What are your favourite movies (**BESIDES Serenity**) by 20thCentFoxHater

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What are your favourite movies (**BESIDES Serenity**)

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 3:54 PM

DO NOT say "Serenity", because we all know everyone here qualifies it as one of their favourite movies.

My favourite movies BESIDES Serenity are:

1. Braveheart
2. Gladiator
3. Sin City
4. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Extended Edition
5. Star Wars Trilogy (the OLD trilogy)
6. Lord of War
7. Donnie Darko
8. V For Vendetta
9. Black Hawk Down
10. For A Few Dollars More
11. The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
12. Batman Begins
13. The Matrix
14. Brotherhood of the Wolf
15. Bowling for Columbine

"I aim to misbehave."
"Can't do something smart, do something right".

HOMER: "Oh Lisa, you and your stories; Bart is a vampire, beer kills brain cells. Now lets go back to that... building thingy... where our beds and T.V.... is".

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 4:23 PM

JOSSISAGOD

I'm gonna have to agree with your list 'cause any other movie I've seen was not even close. You know what movie I'd put in the number one slot, but I can't say it. I've never seen Bowling for Columbine. Also, I'll add the Jurassic Park Trilogy.
Edit: forgot to add, Big Trouble in Little China and The Pricess Bride and Batman Begins(Batman and Batman returns were good, but "Begins" was better.
JOSSIS(Most Definitely)AGOD

"Welcome to Jurassic Park." Adam Park, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 4:30 PM

SADLITTLEKING

My Top 11 favorite movies, in alphabetical order...

Galaxy Quest
Jurassic Park
Phone Booth
Spaceballs
Star Trek: First Contact
The Matrix
Underworld
Underworld: Evolution
V for Vendetta
X-Men
X2

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 4:58 PM

RMMC

Hmm...other than 'Serenity' you say? Man, this is gonna be one weird list, I'll warn ya.

In no particular order (and ocassionally clumped):

1.) Lord of the Rings (I refuse to differentiate. To me it is, and should be, viewed as one big @ss movie.)
2.)Clue
3.) Silverado
4.) Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
5.) Muppet Treasure Island
6.) The Adventures of Robin Hood (The one with Errol Flynn)
7.) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
8.) Spiderman/Spiderman 2
9.) Star Wars (Han shot first, dammit!)/Empire/Jedi
10.) Lost Boys
11.) Young Frankenstein
12.) The Princess Bride
13.) Lethal Weapon/Lethal Weapon 2
14.) Raiders of the Lost Ark/Last Crusade
15.) Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
16.) Slap Shot
17.) Romancing the Stone/Jewel of the Nile
18.) X-Men/X-Men2
19.) Dracula (Bela Legosi)
20.) 12 Angry Men

Told ya it's be weird.

Huh. Kinda longish, too. And it'd be longer if I had a functioning brain.

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"Too late." -- Wadsworth (Tim Curry) and the other suspects, 'Clue'

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 5:01 PM

20THCENTFOXHATER

I knew I forgot something!!! God! I'm an idiot. Well you can add these to my list as well:

- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- 12 Monkeys
- Training Day (Denzel was such a hardcore badass in that)

"I aim to misbehave."
"Can't do something smart, do something right".

HOMER: "Oh Lisa, you and your stories; Bart is a vampire, beer kills brain cells. Now lets go back to that... building thingy... where our beds and T.V.... is".

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 5:09 PM

THENCDUCK

The Matrix
Equilibrium
All Star Wars
Lord of the Rings
Underworld
Underworld Evolution
V for Vendetta
Pitch Black
Chronicles of Riddick
Pulp Fiction
X-Men 1 and 2
Anchorman
Wedding Crashers
Rounders
The Bourne Idenity and Surpremacy
Office Space

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 5:19 PM

RMMC

Quote:
Originally posted by 20thCentFoxHater:
I knew I forgot something!!! God! I'm an idiot.

If you are, it makes me a much bigger one because I forgot these.

21.) Underworld/Underworld Evolution
22.) Pirates of the Carribean
23.) The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension
24.) King Kong (original and newest versions only)
25.) MIB/MIB2

The worst bit? Most of these movies are on the frickin' shelf just 2 feet away! *sigh*

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 5:32 PM

ROLAND19

In order of awesomeness (and excluding Serenity, for whatever reason):
The Shawshank Redemption
Forrest Gump
American Psycho
Clerks.
The Professional
Batman Begins
The Empire Strikes Back
Chasing Amy
The Matrix
Jurassic Park
Highlander
Dirty Harry
Se7en
Dogma
Reservoir Dogs
Big Fish
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Spider-Man 2
Stand by Me
Shaun of the Dead
Lethal Weapon
The Muppets Take Manhattan
Bruce Campbell vs. Army of Darkness
The Untouchables
Happy Gilmore
The Outsiders
The Dead Zone

That's all I can think of at the moment.

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 6:07 PM

COPILOT

I'm going with
#2 The Royal Tenebalms sp?
#3 Cecil B Demented
#4 Donnie Darko Orginal followed by the directors cut
#5 All things Kevin Smith (except that horrid clown raping movie Vulgar)
#6 What the Bleep do we know
#7 Matrix
#8 The wishing Stair
#9 Wag the dog
#10 Farienheit 911

An I carried such a torch

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 6:31 PM

REGINAROADIE

For me, this is a loaded question, since there are som many favorites for genres and su-genres and stuff like that. I'm just gonna go with what comes off the top of my head.

AMADEUS- This is in my mind, the best fucking movie ever made. This is the movie that perfectly captures the pain and ecstasy of being an artist. It's a great meditation on man's relation to God. It's a period piece that's actually exciting and not boring since it find so many contemporary parallels. It has great music attached to it and it's just so perfect.

BACK TO THE FUTURE III- I know a lot of people think this is the weakest of the BTTF movies, but I don't care. I saw this movie when I was 6, and it was the movie that spearked a lifetime passion for film. It's the movie that made me who I am.

CLERKS- All of Kevin Smith's movies, actually. But this is my absolute fave for obvious reasons.

LAST NIGHT- I'm writing my essay on this movie since it's not only the best end of the world film IMHO, but it's also my favorite Canadian movie. I would so this film to anyone who scoffs at Canadian cinema and wonders what it has to offer.

L.A. CONFIDENTIAL- I always thought "THIS is how you do an action film" whenever I see this flick. This is without a doubt the most balls to the wall, razor sharp, no holds barred action flick. And the reason I say that is that when you watch the action scenes, you feel the punches to your face and the bullets that rip through your gut.

GARDEN STATE- So far, this is my favorite movie of the decade because it perfectly captures my generation. And the final twenty minutes of this film is the most perfect thing you've ever seen.

Anything by Stanley Kubrick- This man is what I call a REAL director. This is a guy who works on a whole other level of consciousness that we can only grasp to understand. Any one of them.

FANTASIA- This is still in my mind the pinnacle of the animated medium. Just one segment alone should be able to convince you.

I got a lot more, but it's late and I wanna go to bed.

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Dwight - The Office - 209 - E-mail Surveillance

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 7:43 PM

PSILONAUT

in no particular order:

amelie
sympathy for mr. vengeance
memento
out of the past
fight club
seven samurai
oldboy
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
se7en
a bittersweet life

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 7:52 PM

AZTECHROME

1. Dr. Strangelove
2. Metropolis
3. Taxi Driver
4. O Lucky Man
5. Tout va bien

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 8:11 PM

STROKINGMYPETER

ok, i love doing this!!!! my favorite movies are:

1. The Big Lebowski - Absolutely the smartest most hilarious movie ever. FANTASTIC. Highly recommended.

2. Dazed and Confused - An essential and accurate depiction of life in the 70s. And a damn fun movie to watch too.

3. 2001: A Space Odyssey - More than a sci fi pic. The most thought provoking film I've ever seen. Unbelievably far ahead of its time. Most people even today don't understand it.

4. The Shawshank Redemption - Excellent script, great acting, great direction, great story. Very powerful movie.

5. The Breakfast Club - What Dazed and Confused was for the 70s this is for the 80s. Funny and even insightful at times. Excellent.

6. Schindler's List - Spielberg at his very best. Powerful, tragic, and inspiring. Every person should see this movie.

7. Star Wars - One of the most influential films of all time. Completely revolutionized the movie industry forever. And at the same time it is a hella fun movie to watch, with cool special effects even today. I honestly whole heartedly prefer the special effects of this movie then the computerized effects of today.

8. Crash - I am reluctant to put a new movie on here because I havn't had much time to let it sink in and it hasn't really been measured by the test of time, but this movie was fantastic. I've only cried once in my life in a movie theater, and it was during this movie. Outstanding film and very deserving of the Oscar it won.

9. The Lord of the Rings trilogy - Landmarks in the history of cinema. Great entertainment and fantastic visual achievements.

10. Blade Runner - What an extremely haunting view of the future!! I really love this movie. Gets my vote for best sci fi pic ever, even though 2001 is higher here. So haunting! Great villain too.

11. Raiders of the Lost Ark - An absolutely essential part of American culture and cinema. Very fun movie with a cool plot and Harrison Ford at his most bad ass.

12. Jurassic Park - I never ever get tired of this movie. It is just so much god damn fun!! An awesome plot with awesome ass special effects and amazing music with good acting combines to make one hell of a good movie.

I WANT TO BELIEVE

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 8:57 PM

BELUGASMOM

In no particular order, and, sorry, I still don't know how to make paragraphs: The Matrix............Diva.............The Philadelphia Story........12 Monkeys............The Front.............Silverado..........STNG:First Contact.............Star Wars (FIRST one made, ever)............Casablanca..............North By Northwest...........Independence Day..........Wizard of Oz...........Dr Strangelove..........The Last Waltz.............Tommy...........Dances With Wolves...............Repo Man..............Buckaroo Bonzai.........Tapeheads...........Grifters...........Say Anything.............The Maltese Falcon...........The Sixth Sense...........American Beauty...........LA Confidential...........Between the Lines.........Parting Glances.........Impromptu............Pulp Fiction.............to be continued............?

Life is short, brutal, and unpredictable. EAT DESSERT FIRST.

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 9:00 PM

FALLENANGEL

Damn. Where to begin? Mostly all the lists here are the same as mine. Anyways here's mine.

1) Moulin Rouge
2)Phantom of the Opera(silent/'04)
3)Walk the Line
4)Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
5)Gone With The Wind
6)Dazed and Confused
7)The Goonies
8)Savinf Private Ryan
9)The Fearless Vampire Killers
10)Clerks
11)Monster Squad
12)Charlies Chaplin movies
13)Sleepy Hollow(Tim Burton's.)
14)To Kill A Mocking Bird
15)The Princess Bride
16)Forrest Gump
17)It Happened One Night
18)Reservoir Dogs
19)Se7en
20)The Breakfest Club
21)Casablanca
22)The Crow
23)Dark City
24)Donnie Darko
25)Singin'In the Rain
26)Cabaret
27)Dust
28)Chicago
29)Roman Holiday
30)Interview With A Vampire
...and that's all I can think of at the moment. There's more, I'm sure.

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 9:27 PM

ORPHEUS

Wow. My favorite movies? You asked for it...:

1) Raiders of the Lost Ark
2) The Empire Strikes Back
3) Lord of the Rings
4) Star Wars
5) Clerks
6) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
7) Serenity
8) Unbreakable
9) Shaun of the Dead
10) Goldeneye
11) Back to the Future
12) Aliens
13) The Fifth Element
14) The Iron Giant
15) Brazil
16) Hellboy
17) The Hudsucker Proxy
18) Evil Dead 2
19) Once Upon a Time in Mexico
20) The Truman Show
21) The Big Lebowski
22) Jurassic Park
23) Chasing Amy
24) Dawn of the Dead (1978)
25) Jaws
26) Die Hard
27) Army of Darkness
28) Apollo 13
29) Road to Perdition
30) X-Men

Yeah, I've plotted this thing out weeks ago....

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 9:32 PM

MILT

Shawshank Redemption
Lost In Translation
Fight Club
Casablanca
Collaterall
Office Space
Donnie Darko
Sideways
A Beautiful Mind
Almost Famous
Capote
Braveheart
25th Hour
Good Night, and Good Luck
United States of Leland

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 9:54 PM

BERENTAUR

Some random order...

Lord of the Rings (all of them, but particularly Fellowship)
Before Sunrise &
Before Sunset
Donnie Darko
In My Father's Den
Equilibrium
28 Days Later
Pride and Prejudice (both the BBC version and the 2005 film version)
Dead Poet's Society
Garden State
Shaun of the Dead
Little Women
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Goonies
Dark City

I'll think of some more later (that I'll feel guilty for forgeting)

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 10:38 PM

GIXXER

Grosse Pointe Blank
Pride & Prejudice (Firth / Ehle)
Dave
Aliens
Dog Soldiers
Pulp Fiction
Amelie
La Haine
Apocalypse Now
One From The Heart
Serendipity
Band of Brothers
Blues Brothers
High Fidelity
The Big Lebowski
Anything Coen.
Dusk Till Dawn
Mad Max
Top Gun
The Right Stuff
Kevin Smith's catalogue.
Christopher Guest's catalogue
Extended versions of the Lord of The Rings
Freaky Friday (Lohan / Curtis)
Gregory's Girl
Full Metal Jacket
The Princess Bride
Roxanne
Steve Martin when he was funny. My Blue Heaven, especially.
Groundhog Day
Miss Congeniality
The non-shockingly bad Addams Family films.
Leon. Sod the New Star Wars. Natalie Portman really can act. Honest. Good Haircut too.
The Killer
The Iron Giant
Hellboy
Indiana Jones films
The good Star Warses
Titanic (Just kidding - making sure you're paying attention...)
Love Actually
The Die Hards
Under Seige
Speed
Godzilla. No idea at all why everyone hates this
Bubba Ho-Tep
Pretty Woman
The Last Boy Scout. "Hit me again, and I'll Kill you."
Being John Malkovich
Anything John Cusack
Muriel's Wedding
My Cousin Vinny. Maximum toikage.
Amadeus. That bit where F Murray Abraham sneaks a look at the wind serenade, and it plays in his head? Wow.
Much Ado about Nothing
Non-sappy Arnies.
School of Rock
The Sure Thing
The Toy Stories
Strictly Ballroom
Brazil
Twelve Monkeys
Usual Suspects
Pitch Black
Big
Batman Begins
The first Keaton Batman
Buckaroo Banzai
Clueless
Tremors. (I'm betting Slither will occupy the same affectionate corner of peoples' hearts. I've only seen the trailer, but Nathan looks right at home. It'll all be OK.)
LA Confidential. Blimey, Crowe.
Galaxy Quest
The Wedding Singer
Once Were Warriors. Bloody depressing, but incredible.
Touch of Evil
His Kind of Woman (Robert Mitchum and Vincent Price (in full-on Sir Alexander Dane mode) v. Gangsters. No contest.)
Night of the Hunter
Kiss Me Deadly. I've heard of hard-boiled, but ( to quote Kirk Douglas) this is 20 minutes.
39 Steps, Donat version
Mary Poppins
The Sound of Music

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(Deputy Andy)

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Thursday, March 23, 2006 12:59 AM

AUSSAY

I like lots of movies, and my list of favourite would change everyday probably

Heres most of my consistant favourites though

LOTR Trilogy
Fight Club
Empire Strike Back
Master and Commander
Gladiator
Memento
Crash
The Count of Monte Cristo
Anchorman
Aliens
The Matrix
Finding Nemo
Saving Private Ryan
Cool Runnings
Spinal Tap
Heat
Collateral
Die Hard
Rocky (the original only)
Hotel Rwanda
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Labyrinth
Dr Strangelove
The Ghost and Mrs Muir
It's a Wonderful Life

"Shake your head boy, your eyes are stuck"

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Thursday, March 23, 2006 1:40 AM

SIXSHOOTER

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Grosse Pointe Blank

The only chick flick you will ever hear Dan Akroyd threaten to shoot someone between the eyes and then fuck the brain hole.

Pure movie magic.

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Thursday, March 23, 2006 1:51 AM

NEEDY

The road to Hel is paved with good intentions

Well I love these sort of lists, but this could go on forever. I'll try and just list my absolute favourites, and in no particular order:

Forrest Gump
Star Wars Saga ('cept Episode 1)
Titanic
Back to the Future Trilogy
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Donnie Darko
Dark City
The Matrix
Phantom of the Opera (2004)
West Side Story
The Green Mile
The Truman Show
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Road to Morocco
The Paleface
Finding Nemo
Toy Story 1&2
Batman Begins
Spider-man 1 & 2
X2
Zoolander
Josie and the Pussycats
Dodgeball
The Ring
Father of the Bride
Unbreakable
Terminator 3 (yeah that's right, Rise of the machines!)
Superman
While You Were Sleeping
Austin Powers Trilogy
Galaxy Quest
Groundhog Day
Hot Shots 1&2
I Robot
Independence Day
Jurassic Park
Leon
Pieces of April
Garden State
The Mask
Lord of the Rings Trilogy

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Thursday, March 23, 2006 8:24 AM

SICKDUDE

Dang, if these are the lists of "favourite" movies, I'd hate to see the lists of "pretty good" movies....

Okay, mine (in no particular order):
Unforgiven
Aliens
Star Wars (all six of them!)
Strange Brew
The Man in the White Suit
Princess Mononoke
Laputa Castle in the Sky
Grave of the Fireflies (no relation!)
Wings of Honneamise (Royal Space Force)

"It's a cow."

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Thursday, March 23, 2006 8:49 AM

MALSGIRL

My list will be another with a weird kinda' mix to it. Also if you enjoy rating movies and recommending them, may I suggest you check out filmaffinity.com You rate movies and then they show what movies other people with similar taste recommended (might I also point out that this another way to promote Firefly/Serenity). Ok well here's my list in no particular order:

-Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg) first movie I saw more then once in the theater
-Strictly Ballroom (Baz Luhrmann)
-Brotherhood of the Wolf (Christophe Gans)
-Anything by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
-Moulin Rouge (Baz Luhrman)
-A la folie, pas du tout aka He Loves Me He Loves Me Not (Laetitia Colombani) if you haven't seen this one you should really check it out
-All three Lord of the Rings (Peter Jackson)
-The Dish (Rob Sitch) a lovely little Australian movie
-The Fifth Element (Luc Besson)
-Army of Darkness (Sam Rami) BRUCE!!!
-The Adventures of Baron Münchausen (Terry Gilliam)
-The Mummy (Stephen Sommers) OK I know it's sorta' cheesy but damn it's entertaining
-Ed Wood (Tim Burton)
-The Neverending Story (Wolfgang Petersen)

OK that's just a partial list, that I could come up with off the top of my head.

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Thursday, March 23, 2006 9:10 AM

BULLET1510

Movies I love other than Serenity are (in no particular order - apart from Blue Velvet)

Blue Velvet
Hard Boiled (sub-titled not dubbed!!!)
Bubba Ho-Tep
Donnie Darko (original version)
Evil Dead 2 (Dead By Dawn)
The Empire Strikes Back
His Girl Friday
Pitch Black
Fight Club
Urbania
Once Upon A Time In America (Directors cut)
Memento
Lost Highway
American Beauty
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Apocalypse Now
Tremors
Happy Together & Ashes of Time (Wong Kar Wai rules!)

There's lots more, but I am at work, supposed to be working so...

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Thursday, March 23, 2006 9:19 AM

ISAACSHEPHERD

-Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
-Lord of the Rings
-Matrix
-Empire Strikes back
-X-men
-Pirates of the Carribean
-Goldeneye
-Knights Tale
-Dodgeball
-Monty Python and the Holy Grail
-Underworld1+2
-Harry Potter 1+2

The Bible's a bit fuzzy on the subject of kneecaps.

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Thursday, March 23, 2006 9:44 AM

20THCENTFOXHATER

I think I will have to add one more movie to my list,

The Last Samurai

This is THE ONLY movie starring Tom Cruise I can stand to watch. It was also the only movie I ever cried at when I watched it, and I've watched many movies with sad parts (ie- Serenity, Braveheart, Gladiator, Saving Private Ryan). If you don't know what I mean, go watch it and you will know. Truly under rated and amazing film.

"I aim to misbehave."
"Can't do something smart, do something right".

HOMER: "Oh Lisa, you and your stories; Bart is a vampire, beer kills brain cells. Now lets go back to that... building thingy... where our beds and T.V.... is".

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Thursday, March 23, 2006 12:21 PM

CARTOON

Even though I done this in the past, compiling a list of favorite films is difficult -- mostly because of the specific criteria used to judge a film.

If my criteria was simply how much I enjoyed a film, few films would outrank "Serenity", "Galaxy Quest" and the original "Star Wars" trilogy. (For example, there are great films included in my list which throughly depressed me -- and which I would never want to watch again -- as opposed to something like "Serenity", which I could watch repeatedly, and enjoy with every viewing.) So, my list is based on more than just an "enjoyment" factor.

I also believe that one should judge a film based upon their initial viewing of it (which in some cases, could be many decades ago) -- as opposed to what they thought of it after years of subsequent viewings.

Lastly, I believe every picture is better seen in a theatre -- so there could be some bias regarding films initially seen in a theatre* as opposed to films initially seen on TV.

That being said, here is my top 20 films...

1. Schindler’s List (1993)
2. Ben Hur (1959)
3. Citizen Kane (1941)
4. Hamlet (1948)
5. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
6. It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
7. A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
8. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
9. The Godfather (1972)
10. Star Wars (1977)/Return of the Jedi (1983)
11. The Sound of Music (1965)
12. The Big Parade (1925)
13. Casablanca (1942)
14. Gone With the Wind (1939)
15. Bambi (1942)
16. Aliens (1986)
18. Serenity (2005)
19. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
20. The Lord of the Rings (trilogy) (2001-2003)

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Thursday, March 23, 2006 12:33 PM

JPSTARGAZER

I couldn't believe no one had mentioned any of Coppola's Godfather films, but cartoon snuck it in. Other than that, all of you people seem to have great taste in movies (and TV shows, but we all knew that).

"All I got is a red guitar, three chords, and the truth...the rest is up to you"
--Bono

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Thursday, March 23, 2006 1:02 PM

SEARINGFLESH55

I love so many!! I've seen over 1600 (yes, I know thats pitiful!) so its really hard to narrow it down but here it goes, in no particular order because that's just askin' too much!

*5th Element
*The Professional
*Grosse Pointe Blank
*Adventures of Baron Munchausen
*Clash of the Titans
*Bubba Ho-tep
*Fight Club
*Forbidden Zone (this is one f'ed up movie)
*Gummo
*Labyrinth
*LotR Trilogy
*Return to Oz

There are sooo many more but that pretty much covers the movies I can watch over and over again and never grow tired of them.

I am Joss' bitch!

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Thursday, March 23, 2006 1:09 PM

In no particular order, here's some weird ass combinations..

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Back to the Future Trilogy
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Sin City
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Final Destination Trilogy
Scream 1 & 3
Nightmare on Elm Street Series
Friday the Thirteenth Series
Bill & Ted's Adventures (and the comics)
Matrix Trilogy
True Romance
Very Bad Things
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Child's Play Series
Lost Boys

Movies I'm Gonna Love But Haven't Been Made Yet..

Serenity Trilogy
Chuckie vs. Alien
The Adventures of Buffy and Marty McFly
Back to the Future Part 4 (I know, its cruel to say it)
Robert Rodriguez meets 13
13 vs. Neo
The movie about Blind Melon

I think a little chaos is in order.

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Thursday, March 23, 2006 1:12 PM

oh God, I forgot about every Bruce Campbell movie ever made, and every comic book movie ever made. Just combine your lists with mine and that'll be accurately showing what I love.

FIGHT CLUB!!!

I think a little chaos is in order.

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Thursday, March 23, 2006 1:47 PM

THINGY

Wow, some you really got into this topic. I'll make my response simple.

1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
2. Batman Begins
3. The Pricess Bride
4. Garden State
5. The Empire Strikes Back

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"She's in Congress?"

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Thursday, March 23, 2006 2:00 PM

ADAMWANKENOBI

Here are my all-time favorites (in no particular order).

2001: A Space Odyssey
Easy Rider
THX 1138
American Graffiti
Citizen Kane
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the sequels/remakes suck)
The Exorcist (the prequels/sequels suck)
Pulp Fiction
Oh God! (an inspiring tale diguised as a comedy)
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
The Star Wars Holiday Special (because it actually dared to show that the characters normally have boring lives)
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
The Shining
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Blade Runner
The Day After
Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Schindler's List
Forrest Gump
The Shawshank Redemption
What Dreams May Come
The Green Mile
Fahrenheit 9/11
Napoleon Dynamite
What the Fuck Do We Know!?
Brokeback Mountain
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

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Thursday, March 23, 2006 3:14 PM

20THCENTFOXHATER

I think I should also add Saving Private Ryan to the mix as well.

"I aim to misbehave."
"Can't do something smart, do something right".

HOMER: "Oh Lisa, you and your stories; Bart is a vampire, beer kills brain cells. Now lets go back to that... building thingy... where our beds and T.V.... is".

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Thursday, March 23, 2006 5:11 PM

THEPISTONENGINE

Last of the Mohicans
I, Robot

I'd actually go so far as to say I, Robot is a better movie than Serenity.

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Carry the Nuttin'

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Friday, March 24, 2006 8:21 AM

MECHMECHANIC

Bill & Ted's Exellent Adventure
Spaceballs
Smokey and the Bandit
Any and every Bruce Campbell movie
All the Star Trek movies
Galexy Quest
All six Star Wars movies
The Indiana Jones Trilogy
The Die Hard Trilogy
Highlander
The original Robin Hood with Errol Flynn
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Mal: You wanna run this ship?
Jayne: yes!
Mal: Well... you can't.

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Friday, March 24, 2006 9:28 AM

NVGHOSTRIDER

All of the Billy Jack films, Leon The Professional, Rob Roy, The Bodyguard with Sonny Chiba (BRUTAL FILM), The Buddy Holly Story, Coalminers Daughter, Walk The Line, Hero (Jet Li ROCKS), Man On Fire, Fools Rush In (Mathew Perry is a PUD, but Salma Hayek is SMOKIN'), September Tapes, and most of the movies mentioned by everyone else.

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Friday, March 24, 2006 10:12 AM

ACRAZYIVAN

I'm gonna make this easy. Here's the link to my DVD Aficionado page.

http://www.dvdaficionado.com/dvds.html?cat=1&id=exarkunss1

Everything there goes on my list. I figured putting 197 items on the post might get a little hard to slog through.

"We've gotta go to the crappy town where I'm a hero."

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Friday, March 24, 2006 11:13 AM

KAZE

Serenity sorta redefined my standards for a good movie. A lot of what i've seen recently i probably would have liked if i hadn't seen Serenity. I just expect more from a movie now. Anyways here's some movies i love, i'm sure i'll forget to list some of what's been mentioned, you people like some good movies.

The Crow
Evil Dead movies
The Princess Bride
Houseguest
Star Wars ep 4-6(gotta agree with the person who said the effects were great for the time and i do think they are better than most CGI stuff now. The original versions are the best to me for effects and everything else they changed.)
Big Trouble In Little China
Sleepy Hollow
Labyrinth
Indianna Jones and the Last Crusade
Pirates of the Carribean
Moulin Rouge
Highlander
Die Hard
What Dreams May Come

I know there's lots more but that's all that i can think of at the moment

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Friday, March 24, 2006 11:19 AM

MOONBEAM

Young Frankenstein
Man on Fire
Rio Bravo
Blackhawk Down
Michael Collins
Fight Club
The Matrix
The Alamo (2004)
Bad Santa
Mad Max, Road Warrior, and Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome
Last of the Mohicans
Star Trek: Wrath of Khan

"At ease was never that easy to me. I don't relax by parting my legs slightly and putting my hands behind my back. That does not equal ease. At ease is not being in the military. I am at ease, bro, because I am not in the military." - Mitch Hedberg

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Friday, March 24, 2006 12:05 PM

AGIRLYMAN

Internal affairs
True Romance
Braveheart
Gladiator
Man on fire
The Matrix
Above the law
Firelight
Die Hard
MI2
Malcolm X
Glory
Blade
Planes trains and automobiles
Tommyboy
Seven
Episodes 5,6, and 3.
Aliens
Dances with wolves
The spy who shagged me

Gorramit, I can't remember them all...

AM I NOT MERCIFUL?!?!?!?

Tee Hee

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Friday, March 24, 2006 10:09 PM

BELUGASMOM

"Grosse Point Blank" is a CHICK FLICK??!!!!?????!!!!??????!!!!!!!!!

Life is short, brutal, and unpredictable. EAT DESSERT FIRST.

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Saturday, March 25, 2006 1:51 AM

GIXXER

GPB as a chick flick?

Of course it is.

10 year school reunion, long lost romance, caring PA concerned about her boss's mental outlook and steering him in the right direction, true love in a wary sort of way, fathers giving their blessing, therapy sessions, questioning if it's love, or a new found respect for life.

And what has to be one of the best martial arts fights ever. None of that cod-Kung-Fu sterility and detachment Hollywood and TV uses to show fights, but without anyone actually getting hurt. ( eg Martial Law. All the cops do Kung-Fu, and so does every single bad guy. How many dojos can that city have?)

GPB is an ideal date movie, too. If the girl, or boy doesn't like it, you'd be better off binning them right away.

G

"Don't tease me, you know what I do for a living."

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Saturday, March 25, 2006 3:41 AM

ZZETTA13

Although there are plenty of good and Great movies I'll post a short list of my faves.

Si/Fi

Planet of the Apes (the old one)
Aliens
Starship Troopers
The Thing (both old and new)
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Terminator

None Si/Fi

Forest Gump
To kill a Mockingbird
The Good,Bad and the Ugly
Unforgiven

Funny:
High Anxiety
Young Frankenstein

there are many others but the list is ever developing :)

Z&C

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Saturday, March 25, 2006 5:14 AM

NEEDY

The road to Hel is paved with good intentions

Quote:
Originally posted by ACrazyIvan:
I'm gonna make this easy. Here's the link to my DVD Aficionado page.

http://www.dvdaficionado.com/dvds.html?cat=1&id=exarkunss1

Everything there goes on my list. I figured putting 197 items on the post might get a little hard to slog through.

"We've gotta go to the crappy town where I'm a hero."

Now why didn't I think of doing that?

Here's mine, if anybody's interested http://www.dvdaficionado.com/dvds.html?cat=1&id=needsalt
and I must say CrazyIvan - we share similar tastes... but then again, of course we do - us browncoats have good taste

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Saturday, March 25, 2006 6:35 AM

ACRAZYIVAN

Wow - we sure do have similar tastes. I must say it's interesting to see all of the different cover art on Region 2 discs.

"We've gotta go to the crappy town where I'm a hero."

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Saturday, March 25, 2006 6:52 AM

NEEDY

The road to Hel is paved with good intentions

Quote:
Originally posted by ACrazyIvan:
Wow - we sure do have similar tastes. I must say it's interesting to see all of the different cover art on Region 2 discs.

"We've gotta go to the crappy town where I'm a hero."

Yeah I know
They're not the only difference, usually the US versions have more extras... well it was until recently.
Not only did the international versions of Serenity have more extras (And different artwork), but Fox released 2 disc versions of films like I Robot, Day after tomorrow and Man on fire before the US. Its about time too

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