Favorite Movies
by John Sickels on Sep 3, 2025 2:27 PM EDT
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I'm jammed up with stuff this afternoon and won't get back to writing work until tonight. In the meantime, another off-topic thing for you to think about: what are your favorite movies of all time?
I don't have a huge personal list of this....I prefer books and music to movies and I will often go 2-3 years without setting foot in a theatre. But among my favorites are 12 O'Clock High, Casablanca, This is Spinal Tap, Office Space, The Empire Strikes Back, Defending Your Life, Mother, Alien, Aliens, They Live, and the original John Carpenter Halloween.
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Once
I think I’ve seen “once” about three gajillion times. I love the music and the chemistry Hansard and Irglova have together
La Vita e Bella (Life is beautiful) is another one I could watch every day
Dead Poet’s Society too
All three Lord of the Rings movies were pretty amazing
I’ve watched all of the Jaws movies a ton too. don’t know why
On a lighter note, I always laugh my butt of when I see “Forgetting Sarah marshall”
-1 and only member of the Nick Weglarz fan club!
by Jgaztambide on Sep 3, 2025 2:35 PM EDT reply actions
Good topic
Braveheart, Old School, Dead Poets Society, Eurotrip, A Few Good Men, Stomp the Yard
T.V. shows: House, Rescue Me, Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Weeds, West Wing
by Woo! on Sep 3, 2025 2:40 PM EDT reply actions
Casablanca, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Pulp Fiction, Royal Tenenbaums
by RedSoxFaithful on Sep 3, 2025 2:42 PM EDT reply actions
Oh, and
Just about anything from the Coen brothers. (The only thing I didn’t love from them was O Brother, and maybe the Hudsucker Proxy)
by RedSoxFaithful on Sep 3, 2025 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Did you see/like A Serious Man though?
From what I’ve heard, you almost have to be Jewish to appreciate the message.
by Humbled Fan on Sep 3, 2025 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions
That movie was slower than Prince Fielder after an all you can eat tofu buffet.
by Cormican on Sep 3, 2025 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions
It's true.
I work part-time at a Blockbuster on my days off so I can get free rentals. I literally met three customers who liked the movie. That was it.
by Boxkutter on Sep 3, 2025 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions
I disagree
It was my favorite movie of 2009, and I think the Jewish tone was just a backdrop for otherwise unrelated messages.
by RedSoxFaithful on Sep 3, 2025 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Was just talking today about how much I love 'O Brother, Where art Thou?'
I love me some Coen bros movies, but that’s the one that I want to watch again and again.
by PissedMick on Sep 3, 2025 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed
It’s one of those movies I’ll stop and watch if I’m flipping through channels.
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by gatling on Sep 3, 2025 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
tough question
adaptation, rushmore, badlands, once upon a time in the west, day for night, paris texas, fargo, the exterminating angel, talk to her, vertigo, 8 1/2, a woman under the influence, raging bull.
by walnut falcons on Sep 3, 2025 2:50 PM EDT reply actions
Adaptation and Once Upon a Time in the West and Fargo would all be in my top 20.
by Humbled Fan on Sep 3, 2025 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Excellent List
Rushmore, Badlands, Day For Night all films everyone should see.
Touch em all Joe...
by FisherCat on Sep 3, 2025 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions
School of Rock
It really isn’t the best movie I’ve seen or the funniest comedy, but I just love it. It simply has so much charm, a great soundtrack that really appeals to me and an absolutely fun atmosphere.
A Few Good Men is probably my favorite serious movie.
by mentalpowers on Sep 3, 2025 2:51 PM EDT reply actions
My favorites...
Varsity Blues is an amazing movie. Everyone needs to watch it. Eurotrip very funny. Avatar was pretty incredible. I didn’t think I would like it going in, but it turned out to be very good. Night at the Roxburry and Batman Forever are also two of my favorites.
ETHAN MARTIN!!!!
by joegonzo on Sep 3, 2025 3:01 PM EDT reply actions
God I hope you're not being serious... Varisty Blues?
“I don’t want your life.”
by Boxkutter on Sep 3, 2025 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Varisty Blues was a fun movie
Not a classic by any means, but always a good cable TV movie.
by King Billy Royal on Sep 3, 2025 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions
So many to list
Jules et Jim, Pulp Fiction, The 39 Steps, The Public Enemy, City Lights, Goodfellas, 2 Godfathers, this is gonna take too long..
Touch em all Joe...
by FisherCat on Sep 3, 2025 3:03 PM EDT reply actions
I love Edward Norton Movies
Fight Club, American History X, 25th Hour are all great. Momento is a crazy movie. I really enjoyed Lucky Number Sleven.
As far as non serious movies Porky’s, The Hangover, I love You Man, Fired Up, Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison and every other Adam Sandler movie not called Spanglish or 50 First Dates.
I am sure there’s a bunch of movies I forgot but those are some fresh on my mind.
by Pelferized on Sep 3, 2025 3:14 PM EDT reply actions
The Departed, Back to the Future, Happy Gilmore, The Prestige, Indiana Jones films, The Dark Knight, Shutter Island, Menace 2 Society, Memento, ATL, Longest Yard (remake), The Bourne series, Saving Private Ryan, Zodiac, Saw, Bad News Bears, Bronx Tale, Catch Me if you Can, Gangs of New York, New Jack City…
and a bunch im probably missing
by Yankees10 on Sep 3, 2025 3:19 PM EDT reply actions
the longest yard is one of the worst movies i've seen
by RedSoxFaithful on Sep 3, 2025 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Not nearly enough to mention it
I think the only sports movie I’ve seen that I liked less than The Longest Yard was The Replacements, and most of that was attributed to Keanu Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-
by RedSoxFaithful on Sep 3, 2025 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions
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by RedSoxFaithful on Sep 3, 2025 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
no particular order
The Point
Better off Dead
Pulp Fiction
Rushmore
The Usual Suspects
Hot Rod
Trainspotting
and a lot more i can’t think of, but the list above are the movies that I’d be willing to watch over and over, except maybe Trainspotting, it’s a lot to take in watching that movie.
Adoptive parent of Kyle Nicholson
by gore51 on Sep 3, 2025 3:28 PM EDT reply actions
Let's see...
The Godfather I
A River Runs Through It
Forrest Gump
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Braveheart
Good Will Hunting
Se7en
Scent of a Woman
Gladiator
Life as a House
by Havok1517 on Sep 3, 2025 3:31 PM EDT reply actions
Sins of the Father
Shaun of the Dead
The Big Lebowski
Bottle Rocket
Saving Private Ryan
Brazil
Twelve Monkeys
Usual Suspects
Seven Samurai
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Wall-E (I’m a big softie at heart)
Big Fish
My god, this list could go on forever.
by Cormican on Sep 3, 2025 3:35 PM EDT reply actions
I’m a big movie buff, but it’s tough to decide which are my favorites. A rough sketch would look like this:
1. Pulp Fiction
2. Shawshank Redemption
3. The Usual Suspects
4. Miller’s Crossing
5. City of God
6. North by Northwest
7. Heat
8. Chinatown
9. The Professional
10. Trainspotting
Others that could be in there depending on my mood:
Oldboy, A Clockwork Orange, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Blade Runner, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (original), Infernal Affairs, 12 Monkeys, The Deer Hunter, Rear Window, Eyes Wide Shut, The Godfather, Fargo, Children of Men, Blood Simple, Kill Bill, Snatch, Silence Of The Lambs, Dr. Strangelove, Paths of Glory, Dogville, among many others
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by koolkerns101 on Sep 3, 2025 3:37 PM EDT reply actions
City of God
Unreal movie. You tend to have good taste in movies although I am one of the few people that hated Fargo. Otherwise you picked some unreal films.
by King Billy Royal on Sep 3, 2025 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Are you generally a fan of the Coen Brothers? The few people I know that don’t like Fargo tend to not be either familiar with them, or just aren’t fans of their offbeat dark humor.
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by koolkerns101 on Sep 3, 2025 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm not a fan of them in general
I have always found them to be overrated.
by King Billy Royal on Sep 3, 2025 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions
+1 On Shawshank Redemption
Pulp Fiction, however, tops my “most overrated” list.
Generally a good list, despite the unsightly two(!) appearances of Tarantino.
by OremLK on Sep 3, 2025 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Pulp Fiction is the definition of “love it or hate it” cinema. It’s great if you view it as what it is: purely a cinematic homage that plays with and puts a new spin on old stories. If you’re a noir or exploitation fan, you’re bound to love the movie. If you aren’t, chances are you won’t like Tarantino’s movies, with the exception of (maybe) Jackie Brown.
I’m a big Tarantino fan - I think that’s evident by the types of movies I listed - however they certainly aren’t for everyone. I absolutely hated Death Proof, but everything else is cinematic gold (in my opinion, obviously). If there is one film of his that I’d consider to be overrated, it’s Reservoir Dogs. It’s a solid flick, but not nearly as good as Pulp, Kill Bill, or Basterds. But to each their own, and that’s the beauty of film: It’s open for interpretation and debate.
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by koolkerns101 on Sep 3, 2025 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I just find him pretentious and crass
I’ll admit that his movies are gripping, but I find them ultimately empty, and his narrative hi-jinks drive me up the wall. I’ll admit that it’s become something of a pet peeve for me, and is at least partly driven by how much I dislike the guy’s persona, so it’s not 100% rational.
by OremLK on Sep 3, 2025 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions
How did I forget to list Shawshank and City of God? Great films.
The Professional was good, once you get past the creepy Pedophilia overtones.
by Cormican on Sep 3, 2025 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Miller's Crossing
I have seen the movie once, and tried unsuccessfully to give it a second shot, but I didn’t like it. Being a big fan of the movie Brick, and knowing that Miller’s Crossing was the movie that inspired Rian Johnson to read Hammett and subsequently write Brick, I thought I would love it… but I didn’t it. I didn’t think it was bad, just pretty uninteresting. I think one of the problems for me is trying to picture Gabriel Byrne as any sort of badass or a guy I want to root for. None of the gangsters in the movie made me feel any sense of fear. When I watch Goodfellas or The Godfather or other organized crime movies, I feel fear of the characters (if they were real and around me, I wouldn’t f*** with them, if you know what I mean?)… not the same with Miller’s Crossing.
What is it about this movie that everyone loves? I just don’t get it.
by Boxkutter on Sep 3, 2025 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s been a little while since I’ve seen it, but to me, Miller’s Crossing has three big things going for it:
1. It’s the Coen Brothers and their black comedy style is (to me) some of the best entertainment.
2. The Gangster/1930’s setting…shown in perfection, from what I can tell. Gabriel Byrne and and John Turturro are simply fantastic, as is most of the cast.
3. The twists and turns, and quite simply, the story. It’s not necessarily original, but it’s hard to spot a real flaw in it. It definitely keeps you interested the entire time, and you do become interested in the characters.
For me, Miller’s Crossing and Fargo are their absolute best films, with Blood Simple (their debut) and O Brother, Where Art Thou? falling just behind. The Big Lebowski is fantastic as well, primarily because of Jeff Bridges, but it falls just short of these four. But all of their movies are so good that cases can be made for any of them being their “masterpiece”. The exceptions would be Ladykillers (as it is a remake, and overall, is somewhat weak), Intolerable Cruelty, and maybe Burn After Reading.
A lot of people dislike The Hudsucker Proxy, but I thought it was very good as well, minus one scene (which I won’t ruin here). It may not be as darkly comedic as Fargo or Miller’s Crossing, but it was a good change of pace that has appeared more often in their most recent films.
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by koolkerns101 on Sep 3, 2025 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Funniest Movie
Hands down winner: Dumb and Dumber…..only movie I could watch over and over and laugh just as hard every time.
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by bodyiq on Sep 3, 2025 3:37 PM EDT reply actions
Way, way too many to name.
The Godfather (also doubles as my favorite book)
The Godfather 2
Donnie Darko
Brick (So underrated, but the dialogue in it is better than 98% of the movies out there)
Oldboy (Favorite foreign film… so glad they scrapped the American Remake plans)
Good Will Hunting (Just a feel-good movie)
Clerks (Hilarious)
The Man from Earth (Such a smart, thought-provoking movie. Can’t stop watching it)
Before Sunrise/Before Sunset (Hope they turn these into a trilogy)
The Boondock Saints (Guilty pleasure… wasn’t a big fan of the sequel)
All the mindfucks like Fight Club, Memento, The Jacket, and The I Inside.
All the great mafia movies like Goodfellas, The Last Don, Donnie Brasco, and Casino.
Also, I am a huge fan of 80s cheese movies like Can’t Buy Me Love, The Lost Boys, Career Opportunities, Soul Man, etc.
by Boxkutter on Sep 3, 2025 3:46 PM EDT reply actions
before sunrise/sunset
Is there rumors of a 3rd, or are you just hoping for 1?
Touch em all Joe...
by FisherCat on Sep 3, 2025 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Tough To Narrow It Down
The Godfather (Brando > DeNiro as Vito pushes it past 2)
Memento
LA Confidential (Fantastic, and the book dwarfs it)
Clerks (I’m a Jersey guy, and it nailed the mid 90s malaise)
Goodfellas (Best movie of the 90s - worst Oscar robbery EVER)
Fight Club
And many, many more.
by robertgold on Sep 3, 2025 4:14 PM EDT reply actions
A little annoyed I forgot LA Confidential.
Definitely one of my favorites.
by RedSoxFaithful on Sep 3, 2025 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions
+1 to LA Confidential
since I saw that movie I have probably read more James Ellroy books than any other author
by CA2552 on Sep 4, 2025 9:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh, a worse Oscar robbery than that
was Titanic over L.A. Confidential. That’s just criminal.
by Flynn Blake on Sep 5, 2025 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Rain Man, In The Line of Fire, BackDraft, Bean(1997)
SCORE FOR R.A DICKEY
R.A Dickey=2011 N.L CY YOUNG AWARD WINNER
by The American Mr.Hockey on Sep 3, 2025 4:20 PM EDT reply actions
Also The Bad News Bears(Walter Mattaeu edition), Grumpy Old Men, and Major Leauge as my favorite sports movie
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by The American Mr.Hockey on Sep 3, 2025 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Docs
Anyone like them, pretty much my favorite type of film.
Some greats:
When We Were Kings
One Day in September
Harlan County USA
Hearts and Minds
Hearts of Darkness(see it if you liked apocalypse now)
Man on Wire
Thin Blue Line
Trekkies
Also, the ESPN 30 for 30 Docs series has been excellent
Touch em all Joe...
by FisherCat on Sep 3, 2025 4:20 PM EDT reply actions
Have you seen any Chris Marker?
Sans Soleil, Grin Without a Cat, Le Joli Mai are some of the most amazing works of nonfiction I’ve ever seen.
Also, Jean Rouche has made many amazing ethnographic documentaries, although they are unavaiable on DVD. You can see his amazing The Mad Masters here.
by secret defense on Sep 5, 2025 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
The Fog Of War
One documentary I can watch over and over.
by auclairkeithbc on Sep 5, 2025 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions
movies
I should also have mentioned The Godfather, Full Metal Jacket, and Apocalypse Now.
by John Sickels on Sep 3, 2025 4:33 PM EDT reply actions
Top 5
This changes every few moments, but right now…
1) M
2) The Third Man
3) Rear Window
4) Breathless (the original, not that God-awful Richard Gere remake)
5) Rashomon
Cripes, that makes me look like a total movie snob. I’ll try and come up with a list of movies made in the past 25 years…
by Outshined_One on Sep 3, 2025 4:54 PM EDT reply actions
That’s a GREAT list. I can’t believe I left M and Breathless off my list - both are legitimate masterpieces. Godard is among my favorite directors w/ Breathless and Bande a part.
I’m not a huge fan of Kurosawa. He’s a huge influence in film, that goes without saying, but I’ve always had a problem getting into Samurai films. However his stories are phenomenal, I’ll give you that, although I do prefer them in different/updated versions (ie Star Wars, Dollars trilogy, etc).
The Third Man is one I haven’t gotten around to watching yet. I love Orson Welles - especially his Touch of Evil, among others - but for whatever reason, I haven’t seen this one yet. I own it, so I’ll get around to it eventually I’m sure.
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by koolkerns101 on Sep 3, 2025 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions
The Third Man
Would have been very interesting probably seeing it at the time it was made. It would be on the list somewhere for me in greatest movies, but no where near the top 500 in most interesting movies or favorite movies.
by auclairkeithbc on Sep 3, 2025 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Newer Movies
1) No Country for Old Men
2) Wall-E
3) Pan’s Labyrinth
4) The Thing (w/ Kurt Russell)
5) Spirited Away
Honorable Mentions: District 9, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (namely the first one), Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, The Dark Knight, Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs, Silence of the Lambs, Aliens, Back to the Future, Princess Mononoke, City of God, Shawshank Redemption
by Outshined_One on Sep 3, 2025 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Let's approach this from a different direction (lots of movies ahead)
Best: The Shawshank Redemption
Future-ific: The Wrath of Khan, Serenity, The Empire Strikes Back
Funny: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Blues Brothers
Intelligent: Inception, Gattaca
Thrilling: Terminator 2, The Sixth Sense, Jaws
Childhood-defining: Star Wars, The Lion King, Back to the Future
Fantastic: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Lord of the Rings
Dramatic: Amadeus, Gran Torino, A Few Good Men, Good Will Hunting
Suspenseful: The Fugitive, Blade Runner, The Dark Knight, Die Hard
Westerly: High Noon, Rio Bravo, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Unforgiven, 3:10 To Yuma (2007)
Criminally good: The Godfather, American Gangster, L.A. Confidential
Epic: The Last Samurai, Braveheart
Adventurous: Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Last Crusade, Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl,
Guilty pleasure: True Lies, Air Force One, Independence Day, The Patriot
Weird: The Fountain, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Green Mile
Disturbing: A Clockwork Orange, Let The Right One In
What is it good for: Full Metal Jacket, Saving Private Ryan, Letters from Iwo Jima
Pretentious and overrated: Everything by Quentin Tarantino, Fight Club, There Will Be Blood
and last but not least:
Baseball: Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, The Sandlot, A League of Their Own
by OremLK on Sep 3, 2025 5:12 PM EDT reply actions
Favorites
The Usual Suspects
The Godfather (parts 1 and 2 are about equal for me)
The Matrix
Shawshank Redemption
Happy Gilmore (favorite growing up)
by mikel1218 on Sep 3, 2025 5:27 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Also
The Sting… Kinda surprised no one mentioned that yet
by mikel1218 on Sep 3, 2025 6:43 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Nice Call
The Sting is unreal. Same with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. I love that opening scene.
by King Billy Royal on Sep 4, 2025 2:06 AM EDT up reply actions
Quick List, no particular order
Shawshank Redemption (Hands down favorite)
The Sandlot (Can watch any time, any place).
Saving Private Ryan
Tropic Thunder
Master and Commander
The Usual Suspects
Band of Brothers Mini-series
Bull Durham
Field of Dreams
Oceans Eleven (Clooney/Pitt Version) and Thirteen. Twelve not so much
Finding Nemo
House of Flying Daggers
The Matrix
Last of the Mohicans
And totally stupid, but yes I like it: Not Another Teen Movie
by Prospector on Sep 3, 2025 5:28 PM EDT reply actions
Oh so many choices
Tombstone
Fight Club
The Blues Brothers
Animal House
The Shawshank Redemption
Godfather I and II
Goodfellas
Major League
Caddyshack
Rio Bravo
Citizen Kane
Casablanca
Blazing Saddles
Enemy at the Gates
Gladiator
Cinderella Man
Shane(watching this right now on TCM)
The Sons of Katie Elder
Chisum
El Dorado
Billy Madison
Ocean’s 11
Indiana Jones
The Usual Suspects
Snatch
The Patriot
Full Metal Jacket
The Sandlot
Bull Durham
Forrest Gump
True Grit
The Cowboys
The Longest Yard(original)
Smokey and the Bandit
Awakenings
Dead Poet’s Society
What Dreams May Come
Beyond the Sea
Instinct
Silence of the Lambs
Hoodlum
The Untouchables
and many more I’m sure I’m forgetting
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by gatling on Sep 3, 2025 5:40 PM EDT reply actions
+1 on Cinderella Man
One of Crowe’s most underrated performances
by RedSoxFaithful on Sep 3, 2025 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions
+2
pretty darn good list
btw, i like “match point” also as a good movie no one has said yet i don’t beleive
I called on the exact pitch - Joe Mauer's first career Home-Run at Target Field !!!
Why Oh Why did the D'Backs select A.J. Pollock over Mike Trout?
by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Sep 3, 2025 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Take Val Kilmer...
out of Tombstone and the movie is only so-so. He’s amazing in it.
by Havok1517 on Sep 4, 2025 1:53 AM EDT up reply actions
mine are
Midnight Run
Spaceballs
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Back to the Future I (no way on bf2 and 3)
Enter the Dragon
the Lord of the Rings Trilogy
anything Jackie Chan except Rush Hour 2 and 3.
E.T.
Lawrence of Arabia
the Professional (really liked Natalie Portman and watched almost all her movies since)
Top Gun (only Cruise movie enjoyed)
My Fair Lady
Mary Poppins
Charlotte’s Web (the original animated version)
Field of Dreams (only baseball movie I liked)
anything Mel Brooks
The Untouchables
The Mission
and there’s more than a few “strong likes” but not favorites.
"Fantasy, reality, science Fiction. Which is which? Who can tell?"
by feslenraster on Sep 3, 2025 5:52 PM EDT reply actions
Bad movies/Mystery Science Theater 3000
Since we’re kind of on-topic, I’m curious about what people’s favorite “bad” movies are. For those of you uber-nerds, feel free to list your favorite MST3K episodes. Some of mine:
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Transformers (both the animated and new one)
The Wicker Man
Space Mutiny
The Beast of Yucca flats
The Final Sacrifice
by Outshined_One on Sep 3, 2025 7:21 PM EDT reply actions
mitchell
Keep your eyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee………on the samich!
Heart pounding…veins clogging….Mitchell!
by John Sickels on Sep 3, 2025 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Tonight, on Crossfire!
“HEY!”
“What?”
BLAM!
“Oh.”
by Outshined_One on Sep 3, 2025 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions
The best “bad” movie in my opinion is Leonard Part 6…hands down. Also a movie called “Rage”, which I believe was the inspiration for the Crank series. Ed Wood movies can be good, as can most exploitation movies from the late 60s/early 70s.
There are just way too many to list.
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by koolkerns101 on Sep 3, 2025 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Quick List...
No Country for Old Men
The Assassination of Jesse James
2001
The Seventh Continent
Magnolia
Playtime
The Thin Red Line
Stalker
Paper Moon
Hannah and Her Sisters
Wings of Desire
Dead Man
Chungking Express
That Obscure Object of Desire
Chinatown
@neufaustcan
by uclatroy on Sep 3, 2025 7:54 PM EDT reply actions
+1
Dead Man and Magnolia. I’ve liked alot of movies on these lists but these were two I forgot just how much I liked until seeing them brought up here.
Bottle Rocket is one of my favorites and my cheesy favorite is From Dusk ’Til Dawn.
by Willigan on Sep 7, 2025 1:29 AM EDT up reply actions
nor particular order
The Departed
Children of Men
Fight Club
THE ORIGINAL CLASSIC Sawshank Redemption
Road Trip
Happy Gilmore
and just about any movie with anything along the lines of …Mafia Men,,,,
many of the above also
I called on the exact pitch - Joe Mauer's first career Home-Run at Target Field !!!
Why Oh Why did the D'Backs select A.J. Pollock over Mike Trout?
by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Sep 3, 2025 8:29 PM EDT reply actions
THE ORIGINAL CLASSIC Sawshank Redemption???
Was there a remake no one knows about?
by Boxkutter on Sep 3, 2025 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions
no but
I’ve seen several cheap cop-off’s
with a similar prime idea of a break-out with a pick and the whole thing with the wall i don’t know what i’m thinking of
I called on the exact pitch - Joe Mauer's first career Home-Run at Target Field !!!
Why Oh Why did the D'Backs select A.J. Pollock over Mike Trout?
by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Sep 3, 2025 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions
inglorious bastards is an ok movie
I called on the exact pitch - Joe Mauer's first career Home-Run at Target Field !!!
Why Oh Why did the D'Backs select A.J. Pollock over Mike Trout?
by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Sep 3, 2025 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Sepaking of movies
does anybody else think the new Ben Affleck movie, The Town, look really good?
by Yankees10 on Sep 3, 2025 8:37 PM EDT reply actions
That movie looks awesome
I agree 100%.
by King Billy Royal on Sep 4, 2025 2:08 AM EDT up reply actions
I cant tell if your being sarcastic or not
by Yankees10 on Sep 4, 2025 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I am not being sarcastic.
What in that sentence looked sarcastic to you? I am actually an Affleck fan for the most part.
by King Billy Royal on Sep 4, 2025 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh, I dont know after that first guys response, I thought you were being sarcastic for some reason, lol
but yeah anyways it looks real good. I thought Gone Baby Gone was really good and this looks like it could be like that
by Yankees10 on Sep 4, 2025 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm not an Affleck fan...
but the previews made it look really good. I’ll see it.
by Willigan on Sep 7, 2025 1:30 AM EDT up reply actions
In No Particular Order (and film I can watch again and again)
Lost In Translation
Life is Beautiful
Aliens
Ring (Japanese)
On The Waterfront
East Of Eden
The Great Escape
Hook
Out Of The Past
The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg
City Of God
The Beach
Jungle Book
Dazed And Confused
Indiana Jones I, II and III
Films I can’t stand and have a unnatural hatred for: The Royal Tenenbaums & Russian Ark
by TheQuestforMerlin on Sep 3, 2025 9:15 PM EDT reply actions
Oh, and I love Ghostbusters, Anchorman and The Big Lebowski too
by TheQuestforMerlin on Sep 3, 2025 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Cats and dogs living together...mass hysteria!
I love Ghostbusters
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by gatling on Sep 3, 2025 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Man, seriously, Ghostbusters gets better and better
You think its not possible for it to get funnier, then you re-watch it after a few years, and my god. Classic. Bill Murray = Hero.
by TheQuestforMerlin on Sep 3, 2025 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions
it's true . . .
this man has no dick
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by finman on Sep 3, 2025 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions
So
she’s a dog
"Dying is no big deal. The least of us will manage that. Living is the trick." - Red Smith
by finman on Sep 3, 2025 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow
No one mentioned:
Kelly’s Heroes
The Fifth Element
Up
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by finman on Sep 3, 2025 9:34 PM EDT reply actions
I was reading this whole thread looking to see if someone mentioned the Fifth Element
I love pretty much everything about that movie. Granted it’s not some legendary example of the form, but it’s probably my favorite action flick and I’ve always wondered why more people don’t seem to like it.
by oplaid on Sep 4, 2025 1:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Faves (not specifically the best, but my favorites regardless):
Pulp Fiction, Shaun of the Dead, Dawn of the Dead (original), Night of the Living Dead (both the Romero and the Savini remake), Hot Fuzz, Ghostbusters, Resivoir Dogs, Goodfellas, Dogma, A Clockwork Orange, Interview with the Vampire, Silence of the Lambs, Clash of the Titans (original [obviously]), and many more…
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by daveh873 on Sep 3, 2025 9:36 PM EDT reply actions
Some of my favorites
Reservoir Dogs (to be honest, I like it more than most of QT’s other stuff), Shawn of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Grindhouse (Planet Terror more than Death Proof, but both would make my top 10), Thank You For Smoking, Happy Gilmore, Moon, Role Models, Stranger than Fiction, Evolution (it’s corny, but I enjoy it) and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (and yes it’s a kid’s movie, but it’s loads of fun and there’s two really awesome cast members, three if you count James Caan).
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by David Tokarz on Sep 3, 2025 11:42 PM EDT reply actions
Where to begin???
Blazing Saddles
Young Frankenstein
North By Northwest
Alien
Aliens
The Wrath of Khan
Animal House
Rain Man
The Matrix
Halloween (the original)
Lord Of the Rings Trilogy
Star Wars (the original)
Pitch Black
Dr No
Dr Strangelove
Catch-22
MASH
Where Eagles Dare
Dirty Harry
Saw
The Trouble with Harry
The Music Man
A Christmas Story
Badder Santa (the unrated version)
Little Big Man
Big
Rollerball (the original)
Silence of the Lambs
Kelly’s Heroes
Terminator 2
First Men in the Moon
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
The Blues Brothers
Fargo
The Dirty Dozen
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
All the Presidents Men
X-Men
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Dark Knight
Car Wash
Slaughterhouse Five
The Breakfast Club
St Elmos Fire
The African Queen
The Hunt for Red October
The French Connection
Spaceballs
Straw Dogs
The Book of Eli
Spartacus
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
Good Morning Vietnam
Mrs Doubtfire
One Hour Photo
and so many more.
by wejh on Sep 4, 2025 2:15 AM EDT reply actions
Great list
I see at least 10 movies that should have been on my own list.
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by gatling on Sep 4, 2025 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Dr. Zhivago
Mr. Roberts
The Searchers
Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid
Star Wars
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
When Harry Met Sally
Shane
Old Yeller
Saving Private Ryan
West By Northwest
by The Seagull on Sep 4, 2025 3:47 AM EDT reply actions
Movies are an escape
I don’t want to use a lot mental power when watching, so that rules out some good movies I’ll admit, but since everyone’s sharing I’ll put my list forth and since its 4 am and I’m waiting on a crucial part to show up at work I have time. I am drawn to movies where you can imagine yourself being one or more of the characters. May not make sense but anyway here goes
War:
Saving Private Ryan
Platoon
Rambo First Blood
Band of Brothers Series(but not Pacific)
Windtalkers
Deer Hunter
Full Metal Jacket
We Were Soldiers
Braveheart
Westerns:
Rio Bravo
True Grit
The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Fist Full of Dollars
Unforgiven
Tombstone
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Hang em High
Magnificent Seven
Hombre
Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid
Young Guns 1
Comedy
40 Year Old Virgin
The Hangover
Adam Sandler movies before he grew up
Anchorman
Taledega Nights
Tommy Boy
Black Sheep
Saving Silverman
Animal House
Blues Brothers
American Pie 1
Major League
Bull Durham
Crime:
The Godfather 1 and 2
Goodfellas
Donnie Brasco
Casino
Mobsters
American Gangster
The Departed
Scarface
A Bronx Tale
Mystic River
Misc:
Armageddon
Transformers (Megan Fox )
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Teen Wolf
A River Runs Through It
Good Will Hunting
Legends of the Fall
Tons more that I can’t think of off the top of my head.
by JFP on Sep 4, 2025 5:42 AM EDT reply actions
movies
the usual suspects
adaptation
the professional
city of god
shawshank redemption
death to smoochy
american beauty
the big kahuna
blazing saddles
the departed
sin city
die hard
blade runner
miller’s crossing
v for vendetta
by znyfan on Sep 4, 2025 12:37 PM EDT reply actions
+1 for Death to Smoochy
That movie was hilarious
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by gatling on Sep 4, 2025 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions
The Life Aquatic
I see several Wes Anderson movies are listed, but The Life Aquatic is no doubt, my favorite, and possibly my favorite movie, as I’d currently rank them anyway.
by auclairkeithbc on Sep 4, 2025 2:32 PM EDT reply actions
Also suprisingly
No one mentioned The Princess Bride. Another great one.
by auclairkeithbc on Sep 4, 2025 3:17 PM EDT reply actions
Major League
The Dark Knight
Bat-Man Begins
Hot Fuzz
Black Hawk Down
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Iron Maiden: Flight 666
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
Metal: A Head Bangers Journey
Tommy Boy
Black Sheep
Terminator: Salvation
Star Wars 3-6
Indiana Jones
The U
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by WVPiratesfan on Sep 4, 2025 11:39 PM EDT reply actions
In no particular order:
Pulp Fiction
Kill Bill Vol. 1
Boondock Saints
Fight Club
High Noon
Fistful of Dollars
For a Few Dollars More
The Good the Bad and the Ugly
12 Angry Men
Kooyanisqatsi
Dark Knight
Desperado
Fargo
Oh Brother Where Art Thou
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Apocalypse Now
Platoon
Dr. Strangelove
Life Aquatic
Thank you for Smoking
Rushmore
by Dberg on Sep 4, 2025 11:54 PM EDT reply actions
And Star Wars (especially Empire Strikes Back)
Not sure how I forgot that, since they have been my favorite movies since I was in middle school.
by Dberg on Sep 4, 2025 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Troll 2
The Room
Riki-Oh The Story of Ricky
The Happening
on a more serious note:
Sans Soleil
Charmed Particles
Quick Billy
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
Early Summer
Up, Down, Fragile
Sombre
A City of Sadness
The Man Who Sleeps
Trees of Syntax, Leaves of Axis
Eden and After
El Sur
Platform
Train of Shadows
Liverpool
Deep End
The Docks of New York
by secret defense on Sep 5, 2025 11:30 AM EDT reply actions
So many possibilities
I guess I’ll use as my criteria “will drop everything else if I see this is coming up on cable.” But here’s a baker’s dozen plus one:
Gallipoli
The Sting
The Breakfast Club
All the President’s Men
Thief
Broadcast News
L.A. Confidential
Hard Boiled, great early John Woo actioner, amazing shootout in a hospital
The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3 (original only)
The Verdict
The Bad News Bears (original)
Office Space
Fail-Safe (original)
Rollerball (original, best edited sports movie you’ll ever see, great futuristic sci-fi premise)
by Flynn Blake on Sep 5, 2025 12:15 PM EDT reply actions
Chinatown too
Watched this yesterday again. There’s something about well-done L.A. period pieces.
by Flynn Blake on Sep 5, 2025 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions
fail safe
+1 on Fail Safe. I think it is a better movie in many ways than Dr. Strangelove
by John Sickels on Sep 6, 2025 1:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I got lazy and started scanning lists
But I didn’t see The Thin Man anywhere. The second one in the series isn’t bad but the later ones aren’t great. But the original is hilarious. William Powell and Myrna Loy are so good together. Funny and always drinking.
by Willigan on Sep 7, 2025 1:33 AM EDT reply actions
Sticking With Baseball
I’ll stay in the baseball category and go with:
Major League
Field of Dreams
The Sandlot
Jeff Wise
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