Favorite Spielberg Film?
 

Here is a list in case you forgot.

A.I. Artificial Intelligence@
Amistad@
Catch Me If You Can@
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind@
Color Purple, The@
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial@
Indiana Jones Series@
Jaws@
Jurassic Park@
Minority Report@
Saving Private Ryan@
Schindler's List@

I can't decide, but im leaning towards A.I., Indiana Jones, Saving Private Ryan, and Minority Report.

How much I like a Spielberg film is proportional to how much of that movie involves people running around (chasing, being chased, escaping things, etc.). It is also inversely proportional to how emotional Spielberg tries to make things -- I like emotional movies in general but when I watch Spielberg I feel like he's trying to hard to manipulate my reaction.

My favorites are the Indiana Jones movies and Minority Report. I respect Schindler's List but am not really a fan.

Saving Private Ryan

I gotta go with Jaws or Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Saving Private Ryan, I love ww2 movies

Indiana Jones series or Minority Report all the way.

Minority Report, the Indy flicks and The Duel.

Out of the few that i've seen, i would have to say Minority Report probably.

hey, Xiangsu. you forgot Hook. Hook rules, it is my favorite. but maybe because i'm a Panophile.

Me too.

Raiders of the Lost Ark was great, Close Encounters and E.T. were good, the rest I could do without.

That's right, he did direct Hook, didn't he. Hook was pretty cool but i wouldn't say it was my favorite though.

It was only showing a limited list when I went to Yahoo, but here is the full list:



Director

• Catch Me If You Can (2002)

• Minority Report (2002)

• A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001)

• Saving Private Ryan (1998)

• Amistad (1997)

• The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

• Jurassic Park (1993)

• Schindler's List (1993)

• Hook (1991)

• Always (1989)

• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

• Empire of the Sun (1987)

• The Color Purple (1985)

• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

• Twilight Zone - The Movie (1983)

• E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

• 1941 (1979)

• Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

• Jaws (1975)

• The Sugarland Express (1974)

• Duel (1971)

By the way, your right, Hook kicked ass.

I never knew that he did Twighlight Zone and Hook, but I liked both of them(especially Hook).

yeah, Hook rocks, i watch it very time i'm home sick.

well, i particularly enjoyed Empire of the Sun and the Indiana Jones series...

but of that list, i have to say Schindlers List was the most moving, and the most unforgettable.

This would have made a decent poll....

I'll vote for Saving Private Ryan, a great film in pretty much every category. I also really liked Minority Report.

Jaws and Close Ecounters of the Third Kind are my favorite Spielberg films. Jaws is simply a great movie and Close Encounters creeped me out when I first saw it...

I loved Always, so that has to be up there. Also include Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Close Encounters. Hard to choose between those three.

I woud have but a poll can has a maximum of ten options and Steven has made about 20 movies.

Hook!

No, seriously, Jaws and Close Encounters

I would have to say Schindlers List is the best movie out of the lot but I enjoyed the indy series the most.

So I'm the only person who liked The Duel?

Re: Favorite Spielberg Film?
 

Same here:)

You're probably not the only one to like it, but you may be the only one to pick it as your favorite.

always was great


so was saving private ryan

A toss-up between Raiders and Saving Pvt Ryan for me!

Meh!...not a huge fan of Speilberg.

Saving Private Ryan and Schindler's List were both great films.

The rest lie between reasonable, and completly forgetable.

In A.I. you could just see that he was simply WAAAY out of his league.

I enjoyed A.I. alot. My favorite would probably be Saving Private Ryan, simply because I'm fascinated with WWII.

-Lasereth

TOOOOOO easy, Saving Private Ryan by far

Has to be the old favourite Jaws. der dum der dum
Also for pure entertainment the Indiana Jones movies are great.

Saving Private Ryan
Jurassic Park
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

I loved Duel....it kept me nailed to the edge of my seat, but Jaws was probably the only movie that made me yell out loud in a theater.

indiana jones (i think i'm in the minority but i like crusade the best)
or
jaws

Saving Private Ryan

Indy


Really couldn't stand AI. Only movie I can that about of his though. Minority Report was excellent regardless of the fact that it had Tom Cruise, who generally I've not been impressed with.

Not a big Spielberg fan, but my favorites would be Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan.

Well I have a few things against Spielberg, but quite frankly when you're talking Speilberg, you can go on about his less the brilliant attempts at serious cinema such as Saving Private Ryan and Amistad. He did make Schindler's List, and that is a classic, but apart from that I don't really think he has the ability to have a non-happy ending, even when dealing with something like AI, where we're talking about the horrors of existential dread.

As a children's movie maker, he is awesome. Hook is wicked, and also another film which apparently Yahoo doesn't recognise: GOONIES...

I mean come on, that movie was awesome.

Hook was great too.

Ru-Fi-Oooooo

Probably SPR. Lots of people like to harp on it, but it was the first truly realistic (in the sense of showing combat) war movie to be released. I also think its a damn good movie in its own right.

Schindlers List is also a wonderful movie.

Tough choice, but I'm going with Raiders of the Lost Ark.

While I would have a hard time calling it his 'best' movie. It would have to be the one that I most enjoy watching. Therefore, my favorite.

Favourite is Raiders of the Lost Ark. Not necessarily the best directed, but that wasn't the question, was it? :)