Not sure I can say what is my absolute favorite..I like a wide range of movies...but I bought the "Saving Private Ryan" DVD...and have been putting off watching it for awhile, because I heard it was somewhat disturbing. But I finally watched it last night. Man...what a great movie...gorey, emotional, inspiring, troubling.
I'm sure most people have already seen it, but it was my first viewing. I highly recommend watching the commentary under the "Extras" category if you buy it. It has some great interviews with actual vets. I salute them all and have a renewed respect for their bravery and what they did for the country and world.
Those guys have a courage I'm not sure I could have mustered. What great American Heros.
The Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption, Unforgiven and a host of others top my list as well.
Posted by David Wright (Member # 111) on :
Why Todd, you know what mine is, "It's a Wonderful Life". You are right about Pottersville too.
Some of the underside of life movies I like a lot such as, Scarface, Godfather, and Goodfellas.
Recently Braveheart would have to rank right up there. For those from the other thread, go rent "All Quiet on the Western Front". Timely.
Posted by goddinfla (Member # 1502) on :
Shawshank Redemption, Field of Dreams, Princess Bride, The American President, to name a few I can watch over and over.
Posted by Mark Fair Signs (Member # 289) on :
Scent of a Woman (no it's not a porno!).
Posted by Troy Haas (Member # 472) on :
Somewhere near the top of my list would be: Life as a House with Kevin Klien, never heard about it, just picked it up at the video store one day.... Now one of my favorite's
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
1984, CONSPIRACY THEARY, MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, STEPHEN KINGS "'THE STAND", and all the ed wood movies.
Posted by Steve Purcell (Member # 1140) on :
LOL Mark, I've watched/listened to that movie three times in the last two weeks!
Best soundtrack of the year.
Love them Soggy Bottom Boys! Posted by Todd Gill (Member # 2569) on :
Good ones! I forgot about Scent of a Woman...that was good. Risky Business, and a Fish Called Wanda were good too. Unforgiven, Tombstone, Breakdown I liked too.
Here's one that might not seem like a "guy" type flick, but I thought it was very funny...."Legally Blonde". I watch way too many movies.... Posted by Janette Balogh (Member # 192) on :
Shawshank Redemption The Green Mile My Cousin Vinny The Other Sister On Golden Pond Tombstone (that's the one with Val Kilmer as Doc Holiday I think) The Usual Suspects. The Piano Planes Trains and Automobiles True Lies Airplane Annie Hall To Sir with Love African Queen The Shootist Heat Terms of Endearment Blackboard Jungle Terminator Chapter Two Scent of a Woman As Good as it Gets The Score
Many others that are not coming to mind right now.
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Posted by Felix Marcano (Member # 1833) on :
Shawshank Redemption Shining Through Carlito's Way Scarface Blow Fallen Usual Suspects New Jack City
Posted by Steve Barba (Member # 431) on :
I can't believe that no one has mentioned "Caddyshack" or "The Blues Brothers"
1. "Saving Private Ryan", (and I thought Spielberg was over-rated)
2. Any Alfred Hitchcock film.
3. "Adventures Of Robin Hood" (Errol Flynn, 1938)
4. "White Heat" (James Cagney, 1949)
5. "Fighter Squadron" (Robert Stack, 1948) This movie is actually really corny, but its about a P-47 squadron in WWII, and its all in color.
Posted by Bob Burns (Member # 268) on :
THE QUIET MAN THE SEARCHERS THE LOVED ONE
Posted by EPatzer (Member # 135) on :
The Blues Brothers Gone in 60 Seconds (original) Vanishing Point Raising Arizona The Rocketeer Toy Story...
Posted by Pierre Tardif (Member # 3229) on :
Today is a great day in the history of the cinema: It's today that you can buy MONSTERS, INC. in video!!! One of the best disney's animation movie along with TOY STORY both 1 & 2.
Sorry guys but my favourite movie is an intellectual one: CHRISTMAS VACATION. TRADING PLACES was a good one also.
Now I'm heading to Wal-Mart to get my dvd of Monsters, inc.!!!
Posted by Mark M. Kottwitz (Member # 1764) on :
You guys have named some good ones.
It all depends on my mood.
Westerns: I like Unforgiven, The Quick and the Dead, and Tombstone (Val Kilmer made the movie).
Adventure: Point Break (seen it 40 something times), and Highlander (seen it 15 or 20 times).
Comedy: Robin Hood, Men in Tights, or Blazing Saddles, or any Mel Brooks movie really.
As someone mentioned earlier, Brother Where Art Thou and My Dog Skip were shot down around Yazoo City where my wife is from.
Posted by Chris Elliott (Member # 1262) on :
Top 3 for me have gotta be:
Hellhounds On My Trail (The Afterlife of Robert Johnson) Six-String Samurai Duel (Dennis Weaver vs. Peterbilt)
followed closely by a few others nobody's mentioned yet;
Blood Simple Pulp Fiction Little Big Man Waterhole #3 A Big Hand For The Little Lady Young Frankenstein Repo Man Mad Max plus a bunch of those old &/or little-known late night films on TV that I never caught the name of
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Posted by Steve Burke (Member # 2674) on :
PULP FICTION
Tied for second- both Austin Powers' movies- they are hysterical. yES, YES, I know they are not exactly intellectual, but...
Saving Private Ryan was a sleeper- I thought it would hum, but it was a great movie. I've seen several in the last few months that were great, but I can't remember them (so I guess they were only SO great...). More intellectual movies are in this "thirds" list- great but not on the tip of my tongue.
Posted by Neil D. Butler (Member # 661) on :
Forest Gump is way up there... Total Recall, the original Rambo, Driving miss Daisy, Christmas Vacation, A beautiful Mind.... It can go on forever... and Debbie does Dallas.. lets not forget that Family Classic... heh heh.. just kidd'n
Posted by Tony B (Member # 935) on :
Shawshank Redemption The Green Mile Driving Miss Daisy Unforgiven The Godfather (all of them) Scarface Blow Forest Gump
and probably at lot more, just can't remember
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Posted by Desire Rusovsky (Member # 2876) on :
Matrix (more I watch it more I find new dimensions in it) Lord of the Rings (eagerly waiting The Two Towers) Shrek Posted by cheryl nordby (Member # 1100) on :
Guess who's coming to dinner Matrix French Kiss Mrs. Doubtfire
Posted by Mike Languein (Member # 319) on :
For those of us that like Saving Private Ryan check out "Enemy At The Gate" with Ed Harris
Posted by Todd Gill (Member # 2569) on :
Oh Yeah! How could I have forgotten Shrek, Toy Stories, and True Lies.
Me, Myself, and Irene, dumb and dumber, and Meet the parents....Something about Mary...hahahaha...those were a hoot.
Posted by Rick Chavez (Member # 2146) on :
I can't believe it, no Star Wars! Aaaaargh Well here goes:
Star Wars- Hey I was 15 when it came out! The Quiet Man-Best date movie Princess Bride-inconcievable! The Shootist-John Wayne, what can I say Tombstone-"skin it!skin tht smokewagon and see what happens" I love that line! Raiders of the Lost Ark-Old School Action The Color Purple-Cursed movie makes me cry! Forrest Gump-I can relate Willow-Outta the way peck!-I love that line too! Toy Story 1 & 2-I love the cowgirl doll (Jessie), if only I can meet her in real life Born on the 4th of July-Tom Cruise should have won the oscar for it. Shindlers List-Inspiring Valley Girl-I lived this life
Rick
Posted by Felix Marcano (Member # 1833) on :
I forgot:
Sweet November
Posted by Don Coplen (Member # 127) on :
Lot of my favorites already mentioned.
A few good ones not listed yet:
Frequency Shaft (the remake with Samuel L. Jackson) What Things May Come w/Robin Williams Dave w/Kevin Kline Bull Durham The Shining w/Jack Nicholson (anything w/ Nicholson) including Chinatown! Being There w/Peter Sellers Analyze This w/Robert DeNiro (anything with DeNiro!) Sleeper w/Woody Allen (stupid, but good) Apollo 13 (I'd hoped for years they'd make a movie about the failed moonshot! I remember vividly that drama as it was unfolding in real life. Opie did a great job with it.)
By the way, it's a good thing the question wasn't "What's your least favorite movie?" Can you imagine the bandwidth used up on that one?
There are 1000 bad movies that hit the theaters for every good one....and 10,000 bad ones for every great one. Gotta wonder how these guys put out such junk and still make fortunes! It's one of the wonders of the world today. (Maybe we're in the wrong business.)
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Posted by Todd Gill (Member # 2569) on :
Frequency - Yes! Good flick, forgot about that.
Raiders too....I also liked Cape Fear.
Pale Rider and most other Clint flicks...except those dorky ones with the Orangutan and him singing.
Posted by JoAnna Nouis (Member # 2838) on :
Falling Down- Micheal Douglas rocked in this movie! The Matrix Pulp Fiction The Shining The Crow Twinners Night Breed
For me, the darker the movie the better. As for Rob, well his taste don't run like mine
Blazing Saddles Monty Python and The Holy Grail Caddyshack and the claymation movies with the little dog, done by the guy who made Chicken Run and the Chevron car commercials (we own these movies and I can't even remember the names of them).
Posted by Wilson Ardmore (Member # 3230) on :
Meet me in St.Louis, saw it in 1948 in Chicago. It was a musical, loved it and fell in love with Margaret O'Brian, a child star, I was 8 yrs old. Moving on..... The Emerald Forest What about BOB ? Pulp Fiction and yes, Mark Fair and Steve Purcell, I'm with you 1000% on the SOGGY BOTTOM BOYS from O' Brother where art thou? By the way... that is an acronym. Hmmm?
Posted by Kimberly Zanetti (Member # 2546) on :
Out of Africa The Big Chill The Godfather I & II My Cousin Vinny (yea, and you blend!)
Posted by Rich Stebbing (Member # 368) on :
In no particular order off the top of head:
The Road Warrior Blues Brothers Crouching Tiger/Hidden Dragon(Chinese Version) Unforgiven Joy Luck Club Wait Until Dark
and then on the lighter side: Detroit Rock City Happy Gilmore Rat Race Dude,where's my Car Ready to Rumble
Posted by Stephen Broughton (Member # 2237) on :
Gladiator Bullit The Great Escape (both Steve McQueen the coolest bloke ever) Brassed Off Star Wars Aliens (IMO better than Alien) The Mummy & The Mummy Returns Platoon Top Gun (just for the laugh that I got watching lots of drunken lads in pubs singing "you've lost that loving feeling" for months afterwards) Shawshank Green Mile Pythons "Life of Brian" & "Holy Grail" Anything with Sandra Bullock in dont care if she made "Watching paint dry with Sandra Bullock" i'd buy it Posted by AdrienneMorgan (Member # 1046) on :
I rented 'i am sam' starring Sean Penn...man, what a great film!!!!! (get a BIG box of tissues!)
among the top of my list...
3 Lives of Tomasina So I married an ax murderer Sleepless in Seattle The incredible Mr Limpet Being Human Monty Python and the Holy Grail Braveheart Tim All the Mad Max films The other Sister When Harry met Sally Uncle Buck
(notice mostly comedys? I need to lighten up )
A:)
Posted by Cam Bortz (Member # 55) on :
All-time top of the list is "Dr. Zhivago"
Posted by Patrick Whatley (Member # 2008) on :
Clerks (and all the other View Askew films) Holy Grail Cannonball Run The Sandlot Bull Durham
and please don't laugh but I really liked "Fried Green Tomatoes"
Posted by Santo (Member # 411) on :
One Flew over the CoCo's Nest The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Cat Ballou Blues Brothers 1 & 2 Independence Day Godfather 1 & 2 Cool Hand Luck The Great Escape Red Dawn Saving Pvt Ryan Rush Hour 1 & 2 A Man called Horse Jerimiah Johnson Dances with Wolves The Longest Day The Right Stuff
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Posted by Todd Gill (Member # 2569) on :
Patrick,
I forgot about Sandlot...what a terrific movie!!
Posted by Tisha S Sullivan (Member # 2999) on :
here we go...
Radio Days Chocolat Amelie Jackie Brown Godfather I and II Lord of the Rings Casablanca The Women The Big Sleep The Maltese Falcon Death on the Nile Murder on the Orient Express To Kill a Mockingbird A Tree Grows in Brooklyn The Jagged Edge Pollyanna When Harry Met Sally Hannah and her Sisters Love and Death The Thin Man A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy Reds The Big Easy Scrooge The Little Foxes Shadow of a Doubt Rope Rear Window Looking for Richard The Omen 1776 Practical Magic Get Shorty Out of Sight Raiders of the Lost Ark Anything with William Powell " Robert Montgomery " Norma Shearer
Posted by George Perkins (Member # 156) on :
Wages of Fear ...an obscure foreign flick that's only shown on PBS
Cool Hand Luke... I watch it every time it's on "Shakin" it up here Boss " North by Northwest Vertigo Rear Window The Man Who Knew to Much ...OK OK ALL HITCHCOCK movies Invasion of the Body Snatchers ( original ) Body Heat ( pant, pant, pant ) Twelve Angry Men Wild at Heart Fargo African Queen Deer Hunter American Grafitti
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Posted by Janette Balogh (Member # 192) on :
This is a good thread to print out. Some movies I haven't seen, and am curious about now.
George ... Fargo was a good one for sure! So many others mentioned that were right on too!
Here's some I just thought of that I liked,
Broadcast News The Mexican ("Now that'll bring the sun right out".) Taxi Driver ("you talk'in ta me?")
Another oldie was "Harry in Your Pocket" with James Coburn and Peter Fonda.
I confess ... I also really liked "Fried Green Tomatoes" ("I'm older and I have insurance")
Posted by Peter Manzolillo (Member # 1062) on :
Braveheart
The Postman
Batman (1967 VERSION!!)
Koyaanisquatsi
Red Dawn
Posted by Mark Fair Signs (Member # 289) on :
it is funny you should mention "Fried Green Tomatoes" nettie. me and my old partner Mark Jordan did a thousand dollars worth of antique car tags for that movie and not one of them ended up in the film!(they landed on the cutting room floor!) hahahahaha
another good movie is "Quest for Fire"
Posted by Lotti Prokott (Member # 2684) on :
Two not mentioned ( I think ):
As good as it gets
A few good men
One flew over the cuckoo's (sp?) nest
Don't ask for my favorite actor.... Posted by Ernie&DianeBalch (Member # 1301) on :
Shrek Spaceballs History of the World Part 1
Diane Balch
Posted by Duncan Wilkie (Member # 132) on :
Strange Brew Planes Trains and Automobiles Men with Brooms
hehe
Posted by Linda Silver Eagle (Member # 274) on :
Patch Adams Dante's Peak Groundhog Day Poet's Corner Top Gun 13 Ghosts ...and several previously mentioned Posted by Bruce Bowers (Member # 892) on :
Hey all!
My favorite movies are:
Caddyshack
Breaking Glass
Inside Moves
Overboard
Have a great one!
Posted by Artisan Signs (Member # 3146) on :
In no particular order (except the first one)
Breakfast Club Shawshank Good Will Hunting Sound of Music How Green Is My Valley Wonderful Life West Side Story Bells of Saint Mary's Beautiful Mind Sixteen Candels Pretty In Pink
etc etc etc Bob
Posted by JoAnna Nouis (Member # 2838) on :
How could I possibly forget Dogma, I love that movie and it drives my mother in law nuts!
Posted by ShaneMussche (Member # 3028) on :
Not really my favorites but a few good ones to add to the list
Apocalypse Now American Graffiti The Legend Jose Wells The Dirty Dozen A Bridge Too Far
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