Your 25 Favorite Movies

[Iwritecode]

Just off the top of my head and in no particular order:


Liar Liar
Bruce Almighty
Spaceballs
Loaded Weapon 1
Robin Hood Men in Tights
The Princess Bride
Hot Shots
Major League
Airplane
Naked Gun Trilogy
Click
The Family Man
Rocky IV
Office Space
Toy Story Trilogy
Aladin
Army of Darkness
Shawshank Redemption
Stand By Me
The Crow
Lost Boys
Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey
Christmas Vacation
A Christmas Story
The Santa Clause Trilogy

It’s a little more than 25 with the trilogies thrown in. It’s pretty heavy on comedies since typically my idea of a good movie is one that makes me laugh. Even the one horror movie I threw in is more of a horror/comedy.

Honorable mentions:

Police Academy franchise
Star Wars franchise
Blade trilogy
LOTR trilogy
Back to the Future Trilogy
Billy Madison
Happy Gilmore
Monster’s Inc
The Incredibles
The Pursuit of Happyness
The rest of the Rocky movies

[divemaster]

The only way I can make this a meaningful effort is to separate my lists into Asian film and “everything else”

25 favorite films (Asian)

Korean
A Tale of Two Sisters
The Harmonium in My Memory
The Classic
Secret Sunshine
Romance of Their Own
No Blood, No Tears
A Moment to Remember

Japanese
Floating Weeds
Spirited Away
Ikiru
The Mystery of Rampo
Battle Royale
Red Beard
Angel Dust
Harakiri

Chinese/Hong Kong
Sex & Zen
Wing Chun
Iron Monkey
Infernal Affairs
House of Flying Daggers
Hero
Hard Boiled
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Comrades, Almost a Love Story
The Bride with White Hair

25 favorite films (non-Asian)

Airplane!
Cinema Paradiso
Dark City
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Forrest Gump
Goodfellas
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The Hudsucker Proxy
Jacob's Ladder
Kill Bill Vol. I / Vol. 2
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Mamma Mia!
Mulholland Dr.
Pulp Fiction
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Re-Animator
Scaramouche
Sin City
The Sixth Sense
The Sting
The Thing
Tombstone
True Romance
Unforgiven
You Can Count on Me

[Shannon]

Ugh ... Mulholland Drive. A movie so insane that not even the director knows what it's about.

I WILL say that it has a couple of great scenes. Especially the Club Silencio scene. Tears, every time. And i don't even know why. Lol

[fernandito]

Mulholland Dr. is an amazing movie. The atmosphere that permeates just about every scene in the film is amazing. It's a cousin of sorts to Inland Empire.

[fernandito]

Alphabetical order to avoid headaches.

A Clockwork Orange
Blade Runner
Casablanca
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Fight Club
Goodfellas
Jurassic Park
Leon (The Professional)
Lord of the Rings : Return of the King
No Country For Old Men
Old Boy
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Platoon
Predator
Pulp Fiction
Star Wars : The Empire Strikes Back
Terminator 2
The Dark Knight
The Godfather
The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
The Pianist
The Thing
The Usual Suspects
There Will Be Blood
Yojimbo

[DoctorDodge]

Mulholland Dr. is an amazing movie. The atmosphere that permeates just about every scene in the film is amazing. It's a cousin of sorts to Inland Empire.

Ah, I do love some insanity in my films. (Another reason why I love Life on Mars so much. Hint, hint.)

In no particular order (with the exception of the first 3), here's the top 25 that spring to mind. I'll expect this to change over the coming months.
Withnail & I
Quadrophenia
This Is England
Infernal Affairs
The Departed
Shaun of the Dead
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
Four Lions
In the Loop
This is Spinal Tap
Almost Famous
Blade Runner
Pan's Labyrinth
Hellboy
The Godfather: Part 2
Ghost in the Shell
(500) Days of Summer
Annie Hall
The Dark Knight
The Thing
Clerks
28 Days Later
Halloween
Chinatown
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

[Ricky]

I don't think I will ever understand the love for Blade Runner.

[DoctorDodge]

It took a couple of gos for me to "get" it, but once I did, I really began to like it, before subsequently loving it. I think the biggest problem with the film is, nine times out of ten, people expect an action scifi fest like Star Wars or other such films, maybe due to the way it's advertised or the way it's incredibly hyped up. That was definitely my problem when I first saw it, I think. The first time, it was ruined by expecting something it wasn't, the second, I knew what to expect, and took it as it was.

[fernandito]

I don't think I will ever understand the love for Blade Runner.

I adore that film, but I can defintely see where it can receive polarizing views. I guess the general consensus is that sci-fi films are usually loud and flashy and overly saturated with special effects and outlandish characters. But BR is a stark contrast - slow, plodding, methodical, dark in both tone in and story, relatively light on action but allegorical in nature. It also laid the ground work for many cyberpunk tropes that we take for granted today.

[DoctorDodge]

I don't think I will ever understand the love for Blade Runner.

I adore that film, but I can defintely see where it can receive polarizing views. I guess the general consensus is that sci-fi films are usually loud and flashy and overly saturated with special effects and outlandish characters. But BR is a stark contrast - slow, plodding, methodical, dark in both tone in and story, relatively light on action but allegorical in nature. It also laid the ground work for many cyberpunk tropes that we take for granted today.

Perfectly stated, bro.

[Jean]

DD - no Bridge on the River Kwai? Delicatessen? And do you think Chinatown is better than The Tenant (or Cul-de-Sac)? I am not even asking what films like The Thing or 28 Days Later are doing on a top 25 (not top 250) list, because I understand that everyone has their own little weaknesses...

Love your top 3... high time I revised my own list...

[Ricky]

I read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? before watching Blade Runner, so I'm sure that had something to do with my opinion. I really liked the novel, but the film adaptation was just so off in terms of following the book that I didn't really care for it. I felt that BR was trying too hard to be futuristic whereas the novel was more subtle and "real."

[Jean]

I read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? before watching Blade Runner, so I'm sure that had something to do with my opinion. I really liked the novel, but the film adaptation was just so off in terms of following the book that I didn't really care for it. I felt that BR was trying too hard to be futuristic whereas the novel was more subtle and "real."

same here

[fernandito]

Yeah, I try to view the novel and the film as two seperate entities. I love both the novel and the film for One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, but they are vastly different in many ways. Same with A Clockwork Orange and The Shining. Different facets of a central theme.

[Ricky]

I do as well, but sometimes it's hard not to compare the two...especially when one medium is vastly more entertaining than the other (book, film, etc.). There are definitely cases where both written source material and film are able to stand successfully on their own, though. Just look at what Nolan did with The Prestige. It couldn't be MORE different from the novel, but it's fantastic in its own right.

[DoctorDodge]

DD - no Bridge on the River Kwai? Delicatessen? And do you think Chinatown is better than The Tenant (or Cul-de-Sac)? I am not even asking what films like The Thing or 28 Days Later are doing on a top 25 (not top 250) list, because I understand that everyone has their own little weaknesses...

Love your top 3... high time I revised my own list...

Oh, i had forgotten Bridge and Delicatessen. Chinatown is a preference I have over The Tenant and Cul-de-Sac, as I just love the film noir style of it, but as for a few of the others...for the moment, consider it a list of "Favourite 25 films I've watched more than once". I will eventually revise it once I'm more sure, but most of the top 10, certainly the top 3, those I'm certain of having in my top 25 list.

[Shannon]

OK, at home, with normal copy and paste options, lol. Here are my lists, and yes, I know they look a lot different than most of yours. A lot of the movies on a lot of your lists I have on my spreadsheet as being rated 3/5s ... or less, lol. Oh well. My lists:

Top Fifteen (Television):
Battlestar Galactica (2003)
Dawson's Creek
Deadwood
Firefly
Friends
Glee
Jersey Shore
Lost *** Top Spot
Nip/Tuck
The Office (2005)
Prison Break
Smallville
Spartacus
True Blood
The Walking Dead

Potential Top Fifteen material (depending on future seasons): American Horror Story, Game Of Thrones


Top Thirty (Movies):
12 Angry Men (1957)
Aliens
Anchorman
The Chronicles Of Riddick
Closer
Con Air
The Dark Knight
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
The Family Stone
Gladiator *** Top Spot
Inception
Interview With The Vampire
The Life Of David Gale
The Lion King
Love Actually
The Majestic
Meet Joe Black
Moulin Rouge
The Notebook
Old School
The Prestige
Pulp Fiction
Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes
Saving Private Ryan
The Social Network
Star Trek (2009)
The Terminal
Vanilla Sky
Wedding Crashers
Wicker Park

[beam*seeker]

In No Particular order...

25. The Departed
24. Amadeus
23, Goodfellas (yeah, best mobster flick, EVAH)
22. Donnie Brasco (Fuhget about it)
21. Natural Born Killers
20. Trainspotting
19. Once Upon A Time In Mexico
18. 300
17. Snatch
16. Reservoir Dogs
15. War of the Roses
14. Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2
13. Empire Strikes Back
12. Fight Club
11. No Country For Old Men
10. The Matrix
9. American Beauty
8. Unforgiven
7. Full Metal Jacket
6. Tombstone
5. Requiem for a Dream
4. Planet Terror
3. Men In Black
2. Sin City
1. Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?

[fernandito]

Nice lists everyone, thanks for sharing!

[DoctorDodge]

Be honest though, feev: I bet you were incredibly shocked that Doctor Who: The Movie wasn't top of the list, weren't ya?

Seriously, like feev said, great lists, guys. Nice to have a good idea of what boardmembers tastes are like. Pretty wide, it has to be said.

Quick question though, Shannon: no Life on Mars on your top tv list?!

[Shannon]

It's hard to say a show is on the list after only one season. Firefly is the obvious exception of course.

[DoctorDodge]

Perhaps a fair point, but I'm hoping that, with season 2, (which we should be starting this week,) it'll make it onto the list.

[alkanto]

Let's see..this could easily change of course, but this is what I feel like right now, in no particular order:

1. Withnail & I
2. This is England
3. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
4. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
5. Dead Poets' Society
6. 300
7. Hellboy
8. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
9. Moulin Rogue
10. The Boondock Saints
11. A Knight's Tale
12. Serenity
13. It's a Wonderful Life
14. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
15. Donnie Darko
16. Shaun of the Dead
17. The Princess Bride
18. Pan's Labyrinth
19. Repo! The Genetic Opera
20. Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
21. The Prestige
22. V for Vendetta
23. The Nightmare Before Christmas
24. X-men: First Class
25. Thor

[Shannon]

Yeah Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog! Have you heard the musical commentary? It's so epic.

[Heather19]

Yeah Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog! Have you heard the musical commentary? It's so epic.

I didn't know there was such a thing! I'm gonna have to find it.