Your favorite movies of all time
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Of all the movies you've ever seen, what are your top 12 (or pick another number if 12 doesn't work for you)? Here's mine. Depending on mood, there are one or two I might swap out for another, but most of these are rock solid. Presented in roughly chronological order because I really can't pick favorites among these: 1. Duck Soup 2. The Wizard of Oz 3. Casablanca 4. Singin' In the Rain 5. Lawrence of Arabia 6. Dr. Strangelove 7. 2001: A Space Odyssey 8. Z 9. MASH 10. The Godfather 11. Annie Hall 12. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 version)* 13. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? 14. Beauty and the Beast (animated version) 15. Beautiful Thing *The 1950s original is great, too, but the studio made them tack on a happy ending that totally sucks the life out of it.
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In no particular order: Highlander (1986) Christopher Lambert Somewhere In Time (1980) Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour Time After Time (197
Malcolm McDowell Swordfish (2001) Hugh Jackman and John Travolta A Hard Day's Night (1964) Could watch this a thousand times! Any of the Pink Panther movies with Peter Sellers Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan (1982) The Godfather (1972) The Godfather Part 2 (1974) Love Robert DeNiro as young Vito Corleone! Titanic (1997) The Matrix trilogy The Lord Of The Rings trilogy -
My list, not in any order, just movies I really enjoy. 1. The Princess Bride 2. The Star Wars trilogy (the original trilogy) 3. The Lord of the Rings trilogy 4. A Hard Day's Night 5. Elf 6. Labyrinth 7. Beauty and the Beast (90s animated version) 8. The Anne of Green Gables movies (80s versions) 9. A Christmas Story 10. The Lion King 11. The Harry Potter series 12. Titanic
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Oh, yes, love The Princess Bride!
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Nancy R:
Oh, yes, love The Princess Bride!
A movie I can watch many times and never tire of it. My friends and I quote it often.
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Singin' in the Rain (1952) Directed by Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen Written by Betty Comden & Adolph Green Songs by Arthur Freed & Nacio Herb Brown Starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell, Cyd Charisse, Rita Moreno, Kathleen Freeman Fargo (1990s) Directed, written, produced & edited by Joel & Ethan Coen Starring Frances McDormand, William H Macy, Steve Buscemi, John Carroll Lynch, Peter Stormare, Steve Reevis, Steve Park The African Queen (1951) Directed & written by John Huston, based on the novel by C.S. Forester Starring Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Walter Gotell, Peter Bull, Theodore Bikel, Robert Morley Radio Days (late 1980s) Directed & written by Woody Allen Starring Seth Green, Julie Kavner, Michael Tucker, Dianne Wiest, Josh Mostel, Kenneth Mars, Rebecca Schaeffer, Mia Farrow, Danny Aiello, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Wallace Shawn, Jeff Daniels, Woody Allen The Night of the Iguana (1964) Directed & written by John Huston, based on the play by Tennessee Williams Produced by John Huston & Ray Stark Starring Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, Deborah Kerr, Sue Lyon Howard's End (early 1990s) Directed by James Ivory Written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, based on the novel by E.M. Forster Produced by Ismail Merchant Starring Helena Bonham Carter, Emma Thompson, Vanessa Redgrave, Anthony Hopkins, Simon Callow Postcards From the Edge (1990) Directed by Mike Nichols Written by Carrie Fisher, based on her novel Music by Carly Simon Starring Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, Richard Dreyfuss, Rob Reiner, Conrad Bain, Mary Wickes, Annette Bening, Simon Callow, Robin Bartlett Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962) Directed by Sidney Lumet Written by Eugene O'Neill Starring Katharine Hepburn, Ralph Richardson, Jason Robards, Dean Stockwell The Sheltering Sky (1990) Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci Photographed by Vittorio Storaro Written by Bernardo Bertolucci & Mark Peploe, based on the novel by Paul Bowles Starring Debra Winger, John Malkovich, Campbell Scott, Timothy Spall, Jill Bennett Mary Poppins (1964) Directed by Robert Stevenson Produced by Walt Disney & Billy Walsh Written by Billy Walsh, based on the books by PL Travers Songs by Robert Sherman Starring Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynnis Johns, Elsa Lanchester, Ed Wynn, Marni Nixon, Daws Butler, Paul Frees, Alan Napier, Pat O'Malley Chimes At Midnight (1965) Directed & written by Orson Welles, based on Richard II, Henry IV part 1, Henry IV part 2, Henry V, The Merry Wives of Windsor by some British poet Starring Orson Welles, Keith Baxter, John Gielgud, Jeanne Moreau, Margaret Rutherford, Ralph Richardson, Fernando Rey, Marina Vlady Sophie's Choice (1982) Directed & written by Alan J Pakula, based on the novel by William Styron Starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol, Josh Mostel, Robin Bartlett Terms of Endearment (early 1980s) Directed, written & produced by James L Brooks, based on the novel by Larry McMurtry Starring Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jeff Daniels, Jack Nicholson, John Lithgow, Danny DeVito, Albert Brooks Un long dimanche de fian?ailles (A Very Long Engagement) (early 2000s) Directed & written by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, based on the novel by S?bastien Japrisot Starring Audrey Tautou, Dominique Pinon, Chantal Neuwirth, Marion Cotillard, Julie Depardieu, Denis Lavant, Michel Robin, Jodie Foster Limelight (1952) Directed, written & produced by Charles Chaplin Music & songs by Charles Chaplin Starring Charlie Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Buster Keaton, Nigel Bruce, Sydney Chaplin, Norman Lloyd, Wheeler Dryden, Geraldine Chaplin Roman Holiday (1953) Directed & produced by William Wyler Written by Dalton Trumbo Starring Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck, Eddie Albert, Harcourt Williams White Nights (1985) Directed by Taylor Hackford Starring Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Helen Mirren, Jerzy Skolimowski, Geraldine Page, Isabella Rossellini Gandhi (1982) Directed & produced by Sir Richard Attenborough Starring Sir Ben Kingsley, Sir John Gielgud, Sir Michael Hordern, Roshan Seth, Edward Fox, Trevor Howard, Candice Bergen, Martin Sheen, Sir Daniel Day-Lewis, Om Puri, Richard Vernon, Richard Griffiths, Bernard Hill, Sir Nigel Hawthorne, John Ratzenberger Is that 12?
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paulfan11:
Nancy R:
Oh, yes, love The Princess Bride!
A movie I can watch many times and never tire of it. My friends and I quote it often.
"Inconceivable!"
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Nancy R:
paulfan11:
Nancy R:
Oh, yes, love The Princess Bride!
A movie I can watch many times and never tire of it. My friends and I quote it often.
"Inconceivable!"
Reminds me of an interview with Wallace Shawn a few months back for the 30th anniversary where he said that at least once a day somebody says that to him, thinking they are the first person to ever say that to him. -
paulfan11:
Nancy R:
paulfan11:
Nancy R:
Oh, yes, love The Princess Bride!
A movie I can watch many times and never tire of it. My friends and I quote it often.
"Inconceivable!"
Reminds me of an interview with Wallace Shawn a few months back for the 30th anniversary where he said that at least once a day somebody says that to him, thinking they are the first person to ever say that to him. Hey, I just saw in the new TV Guide that Elf will be on Freeform Dec. 20th! 
And of course A Christmas Story (24 hours, on repeat) will be on TBS and TNT Dec. 24th, plus there will be a new A Christmas Story Live! on Fox Dec. 17th. -
All the 14 films below I've watched many times and will no doubt watch many times more. In no particular order: Heavenly Creatures Solaris The Truman Show Shutter Island Once Is-Slottet The Others Atonement Innocence ( dir: Lucile Hadzihalilovic) A Tale Of The Sisters Paperhouse Hansel & Gretel (Korean film) Never Let Me Go The Tree
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I've watched these many times. In no particular order: Pride & Prejudice, BBC version with Firth/Ehle Love and Friendship, Kate Beckinsale Gone With the Wind, the first movie I can remember seeing at a theater Notting Hill Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home Star Wars, original trilogy (preferably, a version before Lucas' excessive later edits) Casablanca A Hard Day's Night The Devil Wear's Prada, It's Complicated, almost anything Meryl Streep The Awful Truth, My Favorite Wife, or anything Irene Dunn A Knight's Tale Sweet Home Alabama
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I'm sticking to my list, but lotsa good stuff on Hailey McComet's. I saw Chimes At Midnight for the first time about 2 years ago, and it's pretty freakin' amazing.
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Fan4-45years:
I've watched these many times. In no particular order: Pride & Prejudice, BBC version with Firth/Ehle Love and Friendship, Kate Beckinsale Gone With the Wind, the first movie I can remember seeing at a theater Notting Hill Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home Star Wars, original trilogy (preferably, a version before Lucas' excessive later edits) Casablanca A Hard Day's Night The Devil Wear's Prada, It's Complicated, almost anything Meryl Streep The Awful Truth, My Favorite Wife, or anything Irene Dunn A Knight's Tale Sweet Home Alabama
You have some good ones on there. I love A Knight's Tale too!
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Nancy, the music in a Knight's Tale is pretty great the way they weave it into a Medieval setting like it's all good, which it is! Bruce, I will have to check out Chimes At Midnight. Hadn't heard of it. Kestrel, I like Atonement, also, and The Truman Show is brilliant, in my opinion.
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Well, off the top of my head 1- 2001 A Space Odyssey 2- The Exorcist 3- Jaws 4- No Country For Old Men 5- Deliverance 6- Full Metal Jacket 7- The Sound of Music 8- The Godfather, Part Two 9- Saving Private Ryan 10- Fargo 11- Dazed and Confused 12- High Noon
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Off the top of my head...
2001 A Space Odessey
It's a Wonderful Life
Singing In the Rain
The Wizard of Oz
Titanic
ET
It Happened One Night
Ghandi
5th Element
Interstellar
Gravity
The Martian
Divergent
Blade Runner
The Theory of Everything
The Imitation Game
Sherlock Series
The Hobbit Movies
The Sound of Music
Thomas Crown Affair
James Bond Movies
Indiana Jones Series
Hitchcock Series
Casablanca
Back to the Future Series
Braveheart
Amadeus
Eight Days a Week
Across the Universe
Mr Smith Goes to Washington
Gone With the Wind
Jason Borne Series
The Truman Show
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
King Kong
Cinderella
Robin Hood
Lord of the Rings Series
Star Wars Series
Rear Window
Toy Story Series
Lawrence of Arabia
Rebecca
The Jungle Book
Frankenstein
The African Queen
Pinocchio
Peter Pan
Harry Potter (all of them)
Roman Holiday
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Fan4-45years wrote:
Nancy, the music in a Knight's Tale is pretty great the way they weave it into a Medieval setting like it's all good, which it is! Bruce, I will have to check out Chimes At Midnight. Hadn't heard of it. Kestrel, I like Atonement, also, and The Truman Show is brilliant, in my opinion.
For those unfamiliar, Chimes at Midnight is something of a mashup of several Shakespeare history plays. If you can't stomach Shakespeare, it won't be for you. It does help to know the original plays, but you can enjoy the film without them -- though you'll miss some stuff, for sure.
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Bruce, this sounds great. I love Shakespeare. Will have to put it on my "to see" list.
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Orson Welles took the Falstaff character from Richard II, Henry IV part 1, Henry IV part 2, Henry V and The Merry Wives of Windsor and made his own movie. Maybe it does help if you're familiar with the plays, but even if you're not, it's a great story that is beautifully directed, acted and written.
We're always told that Citizen Kane is his best work, and just like Gone With the Wind and Casablanca, it's one of the greatest films ever made, but Chimes At Midnight is just as amazing.
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I copied all of your lists and highlighted movies I saw and liked in red and movies that I saw and didn’t like in blue
Movies I'd seen myself but didn't see on your lists that I liked were:
Anchorman, The 007 Series, Grease, The Tree Of Life, Encounters Of A Third Kind, The Original Willy Wonka with Gene Wilder, Sweeny Todd, World War Z, Duplicity, The Mission: Impossible series and a buncha others I'm too lazy to list.
1. Duck Soup
2. The Wizard of Oz
3. Casablanca
4. Singin' In the Rain
5. Lawrence of Arabia
6. Dr. Strangelove
7. 2001: A Space Odyssey
8. Z
9. MASH
10. The Godfather
11. Annie Hall
12. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 version)*
13. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
14. Beauty and the Beast (animated version)
15. Beautiful Thing
Highlander (1986) Christopher Lambert
Somewhere In Time (1980) Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour
Time After Time (197 Malcolm McDowell
Swordfish (2001) Hugh Jackman and John Travolta
A Hard Day's Night (1964) Could watch this a thousand times!
Any of the Pink Panther movies with Peter Sellers
Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan (1982)
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather Part 2 (1974) Love Robert DeNiro as young Vito Corleone!
Titanic (1997)
The Matrix trilogy
The Lord Of The Rings trilogy
Swaying To The Rhythm
1. The Princess Bride
2. The Star Wars trilogy (the original trilogy)
3. The Lord of the Rings trilogy
4. A Hard Day's Night
5. Elf
6. Labyrinth
7. Beauty and the Beast (90s animated version)
8. The Anne of Green Gables movies (80s versions)
9. A Christmas Story
10. The Lion King
11. The Harry Potter series
12. Titanic
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Fargo (1990s)
The African Queen (1951)
Radio Days (late 1980s)
The Night of the Iguana (1964)
Howard's End (early 1990s)
Postcards From the Edge (1990)
Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962)
The Sheltering Sky (1990)
Mary Poppins (1964)
