Whay is your favorite movies?

[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)

[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