Favorite Movies - New or Old

[MaDDoG]

Sorry if this has been done before, but if it has it may not have been for a while.

What is your favorite movie and why?

The Ghost and Mrs Muir.....very old film(1946) in black and white starring Rex Harrison and Gene Tierney the crusty old sea captain who is now haunting his own home.

I just love it because I am a bit of romantic, I am interested in ghosts and the like, and it was written in a time when directors/writers could take a fairly simple tory and make it entertaining without lots of sex (not that I am adverse to sex) drugs, guns, car chases etc.

 

[RTP]

I thought the original "School for Scoundrels" (1960, with Ian Carmichael and Terry Thomas) was hilarious. I was very disappointed to see it was remade last year.

Hard Cheese!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054279/

 

[NanoBite]

"Whistle Down The Wind" with Hayley Mills & Alan Bates. I just finished watching it and it's a stunning movie.

 

[gazmercer]

Think my avatar says it all.

Hellraiser. Dark, Moody and I always wanted (Still do actually) one of those puzzle boxes. Oh and it's Clive Barker

Your suffering will be legendary, even in ****

http://imdb.com/title/tt0093177/

Just watched V for Vendatta and found it to a very good film too (Was expecting something really rubbish)

 

[leecho7]

One of my favorite oldies is The Seventh Seal, by Ingmar Bergman.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seventh_Seal

 

[PunkRockTuba]

all the star wars, revenge of the nerds I & II, and full metal jacket

 

[mathogre]

HEAT. Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. I don't know how many times I've watched it.

http://trailers.warnerbros.com/web/play.jsp?trailer=heat_trailer&format=quicktime&speed=300000

You wanna be makin' moves on the street? Have no attachments. Allow nothing to be in your life that you cannot walk out on in thirty seconds flat if you spot the heat around the corner.

 

[BIG D 04]

The Usual Suspect
V for Vendetta
Casino

All movies I enjoyed and still enjoy watching

 

[gtg622r]

Some of my favorites, in no particular order.
The Incredibles
That Thing You Do!
Fight Club
Lucky#Slevin
Top Gun
The Emperor's New Groove

 

[Audio.Trench]

Reservoir Dogs
Hackers
Grandma's Boy
Animatrix
Wayne's World II
SpaceBalls
Walk the Line
American History X
Alien Trilogy
Predator 1 & 2
Kill Bill's
Pulp Fiction
Blow
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Full Metal Jacket
Princess Mononoke

The list goes on...

 

[Mattlike]

The original Star Wars Trilogy
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Untouchables
The Godfather
Tombstone
Lord of The Rings Trilogy
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Run Lola Run
Odishon (Audtion)
Battle Royale
Shaun of The Dead
Requiem For a Dream
The Crow
Mulholland Drive
Hero
The Doom Generation
Nowhere
The Matrix

and many more..

 

[voiceofra]

An extremely short, but definitely NOT all inclusive:
Excalibur
Blade Runner (Director's cut)
Shawshank Redemption
The Enchanted Cottage
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Reservoir Dogs
The FIRST Matrix movie
Anything Shakespeare whether it be the actual play or a modernization. Kenneth Branagh's period treatments, Baz Luhrmann's wicked Romeo + Juliet, or something like "10 Things I Hate About You" which is a total modernization of Taming of The Shrew - no "shakespeare's english". Except for "O". I HATED that)
SpaceBalls
Blazing Saddles
History of The World part....oh frak, if it's Mel Brooks, I love it!
Walk the Line
American History X
Alien Trilogy
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Full Metal Jacket
Pirates of Silicon Valley
Dog Day Afternoon
Reefer Madness
Rock n Rule ("My name is Mok, thanks a lot")
Any good Western - Fist Full of Dollars, Hang 'em High, The Unforgiven...when I decided to start building up my Westerns collection, Fist Full of Dollars was my first purchase

That's it off the top of my head.
My DVD collection consists only of 'my favorites' - if they're available. Why buy them if I don't want to watch it again at some point?

I notice that punkr0x0r has similar movie tastes, too, so I just copied and pasted my faves that were among them

 

[Lisa]

There are so many...some of my all-time faves...

V for Vendetta
Always
Braveheart
Kiss Me Goodbye
The American President
The Manchurian Candidate
The Shawshank Redemption
The Untouchables
Resident Evil
Fever Pitch
Good Will Hunting
Click
Gladiator
Mr. Mom
Godfather
Men of Honor
Goodfellas
Devil's Advocate
Outbreak

...many more...and any old black & white horror movie

 

[baggss]

It was about 2 months ago...

 

[rman]

Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Wonderman

 

[MaDDoG]

HEAT. Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. I don't know how many times I've watched it.

http://trailers.warnerbros.com/web/play.jsp?trailer=heat_trailer&format=quicktime&speed=300000

Heat is pretty close to the top of my list....It sounds fantastic through the home stereo when I pump up the volume....even Val Kilmer plays a good parts in it

 

[chiffonhead]

Kill Bill
Matrix
Highway
Resident Evil

ummm...that's all I can think of...lol

 

[ste6168]

I dont really have a "favorite" movie, but i do enjoy alot of them...

in no particular order:

Chronicles of Narnia
Passion of the Christ
Gone in 60 Seconds
300
Super Troopers
Jack*** 1 & 2
Wedding Crashers
Caddyshack
Beerfest
Meet the Parents/Fockers

The list goes on and on...

 

[MaDDoG]

The Martix (first one)
Mad Max (Mel Gibson's first feature film)
Dances with Wolves
The Pricess Bride
The Natural
The Sixth Sense
Lord of the Rings
Ronin
Forrest Gump

 

[Flic]

Hmm... I like the usual Girly Films

Pretty Woman
Dirty Dancing
The Wedding Planner (infact I seem to like ALL Jennifer Lopez films, how sad! "Angel Eyes" and "Enough" are also good...)

But I also like some non girly ones..

Shawshank Redemption
Green Mile
Dawn of the Dead (and "Shaun of the Dead")
28 Days Later

BUT my fave has to be "Lost in Translation" amazing and a very beautiful film!