What is your all time favorite movie?

[BobYIL]

Great movies so far.. let's add a few memorable ones:

Dersu Uzala by Akiro Kurosawa
La Nuit Américaine by François Truffaut
The Marriage of Maria Braun by Werner Fassbinder

 

[astro8]

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Maltese Falcon
Cape Fear
Cinema Paradiso
Das Boot
Breathless
Closely Watched Trains
La Grande Bouffe
and many, many more....

 

[zuiko85]

Too old to have a favorite. But some I liked in the last few decades;
Good Night and Good Luck
Apollo 13
O' Brother, Where Art Thou
The Twelve Chairs
Silverado
Tinker Taylor (1980 BBC miniseries with Alec Guinness)
Smiley's People (follow up series)
The Man in the White Suit
The Bridge over the River Kwai (must have Alec Guinness on the brain)
Alegro Non Troppo
Strictly Ballroom

I dunno, lots more.

 

[zuiko85]

Back again.

We need a thread on 'favorite movie lines'

From Bridge Over the River Kwai, the last spoken lines; 'madness.....madness....'
kinda sums it up, don't you think?

 

[Sparrow]

Back again.

We need a thread on 'favorite movie lines'

From Bridge Over the River Kwai, the last spoken lines; 'madness.....madness....'
kinda sums it up, don't you think?

"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room."

... someone must have mentioned Strangelove already

 

[zeezea]

In no particular order and woefully incomplete:

Kind Hearts and Coronets
Paths of Glory
The Searchers
The Joy Luck Club
Dinner Rush
Lord of the Rings x 3

Oh, and almost any 1950's B/W sci-fi/creature flick.

Regards,
Al

 

[SilverPix]

This is supposedly a photography forum and no one has mentioned The Road to Perdition.
That and...
The Shawshank Redemption
Green Mile
Castaway
Elf
Planes Trains and Automobiles
Gladiator

Are a few I will watch over and over.

 

[slowbicycle]

yes, hard to choose favorites, but on my list would be:

Ozu's An Autumn Afternoon
Naruse's When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Bergman's Wild Strawberries
Godard's Une Femme est Une Femme
Truffaut's Jules et Jim
Bertolucci's The Conformist
Yoshida's Impasse (Hono to onna)
Woody Allen's Manhattan
Wong Kar-Wai's "Chungking Express" and "In the Mood for Love"
Zhang Yimou's To Live
Capra's "It Happened One Night" and "You Can't Take it With You"
Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt
Ford's The Man Who Shot Libery Valance
Nicholas Ray's In A Lonely Place

....and many more...

 

[Rob-F]

Some favorite actors are Meryl Streep, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman. Of course there are others I like. These are just the first to come to mind. And favorite movies that first come to mind include:

Out of Africa;
Sophie's choice;
Spy Game;
My Fair Lady;
Funny Face;
The Right Stuff;
Wag the Dog;
Kramer vs. Kramer
Two for the Road
How to Steal a Million
Love among Thieves

 

[batterytypehah!]

barry lyndon if only for the exquisite available light cinematography ...

How could I forget. Hands down the most impressive color work I have ever seen, even though sadly it was only on a humble 20 inch CRT.

I saw Lawrence of Arabia off a pristine 70mm print in my town's largest movie house and still, I think Barry Lyndon tops it.

 

[NickTrop]

Alphaville.

Jean-Luc Goddard's one and only noir science fiction film made in the mid-60's. Better than 2001, better than any other sci fi, in my opinion. Absolutely astonishing - "0" special effects. "0" budget - in fact, whether he knew it or not, he made mockery of such films.

Love. this. film.

 

[batterytypehah!]

I suspect if I watched Heaven's Gate again (the director's cut, of course), it would rank very highly, too. Even though I hate sepia.

 

[micromontenegro]

-Le chateau de ma mère, Marcel Pagnol
-Wild at heart, David Lynch
-Sur, Fernando Solanas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-LyvT52frY

 

[Beemermark]

reading the list makes want to run out and rent a couple of dozen movies.

Dr. Strangelove and A Boy and His Dog with Don Johnson ranks up at the top for what the future holds.

 

[zauhar]

Drama:
La Dolce Vita
Lawrence of Arabia


Sci Fi:

2001
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Carpenter's)

Horror
The Shining
The Eye 2 (Pang Bros)

Action:
Kill Bill I
Aliens II (or is that sci fi?)

Can't categorize:
Antichrist (although I never want to see it again)
The Fountain

Those are by free association, probably I am missing my all-time favorites.

Randy

 

[batterytypehah!]

Must stop going back to this thread... But I need to add some lighter fare:

Some Like It Hot
The Big Lebowski
The Fisher King (indeed, anything by Gilliam, my wife would vote for Time Bandits)

And, since this is favorite films, not "best" films, I probably never laughed harder than when I first saw A Fish Called Wanda.

 

[burancap]

So many great ones mentioned here!

For me...

Lawrence Of Arabia
or
Being There

Couple of curveballs...

300
Fight Club
The Chronicles Of Riddick

 

[Sparrow]

Must stop going back to this thread... But I need to add some lighter fare:

Some Like It Hot
The Big Lebowski
The Fisher King (indeed, anything by Gilliam, my wife would vote for Time Bandits)

And, since this is favorite films, not "best" films, I probably never laughed harder than when I first saw A Fish Called Wanda.

... SWMBO can't stand dwarves, but yes Time Bandits needs to be on the list ...

... I'm surprised Blade Runner hasn't featured more

 

[paulfish4570]

the fisher king is a fine movie.

speaking of jeff bridges: star man.

 

[PhotoMat]

PhotoMat, with your Avatar and you don't list "2001"?

So, '2001, a Space Odyssey'

I knew I was missing something!

And how could I have missed Caddyshack? I can quote that movie verbatim (much to the chagrin of my wife).

Fun thread.