Name your favorite movies
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I'll go favorite by genre:
1) Comedy - Revenge of the Nerds or Caddyshack
2) Sports - Hoosiers or Major League
3) Drama - The Shawshank Redemption (best 25-minute ending in movie history)
4) Horror - The Exorcist or Jaws
5) Mob Movie - The Godfather Part I/II or GoodFellas
6) Chick Flick - Notting Hill
7) Foreign - Pan's Labyrinth
War - Band of Brothers (miniseries) or Saving Private Ryan9) Oldie but a Goodie - It's A Wonderful Life
10) Western - High Plains Drifter (Eastwood is one bada** m'fer in this one)
11) Spy - Goldfinger
12) Science Fiction - Star Wars 4,5, & 6
13) Adventure - Raiders of the Lost Ark
14) Documentary - Hoop Dreams
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I'll give this a bit more thought but rhese are some solid entries to my ten best.
THE GODFATHER
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
WIZARD OF OZ
CASABLANCA
ROCKY
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST
ANNIE HALL
There are some I love that float in and out of the top ten OR don't stand up to that honor as years go by.
IE films I never sought out to see numerous times or did see often but question top ten of all time status after time.
Still great films.
FIELD OF DREAMS
THE ELEPHANT MAN
ROLLERBALL
Branagh's HAMLET
etc.
And it's hard to add a comedy but some examples of comedies I LOVE...
ANIMAL HOUSE
CADDYSHACK
STRIPES
DEFENDING YOUR LIFE
WSS
I'll give this a bit more thought but rhese are some solid entries to my ten best.
THE GODFATHER
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
WIZARD OF OZ
CASABLANCA
ROCKY
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST
ANNIE HALL
There are some I love that float in and out of the top ten OR don't stand up to that honor as years go by.
IE films I never sought out to see numerous times or did see often but question top ten of all time status after time.
Still great films.
FIELD OF DREAMS
THE ELEPHANT MAN
ROLLERBALL
Branagh's HAMLET
etc.
And it's hard to add a comedy but some examples of comedies I LOVE...
ANIMAL HOUSE
CADDYSHACK
STRIPES
DEFENDING YOUR LIFE
WSS
Love ya Steve, different strokes for different folks. I've probably seen 1\50th of the movies you have. I'm a Si-Fi action adventure guy. Yeah, I get Casablanca & Wizard of Oz, really liked Clockwork Orange & The Godfather. But I'd put Annie Hall (one of the few movies I've ever walked out on) and Last Picture Show in my 10 WORST. Other Oscar nominees of dishonorable mention- The Piano and Howard's End- add in Pulp Fiction and Fight Club to the list. No Comprendo.
In your second tier liked Elephant man, But I'll take Dances With Wolves over Field of Dreams (that I haven't survived in it's entirety yet)- but I've tried to- I just think the whole premise is stupid.
OK, I'm biased- I'm a Tolkien fan so the Lord of the Rings trilogy has to be #1 in my book. Other DVDs that I actually spent money on I would put in consideration are Gladiator and Braveheart. Saving Private Ryan is up there on my list- Tom Hanks got screwed out of another Best Actor award on that one IMHO. Scarface got mentioned- ditto.
[[Now there's plenty of stuff I wouldn't put in "Best Picture" category that I really liked- the Matrix Trilogy, Independence Day, Star Wars, 2001- Kill Bill I&II I could go on- but you get the general picture]]
I have a soft spot for westerns- guess my great-grandmother who couldn't speak (or understand) a word of English and would watch the Lone Ranger & Roy Rodgers all day filtered down to me- give me Silverado and Unforgiven there.
Bad PC incorrect humor- Blazing Saddles.
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I'll give this a bit more thought but rhese are some solid entries to my ten best.
THE GODFATHER
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
WIZARD OF OZ
CASABLANCA
ROCKY
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST
ANNIE HALL
There are some I love that float in and out of the top ten OR don't stand up to that honor as years go by.
IE films I never sought out to see numerous times or did see often but question top ten of all time status after time.
Still great films.
FIELD OF DREAMS
THE ELEPHANT MAN
ROLLERBALL
Branagh's HAMLET
etc.
And it's hard to add a comedy but some examples of comedies I LOVE...
ANIMAL HOUSE
CADDYSHACK
STRIPES
DEFENDING YOUR LIFE
WSS
Love ya Steve, different strokes for different folks. I've probably seen 1\50th of the movies you have. I'm a Si-Fi action adventure guy. Yeah, I get Casablanca & Wizard of Oz, really liked Clockwork Orange & The Godfather. But I'd put Annie Hall (one of the few movies I've ever walked out on) and Last Picture Show in my 10 WORST. Other Oscar nominees of dishonorable mention- The Piano and Howard's End- add in Pulp Fiction and Fight Club to the list. No Comprendo.
In your second tier liked Elephant man, But I'll take Dances With Wolves over Field of Dreams (that I haven't survived in it's entirety yet)- but I've tried to- I just think the whole premise is stupid.
OK, I'm biased- I'm a Tolkien fan so the Lord of the Rings trilogy has to be #1 in my book. Other DVDs that I actually spent money on I would put in consideration are Gladiator and Braveheart. Saving Private Ryan is up there on my list- Tom Hanks got screwed out of another Best Actor award on that one IMHO. Scarface got mentioned- ditto.
[[Now there's plenty of stuff I wouldn't put in "Best Picture" category that I really liked- the Matrix Trilogy, Independence Day, Star Wars, 2001- Kill Bill I&II I could go on- but you get the general picture]]
I have a soft spot for westerns- guess my great-grandmother who couldn't speak (or understand) a word of English and would watch the Lone Ranger & Roy Rodgers all day filtered down to me- give me Silverado and Unforgiven there.
Bad PC incorrect humor- Blazing Saddles.
- give me Silverado and Unforgiven there.
I love Silverado. You're the only other person I know who's ever mentioned it as a favorite. It's definitely on my list.
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I love Silverado. You're the only other person I know who's ever mentioned it as a favorite. It's definitely on my list.
Great acting, great plot. I'd highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it. I doubt the star (and about to become stars) power in one flick will ever be repeated. Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, John Cleese, Kevin Costner, Brian Dennehy, Danny Glover, and Jeff Goldblum. -
I loved Silverado, I just didn't think of it,
but the westerns are great, always good scenery,
even if it's a dumb "B" movie. GGG
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Hi!
Mine are listed below.
300
Titanic
Dark Knight
Fast and Furious
Lord of the Ring
Gone in 60 Seconds
The Mummy
Spider man-1
Pirates of the Caribbean-1
Avatar.
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Here's one that belongs on an all time great liszt.
THE RAINMAKER with Burt Lancaster and Kate Hepburn.
WSS
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a few good men
saving ryan's privates
die hard
superbad
dumb and dumber
the godfather
goodfellas
anchorman
shawshank redemption
in that order
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It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Seabisuit
That Thing You Do
Have to agree with One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ocean Eleven
The Breakfast Club
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Watched "The Last Castle" yesterday for the first time even though its a few years old. Great movie
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Watched "The Last Castle" yesterday for the first time even though its a few years old. Great movie
nmills said:
Watched "The Last Castle" yesterday for the first time even though its a few years old. Great movieYea really good movie. There is something about Redford movies that he makes it much more interesting then someone else, ala All the Presidents Men.
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I've never watched any of the Godfathers straight through. Never liked it, tried, just couldn't stand it.
p.s. I have never watched one episode of the Sarpinos, ever.
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
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Which OCEAN'S 11?
WSS
The new one.
I've never seen the other one. Probably should one of these days.
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ROCKY
Man Rocky is awesome. The story behind it emulates life.
Sylvester Stallone, was an unbankable unknown at the time - an underdog actor/writer in the film industry (with 32 previously-rejected scripts) similar to the boxing 'bum' in the film. Stallone supposedly wrote the script for the sports comeback film over a three-day period.
What the hell happened to Stallone?
Man Rocky is awesome. The story behind it emulates life.
What the hell happened to Stallone?
I'm thinking steroids.
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I watched Undisputed III:Redemption yesterday, one of the best movies I've watch in a while
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How to Train a Dragon is a must for all ages. I watched it with my son, didnt think i would like it much since it was animated. Boy was I wrong. 10/10 a must see whether u have kids or not
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#1:Pulp Fiction
#2-10 in no particular order:
Clockwork Orange
Memento
Starwars
The Big Lebowski
Reservior Dogs
Inglourious Basterds
Fight Club
The Matrix (just the first)
City of God
Tarantino's and Kubrick's films are all amazing.
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