What is your favourite film?

[BMWRider]

Wow, I am in the too close to call camp. Off the top of my head:

Foreign: The Lives of Others, Ran, The Samurai Trilogy, Ikiru, Seven Samurai, Seventh Seal, Life is Beautiful, Tales of Ugetsu, Grave of the Fireflies, Das Boot

Domestic: Green Mile, Blade Runner, Casablanca, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, To Kill a Mockingbird, Passion of the Christ, The Searchers, North By Northwest, 12 Angry Men, Shawshank Redemption

That is 20 and tomorrow I would probably see 50% of the list change.

 

[-bp-]

Fight Club...for so many reasons.

"Operation Latte' Thunder, GO!"

"His name is Robert Paulson"

"Don't worry...it's not a threat to you."

"In the industry, we call them, "cigarette burns".

"Slide"

"A hummingbird couldn't catch Tyler at work."

"You're a tourist. You're not really dying. I mean in the Sylvia Plath-Noel Coward sense, I know we're all dying. But not like Chloe in there is dying."

"We've just had a near-life experience!"

F##% Martha Stewart! Martha's polishing the brass on the Titanic, Man! It's all going down!"

And, of course...the rules...

Forget the stunning, ground-breaking camera work or the incredible acting...this is a movie that actually makes a great book BETTER.

 

[Lynchmeister]

Trainspotting.

 

[fitzer]

+1 Le Samourai - check it out through netflix, beautiful movie.

 

[kwk285]

All movies pale to ....Caddyshack

 

[Roman414]

That is like asking, "What is your favorite food?" You have to do it by categories. Like, best musical, "Singing In The Rain." Best sci-fi, "Brazil". Best drama, "Treasure of Sierra Madre".

 

[sol92258]

That is like asking, "What is your favorite food?" You have to do it by categories. Like, best musical, "Singing In The Rain." Best sci-fi, "Brazil". Best drama, "Treasure of Sierra Madre".

Not if you're a shark.....

 

[desmoface]

Cinema Paradiso

Steve

 

[thirdeye]

The Shawshank Redemption
Clockwork Orange
Beautiful Minds
Just to mention a few...

 

[Tricknology]

Foreign: Elling
Comedy: Blazing Saddles (best movie ever made), Big Trouble, Office Space
Dramas: The Green Mile, Seabiscuit

Trainspotting.

Excellent choices on Elling and Trainspotting.

 

[Walravine]

This forum represent a very varied cross section of society from all areas of the world, so in order to try and get a grasp of current cinematic trends I would appreciate it if you could let me know what your favourite films are and why this is so.

Blowthello
Mr. Holland's Anus
Schindler's Fist
Three Days Of The Condom
Lolita Lays an Egg (Director's version)

oh, and Dirty Debutantes #1-867

Interesting replies so far. When selecting a film to watch, does entertainment take precedence?

For me it's always about the dialogue and script.

 

[WebGeezer]

Clockwork Orange.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

This way the cosmos remains in balance.

Both of which have been committed to memory. Which means I should also consider adding Fahrenheit 451 to the list.

 

[RexHavoc]

The Seven Samurai, Casablanca, and God help me, Mad Max......the last two I can recite the dialog from beginning to end..

 

[McTeague]

1. Animal House
2. The Blues Brothers
3. Caddyshack

 

[-bp-]

Walvarine,
I can't believe you forgot "Shaving Ryan's Privates"

 

[Badger Boo]

Sabrina (Audrey Hepburn, Bogart, William Holden)

Roman Holiday (Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck)

Philadelphia Story (Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart)

To Kill A Mockingbird (Gregory Peck)

Robin Hood: Men In Tights (I've seen it so many times I could quote it verbatim.)

 

[Johnny Dale]

Rear Window
Casablanca
The Searchers
Monty Python & The Holy Grail
Dial M For Murder
Stranger On A Train

I never tire of watching these.

 

[Lynchmeister]

Blowthello
Mr. Holland's Anus
Schindler's Fist
Three Days Of The Condom
Lolita Lays an Egg (Director's version)

oh, and Dirty Debutantes #1-867



For me it's always about the dialogue and script.

 

[SlyGI]

Interesting replies so far. When selecting a film to watch, does entertainment take precedence? Or does anybody here prefer to be challenged by their choice of viewing, and select films that they can spend weeks dissecting? I suppose really it is a matter of preference at the time, but like I said in my original post, I don't think that entertainment and great cinema are mutually exclusive.
Since everyone else provided a selection of films, I would add to my original choice the following films: The Legend of the Holy Drinker, The Keep, Shoot the Piano Player, Dazed and Confused, Out of the Past, La Belle Noiseuse (not just because Emmanuelle Beart spends the majority of the film naked ) and Lovers of the Arctic Circle.

I think I look at films as entertainment first and foremost. Plus, my favorite film changes with my mood.

Right now:

Favorite film: James Bond, Casino Royal 2006

My most hated film of all time: Eraserhead.
BTW, could someone explain to me just what that movie is really about?

Honorable mentions are: RAN, Casablanca, Brazil, Saving Private Ryan, The Longest Day, Star Wars (original 1977), All three Lord of the Rings movies.

 

[SlyGI]

Oh, also, I really, really, like Breakfast at Tiffineys.