See any good movies lately? Favorite all time?

[Wonco_the_Sane]

Last one I saw was ROTK, it was really good but wouldn't make all time list. I'm new here so any DUers have favorites/suggestions???

Some of my favorites in random order

-Fight Club
-Matrix (first one only)
-Casablanca
-The Hudsucker Proxy
-O Brother Where Art Thou
-Star Wars (duh)--1st movie I ever saw, 6yrs old
-Jaws
-Invasion of the Saucer-Men (any campy sci-fi)
-Oscar (Sylvester Stallone classic-highly recommend)
-Monty Python (All)
-12 Monkeys
-Pulp Fiction
-Rozencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (highly recommended)
-Dead Poets Society

Just wanted to add--This is my First ever post and though it's lame a BIG BIG THANK YOU TO DU

[Kamika]

1. My movies

Terminator 1,2
Alien 1,2,3
Predator 2
Spinal Tap
Making of "...and God spoke"
Big Lebowski
The UNCUT 3+ hour long Dances with wolves
Mad Max 2,3
Life of Brian
Search for the holy Grail (Monty Python)
Star wars 4,5,6
Indiana Jones 1,3
Blade Runner (directors cut)

I'll edit in more if I come up with some

[Wonco_the_Sane]

3. Kicking myself now

Big Lebowski was awsome!!

[Kamika]

5. yeah

Much better then brother where art thou, I can't understand how brother became so popular

[Wonco_the_Sane]

6. sound track???

the George Clooney character had some great lines I think

[CPschem]

2. "In America" was a sensational movie.

Just saw it and it's as great as the critics say. It deserves to win numerous awards.

[BOSSHOG]

4. Cool Hand Luke

1967. Paul Newman. A little bit of logos, a lot of ethos and a ton of pathos. Tragedy, sadness, stupidity, comedy, a little sexiness, an unforgettable character. 37 years laters its still my #1.

[Wonco_the_Sane]

7. and salad dressing too

I loved him in Hudsucker Proxy and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

[alwynsw]

23. We have a failure to communicate.

How many boiled eggs can you eat in an hour?

[alwynsw]

8. I'm about to show my age

No particular order;

GWTW
The Quiet Man
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Seabiscuit
It's a Wonderful Life
Miracle on 34th Street (original B&W)
The Grass Harp
Shenandoah
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
The Searchers
Forbidden Planet
Metropolis
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

OK, so it's an eclectic mix.

[Kamika]

9. wow

I haven't seen one of those :(

edit: ok I've seen wonderful life

[Wonco_the_Sane]

10. can ya recommend 1 or 2

I'm headed to the library later..not poking fun...it's a great place to rent really.

[alwynsw]

22. If I had to pick 2

I'd go for The Quiet Man and The Grass Harp.

The Quiet Man is probably John Wayne's best work and features one of the best casts of the early 50's - Barry Fitzgerald, Maureen O'Hara, Victor McLaughlin, Ward Bond... It's set in a little Irish village and a vast departure from anything most expect from the Duke.

The Grass Harp is based upon A Truman Capote short story (I think it's a short) about his adolescence. The cast is unbelievable: Sissy Spaceck, Piper Laurie, Nell Carter, Mary Steenbergen, Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Joe Don Baker, Charles Durning, Roddy McDowall, Sean Patrick Flanery, Doris Roberts, and a bunch more.

You'll likely love both.

[jus_the_facts]

11. I got "Lonesome Dove" on DVD from the library....

....and enjoyed it again very much...also got "To Kill A Mockingbird" and "The Manchurian Cadidate"....all excellent :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[wysimdnwyg]

12. This is by no means a complete list, but...

Cool Hand Luke
The Hustler (it's a Paul Newman movie about pool, you perverts! ;-) )
The Shawshank Redemption
The Road Warrior
Terminator (1,2)
The Matrix (1)
The Searchers
Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid

[AmandaRuth]

13. just rented

Whale Rider, thought it was the best movie I have seen in a long while, except for that lotr stuff.

[BigMcLargehuge]

14. Oscar!!!

I thought I was the only person on Earth who liked that movie! Clearly Stallone's non-Rocky best. Very very funny and a nice homage to the scsrewball comedies of the 30s.

My favorites as of today (mind you, these tend to change an evolve a little).

Always on the list:

Godzilla King of Monsters (my all time favorite movie, ever)
M
Metropolis (Lang not Taro Rin)
Yojimbo
Sanjuro
The Seven Samurai
Roshomon
Daimajin
Akira
Ghost in the Shell
Casablanca
King Kong (1933)
All Quiet on the Western Front (both versions)
The Blue Max
Godzilla vs, Mothra (1965)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Naked Lunch
Alien
Predator
Cape Fear (with Gregory Peck)
Moby Dick (with Gregory Peck)
Auntie Mame
The Karate Kid
Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away

Current favorites:

Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
The Hypnotist
Onmyoji
Read or Die (OVA)
Finding Nemo

[Wonco_the_Sane]

15. Oscar fans of the world UNITE!!

adding Princess Bride and Fear and Loathing-great one too

[RandomKoolzip]

16. American Splendor was incredible.....

It has joined my list of favorites o' all time:


Harold and Maude
Catch 22
Being There
American Splendor
Rushmore
Crumb
World According to Garp
Chocolate War
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000
Putney Swope
Bottle Rocket
Bowling for Columbine
It's a Wonderful Life
Brazil

[non sociopath skin]

19. Yes! Yes! Yes!

American Splendor just joined my list of all-time greats.

Also enjoyed Lost In Translation but forget about The Girl With The Pearl Earring unless you like looking at photographs of paintings.

Other all time favourites
Fellini's Amacord, Juliet of the Spirits, Satyricon, La Strada, The White Sheikh
Jean Vigo's "L'Atalante"
"Hue and Cry" and "Passage to Pimlico" - two wonderful postwar British comedies.
Casablanca
It's A Wonderful Life (still gets me every time ... gulp)
Wizard of Oz
Meet Me In St Louis
American Graffiti
Marx Brothers - A Night At The Opera, Duck Soup, Animal Crackers.
Picnic At Hanging Rock (The most terrifying movie in which nothing terrifying actually happens)
Fargo
O Brother Where Art Thou
Groundhog Day
Donnie Darko

...and still thinking ...

The Skin

[Liberal Christian]

17. Saw two movies this weekend

Big Fish -- absolutely loved it. See it in the theatre. And don't find out too much about it before you go. Let the wonderfulness unfold fresh.

Mona Lisa Smile -- I always like Julia Roberts, and the movie is engaging, but would also be fine to wait for the video.

[Wonco_the_Sane]

18. Wondered about Big Fish

For the most part, the best movies I've seen, I've known nothing about beforehand. Not a big fan of spoilers. That said, just might take you up on that recomendation...thanks.

[Mrs. Venation]

20. All Time Favorite -- Shirley Valentine

- Steel Magnolias
- Murder On The Orient Express
- Fried Green Tomatoes
- Silent Running (a 70's SciFi starring Bruce Dern)
- Blazing Saddles
- O Brother Where Art Thou
- Crimes of the Heart
- Silence of the Lambs
- Finding Nemo
- Monsters, Inc.
- Of Mice and Men (with Gary Sinese and John Malkovich)
- Bowling for Columbine
- Baseball
- Harlan County, USA

Edited to include:

- Dead Man Walking
- Gorillas In The Mist

[Bertha Venation]

24. Hey! That's my all-time favorite, too!

Golly.... we seem to have something in common, kpharmer.... ;)

I'd add to Mrs. V.'s list:

Amadeus
Tootsie
Schindler's List
Norma Rae

[Lostmessage]

26. I love Shirley Valentine

:kick:

[noonwitch]

21. "The Lion in Winter" is my all time favorite

It's a good movie to watch with your parents and siblings at christmas, in a dysfunctional family kind of way.

Other favorites:

"Wild at Heart"
"Casablanca"
"Gorky Park" (great mystery)
"All That Jazz"
"The Sound of Music"
Any Hepburn/Tracy movie
"American Beauty"


And, if your body chemistry is in the right place:
"Fantasia".

[Lostmessage]

25. Bad Santa

It was so funny!

[Scout]

27. So many! but I'll try

Giant
Jaws
Alien, Aliens
Shirley Temple
Places in the Heart
Steel Magnolias
Silence of the Lambs
Young Frankenstein
LOTR I, II, III
Rocky I
Prime Suspect series
Thelma and Louise
Star Trek II
Silent Running
The Lion in Winter
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Whale Rider

many more, I'm drawing a blank! I'll edit later maybe.

Fried Green Tomatoes
Gorillas in the Mist
Cool Hand Luke
Shenandoah

last edit!
Norma Rae
All That Jazz
The Sting
Sophie's Choice
Lawrence of Arabia
Contact
Paper Moon
National Velvet (those Bastards! I still cry when they disqualify Velvet after she wins!)