For me, personally, It would be Snatch. It's such a great movie that I could watch again and again. So many interesting characters and a unique style that sets it apart from so many other movies. There's just that extra something in that movie
What about you, fellow Lemmites? What is your favourite movie?
I watched that with my girlfriend who had never seen it. After hyping it up I had a real “just wait it gets funny” feeling the whole time. Not as good as I remember.
I’ve definitely watched it recently and still enjoy it just as much. But also, your sense of humor can change over time so it probably just doesn’t fit what you like anymore.
I have a theory that movie is only funny if you grew up watching it. I saw it for the first time in my late 20s and just could not get into it. I'm sure I have favorites like that, too, and maybe I wasn't in the perfect mood at the time.
I showed it to my fiance and while I ADORED the rewatch he was very meh and I was questioning him as a person. Then one day he asked me to watch it again so he could watch Andre the Giant again. And then, I'm convinced, it spoke to him and showed him the magic. He loved it. Quoted it. And will watch it with me when I have it on.
I really think mindset and willingness to dive into it is a necessity.
God, what a beautiful movie.
Sounds interesting, but I need to know if this is a kissing book.
I've been listening to Cary Elwes' book "As You Wish" on audiobook. I haven't finished it yet, but i'm loving it so far.
Absolutely agree. Have really enjoyed passing it on to my two girls as well.
Yes, and now to my grandchildren!
Leeloo multipass!
Ooh I just watched The Apartment on Criterion and I loved it. Jack Lemmon is special.
He was handsome, she was hot, great story, action, comedy and a great villain. Classic action/adventure/comedy mix.
It would have to be Back to the Future. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve rewatched those movies. I also just saw the broadway musical version of it as well. If I had to choose between the three, then it would have to be the second one. There is so much iconic imagery from those movies, and I loved getting to see parts of the first from from different POVs. It has a great mix of many things that people can enjoy.
I have to say, it took me a few mins to mentally get over the fact that these characters I’ve watched so many times before were now singing. Once I got over that, it was a blast for me.
It's practically a flawless trilogy in my opinion. It definitely still holds really well and always fun to rewatch!
Snatch is outstanding. The scene with a replica gun vs deagle, the robbery by noob thugs... I laugh even at my memories of them.
But I'll take Shawn of the Dead. Cool direction and awesome cast making a great apocalyptic comedy movie. It's humor may be too dry for some, but if you are into this kind of jokes (is it brittish humor?), it'd blow you away. Watching it with my buddy back then made some of it's gags into our convos.
I'm more of a Hot Fuzz type of person, but I still greatly appreciate Shawn of the Dead. So many funny gags and foreshadowing/callbacks.
The bit in the beginning of Shawn of the Dead where he sleepily walks to the store to buy something, and then does it again the next day after the zombies start showing up is classic.
No argument there, friend. Watching them back-to-back on a movie night is a wonder. Reiteration of a fence-jumping gag, connecting these two movies, is so sweet of a detail.
Of Hot Fuzz, I loved the actor who played the supermarket's boss. His delivery of another chilling comment... Gosh, I can't see how it'd work without him for he kills it. Some people I showed it for the first time only got into it because of him setting the tone and promising some big reveal.
And the starting sequence, as well, is a classic. I've seen people having it in their 101 on filmmaking, and it's not wrong.
"Simon Skinner: Lock me up.
Nicholas Angel: I'm sorry?
Simon Skinner: I'm a slasher, and I must be stopped.
Nicholas Angel: You're a what?
Simon Skinner: A slasher... of prices! Ha ha ha, just kidding! I'm Simon Skinner, and I run the local Supermarket. Stop in and see me some time. My discounts are criminal! [runs off] Catch me later!"
This bit always cracks me up, sets the tone and also foreshadows the ending. He seems obviously the bad guy, and then misdirections all over the place, and the ending pay off. Just love it. Timothy Dalton is a rather good actor also, I only knew him from Hot Fuzz but he's had a long career.
Haven't checked on him, but I guess now I have a reason to. Thank you.
His face in this movie has an uncanny resemblance of a mask from V for Vendetta for me. It does help his role for sure.
He didn't fare well as Bond because the 80's was a very blow 'em up and shoot 'em down era. With better writing he could have been great, imho anyways
That actor is none other than James Bond Timothy Dalton.
In Bruges.
"I can't see! I can't see!" "Of course you can't see! I just a shot a blank in your fucking eye!"
That duo also did another movie together, The Banshees of Inisherin, which is about a remote Irish island and these two friends who are suddenly no longer friends.
A toss up between Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away, or Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Spirited away is a fantastic movie.
And so is Eternal Sunshine, but in a totally different way.
That's why it can't be my only favorite, it's definitely not a "throw this on whenever and enjoy" it's a very particular mood, but it's executed extremely well
My wife and I have been working our way through Studio Ghibli movies for the first time. So far we have seen Howl's Moving Castle, Spirited Away, and Kiki's Delivery service. Thoroughly enjoyed them all, but i'd say Spirited Away was me least favorite so far.
Not sure exactly why, but I feel like all 3 of them could have benefitted from some extra runtime. Parts just feel rushed to me. Or maybe I just don't want them to end. Lol
Hot take: I don’t “get” Spirited Away. Like I appreciate the art and animation, but the story and characters are a confusing mess to me. I’ve heard the explanation of “it’s a critique of Japanese society”, and looking back on it I can see the symbolism, but if you need additional context for the story to make sense, then I don’t think it’s a very good movie, at least I don’t think it deserves universal acclaim if it only makes sense to one specific culture.
I found it relatively easy to understand the basic motivations of the characters without getting into metaphor, what about the characters confuses you specifically?
I'm that way but in the other direction. Maybe cuz I'm freaking done with zombies. Still a good movie.
Yarp
The Big Lebowski.
I lie to people about how many times I've seen it because I don't want them to think I'm crazy (if you though about a number, it's more than that).
Every line of dialogue is simply a masterpiece.
Aliens. Ripley and Vasquez are some of the best female action characters (with the alien queen coming in a distant third). The corporate claptrap from Burke and the setup of the mission is solid 80s cyberpunk. Every character has a great arc (except Burke - fuck that guy). Effects are amazing. The soundtrack is perfect.
It's an incredible action movie.
"Hey Vasquez, have you ever been mistaken for a man?
No, have you?"
Just a great line between the characters.
Also, the actress who plays Vasquez also played the mom in Terminator 2, which always blows my mind. The two characters look and sound so different I didn't believe it at first.
Glad to know that others still love this movie! Bill Paxton nailed his Hudson character to a T! This is the apex of 80s movies that cross over between action/comedy sci-fi/horror genres and still tell an awesome story! H R Gigers alien designs were also creepy as fuck and on point. Hats off to James Cameron and Sigourney Weaver as well, and even Paul Riser nailed his sleazbag corporate stooge character. There is not one bad scene in this epic movie!
This one's also mine. I've held off rewatching it for a while, waiting for what seems like forever on the 4K version to be released at which time I have a movie night locked in with my eldest daughter. Can't wait!
At nearly 40 years old it has held up incredibly well.
For me, I think it has to be Pulp Fiction. I just recently rewatched it for the umpteenth time and it’s just as great as ever. I find myself quoting it quite often.
A bit of an outsider which is a big hit in my family is “A Good Year” by Ridley Scott, staring Russel Crowe. It’s a nice fun movie and for a family of francophiles like mine it’s a great way of getting a bit of the France we love in the middle of the dark Northern European winter.
The Hunt for Red October
The book is very good as well! Additionally, for me anyway, it doesn’t spark the internal struggle of, “The book/movie was better!”.
Be careful what you shoot at. Most things in here don’t react too well to bullets.
If you love THFRO what do you think about Das Boot?
Just finished it. I'd heard about it, and many people recommend it when red October is mentioned (and vice versa). I'm not sure I'd put them in the same genre.
I'm not sure what I think at the moment. It was very long, but had some very intense scenes. I think it was trying to get me to feel deeply for the characters (especially the captain) but it didn't really reach me (spoiler) Eg The people jumping off the burning ship.
I'm also not sure yet what to think about the fact that (spoiler) the whole movie takes place on the submarine, with no cut aways. I think on one hand it added to the tension of surface ships trying to find them, but on the other hand it was difficult to orient the story without visuals for location or relative locations.
I feel the length was included to show how boring it can be waiting for orders or enemies, but a shorter cut might've been more engaging.
It's not a movie I'd go and rewatch in a hurry (if ever). Red October has much more rewatchability.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail, hands down. As many times as I've watched it, I can still sit down and laugh my ass off watching it again.
I'm really surprised no one has mentioned Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels because I think it's actually the better of the Guy Ritchie movies in this style. It's stylish, perfectly-paced, and has the perfect "I think we...won?" type resolution at the end.
Lock Stock is one of my favorite movies
That is my girlfriend's favorite movie. On one of our anniversaries, I rented out a movie theater and surprised her with a private screening. She figured out what movie it was about 2 seconds in when the insects started buzzing.
Every time I see Jurassic Park, i'm amazed how well the effects hold up. Just such a great movie all around.
This is a movie you can put on at anytime and I'll sit down to watch it, it's just such a classic. I regularly catch myself humming the theme song also.
One of the few movies I've seen multiple times in the theater! Also, it was the first movie we watched after my Dad gota surround sound setup with great quality sound and enhanced bass. It was so immersive and we LOVED the experience.
"We're back in the car again." "At least we're out of the tree." My Dad and I still reference this regularly.
First half is the crazy establishment of what is going on and has the most ridiculous characters. Second half gets a bit predictable in the overused Hollywood tropes and the very ending was basically modern Grease. It was all very entertaining, but I have seen it enough that the first half will almost always suck me in but if I get interrupted in the later parts I don't feel the need to finish it.
Snatch is such a great movie. For me it’s too close to call between Snatch and O Brother, Where Art Thou?. It took me a long time to realize that John Turturro was even in the movie because his acting is so out of character and well performed.
Oh dawgs
For me it's definitely Fight Club. No big spoilers below, see it if you haven't.
The theme of hitting bottom purposefully in order to rebuild yourself consciously into who you want to become has stuck with me.
I've been through some shit since then and have had to rebuild. It's nice to look on it as an opportunity rather than a punishment.
Back to the future
I was having a hard time anyway, but after reading through all the comments, I don't think I could narrow it down.
If I had to try, it would be, in no particular order:
The Matrix
Princess Bride
Fight Club
Shawshank Redemption
The Boondock Saints
The Incredibles
...
Actually, I can't narrow it down....lol
Huh? wait wait, let me, let me explain something to you. Uh, I am not Mr. Lebowski; you're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the Dude. So that's what you call me. You know, uh, that, or uh, his Dudeness, or uh Duder, or uh El Duderino, if, you know, you're not into the whole brevity thing
Gattaca. The music is superb and the locations are awesomely brutalist. My favorite by a long shot.
Futurama: Bender's Big Score may not be the deepest film, but it's never failed to make me smile. "I can wire anything to anything! I'm the professor!"
Alien (1979). The perfect organism movie.
WALL-E, I rewatched it many times and played the video game. I loved the animation, the way it highlighted various topics.
I really like what we do in the shadows
I could watch The Emperor's New Groove all day, every day and never get tired.
I honestly can't choose between Alien and The Shining. Honorable mentions to My Neighbor Totoro and Dumb and Dumber. Shit, now I have four movies to watch this weekend
Ghostbusters. It's just perfect.
Lawrence of Arabia - for all-time classics
Aliens - for sci Fi
Evil Dead - for horror
Life of Brian - for comedy
It's impossible to pick a single film across all genres and even then, it was painful to leave out a movie like Pacific Rim, or Young Frankenstein.
I have this living top 100 ranking on Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/jQWau
The list shuffles around quite a bit depending on the day but my top 10 is pretty much fixed in place:
Someone really likes the Coens hahaahah
But no shade, I love all these movies (except for Casino Royale, which does seem really random at number 1 with the other movies tbh. Not a bad movie I guess, but what? 😆)
Rewatchability plays a huge part in what I consider a favorite. Notice this list is missing some heavy hitters like the Godfather movies. I don't consider this list to be the best movies of all time but favorites as in, what have I watched the most and am most excited to watch again or what just hit right at the right time in my life.
Casino Royale hit just right for me. In the 90s with Goldeneye (the game and the movie) and Tomorrow Never Dies turned me into a huge Bond fan. Then world is not enough and die another day were huge disappointments.
I watched layer cake and was amped when I heard he was getting cast for Bond and this one was going to be directed by Martin Campbell and written by Paul Haggis (pretty controversial figure now but at the time I loved the movie Crash). Going into all of this I had pretty high expectations and it exceeded it. The most I ever seen a movie in theaters was twice. For Casino Royale I went six times. I just wanted to show it to everyone I knew.
It spawned my favorite Martini and Bond Girl (Vesper) my favorite scene in the franchise (the two sizing eachother up on the train), introduced me to some of my favorite actors (Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen and Jeffrey Wright) and to this day it's something I watch at least once a year. There's just not an ounce of fat on this movie.
I've never been a fan of Bond movies old and new, except Casino Royale. This one still feels like the odd one out and the only one I would rewatch too. A mixture of the fresh attitude of Craig not giving a fuck (scratch my other ball 😅), Mads Mikkelsen as a perfect villain, and Eva Green gorgeous like a goddess.
Rear Window.
I'm a big Hitchcock fan anyway but this is a film I've seen countless times and can still get hooked just like the first time.
I'm gonna go with Everything Everywhere All At Once. But a close contender, perhaps tied, is the Barbie movie.
These are the movies I can always watch again.
If I'm on a plane scrolling to find a movie to watch and I see any of those I stop right there.
The Third Man. Black & white noir/detective movie that sees a trashy pulp author in post-WW2 Germany to pay his respects for a friend that recently died. The dialogue is rapid-fire and witty, the characters are memorable, and it’s just a good movie, even knowing everything about the plot I still find myself coming back to it.
High Fidelity for me. Idk how many times I've watched it lol.
Mulholland Drive written and directed by David Lynch
Snatch had the best performances (IMO) of all of those actors. One of the best movies of all time.
I have a top 3 that's unordered and based entirely on watching experiences that just hit a special and rare spot:
For a long time I was too afraid to watch Stalker. When I did, it‘s hard to describe, it was revelatory. Now I am too scared to watch the Mirror.
That is hard to answer.
I don't think there's anyway at all that it will hit or feel the same way if you haven't seen the first two seasons. (keep in mind that many recommend skipping much of season 2, with there being plenty of recommended watch lists out there).
I also suspect that fully appreciating the season requires recalling the time it was made/released (2018).
But if you're only interested in Lillard's performance, there's nothing about that that is tied to the first two seasons, except that the whole thing is likely to be rather confusing and Lillard doesn't feature that prominently.
Thank you.
I had played all three games, but I just watched Stalker (full movie) last night after seeing your comment. Moody as heck.
No Country for Old Men. That ending still gives me goosebumps.
Easily and without a doubt, The Goonies.
I gotta go with Oldboy, the Korean version.
Boogie Nights.
My hetero life partner and I went to see this opening night because we heard Heather Graham got naked... and we'd both been infatuated with her since License to Drive. We ended up going back to the theater at least a dozen times to watch the movie just because it was so goddamn good.
It's an amazing ensemble cast of actors who were, (with the exception of Burt) at that time, B-list at best. The story is engaging and friendly without reaching too far into hackey territory. We might be able to predict the exact destination, but we can enjoy the journey to that destination as it's own unique experience. Anderson lets his actors really make the characters their own, so long as they stick to his writing.
In short, it's an amazing example of what a whole bunch of very talented actors can do when they're given good material to work with.
I don't like Mark Wahlberg as a person, but he was amazing in this movie. John C Reilly is the fucking man. Julianne Moore and Heather Graham deliver Oscar caliber performances.
I can't think of a single bad part of this movie.
My favorite all time is The Count of Monte Cristo, 2002. My Cousin Vinny is my favorite feel good movie.
Not many that agree with me I'm sure but Tron Legacy.
The soundtrack is perfect, the art style is incredibly cool and ultimately its a story of a son missing, searching for and finding his dad.
As someone that lost their dad too early this will always be a special film for me.
Here's my Top Three:
2001: A Space Odyssey.
The Empire Strikes Back.
Miller's Crossing (1990 film by the Coen Brothers).
Right now my favorite movie is Synecdoche, New York. I don't think I ever felt so deeply connected to a piece of art before. It's morbid yet oddly comforting, and my brain chemistry has been permanently altered after seeing it.
I'm in my Kaufman era which began with me and my wife watching Being John Malkovich (which is also pretty damn good imo). And I'm obsessed. He's reinvigorated my love of cinema in a big way! I feel embarrassed it took me so long to watch his stuff but I think it came to me at the right time in my life
Sexy Beast - fantastic film; one of the best opening scenes put to film. It has everything from fantastic acting, great story, great music and just an all round enjoyable film.
It's hard to pick one, but for everything fighting to break the tie...
Wristcutters: A Love Story. A tale of suicide, purgatory, and, well, love. It's not the most groundbreaking plot, but it's one that I always have fun following, even if the ending is a cliche heartwarmer.
Just beware that there's one cheesey visual effect that really sells "this was done on a budget" even without knowing the hell that was filming.
I couldn't choose just one, but 'Snatch', 'Baby Driver', 'Pulp Fiction', and 'Nobody' are all incredible.
Other notable mentions are 'Barbie', 'The Founder', 'The Green Mile', and 'Captain Phillips'. I still haven't watched Oppenheimer yet!
Tarantino has some great films. Kill Bill is overrated though. The first half is competent, but the second half is just too goofy.
My comfort movies include A Mighty Wind, Best in Show, and the Naked Gun series. Also always really liked Moonrise Kingdom.
People laugh when I tell them this but it's definitely Muppet Treasure Island. I love the muppets, I love the music, I love pirate movies, and Tim Curry. I could have just said Tim Curry and I feel like that would have been enough but it's really every aspect of the movie. It's PERFECT.
The Death of Stalin.
Right, what's a war hero got to do to get some lubrication around here?
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead - especially if you’re familiar with the plot of Hamlet. I love that the opening theme song (Seamus) is by Pink Floyd.
Oh - and Richard Dreyfus too!
They are SO young in it! But spectacular. It’s particularly appealing if you like philosophical discourse.
Snatch! All-time #1! ...except for when Blade Runner is #1.
Other faves that I haven't seen mentioned yet:
Summer wars (Anime)... Will prob re-watch this tonight
Scarface, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, There's Something About Mary
Yay, another person that likes that movie. I feel like there aren't enough of us.
My wife made me watch it one day, and I've lost count of how many times we have seen it since.
Iron Sky. It's absolutely hilarious.
Yeah! So good, I love cheesy moon villain movies such an amazing genre
The Conversation by Frances Ford Coppola. It's a low key but intense film with an incredible cast. There's something about the mood and that I love.
I'll watch it every few years at Christmas with my dad, which adds to the pleasure of seeing it.
Hot Fuzz. I was thinking about how this movie is just edited/directed so perfectly. Not one second is wasted, so tightly packed. It's funny while taking the plotline very seriously.
Snatch is a damn good movie too, for a lot of the same reasons.
Wow. I've never heard of that movie. Looked it up on Wikipedia and it sounds very interesting.
Even better if you happen to watch it without knowing the plot and twist. The incredible thing is how it only needed mainly a single room for most of it, as it's all about dialogue and imagination filling in the rest. It originated as a play.
There was an attempt at a sequel, but like some movies I think it's best to end it with the first and let the viewer imagine how the future continues.
This type of movie is one of my favorites, I made a list for them:
The Micro or Low Budget Sci-fi https://boxd.it/icMfg
I just watched LOLA (2022) the other day and it feels like something that might fit your list.
Just watched it, good suggestion. I've added it to the list. Thanks!
Oh sick, I'll check it out!
It never makes these lists unless I add it - The Fountain with Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz. Something about it just resonates with my soul.
Fight Club resonated so hard on me and my misfit pals when we saw it for the first time. Probably not my favourite film now, but that times where intense, so it always come to mind thinking about good films. Now it's maybe Blade Runner for totally different reasons, mostly superb aesthetic. I guess I chilled down quite a bit.
My favorite movie changes frequently, but ATM my top 3 would be
Big Fish
Secondhand Lions
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
Snatch is in my top 5 though
Ghostbusters
Just the perfect mixture of well-timed gags, drama and action with special effects that still (mostly) hold up and a brilliant cast. I can still quote pretty much the entire movie.
Brazil .. favorite and the human centipede as least favorite
Drive, it's a movie where the cinematography told more of a story than the dialogue between the characters. The dialogue does matter, sure, but we're shown the story as opposed to being told the story.
If you need proof, the first scene is one of the best vehicle chases ever. Plus, the elevator scene gives me chills every time.
Movie: Nausicaa
Movie series: Older Evil Dead / Army of Darkness
Director: Terry Gilliam
Genre: Cyberpunk (with the note that almost all modern cyberpunk is waterlogged garbage and I'm very disappointed)
Hard to choose one, so I'll list two: Live and Become, Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi.
The ending of Live and Become gives me chills and chokes me up to this day. SUCH a powerful movie!
I love a good laugh-out-loud comedy, so I’m going to go kind of obscure with Amazon Women On The Moon. You’ve probably never heard of it, because it was a straight to DVD from ‘87 by Zucker/Abrams/Zucker, the same guys who made Airplane and the Naked Gun movies, and it’s also the spiritual successor to The Kentucky Fried Movie.
It’s difficult to describe it, other than to say that you’re loosely supposed to be watching a 1950s sci fi movie called Amazon Women On The Moon on late night TV. Interspersed among the bits of the movie are fake commercials and other skits that are absolutely hilarious! And the cast is unbelievable - Roseanna Arquette, Michelle Pfeffer, Arsenio Hall, Steve Gutenberg, Andrew Dice Clay, Joe Pantoliono, David Alan Grier, Ed Begley Jr., a long list of classic comedians in one skit, and, if you keep it rolling during the credits, even Carrie Fisher shows up.
Sadly JustWatch shows that it’s not available to stream anywhere (except the high seas I guess? 🤷🏻♂️), but Amazon has the DVD & Blu-Ray available, and, if you’re a fan of Airplane type humor, it’s worth the purchase!
EDIT: After a Google Search, I discovered that there’s a copy online at the Internet Archive! Go watch it before it’s gone!
If you like Snatch, try Gettin' Square. It's an Aussie thug movie that I reckon is pretty good.
As for all time favourite movie, I'm not certain anymore as I prefer to watch a familiar variety of movies. It's maybe independence day
Just saw Across the Spider-Verse. That movie is so beautiful. You can literally pause on any frame and you're looking at an artistic masterpiece.
I watched it on a large OLED in 4k HDR, so ymmv. While it takes a really high place, my favourite is still PREDATOR; just an awesome script.
https://www.imdb.com/... Chilly Scenes of Winter is a current favourite. I recommend going into it a bit blind, and seeing how long it takes for you to figure out what's happening.
Childhood favourites were Back to the Future 2, Return of the Jedi and later, the Matrix
Wasn't expecting to see this on the list. Really fun movie that nobody I know has even heard of
Hard to nail down only one favourite. Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, North by Northwest, and Out of the Past head the list.
Moulin Rouge. Captures a lot of the cinematography you see in Snatch, and it's a musical. Great story, great writing, and great performances curtain to curtain.
Cinema Paradiso.
Blood Diner, because it's actually about a trans man who helps his dead uncle become his living aunt. It's easy to lose track of the fact that this is a movie about two transitions in the chaos of the ancient blood cult, vegan diner that serves human meat, wrestling with Jimmy Hitler, and all that, but it's all in there. Blood Diner was decades ahead of its time. I watch it a few times a year. Watch it as a double feature with Frankenhooker and pretend they're modern experimental indie movies. Frankenhooker is a feminist masterpiece.
Synecdoche.
In no particular order
It's really hard to say to be honest, so I'm going to go based on the movie I watch the most frequently (and I can back that up with 4ish years of media server stats!), so with a total of 49 views during that time:
Scary Movie. Absolutely hilarious, just about every scene makes me cackle. Scary Movie 2 is also a frequent watch (along with 3 on occasion, 4 and 5 if I'm baked out of my gourd), but that first movie is a pure classic.
Also honourable mention to my 19-views-in-the-same-time-period entry: A Haunted House, also by Marlon Wayans. Fucking hilarious, and has a decent enough sequel too.
Have to list several:
For beauty: Barry Lyndon (1975)
For humor: Bedazzled (1967)
For plot: The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
For characters: The Third Man (1949)
For watching when I'm sick: A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Such a great cast, good sound track and heists!
I don't know if it is my all time favorite but I can watch The Maltese Falcon on repeat
Jurassic Park.
It has its flaws, but I love it anyway.
John Carpenter's: The Thing. I have seen this movie well over 50 times in my life, and I will probably watch it 50 more before I die.
I was 17 when this movie came out. Very popular among my circle of friends and is quoted often. However, the movie isn't quite as innocent when you're 45. I still call it my favorite movie, it is, but not in a weird pedo way.
Beautiful Girls (1996)
Magnolia (1999). That picture stuck in my head forever.
Because he dodged bullets Avi?!
Kimi no na wa (your name). That Anime was great to watch and can recommend it wholeheartedly*. I think if your in the teens or in the 20s the movie hits you harder. I am almost 40 hehe *spelling
Which one was yes?
The Raid... intense action!
Starship Troopers. While it's not like the book, I love the movie since I saw it in theaters. I can sit and word for word go through the entire movie.
I stand alone.
Apocalypse Now
Almost Famous
I have lots but I have holiday favorites I enjoy every year
The Grinch with Jim Carey on Christmas
Interview With A Vampire on Halloween
Waking Ned Devine on St Patrick's Day
Planes Trains And Automobiles on Thanksgiving Day (Canadian)
Ground Hog Day ... on Ground Hog Day
Scooby Doo (live action)
I searched for Goodfellas and found nothing. Are you shitting me?!
My favourite is castle in the sky. To be honest, the nostalgia goggles play a major part, but the movie is just so damn beautiful with the interpersonal drama, the stunning themes of nature (both human and environmental) and the bombast of the inhuman weaponry a multitude of people want to acquire. Its just a fucking banger. Like many Ghibli movies I can't fathom how anyone would rate it for kids, but I'm glad I watched it as a child.
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The Princess Bride. It has great comedy, action, and romance. It’s influenced my sense of humor and it’s just so much fun.
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