What's your single, most favourite film of all time?

What's your single, most favourite film of all time?

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miniman

25,212 posts

264 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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Quickmoose said:
Leon
Oooh, good call.

DKS

1,688 posts

186 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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Scott Pilgrim Vs the World. getmecoat

I just love the style.

Little Pete

1,551 posts

96 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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All the President's Men.
British film, The Long Good Friday.

strummerville

1,016 posts

129 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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Well, if you define as the film you seen the most times, it's Mad Max 2.

Johnnytheboy

24,498 posts

188 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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ash73 said:
Johnnytheboy said:
The Devil and Daniel Webster (sometimes known as All That Money Can Buy), spectacularly unsuccessful and utterly brilliant 1941 retelling of the Faust legend set in 19th century America.
"You're not Dorothy!"



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strummerville

1,016 posts

129 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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Well, if you define as the film you seen the most times, it's Mad Max 2.

shaunsmith

1,227 posts

219 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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Midnight Run

Got the lot plus De Niro....

bunglesprout

566 posts

93 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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A couple of favourites of mine have been mentioned - Dead Mans Shoes and The Secret in Their Eyes (Argentinian original) , so I'll throw into the pot Glengarry Glen Ross. Mesmerising from start to finish.

Ace-T

7,722 posts

257 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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Alex said:
AAGR said:
A Matter of Life and Death
Definitely in my all-time Top 10.
It is utterly wonderful isn't it? cloud9

TheChampers

4,095 posts

140 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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Not the greatest film by any measure, but it is my favourite.

Not just because of this, the best opening credits imo ever.

https://youtu.be/14Po8Ks41Jo

Not just because the soundtrack is fantastic.

No reason at all really, but it's my favourite (beating The Breakfast Club and Pretty In Pink in a 'photo finish).

A Matter Of Life And Death and It's A Wonderful Life are brilliant, but I would still pop this one in the DVD player first.


jonamv8

3,165 posts

168 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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Shawshank - blew me away as a young un and I can still watch it two days on the bounce if it's on.

Simply a masterpiece in all ways, the emotional attachment you feel for Andy, rooting for him to get out is unsurpassed.

I think time of life and how impressionable you are to a genre or story is a big factor. I cannot imagine seeing my new favourite film at my time of life now.

nicanary

9,846 posts

148 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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Interestingly, nobody has yet mentioned what is often cited as the best film ever made. Citizen Kane. Which suggests that polls aren't always accurate.

I like Westerns, the old sort. The Man who shot Liberty Vallance. High Noon. The Searchers.

Darren390

483 posts

209 months

Tuesday 27th September 2016
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The Good the Bad and the Ugly. Best western ever.

Don

28,377 posts

286 months

Tuesday 27th September 2016
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Nezquick said:
Moonhawk said:
Spiritual_Beggar said:
Aliens
Same here.
Me too. Saving Private Ryan is a close second and Predator a close third.

'A day in the corp is like a day on the farm. Every meal's a banquet, every pay check a fortune. I love the corp'
Every formation a parade!

Europa1

10,923 posts

190 months

Tuesday 27th September 2016
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TheChampers said:
Not the greatest film by any measure, but it is my favourite.

Not just because of this, the best opening credits imo ever.

https://youtu.be/14Po8Ks41Jo

Not just because the soundtrack is fantastic.

No reason at all really, but it's my favourite (beating The Breakfast Club and Pretty In Pink in a 'photo finish).

A Matter Of Life And Death and It's A Wonderful Life are brilliant, but I would still pop this one in the DVD player first.
Good call. So many good things about it, not least Duncan.

Alex

9,975 posts

286 months

Tuesday 27th September 2016
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Darren390 said:
The Good the Bad and the Ugly. Best western ever.
It is superb for all sorts of reasons, but I actually prefer For a Few Dollars More and Once Upon a Time in the West.

thainy77

3,347 posts

200 months

Tuesday 27th September 2016
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The Usual Suspects, although it's not as good on repeat viewings hehe.

easytiger123

2,601 posts

211 months

Tuesday 27th September 2016
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ctdctd said:
if....

"that bit of wool on your tit". Excellent choice and probably mine too, having experienced a not entirely dissimilar schooling...minus killing everyone! Mary Macleod who played the housemaster's wife died over the summer (obituary here https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jun/13/mary-...

Johnnytheboy

24,498 posts

188 months

Tuesday 27th September 2016
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[quote=nicanary]Interestingly, nobody has yet mentioned what is often cited as the best film ever made. Citizen Kane. Which suggests that polls aren't always accurate.

I like Westerns, the old sort. The Man who shot Liberty Vallance. High Noon. The Searchers.[/quote

Citizen Kane is technically a great film, but I find it soulless.

ReallyReallyGood

1,624 posts

132 months

Tuesday 27th September 2016
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Star Wars

Day of the Jackal a close second.