Whay is your favorite movies?

[Brandi]

I go to the video store and stare at the titles and don't know what to rent. I need some idea's. So what is your favorite move or movies?
I like all Coen brother's movies (raising arizona,Bartin fink,Fargo etc...) I also like Tim Burten's stuff (the artist in me appreciates all the work).

[light_sabe_r]

If you're in need of a good cry, I HIGHLY reccommend "Grave of the fireflies" Don't dismiss it cause It's "just a japanese cartoon" It's a really sad tale with beatiful animation and characters that I just fell in love with. It's my ALL TIME favourite movie.

In fact ANYTHING studio Ghibli is WORTH the definatley worth the movie rental fee.

AND if you're in need of a good laugh... then go for KUNG-FU Hustle. BUT only watch it in subtitles. The Written translation is SOOOO much better than the dub.

Can you tell I'm a subtitle buff???

other than that. Anything directed by Baz Lurhman. (Moulin Rouge, Romeo and Juliet, Strictly Ballroom. (Swoon)) or with Ewan McGregor in it.

Whale Rider's an awesome movie too! ^_^

[salsabike]

All That Jazz--Bob Fosse's autobiographical movie with spectacular dancing, sets, costumes, and irony to boot.

Tombstone--a really outstanding job on the Doc Halliday/Wyatt Earp story. Val Kilmer as Doc will charm your socks off.

The Abyss--a wonderful sci fi-ish, deep sea movie with Ed Harris. Very cool.

[RoadRaven]

Highlander (the first one, not any of the others)... my fave all-time romance (despite all the head-chopping)

Fight Club... brilliantly written script, though rather violent

Serendipity, Notting Hill - lovely feel-good romances

As Good As It Gets - again, extraordinarily clever lines at times... a bit of reality...

Blade... a vampire movie, but my fave vampire movie - very sexy without the sex

Predator, Terminator, Alien, Matrix - the firsts of all four very good sci-fi. Subsequent sequels sometimes disappointing

Jaws (one of course) - a movie that still stands the test of time.

Hunt for Red October - well scripted, well-filmed.

The Black Stallion - hardly any speech and could be discounted as a kids film but the cinematography on this is just awesome

I love movies, I'm sure I'll return to this thread :)

[RoadRaven]

All That Jazz--Bob Fosse's autobiographical movie with spectacular dancing, sets, costumes, and irony to boot.

Tombstone--a really outstanding job on the Doc Halliday/Wyatt Earp story. Val Kilmer as Doc will charm your socks off.

The Abyss--a wonderful sci fi-ish, deep sea movie with Ed Harris. Very cool.

Yes, yes, yes... good choices Salsa

All That Jazz has two most excellent dance/songs in it...
Tombstone has - Val Kilmer - need I say more?
The Abyss - a really nice spin on sci-fi - worth watching

[betagirl]

My top 10:

The Blues Brothers

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Lost in Translation

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Office Space

Napoleon Dynamite (though I hated it initially)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Life is Beautiful (In Italian, not dubbed in English)

Casablanca

Moulin Rouge

[iFKA]

I know there are many great films but Hotel Rwanda and Million dollar baby by Clint Eastwood have had the biggest effect on me. Last year I saw Million dollar baby and I thought "This is definitely film of the year" and the week later I saw Hotel Rwanda and it is even better cause it's made by true event.
Advice: prepare many tissues, you'll need it

[crazycanuck]

(HEy ifka,

If you liked hotel rwanda, look at picking up a copy of retired General Romeo Dallaire's "shake hands with the devil"-a great read however i'm not sure if it's been transalated into Croatian)

Movies..

Chungking express
pulp fiction
Grease
The circle(an iranian film)
Once were warriors
Apocalypse now
Das Boot
Fargo
Cinema paradisio

I can't think of all the cool films i like atm...will have to think...

c

[mimitabby]

don't forget the Triplets of Bellevue!!

:D :D :D

[KnottedYet]

The Muppet Movie - the first and original from the 1970's. The later ones don't count

Amelie - a feel-good movie, but then most of my favorites are

Men In Black 1 and 2 - Mr. Smith and Mr. Jones....

Sweet Home Alabama - awwwww, cute

Twister - I know scientists like these!

Contact - Carl Sagan and Jodie Foster, how can you go wrong?

Tomb Raider - but not the 2nd one. It sucked.

there are so many movies I've missed because i just don't go to movies and can never remember what I wanted to see when I go to the video store. And I don't go to the video store often enough. I'll have to write some down from this thread. Thanks!

[Brandi]

Highlander (the first one, not any of the others)... my fave all-time romance (despite all the head-chopping)

Fight Club... brilliantly written script, though rather violent

Serendipity, Notting Hill - lovely feel-good romances

As Good As It Gets - again, extraordinarily clever lines at times... a bit of reality...

Blade... a vampire movie, but my fave vampire movie - very sexy without the sex

Predator, Terminator, Alien, Matrix - the firsts of all four very good sci-fi. Subsequent sequels sometimes disappointing

Jaws (one of course) - a movie that still stands the test of time.

Hunt for Red October - well scripted, well-filmed.

The Black Stallion - hardly any speech and could be discounted as a kids film but the cinematography on this is just awesome

I love movies, I'm sure I'll return to this thread :)
I think we were made from the same cloth. All your movies I love and own on dvd. How funny!

[Brandi]

I know there are many great films but Hotel Rwanda and Million dollar baby by Clint Eastwood have had the biggest effect on me. Last year I saw Million dollar baby and I thought "This is definitely film of the year" and the week later I saw Hotel Rwanda and it is even better cause it's made by true event.
Advice: prepare many tissues, you'll need it
I just watched Hotel Rwanda right before posting this. I cried a lot. I t really pissed me off (sorry) I can't believe how we can just stand by and watch this happen (well not us but the goverments all over) But it was a real eye opener for me.

[Brandi]

Sorry about the post title miss spelling there. I must have been tired and wasn't paying attention when I wrote it.

[miffy'sFuji]

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Movies..

Chungking express

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I second Chungking Express, or for that matter, pretty much any other Wong Kar Wai movie (Ashes of Time, etc.). The connections between soundtrack and cinematography in those movies are pretty remarkable.

"Big Fish" is one of my favorite movies, as is "Lost and Found" (from HK - it is half in english and half in cantonese.)

For the weirdest movie ever (in my book) - Killer Klowns from Outer Space.

[Brandi]

I second Chungking Express, or for that matter, pretty much any other Wong Kar Wai movie (Ashes of Time, etc.). The connections between soundtrack and cinematography in those movies are pretty remarkable.

"Big Fish" is one of my favorite movies, as is "Lost and Found" (from HK - it is half in english and half in cantonese.)

For the weirdest movie ever (in my book) - Killer Klowns from Outer Space.
How funny you should mention killer klowns, that is a wierd one. But for me the strangest is a movie called "The Dark backward" Bill Paxton and Robert Downy Jr it was... like my husband said you need to know where the bottom is.. very twisted!

[Brandi]

I love Japanese Anime! Truth be told at 38 years I still love Cartoons. "Spirited Away" was wonderful. And the Triplets of Bellevue I liked a lot as well even though it was odd. I just saw one not to long ago caleed something castle can't remember the whole name. Moving castle? Anyway it was good. I am going to check out some of these recommendations here, keep em coming!

[Lenusik]

Well, this list could be rather long. I will try to be short:

The God Father - this one will aways stay the favorit
Scent of a Woman
Seven year in Tibet
The Wedding singer (it's just funny)
Must Love Dogs (my recent pick)

[iFKA]

(HEy ifka,

If you liked hotel rwanda, look at picking up a copy of retired General Romeo Dallaire's "shake hands with the devil"-a great read however i'm not sure if it's been transalated into Croatian)

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I've tried to find it on internet pages but there is no croatian translation for the title of the film so I think it's not translated. Maybe I'll have better luck in video stores. Thanx, anyway :)

[Eden]

I'm with light saber - anything Studio Ghibli is worth watching - my favorite is Princess Mononoke - it is stunningly beautiful, but beware though it is animated it is quite violent. I love the fact that ideas of good/ evil are very blurry in the movie.

Other greats IMHO:
The Shawshank Redemption - one of the best movies ever!
Seven - Caution - extremely disturbing and violent.
Delicatessan - French, but so good you'll forget you had to read the subtitiles
Caro Diario - Italian, slow moving, rambling but strangely compelling - great music.
Jean de Florette / Manon of the Spring - French, 2 wonderful movies
Raise the Red Lantern - Chinese

maybe not great but really entertaining:
Office Space
Enchanted April - this movie is really sweet - not my normal thing, but for some reason I quite liked it.
Mystery Men - good super hero spoof
Ringu (the ring the original Japenese version - I haven't seen the US remake) - very scary in a suspense-not-gross and gory way.
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Hero - even if you don't like martial arts movies this is eye candy to the extreme -it was so beautiful just to watch - plus I quite liked the story line.

given time to think I'm sure I could think of more..

[Eden]

I love Japanese Anime! Truth be told at 38 years I still love Cartoons. "Spirited Away" was wonderful. And the Triplets of Bellevue I liked a lot as well even though it was odd. I just saw one not to long ago caleed something castle can't remember the whole name. Moving castle? Anyway it was good. I am going to check out some of these recommendations here, keep em coming!

Howl's Moving Castle

[makbike]

Okay, I love chick flicks I admit it so my list of favorite movies includes:

The Quiet Man (an oldie by goodie)
The Notebook
Pretty Woman
Singin' in the Rain

Makbike

[margo49]

Not in order:
Rocky Horror (Richard O'brien ,another New Zealand triumph. Are we a sick race or what!?)

Casablanca (Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she has to walk into mine)

Shane (We have battered down words that might have been spoken...)

Sunday Bloody Sunday (But something... we were something)

Chariots of Fire (But [God ] also made me fast - edited to avoid masc pronoun for God)

The film at Te Papa (and not just for the Sibelius - one for the kiwi's)

[FreshNewbie]

If you want a night on a coach with a box of kleenex definitely watch "Head in the clouds" with Cheriz Theron and Penelopa Cruz.
Another good movie is "Closer",
Napoleon Dynamite
Office space
Look at me ( independent movie-french)
Birth with Nicole Kidman
Under the Tuscon Sun
Unfaithful

[RoadRaven]

I think we were made from the same cloth. All your movies I love and own on dvd. How funny!

Ah... we just have excellent taste... :p what can I say?

Can I add in... Witches of Eastwick (a bit of wicked fun)


How did I leave the Shawshank Redemption and Mystery Men... or Scent of a Woman and the Wedding Singer off my list? Excellent calls, Eden and Lenusik.

Napolean Dynamite - I didn't know quite what to make of that movie Newbie... would I watch it again? - yup. could I tell anyone what it is about? - prolly not!

[FreshNewbie]

LoL i just thought it was funny sort of "stupid" funny. Most of us have a little Napoleon Dynamite in us. I really liked the dance show part :-)

[FreshNewbie]

Another movie worth adding is Layer Cake.

[dachshund]

Recent Comedy:
Hitch - don't miss the dance scene at the end. So funny!!
Wedding Crashers
Something's Gotta Give

Still funny after all these years:
Blast From the Past - Sissy Spacek and Christopher Walken
My Cousin Vinny - Whatever happened to Marisa Tomei? She's fabulous in this.
Mrs. Doubtfire - Williams was so funny
Charlie's Angels 1 & 2 - I don't know why I like these movies, they just make me laugh
Groundhog Day
Moonstruck - great cast. Cher missed her calling as a singer :)
Working Girls


Drama, sci-fi, & epic stories
Million Dollar Baby
Erin Brokovich
Shawshank Redemption - my favorite, still
Goodfellas - good story and great music
Pulp Fiction
Fargo - is this comedy or drama??
Se7en (Really, anything Morgan Freeman is in)
Aliens (or maybe I just like the chin-up scene...)
The Italian Job
The Abyss
Walk the Line
Oceans 11
Minority Report - if you can stand Tom Cruise
The Firm - ditto on Tom Cruise, but the rest of the cast is good
Pearl Harbor - clearly a "guilty pleasure" thing on my part
Dances with Wolves - I still watch this once in a while, and cry my eyes out.

[Selkie]

The Age of Innocence. (I'm an Edith Wharton fan---this story has special meaning to me, and I think the movie really did the book proud).

Agnes Brown.

The Pianist.

Evelyn (I think that's what it's called --- Pierce Brosnan is in it, and it's set in Ireland).

Meet the Parents.

Fast Times at Ridgemont High---one reason: Jeff Spigoli (Sean Penn)--awwwwlright! Takes me back to the day, as does "Valley Girl," "Pretty in Pink," etc.

[dachshund]

The Age of Innocence.
Oh yeah, I like that one, too.

[Deanna]

Not in any particular order, and I'll probably come back with more suggestions:


Anything with Edward Norton in it ,except "Everyone Says I Love You" - he's not in it enough and it's a corny, Woody Allen musical (nothing against Woody Allen, I just don't think musicals are his forte)
Boondock Saints
Dogtown & Z-Boys - okay, I skated for a while, but even without that in my past, this is a great documentary with some awesome pre-Tony Hawk skateboard footage
Dogma (actually, most Kevin Smith movies, pre-Jersey Girl)
Ghost World
The Usual Suspects
Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas - the real Hunter makes a cameo!
Orange County
Repo Man
Dr. Strangelove
Bad Santa (also by the director of Ghost World)
Being John Malkovich - just when you think it can't get weirder, it will

[spazzdog]

Us dogs like:

Chariots of Fire
Dave
American History X (though really tough to watch)
American Flyers
The Rock
all the MATRIX's
Philadelphia
Love Affair (remake of An Affair to Remember)
Hotel Rwanda
Braveheart
Kill Bill 1 & 2
Horse Whisperer
Unfinished Life


***installment 1. this could go on for days
spazz

[bikerchick68]

Oh.. a few here I haven't seen!!! Oh boy.. watch out blockbuster!

OK... here's my list:

Snatch
Waking Ned Devine
American Beauty
The Full Monty
Greenfingers
The Princess Bride
The Usual Suspects
LA Confidential
Dangerous Liasons
Tombstone
The Notebook
The Sandlot
The Shawshank Redemption
Blackhawk Down
Sideways (part of the route for Solvang Century!)

hmmm... I could go on too, but that's a good starter list!

[miffy'sFuji]

I have another to add...

"Millions"

[Duck on Wheels]

Lots of my favorites already listed. A few I would add, though some might not be readily available:

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
Time Bandits
The Stone Years
Schindler's List

Oh, and why can't I remember the title about the Irish girl expecting a baby out of wedlock. Was it The Nipper? The same director also did one about that same family trying to run a fish-and-chip wagon. And he did The Commitments. Anyway, any of his. They're all great!

[Pedal Wench]

The Usual Suspects
The Eight Day - an incredibly sweet, moving French flick - a must see.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Anything with Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks
Fargo
Breaking Away (come on!)
Casablanca
Schindler's List
ET
West Side Story
Amelie

[Jen Jen]

Lessee, hope I won't repeat anything already posted. I don't know that these are my *favorites* (so hard to pick favorites) but they're good, and I'll try to pick a few lesser known ones

Avalon
Shawshank Redemption
Contact
Green Mile
Gattaca
Better Off Dead (funny, campy 80s flick)
The Sixth Sense
12 Monkeys
The Bone Collector
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

Another suggestion...catch TV shows you've never seen. I do NetFlix, and that accounts for alot of my rentals. I catch a lot of great HBO shows, since I don't have HBO (Sex and the City, Six Feet Under---great show, probably had the best finale of any TV show EVER, and currently getting into Sopranos) and just other shows I missed. It's a great time saver to watch DVDs and save yourself commercials. You're also very tuned into the plot because you can get a month's worth of episodes on one disc in a few hours (or workouts, if you're watching from your trainer),

[crazycanuck]

Right..here's more

"adventure of Priscilla, queen of the desert"-(i hate the fact that hollywood decided to rip it off later on with too wong foo...*****)
Walkabout

All of the monty python films-ever wonder what funky stuff they were on when they made them???

I'm a kenneth branagh fan btw....
Kenneth branagh's Hamlet-the widescreen edition
Much ado about nothing
Sense & sensibility(emma thompson version)
Henry V
rabbit proof fence '(it's here in western australia & will post a pic)
dead again
look back in anger

i also like hiroyuki miyazaki's films-subtitled...
My neighbour totoro
Spirited away
The cat returns-

Good night & good luck
M*A*S*H

The snapper
The committments

I can't get enough of Iranian films & like Abbas Kiarostami's work-
Taste of cherry
A time for drunken horses
Kandahar
white balloon
turtles can fly
Children of heaven
Secret ballot
blackboards

that's all for now

[salsabike]

I LOVE The Snapper and The Commitments! Both are a blast.