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All time favorite?

I'm looking for new movies to watch and I was wondering what you'd recommend and why... Who's your favorite?

And on a side note... did anyone see 'millennium actress'? I had never heard of it but I recently saw it and it was pretty confusing but I liked the "the key to the most important thing in the world" thing 


mlm25134's picture

Office Space!!!

Office Space (with Ron Livingston and Jennifer Aniston) is definitely my favorite and I highly recommend it. It's funny without being overly silly and Milton has to be the funniest character I've seen.

And I haven't seen Millenium Actress, but I'll definitely give it a watch.

 

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AoiSora's picture

Cool, thanks! I'll see if I

Cool, thanks! I'll see if I can find it somewhere =) 

And maybe you'll understand 'millenium actress' better than I do, because I even needed my friend to explain the whole point. I was like "Huh? Now, what Is the most important thing?" XD As far as anime go, I like spirited away the best :)

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lizdarocker's picture

The Notebook is my fave of

The Notebook is my fave of all time.
Arcane Tremere's picture

more lost than normal....

Yes please do Explain, I am lost.

Office Space is great, and I love Stephen Root's Character. "Um That is my stapler "

I am also partal to The Princess Bride  It is a wonderful movie, but I think Labyrinth is my all time favorite movie. Coming of age, muppets and David Bowie, it's all a girl could ever want.

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At least you have Star Trek Here, even if Kirk and Spock are played by Peter Falk and Donalad Sutherland.

AoiSora's picture

Thanks, I never heard of em

Thanks, I never heard of em but will def look up at imdb =)

What are you lost at? And I'm not sure how you got to star trek?

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januarygirl's picture

movies to see

 okay i watch way too many movies and i'm obsessed with list so here are a few favorites and a few new movies worth seeing

Blood Diamond (phenomenal even though i hate Leo this movie made me love him),Children of Men,Little Children,The Dead Girl,The Pursuit of Happyness,Sex y Lucia,Dot the i,Bad Education,Volver,Hard Candy,Prey for Rock and Roll,United 93,Brick,Mysterious Skin,We Are Marshall(suprisingly good), The House of Mirth

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galatea's picture

movies seen and recommended

yes JG loved blood diamond, i'm a slow leo admirer, but after aviator i have'nt looked back, i can recommend babel, stunning soundtrack by the same guy who did amores perros and motorcycle diaries but a good film too. i go to the cinema loads so have seen most of your recommendations, have you seen infamous? i saw that a few months ago and recently got round to watching capote and found it interesting how different how 2 films on the same subject could be. se infamous if you can its worth it. i think my next one to see is the last king of scotland ..always a forest fan.
januarygirl's picture

movies

 i'm actually downloading infamous right now since it hasn't played in any theater near me and i'm searching for the last king of scotland it looks fantastic. yeah forest is great. i haven't seen ammores perros i keep wanting to see it is it good? i love gael garcia bernal he is amazing in everything.

"But I dream of flight, not to be as the angels are, but to rise above te smallness of it all. The smallness that I am. Against the daily death the iconography of wings."

galatea's picture

re movies

nope still trying to get a copy of amores perros. saw last king of scotland...very good, venus..very very touching, last of the invisables...love david bowie and luc besson..cant stand maddanoa'a acting voice, and dreamgirls..ok. hhad a weekend of film watcing so happy bunny,
Laura Stuart's picture

My top three fave movies are

My top three fave movies are Star Wars, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and Almost Famous.

maica's picture

u gotta watch all kevin

u gotta watch all kevin smith movies, but DOGMA is my favorite...

Adie's picture

Kill Bill

I'm not a huge fan of violence or bloody movies but there is something about this film that makes it an obsession... plus Uma Thurman is awesome... the cast in general is incredible! I just adore this movie!! there is so many different emotions I feel when I watch it.(I say movie, but I'm including both volumes... for me it's one movie)
SandraJulia's picture

agree

I agree, Kill Bill kicks ass. quentin is a genius. and yeah uma is awesome. everything about this movie is great, the locations, the music, the actors, the story. it's very cool, you have to watch it :)
Babel_Tower's picture

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gali's picture

For the romantics among us!

Not my "top 3" cause that changes all the time but nevertheless 3 great movies are "casablanca" , "julia" and "moonstruck".
Woolf20's picture

Murder by Death

I watched this movie more than 20 times. It's one of the funniest movies I've ever seen!!!
dejablu's picture

my buns...I can feel it in my buns!

OMG, this movie is so funny. I'm so glad to see someone mention it.  When I talk about it I'm usually greeted with blank stares. At one time it was out of print and impossible to find, but thankfully it has been released on DVD.  

The cast alone makes it worth watching.  It is just such classic Neil Simon wit. 

Jamesir Bensonmum is still one of my all time favorite character names.  

ladyinthecanoe's picture

22 Twain

This'll make three of us.  I adore this movie and could watch it anytime.  So quotable, too. 

"IT! IT is confusing! Say your goddamn pronouns!"  

aliveinreflection's picture

Kevin Smith is my favorite

Kevin Smith is my favorite director. Jersey Girl was really bad though x.x. Ben can be a great actor (ex. Chasing Amy) and Liv Tyler is gorgeous but that didn't help at all.

 

I recently watched the Princess Bride and I guess all I can really say is that it's probably the best non-serious romance movie of all time. For best romance movie period though I'd have to go with As Good As It Gets.

 

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iPodbliss's picture

John Tucker Must Die

I don't know why but I seriously love this movie. Maybe it's Kate (Brittany Snow). Sugar and Spice, too. Oh! Oh! And Election. I like stupid teen comedies, I admit it!
millthyme's picture

Pay it forward

Ok if your in the mood for a weepy then it has to be pay it forward my all time favourite, and after that it has to be the sweetest thing to cheer you up again
Harpy's picture

Favorites

My favorite movie is probably Dances with Wolves.  Close follow-ups are Braveheart, Notting Hill, You've Got Mail, Fried Green Tomatoes and The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
KJ angel's picture

Favorite Movies

Man thats tough.

I gotta go with movies like Moulin Rouge, Cold Mountain, Haven, Wuthering Heights, Rocky, and Titanic.

Of course theres also Braveheart, Elizabethtown, The Holiday, Untamed Heart, Cinderella Man, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Running Scared, Phantom of the Opera, Rent, etc.

Can you tell I love movies lol!

sheshe1876's picture

Favorite movies

I think that I would have to say American History X and Shawshank Redemption would be my favorite two. But Somethings Got To Give is one that I could/would watch over and over again! 

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gobalino's picture

Favourite Movies

My all time favourite is still 'Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe'.  It has everything in it:  love, but doesn't go deep into it, I don't think I witnessed a single smooch in it...... huh only just realised that.  But I like that about a film, something left to the imagination. Murder, history, humour.  It's just a great film.

 Other than that, Labyrinth and Dogma are my other faves but nothing has managed to topple the above mentioned yet :)

debs's picture

Fave Movies

Too many to mention but the one I consider to be my fave is:

ET

God, what a weep-fest :-(

Woolf20's picture

favourite movies

One of my new favourite movies is V for Vendetta. I watched it 3 times within 2 days and that's always a sign that I like a movie very much :)

69's picture

Favorite Movies

I love the movie 'Imagine me and you', it makes me think about my baby- corny, I know. Another one of my favorite movies is 'The color purple', it always makes me cry.. I would LOVE to see it on broadway. 
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help...im addicted to ....

Madea....lol...I love tyler perry's movie...i've watched it about twenty times now and i still laugh everytime i hear the line "call the po po ho...call the POPO..." my addictions gotten so bad that my gf bought me the book (made me laugh so hard i almost popped my spleen) -- ok im exaggerating. :)

oh yeah me and my baby watched imagine me and you eleventy billion times too...makes me miss her. :)

SillyTexasGirl's picture

Lots of great ones mentioned

My favorites include American Beauty (all-time favorite), Seven, Pulp Fiction, Apocalypse Now, It Happened One Night (I'll be damned if Clark Gable isn't dreamy) and American History X.

I got IMAY from Netflix and I still haven't sent it back! It's been over a month. My sister asked today if we still subscribed to Netflix because it's been so long since we've gotten something new in the mail LOL.

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MsWoo's picture

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Lately I am in a very Holly Golightly mood.
Antia's picture

good movies

most surely are:moulin rougedisneys aladin indiana joneslife of brian and all other monty python movies... If you can't learn to do it well, learn to enjoy doing it badly. (Ashleigh Brilliant)

lizard queen's picture

Many many many!

If you get the chance you should try to see Cidade de Deus (or City of God). It's fantastic. Fast, well shot and a beautiful story. Also The Hours, 21 Grams, La Vita é Bella, Blood Diamond, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Requiem for a Dream, Hero (Ying Xiong) if you're into the Chinse Wuxia genre and The Virgin Suicides.

More people should watch The Doors by Oliver Stone. It's brilliant. Val Kilmer is Jim Morrison.

4sakenshadowxsoldierlette's picture

Hmm...favorite movies...this

Hmm...favorite movies...this is always the hardest question arrgh! lol. okay well some of my favorites u definately have to watch are:

The Rocky Horrow Picture Show- because it's amazing!, Prey 4 Rock & Roll -lesbian rockers w/ gina gershon!, Grindhouses PLANET TERROR AND DEATH PROOF!!!-fucking amazing! The Notebook-best romantic story line ever bring tissues,  DEBS, Imagine Me & You, Bound, RENT, Loving Annabelle-allfor obvious reasons, The Boondock Saints-kick ass, the lost boys-vampires and star :),  grandma's boy, jay and silent bob strike back---fucking hilarious, dirty dancing---its classic of all time, and here's 2 old ones that are great: some like it hot, and the apartment! watched 'em in film class and they're really great!

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queeniefakesit's picture

favorites o' mineseses.

My favorites are:

  • Crybaby
  • Fargo
  • Best in Show
  • Office Space ( i think i watched it everyday for the month of August)
  • Spongebob Squarepants (come on..it was hilarious!)
  • Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love (yes, the acting was terrible but it reminds me of when i was coming out lol)
  • Happy, Texas
  • Little Miss Sunshine
  • RENT (because i'm a great big fag)

 

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MidnightWolf's picture

So many to pick from




I'd have to say my favourite movie of all time is Dangerous Minds, it's just a great movie about real life and being treated like you don't fit in and showing that you can prove people wrong and make them proud.You can be the better person.

I Love Lost and Delirious too,well actualy i was obsessing over it a while back lol
I can relate to both Paulie and Tori, love is a powerful thing and if your not ready to deal with it things can flood out of control and people end up getting hurt.

I love tragic endings in movies,there full of passion and i think its more likely to remain in your mind for along time after.
CitizenErased's picture

too hard to pick one

I change my mind to much but to name a few:

- House of Flying Daggers (the only film to ever make me cry. seriously. i didn't even cry in the Lion King when mufasa dies).
- Serenity (i recommend watching Firefly first)
- Kill Bill
- Pulp Fiction
- Girlfight
- Girl, Inturrupted
bringbackbeats's picture

American History X  


American History X


 

baby firefly's picture

my favorites

Cool Hand Luke

The Descent

Chumscrubber

Knocked Up

40 Year Old Virgin

The Devil's Rejects

 I got tons more but to lazy to write them now:p

addie25's picture

all time favorites

well, I'm huge movie fan (you can say movie freak... since I watch at least 1 movie daily... and had a period when I was in hig school when used to watch 3-4 movies a day) so it's hard to choose... but my all time fav is LOTR trilogy, watched more than 50 times (extended version, mind you).. a few more I adore are Gia, Girl,Interrupted, House of the spirits, American Beauty, Being Julia, Walk the line, Fight club, Gone with the wind, Almost famous, The Godfather, One flew over cuckoo's nest, Indiana Jones, Elizabeth, James Bond collection, Aviator, The notebook, Sabrina, Fried green tomatoes... too many, really :)

neostars's picture

fav' movies

my little list:

- Charlie and the chocolate factory (Johnny Depp as a wacko, what's not to love?)

- Hard Candy (the movie that made me heart Ellen Page...)

- Battle Royale

- Pan's Labyrinth (love love LOVE this movie!)

- Show Me Love (it's soo cute...)

-The Devil Wears Prada

- The Resident Evil movies...
la vache's picture

Absolute favourite movies

Edward Scissorhands - The story, the music, the characters...It's just so magical. I heart it so much.

Girl, Interrupted - Um, is Angelina Jolie enough? She was amazing. But that movie was deep, yo.

 The Sweetest Thing - Underrated chick flick. It's hilarious.

bringbackbeats's picture

Favorite Films


Some of my favorites:

* Aimee & Jaguar
*American History X
* Elephant
* Before The Fall

* Fremde Haut
* Powder
* Harold and Maude
* A Clockwork Orange
* Nowhere
* Velvet Goldmine
* Trainspotting
* Requiem For A Dream
* Anatomy II
* Evil
* The Virgin Suicides
* The Panic In Needle Park
* Summerstorm

I really like 'art house' films. I tend to enjoy watching anything made by Andy Warhol and Salvador Dali; though I guess the audience is 'select' and all.

Also, I love directors Gus Van Sant and Greg Araki.


bringbackbeats's picture

Favorite Films


Ohh, sorry I forgot, 'Donnie Darko.'

Rachel19's picture

There´s a difference

There´s a difference between favourite movies, the ones that i love and could watch over and over again and good movies, the ones that are written and directed very well.

- Stand by me, my all time favourite and an excellent film, I promised myself to stop watching it over and over again because some of its beauty might fade.

- Donnie Darko, best film to creep me out and haunt me for days, must seen good film.

- The Goonies, youth classic, used to watch it over and over again, was so in love with the characters, nothing made sense in this film :)

- I know what you did last summer, first horror movie i ever watched and ended up watching over and over again.

- The house on haunted hill, the classic version absolutely scared the shit out of me.

- Dangerous minds, classic

- She's all that

- Amelie

- The basketball diaries

- Requiem for a dream

Woolf20's picture

Yesterday i watched two of

Yesterday i watched two of my all time fav movies. First I saw Murder on the Orient Express from 1974. It's one of the best adaptions of an Agatha Christie novel I've eever seen. And than I watched Psycho. I haven't seen both movies for years but they are still as good as i remembered them.  I really like Anthony Perkins who happens to be in both movies. 

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