greatest film

[meatboy]

having been a cinema goer for over 60yrs.without doubt the greatest film i ever saw was BEN HUR. 

what was yours.?

[giddyup]

This has already been done very recently with All Time Favourite Movie.

[tutsiwarrior]

toss up between The seven samurai and The treasure of the sierra madre...both films made during a time when the story, the acting and the directing were all that mattered...and they retain their magnificence today...

[Daffy D]

 As "giddyup" sais it's already been done recently. But sometimes it doesn't hurt to start afresh as long pages of poste tend to get boring. Just my opinion.

 

I think favorite movies depend on how old you were and where you were in your life. Over the years I have had several favorites. One of my first favorites was Ben Hur and also Gone With the Wind, I also liked The Overlanders (Australian Cattle drive)  Ice Cold in Alex and Treasure of the Sierra Madre amongst others.

 

Many of these old movies are being remastered and are becoming available on the internet now some with subtitles which is good for my older ears.

 

Ps. Recently one of my favorite films has been "Eye in the Sky"  starring Helen Mirren -http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2057392/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Worth a watch.

 

 

 

 

Edited November 21, 2016 by Daffy D

[transam]

I recall Moby Dick...(1956), of course as a weeeee lad the eyes were wide open watching it...Has left an impression...Yeh...Ben Hur was in a class of it's own....

[tutsiwarrior]

3 hours ago, transam said:

I recall Moby Dick...(1956), of course as a weeeee lad the eyes were wide open watching it...Has left an impression...Yeh...Ben Hur was in a class of it's own....

 

yeah...I like Moby Dick too (another John Huston film)...some folks thought that Gregory Peck was miscast as Ahab, he bein' a more Atticus Finch type of guy...but his performance was memorable, the scene when he nailed the gold piece to the mast; I wanted to go out and get that whale too...a great cast all around, I thought...

 

 

[rott]

The Young Savages, early 60's to the UK. A grittier sort of West Side Story, that was another great one. I enjoy a sad ending.

[Docno]

Wings of Desire, the original German version, not the saccharine US remake with Nicolas Cage. Runner's up: Rear Window ; Paris, Texas; Apocalypse Now. Also greatly enjoyed Fight Club, The Usual Suspects, Memento, and Cloud Atlas 

[Aussie69]

Shawshank Redemption

[curtklay]

Deep Throat

Edited November 22, 2016 by curtklay

[transam]

Casablanca

[TPI]

The Wild Bunch.......great actors, reflected real life, great ending!

[DSJPC]

The Sound of Music

[roo860]

Scarface, Al Pacino at his finest.

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[duanebigsby]

My favourite is one not many people have seen. Diva, a French film from 1980.

 

[stgrhe]

The first Goodfather followed by Cascablanca.

 

I am a WWII film collector and have over 1,900 titles in my collection; in that category I rate Das Boot (the short theatrical version) as number one.

 

One observation I have made regarding the IMDb ratings is that US produced films in general get too a high rating whereas non-English films are rated too law.

[Pepper1959]

Dr Zhivago, took me years to finally get the chance to see it after reading the book.

[thai3]

'I believe in America' etc etc ............

[StevieDee]

Jacob's Ladder

[Laza 45]

2001: A Space Odyssey .... Oh... and Pulp Fiction!

Edited November 22, 2016 by Laza 45

[Tarteso]

Very difficult to shoose the very best, Blade runner and Casablanca are very special for me.

[elgordo38]

1 hour ago, curtklay said:

Deep Throat

Debbie Does Dallas?

[elgordo38]

27 minutes ago, thai3 said:

'I believe in America' etc etc ............

Please no more Trump jokes

[chilli42]

Lawrence of Arabia.  Though I confess to liking of lot of film done by David Lean.

[srowndedbyh2o]

Fitzcarraldo staring Klaus Kinski is one of my favorites.

[Deli]

Wallstreet

[soalbundy]

'The sex lives of the potato men' a great laugh.

[mettech]

Apocalypse now i believe during Vietnam war, and hells on wheels nice movie.

[petermik]

Rita Sue and Bob too

[nervona81732]

PLATOON, depicting the war within self and the misery experienced in war.