List your all time favorite movie here! [Archive]

Feuer Frei!

04-23-10, 06:35 AM

No particular order:

H.G. Well's Time Machine (original)
The Road
Letters from Iwo Jima
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Scent of a Woman
Once upon a time in America
The Unforgiven
Gladiator

TarJak

04-23-10, 07:04 AM

There's time yet :DL

I'm suprised you didn't nominate Debbie Does Dallas :haha:Nah I preferred the classic Deep Throat. :D

For me Holy Grail is still one of my favourites as well. Too many good ones to pick just a few though.

STEED

04-23-10, 07:42 AM

List your all time favorite movie here!

As in one, not movies. ;)

Feuer Frei!

04-23-10, 07:53 AM

No particular order:

H.G. Well's Time Machine (original)
The Road
Letters from Iwo Jima
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Scent of a Woman
Once upon a time in America
The Unforgiven
Gladiator

As in one, not movies. ;)
I don't have just one, just can't pinpoint it down to one, too difficult, like music. :cool:

STEED

04-23-10, 07:56 AM

I don't have just one, just can't pinpoint it down to one, too difficult, like music. :cool:

Only joking. :DL

Put that S in the thread. :rotfl2:

TLAM Strike

04-23-10, 08:03 AM

Can't name just one!

In no order

The Hunt for Red October

A Bridge Too Far

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn

Aliens

AVGWarhawk

04-23-10, 08:06 AM

Gladiator is my all time favorite movie. Actors/storyline/musical score...just all fantastic.

STEED

04-23-10, 08:11 AM

ALIEN

ALIENS

The Haunting...the original version

The Spy Who Came In From The Cold

The Odessa File

The Omega Man

Soylent Green

Planet of the apes...the original version

The French Connection

The Ipcress File

Funeral in Berlin

Loads of WW2 Films and Hitchcock films as well....

Feuer Frei!

04-23-10, 08:16 AM

Gladiator is my all time favorite movie. Actors/storyline/musical score...just all fantastic.
Yep, epic is something that comes to mind.
I must admit, i am not a fan of Russell Crowe, but the movie was grand, the opening was just awesome, one of the best opening scenes in a movie imho.

ReallyDedPoet

04-23-10, 08:21 AM

Yeah, Gladiator is definitely up there for me as well.

Hopefully Robin Hood will be as good, similar players involved: Ridley Scott, Russell Crowe....

My all time favorite would be Star Wars IV.

Weiss Pinguin

04-23-10, 09:38 AM

A few of my favorites (off the top of my head):
Memphis Belle
The Battle of Britain
Saving Private Ryan
Aliens
3:10 to Yuma
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Right Stuff
The Dark Knight series + Batman & Batman Returns
Spiderman 2
Black Hawk Down
Sunshine

I have a long list of favorites :doh: (Basically most movies with a good soundtrack)

HunterICX

04-23-10, 10:14 AM

A Bridge to far
Battle of Britain
The Longest Day
Memphis Belle
Das Boot
Patton
Der Untergang

Starwars Trilogy
LOTR trilogy
POTC trilogy
Batman 1 and 2 (The Tim Burton ones)
Terminator 1&2

Master and Commander
Waterloo
Alatriste

and I can go pretty much on for quite a while...

HunterICX

Egan

04-23-10, 10:24 AM

Night on Earth,
2001,
Ghost Dog,
Once Upon a Time in America,
Kind Hearts and Coronets,
Local Hero,
Moon,
Dude, Where's My Car? (yes, I am serious.)

Torvald Von Mansee

04-23-10, 11:50 AM

In no particular order:

Natural Born Killers
A Clockwork Orange (pretty much everything from Kubrick except Lolita)
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Castle in the Sky Laputa
(well, pretty much anything from Studio Ghibli except Grave of the Fireflies, which is just plain depressing)
The Ghost in the Shell (and its sequels)
(well, pretty much anything from Shirow)
Pretty much all the movies which have Philip K. Dick as source material

There are a number of directors I really like: Stanley Kubrick, Akira Kurosawa, Tim Burton, Hayao Miyazaki, et al.

And the movie I have most recently seen which I thought was awesome had this badass in it:

http://www.jollygoodshow.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/kick-ass-poster-hit-girl.jpg

Never have I seen an 11 year old girl character so brutally kill so many men (and one woman), while continuously saying all sorts of naughty words.

Dowly

04-23-10, 11:55 AM

Anything 30's mafia related is close to my heart. Finnish crime movies are pretty good too (always have a sad ending). Despite seeing 9. company/9.rota a zillion times already, I keep going back to it, very good movie about the Russia's war in Afghanistan in the 80's. :yeah:

AVGWarhawk

04-23-10, 11:59 AM

Yep, epic is something that comes to mind.
I must admit, i am not a fan of Russell Crowe, but the movie was grand, the opening was just awesome, one of the best opening scenes in a movie imho.

I would say Russell Crowe made that movie great for me. His acting was fantastic. This movie made me recognize his talent. I agree 100% with you on the opening scenes! Fantastic! The movie just covered it all...lies, deceit, murder, love, love lost, hero and villian. :up:

Dowly

04-23-10, 12:03 PM

Ow yeh, forgot Crowe's movies. They are great most of the time, brilliant actor. :yep:

frau kaleun

04-23-10, 12:33 PM

First time I saw Crowe was when I rented LA Confidential - had no clue who he was but midway through the first scene I was already fast forwarding to the credits to find out what his name was because I was just blown away.

Gladiator did nothing but exceed my expectations, in fact I remember sitting there in the theater and as soon as the music got going (one of my favorite soundtracks) and the opening scene began to play out, I was thinking - oh... this is gonna be GOOOOOOD.

I have seen some films he was in that were not topnotch overall IMO but I have never been disappointed by his performances. He just about broke my heart in The Insider and I'm still unhappy he didn't get the Oscar for that, not to mention A Beautiful Mind.

Dowly

04-23-10, 12:36 PM

...not to mention A Beautiful Mind.

Easily one of the greatest movies aswell as one of Crowe's best performances. :rock:

AVGWarhawk

04-23-10, 12:42 PM

Gladiator did nothing but exceed my expectations, in fact I remember sitting there in the theater and as soon as the music got going (one of my favorite soundtracks)

Arguably my most favorite soundtrack! Beautiful Mind was excellent as well.

Sailor Steve

04-23-10, 12:44 PM

Tora! Tora! Tora!
Battle of Britain
The Three Musketeers (1974 Richard Lester version - two movies)
The Right Stuff
Das Boot
Flesh + Blood
Strategic Air Command
Casablanca
Tombstone
Gettysburg
Wings
Grand Prix
Le Mans
The Great Escape
Our Man Flint
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Patton
The Last Days Of Patton
A Boy And His Dog
The Silent Flute (Circle of Iron)
The Long Riders
Ice Station Zebra
The Longest Day
A Bridge Too Far
Lawrence of Arabia

UnderseaLcpl

04-23-10, 01:09 PM

Das Boot

Stalingrad

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Full Metal Jacket

Serenity

Gods and Generals

The Thin Red Line

Everyone who liked "Saving Private Ryan" needs a history lesson.

Weiss Pinguin

04-23-10, 01:10 PM

@ UnderseaLcpl: I wasn't too keen on the story of Saving Private Ryan, but the action in it was several notches above 'great.' The opening scene is in my top 5 favorite scenes, just because of how up front and gripping it is. That one scene, for me, really drove home just how horrible war can be.

Master and Commander
Ooh, another great Russell Crowe movie IMO. Had some fantastic music as well. This would definitely be in the running for my favorite movie.

Castout

04-23-10, 02:32 PM

No particular order
...
Scent of a Woman
...

I forgot to mention that it's one of my all time favorite too!

Al Pacino is addicting he's one of my top favorite actor out there!

Couple more:

Pretty Women

The Bodyguard

Empire of the Sun

Ran by Akira Kurosawa

Zatoichi

and I just saw The Interpreter couple days ago and imo it's a good one.

TarJak

04-23-10, 04:17 PM

First time I saw "Our Russ" was in Romper Stomper. If you've not seen it then I recommend you get it if you want to see his earlier work and glimpses of the brilliant acting to come.

http://opium.org.pl/wp-content/2010/01/Romper-Stomper-Crowe_l.jpg

Lionclaw

04-23-10, 04:17 PM

Casino
Dirty Harry
GoodFellas
Le Mans
Rambo: First Blood
Robin Hood: Men In Tights
Scarface
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
The Godfather Trilogy
The Monty Python movies (Monty Python and The Holy Grail, Life of Brian, Meaning of Life)
The Naked Gun
Young Frankenstein

frau kaleun

04-23-10, 04:20 PM

First time I saw "Our Russ" was in Romper Stomper. If you've not seen it then I recommend you get it if you want to see his earlier work and glimpses of the brilliant acting to come.

I'm ashamed to say I picked this up on DVD ages ago and have yet to watch it.

Another great Crowe film/performance IMO: Cinderella Man. Can't believe I forgot about it when I was posting above.

Saw it in the theater, and it was the only time I've ever seen a bunch of "average" moviegoers (i.e. not a theater full of Star Wars geeks watching a SW film) burst into spontaneous applause at the end of a movie.

Jimbuna

04-23-10, 04:20 PM

Robin Hood: Men In Tights

STEEDS favourite as well :yeah:

CaptainHaplo

04-23-10, 04:45 PM

RH:MIT is one heck of a good movie.

I almost forgot one other excellent chart topper.

Blazing Saddles (How I could neglect to include Mel Brooks is unknown).

ajrimmer42

04-23-10, 04:52 PM

Withnail & I
Saving Ryan's Privates
The Hurt Locker
Johnny English
Stalker
Enemy at the Gates
Austin Powers Trilogy
Resident Evil
A Bridge Too Far

I'm sure there's loads more...

captainprid

04-23-10, 04:55 PM

Layer Cake and although not exactly films---Big River Man and The King of Kong

Philipp_Thomsen

04-23-10, 06:44 PM

The Shawshank Redemption
Awakenings

Pandion

04-24-10, 07:29 AM

Suprised no-ones mentioned

The Green Mile

had me in tears a few times.

Ishmael

04-24-10, 09:49 AM

Some of my favorites:

Depardieu as Cyrano de Bergerac:
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=nri054ZsIPM
Captain Blood:
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=D1C6Ts0ZJTU
The Big Country:
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=u6vREiRNMFc
The Enemy Below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=YOGu9EP7ZUI
Kingdom of Heaven:
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=zr7XUr2Ztpo
Elvis Meets Nixon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=XQ3Tu-VSOPI
Moby Dick:
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=Z1utb7NgQDI
Shintaro Katsu as Zatoichi:
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=0VSGOBIyPGQ
The Quiet Man:
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=g2Qw1g0oluo

Weiss Pinguin

04-24-10, 11:44 AM

Can't believe I didn't think of this before, but you can throw Fiddler on the Roof onto my list. That one may actually be my favorite...

http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/3493/tradition.jpg