Topic awaiting preservation: What is your favorite movie?

This may have been done before, but here goes anyways:

Mine is probably an odd choice for a guy raised on action flicks. My favorite movie
is "City of Angles". It has an increadible soundtrack and the movie reaches out, grabs you by the heart, and won't let go....

mmm... Batman Forever.

yah... I said it.

City of Angles? or Angels? With Meg Ryan? Never saw it. Hmmmmm.

Ok, mine would be Austin Powers 3 or anything made by Pixar.

Back to the Future, the Trilogy.
I bought it in DVD some days ago and watched them all in a row, in one day.

Army of Darkness

Jestah

Lawrence of Arabia, Blade Runner (the Directors cut)

The Crow. I just liked how he healed.
That was a good movie but the Martrix is near to unseating it.

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Gotta be Terminator II.
Ever since then I've been disapointed with every movie ever made

Too hard to choose one... Here are my top favorite :

A Clockwork Orange
Blade Runner
Forest Gump
Rollerball (original one, not the mindless sequel)
Ghost Dog, the way of the samourai

Like MS said, a difficult choice... I have several:

The Princess Bride
The Fellowship of the Ring (closely followed by Two Towers, and sure to be followed by Return of the King)
Amadeus
anything by either of the 2 big animation studios, currently, Treasure Planet is my fav...


Bodhi - Cell 617

1. LOTR FOTR
2. LOTR TT
3. The Matrix
4. Gladiator
5. Spiderman

too many to name but the Blues Brothers is always in the top 10 with Blade Runner

Jason

could some one explain why blade runner was such a good movie?

Mag-nolia

Lock Stock and two Smoking Barrels and Snatch.

Boondock Saints is my favorite. It's a somewhat unheard of action movie that's really good.

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too many to name but the Blues Brothers is always in the top 10 with Blade Runner

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You're right JKMabry.. How could I forget the wonderful movie that was the Blues Brothers ? Haaa good memories

Hard to decide, but my top three were easy. After the top three it gets hard.

1. Doctor Strangelove
2. Guns of Navarone
3. The Princess Bride
4. When Harry Met Sally
5. The Professional
6. Matrix
7. Le Femme Nikita, Remake or Original
8. Blade Runner
9. Die Hard I & II
10. Snatch

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Gotta go with Dan, Terminator and T2 are my all time favs.

*twitches in anticipation for T3*

The Cell, all hitchcock films specially 'The Birds' and 'Room with a view', First three Starwars movies, 'Lord off the rings' trilogy though #3 still has to come..., 'Space odysee 2001', 'The Abyss', 'Sleepy Hollow' , 'The Shining' from Stanley Kubrick with Jack Nicholson. etc...

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Pi

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Commitments
UHF
Strange Brew
Henry V
Run Lola Run
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
Kelly's Heroes

Izz:
Blade Runner was one of the first movies to be released letterboxed if I recall, that's a testimony to one of it's many facets of goodness, the cinematography, or whatever you'd call it =) You could grab any frame of Bladerunner, print it, and hang on yer wall framed. For the time it was some awesome sets and effects too.

One of the first movies I remember that painted the future somewhat realistically the way I was thinkin,, meaning stanky wet drippy apartments etc, that stuff will never go away. Something that bugs me about future films is the cleanliness and lack of pre 2203AD buildings, where'd they all go?

but what's not to like is my question? It's a bit dated now but the story's still good and it asks questions that are hard to answer for a lot of people, what's life worth? being the biggest.

As I go back over the movie in my head I think I understand why it might not appeal to someone who isn't old enough to have seen it in a theatre (spoiled brats =D), but I still love it!

Jason

This is always a killer, but here's my top few (in no particular order), listed because I would say yes if you asked if I fancied watching one of them now.

Despite the usual critical appraisals, I still reckon that watchability is what separates a great film from all the rest.

So, withough further ado...

Alien
Blade Runner
Stalker
Solaris
Hero
The Shawshank Redemtion
Blue Velvet
Dr Strangelove
The Maltese Falcon
Battle Royale

I guess that's as good a Top-10 as any.
Now I have to choose which one to watch this evening... Damit!

[Edit - I'd just like to point out that the version of Stalker i refer to does NOT star George Clooney - ! ]




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Wangenstein - Run Lola Run - good one! I haven't seen that in ages... It happens to be one of my sister's all time favorites...


Bodhi - Cell 617

Donnie Darko
American Beauty
Cowboy Bebop

Edit: Nightmare Before Christmas.



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mine has to be reservoir dogs

Now I have to check out Blade Runner since so many of you mentioned it. I have meaning to see it for some time now . . .


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1. T2
2. Predator (I have seen this movie about 45 times - no bs)
3. Shawshank Redemption
4. The Matrix
5. Full Metal Jacket

I wanted to post up my fav film before looking at anyone elses submissions, which I managed to do 'cept for seeing Resevoir Dogs on the post immediatly above mine while I was looking to click on the post reply button.
My personal favourite film of all time, without a shadow of a doubt is Blade Runner.
Now I'm off to see what everyone else has said. I think I noticed that there have been 20 odd replies to this in an hour!

[edited by tao after seeing the previous entries]
So, I see we are going for multiple choices on this. In that case I will add the Lord of The Rings Trilogy, all three of them! (you've got to believe)



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Too many favs to name but the all time favorite:

Star Wars : Empire Strikes Back!

not sure what this new crap is that Lucas is throwing at us but it tends to suck

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Let's see: Avalon(the one by Mamoru Oshii but it's much more intelligent, imho, than the first Matrix episode), Pyscho( the b &w version by Alfred Hitchcock), the Exorcist, the Silence of the Lambs and Blade Runner.

There are a lot of other very good movies too but I can't recall their names.

Star Wars was not bad but a little cheesy. Also, Terminator series was pretty kewl too.

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oooh... I see. Interesting.

I thought it was... errrmmm... a little boring.

My top movies...

1. T2 -- the reason why I am in computer graphics
2. The Exorcist: The Director's Cut -- Cult Classic!
3. Harry Potter and the Sorcer's Stone -- I just love it
4. My House in Umbria -- (Love Maggie Smith's voice! She is also in Harry Potter as one of the teachers too!)
5. Samilla's Sense of Snow -- (Good Story.)

It's very difficult to choose just one but I would probably have to say Blade Runner followed extremely closely by Twelve Monkeys. There are so many others that I love too.

Nightmare Before Christmas
The Crow
Dark City
Unbreakable

Izzay, I would have to say that Blade Runner creates an atmosphere that I find irresistable. It is dark and rainy and filled with all sorts of cool tech overlayed on the future LA. The musical score is done by Vangelis and complements it perfectly for my tastes. I love the ambience it creates more than the diaglogue itself bgut I love that too. The director's cut is awesome because it includes the famous unicorn scene which brings home the fact that Deckard is a replicant too. The glowing eyes over Rachael's shoulder hinted at it in the original but Scott really thought it should have been included. I didn't have a problem with the original's ending with the outtakes from the Shining because I like a bit of incongruity as much as the next guy but I must say ending it as the elevator doors closed was, IMO, sublime morosity. I could go on about why Blade Runner was such a good movie but I think JKMabry and me probably just went further than anyone cared to know

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hmm...this is kinda but not really along the same lines... (it's movies anyways )
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Decades of good movies have passed and Lord of the Rings, a newbie, has been mentioned quite a few times... unbelievable.
I haven't seen any movie from this "series", I haven't read any book from this theme, I haven't bought any merchandise from this thing. This Lord of the Rings frisson sucks.
I just can't believe...
I would like to add The Name of the Rose to my all-time favorite.


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The Hudsucker Proxy
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
any of the Thin Man movies (heck, just about anything with Myrna Loy)
Mitchell (MST3k)
Space Mutiny (MST3k)
Pumaman (MST3k)
Monty Python's Life of Brian

If you'd specified a genre then this'd be a lot easier but...

Moulin Rouge would have to be it for me -- such a fantastic visual and audio feast.

For the oldies, Bladerunner, Metropolis, and just about any of Tim Burton's 80's and early 90's work.

Edit: typo

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The Godfather

..none in particular, you hafta sit down and watch all three beginning to end...


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Fight Club, no question, second would have to be Clerks and third What To Do In Case Of Fire

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My Top 5:

Big Labowski
Donnie Darko (Mahjqa, glad someone else agrees with me here )
Snatch
Fight Club
Eraserhead


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Donnie Darko is an amazing movie but i don't think it's in my top 3.

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Too hard to pick just one, but here`s some that I`ve watched many times. (in no particular order)

The 13th Warrior
Dogma
Armageddon
The One
Kiss of the Dragon
Long Kiss Goodnight
LOtR series( so far)
Remo Williams. The Adventure Begins
Payback
Fight Club
SEven
Yellowbeard
MIB



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Snatch
Pulp Fiction
The Shawshank Redemption
The Usual Suspects
American History X
The Pianist
The Godfather

Wow, there's a lot... how about alphabetical...

2001
2010
A Beautiful Mind
American Beauty
Any Kevin Smith movies (Jay and Silent Bob rock).
Any Marx Brothers movies (A Day at the Races in particular)
Any Monty Python movies
Blues Brothers (original... 2000 wasn't so hot...)
Dances With Wolves
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (some of the best editing ever)
Kelly's Heroes ("What's with the negative waves?")
The Lethal Weapon (quadrology?)
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
Magnolia
The Man Who Would Be King
The Matrix
Shrek
Tron
The Untouchables

I guess that's enough for now I'm sure I'll think of more in a minute...

1.The Wash
2.Dogma
3.Blair Witch Project
4.Dagon
5.13th Ghost
6.Ghost Ship *quite ok*
7.LOTR
8.Naked Weapons


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borrows u-neek's first 4
Snatch
Pulp Fiction
The Shawshank Redemption
The Usual Suspects

plus:

amelie
lock stock
princess bride

and my no-brainer:

xXx

really you like Princess Bride?
I hate that movie.

You hate Princess Bride? Tell me, how long have you known you were born without a soul...?

Yannah: Don't take this the wrong way, but is it possible that you hate the movie because you don't understand what it's trying to accomplish? It is a satirical film, poking fun at a genre--the "fantasy/adventure" genre--so if you don't appreciate the original genre you may not appreciate TPB. And I suppose the style of humor does not appeal to everyone... my wife loved it, though.

Top 5:

The Matrix (! SURPRISE !)
Pulp Fiction
Dogma (<-Funny as hell)
American History X
And, yes, Monsters INC

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Is just saw the Crow up there somewhere. I'd put that in at number 6
Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, Apocolypse Now, Saving Private Ryan, Bridge over the Riber Kwai, The Longest Day...Those all place as well.

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I'm very new here, but am just luniticishly as everyone else, so heres my say...

The Rock
Die Hard 3
Snatch (Actually alot of Brad Pitt movies)
Fear and Loathing in las Vegas
Ghost in the Shell (probably any anime)
Oh brother where ar't thouw
Scream
SpaceBalls (though princess bride was really good)
Halfbaked
Scoobydoo on zombie island

That's my top 10 list, in no particular order, but I have a decrepid memory so it probably changes on a daily basis.

I'd be a whore, but I'd probably starve to death.

Yannah:

No one hates Princess Bride, some people just have trouble admitting that they really like it.

Oh, so many great films, films that I like...

But 'Where the red fern grows' touched me the most.

Don't have one favorite movie, but these among my favorites are (in no special order)
- Nightmare Before Christmas
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- Boondock Saints
- Blade Runner
- Delicatessen
- Dances With Wolves
- The Godfather
- American History X
- Pulp Fiction
- The Crow
- Kelly's Heroes
- The Untouchables
- Interview with a Vampire

Both the Matrix and the Lord of the Rings trilogies should probably be there, but I'm not sure until I've seen all of them.

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God, not Where the Red Fern Grows! I tear up just thinking about that book!

Hold it in... musn't cry...

I can name my Top 10 movie list in a heart beat.... I'm very passionate about movies, mainly because I wan't to make them myself.

1. The Crow
2. Terminator 2
3. The Ring
4. Dark City
5. In Dreams
6. Sphere
7. The Crow: City of Angels
8. The Salton Sea
9. From Hell
10. The Gift

Let me start by saying that I am a long time fan of Terminator 2. For about 6 years of my life that was my favorite movie of all time, I just couldn't get over it. It made me love James Cameron in many ways... The plot, the action, even the soundtrack (which I own) was done so perfectly, it seemed that James Cameron did nothing half ass with that movie. So I solute you Dan and synax. And though the T3 trailer doesn't look very promising I'm expecting great things from the movie.

I had also seen The Crow and The Crow: City of Angels when I was very young as well, and though I still liked Terminator 2 as my favorite movie, The Crow and The Crow: City of Angels held a high place in my mind. Around near the age of 13, 14, or something. I watched both of those again on DVD. I suppose the second time around it made things much more clear to me, (strangely I understood the plot of T2 but not The Crow when I first saw it) I ended up loving The Crow very much in that it was so surreal and bleak it was very emotionally wrenching for me to watch, and still is. But, not to be confused, T2 and The Crow are very, very, close in my mind as to which is my favorite. But The Crow is just a little more my kind of movie.

The Ring. Ugh, don't get me started. I went to see this in theaters around the same time every other teenage male was going to see Jackass. I went with two of my friends who had already seen the movie, but had missed the first 10 minutes. after about the first 30 minutes of the movie I was glued to it by it's awesome cinematography, oh the bleak shots with that green filter over Seattle. And Naomi Watts is such a great (and sexy) actress. After the movie was over I was just so hopped up on the plot it was amazing, I have a thing for movies that take a little more knowledge to understand. To me that movie had every element of a great movie: Plot, Characterization, Cinematography, Score and Backround Music, Acting.... Everything. When I went home I immediately got online to search... And then I found Ringu and all sorts of other Japanese collectable sequals/prequals. Then I read an FAQ based on the american version and everything became so clear. I think Gore Verbinski did a great job directing the movie, and I highly anticipate Pirates of the Carribean to be great.

And I suppose I could babble on about my other favorites, but I don't think anyone wants to read that.

I've misintrepreted *like I always do* the title of the movie. I thought that you were talking about The Princess Diary which I totally didn't like.
Now I know what The Princess Bride is: it's a fairy tale. Somewhat like LOTR.

I don't have a favourite movie, but there are several that I enjoy watching over and over again. Note: some in this list haven't been made yet. Try to guess which ones.

Aliens
The Blues Brothers
The Truman Show
Steal Back the Daedalus
Contact
Star Wars Episodes 1-6 (but not 3)
Qaz
Starship Troopers
Schindler's List
Saving Private Ryan
One Small Step
The Shawshank Redemption
The Gods Must Be Crazy (1 and 2)
Spaceballs
Frontier
The Matrix
The Lord of the Rings (when is The Two Towers coming out on DVD, by the way?)
Zulu

I don't have a favourite movie, but there are several that I enjoy watching over and over again. Note: some in this list haven't been made yet. Try to guess which ones.

Aliens
The Blues Brothers
The Truman Show
Steal Back the Daedalus
Contact
Star Wars Episodes 1-6 (but not 3)
Qaz
Starship Troopers
Schindler's List
Saving Private Ryan
One Small Step
The Shawshank Redemption
The Gods Must Be Crazy (1 and 2)
Spaceballs
Frontier
The Matrix
The Lord of the Rings (when is The Two Towers coming out on DVD, by the way?)
Zulu

I didn't know there was a movie of 'where the red fern grows'. That was one of my favorite books of all time from when I was a child...

As far as favorite movie? Sheesh, couldn't even come close to picking one...depends on the day, my mood, etc...

But, let's see if I can pick a few .... (in no particular order of course)

Conan the Barbarian
Excalibur
Clash of the Titans
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (I mean, the whole trilogy, but...out of them that's the one)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Raising Arizona
The Big Lebowski
Brother Where Art Thou
A Simple Plan
The Secret of Nimh
Fried Green Tomatoes
Scar Face
The Last Temptation of Christ
Platoon
Full Metal Jacket
Drugstore Cowboy
errr......god there's just too many that fit into the "favorite" category, and not a single one that I could really pick as "it"

Raising Arizona
The Big Lebowski
Memento
Drugstore Cowboy
The Untouchables
Iron Monkey
The Lady in White
The Golden Child

And a bunch more. The Lady in White and Golden Child are pretty cheesy,
but they remind me of being young, and they are both pretty cool movies.


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The Matrix
Rocky II
The Sixth Sense
The Green Mile
The Bodyguard


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You asked for one movie...
So I will state one movie: Bedazzled
I know that one by heart!

Elias

I think I am showing my age here, but here goes:

16 Candles
Breakfast Club
Pretty In Pink
Matrix
Lord of the Rings (I am sure all of them, even though the third has not arrived yet.)

Forrest Gump.

In no paticular order:

- Ninja Scroll
- Sid and Nancy
- Macross Plus
- Hero (Chinese film)
- Jimi Plays Monterey (more of a documentry concert than a movie)
- Lord of the Rings
- The Matrix (and Reloaded and Animatrix)
- Interview With A Vampire
- Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust

I hate seeing a good film dubbed!

-Dogma
-Anti-trust

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The Court Jester (1956)

it's an all singing, all dancing stay at home on a rainy sunday afternoon kinda film -
"The vessel with the pestle has the pellet with the poison and the chalice with the palace has the brew that is true"

Failing that, The Ghost in the Shell or Fight Club

Woo! Can I play? Can I Play??


Luc Besson's Joan of Arc
5th Element
Matrix (Yeah, surpise )
Stigmata (Sound Track rules!)
The Exorcist
Mulan


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Where to begin, so many movies....

Se7en
Donnie Darko
The Matrix
The Animatrix
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
LOTR (All 3)
Army of Darkness
Evil Dead
Clerks
Pulp Fiction


...I'd better stop there or I'll be here all day

My favorite move of all time is "Janice gets Fucked"

ghtry:

I bet you don't get out much, do you?

uhhh....how could you forget the best?

Godfather, Gladiator, American History X, Monster's Ball, Ghost in the Shell, Pulp Fiction, Black hawk Down, American Beauty, L.A. Confidential, Ninja Scroll, Blood the last vampire, Hearts in Atlantis,umm and some more shit I forgot

1.American History X
2.Anti-Trust
3.Dogma
4.The Wash
5.Naked Weapons

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