Name your 5 favorite movies

[klaatu]

And 3 favorite actors

and finally 3 favorite actresses

To kick it off :

Not really in order ..

American History X - 1998
Gangs of New York - 2002
Godfathers 1&2 I consider it 1 movie 1972-74
The Graduate - 1967
Pulp Fiction - 1994


Humphry Bogart
Jimmy Stewart
Russel Crowe

Carol Lombard
Meryl Streep
Joan Allen just made the list after watching "Upside of Anger"

[evince]

I stumbled onto "the upside of anger" about a month ago what a surprisingly great movie

[klaatu]

I stumbled onto "the upside of anger" about a month ago what a surprisingly great movie


Yes .. wasnt it good? I thought Joan Allen was fantastic ...and it was probably Costners best performance in a long time ...

[Cypress]

Good Fellas
Saving Private Ryan
Forrest Gump
Blow
Erin Brokivich
Braveheart


Johnny Depp
Mel Gibson
Julia Roberts

[klaatu]

Good Fellas
Saving Private Ryan
Forrest Gump
Blow
Erin Brokivich
Braveheart


Johnny Depp
Mel Gibson
Julia Roberts

good movies Cypress .. like them all ....

[FUCK THE POLICE]

They were all good movies...

None were particularly moving though.

[BRUTALITOPS]

done this before:

Cidade De Deus
Mulholland Drive
Requiem for a Dream
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (probably actuall not top 5 but I just can't think of anything else right now)

Can't think of 5....

But I'll just list more I like

Blue Velvet
Lost Highway
Magnolia
Punch Drunk Love
Rushmore
Royal Tennenbaums
Shawshank Redemption
Goodfellas
Casino
Matrix (and yes I like the sequels, shove it)
Fight Club
American History X
Donnie Darko
Waking Life
Pulp Fiction
Resovoir Dogs

[maineman]

Touch of Evil
Citizen Kane
Annie Hall
Chicago
On the Waterfront

[Dixie - In Memoriam]

1. Forrest Gump
2. The Wizard of Oz
3. Saving Private Ryan
4. The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
5. The Jerk

1. Tom Hanks
2. Clint Eastwood
3. Robert DeNiro

1. Julia Roberts
2. Nicole Kidman
3. Meryl Streep

[evince]

Raising Arizona

Oh Brother where art thou

The Princess bride

Sliverado

Amastad

This is just a few I can think of ,I dont really have A or even five best ther are too many good ones

The bird cage

Its a wonderful life

Too many good ones

[evince]

There are sleepers like" the fifth warrior " which didnt get the credit it deserved.

The usual suspects

[evince]

OOPPPSSS that is "the Thirteenth warrior"

[evince]

A fish named wanda

[maineman]

5. The Jerk



who would have guessed that? ;)

[maineman]

oooo... usual suspects...good one

also: a BIGGIE I forgot:

Being John Malkovich

[klaatu]

oooo... usual suspects...good one

also: a BIGGIE I forgot:

Being John Malkovich


That is a real good one ...


and here is recent one that I highly recommend if you havent yet seen it... especially you Dixie... since you are an OZ fan ...

Narnia "The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe" ...

[klaatu]

Raising Arizona

Oh Brother where art thou

The Princess bride

Sliverado

Amastad

This is just a few I can think of ,I dont really have A or even five best ther are too many good ones

The bird cage

Its a wonderful life

Too many good ones

I agree ... Its tough to narrow it down .... and we are going to forget some bigtime classics ... there already have been many listed that could easily make my top 5 ...
I.E. I am a huge Hitchcock fan ... and by the way .. I liked Amastad too....

[Damocles]

Amistad was a great movie.

I think you'd have to break it down into categories. There are simply way too many good movies to put down only 5.

[klaatu]

Cinderella Man didnt make a big splash ... but I thought that was a great movie ..... Crowe and Ron Howard are becoming like Scorcese and DeNiro ...and Hitchcock and Jimmy Stewart.

[Blackflag]

1. Seven Samurai
2. Clockwork Orange
3. Godfather I & II
4. Blue Velvet
5. Rear Window or Ikiru

[BRUTALITOPS]

my roomate had a whole box set of kurosawa stuff, never got around to seven samurai because i never had the time to sit down to watch it :)

[klaatu]

Hitchcock was such a great movie maker .... watched "North by Northwest" last night ... and the movie also reminded me why Cary Grant was such a great actor and Eva Marie Saint was one hot actress!

[TheDanold]

1. Rocky
2. It's a Wonderful Life
3. Jurassic Park
4. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
5. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Honorary mention to the video where Al Gore walks into a display of the founders of America and asks "Who are these guys?". Lucky for him he's a Democrat and the Liberal media would never mention it, let alone crucify him like they did to Quayle over misspelling potato.

[evince]

Local Hero

man I loved that movie

Oh yeah Slaughterhouse five

[Care4all]

1. Rocky
2. It's a Wonderful Life
3. Jurassic Park
4. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
5. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Honorary mention to the video where Al Gore walks into a display of the founders of America and asks "Who are these guys?". Lucky for him he's a Democrat and the Liberal media would never mention it, let alone crucify him like they did to Quayle over misspelling potato.

I could go with Rocky, It;s a wonderful life, and one flew over the cuckoo's nest,

but i think my 5 would be JAWS, and poseidon adventure. sense and sensibility, original planet of the apes, and ben hur...

[BRUTALITOPS]

you guys are so old.

[Damocles]

I can't name just 5, so I thought I'd separate them by category.

Religious and other Phenomena:

The Sixth Sense
The 9th Gate
Prophesy
Seven
Fallen

More realistic/historical:
Shawshank Redemption
A Beautiful Mind
Gladiator
Braveheart


Sci-Fi/Fantasy:
Willow
Star Wars Trilogy (original)
Signs
ID4

Action/Adventure:
The Game
Ransom
Falling Down
Die Hard
Raiders of the Lost Ark

Comedy:
Hot Shots
Erik The Viking
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
MIB


There's more but I'm tired already.

[klaatu]

you guys are so old.

Movies arent like razor blades .. you dont just use them and throw 'em away ...
If I say I like the Mona Lisa and its my favorite painting ... would that be an age thing? lol

[BRUTALITOPS]

sounds like something an old person would say ;) :p

[Care4all]

shawshank is up there too!


but if you were to ask me what movies i have viewed most, due to video/dvd access, and for enjoyment, then i would say...

the lethal weapon series.
the die hard sreies
star wars series
rocky series
back to the future series
lord of the ring series
true lies
shawshank
ET
north by northwest
basic instinct
romancing the stone
twins

[krisy]

These are some fo my favs.just 5 is hard to do,because I know I'll forget some.

1.Tommy Boy
2.The Patriot
3.Forest Gump
4.Airplane!( I love Leslie Nielson)
5.Schindler's List

Some more are Jurassic Park-the first one
Meet the Fockers
Raising Arizona

[evince]

Indiana Jones was a fun film

Did anyone see Local Hero?

[Jarod]

Gangs of NY was terrable...

American History X was good but not great!

[krisy]

Has anyone seen the Butterfly Effect? A lot of people I talked to didn't like it. I did,but I thought it was terribly depressing.

Shawshank Redemption was a good movie too.

[maineman]

anything by the Coen brothers is top shelf....

Blood Simple, Hudsucker Proxy, Raising Arizona, Miller's Crossing, Fargo, et. al.

[klaatu]

Gangs of NY was terrable...

American History X was good but not great!

You know Alex.. everytime you flap your trap you prove me right.. you are just a little whiney boy ... and thats it!

:321: little boy with pimples ...

[Thorn]

I'm forgetting a slew of movies, of course, but here are some nobody's mentioned (except for one):

Winged Migration (on DVD, watch the making of the film; it's phenomenal!)
Airplane!
The Wall
The Vanishing (the original, in French with English subtitles, not the remake)
La Femme Nikita (again, the original in French; the remake was silly)

[Sir Evil]

The Warriors
Shawshank Redemption
Prince of Tides
Sixth Sense
Me & Thorn making it
L.A. Confidential

[uscitizen]

Oh yes I forgot almost anything with Leslie Neilson. Great stuff.

[krisy]

I'm forgetting a slew of movies, of course, but here are some nobody's mentioned (except for one):

Winged Migration (on DVD, watch the making of the film; it's phenomenal!)
Airplane!
The Wall
The Vanishing (the original, in French with English subtitles, not the remake)
La Femme Nikita (again, the original in French; the remake was silly)

Hey! I said Airplane too....I love Leslie Nielson as I said before. He makes me laugh so hard I cry

[Damocles]

Me & Thorn making it


LOL. :woot:

[Sir Evil]

LOL. :woot:

LOL, she totally missed that one but something tells me she wont next time around, and then it's trouble for me!:ouch:

[Jarod]

You know Alex.. everytime you flap your trap you prove me right.. you are just a little whiney boy ... and thats it!

:321: little boy with pimples ...


WHo is acting like a little boy?

[klaatu]

WHo is acting like a little boy?

You are .... but the difference is ...you are not acting.

[uscitizen]

Rocky horror picture show ?

[Thorn]

LOL, she totally missed that one but something tells me she wont next time around, and then it's trouble for me!:ouch:

I'm still laughing! :cof1:

[uscitizen]

Is Thorn a he or she ?

[reverendlionelblair]

Rocky 1
Rambo 2
Lethal Weapon 3
Die Hard 4
Jason 5

[LadyT]

Is Thorn a he or she ?

Deja vu

[uscitizen]

In no particular order.

Star Wars movies
Midway
Babe
The harry Potter movies
Lord of the rings movies.

[Topspin]

Dances with wolves
Vision quest
Pulp fiction
I am legend
Harry met Sally

[evince]

the Princess Bride
Uncle Buck
Local Hero
Groundhogs day
The Commitments

It changes all the time though when I remember other films.

[Norman Paperman]

No particular order:

Inherit The Wind

Lawrence of Arabia

Dr. Strangelove

The Stunt Man

Casablanca


Actors:

Spencer Tracy

Peter O'Toole

Jimmy Stewart


Actresses:

Ann-Margret

Dana Delaney

June Allyson


There are more, but you only asked for 5,3, and 3.

[evince]

Oh yeah Little Big Man.

[evince]

Inherit The Wind

Lawrence of Arabia

Dr. Strangelove

The Stunt Man

Casablanca


Oh hell yeah "Inherit the wind"

[Norman Paperman]

Oh hell yeah "Inherit the wind"

The only movie that ever changed my life and the way I think.

[evince]

To this day I love the name Adicus.

My son called me by my first name for about a year and I never told him not to because it made me think of this film every time he did it.

[Norman Paperman]

To this day I love the name Adicus.

My son called me by my first name for about a year and I never told him not to because it made me think of this film every time he did it.

I think you may have your movies confused, I believe youare thinking of To Kill A Mockingbird and Atticus Finch. Inherit The Wind was loosely based on the Scopes Monkey trial.

On the other hand, if you have changed the subject midstream and I am mistaken...well...sally forth...

[uscitizen]

Sally forth, now that was a comic strip. do I win a prize ?

[Damocles]

I think you may have your movies confused, I believe youare thinking of To Kill A Mockingbird and Atticus Finch. Inherit The Wind was loosely based on the Scopes Monkey trial.

On the other hand, if you have changed the subject midstream and I am mistaken...well...sally forth...
She is definitely thinking of To Kill A Mockingbird and Atticus (It's Roman).

The book was about 3 times better than the movie.

[uscitizen]

Most books are better than the movies.

[midcan5]

Groundhog Day
Being There
Forest Gump
Raising Arizona
Koyaanisqatsi / Powaqqatsi series

[Norman Paperman]

Most books are better than the movies.

Case in point, I Am Legend. Not one of the three versions of that movie can hold a candle to the book.Actually, at about 170 pages, I guess it would be considered a novella.

And sorry, I just ran out of prizes. ;)

[evince]

She is definitely thinking of To Kill A Mockingbird and Atticus (It's Roman).

The book was about 3 times better than the movie.

Yes I was but Inherit the wind is a great movie too.

[uscitizen]

Ahh thanks Midcan, I had forgotten

Being There.

[evince]

I just thought of another one "Harvey"

[Norman Paperman]

Being There.

Peter Sellers was a great actor.

Anyone remember The Mouse That Roared?

[evince]

yes it was pretty funny

[uscitizen]

Peter Sellers was a great actor.

Anyone remember The Mouse That Roared?

Yep and the mouse on the moon.
the sequal.