Favorite Flicks

[mark evans]

For those who enjoy such discussions, off the top of my head, may have overlooked other winners:

The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Casablanca (1942)
Psycho (1960)
Goldfinger (1964)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Chinatown (1974)
Annie Hall (1977)
Animal House (1978)
The Last Waltz (1978)
E.T. (1982)
The Big Chill (1983)
Jurassic Park (1993)
The Sixth Sense (1999)

[earlywynnfan]

Tremors
Evil Dead 2
Princess Bride
The Big Country


2nd Sixth sense, never saw it coming

[ocjack]

Favorite flicks and no mention of:

Godfather 1 and 2
Fargo
Blue Velvet

[mark evans]

Fargo calls to mind a movie that I should have included -- Blood Simple (1984).

[Mark17]

Kelly's Heroes
West Side Story
The Sting
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
Casablanca
Frozen

[JollyElm]

Give 'The Game' a go. Pretty damn cool flick.

[Jim65]

Slap Shot
Godfather 1 & 2
Taxi Driver
A Clockwork Orange
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Clerks
12 Angry Men
Dead End (1937)

[Republicaninmass]

lots of new releases in these picks!

Sad state of affairs. If it isn't a dequel, prequel, reboot, etc, people won't watch it I guess.

Oh Man Animal House! It blows away any type of remake, ie Old School, etc.

However, I did like Back to School

One of the old talkies I always liked was Glenngarry Glenross

Trying to add some off the radar

Last train to Busan

[mark evans]

Thanks for the responses. I have been hoping to identify some outstanding lesser-known movies to check out. Here's two more movies that popped into my mind:

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Body Heat (1981)

[AustinMike]

Many great movies have been listed, but I have but 1 favorite movie:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Saving Private Ryan.

Oh, okay, I have 2 favorite films:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Saving Private Ryan, and The Exorcist.

Three, I have three favorite flicks:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Saving Private Ryan, The Exorcist, and Invaders from Mars.

This could go on forever, so I'll end with:

Roger the Shrubber - "Oh, what sad times are these when passing ruffians can say "Ni" at will to old ladies. There is a pestilence upon this land. Nothing is sacred. Even those who arrange and design shrubberies are under considerable economic stress at this period in history."

Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

[mikemb]

Here are some of my favorites that I did not see listed:

The Sound of Music
Ocean's 11 (1960)
The Time Machine
Between Two Worlds (1944)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Mighty Joe Young

Mike

[egri]

I have a couple that I haven’t seen listed yet:

Twelve O’Clock High
American Sniper

[Writehooks]

An old guy weighs in:

The Intruder (1962)
The Manchurian Candidate (1962 original. The 2004 remake with Denzel Washington is abysmal)
Fail Safe (1964)
Seven Days in May (1964)
Soylent Green (1973)
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1977)
Falling Down (1992)

[Wihawk]

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World
Gone with the Wind
Godfather 1, 11
Wizard of Oz
Young Frankenstein
Casablanca
Napoleon Dynamite
North by Northwest
Goldfinger
Sound of Music

[egri]

A few British ones:

The Dam Busters
Dunkirk
Darkest Hour

[ocjack]

Don't know how I forgot: 1966's Carlo Ponti movie Blowup. A great plot and a time capsule for that decade.

[mcgwirecom]

I feel the most overlooked movie of all time is Slingblade. Powerful movie, great acting. Billy Bob is genius.

[steve B]

Many movies I like won't make many lists of all time greats.
Many I used to really like have aged poorly.

Shogun Assassin.
Lightning Swords of Death- This and the above are cut down from six Japanese movies centered on the same main character. The originals are a bit more harsh than the cut down for the US market versions, which mostly include the comically violent fight scenes with little background.

They Live
Pale Rider. (and most other Eastwood westerns)
Slapshot
The wraith
Predator 2 - Not as good a movie as the first, but it develops the predators so much more, their "rules" and morals etc.
A Sunday in Hell - cycling documentary about Paris Roubaix one year in the 70's.
Buckaroo Banzai
The Great Race
Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines

[cardsagain74]

Anyone who enjoys gambling/casino/sports betting movies should check out "The Runner" (1999), with John Goodman and Ron Eldard.

It's probably the best modern movie on those subjects ever made, but somehow it's stayed in complete obscurity

[packs]

Some of my faves:

Cool Hand Luke
Stand By Me
No Country For Old Men
Bicycle Thief
The 400 Blows

[58pinson]

Any site that sees "Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines" get two mentions in a Favorite Flicks thread is A-OK with me.

[Shemp]

"Tremors
Evil Dead 2
Princess Bride
The Big Country"

Some of my favorite movies too!

I'd add Re-Animator and Midnight Run to these 4

[Snapolit1]

Goodfellas.

[quinnsryche]

#1 All Time Favorite - Planet of the Apes (The original)
The Blues Brothers
Austin Powers Goldmember
2001: A Space Odyssey
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Das Boot (subtitled only, not dubbed)
The Exorcist
Ocean's 11 (Sinatra)
Se7en
Goodfellas

That's my top 10 easy, no question. I will watch any of those if they are on or coming on, even with commercials!

[TUM301]

Kill the Irishman
House of Games
American Crime
Spy who came in from the Cold
Roman Holiday
Lock Stock and both smoking barrels
House boat (Sophia Loren)
Blade Runner
The Cinncinatti Kid
Boiler Room
8 Men Out
Hard Times (Bronson)

[Clutch-Hitter]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Give 'The Game' a go. Pretty damn cool flick.

Great movie!

[drcy]

1) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968, Director: Stanley Kubrick)
2) Raging Bull (1980, Martin Scorsese)
3) The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928, Carl Dreyer)
4) Taxi Driver (1975, Martin Scorsese)
5) The Graduate (1967, Mike Nichols)
6) M (1931, Fritz Lang)
7) It’s a Wonderful Life (1946, Frank Capra)
8 ) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948, John Huston)
9) Scarlett Street (1945, Fritz Lang)
10) Bad Lieutenant (1992, Abel Fararra)

[tedzan]

A dozen great movies in my opinion (listed in no particular order).
And, I could easily list a dozen more.

The Great Escape

Casablanca

The Robe

Shane

Big Country

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The Blues Brothers

Giant

Rebel Without a Cause

Jaws

Guns of Navarone

It's a Wonderful Life


TED Z

T206 Reference
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[Shoeless Moe]

Schindler's List
Reservoir Dogs
Jaws
Platoon
The Departed
True Romance
Gladiator
Inglourious Basterds
Saw
The Untouchables
American History X
JFK
Thursday
Donnie Brasco
Goodfellas obviously
Hoffa
A Bronx Tale
Casino
The Wrestler
The Fugitive
Training Day
Before the Devil knows your dead
Gangs of NY
Leaving Las Vegas
Bad Lieutenant
Do the right thing
Open Water
Primal Fear
Ted
Ted 2

[VoodooChild]

Here's 20 off the top of my head:

1. Pulp Fiction
2. True Romance
3. Office Space
4. 12 Monkeys
5. Memento
6. Idiocracy
7. Desperado
8. Tombstone
9. Grosse Pointe Blank
10. BlacKkKlansman
11. American Me
12. Groundhog Day
13. Falling Down
14. No Way Out
15. Spy Game
16. Carlito's Way
17. Zero Effect
18. Mumford
19. Bulworth
20. Friday

.....I could easily rattle off another 20.

[BCauley]

Shawshank Redemption
Cinderella Man
Braveheart
Rocky 1 and 2

Plenty of others that I either can't remember at this second or just didn't feel like they were actual "favorites."

[Bartholomew_Bump_Bailey]

The Deer Hunter
Point Break (1991)
White Men Can't Jump

[stlcardsfan]

Here are two of my all time favorites that I don’t think have been mentioned:

Breaking Away - all time underdog movie. If you haven’t seen it seek it out
The Verdict -incredible performance by Paul Newman. I love courtroom dramas and this is the best one I have ever seen.

[Kevin]

Hell’s Heroes (1929)
The Thin Man (1934)
Casablanca (1942)
The 3rd Man (1949)
The Searchers (1955)
North by Northwest (1959)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Zulu (1964)
Papillon (1973)
Rocky / Rocky II (75/79)
Star Wars/Empire (77/80)
Close Encounters (1977)
Superman / Superman II (78/80)
Alien (1979)
Victory (1981)
Tootsie (1982)
Sixteen Candles (1985)
Plains Trains and Automobiles (1987)
The Birdcage (1996)
Master and Commander (2003)
There Will Be Blood (2007)

[egri]

I watched The Big Short last week. I ordered the book, and I'll be interested to see how it differs from the movie.

[Republicaninmass]

Originally Posted by mcgwirecom

I feel the most overlooked movie of all time is Slingblade. Powerful movie, great acting. Billy Bob is genius.

Mmmm-hmmmmm

[judsonhamlin]

A couple of go-to watch over and over movies:

-Lawrence of Arabia
-Kelly’s Heroes
-On a Midnight Clear
-Iron Giant
-Ronin
-The Pink Panther
-My Man Godfrey
-The Thin Man
-They All Laughed
And the first 15 minutes of Close Encounters

[TUM301]

Couple more,
The Paper Chase
Boiler Room
7 Days In May, Fail Safe

[earlywynnfan]

I'd like to add Gran Torino to my list

[Seven]

So many to choose from, here's some to name a few!

Godfather I and II
Bridge on the River Kwai
Airplane
the Sting

[irv]

Originally Posted by Seven

So many to choose from, here's some to name a few!

Your name reminded me of the movie "Seven"
Was definitely a great flick, imo.

Some off the top of my head.

Man on Fire (I mentioned this one before)
Stigmata
Constantine
Silence of the Lambs
Alien
Heat
The Thing
Road to Perdition
Shawshank Redemption
Forest Gump
https://youtu.be/WzObOLaz6ng

[Seven]

Originally Posted by irv

Your name reminded me of the movie "Seven"
Was definitely a great flick, imo.

Some off the top of my head.

Man on Fire (I mentioned this one before)
Stigmata
Constantine
Silence of the Lambs
Alien
Heat
The Thing
Road to Perdition
Shawshank Redemption
Forest Gump
https://youtu.be/WzObOLaz6ng

Seven's a fantastic film! Can't believe I left Shawshank off my list either.

To add on a few more,

Run Silent,Run Deep
Field of Dreams
Towering Inferno
The Breakfast Club
Roman Holiday
Apocalypse Now
Gladiator

[irv]

Originally Posted by Seven

Seven's a fantastic film! Can't believe I left Shawshank off my list either.

To add on a few more,

Run Silent,Run Deep
Field of Dreams
Towering Inferno
The Breakfast Club
Roman Holiday
Apocalypse Now
Gladiator

Likely one of the best movies ever, or at least in my generation. It's a must see, imo.

[egri]

Over the weekend I watched a couple about Operation Market Garden that were both good in different ways, Theirs is the Glory and A Bridge Too Far.

[irv]

Originally Posted by egri

Over the weekend I watched a couple about Operation Market Garden that were both good in different ways, Theirs is the Glory and A Bridge Too Far.

Your war movies above reminded me of "Fury", and of course a few others.
I assume you have seen it already?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Bd5LDEJqH4

[egri]

Originally Posted by irv

Your war movies about reminded of "Fury", and of course a few others.
I assume you have seen it already?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Bd5LDEJqH4

I haven't seen it; I keep meaning to but haven't gotten around to it yet. Greyhound is another one I have in my queue; Tom Hanks was supposed to come onboard and watch it with us, but the pandemic put paid to that.

[irv]

Originally Posted by egri

I haven't seen it; I keep meaning to but haven't gotten around to it yet. Greyhound is another one I have in my queue; Tom Hanks was supposed to come onboard and watch it with us, but the pandemic put paid to that.

I forgot all about Greyhound.
That looks like another good one.

I think you'll like Fury. Great cast and a pretty good flick, imo.

[clydepepper]

drama
bridge of spys
cannery row
nobody’s fool
contagion
cool hand luke
everest
only the brave
the illusionist
the prestige
the seige

crime drama
black rain
collateral
criminal
the pelican brief
bullitt
hell or high water
leon: The professional
man of fire
prince of the city
no country for old men
road to perdition
the usual suspects
runaway jury
se7en
sharky’s machine
sicario
the jackal
the life of david gale
untraceable
wind river

historical drama
gandhi
gangs of new york
lincoln
the ghost and the darkness
the 13th warrior



world war ii
band of brothers
das boot
empire of the sun
enemy at the gates
flags of our fathers / letters from iwo jima
greyhound
the pacific
twelve o'clock high
fury
memphis belle
saving private ryan
the longest day

war
american sniper
breaker morant
master and commander: The far side of the world
lone survivor
the hurt locker
the last of the mohicans
the lost battalion
we were soldiers
zero dark thirty
zulu dawn

science fiction & fantasy
blade runner (1982)
blade runner 2049
close encounters of the third kind
edge of tomorrow
indiana jones and the raiders of the lost ark
king kong (2006)
phenomenom
pitchblack
reign of fire
sky captain and the world of tomorrow
terminator 2: Judgement day
war of the worlds (2005)

horror
ravenous
sleepy hollow
shadow of the vampire

comic book characters
deadpool
iron man 2
the dark knight trilogy

western
butch cassidy and the sundance kid
dances with wolves
dead man
lonesome dove
open range
pat garrett and billy the kid
quigly down under
the jack bull
the lone ranger
the man who shot liberty valance
the outlaw josie wales
unforgiven
pale rider
3:10 to yuma (2007)
tom horn
tombstone (1993)
true grit (2010)

comedy
bing there
o brother, where art thou?
Office space
raising arizona
r.i.p.d.
Tootsie
young frankenstein
zelig

space drama/adventure
apollo 13
the martian
the right stuff
2010: The year we make contact

jack ryan
the hunt for red october

james bond
goldfinger
goldeneye
d.craig collection: Casino royale / quantum of solace / skyfall

jason bourne
the bourne ultimate collection

whales
in the heart of the sea
moby dick (1956)
moby dick – the true story

baseball
baseball: A film by ken burns
bull durham
eight men out
fastball
field of dreams
for love of the game
major league
million dollar arm
mr. Baseball
moneyball
pastime
42- the jackie robinson story
61*
soul of the game
summer catch
talent for the game
the bingo long traveling all-stars and motor kings
the bronx is burning
the natural
the pride of st. Louis
the rookie
the sandlot
the winning team
trouble with the curve

other sports
million dollar baby
north dallas forty
rudy
slapshot
the color of money
the world’s fastest indian

[Tere1071]

Blazing Saddles
Shoot the Piano Player
Network
Dr. Strangelove
Duck Soup
Yanco
Diva
Man of Flowers
Son of Saul
Umberto D
The 400 Blows
the final scene of City Lights

Former Favorites, but still respected
A Clockwork Orange
Apocalypse Now
Animal House
Citizen Kane
Enter the Dragon

Need to See Again to Consider as Possible Favorites
24 Eyes
Nashville

There are more for each category, but this all that my sleep addled mind can bring forth at the moment.

[irishdenny]

*Das Boat
*Operation Tokyo

*Silent Service (TV Series)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMDoiiXIY6s

The Cavalla is the Most Untold, Silent Story in American History!

This TV Series was fairly accurate in All of it's presentations &
there are many stories in the Series ~

imho... This Series should be required viewing in Our History Classes (:

Below You'll See what a Depth Charge rigged for Surface Looks like from 1000 yards away... I was a crew member of the Sub Shown & I took this Picture from a Hovering Helicopter ~