Cool Movies (What Are Your Favorite Movies)

[Hatesink]

I like film noir.

[jackinthebox]

there are so many movies i like... especially everything by George Lucas and Jim Jarmusch. a really nice film is Brazil (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teufz17PqoY) by Terry Gilliam...

[D'Sparil]

Pootie Tang FTW!

Clockwork Orange

Pink Floyd's The Wall

Blade

[jackinthebox]

Clockwork Orange

Pink Floyd's The Wall



how could i forget... i like all movies by Stanley Kubrick :)
and The Wall... what can i say, everything by Pink Floyd is perfect. the film is really great! Gerald Scarfe made the legendary animation passages... everybody, just watch it!

[splicer]

Do we have all day?-ALIEN,THE SHINING,1984,THE PRESTIGE,HALLOWEEN,THE GREEN MILE,THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION.THE SKELETON KEY,THE DESCENT,SLUETH....AND ON AND ON.....:D :D :D

[Raveness]

I wrote this up a while ago when a friend asked me my favorites but I had never defined them, so it's a quickly thought out shortlist:

1977 Star Wars
1979 Alien
1981 Indiana Jones
1982 The Thing
1982 Blade Runner
1984 Terminator
1986 Aliens
1987 Lethal Weapon
1987 Predator
1987 Robocop
1987 The Princess Bride
1988 Die Hard
1988 Willow
1989 Cyborg
1990 Total Recall
1990 Tremors
1991 Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves
1991 Terminator 2
1992 Reservoir Dogs
1994 Pulp Fiction
1994 True Lies
1995 Braveheart
1995 Johnny Mnemonic
1997 Event Horizon
1997 Fifth Element
1999 Boondock Saints
1999 Fight Club
1999 The Matrix
2000 Pitch Black
2000 Memento
2001 Lord of the Rings trilogy
2003 Pirates of the Caribbean
2003 Underworld
2004 Collateral
2004 Shaun of the Dead
2005 Lord of War
2005 Serenity
2005 Sin City
2006 V for Vendetta
2006 The Prestige
2006 Casino Royale
2007 Children of Men

[vrap]

Memento
Matrix Trilogy
LOTR Trilogy
Batman Begins
The Prestige

And some random others I've seen in recent years which I'm not sure will stay in my list forever.
Children of Men
Collateral
Donnie Darko
Pirates of the Caribbean
Spiderman series

[Silent Film]

Michael Mann probably stands out as my most favourite filmmaker, I like all of his films, and the series he has produced. I've recently been watching Crime Story re-runs, which stars the ever watchable Dennis Farina and features one of the best mafia villains in Ray Luca (Anthony Denison); compulsive viewing before it unfortunately jumped the shark near the end of the first series.

Anyway, a quick and not particularly thought out list:

Manhunter
The Last of the Mohicans
The Big Lebowski
Raising Arizona
The Hitcher
The Machinist
American Psycho
The Matrix
Fifth Element
The Lost Boys
Aliens
Memento
The Thin Red Line

Additionally, all those 80's teen movies by John Hughes, I basically grew up on those.

[v.dog]

The Game
The Fifth Element
The Matrix (but not the sequels)
True Lies
Chicken Run (Aardman FTW)
Ocean's Eleven
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Whale Rider
The Pianist
Serenity
Catch Me if You Can
Aliens

[Silent Film]

Forgot to mention Vanilla Sky, a film I really like. But most people feel the opposite..

A few others that come to mind:

A Midnight Clear
Mother Night
Mystery Train
Go
Strange Days
Romeo Is Bleeding

[v.dog]

American History X - not the easiest movie to sit through, but a great story.

[nmrahde]

Aliens
Night of the Living Dead (original)
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Highlander (I actually like the 2nd one a lot too)
Akira (Japanese or the original dub only)
Transformers The Movie
The Road Warrior
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Fifth Element
Run Lola Run
Aladdin
Space Balls
Ghostbusters
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

probably many many others too

[Club Heaven]

I'll just post a few of my favorites that come to mind:

Umberto D
1984
Babe: Pig in the City
The Straight Story
Les triplettes de Belleville
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Zelig
The Elephant Man
The Station Agent

...and I could go on till tomorrow.

[BioShockWins]

Space Balls
Holy Grail
Galaxy Quest


just random names lol

[nmrahde]

@Hatesink - DarkStar is classic...right up there with Death Race 2000!

[nmrahde]

Yup Roger Corman classic starring David Carradine and sylvester stalone. Was the inspiration for both Mad Max and Carmageddon

Basically there's a cross country race in which you score points for hitting pedestrians (and probably also for finishing first). Most points wins.

The whole thing is televised as a sort of gameshow (victims families can win prizes) like The Running Man.

also looking at my old VHS collection is Dr. Strangelove which was a stroke of pure genius, along with the (can it even be called a documentary) The Atomic Cafe.

[Mongchimp]

Has no one mentioned Army of darkness yet?

Hail to the king baby.

[nmrahde]

that's got me thinking of Duke Nukem 3D - which stole half it's line from that.

And the other hand from another true er...classic?

They Live

(it's so bad it's great!)

ooh! how about -
Big Trouble in Little China
Tango and Cash

[witch]

Jacob's Ladder.

[Raveness]

That's a movie that I definitely want to see, but had bad luck doing so. Once I started watching it at a party, but playing a Wii overrode it.

Then I borrowed a friends copy, and the f'in video skipped and would not continue playing past the part where Private Pyle is losing it on the toilet with his rifle.

[witch]

I didn't really appreciate it at the time it came out. A couple of my friends had the video however (they were part of the CCF in school (not sure if you had that in Scotland)) and so I ended up seeing it quite a few times over.

It's good to re-discover stuff as an adult— I think I'm going to pick up a copy.

A great movie, really creepy at the end too (gotta love Micky). Also, I happened upon Jacob's Ladder on a recommendation from someone that told me it was inspiration for Silent Hill. Now it's in my top ten with a great performance by Tim Robbins.

[witch]

I do— it's excellent, I would have posted a link but I couldn't find the clip.

I'll search out some Jacob's Ladder clips.

Here's some:

OI! This is considered the best moment in the film by most, but it has some disturbing images and is a big spoiler for the film. WATCH at your risk.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCZN60mBeaQ

Here's a trailer for the film:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTJJzVdhw54&mode=related&search=

[nmrahde]

Clue (Has two of the best 'that guy can play anyone' comedic actors - Tim Curry and Michael McKean)

on the McKean note "This Is Spinal Tap" is great

not a movie, but there's gotta be some Red Dwarf fans on these forums too right?

[jackinthebox]

not a movie, but there's gotta be some Red Dwarf fans on these forums too right?

i love Red Dwarf... the book(s) and series are great!

[nmrahde]

I love the Norweb bit.

"He's dead. They're all dead. Everybody. Is. Dead. Dave."

"See this hand? It is mine. See these shiny things? They are mine."

:D

...and to think I prolly never woulda found out about it if PBS hadn't decided to air it over here. Although they gave it (literally) a random time slot, so we'd be like "Holy Sh*t" Red Dwarf is on!

[nmrahde]

Last space scifi I got hooked on was Farscape. Never saw past season 2 because I'm too broke for cable and my HDD filled up near the end of season 2 :)

[Raveness]

Growing up in the granite city, it was probably the most thought about show we hankered for all those adolescent and teenage years. The mixture of hilarity with space travel, and they really did manage a lot with the budget, was what people like me needed (girl geek).

I never did catch the 9th season, as my family moved over to BC before it aired. Over here the stupid SPACE IMAGINATION STATION, a subsidiary of the Sci-Fi network for Canada, has not picked up Red Dwarf, nor Babylon 5 for that matter. BABYLON FREAKIN 5!!! WTF :mad:

[Silent Film]

Oh Harry you PLONKER!!

[borgdrone89]

I used to be a trekkie, but at the moment my favourite series is SG-1 (going through the first few seasons that I never saw).
My ULTRA-favourite TV series is 24. good ol' Jack Bauer

[Big_Daddy]

Saving Private Ryan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHhll-gnmjw)

Black Hawk Down (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUJ6cxWdZwA)

The 2 Greatest war films of all time.

[jackinthebox]

I think my favourite Speilberg film is Empire of the Sun (because I loved the book so much (and because of how surreal it is while still being reality))

my favorite one is Duel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duel_%28film%29)... it's perfect!

[Silent Film]

Saw Kung Fu Hustle last night. Nothing owns more than axe-wielding top hat wearing gangsters who dance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yok0eo7Ew8s) :D

[nmrahde]

Shaolin Soccer also good (earlier film by the same actors)

[Raveness]

Just saw Disturbia along with Shooter recently at the theatre. The former was an OK current-gen take on Rear Window, though not as good it had the intensity at points.

Shooter was a jumbled mess of an action film. Had the 'been there, done that' feel to it, and the last 30 minutes had the characters jumping to about 10 new places. I was thinking to myself that I'd rather be at home playing STALKER than watching it, as the Ukranian game has better gunplay than the movie did.

[nmrahde]

Glad somebody else could see that Disturbia was a ****ty remake. I'll just watch the original (tho the remake with Christopher Reeves was really good too).

Except that Rear Window was boring when compared to say...Vertigo or North by Northwest.

[willerokiller]

What is your favorite movie?



mine is a tie between "man on fire" and "The Big Lebowski"

[Rapture_Survivalist]

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. That movie is a classic!:D

[Fennerman]

hmm so many great movies! But I'll call my favorites the ones that inspire me the most in my living and my creations:

Blade Runner
Memories
The Truman Show
Navrat Idiota

Hmm there are much more... but I guess these ones more frecuently visiting my mind than the rest.

[splicer]

:p Take a good look above!

[splicer]

seriously....
The remains of the day
The prestige
The piano
The Shawshank Redemption
Alien
The Shining
1984
The Elephant man
Educating Rita
Predator
Sleuth
Abigails Party
Secrets And Lies.
Topsy Turvy
Halloween
Driving Miss Daisy

[Bioshock_FTW!]

Lost in Translation, V for Vendetta, Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2, Lady in the Water, Pan's Labyrinth

[Soulsphere]

That's a tough one for me to answer because I can be very picky sometimes. Hmmm...

Dune Miniseries
In the Beginning (Babylon 5)
Lord of the Rings (Part 1)
Matrix, The (original)
Minority Report
Momento
Predator
Pianist, The
Terminator 2

Possibly Schindler's List, though I haven't seen the entire movie.

There are probably others that I've forgotten about. :p

[witch]

I basically grew up on this stuff... http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/8679/rolleyesxw8.gif

Woody Allen — Annie Hall (Opening Monologue)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrxlfvI17oY

Woody Allen — Annie Hall (Opening Monologue Continued)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Pa34orcwwA&mode=related&search=

Woody Allen — Annie Hall (Queue)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpIYz8tfGjY&mode=related&search=

Woody Allen — Annie Hall (Duane)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNap8SYo4ws&mode=related&search=

Woody Allen — Annie Hall (Alvy gets recognised)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmx77vVlUJ8&mode=related&search=

Woody Allen — Annie Hall (Various Scenes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BayFaUXwrAk&mode=related&search=

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Woody Allen — Take the Money and Run
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELhPfGqzO7Y&mode=related&search=

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Woody Allen — The Sleeper (After 200 years in cryosleep Miles Monroe 'debriefs' the psychologist)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3pvCwC2rsg


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Austin Powers' Personal Effects...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h1AzpB_soI

Austin Powers — Unfreezing Process...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arj1yTjL4rc&mode=related&search=

Austin Powers — Family Therapy...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVaz8ZZxoxo

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Young Frankenstein — Trailer (/!\ Very Loud)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lGjaD2Q-3E

Young Frankenstein — Igor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvrqoCCia_g&mode=related&search=

Young Frankenstein — Inga
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK_AG5sD8CA&mode=related&search=

Young Frankenstein — Frau Blücher
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VrFXiiPZGE&mode=related&search=

Young Frankenstein — Igor Consoles Frederick, and then the Monster Awakens...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jkhdziJJ9g&mode=related&search=

Watched "Melinda and Melinda" a month ago, I love Woody Allen.

[Jeff]

Mel Brooks should be ordained as a god. Seriously.

Even though I hate the Wachowski brothers for the slaughtering of the Matrix 2 and 3 after such an awesome opening film, V for Vendetta was rad. V couldv'e fought in a bit more realistic manner, like in the last fight scene where he gets shot up then kills alls the cops or whatever they're called, the slow motion scenes made him look like a hunchback with a lame leg. I understand he was shot up and everything but if you watch the scene the intention is not to make him look injured, it was just filmed and edited in a sub-par manner.

Brick is a fantastic movie aswell, you all need to watch brick. I assume most everyone here would enjoy classic film noire style detective movies, Brick basically revisits that. The setting is a bit hard to wrap your mind around for the story being told (they're all high school students you see) but if you can manage to convince yourself to make that believable, then you're in for an awesome time watching that movie.

Sin City is amazing, I was a fan of Frank Miller for his Batman work well before this, but hadn't really ever followed the sin city series, after watching the movie I picked up a few novels and I was blown away. Not only is the movie so true to the graphic novels that it's like the pages come to life, but the stylization of the movie is so true to form, revolutionary, innovative and perfectly on par it's mind-boggling.

Interview with the vampire is a fantastic movie aswell, albeit a little depressing at times because some of the scenes from the book simply -can't- be replicated in movie form. In either case, that's how vampires should be portrayed. As much as I like the Blade movies, it doesn't make sense that an immortal race is comprised mostly of thugs and morons, and the sheer numbers represented in blade make the whole thing unfathomable.

Uhhh, what else... Hmm, Blow is an awesome movie, you wouldn't think that a movie about a drug smuggler can pull at your heart strings, but good god, never been that close to crying at the end of a movie :p

I'll probably add more to this later, I'm sort-of a movie nerd.

[ORBITER-1]

ALIENS...............

[Corgano]

Ok... just to save time I'm going to modify Raveness's list. :eek: Shocking I know, But I mostly agree with it. Also, Shocking!


1977 Star Wars
1979 Alien
1981 Indiana Jones
1982 The Thing -- (B&W version was classic)
1982 Blade Runner
1984 Terminator
1986 Aliens
1987 Lethal Weapon
1987 Predator
1987 Robocop
1987 The Princess Bride
1988 Die Hard -- "Yippi-kai-Yeah MotherF#@ker!"
1988 Willow -- It really was a nice movie.
1989 Cyborg -- Not sure I remember this one? Dolph film?
1990 Total Recall
1990 Tremors -- Sorry, not a Tremors fan.
1991 Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves
1991 Terminator 2
1992 Reservoir Dogs
1994 Pulp Fiction
1994 True Lies
1995 Braveheart
1995 Johnny Mnemonic -- Drawing a blank. Think I saw it.
1997 Event Horizon
1997 Fifth Element -- Yup!
1999 Boondock Saints -- 2nd person in to say they liked this, what is it??
1999 Fight Club
1999 The Matrix
2000 Pitch Black -- Yes! Very much so!
2000 Memento -- Hmm? Got me on this one?
2001 Lord of the Rings trilogy
2003 Pirates of the Caribbean
2003 Underworld -- Surprisingly good.
2004 Collateral -- Hmm? Not sure?
2004 Shaun of the Dead -- Didn't see
2005 Lord of War -- Didn't see
2005 Serenity - Was good. Saw the movie Before I watch the series. :)
2005 Sin City
2006 V for Vendetta -- Not seen
2006 The Prestige -- Not seen
2006 Casino Royale -- Not seen
2007 Children of Men -- Not seen


Must Add:

The Mummy series (Scorpion King as well)
Evil Dead series
Gladiator
Aladdin
The Chronicles of Riddick (Pitch Black sequal)
Enemy Mine
Star Trek series
Office Space
Shrek
The One (Jet Li)
The Usual Suspects
A Knight's Tale
The Green Mile
Fast & the Furious
Analyze This (And That)
The Hunt for Red October
The Rock
Ice Age
D&D Movie (Cheesy, but I liked it)
Core
Adam Sandler movies
Bud Abbott & Lou Costello flicks (B&W)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Fallout Boy (Based off a comic I think?)
Dead Poets Society
The Mask
Jurassic Park (First One)
Silence of the Lambs
Fantastic Four
X-Men series
??? -- More I'm sure.

All those old family classics: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Jason & the Argonauts, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Hercules, SinBad the Sailor, Voyage to the bottom of the Sea, Etc.

And some of those romantic comedies that girls drag you too. Meh, some are fairly decent actually... Shhh!


Peace,
Cor

[Nihil]

Pootie Tang FTW!

Clockwork Orange

Pink Floyd's The Wall

Blade

love clockwork orange and the wall vid, I loved the movie crank and prbly my fav movie Equilibrium

[MacarenaRowBot]

Favourite movies? So hard to choose!

The Chinese Connection (Bruce Lee FTW)
Army of Darkness
The Matrix (original)
Hackers
Lost in Translation