What is your all time favorite movie?

[paulfish4570]

yes, unforgiven, how could i forget that. searchers, unforgiven, one upon a time in the west all tied for no. 1 western for me ...

 

[Lflex]

Diva - this movie is bad in the good way.

 

[Mr_Toad]

Aliens2 gets me in a killin' mood, for when I have to go out front to spray the weeds.

 

[Borghesia]

La Haine
The grapes of wrath
Control

 

[jamesbf]

Any of the old Indiana Jones' & 28 Weeks later!

 

[batterytypehah!]

My Life as a Dog
Local Hero
Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World

 

[leica M2 fan]

Since no one has mentioned this one- another favorite:
Roshomon by the great Akira Kurosawa.

 

[filmtwit]

Roshomon is a very good film, but I'd say that Kurosawa did better in such films as

Yojimbo (Music, cinematography and dark comedy, plus every spaghetti western ever made plays some homage to this film)
Red beard (Story and a 180 in subtly in film making)
Ran (the visual story telling is unsurpassed)

Since no one has mentioned this one- another favorite:
Roshomon by the great Akira Kurosawa.

 

[ChrisLivsey]

"Silent Running" directed by Douglas Trumbull

 

[geotrupede]

Obviously... "M"

 

[KoNickon]

It's a Wonderful Life
Slap Shot
Das Boot
A Room with a View

 

[Meakin]

Too many to mention - but one that does seems to stick in my mind is : Wim Wenders "Until the end of the world" (179min. european version)

/Meakin

 

[Mablo]

"La Strada" by Fellini.

 

[paulfish4570]

das boot, yes ...

 

[seakayaker1]

1. Lawrence of Arabia
2. Doctor Zhivago
3. The Bridge on the River Kwai
4. The Godfather
5. Amadeus
6. Tombstone
7. The Shawshank Redemption
8. Saving Private Ryan
9. Apocalypse Now
10. Ghandhi

. . . . . to name a few, and there are dozens of others which fit into a favorite category.

 

[egor]

I was surprised to see so many of us decidedly non-mainstream rangefinder users name so many mainstream films.

At the risk of getting permanently banned over my dubious taste, here are my top-5, in alphabetical order:

* Alucarda - Juan López Moctezuma
* Beyond the Valley of the Dolls - Russ Meyer
* Danger: Diabolik - Mario Bava
* Joshuu sasori: Dai-41 zakkyo-bô - Shunya Ito
* Le frisson des vampires - Jean Rollin
* Visitor Q - Takashi Miike

Oops, that's 6… and there are at least several dozen more from Jess Franco, Pete Walker, Paul Naschy, Norifumi Suzuki, Doris Wishman and several others that belong in my "top 5."

 

[Richard G]

Sophistication award goes definitely to the Vancouverites. Too many to mention. Based on instant impression and number of times watched:
The first four Sean Connery James Bond films,
Bergman's 'Virgin Spring',
Tarkowsky's 'Mirror',
Casablanca,
Rear Window

 

[finguanzo]

almost an impossible question to answer, but, some of them include,
Rushmore,
Election
Groundhog Day
Seems like anything with Bill Murray......

 

[Richard G]

Of course, Bill Murray: 'Lost in Translation' for instance and for other reasons, but chiefly
'Stripes'.

 

[Matthew Runkel]

Dr. Strangelove

Many are tied for second, including:

Notorious
North By Northwest
Being There
Vertigo
The Player
The Big Sleep
Chinatown
Kill Bill 1 and 2
Terminator 1 and 2