Your all-time favorite movie

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[Manfred58sc]

Ok . Dark Star is way up there for me as well as Forbidden Planet.
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The Mist.
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Triplets of Bellville

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Big Fish.
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Blue Velvet

[Joe 20]

Cusser wrote, "Erich Wolgang Korngold: Adventures of Robin Hood, The Sea Hawk, Captain Blood..."

GOOD LORD Cusser I thought I was the only one who ever heard of him let alone liked his soundtracks from these movies!!! I have an album of his scores somewhere!!

[&Dan]

Can't narrow it down to one, more like a Top 100.

Most anything by Welles: Touch Of Evil, The Trial, Chimes At Midnight, The Lady From Shanghai and of course Citizen Kane.

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I love all war movies. except Pearl Harbor w/ Ben Affleck. I am not a fan.

Now, John Wick series -I love them.

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MAN. that 78 would be neat to own!

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I wouldn't say I actually have a favorite film, but a few that I really never get tired of watching (in no particular order):

Insomnia (highly underrated early film from Christopher Nolan, based on a Norwegian film of the same name-- only one of his I know of that he didn't have a hand in writing, and IMO it's a bit better for it since it lacks his tendency toward ambiguity and glossing over certain plot points. Fantastic performances all around but especially from Robin Williams in a surprisingly serious, edgy role.)

Gone Baby Gone (Ben Affleck's directorial debut, based on the Dennis Lehane novel and starring his brother Casey, shot in and around his home town of Boston so you really get a feel for the city's downtrodden, sleazy side. Extremely well written and acted "missing child" mystery, with a morally ambiguous ending-- pay close attention to the VERY last line said.)

Robocop (no not the remake, but Paul Verhoven's 1986 in your face satire of comic books, and 80s action/ violence. The conference room scene with ED-209 at the beginning of the film sets the tone and the film never looks back. Hilarious and exciting, and even finds room for emotional weight.)

The Assassination of Jesse James (By the Coward Robert Ford) -- another highly underrated film and another Casey Affleck vehicle, who had to go up against heavyweight Brad Pitt and completely holds his own. WAAYYY too slow for some viewers, and it took me a couple times watching it to get fully immersed in it, but I'm entranced whenever I watch it now. The film is only about 2-1/2 hours long but at the end, if you think back to the beginning of the film, it feels like you've watched a 4 hour epic spanning years, when really it's only several months. (And I have to mention the impeccable score by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.)

There Will Be Blood ("I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!!") Maybe the best performance from multiple Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis, based on Upton Sinclair's novel "Oil!" A unique film in that there's not really a single character to root for-- or as a friend of mine put it "Everyone in this film is an asshole!"-- yet watching the movie unfold you are completely hooked. Also maybe the only really "accessible" film to a mainstream audience from director Paul Thomas Anderson (the excellent Boogie Nights notwithstanding.)

Honorable mentions:

Drive (proof that style over substance can work beautifully in certain cases. With its gritty noir feel and ultraviolence it's definitely not for everyone's tastes but if you appreciate visual-- and audial-- flair this movie's for you. Bonus points for the amazing soundtrack, almost its own character in the film.)

Casino Royale (the 2006 Martin Campbell directed film that put James Bond back on the map after years of mediocrity. Took a cue from the Bourne series and grounded its leading character back in reality--but still has time for a few jaw dropping action set pieces.)

Aliens (I've overwatched this film, to the point I get a bit bored with it now-- but the last 20 minutes still remain just about the most relentless, exhausting example of pulse-pounding action in cinema history.)


A bunch of 80s films-- Raiders, Back to the Future, Empire, Breakfast Club, Ghostbusters, Predator... lots of nostalgia there for me.
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[Chad1376]

2001 A Space Odyssey is definitely in my top 10. I watch it at least once/year.

It's been released to theaters for the 50-year anniversary - playing this week only.

I want to see it as it was meant to be watched, on a big screen. Argh - it's 3-hours long though, and I know how it ends (at least as well as any one else has figured out.)
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[djkeev]

I only had Daughters.

As such I've watched a lot of not "manly" movies.

If you define "favorite" as one sticking in your brain and you find yourself still quoting lines from it decades after the last viewing...... it is without a doubt "The Princess Bride".

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I've always thought of my favorite movie as one I'd watch for the rest of my life if trapped on a deserted island (with Gilligan riding the bike to provide electricity).

I'd have to go with The Godfather and Godfather II.

For westerns I'd go with Once Upon A Time In The West and The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Unforgiven and High Plains Drifter and Josey Wales would be close seconds.

For WWII flicks I'd chose Kelly's Heroes and The Dirty Dozen.

I can't stop watching A Few Good Men when I see it as I'm flicking through channels and I cannot resist Forrest Gump either.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit is right up there for a good laugh and to kill some time too. Uncle Buck kills me also and I watch it at least once a year.

For more adult themed flicks I'd have to go with Marilyn Chambers in Insatiable. The Snooker table scene alone is worth the price of the DVD.

I'd have to say that Behind The Green Door runs a close second. nothing with Marilyn is a bad movie. She was the Ivory Snow girl after all .

Can't go wrong with The Devil In Miss Jones either. Georgina Spelvin, while not the prettiest girl ever is tremendously hot.

So many great movies mentioned in this thread that it's hard to pick just one or two. Thanks for jogging my memory about a few of them.

D.

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