Your Top Five Favorite Movies Of All Time
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Every time I read someone's list I think, "Oh yeah, I should have put that on my list too!"
I tend to like war movies because they show ordinary people rising to meet extraordinary situations. Also, I'm just interested in history, particularly combat aviation.
I tend to like war movies because they show ordinary people rising to meet extraordinary situations. Also, I'm just interested in history, particularly combat aviation.
I really like a lot of movies.....my favorite genre would be sci-fi/fantasy that have a thinking message. I also like war/historical pictures. Marvel's Avengers, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, X-Men, Spiderman as well as DC's Batman, Man of Steel are all favs. Clint's Dirty Harry series also - but none would make my top five.
Well here goes:
1) The Matrix
2) It's a Wonderful Life
3) The Day the Earth Stood Still (Both Versions)
4) Patton
5) War of the Worlds (Original & 1995)
Well here goes:
1) The Matrix
2) It's a Wonderful Life
3) The Day the Earth Stood Still (Both Versions)
4) Patton
5) War of the Worlds (Original & 1995)
The Godfather (and the parts concerning Vito's youth in Part 2)
The Sting
Lonesome Dove
LOTR
The Quiet Man (see also The Searchers, Big Jake, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance)
Also runner up votes for the Lion in Winter ( " My God, if I went up in flames there's not a living soul who'd pee on me to put the fire out!" "Let's strike a flint and see"), Dr. Zhivago, Zulu, LA Confidential, Legends of the fall.......really just five?!?!? Seriously
The Sting
Lonesome Dove
LOTR
The Quiet Man (see also The Searchers, Big Jake, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance)
Also runner up votes for the Lion in Winter ( " My God, if I went up in flames there's not a living soul who'd pee on me to put the fire out!" "Let's strike a flint and see"), Dr. Zhivago, Zulu, LA Confidential, Legends of the fall.......really just five?!?!? Seriously
These are my favorites, don't know about great . #1 Sargent York #2 Shane. #3 Giant. #4 Quiet Man# 5, my Favorite is The Best Years Of Our Lives. Guess you can tell a man by his movies. Sorry just had to put Lonesome Dove in. Some of my friends in La showed him how to ride a horse when he did The Apostle here.
I can't argue with any of your choices, Bradley. The Best Years Of Our Lives chokes me up every time that I watch it. Gary Cooper did some of his best work in Sargent York.
This list is impossible... I guess I'll just list the movies that I for some reason watch every time I see them on TV even though I've seen them all at least 20 times:
The Shawshank Redemption
The Green Mile
Tombstone
The Godfather Part 2
The Patriot
If I could do a top 5 Westerns, Dramas, Comedies etc. I might have better luck. I'm not even sure that these are my all time favorites; I just knowv that I have seen them the most.
The Shawshank Redemption
The Green Mile
Tombstone
The Godfather Part 2
The Patriot
If I could do a top 5 Westerns, Dramas, Comedies etc. I might have better luck. I'm not even sure that these are my all time favorites; I just knowv that I have seen them the most.
Hmm. Maybe:
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Python and the Holy Grail
The Great Escape
Die Hard 1
Star Wars 1-3
I do like Kelly's Heroes, Airplane 1 and Band of Brothers, TV though it may be. Oh, and the Sean Connery James Bonds. Terminator 2 was a total surprise for not sucking.
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Python and the Holy Grail
The Great Escape
Die Hard 1
Star Wars 1-3
I do like Kelly's Heroes, Airplane 1 and Band of Brothers, TV though it may be. Oh, and the Sean Connery James Bonds. Terminator 2 was a total surprise for not sucking.
FIVE That's like having a million favorite pipes and saying pick 5. Are you crazzzzy. :P
And every bodies list BTW is great. Hopefully I am adding five I didn't see posted yet.
"The soloist" for a recent movie. Liked it a lot.
"The Postman" is one I didn't see posted yet, but might have scrolled past.
"Dances with Wolves" needs to be included.
"Any Which Way but Loose and Can" Right Turn Clide
"Midway" The response to pearl harbor.
And every bodies list BTW is great. Hopefully I am adding five I didn't see posted yet.
"The soloist" for a recent movie. Liked it a lot.
"The Postman" is one I didn't see posted yet, but might have scrolled past.
"Dances with Wolves" needs to be included.
"Any Which Way but Loose and Can" Right Turn Clide
"Midway" The response to pearl harbor.
terminator 2, predator, casino, pulp fiction. can't think of a fifth that sticks out in my mind that I would put in my top five. I love too many movies
Okay I have not read through everyone's response, I didn't want to be influenced at all. 
In no particular order.
- Akira.
- Lost in Translation.
- There Will Be Blood.
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.
- Water Walker.
In no particular order.
- Akira.
- Lost in Translation.
- There Will Be Blood.
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.
- Water Walker.
Time Bandits - Its a good one of Wally.
Caddy Shack - What is this, buy a hat get a free bowl of soup?
The Outlaw Josey Wales - Dying ain't much of a living, boy. Or is that Pale Rider?
Willy Wonka - We are the music makers, we are the dreamers of dreams.
I was 10 when Star Wars came out, so enough said.
Honorable mention to Inglourious Basterds (Quentin)
Caddy Shack - What is this, buy a hat get a free bowl of soup?
The Outlaw Josey Wales - Dying ain't much of a living, boy. Or is that Pale Rider?
Willy Wonka - We are the music makers, we are the dreamers of dreams.
I was 10 when Star Wars came out, so enough said.
Honorable mention to Inglourious Basterds (Quentin)
Five of my favorites would include:
Vertigo (damn near perfect)
Reservoir Dogs (the soundtrack alone makes it a classic)
The Empire Strikes Back ties with Raiders of the Lost Ark (both for the sentimental reason that they were pure magic to a kid)
Jaws (the perfect summer blockbuster?)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (barely a good movie, but it makes me howl - still)
All five could have been Hitchcock, but that's no fun.
Vertigo (damn near perfect)
Reservoir Dogs (the soundtrack alone makes it a classic)
The Empire Strikes Back ties with Raiders of the Lost Ark (both for the sentimental reason that they were pure magic to a kid)
Jaws (the perfect summer blockbuster?)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (barely a good movie, but it makes me howl - still)
All five could have been Hitchcock, but that's no fun.
Wow. It is very difficult to winnow it down to just 5. Here's an attempt...
1. Lawrence of Arabia
2. Blade Runner
3. Apocalypse Now
4. The Godfather
5. Raging Bull
The almost made it to the list list (I couldn't help myself)...
Munich
The Shawshank Redemption
Snow Falling on Cedar (for the shear beauty of the cinematography)
Unforgiven
The Deer Hunter
2001: A Space Oddity
A Touch of Evil
The Conformist (again for cinematography)
The Wages of Fear
Night of the Hunter
In Cold Blood
The Seven Samurai
A Prophet
The Thing (John Carpenter's remake)
Alien
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
City of God
Knife in the Water
Dersu Uzala
1. Lawrence of Arabia
2. Blade Runner
3. Apocalypse Now
4. The Godfather
5. Raging Bull
The almost made it to the list list (I couldn't help myself)...
Munich
The Shawshank Redemption
Snow Falling on Cedar (for the shear beauty of the cinematography)
Unforgiven
The Deer Hunter
2001: A Space Oddity
A Touch of Evil
The Conformist (again for cinematography)
The Wages of Fear
Night of the Hunter
In Cold Blood
The Seven Samurai
A Prophet
The Thing (John Carpenter's remake)
Alien
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
City of God
Knife in the Water
Dersu Uzala
Terrific choices so far. Some films, like Lonesome Dove, The Seven Samurai, and Best Years Of Our Lives, get mentioned by a number of responders.
What is interesting to me is the absence of some films that are considered legendary. One that comes to mind is Gone With The Wind. It's not on anyone's list.
What is interesting to me is the absence of some films that are considered legendary. One that comes to mind is Gone With The Wind. It's not on anyone's list.
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