Favourite Films?

J-man · October 16th, 2004, 12:50 PM

So what are your favourite films of all time?

Mine are (in no particular order);

Bill and Ted (both films)
Wayne's World 1
School of Rock
Crossroads
Donnie Darko

dean · October 16th, 2004, 12:53 PM

I've always liked these:

Apocalypse Now
True Stories
Best in Show
The Natural
That Thing You Do

stantheman · October 16th, 2004, 01:07 PM

"Casablanca"
"King Kong" (B&W Original)
"Seven Samurai"
"For A Few Dollars More"
"Hoosiers"
"The Natural"
"It's A Wonderful Life"
"Doctor Zhivago"
"Dances With Wolves"
"My New Partner"
"Round Midnight"
"Tombstone"
"Red Sun"

lenny · October 16th, 2004, 01:50 PM

i have lots, but lately i love "army of darkness"

Jupiter Beach · October 16th, 2004, 02:27 PM

Cool Runnings

TonyBlack · October 16th, 2004, 03:42 PM

Rocky V
Police Academy 6
Gigli
Gone With The Wind

Colo Springs E · October 16th, 2004, 04:09 PM

Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Happy Gilmore
Dumb and Dumber
Liar Liar
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Austin Powers, Spy Who Shagged Me
Sixth Sense
Beautiful Girls
Full Metal Jacket
The Green Mile (saddest movie ever saw)

Shawshank Redemption
To Kill A Mockingbird

And about a million others!

0le FUZZY · October 16th, 2004, 04:41 PM

I like the film at the bottom of some bowls of Jello.

Kinda taste and feels like the inside of a Jelly Bean.

0.F.

J-man · October 16th, 2004, 05:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 0le FUZZY

<li>I like the film at the bottom of some bowls of Jello.
<li>Kinda taste and feels like the inside of a Jelly Bean.

0.F.

Endr'u · October 16th, 2004, 05:11 PM

Forbidden Planet
Cinema Paradiso
Some Like It Hot
12 Angry Men
Breaking Away
The Explorers
Sleeper
La Belle Noiseuse
A Night at the Opera
Le Cop

ne4tt · October 16th, 2004, 05:48 PM

Fistfull of Dollars
A Few Dollars More
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Hip soundtracks too.

jamie

e-merlin · October 16th, 2004, 05:56 PM

Star Wars
The Empire Strikes Back
Streets of Fire
The Committments
The Presedio (sp?)
The Shootist
Sunset
Hudson Hawk

That's enough for now.

John Harrison · October 16th, 2004, 06:59 PM

My personal favorites:
Dr. Strangelove
Casablanca
Chinatown
The Wild Bunch
Shane
The Wizard of Oz
High Noon
A Clockwork Orange
Being There
Flight of the Phoenix
King of Hearts
Harold and Maude
To Kill a Mockingbird
A Hard Day's Night
Day of the Dolphin

Anonymous · October 16th, 2004, 07:01 PM

Man, I've got quite a list going over at imdb, but "This Is Spinal Tap," "Bedazzled" (the original with Peter Cooke and Dudley Moore, NOT the pitifully lame recent remake) and "Broadcast News" will always be among my faves.

From screenwriter James L. Brooks (via Albert Brooks) in BN: "Wouldn't this be a great world if insecurity and desperation made us more attractive?" ;-) Brilliant. – CS

ETA/P.S. I see another one of my favorites, "The Natural" has already been mentioned a couple of times. Here's a bit of movie trivia: cinematographer Caleb Deschanel (father of actress Zooey Deschanel, btw) received one of his 4 Oscar nominations for his work on The Natural. If you're into photography at all, sit down with a video or DVD of the movie someday, and just pause it from scene to scene to have a look. It's one absolute masterpiece of lighting and composition after another, just stunning. Light and dark are symbolic central themes throughout the movie, and Deschanel uses them to just keep knocking it out of the park. Amazing. :-)

BLACKCAT69 · October 16th, 2004, 07:15 PM

Repo Man
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
The Holy Mountain (Jordorowsky)
The Devils (Ken Russell)
Requiem For a Dream
Existenz
Videodrome
Eraserhead
Goodfellas
King of Comedy
I guess there's more too.... along damn list!

DAK · October 16th, 2004, 07:35 PM

Here are the few films I like enough to have bought the DVDs

Robocop
Citizen Kane
Wolfen
Annie Hall
Loving You
The Good The Bad and The Ugly
The Matrix
The Commitments
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
A Hard Day's Night
Elvis - That's the Way It Is (Ted Turner version)
True Stories

lobotomyactivist · October 17th, 2004, 10:24 AM

Westway to the World
Garden State (WOO still in theaters...)
Lost in Translation
Shaun of the Dead (SEE IT! Zombies+British humor=gold)
Wayne's World

TBoneDeluxe · October 17th, 2004, 11:05 AM

The Godfather
The Godfather part II
This Is Spinal Tap
Animal House

TBD

Miss Tango · October 17th, 2004, 04:33 PM

The Green Mile (one powerful film!)
all the Austin Powers films(shagadelic!)
both Shrek films (they appeal to the kid in me)
The Godfather Trilogy
Rude Boy
Monty python & the Holy Grail
Elvira Mistress of the Dark

Brad Miller · October 17th, 2004, 04:59 PM

Blue Velvet
Saving Private Ryan
The Godfather1&2

Tim Bowen · October 17th, 2004, 07:53 PM

The Godfather, parts I & II
Dangerous Liaisons
Wild At Heart
Gone With The Wind
The Greatest Story Ever Told
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
The Color Purple
Psycho
A Streetcar Named Desire
Vertigo
The Wizard of Oz
Deliverance
Apocalypse Now
Contact
King of Kings
Meet the Parents
The Last Waltz
Reservoir Dogs
Blue Velvet
The Commitments
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Shining
Saving Private Ryan
The Bad Seed
True Romance
This is Spinal Tap
Carlito's Way
Scarface
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Graduate
Alien

about 457 others

Weezer · October 17th, 2004, 11:17 PM

Fight Club
Memento
Happy Gilmore
Dumb and Dumber
Braveheart
Alladin
Monsters inc.

simonc · October 17th, 2004, 11:25 PM

Resevoir dogs
Kill Bill
Apocalypse now
Ferris buellers day off (actually any of those john hughes 80s flicks)
This is Spinal Tap
Donnie Darko
Some like it hot
Paris When It Sizzles
Young Guns 1 & 2
Lost in Translation
Clerks
Man Bites Dog

Nick Fanis · October 18th, 2004, 02:13 AM

DR.MABUSE (Das Testament) (Fritz Lang)
CASABLANCA
Fireworks (TAKESHI KITANO)
8 1/2 (Frederico Fellini)
Psycho
Apocalypse Now
The 7 samourais
TAXI DRIVER
PARIS-TEXAS (Vim Wenders)
Blade Runner

telemike · October 18th, 2004, 08:52 AM

Let's see if I can show my nerdiness here...

ANY Mel Brooks movie! but especially History of the World Part 1, Young Frankenstien, and Blazing Saddles.
Highlander
This is Spinal Tap
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Indiana Jones trilogy
Dumb and Dumber
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective & When Nature Calls
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

J-man · October 18th, 2004, 01:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by telemike

Let's see if I can show my nerdiness here...

ANY Mel Brooks movie! but especially History of the World Part 1, Young Frankenstien, and Blazing Saddles.
Highlander
This is Spinal Tap
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Indiana Jones trilogy
Dumb

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