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dsnort

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It's probably been done before, but it's Memorial Day night, there isn't squat on TV, and the wife is being moody.

So, what are some of your all time favorite movies?

I'll start off with a few of mine, in no particular order.

1. "The Quiet Man", John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara
2. "The Shootist", John Wayne, Ron Howard, Jimmy Stewart, Lauren Bacall
3. "Jeremiah Johnson", Robert Redford
3. "Little Big Man", Dustin Hoffman
4. "Far and Away", Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman

And because I don't want you to think I'm elitist:

5. "The Toxic Avenger", no idea of the actors names. Terrible script, horrible cinematography, acting, and special effects, but lots of gratuitous T&A and gore. Gotta love that.
 

Melrose

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Casablanca

Strictly Ballroom

Dear Frankie

I've got others, but their level of favouritude depends on my mood swing.
 

0098386

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In no order and from the top of my head (be interesting to pull up my old fave lists to see if anything changed...)

Truman Show
Labyrinth
South Park Movie
The Dark Knight
Joe Dirt
 

MattG

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The Big Lebowski
Shaun of the Dead
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Wall-E
The Royal Tenenbaums
Amelie
High Fidelity
 

Designer Dale

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Black Hawk Down
Possession (Gwyneth Paltrow)
Dark Knight
Snow Falling on Cedars
Proof (Gwyneth Paltrow)
Frequency
Fifth Element
Stargate (not the TV series)
The Incredibles
Ratatouille
 

keekl

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Starship Troopers
The Dogs of War
Independence Day
The Last Samurai
Malcolm X
The Radicals
 

r.j.s

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Black Hawk Down
We Were Soldiers
Office Space
Spaceballs
The Matrix
I, Robot
The Shining
 

dsnort

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A lot of great movies being listed! Have to comment on a few!

Shaun of the Dead

Loved this and "Hot Fuzz" with the same actors.

Starship Troopers

"Starship Troopers"? "STARSHIP FRIKKING TROOPERS"? Are you kidding me? This was so bad an adaption of a great book that the author, Robert Heinlein, crawled out of grave to bitch slap the screenwriter AND the director! (YMMV).

A few more.

"Shawshank Redemption", I know, I know, but I will watch it every time it's on.

"Hudsucker Proxy".

"Dirty Harry", every once in a while, some M*****F***** just has to die.
 

xboxer75010

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Kevin Costner or Kurt Russell. ( Both are good, but Kurt Russell version ROCKED! "Oh My God!")



Classic!

I believe the Kevin Costner version is called Wyatt Earp. Great Movie, but its really long.

My list:

The Shawshank Redemption
American History X
Unforgiven
Space Odyssey 2001 (Pretty Much anything by Stanley Kubrick)
Robocop
Les Miserables
Back to the Future
Count of Monte Cristo
 

Legolamb

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Here goes, for starts:
Old School-
Cabinet of Dr. Caligeri
Kiss Me Deadly
The Bad Seed
Frankenstein (the original)
Casablance
Singn' in the Rain
White Heat
12 Angry Men (Henry Fonda)
(any Busby Berkeley movie)
(any Laurel and Hardy)
French Connection

More Recent-
Gladiator
Alien
The Shining
Jacob's Ladder
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Mrs. Doubtfire
As Good as It Gets
Casino Royal
Octopussy
Shrek
The Lion King
The Matrix
Blue Velvet
Crimes and Misdemeanors
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
The Sixth Sense
The Dark Knight
Shawshank Redemption
The Ususal Suspects
Pulp Fiction
Kill Bill
I Am Legend
28 Days Later
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Bourne 1,2,3
Pirates of the Caribbean (1,2, bits of 3)
Ocean's 11 and 13
Indiana Jones (except, emphatically except, the last one)
.....and my personal Oscar goes to...Night of the Hunter

To OP
...Terrible script, horrible cinematography, acting, and special effects, but lots of gratuitous T&A and gore. Gotta love that.
No wonder your wife is moody.:p
 

Topher15

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Just a few...

American History X
Lost In Translation
The Hurricane
The Lord of the Rings
Matrix
Dumb & Dumber
Tom Thumb
Labyrinth
Drop Dead Fred
Fargo
The Game
Pixar films
Wes Anderson films
Studio Ghibli films
 

DrStrange

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The Godfather
The Godfather II
Pirates of Silicon Valley
Wallstreet
Barbarians at the Gate
Heat
Rocky 1/2/3/4/6
Indiana Jones 1/2/3/4
Iron Man
Superman 1/2/3/4
Star Wars
Jaws
Schindler's List
North by Northwest
Psycho
Chinatown
Raging Bull
On the Waterfront
 

hexonxonx

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I have one all time favorite. I've probably seen it 300 times in my lifetime and I hope to be able to watch it at least that any more.

Jesus Christ Superstar
 

djellison

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Here goes, for starts:

Gladiator
...
Casino Royal
...
Ocean's 11 and 13


Oh yeah - now we're talking. Gladiator didn't get anywhere near enough kudos when it came out. Oceans 12 was a bit crap (well, a lot, given how good 11 was)

Of course, a session with The Dude is always a good session.

I got to the bottom of this thread thining "please no one say it..." and thank GOD no one has said Cloverfield. (Worst. Film. Ever)

My guilty pleasure - it was straight to TV, and utterly utterly crap in every possible way...The Langoliers
 

LouisBlack

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Hmm... This is like trying to name your favourite song. It's just so hard.

Akira
Requiem For a Dream
Nosferatu (Herzog version)
Metropolis
M
Romero's Dead series (except Diary)

The list could go on and on but I'm on my iPhone...
 
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