Your 6 favorite movies?

[terrya]

This has probably been asked before at the DU.

But, I'm the curious one, so...

Here are mine:

1) "The Lion in Winter". Magnificent film. Best performances from Peter O'Toole and Katharine Hepburn. Brilliant score by John Barry.

2)"Network". Weirdly prescient film about television. Wonderful satire that's still relevant.

3) "The Manchurian Candidate". The ultimate in paranoia political thrillers. Angela Lansbury is evil personified in this film.

4) "Sunset Boulevard". The best of Billy Wilder's films, IMO. Great script. Gloria Swanson is superb.

5) "Some Like It Hot". Billy Wilder's second best film and one of the best comedies ever. The final line is a classic.

6) "The Bandwagon". My favorite musical. Delightful score and some of Fred Astaire's best dancing.

[La_Serpiente]

1. I can't believe she hasn't won an Oscar yet

she almost got one for Gaslight

But she got one for being Mrs. Potts in Beauty and the Beast. Well, it was more for her musical voice, but I think she deserved a best actress at least. She has done a lot in her life.

[piece sine]

34. Lansbury had never been given an Oscar.

not even for "Beauty/Beast."

[wakfs]

2. Here are mine

1. The Godfather - simply the most perfect movie ever. Flawless on all levels.
2. Singing In The Rain - Pure joy on film. Best musical.
3. It's A Wonderful Life - Overplayed sure, but still the best feel-good movie regardless of the Christmas setting.
5. Pulp Fiction - Brilliant, funny, violent, orginal.
6. Goodfellas - My favorite Scorsese film.
7. Casablanca - A classic, always fun to watch. Claude Rains rules!

So many more, but these are usually my favorites.

[AmandaRuth]

60. mine

smoke signals (SEE this movie, about a native American family devastated by alcoholism, really struck home, coming from an alcholic family myself, so much truth. first (and only) movie I saw that I walked out of the theater and bought a ticket to go right back in)

west side story/DR zhivago/gone with the wind (the romantic side of me, pretty interchangeable)

The man who would be king

Pulp Fiction

lotr/star wars, eps 4

Spinal Tap/Rock and Roll High School

[AverageJoe]

3. The order shifts, as do the titles in the list, but. right this second...

Barfly
Casablanca
Reds
The Philadelphia Story
Carnival of Souls
The Maltese Falcon

[Az]

4. WIll consider series as single movies, but here is the list

Lord of the Rings
Dark City
Rân
Seven Samarai
Spirited Away
The Matrix

[grannylib]

5. Here's my list....

1. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
2. The Lion in Winter
3. Star Wars (the very first one...and I got to see it in pre-release in 1976, uncut...very cool!)
4. Parenthood (Steve Martin et al...hilarious...)
5. On Golden Pond
6. Rocky Horror Picture Show

[Kellanved]

6. Mine

1) Comedian Harmonists - A German band's story on the eve of the 3rd Reich.
2) One, Two, Three - Billy Wilder's overlooked comedy
3) 23 - Story of German Hackers in the 80s
4) Highlander - 'nuff said
5) The Godfather
6) Alien

[CanuckAmok]

7. A diverse list...

No particular order...

Fight Club
Wings of Desire
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Celebration (Lars von Trier)
Casino
Cradle will Rock

[rbnyc]

8. My list:

1. Night of the Living Dead, George Romero: "They keep coming back in a bloodthirsty lust for HUMAN FLESH!"

2. Bliss, Ray Lawrence: "After Harry Joy dropped dead... his life was never the same again."

3. Scanners, David Cronenberg: "There are 4 billion people on earth. 237 are Scanners. They have the most terrifying powers ever created... and they are winning."

4. The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Philip Kaufman (boring tagline)

5. Dr. Strangelove, Stanley Kubric: "the hot-line suspense comedy"

6. Videodrome, David Cronenberg: "First it controlled her mind, then it destroyed her body... Long live the new flesh!"

We begin and end with flesh!

:evilgrin:

[soleft]

43. That's funny, I didn't see your name, but when I saw Cronenberg 2x

I said, that's got to be Rene!

[rbnyc]

47. LOL

Yeah, you got me pegged.

:)

[RandomKoolzip]

9. This old list of mine...

Rushmore
Harold and Maude
Catch-22
Being There
Crumb
American Splendor

[GumboYaYa]

12. "Being There" is my favorite comedy.

Good choice.

[BigMcLargehuge]

10. my six

Godzilla king of the Monsters (1954)
King Kong (1933)
M (1931)
Onmyoji (2002)
Akira (1989)
South Park, Bigger, Longer, Uncut (2000)

[GumboYaYa]

11. "A Clockwork Orange"

"To Kill a Mockingbird"
"The Bicycle Thief"
"Dreams"
"The Tin Drum"
"Raging Bull"

Ask me tomorrow and I may list five different films. "A Clockwork Orange" will always be in my top six.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

13. no particular order

Red Dawn (frightening, conservative-in-a-"nut"shell)
Lord of the Rings (amazing, genius)
Before Sunrise (real)
Best in Show (facking hilarious)
Cobra (lol, because Sly cuts his pizza with scissors)
The Happiness of the Katakuris (brilliant new Japanese cinema)

14. today anyways

Wings of Desire - Wenders
Book of Life - Hal Hartley
Love Streams - Cassavetes
In Praise of Love - Godard
The Wild Bunch - Peckinpah
Repo Man - Cox

[Endangered Specie]

15. Mine

1- Godfather series - no question about it
2- Shawshank Redemption
3- Star Trek series (1 thru 10)
4- Saving Private Ryan
5- Green Mile
6- Office Space

6 Worst Current Movies:

1- Armageddon, the science is complete bullshit
2- Terminator (all of them)
3- Speed (both)
4- Gigli
5- Glitter
6- Pearl Harbor, an insult

[donotpassgo]

16. They change from time to time but...

1) The French Connection

2) The Graduate

3) Harold and Maude

4) LA Confidential

5) The Fisher King

6) Touch of Evil

Wildcard: The Street Fighter.

French Connection is ALWAYS #1 for me

[Richardo]

17. The Richardo Top Six...

Unordered and constantly changing...

o) 2001: A Space Odyssey
o) All the President's Men
o) O Brother, Where Art Thou?
o) Godfather(s)
o) Apocalypse Now
o) Citizen Kane

[screembloodymurder]

51. O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Makes my list on the soundtrack alone.

[NightTrain]

18. Only six? You're a stern taskmaster!

1. DR. STRANGELOVE (1964). Stanley Kubrick's brilliant satire about the accidental outbreak of a nuclear war between the USA and the USSR. Peter Sellers plays three separate roles, while George C. Scott has a field day as a hawkish general.

2. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939). Call me a hopeless romantic, but I love the idea of a lone man taking on our corrupt system and winning through sheer decency.

3. LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (1962). The ultimate interpretation of Eugene O'Neill's tragic autobiographical play. Katherine Hepburn, Ralph Richardson, Dean Stockwell and Jason Robards each turned in a powerhouse performance.

4. SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993). After a decade-plus of enjoyable but shallow special-effects vehicles, Spielberg finally got to make the film he wanted to make. And boy, did he deliver! If ever a better testament to the power of redemption has been filmed, I've yet to see it.

More later....

[NightTrain]

20. My Top 6, continued

Sorry, but I had to go make a delivery. Now, before my boss sends me back out on the road....

5. REAR WINDOW (1954). They didn't call Hitchcock the "Master of Suspense" for nothing! No matter how many times I see this film, its excruciating climax always makes me squirm.

6. LAST EXIT TO BROOKLYN (1990). Possibly the most underrated film of the last 20 years. German director Uli Edel's adaptation of Hubert Selby's controversial 1964 novel about poverty in Truman-era Brooklyn features Jennifer Jason Leigh in a performance that should've received an Oscar nomination. "Last Exit" is a 105-minute sucker-punch that rubs the viewer's face in much of what most people would rather ignore.

[terrya]

32. Dr. Strangelove is my favorite Kubrick film.

One of the most brilliant dark comedies ever!

[ACK]

19. The Mother of all lists

No particular order and all that.

Apocalypse Now
Godfather series
Casablanca
Citizen Kane
Seven Samurai
Clerks

[IndianaGreen]

21. Those are excellent choices, all of them, except I like Holiday Inn better

We are discussing movies that we enjoy watching over and over, not necessarily Oscar or Cannes festival caliber. It is unfair to rank them because oftentimes it depends on the mood I happen to be in. Here is my list in no particular order:

Vertigo

North by Northwest

Indiana Jones

Jaws

The Four Feathers (1939 version)

The Big Sleep

[LWolf]

22. I'll try.

But I'm known for being a neanderthal when it comes to "films." I don't see many movies. There are probably others I like just as much; these are just the ones that popped into my head first, in no particular order:

Monty Python: life of brian and holy grail; I can't choose between them, so I'll count them as one.

Fried Green Tomatoes

The Grass Harp

Seabiscuit

The Princess Bride

Dolores Claiborne

also rans: Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns. Butch Cassidy and the sundance kid. Billy Jack.

[Emboldened Chimp]

23. My six....

1. Network
2. JFK
3. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
4. Glengarry Glen Ross
5. Platoon
6. The Asphalt Jungle

[mac56]

24. At this moment:

1. A Hard Day's Night
2. Casablanca
3. Network
4. A Christmas Story
5. The Graduate
6. Duck Soup

[PurityOfEssence]

25. Odd Man Out, Dr. Strangelove, Palm Beach Story, Hail the Conquering Hero

The Great McGinty and then it all becomes a blur.

[corarose]

26. Ma & Pa Kettle & Blondie Movies

Mystic Pizza, Harold & Maude, Fresh Fruit, Goodfellows, The Little Princess with Shirley Temple, Ma & Pa Kettle, Blondie Movies (With Dagwood), Chocolate with Johhny Depp (Turn the sound off their isn't a need for it), Lillies in the Field, I can go on forever.

[supernova]

27. My Six

No particular order. Just the way I remembered them.

1) M*A*S*H

2) Monty Python and the Holy Grail

3) The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

4) Bladerunner

5) Raiders of the Lost Ark

6) Pirates of The Carribean

[supernova]

28. Fav Movies - Johnny Depp edition

Ok, so I have a bias

I love them all and rotate them frequently. There are some of his supporting roles I really enjoy as well (Chocolat, The Man Who Cried), but I've only chosen among lead parts that are out on DVD or VHS currently.. and this is just so far! So much to Look forward to!

1 - Edward Scissorhands

2 - What's Eating Gilbert Grape?

3 - Dead Man

4 - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas*

5 - Donnie Brasco*

6 - Benny & Joon

7 - Don Juan De Marco

8 - From Hell

9 - Ed Wood*

10 - Sleepy Hollow

edit: * = Movies for which Johnny should have gotten an oscar nomination. Not that he cares, but still. The academy is shameful in their blindness to Johnny's genius. :spank:

OK, so I didn't stick to 6, so sue me. :P :D

[Richardo]

29. No Ed Wood? That's my favorite Depp movie to date.

:thumbsup:

[terrya]

30. Mine, too.

Although, I do have a fondness for "Benny and Joon"

[supernova]

35. D'oh - Ed Wood!

How could I forget dear angora-loving Eddie!



I also left off Sleepy Hollow. Ichabod just cracks me up everytime!

[Gephard]

31. Heres' one many have not seen.

"Paths of Glory"

Starred Kirk Douglas. It was banned in France for awhile for it's accurate depiction of the miserable and cowardly French officer corps in WW I.

[BigMcLargehuge]

33. that was a GREAT flick

I've seen it at least a dozen times.

[IndianaGreen]

37. That's an excellent film!

I didn't know until I saw a Kubrick biopic that the French woman that sings at the end of that film ends up becoming Mrs. Kubrick.

[Gephard]

39. Wow she was a hottie!

No kidding, Kubrick married her?

Did you noitce she was the ONLY female in the entire movies?

What a touching and heartbreaking film. The French have a long history of cowardice and capitulation. this film captures some of it.

[IndianaGreen]

44. Christiane Kubrick

Susanne Christian (later Mrs. Stanley Kubrick) as a captured German girl offer incisive smaller performances.

http://www.mysunrise.ch/users/mmathis/criterion/indepth-178.html

She is an accomplished artist in her own right:

http://www.christianekubrick.net/

[a_random_joel]

36. Why 6? Here's 12...

In no particular order:

Goodfellas
Braveheart
The Last Temptation Of Christ
The Godfather(1 & 2 - forget 3)
Blue Velvet
The Jerk
Night Of The Living Dead
Schindler's List
A ClockWork Orange
JFK
Memento

I'm going to see Citizen Kane in my film class in a few weeks. Based on the "hype" this may get added to this list. No spoilers please, but is it worth the hype?

[terrya]

41. I'm not going to say a word about "Rosebud"...

But "Citizen Kane" is brilliant. It leaves me a little cold, though. Of Welles' films, I much prefer "The Magnificent Ambersons"

[supernova]

42. Kane = Mother of all Masterpieces

of cinema. Inventions of story, plotline, camera work, lighting. You don't watch CK, you experience it.

[amazona]

56. yes, worth the hype

I'm not as knowledgeable about film as I wish I was and have not seen as many B/W films as I wish to have seen...but this is a beautiful film. Enjoy! As far as I'm concerned, it's my favorite B/W film.

[Frangible]

38. I'll bite...

-Aliens
-Terminator 2
-LOTR
-The Matrix
-Pulp Fiction
-Snatch

[Tracer]

40. In No Particular Order

On The Waterfront
Bridge on the River Kwai
Breaking Away
Zulu
Blood Simple
Godfather (part 1)

[Richardo]

46. Blood Simple!

An all-time great first film. :thumbsup:

[CSI Willows]

45. List...

1) Hannibal

2) Silence of the Lambs

3) Bowling for Columbine

4) Red Dragon

5) Spaceballs

6) South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut

[amazona]

57. did you read the hannibal books?

I think they are even better than the films. I also felt Manhunter was a beautiful film.

[CSI Willows]

59. Yep

and I agree, the books are better. Manhunter, almost forgot about that one, so good. I liked William Petersen as Will Graham

[CBHagman]

48. Oh, this is difficult.

I've based this list on what I like seeing over and over again, but the actual contents may change from time to time. My apologies.

In no particular order...

*Casablanca. Claude Rains does indeed rule, though Peter Lorre and S.Z. Sakall are hardly chopped liver.

*Enchanted April (the 1990s version, of course; the earlier version was appalling)

*Sense and Sensibility. Ang Lee, Emma Thompson and a fabulous ensemble cast created pure magic.

*The Philadelphia Story. "Wouldn't we be more comfortable on pogo sticks?"

*A Room with a View. Another rare case where cast, director and screenwriter came together to create magic.

*Henry V (the 1989 version)


If I were to give you the complete list of movies I could watch over and over again with great pleasure, we'd be here all day...

[ploppy]

49. 6 Favorites

1. Freeway
2. An Affair to Remember
3. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
4. Hairspray
5. Mrs. Minever - any of them
6. Blazing Saddles

[VOX]

50. "Lawrence of Arabia," "Casablanca," "The Treasure of Sierra Madre,"

"The Best Years of Our Lives," "Great Expectations," and "The Lavender Hill Mob."

Just a favorite six that came to mind.

[screembloodymurder]

52. Here's mine

1) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2) Deliverance (I'm a paddler)
3) Oh Brother
4) Mystic River
5) Amadeus
6) Cool Hand Luke
* Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive
** Pi
*** Falling Down (a great black comedy)

[DerekG]

53. Mine are conventional (yet masterful)...

1. Jaws
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. The Godfather
4. The Fellowship of the Ring
5. Schindler's List
6. Beauty and the Beast

[amazona]

54. this is tough

Here is a tentative list, subject to change.

Midnight Cowboy is my official favorite movie, even though it's dated, for personal reasons.

Mulholland Drive

Twelve Monkeys

Brazil

Blue Velvet

Looking for Mr. Goodbar -- again, personal reasons

There are many fine movies I've seen and also many movies I have not seen so the list is subject to change.

On edit: I forgot to say the list is not in any special order.

[av8rdave]

55. Six? Why six? Oh well....here are mine

Jacob's Ladder

A River Runs Through It

Dr. Strangelove

2001

The Holy Grail (I know, I know...can't help it)

Apocalypse Now

av8rdave

[theemu]

58. my six

The 400 Blows (1959) - Francois Truffaut

The Page of Madness (1926) - Teinosuke Kinugasa

Breathless (1960) - Jean-Luc Godard

Manhattan (1979) - Woody Allen

Pather Panchali (1955) - Satyajit Ray

Nashville (1975) - Robert Altman

[gate of the sun]

61. my six

not necessarily in order
1 fearless........starring jeff bridges

2 harold and maude.......old time favorite

3 sophie's choice.....old time merly streep

4 altered states......william hurt

5 matrix........original one

6 natural born killers.......

[Amaya]

62. Let's see now

1. Godfather <the first and second>
2. Goodfellas
3. The Color Purple
4. Gone With The Wind
5. Taxi Driver
6. A Christmas Story < love that one>
:)

[Meshuga]

63. Greese II

Just kidding...

Here is my list:

1- Pulp Fiction
2- Matrix (the first)
3- A Fish Called Wanda
4- Goodfellas
5- I Love You to Death
6- Kill Bill

[4323Lopez]

64. My Movies!

Amadeus-inspiring, beautiful music, I watch it every christmas
Goodfellas-Reminds me of my bro
Terms of Endearment- I cry everytime
Fight Club- says a lot about society today
O Brother, Where Art Thou?- so funny
Selena- of course
Good Will Hunting-Boston, woohoo!
Barefoot in the Park-Jane Fonda and Robert Redford, newlyweds, cute
The Shining-Creepy, but good
Sense and Sensibility- Jeremy Northam-mmmmm...
The Color Purple- was robbed of the Oscar
Scent of a Women- Pacino, need I say more?

[The Lone Liberal]

65. Judgment at Nuremberg

A Man for All Seasons

Doctor Zhivago

Ronin

Godfather II

Don’t Look Now