What are your top 10 favorite movies?

Published on July 24, 2005 By thatoneguyinslc In Movies & TV & Books

Howdy folks,

Iconoclast's article about the 25th anniversary of Peter Sellars death got me thinking about my favorite movies. Which led me to wonder what my fellow JUsers were into.

Here's my list.

1. Dr. Strangelove - Peter Sellars greatest movie
2. Patton - Good old George C. Scott.
3. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. Kevin Spacey and John Cusack were perfect for this film.
4. A Clockwork Orange - The movie that made Malcom McDowell. One of Stanley's best
5. JFK - Oliver Stone knows how to stir the hornets nest.
6. Crash - Unbelievably real.
7. Platoon - The movie that made me realize that Willem Dafoe is a great actor.
8. Full Metal Jacket.-Two words...Lee f**king Ermey!
9. El Dorado - The Duke, Bob Mitchum, James Caan, and Walter Brennan. One of the best westerns ever made. The duke actually made this movie twice.
10. LA Confidential - Russell Crowe steals the show. I had no idea he was an Aussie because his american accent is almost perfect.

Now it's your turn folks. Fire away!

Thanks for reading,
thatoneguyinslc

Comments (Page 1)

thatoneguyinslc

on Jul 24, 2005

Hollywood style *BUMP*

Now where's that kid with my latte?

greywar

on Jul 24, 2005

1. Twin Peaks : Firewalk With Me

2. The Boondock Saints

3. Meet The Feebles

4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

9. The Princess Bride (go on and laugh)

10. Choke : Rickson Gracie

All conveniently linked for your perusal.

Ionolast

on Jul 24, 2005

The Last Emperor
Playing for Time (Made for TV. True story based on the memoirs of Auschwitz survivor Fania Fenelon.)
American Hot Wax
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Dances With Wolves
Woodstock
The Elephant Man
Seabiscuit
Lawrence of Arabia

Only 10?

thatoneguyinslc

on Jul 24, 2005

I liked Mullholland Drive. Methinks you're a Lynch fan?

I liked Playing for Time a lot. Almost forgot about it.

Trudygolightly

on Jul 24, 2005

First: an apology about that Philosophy post Iconoclast! hadn't seen yours.
Number 1 movie is Ken Burns" The Civil War"
" "" 2 movie is Ken Burns " Lewis and Clark"
"" "" 3. movie is Pacific Northwest Ballet Company's version of the Nutcracker
4. movie is Grumpy Old Men
5.movie is Grumpier Old Men
6. movie is Fantasia
7. movie is Swan Lake
8. movie is Forest Gump
9. movie is Regarding Henry
10. movie is Melody Time

greywar

on Jul 24, 2005

Number 1 movie is Ken Burns" The Civil War"

I liked that one but the fat that it seems to be as long as the *actual* Civil War was something of a turn off...

Ionolast

on Jul 24, 2005

First: an apology about that Philosophy post Iconoclast! hadn't seen yours

Number 1 movie is Ken Burns" The Civil War"

That wasn't a movie.

Moderateman

on Jul 24, 2005

1. return of the king
2. the two towers
3 fellowship of the ring.
4 forest gump
5 the breakfast club
6 the princess bride
7 dances with wolves
8 war of the worlds {old and new}
10 the 13th warrior.

these are in no particular order.

uDigItTheMost

on Jul 24, 2005

Picking only 10 movies is very hard. There are so many movies I love. I have hundreds of favorites. So what I did was try to limit my picks. I went with only one movie per director. Even that was hard choosing. Then I tried to cover as many genres as possible. And to make matters worse, I tried to grab at least one from every decade starting in the 30s. So here is my list of 10 of many favorite films of mine, listed by year.btw .. I cheated on one pick so it's really 11 movies:)

1. Duck Soup (1933)
2. Citizen Kane (1941)
3. Casablanca (1942)
4. On the Waterfront (1954)
5. The Sound of Music (1965)
6. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
7. The Godfather I and II (1972&74)
8. Raging Bull (1980)
9. Pulp Fiction (1994)
10. Crash (2004)

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on Jul 24, 2005

1.Close Encounter of the 3rd kind
2.Gods and Generals
3.Shawshank Redemption
4.Robin Hood: Men in Tights
5.LOTR:Return of the King
6.2001:A Space Odyssey
7.Tears of the Sun (correct title? the one with bruce willis
8.Naked Gun Series(not really 1 movie i know...)
9.Red Dawn
10.The Jackal

Those are just a few...

Dr Guy

on Jul 25, 2005

1. Paint your Wagon
2. Kelly's Heros
3. Patton
4. Midway
5. Star Trek - Wrath of Khan
6. Star Trek - Generations
7. It's a Wonderful Life
8. Star Wars - Episode 4
9. Planet of the Apes
10.A bugs Life

thatoneguyinslc

on Jul 25, 2005

Damn Guy, i forgot about Kelly's Heroes. One of Clint's best.

Dr Guy

on Jul 25, 2005

Damn Guy, i forgot about Kelly's Heroes. One of Clint's best.

You might like Paint your Wagon then. He and Lee Marvin get to sing!

thatoneguyinslc

on Jul 25, 2005

I've seen it. Lee Marvin sings like a walrus in heat.

Ionolast

on Jul 25, 2005

9. Planet of the Apes

The original?

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