Whats your favorite movie of all time and why?

[p.man 7]

Rocky.

Saturday Night Fever.

Halloween.

Goodfellas.

Jaws.

Bloodsport.

XXX.

The Warriors.

Scream.

Urban Legend.

Juice.

The Shining.

Burnt Offerings.

Cujo.

The God Father.

Karate Kid.

Spies Like Us.

Vacation.

Wizard Of Oz.

Grease.

Lean On Me

First Blood.

48 Hrs.

Beverly Hills Cop.

Speed.

Meatballs.

Porky's

Animal House.

Just One Of The Guy's

Three O"clock High.

Better Off Dead.

Hollywood Nights.

Fast Times.

 

I have way too many favorites to list just one. I could keep on going.

[nzoner 937]

In the 80's there was a boxed set released called The Godfather:The Complete Epic 1902-1958,it's parts 1 &2 shown in chronological order with edited scenes added back in.

 

The movie(s) hold up so well after 30+ years,they look as though they could've been made recently and I like the way Copolla took his time in making sure every i was dotted and t crossed,just a perfect movie imo.

[t.j 35]

Hoosiers is my favorite movie of all time, because it's the best movie I've ever seen.

[Super Cubs 154]

Star Wars

the Cowboys

Beverly Hills Cop

Ghostbusters

Open Range

[guitarmonkiy 0]

Lord of the Rings trilogy

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

The Shining

Requiem For a Dream

Donnie Darko

[Apu Nahasapeemapetilon 0]

Drama: Forrest Gump, followed closely by Godfather II

Comedy: Animal House

Action: The Empire Strikes Back

Horror/Suspense: The Omen

 

Unclassifiable: Full Metal Jacket...action, drama, comedy...and the first hour is priceless.

[kilroy69 1,248]

How can you shoot women....and children?

 

Easy ya just don't lead em as much.

[Foghorn Leghorn 0]

1) Lock, Stock, and Two Smokin' Barrels

2) From Russia With Love

3) Goodfellas

4) Reservoir Dogs

5) Swingers

 

There are many more but off the top of my head, those are my 5 favourites.

[Cuse9 129]

So many great movies to choose from!!

 

"Recent" favorites: Without a Paddle, funny as hell!! Invinsible, just a great movie.

 

From the past favorites: Ferris Bueller's Day Off, we'd all love to be as cool as Ferris was. Shawshank Redemption is a movie I never get tired of.

 

BUT, if I had to pick just one:

 

The Sandlot.

 

The movie takes you back to your days of innocense. Whether or not you played baseball, memories of being a kid and having an entire summer to do whatever you wanted with your friends. No jobs, responsabilities, just have fun and get into some harmless trouble. I think the movie defines what being a kid in America is all about and those times are the best times of just about anybodies life!

[Quickolas1 80]

a lot of good movies listed in this thread...

 

...and a lot of movies that shouldn't be in this thread.

[gratefulted 14]

Shawshank, One of the few times the movie turned out to be as good as the book (or story)

 

Stand By Me, Same as above.

 

The Natural, I'm a fool for Baseball movies and thought this was the best.

 

Geronimo: An American Legend, a great story and a great cast of actors (Hackman, Duval, Damon among others) maybe my favorite of all.

[Hurricane Ditka 0]

Office Space! Because it totally relates to my life.

[Smeagol 0]

Shawshank

[RLLD 4,230]

Office Space! Because it totally relates to my life.

 

Excellent Movie I too, have lived that sort of nightmare.

 

Also, if you like Office Space you should also enjoy PCU

[Voice_Of_Reason 0]

Office Space! Because it totally relates to my life.

We work at the same place?

 

Swing by my desk.

[t2069 0]

JAWS

[t2069 0]

forgot about THE GREEN MILE

[kilroy69 1,248]

Excellent Movie I too, have lived that sort of nightmare.

 

Also, if you like Office Space you should also enjoy PCU

 

PCU is great.

 

I can relate to a sh!tty work enviroment. I work at a bar right now and when I leave I am taking the focking lottery machine with me and beating the sh!t out of it. Hell I may even play damn it feels good to be a gangsta for the hell of it. I hate the word Keno.

[itsbigmoni 1]

I gotta go with carlitos way. It has a lot of man principles that we should all follow but not enough guys do. Just a bad ass movie overall. Sorry boys.. Probably the most recognizable two words for me.

 

I read godfather before i watched the movie and in a way it was a mistake. I thought the movie was alright, but nothing special. The book is probably the best book i've ever read. Mario Puzo is a very descriptive writer and you get so much more out of the story if you have his narration to go along with it.

[GuidingLight 3]

American Beauty

 

"I didn't lose my job. It's not like 'Whoops! Where did my job go?' I quit"

 

"Janie, today I quit my job. And then I told my boss to go fock himself, and then I blackmailed him for almost sixty thousand dollars. Pass the asparagus."

 

*"We've met before, but something tells me you're going to remember me this time."

 

"Remember those posters that said, 'Today is the first day of the rest of your life'? Well, that's true of every day but one — the day you die."

 

"I had always heard your entire life flashes in front of your eyes the second before you die. First of all, that one second isn't a second at all, it stretches on forever, like an ocean of time. For me, it was lying on my back at Boy Scout Camp, watching falling stars. And yellow leaves, from the maple trees that lined our street. Or my grandmother's hands, and the way her skin seemed like paper. And the first time I saw my cousin Tony's brand new Firebird. And Janie... and Janie. And... Carolyn. I guess I could be really pissed off about what happened to me, but it's hard to stay mad, when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst. And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain. And I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life. You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure. But don't worry... you will someday.

 

 

Relax, its Saturday and usually slow.

[GuidingLight 3]

The Usual Suspects

 

"How do you shoot the devil in the back? What if you miss? "

 

"The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist. And poof. Just like that, he's gone. "

[iceblumist610 0]

It's so hard to pick one. In the running would be...

 

Donnie Darko

Fight Club

Memento

12 Monkeys

12 Angry Men

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

The Princess Bride

 

But if I had to pick a winner, I think it would be...

 

The Usual Suspects, by virtue of having two of the best movie lines I've heard ("The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist" and "How do you shoot the devil in the back? What if you miss?") and by having by far the best closing scene I have ever seen. Also, Kevin Spacey was perfect for his part.

[D_House 0]

Goodfellas. Classic soundtrack - Stones, Clapton, George Harrison, many many others. All the food scenes. The action. The character of Henry Hill and his rise and collapse in the underworld. The single shot sequence at the Copacabana. Joe Pesci's characterization of the psychopathic and comic Tommy. De Niro being De Niro. Just a great movie.

[gocolts 300]

From the past favorites: Ferris Bueller's Day Off, we'd all love to be as cool as Ferris was.

 

Plus his girlfriend in that movie was pretty hot.

[nobody 2,671]

Tombstone because it has a lot of good lines and some neat action.

[Doyle Redland 0]

I've got to get some love for blazing saddles going in this thread.

 

exçuse me while I 'whip this out!

[Brown Eyed Girl 1]

'A Bronx Tale' is another good one I like.

 

We watch this often at my mom and dad's house. The music is terrific... my dad has the soundtrack and it's a favorite that we usually play during our Sunday dinners together. (what can I say... we're Italian).

 

Just like the whole feel of the movie... a kid growing up in the Bronx back in the 60's. Though it was a good 20 years earlier, my dad grew up there too so it's kind of cool seeing how things were back then. Also, I really like DeNiro and he plays a good role in this one.

[TylerRoseFan 16]

Can't say a fav, but I watch these EVERYTIME I'm surfing channels and I come across them:

 

Shawshank

Matrix

Any Star Wars

LOTR Tri

Gump

For the Love of the Game

Field of Dreams

 

There may be more.....

[Big Blue 06 195]

Rounders!

[kutulu 1,676]

Mrs. Holland's Anus

[ProfessorZ 0]

Behind the Green Door, for the art. Plus I like budget films. Plus it has one of the best climaxes of any movie, ever.

[LOD01 198]

No real favorite but, 'Anybody seen Richie? Anybody know why Richie did Bobby Lupo?'

 

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Richie Madano: What are ya gonna do? Shoot me? I'm outta bullets!

Detective Gino Felino NYPD: Nope, but you see those bullets could've saved you a lot of pain.

Richie Madano: I like pain.

 

[after intimidating the entire bar]

Sammy: I swear he's nothing without that badge and gun.

Detective Gino Felino NYPD: Really? Let me show you something.

[unloads and drops gun]

Detective Gino Felino NYPD: There's my gun.

[holds up police badge]

Detective Gino Felino NYPD: And here's my badge. Fair game now, ok? This is your trophy, this is your trophy! Come and get it.

Sammy: I offer five thousand for that badge.

 

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Tattoos: Mother######, you knocked my teeth out!

 

Vinnie Madano: You wouldn't say that ###### if Richie was here.

Detective Gino Felino NYPD: Yeah, but Richie ain't here! Know why? 'Cause he's a chickenshit fuckin' ###### ######!

 

 

 

Out For Justice.

[joeshushu 51]

In no particuliar order:

 

Thief

Rollerball (The original)

Italian Job

Kill Bill #1

Casino

Rounders

Caddy Shack

Gettysburgh

Gladiator

Fast Times At Ridgemont High

Western: My name is Nobody