View Full Version : Name your 5 favorite movies
klaatu
08-24-2006, 03:48 PM
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
08-24-2006, 04:20 PM
I stumbled onto "the upside of anger" about a month ago what a surprisingly great movie
klaatu
08-24-2006, 04:25 PM
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
08-24-2006, 04:52 PM
Good Fellas
Saving Private Ryan
Forrest Gump
Blow
Erin Brokivich
Braveheart
Johnny Depp
Mel Gibson
Julia Roberts
klaatu
08-24-2006, 05:09 PM
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
08-24-2006, 05:16 PM
They were all good movies...
None were particularly moving though.
BRUTALITOPS
08-24-2006, 05:29 PM
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
08-24-2006, 05:52 PM
Touch of Evil
Citizen Kane
Annie Hall
Chicago
On the Waterfront
Dixie - In Memoriam
08-24-2006, 05:53 PM
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
08-24-2006, 06:03 PM
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
08-24-2006, 06:05 PM
There are sleepers like" the fifth warrior " which didnt get the credit it deserved.
The usual suspects
evince
08-24-2006, 06:05 PM
OOPPPSSS that is "the Thirteenth warrior"
evince
08-24-2006, 06:06 PM
A fish named wanda
maineman
08-24-2006, 06:30 PM
5. The Jerk
who would have guessed that? ;)
maineman
08-24-2006, 06:31 PM
oooo... usual suspects...good one
also: a BIGGIE I forgot:
Being John Malkovich
klaatu
08-25-2006, 07:06 AM
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
08-25-2006, 07:09 AM
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
08-25-2006, 07:14 AM
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
08-25-2006, 07:15 AM
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
08-25-2006, 08:28 AM
1. Seven Samurai
2. Clockwork Orange
3. Godfather I & II
4. Blue Velvet
5. Rear Window or Ikiru
BRUTALITOPS
08-25-2006, 07:28 PM
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
08-27-2006, 05:57 AM
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
08-27-2006, 06:45 AM
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
08-27-2006, 08:45 AM
Local Hero
man I loved that movie
Oh yeah Slaughterhouse five
Care4all
08-27-2006, 09:22 AM
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
08-27-2006, 09:43 AM
you guys are so old.
Damocles
08-27-2006, 10:12 AM
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
08-27-2006, 11:29 AM
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
08-27-2006, 04:15 PM
sounds like something an old person would say ;) :p
Care4all
08-27-2006, 10:05 PM
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
08-28-2006, 07:38 AM
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
08-28-2006, 11:20 AM
Indiana Jones was a fun film
Did anyone see Local Hero?
Jarod
08-29-2006, 06:31 AM
Gangs of NY was terrable...
American History X was good but not great!
krisy
08-29-2006, 07:53 AM
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
08-29-2006, 07:56 AM
anything by the Coen brothers is top shelf....
Blood Simple, Hudsucker Proxy, Raising Arizona, Miller's Crossing, Fargo, et. al.
klaatu
08-29-2006, 08:13 AM
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
08-29-2006, 02:50 PM
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
08-29-2006, 03:03 PM
The Warriors
Shawshank Redemption
Prince of Tides
Sixth Sense
Me & Thorn making it
L.A. Confidential
uscitizen
08-29-2006, 03:06 PM
Oh yes I forgot almost anything with Leslie Neilson. Great stuff.
krisy
08-29-2006, 04:09 PM
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
08-29-2006, 04:46 PM
Me & Thorn making it
LOL. :woot:
Sir Evil
08-29-2006, 04:49 PM
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
08-30-2006, 07:49 AM
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
08-30-2006, 08:09 AM
WHo is acting like a little boy?
You are .... but the difference is ...you are not acting.
uscitizen
08-30-2006, 08:15 AM
Rocky horror picture show ?
Thorn
08-30-2006, 12:59 PM
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
08-30-2006, 03:46 PM
Is Thorn a he or she ?
reverendlionelblair
04-01-2008, 12:59 PM
Rocky 1
Rambo 2
Lethal Weapon 3
Die Hard 4
Jason 5
LadyT
04-01-2008, 01:02 PM
Is Thorn a he or she ?
Deja vu
uscitizen
04-01-2008, 01:54 PM
In no particular order.
Star Wars movies
Midway
Babe
The harry Potter movies
Lord of the rings movies.
Topspin
04-01-2008, 02:28 PM
Dances with wolves
Vision quest
Pulp fiction
I am legend
Harry met Sally
evince
04-01-2008, 03:03 PM
the Princess Bride
Uncle Buck
Local Hero
Groundhogs day
The Commitments
It changes all the time though when I remember other films.
Norman Paperman
04-01-2008, 03:03 PM
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
04-01-2008, 03:03 PM
Oh yeah Little Big Man.
evince
04-01-2008, 03:04 PM
Inherit The Wind
Lawrence of Arabia
Dr. Strangelove
The Stunt Man
Casablanca
Oh hell yeah "Inherit the wind"
Norman Paperman
04-01-2008, 03:09 PM
Oh hell yeah "Inherit the wind"
The only movie that ever changed my life and the way I think.
evince
04-01-2008, 03:19 PM
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
04-01-2008, 06:23 PM
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
04-01-2008, 06:30 PM
Sally forth, now that was a comic strip. do I win a prize ?
Damocles
04-01-2008, 06:58 PM
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
04-01-2008, 07:03 PM
Most books are better than the movies.
midcan5
04-01-2008, 07:14 PM
Groundhog Day
Being There
Forest Gump
Raising Arizona
Koyaanisqatsi / Powaqqatsi series
Norman Paperman
04-01-2008, 07:18 PM
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
04-01-2008, 07:20 PM
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
04-01-2008, 07:20 PM
Ahh thanks Midcan, I had forgotten
Being There.
evince
04-01-2008, 07:20 PM
I just thought of another one "Harvey"
Norman Paperman
04-01-2008, 07:23 PM
Being There.
Peter Sellers was a great actor.
Anyone remember The Mouse That Roared?
evince
04-01-2008, 07:26 PM
yes it was pretty funny
uscitizen
04-01-2008, 08:00 PM
Peter Sellers was a great actor.
Anyone remember The Mouse That Roared?
Yep and the mouse on the moon.
the sequal.
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