Your Top Five Movies

[Rhosfelt]

Hey guys I searched the form and couldn't find this thread and being at college I get really bored because pfft who needs to study for finals..

Anyways the Family Video is really cheap around here, and I figured this would be a good way to pick up Titles. So post your top five movies :)


Donnie Darko
A Clockwork Orange
Pulp Ficiton
Reservoir Dogs
Ocean's 13


Of course then followed by the other Ocean's movies :)

[ErikCLDR]

1) Mean Girls- best movie ever
2) Superstar- stupid but its funny and I never get tired of watching it
3) Pan's Labyrinth - just a great all around movie
4) Talladega Nights - One of my favorite movies, just throwing it in
5) It's a Wonderful Life - a classic

(I know kinda random)

[wonga1127]

1. Pirates of Silicon Valley
2. Dazed and Confused
3. Freddy Got Fingered
4. Stealing Harvard
5. Blade Runner

[tkepongo]

1.The Lady Eve
2.Gone With the Wind
3.Pulp Fiction
4.Kill Bill
5.Scarface (i like classic better)

[xUKHCx]

Bombon El Perro
Kikujiro no natsu
Princess Mononoke
Metropolis
Zoolander - just to bring down the tone somewhat

[Big-TDI-Guy]

1. Pulp Fiction
2. FLCL
3. Fight Club
4. Dogma
5. Boondock Saints
5. The Last Samurai*

* = would be an easy 2 or 3 - if it didn't have Tom Cruise in it.

[Dagless]

My most watched and most enjoyed films would probably be;

- Donnie Darko
- Quadrophenia
- Land Before Time (Still magical to me)
- Howls Moving Castle
- Borat (probably seen it about 4 times now)

[zioxide]

1. The Departed

Other good ones:
Boondock Saints
Shawshank Redemption
Crash
Casino Royale

[xUKHCx]

My most watched and most enjoyed films would probably be;
- Howls Moving Castle

Have you seen Spirited Away or Princess Mononoke. Well worth checking out. Porco Rosso is neither here nor there.

[CalBoy]

Oooh...this is hard. There have been so many good ones over the years. :o

If I had to choose five, I'd probably go with:

Jurassic Park (first one only)
Sleepy Hollow ('99 by Tim Burton)
Big Daddy
Kill Bill
Hot Fuzz

EDIT: 5th movie chosen
The fifth spot I simply can't decide. It's going to be between several movies:

12 Angry Men, Rat Race, one of the first 3 Star Wars movies, Jumanji, Scream (first one), ET, Breakfast Club, Unbreakable, and Legally Blonde (I know, total B-movie/chick flick, but I'm justifying it by saying that Reese Witherspoon is talented and there is some good iBook footage in there! :p).

EDIT: Forgot about Indiana Jones!

I also liked Air Force One, Erin Brockovich, even if it was based on a true story. :p

[iSaint]

The Big Blue
Jesus Christ Superstar
Doctor Zhivago
Dogma
25th Hour

[Schnebar]

Zoolander
Donnie Darko
Office Space
Borat
Superbad

[Big-TDI-Guy]

Have you seen Spirited Away or Princess Mononoke. Well worth checking out. Porco Rosso is neither here nor there.

Spirited Away is awesome. I wish I could have watched that when I was little.

There are some tripped-out parts in that - but its weirdness pales next to "Cat Soup" - wish I could find that one on DVD.

[Rhosfelt]

I really do like a lot of movies, especially comedies but those are my top five that I could watch whenever..

(kill bills, crash, anchorman, herald and kurmar, liar liar, benchwarmers) I am liking all of the responses and can't wait to check out some of these films.

[zap2]

Childern of Men
Forest Gump
Cast Away
Star Wars:Revenge of the Sith
Xmen 3



(Also El Dorado was very good...)

[Rhosfelt]

Childern of Men
Forest Gump
Cast Away
Star Wars:Revenge of the Sith
Xmen 3



(Also El Dorado was very good...)

you seriously liked childern of men?

[letsgorangers]

Too hard to think of a top five but here's some from my collection:
-Wet Hot American Summer
-Yellow Submarine
-Clerks
-Sex, Lies, and Videotape
-Igby Goes Down
-Chasing Amy
-The Brave Little Toaster (yeah, I own it)
-Miracle
-Dead Poet's Society

And two not for the faint of heart / children / etc. Proceed with caution:
-The Dreamers
-Crash (not the recent one...the tagline on the front of the box says "...sex and car crashes"; adapted from the book by jg ballard)

[Dagless]

Have you seen Spirited Away or Princess Mononoke. Well worth checking out. Porco Rosso is neither here nor there.

Yup! I was running through the list of Ghibli films in my head trying to pick one :) they're all fantastic. Totoro was the first anime I ever saw, we missed the final showing on Sky Movies and I thought I'd never see it again :o going back about 12 or so years here.

I've got a sneaking suspicion I'll be getting another Ghibli film or 2 this Christmas.

[n00basaur]

The Usual Suspects
Reservoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction
The Godfather (part 2)
Mystic River

[Sayewhat]

Blazing Saddles
Breakfast Club
Taxi Driver
Waiting
A Christmas Story (Well, because it's holiday season)

[shecky]

you seriously liked childern of men?

i would say its one of the best movies of the decade so far.

[Luis]

1. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
2. Remember the Titans
3. Saving Private Ryan
4. Sum of All Fears
5. Crash

There are definitely more, will add them as I remember.

[adrianblaine]

i would say its one of the best movies of the decade so far.

Definitely makes you think what really is important. It was hard to watch, but it makes a very good point.

I don't know if I have a ultimate top 5 list. I tend to have favorite movies in each genre... but here are some of my favorites overall

1. Maverick (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110478/) (I don't know why I like it so much. It's a very silly movie in almost every aspect)
2. The Bourne Ultimatum (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0440963/)
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338013/)
4. The World's Fastest Indian (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0412080/)
5. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102975/)

[CalBoy]

5. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102975/)

Talk about a historically charged movie. The dinner conversation about Shakespeare was good though. :o

[Kamera RAWr]

In no particular order...

1. Tombstone (can't believe nobody mentioned it already, unless I missed it)
2. American History X
3. Fight Club
4. Goodfellas
5. The Shawshank Redemption

[TheBonk]

1. Secondhand Lions
2. Cast Away
3. Forrest Gump
4. Braveheart
5. Bicentennial Man

[Big-TDI-Guy]

1: Fast and the Furious
2: Too Fast Too Furious
3: Fast and Furious - Tokyo Drift
4: Triple X
5: Broke-back Mountain
:p

[Luis]

1: Fast and the Furious
2: Too Fast Too Furious
3: Fast and Furious - Tokyo Drift


You really think they are that good? :eek:

[adrianblaine]

You really think they are that good? :eek:

I thought the same thing! To each his own of course. I couldn't even make it through the first one.

[Big-TDI-Guy]

I was joking. :D

The first 4 on that list, have something in common with the last one. Just the first 4 don't use it as a plot / story. They just happen to be it.
;)

[yg17]

Top 5 in no particular order:

1. Borat
2. Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle
3. Office Space
4. Beavis and Butthead Do America
5. South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut



With me, the dumber a movie is, the more I'll like it :D

[mac-convert]

My top five would have to be, and in no particular order...

1. Lord of the Rings (count the series as one)
2. Moulin Rouge
3. Cat Ballou
4. Doctor Zhivago
5. Pay it Forward

I could probably list another five easy enough, but this is what is in my head currently.

[Xfujinon]

1. Braveheart
2. Papillon
3. Amadeus
4. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
5. The Silence of the Lambs (my all-time favorite)
6. Woodstock (honorable mention)

Maybe Woodstock doesn't count as a movie...more of a documentary?

Some other top choices:

Gladiator, Ben Hur, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Alien, Amelie, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (they all are good, to me), Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Apocalypse Now...

I could go on for awhile...

[Kamera RAWr]

The first 4 on that list, have something in common with the last one. Just the first 4 don't use it as a plot / story. They just happen to be it.
;)

Yeah yeah, I've heard about the "theory" you're talking about for awhile now

[748s]

A random selection from my top 100 in no particular order......

* Once upon A Time In America
* The Man Without A Past
* Drifting Clouds
* With Burning Patience
* The Seven Samurai
* Bad Boy Bubby
* Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
* The Conversation
* Red Sorghum

That's about 5

[Rhosfelt]

Has anyone ever seen Behind The Mask? It is a great if you like old slasher flicks and mockumentaries. :D

[adk]

American Beauty (Completely unique film, really makes me think)
Apocalypse Now (mostly the scene where martin sheen punches the mirror)
Cool Runnings (no matter how many times I watch it I still tear up when the german guy slow claps)
Goldfinger (nothing needs to be said about this one!)
Stand By Me (I guess you could call it a chick flick for guys)


(Alphabetically listed, I couldn't rank them if I tried)

[xUKHCx]

Cool Runnings (no matter how many times I watch it I still tear up when the german guy slow claps)


I see pride, I see power, I see a bad ass mother who don't take no crap offa nobody. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Gqwi7Y96sk)

Sanka, you dead? Ya man

[edesignuk]

Of course then followed by the other Ocean's movies :)Including 12? get outta town...! :eek:

[DoFoT9]

My most watched and most enjoyed films would probably be;

- Donnie Darko
- Quadrophenia
- Land Before Time (Still magical to me)
- Howls Moving Castle
- Borat (probably seen it about 4 times now)

bows down before you

[bartelby]

Amelie
Secretary
Alien
Crash (the JG Ballard one)
Apocalypse Now (ReDux)

[Jaffa Cake]

I'll look at this list again tomorrow and I'll have changed my mind, but here are five good ones, in no particular order...


Amélie
Shaun Of The Dead
Mad Max 2 (It was on the telly last night and is quite ace)
Alien
Leon


As I say, this list is subject to change. ;)

[bartelby]

Shaun Of The Dead
Mad Max 2 (It was on the telly last night and is quite ace)

Leon


As I say, this list is subject to change. ;)

They're dead good too!

Ask me in 10 minutes and I'll have remembered another couple of films!
:o

[liketom]

children of men
Shawshank Redemption
Bourne Supremacy
Dogma
Bourne Ultimatium

In that order

[xUKHCx]

I'll look at this list again tomorrow and I'll have changed my mind, but here are five good ones, in no particular order...


Amélie
Spaced
Mad Max 2 (It was on the telly last night and is quite ace)
Alien
Leon


As I say, this list is subject to change. ;)

Fixed that for you. Don't get me wrong it is a good film.

[Jaffa Cake]

Fixed that for you. Don't get me wrong it is a good film.One of my favourite telly series, as it happens. Are you suggesting there are some similarities between it and Shaun Of The Dead? :D ;)

[xUKHCx]

One of my favourite telly series, as it happens. Are you suggesting there are some similarities between it and Shaun Of The Dead? :D ;)

And Hot Fuzz and presumably run fat boy run (although I haven't see the latter)

[DoFoT9]

And Hot Fuzz and presumably run fat boy run (although I haven't see the latter)

hahah hot fuzz is amazing. so good love the ending :) thumbs up from me haha

[liketom]

hahah hot fuzz is amazing. so good love the ending :) thumbs up from me haha

mmm i might be the only one here to say - that i think that film was pants

Shaun of the Dead was much better

[siurpeeman]

i feel like i've done this before. anyway, i don't think i can come up with a concrete list of my top five, but i can give a sample of five of my all-time favorites. they are in no particular order:

jerry maguire
groundhog day
the princess bride
dr. strangelove
that thing you do!

the last two had such an impact, it changed my life. and fittingly, i couldn't help but to watch ground hog day over and over. i love that movie! :)

[DoFoT9]

mmm i might be the only one here to say - that i think that film was pants

Shaun of the Dead was much better

yea it really depends on your humor type i suppose. it kind of dragged out a bit

[scotthayes]

Not in any real order,

All The Presidents Men
Wall Street
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
The Big Lebowski
The Shop Around The Corner (soppy sod sometimes)

[edesignuk]

Time for one of these threads again huh...

No idea what I put last time :confused: Anyway, in no order:


Pulp Fiction
The Matrix
The Blues Brothers
Breakfast Club
Jurassic Park
Back to the Future
(I know that's 6, bite me :p)

[iSaint]

2. Papillon


I forgot about that movie. Wonderful!

Other honorable mention:

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Apocalypse Now
(the original) Star Wars

[scotthayes]

Breakfast Club



An all time classic.

[Dagless]

Shawn of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, love the films and if it was a top 10 they would definitely be in there.

I'd also put Stardust in there. I like my coming-of-age music nutter films.

[Iscariot]

- Quadrophenia


I'm surprised this got mentioned, it's a fairly obscure movie.

My list:


Unforgiven
2001: A Space Oddyssey
Full Metal Jacket
Princess Mononoke
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

[arkitect]

For what it's worth…

1. Blade Runner
2. The Proposition
3. E la nave va…
4. The Rocky Horror Picture Show :o
5. Exorcist

[imac/cheese]

1. Empire Strikes Back
2. Fellowship of the Ring
3. Other Star Wars and LotR films
4. Life of Brian
5. Harry Potter

[CalBoy]

mmm i might be the only one here to say - that i think that film was pants

Shaun of the Dead was much better

NO! I liked both, but Shaun of the Dead was somehow less funny IMHO. Hot Fuzz was really more comedic (not as dark of an overtone). :shrugs: To each his own I suppose.

[Tom B.]

Pulp Fiction

The Dark Night

Fight Club

Reservoir Dogs

In Bruges

[Rhosfelt]

I REALLY want to see Hot Fuss and Sin City...two movies right in my genre but I haven't had a chance to see them yet x_X

[Epicurus]

Return of the Jedi
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Seven Samurai
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Its hard to pick just five, really, really hard. I picked these five since they are the ones I've watched the most times. I would be happier if I could put up my top 10:

Them!
Dirty Harry
Ratatouille
The Gods Must be Crazy
Patton

Now I feel better...

[CalBoy]

The Gods Must be Crazy


I forgot about that movie!

Such a good example of supply and demand when that Coke bottle first falls into their hands.:p

[imac/cheese]

I forgot about that movie!

Such a good example of supply and demand when that Coke bottle first falls into their hands.:p

I too forgot that one. Haven't seen it in years, but I used to love it.

[DoFoT9]

incredible movie!!!!!!!!!!!! love The Gods Must Be Crazy to death

[Rhosfelt]

incredible movie!!!!!!!!!!!! love The Gods Must Be Crazy to death

What's it about...would a Family Video have it?

[psychofreak]

Borat
This Is England
About A Boy
Forrest Gump
K-Pax

I'm sure that will be different in a week, but its just what I'm feeling...

EDIT: Scrap About A Boy for Shawshank Redemption...

[bluesjam]

Once Upon A Time In The West
Duck, You Sucker (a Fistful Of Dynamite)
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Vertigo

[swiftaw]

Hmm, changes all the time, but off the top of my head:

Usual Suspects
Aliens: The Directors Cut
Shawn of the Dead
Hot Fuzz
The Fugitive (was on TV last night, forgotten how good it is)
Die Hard
Casablanca
Michael Clayton
Raiders of Lost Ark
Arlington Road
Lock, Stock, and 2 smoking barrels

[CalBoy]

What's it about...would a Family Video have it?

I'm not sure if too many rental stores keep it around now because it's more than 20 years old.

However, without giving away too much, let me say that it's basically a comedy in which the 20th Century CE comes into contact with 20th Century BCE.;)

[wwooden]

hmm....

-The Matrix, I can watch this all the time and learn something new
-The Tao of Steve
-Back to the Future II, my favorite of the Trilogy
-Dumb and Dumber/ Tommy Boy, probably the two most quoted movies between my friends and I
-Little Shop of Horrors (musical version). I grew up watching this every weekend

[Big-TDI-Guy]

I'm not sure if too many rental stores keep it around now because it's more than 20 years old.

However, without giving away too much, let me say that it's basically a comedy in which the 20th Century CE comes into contact with 20th Century BCE.;)

I watched the gods must be crazy last weekend. Talk about a trip back into time. :D

Sad part is - especially the opening 5 minutes - are still 100% accurate to this day. :(

[MrSmith]

I guess mine would be:

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Game
Doctor Zhivago
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (when it came out)

[mpw]

Today's would include:

Goodfellas
A Wonderful Life
Shawshank Redemption
The Breakfast Club
St Elmo's Fire
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Porky's

[xUKHCx]

Borat
This Is England
About A Boy
Forrest Gump
K-Pax

I'm sure that will be different in a week, but its just what I'm feeling...

This is England is an absolutely brilliant film, I might actually watch it right now even though it is half twelve.

About a boy - I'm with you on this it seems whenever it is on I always end up watching it.

K-pax - my favourite bit is when he is trying to convince them that he can travel faster than the speed of light and they ask him to show it:)

[Mac 13]

1. Pirates of Silicon Valley
2. Dazed and Confused
3. Freddy Got Fingered
4. Stealing Harvard
5. Blade Runner

I guess you're the only one that knows about or at least have it on your top five list Pirates of Silicon Valley It's a must see movie if you're a Mac addict or at least want to know on how Bill Gates became the richest man in the world and not Steve Jobs. :apple: :cool:

[CalBoy]

Sad part is - especially the opening 5 minutes - are still 100% accurate to this day. :(

Yes, it's quite true.:(

I also liked South Park movie, but then one would be hard pressed to find someone who didn't. :p

[xUKHCx]

This is England is an absolutely brilliant film, I might actually watch it right now even though it is half twelve.

So I started to watch it at about 1.35 and have just finished, every time I watch it i immediately want to watch it again. Absolutely brilliant film.

Think this is going to take the place of zoolander in my top 5 :), might also need reordering

[YoshiKA1142]

1. Porn
2. Porn-Porn
3. PornPornPorn
4. XXX Porn
5. haven't seen that many movies

[Virgil-TB2]

- Slaughterhouse Five
- The Dead Zone
- Adaptation
- The Day the Earth Stood Still

and of course...

- Thunderbirds Are Go! :)

[Kamera RAWr]

I've read through all of the posts until now... I still can't believe I'm the only one who mentioned Tombstone! :(

Kurt Russell and especially Val Kilmer played the hell out of their roles, IMO :D

[huntnboy04]

As of right now..

1. Band of Brothers ( a mini-series but..)
2. Dazed and Confused
V for Vendetta
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
Dances With Wolves

[JesLam07]

Knocked Up
Anchorman
I Know Who Killed Me
Dan in Real Life
Employee of The Month

No Particular Order. Those are just my top five.

[Rhosfelt]

Some other movies worth checking out

Pi, Momento, Behind The Mask..

On the anime subject, I heard the CB movie was great but I haven't had a chance to see it!! I also was a big fan of Akira and Vampire Hunter D.. I miss those movies haha.

[PowerFullMac]

1) The Matrix
2) The Simpsons Movie
3) The Latest Harry Potter Movie (whatever its called)
4) The Adventures Of Rocky And Bullwinkle

The Matrix - BEST MOVIE EVER!

I guess you're the only one that knows about or at least have it on your top five list Pirates of Silicon Valley It's a must see movie if you're a Mac addict or at least want to know on how Bill Gates became the richest man in the world and not Steve Jobs. :apple: :cool:

I'll remember to see that, can I pick it up on DVD or download or what? (It says on Wikipedia its unofficial and such)

[shecky]

i dont have a 'top 5' list as its too limiting. but some of my favorites are

Man with The Movie Camera (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019760/)
Helvetica (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0847817/)
Blow-Up (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060176/)
12 Monkeys (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114746/)
Brazil (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088846/)
Chinatown (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071315/)
The Conformist (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065571/)
Zoolander (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0196229/)
Fight Club (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137523/)
Heat (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113277/)

and pretty much everything from Pixar, The Cohen Brothers, Michael Mann and David Fincher.

[xUKHCx]

i dont have a 'top 5' list as its too limiting.


isn't that the point.

[shecky]

isn't that the point.

i don't need your stinking rules, man! :)

[xUKHCx]

i don't need your stinking rules, man! :)

you and lots of others it seems.

[PowerFullMac]

i don't need your stinking rules, man! :)

LOL :D

BTW, you can watch Pirates of Silicon Valley on Google Video here (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1552555273778978142). Not very accurate though.

[shecky]

you and lots of others it seems.

such a bunch of rebels we are. sorry to ruin your day.

[Schtumple]

1. 28 days later
2. Bruce Almighty
3. Truman Show
4. Shaun of the Dead
5. Can't actually think of a 5th one :S

[tMac85]

i cant decide...

i love movies.
these are all my favorites.

band of brothers, pretty woman, fools rush in, finding nemo, saw I, II, III, the village, fight club, amelie, breakfast club-plus all brat pack films, forest gump, 300!, children of men, crash, ice age, employee of the month, zombie movies, walk the line, goonies, big fish, national treasure. titanic.the holiday. monsters inc. superbad. knocked up. the bournes. into the wild. hook.

[Telp]

Cant say i actually have a top 5, but...

i definatly LOVE the movie Garden State (avatar says it all [If youve seen it]) and i cant believe no one mentioned this one already.

Loved 300, especially on IMAX, brilliant.

For you Borat fans out there, Ali G Indahouse was hilarious !!

About a boy is a great flick. Well done.

Thats really all i can think of, though theres tons of more movies out there that i love, even more that i hated.

[je1ani]

Fight Club
Good Will Hunting
Goodfellas
Crash
Superbad
City of God
but my number 1 is Soul Plane :D

[ntrigue]

1. The Departed

Other good ones:
Boondock Saints
Shawshank Redemption
Crash
Casino Royale

We're almost right on!

[PowerFullMac]

Im surprised there are not more Matrix fans here TBH...

BTW: Schtumple, like your signature!

[needthephone]

Withnail and I (a classic) my TOP TOP film
http://www.withnail-and-i.com/
Blade Runner
Groundhog Day

[richard.mac]

1. Back To The Future part I
2. Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back
3. Family Guy Movie
4. Anchorman
5. Billy Madison

[WannaBMW3]

1 - Gladiator
2 - Braveheart
3 - Old School
4 - Scarface
5 - The Matrix

:cool:

[protozoa]

Man, it's hard to narrow it down to five. I could easily pick five strong candidates from a half-dozen genres... and how do you compare your number one pick in comedy with your number one pick in war movies?

1) Patton. The benchmark for all epic war movies. It's also one of those grand tales that sort of takes you along on this larger-than-life adventure.

2) Office Space. As stupid as it sounds, this movie changed my life. It actually encouraged me to quit my job and go do something I enjoyed more. I haven't regretted it one bit.

3) Planet of the Apes. I actually like all six of the POTA movies (including Marky Mark's remake in '01), as well as the TV series. Oddly, I'm not a huge sci-fi fan at all. Something about this movie really captured my imagination. The sequels were campy, but in a strange way that even added to their appeal.

4) Saving Private Ryan. Of all the many awesome war movies that have been made, this one probably comes the closest to being historically correct, and capturing the horror of combat. Band of Brothers was a terrific series that was created using some of the related material that Hanks and Spielberg found.

5) The World at War. Okay, so I'm cheating here. This was actually a documentary series that aired on TV in 1973. Wiki says it was 26 episodes. I don't remember if I saw it when it first came out, but it aired throughout my youth. There have been three really awesome documentary series on TV, this was the best. The other two were Ken Burns' creations (one called "The Civil War" and the other "Baseball"). Pretty much everything else that has ever been made for TV has been crap.

Honorable mentions. There are a bunch of movies that are really no less magnificent than the ones I selected.

Apocalypse Now
Grand Prix
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Le Mans
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
A Bridge too Far
Titanic
Bowling for Columbine
Wonderland
Platoon

[TEG]

Honorable Mention - Casino Royale
5 - The Rescuers: Down Under
4 - Office Space
3 - The Quiet Man
2 - Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1 - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn


Also; The Whole Nine Yards, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek: First Contact
TEG

[Silver-Fox]

1. bourne ultimatum
2. anchor man
3. green street
4. smokin' aces
5. mean machine

[Melrose]

1. Dear Frankie
2. Sahara
3. The Illusionist
4. Double Jeopardy
5. ... I know there's a fifth but my brain is dead this evening.. Matrix or Blade Runner or something dark and atmospheric.

My favourite Comedy has got to be either the above-mentioned Holy Grail or The Mask. It's a toss up.

[MonksMac]

My top five movies:
1. Sixteen Candles
2. Breakfast Club
3. Weird Science
4. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
5. Home Alone
Boy it really is hard to pick just five movies! I guess you could say I'm a sucker for John Hughes Movies! I can't believe no one mentioned Sixteen Candles yet, it is such a silly but deep movie. Plus you can't beat Molly Ringwald...:o
The sad thing is that almost all of those movies are older than me!:o

[Fearless Leader]

Donnie Darko
the departed
Pirates o caribbean 1
2nd LOTR
the silence of the lambs


not in any order^^

[ctt1wbw]

Let's seee.....

Debbie Does Dallas
Riding Miss Daisy


Oh wait, my favorite movies...
:D


American Beauty
Forbidden Planet
Contact
50 First Dates



Damn, it's hard to come up with just 5. There's so many. :)

[Henri Gaudier]

Changing all the time due to poor immediate recall but ... and in no order ..

Stroszek by Herzog - the American dream torn apart.
5 Easy Pieces by Rafelson - Great tragic performance by Jack.
Sunrise by Murnau - Lyrical and innovative.
Walkabout by Roeg - Stunning editing/collage sequences.
Festen - Incedible emsemble piece.

Scuse shoddy one line summaries - in a hurry.

[OnlyMarcusCannn]

Wow, this is pretty hard, so I'll make two lists of top 5's.

First list - Movies I take on a more lighter note, but still all-time favorites:

5)Halloween (1978)
4)Forrest Gump
3)Star Wars Ep. IV
2)Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1)300

List number Two - Movies I've taken with me through life:

5) Seven (Se7en) - I don't know. This movie gets you thinking. Not like the thinking as in there's so many clues and pieces put together, but the kind of thinking that makes you feel guilty for sitting on the couch, eating those packages of dorito's (aka sloth & gluttony).

4) Donnie Darko - To this day, I still don't get some points of the movie, but the way it's set up and everything just keeps me intrigued and I think about it from time to time. The theme song (Mad World by Gary Jules) is also amazing. :)

3) South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut - Well, what can I say? I'm and avid South Park fan, and I think Trey Parker and Matt Stone are incredibly talented. The movie just proves how great the series was before then and is now.

2) American History X - This movie was hugely controversial amongst my age group at the time (anywhere from high school freshmen to seniors), and it did a good job a delivering some awareness of what people believe to be neo-nazism. Seeing as how maybe, just maybe, there's always good in people, this movie showed me that hope is always there.

1) The Kill Bill series - He may be a crazy lune head, but Tarantino is an artistic genius. All of the subtle and obvious connections to all of the movies, the story-line, the immense effects, the acting--everything keeps me captivated. I can watch the movie over and over and catch something I hadn't before.

A recent movie that deserves a mention is Cloverfield. I'm not a big Lost fan, but the intense hype got me to go see it. It's a must see (if you have an open mind), and it will leave you more inquisitive leaving then going in, but it all depends how you take the movie. Go check it out if you haven't already.

Enough blabber. And for the record, I'm en route to be a film student next year. :)

[BoyBach]

Amelie
Edward Scissorhands
Fargo
American Beauty
Disney's Beauty and the Beast



That is the list that would gave me a great day's viewing!

[nikopolidis]

Mostly I like thrillers and comedies... :)
1. The Beach
2. Dumb & Dumber
3. The Saw (1,2,3,4)
4. The Blow
5. Matchpoint

[Smoogz]

1. Gattica
2. Jaws
3. Pulp Fiction
4. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
5. The Sasquatch Gang

[Stampyhead]

1. Amadeus
2. Les Choristes (French film)
3. The Simpsons Movie
4. Braveheart
5. Gladiator

[tersono]

Citizen Kane (and not just because the critics say it, either)
Magnolia
Blade Runner
Get Carter (the original, not the feeble remake)
Sweeney Todd (the current musical version - best movie ever made of a stage musical).

[creator2456]

I can't say that these are my top 5, but they are 5 that I can watch 5 times a day for 5 days straight and not get bored.
(well...maybe a lttle, but you get my point)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071853/)
Waking Ned Divine love the opening scene (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166396/)
Boondock Saints (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144117/)
Donnie Darko (http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=donnie+darko&x=0&y=0)
The Patriot (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187393/)

[ctt1wbw]

I can't say that these are my top 5, but they are 5 that I can watch 5 times a day for 5 days straight and not get bored.
(well...maybe a lttle, but you get my point)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071853/)
Waking Ned Divine love the opening scene (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166396/)
Boondock Saints (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144117/)
Donnie Darko (http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=donnie+darko&x=0&y=0)
The Patriot (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187393/)


WHAT is your favorite color? :D

[katejones]

Just gonna put some movies that ive watched alot!

------------
Hackers - great sound track too
The Matrix - So good!
Fast and the Furious - If not just for the newrock 591 flame boots
Aliens - game over man, game over!
Terminator2 - mmm had a crush on john conner
-------------


Pirates of silicone valley - I enjoyed this one too have seen it many times.

ill throw in Anti-Trust and the new die hard movie for geek value too.

[Pittsax]

Yeesh...only five? This is going to be tough.....

(in no particular order)

1. Chinatown
2. L.A. Confidential
3. Fargo
4. The French Connection
5. 2001: A Space Odyssey

Honorable Mentions:

The Big Lebowski
The Right Stuff
The Bourne Supremacy (yes, really)
The Godfather
Gosford Park
Dr. Strangelove

[brasscat]

5. The Affair
4. Behind the Green Door
3. The Great Train Robbery
2. Beaches
1. The new Hannah Montana concert movie

[creator2456]

WHAT is your favorite color? :D

BLUE...no Y E L L O W

[ctt1wbw]

BLUE...no Y E L L O W

WHAT is the air speed and velocity of a laiden swallow? :D

[bosxe]

1) It's a Wonderful Life
2) Arsenic and Olde Lace
3) Rear Window
4) The Godfather
5) Back to the Future

Current "newer" favorite movie: SUPERBAD

[spoon man]

mine are in no real order

Dawn Of The Dead (1978)
Dead Mans Shoes
Hellraiser
The Killer
Full Metal Jacket

[ravenvii]

WHAT is the air speed and velocity of a laiden swallow? :D

The European swallow or the African swallow?

[Mr.Noisy]

To Name but a few........

1.Rise of the Footsoldiers
2.Goodfellas
3.Ronin
4.Shaun of the Dead
5.The Bourne Ultimatum

[doubleohseven]

1. Ratatouille
2. Analyze This
3. Ferris Bueler's Day Off
4. Mrs Doubtfire
5. Johnny English

[Big-TDI-Guy]

I would like to remove my # 4 entry - and replace Dogma with one I forgot about at the time of writing.

Cat Soup (Nekojiru - sou).

That could even move into a solid 3, or perhaps 2 - I need to watch it again...

[letswastetime]

1. Juno
2. Almost Famous
3. Across the Universe
4. Superbad
5. 10 Things I Hate About You

[ctt1wbw]

The European swallow or the African swallow?

What??? I don't know that!

[Jade Cambell]

1. Amadeus
2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
3. Goya's Ghosts
4. Downfall
5. City Lights

[tyr2]

In no particular order.

North By Northwest
The Shining
Alien
Naked Lunch
Taxi Driver

Honorable mentions:

Clockwork Orange
Videodrome
The Machinist
Psycho
Bladerunner

[basesloaded190]

1. Tommy Boy
2. Ferris Buelers Day Off
3. Monty Python And The Holy Grail
4. Anchorman
5. Old School

comedy theme here...some of my favorites, but i love many more

[yellow]

BLUE...no Y E L L O W

Yeah.. I am an awesome color. :cool:

[bassist51]

The Departed
Crash
There Will Be Blood
Little Miss Sunshine
Superbad

[pachyderm]

casablanca
to have and have not
the big lebowski
razors edge(bill murray/1984 vers.)
1941

[Hello.there]

1 Fargo
2 Fargo
3 Fargo
4 Fargo
5 Fargo

(Did I mention I loved Fargo?)

[RacerX]

Based on how many times I watched a film, these are my top five... Zardoz
Altered States
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Razors Edge (1984)
A Beautiful MindThe first two are by far my most watched movies ever, but the last three are in a close race with Amadeus, People Will Talk, The Count of Monte Cristo (2002), and Lawrence of Arabia, any one of which could be on that list if I posted this a couple months earlier or later.

[pachyderm]

Based on how many times I watched a film, these are my top five... Zardoz
Altered States
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Razors Edge (1984)
A Beautiful MindThe first two are by far my most watched movies ever, but the last three are in a close race with Amadeus, People Will Talk, The Count of Monte Cristo (2002), and Lawrence of Arabia, any one of which could be on that list if I posted this a couple months earlier or later.

fave scene from razors edge is when the brian doyle murray character gets killed...i saw the original version of this with tyrone power this summer loved it as well...

[Markleshark]

Can't remember if I posted in this thread, but in no order


300
The Italian Job (Original)
The Usual Suspects
Die Hard: With A Vengeance
Enemy At The Gates


and a special mention for Resident Evil: Extinction. Since when was the 3rd film the best one?

Extra honorable mentions for:

Once Upon A Time In Mexico, Leon and 28 Days Later.

[Caezar]

1. Usual suspects
2. Office space
3. The game
4. You can't take it with you
5. North by northwest

[ezkimo]

1. Mulholland Dr (http://imdb.com/title/tt0166924/).
2. Magnolia (http://imdb.com/title/tt0175880/)
3. Being John Malkovich (http://imdb.com/title/tt0120601/)
4. Children of Men (http://imdb.com/title/tt0206634/)
5. INLAND EMPIRE (http://imdb.com/title/tt0460829/)

Boondock Saints?! WHY?

[pachyderm]

honorable mention...

nosferatu
faust
grapes of wrath

[cuestakid]

These are the top 5 best I have ever seen

1. V For Vendetta-show this instead of teaching WWII
2. Gangs of New York-just great
3. Hotel Rwanda-If Jamie Fox was not Ray Don Cheadle would have gotten best actor
4. The Pianist-likely the most powerful film I have ever seen
5. Miracle- I'm a hockey fan-nuff said

[pachyderm]

These are the top 5 best I have ever seen

1. V For Vendetta-show this instead of teaching WWII
2. Gangs of New York-just great
3. Hotel Rwanda-If Jamie Fox was not Ray Don Cheadle would have gotten best actor
4. The Pianist-likely the most powerful film I have ever seen
5. Miracle- I'm a hockey fan-nuff said

true dat...

[CalBoy]

1. V For Vendetta-show this instead of teaching WWII

I'm sorry, I think I'm misunderstanding.

What does V have to do with WWII?:o

[cuestakid]

I'm sorry, I think I'm misunderstanding.

What does V have to do with WWII?:o

The government is like Hitler's government; a secret police, governing through fear and paranoia; that is what i was referring to

[Highcroft]

not in any order,


Pan's Labyrinth
Boondock Saint's
Enemy at the Gates
Saving Private Ryan
Le Mans

[CalBoy]

The government is like Hitler's government; a secret police, governing through fear and paranoia; that is what i was referring to

Oh. :o

I would use V as a good political science/civics movie.

It reminds us all why we should question, question, question.

[pachyderm]

not in any order,


Pan's Labyrinth
Boondock Saint's
Enemy at the Gates
Saving Private Ryan
Le Mans


i've seen all but "boondock"... if it weren't for that i'd of thought i'd made this post... i love all of those other films...;)