Favorite Films?

[calmloki]

For me, a favorite is a Japanese movie called Tampopo. It's all about food, sex, gangsters, life, death, and it's funny too!

 

[Sarah in SC]

The Long Goodbye with Elliot Gould as Philip Marlowe. Love a good detective movie!

 

[bssc]

Tampopo is good

Dr. Strangelove
Man with One Red Shoe
Hopscotch

 

[Goonie]

Kelly's Heroes......especially the character of 'Oddball' played by Donald Sutherland.

 

[MikeD]

Animal House
Chrstmas Story
Addams Family
Shakes the Clown

 

[CyclingInvestor]

Animal House, Blazing Saddles, Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Casablanca, The Good The Bad and the Ugly, The Hustler, Shawshank Redemption

 

[retire@40]

Godfather I and II
Clint Eastwood westerns
Forrest Gump
Dirty Dozen
Cool Hand Luke
Young Frankenstein
Raging Bull
Amadeus
Giant

 

[lazygood4nothinbum]

amadeus was great. "i absolve you of your mediocrity."~~the self-deluded character of antonio salieri.

caught one of my favorites on tv the other night: vita e bella aka life is beautiful. great story telling and, i think, one of the most important of life's lessons.

 

[TargaDave]

One of the lesser known films on my favorite list: Das Boot

 

[Moemg]

Love Actually
Beaches
When Harry met Sally
Enron the smartest guys in the room
Saving private Ryan

 

[Outtahere]

You've Got Mail
Bridges of Madison County
American President
Gone with the Wind
Forrest Gump (actually just about any Tom Hanks movie)
Christmas Story
The Ten Commandments (an Easter tradition for me)
All the Die Hard movies with Bruce
Steel Magnolias
Green Fried Tomatoes

 

[poboy]

The Caine Mutiny
The Searchers
Stalag 17

 

[Coach]

Many of the above, and The Seven Samurai, Double Indemnity, The Maltese Falcon, Treasure of the Sierra Madre.

Coach

 

[unclemick]

Casablanca.

And then the others.

Star Wars comes to mind. But I could name a boatload if I thought about it.

heh heh heh - some of us are old pharts.

 

[Notmuchlonger]

Heavy Metal

I know Im not very cultured but at least Im honest.

Logans Run for a close second

 

[twaddle]

Blade Runner. Anything by Kubrick. Anything by Tarantino. Anything by Herzog.

And, of course:

 

[W2R]

The Godfather (I).

In particular, the music really moves me.

 

[DangerMouse]

The Shawshank Redemption is my all time fave. However Tampopo is another one on our favourite list. I am surprised to see so many fans of the movie.

 

[gindie]

Blues Brothers
Young Frankenstein
Marathon Man

 

[plsprius]

Two of my favorites (with FIRE-related plots) are:

1) Frank Capra's Lost Horizon, and

2) Jake Kasdan's Zero Effect (especially for Sherlock Holmes fans).

 

[samclem]

Lots of predictable ones:
It's a Wonderful Life
High Noon
Singing in the Rain
The Omega Man (Campy fun!)
Silent Partner (Elliot Gould)
Dr Strangelove
Total Recall
Groundhog Day
BluesBrothersVacationCaddyshackAnimalHouseStripes

 

[Poundkey]

Bridges of Madison County
Inventing The Abbotts
Dancer Texas Pop. 81

 

[toofrugalformycat]

Most of the above, and also a lesser-know classic,
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death

 

[Fireup2020]

the Birdcage
The Man From Snowy River
Flashdance

 

[zoey]

About Schmidt
Benny and Joon
The Gods must be Crazy
Godfather I and II
Groundhog Day
A Christmas Story
Schindler's List
Unforgiven
Pride and Prejudice (A&E version, 1996, with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle)