Favorite films of all time!? (Let's get started!)

In My Humble Opinion
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Hey, this isn’t to start a huge flame war, just posting all of our opinions. This isn’t a debate of the GREATEST FILMS OF ALL TIME, just simply, each of our FAVORITE movies of all time…I shall begin…

  1. Titanic (This IS my favorite of all time, however, the rest here are in no order)

  2. The Green Mile

  3. Tombstone (My favorite Western of all time)

  4. The Usual Suspects (Last 10 minutes of this film, is my favorite 10 minute span of a film of all time. Also, it also has my favorite last line of a film of all time)

  5. The Sixth Sense (My favorite “twist” in a movie of all time)

  6. Pay It Forward (The most “emotional” film I’ve ever seen)

  7. Fight Club (The “coolest” film I’ve ever seen)

  8. What Dreams May Come (My favorite “visual” film of all time)

  9. As Good As it Gets

  10. Halloween (My favorite Horror film of all time)

  11. Saving Private Ryan (My favorite War film)

  12. Arlington Road

  13. Silence of the Lambs (My favorite Crime film)

  14. Traffic (My favorite drug film, I felt it was just wonderfuly presented and very, very, thought provoking)

  15. The Patriot

  16. Gladiator

  17. Braveheart

  18. Born on the Forth of July

  19. American Pie

  20. There’s Something About Mary (This one, and #19 are tied as my favorite comedy of all time)

  21. Se7en

  22. O Brother Where Art Thou

  23. Jerry Maguire

  24. What Lies Beneath

  25. Stir of Echoes

  26. Star Wars

  27. E.T.

  28. The Lion King

  29. Forrest Gump

  30. Toy Story

  31. Rain Man

  32. Back To the Future

  33. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

  34. A Time to Kill

  35. Fried Green Tomatoes

  36. Pulp Fiction

  37. The Negotiator

  38. Sling Blade

  39. Field of Dreams

  40. Star Wars

I’ll stop there, it’s just a begining for this thread. There are plenty of movies I’ve not seen, but, I’m in the process of watching as many as I can. I’m an aspiring screenwriter, so, I’m just “researching” my craft if you will. Anyhow, let’s hear YOUR favorite movies of all time. Top five, top ten, or, like me, lol, top Fourty!

We can also turn this into a discussion of movies if you wish, but, in each post, you must post your favorite movies of all time, UNLESS, you already done so in an earlier post. Lets begin!
…Downhome…

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  1. The General (Keaton, 1927)
  2. Vertigo (Hitchcock, 1958)
  3. The Seven Samurai (Kurosawa, 1954)
  4. His Girl Friday (Hawks, 1940)
  5. Ordet (Dreyer, 1955)
  6. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick, 1968)
  7. Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942)
  8. The Wild Bunch (Peckinpah, 1969)
  9. La Dolce Vita (Fellini, 1960)
  10. Chloe in the Afternoon (Rohmer, 1972)
  11. The Lady Eve (Sturges, 1941)
  12. The Crime of Monsieur Lange (Renoir, 1936)
  13. The Spirit of the Beehive (Erice, 1973)
  14. Salesman (Maysles/Maysles, 1969)
  15. Black Narcissus (Powell/Pressburger, 1947)
  16. Footlight Parade (Bacon, 1933)
  17. Persona (Bergman, 1966)
  18. Pinocchio (Sharpsteen, 1940)
  19. Man’s Castle (Borzage, 1933)
  20. I Was Born, But… (Ozu, 1932)
  21. Sunrise (Murnau, 1927)
  22. Singin’ in the Rain (Donen/Kelly, 1952)
  23. Chinatown (Polanski, 1974)
  24. A Night at the Opera (Wood, 1935)
  25. Au Hasard Balthazar (Bresson, 1966)
  26. Modern Times (Chaplin, 1936)
  27. Greed (von Stroheim, 1925)
  28. Do the Right Thing (Lee, 1989)
  29. The Man from Laramie (Mann, 1955)
  30. Underground (Kusterica, 1995)
  31. Meet Me in St. Louis (Minnelli, 1944)
  32. Ashes and Diamonds (Wajda, 1958)
  33. The Earrings of Madame de… (Ophuls, 1953)
  34. The Night of the Hunter (Laughton, 1955)
  35. Pandora’s Box (Pabst, 1928)
  36. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Spielberg, 1977)
  37. Some Like It Hot (Wilder, 1959)
  38. The Battle of Algiers (Pontecorvo, 1965)
  39. The Italian Straw Hat (Clair, 1927)
  40. Taxi Driver (Scorsese, 1976)
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  1. The Star Wars trilogy (ANH, TESB, ROTJ… fuck TPM)
  2. UHF
  3. Quills
  4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  5. The Truman Show
  6. Aliens
  7. Spaceballs
  8. Predator
  9. Casino
  10. Heat
  11. American Beauty
  12. Se7en
  13. The Matrix
  14. Better Off Dead
  15. Escape From L.A. (I think I’m the only person who liked this)

That’s all I can think of at the moment. The first three are the only ones set in stone for me.

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I’m not going to go into all my favorites but here are a few that did not make you lists (if they did and I missed them, i’m sorry, it’s late and I’m sitting here watching a whale. Really)

  1. Apocolypse Now
  2. Dazed and Confused
  3. Clockwork Orange
  4. All of Kevin Smith’s films (Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy and Dogma)
  5. Enemey at the Gates

That’s all for now. I may think of more later.

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Oh boy.

  1. Shoujo Kakumei Utena - Adolescense of Utena/Adolescense Mokushiroku
  2. Brazil
  3. Perfect Blue
  4. 2010
  5. Evangelion Air/My Pure Heart for You
  6. The Truman Show
  7. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  8. Life of Brian
  9. The Adventures of Baron von Munchausen (sp?)
  10. J.C. Superstar. No, really! And yeah, I’m an atheist. (Movie versions of musicals count, I hope.)
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  1. All of Kevin Smith’s movies
  2. Goodfellas
  3. Godfather 1 and 2
  4. The Last Seduction
  5. Fargo
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  1. Amadeus
  2. Beetlejuice
  3. A Clockwork Orange
  4. The Godfather Trilogy
  5. Kubrick’s The Shining
  6. E.T.
  7. the Star Wars Saga
  8. The Lion King
  9. Toy Story 1 & 2
  10. Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
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In no particular order (just as they came to mind):

  1. Gone With The Wind
  2. Heidi (Shirley Temple)
  3. The Blue Bird (Shirley Temple)
  4. The Court Jester
  5. The Great Race
  6. It’s A Wonderful Life
  7. Pleasantville
  8. The American President
  9. Notting Hill
  10. Wayne’s World
  11. Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
  12. Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey
  13. Beaches
  14. Anne of Green Gables
  15. Anne of Green Gables - the Sequel
  16. Pretty Woman
  17. Ghost
  18. Spaceballs
  19. Blazing Saddles
  20. Silent Movie
  21. You’ve Got Mail
  22. Austin Powers
  23. Titanic
  24. The Little Mermaid
  25. Mary Poppins
  26. Robin Hood (Disney Cartoon)
  27. Bedknobs and Broomsticks
  28. Robin Hood: Men In Tights
  29. The Truman Show
  30. The Vidiot from UFH (Weird Al Movie)
  31. Emma
  32. Forrest Gump
  33. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
  34. The Money Pit
  35. Dead Poets Society
  36. The Dish
  37. A League of Their Own
  38. The Wizard of Oz
  39. The Wedding Singer
  40. Happy Gilmour
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-The Hudsucker Proxy
-Office Space
-Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
-Star Wars Trilogy (and the Phantom Menace, I suppose)
-Wayne’s World
-Fight Club
-The Big Lebowski
-The Unforgiven
-Dogma
-Desparado
-Gladiator

…uhh, that’s all I can think of for now.

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The Big Sleep (1946)
Chinatown (1974)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
The Godfather (1972)
Life of Brian (1979)
Taxi Driver (1976)
The Third Man (1949)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Vertigo (1958)

I’d put The Third Man top.

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In rough order…

  1. Shawshank Redemption
  2. Braveheart
  3. Fight Club
  4. Matrix
  5. Pulp Fiction
  6. Lost Highway
  7. Star Wars
  8. Buffalo 66
  9. Swingers
  10. Graduate
  11. Time to Kill
  12. Austin Powers I
  13. Dr. Strangelove
  14. Killing Zoe
  15. Sixth Sense
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Ok, here goes, in no particular order:
1)The Princess Bride
2)Mononoke Hime
3)Dangerous Beauty
4)all, (yes, ALL) of Stars Wars.TPM had the BEST light sabre fight of any of 'em and that counts for a lot in my book.
5)Monty Python of all shapes & sizes
6)Gladiator
7)Henry V
8) Baz Luhrman’s Romeo & Juliet
9)Last of the Mohicans
10)Spaceballs, Young Frankenstein, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Blazing Saddles
11)Lock, Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels, Snatch
12)Elizabeth
13)Dogma
14)The Crow
15)Evil Dead 2
16)Lola rennt
17)Dr. Strangelove
18)The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
19)To have and have not
20)This Space left empty pending the relase of LOTR

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As they come to mind:

  1. Singin’ in the Rain
  2. Citizen Kane
  3. City Lights
  4. Duck Soup
  5. Casablanca
  6. Rear Window
  7. Strangers on a Train (better stop with Hitchcock, or it’ll take up the rest of the list :0 )
  8. The Wrong Trousers
  9. Pulp Fiction
  10. Annie Hall
  11. Henry V (Branagh version)
  12. Playtime (Jacques Tati – but see it in a theater)
  13. The General
  14. Miracle on 34th Street
  15. A Christmas Story
  16. The Princess Bride
  17. E.T., the Extra Terrestrial
  18. Bringing Up Baby
  19. His Girl Friday
  20. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
  21. Chicken Run
  22. Mulan
  23. Das Boot
  24. Shakespeare in Love
  25. 12 Monkeys
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To Kill A Mockingbird

'nuff said.

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Brazil
Head
Yellow Submarine
Entropy
Life Less Ordinary
Tommy Boy
Meeting People Is Easy
Pi
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Sleeping With Sharks
Fight Club
Primal Fear
12 Monkeys

All I can think of for now though I am a movie fiend.

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no particular order

  1. Star Wars
  2. Singin in the Rain
  3. Hi Opal!
  4. Always
  5. It’s a Wonderful Life
  6. Goodfellas
  7. The Shining
  8. Robin Hood (with Errol Flynn)
  9. Braveheart
  10. Pulp Fiction
  11. Blazin Saddles
  12. Midsummer Night’s Dream (with Kevin Kline)
  13. Hamlet (Branagh version)
  14. Henry V (again, Branagh version)
  15. Much Ado About Nothing (again, well, you know)
  16. Yankee Doodle Dandy
  17. Little Big Man
  18. Alien
  19. The Wrong Trousers
  20. Tombstone
  21. Raiders of the Lost Ark
    22)The Lion in Winter
    23)Sling Blade
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My top 40:

  1. Brazil
  2. 2001: A Space Odyssey
  3. Silence of the Lambs
  4. Chinatown
  5. Le Samourai
  6. Saving Private Ryan
  7. Breaking the Waves
  8. Woman in the dunes
  9. South Park: Bigger Longer Uncut
  10. Fresh (1994)
  11. Traffic
  12. Three Colors: White
  13. Pulp Fiction
  14. Requiem for a dream
  15. The Empire Strikes Back
  16. Rope
  17. Eraserhead
  18. Memento
  19. Dark City
  20. Barfly
  21. Twelve Monkeys
  22. Sid and Nancy
  23. House of Games
  24. Jean De Florette
  25. Life of Brian
  26. Prospero’s Books
  27. Bad Lieutenant
  28. The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover
  29. Aliens
  30. Naked Lunch
  31. Three Colors: Red
  32. The Man Who Fell to Earth
  33. The Outlaw Josey Wales
  34. Seventh seal
  35. Delicatessen
  36. Seven Percent Solution
  37. The Quiet Earth
  38. Manchurian Candidate
  39. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
  40. Angel Heart
    Honorable Mention: Walkabout
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Roughly in Order:

**The Seven Samurai

A Man for All Seasons

Spartacus

The Guns of Navarone

2001: A Space Odyssey

Forbidden Planet

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Dr. Zhivago

Lawrence of Arabia

The Star Wars Trilogy

Gone With the Wind

The Sean Connery James Bond films (and On Her Majesty’s Secret Service)

Fantasia and Fantasia 2000

The Terminator

RoboCop

The Indiana Jones Movies

The Matrix

Becket

The Lion in Winter

The Princess Bride

Doctor Strangelove

For Your Eyes Only

Day of the Jackal

Paths of Glory

The Dead Zone

Ray Harryhausen Movies (esp. Seventh Voyage of Sinbad)

King Kong

Metropolis (Georgio Moroder restoration)

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I’m a BIG fan of the epic historical dramas of the 1950s to 1990s, especially those written by Robert Bolt and/or directed by David Lean.(They don’t all make it onto my top list, but ** Passage to India, The Mission, the Bounty** are in there) I’m also clearly a big fan of science fictionand Stanley Kubrick.

On re-reading this list, I notice I’ve left off musicals:

** 1776
West Side Story
Godspell**

I’ve also left ut thrillers/mysteries:

** The Maltese Falcon
The Last of Sheila
Charade
Mirage
Body Heat
Sleuth
Casablanca**

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Here are my top 40 films (in terms of greatest personal impact):

The General (Buster Keaton, 1927)
Duck Soup (Leo McCarey, 1933)
The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, 1939)
Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942)
To Have and Have Not (Howard Hawks, 1944)
Treasure of the Sierra Madre (John Huston, 1948)
Winchester '73 (Anthony Mann, 1950)
Les Vacances de M. Hulot (Mr. Hulot’s Holiday) (Jacques Tati, 1953)
Bridge on the River Kwai (David Lean, 1957)
Touch of Evil (Orson Welles, 1958)
North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959)
The Hustler (Robert Rossen, 1961)
Zulu (Cy Endfield, 1964)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Sergio Leone, 1966)
The Train (John Frankenhiemer, 1964)
**2001: A Space Odyssey **(Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
**Get Carter **(Mike Hodges, 1971)
McCabe and Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman, 1973)
Chinatown (Robert Towne, 1971)
Jaws (Steven Speilberg, 1975)
Badlands (Terence Malick, 1973)
The Godfather and Godfather II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972 and 1974)
Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick, 1975)
Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976)
Mad Max II: The Road Warrior (George Miller, 1981)
The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982)
Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)
Dom za vesanje (Time of the Gypsies)(Emir Kusturica, 1989)
Miller’s Crossing (Joel Coen, 1990)
The Terminator (James Cameron, 1984)
Stranger Than Paradise (Jim Jarmusch, 1984)
Die xue jie tou (A Bullet in The Head)(John Woo, 1990)
An Angel at my Table (Jane Campion, 1990)
Sonatine (Takeshi Kitano, 1993)
Toy Story and Toy Story 2 (John Lasseter, 1995 and 1999)
Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarentino, 1997)
The Matrix (Andy and Larry Warshhawski, 1999)

There are certainly additional films by Hawks, Lean, Kubrick, Altman, Coppola, Scorsese, et al, that I could mention.

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My criteria—I’ve SEEN IT 20 or more TIMES. Some really great stuff is missing for this reason.

THE GODFATHER SAGA–Coppala’s combined/re-edited version of I & II
THE WILD ONE
MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL
THE PRODUCERS
ZULU
SAN FRANCISCO
THE WRONG BOX
MEAN STREETS
GILDA
BEN HUR
WEST SIDE STORY
ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES
THE PIRATE
SHOT IN THE DARK
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
THE DIRTY DOZEN
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
THE GREAT ESCAPE
BULLITT
SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS
STAR WARS
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
RED RIVER
STAGECOACH
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
RIO GRANDE
THE SEARCHERS
THE RED HOUSE
Almost there with BILL AND TED’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE