Hi, many times I go to the library and check out videos or rent them at the store. Seeing as we have a variety of tastes in this family ranging from War movies to Disney movies I would like to know what movies y'all would recommend. Just looking for different ideas. Thanks for your help.
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06-05-02, 07:17 PM
billmasters
There are only a couple of movies that I've watched twenty times or more, and though I don't think I could handle watching either of them one more time, any movie that you've watched twenty times or more has to qualify as your all time favorite.

Number two favorite:
Forrest Gump - because I really liked the character and thought that Tom Hanks was Amazing in that movie.

Number one favorite:
Braveheart - because the acting was great, the action kept me in suspense and it taught a lot about history.

06-05-02, 07:16 PM

Excalibur will always entice me into another watching - an excellent, though compressing, look into the Arthurian legends. Would have many more to list, especially older "greats" but you asked for one!

06-05-02, 07:25 PM
PerfectPeach
I agree with Bill.. Forest Gump is quite the movie wink

06-05-02, 08:21 PM
ArCHimeDes
It depends on the mood I am in, but several movies are among the list of my all time favorites.

Shawshank Redemption
Good Will Hunting
Gladiator
Dr. Zhivago
Saving Private Ryan

06-05-02, 08:46 PM
Good Ol' Boy 14
Although I agree Forrest gump was excellent, I'm gonna have to go with the original Back To The Future (wow am I a dork.) I don't know what it is, but I can watch that movie over and over and never get tired of it. I've seen it hundreds of times and still notice subtle things hidden in it. (Sad huh?) Same with the first 2 Die Hards. BTF 2 and 3 have less rewatch value, and while I liked Die Hard with a Vengeance, it just doesn't make me want to watch it repeatedly like the first 2.

06-05-02, 09:11 PM
billmasters
Good Ol' Boy, I have to agree with you on that one. Back to the future is deffinitely a movie that I've watched 20+ times. I didn't even think about it, but it was on TV the other day and I watched it again. Deffinitely better than Forrest Gump.

I like 2 and 3 just as much as the original. I remember all of the hype when part 2 was in the thearter. A lot of people don't know that part two and part three were fillmed simultaniesly. At the time, it was the first movie to have two sequalls fillmed at the same time. I don't know if there have been any since then.

06-05-02, 10:26 PM
MilesWest


* Alltime Favorites
o Harold and Maude
o The Graduate
o Easy Rider
o Taxi Driver
o The Fisher King
o Time Bandits
o Raising Arizona
o The Matrix

* Best Acting by an Actor
o Denzel Washington in Training Day

* Best Acting by an Actress
o Michelle Pfeiffer in What Lies Beneath

* Favorite Dramas
o Streetcar Named Desire
o Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
o The Glass Managery
o Twelve Angry Men

* Favorite Comedies
o Mash
o Catch 22
o The Producers
o Young Frankenstein
o Blazing Saddles
o Monty Phython and The Holy Grail
o Life of Brian
o Jabberwocky

* Favorite Science Fiction
o Logan's Run
o Blade Runner
o Tron
o Alien Suite
o The Terminator
o The Fifth Element
o Mad Max

* Favorite Musicals
o Oklahoma
o West Side Story
o My Fair Lady
o Hair
o Godspell
o Grease
o Little Shop of Horrors


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06-06-02, 05:36 AM
Andyvmax
These are the ones I've seen most often so I guess they must be my favourites. In no particular order:

Kelly's Heroes
Easy Rider
True Grit
Mad Max
Life Of Brian
Monty Python And The Holy Grail
Midnight Express
The Jungle Book (Disney)


06-06-02, 03:19 PM
Koz
Monty Python And The Holy Grail

Shawshank Redemption

Airplane

Time Bandits

Blazing Saddles

Are some of the great ones.

None better than


Caddyshack

I can watch it a thousand times and still laugh! Big Grin

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06-06-02, 03:43 PM
teeceeum
There re two movies that I've seen dozens of times and will tune into again the next time I see them coming up on cable.

Pulp Fiction
No way you can get it all in just one viewing. Too many stories. Too much happening. Probably Travolta's best.

The Shawshank Redemption
There's gotta be a reason it's on so many others' list.

06-06-02, 07:31 PM
WiteoutKing
Faves: Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python and the Meaning of Life
Caddyshack (Note I did not mention Caddyshack 2, bad movie)
The Naked Gun: Files from Police Squad
Naked Gun 2 1/2
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
Airplane!
Airplane! 2
The Scorpion King
The Mummy
The Mummy Returns

And, even though I'm not a raging fan,
Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Episode IV: A New Hope
Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

06-06-02, 08:29 PM
gizmogram
The only thing I would mention about some of the wonderful suggestions here - she mentioned "family" - some of the recommended films, as much as I loved them, wouldn't be suitable for younger kids. I wouldn't want a 5-yr old to see Braveheart for example, because of the graphic battle scenes.

If you check out a movie that might in any way be inappropriate for the kids, depending on their ages, you might want to preview it first to make sure it's within the realm of acceptable viewing in your household.

By the way, Braveheart is one of my fav's too, but an all time fav is "The King & I" with Yul Brenner - a classic for all ages!

06-07-02, 06:21 AM
nerdqueendeluxe
Blazing Saddles for sure as you mentioned family. The inuendos went over the heads of the 10 year olds but they had a blast rewinding it over and over the watch a guy fart in the campfire scene.

06-07-02, 08:10 AM
Chicabird
MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL!!!

The Matrix

Dracula 2000

Tombstone

Shreck- not really a favorite, but i just love the gingerbread man scene...

Mr. Holland's Opus (slow but i'm a band geek)

Man in the Iron Mask

Braveheart

Gladiator

The Mummy

The Mummy Returns

WOW...i guess Shreck is the only really "KIDS" movie up there...the others would do too i guess.

06-07-02, 08:58 AM
teeceeum
I'm afraind the "family" part just slipped past me when I answered. My picks certainly are not family entertainment.

06-07-02, 11:32 AM
clarebear
Fried Green Tomatoes... TOWANDA!

06-07-02, 12:06 PM
XaurreauX

"The Naughty Cheerleaders Meet the Biker Bimbos From Hell" wink

06-07-02, 09:02 PM
dogspit
Among my favorite movies are:
A Clockwork Orange
The Warriors
The Deer Hunter
The Godfather (I & II)
The Craft
Die Hard (I & II)
Predator
2001 : A Space Odyssey
Thursday
Full Metal Jacket
Arsenic & Old Lace
Short Circuit
Terminator (I & II)
Alien
Aliens
Red Dawn
Mad Max
The Lost Boys
Flatliners
The Crow
Stripes
Big
Animal House
The Blues Brothers
The Omen

06-07-02, 09:20 PM
Chicabird
o wow...i forgot all about Mad Max...

I LOVED that movie...i'll have to rent it again...


06-08-02, 09:23 AM
Fourbrick
Favorite All Time Movie
Nobody has mentioned the greatest comedy of the lot--- "Some like it hot" starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon. Delicious !

06-08-02, 11:07 PM
esencia
My fav. is the drama 'Dead Poets Society' with Robin Williams & a slew of other great actors.
I also like
'The Firm'
'The Secret of My Success'
'Back to the Future 2'
'Titanic' (`99 version )
'Mannequin'
'A Few Good Men'
'Overboard'
'Aplooe13'
'Schindler's List'

There are many more. I remember one day many years ago (when I had nothing better too do) I watched Overboard over & over & over like 6 times in a row. I never got tired of it. I could also watch The Secret of My Success over & over...The others I can watch several times a week...pathetic huh? roll eyes ha ha But I would deffinatly reccommend Dead Poets Society. It does have a tear jerkeing bit in it about 2/3 to 3/4 of the way in but still...anyways, Happy Watching!! cool

06-09-02, 02:46 AM
mahal
Kelsey Gramar plays a great roll in "The Pentagon Wars"! I've seen it about 5 times or so and I laugh until I hurt every time! It's based on a true story, and whether you live in the US and love it or live outside the US and hate it, this is a great flick! It's hard to get though. It's a little old and not very popular. (I think these are called "sleepers"?)

06-10-02, 02:27 PM
coldfuse
Ben-Hur
Patton
The Outlaw Josey Wales
The Shawshank Redemption
Gone With the Wind
North By Northwest
Jeremiah Johnson
The Sting
Braveheart
Life Is Beautiful

I also have a passion for nutty foreign films (foreign, that is, if you're from the USA). My favorites in the past couple of years are:

The Dish
Best In Show
East Is East
Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
Waking Ned Devine

06-11-02, 11:54 AM
gojenni714
I by far will have the longest list here.... roll eyes

Keep in mind these are just some of my favorite favorites....I'm a big movie person....

Casablanca
The African Queen
The Time Machine
The 'burbs
Bell, Book & Candle
Cat Ballou
National Lampoon's Vacation
Christmas Vacation
Clue
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Fun with Dick & Jane
The Guns of Navarone
The Hunt for Red October
Last of the Mohicans
All the Star Wars
The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Rings
Memphis Belle
The Money Pit
9 to 5
Paint Your Wagon
The Shadow
Sunday in New York
The X-Files

Whew!

06-11-02, 01:18 PM
Lucy
My favorite movie is Bram Stocker's Dracula (I think that's the way his name is written) I even know the script by heart.
I also loved Shreck! great movie, so funny! I laughed so hard!!! The Donkey is a blast!
I also liked White nights. Very touching...

By the way the monty python are SOOOOO COOL!

06-12-02, 06:41 PM
mahal
Good sleepers:

Crimes of Passion (Anthony Perkins, Kathleen Turner)
Nixon (an unparalleled performance by Anthony Hopkins)
The Pentagon Wars (Kelsey Grammer)

Good dramas:

Howard's End (Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson)
Sense and Sensibility (Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Kate Winslet)
Sling Blade (Billy Bob Thornton)

06-13-02, 02:59 PM
MelvynP
So many, but two that came quickly to mind were.....

"The Taking Of Pelham 1-2-3"
"The Man Who Would Be King"

Cheers....Mel.

06-13-02, 11:36 PM
gizmogram
Although we're still talking movies that are suitable for younger kids, I want to thank the "Blazing Saddles" post! My 1st husband and I had to have seen that movie at least 20 times at the drive-in over the course of the summer! Got to where if we went to a slasher film (which I hated) & I could see the other screen, I could quote the dialogue as it went along! Will always be one of my fav's, and I agree that most of the adult humor would go right over the heads of younger kids.

Dogspit, I loved your list, but again, most of those movies would be inappropriate for young viewers. (note, I have most of these on video!)

Just saw Shrek for the first time this last weekend and just loved it!

It gets easier as the kids get older, but we still have to be careful! I was absolutely shocked that my daughter (13) rented and saw Road Trip before I saw it. When I DID see it, although I'm no prude, I was thoroughly disgusted with the fact that my 13 year old had seen this and understood it! I tore the convenience store manager a new one for allowing her to rent it - turns our the version they had was NR, so they could rent it to anyone. At that point I gave the store instructions that she was to rent nothing less than GP, and no unrated movies!

06-14-02, 09:37 AM
puppyblues
Okay, you asked for all time favorite movie, so I'm just giving one!

Sling Blade


oh blatz, I can't stop there
St. Elmo's Fire
Poltergiest
ET
Oh, I forget the name of this, it's got Ang. Jolie, Billie Bob Thorton and it's about air traffic controllers.............it must not have been that good if I can't remember the name!!!

Breakfast Club
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
The Shining
Pet Cemetary
The Green Mile
Titanic
Thelma & Louise
It's a Wonderful Life
Oh so many more...............................

06-21-02, 07:50 AM
JennX
My all time favorite movie is Fight Club, but my other favorites include:
Original Sin
Memento
Scream
Ten Things I Hate About You
Wild Things
Where the Heart is
Nurse Betty
I'll do Anything
Grand Canyon
Aliens
Terminator
Xmen
Hellraiser 2: Hellbound
Nightmare on Elm Street
Jurassic Park
Tomb Raider
Bridget Jones' Diary
Back to the Future
An Affair to Remember
Firestarter
Heathers
Save The Last Dance
Clueless
Party Girl

06-27-02, 05:30 PM
Ritzmar
Because I never tire of it I suppose "The Sting" is my favourite movie. I love "Scent of a Woman" with Al Pacino (awesome actor) and "Shawshank Redemption". Have a soft spot for Mel Brookes, so "Blazing Saddles" is in there, as is "History of the World" (very underrated). Must admit I prefer comedies to almost anything... if it makes me laugh, it works! big grin

06-29-02, 07:16 PM
aminator2002
Cinema Paradiso is my favorite movie of all time.

I watch The American President more than any other movie though. It is a nice little movie.

06-29-02, 09:07 PM
nerdqueendeluxe
I recently saw it for the first time on DVD. Spring foreward or back up to Chapter 5, 18 min, 20 seconds and catch the multitude of looks on Nic Cage's face as he drives and tries to keep from cracking up over the backseat behavior. I never caught that on the video.

06-29-02, 09:59 PM
newnickname
Cyrano de Bergerac

Princess Mononoke

Dark Star

Life of Brian

The Blues Brothers

Dumbo

Apocalypse Now

Delicatessen

Shrek

Birds of Prey

Braveheart? Why does Braveheart keep turning up on 'favourite movie' lists? It is full of cliched, macho, anachronistic nonsense. There's nothing original or interesting in the movie-making. The story would have embarrassed Walter Scott in its puerility. The movie ignores the idea that people living at that time simply did not think like people now.

'Freedom', 'nation', 'war' were all different then. That much is a truism, but some good movies were made in spite of it - in the forties and fifties, in good fun, with Errol Flynn in tights, for example.

Braveheart has the pretence of realism, with its rain, and mud, and slick cinematography. But that doesn't sit well with its predictable, adolescent plot. Braveheart has the technology of the nineties, but the heart of something old and contemptible.

It's a bad movie, made to be watched once, on a big screen, very loud.

06-30-02, 01:27 PM
cattywampus
My favorites:

The Godfather Series
Rat Race
Out of Africa
Willow
Lord of the Rings
big grin big grin

06-30-02, 10:10 PM
Shadows and Dust
The Man Who Would Be King
Ben-Hur
Gladiator
Gone with the Wind
Indiana Jones Trilogy
Star Wars (original three)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lion King
American Graffiti
The Road to El Dorado
The Great Escape
Red River
Pearl Harbor/Harbour
Rebel Without a Cause
Rudy
The Quiet Man
The Magnificent Seven......

07-10-02, 02:15 AM
Oceangurl
I have to agree that I love Forrest Gump and never get tired of seeing it. Another of my other favorites is Simon Burch. I own both on video and watch each at least two to three times a year -- (kind of like my version of comfort food :-)

My favorite of all time, that I never tire of and have seen countless times is "Lonesome Dove" the 8-hour mini-series starring a great cast, but namely Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Duvall. I fell madly in love with Captain Augustus McCrae -- he is the ultimate man -- a gentleman, a prankster, and a hero!

07-16-02, 03:15 PM
mattlynda
for family entertainment my FAV movie is the princess bride. the last unicorn is good too just not for really young kids... it IS animated but not americanized cartoony. but i have memorized that movie since i was a kid. the book is really good too

07-16-02, 05:52 PM
Ritzmar
-It's on TV in the UK at this moment...I ADORE Capricorn 1. I'd forgotten "Shawshank Redemption"-thanks, guys; also love "The Man Who Would Be King" and "Blazing Saddles".
PS Does anyone but me like the "Carry On" films? My dear wife deserts me and goes to bed as soon as I start falling about with mirth at the God-awful puns & double-entendres scattered so tastelessly about...am I a lost cause...??????

08-20-02, 03:22 PM
Jane Doe
Favorite All Time Movie
I read the other responses. Actually, Debra did not say she was looking for family oriented movies. She basically just said she has a family and they watch movies. With that said, my favorite movie is Amadeus. I never thought about classical music until I saw that movie. I was toally mesmerized. I've watched it many times. The other movie I like so much--I'm almost embarrassed to say it--is Arthur. Even thinking about the conversation between Arthur and Susan makes me laugh.

08-20-02, 11:07 PM
Johnny Velo
My two favorites ever were
"Mister Roberts"
"Hard Days Night"
I have to admit I saw these two movies about six times each. Oh, I forgot one more
"My Fair Lady"
Can't make a list without that one. smile smile smile smile smile

08-21-02, 02:28 AM
stanbee
Gandhi

Garden of the Finzi-Contini

Babette's Feast

Black Orpheus

Days of Heaven

Clockwork Orange

Dune

Alien

2001

Autumn Sonata

King and I 'fities

Blazing Saddles

The Producers

08-21-02, 01:22 PM
niccincoogol
The Bicycle Thief - it's Italian, old, and it's
one of the greatest movies
ever made.

Seven Samurai - Kurosawa's classic starring
Mifune. Great old-school samurai
stuff with a fantastic story line.
Inspiration for American "The
Magnificent Seven".

Run Lola Run - German, non-stop action piece.
Unlike any movie you've ever seen,
and a recent instant classic.

The Dinner Game - French, absolutely hilarious,
and goes overboard big time.
Great story. Another recent
instant classic.

08-21-02, 03:44 PM
Ritzmar
-Don't know the films you list (no time to watch many movies) but will check out one or two of the ones you list.
My favoutite foreign movies are "Un Homme et Une Femme"; and "Onibaba"- totally different! wink

09-09-02, 08:45 AM
niccincoogol
Ritzmar - hey, few of my fave British flix-

The Man in the White Suit - for all those filmfans that only know Sir Alec as Obi Wan Kenobi, an absolute early classic.

Georgy Girl - cutesy yes, but a bittersweet classic, Redgrave is wonderful

09-14-02, 01:52 AM
Abish
Although I agree with most of the movie choices that have been mentioned, I would have to say my favorite movie at the moment is definetly Lord of the Rings. I thought this movie was excellently done and is a wonderful story.

10-31-02, 07:49 PM
jusork
I can’t think of many great or horrible movies (most movies are bearable, ok, or good) so I’ll just recommend some: Pitch Black, Orange County, Chocolat, Braveheart, The Last Castle, Rat Race (bad name and advertising creator should be fired but underrated movie). Life. The ‘Burbs. With Honors. Operation Dumbo Drop. Pleasantville. No Man’s Land (foreign). eXistenZ (pronounced: eg - ziz - tense; about 4 or 5 twists at the end). Robin Hood: Men In Tights. The Jerk. Lost and Found. Hart’s War. Waking Ned Devine. Novocaine. Dumb and Dumber (it may be silly but it’s silliness is done with originality).

11-01-02, 08:58 AM
Texan-In-Exile
Airplane I & II
Loaded Weapon
big grin
These movies are just downright funny -
PLUS - There's so much going on in the backgrounds, I see something new every time I see them!

Also -
Hocus Pocus big grin

I also love classic horror movies like -
Dracula (1931)
Frankenstein (1931)
Nosferatu (1922)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1918)
The Phantom of the Opera (1927)
And of course, the original
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
eek

I really LOVE silent movies - the people really had to ACT to get the story across!

11-02-02, 10:26 AM
sonnet26
In no particular order:

Old Yeller
The Wizard of OZ
Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
White Christmas
101 Dalmations

There's more, I'll stop now. LOL

11-03-02, 02:22 PM
honilov
My favorite movies are, and There a lot I like, but I never get tired of watching these two.

[This message was edited by Dwight on 11-03-02 at 04:48 PM.]

11-03-02, 02:24 PM
honilov
Purple Rain, and Coal Miner's Daughter,. I don't know why they didn't show up in my post.

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