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What is the best film you have seen?

Not really old films on the poll but if your film isn't on there just pick other.

Other:- 12 angry men (1950s b&w)
Possibly the best portrayal of human nature on the cinema screen ever. Also reason for hope.

My favorite all-time film is Jurassic Park.

Team America: World Police

Bambi. It is so obviously cool. Kids today see Bambi and fall in love with it all over again.

The Big Lebowski!

I don't think a poll is sufficiant.

The Usual Suspects (1995)

The Shawshank Redemption

A poll would be useless. "Other" would dominate, no matter what the other choices were.

Akira, but any movie with Al Capone in it automatically ties.

Guest House Paradiso

The Neverending Story I

Another good one was A.I.

'tell Them Johnny Wadd Is Here'-1975

Favourites off the top of my head

*The Shawshank redemption.
*Forrest Gump.
*Garden State.
*The motorcycle diaires.
*Pulp Fiction.
*Saving Private Ryan.

My mind = Blank ..

Guest House Paradiso
PWHAHAHAHAHAHA

Since I can only pick one:

The Fox and the Hound

A Bronx Tale, Goodfellas, all those crap kind of movies that I can't think of right now, Shawshank Redemption, Kill Bill vol 1 and 2, and... shit, I can't remember the name of the movie. It's the one with Scarlett Johannson and Bill Murray.

Top ten films:
1. Fight Club
2. Donnie Darko
3. The Godfather part 1
4. Ghost Dog
5. Reservoir Dogs
6. The Silence of the Lambs
7. Kill Bill (complete)
8. Seven
9. Scarface
10. Goodfellas

A Bronx Tale, Goodfellas, all those crap kind of movies that I can't think of right now, Shawshank Redemption, Kill Bill vol 1 and 2, and... shit, I can't remember the name of the movie. It's the one with Scarlett Johannson and Bill Murray.

Lost in translation?

Whoa, this is a really interesting and yet crazy thread - there are loads of films out there! Umm, I'm trying to decide is I love Captain Corelli's Mandolin or hate it. The book is my favourite of all time, but I think you have to read it to totally understand the film, and there's alot of deviation from the book in the film. Otherwise, I thought A Time to Kill was a great film. Anyway... yes....

Le Fabuleux Destin D'Amelie Poulain

Donnie Darko is, without a doubt, my favorite film of all time.

My all time favorites are Top Gun (for pure fun and adrenaline), The Patriot (Mel Gibson's reminder of the sometimes terrible cost of freedom and why it is worth defending), Shawshank Redemption (beautiful portrayal of the human spirit and its capacity to lift others even amidst the most trying of circumstances), The Passion of the Christ (there is no higher truth than what Christ did on my behalf at the cross). I must finally be growing up because I dropped RAD of the list.

Fight Club.

I thought Michael Collins sucked.

Der Untergang, Njálssaga, Braveheart, Michael Collins, Saving Private Ryan, ....... the list goes on.

Cry Freedom - a beautiful, thought provoking film

Blues Brothers - just because it is

Police Academy - come on, we all love them

School of Rock - lets rawk

Jaws - it scared the crap out of me when I first saw it

The Firm - both of them

Dogma - brilliant film very funny (i'm not religious as you could guess)

Boondock Saints: Best indie film ever made. Go watch this movie, because it is so awesome. It's worth it just to see willem defoe kiss . . . well I don't want to spoil it. Just go watch this movie!

American Graffiti. Its just so brilliantly well done. George Lucas + Francis Ford Coppola=pwns your face :D

Shawshank Redemption. Amazing film. How dare you not include any of the Indiana Joneses?

Shichinin no samurai (Seven Samurai)

from that list Michael Collins

outside of that list, the Shawshank Redemption, Pulp Fiction and the original Italian Job are all great films

Braindead. The name tells everything.
It's the best and the worst film I've ever seen.

Braindead. The name tells everything.
It's the best and the worst film I've ever seen.


ha ha ha

1) Jurrasic Park

2) Forrest Gump

3) Full Metal Jacket

4) Die Hard

5) Aliens

ha ha ha
What's so funny? Isn't it great to kill zombies with a grass-cutter? It's a true masterpiece no matter what you say.

Favorite films:
A Clockwork Orange
Dr. Strangelove
Pulp Fiction
The Pianist
Forrest Gump
Trainspotting
Full Metal jacket
Reservoir Dogs
The Day the Earth Stood Still
2001: A Space Odyssey
Boogie Nights
GoodFellas
Godfather Parts 1 and 2
Apocalypse Now

None of the films in the poll are what i would even regard as a half-decent film, my personal taste leans toward lynch's stuff , also the cremaster series are probably the best films out in the last ten years.

1. A Clockwork Orange
2. Lord of the Rings (Complete Trilogy, extended edition)
3. Donnie Darko
4. Shawshank Redemption
5. Gladiator

3. Donnie Darko

Donnie Darko really?

Tough question. The most memorable is probably 'Man on Fire'. Awesome film.

The Pink Panther Series - can't be beaten for comedy

"Does your dog bite?"

"No"

bite

"I thought you said your dog doesn't bite"

"That is not my dog"

Yep! :)

First time I saw Donnie Darko, it really tweaked with me. It's lost it's appeal after a few repeat viewings, but it still is certainly in my top 5

I would agree with the Pink Panther series, Peter Sellers was hilarious. Anyone a Monty Python fan?

Le Fabuleux Destin D'Amelie Poulain
OH. MY. GOD.

Twice!

Once) Because you beat me to posting it.
Twice) Because you wrote the original french name, not just "Amelie" like i was going to.

I bow down to you.

:fluffle:

My Top 100 list:

10/10:

1) Greed (1924)
2) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
3) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
4) Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
5) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
6) Gone with the Wind (1939)
7) Citizen Kane (1941)
8) The Godfather: Part II (1974)
9) Doctor Zhivago (1965)
10) The Godfather (1972)
11) The Thin Red Line (1998)
12) Apocalypse Now (1979)
13) Schindler's List (1993)
14) Hoop Dreams (1994)
15) Last Emperor, The (1987)
16) Metropolis (1927)
17) Boot, Das (1981) [miniseries]
18) Shichinin no samurai (1954) [Seven Samurai]
19) The Green Mile (1999)
20) Band of Brothers (2001) [miniseries]
21) Oldboy (2003)
22) Mulholland Dr. (2001)
23) Pianist, The (2002)
24) Lost in Translation (2003)
25) Casablanca (1942)
26) Incredibles, The (2004)

9.5/10:

26) Wings of Desire
27) Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
28) Star Wars: Episode V-The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
29) Heavenly Creatures (1994)
30) Alien (1979)
31) Malcolm X (1992)
32) Evil Dead II (1987)
33) Heat (1995)
34) Kumonosu jô (1957) [Throne of Blood]
35) Rear Window (1954)
36) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
37) 12 Angry Men (1957)
38) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
39) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
40) Psycho (1960)
41) Aliens (1986)
42) To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
43) The Maltese Falcon (1941)
44) Requiem for a Dream (2000)
45) Clockwork Orange, A (1971)
46) Notorious (1946)
47) The Wizard of Oz (1939)
48) The Shining (1980)
49) Blue Velvet (1986)
50) Fargo (1996)
51) Adaptation. (2002)
52) King Kong (1933)
53) Braindead (1992) [Dead Alive]
54) The Insider (1999)
55) Ed Wood (1994)
56) The Exorcist (1973)
57) The Terminator (1984)
58) Groundhog Day (1993)
59) Beauty and the Beast (1991)
60) Full Metal Jacket (1987)
61) Young Frankenstein (1974)
62) The Straight Story (1999)
63) Toy Story (1995)
64) Magnolia (1999)
65) A Christmas Story (1983)
66) The Sting (1973)
67) Platoon (1986)
68) Edward Scissorhands (1990)
69) Ben-Hur (1959)
70) The Elephant Man (1980)
71) Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
72) Monsters, Inc. (2001)
73) The Deer Hunter (1978)
74) The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
75) Duck Soup (1933)
76) Star Wars (1977)
77) Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
78) Toy Story 2 (1999)
79) Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)
80) All About Eve (1950)

9/10:

81) Forrest Gump (1994)
82) American History X (1998)
83) Léon (1994)
84) Raging Bull (1980)
85) Rashômon (1950)
86) Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001) [Amelie]
87) Goodfellas (1990)
88) Halloween (1978)
89) Star Wars: Episode VI-Return of the Jedi (1983)
90) Barton Fink (1991)
91) Spider-Man 2 (2004)
92) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
93) Lolita (1962)
94) Memento (2000)
95) Spartacus (1960)
96) Big Fish (2003)
97) Patton (1970)
98) Stand by Me (1986)
99) The Black Stallion (1979)
100) Almost Famous (2000)

Hey, i almost forgot- space is the place is now out on dvd!!

My Top 100 list:



Quick! To the file sharing program!

Underground, Delicatassen and Black Cat White Cat have always been my favorite films.

Close race between 2001: A Space Odyssey and Bullitt.

Bullitt for the great editing, story and the chase scene and Steve McQueen.

2001 for everything.

Close race between 2001: A Space Odyssey and Bullitt.

Bullitt for the great editing, story and the chase scene and Steve McQueen.

2001 for everything.

Now, if 2001 had the car chase from Bullitt somewhere in the last reel of the film...

1) Jurrasic Park

*Throws Ralina a cookie*

Now, if 2001 had the car chase from Bullitt somewhere in the last reel of the film...


Wow.... it'd probably make a lot more sense, too.

The only film I can think of that hasn't already been said is Bulworth.

Oh, and Magnolia's pretty good.

Dancer In The Dark by director Lars von Trier.

The Usual Suspects (1995)


My favorite movie of all time.

In no particular Order my top 10:

Gods and generals
LOTR: Return of the King
Shawshank Redemption
Braveheart
Forest Gump
I, Robot
LOTR: The Two Towers
Die Hard with a Vengeance
The Cube 2
Gladiator

BraveHeart and One Flew Over the Coo Coo's Nest

Quick! To the file sharing program!

Nothing on my hard drive today. :(

i find it impossible to pick a favourite film :/
I loved Requiem for a Dream , loved the Usual Suspects, loved Fight Club, loved Godfather (all three), loved Pulp Fiction, loved The Blues Brothers, loved The Pink Panther series etc, etc.
I read the novella of Shawshank ("Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption") well before i saw the film and it's easily the best adaptation i've ever seen but i've never been able to rate it too highly because the novella's so good, which is a pity i guess.
Oh, and i see someone's mentioned One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. If you thought it was good read the book - it goes so much deeper, it's brilliant.

Starship troopers- guns, aliens and a futuristic dictatorship type government...what else do you need?

Lost in translation?

Yeah, that's it.

why has nobody mentioned "28 days later" a film of sheer class, genius and realism?

The best movie i have ever seen in Schindler's List, and many people have told me it's a weird choice for a favorite movie. My grandpa and his brothers were in concentration camps for the last two years of the war, so anything Holocaust related i feel an emotional connection to, even moreso than most people would. That particular movie i love because it is emotional, beautiful, poignant and touching. It shows us that even our heroes are far from perfect, that sometimes they even straddle the line between hero and villain. It showed us the incredible evil and hatred that mankind is capable of, but it also showed the incredible love and compassion that mankind is cabable of. I think it changed the way we look at the world, ourselves, and eachother.

Starship troopers- guns, aliens and a futuristic dictatorship type government...what else do you need?

Characters and plot, maybe?

The Shawshank Redemption

One of my personal favourites: From Here to Eternity

The day after tomorrow.

It was THE ice age movie I've been looking for :D

It's a bit hard to say your all time favorite movie. There are so many good ones in different genres. My favorites:

The Shawshank Redemtion
Beverly Hills Cop
Mrs. Doubtfire
The Usual Suspects
The Great Escape
Bridge on the River Kwai

Cause I cant decide on my top movie here is my top 5 in no particular order

Toxic Avenger (gotta love the graphic gore :D)
Donnie Darko
Saw
Cube
Team America: World Police (I think)

Some five stars movies

Todo sobre mi madre
Sin noticias de dios
Amelie
Delicatessen
2001 Space Odyssey
Amores Perros
Apocalypse Now
City of God
Breathless
Clockwork Orange
House of sand and fog
Princess Mononoke
Metropolis (Lang)

and the best film ever made C.T. Dreyer: Jean d'Arc

recommendations
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Ali Zaoua prince de la rue
Trier's old ones: Europa and Element of Crime

I've seen a lot of movies over the last 40 ish years but there are 3 that I own copies of that I can say are my favorites.

1. Citizen Kane.
2. Zulu Dawn.
3. It's a Wonderful Life.