Your Favorite Films?

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  • Posts: 2,107
    Ghostbusters...

    Cheer brilliance!

    or

    The Good, The Bad and The Ugly...

    or...
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    This film will be a cult classic (I saw it in cinemas) :

  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Lucky, @Dalton! Ever since I saw that trailer, I was dying to see the film. I really need to get around to doing so.
  • Lucky, @Dalton! Ever since I saw that trailer, I was dying to see the film. I really need to get around to doing so.
    Looks awesome, I've loved him since OLDBOY, top top top. I feel a slight stiffening coming on.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    edited August 2011 Posts: 40,454
    I wouldn't blame you, @forgotmyusername. His films are amazing, Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance has to be one of my favorites. Hear about Park's first English film called Stoker? Sounds pretty good.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    Actually, here's my top ten:

    001: 2001: A Space Odyssey
    002: Blade Runner
    003: Akira
    004: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
    005: Léon
    006: Gone With The Wind
    007: Heat
    008: William Wyler's Ben-Hur
    009: Seven Samurai
    010: Spirited Away


    Series with more than two entries, like Bond, Star Wars, Planet Of The Apes, Indy, ... are placed in separate lists, for I find it important to consider those films within their respective franchise.

    Horror films are in a separate list as well, but they present complications. You see, I have at least 10 horror films that I would gladly put in a nr 1 spot, and then another 20 contesters for the nr 2 spot. I just can't ever sort that mess out. It's pure horror! ;;)
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    One of my favorite film of all time (in my top 5) is Johnnie To's 'Breaking News'. I just love that film.

  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    edited August 2011 Posts: 40,454
    @DarthDimi, Leon and Heat are absolutely excellent films.
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    Aside from the Bond movies, here are some of my favorite movies:

    -Paul Blart: Mall Cop
    -The Fugitive
    -Star Wars Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back
    -Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace
    -Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade
    -Batman (1989)
    -Batman Forever
    -Batman: Under the Red Hood
    -Spider-Man 2
    -Jaws
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    Non-Bond? Here's are a couple of my favourites (no order):

    May (2002)
    Dracula (1931)
    The Shadow (1994)
    School For Scoundrels (1959)
    Under The Sand (2000)
    The French Connection (1971)
    The Incredibles (2004)
    The Last Hunter (1980)
    The Dead Pool (1988)
    The Wishmaster (1997)
    Film Noir (2007)
    Night Of The Seagulls (1975)
    Dawn Of The Dead (1978)
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    edited August 2011 Posts: 40,454
    @00Beast, The Fugitive = very good choice.
  • Ronin good film with Robert Deniro...not my most favourite it on my list
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    The Best Years of Our Lives - an excellent film revolving around post WWII small town America.
  • Muqaddar Ka Sikandar - what a film.

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  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    edited July 2012 Posts: 28,694
    In no particular order:
    Forrest Gump
    Good Will Hunting(Absolutely brilliant. If you haven't seen it, see it!)
    The Bourne Trilogy
    Spiderman 2
    Taxi Driver
    The Ocean's series
    Saving Private Ryan
    I Am Legend
    Taken
    The Departed
    Batman Begins/The Dark Knight
    Casino Royale(It's that good to me)
    About a Boy(A great British film)
    Zodiac
    Stranger Than Fiction
    Mr. and Mrs. Smith
    Niagara
    Let's Make Love
    Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
    The Rainmaker
    A Few Good Men
    The Pursuit of Happyness
    Rain Man
    Memento
    The Greatest Game Ever Played
    Layer Cake(DC is amazing in it)
    Collateral
    The Mission Impossible series
    Toy Story(My first film viewing)
    Silence of the Lambs
    Indiana Jones Raiders/Last Crusade
    Disturbia
    The Untouchables
    Unforgiven
    Halloween
    True Grit(Both old and new)
    Meet The Parents
    Platoon
    Erin Brockovich
    Die Hard, Die Hard with a Vengeance and Live Free or Die Hard
    Hostage
    American Psycho


  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    @0Brady, can't even begin to pick through that list of amazing films. But I will say, Collateral is in my Top Ten. Excellent performances from Cruise and Foxx, and yet another beautifully delivered film from Michael Mann. Glad to see another person who loves American Psycho as much as I do. Bale was at his finest there.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    @0Brady, can't even begin to pick through that list of amazing films. But I will say, Collateral is in my Top Ten. Excellent performances from Cruise and Foxx, and yet another beautifully delivered film from Michael Mann. Glad to see another person who loves American Psycho as much as I do. Bale was at his finest there.
    Much agreed. Collateral was a brilliant short thrill ride that is overlooked, as is American Psycho. American Psycho is one of the films that after watching it I questioned my sanity. The other was Henry:Portrait of a Serial Killer. Freaky movie. Inception counts too I guess, but I just questioned if I was really living or If I was dreaming. Ah well.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    @0Brady, Collateral was excellent, dramatic, and has some of the most intense shootouts I've seen. The fight in the club or when Vince takes down the two gangsters who stole his briefcase in the alleyway is amazing. Yeah, American Psycho is really good. If you check all the little hints throughout the film, it can swing both ways: either it all happened, because there were so many cases of mistaken identity, and the street shootout was a dream sequence, or it was all in his head.
  • DiscoVolanteDiscoVolante Stockholm, Sweden
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    After seeing a couple of you including Children of men in your top, I decided to finally watch it yesterday.

    Didn't think it was that good at all :-S Caine was great as always though
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    After seeing a couple of you including Children of men in your top, I decided to finally watch it yesterday.

    Didn't think it was that good at all :-S Caine was great as always though
    Shame to hear. I loved it. You at least have to admit, though, the one-take finale was pretty awesome, and skilled in how they pulled it off.

  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
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    I've never even considered having a "favourite film". I reckon it couldn't answer it anyway, it would be unfair to the others that are just as good.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    I've never even considered having a "favourite film". I reckon it couldn't answer it anyway, it would be unfair to the others that are just as good.
    Same here @Samuel. That's why they all need equal love and rewatching!

    ;-)
  • DiscoVolanteDiscoVolante Stockholm, Sweden
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    After seeing a couple of you including Children of men in your top, I decided to finally watch it yesterday.

    Didn't think it was that good at all :-S Caine was great as always though
    Shame to hear. I loved it. You at least have to admit, though, the one-take finale was pretty awesome, and skilled in how they pulled it off.

    Yes the finale was beautiful, I'll admit that!
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    edited August 2011 Posts: 40,454
    @DiscoVolante, good! Felt like a realistic movie dealing with the future - not so much the infertility, but how they show the world. And Cuaron, the director, knows how to direct, that's for sure.

    Another one of my favorites: 'The Tailor of Panama', starring Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Brendan Gleeson.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    edited October 2011 Posts: 28,694
    I thought I'd BUMP this thread to jumpstart some more conversation.
  • Posts: 154
    Impossible for me to name one favourite, as I have many! But I absolutely love Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, such a fun movie!
  • Monsieur_AubergineMonsieur_Aubergine Top of the Eiffel Tower with a fly in my soup!
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    HEAT for me. Quite simply the last great film of the 90's and for some considerable time thereafter.
    Just superb.

    Glengarry Glen Ross has to be an extremely strong second. What a cast??!!!
  • Godfather Saga. Amazing.
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