OK, we've trashed our least favorite movies in another thread...how about our faves? Not the ones we like to use to show off our systems, but the ones that move us, make us laugh, or just plain entertain us.
I'll start...but since I don't think you can compare comedies to dramas, I will categorize my faves.
Comedies--Dr. Strangelove (the quintessential black comedy), Young Frankenstein, A Fish Called Wanda, Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Drama--To Kill a Mockingbird, The Green Mile, Lawrence of Arabia
Sci Fi/Fantasy--LOTR, 2001, Alien, 12 Monkeys
Animation--Fantasia, Heavy Metal, The Nightmare before Christmas (Danny Elfman was completely hosed for not winning an oscar for this one!)
Movies nobody has heard of--Pi, Happiness
Mark
Sci-Fi - Blade Runner
Comedies - Shoalin Soccer (Subtitled)
Animation - Ninja Scrolls, Nightmare before Christmas
Drama - Shawshank Redemption, Gladiator
Horror - Silence of the Lambs
Musical - Rocky Horror Picture Show
Saturn
Ditto on Monty Python, Mark.
Comedies - Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Drama - The Godfather I & II
Patton
Gandhi
Raging Bull
Sci Fi/Fantasy - LOTR
Gattaca
Animation - Princess Mononoke
My Neighbor Totoro
Classics - Casablanca
Rear Window
Citizen Kane
The Manchurian Candidate
Movies nobody has heard of - Requiem for a Dream
That's just a few of my favs.
Sad quote of the day "I have never seen any of the 3 Godfather movies"
There... I said it. - I like so many movies, its hard to pick any.
Comedies:
Caddyshack
Zoolander
Dumb & Dumber
Cannonball Run...
Action/Adventure/SciFi/Fantasy (who are we kidding, this is all one big category):
LOTR (all 3 I'm sure)
The Matrix
Fight Club
Full Metal Jacket
Blade Runner....
Drma:
Memento
Pulp Fiction (someone’s worst!?!? - the horror!)
Shawshank Redemption
Seven...
There are many more I’d like to add… but the list would get too long
I need to go out and buy the Godfather pack and get it over with
To many good ones to pick.
I so agree on Rear Window. Grace Kelly is the most beautiful woman ever, and the suspense generated by filming almost exclusively in James Stewart's claustrophobic apartment was brilliant. I love Hitchcock!
I also love Requiem for a Dream, but it's not one you watch if you require a happy ending. Coincidentally, Requiem was made by the same director as my unknown movie candidate, Pi.
Godfather 1&2 are also high on my list, as is Silence of the Lambs
a couple of my favorites have been named
shawshank redemption
green mile
all 3 terminator movies
gosh i just cant think of em all..
I always joke with my wife that "The Green Mile" is just a ritzy remake of "Powder".
My favs:
Action:
Gladiator
Braveheart
Saving Private Ryan
Das Boot
Tombstone
Comedy:
Meet The Parents
Beverly Hills Cop
Spinal Tap
Porn:
Frank
Yep...Pi reminded me of Requiem. I swear, Requiem for a Dream is quite possibly the most disturbing movie I've ever seen. I think it captures a nightmare on film better than any other movie I've ever seen. It's truly upsetting.
I could serously list 50 movies, and not be a quarter of the way done.
I am very disappointed no one has mention Stanley's classics(besides Dr Strangeglove and 2001), no The Thin Red Line, which is much better than Saving Private Cliches.
Like you said, you can't list them all.
The Shining is indeed a classic horror movie. That film has more atmosphere than the last 10 horror pics I've seen combined.
I've always wanted to see
The Thin Red Line, but I've not seen it yet.
Here are some more favs...
Romeo is Bleeding
Moulin Rouge
Amadeus
Apocalypse Now
A Bronx Tale
Chocolat
Dances with Wolves
Dangerous Liaisons
Goodfellas
Jaws
JFK
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Silence of the Lambs
Sling Blade
Swingers
Unforgiven
The Untouchables
The Usual Suspects
Braveheart
Chicago
Double Indemnity
Sunset Blvd
Amelie
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
The Full Monty
Gladiator
Glengarry Glen Ross
Gods and Monsters
Goldfinger
Good Will Hunting
Groundhog Day
L.A. Confidential
The Royal Tenenbaums
Shall We Dansu?
The Sixth Sense
There's Something About Mary
True Romance
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Die Hard
X-Men & X-Men 2
Yankee Doodle Dandy
OK...there are of course more - but I'm not going to list them all.
LA ConfidentiaL? Great movie. Simply amazing book.
movie: 6 month timeline.
Book: 6 year time line.
They kept the characters, and many of the main plot lines, but had to cut out a LOT of the plot lines of the book.
I highly suggest his work.
I like a lot of movies, but I'm picky about the ones I'll watch twice. Anyway, here's a few off the top of my head that I've thoroughly enjoyed.
Fargo
Memento
Weekend at Bernie's (NOT the sequel!)
Office Space
A couple unpopular films...
Freeway
The Ninth Configuration
my votes for favorites:
comedy - South Park - all the way
drama - American Beauty (Mena Suvari - vrmmmmm, vrmmmm)
action - Gladiator or Braveheart
war - Apocolypse Now or Thin Red Line (better than Saving Private Ryan but maybe tried a little too hard at times)
I do have to say though The Gift was a real darkhorse pick too, and getting to see Katie Holmes naked made it that much more enjoyable!
Freeway? Is that the Keifer Sutherland movie?
I was working as an intern for the company that cut a trailer for that film. (Cutting trailers was my first dream) I've never seen the film. Isn't the story based on "Little Red Riding Hood"?
Braveheart, Matrix, Tombstone(Val Kilmer is great in it!), Holy Grail.
As far as the Godfather, someone above said they had never seen any of them. I'm sure many of you will consider this to be even worse. I only saw the first one, and didn't like it so had no desire to see the others. I much prefer the other gangster movies I've seen in the genre.
The Limey.
Great movie b y a great director(also see from the same director Out of Site, Sex, Lies and Videotape, traffik, etc)
I would throw in a couple of my picks on medically inclined true story dramas here:
Awakenings
And The Band Played On
Spiff...yes, that's the one! It's not a good film, but I found it very entertaining...both hilarious & sick at the same time!
OK, here's some of mine - I admit, some are pretty stupid:
Braveheart
The Sixth Sense
The Usual Suspects
LA Confidential
T2
Alien
Aliens
Galaxy Quest
O Brother Where Art Thou?
Lord of the Rings (of course...)
Unbreakable (saw it before I saw The Sixth Sense, so no sense of, "Oh he's done that before..."
Young Frankenstein (far and away the best Mel Brooks)
And a bunch of others I can't think of right now...
A number of my favorites are already listed above but here are some more :-
Jurassic Park
Dad (Jack Lemmon)
Dead Poets Society
Patch Adams
Let it Ride (Richard Dreyfuss)
Much Ado About Nothing
The Hunt for Red October
U-571
A Fish called Wanda
I laughed my ass off at Rat Race. Horribly stupid, but in a good way!
Dad was too close to home for me when I saw it. My step father had just died of cancer when I saw it. (Had I know exactly what the movie was about I never would have gone! I could never bring myself to watch that movie again.
I do remember it was pretty well made though. Hard to go wrong with Jack Lemmon.
Forgot earlier...The Hurricane
The breakfast club
Maximum overdrive.. this used to be my FAVORITE movie. was better until they made one of those cheapo clones of the movie called "trucks" or something.
Jurrasic Park was also good. The first time you see it.
JimmyTango,
I'll see your "Thin Red Line" and raise you a "Platoon".
Frank
I'm sorry, but "Band of Brothers" puts them all to shame -- and it was never in theaters, either!
BoB was a good miniseries, but the acting was not that of movie quality. The book is much better(and is factual, not 'plot' driven with dialog like the miniseries). In fact, if you like history, the wroter, Ambrose, has many good books.
Platoon was also a very good movie. Nothing can compare to the the way thin Red Line is presented. The way the director allows you to get into the soldiers head is very well done.
I already mentioned all Kubrick films. As he was simply a genius. Sadly he is gone, and oddly, he died with only $30K to his name.
"Departing" poor (relatively speaking) seems to be one of the signs of true genius. When your life is spent on your passions, keeping your money locked away doesn't seem to be a priority.
The Stanley Kubrick collection (the one sans "Eyes Wide Shut") was one of the first things I bought when I got a DVD player. I especially like "A Clockwork Orange" in addition to "Dr. Strangelove", and "2001". "Barry Lyndon" is the weakest link, I think.
Mark
Some movies are so much better at home. Saving Private Ryan was one of them. Just for the beach scene with a good surround setup which I'd assume everyone in this thread has
Frank
I personally think that The Shape of Things is one of the best movies I've ever seen (starts a bit slow, however). Don't look up reviews on it before renting, however, as there are TOO MANY SPOILERS!
There's a trailer for
The Shape of Things here.
(quicktime)
Good, that trailer doesnt spoil the movie
. It doesn't convey the reason why I like the movie, however; only watching the movie will do that.
Just watched Blow. Great movie.
Just got back from seeing Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World and it'll definately be on my wish list when it makes it to DVD. Excellent movie, *amazing* audio effects. Can't wait to hear those 28-pounders firing at home! :-)
One of the better movies I've seen in awhile.
It's hard to believe only one other person picked The Breakfast Club! I remember Ian being shocked that - just like the Princess Bride - everyone one of my friends and I could recite EVERY LINE of both of those movies. Actually, it kind of freaked him out. But I remember how much John Hughes really felt my angst. Tee hee! Also very relieved to see Ferris Bueller made the list!