Favorite Films

[Dodfather]

Originally Posted by Stew_Matthews

As everyone seems to be sticking to English language films - my favourites in that category are -

Chinatown
Dogville
The Pianist

(depending on my mood, one or other of these three ^^^ would be my english language favourite)

The only others that I watch on a monthly basis are -

Apocalypse Now
Bladerunner
Get Carter
French Connection

My God - that list of English language films, while all brilliant, is perhaps the bleakest list of favourite films I've ever seen! I do love a good harrowing film though!

[Cornflake Girl]

Originally Posted by Gypsy-Rhiannon

Some of mine are:

Steel Magnolias
A Star is Born (Judy Garland version)

Those are two of very few films I can watch over and over without losing interest!

Some of my favourites:
The African Queen
I Want to Live
Mullholland Dr.
Postcards from theEdge
When Harry Met Sally
Hannah and Her Sisters
Nashville

There are definately more that I've forgotten about, the moment someone asks what my favourite of anything is, it goes straight out of my head!

[daniellaaarisen]

Originally Posted by Revolution

I loved Dead Poet's Society when I watched it, though I've only seen it once (and a LONG time ago). All I remember is that it made me cry. Should I be embarrassed by this?

For a while, DPS was like a religion for me. I can quote basically the entire movie and I cry EVERY time I watch it without fail. I've probably seen it 50+ times.

[daniellaaarisen]

Originally Posted by Stew_Matthews

As everyone seems to be sticking to English language films

Nope-- I mentioned 8 1/2 which is in Italian!

[hippilil86]

The Big Chill
CAMP
Saved
Mamma Mia!
Love Actually
13 Going on 30
Practical Magic
Hope Floats
Dr. Zhivago
Dreamgirls
Mean Girls


I love campy, cheesy, fabulous movies. It makes it so much better if it's a musical. Mean Girls is probably the Clueless of my generation...(early 20's).

[golddustdrummer]

Originally Posted by hippilil86

The Big Chill
I love campy, cheesy, fabulous movies. It makes it so much better if it's a musical. Mean Girls is probably the Clueless of my generation...(early 20's).

I'm 21 and I though Clueless was the Clueless of my generation!
lol I love that movie. Mean Girls was okay...kind of predictable.


anyway, I have a soft spot in my heart for movie I watched as a kid:
Beetlejuice, A League of Their Own, Fried Green Tomatoes, Tommy Boy, etc.

as you can tell I like deep, meaningful movies.

[snicksfan85]

Beetlejuice
Practical Magic
Clue
The Omen
Young Frankenstein
National Lampoon's Vacation
I <3 Huckabees
Batman (Michael Keaton)
Fast Times At Ridgemont High
All of the Scream movies
All of the Die Hard movies
Steel Magnolias
Happy Texas
Ghostbusters
The Shining
Shaun of the Dead
Dawn of the Dead (original)
Death to Smoochy
The Cat in the Hat (Because I'm just a big kid...)


I loooove horror movies, especially zombie movies. I am also a big fan of Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, and Bruce Willis so you'll catch me watching alot of their stuff if I'm not watching one of the above movies.

[Cornflake Girl]

Originally Posted by hippilil86

Mean Girls is probably the Clueless of my generation...(early 20's).

Oh I'm with you on that. Tina Fey wrote the screen play for it so that makes it completely awesome in my eyes.

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

Originally Posted by hippilil86

The Big Chill
CAMP
Saved
Mamma Mia!
Love Actually
13 Going on 30
Practical Magic
Hope Floats
Dr. Zhivago
Dreamgirls
Mean Girls


I love campy, cheesy, fabulous movies. It makes it so much better if it's a musical. Mean Girls is probably the Clueless of my generation...(early 20's).

I hated Mamma Mia!

[GODDESS6]

Originally Posted by Gypsy-Rhiannon

I hated Mamma Mia!

me too, i thought i was the only one~

i have to add practical magic to my list too~ i love that movie~

[Stew_Matthews]

Originally Posted by Dodfather

My God - that list of English language films, while all brilliant, is perhaps the bleakest list of favourite films I've ever seen! I do love a good harrowing film though!

......... yeah I guess you're right! I have the original 'Italian Job' on my car's DVD player at the moment so I don't do 'harrowing' everyday.

[Villavic]

my top ten:
Dangerous Liasons
Moonstruck
Gone with the wind
An affair to remember (Grant & Kerr)
Planet of the Apes (Heston)
Beauty and the Beast (Disney)
Elephant man
Benjamin Button
Jurassic Park (I love dinos)
Sixth Sense

other nice movies I love:
54
Mamma Mia
Grease
Phantom of the Opera (though actually is my favorite Broadway play)

[Erin]

Gone with the Wind
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Star Wars episodes 3-6 (I like to pretend the prequels don't exist)
Lost in Translation
Beauty and the Beast (Disney)
The Lion in Winter ("Peace? How about eternal peace?")
The Princess Bride
Pride and Prejudice (BBC Colin Firth version, okay technically a made for tv miniseries, but I'm counting it!)
North and South (Another BBC miniseries, not the 80's miniseries with Patrick Swayze which I also own)
Sliding Doors
Shaun of the Dead

I'm apparently living in the wrong country.

[markolas]

Now, Voyager
Gaslight
Bringing Up Baby
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Sunset Boulevard
Anna Karenina (1935 w/ Garbo)
Mildred Pierce
Sideways
Back to the Future

[Cornflake Girl]

Originally Posted by markolas

Now, Voyager
Bringing Up Baby
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

I forgot about these! I love them, especially Bringing Up baby, Kate Hepburn is hilarious in that.