Your 3 Favorite Movies

[Togakure]

I won't even try to pick just three overall favorites--I don't need a headache right now. Instead, I've listed genres, and three favorites from each that come to mind off the top of my head (and as it turns out, a few honorable mentions as well):

Historical Fiction
Seven Samurai
Dances with Wolves
Gladiator
* Honorable Mention: Clavell's Shogun Mini-series *
* Honorable Mention: Kagemusha
* Honorable Mention: Akira Kurosawa's RAN
* Honorable Mention: The Mists of Avalon

Sci Fi
Bladerunner (Director's Cut)
Aliens
John Carpenter's "The Thing"

Action
La Femme Nikita (original French version)
Black Rain
Heat

Drama
Ordinary People
Shine
Betty Blue
*Honorable Mention: Joy Luck Club

Sexy Drama
9 1/2 Weeks
Body Heat
Damage

Fantasy
Lord of the Rings trilogy (extended editions)
Legend (Director's Cut, Jerry Goldsmith soundtrack)
Merlin (Sam Neill, Isabella Rossellini, Miranda Richardson, Martin Short, et. al)

Comedy
All the Monty Python movies
A Fish Called Wanda
Boondock Saints
* Honorable Mention: Deuce Bigalow


Just Plain Weird
The Pillow Book
Sid and Nancy
The Razor (TV serial from Japan)
* Honorable (lol) mention: Caligula (unrated version)
* Honorable Mention: Pink Floyd's "The Wall"
* Honorable Mention: Led Zeppelin's "The Song Remains the Same"

[Byzantine Prince]

1. Ghost in the Shell
2. Boogie Nights
3. Se7en

[mercian billman]

Here's my list in no particular order,

Jarhead
The Rock
Platoon
Blackhawk Down
Kingdom of Heaven
Gladiator
Fight Club
Under Seige I
Judge Dredd
Demolition Man
Equilibrium
Missing in Action I
Rocky I, II, III, and IV
All the James Bond films
Khartoum

and finally Notting Hill, which is extremely out of place in this list, but is listed only because I've always believed I would meet the perfect woman in a bookstore.

[LeftEyeNine]

and finally Notting Hill, which is extremely out of place in this list, but is listed only because I've always believed I would meet the perfect woman in a bookstore.

Do you have self-righteous reasons for that or are you a bookshop keeper ?

[mercian billman]

Do you have self-righteous reasons for that or are you a bookshop keeper ?

I'm not a bookshop keeper, but I'm considering become a librarian when I leave the Marine Corps (which will happen in 4 1/2 years.) There's just something romantic about meeting a woman in a bookstore, it's no surprise one of my teachers told me I'd probably end up marrying an English teacher.

[LeftEyeNine]

I'm not a bookshop keeper, but I'm considering become a librarian when I leave the Marine Corps (which will happen in 4 1/2 years.) There's just something romantic about meeting a woman in a bookstore, it's no surprise one of my teachers told me I'd probably end up marrying an English teacher.

If only movies could turn true..

Best wishes on your job and future

[yesdachi]

There are movies that have been mentioned that I have totally forgot about but cant resist watching!

I will add the 13th warrior to my list, it is kind of lame but I cant help myself, its just great.

[Lemur]

A lot of good films listed here, along with some really debatable ones. Black Rain? Demolition Man? Ladyhawke? Uh, well, I guess it's a personal thing. Some of my faves:

Samurai Flicks
Seven Samurai
Yojimbo
Ran
Taboo (Gohatto)
Sword of Doom (Dai-bosatsu tôge)

Sci-Fi Flicks
The Thing (Carpenter version)
Blade Runner
Mad Max 1 and especially 2
Alien & Aliens

Period Flicks with Lace and Cufflinks
White Mischief
Pride & Prejudice (BBC version)
Emma (BBC version)
Howard's End

War Flicks
Dr. Strangelove
Lawrence of Arabia
Das Boot
Apocalypse Now
Patton

Comedies
Dr. Strangelove
Duck Soup
Sullivan's Travels
His Girl Friday
Shaun of the Dead

Horror/Thriller
Shaun of the Dead
Dawn of the Dead (original)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers ('56 version)
Evil Dead 2

Noir Flicks
The Third Man
Double Indemnity
The Night of the Hunter
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It goes without saying that all of these lists are incomplete, and I could keep going ... but I'll spare you. I like way too many kinds of films.

[Kekvit Irae]

Aliens
Braveheart
Jurassic Park

[Togakure]

... Black Rain? ... I guess it's a personal thing. ...

Yep indeed, Black Rain is a personal thing. The thread said "favorites" not "best" for once, for which I'm glad. A lot of the movies I listed aren't great movies--I just really like them for one reason or another.

[Redleg]

A lot of good films listed here, along with some really debatable ones. Black Rain? Demolition Man? Ladyhawke? Uh, well, I guess it's a personal thing. Some of my faves:

I also like the movie Willow.

But how about this one for you - Monty Pyton and the Holy Grail - it is also one of my favorite movies.

The troll bridge is just to damn much - along with the Killer Rabbit scene. But the biggest crackup for me is "bring out your dead"

Now if you ask my son what is his favorit movie - it would be this movie.

[Clearchus]

Three is tough. Just for kicks, my top three:

1. Blackhawk Down
2. Patton
3. LOTR Trilogy

After those three...

Star Wars (old)
Blazing Saddles
Airplane
The Man Who Would be King
The Odd Couple
Gladiator
Ben-Hur
Office Space
The Scarlet and the Black

Maybe I'll think of more later...

[mercian billman]

If only movies could turn true..

Come on is it really that unreasonable? I'm hoping to find Julia Roberts, just some hot chick in a bookstore.

[LeftEyeNine]

Come on is it really that unreasonable? I'm hoping to find Julia Roberts, just some hot chick in a bookstore.

And I'm hoping that the Asian girl in front of me would turn out to be Lucy Liu where I'm a bodyguard, and she'll knock me off in seconds. And when she's leaving I'll semi-consciously notice that she dropped one of the earrings. I'll shout at her "Hey, Is this yours?" with a bleeding mouth, and Lucy -understanding that I'm not only a great stuntman but also a great candidate for a husband- will turn back and heal my wounds.

[master of the puppets]

the nightmare before christmas (this is the best movie EVERas any person would know)
gladiator
hmmm, assorted war movies

[Redleg]

From the top

Bladerunner
Excaliber
Cross of Iron

Honorable Mention

Lady Hawke

[kiwitt]

Gigli, Vanilla Sky, Battlefield Earth.



Actually.

1) Star Wars - Episode IV
2) LOTR Trilogy
3) Matrix - The first film only.

BTW: Other film series of note

James Bond
Clint Eastwood (Westerns and Cops)
Star Trek

[Reverend Joe]

Gigli, Vanilla Sky, Battlefield Earth.



Actually.

1) Star Wars - Episode IV
2) LOTR Trilogy
3) Matrix - The first film only.

BTW: Other film series of note

James Bond
Clint Eastwood (Westerns and Cops)
Star Trek

Hey, man, Vanilla Sky is good!

...But only when you're on Mescalin.

[Redleg]

Actually I forgot one of my favorites - and it happen to be showing on the late night movie when I got home from work the other day.

Farewell to the King - with Nick Nolte.

[Kanamori]

1. Yojimbo
2. Bladerunner
3. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Honorable mentions are: Ben-Hur, Pulp Fiction, Fight Club, and Citizen Kane w/ number one funniest while high as The Island, we had the rest of the audience laughing w/ us by the end.

[Kanamori]

When I saw some of this movie, I remeber the dialoge being way out of sync with the mouth movement. I can't say I can like a movie much like that.

I like the shots in it more than any other movie, and I love Leone's story-telling thorugh the whole trilogy.