Favorite film
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RizzoTheRat

Original Poster:

27,772 posts

213 months

Saturday 5th December 2009
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Seeing as theres a thread on the worst films, what are your favorites that you can watch time and again?

For me it's got to be:

Gross Point Blank
Leon
Silverado
Dogma

NismoGT

1,634 posts

211 months

Saturday 5th December 2009
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Contact
Leon
Billy Madison
Star Trek First Contact
Event Horizon
The Dambusters


Cotty

41,738 posts

305 months

Saturday 5th December 2009
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Way to many, so few from the top of different lists:

The Abyss
Silent Running
The California Kid
The Day After Tomorrow
Batman Begins


ali_kat

32,131 posts

242 months

Saturday 5th December 2009
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One of our dinosaurs is missing!

Dracoro

8,956 posts

266 months

Saturday 5th December 2009
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There are certain great/brilliant films about that you only need/want to see once or twice
e.g. The Green Mile, Shawhank Redemption, Downfall and many others.

There are also many great films (and some not so great) that I could watch many times over
e.g. Bond/Bourne movies, Ferris Beullers Day Off, Batman (Jack Nicholson one), Ali-G the movie (ok, not the "best" film and quite silly but a great I'm pissed, let's watch something mindless type film, Austin Powers as well in this category)

Cooky

4,955 posts

258 months

Saturday 5th December 2009
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The Godfather Trilogy...granted Pt1 is by far the best.

Cuckoo's Nest is hardly ever mentioned but is truly a great film.

Black Hawk Down is awesome, simply because 2 hours or so just disappears so quickly.

The Lighthorsemen....The Australian Cavalry Charge upon Beersheba is fecking spectacular...epic


But one that can be enjoyed time and again has to be Zuluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrZbUS0MaY4

williamp

20,064 posts

294 months

Saturday 5th December 2009
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True Romance
From Dusk Till Dawn
OHMSS
From Russia with Love
Apollo 13
The Bourne films

P5Nij

675 posts

193 months

Saturday 5th December 2009
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The Long Good Friday
Villain
Get Carter
Grand Prix
Robbery
Performance


Dr Jekyll

23,820 posts

282 months

Saturday 5th December 2009
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The Right Stuff

shaunsmith

1,229 posts

238 months

Saturday 5th December 2009
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Midnight Run

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Casino

The Usual Suspects

Star Wars (1977)

Bladerunner

Aliens

Goodfella's

First blood

Family Man



Edited by shaunsmith on Saturday 5th December 21:03

Langweilig

4,467 posts

232 months

Saturday 5th December 2009
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Highlander - "MacLeod you have no manersh and you shmell like a dungheap and you complain endleshley. And you have no knowlegdsh whatshoever of yur patential!"

Cool Hand Luke - an all-time favourite.

Bullitt - need I state a reason?

Network - "We're as mad as Hell and we're not gonna take it anymore!"

Edited by Langweilig on Saturday 5th December 22:04

theironduke

6,995 posts

209 months

Saturday 5th December 2009
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Tough...those which spring to mind....

Goodfellas
Scarface
Lord of War
Layer Cake
Zulu

6655321

73,668 posts

276 months

Saturday 5th December 2009
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Cannonball run
2001:Space Odyssey
THX-1138
Bladerunner
Clockwork Orange
Ice Cold in Alex

koenig999

1,667 posts

253 months

Saturday 5th December 2009
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Slaughterhouse V

(No, there wasn't Parts 1 - 4)

Koenig

bonsai

2,015 posts

201 months

Monday 7th December 2009
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A Clockwork Orange
The Shawshank Redemption
Back to the Future
The Exorcist
If....

blindmaninchains

388 posts

196 months

Monday 7th December 2009
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Before Sunset
Before Sunrise
The Matrix
True Romance
Amelie
Monsters Inc
When Harry Met Sally
Clerks

T89 Callan

8,422 posts

214 months

Monday 7th December 2009
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Favourite Films in no particular order:

Predator
Old School
Team America
Con Air
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
Natural Born Killers
Superbad

And the guilty pleasure.... Juno

Art_Vandelay

6,692 posts

205 months

Monday 7th December 2009
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The Usual Suspects
Robocop (ever since I was a child and saw a heavily edited version)
Commando - 80's cheese thumbup
Predator - See above
T2 Judgement Day

Although over-hyped, I did like the Dark Knight, although it is a bit too long. Preferred Batman Begins.

I enjoy a few too many bad movies too, "Jingle all the way" for example. Ah-Nuld just cracks me up with "Eeets Tur-boh time!"

Eric Mc

124,643 posts

286 months

Monday 7th December 2009
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I think the films that appear in peoples' lists are often films they saw in their formative years. So, you can almost guess someone's age from the list of films they produce.

On the internet, it is not likely that you will see many films from before (say) 1970, unless it has achieved some sort of iconic status - such as
2001, Bullitt, Zulu etc.

I have far too many favourite films spanning many decades.

So, to redress the balance in favour of older films, I'll include some -

White Heat
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Some Like it Hot
Singin' in the Rain
The Sound of Music
A Touch of Evil
Night of the Hunter
It's a Wonderful Life
Flight of the Phoenix (the original)
North by Northwest
Rear Window
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers