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Of Course my fav films have to include Jackie Chan he's just genius:) !!!

Favorite? Well, that's really hard to say... I don't think I have one single favorite.

I did see a very good one two nights ago on TCM. Captain Blood, it's called. It's definitely one of my all-time favorites.

Anything where lots of women get naked and have sex.

Oh, and The Shawshank Redemption was also good.

I could never nominate a single film to be my favourite, it depends on my mood & which ones I remember at the time. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly is consistantly towards the top of my list though.

I really like Fight Club. I don't know why, it's just cool.. And umm.. I can't think of any others.

I don't have one favorite but I have several. City of God, Nobody Knows, Goodbye Lenin!, Kikujiro, Throne of Blood, The Hidden Fortress, Samurai Fiction, Yojimbo, Red Beard, Stray Dog, Fighting Elegy, Tokyo Story, Ikiru, Evil Dead series, and Ninja Scroll.

Pete's Dragon!

City of God,



Good movie, that.

Oh, and The Shawshank Redemption was also good.
i didn't get what all the fuss over that movie was about till i saw it. then i realised it was awesome.

i like too many movies in a myriad of different ways, so i really can't choose just one :headbang:

Drama - A Clockwork Orange
Sci-Fi/Action - The Fifth Element
Comedy - The Girl Next Door
Other - The Lord of the Rings trilogy (extended edition)

Quicksand..

It had both Mickey Rooney AND Peter Lorre... had they thrown in Ernest Borgnine, they woulda had the trifecta..

Blade Runner has been on top of my list for years

withnail and i.

Memphis Belle
Treasure Island
Baseketball
Glory was good and Gettysburg.

the warriors it's an underated classic and hopefully now that it has a game more people will realise it's greatness

Hmm, there are so many good movies. But one of my all time favs is Sergio Leone's "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly". Great film - great score!

Shawshank Redemption off the top of me head.
Fight Club as well.

Dare i say Godfather was overated?

Action / Drama : For some reason " Troy " comes to mind :confused: [ good phalanx combat, I suppose? ] That scene when achilles jumps and stabs the giant-dude in the neck, takes out his sword, and lands - whilst unrealistic - was kicka--.

Clockwork Orange was brilliant..

That d-mned Hannibal movies are sweet.

The best cheap thrill movie goes to the Ring - the second one sucked beyond belief... [hated it, I suppose would be the general summary</mock> ]

* thinks * well.. this might require a second, much more rested, post..

Another fav of mine definately has to be Dodgeball:p

fantasy - The Lord of the Rings
suspense thriller - The Game
action - The Matrix
western - The Good, Bad and the Ugly/Unforgiven
animation - Ice Age
teen comedy - The Girl Next Door
other - Donnie Darko

Drama: A History of Violence/Dead Ringers
Horror: Tod Browning's Freaks
Sci Fi: Serenity
Comedy: Death to Smoochy
WTF?!: Meet the Feebles
Splatter: Dead Alive
Western: Unforgiven/The Wild Bunch
Action: Sin City
Arthouse: Werner Herzog's remake of Nosferatu

Lock, Stock and two smoking barrels (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120735/)

I think Donnie Darko still tops the list of my favorite movies, but I also like alot of others. Short list of movies I like below.

Reservoir dogs
The Usual Suspects
True Romance
LA Confidential
Dark City
Blade Runner
Goodfellas
Fight Club

7 Samurai

Best Asian Film Ever.

Fight Club
Donnie Darko
A Clockwork Orange
Star Wars: original trilogy
American Psycho

Shawshank Redemption

Casablanca

Snatch

hard to pick just one. But heres a few of my favorites:

City of God
Forrest Gump
The Usual Suspects
Sideways
The Sixth Sense
Pi: Faith in Chaos
Requiem for a Dream
Stand By Me

The Matrix (the first one, not the bilge that constituted the following two)
Casablanca
Amelie
LOTR: Return of the King
Dr.No

Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds
The Godfather Parts I and II
The Great Raid
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Dirty Harry
Bullitt
The Untouchables (Brian De Palma's version)
Beyond The Sea

withnail and i.God YES! Man I love that one! Richard E. Grant being a horrible drunk for a whole movie! Psychotic Irishmen! Paul McGann!

Total Recall

How can you pick just one? Fight Club to The Godfather to Monty Python to Die Hard there is just so many choices...

Highlander - There can be only one !!!

It's a wonderful life...wonderful classic
phantom of the opera...the real thing is better, but it's a good movie to
euro trip..."scotty dosn't know!"
Monty Python and the Holy Grail..."welcome to the castle of anthrax"

South park the movie
All the monty pythons
Blazing saddles
League of gentlemen apocalypse
Trainspotting
Full metal jacket
Team America
Silence of the lambs

South park the movie
All the monty pythons
Blazing saddles
League of gentlemen apocalypse
Trainspotting
Full metal jacket
Team America
Silence of the lambs

I found Silence of The Lambs disturbing.

I'm a huge fan of "Good Will Hunting."

Gah, how do you expect me to pick just one? I'll make up some categories, then:
Favourite Film Ever - The Empire Strikes Back
Teen Comedy - 10 Things I Hate about You
Horror film - The Blair Witch Project
Indie film - Chumbscrubber (sp? I have an awful memory)

Life of Brian
The Italian Job (The original version)

Hmm, there are so many good movies. But one of my all time favs is Sergio Leone's "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly". Great film - great score!


I agree- its an epic and my favorite.

"Braveheart", "The Godfather" I & II are up there too.

I found Silence of The Lambs disturbing.
The only thing that disturbed me about Silence of the Lambs was the abrupt realization that it was about 5 days overdue back at Blockbuster. Hannibal Lecter always seemed silly to me, like he was the serial killer who got swirlies from all the other serial killers in High School.

Horror: Stanley Kubrick's The Shining
Drama: The Godfather
Seasonal: A Christmas Story
Purposeful Comedy: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Accidental Comedy: Evil Cat
Blatantly Non-Historical Historical Drama: Gangs of New York
At This Point I'm Just Pulling Categories Out of My Ass: Friday the 13th: Part VI

Drama - A Clockwork Orange
Sci-Fi/Action - The Fifth Element
Comedy - The Girl Next Door
Other - The Lord of the Rings trilogy (extended edition)

OMG! I loved the Fifth Element!

But my favorite movie is Constantine!!

And I also like the Matrix trilogy...

The Incredibles is my favorite movie of all time. And Monty Python and the Holy Grail is good too.

Favorites are dependant on mood, but my favourite fight/action movie is
Ong Bak
Even worse than Jackie Chanm movies for storyline, but man the main guy kicks the crap out of every one

http://www.alanys-films.com/ongbak/ong-bak_clip.avi
No stunt doubles.
No computer graphics.
No strings attached.
Little inaccurate but true when it comes to the fight sequences

Pulp Fiction, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, The Shawshank Redemption, Baseketball (it's wonderfully satirical, while being hilarious)

CLERKS!
For those of you who don't know what Clerks is.... Go watch it. Kevin Smith's first and greatest film. A must see for anyone! Go watch it.... NOW!

Anyone hate musical theater, Waiting for Guffman has to be my favorite movie ever.

1994- The Professional... its a crime more people haven't seen this movie. Terrific action, acting, plot, music, everything.

The Godfather is not overrated. Woe unto whoever dares to say such a thing. It's another of my favorites. Also, The original Matrix, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, LOTR, and, actually, The Breakfast Club. That was just a kick ass movie.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

I have three...REM's "This Film is On,""Good Morning Vietnam," and "Boondock Saints." :sniper:

In recent years I've enjoyed Tais Toi!, Goodbye Lenin and Howl's Moving Castle.

I also like Fight Club, American History X, American Psycho, Shallow Grave and ANYTHING by the Pythons.

Of Course my fav films have to include Jackie Chan he's just genius:) !!!
Obviously you haven't seen 'The Myth' yet - Jackies latest movie. That was real shite.

If you think Jackie's good, then you definitely need to get your hands on 'Ong Bak' and 'Tom Yum Goong'. Tony Jaa's action scenes will leave you stunned.

Obviously you haven't seen 'The Myth' yet - Jackies latest movie. That was real shite.

If you think Jackie's good, then you definitely need to get your hands on 'Ong Bak' and 'Tom Yum Goong'. Tony Jaa's action scenes will leave you stunned.

Yay! Two other people who have seen Ong Bak! (We are something like a silent revolution, it seems...)

Regarding the movies I like:

Hero - current 'all-time' best movie... so many levels, such gorgeous imagery, spectacular pallette, evocative soundtrack.

Fight Club - one of the most counter-culture 'mainstream' movies ever made. Sparkling direction (as usual) from David Fincher... more gorgeous pallette work, and another excellent selection of music.

Leon (released in the US as The Professional) - Possibly Jean Reno's greatest screen moment, possibly Luc Besson's greatest screen moment, by FAR Natalie Portman's greatest screen moment. Oh - and an excellent performance by Gary Oldman. The script is exquisite, and the direction unobtrusive yet effective (much like Fincher). What more could you want?

Stigmata - almost something of a remake of Exorcist, in 'feel'. Well acted... (pretty) well scripted, and delightful use of the pallette. (The whole 'silver wash' thing adds a surrealistic, almost supernatural, 'glow).

Labyrinth - a kid's movie with levels. You can watch it a decade after you last saw it, and pull new things out of it. The use of colour is divine, the script is clever, and David Bowie and Jeniffer Connelly have unexpected chemistry. And, ST:TNG's "Dr. Crusher" is the choreographer... :)

Other important movies - The Matrix (another good use of pallette), Dark City (the movie that spawned the Matrix movies, in SO many ways), K-PAX (subtle use of light, and colour), Seven (A great Fincher moment), Solaris (the remake - more gorgeous pallette work, and some fantastic performances... hell, even CLOONEY was good!), The Usual Suspects (Spacey's greatest moment?).

Constantine was good (although fairly painful to see Keanu as Constantine, if you know the original material...), the Lord of the Rings trilogy was very good... and I have a surprising fondness for the ongoing (and ever improving) Harry Potter franchise.

1994- The Professional... its a crime more people haven't seen this movie. Terrific action, acting, plot, music, everything.

I saw it, and I loved it.

Ooh, Labyrinth! That movie was great. David Bowie. Wee!

I can watch the Sound of Music anyday

I've spent about half a week of my life in all the combined times I've seen Fight Club. It rules.

The Rage in Placid Lake - Awesome Aussie movie, if anyone else has seen it I'll be amazed.

The Castle- Another good Aussie movie.

Sin City was really good as well, but the comics are, as always, better. Really well done though.

Ong Bak was another good movie. One of the best fight choreography.

A Trip to the Moon - The oldest movie ever. Made in 1902. The backgrounds in that movie make me drool

I've spent about half a week of my life in all the combined times I've seen Fight Club. It rules.

The Rage in Placid Lake - Awesome Aussie movie, if anyone else has seen it I'll be amazed.

The Castle- Another good Aussie movie.

Sin City was really good as well, but the comics are, as always, better. Really well done though.

Ong Bak was another good movie. One of the best fight choreography.

A Trip to the Moon - The oldest movie ever. Made in 1902. The backgrounds in that movie make me drool
Ben Lee annoyed me in the Rage in Placid Lake. I mean it wasn't bad... but I didn't think it was great either.

Equilibrium right now. Paths of Glory is amazing too and Dr. Strangelove. Also Downfall and Das Boot. How about the Dam Busters too?

-Taxi Driver
-Forest Gump
-The Green Mile
-Victor/Victoria
-Good Morning Vietnam

A Clockwork Orange or Videodrome.

Sin City was really good as well, but the comics are, as always, better. Really well done though.


Really? Cause it was pretty much a pannel-for-shot reproduction, though they did cut the seqeunce with Marv's Mom when he goes home to pick up Gladys. Other than that, it was as true a translation as you could hope for. Not suprising considering Miller's involvement.

A Clockwork Orange or Videodrome.

Pervert :)

DRAMA-
Gladiator (always makes me cry)
Braveheart
Shawshank Redemption
Bella Mafia

WESTERN-
The Searchers
The good, the bad and the ugly

EVERYTHING ELSE-
(ok shameless stuff first)
Aladdin
Mulan
Barbie in the Nutcraker (LMAO i have no excuse)

So many! My top ten off the top of my head:

1. A Clockwork Orange (brilliant film, but the book was still better)
2. The Crying Game
3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (again, not as good as the book, but they never are. Great flick, though)
4. Fight Club
5. The Matrix (again, shame about sequels)
6. Monty Python (all three thereof)
7. The Silence of the Lambs (a cliche, I know, but it captivated me at the time. Shame about the sequel, though)
8. Braveheart
9. Naked Gun triology (outdated now, but hilarious at the time)
10. LotR trilogy (fantasy's not really my bag, but the films were brilliantly done)

Equilibrium right now. Paths of Glory is amazing too and Dr. Strangelove. Also Downfall and Das Boot. How about the Dam Busters too?

Equilibrium is an excellent (and sorely under-rated) movie.

Barbie in the Nutcraker (LMAO i have no excuse)

I have an excuse... I have a seven year old daughter. :)

But, it was surprisingly good, for what it is... with it's attempt at a classical storyline, and even some 'nutcracker' culture thrown in for good measure. (By which I mean, the references to the Nutcracker ballet).

You probably all know by now.

Actually, my favorite movie isn't a real movie... It's that one Walker:Texas Ranger TV movie. The one where Chuck Norris teleports back in time to the 1800's and becomes some macho cowboy who displays his authority by roundhouse kicking everyone in the face, and then robbing the bank.

Actually, my favorite movie isn't a real movie... It's that one Walker:Texas Ranger TV movie. The one where Chuck Norris teleports back in time to the 1800's and becomes some macho cowboy who displays his authority by roundhouse kicking everyone in the face, and then robbing the bank.

All I can picture is Conan O'Brian with his Walker Texas Ranger lever......funny stuff.

- Citizen Kane
- Young Frankenstein
- Spirited Away
- Toy Story
- One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Equilibrium
- Princess Mononoke
- Spider-Man 2
- Fiddler on the Roof
- My Fair Lady
- Moulin Rouge
- Princess Bride

9. Naked Gun triology (outdated now, but hilarious at the time)

Oh come on, you know that they still stand up.

All I can picture is Conan O'Brian with his Walker Texas Ranger lever......funny stuff.

Y-E-S!!!

D'oh! Hard question. I have a bunch of favs, but no real number one.
My favs would be:

Competing for number 1:

-Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (yeah, sequel to a video game, but I'm sucker for game animation, plus it was an awesome movie)
-Equilibrium (that movie was cool as hell, and to think I saw it for the first time last month, can't believe I missed out for so long)

The other favs:

Cross Roads (awesome guitar, just awesome)
Walk The Line
Harold and Kumar Go To Whitecastle
Dude, Where's My Car?
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Swordfish
Braveheart
Gladiator
Hero
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
The Matrix (first, the sequels sucked)
Madagascar (just because of the Leemurs, and the Penguins)
Shaun of the Dead
Dawn of the Dead
The Island

withnail and i.
Good choice.

Lots of favorites, depending on my mood.
The Outsiders, Labyrinth, Anne of Green Gables (watched so many times as a child I felt like she was one of my friends), Casablanca, Shawshank Redemption, Fried Green Tomatoes, Diary of Anne Frank, and Gone With the Wind are always near the top of my list.

Today, Office Space and Falling Down are darn high!

I also loved (but hate to admit) Never Been Kissed and Dead Poets Society.
If I only get one...The Outsiders would have to win.

Dogma, All About Eve (Bette Davis is amazing), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (this is pure unadulterated sex), Boyz N' the Hood, Beneath Clouds (this is a fantastic indictment of ingrained racism in Australia; and an examination of Aboriginal identity, its also an ensemble cast with 2 teenage actors), Heathers (Christian Slater embodied my fantasies about what I wanted to do to my grade at school), the Breakfast Club (absolutely timeless movie - everyone can identify with the characters), Pulp Fiction, Serenity (Joss Whedon is a genius).

There are many, many others.

Of Course my fav films have to include Jackie Chan he's just genius:) !!!

Love him too! But my ALLTIME FAVORITE;) is the Ghost of Mister Chicken staring Don Knots. My mom and I tried to find it at a movie store for Holoween but couldn't find it:(

Favorite: Casablanca
Toss up for a close 2nd: Princess Bride and Without a Clue

Guilty pleasure: Bloodsport... it has something just barely close enough to a plot to assuage my conscience at watching the cheesy fight scenes and listening to the cheesy dialogue. :)

Okay: Logan's Run.

I've seen it so many times I've lost count.

Remember the Titans

well i believe it is time to update meh list.
old movie: The Maltese Falcon (great one to watch in the middle of the night when your in deep conversation with a good friend)
war: Being my fav genre its hard but Saving Private Ryan takes the cake.
ancient happenings: Gladiator (im such a pussy i cried the first time i saw it)
WTF?: Starship Troopers (everyone needs a guilty pleasure)
love: From Russia with Love (i dont watch love movies, so hey its also my fav bond movie)
drama/crime:Godfather 1 and 2 (yah 3 wasnt so hot)
western: The good the bad and the ugyl
triology:LOTR
cool/stylish:Van helsing
most watched:Bridge to Far or fellowship of the ring

I was trying to think of a new way to crawl up my own ass on one of these threads and I think I have it-my film school favs! Movies that I watched getting my film degree that I really liked-any further up my ass and I'd be throwing this stuff up--

Documentary-Salesman. Down right creepy. Also bares the shame of being one of the sources of the Real World asthetic, but it can't be blamed for what people did with it. Door to door bible salesmen in the late sixties.

Foriegn Cinema(to me, in the US...some of these might be domestic cinema to some of you...don't give me any crap...)
Chunking Express-Whatever, I liked it.
Mad Max- Seriously, we watched it. Really. In a class. Totally got credit for it and everything. C'mon, one class watched Face/Off...Nicholas Cage even came to that class.
The Devil's Playground-I can't put that into one sentence, but I thought it was pretty good.

The Standards--
Citizen Cane, The Bicycle Thief, Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Metropolis, The 7th Seal, 8 1/2.

The oddballs-
Can Dialectics Break Bricks? Re-dubbing a kung-fu movie to be a dialog on the asthetics of modern art. Quality.
A Situation-alright, here's a note on dubbing and sub-titles. Look, I understand that there is is some ridiculous mismatch that goes into a dub that makes the translation not workable and sub-titles are more apropriate. I dig that. BUT-this movie is a lllllloooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnggggggggggg paper on the Situationists read over a series of images with no talking head or anything like that, the sub-titles are paragraphs just to keep up. I think we can dub this one and not lose anything. Dammit. Then I can actually watch the fucking movie instead of speed read to keep up.
La Jetee(sp,probably)--inspiration for 12 Monkeys, done in all stills (again with the sub-titles...)

That's all I can do and still sit down...

Baraka (http://www.spiritofbaraka.com/baraka.aspx)

...and Clue. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088930/) :D

The Boondock Saints, Labrynth (already mention), Legend and Strange Days (anything with Juliette Lewis in it gets me hot and bothered, but especially this one).

Action: The 007 James Bond films.
Adventure: Indiana Jones movies.
Caper: Entrapment.
Cartoons: The Emperor's New Groove.
Comedy: The Road to Morroco, and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
Family: Harry Potter films.
Horror: Jaws (if you judge it a horror film.)
Musical: Brigadoon.
SciFI: Star Trek movies.
Swashbuckler: The Three/Four Musketers.
Thriller: Michael Crichton movies are GREAT!! Except for Andromina Strain.
Western: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
Western/SciFi: Star Wars ROCKS!!!!!!

Yay! Two other people who have seen Ong Bak! (We are something like a silent revolution, it seems...)
You DEFINITELY need to hunt down and get your mits on a copy on 'Tom Yum Goong'. It's Tony Jaa's new movie (came out about 4 months ago) and while it doesn't have the humour of 'Ong Bak', it has some of the best kickass fighting scenes you'll ever see.

BTW I bought 'Ong Bak' on cd-wow.com for only 8 pounds - and that included free Worldwide delivery.

Where Eagles Dare
Churchill: The Hollywood Years (interested on feedback from others on this one)
The Longest Day
The Time Machine (the book was better)

But, (drumroll please) the best film of all time....

The Fantastic Voyage!

Apart from being excelent revision for my GCSE biology (I ended up with a double A) it's just so cool! They have laser battles with white blood cells! Genius!

Particularly good films:
Battle Royale
Goodbye Lenin!
Mulholland Drive
Full Metal Jacket

Good films:
Starship Troopers
Once Were Warriors
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Effroyables Jardins

Apocalypse Now! was good, but I preferred the book it was based on, Heart of Darkness (Conrad is a literary genius).

Films I want to see:
A State of Mind
Cross of Iron
That recent film on Christmas day in the trenches of World War 1

Some of my favourites, although these seem to change almost every time I see a new film :)

Dr. Strangelove - Peter Sellers is brilliantl!
2001: A Space Odyssey - Another Kubrick...
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Any of the Naked Guns
Dune - Mostly because of the book, the parts written for the film stick out a mile (apart from the opening scene with the Navigator, which was well written).

Equilibrium is an excellent (and sorely under-rated) movie.


It's one of the worst movies that's ever seen a theatrical run.

You DEFINITELY need to hunt down and get your mits on a copy on 'Tom Yum Goong'. It's Tony Jaa's new movie (came out about 4 months ago) and while it doesn't have the humour of 'Ong Bak', it has some of the best kickass fighting scenes you'll ever see.

BTW I bought 'Ong Bak' on cd-wow.com for only 8 pounds - and that included free Worldwide delivery.

I got my copy of Ong Bak second-hand... it's an ex-rental copy from my local video store... and had been watched (which is sad...) by only two other people, apart from me (rented four times, two of them me...).

I got it for about $10... so.. about 7 of your Earth pounds?

I've been looking for 'Tom Yum Goong', since I saw it listed on imdb... but I have yet to find it around here anywhere.

Mulholland Drive


Yay! Don't often see Mulholland Drive on these lists...

It's one of those films that you finish watching... then try to work out 'who did it' for an hour.... then spend another hour trying to work out what it was they did.... :)

It's one of the worst movies that's ever seen a theatrical run.

I've seen that response before... I've never understood it.

For me, it was like an update of Farenheit 451, with Christian Bale in Guy Montag's role...

What did you find to particularly dislike so much?

The biggest accusation I usually see levelled against it, it that it has a 'cheap' look... which isn't ALL that surprising, for what is basically an 'indie' movie.

Theatre Of Blood, starring Vincent Price and every British character actor they could get hold of in the early '70s in a rush.
Wonderful film.