10 Favorite Movies

[trismegistus]

All time personal top 10. Justify or explain as you feel moved to do so.

1. 8 1/2
2. The Thin Red Line
3. M
4. Ikiru
5. Ladri di Biciclette
6. Lawrence of Arabia
7. Citizen Kane
8. Brazil
9. Trois Couleurs: Rouge
10. 2001

(And because I like to cheat) 10 Notables: Days of Heaven, Der Blaue Engel, Hiroshima Mon Amour, Sunset Boulevard, Touch of Evil, High Noon, Little Big Man, Jules et Jim, Down By Law, Bronenosets Potyomkin

[Kiwi Shelf]

Oh, this is hard...

Not in any particular order:

1. Monty Python: Search for the Holy Grail
2. Field of Dreams
3. Now and Then
4. A League of their Own
5. The Notebook
6. Big Fish
7. Somethings Got to Give
8. Beauty and the Beast
9. Lion King
10. The Mists of Avalon
11. The Star Wars Trilogy
12. Where the Heart is
13. Anywhere but here
14. Cold Mountain
15. Like a million more, I am sure, that is just all I can think of right now...

[Monica]

1. Dancer in the Dark
2. Lost in Translation
3. Truman Show
4. Man on the Moon
5. Forrest Gump
6. Titus Andronicus
7. Total Eclipse
8. The Name of the Rose (of course)
9. Conspirancy Theory
10. Dead Poets Society

and of cousre many others

[papayahed]

In no particular order:

Dead Again
Intacto
Star Wars
The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Star Trek: First Contact
Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Birdcage
Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein (and the other monsters)
Rebecca
Auntie Mame (Rosalind Russell version)

[trismegistus]

6. Titus Andronicus

Are you talking about Taymore's film Titus? Oustanding movie! Some of her visual experiments go over the top, but one of the best of any WS adaptations.

[amuse]

Singing in the Rain
Showboat
Himalaya
Showboat!
Amelie
Fiddler on the Roof
Hello Dolly
Easter Parade
Sound of Music
Like Water for Chocolate
11. (can't count) My Fair Lady

that was hard to come up with, but i can't honestly think of any movies besides those that i've seen/wanted to see 5+ times. yes i grew up on musicals.

[Monica]

Are you talking about Taymore's film Titus? Oustanding movie! Some of her visual experiments go over the top, but one of the best of any WS adaptations.

Yes that is what I was talking about :) I just love that film. I also saw an adaptation of Midsummer Night's Dream and it was great as well.

[nome1486]

In any order:

Royal Tenenbaums
Almost Famous
Rear Window
Roman Holiday
Toy Story
Frequency
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Back to the Future
Moulin Rouge
My tenth one changes a lot...I think I'll say Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (or the whole original trilogy)

But here are some runners-up: The Truman Show, Apollo 13, Clue, Haunted Honeymoon, The Sandlot, The Princess Bride, Sweet and Lowdown, Billy Elliot

(and Kiwi Shelf, I love Where the Heart Is too, as I just recently rediscovered)

[crisaor]

This thread is unfair (or more actually, my response will be so). This is bound to change, sooner or later. Anyway, here are mine:

1. The (Original) Star Wars trilogy
2. Groundhog Day
3. Pulp Fiction
4. Matrix
5. Dracula
6. Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
7. Blade Runner
8. Adieu, Plancher des Vaches
9. The Seven Samurai
10. Faraway... so close!

I'm definitely forgetting several, but that's to be expected, I guess...

[Kirsty]

In no order, all too different to compare, but these I would watch anytime. There are too many to make any definitive list. Plus I don't know anything about movies really.
Does anyone else find those little faces kind of creepy?!! Oh, and I have just seen the pelvic thrusting banana....

Psycho
City of Lost Children
Kikujiro
Withnail and I
Secretary
Hanabi
The Goonies (stop laughing!)
The Kingdom series
Being There
Taxi Driver

[atiguhya padma]

Not in any particular order:

1. Blue Velvet
2. Drowning by Numbers
3. Stealing Beauty
4. A Matter of Life and Death
5. All or Nothing
6. Decalogue
7. My Life as a Dog
8. Dog Days
9. The Piano Teacher
10. Fitzcarraldo / Aguirre Wrath of God
11. Julien Donkey Boy

[trismegistus]

6. Decalogue
Kieslowski's???? Talk about cheating!!!!! ;)

[nome1486]

I have just seen the pelvic thrusting banana....



I don't think I've heard it described in that way before, very interesting...and welcome to the thread! I like the Goonies too, not that I've actually seen it all the way through, but it's from the '80s and it's about kids and buried treasure; I ask for nothing more.

I've heard Withnail and I is funny, but I doubt I could find it anywhere around here. Which reminds me, I'm in Kansas City but I can not for the life of me find Robert Altman's Kansas City anywhere, has anyone seen it and was it good? (sorry, not to get off topic...keep posting those lists, they're very interesting)

[Monica]

[QUOTE=atiguhya padma]

6. Decalogue


You know Kieślowski? Wow, I'm surprised. :brow: Do you know his trilogy Three Colours? It was great as well. There's also another Polish director you probably know - Roman Polański. I don't really enjoy his films, though.

[atiguhya padma]

OK, I wondered how long it would take for someone to cry cheat!:) Glad to see so many know about the great director.

[atiguhya padma]

Yes I know 3 Colours. And yes it was great too.

[atiguhya padma]

I'm also a fan of Zbigniew Preisner who wrote much of the music to Kieslowski's films. Do you know his work Monica?

[subterranean]

I don't really have a fancy list of movies ;)
these are not my top ten, they're just my favs:

american beauty
people vs. larry flint
amelie
seven
troy
love of the rings trilogy
one flew over the cuckoos nest
passion of the christ
natural born killers
pulp fiction
kill bill

[atiguhya padma]

Apart from passion of the christ, I'd say you have pretty good taste SubT!:)

Love of the Rings trilogy sounds a bit dodgy to me though!

[papayahed]

Two people that like Natural Born Killers???? Wait til I tell my best friend. We've been at odds over that movie since it came out, she liked it, I didn't.

[subterranean]

Apart from passion of the christ, I'd say you have pretty good taste SubT!:)

Love of the Rings trilogy sounds a bit dodgy to me though!


dodgy: 1. Evasive; shifty.
2. Unsound, unstable, and unreliable.
3. So risky as to require very deft handling

what is that suppose to mean AP ;) ;)

well the passion of he christ really touches my human side..so what can i say...

[Monica]

I'm also a fan of Zbigniew Preisner who wrote much of the music to Kieslowski's films. Do you know his work Monica?

Yes. He's of course well-known in Poland together with Wojciech Kilar. He wrote music to the whole Decalogue (my favourite one - Dec. 5) and Three Colours and also to a pretty famous film Europa, Europa by Agnieszka Holland.

[caspian]

My most favorite ones:

1.While you were sleeping
2.Laces maker (or The woman who's sewing lace; old French movie; 70 years)
3.Only you
4.Girls (russian movie; 50 years)
5.Tootsie
6.If Tomorrow comes

[atiguhya padma]

Monica said: <a pretty famous film Europa, Europa by Agnieszka Holland.>

I forgot about that one. A good film. I enjoyed it. Though not as good as Europa by Lars von Trier.

[baddad]

Romeo is Bleeding
Saving Private Ryan
Caddy Shack
Groundhog Day
Groundhog Day
Groundhog Day
Red Rock West
U Turn
The 5th Element
The Green Mile

[amuse]

um, baddad, you should check out Groundhog Day.

you might like it. ;)

[imthefoolonthehill]

#1-10:the ten episodes of Band of Brothers.

[ajoe]

I'm not really a movie buff, but here's my list (not in any particular order):
1. Beethoven
2. Mrs. Doubtfire (probably cause I've watched it a million times already)
3. Joe Somebody (I like that little girl in the movie)
4. Finding Nemo/Monster Inc./Toy Story etc.
5. Shrek 1 and 2 (for the gingerbread man)
6. While You Were Sleeping (I like Sandra Bullock)
7. Home Alone 1 and 2 (Home Alone 3 sucks)
8. I can't remember the title, but it's about a teenage black guy with a passion of literature who meets a recluse old man who published a very famous book once
9.
10.

Can't think of anything else. Will update later. Maybe.

[crisaor]

Groundhog Day
Groundhog Day
Groundhog Day

Didn't you just say that? ;)

I can't remember the title, but it's about a teenage black guy with a passion of literature who meets a recluse old man who published a very famous book once.
Finding Forrester, perhaps?

[subterranean]

I'm not really a movie buff, but here's my list (not in any particular order):
1. Beethoven
2. Mrs. Doubtfire (probably cause I've watched it a million times already)
3. Joe Somebody (I like that little girl in the movie)
4. Finding Nemo/Monster Inc./Toy Story etc.
5. Shrek 1 and 2 (for the gingerbread man)
6. While You Were Sleeping (I like Sandra Bullock)
7. Home Alone 1 and 2 (Home Alone 3 sucks)
8. I can't remember the title, but it's about a teenage black guy with a passion of literature who meets a recluse old man who published a very famous book once
9.
10.

Can't think of anything else. Will update later. Maybe.

kids stuff
(j/k :D )

[ajoe]

crisaor: Yup, it's Finding Forrester. (I gotta fix my brain, I can't seem to remember any names/nouns lately. :smash:)

sub: Hehe, haven't you heard I'm having a mid-mid-life crisis? Or a Peter Pan Syndrome, I guess. ;)

[mono]

I think the movie you mean, ajoe, is Finding Forrester - nice choice.
My special 10 in no specific order, of course:

1. American Beauty
2. Amelie
3. Pulp Fiction
4. Elephant Man
5. (insert movie title here) by Tim Burton
6. The Pianist
7. Meet Joe Black
8. What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
9. Silence of the Lambs
10. The Hours

11s. The Birdcage, films by M. Night Shyalaman, a few renditions of Shakespeare plays, . . . etc. ad infinitum.

[Isagel]

Top ten list are hard to do. My favorite movies changes depending on my mood. And just ten? It´s really hard! So with much thought, and not without some pain at not writing Lynch or Trier or Tarantino:
1, Orlando ( ohhh Tilda Swinton)
2, Casablanca
3, Citizen Kane
4, The Hours
5, My neighbour Tottoro (animated movie)
6, 2001
7, Apocalypse now
8, Dr Strangelove or the day I stopped worrying and learned to love the bomb.
9, Todo sobre mi madre (All about my mother) Pedro Almodóvar
10, and a movie that I forgot the title of. It is a documentary by a swedish journalist. She portrays a prostitute in latin america and her fight for other women of her trade- trying to arrange a union, and protection so that they cannot as easily be beaten to death, as well as arranging childcare and schooling for the younger ones. Despite the theme, the movie is beautiful. The film is not only a documentary but also a work of art. If I just could remember the title ... Has anyone seen this movie? Help?

[WingedSpirit]

I have my favorite movies but the list may change when I'm asked the question at different time. I've watched a lot of excellent non-engish movies, but now I can't recall most names.

The English Patient
The Hours
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Eyes Wide Shut
Dr. Zhivago
Heaven's Gate
Lolita
Leon
Love Letter(Japan)
Himmel über Berlin, Der (Germany)
Wild Straberries (Sweden)
Breaking Waves (Danmark)
Fanfan (France)
Lovers on the Bridge (France)
The Double life of Veronique(France/Polland)
Three Colors: Red (France/Polland)
Nuovo cinema Paradiso (Italy)
To Live (China)

[Scheherazade]

Which movies are your favorites? Tell us the top 10!

[Pensive]

My Fair Lady

Vanity Fair

Mean Girls

What A Girl Wants

Sisterhood Of Traveling Pants

The Exorcist

The Pianist

Psycho

Finding Neverland

Marnie

Con Air

[starrwriter]

Which movies are your favorites? Tell us the top 10!
This won't be easy, but here goes:

Chinatown
The Graduate
Last Tango in Paris
The Misfits
East of Eden
Night of the Iguana
Blow Up
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Vertigo
Blade Runner

[Pensive]

I think that I have not mentioned some other movies I like because I have forgotten their names at this moment. :confused:

[B-Mental]

Casablanca
Blues Brothers Movie
The Godfather I & II
Chinatown
Schindlers List
Star Wars
LOTR Trilogy
Resevoir Dogs
Lonesome Dove
Unforgiven

[EAP]

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Casablanca
My Fair Lady
Matrix 1
American Pie (1, 2 & 3)
Kal Ho Na Ho
Legends Of The Fall
Shawshanks Redemption
Seven
Mystic River

[Outlander]

Cool hand Luke
Empire of the rising sun
Always
My Fair Lady
Princess Bride
Giant
Interview with the Vampire
What dreams may come
Valmont
Hamlet

[RobinHood3000]

(In no particular order)

The American President
The Shawshank Redemption
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Batman
Shaolin Soccer
The Legend of Drunken Master
Jurassic Park
Footloose
Once Upon A Time In China
Rear Window

This list may or may not be subject to change as I think about it a little more.

[Logos]

It will be difficult to mention only 10! it is more like the top ten favs that first come to mind! in no particular order:

Bladerunner
NightPorter
A Man Called Horse
Moonstruck
Hurly Burly
Donnie Brasco
The Gods Must Be Crazy
Resevoir Dogs
Highway 61
Breakfast At Tiffany's

[kilted exile]

This is not in order (mainly because I dont know the order)

The Godfather Part 2
Trainspotting
Boondock Saints
It's A Wonderful Life
Taxi Driver
Raging Bull
On The Waterfront
Reservoir Dogs
Scarface
Braveheart

[Pensive]

I think that I got to edit my list. *making faces*

[Eva Marina]

Breakfast at Tiffany's
Pirates of the Caribbean
Lord of the Rings
My Fair Lady
A Little Princess
Serendipity
Princess Bride
Gladiator
The Pianist
Finding Neverland

[emily655321]

(Kiltie, who would've guessed you'd like Trainspotting? :p ;))

As for myself...

A Clockwork Orange
The Pianist
Dancer in the Dark
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Fargo
Run Lola Run
Metropolis
Edward Scissorhands
Barton Fink
Arsenic and Old Lace

No! Wait! I need more room, there are so many others! This may very well change in the future as others move up the list.
Ma Vie En Rose has to get honorable mention. There, I cheated.

[RobinHood3000]

I can't believe I forgot!! Negative Geek Points for me!!

All of the Indiana Jones Films (Last Crusade is my favorite)
All of the Back to the Future Films (Part I probably my favorite, but Part III is excellent, as well)

[jilliedub123]

Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory
Waynes World (1&2)
Almost Famous
Hercules (Disney version)
Ever After
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
American Beauty
The Producers
Shakespeare in Love
Sixteen Candles

but there are probally soooo much more...:)

[~Maude~]

Just 10, hmm, tricky, but I'd say, 1.Sleepy Hollow, 2. Elizabeth, 3. Harold and Maude, 4. Grosse Pointe Blank, 5. Garden State, 6. Eternal Sunshine on a Spotless Mind, 7. Lost in Translation, 8. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 9. Pirates of the Caribbean and 10. Fear and Loathing in Los Vegas.

[starrwriter]

Arsenic and Old Lace
I kept thinking of Cary Grant films to include one in my list, but I forgot his most hilarious performance. That movie is over 60 years old and the zany humor still holds up. Grant is absolutely manic.

[jakobin]

i cant think of them in order of first to last but i can think of my 10 fav movies.

Shawshank Redemption
LOTR Trilogy
Enemy at The Gates
Resevoir Dogs
Snatch
Old School
Fight Club
Napolean Dynamite
Shade
The Power of One

that's about it i think.

[NNoah3]

Is not easy to chose ten between so many good movies.

- The Usual Suspects
- The Sound of Music
- The Godfather (Trilogy)
- Don Juan De Marco
- Ghost
- Dirty Dancing
- No Way Out
- The Bridges of Madison County
- The Lord of The Rings (Trilogy)
- City of Angels

[Aurora Ariel]

My Top 20 list:

*Alas!I find a top 10 too difficult.I keep adding more, and more...

Top 20(in no particular order):

Stage Beauty
Gosford Park
Great Expectations(1947)
Hamlet(1948)
The Phantom of the Opera
Death in Venice
The Piano
The Princess Bride
Elizabeth
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Amelie
Shakespeare in Love
Moulin Rouge
From Hell
Star Wars films
LOTR trilogy
The Secret Garden
Interview with the Vampire
2001:A Space Odyssey
The Professional

A few more to recommend:

Gloomy Sunday
Picnic at Hanging Rock
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Man in The Iron Mask( both versions)
Romeo and Juliet( 1936, 1968, and 1996)
The Aviator
The Notebook
Fame
Face/Off
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Time Machine
Titanic(I know this gets alot of ....errr.... nowdays but I still like it-I don't really care if millions of others do or don't;)).
The Lion King(my favourite animated film).
Legend(one of the best pre-LOTR fantasy films).

[RobinHood3000]

Titanic isn't as bad as it is overrated. When a Celine Dion song comes on every 20 minutes on the radio and when a film gets 11 Oscars (none of which were for acting, which makes an interesting statement...:p) including BEST PICTURE, despite the presence of other films such as As Good As It Gets, then you know it's gone too far.

[Rachy]

The Lion King
Fight Club
Sin City
ET
Grease
Dirty Dancing
Indiana Jones Trilogy
Back to the future trilogy
LOTR trilogy
Beauty and the Beast

[kilted exile]

(Kiltie, who would've guessed you'd like Trainspotting? :p ;))

Yeah, a guy from scotland who likes trainspotting and brave heart...go figure.

On a seperate note I am surprised nobody else has included On the Waterfront in their list, surely I am not the only person here who likes this excellent film.

[starrwriter]

I am surprised nobody else has included On the Waterfront in their list, surely I am not the only person here who likes this excellent film.
I agree it's a great film and I almost put it on my list. I also considered "A Streetcar Named Desire," but in the end I had to go with "Last Tango in Paris" as Marlon Brando's most unforgettable performance. He must have enjoyed that role better than any other and it came through in the acting.

[starrwriter]

Titanic isn't as bad as it is overrated. When a Celine Dion song comes on every 20 minutes on the radio and when a film gets 11 Oscars (none of which were for acting, which makes an interesting statement...:p) including BEST PICTURE, despite the presence of other films such as As Good As It Gets, then you know it's gone too far.
There is something about James Brooks' films that irritates me. I have never understood exactly what it is. His movies display a high quality in most respects, he seems to elicit good performances from the actors, the stories are plausible and interesting, but by the end of the film I somehow end up feeling irritated. It's like an unconscious reaction to something I can't identify.

[Eva Marina]

I can't believe I forgot about Stage Beauty! I loved that movie when I saw (note to self: I should watch that again...) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was excellent, too. The Count of Monte Cristo, The Notebook, and The Time Machine, I think, are also very good (at least, what I remember of them is good).

[Rachy]

OK I so forgot.....Papillon, Death of a Salesman, Notebook, Apollo 13, Armageddon, Titanic, and there was another one that I just thought of but it so just slipped my mind again!!

[Mortis Anarchy]

Dogma
Pride and Prejudice
Harry Potter movies
Dracula
Lawrence of Arabia
Count of Monte Cristo
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Legend of 1900
Underworld
Romeo and Juliet

wa! Too many to mention!

[Kaltrina]

well there are so many movies that I can call favourite but I'll try to mention some of them I can remember:

Serendipity
Sliding Doors
Little Black Book
Harry Potter movies
LOTR trilogy
Mercury Rising
The sixth sense
The ring
Identity
While you were sleeping
Final Destination I and II
Stepmom
The Incredibles
Robots
:D

[Jadegirl]

Lord of the Rings (All three!)
Pirates of the Caribbean
All the Star Wars movies
Batman Begins
Spiderman
Phatom of the Opera

I think that's more then ten, maybe I should stop now. :) OK I like any movie that has action, cool guy's, and humor. And a good plot.
~Jadegirl~

[Nightshade]

you people have 10 whole favourite films ...how wierd anyway so 10 Iv seen more than once and would love to see again
1.Die hard 3
2Tom and jerry the movie ( I love the songs :blush: )
3The phantom ( although come to think of it didnt enjoy it last time i saw it what 3 years ago maybe Ive grown out of it)
4Jerry maguire
5far and away
6The famous pirates of penzence ( the angela lansbury and Kevin Kline version ok my all time favourite )
7some like it hot (that the one with jack lemmon isnt it??)
8The mummy
9The mummy returns
I think thats it really I dont have favourites really

[RobinHood3000]

I think that's more then ten, maybe I should stop now. :) OK I like any movie that has action, cool guy's, and humor. And a good plot.
~Jadegirl~

Wow, and here I thought you'd be demanding :p .

[blt]

Top 10 movies (not in order)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
(did you notice I like Harry Potter?)
A Wrinkle in Time
The Phantom Tollbooth
Monsters' Inc.
Sky High
The Incredibles
A Bug's Life
blt :D

[RobinHood3000]

Ehh...I didn't like Prisoner of Azkaban. Too many crucial plot points on the editing room floor.

[letsgooilers]

ten eh? well, i'll try and keep it to that:

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Citizen Kane
Dr Stangelove
Mr Smith Goes to Washington
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Primary Colours
Once Upon A time in The West
For A firstful of Dollars
For a Few Dollars of More
Scarface
Run Lola Run
The Downfall
Hotel Rwanda
Reqiuem for a Dream
JFK
12 Angry Men
The Manchurian Candidate(1962)
Brazil
Dog Day Afternoon
The Man who Shot Liberty Valance
Ravenous
American History X

[Gnarly Guy]

Some movies are Harry Potter and The Wizard of Oz

[Miss_Eyre]

Here´s my list:

1) Jane Eyre (Franco Zeffirelli)

2) The Piano (Jane Campion)

3) Pride And Prejudice (BBC/ 1995)

4) Second Best (Chris Menges)

5) Sense And Sensibility (Ang Lee)

6) The Elephant Man (David Lynch)

7) Highlander (Russell Mulcahy)

8) The Full Monty (Peter Cattaneo)

9) Cyrano De Bergerac (Jean-Paul Rappeneau)

10) Pay It Forward (Mimi Leder)

[Virgil]

I can't think of ten right now. Here's a few:

Casablanca
It's A Wonderful Life
Ben Hur

When I think of others, I'll post them.

[Pensive]

Casablanca is a nice movie.

[Monica]

In no order:

Lost in Translation
Eternal Sunshine...
Forrest Gump
The Million Dollar Hotel
5x2
Truman Show (I love Jim Carey :))
Man on the Moon
Faraway So Close
11.14
Conspiracy Theory

Something like that :)

[rachel]

Hey Monica how are you doing? I love Jim Carey as well. Have you seen the wrong guy? hysterically funny.
some of my favorites are:
.tolkien-all three
2. finding neverland
3. edward scissorhands( I love tim burton
4. charlie and the chocolate factory(I also like johnny depp)
casa blanca
5.twelve angry men
6.Brave heart

[RobinHood3000]

I thought Liar, Liar was pretty darn funny, if a little juvenile at times ;).

[rachel]

M'Lord,
the way you put it is funny in itself. I went twice to the movie to see Liar Liar and the first time for some reason the crowd was not exactly taken with either the movie or Jim Carey. At the part where his pen tries to tell the truth and he tries to stop it with his other hand and all Corinna and I were shrieking with laughter. Suddenly an entire row of people turned and glared us with contempt then turned around. We were suitably subdued. The second time I went the audience was laughing louder than I have ever heard before. It made things seem even funnier.

[RobinHood3000]

Hehe, I can still do the traffic scene from memory...

"Do you know why I pulled you over?"
"Depends how long you were following me!"
"...let's just start from the top."
"Okaaay, here goes...I sped, I followed too closely, I ran a stop sign, I almost hit a Chevy, I sped some more, I failed to yield at a crosswalk, I changed lanes while driving through the intersection, I changed lanes without signaling while running a red light and SPEEEEDING!!"
"...that all?"
"NO."
"..."
"I have unpaid parking tickets!"

[Monica]

Hey Monica how are you doing? I love Jim Carey as well. Have you seen the wrong guy? hysterically funny.




Hello :D No, I haven't seen it yet. I've seen Liar, Liar and Ace Ventura stuff, of course and the Mask. Dumb and Dumber was pretty cool as well. The guy is soooooo funny :lol: :banana:

[Miss Darcy]

Favourite Movies

1. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
2. William Shakespeare's Hamlet (Kenneth Branagh)
3. Much Ado about Nothing (also Kenneth Branagh)
4. Twelfth Night (Trevor Nunn)
5. Pride and Prejudice (BBC mini-series)
6. Sense and Sensibility
7. Doctor Zhivago (with Omar Sharif & Julie Christie)
8. The Parent Trap (Hayley Mills)
9. The Pink Panther - A Shot in the Dark
10. The Pink Panther Strikes Again

-- Wow, that was hard...I don't really watch movies that much, when I watch TV it's more (filmed) operas and concerts and documentaries. The last few are just comedies that get a good laugh out of you, but they're not so much my favourites as the first 7 are.

[rachel]

hahha I think I will go and rent it on dvd immediately. Somehow thinking about Robinhood sitting in his lincoln green guffawing over Liar Liar is just the best
oh my goodness TOMORROW IS THE DAY THE DAY OF DAYS THE BEST OF THE DAY OF DAYS. TOMORROW WE SHALL FIND OUT HOW OLD YOU ARE M'LORD.

[rachel]

Miss Darcy,
I love all the films you mentioned. I cannot believe you also love pink panther. So does Weeping Willow. Did you see the one where Allan Arkin played Clouseau when Peter Sellers was fighting with the studio for more money? I didn't want to watch it at first and t hen it became my favorite. His timing and way of speaking are perfect.
In our family we all just start speaking a line or two from a movie and whoever knows what it is about continues, it is so funny , yes yes I know that I know that.
I think it is strange that in real life Cato and chief inspector Dreyfus thought Peter Sellers quite a loser and quite mad. Life is funny sometimes.

[rachel]

Monica,
please forgive my mistake. I was meaning did you see The WRong Guy, that it is the same kind of hysterically funny, and I do mean hysterically funny movie as the Jim Carey movies. Actually it stars Dave Foley of News radio. We had company over last month and the guy is usually very quiet and reserved. He was screaming with laughter and I heard they bought the dvd just the other day. I hope you get a chance to see it.
And I love the name Monica. My childhood girlfriend Marika used to take me to her German Lutheran youth group and so I rather grew up with a large group of German children. Erica and her sister Monica were wildly popular and pretty. I have always liked that name.

[Monica]

Monica,
please forgive my mistake. I was meaning did you see The WRong Guy, that it is the same kind of hysterically funny, and I do mean hysterically funny movie as the Jim Carey movies. Actually it stars Dave Foley of News radio. We had company over last month and the guy is usually very quiet and reserved. He was screaming with laughter and I heard they bought the dvd just the other day. I hope you get a chance to see it.
And I love the name Monica. My childhood girlfriend Marika used to take me to her German Lutheran youth group and so I rather grew up with a large group of German children. Erica and her sister Monica were wildly popular and pretty. I have always liked that name.


Oh, stupid me :D I thought it was Jim Carrey in that film.
It's nice to hear that somebody likes my name. I don't. It's funny for me to hear English-speaking people pronounce it because they stress it in a different way. In my language it should be moNIka and they pronounce it MOnika. I tried to teach my English teacher to pronounce it correcttly but after 4 years of training he invariably says: MOnika :lol:

[Anna Seis]

Films I would see again and again:
1. Underground, by Emir Kusturica
2. The legend of 900
3. Shine
4. The Pink Panther (A shot in the dark)
5. Le placard
6. La fille sur le pont
7. Amici miei, part two
8. Magnolia
9. El viento se llevó lo que
10. Amanece, que no es poco

[Virgil]

Favourite Movies

2. William Shakespeare's Hamlet (Kenneth Branagh)


I liked the BBC Hamlet with Derek Jacobi better than the Branagh. Somehow, setting Hamlet in Russia was awkward for me. But I loved all the other Branagh Shakespeare plays. Others which you didn't mention, Miss D. are Othello and Henry V, both outstanding.

[rachel]

Derek Jacobi has an awesome voice.
Monica my girlfriend Marika has the same inflection marIKa so I am used to it. I just love both of your names.
really go and get The Wrong Guy. You will laugh until you feel sick. ONe of my favorite parts is when Nelson(Dave Foley) wakes up in a hospital after hopping a train and eating ten tainted hams. His stomach has been pumped and the cranky lady doctor is trying to get some information from him. He is woozy and asks what happened to him and she tells him then asks his name. He does not want to give his name because he thinks he is a wanted man for murder. He looks around the room and says" my name, my name is Jones, enema bag Jones. She says" no it's not you're simply lying to me." Then he looks aroung once more and says " my real name is ...Harris, Doctor Dale Harris. which is her name. A Jewish comedian named David Steinburgh directed the movie and there are so many hilarious one liners and visually hilarious moments you can barely take a break from laughing.

[moonface]

hey, guys, I know most of you like reading, but I guess some of you may like watching movies also. Many movies re-interpret books. So please talk about your favourite movies here~ We will enjoy them as another kind of reading!

[stlukesguild]

10 is far too few. Among the films I can not live without I would include:

Casablanca
The Godfather I & II
Amadeus
Citizen Kane
Dr. Strangelove
2001, A Space Odyssey
Vertigo
Psycho
North by Northwest
Notorious
Double Indemnity
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Shindler's List
Persona
Seventh Seal
Virgin Springs
Through a Glass Darkly
Some Like it Hot
On the Waterfront
Streetcar Named Desire
It's a Wonderful Life
Star Wars
Jaws
M
Kiss Me Deadly
My Fair Lady
The Maltese falcon
Gone with the Wind
Ben Hur
High Noon
A Place in the Sun
The Third Man
Ran
7 Samurai
Rules of the Game
Les Diabolique
Nosferatu (both Murnau's original German Expressionist Film and Werner Herzog's)
Battleship Potemkin
Ivan the Terrible
The Grand Illusion

[higley]

I don't personally consider my ten favorite movies to necessarily be the ten best movies out there--what I mean is, there's no accounting for my taste. :p

In no particular order:

Aliens
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Major League
Jurassic Park
War of the Worlds (in spite of Tom Cruise ;) )
[insert John Wayne and/or Dean Martin cowboy movie here]
Memphis Belle
Narnia: the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Kill Bill
The Mummy

Honorable Mention: The Great Raid, Gladiator, Godzilla


I don't really watch a lot of movies, so my knowledge is pretty limited. And let's face it: when you love dinosaurs, cowboys and mummies, and would probably be ecstatic if only there were a blessed movie that combined all three, your list is not going to contain the epitomes of tasteful viewing. :D

[Erna]

Not in a specific order:
- The Green Mile
- Meet Joe Black
- Catch me if you can
- Lost in translation
- The Truman show
- Shrek/Monsters Inc/etc.

[Adudaewen]

These are ten movies I love, not necessarily my all time favorite, but my favorite right now.
It's a Wonderful Life
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Villiage
Unbreakable
Casablanca
Roman Holiday
The Omen (original with Gregory Peck)
Sense and Sensibility (with Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet)
Interview with a Vampire
Once Upon a Time in the West

[Pendragon]

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Village
Signs
The Lady in the Water
The Star Wars Sextet
Sahara
Tombstone
Hellboy
Serenity
The Pirates of the Caribbean (Pair)

[Obdurate]

Not in order, but:

Fight Club, provoking.
Gummo, challenging.
Saw, they took an idea that could be boring, used a small budget and made it really amazing.
Equilbrium, a good action movie with a really awesome, emotional plot.
Sin City, my mindless action movie.
Elephant, touching.
South Park, gods of comedy
The Machinist, a Christian Bale movie, the only actor I really like. Not to say other actors aren't awesome at what they do.
Batman Begins, it floored me when I saw it. I don't even like Batman.
Training Day, so quotable.

Honourable mention: Ken Park, Korine and Clark are gutsy, especially together, this movie proves it.
Dark City, good story.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, hilarious.

I also feel like I'm forgetting a movie, but oh well.

I would have included Rocky movies but I love the whole series like a child so picking one would be too hard.

[EAP]

Um.

Casablanca
Closer
Se7en
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
A Clockwork Orange
Shawshanks Redemption
The Prestige
Taxi Driver
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Legends of the Fall

[suju]

Matrix Rev.
Rush Hour
Mean Girls
Titanic
Bride and Prejudice
Pretty Woman
Spiderman
Harry Potter(all series)
Princess Diaries
Dodgeball

[Mortis Anarchy]

In no particular order:

300
Pride and Prejudice(2005)
Casino Royale
Zorba the Greek
Trainspotting
Dogma
Dr. Zhivago
La Dolce Vita
Bourne Ultimatum and Identity
Domino
Boondock Saints

I know its eleven, but I had to put the last one in.:D

[RobinHood3000]

YAY, Boondock Saints!!

BOO, Titanic!!

[Video Drone]

I can't make a list, I guess I have overly high expectations. I haven't seen all the movies I wanted to see yet. All I can think of is Knockin' on Heaven's Door and Videodrome which will stay my favorites. All others just don't seem to be on the same level even if I did watch them like 50 times (like the Fifth Element).

[apples of gold]

1. The Godfather, et les autres
2. The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly
2. Schindler's List
3. Lawrence of Arabia
4. Alien, et les autres
4. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
5. The Usual Suspects
5. Con Air
6. The English Patient
6. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
7. Casablanca
8. The Lord of the Rings
8. The Thing
9. Amelie
9. The Silence of the Lambs
10. American Beauty

Oh I can’t stop at 10

[andave_ya]

in random order....

Lord of the Rings (big surprise there, no doubt? :))
Pirates of the Caribbean (idk, that might get old after a while)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Johnny Depp)
And another horse one with Viggo Mortensen in it....Just can't remember the name.

[Annamariah]

- The Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber 2004)
- Pride and Prejudice (Keira Knightley & Matthew MacFadyen 2005)
- The Prince of Egypt
- Over the Hedge
- Star Wars
- Die Hard -movies

[catharsis]

In no particular order:
Donnie Darko
A Beautiful Mind
Shaolin Soccer
300
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Gattaca
King Arthur (the one with Clive Owen in it)
Romeo and Juliet - Modern Version
Underworld: Revolution
Hot Fuzz

[Mark F.]

Apocalypse Now (Coppola)
The Wild Bunch (Peckinpah)
The Seventh Seal (Bergman)
Stalker (Tarkovski)
Salo, 120 Days of Sodom (Pasolini)
The Rule of the Game (Renoir)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Leone)
Sunrise (Murnau)
Ran (Kurosawa)
Pan's Labyrinth (Del Toro)

Gah 10 isn't enough, closest runners-up :

Taxi Driver (Scorsese), Modern Times (Chaplin), The Passenger (Antonioni), Double Indemnity (Wilder), Autumn Afternoon (Ozu), Wild Strawberries (Bergman), Sonatine (Kitano), The Thing (Carpenter)...

[farnoosh]

1.dead poetic society (its my best!!!)
2.Goal
3.Titanic
4. Nanny McPhee(my childhood movie!)

[BlueSkyGB]

No Order......

Lord of the Rings
Raising Arizona.......
Once upon a time in the West
The Godfather
Young Frankenstein
Casablanca
Charade
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Big Lebowski
Arsenic and Old Lace

[NickAdams]

There are so many films I enjoy, so I will only post one film for each director.

Adaptation
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Eyes Wide Shut
Pan's Labyrinth
Pulp Fiction
Raging Bull
Schindler's List
The Talented Mr. Ripley
12 Monkeys
21 Grams

[NickAdams]

in random order....

Lord of the Rings (big surprise there, no doubt? :))
Pirates of the Caribbean (idk, that might get old after a while)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Johnny Depp)
And another horse one with Viggo Mortensen in it....Just can't remember the name.

Hidalgo?

[Bakiryu]

In no particular order

1. Inside man
2. the corpse bride
3. the nightmare before x-mass
4. Lord of the Rings (all)
5. Dogma (and any movie with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck on it)
6. Love Actually
7. The Matrix (and any other Keanu Movie)
8. Most anime movies (specially Naruto and those by Miyazaki)
9. The Vampyre Lestat and Interview with the Vampyre
10. A bunch of other movies I can't remember right now :lol:

[SleepyWitch]

gosh, I'm not even sure I know 10 movies.. well I'll try

A Fish Called Wanda
LotR
Love Actually
Star Trek 4, 8 and 9
Silence of the Lambs
Titus
Volver
The Remains of the Day
Shadowlands
The Namesake
Galaxy Quest

that's more than 10 :)

hm I could add some more:
Midsummer Night's Dream
The World's Fastest Indian
House of Flying Daggers
Close my Eyes
Dogma
Merchant of Venice
Snapes 15 mins in the Harry Potter movies

[Bakiryu]

gosh, I'm not even sure I know 10 movies.. well I'll try

A Fish Called Wanda
LotR
Love Actually
Star Trek 4, 8 and 9
Silence of the Lambs
Titus
Volver
The Remains of the Day
Shadowlands
The Namesake
Galaxy Quest

that's more than 10 :)

hm I could add some more:
Midsummer Night's Dream
The World's Fastest Indian
House of Flying Daggers
Close my Eyes
Dogma
Merchant of Venice
Snapes 15 mins in the Harry Potter movies

Yeah, I love most of these too but I would have to add: David Tennant's 4 milliseconds in the HP movie as Barty Crouch Jr.

[Tabula_Rasa]

1.Finding Forrester
2.Eternal Sunshine Of the Spotless Mind
3.As Good As It Gets
4.Forrest Gump
5.The Motorcycle Diaries
6.V For Vendetta
7.Le Fabuleux Destin d'Am&#233;lie Poulain
8.Lawrence Of Arabia
9.Requiem For A Dream
10.Lost In Translation

[andave_ya]

Hidalgo?

Thank you yes! I couldn't for the life of me think of what it's called.

[NickAdams]

Thank you yes! I couldn't for the life of me think of what it's called.

I've seen a scene of it, maybe I'll give it a go.

[MaryLupin]

The Transporter
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
EL Norte
The Milagro Beanfield War
Smoke Signals
The Craft
Never Cry Wolf
The Fast Runner
Metropolis
Bee Season

[Idril]

The Milagro Beanfield War

Oh wow! I haven't thought of that movie in years but I absolutely loved it when it came out. I should really watch that again.


Smoke Signals

That was a good one too. I grew up near a reservation, not in the Northwest but a lot of it still held true.

[LoveToFreeRead]

EL Norte


That would be on mine too!

LTFR

[MaryLupin]

I grew up near a reservation, not in the Northwest but a lot of it still held true.

Remember that car with only reverse! That was funny. And John Wayne's teeth!

[MaryLupin]

That would be on mine too!

What is it about El Norte that you liked? The reason I ask is that I get such different answers from people.

[Dublo7]

1. Oldboy
2. Apocalypse Now
3. Taxi Driver
4. Pulp Fiction
5. The Iron Giant
6. The Usual Suspects
7. Seven Samurai
8. Pan's Labyrinth
9. A Clockwork Orange
10. The Godfather

Honorable mentions: Goodfellas, Casino, The Lion King, Akira, American Beauty, Donnie Darko.

[NickAdams]

1. Oldboy
2. Apocalypse Now
3. Taxi Driver
4. Pulp Fiction
5. The Iron Giant
6. The Usual Suspects
7. Seven Samurai
8. Pan's Labyrinth
9. A Clockwork Orange
10. The Godfather

Honorable mentions: Goodfellas, Casino, The Lion King, Akira, American Beauty, Donnie Darko.

Have you seen the rest of the revenge trilogy, which includes Old Boy?

[Tabula_Rasa]

taxi driver is a great movie...
crude existentialism.

[Niamh]

in no particular order
Roma Cita Aperta
braveheart
nottinghill
Much ado about nothing
hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
night of the hunter
life of brian
Last unicorn
Spirited away
psycho (original black and white not crappy modern one)

[Idril]

Remember that car with only reverse! That was funny. And John Wayne's teeth!

:lol: :lol: :lol: Oh, that's right! That was priceless! And I just love that Rez accent, it makes me feel like I'm home. It's so interesting to me that where ever the Reservation is, whether in Washington state or North Dakota or New York, the accent is the same. Some philologist should study that phenomenon.

Did you ever see Pow Wow Highway? I think Smoke Signals is the better movie but Highway is a worth a viewing as well.

[Dublo7]

Have you seen the rest of the revenge trilogy, which includes Old Boy?

Unfortunately not. I'm really trying to hunt down the DVD's.

Are they good?

[NickAdams]

Unfortunately not. I'm really trying to hunt down the DVD's.

Are they good?

I was hoping you would know.:)
I plan on watching them though.

[MaryLupin]

:lol: :lol: :lol: Oh, that's right! That was priceless! And I just love that Rez accent, it makes me feel like I'm home. It's so interesting to me that where ever the Reservation is, whether in Washington state or North Dakota or New York, the accent is the same. Some philologist should study that phenomenon.

Did you ever see Pow Wow Highway? I think Smoke Signals is the better movie but Highway is a worth a viewing as well.

Indeed I did. I even own a copy. Did you see Sherman's The Business of Fancy Dancing?

[Elly_blue]

LOTR
Forrest Gump
Back to the future
Gladiator
The Last Samurai
Silence of the Lambs
can't think of anything else now...

[Stieg]

In no particular order:

The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy's original)
Rosemary's Baby
Nosferatu (Murnau's original)
Once Upon A Time In The West
Chinatown
Goodfellas (performances, style, and narrative all incredible, Tarantino eat yer heart out)
Casablanca
The Bridge On The River Kwai
The Seven Samurai
Out of the Past (Hollywood film noir by Tourneur arguably it's very best but also love the original The Postman Always Rings Twice too)

Very difficult not to fit The Godfather on the list!

[pellegrino]

Favorites or best movies you've seen?

[tulysg1982]

wow!its my favourite subject though little late but i would like to add my list.I am little bit choosy in my watching movies so here goes it:

1.Ballad of a soldier
2.children of heaven
3.Bicycle thief
4.Blue,Red,White
5.cinema paradiso
6.one flew over a cuckoo's nest
7.Taxi driver
8.crash
9.Before sunrise & After sunset
10.pride and prejudice(BBC)

others which i like most-
Life is beautiful ( i dare not finish it)
A beautiful mind
Forest gump
Sound of music
Emilie
Melena
Roman Holiday,casablanca,Sunflower,Butterfly,Pianist.... .......i cant finish it,but..
I know i haven't seen my best yet!

[Niamh]

In no particular order:

The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy's original)
Rosemary's Baby
Nosferatu (Murnau's original)
Once Upon A Time In The West
Chinatown
Goodfellas (performances, style, and narrative all incredible, Tarantino eat yer heart out)
Casablanca
The Bridge On The River Kwai
The Seven Samurai
Out of the Past (Hollywood film noir by Tourneur arguably it's very best but also love the original The Postman Always Rings Twice too)

Very difficult not to fit The Godfather on the list!
How could i have forgot that!Its fangtastic!:p

I also forgot The Piano. I love the music from that. And Kerekere beach thats featured in the movies is such a beautiful place to visit in newzealand.

[Stieg]

Grrr... The Wild Bunch needs to be fitted in my top ten most assuredly!

[Demian]

Steppenwolf
Waking Life
Naked Lunch
Interview with the Vampire
The Big Lebowski
Rosemary's Baby
The Last Temptation of Christ
Annie Hall
Apocalypse Now
Shakespeare in Love

It's hard to come up with just ten--these were the first ones that came to mind.

[Mark F.]

Grrr... The Wild Bunch needs to be fitted in my top ten most assuredly!

It should be in everybody's.

[Stieg]

Have you seen the rest of the revenge trilogy, which includes Old Boy?

Sympathy for Mr Vengeance and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance are both great films however not nearly as moving nor shocking as OldBoy.

My personal ranking:

1. OldBoy
2. Sympathy for Mr Vengeance
3. Sympathy for Lady Vengeance

I know that they are all available I believe in the UK and the States on Tartar home DVD.

[Shalot]

In no particular order

1) JFK
2) LOTR (all three)
3) The Godfather
4) Star Wars (all six)
5) American Beauty
6) Clay Pigeons
7) Office Space
8) Dracula
9) Heathers
10) Friends With Money

[Janine]

1)Henry V - Branagh version
2)Out of Africa
3)Gone With the Wind
4)Lawrence of Arabia
5)National Velvet
6)The Red Shoes
7)Hamlet - Branagh version
8)Othello - Oliver Parker version
9)Romeo and Juliet - Zefferelli version
10)Shakespeare in Love


and many many more favorites....was hard to choose....so if I could pick 10 more -

Next 10 would be:

1)When Harry Meet Sally
2)Dances with Wolves
3)Schindler's List
4)Love's Labour's Lost (Branagh version)
5)Lord of the Flies (50's version)
6)Harold and Maude
7)Women in Love (Ken Russell version)
8)Rebecca (Hitchcock)
9)Jane Eyre (various versions)
10)Edges of the Lord

There is still too many more I love....

[cranberry]

Harry Potter 1,2,3,4,5
Con Air
Serendipity
Gladiator
Pirates of the Carribean

and thanks for the nice thread :)

[Gadget Girl]

Mine are:

1. Transformers (2007)
2. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
3. Bridge to Terabithia
4. Hairspray (2007)
5. Memoirs of a Geisha
6. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
7. 3 Ninjas
8. Chances Are
9. Somewhere in Time
10. It Could Happen to You

[Sir Bartholomew]

Lost in Translation
Taxi Driver
Mulholland Drive
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Last Tango in Paris
Grindhouse (Planet Terror + Death Proof)
M*A*S*H
In the Mood for Love
Breaking the Waves
A Man With No Name Trilogy (A Fistful of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More, and The Good the Bad and the Ugly)
Magnolia
Bande a Part

[Il Penseroso]

not exactly favorites, but some good flicks that come to mind:

City of God
Apocalypse Now
Full Metal Jacket
2001: A Space Odyssey
Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Amelie
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The Fog of War
A Clockwork Orange
The Royal Tennenbaums

[LadyWentworth]

My first 5 films always remain the same, but the other 5 tend to shift around in their placement, or drop off the list for other films. So, here is the current list:


1) Glory
2) Beauty and the Beast
3) The Empire Strikes Back
4) Field of Dreams
5) The Shawshank Redemption
6) Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
7) Amadeus
8) Goodfellas
9) Sweeney Todd***
10) Much Ado About Nothing


*** "West Side Story" would generally be in that spot, but now that I have seen "Sweeney Todd", and liked it as much as I did, that has replaced WSS. "Gone With The Wind" and a silent movie called "The Big Parade" are a couple of movies that go in and out of my top 10 list quite often. It is all based on my mood. :)

[TEND]

Well...it's too hard to pick just 10 films of all time as favorites but I can try and pick my top ten of right now, though next week it'll be completely different. These are just the movies I'm watching and enjoying right now.
Days of Heaven (Malick)
Taegukgi (Kang)
Rio Bravo (Hawks)
Cries and Whispers (Bergman)
The Crowd (Vidor)
Jules et Jim (Truffaut)
Ivan's Childhood (Tarkovsky)
The Lost Weekend (Wilder)
His Girl Friday (Hawks)
Once Upon a Time in America (Leone)

These are by no means my favorites, just at this very moment.

[LadyWentworth]

The Lost Weekend (Wilder)
His Girl Friday (Hawks)

:thumbs_up Excellent films!!

[amalia1985]

You have all mentioned excellent movies. This is my little attempt:

1) El Cid (I love epics)

2) Snows of Kilimanjaro (what an amazing ensemble)

3) Gone with the wind (I cannot help it)

4) Ivanhoe

5) Romeo and Juliet (Of course the Zeffirelli version)

6) Last of the Mohicans (When Daniel Day-Lewis is there, I can only stare in wonder)

7) The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (As the amazing rock-god Marco has said "is that a cliche or what?)

8) Macbeth by Roman Polanski (Perhaps, the best Shakespeare adaptation ever made)

9) The Night of the Generals (Another outstanding ensemble)

10) Henry V

Following so close that I cannot ignore them are:

The Last Temptation of Christ
Hamlet (Zeffirelli's TRUE masterpiece)
Beckett (A tour-de-force of O'Toole and Burton)

[Weisinheimer]

The Princess Bride
Stranger than fiction
Fiddler on the roof
Life is Beautiful
a Beautiful Mind
The sixth Sense
Unbreakable
Cinderella Man
The prestige
Pride and Prejudice (the 2005 version)

I think that's 10. They're not in any kind of order.

[TEND]

8) Macbeth by Roman Polanski (Perhaps, the best Shakespeare adaptation ever made)


It's a very good adaption, but I think Kurosawa's 'Throne of Blood' is the best version of Macbeth (though it's a bit of a departure).

[amalia1985]

It's a very good adaption, but I think Kurosawa's 'Throne of Blood' is the best version of Macbeth (though it's a bit of a departure).

Yes, on a second thought I think I would agree with you. Especially the expression of "Lady Macbeth"'s face, in the famous sleep-walking scene is brilliantly captured by Kurosawa's subtle technique.:thumbs_up ;)

[LadyW]

In no particular order...
>Atonement
>The Wedding Singer
>Kill Bill 1&2
>Scarey Movie 1
>Saving Private Ryan
>Forrest Gump
>Star Wars | Revenge of the Sith
>Lord of the Rings | Return of the King
>The Mummy

[RobinHood3000]

Star Wars Episode III? Why? :confused:

[Idril]

Ivan's Childhood (Tarkovsky)


ooh, that's a good one. :thumbs_up My favorite of the Tarkovsky movies I've seen.

[LadyW]

Star Wars Episode III? Why? :confused:
Two words: Anakin Skywalker :p

[Niamh]

not exactly favorites, but some good flicks that come to mind:

City of God


I havent seen that movie in so long.:thumbs_up

[RobinHood3000]

To which I say: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUoL96ppIAQ :p

I'm guessing you're a Hayden Christiansen fan. Apparently, he visited my college recently to promote his new film. Wasn't in town, but even though I didn't like his acting all that much, it still would've been cool to talk to him.

[LadyW]

To which I say: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUoL96ppIAQ :p
I'm guessing you're a Hayden Christiansen fan. Apparently, he visited my college recently to promote his new film. Wasn't in town, but even though I didn't like his acting all that much, it still would've been cool to talk to him.
*Literally beams smile* :D Oh wow!
In all honesty, I just like him as Anakin with the pretty hair in III. He's evil, yes; but he's mighty dreamy haha :p
I jest... I am not usually like this but it was a sad occasion when I was sat in alone, almost weeping at the sight of those beautiful locks being burnt to a crisp.

[RobinHood3000]

Well, as a straight male, I'm less prone to swoon over a good-looking man. Still, I'm secure enough that I can say who I think does and doesn't look good - for Hayden Christiansen, I just don't see it. In that age bracket, I'm more impressed with James Franco, at least on the talent end.

[LadyW]

Well, as a straight male, I'm less prone to swoon over a good-looking man. Still, I'm secure enough that I can say who I think does and doesn't look good - for Hayden Christiansen, I just don't see it. In that age bracket, I'm more impressed with James Franco, at least on the talent end.
FYI, I did not swoon *hmph!*
Hayden Christiansen, I do not find him attractive - only as Anakin Skywalker... until his *** gets burnt.

[RobinHood3000]

But as Anakin Skywalker, he's at his angstiest!

[LadyW]

But as Anakin Skywalker, he's at his angstiest!
Yes...and? :D
He has pretty hair okay?
And he is rather dashing in that jedi uniform...
It's a shame he turned to the Darkside, should've listned to good old Obi Wan. ;)

[Dori]

Yes...and? :D
He has pretty hair okay?
And he is rather dashing in that jedi uniform...
It's a shame he turned to the Darkside, should've listned to good old Obi Wan. ;)

You must have a thing for hair. ;)

My fav movies:

V for Vendetta
Matrix Trilogy
Enemy at the Gates
King Arthur
Lord of the RIngs Trilogy
The Patriot

That should be ten, if my counting is correct.

[livelaughlove]

Here are my favorites in no particular order:

It's a Wonderful Life
PS I Love You
V for Vendetta
All the pretty horses
The Lakehouse
Five People you meet in heaven
Juno
Rush Hour I, II, & III

[TEND]

Well, as a straight male, I'm less prone to swoon over a good-looking man. Still, I'm secure enough that I can say who I think does and doesn't look good - for Hayden Christiansen, I just don't see it. In that age bracket, I'm more impressed with James Franco, at least on the talent end.

Good call Robin, definitely agree on the James Franco subject :D . Even though I too am a straight male.

[Il Penseroso]

am I the only one who thinks V for Vendetta is entirely over-rated? that guy annoyed the crap out of me

[RobinHood3000]

Overrated, aye. Decent film, but suffered from the raging political metaphor. I realize that that was the point, but I don't see why they had to be so heavy-handed about it. If you're going to make a terrorist your protagonist, don't make him into a hero like the film does.

[LadyW]

You must have a thing for hair. ;)
I do indeed :) I think hair just generally rocks.


My fav movies:
V for Vendetta
Matrix Trilogy
Enemy at the Gates
King Arthur
Lord of the RIngs Trilogy
The Patriot


The ones I have highlighted in bold are the films I have seen and also love :D
Especially the LOTR trilogy... wow!

[kratsayra]

Hmm. Never saw this thread before . . . I'm going to make a list off the top of my head now and probably forget something.

This list includes guilty pleasures. ;)

1. Monsoon Wedding
2. Xala
3. The English Patient
4. Amelie
5. The Day the Earth Stood Still
6. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
7. Serenity
8. High Fidelity
9. The Year of Living Dangerously
10. Run Lola Run

[RobinHood3000]

Yaaay, Serenity!!

[pussnboots]

here's my list in no particular order
1 - Legends of the Fall
2 - Ten Commandments
3 - Ben Hur
4 - Gone With the Wind
5 - Legally Blonde
6 - Godfather I, II, III
7 - Its A Wonderful Life
8 - March of The Wooden Soldiers
9 - The Santa Clause
10 - Terms of Endearment

[*Classic*Charm*]

-Casablanca
-The Wizard of Oz
-Dial M for Murder
-The Lady Vanishes
-The Silence of the Lambs (and it's sequel and prequel)
-Beauty and the Beast
-White Oleander
-National Velvet
-Pride and Pejudice (the Keira Knightly version :) )

There are so many more. I just can't think of them right now.

[kilted exile]

King Arthur


Which version of King Arthur? Hopefully not the terrible recent one with Clive Owen? I have yet to see a acceptable version of the legend

[manolia]

Kilt, how about the Excalibur film?? I really love this film :nod: I've seen it more than 10 times so far..

[EricP]

What are your top 10 movies of all time?

Here's mine at the moment (in no particular order):

1. "Tout Va Bien"
2. "Burn!"
3. Kieslowski's "Three Colors" trilogy
4. "Come and See"
5. "Harlan County, USA"
6. "The 400 Blows"
7. "Lolita" (Kubrick's version)
8. "Storytelling"
9. "Taxi Driver"
10. "Being John Malkovich"

[farnoosh]

I have 2 or..maybe 3
1.titanic
2.gone with the wind
3.a cinderella story

[johann cruyff]

There were many movies I really liked,but I don't think I could compile a list of Top 50 of them,let alone 10... My favourite directors are David Lynch,Krzysztof Kieślowski,Andrei Tarkovsky,Fritz Lang,David Fincher,amongst others.

[Sir Bartholomew]

this is what i can think of right now

Lost in Translation
Taxi Driver
In the Mood for Love
Mulholland Drive
Death Proof
Brief Encounter
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

[Amundsen]

1. Pulp Fiction
2. Alien
3. Forrest Gump
4. Kieslowski's "Three Colors" trilogy
5. Eastern Promises

That's mine

[pussnboots]

Off the top of my head:
1 - Ben Hur
2 - Ten Commandments
3 - Gone With The Wind
4- Planet of the Apes - the original
5 - Legally Blonde - there's just something abt this movie that I always have to watch it when on TV
6 - Its a Wonderful Life

[mtpspur]

Think I did this once but here's my current mood: Criteria is that even though I have seen it bfore more then willing to watch it again.

1. Adventures of Robin Hood (Erroll Flynn)
2. Jaws (ignore the sequels you only needed this one)
3. Zulu (takes place in Haggard's time setting for his Allan Quatermain books)
4. Captain Horatio Hornblower (Gregory Peck may not be British but you wouldn't lnow it from watching this.)
5. Alien/Aliens--can never make up my mind which I like best
6. The Great Escape (James Gardner and Steve McQueen)
7. For a Few Dollars More (favorite of the Man with No Name trilogy)
8. Sleeping Beauty (I have this very weird crush Disney's Malificent and she makes a great dragon--suspect women issues involved here)
9. Pollyanna (this people movie justs works if you let it--the people going from grumps to 'real' people is enchanting)
10. The Mummy (Boris Karloff version chills me on every viewing.)
BONUS very Guilty Pleasure movie: Corvette Summer (perfect fluff and the real reason I started watching Designing Women for my favorite of the ladies.)
RUNNER UP BONUS: My Bodyguard (perfect odd couple good buddies movie)

[papayahed]

In no particular order:

Dead Again
Intacto
Star Wars
The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Star Trek: First Contact
Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Birdcage
Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein (and the other monsters)
Rebecca
Auntie Mame (Rosalind Russell version)

OK, I need to discard Rebecca and add It happened one night, then I may need to swap Insurrection for First Contact.

[_Shannon_]

hmmm...no particular order-and just the first 10 that come to mind

1.Touch of Evil
2. African Queen
3. The Third Man
4.Down By Law
5. The Big Sleep
6. Only Angels Have Wings
7. Citizen Kane
8. From Here to Eternity
9. City of God
10.The Boat

[_Shannon_]

Yaaay, Serenity!!

Indeed! I must watch (or fall asleep to) at least a couple episodes of Firefly every week.

[wessexgirl]

Ooh, I love films, and have so many favourites, but here are 10 off the top of my head:

1. Amadeus
2. Dangerous Liaisons
3. Cinema Paradiso
4. Gladiator
5. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
6. Much Ado About Nothing
7. The Lion in Winter (Hepburn and O'Toole version)
8. Shakespeare in Love
9. Finding Neverland
10. The Producers (Gene Wilder version)

I could go on with loads more, but these are my favourites today. :)

[Jozanny]

Citizen Kane
Husbands and Wives
Jaws
King Kong (the 30's version)
Saving Private Ryan
Babette's Feast
The Third Man
Vanilla Sky
Taxi Driver
The Godfather II

[dpike13]

1. Saw Series
2. The One
3. Unusual Suspects
4. The Bucket List
5. Phillidelphia
6. Lord Of The Rings Trilogy
7. The Matrix (only the first one)
8. Hannibal - Red Dragon - Silence Of The Lambs
9. Top Gun
10. Se7en