The Best Movie You Ever Saw

[wileycoyote]

I agree with aries27,but add in "Steppenwolf"

[choppychugger]

Would have to say Godfather Part II.

A timeless classic that I can never get bored of.

Choppy

[Cuban]

Midnight Express.

[patsfangr]

First, I have to second the comment of whoever it was who said that too many people are going off track from the OP's question; which was, "What is your favorite movie" ... that's "MOVIE" - singular! If you can't pick one (and, as a huge movie fan, I completely understand the difficulty in doing so), you should ignore this thread, and start another for "Your top 5", or "Your top 10", or "Your favorite of 'X' genre. But this question was "Your favorite movie".

So, with that in mind, I will name one that, much to my surprise, has not been named, even in the "lists", by anyone. My all time favorite movie is "West Side Story". I was 18 when I first saw it. I was, as were many teens in those long ago days, still idealistic, and relatively innocent. I was very deeply concerned with the racial prejudice I saw around me in my home town of South Boston, Massachusetts. I was personally hurt by the fact that so many people could not judge a person, as Martin Luther King said, "not by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character." (I'm white, by the way.)

While "West Side Story" was, as most know, a modern adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet", it differed significantly in that the young lovers were destroyed by a family fued; while the former directly addressed the much broader issue of racial prejudice as the factor that forbid the deep love between Tony and Maria.

Now, add to that the fact that, as I watched that movie, due to my personal preference in women, I literally fell in love with Natalie Wood. Then add the fact that the music was nothing short of spectacular. All of that puts "West Side Story" at the very top of a VERY LONG list of movies that I have loved over the years, most, but not all, of which have been mentioned in this thread.

I'd have a tough time cutting off at less than ... I don't know ... maybe 30, if I were to try to name all of the movies that have given me a great deal of pleasure to watch. There are many, many movies that I watch over and over again, virtually every time they are shown on TV. But, again, the question here was which ONE is your favorite movie. So, why not answer the question that was asked, folks.

I'm holding a gun to your head. You must now name ONE movie, all genres considered, as your all time favorite. Name two or more, in this thread, and I will pull the trigger! NOW, what is your all time favorite movie? I hope that you'll add some reasons why, but, since I didn't start this thread, that's just a suggestion.

From this point forward, I'm going to keep a running list of the movies named for the next month. So, if you've previously posted a single movie, please do so again. One month from today, I'll list the votes for the top 5 or 10 (depending upon the number of votes).

It's clear that there are a lot of serious movie fans here. Let's make this a really valid poll. What is #1 all time for you?

[pop_corn]

difficult question..some?

Any from Tarantino, he is my favorite director.

D13 (dont remember, but is a French movie.)

Dreams (kurosawa)

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter (Kim Ki-Duk)

Irreversible (Gaspar Noe)

Amelie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet)

Casablanca (Michael Curtiz )

Dead Poets Society (Peter Weir)

It's A Wonderful Life (Frank Capra)

[ilyushin]

City of God

The 400 Blows

Bande à part

Mars Attacks

The Godfather, Parts I and II

Man on Fire

Taxi Driver

Farewell My Concubine

Goodfellas

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Ulysses' Gaze

Nayakan

Heavy Metal

Pyaasa

Drunken Master II

Heat

[Daffy D]

Starman 1984

In 1977 Voyager II was launched into space, inviting all lifeforms in the universe to visit our planet.

An alien (Jeff Bridges) arrives on earth takes the form of a young widow's husband and finds earthlings are not as friendly as the invitation suggested so he just wants get back home.

A bit dated now but a magical movie, with a poignant heart warming emotionally story from start to finish.

[LeungKen]

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"The Thirty-Nine Steps"

[padfoot]

Lawrence of Arabia is my favorite of all time. I saw it last week here in Seattle at the Cinerama theatre. They bring it in about every other year and I always go.

[aries27]

just FYI...

HBO Asia is showing (one-time thing?) Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" on Earth Day, April 22 (8 pm in Thailand?)...

[BEENTHEREDONETHAT]

The Great Escape

[Fun2Fun]

Dung che sai duk

[twschw]

"The Women" from that magical year 1939.

[pampal]

Enter the Dragon--the immortal Bruce Lee

[george and dragon]

Good morning vietnam,

Goodfellas,

Apocolypse now,

Full metal jacket,

Man on fire,

Kill bill,

Killing fields,

The green mile,

The wall (pink floyd)

walk the line,

Ray, (ray charles)

Shaun of the dead. Sorry had to put that one in.

And i can't belive nobody has said Donnie Darko yet, I have been trying for ages to get my head round that film, and still really good to watch...

[ilyushin]

Wall Street

Broiler Room

Rocky Horror Picture Show

1942

Blow

Great Escape

Cowboys

are just a few more of my favorites

[suiging]

Great Escape a true classic. Also vote for The Third Man, Blade Runner and one which you can not " Like " as such, however evry parent should make ther kids watch Rush.

[lazeeboy]

the game michael douglas ..........at the end when sean penn pays the bill i always want to know how much that costs

[Datsun240Z]

The green mile and Escape from Alcatraz are also nice ones

Space cowboys also a favorite one

[jayhech]

Has anyone seen "Pan's Labyrinth"? Spanish film. It's really good, IMO.

[BEENTHEREDONETHAT]

No one has mentioned "Deep Throat" Linda Lovelace

[hgvneil]

grease 2

[enyaw]

The Ghost and Mrs Muir with Rex Harrison.

[lampard10]

Speaking of Sidney Potier, "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" was a classic with an all-star cast. And lest I forget the Princess of Monaco, Cole Porter's adaptation of "The Philadelphia Story" - "High Society" also had an all star cast, with Sinatra and Crosby singing a duet, and Louis Armstrong.

Also speaking of Sidney Potier, did any of you know his DAUGHTER is also Sidney Potier.

[lampard10]

Speaking of Sidney Potier, "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" was a classic with an all-star cast. And lest I forget the Princess of Monaco, Cole Porter's adaptation of "The Philadelphia Story" - "High Society" also had an all star cast, with Sinatra and Crosby singing a duet, and Louis Armstrong.

Also speaking of Sidney Potier, did any of you know his DAUGHTER is also Sidney Potier.

Saw a movie tonight that fits into my top five of all time

" The Constant Gardener"

[lazeeboy]

the great escape

[BugJackBaron]

Oh so many.

Probably 80% of Kubrick's ouvre.(2001, clockwork orange)

The man who fell to earth(original David Bowie at his best)

Once Upon a Time in The West ( Sergeo Lorene's masterpiece)

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Excalibur

Body Heat (they don't make em like that anymore)

Walkabout

Picnic at Hanging rock

Take a look at movies from the 70s especially - the hight of Western film

More recently really impressed by

The Fountain - seems like a 70s movie that believes in itself

Sunshine

Smokin Aces - far better than the trailer may look and a great ending

Edited June 11, 2008 by BugJackBaron

[cluezo]

Apocalypse Now

Goodfellas

A Bronx Tale

Full Metal Jacket

What eating Gilbert Grape?

Airplane

Training Day

Platoon

One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest

Fargo

Godfather I

Heat

Pale Rider

Hunt for Red October

Shawshank Redemtion

Patton

We are Marshall

Schindlers's List

Borat

Snatch

Silence of the lambs

Braveheart

The Green Mile

The Exorcist

The Patriot

The Longest Day

Dumb & Dumber

Legally Blonde