What are some of your favorite movies?

[JustPassingThrough]

My definition of a favorite movie is one where is you see it on while you are flipping channels you have to stop and watch it. You have no choice.

Some of the ones that do that for me are:

Citizen Kane
The Matrix
The Outlaw Josey Wales
All the Star Wars (yeah, all of them. Hey! I am on a science fiction community, ya'll knew I was a Nouveau Dork)

 

[J-Sun]

I'd have to use a different criteria - maybe something like, "while you are flipping channels, if it comes on, you have to go get your VHS/DVD of it" - I hate commercials.

Airplane, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, Dr. Strangelove, The Holy Grail, A Shot in the Dark, Spinal Tap, Apocalypse Now, The Bridge Over the River Kwai, Casablanca, Die Hard, Pulp Fiction, 2001, 2010, Alien, Aliens, Blade Runner, Raiders of the Lost Ark, the original Star Wars trilogy, Terminator, T2.

I like your movies, too, except Citizen Kane. I know it's supposed to be the best flick ever but it just doesn't do it for me.

 

[JustPassingThrough]

Ah, Citizen Kane was shown to me in high school and it just spoke to me. Most of those I hang out with don't get it either, but I like it and it led me to Orson Welles and his radio programs. Never seen Apocalypse Now. Have had the chance but for some reason I just never sat down and watched it. I have the book that it was kind of based on "The Heart of Darkness" but just haven't watched the film. Everything else I've seen except for: Dr. Strangelove, A Shot in the Dark, Spinal Tap, Casablanca, 2001, 2010, Blade Runner. Yeah, I know. Like I said in another post, I need to get a regular movie night!

 

[JustPassingThrough]

You know there was another one, not one I would say is favorite, but was quite good that I stayed up and watched: John Carpenter's In The Mouth of Madness.

I consider it the best Lovecraft movie that wasn't wholly based on Lovecraft. Really good, creepy stuff.

 

[Tillane]

Like that definition, J-Sun. Definitely seconded - adverts are evil.

As for my own list? Well, let's see: Brazil, The Fisher King, The Princess Bride, Spirited Away, High Fidelity, Blade Runner, Strange Days, Pulp Fiction, Withnail & I. Oh, and They Live. Best b-movie ever.

 

[Freelancer]

What I love...
Good old sci-fis of the 80s and 90s (Screamers, Event Horizon, Starship Troopers, Blade Runner, Total Recall, The Running Man, The Demolition Man)
Alien and Aliens
Star Trek movies (With the exception of that "we rewrite history" thing called Star Trek 2009).
Back to the Future trilogy, Ghostbusters 1 and 2, Interstate 60, Aviator, Catch me if you Can
RoboCop 1 and 2
Indiana Jones trilogy (Forget the 4th)
Pirates of the Caribbean 1 (Forget the 2nd and the 3rd)
Star Wars... hmmm, trilogy (I prefer the first trilogy with X-Wings and Tie Fighters.).
Die Hard series
Terminator 1 and 2
Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown
Independence Day (Regardless it's cheesy, it's still one of the best in it's genre.).
Classic movies from the 50s
Kelly's Heroes, Battle of the Bulge and other classic war movies

What I hate...
Everything from nowadays, especially reboots and sequels (90% of the present movies)

 

[william b]

My favorite old movies (from the 40s) are Double Indemnity and I Walked With a Zombie. I also like an old musical called On The Town that (IMO) is better than Singin' In the Rain.
I like a lot of genre films, my favorites of which are: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Empire Strikes Back, The Thing (1982), and Superman.
More recent genre films I like are Star Trek, the Iron Man films, and (I'm going to get some criticism for this) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
I also like Pulp Fiction and Inglorious Basterds.
I can watch Amy Adams in the most blatantly whiny chic flicks and still root for her to win (Julie and Julia, Mrs. Petigrew Lives for a Day, Enchanted).
I liked Get Smart and the Pink Panther remakes.
Blades of Glory is my favorite Will Ferrell film.
I sort of identify with Paul Giamatti in American Splender and Cold Souls.
And last but not least, Johny Depp IS Ed Wood.
-----I could honestly throw in 10 or 20 more. I'm such a movie buff.

 

[J-Sun]

Pirates of the Caribbean 1 (Forget the 2nd and the 3rd)

I forgot that one - that definitely should have been in my list - I'm still amazed at how much I love that movie. (Agreed on the two half-sequels, though.)

Independence Day (Regardless it's cheesy, it's still one of the best in it's genre.).

It wouldn't make my special top list but I agree - it hits the mark it aims at and I do like it.

Brazil

I'm going to watch that one of these days.

 

[clovis-man]

I also like an old musical called On The Town that (IMO) is better than Singin' In the Rain.

Ah, yes. Mucicals. How about my all-time favorite: A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum. Featuring the great Zero Mostel and an extremely young Michael Crawford. Great fun. The film editing alone is worth the price of admission.

 

[JustPassingThrough]

Favorite musical- Blues Brothers.

(Hey! I think it counts.)

 

[clovis-man]

Favorite musical- Blues Brothers.

(Hey! I think it counts.)

Absolutely!! And for me it qualifies as one of those that (when you happen upon it wihile channel surfing) it transfixes you and you have to sit down and watch it. Or better yet, DVR it and watch later minus annoying ads.

And has my favorite line:

"It's 106 miles to Chicago. We've got a full tank of gas, a half a pack of cigarettes. It's dark and we're wearing sunglasses."

 

[Mouse]

The Matrix

Of course. Guess where my user-title comes from?

Spirited Away

Seconded.

Catch me if you Can

Love it.

Besides those three, I'll add: Funny Bones (very weird film set in Blackpool featuring a young Lee Evans), Enchanted, Stardust, Lord of the Rings, Easy Virtue, Rush Hour, The Usual Suspects, Dorian Gray (2009), Death at a Funeral (the original!!), Serenity, Fluke...

There's more, but that's just off the top of my head.

 

[Tillane]

The Usual Suspects...Serenity

Yes. Yes, yes, yes. God, why did I not think of those two? Consider them immediately added to my list.

 

[biodroid]

Terminator 1 & 2
Star Wars
LOTR
The Green Mile
Shawshank Redemption
...and more I can't think of right now. Will post later.

 

[JustPassingThrough]

"We're on a mission from God" baby! (Heck, I didn't even mind the sequel, of course I recognized that it was in no way going to touch the original so that helped. But no one can tell me that the scene in the State Fair with them singing Riders on the Storm was not a great scene!

Another favorite movie -- The Searchers. (Yes, a western, but there are some who believe a inspiration for Mr. George Lucas and a little space opera film he made.)

 

[Connavar]

I dont watch my favs on tv and i get on dvd. I have a big taste, watch alot of old films because my taste in noir,historical films are good only in classic era films.

Asien Cinema: Seven Samurai, Redbeard,Sanjoru,Yojimbo,A Drunken Angel Old Boy, Drunken Master 2,The Fulltime Killer, A Bittersweat life, Memoirs of Murder,Ong Bak, Brotherhood of war,Project A, Fist of Legend,Enter the Dragon, The Killer

Film Noir/Thrillers: Le Samurai, The Maltese Falcon, The Asphalt Jungle, Detour, The Public Enemy, A Prophet, Miller's Crossing,Casablanca,Memento, Sierra, The Big Sleep,The Killing, Rififfi,Le Doulos


Others: Godfather,Godfather II Raging Bull, Terminator 2, Taken,Redbelt,Die Hard, Riders of the lost Ark,Streetcar Named Desire, The Sting, French Connection, District 13, Casino Royale Bourne Identity, Bourne Ultimatum

Western: Unforgiven, The Good the Bad the Ugly, Ride in the high country, The Outlaw Josy wales, The Good, the Weird, the Bad,The Searchers

SF/Fantasy/Horror: Aliens, Alien, Matrix, Pan's Labyrinth, The Quiet Earth, Shaun of the Dead,Zombieland, 28 Weeks Later,Dog Soldiers


It might seem like i mentioned all the movies i like but its only the best ones in my fav genres. Some arent the best films but genres i dont like much in like horror i think is million times better in novels,comics.

Kurosawa, Jean-Pierre Melville is my two fav directors and i had to limit 3-5 films of theirs. Kurosawa films is better than 99% films i have seen.

 

[JustPassingThrough]

Of Kurosawa, I've only seen The Seven Samurai. Good, but I will admit here and now that I liked The Magnificent Seven better (but then I am a Yank).

Probably the best movie that I liked that you would think that I wouldn't like was Titanic.

Yep, Titanic.

Hey, it made me cry!

 

[Connavar]

Being a Yank is not an excuse for liking Magnificient Seven more

When did you see Seven Samurai ? You have to be an adult to appreciate the works of Akira Kurosawa. A kid looking for only for entertainment wont get him.

 

[JustPassingThrough]

Hmm, let me close my eyes and turn back the years (the leaves float by, the sun rise and sets in the west. Kids sell lemonade on the corner while dogs bark to be let in) it was sometime back in the day when I was younger than I was now.

 

[Connavar]

Hmm, let me close my eyes and turn back the years (the leaves float by, the sun rise and sets in the west. Kids sell lemonade on the corner while dogs bark to be let in) it was sometime back in the day when I was younger than I was now.

I didnt mean anything bad by that i just thought of myself as a teen who saw Kurosawa film and thought whats so great about him ? Now i can see much more what makes a director, actor, script good or great.