whats your favorite movie?

[vorbis]

flora how do you mention foreign films and fail to mention the 2 best french movies?
Jean de Floretter and Manon de Sources.

[nFury8]

originally posted by Flora
Hidden Dragons and crouching tigers (chinese/hong kong/taiwan)
Do you mean 'Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon by Ang Lee?'

Here's my fave:
1. Saving Pvt Ryan
2. The Matrix (all of them)
3. Lord Of The Rings (all of them)
4. Gladiator
5. Heat
6. Kiss of the Dragon
... A lot more I can't remember

[sekxx]

>Drama:
Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders, 1984, US)
Festen (Thomas Vinterberg, 1998, danish)
She's so lovely (Nick Cassavetes, 1998, US/fr)
A Woman under the influence (John Cassavetes, 1975, US)

>Humor:
Alice (Woody Allen, 1990, US)
Fucking Amal (Lukas Moodysson, 1999, swedish)
Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch, 1995, german/US)

>Manga:
"Hotaru No Haka" (Isao Takahata, 1988, japanese) (in french: "Le Tombeau des lucioles" don't know the english name)

_Avalon_ (Mamoru Oshii, 2001, japanese, polish, US, FR)

[hakko504]

Originally posted by sekxx
Fucking Amal (http://us.imdb.com/Details?0150662) (Lukas Moodysson, 1999, swedish)
Actualy the english title is 'Show Me Love' because the Americans didn't like the f-word in a serious movie title for some reason... Good movie though.

And I have two additions to my previous list of good movies: Back to the Future triology Metropolis - the newly restored 2.5h version of the 1927 original. This one wasn't released when I wrote my first post

[waldok]

I just discovered one of the best movies I've ever seen ( watched it two days ago for the first time) :

Hero, chinese movie from Zhang Yimou. Believe me, it is an incredible movie, a real experience for me, great plot, auperb picture, a very "clever" movie with still yet some incredible sword-fight scenes.

A must-see.
Have a look here :

http://www.herothemovie.com/

Waldok:cool:

[cypher_soundz]

Back to the Future 1
Pulp fiction
Scarface
office space
fight club

[cult]

The last of the mohicans
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Life of Brian
Magnolia
Being John Malkovich
84 Charing Cross Road
3:10 to Yuma
Cactus flower
a fistful of dollars
the omen
Doctor Zhivago
arsenic and old lace
a few that come in mind

[Flora]

Originally posted by vorbis
flora how do you mention foreign films and fail to mention the 2 best french movies?
Jean de Floretter and Manon de Sources.

:)
Man you're right... how did I forget those two...
I use to cry every time I watch them.

Also, in the foreign film section we can add "La Haine" (Hatred in the US I think). This movie is simply too good to be true. unbelievable.


See ya

[Flora]

Originally posted by nFury8
Do you mean 'Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon by Ang Lee?'

Yes I do mean that. sorry

[kaitsuburi]

Originally posted by sekxx
>Manga:
"Hotaru No Haka" (Isao Takahata, 1988, japanese) (in french: "Le Tombeau des lucioles" don't know the english name)

_Avalon_ (Mamoru Oshii, 2001, japanese, polish, US, FR)


"Hotaru No Haka" = "Grave of the Fireflies” in English if I am not mistaken. Great movie, but very very sad :(

I have too many favorite movies to list here... Pulp Fiction, The Matrix, The Usual Suspects, Heat, etc ... the list is long. Also "Underground" by Emir Kosturica -- anyone seen it?

-kaitsuburi

[duartix]

...I can't believe :o how many of us Europeans (last poll showed a major tendency of Europeans in this forum) are falling for 2 brain cells Hollywood crap (give or take a handful of directors - like Lynch, Hitchcock, Kubrik, Coppola, the Coen Brothers, etc...) when there is so much great cinema being produced outside the US, and I don't mean just Europe.
Seriously, do you know how I find out whether a movie is worth the trip to the theather? I check the voting on IMDB, click on the demographic breakdown and spot the difference between Non-US voters and US voters. This tells me how inteligent a movie is and it hasn't failed me once.

(Some) very good random movies:

Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, La (1928) - Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer

Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) - and any other movie directed by F.W. Murnau

Metropolis (1927) - and almost all movies directed by Fritz Lang.

Naked Lunch (1991) - and almost all movies directed by David Cronenbergh

Tuvalu (1999) - Directed by Veit Helmer

Pianiste, La (2001) - Directed by Michael Haneke

Cidade de Deus (2002) - Directed by Fernando Meirelles

An excelent example on how everyone is hooked on hollywood is:
Happiness (1998) - an American movie directed by Todd Solondz. A lot deeper and more original than the so much aclaimed "American Beauty", yet it never got half the attention it deserved.

Peace.

(EDIT) How could I forget it?
Anything, but anything by Pedro Almodóvar beats 99% of the hollywood production...:sly:

[The Link]

Naked Lunch (1991) :D

[Fischerbot]

Requiem for a dream was one of my favorite movies. The director has a weird style, but it shows the naked through. Another one is American History X.

[jonny]

^^' it's hard!

Some of my favourites:

Blade Runner
LadyHawke
A clockwork orange
Johnny Stecchino (and basically all the Benigni's movies)
Interview With The Vampire
Nightmare (until 4)
Blow
The Crow (1)
LOTR
Berzerk episodies (and comics too)

[sekxx]

Originally posted by kaitsuburi Also "Underground" by Emir Kosturica -- anyone seen it?

-kaitsuburi [/B]

I didn't but thank you to talk about Kusturica,
"Crnamacka, belimacor" ("Chat noir, chat blanc" in French [once again I don't know the english title ;)]) Is really a great movie (and it's very funny).

[Flora]

it is a good one.
like "black cat, white cat"

[cult]

ohhh another that like nosferatu+metropolis(fritz lang)
also das kabinet der doktor kaligari
anyone saw it?
Also tears of the black tiger(thailand)

[oddball]

My all time favorite? The Lion King!

Got my deluxe box on pre-order ;)

Sad? Most definitely! :D

[mtc]

Life is beautiful - even though I had to watch the whole thing with subtitles

American History X

and Once Upon A Time In China :D

[EDIT] oh and Shooting Fish - although I havn't seen it available on DVD or Video for ages now, so maybe no-one else liked it :(

[Flora]

Originally posted by mtc
Life is beautiful - even though I had to watch the whole thing with subtitles

American History X

and Once Upon A Time In China :D

[EDIT] oh and Shooting Fish - although I havn't seen it available on DVD or Video for ages now, so maybe no-one else liked it :(


Shooting fish is very very good, but I though it was a little bit too much a comedy to be named as one of my favourite movie. Although I mentioned Full Monthy... I guess I could have had mentioned shooting fish too.

Very good movie indeed.

See ya

[sysKin]

Among other movies, I love everything Heya Miyazaki has done ^____^

Some people mentioned Mononoke Hime already :) but it's far from being the only one so good :)

Radek

[Solo]

I'd have to say:
Alien + Aliens
Blade Runner
12 Monkeys
Austin Powers: The Spy That Shagged Me
Pulp Fiction
Army Of Darkness

[TheInformer]

A couple of my favorites are:

QUIET EARTH
Great end of the world New Zealand flick starring Bruno Lawrence

EQUINOX
Inspiration for the Evil Dead series

WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE
I'm a scifi nut, and this is my favorite movie from the 50s

[pomo]

Got no favorite movie (i've just seen to many), here some good ones..

American History X (left a great impression on me)
American Beauty (intelligent and funny)
Leathal Weapon 1-3 (4 didn't fit in there anymore)
Star wars 4-6 (hate the new ones, Episode 1 is for kids)
Payback (man that movie is great, I can watch it again and again, laughing everytime about Mel's strange methods)
Pulp Fiction (just so great)
Fight Club (same as Pulp Fiction, simply great)
Indiana Jones 1-3 (especially the last one featuring sean connery)
American Psycho (so strange it's good again)
Memento (really great idea)
the wall (i like pink floyd)
the last BoyScout (great sarcasm, great action, watched so many times)
talented Mr. Rippley (acted so well that it felt too real, never want to watch it again)
Platoon (so real)
Die Hard 1-3 (entertaining action)
Terminator 2 (great action)
The Big Lebowski (Jeff "the Dude" Bridges just plays so great)
fear and loathing in las vegas (all the movie is a crazy trip)
Magnolia (somehow liked it, especially the weird ending)
Backdraft (how to describe it... all great, the soundtrack, the effects(no computer-generated but real explosions that blow you away!))
Brazil (great, because it's just so weird)
L.A. Confidential (good movie, like the detektive story)
Evolution (just funny, great Julianne Moore)
Zorro (good music, entertaining movie)

guess I'm stopping here, sorry to paste so many movies, but they are all great (and there are so many more (probably forgot some very important).. I tried to name the ones not mentioned here)
btw. I think someone should start a threat about the worst movies ever seen.. ;)

[stax76]

I've always liked crime syndicate, blaxploitation and martial art flicks, especially the old ones made in the 70's and 80's

my favorite crime syndicate movies are:

The Godfather by Francis Ford Coppola is probably my
all time favorite. The books by Mario Puzo are great as well

also great is Scarface by Brian De Palma, and the Streets of
the Bronx and Goodfellas by Martin Scorsese

as for 70's I vote for Foxy Brown and Coffy with Pam Grier, Dolemite (my nic is inspired by this movie :devil: ), Shaft, Dirty Harry and Bullit, Coffy by Roy Ayers and Shaft by Isaac Hayes are my favorite soundtracks

as for martial art I like Chackie Chan (unbelievable stunts) and films by John Woo especially The Killer

[Ookami]

Wow, this thread is still alive. Just saw the first page, and I must say that I would rewrite my favorite list ;) .

BTW, also saw that Bugs Bunny was still posting here, back then, man, he was my favorite member of any board. No one could make me so laugh (or think, when he wrote a serious posting) in the digital world, like he could. Hope he's all right...

@duartix

So there is more to life than Playboy, 20 l spending cars, Jerry Springer, bullet time effects and McDonalds? Like cars with the wheel on the right side, Arabella Kiesbauer, crappy special effects and Euro fast food?

:D

If you want crap you can find it everywhere, has nothing to do with Hollywood or non Hollywood. For every "Dude, I lost my car!" I can find a movie that's just as crappy from a non-Hollywood production. And, AFAIK, India produces most movies in the year, wonder why no one has mentioned any movie from there? IMO, Almodovar is just as hyped and overated as Spielberg, but such things are personal and really depend on the taste on the person who's watching the movies.

Cheers,

Mijo.

[Danny]

some of my favorites:

The Cube
The Matrix (1 & 2)
Seven
The Shawshank Redemption
The Crow (1)
The Green Mile
The Bourne Identity (not the 2002 version)
First Blood (1)
A Beautiful Mind

And as I am making this list I realize I have to many movies I like to sum up here...

best regards

Danny

[snowcrash]

He asked for your favorite movie, not for a list of favorites. I know it's hard to pick one movie, but that's kind of the point.

My favorite:

Gladiator

[emilytzgyr]

Hi,

my favourites are:

The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
Scarface
Goodfellas
Pulp Fiction
American Beauty
Apocalypse Now
...

[droolian01]

Been enjoying this thread.... some great recomendations to check out too.

My contribution -

Harold and Maude

A Matter of life and death

1984

etc...etc...

oops! nearly forgot Blue Velvet!

[Kb_cruncher]

I have just read this post for the first time since i posted it and i can't believe its still alive,Great stuff.

I just finished watching a couple that i really enjoyed.

1.Brother O' Where Art Thou - very funny

2.The Tailor of Panama - great spy/political thriller/drama

[Didée]

Brazil by Terry Gillian

- You die for too much laughing.
- Finally, you discocver it's not jokey at all ...
- This movie has such an incredible speed. After watching it more than a dozen of times, I still discover new details every time.

[Aquilonious]

Movie favorites (not in any particular order):

Les Miserables
Bonhoeffer: An Agent of Grace
Alien & Aliens
Star Wars Episodes 4-6
Das Boot
X-Men 1 & 2
Once Upon a Time in the West
Clint Eastwood's three spaghetti westerns
Lord of the Rings triloogy
Forrest Gump
Jaws
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1984
Gladiator

TV mini-series:

Roots (surprisingly very difficult to find)
Shogun

[GitsLM]

There are a lot of movies I realy like but if I have to name my most favourites ones then:

Ghost in the Shell (of course)
Matrix (Trilogy)
Aliens
Star Wars 4,5,6
Lord of the Rings (Trilogy)
Terminator 1
Neon Genesis Evangelion (all)

I think that's it.

[dani82]

shawshank redemption
what dreams may come
chasing amy

mononoke hime
millennium actress
castle of cagliostro
voices of a distant star

[*.mp4 guy]

Not in any order.

-The Matrix
-Trainspotting
-Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
-Blade Runner
-Serenity (best scifi movie I've seen in a long time)
-Star Wars original trilogy

[heideki]

That's a tough one, I'll give it a try..

Star Wars (imo Empire is the best)
Pulp Fiction
Braveheart
Aliens
Band of Brothers (if it counts as a movie..)
The Shawshank Redemption
The Green Mile
The Lord of the Rings
Saving Private Ryan

..and then it's at least a dozen more of them.

[needforspeed]

The Exorcist - Still creeps me out.
PI - Always makes me think.
Princess Mononoke - Great anime.
Dumb and Dumber - Gets funnier and funnier.

[masken]

omg.. there's so many... many nice films have already been mentioned, can only agree with most :)

First one's that comes to mind:
Pulp Fiction
Amelie from Montmartre
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Citizen Kane

...and I'm very weak for Chaplin's middle-to-early work :) He's the indisputable genius of visualization and connecting emotion and action through simple and ingenious imagery.

[guada 2]

Basic instinct, Matrix, Cube, Therminator 2, Seven, The rage of the tiger, Fourmiz, Equilibrium, The legend of the red dragon, Hitcher 1, etc.....