Favorite movies of all time

jackhammer · 06-07-2009, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Gone Sugaring

The Kid (1921)
Grand Illusion
A Clockwork Orange
Shanghai Express
All About Eve
Les Enfants du Paradis
Rashômon
The Seventh Seal
Roman Holiday
Closely Watched Trains
Singin' In The Rain
Radio Days
Ikiru
Sabrina
Pulp Fiction
Y Tu Mamá También
Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?
Gummo
Modern Times
Fargo
Breathless
Touch Of Evil

Hell yeah. nice list.

Gone Sugaring · 06-07-2009, 05:31 PM

Why thank you

LoathsomePete · 06-07-2009, 07:27 PM

Ever since I saw it last year "The City Of Lost Children" has held the spot of favorite movie. It's got everything a movie needs, amazing story, perfect mixture of humor with serious drama, likable characters that are all rememberable, Ron Pearlman, brilliantly designed sets, Ron Pearlman, and Ron Pearlman.

Webster · 06-08-2009, 02:30 AM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

Hell yeah. nice list.

I concur.

Evil Dead 2
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
No Country for Old Men
The Ice Storm
Boyz N The Hood
Brokeback Mountain
Breathless
Lost in Translation
Stranger In Paradise

To name a few.

cheezyridr · 06-08-2009, 04:14 PM

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon - for a martial arts film, they come any better than this. of special note is the hand and footwork in the first fight, and of course, the scene everyone loves, the warehouse fight.

When the last sword is drawn - a picture of what samurai life was like at the end of the edo period/early mejii era. heartwrenchingly sad, beautifully told.

A tale of two sisters - possibly the finest horror film ever made, ever

They live - no one can deny it contains the finest streetfight ever choreographed for film. certainly the most parodied fight, and the most copied in all of film history. if that's not enough, it has roddy piper, keith david, and aliens.

Life is beautiful - i love this movie, it has nearly everything a movie should have, and almost nothing that it shouldn't. it's nearly perfect.

honorable mention:
Gran torino - possibly clint eastwoods finest product

i was going to list kevin costner's "the postman" just as a joke, but then i realized it was too far fetched and no one would have believed it.

~~James~~ · 01-02-2010, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

In no order here are some of mine:

The Fountain. Poetry on the screen. Simple as that.
Gregory's Girl. Perfect evocation of growing up and falling in love without being a cliched ridden piece of schmaltz.
Halloween (original). The first Horror film I ever saw and still one of the most efficient pieces of film making ever.
The Elephant Man. Some of the best acting in a film I have ever seen. Both hauntingly beautiful, saddening and supremely optomistic at the same time.
Shadowlands. A measured study in quite restraint from Anthony Hopkins. Heartbreaking.
Withnail & I. The greatest film ever about drinking and the most quotable film ever.
The Long Good Friday. The best British gangster film by far. Tough as nails with a mesmeric performance by Bob Hoskins.
Taxi Driver. Alienation and depression has never been done better before and since. simply stunning.
Bob Le Flambeur. The coolest film ever made and 5 years before that other icon of cool French cinema A Bout De Souffle.
The Godfather I & II. The greatest dramas ever put on film. You try and split them apart.
The Matrix. Mercilessly ripped off since this is still of the finest action movies ever made.
Solaris (remake). Hypnotic and underplayed superbly by all concerned. Cerebral without losing sight of the human aspect of the story.
The Terminator. You are 12 and you see this machine mercilleslly track it's victim amidst a neon Los Angeles. It still absolutely kicks arse.
2001:A Space Odyssey. The greatest sc-fi film ever made with the best ever jump cut. In one shot Kubrick did more than most directors do in a lifetime.
An American Werewolf In London. An American captures EXACTLY the Brit sense of humour replete with astonishing F/X, jet black humour and jenny agutter

George A Romero's 'Of The Dead' series. Unbelievably intelligent yet gory horror films full of classic set pieces.

I didn't realise how many films I love! I have barely scratched world cinema and classic Hollywood stuff!

Gregorys girl was filmed in my hometown

~~James~~ · 01-02-2010, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

In no order here are some of mine:

The Fountain. Poetry on the screen. Simple as that.
Gregory's Girl. Perfect evocation of growing up and falling in love without being a cliched ridden piece of schmaltz.
Halloween (original). The first Horror film I ever saw and still one of the most efficient pieces of film making ever.
The Elephant Man. Some of the best acting in a film I have ever seen. Both hauntingly beautiful, saddening and supremely optomistic at the same time.
Shadowlands. A measured study in quite restraint from Anthony Hopkins. Heartbreaking.
Withnail & I. The greatest film ever about drinking and the most quotable film ever.
The Long Good Friday. The best British gangster film by far. Tough as nails with a mesmeric performance by Bob Hoskins.
Taxi Driver. Alienation and depression has never been done better before and since. simply stunning.
Bob Le Flambeur. The coolest film ever made and 5 years before that other icon of cool French cinema A Bout De Souffle.
The Godfather I & II. The greatest dramas ever put on film. You try and split them apart.
The Matrix. Mercilessly ripped off since this is still of the finest action movies ever made.
Solaris (remake). Hypnotic and underplayed superbly by all concerned. Cerebral without losing sight of the human aspect of the story.
The Terminator. You are 12 and you see this machine mercilleslly track it's victim amidst a neon Los Angeles. It still absolutely kicks arse.
2001:A Space Odyssey. The greatest sc-fi film ever made with the best ever jump cut. In one shot Kubrick did more than most directors do in a lifetime.
An American Werewolf In London. An American captures EXACTLY the Brit sense of humour replete with astonishing F/X, jet black humour and jenny agutter

George A Romero's 'Of The Dead' series. Unbelievably intelligent yet gory horror films full of classic set pieces.

I didn't realise how many films I love! I have barely scratched world cinema and classic Hollywood stuff!

Gregory's Girl was filmed in my hometown.

Cadrian · 01-13-2010, 02:58 AM

The Hustler and the Zatoichi Series.... Favs out of my collection, else wise I would be naming my entire dvd and blu-ray Collection.

Bacholyte · 07-16-2013, 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

In no order here are some of mine:

>Shadowlands. A measured study in quite restraint from Anthony Hopkins. Heartbreaking.

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Similarly, Hearts in Atlantis-- maybe not an all-time favorite, but well up there.

Stand By Me

Hunt for Red October. Hard to justify objectively, but by golly I keep watching it.

Star Wars

The Ogre

The Sixth Sense

Honkytonk Man

Saving the best for last-- my all-time favorite is so obscure that it hasn't even been released on DVD:

Second Best (Not! )

JGuy Grungeman · 05-07-2016, 01:37 AM

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You mean the Clooney one? The 1972 Tarkovsky one's one of my faves. I ask because the Tarkovsky one's a remake of a 60's TV flick.

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cheezyridr Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: sunny canadia Posts: 131	Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon - for a martial arts film, they come any better than this. of special note is the hand and footwork in the first fight, and of course, the scene everyone loves, the warehouse fight. When the last sword is drawn - a picture of what samurai life was like at the end of the edo period/early mejii era. heartwrenchingly sad, beautifully told. A tale of two sisters - possibly the finest horror film ever made, ever They live - no one can deny it contains the finest streetfight ever choreographed for film. certainly the most parodied fight, and the most copied in all of film history. if that's not enough, it has roddy piper, keith david, and aliens. Life is beautiful - i love this movie, it has nearly everything a movie should have, and almost nothing that it shouldn't. it's nearly perfect. honorable mention: Gran torino - possibly clint eastwoods finest product i was going to list kevin costner's "the postman" just as a joke, but then i realized it was too far fetched and no one would have believed it.

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Cadrian Music Addict Join Date: May 2009 Location: South Carolina Posts: 111	The Hustler and the Zatoichi Series.... Favs out of my collection, else wise I would be naming my entire dvd and blu-ray Collection.