Favorite movies

[LisaPeace]

Spinal Tap
The Third Man
The Day the Earth Stood Still (or Forbidden Planet, or Body Snatchers...really, any 1950s  sci-fi movies)
Plan Nine from Outer Space
Life of Brian
All About Eve
The Out of Towners
The Odd Couple (the original)
Fiddler on the Roof
Thank You for Smoking
Shawshank Redemption
The Color Purple
Anything by Mel Brooks
Anything w/Peter Sellers
Dr. Strangelove
Trading Places
Godfather I and II
Any of the Thin Man movies
Village of the Damned
The Dirty Dozen
The Great Escape
Arsenic and Old Lace
Airplane
Office Space

[snopes]

In no particular order and off the top of my head. I've probably left a favorite or two (or three) out.

Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Papillon
Trading Places
Office Space
Bedazzled
Shawshank Redemption
Saving Private Ryan
Enemy of the State
The Blob
A Christmas Story
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Odd Couple

[cks511]

The Wizard of Oz
A Place in the Sun
The Great Escape
The Good, Bad and Ugly
Thunderball
The Spy Who Loved Me
Barbarella
Independence Day
Pirates of the Carribean #1
Hidalgo
Miami Vice
Ice Age - #1 and #2

[jdb]

Gods Must Be Crazy

Straight To Hell

Mystery Men

Open Range

Easy Rider

Guess I finally burned-out on This Is Spinal Tap.
jdb

[mspivey]

This is an excellent topic. I completely forgot about Dr. Strangelove. I doubt whether youngsters would get it. Picture Slim Pickens astride you-know-what, waving his hat and giving a rebel yell.

[sgrizzle]

I enjoyed Dr Strangelove. Especially when I foudn out Slim Pickens didn't know it was a comedy.

[TheArtist]

Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Gladiator
Bladerunner
Aliens 2
Star Wars (especially the first trilogy, not episode 1,2,3 but episodes 4,5,6 which were the first ones to come out so could be called the first trilogy, although the second series were prequils to the first series they just didnt come out in that order so... What was I talking about again?)
X-Men 1 and 2
Stargate
Dune, all of them
Princess and the Warrior
Chocolat
Amelie
Billy Elliot
Count of Monte Cristo
Harry Potter
Ice age 1&2
The Dark Crystal
Monsters Inc.

[Steve]

quote:Originally posted by LisaPeace

The Color Purple

"The Color Purple" is the only movie in my entire life (49+ years) that has ever made me cry.  I remember going by myself to see that movie at the old Annex 7, by Southroads Mall.  That final scene where Goldberg is reunited with her sister and her children is so touching.  I would have to add this one to my favorites list too.
Just some of my thoughts about film history.  I know many people that won't even watch a film today if it is in black & white, not to mention silent films.  Some of the greatest motion pictures in film history are silent films, hence the large number of silent favorites in my previous post.  Silent films were never realy silent, for they had full orchestral scores, or were accompanied by piano at the very least.  They relied on the acting/pantomime ability of the cast to convey emotion on a purely physical basis, along with the emotion of the musical score.  Pure cinema at it's best.  As Norma Desmond said, "I AM big, it's the PICTURES that got small."

[Porky]

Christine

Road House

Wrong Turn

Vanishing Point

Porky's 1,2 and 3

Rock Star

Babes In Prison 2

Driving Miss Daisy

[BixB]

In Alphabetical Order:

The Blues Brothers
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
Fargo
Ferris Bueller's Day Out
Forrest Gump
The Ghosts and the Darkness
Home Alone
Jaws
Life as a House
Meet Joe Black
The Mission (1986)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
The Princess Bride
Saving Private Ryan
The Shawshank Redemption
Sling Blade
Unforgiven
V for Vendetta

[ky]

[8D]my favorites are:
1.santa clause
2.national lampoons christmas vacation
3.sweet home alabama
4.father of the bride
5.home alone
6.uncle buck
7.star wars
8.talledega nights
9.billy madison
10.american pie

[roozle]

My favorites although I know I left a few out.

Lost in Translation
Sideways
Chasing Amy
When Harry Met Sally
Almost Famous
Say Anything
Grease
Schindlers List

[si_uk_lon_ok]

Life of Brian
Modern Times
Battleship Potemkin
Howl's Moving Castle
Leon
Rabbit Proof Fence
Steel Magnolias
Dr Strangelove
Amelie
Three Colours Trilogy