Your Two Favorite "Best" Movies of All Time, plus a few "Maybes"

[Mike 03]

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Casino
Maybe. the restored version of Lawrence of Arabia
Maybe. Hitchock's Rear Window
Maybe. Barry Lyndon

And, yeah, I have seen Citizen Kane and many of the cliche'd "Best Movies ever."

I am looking forward to see what motion pictures you select.

[yankeepants]

1. To kill a mocking bird

Blue

Weekend at Bernie's

[applegrove]

9. I love TKAMB. One of my all time favourites.

[LisaM]

2. "Henry and June"

what a movie.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. The Shawshank Redemption, my number 1!

Young Frankenstein...

Dr. Strangelove

:hi:

[yankeepants]

5. Yes, Yes, Yes on the Redemption

[Happyhippychick]

4. 1) Fargo 2) Godfather I and II

[begin_within]

6. 1. Tôkyô monogatari. 2. Au Hasard Balthazar.

3. Ladri di biciclette
4. Psycho (1960)
5. Soy Cuba
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey
7. Mary Poppins
8. Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
9. El Norte
10. Five Easy Pieces

[Kat45]

7. Goodfellas. Godfather I & II (had to keep those two together)

[Bertha Venation]

8. Best: The Silence of the Lambs and Tootsie

favorite: Shirley Valentine

maybes: Amadeus, The Accused, Witness

[azmouse]

10. Jaws and The Odd Couple

Maybe: Gosford Park

[WinkyDink]

33. "Now, it's GARBAGE!"

[Dr Morbius]

11. Only two?

I'm planning to cheat. I'm calling The Godfather I and II one movie, and naming that #1 overall. #2, Casablanca.

Maybe: The Wizard of Oz. Not recognized often enough for the brilliant movie it is.
Maybe: Lawrence of Arabia. Still riveting visuals, even after almost 50 years.
Maybe: Apocalypse Now. The Redux version is my choice for best war movie ever.

My favorite movie is Forbidden Planet.

[Va Lefty]

12. "The Philadephia Story"

"Goodfellas"
"The Outlaw Josey Wales"

[sarge43]

13. Lawrence of Arabia, Godfather I&II

Romantic: Casablanca

Biblical Epic: Ben Hur

SciFi: The Day the Earth Stood Still (original, of course)

Film Noir: Murder My Sweet

Neo Film Noir: Chinatown

Historial: The Duelists

War: The Big Red One

Animated Short: One Froggy Evening

Animated Feature: The Incredibles

[Skittles]

14. ok

1) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2) Children of Men

[carlyhippy]

15. 1 The Doors 2. The Godfather

popular, but I like them...my mind changes constantly, so #1 and #2 will more than likely be soemthing else tomorrow.

[gratuitous]

16. Chinatown for sure

The Third Man

Maybe: The Thin Man
Maybe: The Big Sleep (either 1945 or 1946 version)
Maybe: The Lord of the Rings

[murielm99]

17. Ah!

The Third Man does not get mentioned enough.

[Lionel Mandrake]

36. Chinatown is a great movie.

Much of the story is told by the camera.

[slay]

18. Dr. Strangelove and The Big Lebowski

People actually stood and cheered at the end of Dr. Strangelove when played on our college campus. Between him and the dude, I got it covered. :evilgrin: Ah throw in Apocalypse Now as my 3rd - not even a maybe, that one's in there! :)

[Lionel Mandrake]

37. IMO Dr. Strangelove is the greatest movie of all time.

Kubrick preferred 2001. I think he was mistaken, although 2001 is also a great movie.

[JCMach1]

19. Loved Barry Lyndon...

Some others on my top list...

Psycho
A Clockwork Orange
House of Flying Daggers
Godfather Part 1
The Shining
Silence of the Lambs
Brokeback Mountain

[MiddleFingerMom]

20. So many, but...

.
1. Some Like It Hot
.
2. Mediterraneo
.

[CBR]

21. Mine...

1. A Few Good Men
2. A League of Their Own

Others: Legends of the Fall, How To Make An American Quilt, Star Wars Trilogy (original)

[Ineeda]

22. oldies I watch over and over

Bringing up Baby and To Kill a Mockingbird

[GirlAfire]

23. Just Two?!?

1. Das Leben der Anderen (or The Lives of Others)
2. Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (or The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)

Maybe - Das Baader Meinhof Komplex (or The Baader-Meinhof Complex)
Maybe - In the Name of the Father
Maybe - Gegen die Wand (or Head-On)

This thread demands that which is impossible! How about twenty instead? :P

[MiddleFingerMom]

24. I was stationed in Germany...

.
...when the Baader-Meinhof gang was very alive and active. Sworn to
kill American GI's and very motivated to get weapons and explosives.
.
We were assigned to guard a conventional ammo dump -- not considered
a big target (although enough conventional munitions to have interested
the gang, for sure).
.
One front gate guard. One guard roaming the fence perimeter -- this
place's interior was fairly heavily wooded -- and the complex of ammo
bunkers (grassy mounds accessed via a one-lane paved "roadway"). Each
guard with an M-16 and only THREE (count 'em, 3) rounds.
.
My friend Howard, two-tour Vietnam Medevac medic (had gotten out and
eventually came back in as a PFC), highest-decorated man on post, and
the most NERVOUS man I have ever known, is walking the perimeter on one
of those proverbial dark and windy nights, when he gets a STRONG sense
that "something" is wrong. Takes the safety off his weapon, hears a sharp
"CRACK" behind him, whirls and BR-A-A-A-P go all 3 of his rounds
at once (he didn't realize he had it on full auto).
.
He watched the little bunny rabbit hop off, thankfully unharmed.
.
No reprimand or punishment, save for the never-ending (and ever-amusing)
commentary from me... and all his other commentary-rich friends.
.

[GirlAfire]

28. That's a Funny Story, something...

...about which Howard can be teased for years to come :P ...and I'm glad to hear the bunny escaped unscathed!

Did you happen to see the film about the group? If so, what did you think?

[MiddleFingerMom]

35. I haven't seen it...

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...but I remember when they all committed suicide in jail as
a final flipoff of the system they were fighting against and
I remember feeling a definite sense of respect and admiration
for their commitment and sense of honor (if not for their
ideals).
.

[jobycom]

25. Amadeus and Bladerunner (The original or the final cut).

Some maybes: Unforgiven, The Princess Bride, Shakespeare in Love, The Big Lebowski, Casablanca, Spirited Away, and Ratatoullie (or anything by Pixar, except A Bug's Life).

As soon as a I click I'll think "Ooo, I forgot...!"

[graywarrior]

26. 1. Immortal Beloved

2. Immortal Beloved
My second #2. The Big Lebowski
Maybe/probably: Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves only because of you-know-who

I can't think of anything else

[Tommy_Carcetti]

30. Didn't figure you for a Kevin Costner fan.

But liked him in Field of Dreams, 13 Days, Bull Durham and of course, Waterworld. Dances with Wolves, too.

[graywarrior]

34. It certainly was not Kevin Costner. It was Alan Rickman,

Costner sucked in that movie.

[muffin1]

41. I'm pretty sure Alan Rickman is a god.

:D

[graywarrior]

43. He's my God, that's for damn sure

[Tommy_Carcetti]

27. Based on IMDB's Top 250:

http://www.imdb.com/chart/top

My Top 2:
1. Fargo (#117)
2. The Big Lebowski (#138)

Maybes:
The Shawshank Redemption (#1)
Pulp Fiction (#5)
Fight Club (#16)
Forrest Gump (#36)
Groundhog Day (#160)
Shaun of the Dead (#239)
The Truman Show (#241)

There are several other movies on there that I enjoyed, although I wouldn't necessarily call them my "favorites".

[bikebloke]

29. Did they ever clean up Barry Lyndon for DVD?

I saw it when it first came out. Years later, I tried watching it again on VHS. Too grainy. I had to stop watching it.

[goldcanyonaz]

31. Jane Eyre (original) and Sunset Boulevard.

[WinkyDink]

32. 1. Godfather I; 2. The French Connection. Maybes: Hoosiers; Jaws; The Heiress.

[MadBadger]

38. Shawshank Redemption and Goodfellas

[Richard Steele]

39. Monty Python & the Holy Grail, Serenity,Watchmen, & Unforgiven.

The Road Warrior, the Outlaw Josey Wales...

The "maybe list": The Dark Knight, Rififi, and
Bubba-Ho-Tep.

Sadly, they cut the "Dark Knight" scene
where Heath Ledger's "Joker" DARED Citizen Kane
to suck a candy bar out of his ass.

Rosebud.

[slay]

47. I loved all those too

not my tops - but very close. Watchmen, Serenity, and Sin City are my holy grail of comic/sci-fi cult movies (go browncoats). Good stuff. :thumbsup:

[muffin1]

40. Mine change frequently... today I choose...

1. All About Eve
2. Rebecca

Maybes...

1. The Sound Of Music
2. Abigail's Party (Mike Leigh directed - brilliant, hilarious)
3. Jean de Florette
4. The Orphanage (Juan Antonio Bayona)

[crim son]

42. Amadeus, Barry Lyndon

maybe Out of Africa, The Mission, any of the Austen books made into a movie...

[wickerwoman]

44. 1.) Harold and Maude 2.) The Lion in Winter

Maybes:

Drama/Fantasy/Sci-Fi:
The Great Escape
Night of the Hunter
Lord of the Rings
The Princess Bride
The Piano
The Hours

Comedy:
Amelie
Emma
The Castle
The Royal Tennenbaums
The Wrong Box

[MilesColtrane]

45. "The Third Man"

"Annie Hall"

I'll think about the maybees.

[yellowdogintexas]

46. Victor, Victoria; The Sting; Godfathers I/II nt