Your 3 favorite movies
 

I believe we did something similar before. Time to do it again.

Pulp Fiction
Scarface
Braveheart

Braveheart- for the Irish! (although Boondock Saints are closing in)
Most any Bogart movie
All Python- all the time!

yuck - i hate braveheart. i found it a wee bit insulting.

2001
apocalypse now
trainspotting (a little more cuturally acurate than braveheart)

Matrix
Fight Club
Gladiator

Pretty Woman
Dirty Dancing
Titanic
I know, Girly films! Sorry!

apocalypse now
seven samuria
the good, the bad and the ugly

Fight Club
Blade Runner
Lord of the Rings (Two Towers)

Blade Runner
2001
Solaris

Edit: And btw.. braveheart sucks.

shawshank redemption
braveheart
12 angry men

Caddyshack
Saving Private Ryan
Jurassic Park

Here's my three

Memento
Orgazmo
Seven Samurai

Come on folks, Braveheart wasn't that bad... Not my favorite though

Hey drodrig1, I just heard that they're going to re-release Shawshank theatrically for the 10 year anniversary next year. Great film, much better than Braveheart (ha-ha)

it's hard to narrow it down to 3 but I think I chose the right ones.

Godfather
Usual Suspects
Clerks

Fight Club
Requiem For A Dream
Memento

High Fidelity
Fight Club (yeah... fourth or fifth time up here)
Amelie

Ouch! Only three!? Ok well here goes....

in no particular order:
Mulholland Drive
2001: A Space Odyssey
Fight Club

-C.S. Flim

Betty Blue
Where Eagles Dare
The Matrix
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Last two are joint third :)

Edited cause I remember a couple more :)

Fight Club
Snatch
American History X

All involving Brad Pitt and/or Edward Norton.

Star Wars
Raiders Of the lost Ark
Thunderball

Matrix
Titanic
and.... Rush Hour 1 and 2

I loved Rush Hour! funny movie! =)

Matrix
Thomas Crowne Affair
Lord of the Rings

Lord of the Rings (both!)
Record of Lodoss Wars series (anime)
Braveheart

The Matrix
Ghost Busters
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1&2, didn't like 3 as much)

The Godfather
2001:A Space Odyssey
Monty Python

the best in drama, scifi, and comedy

the only one missing is "sleepless in seattle":p

It is impossible for me to pick only three....so here is my best shot...

American Beauty
The Matrix
Any Kevin Smith Movie (ie. Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, or Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back)

pulp fiction
vanilla sky
the usual suspects

Fight Club
Seven
American History X

Star Wars - The original
Dune - David Lynch's version
The Freshman

Those are the ones I get the most out of.

Caddyshack
Blazing Saddles
The Jerk

Casino
Pulp Fiction
Swingers

Pulp Fiction
Princess Mononoke
Alien

Shawshank Redemption
Vanilla Sky
Seven

The Shawshank Redemption
True Romance
The Remains of the Day

Only three is pretty tough, but this is what comes to mind.

Adventures of Baron Munchausen
O Brother Where Art Thou
Monty Python's Quest for The Holy Grail.

Godfather, Empire Strikes Back, Mallrats.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Das Boot

Picking a third is hard, guess I'll have to go with...
Fight Club

Fight Club
Trainspotting
Dances with Wolves

the rock
snatch
shaft

Pulp Fiction
The Big Lebowski
Monty Python - The Search for the Holy Grail

Tombstone
Dumb and Dumber
Return of the Jedi

Repo Man
Brazil
The Beast of War

Annie Hall
Ghost World
A Clockwork Orange

Fight Club
The Cure
Annie Hall

Top three, dam. . . thats hard

Matrix
Lord of the Rings trilogy (I know thats cheating a bit)
Star Wars Saga (truly cheating)

1) (if you haven't seen it, then GO) The Boondock Saints
2) The Matrix (and sequels)
3) Toss up between Holy Grrrrrail and Braveheart...

Se7en
The Ring
The Princess Bride

Godfather Part II
Godfather Part I
Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption
Meet Joe Black
Matrix

Hard Days Night
Outlaw Josey Wales
Breakfast Club

The Usual Suspects
Resevoir Dogs
Monty Python's Life of Brian

The Eiger Sanction
The 13th Warrior
Blade Runner

Hmm... top 3 is really difficult. All I know is that Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas would definitely be in there somewhere.

In no particular order, would have to include.
GoodFellas
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
12 Angry Men
There's so many others I feel guilty about leavin out though.

-The Matrix
-Blade 2
-Spider-Man

Ciall Im interested to know more about what the inaccuracies are in Braveheart. I've never really researched it, and probably could, but it would save some time if you could point me in the right direction. Thanks.

Okay my three favorite films are (in no particular order):

The Hunt for Red October
Equilibrium
Lord of the Rings (all of them since it's one story)

and, FYI, my LEAST favorite films, the ones I wish I could burn every copy ever made and then piss on their ashes:

Titanic
Harry Potter (any one)
American Beauty

Ha ha labob - Orgazmo rocks. "I'm a bad, bad mormon.''

My top three favorites... wow that's really hard
OK. In no particular order:
chung King Express
Ikiru
A Zed and Two Naughts

Nice choices Vermin.
I'm glad someone mentioned Brazil. It's at the top of my heap.

I am also glad you mentioned The Beast (of War) which is an excellent flick. Let me see if I can remember the Kipling quote correctly.

When yer wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains
And the women come out to cut up yer remains
Just roll to yer rifle and blow out yer brains
And go to yer gawd like a soldier.

3 of my favourites are:

Blade Runner
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (huge Fat fan)
So I Married an Axe Murderer

Boondock Saints

The Transporter

Operation: Takedown ("Hackers 2" for you kazaa people out there, though its not really titled Hackers 2)

Clerks
Momento
Fight Club (but that's with added book loving there too ;D)

top three is near impossible to decide, I have a collection of 400+ legit dvd's... I would haev to say;

Boondock Saints
Full Metal Jacket
Seven Samurai

I can't believe no one had full metal jacket on here yet.

Before Sunrise/Before Sunset
Pulp Fiction
Goodfellas

At this moment:

Star Wars Ep. IV
Fight Club
Se7en

Seven Samurai is the worst movie I've ever seen

Because I'm a softy:

What Dreams May Come
A River Runs Through It (great read as well)
Forrest Gump

I know its been getting a lot of flack but, Braveheart
Breakfast Club
Willow

Superman Returns (2006)

^Best movie of all time bar none^. This movie is absolute entertainment perfection. This movie makes Citizen Caine, Gone with the Wind, and Casablanca look like someone deficating into a trash can in front of kindergartners on Christmas Eve, IMHO.

Superman (1978)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

1.) Star Wars

my next choices always change but here's my current:

2.) 8 1/2
3.) The Seven Samurai

Did I mention Superman Returns?

That's mine. Funny how I'm quoting something 3 years in the past. :)

casablanca will always top my list

at this moment, the next few are
The Princess Bride
All About Eve
The Godfather, I and II
Chinatown

OH Shit! How could I forget about Casablanca!

My revised list:

1.) Star Wars
2.) Casablanca
3.) Seven Samurai

Can someone explain to me the charm or allure of The Seven Samurai? I seriously, seriously, seriously don't get it.

today... I'd have to add

The Blues Brothers to my list of favorite movies... :)

the magnificent seven was Ok as a movie... but the seven samurai? eh I agree - what's the charm?

:hmm: Oh, come now. Better than Cassablanca? The best movie since D.W. Griffiths Birth of a Nation (undeniably racist, but an outstanding achievement, nonetheless)? Color me rather skeptical.

The Professional
Garden State
Bend it Like Beckham

Well I like those kinds of movies. Notice that Superman is also on my list.

In no particular order:

Snatch
Casablanca
Tombstone

3 movies I watch over and over and continue to enjoy

Each character in Seven Samurai has a powerful personal story worthy of an entire film - and the film covers just about every aspect of the human condition (except birth) - love, regret, loyalty, youth, growth, wisdom, knowledge, intelligence, passion, folly, discipline, honor, vengance, sacrifice, joy, humor, dispair, hope ....

You can say the same about other films ... but whether or not it's done convincingly is probably a matter of personal taste. Seven Samurai does this more effectively than almost every other film to my memory.

Maybe it's because the themes aren't shoved down your throat or embarassingly overplayed with a symphonic underscore. Seven Samurai just tells the story ... and the themes you infer from watching the stories unfold. That's the best way I can describe it.

Most folks used to the Hollywood-style of directing might get thrown by the slow expositional pace at the beginning. But if you relax and watch uninterrupted from beginning to end (best in a theater) the 3 and a half hours just flies by. If you expect an obvious singular dramatic arc punctuated by emotional cues from the musical score you'll probably be somewhat disoriented.

And the editing is very economic. There is hardly a wasted moment. The pace of events is actually quite rapid and a lot of story is told in a small amount of time .... and since this is a 3 and a half hour film it plays out like a grand epic (which it is).

For me the measure of a great film is one that you can, on subsequent viewings, find new things, understand relationships better or just enjoy from a visceral or emotional level as much as the first time .... Seven Samurai works for me. So does Casablanca and It's a Wonderful Life.

But if you didn't get into the characters, stories or exposition the first time then I probably can't change your mind. Maybe it's a "guy" thing.

All of which are in Superman Returns....I'm just saying....*goes to see Superman Returns again*

I'm a guy, it's not a guy thing.

Maybe all that is in there, but when you can't get past the horrible acting, terrible music, shoddy editing, glacier-eque pace and overwhelming ennui, well....

OK then.
Maybe it's not a guy thing.


Just to avoid a quagmire let's just agree to disagree ... on all counts. One can't be objective on matters of personal taste.

Dr. Strangelove
A Clockwork Orange
Spiderman II

I don't think I could pick just three......but as of right now:

1. Indiana Jones (1 & 3 mostly)
2. Star Wars (all)
3. Victor/Victoria

Hearts of the World, 1918
D.W. Griffiths best work. The film was commisioned to induce the United States into WWI. The U.S. entered the war, however, before the film was completed, so he used actual combat footage. Besides...Lillian Gish was just freakin' adorable.

Casablanca, 1942
Need I explain? Arguably Bogart's best work...unless, of course, you're a Philip Marlowe fan.

Toss up between
The Postman, 1997 and The Patriot, 2000
I'm not a big fan of either Kevin Costner or, Mel Gibson, but both gave excellent performaces in their respective roles.


For Sheer fun;
Cutthroat Island, 1995
The absolute best part being when Gena Davis, presumably beaten and about to be killed by Captain Dog Brown, uncovers a 12 pound cannon aimed directly at him, glares at him, growls; "Bad Dog", lights the fuse and blows him out the back of the ship. Freakin' hilarious. I love it.

raising arizona

blue velvet

godfather I

I don't know if I posted here before and I'm sort of lazy today so I'm not going to check. :p

Picking only 3 movies is hard and might change with my mood, but I'm going to pick:

1) Swimming Pool: I love the actresses in this movie and the premise is interesting. Still debating on what actually occurs in the movie after many viewings.

2) The Good Girl: Jennifer Aniston is one of my favorite actresses and in this movie she's different from any other role I've seen her in. Plus, it has Jake Gyllenhaal and John C. Reilly in it. I like the transformation of the characters and the mix of comedy and drama.

3) Dial M for Murder: This is my favorite Alred Hitchcock movie. It has Grace Kelly, who is tied with Audrey Hepburn as my favorite woman of all time. I like that it is a simple movie, well as simple as Hitchcock can get. It's a good movie to curl up to on a lazy afternoon.

Sin City
Terminator 2
Sound of Music

The Godfather I
It's a Wonderful Life
Casablanca

In your past posts, you seem like a thoughtful, rational individual. That's why I find this post so disturbing. It is reasonable to suggest that Superman Returns is your favorite, but the "Best movie of all time"? It makes Casablanca and Citizen Kane look like "someone defecating into a trashcan..."? These kinds of statements are symptomatic of a serious break from reality. You should seek professional help immediately. </kidding>

My favorite movies are different from movies that I consider the "Best Movies"

Favorites
Le Samourai: If you like The Professional, especially the lone assassin with no life aspect, watch Le Samourai. It's great. I see a lot of other thrillers that seem to take a lot from it.
Groundhog Day: Probably my favorite Bill Murray movie. It's so much fun.
North By Northwest: I had to choose something from Hitchcock. I can't get enough Hitchcock, including the movies he made before he moved to the US.

big fish
blood sport
dances with wolves :)

Its impossible to have just 3, but I'll pick 3 out of the long list:

Big Trouble In Little China
Real Genius
Day Of The Dead

Hmm....

Remember the Titans
North by Northwest
The Shawshank Redemption

wow. i can't believe i've never posted in this thread before...
top 3 movies. that's hard to do!
so i'll do a top 3 in all genre.
Terminator 2 Is my ultimate favorite movie.
Office Space is my favorite Comedy.

pulp fiction, fight club, lock stock action comedy.
casino, goodfellas, godfather2 mafia/gangster.
Toystory(1&2), Spirited away, Iron Giant Animated movies.

and even now, i'm not sure this is a final list. It changes too much.

I grew up on the Donner vision of Superman. I was my life from the age of like 2 or 3 until I moved away from my first home. Superman Returns was, in my opinion, a wonderful continuation in that legacy. Singer channeled Donner in a way I couldn't have hoped for. I know it was hokey and there were some awkward parts, but that's a part of what it is.

The Big Lebowski
Fight Club
Death and the Maiden

I'll try to pick 3 of my favorites.

Black Beauty
Pirates of the Carribean
While You Were Sleeping
What Women Want

ok, that was four.

Love Actually
Hot Fuzz
Zoolander ("There's got to be more to life than being really really ridiculously good-looking!")

Damn...it's hard to narrow it down to three. Especially when my favorites change from time to time, depending on my mood.

Right now it would be (in no particular order):

The Boondock Saints
Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
Black Hawk Down

Honorable mention: I could have replaced any of those three with The Searchers and not felt bad about it.

Actually I'd be kind of interested to see if anyone's picks had changed since this thread started.

As for mine I would have to say

2001: A Space Odyssey
A Clockwork Orange
then either Blade Runner or The Princess Bride. They rate #3 and #4. Basically they flip depending if I'm in a jovial mood or depressed.