Favourite 25 Movies

[TrueFaith77]

Inspired by the Favourite 25 Albums thread . . .

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My 25 Favourite Movies of All Time
(one per director)

1. The Magnificent Ambersons (Orson Welles, 1942)
2. Intolerance (D.W. Griffith, 1916)
3. The Shanghai Gesture (Josef von Sternberg, 1941)
4. A.I. - Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg, 2001)
5. Nashville (Robert Altman, 1975)
6. Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962)
7. L'avventura (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1961)
8. No Greater Glory (Frank Borzage, 1934)
9. Last Tango In Paris (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1973)
10. Gone with the Wind (Victor Fleming, 1939)
11. Jules and Jim (Francois Truffaut, 1962)
12. Made in USA (Jean-Luc Godard, 1966)
13. The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1928)
14. A Day In The Country (Jean Renoir, 1936)
15. Sansho the Bailiff (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1954)
16. Lola (Jacques Demy, 1962)
17. The Love Eterne (Han Hsiang Li, 1963)
18. Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927)
19. Napoleon (Abel Gance, 1927)
20. The Long Day Closes (Terence Davies, 1993)
21. The Fury (Brian De Palma, 1978)
22. Excalibur (John Boorman, 1981)
23. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (Preston Sturges, 1944)
24. How Green Was My Valley (John Ford, 1941)
25. The Godfather Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)

[ButterCookie]

Ooh, I love Movies

1. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
2. Videodrome
3. Roadie
4. The Man Who Fell To Earth
5. Hairspray (1988)
6. Patti Smith - Dream of Life
7. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
8. Union City
9. The Hound of the Baskervilles
10. Quadrophenia
11. Labyrinth (1986)
12. Walk the Line
13. Mean Girls
14. Herbie Fully Loaded
15. Hot Fuzz
16. Romeo + Juliet
17. Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl
18. To Kill a Mockingbird
19. Ghostbusters
20. The Blues Brothers
21. The Neverending Story
22. The Little Mermaid
23. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
24. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
25. The Nightmare Before Christmas

Make of that what you will

[ILoveFM]

I loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee movies
1. Forrest Gump (1994)
2. Beaches (1988)
3. Sling Blade (1996)
4. Philadelphia (1993)
5. The Green Mile (1999)
6. Cold Mountain (2003)
7. The Prestige (2006)
8. Braveheart (1995)
9. It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
10. La vita è bella (1997)
11. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
12 .Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
13. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)
14. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
15. Memento (2000)
16. Ever After (1998)
17. Identity (2003)
18. The Dark Knight (2008)
19. Moulin Rouge! (2001)
20. Mamma Mia! (2008)
21. The Interpreter (2005)
22. Evening (2007)
23. The Parent Trap (1998)
24. Sophie's Choice (1982)
25. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

[gretchen]

In no particular order:

Unbreakable
The Lady In The Water
Wall Street
Wonder Boys
The Game
Romancing The Stone
A Perfect Murder
Unfaithful
The Mothman Prophecies
The Ninth Gate
Kate & Leopold
You've Got Mail
The Cider House Rules
The Shawshank Redemption
High Crimes
The Green Mile
Nights In Rodanthe
Salem's Lot
Annie Hall
Manhattan
The Abyss
Heat
X-Men Orgins - Wolverine
The Freshman
Crimson Tide

[LikeAWillow]

I have really horrible taste in movies. I'm just putting that out there and letting you guys know I'm aware of it before you judge my choices. It's not that I can't appreciate a "good" movie, but that I like my film to be escapist. I just want something that takes me away to another world. That said:

1. Beauty and the Beast. Yes, the disney version.
2. Catch Me if You Can
3. The Pursuit of Happyness
4. All the President's Men
5. Witness for the Prosecution
6. You've Got Mail
7. Legally Blonde
8. The Break Up
9. The Life of David Gale
10. Monster
11. Boys Don't Cry
12. A Beautiful Mind
13. Nuremberg
14. Dirty Dancing
15. Rent
16. Mean Girls
17. The Virgin Suicides
18. Milk
19. JFK
20. Breakfast at Tiffany's
21. The Wizard of Oz
22. Sleepless in Seattle
23. The Holiday
24. Never Been Kissed
25. Ever After

[LikeAWillow]

Originally Posted by ILoveFM

I loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee movies

2. Beaches (1988)
14. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
15. Memento (2000)
16. Ever After (1998)

I love all of the ones I quoted, but I can't believe someone else but Ever After in their top 25! I should have read yours before I did mine-- I had to go to Drew Barrymore's wiki page to remember what the title was. I love fairy tales

[Ghost_Tracker]

25 is a bit much for me right now 'cause I'm headed out the door. But here's ten.


1.) Star Wars.

2.) Return of the Jedi.

3.) Revenge of the Sith.

4.) All About Eve.

5.) Avatar.

6.) Anastasia (Yul Brenner version.)

7.) Kung-Fu Panda (very cute and entertaining).

8.) War of the Worlds (older version from the 50s.)

9.) "The X-Files Movie" (1998).

10.) Kenneth Branaugh's version of Hamlet. (and also his version of Henry V.)


I also just recently saw a great science fiction movie from the 70s called "The Omega Man" starring Charlton Heston. This is the same story as the movie "I Am Legend" which recently came out starring Will Smith. (There was also a version from 1964 starring Vincent Price, called "The Last Man on Earth." - They're all based on a novel called "I Am Legend" by someone named Richard Matheson which has received a lot of attention.)
Anyway I thought the Charlton Heston version was VERY good! The Will Smith version (i.m.o.) didn't really capture the emotional impact of the story. The 1964 version was also pretty good, for similar reasons. But Heston's version blew me away; I felt that it was VERY well-done!

[mylittledemon]

In no particular order:

1-Batman
2-The Nightmare Before Christmas
3-LA Confidential
4-Batman Returns
5-A Christmas Story
6-Ghostbusters
7-Ace Ventura
8-Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade
9-The Lord of the Rings (all 3 equally)
10-As Good As It Gets
11-Die Hard
12-Back to the Future
13-Dr. Strangelove
14-Pan's Labyrinth
15-Beetlejuice
16-Fright Night
17-Lawrence of Arabia
18-The Big Lebowski
19-Ed Wood
20-Wonder Boys
21-V For Vendetta
22-Terminator 2
23-Blade Runner
24-National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
25-Young Frankestein

[daniellaaarisen]

First of all, The Man Who Fell To Earth is one of the weirdest movies ever. In a good way, since David Bowie can do no wrong.

Also, Maris, you WOULD like the Virgin Suicides. It's one of my favorites too.

I'm obsessed with film. I see 2+ movies in theatres a week and often drive around the bay area to do it. I'm actually going to 12 different films at the San Francisco International Film Festival within the next two weeks and I'm SO EXCITED.

In no particular order:
1. Stardust Memories (and anything Allen)
2. The Virgin Suicides
3. Stealing Beauty
4. The Hours
5. A Single Man
6. Dead Poet's Society
7. 8 1/2
8. The Hours
9. Life Is Beautiful
10. Doubt
11. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (and anything Kaufman)
12. Vertigo (and anything Hitchcock)
13. Fight Club (if only for Helena Bonham Carter!)
14. Scarface
15. Blue Velvet
16. Some Like It Hot
17. The Ghost Writer
18. An Education
19. The Hurt Locker
20. For My Father
21. Amelie
22. The English Patient (but probably just because I'm obsessed with ANYTHING related to that novel...)
23. Synecdoche, New York
24. Manhattan
25. Mary Poppins

[daniellaaarisen]

Originally Posted by Ghost_Tracker

10.) Kenneth Branaugh's version of Hamlet.

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Erin]

Originally Posted by LikeAWillow

I have really horrible taste in movies. I'm just putting that out there and letting you guys know I'm aware of it before you judge my choices. It's not that I can't appreciate a "good" movie, but that I like my film to be escapist. I just want something that takes me away to another world. That said:

1. Beauty and the Beast. Yes, the disney version.

I love this movie. It was also nominated for best picture, so no reason for embarrassment. I bought it on VHS, DVD, and am eagerly awaiting the Blu-Ray release. I hate the Cocteau version Stevie loves so much. I guess I'm just not that deep.

[CreepingDeath]

In no particular order:

1. American Psycho
2. The Silence of the Lambs
3. Requiem for a Dream
4. Pulp Fiction
5. Casino
6. The Godfather
7. The Godfather II
8. Goodfellas
9. The Color Purple
10. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
11. Memento
12. Sophie's Choice
13. A Clockwork Orange
14. The Lord of the Rings trilogy
15. Fight Club
16. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
17. The Seven Year Itch
18. Moonstruck
19. The Remains of the Day
20. Howard's End
21. Sense and Sensibility
22. Bram Stoker's Dracula
23. Pan's Labyrinth
24. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
25. This Is Spinal Tap

[mylittledemon]

Originally Posted by CreepingDeath

25. This Is Spinal Tap

How could I forget this one?!

[ILoveFM]

Originally Posted by LikeAWillow

I love all of the ones I quoted, but I can't believe someone else but Ever After in their top 25! I should have read yours before I did mine-- I had to go to Drew Barrymore's wiki page to remember what the title was. I love fairy tales

I love how wonderfully done Ever After is! I can't watch that movie without crying.

You love Beaches?? It's one of the best chick flicks ever! So sad!

[FMlex]

Originally Posted by LikeAWillow

1. Beauty and the Beast. Yes, the disney version.
6. You've Got Mail
22. Sleepless in Seattle
23. The Holiday

I love the majority of the movies on your list, but these are some highlights:

Beauty and the Beast is amazing. I watched it a couple weeks ago at 2 in the morning and was comparing my life to Belle's. Bahahah pathetic, yes. I love watching Disney movies! After you've grown up a bit, you can see the story a different way than from what you saw as a little kid.

You've Got Mail and Sleepless in Seattle = classic Meg Ryan movies (when Meg Ryan still looked like Meg Ryan).

The Holiday is perfect!! Love the storylines/relationships. I can watch it over and over.