sunshine
the prestige
catch me if you can
dog day afternoon
into the wild
the bourne movies
the talented mr ripley
fight club
the italian job
the dark knight
the shawshank redemption
good will hunting
the truman show

these are the only ones i can remember right now..

[Librorum]

For some reason most of my favourite "comfort" movies are romantic "costume" dramas. What does that say??

Persuasion (the Ciaran Hinds one)
Jane Eyre (also with Ciaran Hinds)
Rebecca (Charles Dance)
Pride and Prejudice (the 1985 BCC one)
Maurice
Daniel Deronda
Crossing Delancey
Lost in Translation
G.I. Jane

That last one is not a typo. I like a girl who kicks butt. ;D

[aok]

Favorite Movies?

Mine are overly listed within

favorite movies

[bizzz]

The Girl In The Café, Collateral, Paris, je t'aime, Se7en, K-Pax, Angel-A, Fight club, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Requiem for a Dream, Revolver, V for Vendetta, Cidade de Deus, 3:10 to Yuma, Children Of Men, Mr. Brooks, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring, Royal Battle, Sweeney Todd, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Fountain

[Stone]

My most favorite movies are:

Twin Peaks
Lost Highway
Hearts In Atlantis
The Green Mile
Youth Without Youth
The Man From Earth
The Fountain
Crash (2004)
Vanishing Point (1971)
The Prestige
The X-Files
Lolita
Brokeback Mountain

[Nikita]

Kill Bill I & II
Irreversible
Freeway
War of the Roses
Charlie's Angels Full Throttle
Raise the Red Lantern
Fight Club
Pulp Fiction
Lucky Number Slevin
Lolita (Lyne)
Unfaithful
Hostel
Eurotrip
Sin City
Girl, Interrupted
Papillon

[Zzyber]

The search for Bobby Fischer
Pi
Goonies
Spaceballs
The Princess Bride
Indiana Jones trilogy (notice I left out the newest piece of turd that was put out!)
Star Wars IV,V,VI
Audition
Terminator trilogy (I liked 3 so :P) and I cannot wait for the new one to come out!

And a bunch more....

[universalis]

Japan: Battle Royale or Visitor Q or actually any miyazaki movies
Spanish: Tesis
French: Amelie
German: What to do in case of fire
Hollywood: Groundhog Day

[alphawolf]

Dune
Apocalypse Now
Hunt for Red October
Pink Floyd The Wall (yes, the movie)

[universalis]

I heart huckabees (forgot that one)

[Arthur]

The Godfather Pts. I and II, Schindler's List, Apocalypse Now, Fight Club, the LOTR trilogy, A Clockwork Orange, etc. The list goes on...

[BlackOp]

Top 10...no order

8 1/2 - Fellini
Devil's Eye - Bergman
The Shining - Kubrick (hard to pick one)
Gummo - Korine
Stardust Memories - Allen
Big Lewbowski - Coens
Exorcist - Friedkin
Blue Velvet - Lynch
Animal House - Landis
Citizen Kane - Welles

others

Apocalypse Now - Coppola
The Graduate - Nichols
Pink Flamingos - Waters
Thief - Mann
Fast Times at Ridgemont High - Heckerling
Weird Science - Hughes
Wing of Desire - Wenders
Dead Man - Jarmusch

[rara avis]

Gattaca
Donnie Darko
Bound
The Thin Man
To Die For
The Piano
The Batman Movie
Angels and Insects

Does Venture Bros. on DVD count as a movie..?

[intellael]

Matrix
Star Wars (all)
Contact
The Village
A beautiful Mind
Signs
Usual Suspects
CORE
Butterfly Effect
Fifth Element
13th Warrior
LOTR (all)
Jumper
Hancock

No particular order...

[Zhen]

all i can think of right now

Cinema Paradiso
L'appartement
Baraka
Count of Monte Cristo
Three colours trilogy
anything Hitchcock or Almodovar or Egoyan
Trainspotting
Shine

[BigWoc]

The Matrix, Fight Club (For the sayings), The Big Lebowski

[replicant]

Amelie
Avenue Montaigne
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Real Genius
Memento
High Fidelity
Grosse Pointe Blank
Nausica: Valley of the Wind
Spirited Away
Kamikaze Girls
Aliens
The Matchmaker
Working Girl
Eating Raoul
House of Flying Daggers
Magnificent Butcher
Battle Royale
Tootsie
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Blood and Chocolate
Blade Runner
Stranger Than Fiction
Meatballs
Juno
Children of Men
P.S. I Love You
Sense & Sensibility
Eternal Sunshine of A Spotless Mind
Run Lola Run

[aliena]

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Best line- "But I tried, didn't I? Goddamn it. At least I did that."

Oh no, the best line is "Mmm, Juicy Fruit.":-)

I've recently enjoyed for example Im Juli, Elementarteilchen (yeah, wanted to improve my German a bit:-)), Juno or Persepolis. Oh, and Dr. Horrible:-).

And from the well-known I like Clockwork Orange, Pulp Fiction, One flew...Or Big fish and Interstate 60. Or Hair.

I hate romatic comedies:yuck:. I even hated Pretty Woman and Love Actually so much even though they're well-recognized movies enjoyed by most (I think). I guess the only movie labeled both "romance" and "comedy" is In July, I love that movie.

I also hate horrors or scary thrillers. With my vivid imagination and fearful nature I really don't need any other stimulation in that area. I'm pretty well off with my own scary fantasies. Watching one horror movie gives me nightmares for a few years and some "nice moments" stay forever, improving my own creepy thoughts. Watching Jack the Ripper at the age of about 12 - not a good idea. Watching a movie with an evil Japanese woman, scary nursery rhyme and a cooling fan - not a good idea. Putting pieces of mirror in dead people's eyes - yeah. But I like Twin Peaks, though some of its moments scare me to death.

[gedreosan]

Blade Runner, Juno, Clerks, Clerks 2, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Shichi-nin no Samurai, Das Boot

[dalidaisy]

I recommend "Zietgeist"............ To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

not enitrely accurate but you'll get the idea -
about 2 hours long - Enjoy!

INTJohn

Ooooh. I've seen it. Good stuff. Very interesting & thought provoking. Tried to get my friends to watch it (I live in the bible belt & all my friends are religious). Of course they won't. If it is in any way blasphemous to their god, they will have no part in it. I talked one friend into going to see Religulous with me & he got up & walked out. It's so hard to be friends with close-minded people...





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You think Christianity is deceptive? Wait till you understand how decieving Zeitgeist is. It's a fantastic look at how fear and emotion can suck you in. The creators of Zeitgeist are the masters of Propoganda catered to the (no offense) "pseudointellectual" demograph. Have you taken a look at the "sources" they have (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.)? Looks pretty impressive, right? Too bad all of the information essentially comes from a single person. Acharya S a pen name of a better known as "conspiracy theorist" D.M. Murdoc.


The first time I saw this film, I thought it was pretty impressive. It's very well put together except for one problem. It's based upon logical fallacies and false information. I've research all of the claims fairly thoroughly and To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. d=109 presents an extremely good overview of the myth she is intent on pushing onto everyone. Why is it that no scholars take Acharya S seriously? According to Zeitgeist it's all part of the new world order massive conspiracy which has been going on for thousands of years in order to turn all of humanity into microchipped drones so the international world bankers can have what they want. :scared: Oh and only you with your infinite power of love can stop it.

The article I listed is from an apologist site however if you take a look at their references you can double check everything they say. It's put together quite well and is quite objective. It doesn't use emotion in order to convey it's point like Zeitgeist. Zeitgeist is simply another thinly veiled form of propoganda that yet another person is pushing on the "let's hate Catholicism" bandwagon.

Give me a break. Yes, Catholicism has done bad in the past. However, If you take a look at all the good they have done and how they are not engaging in the activities of the middle ages anymore (they too are human) than you would see that the church has actually benefited humanity. Mendel ("father of genetics") and Georges Lemaitre (creator of the big bang theory) were both devout Catholics. One was a monk and the other a priest.

Seems like Zeitgeist enjoys their prejudice and slander. Where's the love there?

These guys are complete charlatans and should be ashamed that they are trying to push their bullshit message of hate on the religions which is based upon a lie. Here's another overview (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts._scholarly_reception). Yes, it's wikipedia, but check the references if you doubt their information. From my research I've found it to be true.

If you want more sources on this. I can provide more. Just ask.

It's entertainment. It makes you think. You don't have to believe it. Just like I don't believe that silly story from Titanic. But, I'll watch the movie & enjoy it...

[bluevelvet]

okay love Robert Rodriguez and Tarantino films-i call that comedy cause they usually crack me up.

This is Spinal Tap-classic
Orlando-with Tilda Swinton (one of my fav actors)
American Beauty
Pleasantville
Election(me in high school as Matthew Broderick)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles(my absolute all time favorite comedy)
Anything animated disney(Nemo, Jungle Book, 1st 101 Dalmations)
Pitch Black
German movies-Four Minutes and The lives of Others

oh and my user name-the movie, not the song

[Nikita]

Foreign:
Irreversible
Raise the Red Lantern
Life is Beautiful
Once Were Warriors

Action:
Kill Bill I&II
Lucky Number Slevin
Sin City
Bourne Identity, Supremacy, & Ultimatum
Pulp Fiction
Wanted
Underworld & Underworld: Evolution
The Italian Job
The Transporter

Self-Explanatory:
Fight Club
Lolita (Lyne)
Unfaithful
Clan of the Cave Bear (I get made fun of for this)
Girl, Interrupted
Human Trafficking
Freeway
The Usual Suspects
Digging to China
Papillon

For fun:
Eurotrip
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Charlie's Angels Full Throttle
The Holiday
Harry Potter (all)
LOTR (all)
The Fifth Element

[Muumeh]

I like movies that make me think, are insightful, and/or funny.
Some of my favourites:

Lost in Translation
The diving bell and the butterfly (I really recommend this!)
Trainspotting
Bigger, Stronger, Faster

[Sunshine]

I am all about top lists and have top lists for basically everything I'm a fan of.

Here is my top 58 movies of all time list. May give you some insight into what I enjoy and who I be:

Contact
Mask
The Jerk
When Harry Met Sally
Purple Rain
Risky Business
What Dreams May Come
Saturday Night Fever
Pump Up The Volume
The Thing
Dumb and Dumber
American Psycho
The Graduate
Bull Durham
Glengarry Glen Ross
Don't be a menace to south central
Total Recall
Clifford
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Groundhog Day
Raising Arizona
Parenthood
Fletch
Ghost
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
Airplane!
Ferris Bueller's Day off
The Doors movie
Ali G - Indahouse
Bachelor Party
Big
Blazing Saddles
L.A. Story
Hair
The Man who knew too little
The Man with two brains
Moonstruck
The Princess Bride
Singles
The Color Purple
Tootsie
The Witches of Eastwick
Shawshank Redemption
Lethal Weapon (1, 2)
Face Off
Buffalo 66
Superman (1, 2, 3)
Jungle Fever
The Truman Show
Awakenings
The Grifters
Good Fellas
Evil Dead 2
Trading Places

[rewhu]

Terminator trilogy (I liked 3 so :P) and I cannot wait for the new one to come out!

I didn't hate the third one, but I didn't love it either. The problem is that I read the book that the movie is based on and, of course, the book was much better. I only saw a very brief preview for the fourth movie in the Terminator series, but it looked really cool. Very rarely do I see a movie in the theater but for this one I might splurge for a couple IMAX tickets.

[Tishy]

Fight Club
Run Lola Run
Being John Malcovich
Momento
Dogma
Donnie Darko
Adaptation


... so mostly what one of my buddies would call "mind f**k movies"

[resmotion]

I am a film buff. When watching a film I'm aware of much more of the construction than most people. Films with an unusual construction attract me, could be any genre. I watch films I like multiple times so I can analyze them more deeply.

Ten standout films in style and content:
2001: A Space Odyssey [I recognized the expressive power of cinema through this film]
Raging Bull
Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Annie Hall
GoodFellas
Mulholland Drive
Nashville
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Psycho
Network

Other favorites:
A Clockwork Orange
Taxi Driver
Husbands and Wives
Chinatown
Rosemary's Baby
The Big Lebowski
Miller's Crossing
Blue Velvet
His Girl Friday
Vertigo
The Godfather
Double Indemnity
eXistenZ
Point Blank
The Producers (1968)
Magnolia

[BlackOp]

Top 10...no order

8 1/2 - Fellini
Devil's Eye - Bergman
The Shining - Kubrick (hard to pick one)
Gummo - Korine
Stardust Memories - Allen
Big Lewbowski - Coens
Exorcist - Friedkin
Blue Velvet - Lynch
Animal House - Landis
Citizen Kane - Welles

others

Apocalypse Now - Coppola
The Graduate - Nichols
Pink Flamingos - Waters
Thief - Mann
Fast Times at Ridgemont High - Heckerling
Weird Science - Hughes
Wing of Desire - Wenders
Dead Man - Jarmusch

Others-

The Jerk
Stranger than Paradise
The Seventh Seal
Irreversible
Dr. Strangelove
Lolita (Kubrick)
Paths of Glory
2001
Barry Lyndon
A Clockwork Orange
Persona
Raging Bull
Wild Strawberries
Harold and Kumar...1st one
Alien
Close Encounters (only good Speilberg flick)
The Omen (original)
Down By Law
The Insider (loved it)
The Royal Tenenbaums
Paris Texas
Harold and Maude
Network
Sleeper
Smiles of a Summer Night
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (original)
Wizard of Oz
Eraserhead
Risky Business (tangerine dream)
The Proposition (Nick Cave)
The Lives of Marionettes
On The Waterfront
Kids (Larry Clark)
Laws of Gravity
Mulholland Drive
When They Were Kings
OldBoy..all three really

Shit...left off Polanski and Hitchcock

recent
Man on Wire (documentary)...amazing. Check it out

[Harmony]

Boondock Saints
Shawshank Redemption
Green Mile
Practical Magic
Phoenix and Griffin
Army of Darkness
WALL-E
James Bond series
The Rock
Dukes of Hazzard =P

And many, many more!