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5 of your favorite movies. (Original Post) Pryderi Jan 2013 OP
OK. I will play. Only 5.... NRaleighLiberal Jan 2013 #1
odd collection here rurallib Jan 2013 #2
: ohiosmith Jan 2013 #3
Oh! I forgot about the Kill Bills... Agschmid Jan 2013 #10
Shame on you! ohiosmith Jan 2013 #11
Only 5 eh? Initech Jan 2013 #4
Hmmmm... rrneck Jan 2013 #5
In no special order: littlemissmartypants Jan 2013 #6
Tough one. ZombieHorde Jan 2013 #7
Izo? Xyzse Jan 2013 #26
I wasn't impressed with the movie the first time I saw it, but ZombieHorde Jan 2013 #31
I see... Xyzse Jan 2013 #37
hurting -- Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2013 #8
I'm 28... so my answer's may seem a little immature I guess... Agschmid Jan 2013 #9
Confidence and littlemissmartypants Jan 2013 #15
Oooh... Neoma Jan 2013 #12
Love Time Bandits! Grantuspeace Jan 2013 #16
I'm weird... OswegoAtheist Jan 2013 #13
Ohhh 2001 was a great movie, good addition to the overall list! n/t Agschmid Jan 2013 #35
Mine seem to have an Anglophile tilt. sadbear Jan 2013 #14
Today's list. Grantuspeace Jan 2013 #17
Okay... pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #18
Top Five Trajan Jan 2013 #19
City of God, Cyrano de Bergerac (Depardieu), Ikiru (Kurosawa), Shindler's List, aint_no_life_nowhere Jan 2013 #20
Only 5 is not fair 2theleft Jan 2013 #21
Okay Blue_In_AK Jan 2013 #22
Outlaw Josie Wales littlemissmartypants Jan 2013 #28
Endeavor to persevere. Blue_In_AK Jan 2013 #34
My favorite quote: littlemissmartypants Jan 2013 #40
Hmmmmm...these are subject to change OriginalGeek Jan 2013 #23
Pulp Fiction, can i has 8? n/t littlemissmartypants Jan 2013 #29
Not my thread OriginalGeek Jan 2013 #46
A few womanofthehills Jan 2013 #24
The first 5 I thought of: mokawanis Jan 2013 #25
I don't think I know what mine is. Xyzse Jan 2013 #27
I have a thing for movies about crumbling authoritarian regimes BainsBane Jan 2013 #30
In no particular order... bluesbassman Jan 2013 #32
I like your list a lot OriginalGeek Jan 2013 #47
In no particular order: JoeyT Jan 2013 #33
Monty Python and the Holy Grail Art_from_Ark Jan 2013 #36
The first one is my all time favorite mockmonkey Jan 2013 #38
I had completely forgotten sharp_stick Jan 2013 #44
Okey Dokey, five of my favorites.... Burma Jones Jan 2013 #39
Narrowing it down to 5 is tough... cyberswede Jan 2013 #41
The big sleep. great flick. nt XRubicon Jan 2013 #51
This is tough, but here goes geardaddy Jan 2013 #42
Going down the replies WhoIsNumberNone Jan 2013 #57
Wow, 5 is tough a la izquierda Jan 2013 #43
Along with everyone else sharp_stick Jan 2013 #45
Wow. eom littlemissmartypants Jan 2013 #54
I'm not tryna cheat OriginalGeek Jan 2013 #48
My list Boomerproud Jan 2013 #49
my list XRubicon Jan 2013 #50
Only 5 is tough! hmmm.... DearHeart Jan 2013 #52
Screw the "ONLY 5" rule littlemissmartypants Jan 2013 #53
5 WhoIsNumberNone Jan 2013 #55
Ok, Broken_Hero Jan 2013 #56
Just 5, huh? peacefreak Jan 2013 #58
"Rollo Tomasi"..... Supply Side Jesus Jan 2013 #59
I really like American Splendor GoCubsGo Jan 2013 #66
So difficult to choose solara Jan 2013 #60
Mine sarge43 Jan 2013 #61
Hmm... nytemare Jan 2013 #62
"Big Fish" is a vastly underrated movie OmahaBlueDog Jan 2013 #70
"Amelie" is my favorite movie. Arugula Latte Jan 2013 #71
If you like Big Fish, you will love Amelie. nytemare Jan 2013 #73
Yes. LWolf Jan 2013 #75
Boy, it's hard to limit it to five. Five per genre, maybe. But I'll take a stab at it. Honeycombe8 Jan 2013 #63
Beverly Hills Chihuaha datasuspect Jan 2013 #64
I knew someone would say Salo siligut Jan 2013 #67
luv u 2 datasuspect Jan 2013 #68
In no particular order... GoCubsGo Jan 2013 #65
In no particular order: 5. Mr. Blandings Builds His Dreamhouse OmahaBlueDog Jan 2013 #69
Evil Dead MrSlayer Jan 2013 #72
In no particular order: LWolf Jan 2013 #74

rurallib

(62,406 posts)
2. odd collection here
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 11:44 PM
Jan 2013

1) Miracle on 34th St. (1948)
2) Arsenic and Old Lace
3) Dr. Zhivago
4) The Pawn Broker
5) Pan's Labyrinth

Agschmid

(28,749 posts)
10. Oh! I forgot about the Kill Bills...
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 12:15 AM
Jan 2013

Obviously I guess not my favorite but AWESOME movies, good pick!

littlemissmartypants

(22,632 posts)
6. In no special order:
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 11:59 PM
Jan 2013

Last edited Fri Jan 18, 2013, 12:36 AM - Edit history (1)

Little Big Man (1970): Dustin Hoffman

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065988/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

The Little Prince (1974): Musical film version of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's classic tale, featuring songs by Lerner and Loewe.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071762/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Catfish (2010)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1584016/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058536/

The Sixth Sense (1999)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167404/

BONUS:The Red Balloon (1956) Le Ballon Rouge

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048980/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

ZombieHorde

(29,047 posts)
7. Tough one.
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 12:03 AM
Jan 2013

The order is least letters in title to most letters in title.

1. Izo
2. Salo
3. Zombie Holocaust
4. Tetsuo The Iron Man
5. John Carpenter's The Thing

If you asked me again in a few weeks, the list may be a bit different.

ZombieHorde

(29,047 posts)
31. I wasn't impressed with the movie the first time I saw it, but
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 04:25 AM
Jan 2013

I watched again to see if I wanted to get rid of it, and I liked it more. Then I watched it again a few months later, and I liked it even more. Then I watched it a bunch more times, and now it is one of my all time favorite movies. I see new things every time I watch it. I have no idea how many times I have seen it, but it is one of my most watched movies now.

Xyzse

(8,217 posts)
37. I see...
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 10:56 AM
Jan 2013

When I first saw it.
The animation with the sperm wriggling just turned me off it immediately.

I still have the DVD, and I tried to give it to someone else, and it didn't work.

I'll probably try watching it again at some point.

Agschmid

(28,749 posts)
9. I'm 28... so my answer's may seem a little immature I guess...
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 12:14 AM
Jan 2013

- Confidence http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310910/
- Star Trek VI http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102975/
- Memento http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209144/
- Bring it On http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0204946/
- Manchurian Candidate (one w/ Angela Lansbury) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056218/

No order really... but I think Confidence is my favorite.

Neoma

(10,039 posts)
12. Oooh...
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 12:20 AM
Jan 2013

1. Time Bandits
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. Arsenic and Old Lace
4. Rocky Horror Picture Show
5. Hot Fuzz

Bonus: Kung Fu Hustle.

Grantuspeace

(873 posts)
16. Love Time Bandits!
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 12:46 AM
Jan 2013

I am surprised to see it on anyones list.

So, how long have you been robbing? Jolly, Jolly good.

OswegoAtheist

(609 posts)
13. I'm weird...
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 12:23 AM
Jan 2013

1. Back to the Future
2. Lawrence of Arabia
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey
4. Skyfall
5. Modern Times

Oswego "In no particular order" Atheist

sadbear

(4,340 posts)
14. Mine seem to have an Anglophile tilt.
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 12:24 AM
Jan 2013

1. The Full Monty
2. V for Vendetta
3. Monty Python and The Holy Grail
4. The Two Towers
5. Ocean's Eleven (not the original)

 

Trajan

(19,089 posts)
19. Top Five
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 12:56 AM
Jan 2013

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Amadeus
The Big Lebowski
O'Brother Where Art Thou?
The Shawshank Redemption

So many more .... Cinematic art abounds ...

2theleft

(1,136 posts)
21. Only 5 is not fair
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 01:17 AM
Jan 2013

The Shawshank Redemption

Forrest Gump

Million Dollar Baby

Fried Green Tomatoes

And, since I'm a girl, I have to have the all time classic "chick flick" on here...Steel Magnolias

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
22. Okay
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 02:06 AM
Jan 2013

Dr. Zhivago
Westside Story
Outlaw Josie Wales
2001: A Space Odyssey
Blues Brothers



I have eclectic tastes. There are many others; these are off the top of my head.

Oh, I almost forgot, The President's Analyst, which absolutely cracked me up back in the day.

littlemissmartypants

(22,632 posts)
40. My favorite quote:
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 11:54 AM
Jan 2013

"Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean. 'Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. That's just the way it is."

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
23. Hmmmmm...these are subject to change
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 02:09 AM
Jan 2013

Pulp Fiction
Fargo
Glengarry Glen Ross
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Big Lebowski

mokawanis

(4,440 posts)
25. The first 5 I thought of:
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 02:48 AM
Jan 2013

Apocalypse Now
Dumb and Dumber
No Time for Seargents
Fahrenheit 9/11
The Deer Hunter

Xyzse

(8,217 posts)
27. I don't think I know what mine is.
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 03:21 AM
Jan 2013

You put it in category, I might be able to do better.

1 - Brotherhood of the Wolves - I actually tried to write a script converting the Lone Ranger and Tonto in to something similar to the Chevalier and the Shaman. This one has Monica Bellucci as well. Amazing movie.
2 - Somewhere in Time - Christopher Reeves and Jane Seymour. I think it is the reason I have been in love with the name Elise.
3 - Wall-E
4 - Old School
5 - Drunken Master - Yes Jackie Chan.

BainsBane

(53,031 posts)
30. I have a thing for movies about crumbling authoritarian regimes
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 04:20 AM
Jan 2013

The Lives of Others (Das Leben der anderen).
The Official Story (La historia official).

After the first two I'm less certain. My answers might differ on another day.

Arsenic and Old Lace
The Usual Suspects
Snatch

bluesbassman

(19,371 posts)
32. In no particular order...
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 04:25 AM
Jan 2013

Get Shorty (great cast)
Young Frankenstein
Maltese Falcon
The Thin Man
True Grit (w/Jeff Bridges)

JoeyT

(6,785 posts)
33. In no particular order:
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 06:08 AM
Jan 2013

Planes Trains and Automobiles
Death To Smoochy
Drowning Mona
The Life of Brian
Say It Isn't So

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
36. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 10:10 AM
Jan 2013

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
The Aristocats
101 Dalmatians
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1930s version)

mockmonkey

(2,815 posts)
38. The first one is my all time favorite
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 11:15 AM
Jan 2013

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

North by Northwest
High Anxiety
Freebie and the Bean
The Outlaw Josey Wales

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)
44. I had completely forgotten
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 01:24 PM
Jan 2013

Freebie and the Bean. I saw it on TV when I was a kid and loved it, may have to look it up again.

cyberswede

(26,117 posts)
41. Narrowing it down to 5 is tough...
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 12:14 PM
Jan 2013

The Big Sleep
The Goodbye Girl
The Manchurian Candidate (original)
The Sting
This is Spinal Tap

geardaddy

(24,926 posts)
42. This is tough, but here goes
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 12:26 PM
Jan 2013

In no particular order

1. A Clockwork Orange
2. Breaking Away
3. Psycho
4. Dr. Strangelove
5. Apocalypse Now

a la izquierda

(11,791 posts)
43. Wow, 5 is tough
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 01:11 PM
Jan 2013

In no particular order

El violin
V for Vendetta
The Seventh Seal
La ley de Herodes
Monty Python's Meaning of Life

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
48. I'm not tryna cheat
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 02:06 PM
Jan 2013

and add more than the allotted 5 picks but it does make me supremely happy to see Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Jackie Chan and so many of the others on folks' lists.

XRubicon

(2,212 posts)
50. my list
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 07:40 PM
Jan 2013

1. Mr Roberts
2. Cat on a hot tin roof
3. Public enemy
4. Twelve o clock high
5. On the waterfront

DearHeart

(692 posts)
52. Only 5 is tough! hmmm....
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 08:19 PM
Jan 2013

1. Waterloo Bridge (1941)
2. Murder by Death
3. Young Frankentstein
4. The Enchanted Cottage
5. Bringing Up Baby

peacefreak

(2,939 posts)
58. Just 5, huh?
Sun Jan 20, 2013, 08:33 AM
Jan 2013

Bringing Up Baby
Love Actually
Red Violin
Off the Map (I know, no one's ever heard of it)
Harvey

GoCubsGo

(32,080 posts)
66. I really like American Splendor
Sun Jan 20, 2013, 11:04 PM
Jan 2013

I recently picked up a copy of it in the Dollar Tree, of all places. Definitely an underrated film.

solara

(3,836 posts)
60. So difficult to choose
Sun Jan 20, 2013, 02:18 PM
Jan 2013

I have an immediate runners-up list that just keeps growing haha

LOTR
Godfather 1 & 2
Kill Bill 1 & 2
Oh, Brother Where Art Thou?
Usual Suspects


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sarge43

(28,941 posts)
61. Mine
Sun Jan 20, 2013, 02:54 PM
Jan 2013

No particular order

Ben Hur
Lawrence of Arabia
The Lady Eve
The Day The Earth Stood Still
Young Frankenstein

nytemare

(10,888 posts)
73. If you like Big Fish, you will love Amelie.
Mon Jan 21, 2013, 12:44 AM
Jan 2013

I would have to say Amelie is almost a perfect little film. The quirky cast, the music, cinematography are so amazing. It's a film I have to watch once a year or so, just to remember how damned good it is.

LWolf

(46,179 posts)
75. Yes.
Mon Jan 21, 2013, 04:45 PM
Jan 2013

I didn't put it in my top 5 a few minutes ago, but I considered it, and if I were to change any out, Big Fish would be in.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
63. Boy, it's hard to limit it to five. Five per genre, maybe. But I'll take a stab at it.
Sun Jan 20, 2013, 10:53 PM
Jan 2013

I'll probably change my mind later, though. They are not necessarily in order of preference.

1. Gone with the Wind
2. Chicago
3. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
4. The Music Man
5. The Apartment

GoCubsGo

(32,080 posts)
65. In no particular order...
Sun Jan 20, 2013, 11:00 PM
Jan 2013

The Blues Brothers
Dr. Strangelove
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
A Princess Bride
The Sandlot & A League of Their Own (Tied, because I just can't choose between the two of them.)

OmahaBlueDog

(10,000 posts)
69. In no particular order: 5. Mr. Blandings Builds His Dreamhouse
Mon Jan 21, 2013, 12:05 AM
Jan 2013

4. The Day of the Jackal
3. Our Man in Havana
2. Casablanca
1. The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly

LWolf

(46,179 posts)
74. In no particular order:
Mon Jan 21, 2013, 04:40 PM
Jan 2013

Monty Python & the Holy Grail
Mary Poppins
Holes
Finding Forrester
The Princess Bride

At least these are the top five that popped into my head at this moment. Another moment, and I might trade out a couple.


Edited to add: I could change out "Holes" and "Finding Forrester" for "Big Fish" and "Fried Green Tomatoes," depending on mood.

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