OT The best movies ever

[Blazer4ever]

What do you think are the best miovies ever? I'll give a few of mine
Perfect World, Scent of a woman, Rain man, Forrest Gump, Shawshank Redemption, Bufor which is an Israeli movie, Into the wild. From the movies before my time Lawrence of Arabia, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Escimo Limon at least the 1st. Cep o no Cep (sp? it's french), The Brazilian movie in hebrew it's translated as the city of god - won the oscar, I really liked Searching for Sugarman and also Almost Famous that I actualy watched when I was writing for an Israeli entertainment Journal, if you watched the movie you'd understand why it's relevant, I could think of more but these are really my favorites

 

[Rastapopoulos]

It kind of depends. There are a lot of films that moved me deeply and/or that I recognize were truly great movies, but that I would not want to watch again. So I'm going to categorize this as "movies I could (and have) watch again and again"

It Happened One Night
Some Like It Hot
Any Monty Python movie (but Life of Brian is best)
Billy Liar
The Hidden Fortress
My Neighbor Totoro
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Evil Dead II
The Thing (John Carpenter one)
American Werewolf in London
Just about any Hitchcock, but especially the 39 Steps, Young and Innocent, The Lady Vanishes, Foreign Correspondent, any Cary Grant one, Shadow of Doubt, Strangers on a Train, Rear Window, Vertigo, The Birds, Psycho

 

[Blazer4ever]

Some like it hot is one of my father's favorite movies and I watched it with him once, it's a nice movie, but I've seen it only that one time. Still remember parts of it, that I liked Jack Lemon and Walter Mathew and especially one particular joke that made my father laugh. I used to watch many movies with him as a child but I don't get to do it as much anymore. Don't watch as many movies in general also. ah, thought of another classic - The movie with Leve Tyler and Rene Zelwegger in a record store - Empire Records. This reminds me of Jerry McGwire and then Moneyball. Money so the wolf of wall street with LeonarDiCaprio, amazing

 

[Blazer4ever]

you know a movie I liked that is kind of bizzar - the movie with Holly Hunter and William White (or Wright?) that they're making a news TV show, also Lorenzo's Oil of course. I'm a medical researcher, and also Outbreak which is also about medicine and also The Client which is also with Susan Serendon

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Billy Wilder's Stalag 17 and Sunset Boulevard. Two incredible movies.

Godfather 1 and 2.

Goodfellas.

Blues Brothers. Greatest car chase movie ever.

 

[Chris Craig]

Citizen Kane
Casablanca
The Wizard of Oz
Its a Wonderful Life
North by Northwest
Vertigo
Rear Window
The Third Man
12 Angry Men
Godfather films
Scarface
Fargo
Schindlers list
One Flew over the Cukoos nest
Some like it hot
Gone with the wind
Taxi Driver
A Clockwork Orange
2001 a space oddessy
Bladerunner
Star Wars
Monty Python
The Breakfast Club
Unforgiven
Good, Bad, and the Ugly
Chinatown
The sound of music
Silence of the lambs
Shawshank Redemption
Pulp Fiction
Jaws
The Shining
Pyscho

 

[Blazer4ever]

I didn't watch any of Sly's films, watched the wizard of oz, fargo, Schindler's list, gone with the wind, the sound of music and pulp fiction - all great movies

 

[ripcityboy]

Top Of My Head:

Tokyo Story
Citizen Kane
Playtime
The Bicycle Thief
Stalker
The Seventh Seal
The Godfather
Chinatown
The Gold Rush
A Clockwork Orange
The General
2001: A Space Oddysey
Pulp Fiction
The Apu Trilogy (Panther Panchali, Aparajito, The World of Apu)
The Red Shoes
Breathless
M
Andrei Rublev
Seventh Samurai

I would put Andrei Tarkovsky as my favorite all time director. He's the only director I ever saw who's films seemed to be totally beyond any commonly familiar film oeuvre. Stanley Kubrick feels like a mathematician making films. Tarkovsky feels like a poet trying to create a new language.

 

[Strenuus]

Citizen Kane
Casablanca
The Wizard of Oz
Its a Wonderful Life
North by Northwest
Vertigo
Rear Window
The Third Man
12 Angry Men
Godfather films
Scarface
Fargo
Schindlers list
One Flew over the Cukoos nest
Some like it hot
Gone with the wind
Taxi Driver
A Clockwork Orange
2001 a space oddessy
Bladerunner
Star Wars
Monty Python
The Breakfast Club
Unforgiven
Good, Bad, and the Ugly
Chinatown
The sound of music
Silence of the lambs
Shawshank Redemption
Pulp Fiction
Jaws

I feel you'd like the Shining. I'm watching it for the 2nd time (the 1st I vaugely remember, thus re-watching it) and I'm really enjoying it. I'm watching it in parts because of time constraints, but the build-ups in this movie are top tier for sure.

 

[Strenuus]

I will rarely watch movies more than once. That being said,

Good Will Hunting

Forrest Gump

 

[crandc]

Wow. Top of my head - not sure if best movies ever but ones I always check out when they rerun:

Wizard of Oz
Silence of the Lambs (and read both books)
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (read all books and got pissed off when author died)
Godfather 1 & 2
Schindler's List
Diary of Anne Frank
Rear Window
The Birds
9 to 5
Maltese Falcon (despite retro sexism)
The Hands of Orloc
Color Purple (book was better, though, too much added in and/or taken out but Whoopi Goldberg amazing)
Butch Cassidy & Sundance Kid (will now forever remind me of doomed kittens)
All the President's Men
Hard Day's Night (Help! not nearly as good)

I'm SURE I'm leaving out something so obvious that when someone else votes for it I'll say oi vey am I getting senile?

 

[stampedehero]

Chinatown,Saving Private Ryan, The Illusionist, Fargo, The Birds, Psycho, Schindlers list, Allied, The Red Violin, Bullit, One Flew over the Coo coos nest, Monty Python movies, Unforgiven, Rear Window, North by Northwest, Vertigo, Pulp Fiction, Jaws (first one), The Battle of Britain, The Longest Day, The Day the Earth stood Still-Original and Keanu Reeves, Plan B from Outer Space and more...

 

[DaLincolnJones]

Patton
The Longest Day
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Apocalypse now
Fury
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
The Shootist
True Grit
Gone With The Wind
Pulp Fiction
The Big Labowski
Guardians of The Galaxy
48 Hours
The Great Escape

 

[crandc]

See what I mean? I left out Psycho!

 

[Chris Craig]

I feel you'd like the Shining. I'm watching it for the 2nd time (the 1st I vaugely remember, thus re-watching it) and I'm really enjoying it. I'm watching it in parts because of time constraints, but the build-ups in this movie are top tier for sure.

Oh I thought I included the shining. I will. I have all these movies by the way ( the ones I listed)

 

[Chris Craig]

I feel you'd like the Shining. I'm watching it for the 2nd time (the 1st I vaugely remember, thus re-watching it) and I'm really enjoying it. I'm watching it in parts because of time constraints, but the build-ups in this movie are top tier for sure.

Your talking about the Kubric Version right? I didn't care for the remake\tv movie. I have seen the shining many a time. Its interesting that Stephen King actually detests the Kubric Version. I love it. Jack Nicholson should have recieved a nomination for it. Shelly Duvall as well.

 

[noknobs]

Braveheart
Seven
Anything Star Wars (except the prequels which can go fuck themselves)
The Matrix
Pulp Fiction
The Big Lebowski
No Country For Old Men
The Shawshank Redemption
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Apollo 13
Fargo
Gladiator
The Dark Knight
The Usual Suspects
Unforgiven
Fight Club
Jurassic Park
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Heat
American Beauty
Tombstone
Reservoir Dogs
Silence of the Lambs
Saving Private Ryan

 

[Chris Craig]

Braveheart
Seven
Anything Star Wars (except the prequels which can go fuck themselves)
The Matrix
Pulp Fiction
The Big Lebowski
No Country For Old Men
The Shawshank Redemption
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Apollo 13
Fargo
Gladiator
The Dark Knight
The Usual Suspects
Unforgiven
Fight Club
Jurassic Park
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Heat
American Beauty
Tombstone
Reservoir Dogs
Silence of the Lambs
Saving Private Ryan

Ah The Big Lebowski, forgot to include it. Good looking out.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

See what I mean? I left out Psycho!

Thought you were being humble.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Braveheart
Seven
Anything Star Wars (except the prequels which can go fuck themselves)
The Matrix
Pulp Fiction
The Big Lebowski
No Country For Old Men
The Shawshank Redemption
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Apollo 13
Fargo
Gladiator
The Dark Knight
The Usual Suspects
Unforgiven
Fight Club
Jurassic Park
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Heat
American Beauty
Tombstone
Reservoir Dogs
Silence of the Lambs
Saving Private Ryan

This is closest to what I'd list if I thought about it

 

[Strenuus]

Your talking about the Kubric Version right? I didn't care for the remake\tv movie. I have seen the shining many a time. Its interesting that Stephen King actually detests the Kubric Version. I love it. Jack Nicholson should have recieved a nomination for it. Shelly Duvall as well.

Yeah, the Kubric version. Jack is really good. He doesn't over-do the psychosis from a frantic standpoint, but he definitely lets you see the switch.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Top Of My Head:

Tokyo Story
Citizen Kane
Playtime
The Bicycle Thief
Breathless
Stalker
The Seventh Seal
The Godfather
Chinatown
The Gold Rush
A Clockwork Orange
The General
2001: A Space Oddysey
Pulp Fiction
The Apu Trilogy (Panther Panchali, Aparajito, The World of Apu)
The Red Shoes
Breathless
M
Andrei Rublev
Seventh Samurai

I would put Andrei Tarkovsky as my favorite all time director. He's the only director I ever saw who's films seemed to be totally beyond any commonly familiar film oeuvre. Stanley Kubrick feels like a mathematician making films. Tarkovsky feels like a poet trying to create a new language.

I'm pissed because we bought Stalker on DVD by some obscure company and Criterion then went out and did the Blu Ray.

You had Breathless twice - Belmondo AND Gere?
Also, have you seen Le Samourai? If you like Breathless...

 

[ripcityboy]

I'm pissed because we bought Stalker on DVD by some obscure company and Criterion then went out and did the Blu Ray.

You had Breathless twice - Belmondo AND Gere?
Also, have you seen Le Samourai? If you like Breathless...

Thanks for telling me! No desire to see the Gere version. BTW Get the Criterion Stalker release of Stalker. It's worth it! No I haven't seen Le Samourai. Probably because I'm not the biggest fan of Alain Delon. For me, Jean Paul Belmondo smokes him as the leading actor of the French New Wave. I'll give it a try though.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Braveheart
Seven
Anything Star Wars (except the prequels which can go fuck themselves)
The Matrix
Pulp Fiction
The Big Lebowski
No Country For Old Men
The Shawshank Redemption
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Apollo 13
Fargo
Gladiator
The Dark Knight
The Usual Suspects
Unforgiven
Fight Club
Jurassic Park
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Heat
American Beauty
Tombstone
Reservoir Dogs
Silence of the Lambs
Saving Private Ryan

I'd just add Boyz N Da Hood

 

[crandc]

When we cleared out my father's house after he died, we found a huge collection of classic movies, including most of the ones mentioned here and others, on videotape. I have a two headed player so I have been transferring from tape to DVD.

We can have a classic movie watching marathon at my house! I'll make cookies.

 

[The Professional Fan]

Some of my personal faves off the top of my head

There Will Be Blood
The Departed
The Drop
The Breakfast Club
Hot Tub Time Machine
Wedding Crashers
Better off Dead
Revenge of the Nerds
Step Brothers
Meet the Parents
Talladega Nights
Meatballs
The Cable Guy
American Beauty
Platoon
Gangs of New York
The Town
Friday

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Thanks for telling me! No desire to see the Gere version. BTW Get the Criterion Stalker release of Stalker. It's worth it! No I haven't seen Le Samourai. Probably because I'm not the biggest fan of Alain Delon. For me, Jean Paul Belmondo smokes him as the leading actor of the French New Wave. I'll give it a try though.

Belmondo and Delon are not suited for the same roles. Le Samourai was a huge influence on John Woo, and (for good and bad) you can see it: Delon is the stone-faced tragic hero. Belmondo can do comedic touches, and that's just not Delon's forte (at least not on this showing).
Of the new wave directors, I'll take Truffaut most times. 400 Blows is heartbreaking, and Argent de Poche is charming (big influence on Wes Anderson, again, for good or ill). Chabrol is good in small doses (a bit too bleak otherwise) and I love Le Boucher. But if I had to pick the guy who made the most out-and-out masterpieces, it would be pre-new wave director Henri-Georges Clouzot, for Les Diaboliques and Wages of Fear (and I also like Quai des Orfèvres). (Yeah I know Renoir and Vigo are supposed to be greater artists, but who cares - give me a great genre movie any time).

 

[Rastapopoulos]

When we cleared out my father's house after he died, we found a huge collection of classic movies, including most of the ones mentioned here and others, on videotape. I have a two headed player so I have been transferring from tape to DVD.

We can have a classic movie watching marathon at my house! I'll make cookies.

I'll be there if you can somehow work out how to make gluten-free cookies that taste good. (Yes, I've become a cliche, but it seems to help my arthritic toe.)

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Forgot a whole subgenre that I love: essentially any pre-Rumble in the Bronx Jackie Chan movie made by him, but especially:
Police Story I-III (actually IV isn't bad, even though it's post RitB)
Project A parts I and II
Dragons Forever
Dragon Lord
Young Master
Drunken Master I and II
Wheels on Meals

The two faux-Indiana Jones ones are okay too, but a bit TOO silly for my taste. But talking of which, Kung Fu Hustle should also be on any list. Hey, Bill Murray said it was the best movie ever, and that's good enough for me.

 

[crandc]

Rasta, my niece is gluten intolerant, lactose intolerant and allergic to eggs! I have a repertoire of what I jokingly call "everything free" recipes, yes, including the Everything Free Chocolate Cookies I made for Passover - leaven free as well.