Your Top Five Films

[Texasmame]

Jaws is hands down my favorite, the next four kinda bop around between 2 and 5 depending upon my mood. . .

Running Scared (not the recent one)
Alien
Halloween
The Terminator

Honorable mention:  Blair Witch Project

[Chris G]

I love so many movies, this is a tough one...

In no particular order, I'll go with:

Pulp Fiction
Jerry Maguire
Star Wars
Goodwill Hunting
Tin Cup

Never get old:  Tommy Boy, Office Space

[USSEnterprise]

2001: A Space Odyssey
The Andromeda Strain
Star Trek II
Star Trek VI
Young Frankenstein

[JONTHEBOMB]

1. Braveheart

2. Gladiator

3. 300

4. Lord of the Rings Trilogy (yeah I'm cheating a bit, but I need them all together)

5. Night of the Living Dead (the black and white one, even though the remake isn't bad)

[somunny]

The Empire Strikes Back
Pulp Fiction
Swingers
Vertigo
Seven Samurai

[Loki]

My top, without a doubt on number one:

1 Hotaru no Haka (Grave of the fireflies)
2 Shichinin no samurai (Seven samurai)
3 Yojimbo
4 Zatôichi (2003) I've also seen all the old ones.. they also rock
5 Braindead It's a horrible movie but it was the most funny one I've seen.. or it was the stuff I put in my tobacco before watching 

[owenowen]

carlitos way
bully
man on fire
taxidriver
crank
brick

6 do?

[shardian]

I made this list a while back. It is my favorite repeat watch movies. I can watch any of these over and over and still be entertained.
LIST OF BEST REPEAT WATCH MOVIES:
10. Total Recall - I can't believe my parents let me go see this one.
9. Ace Ventura - I was a big Jim Carrey fan in the 90's.
8. Saving Silverman - Just gets funnier every time.
7. Labyrinth - Some of the best and most creative physical effects of any movie. The making of video is just as entertaining as the movie.
6. The Incredibles - My favorite Pixar movie. I had to include one of them on this list.
5. Pirates of the Carribean - Very well paced movie that keeps you engaged the whole time.
4. Office Space - Kept me sane while working for Government. My friends and wife just don't get it.
3. George Romero's Dawn of the Dead - EXACTLY what I would do in the event of zombie holocaust. I love all the dead movies, but this is by far my favorite. The remake wasn't too shabby either.
2. Fight Club - I get sucked in every time.
And this is definitly my favorite movie of all time...
1. Better Off Dead - The KING of 80's teen movies. I have watched this routinely since I was 9 years old.

[clanggedin]

1. The Goonies
2. Office Space
3. Predator
4. Aliens
5. Monkey Kung Fu (Dubbed)

[JeepMonkey]

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
BasketBall
Kingpin
Natural Born Killers
Clerks

[(+_+)]

1. Braveheart

2. Gladiator

3. 300

4. Lord of the Rings Trilogy (yeah I'm cheating a bit, but I need them all together)

5. Night of the Living Dead (the black and white one, even though the remake isn't bad)

I was with you totally until number 5.
For me 5 might have been
5. The Usual Suspects

or

Scarface.
("So, you got da money?" / "You got da stuff?" / "Sure I has da stuff, but I don't has it right here wits me now; I got it close by; No se pures" / "I don't have the money either, man. I have it close by, too." (Tony and Hector)

And then out comes the chain saw. Gotta love it.

[Hoopz]

Night Shift
The Warriors
Godfather
Once Upon a Time in America (long version)
Pulp Fiction

Honorable Mentions (Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Clerks, Office Space, Wedding Crashers, Caddyshack etc  )

[boykster]

Some good flicks mentioned here.  My top current 5, in no particular order

Blade Runner
Lost in Translation
Donnie Darko (either version)
Pulp Fiction
Little Miss Sunshine

[knuttz]

Its good to see George Romero's movies represented here.  My top 5 would be

5. Day of the Dead
4. Ghostbusters
3. Star Wars
2. Rocky
1. Dawn of the Dead (1978)

[MustardTent]

The favorites list changes fairly often, but for now:

1) The Shawshank Redemption
2) The Empire Strikes Back
3) Ice Age
4) Pulp Fiction
5) The Usual Suspects

[danny_galaga]

best way is to think of favourites, and THEN ill see what you guys have put down (",)

in no order:

seven samurai
the good, the bad, the ugly
raiders of the lost ark
clerks
memento

i tend not to have one particular favourite, as there have been so many good movies over the years. another five

citizen cain
mon oncle
hairdressers husband
brazil
alien

actually, i think id swap alien with memento if the first five were THE five...

[danny_galaga]

just looking at everyone elses choices, these are the ones i love as well:


The Terminator
Young Frankenstein
carlitos way
taxidriver
Total Recall
Fight Club
Better Off Dead
The Usual Suspects
Caddyshack
Blade Runner
Lost in Translation
Donnie Darko
Little Miss Sunshine
Ghostbusters
The Shawshank Redemption

im totally with you on total recall, shardian. also, better off dead is on special here at the moment so ill be picking that up as soon as i can find it. i went to buy it last weekend but i couldnt find it. i came home with a double instead- raising arizona and trapped in paradise, which ive never seen.

i forgot to mention the original star wars trilogy, before all the 'new hope' nonsense. but that almost goes without saying on this forum (",)

looks like seven samurai is a popular choice

[horseboy]

In no particular order after the first one.

Goodfellas
The Usual Suspects
Reservior Dogs
Ghostbusters
Evil Dead 2
Army of Darkness


Honorable mention

Dead Alive (Braindead)
Meet the Feebles (early Peter Jackson was teh way awesome, see above)
Ricky Oh- The Story of Ricky
UHF
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Blade Runner
Dawn of the Dead (old version)
Shawn of the Dead (I am a sucker for funny zombie movies)

I am sure I will think of about 25 more movies that I forgot in about 10 minutes...

[danny_galaga]

ah yes. meet the feebles (",) . thats one sick puppy. he also dis a film called 'bad taste' which i have yet to see. Vidiot on UHF is good too. i think im going to be referring back to this thread for dvd ideas for those rainy weekends...

[HaRuMaN]

1) Dune
2) The Usual Suspects
3) Office Space
4) Waiting
5) The Matrix

[boykster]

Heck I could easily put together a top 50 list and still not include all my faves.

 

[Texasmame]

Some good flicks mentioned here.  My top current 5, in no particular order

Blade Runner
Lost in Translation
Donnie Darko (either version)
Pulp Fiction
Little Miss Sunshine

Translation was pretty good.  STILL gotta check out Darko!

[MustardTent]

Darko is better if you have background info.  Make sure you visit the website after you watch the movie the first time -- then watch the movie again.  It gets better.

[shardian]

Darko is better if you have background info.  Make sure you visit the website after you watch the movie the first time -- then watch the movie again.  It gets better.

I didn't care for that movie. I wanted to like it, but just couldn't.

[boykster]

Darko is better if you have background info.  Make sure you visit the website after you watch the movie the first time -- then watch the movie again.  It gets better.

Yep, Darko deserves at least 2 viewings.  I really can't suggest whether you watch the original theatrical version of the directors cut.  I haven't seen the original version for quite a while, so I don't really remember what the differences are, and if they really make a big difference.  I seem to remember that the directors cut ADDS a bit of spoonfeeding of some of the ideas to the movie, unlike the directors cut of Blade Runner where they remove any spoon feeding.  I think I'm fond of the directors cut for the stupid fact that it debuted at the Seattle International Film Festival and that I was there for the first showing.

It's really a "interesting" movie about nihilism, existentialism, time travel, alternative universes, and gigantic bunnies!  

[MustardTent]

That's why I'm telling Texasmame to go to the website.  The movie doesn't tell the whole story and (IMO) leaves out some crucial details that are only covered in the content on the website.

After visiting the site, the next time I watched the movie it was more enjoyable.  If you feel like wasting a few more hours, try it.

[Edit] Guess I never saw the director's cut.  If it provides more backstory/pseudo-science, I'd watch that version. [/Edit]

[horseboy]

ah yes. meet the feebles (",) . thats one sick puppy. he also dis a film called 'bad taste' which i have yet to see. Vidiot on UHF is good too. i think im going to be referring back to this thread for dvd ideas for those rainy weekends...

I haven't seen Bad Taste yet either. I have a feeling that after I do, it will be added to the list. And yes, Meet the Feebles is a classic. If anyone hasn't seen it, you must do so. The second time I watched it, someone barfed on my foot, and I almost didn't get up to wash it off. That is how funny it is.

[MYX]

from previous post.

Dune (David Lynch version), But the new version is not bad and they actually did more of the of the story.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (and nearly everything else by Terry G),
Toys,
LOTR (counting it as 1 so be ok with it.) Still hoping for Hobbit.
Babe

No one could drag me to Babe when it was in the theaters. I refused to see a freakin talking animal movie. I was forced into seeing it because I had to monitor a 35 mm film projector for a while and I sat there with a huge grin the whole time. Total opposite of what I expected.

In collage, in one of my film classes I did my final paper on Brazil. I had to dissect a scene. I did the paper scene. It's a brilliant film. Again, Terry G is one of my favorites. (except for Brothers Grim. Was hardly a Gilliamesk film). I would still like to see him do Don Quixoti.

Apocalypse Now (Old or Redux) is up there too.

Ghaw just 5?

[USSEnterprise]

5 more:
Dogma
Star Trek VIII
X2
Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Green Mile

[Texasmame]

After visiting the site, the next time I watched the movie it was more enjoyable.  If you feel like wasting a few more hours, try it.

If you REALLY have some time to waste, like six hours, check out the director's cut of Das Boot.     Good stuff.

[Donkey_Kong]

Here's mine...


~Waterworld
~Crimson Tide
~The Outsiders
~Back To The Future
~Old School

[horseboy]

Waterworld? Seriously?

[Donkey_Kong]

Waterworld? Seriously?

My favoritest movie ever. Just remember I'm a sucker for big budget box office bombs...and I love water.

 

[jbox]

Waterworld? Seriously?

Small potatoes. My eyes are still bleeding from someone putting THHGTTG in their list of favourite movies.

[boykster]

In collage, in one of my film classes I did my final paper on Brazil. I had to dissect a scene. I did the paper scene. It's a brilliant film. Again, Terry G is one of my favorites. (except for Brothers Grim. Was hardly a Gilliamesk film). I would still like to see him do Don Quixoti.

Yep, <pretty> much anything by Terry Gilliam is good stuff in my book.  Brazil is an EXCELLENT movie, not sure how I forgot it. 

RE: Don Quixote, I'm sure you've seen "Lost in La Mancha" haven't you?   Terry Gilliam ->> 

[danny_galaga]

from previous post.

Dune (David Lynch version), But the new version is not bad and they actually did more of the of the story.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (and nearly everything else by Terry G),
Toys,
LOTR (counting it as 1 so be ok with it.) Still hoping for Hobbit.
Babe

No one could drag me to Babe when it was in the theaters. I refused to see a freakin talking animal movie. I was forced into seeing it because I had to monitor a 35 mm film projector for a while and I sat there with a huge grin the whole time. Total opposite of what I expected.

In collage, in one of my film classes I did my final paper on Brazil. I had to dissect a scene. I did the paper scene. It's a brilliant film. Again, Terry G is one of my favorites. (except for Brothers Grim. Was hardly a Gilliamesk film). I would still like to see him do Don Quixoti.

Apocalypse Now (Old or Redux) is up there too.

Ghaw just 5?

apocalypse now! the only time i saw this was in an outdoor cinema. redux. bloody excellent intro to the movie. i cant imagine it without the french colony and playgirl scenes...

oh, and whats THHGTTG? i dont want to scroll through the whole thread again to see what movie that is 

[HaRuMaN]

THHGTTG is The HitchHiker's Guide To The Galaxy

[shardian]

THHGTTG is The HitchHiker's Guide To The Galaxy

That movie sucked big balls. I quit watching after a while.

[Chris G]

Waterworld? Seriously?

My favoritest movie ever. Just remember I'm a sucker for big budget box office bombs...and I love water.

 

A guy I know from work would have The Postman on his top 5 list.  What is it with Kevin Costner?  Guess I can't talk... I put Tin Cup on my list.   

[somunny]

To each their own.  Hell, most people I know (except my wife, luckily) would think I'm crazy for naming The Empire Strikes Back as my top film of all time. 

Glad to see that Blade Runner and Raiders are named as those are two of my Top 10.