Ten Favorite Movies of All Time

[timbervest]

• Ugestu monogatari
• Ben Hur
• 400 Blows
• In the Heat of the Night
• Z
• 2001
• Chariots of Fire
• Stand by Me
• 12 Monkeys
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail

 

[CoolRich59]

I put my list together without reading the other entries because I figured I would see other movies I really liked and start second-guessing my picks.

Here are my top 10
- The Sting
- Godfather I & II
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- A Man for All Seasons
- True Grit (the Coen brothers version)
- Miller's Crossing
- Marathon Man
- The Great Escape
- To Have and Have Not
- Casablanca

 

[Birdie Num Nums]

Hands down: The Graduate.

Fantastic story, acting, casting, writing, directing, music... you name it!

I'm convinced to this day, after first seeing it in the late 1960s, that this was an LSD-inspired movie--from the first scene to the end.

 

[RunningBum]

No particular order, and not a whole lot of thought

Big
The Great Escape
Enemy at the Gates
Point Break
Braveheart
Casablanca
Ordinary People
Mystic River
Fargo
That Thing You Do

I could come up with another 10 very quickly that could easily replace many of these.

 

[motley]

It's amazing to me how many people on this thread can't count to 10. (PS full confession I was about to post my list and realized I had 9 lol)

Off the top of my head and in no special order - a few might drop out/get added if I did this again:

Forrest Gump
Patton
Coming to America
City Slickers
When Harry Met Sally
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Grumpy Old Men
Outlaw Josey Wales
Meatballs
Tequila Sunrise

 

[GoBears]

Casablanca
The Maltese Falcon
It’s A Wonderful Life
Vertigo
Dr. Strangelove
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
MASH
Patton
Blazing Saddles
Forrest Gump

 

[DrRoy]

Had to go with a baker's dozen:

A Bridge Too Far
Aliens
Black Hawk Down
Inception
Dances With Wolves
Dangerous Liasons
Last of the Mohicans
The Lion in Winter
Lord of the Rings
The Matrix
Saving Private Ryan
Sense and Sensibility
Serenity

 

[Time2]

Does anyone remember then name of a movie the had a mother with a young daughter, the mother got cancer and was going to die, so she started writing things to her daughter for after her death. It was a real tear jerker.

 

[Rianne]

Since we're snuggled in for the winter, I found Rotten Tomatoes movies that earned a 100% rating. I haven't seen most of them and many are historical like "The Bride of Frankenstein" 1935. Or "The Grapes of Wrath" 1940. This will keep me entertained for a long time!

https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/100-club-certified-fresh-movies/

 

[MissMolly]

Does anyone remember then name of a movie the had a mother with a young daughter, the mother got cancer and was going to die, so she started writing things to her daughter for after her death. It was a real tear jerker.

Sunshine?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070751/reviews

 

[Rianne]

Sunshine?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070751/reviews

It looks like you can watch it on Youtube.

 

[like2]

Oh Brother where art Thou
One Flew over the Cuckoos nest
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Endless Summer
Step into Liquid
Bridge over the River Kwai
Happy Gilmore
Field of Dreams
Shawshank Redemption
Fried Green Tomatoes

And about a thousand more....

 

[Rocket Man]

Very difficult. Here are some that come to mind not in any particular order. Casablanca, Forrest Gump, North by Northwest, Singing in the Rain, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns, Gone With the Wind, Doctor Zhivago, American Graffiti, Patton, Sean Connery 007 movies. I could come up with others I like just as well, but these are some.

 

[LRDave]

Has Citizen Kane been mentioned yet? Shocked if not....
Casablanca
The Graduate
Moonstruck
Raising Arizona (Best Cohen Bros. effort IMO)
Gold Rush (c'mon man, we aren't reaching back for enough...)
High Noon
Metropolis
(You can hate me for this one as a generally panned movie...)Terms of Endearment - faithful to the book and I dare you not to cry....
Breakfast At Tiffany's
Star Wars - not for the cinematography or acting or script or anything like that - but genre changing.... Today it is kinda painful to watch (SPX) TBH.

I could've switched Modern Times for Goldrush above. Honorable mention to Safety Last (Harold Lloyd).

 

[deserat]

Have seen probably 85% of movies listed. Noticed no one mentioned one of my favorites:

The Philadelphia Story-James Stewart, Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant...

I also like Contact

Blade runner

Gladiator

Casino Royale and Skyfall with D. Craig

Oh Brother where Art Thou

His Girl Friday - Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell

Casablanca

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Star Wars (first one)

The Thin Man (series)

The Little Shop Around the Corner-Jimmy Stewart

Harvey and Rear Window-Stewart

Man Who shot Liberty Valance-Stewart and John Wayne

That's 14+....

I've found I like good sci-fi, action-spy, and older movies. With the older movies, there were constraints on overt sex scenes, violence and profanity, so the writers tend to be more creative and the dialogue is so well done. Four above (Philadelphia Story, Casablanca, His Girl Friday, and the Thin Man) play on words between the characters-His Girl Friday is fast dialogue with many double entedres...you will miss some lines because you are laughing so hard.

Oh Brother Where Art Thou is a throwback to that old movie style-plus, as I understand it is a modern take on The Odyssey.

I've found a few of the older movies on YouTube.

 

[RunningBum]

Coen brothers movies are very hit or miss for me.

I loved Fargo and No Country For Old Men

I didn't care for O Brother Where Art Thou, and hated The Big Lebowski. I know Lebowski made some lists, but I couldn't even finish it. I went in expecting to really like it because I had a few friends gush over it.

 

[Mr._Graybeard]

The Pawnbroker
Raging Bull
The Hustler
Hud (young Paul Newman makes Brando look weak, IMO)
The Magnificent Ambersons
Ace in the Hole
Stalag 17
A am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
This is Spinal Tap
The Life of Brian

 

[Nemo2]

Anyone mention High Noon?

 

[RunningBum]

Anyone mention High Noon?

Yes, LRDave listed it. There's a "Search This Thread" on every thread.

 

[Nemo2]

Yes, LRDave listed it. There's a "Search This Thread" on every thread.

OK thanks.

 

[RunningBum]

But of course it can be mentioned again!

I don't think I've ever seen it. I should try.

 

[Nemo2]

I don't think I've ever seen it. I should try.

Great cast - Gary Cooper, Lloyd Bridges, (father of Jeff & Beau), Harry Morgan (MASH), Lee Van Cleef, (everyone's favorite bad guy), Sheb Wooley, (Purple People Eater), etc, etc.......I'll have to watch it again myself.

 

[Myssdragn]

My ten:

Star Wars-A New Hope

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Alien

Titanic

War of the Worlds-Gene Berry

The Worlds Fastest Indian

The Great Escape

Second Hand Lions

The Silence of the Lambs

The Sting

If these movies come on I will still watch them most ever time. Couple of more recent movies I really like are:

The Martian-Matt Damon

Passengers-Jennifer Lawrence

If you haven’t seen them they are worth a look.

 

[LRDave]

The Pawnbroker
Raging Bull
The Hustler
Hud (young Paul Newman makes Brando look weak, IMO)
The Magnificent Ambersons
Ace in the Hole
Stalag 17
A am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
This is Spinal Tap
The Life of Brian

+1 on Stalag 17 - my number 11!

 

[Mr._Graybeard]

+1 on Stalag 17 - my number 11!

That reminds me of another great film noir, "D.O.A." Aside from its excellent plot line, Neville Brand is really creepy as a psychopathic hit man.