Favorite Movies

[Colorblind!]

I'm sure there are similar threads but I haven't seen any, and I'm looking for a way to get recommendations, so here's the spot to post some of your all time favorite movies.

Some of mine are:
Funny Games
Sunshine
Elephant
Synecdoche, New York
The Squid and the Whale
Lost In Translation

[colorlesscliche]

Synecdoche was so long, but overall an excellent movie. I'm pressed on Into the Wild right now.

[Ailite]

Pulp Fiction
(500) Days of Summer
Garden State
Kill Bill
Lord of The Rings
Shawshank Redemption
Lost In Translation
Wall-e

[Slade Himself]

Enemy at the gates

Band of brothers

We were soldiers

black hawk down

(see a pattern?)

[colorlesscliche]

What's (See A Pattern?) about? A fashion designer?

[billyboatkid]

Funny Games was crazy.

Goonies
Hook
Sunshine
Blade
The Sandlot
Aladdin

To many to name.

[Colorblind!]

Synecdoche was so long, but overall an excellent movie. I'm pressed on Into the Wild right now.

That movie is just incredible, exactly the kind of answer I was hoping for.
I'm renting seven movies tomorrow, so I'm hoping to lurk these lists and find some good stuff to watch.

Pulp Fiction
(500) Days of Summer
Garden State
Kill Bill
Lord of The Rings
Shawshank Redemption
Lost In Translation
Wall-e

Really need to see that.
I'm going to watch Garden State and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Maybe Adaptation? Royal Tenenbaums?

I need more people posting what's good in here.

[TheFallOfMike]

The Italian Job (original)
The Shawshank Redemption
Shaun Of The Dead
Ferris Bueller's Day Off

I'm a big comedy fan, but for some reason I can't recall any other movies right now :shrug:

[doyouhas?]

That movie is just incredible, exactly the kind of answer I was hoping for.
I'm renting seven movies tomorrow, so I'm hoping to lurk these lists and find some good stuff to watch.



Really need to see that.
I'm going to watch Garden State and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Maybe Adaptation? Royal Tenenbaums?

I need more people posting what's good in here.

No watching Adaptation unless you've seen Being John Malkovich.

[fluke182]

I'm sure there are similar threads but I haven't seen any, and I'm looking for a way to get recommendations, so here's the spot to post some of your all time favorite movies.

Some of mine are:
Funny Games
Sunshine
Elephant
Synecdoche, New York
The Squid and the Whale
Lost In Translation
I would be depressed 24/7 if those were my favorite movies. Besides Sunshine, I don't think I generate much happiness from those movies. All great, just really unhappy ones.

For myself...

-Rushmore
-Moulin Rouge!
-Children of Men
-The Hudsucker Proxy
-Big Fish
-Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
-the Goonies
-Almost Famous
-The Shawshank Redemption
-Anchorman

That's a top 10 for you right there. Plus, Aliens, the Sting, 28 Days Later, Sunshine, and Howl's Moving Castle.

[thesafeword]

Oldboy (need to finish both of the other two in the trilogy.)
No Country For Old Men
Semi-Pro
Roles Models
3:10 to Yuma
Knocked Up

I'm forgetting something, but fuck it.

[stayillogical]

The Shawshank Redemption, Amelie, Life Is Beautiful, Donnie Darko, Spirited Away, Almost Famous, No Country For Old Men, Fargo, Brick, Jaws, LOTR

Do you have netflix? Just friend some of us and add movies that your friends have rated 5 stars.

[Colorblind!]

No watching Adaptation unless you've seen Being John Malkovich.

Oh! Didn't know Adaptation was the sequel to anything, I know virtually nothing about it other then I heard it was cool.
So, do both come recommended by you?

I would be depressed 24/7 if those were my favorite movies. Besides Sunshine, I don't think I generate much happiness from those movies. All great, just really unhappy ones.

For myself...

-Rushmore
-Moulin Rouge!
-Children of Men
-The Hudsucker Proxy
-Big Fish
-Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
-the Goonies
-Almost Famous
-The Shawshank Redemption
-Anchorman

That's a top 10 for you right there. Plus, Aliens, the Sting, 28 Days Later, Sunshine, and Howl's Moving Castle.

For other people who read this, I guess this does ring true: I tend to enjoy dramatic/tragic movies that make me think moreso then "feel-good" movies, am I alone in this or is that common for the rest of you?

From your list, I absolutely loved Children Of Men and I need to see Big Fish, Rushmore, and Eternal Sunshine. Thanks!

[Colorblind!]

The Shawshank Redemption, Amelie, Life Is Beautiful, Donnie Darko, Spirited Away, Almost Famous, No Country For Old Men, Fargo, Brick, Jaws, LOTR

A few of these I've seen but I totally forget, like Brick, Donnie Darko, Life Is Beautiful and Fargo. I really wanna see Spirited Away, I've heard way too many good things about it.

[bradyreier]

Back to the Future I and II
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Pulp Fiction
Little Miss Sunshine
Wall-E
Duck Soup
The Big Lebowski
Fargo
The Truman Show
Jaws

More that I'm not thinking of at the moment.

[framebyframe]

Amélie
Harold & Maude
American Beauty
The Truman Show
True Romance
A Clockwork Orange
The Prestige

[doyouhas?]

Oh! Didn't know Adaptation was the sequel to anything, I know virtually nothing about it other then I heard it was cool.
So, do both come recommended by you?




Definitely rec. both. Kaufman is my favorite. Adaptation isn't a sequel to Being John Malkovich. It's a movie about Kaufman trying to make a movie, as ridiculous as that sounds. It does however, start on the set of Being John Malkovich and gives away a little of the movie. Both are really crazy, nothing at all like Synecdoche, but still brilliant.

[Colorblind!]

Definitely rec. both. Kaufman is my favorite. Adaptation isn't a sequel to Being John Malkovich. It's a movie about Kaufman trying to make a movie, as ridiculous as that sounds. It does however, start on the set of Being John Malkovich and gives away a little of the movie. Both are really crazy, nothing at all like Synecdoche, but still brilliant.

Awesome! As far as I know, Synecdoche is the only Kaufman movie I've seen, but it gives me high hopes for both of those.

[bard]

in no order:

eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
man on the moon
sunshine
wall-e
adaptation
blow
legends of the fall
the science of sleep
truman show
there will be blood
magnolia
walk hard: a dewey cox story

i really like jim carrey in drama roles if you couldn't tell

[Colorblind!]

in no order:

eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
man on the moon
sunshine
wall-e
adaptation
blow
legends of the fall
the science of sleep
truman show
there will be blood
magnolia
walk hard: a dewey cox story

i really like jim carrey in drama roles if you couldn't tell

There Will Be Blood is awesome.

I really wanna see Magnolia.
What are The Science of Sleep and Man On the Moon?

[anamericangod]

Garden State
The Virgin Suicides
Vanilla Sky
Blow
Lost In Translation
Eternal Sunshine
Synedoche
Office Space
Starship Troopers
High Fidelity
Stigmata
Syriana
V For Vendetta

[AshesAshes]

In no order:

Back To The Future
There Will Be Blood
Terminator 2
Pulp Fiction
Ghostbusters
Anchorman
Unbreakable
Predator
The Host
Tombstone

[Colorblind!]

Garden State
The Virgin Suicides
Vanilla Sky
Blow
Lost In Translation
Eternal Sunshine
Synedoche
Office Space
Starship Troopers
High Fidelity
Stigmata
Syriana
V For Vendetta

Syriana and V For Vendetta both rule so hard.

I didn't realize Lost In Translation got so much love, I'm glad everybody digs it.

[bard]

No watching Adaptation unless you've seen Being John Malkovich.
adaptation is way better. didn't like BJM very much...
There Will Be Blood is awesome.

I really wanna see Magnolia.
What are The Science of Sleep and Man On the Moon?
love the quick response...

The Science Of Sleep is the movie that director Michel Gondry did right after Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. He wrote and directed it. It's a love story about a guy who confuses dreams with reality. Gael Garcia Bernal is the main character and is fantastic. Like Eternal Sunshine, it kind of bends and "meshes" reality with dreamlike sequences, but it's beautiful and has great music.

Man on the Moon is a movie about the life of Andy Kaufman, the famous, now dead, comedian/performer. Jim Carrey plays him perfectly to a T, and apparently the story in the movie is farely accurate to what actually happened. Probably Jim Carrey's best acting role ever. Amazing movie.

[Foosimoo]

A Beautiful Mind
The Darjeeling Limited
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Fargo
Fight Club
Garden State
Harry Potter I-VI
Into the Wild
Lars and the Real Girl
The Life Aquatic
Little Miss Sunshine
Matchstick Men
Memento
Milk
The Pianist
Pulp Fiction
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Science of Sleep
The Usual Suspects

[Colorblind!]

adaptation is way better. didn't like BJM very much...

love the quick response...

The Science Of Sleep is the movie that director Michel Gondry did right after Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. He wrote and directed it. It's a love story about a guy who confuses dreams with reality. Gael Garcia Bernal is the main character and is fantastic. Like Eternal Sunshine, it kind of bends and "meshes" reality with dreamlike sequences, but it's beautiful and has great music.

Man on the Moon is a movie about the life of Andy Kaufman, the famous, now dead, comedian/performer. Jim Carrey plays him perfectly to a T, and apparently the story in the movie is farely accurate to what actually happened. Probably Jim Carrey's best acting role ever. Amazing movie.

Man on the Moon doesn't sound spectacular but I'll still look into it.
Science Of Sleep on the other hand... that sounds right up my alley.

A Beautiful Mind
The Darjeeling Limited
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Fargo
Fight Club
Garden State
Harry Potter I-VI
Into the Wild
Lars and the Real Girl
The Life Aquatic
Little Miss Sunshine
Matchstick Men
Memento
Milk
The Pianist
Pulp Fiction
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Science of Sleep
The Usual Suspects

Every one of these movies that I've seen I've loved. Great list, stoked to check out the ones I haven't seen yet, especially Darjeeling Limited, Royal Tenenbaums, and others.

[pseudonym28]

Eternal Sunshine
Into The Wild
Garden State

[crit]

28 Days Later, Fight Club, Happy Gilmore, Se7en, This is Spinal Tap, Toy Story, Veritgo, Wall-E

[whataclush]

nothing on this planet beats The Godfather trilogy. nothing.

[Ailite]

That movie is just incredible, exactly the kind of answer I was hoping for.
I'm renting seven movies tomorrow, so I'm hoping to lurk these lists and find some good stuff to watch.



Really need to see that.
I'm going to watch Garden State and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Maybe Adaptation? Royal Tenenbaums?

I need more people posting what's good in here.
Definitely. Its a great movie.

[Colorblind!]

I recently watched Mean Creek, Requiem for a Dream, Pi, and Garden State.
They all ruled.

[BryterJonah]

http://clcfilms.com/Spring%2005/FINAL%20IMAGES/Delicate%20Art/photo.jpg
The Delicate Art of the Rifle. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Delicate_Art_of_the_Rifle)

Literally the hardest film to find ever. I caught it on IFC last December and recorded it. Only got the chance to see it one and a half times before it deleted on it's own. I was just oddly mesmerized by the film. It was distinct, quirky, and darkly comical.
I've contacted IFC via e-mail about playing it as they haven't had a rebroadcast since. They told me they hadn't had the rights to show it anymore.

I can't find it on any torrent site, I've e-mailed the director about possibly buying a copy, and I have not seen the film since.
It's an obsession. Until I see it again to confirm my love, Squid & the Whale and Match Point will always be my favorite films.

[funkel]

Raging Bull
The Godfather
GoodFellas
Reservoir Dogs
Network
Schindler's List
The Royal Tenenbaums
Snatch
Taxi Driver
The Big Lebowski
The Great Dictator
Downfall
Bringing Up Baby
Silence of the Lambs

[CalRahhh]

Fight Club
Reservoir Dogs
28 Days Later
Trainspotting
Collateral
Snatch
Children Of Men
Donnie Darko
American Psycho
The Evil Dead
Superbad
Gremlins

[SmokieB.High]

No country for old men
There will be blood
EraserHead
Resivoir Dogs
Butch Cassider and the sundance kid
The Hustler
Shaun of the dead
Swingers
Barry Lyndon

[CS Lewis]

The Departed
Pulp Fiction
Fight Club
Garden State
Adventureland
Forgetting Sarah Marshall

[Kobrakai09]

The Butterfly Effect (Director's Cut)
The Matrix
Step Brothers
The Departed

[PenThrive]

The Petrified Forest
I Am a Fugitive from the Chain Gang
The Science of Sleep
Leave Her to Heaven
Public Enemy (not the recent movie, Public Enemies)
The Sea
Now, Voyager
They Drive By Night
Ten Commandments

[eraserhead]

Eraserhead
Mulholland Dr.
The Shawshank Redemption
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
It's a Wonderful Life
The Big Lebowski
The Shining

If there's one thing I don't understand in this world, it's everyone's love for the movie Garden State. It wasn't a terrible movie but why does it end up on so many people's favorite movies list? I don't get it.

[williek311]

City of God
Back to the Future
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Star Wars IV-VI
Snatch
Seven Samurai

[a speedo model]

Memento
That Thing You Do
Timecrimes
Indiana Jones
28 Days Later
Dog Soldiers
Escape from New York
Le Samourai
Le Cercle Rouge
Dans Paris
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Lives Of Others

[CS Lewis]

If there's one thing I don't understand in this world, it's everyone's love for the movie Garden State. It wasn't a terrible movie but why does it end up on so many people's favorite movies list? I don't get it.

I'm no film critic but I think artistically it was very creatively crafted from a directors standpoint. The soundtrack was on point. It did a real good job of painting a picture of real life while introducing characters you can genuinely care about. And overall, everyone loves a good offbeat romantic comedy and it's basically one of the best out there, even if it is the stereotypical one to like.

One movie that I think gets terribly overlooked in my opinion is The Last Kiss. As far as themes, messages, and plot are concerned I think The Last Kiss was a much better movie, it just lacked the direction and intrigue Garden State provided. Overall, Garden State is a more enjoyable movie. But then again, I'm not movie critic.

While we're on the topic of love for movies that we just don't understand.... DONNIE DARKO WAS NOT THAT GREAT. Not nearly as epic, deep, or good as people make it out to be. It's a good watch and in no means a bad movie, but it should not have the cult following it's developed. Nowhere near a quality movie or close to saying anything philosophical. Just my humble opinion.

[Colorblind!]

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooood lists.
I don't think I have seen Pi on any yet, have you guys seen that movie? It's fucking original.

Also, Garden State was just extremely enjoyable. It was cute while being kind of dark at the same time, good comedy and good drama done in a way I don't think most films can and the last twenty minutes were just incredible.

[xhmnimx]

My favorite movie ever is definitely Donnie Darko. I could watch that movie over and over.

[JinxRemoving]

Casablanca
Star Wars IV-VI
It's A Wonderful Life
Dr. Strangelove
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Pulp Fiction
12 Angry Men
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Apocalypse Now
Roman Holiday
High Fidelity
Reservoir Dogs
The Philadelphia Story
Mullholland Drive
The Godfather