What Are Your Favorite Movies?

[DGUtley]

The Quiet Man

[Ethereal]

Just off the top of my head...

Blade Runner
Mud
Jurassic Park
Braveheart
Sicario
Apocalypse Now
JFK

[IMPress Polly]

Agent Cooper wrote:
Thelma & Louise

Thelma & Louise!!

Close Encounters

Have you seen Arrival, incidentally? I think you might like it if you liked Close Encounters of the Third Kind!

Anything Python....as in Monty

Oh good! You had me worried there for a second.

Standing Wolf wrote:
The Grapes of Wrath

This one's always a good choice, IMO.

hanger4 wrote:
LOTR Trilogy

Yeeeeeesssssssss! It is special to us!

Ethereal wrote:
Jurassic Park

Thank you for not listing Jurassic World.

[Standing Wolf]

When the first Chris Reeve Superman film came out, I spent a lot of my free time going to see it - over and over and over again. I was just blown away by the (at the time) state-of-the-art special effects, the flying effects in particular. (I grew up watching George Reeves as Superman on t.v., and it was never really all that convincing.) I eventually lost track of how many times I went to see that movie at the theatre, but I know it was more than twenty.

The only other time I've ever gone to the theatre to see repeated showings of a film anywhere near that obsessively was when Braveheart came out, and that was only seven.

And then back in high school, I went to see Billy Jack with my friends a total of six times, and we all thought it was the greatest movie ever made.

If I were making a list of favorite movies today, of the three I think only Braveheart would make the cut.

To my previously posted list, I would have to add, now that I think about it, The Right Stuff, Four Brothers, Juno and The Verdict.

[Cletus]

I have always thought Blade Runner sucked. I suspect a lot of people "like" it because they think they are supposed to like it.

[donttread]

I know we've done a thread like this at some point before, but I've forgotten what everyone's favorites were. Plus it's been a long time, so I'm sure some people's faves may have changed a little in the interim. Mine have. I suppose though that it's mostly because it's really only been for the last few years that I've paid any kind of close attention to movies. Before 2015 I was more of a casual moviegoer. Anyway, here are my favorite movies at present, excluding documentaries:

1. Carol
2. Mad Max: Fury Road
3. Chi-Raq
4. Lady Bird
5. Black Panther

What are your faves (anyone)?

1) The original Star Wars Trilogy
2) The Naked Gun series
3) Up in smoke
4) Blazing saddles

[Standing Wolf]

I have always thought Blade Runner sucked. I suspect a lot of people "like" it because they think they are supposed to like it.

It's a much better movie, IMO, in the "Final Cut" version - without the studio-imposed voiceover (they didn't think audiences would understand what was going on without it) and tacked-on happy ending. For me, it's a near-perfect blend of futuristic, near-dystopian sci-fi and an old noir-ish detective film from the '40s. (There's a fascinating book about the making of Blade Runner, btw, called 'Future Noir', in fact, which I can't recommend highly enough if you're a fan.)

Hey, Cletus...did you ever get around to watching The Wind and the Lion? I recall posting some clips from it, either on this board or the last one, and you said you thought it looked interesting.

[Cletus]

Hey, Cletus...did you ever get around to watching The Wind and the Lion? I recall posting some clips from it, either on this board or the last one, and you said you thought it looked interesting.

No, I didn't.

Thanks for reminding me.

[Ravens Fan]

The Shawshank Redemption
The Green Mile
The Princess Bride
Original Star Wars Trilogy
Dazed and Confused
Almost Famous

[zelmo1234]

For you Hulu subscribers this one has been added.

Billy Chrystal and Greggory Hines Running Scared.

I was living in Chicago at the time and Vacationing in Key West. I just thought it was funny.