All-Time Favorite Films

[Katiebre]

MISSING, definitely!

But MÄNNER ? .... ewwww... dullest Doris Dörrie dummbatz...

Hmm, so you don't like it?
I've always enjoyed it.
(And I love "When I was young", but I admit that's not a reason to like the film.)

[Lola]

Thanks, Lola.
Maybe it's too soon, but I might be adding Zodiac as movie no. 21
I was really engrossed with it, and it reminded me a lot of All the President's Men, one of my all time favourites.
 

I haven't seen it, but I remember watching Summer of Sam quite a few times and really enjoying that one.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162677/

[Lola]

http://www.filmsite.org/gene.html

I had to go look it up.  A silent film (Buster Keaton) ummm no not for me!

It's actually a pretty good movie. We showed it at the State Theatre a couple of years ago with an original piano accompaniment by Kevin Cole. But having on the top 100 list is a bit of a stretch.

I guess they are just trying to cover all eras and I suppose to the movie buffs, the silent film era is important!

[Lola]

Like John, most of these fluctuate in order. Ask me tomorrow and I'd probably have a different list.
These are all movies I love and admire for various reasons. But the ones in bold are permanent.....

1.) Brokeback Mountain
2.) The Exorcist
3.) The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
4.) Looking for Mr. Goodbar
5.) Superman (1978)
6.) Jaws
7.) 2001: A Space Odyssey
8.) A Clockwork Orange
9.) Alien
10.) Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolff?
11.) The Last Picture Show
12.) The Conversation
13.) Star Wars
14.) The Empire Strikes Back
15.) Raiders of the Lost Ark
16.) Network
17.) The Omen (1976)
18.) The Best Years of Our Lives
19.) Dawn of the Dead (1978)
20.) The War of the Roses

(And Spielberg's "War of the Worlds" would be damn near perfect if it weren't for that ending....)

You have some good pics as well.

I am mesmerized by The Last Picture show, it comes on TV alot and I always seem to be watching it.   And is that War of the Roses with Michael Douglas?   

[Lola]

Good idea guys, we can try taking our lists to 100!

1.  Godfather

2.  Godftather II

3.  Forrest Gump

4.  Shawshank Redemption

5.  The Deer Hunter

6.   Brokeback Mountain

7.   Rocky

8.   Platoon

9.   Gone with the Wind

10.  Wizard of Oz


Now I get crazy



11.  Don Juan DeMarco

12.  Titanic

13.   Prince of Tides

14.   Jerry McGuire

15.   Mambo Kings

16.   Cinderella Man

17.    Yentl

18.    Water

19.    Saturday Night Fever

20.    Bridget Jones Diary




21.    Fried Green Tomatoes

22.    Corrina Corrina

23.    Jesus Christ Superstar

24.    A Star is Born

25.    Heat

26.    The Notebook

27.     Dog Day Afternoon

28.     A Few Good Men

29.     As Good As it Gets

30.      Love Actually

31.     About a Boy

32.     Chicago

33.     King Kong (the original)

34.     King Kong (the remake)

35.     Dangerous Liasons

36.     Pride & Prejudice (A&E version)

37.     Analyze This

38.     The Whole Nine Yards

39.      Ghost Busters I

40.      Ghost Busters II



I'll be back!!    Actually I could add Terminator    As you can see some of mine will never make the AFI list.

[paintedshoes]

Oh, Lord, I should NOT have come here before having to leave for work!  I could add sooooo many movies to my list!!!!!!!  Some are on the lists others have presented.  But, I don't have time to go over them right now!!!!!!!!  *wails in pain*  I really LOVE talking about movies!  *sigh*  Later, all!!!!!!!!!!   

[AHappyMan]

And is that War of the Roses with Michael Douglas?   

The very same. Co-starring Kathleen Turner and Danny Devito. Directed by Devito. Hilarious and black as pitch.

[Katiebre]

Oh, Lord, I should NOT have come here before having to leave for work!  I could add sooooo many movies to my list!!!!!!!  Some are on the lists others have presented.  But, I don't have time to go over them right now!!!!!!!!  *wails in pain*  I really LOVE talking about movies!  *sigh*  Later, all!!!!!!!!!!   

I agree, Jackie, looking at other people's lists is quite inspiring.

Some favourites I noticed on the other lists are

As Good As it Gets
Billy Elliot
Bridget Jones Diary (Well, I think I actually liked the book better, SO hilarious!)
Forrest Gump
The Color Purple
Vertigo
The Graduate
Arsenic and Old Lace (we staged that as a play when I was in school, good fun, even though I didn't get to play a part  . But I had a major crush on the guy who played Teddy so I was happy enough being around and just doing the props )

Anybody for Belle Epoque?
I thought it was brilliant when I first saw it but wasn't as impressed anymore when I saw it the second time.
I'm a bit unsure what to make of that...

And "Diva" (which Ingmar mentioned) is one that I've never seen but somehow always felt I should/wanted to see.

[Lola]

And is that War of the Roses with Michael Douglas?   

The very same. Co-starring Kathleen Turner and Danny Devito. Directed by Devito. Hilarious and black as pitch.

Loved it, those three were perfect together.  They teamed up later in Romancing the Stone, which was a little less.........violent! lol

[Lola]

Anybody for Belle Epoque?
I thought it was brilliant when I first saw it but wasn't as impressed anymore when I saw it the second time.
I'm a bit unsure what to make of that...

And "Diva" (which Ingmar mentioned) is one that I've never seen but somehow always felt I should/wanted to see.

I haven't seen either of those.  I know there are so many films I have never seen.

[HR]

Friends,
    Does anyone know the criteria for being on the AFI list? Do the movies need to be English speaking? Made only by American companies? If not, the list is comical. Ang Lee seems to be in good company. They forgot Eisenstein, Kurosawa and Bergman, to name but a few. And, with one exception, they don't like Lerner, Loew, Rogers, Hart or Hammerstein.
    If they must be "American", why is "Lord of the Rings" on the list?
   Okay, so I've vented a little. Here's my list (made up of only those that were not on their list) of movies that I think were better than Tootsie, The Sound of Music, and Pulp Fiction (at least). Pardon my attempt at renewing my pseudo-intellectual merit badge. This is one of my few chances, as I don't get out much:

Brokeback Mountain

Gallipoli

Z

Chariots of Fire

Field of Dreams

Oklahoma

Kagemusha

Doctor Zhivago

Fried Green Tomatoes

Driving Miss Daisy

Stand by Me

Das Boot

Scrooge (this is the finest thing that anyone's ever done for me...)

Henry V (Branagh version)

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

Diva

Fantasia

Cool Hand Luke

The Sand Pebbles

The Reivers

The Great Escape

The Sting

The Killing Fields

    There are others that I'll think of, eventually. My taste, as it is, doesn't seem to correspond to theirs. And, yes, most of my movie going was 20 years ago.
        HR

[paintedshoes]

So...it is nearly 1 am, and I am home from work and looking at the recent posts...

IngSir:  Morocco!  The final scene of Dietrich taking off her shoes and what followed thrills me, to this day...and, damn, the young Gary Cooper was a fine looking man!   


Freetraveller:  Buena Vista Social Club!  A masterpiece of filmmaking, presenting the fabulous musicians in their element.

Katie:  Cinema Paradiso!  The sheer joy of this film makes me weep when I hear the music, which, in itself, is brilliant...which reminds me....how many of you love Film Scores?   I can hear a few notes of an original score and be immediately transported to the entire film.  *sigh*

And your updated list with Notorious!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Ingrid and Cary were never better! 

BCJohn:  Meet Me in St. Louis!  Judy Garland singing "Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas."  Margaret O'Brien. 

Lola:  Grease!  WhenI first heard of Grease, it was at the Tony Awards.  I thought it was about the country, til I saw who got up to accept the award...I swear!      "Grease is the Word!"

And your updated list:  Mambo Kings!  I had been in love with Armand Assante since he was on one of my soaps.     And I had seen every one of Almodovar's films, (yes, Ing, I love them, too!)   So Bandaras was a dream for me, in his first English language film..."Beautiful Maria, Of My Soul."

And you added Pride and Prejudice...Don Juan DeMarco...Love,Actually!!!!!!!! 

Rick (AHappyMan):  Alien!  Damn, that movie STILL scares the sh** out of me!  I watch "Aliens," own and love it, but the first one...I think it is the music from the first one that scared me to death!  Love the movie, but still watch it with my eyes half covered!   

HR:  I don't know the criteria....frustrating, isn't it?  Something to do with release by an American Studio, thus LOTR (by New Line.)  I will most heartily agree with Henry V (Branagh version) and Field of Dreams...

Funny thing is:  there are few films that any of you have named that I dislike.  And I will refrain from naming the ones I am not crazy about, cause we all have our own taste...

To add to my original list:

1.  Brokeback Mountain  (duh!)

2. The Lord of the Rings (the whole series, which I think of as one film)

3. The Age of Innocence

4.  Casablanca

5.  Rebecca

6. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

7.  Singing in the Rain

8.  The Searchers

9.  The Wizard of Oz

10. It's a Wonderful Life

11. To Kill a Mockingbird

12. The Three Godfathers

13. King Kong (1933)

14. Star Wars

15. Raiders of the Lost Ark

16. The Red Violin

17. The Mummy Returns

18. Somewhere in Time

19. Jesus of Montreal

20.Billy Elliott

In no particular order, again:  (no, not true...alphabetical, from a list I have.      )

21.  An Affair to Remember

22. Big Night  (The love between the brothers is so lovely)

23.  The Big Country

24.  Captain Blood

25.  The Day the Earth Stood Still  (Gort, Klaatu barada nicto!)

26.   Dogma

27.  Forbidden Planet  (the first movie I saw on the big screen)

28.  Galaxy Quest

29.  Gunga Din  (Sgts Cutter, MacChesnie, and Ballentine!)

30.  A Knight's Tale  (Where I first fell in love with Heath!)

So, I shall stop for now...   long-winded, am I not?   

[Lola]

Stand by Me

Scrooge (this is the finest thing that anyone's ever done for me...)

Henry V (Branagh version)

You have a few I really liked.  By Scrooge do you mean A Christmas Carol?  I like the Allister Sims version best.

I also liked the Kenneth Branagh version of Frankenstein!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109836/

[ingmarnicebbmt]

IngSir:  Morocco!  The final scene of Dietrich taking off her shoes and what followed thrills me, to this day...and, damn, the young Gary Cooper was a fine looking man!   

For me this is one of the first (hidden) gay movies in history! It's a hymn to male beauty AND to female androgynity!

[ingmarnicebbmt]

Katie and Lola, "Diva" is a must-see, really - I'm sure both of you'd be mesmerized by it !!

I've seen it at last twenty times when it appeared (1983, I used to be a very young student in Berlin then), and twice on DVD lately.