Favorite Films

[caliguy]

Since we all seem to have varied tastes in books and music, I'm wondering what movies you seen have stuck with you over the years, or perhaps it's one you just watched.
I have so many I love, I'll start everyone off with a very short list:
The Searchers

Magnificent Seven

Usual Suspects

The Odd Couple

The Thin Man

His Girl friday

Master and Commander

Lord of the Rings trilogy

Unforgiven

Anchorman
Okay, your turn

 

[eddiegrob]

Over the years covers a lot of ground for a man my age. In no particular order of preference or chronology:
Touch of Evil (1957)

No Country For Old Men

Miller's Crossing

Double Indemnity (1944)

The Big Lebowski

Scarface (1983 version - guilty pleasure)

The Wages of Fear (original version)

Citizen Kane

The Third Man (1948)

Pulp Fiction

The Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Night and the City (1950)

Touche Pas Le Grisbi (1954)

White Heat (1949)

Casablanca

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

 

[rbergum95]

The Day the Earth Stood Still - 1951

In Harm's Way - 1965

Letters from Iwo Jima

Gettysburg

Gods and Generals

 

[duncan]

The Quiet Man

Brave Heart

Blazing Saddles

Down Periscope (most true to life Submarine movie, I have meet many people like this in my 14 yrs in the Submarine Force)

LOTR Trilogy

Hobbit (old cartoon version)

Fight Club

 

[fred]

The Quiet Man - lots of Pipe smoking & great cast.

Pulp Fiction

The Third Man

Dune

Blazing Saddles

The Stranger

Dark Night

Brother Where Art Thou?

Payback

Casablanca

China Town

The Two Jakes

 

[duncan]

Did you ever notice in the Quiet Man the only cast member to smoke the same pipe twice was Mickolean O'Flynn

 

[lordnoble]

#1 all time favorite movie: Apocalypse Now (the original, not the redux version!)
-Jason

 

[caliguy]

Really good choices guys. I love "The Quiet Man". Heres a couple more:
Kelly's Heroes "All those negative waves man"

Silverado

Spinal Tap

Animal House

Saving Private Ryan

LA Confidential

 

[chuckw]

"Fill your hand you........"

The Quiet Man

The Outlaw Josey Wales

Silverado

Casablanca

The Treasure of Sierra Madre

The Boston Blackie movies from the 1940's

 

[rybo]

Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Scarface

Brick

Identity

The Patriot

No Country For Old Men

Band of Brothers

Fight Club

Star Wars (4,5,6)

 

[menckenite]

Ipcress File

Red

Alien

Three Days of the Condor

Ronin

Blade Runner

The Day of the Jackal (original 1973)

The Year of Living Dangerously

A Face in the Crowd

The Last Waltz

LOTR Trilogy

The Outlaw Josey Wales

Enter the Dragon

 

[caliguy]

menckenite> I thought I was the only person in the world who'd heard of "Ronin", let alone seen it. I watched it many time and never seem to get tired of it.

 

[smokingtoport]

The Quiet Man

Dr.Strangelove

All Quiet On The Western Front[Lew Ayres]

The Producers

The Lavender Hill Mob

Lawrence Of Arabia

Paths Of Glory

Tunes Of Glory

North By North West

Patton

Mr.Roberts

The Horses Mouth

The 39 Steps

Anything with Cary/SirAlec/Basil/The Duke or Grace Kelly/Jean Arthur/Bettie Davis or Maureen O'Hara

 

[menckenite]

caliguy, I feel the same way about that movie, never get tired of it. However, I do enjoy the first half better than the second.

 

[pens87]

In random order
Gettysburg

Gods and Generals

Band of Brothers

Star Wars 4-6 (the originals, not the horrid special editions)

Presumed Innocent

LOTR Trilogy

Caddyshack

Animal House

Wrath of Khan

Field of Dreams

Major League

 

[caliguy]

menckenite, I agree. the first half of Ronin is the better than the second. Don't let that discourage anyone, it's worth watching.
smokingtoport, you mentioned a couple of real winners i haven't seen in ages, The Lavender Hill Mob and the original Producers.
I've seen many others that should be in every guys collection of films (a couple I'm going to add to my own) but there are more. Come on, let's hear about 'em!

 

[smokingtoport]

I agree on Kelly's Heroes ---very underrated IMHO

Gettysburg ,of course,a great film

Oh,and anything with Edward Fox, excellent character actor,a real treat to watch.

 

[hobie1dog]

Just watched the Bill Mayer movie: Religilous...I really liked it. It wasn't hilarious as the movie reviewer quote stated, but that's normal for most advertising.

 

[sockmonkey]

I liked it too. Particularly the "vacuuming the mosque" bit.

 

[lukester]

Hell is for Heroes

War of the worlds (original)

This Island Earth

Once upon a time in the west

Avalon

The chronicles of Riddick