Top Ten Favorite Movies?

In no particular order:

1a. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
1b. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
1c. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2. Unbreakable
3. 28 Days Later
4. Minority Report
5. Spider-Man
5b. Spider-Man 2
6. X-Men
6b. X-Men 2
7a. Star Trek: First Contact
7b. Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country
8. Frankenstein (1931)
9. Star Wars
9b. The Empire Strikes Back
9c. Return of the Jedi
9d. The Phantom Menace
9e. The Attack of the Clones
10. Underworld

There... I cheated. :-p
 
Jack of all trades

In no particular order

Pitch Black
Big Trouble in Little China (esp. after 2AM)
The Warriors
Casablanca
We Were Soldiers
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Lord of the Rings (all 8 something hours)
Soldier
Gattaca
28 Days
Flatliners
Mystery Men

Ok, more than ten, just take two out SJ
 
In no particular order, and most definitely sans that awful LOTR butchering (;)):

  1. 2001
  2. Dancing in the Dark
  3. Raging Bull
  4. Apocalypse Now
  5. Akira
  6. A Clockwork Orange
  7. Princess Mononoke
  8. Blade-Runner (director's cut - accept no substitutes)
  9. Blue Velvet
  10. Star Wars trilogy
 
Wizard of Oz
LOTR trilogy
Gooddnight Mr Tom
Lost Boys
Gangs of New York
Jungle Book
Aladdin
Lady & the Tramp
Van Heisling
Jeepers Creepers
 
My top 10, in no particular order:

Aliens
28 Days Later
Lord of the Rings trilogy (which I'm counting as one choice)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Sleepy Hollow
Transformers the Movie
The Goonies
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Predator
Terminator 2
 
1. The Shawshank Redemption
2. Braveheart
3. American Beauty
4. The Outlaw Josey Wales
5. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (I'm not the first to mention this one am I?)
6. The Fellowship of the Ring
7. Akira (damn it's been a couple years since I actually watched this one)
8. Grosse Point Blank
9. The Boondock Saints
10. Slap Shot

That's awesome you've got Rob Roy on yours Miri! :D
 
In no particular order:

Kagemusha
Black Orpheus
To Kill a Mocking Bird
The Philadelphia Story
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Bladerunner (NOT the Directors Cut)
Dune (original)
Alien (#1 and #2)
Lawrence of Arabia
Ghandi
The Abyss
The Lion in Winter (old version)
Gosford Park
The Princess Bride
Natural Born Killers
Trainspotting
Willow
Fried Green Tomatoes
Out of Africa
Steel Magnolias
Terms of Endearment
Big Trouble in Little China
Casino
Monty Python's Search for the Holy Grail
Gorky Park
Hudson Hawk
The Hunt for Red October
The Thomas Crown Affair (remake)
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Real Genius
Rob Roy
Young Sherlock Holmes
The Other (1972)
The Mummy (1999)
Dracula (1979 - Frank Langella)
Mona Lisa
Half Moon Street
The Year of Living Dangerously
The Big Easy

TV Shows on Video:

The West Wing (all of them)
Shaka Zulu
Masada (the whole mini-series)
 
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I bought The Philladelphia Story the other day. A classic wonderful smashing marvellous experience of a movie.
I don't think I can choose but I'll have a go:

The Shawshank Redemption
The Lord of the Rings
Star Wars
The first Matrix
Shadowlands
Top Hat
The Philladelphia Story
It's a Wonderful Life


Can't think of anything else for now!
 
I still don't get the appeal of The Philadelphia Story. Sure it has three big stars from that time and its superiority to the remake High Society is obvious, but I have to agree with those who think that if one wants a movie with Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant in it Holiday should be the pick.

Since a few oldies were mentioned. . .

Here Comes Mr. Jordan - My favorite of the Oscar Best Picture nominees from 1941 that I've seen. Need I say more?
Heaven Can Wait (1943) - Sure the the 70s version with Warren Beatty was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar (by the way it was a remake of Here Comes Mr. Jordan) but both 1940s movies were better---and MUCH better at that!
The Eagle and the Hawk
Dead of Night - Mentioned this on the horror movies thread
One, Two, Three
I Know Where I'm Going!
The Court Jester
Portrait of Jennie
The Song of Bernadette
Wait Until Dark - I love the suspense in this one. When you think of an Audrey Hepburn movie Breakfast at Tiffany's, Roman Holiday, or maybe Sabrina Fair tend to come up most quickly in one's mind but this movie and Charade are probably the two battling it out for the title of my favorite movie starring her.
 
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Shawshanks and Braveheart make a lot of lists while barely anyone has mentioned Casablanca. :(

My list, In no set order,

1. Casablanca
2. To Kill a Mockingbird/Godfather
3. Braveheart
4. Terminator II
5. Shawshanks Redemption
6. Rebecca
7. The Maltese Falcon
8. Psycho
9. Taxi Driver
10. Chinatown
 
Bond said:
I still don't get the appeal of The Philadelphia Story. Sure it has three big stars from that time and its superiority to the remake High Society is obvious, but I have to agree with those who think that if one wants a movie with Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant in it Holiday should be the pick.
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For many reasons: the use of language throughout the film. In particular the scene where Hepburn grills the two reporters is priceless. Dinah and her Groucho Marx impersonation, the chemistry of the big 3. The scenes after the party and the morning of the wedding, the hard night of blackmailing :D
 
I've never made a definitve top ten list, but off the top of my head here's some films I've enjoyed: Blade Runner (Scott), Vertigo (Hitchcock), Alphaville (Godard), Alice (Svankmajer), Taxi Driver (Scorsese), Brazil (Gilliam), Don't Look Now (Nicholas Roeg), Barton Fink (Coen), Project A Part 2 (Chan), Stalker (Tarkovsky).
 
Of course, in no particular order:

The Raiders of the Ark

Unforgetable

Unbreakable

This Is Spinal Tap

Ghostbusters

The LOTR trilogy

Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan

Three Kings

Shaun of the Dead

Citzen Kane
 
Movie Favs

My favorite ten movies of all time (No Particular order):

Star Wars (Episode IV ithe best, but obviously the original trilogy as a whole)
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Ghostbusters
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Back to the Future
Blade Runner
LOTR
Donnie Darko
Election
Pi
 
I must comment;
BC--I watched Pi, and I don't think I'm smart enough to figure it out. That's not to say I didn't like the movie--it was intriguing. But it's been two years and I'm still thinking about it. (I shouldn't have gone for popcorn, I missed something important.) :rolleyes:
B5
 
Pi

Yeah you really have to be in the right state of mind to watch Pi, and like Memento (shoot I forgot to metion that one!) it's better the second time.

LOTR, Star Wars and Indiana Jones is on almost everyone's list, which doesn't surprise me, but I'm surprised by how many people mention Blade Runner.....it's on my list, but I think it's a really underappreciated movie.

I'm assuming people prefer the Directors Cut......
 
1. Matrix (Only the first one)
2. Lord of the Rings Trilogy
3. The Natural
4. The Professional
5. Gattaca
6. The Shawshank Redemption
7. Rob Roy
8. Kill Bill
9. Unforgiven
10. Bourne Identity
 
Pluvious said:
1. Matrix (Only the first one)
2. Lord of the Rings Trilogy
3. The Natural
4. The Professional
5. Gattaca
6. The Shawshank Redemption
7. Rob Roy
8. Kill Bill
9. Unforgiven
10. Bourne Identity
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I'm not one of those people that rip on Gattaca, I thought it was decent, but Top Ten? kind of a stretch. I must admit, I have seen neither Unforgiven, nor Rob Roy. Unforgiven I was planning on seeing, but my western kick subsided after I ODed on Tombstone. Pluvious.....anything to convince me to see them?
 
Top Ten ... ish:

The Usual Suspects
Shawshank Redemption
Memento
Donnie Darko
Amelie
Rushmore
LOTR Trilogy
Seven
Bein John Malkovich
The Seven Samurai
Oh Brother, Where Art thou?
The Iron Giant
Spirited Away/Porco Rosso/Laputa/anything from Miyazaki
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Many more.

Best movie I've seen this year: The Incredibles. Fan-freakin'-tastic.

Runner Up: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Gondry is a genius.
 
At this moment:

Any Eastwood spaghetti western, especially The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly-see my avatar, and For a Few Dollars More
Full Metal Jacket (especially the first half)
John Carpenter's The Thing
Escape from NY
Seven Days in May
The Bedford Incident
Battleground
The first two Star Wars movies
Saving Private Ryan
Gettysburg
The Time Bandits
Most Monty Python movies
 
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