Top Ten Favorite Movies

[martyp]

Dr. Zhivago
2001 A Space Odyssey
Three Days of the Condor
Nights of Cabiria (Fellini, 1957)
Seven Days in May
Twelve O'clock High
A Clockwork Orange
To Kill a Mockingbird
Unforgiven
Moby Dick

I've got a long list of favorite movies categorized as: Spy Movies, Nuke Movies, War & Military, Musicals, Comedy, etc.

 

[Idnar7]

Thanks all for participating. As in any Top 10 list there were 297 different movies listed. The most frequently mentioned was The Godfather with 8 mentions. Missing was Hitchcock's The Birds. Also missing were Marx Brothers, Laurel & Hardy, and only one WC Fields.

 

[steelyman]

IMDb maintains a Top 250 list, and #1 is The Shawshank Redemption. I like that vote!

 

[Amethyst]

I need to watch that wonderful church scene again. It's the perfect thing for cheering up by.

A.

In no particular order:

The Blues Brothers

.

 

[Nemo2]

I need to watch that wonderful church scene again. It's the perfect thing for cheering up by.

A.

"It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark... and we're wearing sunglasses."

 

[JP.mpls]

Okay, why not?
- The Princess Bride
- Animal House
- Big
- Shawshank Redemption
- Cool Hand Luke
- The Big Lebowski
- Annie Hall
- Moonstruck
- Harold and Maude
- The Accidental Tourist
+ a few more:
- Mash
- Sweet Land
- The Fisher King
- The Brothers McMullen

 

[Avalon]

- The Bridges of Madison County
- Meet Joe Black
- Good Will Hunting
- Driving Miss Daisy
- Jeremiah Johnson
- Born on the fourth of July
- What's eating Gilbert Grape
- Dances with Wolves
- The Natural
- A River Runs Through it.

 

[Lazarus]

Seen most of the movies listed don't think this one was listed.

Being There

Peter Sellers

 

[Koolau]

"It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark... and we're wearing sunglasses."

"Hit it!"

 

[Gumby]

Seen most of the movies listed don't think this one was listed.

Being There

Peter Sellers

What a consummate bit of acting that was. Right up to the line without crossing over into the realm of farce.

 

[Lazarus]

Till he walked on water.

 

[urn2bfree]

I may have missed it but Tootsie should be on here and
only one mention for Chinatown is not enough, so this makes two.
I will add The Graduate
Adaptation
The Great Dictator
Shop Around the Corner
Bicycle Thieves (Sometimes translated The Bicycle Thief)
Godfather I and Ii
Umbrellas of Cherbourg

 

[Meadbh]

Tootsie was hilarious!

 

[Nodak]

There are only 2 of my favorites that haven't been named yet:
The original "Sleuth" with Michael Caine and Lawrence Olivier
"Second Hand Lions"

 

[modhatter]

Finally someone mentioned my favorite

1. Annie Hall
2 The Graduate
3. One Flew Over the Cookoo's Nest
4. The Piano
5. The Big Chill
6. Notting Hill
7. Sense & Sensibility
8. Five Easy Pieces
9. The Station Agent
10. Schindler's List

 

[BTravlin]

I don't recall seeing The Green Mile listed.

 

[Purron]

Klute and Paper Moon are also missing from the big 'ol list of great movies.

 

[Lazarus]

How about

Pleasantville

The Gods must be crazy

Caveman

 

[Nemo2]

The Gods must be crazy

+1

 

[arky]

I saw all of mine except Unforgiven (the recent one with Clint Eastwood)

 

[HFWR]

Electric Horseman
Diamonds Are Forever
What's Up Doc?
Enemy Of The State
Mississippi Burning
A Time To Kill
The Truth About Cats And Dogs
The Wedding Date
Three Weddings And A Funeral
The Mirror Has Two Faces

 

[Tyro]

Ok, I'll add my current* list (in no particular order)...

• RED (Retired: Extremely Dangerous) (a little surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet.)
• The Princess Bride/The Big Lebowski (Most quoted/quotable)
• All but 4 Coen Bros movies
• His Girl Friday/You Can't Take It With You/Ball of Fire (and most screwball comedies of the '30s/'40s)
• The Terminator/The Matrix/Alien franchises
• Forbidden Planet/The Thing From Another World (1951)
• Marx Bros./Laurel & Hardy/Harold Lloyd
• The Maltese Falcon/To Have and Have Not/The Big Sleep
• Open Range/Wyatt Earp/Tombstone/Silverado
• Paul

and a lot directed and/or produced by Howard Hawks
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*Ask me in 5 minutes and it'll likely change.

 

[Mulligan]

Just got back from an afternoon of watching Raiders of the Lost Arc, that was digitally remastered and showing at the IMAX. Kind of cool going to the theatre to watch a movie you saw in the theatre 30 years ago. We all sure get old over time. Harrison Ford looks so young in that movie.

 

[Koolau]

Harrison Ford looks so young in that movie.

Didn't we all 30 years ago! YMMV

 

[Meadbh]

30 years?! It's hard to believe. Time does fly!