OT- All time favorite Movies

[superjohn]

Can't believe I forgot The Deer Hunter, it might be my favorite movie ever. Also good calls on Stalag 17 and Apocalypto, both are great.

 

[huskiesnyc]

If you are a Paul Newman fan Absence of Malice is good. One off my favorites is Sleepers. It has an all star cast and is pretty long.

I'm a big Paul Newman fan. I'd say The Hustler is my favorite movie of his.

 

[Mr. Hand]

Cool Hand Luke

Dr. Strangelove

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

 

[Taco]

Speaking of Newman, Cool Hand Luke was his best IMO - awesome movie,

Unforgiven was off the chart great too - the ending had me feeling like I could run through a brick wall.

 

[ctchamps]

Deep Throat ...a true classic

You had options with this one. You could have posted this here or apparently, in the OT John Mayer and Guitarist thread according to 91.

 

[cto44]

Glory, Patton, Lawrence of Arabia and Finding Nemo.

Go figure... three historical war movies ... and a cartoon about a fish.

 

[Greathusky]

Just to name a few:

Independence Day, The Matrix, Die Hard, The Breakfast Club, Field of Dreams, Hoosiers, Lake House, Top Gun, Big, Drumline.

I am going with Forest Gump. Great nostalgia for us old timers from the sixties.

 

[Rico444]

A Few Good Men is one of my favorites. Dog Day Afternoon is another great one.

 

[RS9999X]

Movies I like not yet mentioned

Amadeus
Pans Labyrnith
Sin City
Inherit the Wind
Tora Tora Tora
2001
Blackboard Jungle
Do the Right Thing
Donnie Darko
Being John Malkovich

 

[Buzzyboy]

One part of me just wants to play all of these videos at once and see if my computer explodes.

How about Powder, Crash, The Bourne Trilogy, Moulin Rouge, The Natural, The Hunt For Red October, Dave.

 

[Buzzyboy]

Off the top of my head:

Casablanca
The Godfather
A Few Good Men
My Cousin Vinny
Shawshank Redemption
12 Angry Men

and
Uncle Buck just because of this quote

Yours are really up my alley. I'd probably throw in another John Candy, Planes, Trains & Automobiles which was totally awesome.

 

[Buzzyboy]

Lone Star, Donnie Brasco, Cinema Paradiso, Road to Perdition, Midnight Run, Amores Perros, The Wild Bunch, The Naked Gun, A History of Violence, The Warriors, The Wanderers, Miller's Crossing, Fargo.

I love Midnight Run and I'd probably throw in Runaway Jury.

 

[Buzzyboy]

Great movie to watch with young daughters: Dreamer (I love this movie)

Underrated movie I enjoyed: Frequency

Hilarious movie I was forced to see by my wife and was pleasantly surprised: Ever After

Best guy movie: Bourne anything.

Best older guy comedy: Billy Madison or Tommy Boy.

Best more recent comedy: Old School

Best serious movies: Shawshank Redemption

I'm a big "Frequency" fan and I'm also into both the Bourne Trilogy & the Shawshank Redemption. Great choices.

 

[Buzzyboy]

I don't get how Midnight Run has been mentioned in only one post.

I just recently added my love of the movie! Charles Grodin was phenomenal in it as was Robert DeNiro. Someone else mentioned Sleepers which was awesome with Brad Pitt and then there was Sneakers with Robert Redford and a really impressive supporting cast. Actually there are too many outstanding movies though lately, maybe not so much.

 

[Horatio]

7. Curse of the Golden Flower
8. Training Day
9. The League of Extraordinary Gentleman
10. Good Fellas

 

[uconn_jack]

Shawshank Redemption, hands down.

I liked Forrest Gump, but it was a travesty that Shawshank didn't get an Oscar.

 

[Dove]

Glory, Patton, Lawrence of Arabia and Finding Nemo.

Go figure... three historical war movies ... and a cartoon about a fish.

I love this line from Patton's opening speech...


You know, by God, I actually pity those poor bastards we're going up against. By God, I do. We're not just going to shoot the bastards, we're going to cut out their living guts and use them to grease the treads of our tanks.

 

[Huskies2324]

Come on, Pee Wee's Big Adventure is right up there!
I mean who doesn't remember The Alamo...... scene?
For those WAY too young to remember it, have a few drinks & watch it!

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^^^^ love this...laughing my @$$ off

 

[Huskies2324]

Last of the Mohicans...compelling story, awesome natural scenery, and Magwa get his at the end

 

[mauconnfan]

This one is nuts and real difficult.......

Comedies: Midnight Run, Caddyshack, My Cousin Vinny, Stripes

Others: Few Good Men, Silence of the Lambs, Jagged Edge, Mean Season, Crimson Tide

Older Teen Movies: Breakfast Club, Fast Times at Ridgemont, Sixteen Candles, Weird Science

 

[Huskies2324]

IMDB top 250 just for kicks to see where your favs rank

http://m.imdb.com/chart/top/

 

[huskyrob1]

My Favorites...roughly in order and probably missed a few

1) The Apartment
2) Shane
3) Last of the Dogmen
4) October Sky
5) M*A*S*H
6) The Sound of Music
7) Saving Private Ryan
8) Schindlers List
9) Dr Zhivago
10) Field of Dreams
11) The Quiet Man
12) Used Cars
13) Caddyshack
14) Casablanca
15) My Favorite Wife
16) Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House
17) Bringing up Baby
18) Body Heat
19) It's a Wonderful Life
20) Charade

 

[SubbaBub]

Not my favorite movie, but loved it as a kid. The sword and the sorcerer.

Lee Horsley, Richard Moll, that evil guy who played another evil guy on Buck Rogers...and of course, a triple bladed, air powered projectile sword. AWESOME. I think there were boobies in it too.

 

[uconnfan68]

My Favorites...roughly in order and probably missed a few

7) Saving Private Ryan

Finally mentioned. I get a lump in my throat just typing this.

 

[Senore]

 

[zymurg]

I waited a long time before adding to this list:
"Badges, we don't need no stinking badges." Treasure of the Sierra Madre"
"So they call me Concentration Camp Erhard." The original version with Jack Benny and Carole Lombard, not the Mel Brooks remake of "To be or not to be."
Favorite Mel Brooks film: the original Producers with Zero Mostel :"winter for Poland and France."
Kurosawa's "The Seven Samauri."
Ernst Lubitch's "Ninotchka"
I'm surprised no one mentioned a Billy Wilder film; I'm going to suggest two and not the obvious one: "Double Indemnity" and
"One, Two, Three." The obvious one is "Some Like it Hot."
I recently re-watched "The Fugitive"; it holds up really well.
Any list should include one Ealing comedy; my Choice is "Kind Hearts and Coronets." "Kind hearts are more than coronets and simple faith than Norman blood."
"Raiders of the Lost Arc" is great entertainment.
Two of my super favorites "Casablanca" and "Groundhog Day" are favorites of many "Yarders."
John Ford is one of my great favorites: "The Grapes of Wrath" and "How Green was my Valley" are classic examples of his work.
His best western is probably "The Searchers."
Two classic anti hero films "Carlito's Way" and " American Gangster." They both are underrated. For pure mindless action "Speed" still delivers.
I could go on virtually forever.

 

[huskyrob1]

I waited a long time before adding to this list:
"Badges, we don't need no stinking badges." Treasure of the Sierra Madre"
"So they call me Concentration Camp Erhard." The original version with Jack Benny and Carole Lombard, not the Mel Brooks remake of "To be or not to be."
Favorite Mel Brooks film: the original Producers with Zero Mostel :"winter for Poland and France."
Kurosawa's "The Seven Samauri."
Ernst Lubitch's "Ninotchka"
I'm surprised no one mentioned a Billy Wilder film; I'm going to suggest two and not the obvious one: "Double Indemnity" and
"One, Two, Three." The obvious one is "Some Like it Hot."
I recently re-watched "The Fugitive"; it holds up really well.
Any list should include one Ealing comedy; my Choice is "Kind Hearts and Coronets." "Kind hearts are more than coronets and simple faith than Norman blood."
"Raiders of the Lost Arc" is great entertainment.
Two of my super favorites "Casablanca" and "Groundhog Day" are favorites of many "Yarders."
John Ford is one of my great favorites: "The Grapes of Wrath" and "How Green was my Valley" are classic examples of his work.
His best western is probably "The Searchers."
Two classic anti hero films "Carlito's Way" and " American Gangster." They both are underrated. For pure mindless action "Speed" still delivers.
I could go on virtually forever.

Loved "How Green Was My Valley" and "Raiders of The Lost Ark", they go under the ones I missed. Also loved "One , Two, Three", the cold war satire might go over the heads of some nowadays but the first time I saw it I laughed almost non-stop. BTW, I did mention a Wilder film, maybe his best one. It's my favorite film (well maybe) and Wilders personal favorite as well.

 

[Rico444]

This one is nuts and real difficult.......

Comedies: Midnight Run, Caddyshack, My Cousin Vinny, Stripes

Others: Few Good Men, Silence of the Lambs, Jagged Edge, Mean Season, Crimson Tide

Older Teen Movies: Breakfast Club, Fast Times at Ridgemont, Sixteen Candles, Weird Science

Can't believe I forgot My Cousin Vinny...that movie is hysterical.