[bestworkothlo]

Maybe I'm just prejudiced, but I tend to value the thoughts and opinions of GIM/GSUSers over those of other random people.

So, what movies do you all consider to be the best movies ever made (and/or, your favorites)?

[drugstore]

Hard Times (1984) Charles Bronson, Strother Martin, James Coburn

[daguy]

If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits eighty-eight miles per hour... you're gonna see some serious shit.

[Guaranano]

2001 Space Odyssey

The Network

1984

Animal Farm

The Matrix

American Beauty

The Apollo 11 missions





Just a few....

[glamourcitys]

The Shining

Four Rooms

The Princess Bride

Really not a fair question but there you go...

Most recently:
The Fountain

The Science of Sleep

[igs00r]

I posted this on GIM, here's the resurrected "Zombie Version" of my Top-10 movie list:

...the only criterion is that the movies you pick have to have meaning to YOU... and have left a lasting impact on your world view or the way you view films. If you'd like, please also give a brief (or long, if you'd like!) explanation as to why you chose the movies you did. Here is my Top-10 movie list:

* The Lives of Others (Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck)
* Blade Runner (Director: Ridley Scott)
* The Princess and the Warrior (Director: Tom Tykwer)
* Queen Margot (Director: Patrice Chéreau)
* HEAT (Director: Michael Mann)
* Fallen Angels (Director: Kar Wai Wong)
* Barry Lyndon (Director: Stanley Kubrick)
* The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Director: Philip Kaufman)
* Layer Cake (Director: Matthew Vaughn)
* Das Boot (Director: Wolfgang Petersen)
* Ran (Director: Akira Kurosawa)

OK... I know. I couldn't keep it at 10 or less!!! It was impossible... but I did manage to prune it down to 11, so not doing too bad here!

Here are the reasons I chose each film... hope this doesn't turn into a novel!

The Lives of Others: The human condition meets the East German secret police. Hilarity ensues. Actually, not much hilarity - just a down and dirty peeling open of the human condition, including examinations of things such as love, betrayal, state vs. individual, censorship, and compassion. This movie impressed me so much that I started another entire thread on GIM... and everyone who has taken my recommendation to watch this film so far has come back to me and thanked me for recommending it. This is a film that MUST be seen to be believed - it's german with English subtitles, but WELL worth watching.

Barry Lyndon: Not much of a film with respect to plot, it's basically a simple story of a man who is struggling to increase his social status and position in 19th century Europe. However, visually this film is SOMETHING AWESOME. This is the first film I ever saw that made me realize that cinema could be a legitimate ART FORM, every frame of this film is like a beautifully painted canvas. Stunning.

Blade Runner: If I thought Barry Lyndon took filmmaking to an art, I hadn't seen ANYTHING yet. Blade Runner completely blew me away... in every way that I COULD be blown away. This is still, to this day, the most incredibly visually stunning and mind blowing film I've ever seen. As an added bonus, unlike Barry Lyndon, Blade Runner has a complex plot and underlying message that is well worth unraveling as you watch the cold gritty beauty/ugliness of its futuristic panorama. How human is human? What does it mean to be human? What is the nature of memory? What are the moral questions involved with genetic engineering? What does it mean to be a slave? These are just some of the philosophical topics touched upon by my favorite film I've seen so far.

Fallen Angels: Pure eye candy. Wong Kar Wai (Director of Fallen Angels) is undoubtably the Asian equivalent of Ridley Scott (Director of Blade Runner), and in some ways actually surpasses Ridley's visual artistry. This film is the story of an assassin and his female partner who are doing "business" in China. In Chinese with English subtitles - but dialog is fairly minimal during most of the film, so it's not a hard film to watch if you don't like reading subtitles.

Layer Cake: A drug crime film set in Holland and England. Not really that great of a plot, acting showcase, or story - but something else. This film has STYLE - to spare. The "feel" of this movie is very odd... almost like a fast paced crime novel comic book come to life, but with subdued grace instead of outright flash and "in your face".

HEAT: A crime film set in Los Angeles. Visually compelling, and the story is excellent. It also contains one of the best heists, and possibly the greatest cops/robbers shootout scenes in cinematic history.

Queen Margot: A little known french film about a decent-hearted woman who's destined for the throne, in a cruel-hearted world that all TOO real. This film, above every other film I've ever seen, shows you OUTRIGHT the evils of hereditary monarchy, and the religious social order it thrives in. Catholics massacreing Protestants, and vice-versa. Now THAT's entertainment!

The Unbearable Lightness of Being: The story of a group of people behind (and in front of) the iron curtain during the cold war. Almost unbearably heartbreaking - an excellent account of how communism crushes the life and hope out of people.

Ran: Japan's greatest film maker does his interpretation of Shakespear's King Lear. Tragic doesn't even BEGIN to describe this film... it's tragic to the 56th power! Sweeping, epic, glorious, and just plain amazing. See it! Japanese with English Subtitles.

Das Boot: Quite simply the greatest war movie ever filmed, in my opinion. The story of WWII german submarines and the men who lived and died in them... from the German perspective. German, with English subtitles.

The Princess and the Warrior: One of those rare movies that actually gives you and uplifting, and positive outlook on humanity instead of the typical cynicism or syrupy schmarmy Hollywood "feel good" crap. German with English subtitles.

[MilenaMKB]

Some of my favorite movies:

Gone in 60 Seconds (Nicolas Cage)

X-Men

Weapon X (Wolverine)

Spider-Man

Transformers

Stroker Ace

[antilt]

Legends of the fall

they live

[WournGona]

of those mentioned so far...
American Beauty... Lester Burnham
The Princess Bride... Inigo Montoya

[Edisesyethisp]

Cool Hand Luke
The Dirty Dozen
Any western with Clint Eastwood
2001 Space Odyssey
Fahrenheit 451
Soylent Green
Full Metal Jacket
North By Northwest
Anything with Bogart
The Great Escape
And Last but not least...Fast Times at Ridgemont High

[7kitthuptarill]

AIRPLANE

OWNS ALL MOVIES

[Wxrxnhar]

AIRPLANE

OWNS ALL MOVIES

Shirley you're not serious!

[Herimoisige]

Cool hand Luke

Mr. Smith goes to Washington - would have been a lot better without all the Lincoln worship, but still a good movie.

Rio Bravo

It's a Wonderful Life

[atmowasia]

The Matrix
Shawshank Redemption
Gran Torino
Dark Knight
The Abyss
Kingpin
Super-high-me w/Doug Benson
Three Amigos
Gigli

[Cvo1iRT0]

The Sound of Music

I suppose you like Schindler's List, as well?

[masaredera]

nobody mentioned Mission Impossible 1, 2, or 3 ?

[daguy]

Originally Posted by I am me, I am free The Sound of Music

I suppose you like Schindler's List, as well?

what's wrong with the sound of music? i wasn't aware there was any conspiratorial jew master plan in a movie about some austrians running away from being conscripted in to the navy. maybe you didn't like the catholic nun angle?

[cucceevevaind]

Vertigo
Rear Window
Wizard of Oz ( I like it even more now that I know it's about GOLD!)
2001 a Space Oddessey
The Gods Must be Crazy
Blade Runner
The Matrix
Lord of the Rings

Edit: Agree Gaillo, Das Boot is probably the best war movie ever. I'll never set foot in a submarine.

[Guaranano]

Looks like i need to see 'They Live'....Thanks guys!

[CathBraunn]

Shooter (Awesome Movie!)
The Matrix
Blackhawk Down
Red Dawn!!!