jkerouac Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Bettered only by the classic Saving Ryan's Privates. JTB Or how about "Free My Willy" ??? An uplifting classic if ever there was one (although I admit that I missed it at the multiplex!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gioarmani Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 First that leap to mind: Federico Fellini's, "8 & 1/2" David Lean's, "Lawrence of Arabia" Shohei Imamura's, "The Pornographers" Ridley Scott's (Director's cut version), "Blade Runner" Francois Truffaut's, "The 400 blows" Akira Kurosawa's, "Rashomon" Jean-Luc Godard's "Band of Outsiders" Sophia Copola's, "Lost in Translation" Bernardo Bertolucci's, "The Last Emperor" and running up: Ang Lee's, "Eat, Drink, Man, Woman" Wong Kar Wai's, "In the Mood for Love" Peter Weir's, "Master & Commander" Stanley Tucci's, "Big Night" Richard Attenborough's, "Ghandi" Sean Penn's, "The Crossing Guard" Michael Winterbottom's, "Code 46" Bruce Robinson's, "Withnail & I" Admin McCarthy's, "The Station Agent" Too damn many to mention... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gioarmani Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 The Diary of a Lost Woman (with Louise Brooks)] I've wanted to [censored] Louise Brooks since I was 15. I always think of her during Maria de Medeiros' sex scenes in "Henry & June". Mmm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HauteHippie Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 Or how about "Free My Willy" ??? An uplifting classic if ever there was one (although I admit that I missed it at the multiplex!) Under Covers was excellent too. I think it starred Hugh G Rection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slay Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 Shawnshank Redemption crank Sin City Fight Club Snatch Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels The Matrix Godfather Big Fish (I'd probably say thats the best movie of them all) Harold & Kumar go to Whitecaste (its even funnier when you smoke dope!) Silence of the Lambs Green Mile Full Metal Jacket City of God Napoleon Dynamite Scarface Pulp Fiction Forrest Gump Rain man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faber Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 the shinning ...and city of god... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truzement Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 A lot of what you guys said and not to forget. Movies -Seven -Gothika -Fallen -The Bone collector -Along came a spider actally there are too many good movies Series -Lost -Prison Break -Bottom (the Series) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryyannon Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 I just got ahold of the two-dvd set of Scorsese's documentary on Bob Dylan ('No Direction Home'). I'm only an hour or so into it, but it really is awesome.... @gioarmani: I've always harbored the same lustful urges concerning Louise Brooks from the first time I ever saw her on the screen. I've run into one or two 'perfect clones' here in Paris, but was unable to live out my dream.... Still a total sucker for that look, though :-) @truzement: Where oh where does that avatar pic come from? I have the impression of having dreamed it in another life..... Same thing for Room-mate's (whom I haven't seen around for a long time...) Both are movies in themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryyannon Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 I've wanted to [censored] Louise Brooks since I was 15.... Mmm... Yes, and as I said above, who wouldn't? They say that she was as intelligent as she was beautiful.....some think she was the most photogenic woman in the history of cinema.... Can't resist evoking her image: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickey Padge Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 I can't believe nobody has mentioned "Jaws" yet. I can watch that film whenever it comes on TV..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekhunter Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 I'm so disappointed that no one metioned two all time greats in "Behind the Green Door"' and "Debbie Does Dallas". I guess I'm the only real movie critic here that enjoys, how can I say it, butter somewhere and a lolipop in my mouth. . Which leads me to another classic in "Boogie Nights". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blindman Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 The Agony and the Ecstasy Meet Me In St. Louis Sabrina - Audry Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart To Have and Have Not - Bacall is sooooooo hot. The Canterville Ghost (1944) Night of the Grizzly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronus Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 @truzement: Where oh where does that avatar pic come from? I have the impression of having dreamed it in another life..... Same thing for Room-mate's (whom I haven't seen around for a long time...) Both are movies in themselves. That avatar (I think) is Rowan Atkinson (famous worldwide as Mr.Bean) in the great British comedy Blackadder. I seem to remember that from one of the episodes. Great series As for women in cinema, a friend of mine seems to think Catherine Deneuve is one of the 5 most beautiful women of all time. Oh well, she's way too old for me now Tastes in women change all the time, after seeing Penelope Cruz in Volver recently, she's the one right now She gets topless in Abre Los Ojos too (she played the same character in the Hollywood remake Vanilla Sky). Great actress in her Spanish language movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddhead Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 off the cuff (and i reserve the right to change my mind) and in no particular order Philadelphia Story Cool Hand Luke Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back Rocky 1 Caddyshack Red River Godfather 1 and 2 Annie Hall Manhattan shawshank Redemption On Golden Pond Young Frankenstein Blazing Saddles Sideways Pulp Fiction Sixth Sense Way of the Gun Life is Beautiful (although I do not think i have the fortiture to watch that again) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HauteHippie Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 The best movie of all time is Gigli. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronus Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 The best movie of all time is Gigli. The best documentary of all time is "The Making of Gigli". Peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gioarmani Posted October 8, 2006 Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 I forgot Ishtar & Willow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfreeman420 Posted October 8, 2006 Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 History of the World Part I Spaceballs Blazing Saddles Trading places The Golden Child Scarface Menace II Society Boyz N The Hood Goodfellas Taxi Driver One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest As good as it Gets Glenn Garry Glenn Ross Two for the Money Prime Gig (great if you are in sales) Pulp fiction Get Shorty Reservior Dogs Be Cool Citizen Kane The Maltese Falcon On Her majesty's Secret Service (not necesarily in that order) Anything the two ladies above me are in........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antrax Posted October 9, 2006 Report Share Posted October 9, 2006 I like so many that is hard to choose, but here are some of the top - Star War (all of them) - Torrente 1,2 & 3 - Airbag - Mortadelo & Filemon - Lord of the Ring (all) - Blade 1 & 2 - Blade Runer - Snatch - 12 Monkeys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekhunter Posted October 9, 2006 Report Share Posted October 9, 2006 The best movie of all time is Gigli. Didn't J. Lo and Bennifer win Academy awards for that one? That movie has to be the worst movie ever made! I watched for 20 minutes and feel asleep. No plot and bad acting, a lethal combo at best! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TTK Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 (edited) The Life and Times of Colonel Blimp The Duellists La Reine Margot La Femme Nikita Leon True Romance...( you're part eggplant) M'sieur Hulot's Holiday Mon Oncle Pickwick Papers Oliver A Tale of Two Cities The Scarlet Pimpernel Gone With the Wind Citizen Kane Strangers on a Train The Glass House Spiral Staircase Ran Sanjuro Sanshiro Sugata Kagemusha Red Beard Seven Samurai Throne of Blood Gods Must Be Crazy I & II Animals are Beautiful People Syriana Crash Reservoir Dogs Eraserhead Our Man Flint In Like Flint The Maginificent Seven Les Bicyclette de Belsize Umbrellas of Cherbourg The Man Who Loved Women A Man and a Woman Plein Soleil The Talented Mr Ripley Comfort of Strangers Carrie ( Laurence Olivier ..not Sissy) King's Row Penny Serenade Black Narcissus ( Jack Cardiff ) The Red Shoes ( Pressburger / Powell ) A Matter of Life and Death One of our Aircraft is Missing 49th Parallel Genevieve Big Man on Campus ( Alan Katz) Donnie Brasco Copland Fargo Blood Simple The Big Lebowski Welcome to Hard Times High Noon Open Range Lonesome Dove Terminator 1/2/3 LOTR C o Narnia Battleship Potemkin Shogun Assasin Carlito's Way Marathon Man Jaws ( 1 only) Exorcist (1 only) The Grudge Ju-on Killer Elite Body Heat War of the Roses Borsalino Walk the Line Casanova Brothers Grimm Rashomon Pride and Prejudice Sense and Sensibility Emma ( anything Bronte / Dickens ) Barry Lyndon ( Kubrick) 2001 A Clockwork Orange The Shining FMJ Dr Strangelove Spartacus Lolita The Killing Paths of Glory Casino Goodfellas House of Games ( Mamet) To Live and Die in LA Friday Next Friday Death Wish 1 Mr Majestyk Cold Sweat The Mechanic Unforgiven Dirty Harry 5 Pennies It's a Wonderful Life The Bishops Wife Ghost and Mrs Muir American Graffiti The Ninth Gate Pirates of the Caribbean.....( welcome to the caribbean love..) King Kong I&II Mighty Joe Young Jurassic Park Lost World Fahrenheit 451 Last Man on Earth Omega Man 12 Monkeys 5th Element A Midnight Clear Saving Private Ryan Schindler's List Come Back Little Sheba The Lost Weekend Aces High The Sweet Smell of Success Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid The Man with Two Brains Fast Times at Ridgemont High Ferris Bueller's Day Off Wild at Heart Italian Job 1 One Flew Over.. Cape Fear I&II Stranger Amadeus In Cold Blood ( Capote) The Onion Field Braveheart Passion of Christ Last Temptation of Christ The Robe Ten Commandments Demetrius and the Gladiators Teh Robe King of Kings Requiem for a Heavyweight Glengarry Glenross Tin Men The Grifters Confidence Casualties of War Zulu Big Red One Hell in the Pacific ( Marvin / Mifune ) Inner Space Alien(s) Predator 1 Plan 9 from Outer Space Ed Wood Bruce Almighty La Dolce Vita Irma la Douce The Apartment Pillow Talk Taking of Pelham 123 First Blood Rambo The Deerhunter Dance with a Stranger Unmei Janai Hito Yehudhi ( Bombay Studios 50's) Mahal ( Bombay Studios 50's) Mother India ( Bombay Studios 50's) Koyaanisquatsi (Philip Glass) Powaquatsi The Telephone Box Doberman Patrol Wizard of Oz A.I. Minority Report I, Robot American Werewolf in London Somewhere in Time ( Richard Matheson) Day the Earth Stood Still War of the Worlds ( 1 ) Boys from Brazil The Contender (Oldman / Bridges political ) Sin City Bourne ID / Supremacy Kill Bill 1/2 Immortal Arsene Lupin Kiss,Kiss,Bang Bang Impostor Tom Yum Goong Ong Bak Dangerous Liaisons equilibrium Matrix Forrest Gump Crimson Rivers 1/2 Replacement Killers CT / HD The Prophecy Seventh Sign Seventh Seal Bicentennial Man The Villain Signs Gosford Park Babe 1/2 Shrek 1/2 L.A. Takedown Heat Manhunter SOTL RD Hannibal Snatch LS&TSB Ronin Usual Suspects Sixth Sense Spy Game Kung Fu Hustle Subway Body Heat Dark Blue Amistad Money Pit K-Pax Arlington Rd Mr Deeds 1 ..........and thousands upon thousands of others...... and the two worst movies of all time... The Fog....(couldn't see a fargin' thing throughout the whole movie..) and The Lady in the Water...(self indulgent crap from a complete bozo...who thinks his name alone can carry a movie...) Edited October 10, 2006 by TTK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonthebhoy Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 I forgot to add The Searchers in my little list. JTB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retep Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 Although it`s not a movie it should be included (imho) here. All the episodes off; Fawlty towers With a special mention for the episode; the germans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r11co Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 I won't do what Neil did and dump the contents of my DVD database here Got a soft spot for From Russia with Love. Having watched the restored Ultimate Edition recently I appreciated once more how subversive it was for a mainstream movie at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TTK Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 Believe me Rico....that is not the contents of my DVD list.......that's only a small percentage.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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