Favorite movie(s)?

reptilian · October 7th, 2005, 06:43 PM

So, everyone, what's your favorite movie? I'm always looking for new titles to add to my netflix queue. I also find it impossible to narrow it down to just one whenever asked this question, so share as many as you wish!

Some of my all-time faves:
Anything by Pedro Almodovar, especially Live Flesh and All About my Mother
Amelie
City of Lost Children
Bridget Jones (the first one)

LynnieD · October 7th, 2005, 07:03 PM

Sixteen Candles
Gone w/the Wind
Raising Arizona
The Hunt for Red October

I know there's more, just cannot remember them now!!

muchlove · October 7th, 2005, 07:39 PM

All time favorites, some for sentimental reasons:

Thelma & Louise
Fried Green Tomatoes
Amelie
Oldboy
A Tale of Two Sisters
Red
The Double Life of Veronique
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Fight Club
How to Marry a Millionaire
Some Like It Hot
Garden State
Run Lola Run
The Princess and The Warrior
Before Sunrise
A Christmas Story
The Piano

That's all I can think of!

ETA: Wings of Desire and Faraway, So Close (thanks for reminding me, Little Weasel

)

LynnieD · October 7th, 2005, 07:45 PM

OH OH OH and the Joy Luck Club! What a great movie!!

And in honor of the late Nipsy Russell, I will also say Wildcats!

LynnieD · October 7th, 2005, 08:41 PM

One more and I swear I am done.
There was an HBO movie made several years ago about AIDS, from the virus's origin to the infection of thousands of people. It was a true story that followed how scientists discovered the virus, treatments attempted, etc.
IT WAS AWESOME! It's called 'And the Band Played On'.

If anyone has a rainy day with nothing else to do and you want to see a good, true life movie of a subject regarding our generation, see if this can be rented. There are big names in it and it's very interesting.

The bad news: I think it's over 3 hrs long, but it's a good flick.
'

Lobelia · October 7th, 2005, 10:21 PM

Lord of the Rings, all 3.......been obsessed with Tolkien almost all my life
Silence of the Lambs.........still freaks me out
Sixteen Candles................still cracks me up
The Color Purple...............still makes me cry every freakin time
Fried Green Tomatoes........oddly compelling for some reason
Never Been Kissed.............so sweet & romantic & I love Drew Barrymore
Pulp Fiction......................just a damn fine movie, one of the best ever made
Raising Arizona..................pure genius
Shawshank Redemption......great story told extremely well
The Matrix.......................made you think the 1st time, didn't it?
Ever After........................I dunno, I just love it, & again, Drew Barrymore
Fargo..............................great characters & story
The Princess Bride.............Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father: prepare to die.

miss_perfect · October 7th, 2005, 11:33 PM

1. Boondock Saints (amazing. I've said it 1000 times)
2. Goodfellas
3. Casino
4. Reservoir Dogs (can you tell I like violence)
5. Jaws (unparalled in its ability to terrify me as a child)
6. Poltergeist (again scary)
7. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (classic)
8. Sin City (brilliant)
9. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (for obvious reasons)
10. *61 (HBO Movie but reminds me why I love baseball)
11. Mystic River (well done all around)
12. Stand by Me (my favorite Stephen King adaptation)
13. Blow (love drug movies too)
14. Scarface
15. Friday Night Lights (now I really get high school football even though I was a cheerleader)

**NoDayButToday** · October 7th, 2005, 11:35 PM

Shawshank Redemption
Boondock Saints
School of Rock (I admit it, I love Jack Black)
Some Like it Hot
Breakfast Club
Gone With the Wind
Princess Bride

miss_perfect · October 7th, 2005, 11:42 PM

Yay another Boondock Saints fan! I love me some Sean Patrick Flanery.

Little Weasel · October 8th, 2005, 02:04 AM

Badlands
Vagabond
Amelie
Human Nature
8 1/2
Small Change
Night of The Living Dead
Monster
Wings of Desire
Buffalo '66
Stranger Than Paradise

too many to list...

HWBL · October 8th, 2005, 08:28 AM

Hmmm, the ones that come to mind because I always like seeing them again are:

The Firm
The Exorcist
Bulworth
Ghost
Poltergeist 1
All The President's Men
Ishtar
The Omen
Rain Man
A Man Called Horse
Deliverance
The Bourne Identity (mini series with Richard Chamberlain)
Shampoo
Three Days Of The Condor
Airplane (all parts

)
The Naked Gun (all parts

)
Parallax View
ET
The End
Seven
Kramer vs Kramer
Bugsy
There's Something About Mary
Legal Eagles
Jaws1

SVZ · October 8th, 2005, 08:47 AM

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103767/

Baraka

Quote:

Without words, cameras show us the world, with an emphasis not on "where," but on "what's there." It begins with morning, natural landscapes and people at prayer: volcanoes, water falls, veldts, and forests; several hundred monks do a monkey chant. Indigenous peoples apply body paint; whole villages dance. The film moves to destruction of nature via logging, blasting, and strip mining. Images of poverty, rapid urban life, and factories give way to war, concentration camps, and mass graves. Ancient ruins come into view, and then a sacred river where pilgrims bathe and funeral pyres burn. Prayer and nature return. A monk rings a huge bell; stars wheel across the sky.

It's amazing.

euro-kitty · October 8th, 2005, 11:07 AM

To Kill a Mockingbird (my favorite book too)
West Side Story

Algernon · October 8th, 2005, 11:36 AM

I like a lot of the movies you guys have mentioned.

My all-time favorite for the time being is "Dancer in the Dark" with Bjork.

haggard · October 8th, 2005, 04:03 PM

My all time favorite movies are as follows

Say Anything Classic...total girly chick flick, but I love it...its what started my love for John Cusack.

Fight Club Good movie, Edward Norton was great, and Brad Pitt wasnt SO "Brad Pitt"

The Shawshank Redemption I dont know why I love this movie so much, but every time its on tv I end up watching it again, even though I own it on dvd...

Indiana Jones Basically any of the original 3 will do it for me. I've been watching the Indiana Jones movies since I was like, 4 years old and I've never gotten tired of them

Garden State Newer favorite for me. I dont know what it is...it just seemed very "real" in an unrealistic sort of way. Does that make sense?

Shaun of the Dead Eh just a silly spoof sort of movie, but I loved it...and apparently George Romero liked it too since he gave Simon Pegg a cameo in "Land of the Dead"

The Whole Wide World Another chick flick sort of movie, but this time starring Vincent D'Onofrio! Yay! Its a good enough movie to ignore my hatred of Renee Zellwegger...

Nightmare on Elm Street LOVE the Freddy Krueger character, and I own all 8 movies on dvd...the original Nightmare is the best though, because it was before Freddy became such a wise ass with the one liners and whatnot

SLC Punk Sort of coming of age movie for the younger set....

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Really, does it need an explanation? Anyone who I've ever known whos seen this movie totally loved it.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail Again, do I even really need to say why??

Alright I'm done with my long post...return to your lives!