[Zygomaticus]

Yes, it's one of those clichéd topics about your favorite movies. Every forum needs one

Mine follow: (in no particular order)

Braveheart
Forrest Gump
Gladiator
A Beautiful Mind
Saving Private Ryan
Shawshank Redemption
Pirates of the Caribbean
The Lion King
Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Star Wars: all of 'em
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Arc
Lord of the Rings 1/2/ and 3 very soon, I presume

My main criterion for selecting favorite movies are how I felt right after the movie. Did I go "wow" or "aaaw" or did I shed a tear. Either one of the three lead me to select a good movie and all of the above really did one of them to me. If it means so much for you to know, I shed tears for A Beautiful Mind and Beauty and the Beast.

Anyway, what are your favorites?

[MeddlingMonk]

You've got nothing here earlier than 1977. I find that very strange. Movies are over one hundred years old. Expand your horizons.

Le Voyage dans la lune
Metropolis
The General
Safety Last
Flesh and the Devil
Grand Hotel
Blessed Event
Little Caesar
The Kennel Murder Case
The Public Enemy
42nd Street
The Thin Man
Manhattan Melodrama
Morning Glory
Platinum Blonde
The Whole Town's Talking
Bringing Up Baby
Ninotchka
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
The Women

...and that's all before 1940.

[ragnar]

There are too many good movies to mention in such a thread.

[Ginny]

Hey, I was just thinking we needed this thread!

rags: Agreed.

krkode: Heh, cool, I shed a tear in those too, and don't laugh, but I shed a tear once in... Winnie the Pooh.. Well not exactly, more just felt sad, mainly cause it made me think of something in my own life to be honest. One movie I did more than shed a tear in (and that's an understatement) is Fluke. Dunno how many of you have heard of it, but it's a very sad movie, and for some reason whenever I watch it I go through about half the movie being a bit sad but generally cheerful, and then, always at the exact same spot, I am crying my throat out (nearly choking ) until the end of the movie. Maybe it's just me. The ending is actually good and quite funny. All I can tell you is that it's about a dog, the rest is just.. well, you gotta see it yourself.

Favorite movies that I can remember at the moment, in no particular order:
Fluke
Moulin Rouge
Independence Day
Pirates of the Carribean
Lots of Full length Disney cartoons: Beauty and the Beast, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Alladin, The lion king etc.....
Amadeus (great film with great music)
Hook
Mrs. Doubtfire
Good Morning Vietnam(can you see a pattern?)
Tutsi
You've got mail
Sleepless in Seattle
A Beautiful Mind

I can't remember more right now

[Zygomaticus]

Robin Williams!

I have a similar addiction to watching Tom Hanks movies. Although, like he himself claims, "I've made over 20 movies, and 5 of them are good."

[Ginny]

Lol, yeah I love Tom Hanks too (Youv'e got mail, sleepless in seattle) and also I'm reminded now of a pretty silly but funny movie, Jo vs. The Volcano. And yes, I'm addicted to Robin Williams. I also love Julia Roberts And Dustin Hopffman. Oh and Woody Alan, and Meg Ryan, and here's another movie I remembered:
First Wives Club: Bette Midler, Diane Keaton and Goldie Hon/Haun/Hawn (I never could spell this).
And Nicole Kidman is also a favorite. And-- *cutoff sounds*

Do you have the Hallmark channel? There are some pretty good movies there, that aren't very well known:
Alice in wonderland
Prince Charming (it's sort of altered version, and it's damn funny! With what's her name... And also with another what's her name who I also love, and brings me to another movie I almost forgot: )
Wag the Dog. Hilarious, Interesting, Dustin Hoffman, Kirstin Dunst in a small role I think, and such..

Oh and from Disney I also love the sword in the stone.
Somebody stop me.

P.s. Now I gotta go do my Arabic homework. Or commit suicide. Somehow the latter is more appealing j/k.

[Egarthen]

My favorites, in no particular order:

Se7en
Fight Club
Clue
Ghostbusters
Dumb and Dumber (Say what you will, but it's a hilarious movie)
Taxi Driver
Apocalypse Now

[Zanthia]

Yellow submarine

gumanjee(hope I spelled it right)

Mulan

[Ginny]

Oh of course, Ghostbusters!

Zanthia: Jumanji, another one I forgot
And the Yellow submarine is great too (Beatles rock!)

[Henke]

The Lord Of The Rings movies
Braveheart
The Indiana Jones movies
Conan The Barbarian
The Gremlins movies
The Shining
Brotherhood Of The Wolves
The Evil Dead movies
The Seventh Seal
In The Mouth Of Madness
The Monty Python movies
Pirates Of The Caribbean
Vidocq
+ all the great ones I have forgotten

[Phil25]

I see great movies following these criteria:

A} They are rewatchable {say, twice a year}
B} You don't look at your watch during the movie {Or at least not till at least an hour and a half passes by}
C} You remember a lot of it.

I'll produce a list when I'm more aware of my surroundings.

[Zygomaticus]

Originally Posted by Phil25

I see great movies following these criteria:

A} They are rewatchable {say, twice a year}
B} You don't look at your watch during the movie {Or at least not till at least an hour and a half passes by}
C} You remember a lot of it.

I'll produce a list when I'm more aware of my surroundings.

When I look at my watch, during a movie, it's usually a sign that I'm enjoying the movie and hope that its time isn't running near.

I found myself looking at my watch during the Lord of the Rings when 1 hour was up, and I go "phew, still 2 hours to go"

[ragnar]

Originally Posted by Phil25

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C} You remember a lot of it.

Nah, then it has a too simple story.

[Zygomaticus]

Originally Posted by ragnar

Nah, then it has a too simple story.

A complicated movie can do that to you sometimes too, because that means it explained well, whatever it was that was complicated.

But I guess you're right. The Usual Suspects was a good movie, but I still can't catch/understand a whole lot that the movie supposedly showed.

[Kingzjester]

Underground
Fish Called Wanda
The Blues Brothers
Clockwork Orange
Amadeus
Dr. Strangelove...
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
American Beauty
Being John Malkovich
assorted Almodovar
8 1/2
Citizen Cane
LA Confidential
As far as Disney movies go (I see all y'all young'uns like to include them): Fox and the Hound. Great music to that one too...
etc.
I am probably forgetting something...

[Garyos]

Too many....


I'll just mention that Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail is the only movie thaT makes me laugh just as much every time I see it (every couple months), but I really couldn't list all movies I love because I would keep forgetting and adding, forgetting and adding.

[SamandMax]

Well, the best movie ever made about a cigar smoking duck is Howard the Duck.

[Egarthen]

Originally Posted by krkode

A complicated movie can do that to you sometimes too, because that means it explained well, whatever it was that was complicated.

But I guess you're right. The Usual Suspects was a good movie, but I still can't catch/understand a whole lot that the movie supposedly showed.

What was complicated about Usual Suspects? I enjoyed it, but it wasn't exactly a mind-bender. I figured out the "twist" about halfway through (I tend to do such things a lot. See the Sanitarium thread, for example).

[Zygomaticus]

Originally Posted by Egarthen

What was complicated about Usual Suspects? I enjoyed it, but it wasn't exactly a mind-bender. I figured out the "twist" about halfway through (I tend to do such things a lot. See the Sanitarium thread, for example).

The thing is, I didn't figure out the twist

Spoiler:

There were apparently many parts in the movie where there are hints hinting that he's really not a cripple, like when he's using the lighter, or pointing the gun. Many of which I caught seeing it the second time around. At first, I didn't think it was important to notice which hand he was crippled in or any of the other sneaky stuff.

[Huz]

Originally Posted by Garyos

I'll just mention that Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail is the only movie thaT makes me laugh just as much every time I see it (every couple months)

Airplane! fulfills that function for me! It's so quotable as well...

Originally Posted by Garyos

but I really couldn't list all movies I love because I would keep forgetting and adding, forgetting and adding

Same. Gattaca gets an honourable mention, just because nobody else has mentioned it yet (probably for good reason, but ho hum...)