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micke · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2001 6:42 am

Taxidriver!

Lunatique · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2001 6:52 am

Just one? NO WAY! Impossible for film buffs.

Mine:

Bladerunner
Un Coeru En Hiver(A Heart In Winter)
Aliens
Trois Coulerus: Rouge(Red)
Goodfellas
Michi(Japanese)
Pulp Fiction
Waking The Dead
Sabrina(The Julia Ormond Version)
Day of the Living dead
Leon
Emma's Shadow(Danish)
Sunrise/A Song of Two Humans(one of the last silent films, made in 1927)

fireheart · member Member # Joined: 15 Apr 2001 Posts: 68 Location: UK

Children of a Lesser God / The Name of the Rose.

Ack I *know* I should only have chosen 1 film but I find it very hard to choose which I like the best between these 2.

[ April 26, 2001: Message edited by: fireheart ]

Darklighter · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2001 5:55 pm

Braveheart, Fight Club, Matrix, Magnolia

[ April 26, 2001: Message edited by: Darklighter ]

A.Buttle · member Member # Joined: 20 Mar 2000 Posts: 1724

Beach Babes From Beyond 2

heh heh heh,

social drone · member Member # Joined: 12 Mar 2001 Posts: 120

Rattmouth and Ian, those are some cool movies. if you like stuff like gummo, i suggest you see "Happiness," by Todd Solondz.

there are so many great movies out there its hard to pick just one.

my favorite movie at the moment is "Heart of Light." then coming in at a close second, "Men with Guns."

balistic · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2001 11:18 pm

"2001"

tayete · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2001 12:21 am

Leolo...
a canadian movie well known in Europe.
It is a very poetic (though really sad and hard) movie about a boy's life in the suburbs of a Canadian town.

Brainswitch · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2001 8:07 pm

Ok I'm gonna be really cheesy here. Since you said only one mine would be:

Crouching Matrix, Hidden Trigun

Mindsiphon · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2001 8:12 pm

Hmm.
I have a few but I cannot decide whicj would rate at #1 for me.

well here are a few.

Clockwork Orange
The Shining
Fantastic Planet(animated)

above · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2001 8:27 pm

Either Shawshank Redemption, or Fight Club. Both favorites but if I'd have to chose or more favorite it would be Fight Club.

Spooky · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2001 1:17 am

too many to even sort my list...not one fave, but one at the very top should be...

King Kong...The 8th Wonder of The World!

What the heck...might spur some interest for those wanting to see more movies...here goes in no particular order (though the first few are particularly memorable to me)...also kudos to others for already listing many of these

The Thing from Another World - the original Howard Hawks film that is so underrated - people's dialogue overlapping so realistically, great action and characters and good ol' sci-fi fun!
Kundun - An incredibly visual and intense film...an instant classic and one of the finest films ever made.
The Thin Red Line, Days of Heaven and Badlands - Terence Malick quickly rose to being one of my favorite directors based on these breathtaking films. The Thin Red Line is an example of pure cinematic achievement along with Kundun. Either you get it or you don't.
The Universal Monsters Classics
The Indiana Jones films
Alien and Aliens
The Abyss
The Iron Giant
Field of Dreams
Edward Scissorhands
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Jurassic Park and The Lost World (minus the gymnastic scene!)
Prince of Egypt (one of the finest animated films ever)
Lawrence of Arabia
Any Pixar Film! - especially the Toy Stories
T2
The Star Wars Saga of films
Jaws
Planet of the Apes (way underrated in terms of its cinematography, directing and editing)
Gladiator
The Matrix
Leon (The professional)
The Road to El Dorado - another fine animated film
Fight Club
Seven Samurai and other cool Kurosawa flicks
Bad Boys, The Rock, and Armageddon - not many people do action and use the visual space as well as Michael Bay - underrated and underappreciated from my professional point of view
The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth
The Muppet Movie
The Wizard of Oz
Snow Falling on Cedars
Superman
The Fifth Element
The new Mummy films - everybody needs a good adventure to make them feel good!
Jason and the Argonauts, Sinbad and other Ray Harryhausen Classics
Resevoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction
The 13th Warrior - again, an underrated picture...Bulywyf (the lead Viking is especially cool and John McTiernan manages to yet again use the environment as a character as in...
Predator
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Dragonheart
The Killer, Hard Boiled, Better Tomorrow Series, Face/Off, and M:I-2 - John Woo is so visually arresting!
The Last of The Mohicans
Heat - another fantastic Michael Mann film
Baraka
Chronos
Blade Runner
E.T.
Top Gun
The Mask of Zorro - a great treatment of a classical character who influenced Batman Creator Bob Kane
Braveheart
Sleepy Hollow
The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Traffic
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Unforgiven
Ghostbusters
Disney's Tarzan
Seven
Men In Black
Chasing Amy
The Lion King
The Wizard of Oz
Ghost in the Shell
The Goonies
Casablanca
Grave of the Fireflies
Disney's Hercules

okay...I better stop before I get my @$$ kicked...but figured some of you might love to rediscover some old classic faves or learn some new ones!

[ May 06, 2001: Message edited by: Spooky ]

PlantMan · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2001 3:06 am

Dumb and Dumber

Binke · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2001 3:34 am

Starwars trilogy. Period.

Magicman · Posted: Sat May 05, 2001 1:05 pm

wohauo, very difficult.
...but in my opinion some of the best films are:

pulp fiction, from dusk till dawn, jackie brown ... quentin tarantino, yeah.

...but also fight club, seven, american beauty, saving private ryan, schindlers list, blade runner, the four alien movies...

Subhuman · Posted: Sat May 05, 2001 1:36 pm

Fight Club
Terminator series
Akira
Ninja Scroll
Battle Angel
Jacob's Ladder
City Of The Lost Children
Predator 1
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List
Taxi Driver
The 5th Element
Dr. Strangelove
Stir Of Echoes
Kalifornia
...that's off the top of my head

Holly Jolly · Posted: Sat May 05, 2001 1:42 pm

The Emperor's New Groove (awesome movie)

The Matrix

Star Wars Saga

KroM · Posted: Sat May 05, 2001 2:13 pm

My mind always jumps around on what my favorite movie is. It' usually the last really good movie I've seen.

I though FIGHT CLUB was amazing, although that's the las movie I saw (this morning, accually)
Like everyone else, I love the MATRIX.
THE FIFTH ELEMENT will always have a home in my heart.

PRINCESS MONONOKE was pretty damn cool.
For some reason, I really liked MICHAEL.
CLERKS, MALLRATS, CHASING AMY, and DOGMA are just plain cool.

I could go on for a long time like this, but I won't.

Eek! I almost forgot CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON.

[ May 05, 2001: Message edited by: KroM ]

ToastyKen · junior member Member # Joined: 31 Mar 2001 Posts: 48

By category:

Only movie I've ever been able to consider a "favorite movie": Contact

Action movie: Aliens

Horrendously-depressing-yet-ultimately-incredibly-life-affirming: To Live

Most fun: Run Lola Run

Underrated/Underexposed: Dark City, Strange Days, and The Abyss: Special Edition

Social commentary/Favorite Kubrik Movie: Dr. Strangelove

[ May 05, 2001: Message edited by: ToastyKen ]

Subhuman · Posted: Sun May 06, 2001 12:08 am

quote:
Originally posted by ToastyKen:
Underrated/Underexposed: Dark City

I was gonna put that, but then I remembered something about how I thought the ending was stupid, although I forgot what happened.

Hlid Skjalff · Posted: Sun May 06, 2001 7:32 pm

Waterworld
Nirvana (italian Cyberpunk with Christopher Lambert)
Matrix
PI (3.14153...)
Blade Runnah

if you made me choose one its Nirvana easily

-- Transcendent -- · Posted: Mon May 07, 2001 1:29 am

Vertigo !

Just by pure accident, I watched it's re-run on TV, and I coulden't stop thinking about it for the next few days !

henrik · Posted: Mon May 07, 2001 3:55 am

The thin red line...

schabe · Posted: Mon May 07, 2001 4:56 am

huhu, its hard to keep the singular...
lots of great movies are listed here: alien1-4, t2, fight club, but the best movie is the exorcist, as i once mentioned.

some other points:
-lots people say alien4 is the worst alien movie. i very like alien4. what do u think?

-vertigo: great film but creepy colors... it runs within 'twelfe monkeys'. i like 'twelve monkeys' more than 'vertigo'.

-pi: great film but stupid end.

klaivu · Posted: Wed May 09, 2001 3:06 am

nobody loves Requiem for a dream ?

Enayla · Posted: Wed May 09, 2001 3:18 am

Kind of interesting to see just how many people seem to be unable to count...

Muzman · Posted: Wed May 09, 2001 3:41 am

Hey, they all named one film...it's just some folks named quite a few one films.

And someone else has seen The Holy Mountain! That is one damn strange film. Actually not that strange after the first twenty minutes. And it's also very funny (in its own way)

::ronin · Posted: Fri May 11, 2001 3:15 pm

Shawshank Redemption
Gone in 60 Seconds
Pitch Black (director's cut)
Snatch
Sneakers
Office Space
High Fidelity
The Usual Suspects - if i'd have to pick one, this would be it

oh, and
Gladiator
The Green Mile
Fight Club
Contact
L.A. Confidential
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Ronin
Saving Private Ryan
Braveheart

Midget Clown Overlord · Posted: Fri May 11, 2001 6:33 pm

I cant believe no one said Scarface. Al Pacino was awesome in that movie

Cooter · Posted: Fri May 11, 2001 10:20 pm

Happiness, just for it's pure fucked up movie of all time factor.