Your Favorite Movies

[alienhulk2099]

I used the search feature and and only found a topic that was 5 years old and has not been posted in a very long time. So instead of necro-positng I decided to make a new one! What are your favorite movies and what would you recommend to others? Since I have so many 10/10 level favorites I had to split them up by genre.



So yes, I enjoy movies in a wide range including Hollywood blockbusters, Asylum knockoffs, obscure cult hits, silent films, Syfy originals, landmark motion pictures, and hated movies.

[jellydonut25]

Halloween Resurrection? Transformers Revenge of the Fallen? The Thing 2011? Return of the Living Dead 2?

Surely, CERTAINLY, you jest.

[alienhulk2099]

The rest I understand complaints, but what is wrong with RotLD 2? I thought that was the only sequel people liked (although I know 3 has a cult following).

[jellydonut25]

Return of the Living Dead 1 is amazing. 2 is a HUGE step-down.

[XvGojira]

[klen7]

I dont remember RotLD 2 being that much of a step down. In fact i thought it picked up pretty nicely as a sequel considering the ending of the first film

[DannyBeane]

I'm excluding Japanese Giant Monster films from this so...

Dawn of the Dead 78
American Psycho
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Frighteners

[lhb412]

Seven Samurai
Ikiru
Yojimbo
Sanjuro
Throne of Blood
Dersu Uzala
The Apartment
Sunset Boulevard
Stalag 17
Double Indemnity
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Jason and the Argonauts
Mysterious Island
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Captain Blood
Scaramouche
Rear Window
Vertigo
North by Northwest
Charade
The Thin Man
After the Thin Man
My Man Godfry
Monkey Business
Horse Feathers
Duck Soup
A Night at the Opera
A Day at the Races
Our Hospitality
Sherlock Jr.
The Navigator
The General
The Gold Rush
Way Out West
Sons of the Desert
The Philadelphia Story
Bringing Up Baby
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Blazing Saddles
Young Frankenstein
Frankenstein ('31)
The Bride of Frankenstein
The Invisible Man
The Wolf Man
Creature From the Black Lagoon
Horror of Dracula
Brides of Dracula
The Curse of the Werewolf
Quatermass and the Pit
Cat People
Curse of the Cat People
The Haunting
Evil Dead II
The Thing
King Kong
THEM!
Godzilla '54
Mothra vs. Godzilla
Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster
Invasion of Astro Monster
Son of Godzilla
Mothra
Rodan
King Kong Escapes
H-Man
The Human Vapor
Matango
Daimajin
Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare
Gamera 2: Advent of Legion
The Devil's Backbone
Pan's Labyrinth
Hellboy
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Pacific Rim
Guardians of the Galaxy
Speed Racer
La Belle et la Bete
The Blues Brothers
The Manchurian Candidate
The Music Man
Casablanca
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
For a Few Dollars More
Harvey
A Christmas Carol ('51)
Scrooge ('70)
Black Narcissus
The Life and Times of Colonel Blimp
A Matter of Life and Death
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
The Muppet Movie
The Lives of Others
Forbidden Planet
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Ghostbusters
Singin' in the Rain
Zatoichi on the Road
Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold
Fight, Zatoichi Fight!
Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
Zatoichi the Outlaw
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
Pom Poko
The Castle of Cagliostro
Nausicaa, of the Valley of the Wind
Castle in the Sky
Kiki's Delivery Service
Porco Rosso
Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away
Howl's Moving Castle
Up
Toy Story 3
Dr. Strangelove
A Shot in the Dark

... that's all I can think of right now. Many more I need to see, many I haven't seen in a long time and need to rewatch, but those are all favorites clear in my mind off the top of my head.

[canofhumdingers]

As much as you love swashbuckling adventure, I'm surprised the original Star Wars isn't on your list lhb.

[Rody]

Excluding giant monster films, these are probably my top 20 films of all time:

12 Angry Men
Fantasia
It's A wonderful Life
WALL-E
Arsenic & Old Lace
Ikiru
Animal Crackers
Castle In the Sky
Support Your Local Sheriff!
Seven Samurai
Spirited Away
Forbidden Planet*
The Philadelphia Story
The Incredibles!
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Duck Soup
The Andromeda Strain
Toy Story 3
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Singing In the Rain

(I could probably add a dozen more here)

These are films which have truly awed me with their characters, their worlds, their design, and their overall magnificently crafted stories, which I can watch again and again and again without ever truly growing tired of them.

[lhb412]

[Legion]

[alienhulk2099]

I'll make a topic for that, my bottom 5 include The Earth Trembles, Derailed (2005 movie with Clive Owen), Tintorera (shark movie that barely had shark action AND had massive amounts of animal cruelty AND acted like gay porn), Day of The Dead: Contagium (SO. F**KING. BORING. See Phelous's review on it for more details), and Razorteeth (acting so bad even I see it as bad). The 2002 movie Centipede! gets a special nomination from me as it is essentially a textbook example of how everything that could go wrong in a monster movie does go wrong and hard.

[Dr Kain]

Off the top of my head and until I get bored making this list:

A Clockwork Orange
The Dark Knight
The Shawshank Redemption
Pulp Fiction
Halloween
The Thing
Escape from NY
The Empire Strikes Back
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Jaws
Godzilla 54
The Wolf Man
The Mummy
Creature from the Black Lagoon
The Maltese Falcon
Double Indemnity
A Touch of Evil
Lawrence of Arabia
The Two Towers
King Kong 33
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Goodfellas
Wall-E
Batman Mask of the Phatasm
The Lion King
A Nightmare Before Christmas
Alien
The Godfather II
From Russia with Love
The Matrix
Psycho
Vertigo
Jurassic Park
V for Vendetta
Scarface (82)
Blade Runner

[klen7]

Giant Monster movies aside...

Casablanca
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Die Hard
The Social Network
Office Space
Clerks
Fistful of Dollars
Desperado
Fight Club
The Thin Man
The Great Escape
Back to the Future
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Good Will Hunting (haven't revisited this since Robin Williams committed suicide)
Gremlins 2
The Killing
Pulp Fiction
28 Days Later
The Descent
Underworld

There's probably a lot that aren't coming to mind.. I feel like i'm snubbing Scifi here.. so throw in The Fifth Element

[alienhulk2099]

[Dr Kain]

[Psycho Soldier]

Alright, I'll take a shot at this. I'll do a Top 20 in alphabetical order.

Alien
Aliens
The Big Boss
Bruce Almighty
Conan the Barbarian ('82)
The Crow
Dr. Strangelove
Enter the Dragon
Evil Dead II
Fantasia
Gojira
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
In the Mouth of Madness
King Kong ('33)
The Magnificent Seven
The Omen ('76)
Pacific Rim
Seven Samurai
The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad
Terminator 2: Judgment Day

[MekaGojira3k]

I'm going to try to keep this brief, mostly by excluding Giant Monster stuff (UPDATE: It did not stay brief)
I just picked a lot of films I really like to watch and are full of general nostalgia/good feelings.
The Curse of Frankenstein
The Haunting
The Apartment
The Shining
The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad
2001: A Space Odyssey
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Moulin Rouge!
Alfie
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Patton
Wall-E
Die Monster Die!
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Sleepy Hollow
Casino Royale
Guardians of the Galaxy (feels that way as of now)
Alien
Touch of Evil
Christmas in Connecticut
The Grinch
Seven Samurai
Forbidden Planet
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Goldfinger
Dr. Strangelove
High and Low
My Fair Lady
One Million Years B.C.
Quatermass and the Pit
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Transformers: The Movie
Jurassic Park
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Ed Wood
Pokemon the First Movie
Iron Giant
Kung Pow
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Hellboy
The Mummy (hammer)
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Star Trek
The Blob


Too much Japanese scifi stuff to add to this already considerable list.

[canofhumdingers]

Some of my absolute all time favorites (not necessarily what I consider the BEST films, but ones I personally enjoy the most) that I have yet to grow tired of no matter how many times I see them (for the Godzilla movies I use the American titles because I like them, but in reality i generally like both the American and Japanese cuts pretty equally)

Star Wars (the original '77 cut ONLY!)
The Empire Strikes Back (likewise, only the 1980 cut!)
Godzilla 1985
Ghidorah the Three Headed Monster
Godzilla vs. The Thing
Batman (1989)
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Jurassic Park
Jaws
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Lawrence of Arabia
King Kong (the original, of course)
1950's American scifi/alien invasion/monster on the loose b-movies

I had trouble picking one or two specific favorites of the 50's b-movies because there's just so many of them and I tend to love them all! So I just put a generic category up there, though if pressed I'd probably gravitate towards something like Earth vs the Flying Saucers or something similar.

Looking at that list also makes me realize just how much I love early Spielberg. I mean, I always knew he was one of the greats, but seeing it listed out just really drives home how much I love his work from the late 70's to the early 90's.

And while that list is in no way complete, those are probably my absolute top, cream of the crop favorites and it gives you a pretty good idea of my sensibilities and personal taste. One thing that didn't quite make the cut were samurai movies like Seven Samurai or the Samurai Trilogy. I absolutely love these kinds of movies but I don't gravitate to them or seek them out for repeat viewings NEARLY as much as the films above. As an example, I've probably seen seven samurai 4 or 5 times. Of the movies listed out above, the only one I could even hope tom come close to giving an accurate count of my viewings would be Lawrence or Arabia and I've probably seen it 10 times or more. When it comes to the Star Wars and the Godzilla films - I shudder to think of how many times I've watched those. Easily 50 or more. I used to watch the originally trilogy once every two or three months. For YEARS. And I still watch it once or twice a year.