your favorite movies (of all time)

I remember when I first saw "Crumb," the next day I explained to my friend how it made me feel. "It made me feel like drawing is a really great and powerful thing to do, but also really fun and exciting," just jabbered on for 10 minutes straight about art and ideas, and how I drew pictures all afternoon because of it. She said, "That's called inspiration."

holy mountain
crumb
fargo
annie hall

― johnny crunch

Which Holy Mountain? I'm assuming Jodorowsky, but you never know.

Crumb is fantastic, def. getting it when I make a Criterion order in the next few days.

yea jodorowsky. whats the other 1 ?

I haven't seen that Crumb documentary in a long while, it is incredibly good, I think maybe one of the best documentary films ever made.

It's a Fanck movie, starring Leni Riefenstahl!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016953/

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Capturing the Friedmans was fascinating, but left me feeling pretty queasy. Don't think I'd ever want to watch it again.

Crumb is also fascinating/horrifying, but in a much different way. That I would like to see again.

Alien
Aliens
Alien 3
Nosferatu (Werner Herzog)
Blade Runner: Final Cut
Terminator
The Warriors
Wild Zero
Sonatine
Texas Chainsaw Massacre

That's a top ten off the top of my head. I don't understand film really.

my "picks" section at work includes:

Brazil
Flesh + Blood
In a Lonely Place
All the Real Girls
Citizen Ruth
Stroszek
The Fog of War
F for Fake
Seven Beauties
Hard Core Logo

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Oh yeah I don't know when any of those were released. Genres er:

SF
SF
SF
Horror
SF
SF
Gang War
Bizarro Japanese film
Takeshi Kitano
Horro

My favorite part of Crumb is when you see the insane evolution of Charles' art, culminating in a comic where the panels are filled with giant word bubbles that literally crowd the illustrations off the page. I think back on it whenever I read an overly talky comic.

woops, forgot the genres/years

Brazil - dystopian SF with a comic edge, 1984
Flesh + Blood - Verhoeven's rapey fantasy/action flick, 1987
In a Lonely Place - brutally cynical noir, 1950
All the Real Girls - Sadsack indie drama, 2003
Citizen Ruth - Abortion satire, 1996
Stroszek - Herzog's take on the American Road Movie, 1977
The Fog of War - Errol Morris at his best, 2004
F for Fake - Orson Welles eats the world, 1973
Seven Beauties - pitch-black comedy/war movie/sex farce, 1975
Hard Core Logo - very Canadian mock rock doc, 1996

favorite movies is hard. there are so, so many. some i like and would watch anytime:

the philadelphia story (1940) - wonderful romantic comedy w/ cary grant, katherine hepburn, jimmy stewart: the perfect movie, really
bande à part (1964) - goddard flick about men, women and crime, another romantic comedy, though not what that phrase suggests
once upon a time in the west (1968) - sergio leoni "spaghetti western", maybe the most epic epic i've ever seen
in the mood for love (2000) - wong kar wai film about love at a distance, breathtaking
valerie and her week of wonders (1970) - surreal czech film about a young girl's coming of age, and witches, and mysterious weirdness of every sort
sunset boulevard (1950) - billy wilder detective drama/poison pen letter to hollywood, lynch claims it as an influence and you can see why
the third man (1950) - carol reed or orson welles? doesn't matter, amazing film either way.
the royal tenenbaums (2001) - anderson stan, what can i say?
phenomena (1985) - seriously unhinged horror fairy tale from dario argento, bizarre is a vast understatement
my winnipeg (2007) - guy maddin's mock autobiographical tour of a highly fictionalized winnipeg, funny, personal and very odd
repo man (1984) - alex cox's cult punk comedy, fell in love with it as a kid and it still makes me laugh every time i see it
last year at marienbad (1961) - glorious alain resnais film about memory and loss, mysteries in an old hotel, time that can't be regained
three crowns of the sailor (1981) - raoul ruiz, best movie i've ever seen, no lie
excalibur (1981) - overheated treatment of la morte d'artur from john (zardoz) boorman, another product of my misspent youth
fat city (1972) - crushing john huston flick about failing slowly in a nowhere town, amazing performance from a young stacey keach
daughters of darkness (1971) - dreamlike vampire movie set (like last year at marienbad) in a grand old hotel, gorgeous
playtime (1967) - jaques tati lost in a mies van der rohe labyrinth, one of the most amazing pieces of set design i've ever seen, plus funny
the book of kells (2009) - just saw this, so i've got no perspective on it, but instantly one of my favorite animated/children's films
the red shoes (1948) - just watch it

Excessively handsome man sadly busts dad out of jail, encounters weather apocalypse, dodges house facades.

Abbbottt this is genius. I would also recommend Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr.

Lots of my favorites have been mentioned but these are also great:

The Lady Eve (1941) - Preston Sturges. Romantic comedy, but if your impression of that genre has been formed by contemporary movies please reevaluate. (see also Ninotchka, The Shop Around the Corner, and Trouble in Paradise)

The Battle of Algiers (1966) - Genre? Realism I guess? It's definitely not a war film.

Rules of the Game (1939) - Jean Renoir. Utterly sublime. Like Citizen Kane it has kind of an intimidating reputation but it's loads of fun.

Some more :

Quatermass And The Pit (1967) - ghostly happenings in London's east end are revealed to be of extraterrestrial origin. Science fiction that's almost overburdened with weird, original ideas, i.e. unlike contemporary SF films.
The Swimmer (1968) - allegorical strangeness in upper-middle class suburbia, as swimwear-clad Burt Lancaster appears out of nowhere and resolves to "swim home" via his neighbours pools. The final scenes are astonishingly powerful.
Woman Of The Dunes (1964) - more allegorical goings-on, this time in Japan. A man becomes trapped in a hole wherein resides a woman who spends her days shovelling sand to avoid being buried. Amazing avant-garde score by Toru Takemitsu.
The Wages Of Fear (1953) - desperate French dudes drive a cargo of explosives over the mountains in South America somewhere. Existential!
Ikiru (1952) - Kurosawa's best non-samurai film, in my opinion. An unfulfilled man searches for meaning in his life before he dies. Moving and emotional without lapsing into sentimentality.

a taste of honey
gold diggers of 1933
an angel at my table
my man godfrey
daisies
fanny and alexander
a serious man
diabolique

Some of my faves have been mentioned too, so I'll try to weed out repeats

Down By Law: Tom Waits! My favorite Jim Jarmusch movie, the soundtrack is gorgeous, it's funny, strange, weird & kinda beautiful. Also stars Roberto Benigni before I got annoyed with him.

Withnail & I: it's just so fucking funny and sad. I could watch it a hundred more times and it would be like the first time.

Chopper: I think this is more homesickness than anything. I dont have a lot of time for the irl Chopper (loudmouth Australian ex-con), but there's just something about the movie i keep going back to. Eric Bana is so spot on, I love watching him. Plus the humour is something I really miss being away from home, maybe that's what I'm attached to. It's a creepy sorta movie to love, but, shrug.

Zodiac - (the David Fincher movie)
this is the perfect storm of a movie for: true crime nerd; Fincher fan in general; major crush on Robert Downey JR. To me the movie just feels perfect, it does everything right.

Death Proof: chicks, cars, Kurt Russell and real driving stunts & real smashed up cars. I fucking LOVE this.

The Sound of Music: Julie Andrews voice is the sound of me being a little kid. This just makes me happy. See also: West Side Story for the same effect.

Miracle: because Kurt Russell. Hockey. Makes me cry and shut up it's really cool & you cant mess with good sports movies.

this is the closest ilx did on the thread's subject i think:

Pretend you have a ballot for the 2012 edition of Sight & Sound's top 10 movies of all time list

CaptainLorax: what are your favourite movies?

Some personal faves from the AFI 100
Lawrence of Arabia, widescreen desert epic, 1962
2001: A Space Odyssey, SF, 1968
Dr. Strangelove, blackest of black comedy, 1964
Rear Window, one-set murder thriller, 1954
The Philadelphia Story and The Third Man already mentioned; seconded on both

Also: Ninotchka, romantic comedy, 1939
The Magnificent Ambersons, drama, 1942

repo man.

reposent!

Yeah cosine on Repo Man, and Third Man too

I guess I need to re-watch "F is for Fake". Saw it about 12 years ago and didn't get it.

Heaven Help Us (1985) - Comedy-drama about Catholic prep school teens in Brooklyn circa 1965
The Legend of 1900 (1998) - Takes place shortly after WWII. Tim Roth plays a piano savant afraid to leave a cruise ship
Suspiria (1977) - Italian artsy horror film by Dario Argento. Takes place at a ballet school.
Battle Royale (2000) - Japanese film. In the future remedial students are put on an island to kill each other because of overpopulation and such
Amélie (2001) - French film. Feel good drama about an quiet quirky young lady
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)- Miyazaki anime about epic stuff that might be a bit snoozey for some people
Polyester (1981) - An delightfully absurd John Waters film (that isn't gross fun like Pink Flamingos) about a quirky family in suburban America

+more Miyazaki, Argento & Marx Brothers, Laurel and Hardy & kid movies like Brave Little Toaster and An American Tale. Oddly I haven't gotten around to seeing Buster Keaton movies yet - I should do that.

+The Scent of a Woman, Leon The Professional uncut, Apocalypse Now Redux, How To Train Your Dragon, The Great Escape and some stuff yall mentioned. If I can think of a big fav that I'm missing I'll add it later

The Monkees's Head :)

I love American Tail! Though it makes me blub terribly when they sing "Somewhere out there"...

If you liked Suspiria you should see "Shock Treatment." It is a musical starring Jessica Harper, who I believe is very talented at being good-looking. (This is me assuming people watch Suspiria for Jessica Harper, and not because they like Goblin or red paint factories.)

I like spaghetti style horror

I like musicals with hot B actresses.

It would be totally wrong to post about Newsies in this thread because it is genuinely not a good movie. But: I do really love it, you know? I saw it at the right age and gender. If my sister likes a movie a lot it's usually because "it had all the hotties," and that was the case for me watching Newsies at age 10. Plus I love that musicals tried to reanimate themselves in the form of a kid's "unions for orphans" propaganda. If anyone is going to be talking about a film treatment of William Randolph Hearst, it should be this one (just kidding (or am I?)).

by genre is the easiest way for me to pick a few i think

Noir/Crime

The Third Man- Welles is astonishingly charming and evil in this, everything else is very good too.
The Maltese Falcon - as I posted above, crackling dialogue & performances
Blade Runner- great in every way
Brick- obviously not canon, but personally loved every second of this
The Taking of Pelham 123- brilliant turns from Robert Shaw and Walter Matthau make this one
Asphalt Jungle- great early Huston heist flick

Comedy

Young Frankenstein- Brooks' most consistent work, I think. Wilder and Marty Feldman go nuts.
Bringing up Baby- I was forced to watch this a few months ago, amazing dialogue/performances.
Super Troopers- I think you got to be pretty smart to make dumb comedy this good.
Life of Brian- if you prefer Holy Grail you're challoping, or overthinking it.
Kung-Fu Hustle- a perfect movie, could fit into several genres and excels at all of em
Fantastic Mr Fox- if you like wes anderson, and you may not, this is great

Western

Unforgiven- a great cast with great roles
Rio Bravo- pretty much the anti-unforgiven, but it's a big world and there's room for them both
Sergio Leone's spaghetti westerns

Drama (? I guess)

City of God- not canon, again, but I love this
Glengarry Glen Ross- can't beat the script for frustrated-testosterone fuelled venom
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof- sexiest movie ever, maybe
Godfathers- yeah prob should go in under crime I guess
Rear Window- as good as film-making gets imo
Jaws- shark rubbish, everything else fantastic
No Country for Old Men- mentalist unstoppable force of nature cod-philosophises his way around coen country
Twelve Monkeys/Se7en- good double-bill of mid-90's gritty/quirky detective weirdness imo

Action/adventure

Die Hard- don't really need to ever see another action movie after this I guess
Kill Bill 2- could go under a couple of genres too I suppose. revenge martial arts writ large

too long already, and none of them exactly niche picks so i'll leave it at that

Rio Bravo <3 <3 <3

me posting on this thread would be kinda redundant amirite

had an 'argument' about blade runner tonight

apparently it's aspie shit

like, yeah, but not rly

n e wayz dmac u gotta see more films so u can get CITY OF GOD off yr list

i resolved not to strike any genuine pick ff my list just because of shame, it seemed against spirit of thread.
i have to see more movies, def. d/ling aguirre right now thanks to thread tbh

i did consider throwing joe dirt up there, fwiw- any who thinks tommy boy is superior is str8 off their chops imo

oh, musicals

singin in the rain
seven brides for seven brothers
south park the musical

city of god is p good iirc, but not 'all that'

it's no joe dirt

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - the greatest horror movie (of all time)
The Thin Blue Line - a documentary so convincing (SPOILER), it got a dude pardoned from death row irl.
Knife in the Water - early Polanski, if you like this artwork for the Criterion ed., you will like the film.
Daisies - Czech New Wave precision feminism / A+ surrealistic madness
Martyrs - search ILX horror threads

once upon a time in the west (1968) - sergio leoni "spaghetti western", maybe the most epic epic i've ever seen - seconding this, mainly b/c I love the opening sequence so much.

Also seconding: Die Hard, Glengarry Glen Ross, Rear Window, M, Battle Royale, Blue Velvet, Grizzly Man, Crumb, Dawn of the Dead, The Good/Bad/Ugly, Alien & others..

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me-- The first 30 minutes are endlessly fascinating to me. Incredibly powerful, one of a kind. Put it on bluray, and fix the audio in the pink room sequence please!
Lost Highway
Rocky IV--I like Stallone's style of directing-- it's ballsy and operatic. Rocky III is also really good (and more traditionally a "good film") but in all honestly I love the fuck out of this ridiculous movie.
The Thin Red Line (Malick)
Die Hard
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Crash (Cronenberg)
Grave of the Fireflies-- this is the most affecting film I've ever seen, but I have a difficult time bringing myself to ever watch it again. Deeply depressing.

Put it on bluray, and fix the audio in the pink room sequence please!

i don't really follow this stuff but this is happening afaik - bluray coming out in italy or something.

Bluray or no, at some point we will hopefully be able to see the HOURS of scrapped fwwm scenes.

Whenever I'm asked what my favourite films are, I always reply with three:

Dr Strangelove
Dazed and Confused
Do the Right Thing

and I was thinking about what connects them. They're all comedies (or nearly so - DTRT is lol funny but I'm not sure if it counts as a comedy) and they all take place in a compressed (for a film) timeframe; Dr strangelove over the course of a night, D&C over 12ish hours, and DTRT over 24 hours. And I guess it's those two things that intersect that makes me love these films.

Obviously the performances and directing and script and so on are top draw in all these films, but that's a reason to admire or like them, not love them. I love them because they present a reality that's almost too real and speaks truth almost too loudly. Truth is a complicated business, so to present all its many facets takes some doing. A comedy, by twisting the expected inside-out, can highlight absudity or underlying truths way more effectively than drama imo, and the compressed timeframe in these films makes the experience more vivid than it would otherwise be.

Saying that, whenever I list my favourite films and don't name Goodfellas, I do feel like I'm challopsing a little.

Some:

"The Thin Red Line:" Elliptical, inscrutable, but always beautiful and ultimately spiritual.

"A Canterbury Tale:" Oddball Powell/Pressburger, but I prefer it to some of the usual P/P suspects (I greatly prefer it to "Red Shoes")

"Starship Troopers:" Broad satire still too subtle for mainstream comprehension. Good double bill with "Robocop," and effects that have aged very well.

"Sunrise:" A beautiful, technical marvel.

"The Conversation:" What a "minor" movie looks like from a major dude on a roll.

"Out of Sight:" Easily one of the most enjoyable movies ever made.

Plus lots of the above, of course. Some movies are just so perfect - "Lawrence of Arabia," "Jaws," "Chinatown" - that it's almost impossible to watch them and not be awed into a stupor at their virtuosity.

Plague Dogs – Martin Rosen adapted the animated film of Watership Down – this is another Richard Adams adaptation. It's the story of two dogs who escape from a vivisection lab, and things basically get worse and worse for them after that. In some fit of sadism, Rosen got rid of the book's deus ex machina/happy ending. I named my last dog after one from this movie, which was kind of stupid: it means this already incredibly sad movie is even more emotional for me.

was watching starship troopers the last week, and you're right josh, the effects are amazingly for the time

aw, abbs- a sad movie about runaway dogs? i dont think i could watch that

it's almost impossible to watch them and not be awed into a stupor at their virtuosity.

Experienced this two nights ago, seeing Nashville (for the 37th time...) on a big screen. The guy that introduced it beforehand surveyed the audience on who was seeing it for the first time; a number of hands went up. I was jealous.