Motion Pictures

[CJM]

OK...enough political crap...how about a thread on 10 of your favorite movies?
Not your top 10 (I think that would be impossible..at least for me) just 10 of your best picks. Ready?

1. American Graffiti (this IS number 1) :clap
2. Bullitt
3. On Any Sunday
4. To Kill A Mockingbird
5. LeMans
6. One Flew Over The Cookoos Nest
7. Tom Horn
8. Patton
9. Tora Tora Tora
10.The Last Detail

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MTBATP

[einnar]

In no particular order......

1. 13th Warrior
2. The Fifth Element
3. The Transporter
4. Monty Python - Holy Grail
5. Young Frankenstein
6. Hudson Hawk
7. Quigly Down Under
8 Saving Private Ryan


And a cop out, 2 series....

1. Indiana Jones series
2. The Mummy Series

[Hodag]

1. Starwars (A new Hope)
2. Empire Strikes back
3. saving private ryan
4. Hunt for Red october
5. Goodfellas
6. caddyshack
7. remember the Titans
8. band Of brothers (miniseries, but a movie to me)
9.Kelly's heroes
10. mary poppins


no real order
(added)
Outlaw josie wales
judge Roy bean

[Bob_M]

Lawrance of Arabia. The movie opens with the kick start of a JAP engine on a Brough Superior. The scenery is great, the sound track gives one goose bumps and the film won about 10 oscars. It's sorta weak on the small screen, but epic on a big screen with surround dolby. It is also true. :thumb

Then
Blade Runner
Clockwork Orange
5 Easy Pieces
The Usual Suspects
Pulp Fiction
3 Days in the Valley (Best "cat fight" on film)
Fantasia
High Noon
and the worst movie "Torque"

[MCMXCIVRS]

In no particular order.

Monty Python - Holy Grail
Blazing Saddles
Naked Gun - all three of them
Resevoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction
Green Berets
Pink Panther - all of them

[James.A]

The Big Lebowski
The Last Waltz
Blazing Saddles
Young Frankenstien
A Boy and his Dog
Monty Python-Holy Grail
Monty Python-Meaning of Life
High Noon
Forrest Gump
Field of Dreams

No particular order

No. 11-- Being There...Peter Sellers last film

[BradfordBenn]

Blues Brothers
The Fifth Element
Apollo 13
From the Earth to the Moon Miniseries
Dune
2001: A Space Odyssey
Shawshank Redemption
Dogma
A Beautiful Mind
Stripes

[James.A]

How could I forget "The Blues Brothers"?

[dlearl476]

All great pics, to which I would add:

Kellys Heroes,
Dirty Dozen
and I have to expand the Pink's to ANYTHING Peter Sellers, especially "Being There", "Casino Royale", and of course, "Dr. Strangelove" I Actually named my Alfa after Elke Sommer's character is one his films, Gina Romantica.

[James.A]

I Actually named my Alfa after Elke Sommer's character is one his films, Gina Romantica.

Elke Sommer is HOT!!!!

[manicmechanic]

I'd like to add a few personal favorites.

The Kentucky Fried Movie
Yellowbeard
Real Men
Kelly's Heroes
Heavy Metal

[kbasa]

OK...enough political crap...how about a thread on 10 of your favorite movies?
Not your top 10 (I think that would be impossible..at least for me) just 10 of your best picks. Ready?

1. American Graffiti (this IS number 1) :clap
2. Bullitt
3. On Any Sunday
4. To Kill A Mockingbird
5. LeMans
6. One Flew Over The Cookoos Nest
7. Tom Horn
8. Patton
9. Tora Tora Tora
10.The Last Detail

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MTBATP


Jeebus, dude. When was the last time you went to a movie? :ha

[naddy100]

I *really* enjoyed The Motorcycle Diaries (here's a paraphrase):
Couple: Are you looking for work?
Ernesto: No.
Couple: Then why do you travel?
Ernesto: We travel to be traveling.

The Blob (here's a paraphrase):
Steve McQueen: How do you get people to protect themselves from something they don't believe exists?

Ray
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
The Brain from Planet Arous
The Notebook
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Ikiru
The Battle of Algiers

and others

Edit: and I've had people state that my bike looks like it's left over from a Mad Max movie.

Noel

[username]

i have no all time list. these are just a few that i liked.

napolean dynamite
i heart huckabees
spun
the rules of attraction
garden state
donnie darko
cool hand luke
rushmore
fear of a black hat
best in show
the good girl
the station agent
goodfellas
step into liquid
american movie
secondhand lions
igby goes down
dirty pretty things
the big lebowski
intactco
21 grams
lost in translation
american beauty
memento
open your eyes
adaptation
the cooler
strange brew
barfly
better off dead
matchstick men
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
about a boy

[The_Veg]

Username, I've never heard of some of those but of the ones with which I am familiar, you have great taste. BTW Strange Brew is out on DVD now (got my copy!)

[jgr451]

Apocalypse Now
A Few Good Men
Deer Hunter
Taxi Driver (??The one with Robert DeNiro)
Bullitt
The Great Escape
Full Metal Jacket
Dirty Dozen
MASH
Ray
Play Misty For Me
Kill Bill 1 and 2
Pulp Fiction
Princess Bride
...... :thumb

[SNC1923]

In no particular order:

The Shining
12 Monkeys
Saving Private Ryan
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Pulp Fiction
Goodfellas
Casino
Caddyshack
Fargo (and The Big Lebowski and every other Coen brothers' film)
Apocalypse Now

And my personal guilty-pleasure favorite: The Omega Man

[Cliffy777]

gigli
zoolander
kate & leopold
spy kids
beverly hillbillies
bad news bears go to japan
xanadu
love at first bite
judge dredd
waterworld (just wish it could have been loooooonger)
anything that doesn't have jim carrey

[RatSnake]

I just can't reduce it to just 10.

1) Pulp fiction
2) Fargo
3) Reservoir Dogs
3) Abyss
4) Alien
5) Big Lebowski
6) Babette's Feast
7) Chocolat
8) Benny & Joon
9) Blade Runner (Director's Cut)
10) Buffy the Vampire Slayer

******* and a few more ***********

11) Chicken Run
12) The Crying Game
13) Fried Green Tomatoes
14) Go Fish
15) La Femme Nikita (French version)
16) Thelma and Louise
17) Mystic River
18) Near Dark
19) The Piano
20) The Hill
21) Sunday, Bloody Sunday
22) Taxi Driver
23) Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
24) White Palace
25) Wolf
26) Y Tu Mama Tambien

[CJM]

Jeebus, dude. When was the last time you went to a movie? :ha
The last time we went to the theater was to see Passion of The Christ. Very good film with an extremly well behaved audiance.

I can't remember how long it's been before that, I only know that the people in the shows around here will converse on the cell phone and with each other during the show at a high enough volume level to be heard above the movie. and thry will not stop. So, after the 4th cell call the man received I just went to the off-duty cop who worked security there and told him there was a man with something in his hand that might be an auto-feed pistol and he was waving it around. End of problem.

The cop received a round of applause when he took the guy outside! We just rent DVD's now and don't bother with the walk-ins.

That wasen't my TOP 10, just 10 of my favorites.

MTBATP

[username]

Username, I've never heard of some of those but of the ones with which I am familiar, you have great taste. BTW Strange Brew is out on DVD now (got my copy!)

i'm a netflix worshipper, err, customer. if you dont have it, get it, and check out some of the ones you havent heard of. a lot of them are more "films" than "movies" and have plots and good acting and that sort of thing. i also really like dopey films with explosions, great special effects, and all that. but these are movies that i think were great. i define a good movie as one where i forget i'm watching a movie, and a great movie is a good one that causes me to think really hard about something, evokes a strong emotional response (i dont cry, but i get dust in my eye sometimes) or i want to see over and over.

one i left off was office space. i was rushed to put cover sheets on my TPS reports, so i forgot to list it!

cliffy - you had excellent picks as well. i'm going to need to check some of those out! ;)

[username]

The last time we went to the theater was to see Passion of The Christ. Very good film with an extremly well behaved audiance.

I can't remember how long it's been before that, I only know that the people in the shows around here will converse on the cell phone and with each other during the show at a high enough volume level to be heard above the movie. and thry will not stop. So, after the 4th cell call the man received I just went to the off-duty cop who worked security there and told him there was a man with something in his hand that might be an auto-feed pistol and he was waving it around. End of problem.

The cop received a round of applause when he took the guy outside! We just rent DVD's now and don't bother with the walk-ins.

That wasen't my TOP 10, just 10 of my favorites.

MTBATP

i go to movies and experience similar frustrations as you and the princes do. for purposes of this post, consider me a devout christian who wakes up every day trying to embody the spirit of christian teachings in my every day activities.

next time someone bugs you at the movie:

1. try to love thy neighbor. you must learn to forgive those trespasses against you, my friend. would jesus run and lie to the security guard, or would he have a kind word for the man using the phone? try showing this man some love and compassion, and see if he can take his calls outside the theater, or turn off his telephone.

2. do not bear false witness! that's a big sin! if the guy is talking on the phone, and disturbing you, i think it is wrong to tell the security folks that you think he might have a gun! if you can't do #1 above, at the very least you must be truthful when speaking to the authorities.

thanks!

[Pat Carol]

1) The Hollywood Knights
2) Midway
3) Tora,Tora,Tora
4) Saving Private Ryan
5) Young Frankenstien
6) History of the World I & II
7) Blazing Saddles
8) Bullet
9) Pulp Fiction
10) On any Sunday


Take Care
Pat Carol

[DLilah]

Some that come to mind, in no particular order:

Office Space
Clerks
The Italian Job
The Usual Suspects
Armageddon
Mr. Deeds
Mystic River
Stepmom
Fargo
Dodgeball
Meet the Parents (and Meet the Fockers)
Something About Mary
Motorcycle Diaries
The Butcher's Wife (weird, I know)

Many, many more that I just can't think of right now.

[Hodag]

Oh I need to add "Die Hard" also

[BobFV1]

OK...enough political crap...how about a thread on 10 of your favorite movies?
Not your top 10 (I think that would be impossible..at least for me) just 10 of your best picks. Ready?

1. American Graffiti (this IS number 1) :clap
2. Bullitt
3. On Any Sunday
4. To Kill A Mockingbird
5. LeMans
6. One Flew Over The Cookoos Nest
7. Tom Horn
8. Patton
9. Tora Tora Tora
10.The Last Detail

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MTBATP

Mike - your list is great! I will list 10 that I really like, in no particular order:

- Apocalypse Now
- Exposed (dir. James Toback, 1983)
- Lonely Are The Brave (Kirk Douglas)
- Face to Face (dir. Ingmar Bergman)
- Office Space
- Hamlet (The Olivier Version - not Mel Gibson's!)
- Crash (dir. David Cronenberg 1996)
- Last Tango in Paris
- Kolya (dir. Jan Sverak (Czeck), 1996)
- Giant (James Dean)

[SNC1923]

Several of you have mentioned Office Space--I agree: a poignant, insightful, and dopey comedy. The opening scene on the freeway IS southern calfornia living.

The Italian Job? Cool scenes with crashing 1150RTs in a 12 foot-sewer pipe; that's got to be worth something.

[lorazepam]

shreck
mister roberts
cool hand luke
national lampoons christmas vacation
monty python's life of brian. (an easter classic)
animal house
tron
silver streak
two lane blacktop (james taylor as a drag racer)
alien

[lorazepam]

oops forgot:
O brother where art thou?
Raising arizona
bubba ho-tep
bill and teds excellent adventure
predator

[BradfordBenn]

I am still looking for a copy of the book "The Every Man and Woman's Guide to the Undead" and a Red Swingline to replace the Bostich.

[gambrinus]

I'm stunned that the only John Wayne movie mentioned is what is considered by most JW fans to be one of his "weaker" films ; "The Green Berets" In no order.. this is just a list of the movies that find their way into my DVD player over and over and over...

Lawrence of Arabia (saw a restored 70mm digital print at the Cinedome in Hollywood)

McLintock
Big Jake
The Shootist
Office Space
Earth to the Moon
The Quiet Man
Saving Private Ryan
Father Goose (Cary Grant & Leslie Cheron... cheesy but for some reason a favorite)
Blazing Sadles
Ronin
Master and Commander...

[The_Veg]

Several of you have mentioned Office Space--I agree: a poignant, insightful, and dopey comedy. The opening scene on the freeway IS southern calfornia living.

Interesting, since it was filmed in Dallas. The opening scene was done on I-635 if I remember correctly. I once worked in one of the buildings in the background in one shot. BTW I think my company's office is in the office park that was used for all the exteriour shots. It looks *SO* dead-on. I'll have to watch again and nail down some landmarks so I can test this theory.

Brad, the red Swingline is now available. It was actually not produced before the film (they painted one that was originally another colour), but there was enough demand to see it get produced.

[username]

I am still looking for a copy of the book "The Every Man and Woman's Guide to the Undead" and a Red Swingline to replace the Bostich.


stapler. (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00021UK0C/qid=1115388461/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/103-1424480-9091825?v=glance&s=electronics&n=507846)

[gambrinus]

I was just looking over my little list and noticed that 3 out of my 4 favorite John Wayne movies co-star Maureen O'Harra... Maybe I'm not so much a John Wayne fan as I am a Maureen O'Harra fan??? I'd certainly rate her near the top of the list for all time "Hollywood Hotties". Another old time star that was so stunningly attractive that it nearly boggles the mind was Grace Kelly..

RW

[Kbrick]

a few of mine...

American Beauty
Easy Rider
Star Wars
Monty Python's Holy Grail
Fargo
Millers Crossing
Five Easy Pieces
The Ref
Grand Prix
A river runs through it

and just for fun.. Crossroads where Ralph Macchio plays a Bluesman

[BubbaZanetti]

a few...........

Mad Max (first one)
Indiana Jones (third one)
The Jerkbeast movie
Paths of Glory
The Ruttles
The Exorcist
Stand By Me
Shawshank Redemption
Das Boot
Gossford Park
The Dreamers

[RebeccaV]

#1 = Zoolander

and in no particular order:

Wizard of Oz
Shawshank Redemption
Magnolia
The Insider
Rain Man
LOTR - all
Close Encounters
Scarface
American Beauty
Best In Show
Blood Simple, Miller's Crossing, Fargo (love the Coen bros.)
The Life Aquatic w. Steve Zissou, The Royal Tenenbaums (love W. Anderson)
Princess Bride
Delicatessen

OK - Sling Blade, Mystic River and Lost in Translation too I guess...
Taxi Driver too probably.

[ScottM]

The original Ghostbusters just cracks me up. Especially the scene on top of the building when they are getting their butts kicks and they are asked if they are a god. With a no answer and more butt kicking the retort is: "If anyone asks you if you are a god, say YES!" :)

[The_Veg]

Very interesting responses everyone! Being the multifacted weirdo that I am, I've had a hard time wrapping my brain around this topic. Just when I think I can make a list, I realise that at midnight I'll awake and spring bolt-upright in bed screaming about 100 titles that I forgot.
So here's a thread-hijack: what are you r favourite films that are so beyond BAD that they are HILARIOUS?

[lorazepam]

I would have to say "the last polka", about the schmenge bros. It has John Candy and some of the cast of SCTV. A great parody.

[einnar]

Buckaroo Banzaii

[Bob_M]

"Them" had giant ants
"The Tingler" was a fun Vincent Price film with a giant rubber centipede
"The Blob" with Steve Mcqueen had a very catchy title song and a reverse drag race
"Plan 9 from Outer Space" is beyond schmaltzie
Other really bad films would include any film where women are jailed, Moonshine running films, and old hot rod films. The king of the hot rod film is "Hot Rods from Hell" (or was it "Palm Springs Weekend?) with Robert Conrad, Tuesday Weld and Tab Hunter.
The reigning champion of recent bad films is "Show Girls" It is so bad that it goes beyond bad to funny then beyond funny back to just plain bad. :lurk

[lawman]

Mike, your choice of the #1 movie is one other thing you and I agree on; some of other favorites (in no special order) are Appaloosa, Casablance, Fargo, Elmer Gantry, and Yankee Pasha;

p.s. if you really can't make it to Lima, I'll find your buddy for the libations. wj

[jetdriverfla]

No particular order, just a few that are high up on the list.....

Ben Hur
Mysterious Island
2001
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Day the Earth Stood Still
The Empire Strikes Back
Full Metal Jacket
On Any Sunday
They Were Expendable
Top Gun

[BMWBeauty]

In No Particular Order

On Golden Pond
Serendipity
Dolores Claiborne
My Chauffeur
Road House
True Lies
Thelma & Louise
Fried Green Tomatoes
Erin Brockovich
Pretty Women
Mermaid
Sweet Home Alabama
Where The Heart Is
Cobra

[harryt11]

Not in order, but as I thought of them

1. The Last Picture Show
2. The Godfather
3. Finding Graceland
4. North by Northwest
5. Roman Holiday
6. When Harry Met Sally (I'm not gay, really)
7. On Any Sunday
8. Secondhand Lions (probably tied for #1 w/Last Picture Show)
9. A Christmas Story
10. Uncle Buck

I also like a lot of the John Hughes movies from the 80's like She's Having a Baby, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club.

I also note that I haven't seen Midnight Cowboy on anyone's list. Come on, it won best picture for crying out loud! It is the worst movie I've ever seen along with Endless Love and Hannah and Her Sisters.

[CJM]

Not in order, but as I thought of them

1. The Last Picture Show
2. The Godfather
3. Finding Graceland
4. North by Northwest
5. Roman Holiday
6. When Harry Met Sally (I'm not gay, really)
7. On Any Sunday
8. Secondhand Lions (probably tied for #1 w/Last Picture Show)
9. A Christmas Story
10. Uncle Buck

I also like a lot of the John Hughes movies from the 80's like She's Having a Baby, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club.

I also note that I haven't seen Midnight Cowboy on anyone's list. Come on, it won best picture for crying out loud! It is the worst movie I've ever seen along with Endless Love and Hannah and Her Sisters.

Speaking of Midnight Cowboy. Saw it in 1969 in Chicago, thought it was sad. Told The Princess about it when we met in 1974, she had been too young for an "X" rated in 1969, so we had to wait for the late night showing at the Ultra-vision for her to see it. Said she thought it was one of the BEST movies she had ever seen! Told me about all these underlyig meanings and "chick-flick" stuff. whoever thought Midnight Cowboy was a "CF"?

After that I made her watch "The Wild Bunch" with William Holden, no "CF" there.

Anybody want to start a new thread for just westerns?

MTBATP

[jdcoffman]

in no paticular order
North by Northwest
To catch a thief
Jaws
Rio Bravo
Operation Petty Coat
House Boat
Kellys Heros
Patten
Dirty Dozen
Sleepless in Seattle

Others Singing in the rain, The three muskateers (Gene Kelly), Robin Hood
The Court Jester

[gurniel]

Mr. Tease
Them
Napoleon Dynamite
King Solomon's Mines (1940s version)
Good the Bad and the Ugly
Dr. Zhivago
Apocalypse Now
Easy Rider
Star Wars
Love Story ( or Debbie Does Dallas)

[TheSlashFiveTourer]

Anybody want to start a new thread for just westerns?


You betcha'! How 'bout these cinematic gems?

THE OX-BOW INCIDENT (1942) - Henry Fonda / Anthony Quinn
WINCHESTER '73 (1950) - Jimmy Stewart
HIGH NOON (1952) - Gary Cooper / Grace Kelly / Lloyd Bridges
SHANE (1953) - Alan Ladd / Van Heflin / Jack Palance
MAJOR DUNDEE (1965) - Charlton Heston / James Coburn / Slim Pickens
THE PROFESSIONALS (1966) - Lee Marvin / Burt Lancaster / Jack Palance
THE WILD BUNCH (1969) - Holden / Borgnine / Robert Ryan / Warren Oates
THERE WAS A CROOKED MAN (1970) - Henry Fonda / Kirk Douglas
CHATO'S LAND (1972) - Charles Bronson / Jack Palance
THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES (1976) - East Clintwood / Chief Dan George
DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990) - Costner / Mary McDonnell / Wes Studi
GERONIMO: An American Legend (1993) - Wes Studi / Gene Hackman

That's my list and I'm stickin' to it! :thumb

[TheSlashFiveTourer]

Anybody out there recognize this?
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[Mika]

Wasn't it the mug on the mattle of the officers club in 12 O'clock High? Facing as shown - no mission, turned to face the wall there was a mission and the bar was closed.

[Motorman]

Yup that be it. Good show too.

[GeneT]

I agree with all of the preceeding, all these and many more great movies can be seen by signing up with Netflix for a few bucks a month.

I do not work for Netflix, I am a happy subscriber.

:heart

[Oznay]

You betcha'! How 'bout these cinematic gems?

THE OX-BOW INCIDENT (1942) - Henry Fonda / Anthony Quinn
WINCHESTER '73 (1950) - Jimmy Stewart
HIGH NOON (1952) - Gary Cooper / Grace Kelly / Lloyd Bridges
SHANE (1953) - Alan Ladd / Van Heflin / Jack Palance
MAJOR DUNDEE (1965) - Charlton Heston / James Coburn / Slim Pickens
THE PROFESSIONALS (1966) - Lee Marvin / Burt Lancaster / Jack Palance
THE WILD BUNCH (1969) - Holden / Borgnine / Robert Ryan / Warren Oates
THERE WAS A CROOKED MAN (1970) - Henry Fonda / Kirk Douglas
CHATO'S LAND (1972) - Charles Bronson / Jack Palance
THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES (1976) - East Clintwood / Chief Dan George
DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990) - Costner / Mary McDonnell / Wes Studi
GERONIMO: An American Legend (1993) - Wes Studi / Gene Hackman

That's my list and I'm stickin' to it! :thumb


I'm thinkin'One-Eyed Jacks,with Marlon Brando,and Karl Malden,should be included in your excellent picks,of pics :wave

[TheSlashFiveTourer]

Wasn't it the mug on the mattle of the officers club in 12 O'clock High? Facing as shown - no mission, turned to face the wall there was a mission and the bar was closed.
Yup that be it. Good show too.

Ahhh, two fine connoisseurs of the World of Film. Absolutely right - the mascot of the 918th Bomb Group from Twelve O'Clock High. Well done! General Savage and Major Stovall would be proud of yez!

As a reward for your expertise, you can click here (http://918thpx.com/12_oclock_high_toby_mug.htm) and collect your reward. (P.S.- Bring your credit card!)

P.P.S. to M1ka: Just watched the DVD film again on Sunday night on a new LCD TV set (WOW!) and it was actually Face Out ('Mission Up') and Face In ('Stand Down') for the 918th. (Hate these nitpickers, eh?)

[TheSlashFiveTourer]

I'm thinkin'One-Eyed Jacks,with Marlon Brando,and Karl Malden,should be included in your excellent picks,of pics :wave
Oz, m'man. . .Brando in a Western, eh? Not bad, not bad. (Slim Pickens in that one as well.) How 'bout 'The Missouri Breaks' from '76 with Brando and Jack Nicholson in starring roles. Looked like Jaaaaaaack was doing his R.P. McMurphy thing from 'Cuckoos Nest' all over again except this time he was wearing a gun.

My list of Westerns (above) should've included 'Once Upon a Time In The West' with Bronson/Fonda/Robards/Jack Elam/Woody Strode and that magnificent chunk of Italian womanhood, Claudia Cardinale. The 2-DVD Special Collector's Edition is a whole evening's entertainment with excellent interviews with surviving cast and crew members. The producers even went back to Monument Valley, Arizona (John Wayne Country!) to reminisce at the exact same locations where some of the movie exteriors were shot in 1968. Wonderful stuff! I didn't know until I got this 2-DVD set that most of the film was actually shot in SPAIN and ITALY.

Ahhh, MOVIES! ` ` ` :thumb

[tessler]

Is it winter already? ;)

Some of my favorite movies (and again, in no particular order. Director in parentheses):

The Searchers (John Ford)
Black Robe (Bruce Beresford)
The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola)
Ivan the Terrible, Parts 1 & 2 (Sergei Eisenstein)
Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick)
White Heat (Raoul Walsh)
Yojimbo (Akira Kurosawa)
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (Tommy Lee Jones)
The Bank Dick (Edward F. Cline)
Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman)

[snoone]

If you give me 5 more minutes my list will change , but here's what comes to mind right now

Godfather trilogy
scarface
any John Sayles Movie
Crumb
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Deer Hunter
The Last Waltz
Caddy Shack
Silence of the Lambs
The Outlaw Josie Wales
Von Ryan's Express

[RTRandy]

Don't any of you maggots appreciate Full Metal Jacket ? :lurk

[tessler]

Don't any of you maggots appreciate Full Metal Jacket ? :lurkTotally! Great flick. But for me, Kubrick nailed his "War movie" with Paths of Glory. One o' my favorite 'Nam movies is Apocalypse Now, of course :thumb

[ultracyclist]

Many of the movies that I like have been mentioned.

I would like to add:
The Limey
Sliding doors
Memento
and about 25 foreign films that I do not have the time to list.

I do not mean to hijack this thread, but related to this (entertainment) is the BBC Mystery Series on cable. I am a British movie and mystery junky. My wife teaches Spanish, so we see alot of Spanish films, and French films, and Asian films, and .....

btw, my wife is Cuban, and she has some unusual opinions about "The Motorcycle Diaries". Che G. is not one of her favorite people.

Referring to a previous post, how did they get that Jap engine on Lawrenc's bike? (also one of my favorite movies).

[jeneralist]

shreck
mister roberts
cool hand luke
national lampoons christmas vacation
monty python's life of brian. (an easter classic)
animal house
tron
silver streak
two lane blacktop (james taylor as a drag racer)
alien

When I was at college, the university would rent movies and send them around to the meeting rooms in the dorms. Every week a different movie made the rounds.

Three years running, the flick for the week before Easter was Life of Brian. Someone had a sense of humor....


Good stuff in the posts. Glad to see that someone mentioned Buckaroo Banzai , even if it wound up in the "so bad it's good" list. Definitely one of my all-time faves.

[tourunigo]

:type ....lots of variation but I didn't see two of my favorites: Scent of a Woman :hug and The Full Monty :dance -Bob

[TheSlashFiveTourer]

I like many. . . Munity on the Bounty

Stat, which one: Gable, Brando or Gibson? And who was the best Captain Bligh: Charles Laughton, Trevor Howard or Sir Anthony Hopkins? ` `Eh?

[26667]

1. "The Party" w peter sellers. hard to find, but the first 5 minutes will make you
laff so hard you'll pee

2. "My Favorite Year" Several great perfs,and some great lines;
''What are those? His drinking socks?" ..but Lani Kazan and Lou Jacobi
are genius

3. "The Iron Giant" a terriffic animated feature that Warner's stupidly tried to bury

4. "The Sting" I'll watch those two guys and Bob Shaw anytime (It
would've been "BC and The SdK", except for the "Raindrops Keep..." number)

5. "Syriana" the gub'mint scares the crap out of me

6. "Waiting For Guffman" too close for comfort

7. "Singin' in the Rain" Best movie musical ever

8. "It's A Wonderful Life" ..."You want the moon, Mary?"

9. "Star Wars" but ONLY the first time I saw it

10. "Alien" I think it's a chick flick. I can't believe she went back for the effing cat!
I don't think even Steve McQueen would've gone back for the cat!

and one for free: "The Babe" w John Goodman... the father of the dying boy for whom the Bambino hits two is brilliant!

[r11rs94]

[QUOTE=MIKETHEBIKE;62315]OK...enough political crap...how about a thread on 10 of your favorite movies?
Not your top 10 (I think that would be impossible..at least for me) just 10 of your best picks. Ready?

1. American Graffiti (this IS number 1) :clap
2. Bullitt
3. On Any Sunday
4. To Kill A Mockingbird
5. LeMans
6. One Flew Over The Cookoos Nest
7. Tom Horn
8. Patton
9. Tora Tora Tora
10.The Last Detail

You picked ten that could easily be on my list. This is harded than I thought it would be. These are my choices.
1.) Mr Roberts
2.) Saving Private Ryan
3.) Chicago
4.) Pulp Fiction
5.) A Christmas Carol ( With George Scott)
6.) American Beauty
7.) The Day the Earth Stood Still
8.) Howard the Duck
9.) ZULU (Michael Cane's first Movie)
10.) Men of Honor

[hlothery]

1. Lonesome Dove - hands down favorite
2. Silverado
3. Swashbuckler
4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
5. Le Mans
6. The Worlds Fastest Indian
7. They Might Be Giants - George C. Scott
8. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
9. Quigley Down Under
10. Lord of the Rings, all three

[lgarza]

1. The Big Lebowski
2. The fifth element
3. The blues brothers
4. Amelie
5. Far away, so close
6. Delicatessen
7. Reservoir Dogs
8. Kill Bill
9. The royal tenenbaums
10. Apocalipse now.

basically movies by:
Win Wenders, Wes Anderson, Luc Besson, J.P. Jeunet, Tarantino, the Cohen Bros, etc.

[Bill Burke]

Chinatown (1974).

[RandallIsland]

cool hand luke
dirty pretty things
memento
better off dead


Blade Runner (Director's Cut)
15) La Femme Nikita (French version)


Mad Max (first one)


… or Debbie Does Dallas


10. “Alien”


6. The Worlds Fastest Indian


4. Amelie

basically movies by:
…Tarantino…

Since these were already "taken"...

Stripes
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Mary Poppins
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Four Rooms
Army of Darkness
Revenge
True Romance
Condor Man
What's Up, Doc?

[njnear]

The Rookie
Dirty Harry (all)
Death Wish II
Star Wars
Indian Jones
Chisum
Clint (pick your spaghetti western)
Red Dawn
Die Hard
Top Gun

[MostlyIrish]

Papillon
Forest Gump
Pulp Fiction
The godbye girl
Blazing Saddles

[Rapid_Roy]

This is impossible for me, but here are some:
Jeremiah Johnson
Blazing Saddles (Hedley! Hedley! lol)
Young Frankenstein (Frau Blucher! Neigh lol)
Airplane (Do you like movies about Gladiators? lol)
Second Hand Lions
Better off Dead (Fraunch fries, fraunch dressing and......lol)
The Terminator
The Groove Tube (Brown 25, brought to you by Uranus Corporation, where things come out differently lol)
Kentucky Fried Movie (Catholic High School Girls in Trouble! lol)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (What is the flight velocity of a sparrow? lol)

[535is]

Hoping that my eclectic selections include no one else's choices (Damn you for already getting Being There and LeMans!)

Grosse Point Blank
Canadian Bacon
The Italian Job - THE ORIGINAL, with Michael Caine!
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Legally Blonde
Dave
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Kids Are Alright
Toy Story - both 1 and 2.

How could you all possibly miss Casablanca? :jawdrop

[jdmetzger]

I only scanned what everyone posted; too many for me to read through.

I didn't see "The Usual Suspects" or "Leon" (aka The Professional). Good ones, as well!

[Kbrick]

American Beauty

Crossroads, the blues movie with Ralph Macchio, a guilty pleasure

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Starwars

The Apartment

Lawerance of Arabia

Bonnie and Clyde

Lord Jim

Of Mice and Men, the orginal one with Burgess Meredith

The Road to Perdition

Wow, I posted before, but most of these movies were on my list before so its all good!
That was fun again!