What's your favorite movie of all time?

[Corwin]

ferris bueller's day off

and many of the one stated before

 

[peter]

Originally posted by Name-Maker


Ice is NOT gay.
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Only his boyfriend thinks so.

Back to the topic at hand, I think the lists I see say more about a persons age than anything. It's funny how the thirtysomethings all listed the same movies. Likewise, the teenagers have many similarities in their lists.

Looks to be a great experiment in demographic marketing. Very useful.

LOL!! hehe

anyways, what you said is true (THE AGE PART, nothing else). Pretty interesting

 

[Steen]

Originally posted by nicorlino + some1 else

fight club

may I ask how you guys liked that movie?

It was the most bizar and wierd and stupid movie I have seen. Honestly, if I hade to rate the top 3 worst moveis I have seen, that would be one of them. (i am not exagerating)

Funny thing is, some people I know like that movie too!!!

Can you please explain (besides the actors[to some]) what is apealing about it? I am serious here.

 

[Unregistered]

Natural Born Killer

All Wong Ka Wai's films.

 

[Anthony Ng]

Originally posted by Unregistered
... All Wong Ka Wai's films.

Oh yeah ... almost left out Wong Kar-wai, the best director from Hong Kong. Forget about John Woo ... Who's Jackie Chan? LOL! :laugh: Of course, not all his film are classics (unlike Akira Kurosawa), Fallen Angel, for example, is a bit shallow and commercial-oriented.

 

[Momentum]

Many of my favorites are already posted but I have to add these:

Gladiator
Armageddon
Outside Providence

 

[Jack Gordon]

ok, we've got an awesome list going so far. There's still a little time to get your suggestions in. Are we still missing your favorite?

"10"
12 Monkeys
8 mile
Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru
Akira Kurosawa's Shichinin no samurai
Alien
Aliens
American History X
Animal House
Apocalypse Now
Armageddon
Back to the Future
Boondock Saints
Breakfast Club
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Caddyshack
Casablanca
Casino
Chinatown
Clerks
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Die Hard
Ever After
Fargo
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Fight Club
Forrest Gump
From Russia With Love
Full Metal Jacket
Gladiator
Glengarry Glen Ross
Gone With The Wind
Goodfellas
Goodwill Hunting
Hamlet
Harry Potter
Hercules
Jaws
Jurassic Park
Legally Blonde
Lord of the Rings
Matrix
Memento
Message in a Bottle
Miss Congeniality
My Name is Nobody
National Velvet
Natural Born Killer
Oceans Eleven
Oliver
Outside Providence
Planet of the Apes
Platoon
Porkys
Pulp Fiction
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Real Genius
Rocky
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Romeo Must Die
Saving Private Ryan
Scarface
Schindler's List
Shawshank Redemption
Silence of the Lambs
Sixteen Candles
Slap Shot
Snatch
Star Wars
Stargate
Stripes
Suckers
Swiss Family Robinson
Taxi Driver
The 10 Commandments
The Big Chill
The Exorcist
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
The Long, Hot Summer
The Quietman
The Russia House
The Shootist
The Sting
The Usual Suspects
To Have and Have Not
Vanilla Sky
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Woodstock
Zorro

 

[Sharpy]

Princess Bride Don't even have to see it, just read the script http://www.godamongdirectors.com/scripts/princess.shtml

The Long Kiss Goodnight: Gina Davis/Samuel L. Jackson, awsome flick!

From Dusk 'till Dawn Starts out as a great Rodriguez/Tarantinoesq film then turns very very weird but the Salma Hayek seen makes it worth a long look

Jackie Brown Tarantino resurects Pam Grier's carrer. Samuel L. at his best.

 

[devolution]

Watership Down

I was hooked when I first saw it way back in the early eighties.

I was lucky to get www.WatershipDown.net a few weeks back at NW


What would make this survey more interesting though, would be reasons WHY you chose the particular movie(s).

I'm sure if people were brutally honest, their list of movies they saw "because someone I fancied was in it" would be greater than the list of movies seen for all other reasons

 

[izopod]

Originally posted by FrontRow
Are we still missing your favorite?

"Powder" (1995) - late addition to my original list

Looking at the others, I definitely forgot about "Close Encounters". That movie came out when there were a lot of "UFO" sitings in the area I lived (Northern Minnesota)-- I still can remember that part when the scientist was communicating with the ship: Ahh, eh...oooo, Ahhh. Eh...

Also, I liked the Patriot with Mel Gibson...

Best Kids Movie (when I was a kid): Wizard of Oz

Funniest movie category would be (without a doubt): Young Frankenstein

Best "Chick Flick" (that I'll admit to liking): A Walk in the Clouds with Keanu Reeves. I liked Anthony Quinns part in the movie.

btw: I say this thread turns into a web forum for movies...

 

[MBZ]

Here's a couple more from the action/bank robbery genre:

Heat.
Bonnie and Clyde.
Dog Day Afternoon.
Thief. (Michael Mann/James Caan)

Two comedy classics:

Airplane.
Blazing Saddles.

Not my favs but big in their day:

Saturday Night Fever.
An Officer and a Gentleman.
Urban Cowboy.
American Graffiti.

Another some people here may relate to:

Office Space.

 

[puxa2]

I agree on From Dusk Till Dawn. I thought I was hallucinating for a second and had to stop watching it when the movie suddenly turns into something else.

Other faves:

Shawshank Redemption
Wild At Heart
Back to the Future
The Matrix
Terminator
Titanic
Evil Dead 2
The Exorcist

And others..

 

[hiOsilver]

Casablanca
Play It Again Sam
Life Is Beautiful
The Red Violin
Schindler's List
Bend It Like Beckham
Star Wars
The Graduate
Forrest Gump
The Color Purple (I nearly gave up watching Academy Awards when this one didn't capture Oscars)
Saving Private Ryan
Silence of the Lambs

 

[OFS]

Too many to count. But i like T1 and T2 oh yeah and the Mummy with Brandon Frazer, Rachel Weize.
Another favorite. Had the right mix of action, adventure.

The fifth element. (Just have to watch that movie everytime it's on tv.)

 

[StockDoctor]

The Matrix 1 (don't spoil it by seeing #2)
Fight Club (Loved the ending)
Terminator 2 (hope this next one is ok)
Snatch (Pitt did a great job with the accent)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (Buddy Hacket just died)
Apocalypse Now (Try this with surround sound)
Dr. Strangelove (Peter Seller's hand trys to strangle himself)
Fun with Dick and Jane (when you're having a tough time "on ice")
Pulp Fiction (Honey Bunny)
Dawn of the Dead (A mall lovers Fantasy with Bikers)
The Thing from another world. (The original not the remake)
Mom and Dad save the World (Watch out for the light grenade)
A Christmas Story ( You'll shoot yourself in the eye)
The Sandlot (Babe Ruth and the Beast)

 

[Jack Gordon]

wow, still some great titles coming through - thanks everyone!

 

[unclewilco]

the day the shed stood still..

but as the bananananana said Dr. Strangelove.. top

carry on nurse....

 

[vivnet]

"Here's looking at you kid"