Author Topic: Favourite movie of all time (Read 7598 times)

jonnydog · « on March 22, 2015, 11:02:46 pm by jonnydog »

Not an easy one, and it's probably easier to put a few down so for me it's:-

12 Angry men
Shawshank Redemption
North By Northwest
Goodfellas

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NickDRFC · « **Reply #1 on** March 23, 2015, 08:07:01 am by NickDRFC »

17 Again. 13 going on 30 a close second.

auckleyflyer · « **Reply #2 on** March 23, 2015, 09:55:46 am by auckleyflyer »

Aliens scared the shit out of me!
Hamburger hill was best of the war films cliché away!!
So I married an axe murderer best comedy.

afro goal machine · « **Reply #3 on** March 23, 2015, 10:37:54 am by afro goal machine »

Love American Pie 1 and 2

Al4475 · « **Reply #4 on** March 23, 2015, 12:33:41 pm by Al4475 »

Shawshank Redemption is one of mine, as is seven and I really enjoyed Highlander and the Hannibal Lecter trilogy too! To be fair as well hannibal rising was also worth a watch for the backstory!

Mike_F · « **Reply #5 on** March 23, 2015, 12:38:55 pm by Mike_F »

Shawshank also ranks highly in mine.

Other notable faves:

- The Italian Job
- Robocop
- Goodfellas
- LA Confidential
- Pulp Fiction
- Trainspotting

RobTheRover · « **Reply #6 on** March 23, 2015, 01:16:15 pm by RobTheRover »

The Empire Strikes Back. I wept when Han is encased in carbonite.

GM-MarkB · « **Reply #7 on** March 23, 2015, 03:35:41 pm by GM-MarkB »

Falling Down

jucyberry · « **Reply #8 on** March 23, 2015, 03:46:48 pm by jucyberry »

Quote from: RobTheRover on March 23, 2015, 01:16:15 pm

The Empire Strikes Back. I wept when Han is encased in carbonite.

Return of the Jedi has that effect on me, no matter how many times I watch it I bawl my eyes out when Vader dies.

roversontheup · « **Reply #9 on** March 23, 2015, 03:57:38 pm by roversontheup »

Shirley Valentine. I still quote some of the lines in that film. Still makes me chuckle.

Mike_F · « **Reply #10 on** March 23, 2015, 04:30:22 pm by Mike_F »

Rita, Sue and Bob Too is like that for me. Classic.

ravenrover · « **Reply #11 on** March 23, 2015, 05:11:53 pm by ravenrover »

Don't Look Back

Prez · « **Reply #12 on** March 23, 2015, 05:12:16 pm by Prez »

Love most of Lucas and Speilbergs work, and aliens, sleepers, snatch and lock stock.

Al4475 · « **Reply #13 on** March 23, 2015, 05:16:46 pm by Al4475 »

I forgot about sleepers - another good film, other decent films, blood diamond and shooter are good, hanna is also a quality watch - suppose it depends on your genre! I thought inception was a clever concept too!

glosterred · « **Reply #14 on** March 23, 2015, 05:50:14 pm by glosterred »

For me

12 Angry men - stage version of this play is on in York in April, saw it in London when it was on there and its well worth going to.
Whiskey Galore
In which we serve

Sprotyrover · « **Reply #15 on** March 23, 2015, 05:56:29 pm by Sprotyrover »

The wild bunch
Cross of Iron
Patton
The song of Bernadette.
Ronin

StocktonRover · « **Reply #16 on** March 23, 2015, 06:43:41 pm by StocktonRover »

The castle - great Australian comedy

colfromdonny · « **Reply #17 on** March 23, 2015, 06:46:49 pm by colfromdonny »

Trainspotting, Pulp Fiction and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, order depends on what mood I'm in.

RedRover45 · « **Reply #18 on** March 23, 2015, 07:26:06 pm by RedRover45 »

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Railway Children, Shawshank Redemption, The Warriors, Die Hards 1 & 2, Ghost, The Great Escape, Magnificent Seven and Live and Let Die.

Nudga · « **Reply #19 on** March 23, 2015, 07:26:54 pm by Nudga »

I love Snatch fnaar fnaar

watto-drfc · « **Reply #20 on** March 23, 2015, 07:39:04 pm by watto-drfc »

Dutch Uncle · « **Reply #21 on** March 23, 2015, 07:44:57 pm by Dutch Uncle »

Good to see '12 Angry Men' getting so many votes, and I would add 'Rear Window' to my list.

As a Tolkien nut of nearly 50 years' standing I have to say Peter Jackson's trilogy was outstanding (not convinced by the Hobbit though)

Two more very different films I love are 'Les Uns et Les Autres' and 'You've got Mail'.

BillyStubbsTears · « **Reply #22 on** March 23, 2015, 09:33:06 pm by BillyStubbsTears »

I'll go for 12 Angry Men too

Along with
Dr Strangelove
The Big Lebowski
Fistful of Dollars
Amelie
The Seventh Seal
The Usual Suspects
Cinema Paradiso
Battleship Potemkin.

jonnydog · « **Reply #23 on** March 23, 2015, 09:34:21 pm by jonnydog »

Agree Dutch, whenever I talk about 12 Angry Men, nobody has ever seen it. It's always been a bit ignored (in my opinion) whereas 'Citizen Kane' was, for years, classed as the 'best film ever', and in my opinion it doesn't come close to 12 Angry Men.

Agree with Rear Window too, although I love most of Hitchcocks work.

LongbridgeMGRover · « **Reply #24 on** March 23, 2015, 09:44:15 pm by LongbridgeMGRover »

Kes
Get Carter (the original)
Wicker Man (likewise)
Dancer in the Dark

Mike_F · « **Reply #25 on** March 23, 2015, 11:16:05 pm by Mike_F »

The original Wicker Man is brilliant.

A few very good ones I've seen recently:

- Dallas Buyers' Club
- American Hustle
- Trance

Sandy Lane · « **Reply #26 on** March 24, 2015, 03:13:43 am by Sandy Lane »

For old ones,
all the Alfred Hitchcock movies with Jimmy Stewart
Gone With the Wind
To Kill A Mockingbird

For comedies:
Woody Allen movies
Peter Sellers Pink Panther movies
Caddy Shack
Animal House
Spinal Tap
The Princess Bride

Love all the James Bond movies

We saw A Hard Days Night tonight at the local theatre (first time ever really seeing it for me) and it is very clever and fun, and those mad cap lads are very cute and clean (like Paul's grandfather). Haha.

Cinema Paradiso
Under the Tuscan Sun
And lots of other rom coms I'm too embarrassed to admit to.
No really recent ones except the one about Alan Turing, and would like to see Paddington.

SoundbiteBarmyArmy · « **Reply #27 on** March 24, 2015, 08:29:29 am by SoundbiteBarmyArmy »

Not a massive film watcher, would rather watch documentaries or series given the choice on Netflix, but of the films I have watched (still a fair amount, although I'm making seem not many lol), I would have to say Rat Race.

nightporter · « **Reply #28 on** March 24, 2015, 09:58:08 am by nightporter »

Life of Brian, Holy Grail, Blade Runner, Platoon, Casualties of War, Saving Private Ryan. Soft spots for Goonies, Flight of the Navigator, Last Starfighter.

Grease.

Filo · « **Reply #29 on** March 24, 2015, 10:50:54 am by Filo »

Kes
Scum
Quadraphenia
McVicar
The Longest Day
True Grit
The Alamo
The Good the Bad and the Ugly
A fist Full of Dollars
Big Country

And if weepy films get you watch Angela's Ashes

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