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Just wondering what people's favorite movie was. Mine is probably the return of the king. :p

Come on you cannot limit yourself to one movie! Mine changes often, at the moment it is The Matrix.

No matter what, "Gladiator" will always be up there.

Come on you cannot limit yourself to one movie! Mine changes often, at the moment it is The Matrix.
I like a lot of other ones. I like Big trouble in little china too:) .

I have two that are my all time favorites: "Jarhead" and "V for vendetta" I can't decide which if my favorite.

Star Wars Trilogy

At the moment? Probably the rock-umentry 'This is Spinal Tap.'

"This one goes to Eleven!"

I can't pick just one.
Favorite
Gangster movie=Goodfellas
drama=Who's afraid of virginia woolf
comedy=tie, caddyshack/Animal house
horror=night of the living dead
cult=Donnie Darko honorable mention to Repo man
western=Outlaw Josie Wales
war=Saving private Ryan

"The Royal Tenenbaums"
and "Benny and Joon."

Star Wars Trilogy
Forgot about those. Don't know how......

The Great Escape, Dambusters, The Italian Job (the original, obviously) and Battle of Britain. Yes I know they are all fairly old, but that's me I guess.

yeh, just one film aint enough, the average person of the age of 20 has probly seen at least 300 films (thats a complete guess btw, i think ive watched about 630 in total), thats just too many to choose 1 from.

Heres the ten bestestestestestest films i ever saw in no order:

Castle in the sky
The Graduate
Midnight Cowboy
The Big Lebowski
The good the bad and the ugly
2001 a space odyssey
rear window
12 angry men
Fight Club
dead man
A room for romeo Brass

Whoops thts eleven. nevermind!

Akira.

I have many favourites such as:

Gladiator
The Matrix
Fight Club - (did any of you see the twist at the end?)
Total Recall - ("Consider that a divorce" - great line)
Terminator 1 & 2
Anchorman
Alive
Pirates of the Carribean (Johnny Depp - memorable)
The Great Escape
The Birds
The Big Lebowski

V for Vendetta for sure. Best movie ever.

The Great Escape, Dambusters, The Italian Job (the original, obviously) and Battle of Britain. Yes I know they are all fairly old, but that's me I guess.
About time someone else put that, I was starting to think only I'd seen it!!!

Can't only put one, but they would include:
Oh! What a lovely war,
Ghostbusters,
The Transformers: The Movie,
The Trench,
Dr Who and the Daleks:p

Anchorman: the legend of Ron Burgundy.

still quote that.

'you're a smelly pirate hooker'

'you have a dirty whorish mouth, and i'm gonna slap you in public'

I can't confine myself to just one. Here are some of my favorites.

28 Days Later, A History of Violence, Alexander, Batman Begins, Born to Defense, Braveheart, Gladiator, King Arthur, Lord of the Rings, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, One Hour Photo, Rise of Man, Schindler's List, Shawshank Redemption, Silence of the Lambs, The Shining, The Village, Undertow.

Zhong hua ying xiong! :D

Am I seeing this correctly? HAS NO ONE OFFERED AN ADAM SANDLER FILM?

I'm talking about all of the greats.....

-Billy Madison
-Happy Gilmour
-Little Nicky
-Mr. Deeds
-Big Daddy
-The Waterboy

If it must be known, I make an effort to see at least Happy Gilmour and Billy Madison once a year.

Egads... hm...

Foreign: Disco Pigs, Intermission, Der Untergang, Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain, Adrenaline Drive.

Comedy: Old School; Anchorman; Amadeus; The Graduate; Mean Girls; Animal House; Dr Strangelove: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb; Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Pornography: Deep Throat.

Probably out of all of them, Dr Strangelove is my favourite.

Am I seeing this correctly? HAS NO ONE OFFERED AN ADAM SANDLER FILM?

I'm not a fan of slapstick humor, and that's all he brings to the table.

Its hard to say.
Jerry Maguire - is the film that makes me feel the best
The Return of the King - has the biggest emotional impact
King of New York - is just cool
Boogie Nights - Very poignant
Ghost Dog - I dunno I just like it
Life is Beautiful - it really really is. Just amazing.

Oh yeah I forgot to add Fight Club. what a dumbass.

oy...lets see

Fight Club, American Beauty, V for Vendetta, Requiem For A Dream, Matrix, Office Space, Schindlers List, Hotel Rwanda, Throne of Blood, Miracle, RHPS (only if you see it in theaters tho)...theres probably another dozen I'm forgetting.

I'll be interested in what CToaN says

My Favs:

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (I went to ROTK at midnight!)
Amelie
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Blade Runner and Blade Runner Down (never actually made into a movie, but the script was fucking aesome)
The (Original, of course) Star Wars Trilogy
Drop Dead Gorgeous (hilarious)
Sliding Doors
Bridget Jones's Diary

and probably "2046" just for atmospheric quality coupled with the androids

oy...lets see

Fight Club, American Beauty, V for Vendetta, Requiem For A Dream, Matrix, Office Space, Schindlers List, Hotel Rwanda, Throne of Blood, Miracle, RHPS (only if you see it in theaters tho)...theres probably another dozen I'm forgetting.

I see you enjoy depression.

So many good ones to choose from...

If I have to choose one, I go with 'Glory'. I get goosebumps every time those guys charge over that hill.

Hotel Rwanda is awesome, and so is La Haine (it's a movie about the racial groups in France). The Village, LOTR, and Saving Private Ryan are good too. Best of all time though is The Count of Monte Cristo. Can't top Alexandre Dumas. :D

I see you enjoy depression.
haha...you have no idea.

Read the book behind Requiem for a dream. THAT is depressing.

haha...you have no idea.

Read the book behind Requiem for a dream. THAT is depressing.

How do you feel about holocausts?

In no particular order:

Goodfellas
Indiana Jones trilogy
Alien and Aliens
Bridge Too Far
Patton
Cross of Iron
Blade Runner
Time Bandits
True Lies
Predator
Total Recall
Shawshank Redemption
The Messenger
Excalibur

How do you feel about holocausts?
depends how you mean that question...deathly against genocide, but find it a fascinating subject matter and an interesting perspective into how humans operate.

Oh, I forgot Boondock Saints. And Braveheart. And Donnie Darko.

don't make me choose!!


i like too many...

I really can't pick just one favorite, so here's a bunch of movies I absolutely love: Blazing Saddles, Slap Shot, Dirty Dozen, Indiana Jones Trilogy, the original Longest Yard, Back to the Future Trilogy, Cool Hand Luke, Independence Day, Finding Nemo, Shawshank Redemption, Animal House, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Dogma, Field of Dreams, Blues Brothers, Clerks , and quite a few more I could put here but this list is already long enough.

Independence Day (Call it cheesy, but the president's speech is inspirational)
Pulp Fiction
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Dirty Harry
Behind Enemy Lines
Black Hawk Down
Star Wars
The Mummy (Stephen Sommers' versions)
The Mummy Returns
Most James Bond Movies

Edit: Indiana Jones! Most definitely! Can't believe I forgot.

Eurotrip,Jarhead,Return of the King,We Were Soldiers,a prison movie,castle something I can't remember the name,And pretty much any war movie that exists.

depends how you mean that question...deathly against genocide, but find it a fascinating subject matter and an interesting perspective into how humans operate.

Oh, I forgot Boondock Saints. And Braveheart. And Donnie Darko.

Too true, mate, too true.

If Adventure Has A Name, It Must Surely Be... Indiana Jones!

It's not just the actors, though, that are important. John Williams is awesome: google him.

It's not just the actors, though, that are important. John Williams is awesome: google him.
pretty reasonable theory going around that most of speilbergs fame is owed to Williams...consider what Jurassic Park would have been with a less capable composer.

Hmmm, I'd have to say "The Fifth Element"

Mine

Dambusters,
Passport to Pimilico
The Lady Killers ( Ealing Version)
Dunkirk
Reach for the Skies
the Seahawk
Captian Blood
Adventures of Robin Hood
Zulu
El Cid
Nosferatu
Where Eagles Dare
School for Scoundrels

Die Hard (all 3 of them), Interview with the Vampire, Rocky Horror, Labyrinth, Spinal Tap, Fear and Loathing, Pulp Fiction, Trainspotting....I could go on.

A Clockwork Orange (though of course I preferred the book), The Matrix, The Crying Game, The Shawshank Redemption, all of the Monty Python films, Fight Club. I'm sure there's others I really enjoyed, but those are the ones that come to mind right now. It's hard to narrow it down to just one of them.

The Princess Bride

The Fifth Element.

My absolute favourite is The Shawshank Redemption. There are a lot of others too though.

Boy, a lot of people here really like dumbass movies...

Anyway,

Favorite comedy: Army of Darkness
Favorite horror: The Exorcist
Favorite drama: Full Metal Jacket
Favorite action: Raiders of the Lost Ark

TOP GUN kills it. (But I'm a pilot, and I'm biased)
Requiem for a Dream is an INCREDIBLE movie. Everyone's gotta see it.
Blow is fantastic.
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels is AWESOME.
And I'm always entertained by Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, incredible flick.
And I just recently discovered Pirates of the Caribbean. Not the most awesome movie ever, but it was a fun movie, and I sure as hell enjoyed it.

I'd have to think a bit more to throw another down...
I'm going to see V for Vendetta tonight w/ my girl though. Nothing but good reviews. Hoorah.

Schindler's List

pretty reasonable theory going around that most of speilbergs fame is owed to Williams...consider what Jurassic Park would have been with a less capable composer.
Or Star Wars. You just can't imagine Darth Vader without his theme, and if you can you're messed up

Hmm... looking back through the thread, I'm surprised nobody said Resevoir Dogs yet. That flick was killer too.
Catch me if you Can - Even though I despise that wimpy little shit, Leo DeCap, it was an awesome performance.
Another "good" but not "awesome" flick, but I'm sure some people would really enjoy it, is Lord of War. I hate Nick Cage, but it's a good flick.

I'd have to think a bit more to throw another down...
I'm going to see V for Vendetta tonight w/ my girl though. Nothing but good reviews. Hoorah.

As long as you don't think about it too hard, you'll enjoy it.

Hmm... looking back through the thread, I'm surprised nobody said Resevoir Dogs yet. That flick was killer too.

That's a good film, but it's hardly the best movie ever.

snatch...

Come on, guys, where's Harry Potter in all of this? More John Williams...

Paths of Glory (Novel is better though)
Full Metal Jacket (Novel, The Short Timers, is better though)
The Battle of Britain
A Bridge Too Far (Book is better)
Tora Tora Tora
Vertigo
Strangers on a Train
Das Boot
The Thin Red Line (Novel was a hell of alot better though)

Come on, guys, where's Harry Potter in all of this? More John Williams...

I should smack you! Lord of the Rings is a hell of alot better then Harry Potter with its fanfiction story lines now.

Singin' In the Rain.

I forgot about "The Nightmare Before Christmas"!

That's a good film, but it's hardly the best movie ever.

It has it's flaws, but I'd say it's a lot better than Tarantino's overrated Pulp Fiction that gets so much attention.

I have many many favourites, but I'll list a few of them: The Great Escape, The Shawshank Redemption, The Usual Suspects, Cool Hand Luke, Top Gun, The Dirty Dozen, La Haine, La Vita E Bella, Snatch, Casablanca, Les Choristes (mostly for the music)... Those are the ones that spring to mind, but if I sat here long enough I'd have a pretty long list. *shrug*

Shakespeare in Love
Royal Tennenbaums
Lawrence of Arabia
The Godfather
Manhattan

Contact.

Return of the King, Princess Mononoke, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and the Matrix Revolutions

TOP GUN kills it. (But I'm a pilot, and I'm biased)
Requiem for a Dream is an INCREDIBLE movie. Everyone's gotta see it.
Blow is fantastic.
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels is AWESOME.
And I'm always entertained by Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, incredible flick.
And I just recently discovered Pirates of the Caribbean. Not the most awesome movie ever, but it was a fun movie, and I sure as hell enjoyed it.

I'd have to think a bit more to throw another down...
I'm going to see V for Vendetta tonight w/ my girl though. Nothing but good reviews. Hoorah.
wow...you managed to list 4 movies I forgot...only one I don't agree on is top gun, but thats based on a hatred of Tom Cruise.

I disagree with the person who said V is good if you don't think too much. Me straughn and some others have discussed it in good depth and all of us enjoyed it.

The Evil Dead
The Devil's Rejects
Shaun of the Dead

In That Order!!!

Watching movies has to be one of my favourite pass-times; but I won't get into this 20+ list.

- Fight Club
- The Weather Man
- The Motorcycle Diaries
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Bend it like Beckham

It changes often...but at the moment my favorite movie is "Kingdom of Heaven"

Another impossible question! Even harder then "Favorite Band" thread!!!

Pink Floyd's The Wall
Tombstone
The Doors
Top Gun
Dogma...and the list goes on & on!!!

drama=Who's afraid of virginia woolf

I was a dramaturg for that play for a Shakespeare Festival-it's very good (and intricate) but watching it is like being punched in the stomach for three hours...

Animation!!! :D :Madagascar,Shrek,Ice age.
Final fantasy!!!(:eek: can't even believe no one mentioned it :upyours: )-The spirits within,ADVENT CHILDREN
And Pirates of the Caribbean,Lord of the rings-all of them

I like a Knights Tale, though I don't know if I'd call it my favorite.

I like Boondock Saints, Snatch, Fight Club and the like, but I consider them to be college age bullshit movies. I'm tired of people saying they're their favorite movies.

I like Saw... 50 first dates is good, definately my favorite romance/comedy.


Ooh Ooh, I hate to say it, but prolly my favorite movie is a chick flick. (sorta)

Kate & Leopold

Le Circle Rouge

or

Unforgiven

donnie darko
director's cut, if i may

and shaun of the dead, cheers to whoever mentioned that and reminded me
and the dish
ooh and shrek
i shall stop now

The Lord of the Rings trilogy !

Too many to list but heres a few in no particular order.

Star Wars Trilogy
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
13th Warrior
Indiana Jones trilogy
Any of the Pink Panther movies (the ones with Peter Sellers not Steve Martin)
Band of Brothers (does that count)
American Pie
Animal House
V for Vendetta

Fight Club.. Oh, and Ice Age.

I only know it under the name "48 hours". It isn't the movie most people associate with that name.

It's an old black and white spy thriller that takes place shortly before the Allied landings in Normandy.

Come on you cannot limit yourself to one movie!
same here

At the moment
Knife in the water by Polanski

I have two that are my all time favorites: "Jarhead" and "V for vendetta" I can't decide which if my favorite.
Your both ALL TIME favourites are from 2005?

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind-wow best movie there could ever be

Dune is my number one story movie/novel

2001 Space Odyssy is also great

My favorite reacent movie is V for Vendetta

Also anime doesn't count so I wont include any

i remember a thread like this a couple of years ago. this one is not long enough to be likely a resurection of it so here goes:

my three favorites of all time were

dark crystal (first really believably alien alienness, first use of fairlight 9000)
barbarella (the long pre-public release version. ok so it's soft porn. so what.)
fantasia (1954 uncut)

most recent movie i've seen in a movie house was men in black (the first one)
perfectly good flick, enjoyed, but movies have just gotten way too expensive

most recently viewed at home on vcr that had been in movie houses:
ice age (don't understand why it HAD to have humans for poiniance)
and before that
mononke hime (w/subtitles, not translated version)

lots of other good one's i've seen and liked

=^^=
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I can't restrict myself to just one.

Solaris (the original, not the bad Geoge Coonee remake)
Silent Running
Stalker
Duel
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
Pitch Black
Salute of the Jugger
2001
Flight of the Phoenix (again, the original)
Romancing the Stone

And in the realm of Guilty Pleasures: Deep Rising

pretty reasonable theory going around that most of speilbergs fame is owed to Williams...consider what Jurassic Park would have been with a less capable composer.
*considers*

Uh...it'd be the same piece of Michael Crichton-derived crap, but with a less annoying soundtrack? Jeez, that main theme is grating! The only score for a film I found more offensive was the minimalist piece of crap that underscored Eyes Wide Shut. I mean, half steps five octaves apart over and over? Even Jaws went on after a bit of that.

Casablanca

Just wondering what people's favorite movie was. Mine is probably the return of the king. :p
Yojimbo/Fist Full of Dollars/Last Man Standing... since they are all essentially the same film.

Duck Soup
A Night To Remember ("Titanic" done right: UK, 1958)
The Longest Day
Rope
The Music Man
The Producers
The Phantom Tollbooth
The Andromeda Strain
Tora Tora Tora
M*A*S*H (Altman, 1970)
History of the World, Part 1
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python's Life of Brian
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Gandhi
Poltergeist
Amadeus
Real Genius
Airplane!
Top Secret!
Hoosiers
Dead Again
Bob Roberts
Brassed Off
Trainspotting
Waiting for Guffman
Spirited Away
Hamlet (Kenneth Brannagh, 1999)
The Merchant of Venice (Pacino, 2005)
The Fog of War
Good Night and Good Luck

Motherfuckin' Pete's Dragon!

But through all my trips
Good Lord there's one place
One call now, one town on my lips

Why it's...Poddamaquassy, uh, Paquamasoddy, no, no...
Passamamassy, uh, Quoddamapoddy, p...p...Passamadaddy
Uh, Quoddamapassy, uh, Passamahoddy?
Oh, I know! It's Passamashloddy!

It's as classic!

Am I seeing this correctly? HAS NO ONE OFFERED AN ADAM SANDLER FILM?

I'm talking about all of the greats.....

-Billy Madison
-Happy Gilmour
-Little Nicky
-Mr. Deeds
-Big Daddy
-The Waterboy

If it must be known, I make an effort to see at least Happy Gilmour and Billy Madison once a year.
My friend is equally obsessed.

The English Patient. Shakespeare in Love. The Phantom of the Opera (I'm seeing the real musical- US tour version- this summer! yeahh!) Basically all the movies everyone else hates.