What are your top 10 favorite movies?

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Howdy folks,

Iconoclast's article about the 25th anniversary of Peter Sellars death got me thinking about my favorite movies. Which led me to wonder what my fellow JUsers were into.

Here's my list.

1. Dr. Strangelove - Peter Sellars greatest movie
2. Patton - Good old George C. Scott.
3. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. Kevin Spacey and John Cusack were perfect for this film.
4. A Clockwork Orange - The movie that made Malcom McDowell. One of Stanley's best
5. JFK - Oliver Stone knows how to stir the hornets nest.
6. Crash - Unbelievably real.
7. Platoon - The movie that made me realize that Willem Dafoe is a great actor.
8. Full Metal Jacket.-Two words...Lee f**king Ermey!
9. El Dorado - The Duke, Bob Mitchum, James Caan, and Walter Brennan. One of the best westerns ever made. The duke actually made this movie twice.
10. LA Confidential - Russell Crowe steals the show. I had no idea he was an Aussie because his american accent is almost perfect.

Now it's your turn folks. Fire away!

Thanks for reading,
thatoneguyinslc
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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
Hollywood style *BUMP*

Now where's that kid with my latte?
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
The Last Emperor
Playing for Time (Made for TV. True story based on the memoirs of Auschwitz survivor Fania Fenelon.)
American Hot Wax
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Dances With Wolves
Woodstock
The Elephant Man
Seabiscuit
Lawrence of Arabia

Only 10?
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
I liked Mullholland Drive. Methinks you're a Lynch fan?

I liked Playing for Time a lot. Almost forgot about it.
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
First: an apology about that Philosophy post Iconoclast! hadn't seen yours.
Number 1 movie is Ken Burns" The Civil War"
" "" 2 movie is Ken Burns " Lewis and Clark"
"" "" 3. movie is Pacific Northwest Ballet Company's version of the Nutcracker
4. movie is Grumpy Old Men
5.movie is Grumpier Old Men
6. movie is Fantasia
7. movie is Swan Lake
8. movie is Forest Gump
9. movie is Regarding Henry
10. movie is Melody Time
Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top

Number 1 movie is Ken Burns" The Civil War"

I liked that one but the fat that it seems to be as long as the *actual* Civil War was something of a turn off...

Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top
First: an apology about that Philosophy post Iconoclast! hadn't seen yours


np

Number 1 movie is Ken Burns" The Civil War"


That wasn't a movie.
Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top
1. return of the king
2. the two towers
3 fellowship of the ring.
4 forest gump
5 the breakfast club
6 the princess bride
7 dances with wolves
8 war of the worlds {old and new}
10 the 13th warrior.

these are in no particular order.
Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top
Picking only 10 movies is very hard. There are so many movies I love. I have hundreds of favorites. So what I did was try to limit my picks. I went with only one movie per director. Even that was hard choosing. Then I tried to cover as many genres as possible. And to make matters worse, I tried to grab at least one from every decade starting in the 30s. So here is my list of 10 of many favorite films of mine, listed by year.btw .. I cheated on one pick so it's really 11 movies:)

1. Duck Soup (1933)
2. Citizen Kane (1941)
3. Casablanca (1942)
4. On the Waterfront (1954)
5. The Sound of Music (1965)
6. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
7. The Godfather I and II (1972&74)
8. Raging Bull (1980)
9. Pulp Fiction (1994)
10. Crash (2004)
Reply #10 from JoeUser Forums Top
1.Close Encounter of the 3rd kind
2.Gods and Generals
3.Shawshank Redemption
4.Robin Hood: Men in Tights
5.LOTR:Return of the King
6.2001:A Space Odyssey
7.Tears of the Sun (correct title? the one with bruce willis
8.Naked Gun Series(not really 1 movie i know...)
9.Red Dawn
10.The Jackal

Those are just a few...
Reply #11 from JoeUser Forums Top

1. Paint your Wagon
2. Kelly's Heros
3. Patton
4. Midway
5. Star Trek - Wrath of Khan
6. Star Trek - Generations
7. It's a Wonderful Life
8. Star Wars - Episode 4
9. Planet of the Apes
10.A bugs Life

Reply #12 from JoeUser Forums Top
Damn Guy, i forgot about Kelly's Heroes. One of Clint's best.
Reply #13 from JoeUser Forums Top

Damn Guy, i forgot about Kelly's Heroes. One of Clint's best.

You might like Paint your Wagon then. He and Lee Marvin get to sing!

Reply #14 from JoeUser Forums Top
I've seen it. Lee Marvin sings like a walrus in heat.
Reply #15 from JoeUser Forums Top
9. Planet of the Apes


The original?
Reply #16 from JoeUser Forums Top

I've seen it. Lee Marvin sings like a walrus in heat.

Hey!  I like Walruses!

The original?

Should have specified, but yes.  The remake was lousy!

"Get your paws off me you damn dirty ape!"

Reply #17 from JoeUser Forums Top
The 13th Warrior
Face Off
Notting Hill; Runnaway Bride; Something to Talk About, Pretty Woman (Ok this is probably cheating, I love Julia Roberts!)
Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind
Dune (original)
Philadelphia
Out of Time
Alien (all of the follow ups too)
Bridget Jones Diary (1 & 2)
Lawrence of Arabia (they're supposed to show a full version of this on A& E Thursday afternoon too, fully restored and in color!)

I deliberately didnt' number them! I like those a lot not in any special order.
Reply #18 from JoeUser Forums Top
That's ok by me. Good choices serenity
Reply #19 from JoeUser Forums Top
Lawrence of Arabia (they're supposed to show a full version of this on A& E Thursday afternoon too, fully restored and in color!)


It'll be on TCM tomorrow afternoon at 4.
Reply #20 from JoeUser Forums Top

It'll be on TCM tomorrow afternoon at 4.

Thanks!  I get home about then!

Reply #21 from JoeUser Forums Top
*click* *ding* *dong* Ah, the wonders of TiVo. Now I can watch it after the kids are in bed and aren't bothering me.

As for my movies (in no particular order):

The Princess Bride
Star Wars Ep 4
Young Frankenstein
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Space Balls
(Ya think that I'm a Mel Brooks fan, or something?
The Maltese Falcon
Kelly's Heroes
Hogan's Heroes
Mulan II (it's kinda grown on me w/ the kids liking it)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Reply #22 from JoeUser Forums Top
Well, I probably have lame taste in movies, and these aren't necessarily my favorites, but some good ones off the top of my head:

Hotel Rwanda
Gladiator
50 First Dates
28 Days Later
Con Air
Waterboy
Ali G in Da House (sorry, hehe)
Signs
The Wedding Singer
Return to Me

PS - I read A Clockwork Orange in high school, and that book rocked my world. I watched the movie later, and was a bit disappointed.
Reply #23 from JoeUser Forums Top
(In no particular order):

Ben Hur
Casablanca
O Brother Where Art Thou?
The Princess Bride
Labyrinth
The Big Lebowski
Blazing Saddles
The Right Stuff
The African Queen
Braveheart

In case you couldn't tell, strong affinity for Bogie and the Coen Brothers (both appearing twice on the list)
Reply #24 from JoeUser Forums Top
I forgot Mel Brooks. I have always said that Blazing Saddles is most likely the best comedy ever made.

The Coen Bros. are definately worth mention Gid. And Bogie is Bogie after all.
Reply #25 from JoeUser Forums Top

forgot Mel Brooks. I have always said that Blazing Saddles is most likely the best comedy ever made.

I would say Young Frankenstein is the best, but Blazing Saddles is a very close second!

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