Best (other) movie ever?

Admittedly, this thread is a chat room chestnut- I apologize for that.

Anyway, I'm something of a movie junkie and I'm always looking for a new fix. Anyone have any suggestions? We all(?) love 'Casablanca', 'Jaws', 'Rear Window', 'Trainspotting' et al but I need more...

Help a brutha out?

 

The Mission

Beautiful music, scenery and top grade actors

 

Alien......the claustrophobia is killer

 

Monty Python and the Holy Grail ..... :lol:

 

Airplane!

 

Vacation
Stripes
Funny Farm
Cheaper By The Dozen
Gettysburg
And the greatest movie of all time (actually a mini-series) North and South -

 

WOW!

That's great! Most of these are already on the shelf. I don't know what that says about me, or you for that matter!

Loved 'Alien', but I think I like 'Aliens' better, just because I'm an ex-(?)jarhead an' they blow stuff up in that one.

Loved the Chevy Chase theme too, but you have to include 'Caddy Shack', I think.

Also a big Monty Python fan...FYI, Google 'The Four Yorkshiremen' if you like English comedy (...there's an oxymoron, sorta like 'English cuisine'...)

'Gettysburg' and 'The Mission' are ones I have missed, but I'll be adding them to my post it note list- Thanks!

Tonight I watched the director's cut of 'THX 1138' with Robert Duvall and Donald Plesence. It's been years since I watched it, but it's still a surprisingly good movie- more 'Logan's Run' or 'Soylent Green' than 'Star Wars', but a guy's gotta make a livin', y'know?

 

Somewhere in Time

(...and I NEVER like those romantic-type movies!)

 

Westworld,
Mother, Juggs & Speed,
Steel Magnolias,
Annie Hall,
Inside Moves,
Real Genius,
Office Space
Sleeper

 

From a chicks perspective:

Pretty Woman!! Best movie of all time!!

Something to Talk About

Steel Magnolias (Yeah, I'm a big Julia Roberts fan)

Terms of Endearment

Marley & Me

and on the whimsical side...
The Original Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory with Gene Wilder

For a guy, DH would say:

Days of Thunder

Gone in 60 Seconds (the newer one with Nic Cage and Angelina)

The Hangover (this one was hysterically funny!)

both National Treasures

DiVinci Code and Angels & Demons

 

Yes,

The Mission
Sleeper
THX 1138

Just watched:

The River Rat : Tommy Lee Jones, Martha Plimpton. Not on DVD, had to get of 'net.

Here's a rundown of my Facebook (you've probably seen most of these).

Desperado
Shaun of the Dead
Donnie Darko
Spinal Tap
The Jerk
12 Monkeys
Blade Runner
Brazil
Dune
Ghost World
Jean de Florette
Manon of the Springs
Pan's Labyrinth
Rudy
Run Lola Run
American Psycho
Equilibrium
Seven Samurai
Whale Rider

If you really like movies: Jean de Florette and Manon of the Springs. They're a duo. Probably 6 hours in all. Has a really great twist. Gerard DePardue.

 

Airplane!
Tombstone
Smokey and The Bandit
Back to the Future
Major League

 

I'm going to have to take another look at 'Steel Magnolias'. I haven't seen it since it came out, but I remember Shirley MacLaine being really funny in it.

...and there's another good one, starring a very young MacLaine: Hitchcock's 'The Trouble with Harry'.

I have been looking for a copy of Brazil (not really looking, since I'm sure Amazon has it but I'm cheap!) mostly to see Robert DeNiro as the plumber again. Thinking of DeNiro reminds me to mention 'Ronin' also starring Jean Reno, and the original 'Cape Fear' with Gregory Peck (in the 1991 remake DeNiro made a horrible mess of the role Robert Mitchum did so well).

So many good suggestions, and so many I've never heard of!

 

All Time favorite: Lord of the Rings.

 

Pan's Labyrinth :iagree:Run Lola Run:iagree:Whale Rider:iagree: will check on some of the others on your list! Manon of the Springs sounds familiar but can't quite place it...

 

A few that come to mind as some of my favorites:

Drop Dead Fred
Hook
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
The Abyss
Secret of My Success
Sommersby

 

A man after my own heart. Airplane! is my favorite comedy of all time. I also love the Nake Gun movies. Lesley Neilson is a genius in my book.

The Hot Shots movies are also funny. I love the spoof movies when they are done right. Lately, Hollywood hasn't been gettin' them right!

 

My top five...

Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
Seven
Trainspotting
Casino
Reservoir Dogs

Others that are great that haven't been mentioned yet..
Boondock Saints
American History X
Clockwork Orange
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Any of the Indiana Jones (except the newest one, it sucked)
Ghost in the Shell
Dead Poet's Society
2001: Space Odyssey

 

Tarantino films are (one of my...) guilty pleasures. Maybe I'm a snob but I feel like I shouldn't like them but I do. Somewhere between the dialog, the music and the casting there's magic- the story itself is almost irrelevant. 'Pulp Fiction' is probably still my fave, although 'Death Proof' is also a strong contender.

Did anyone mention 'The Usual Suspects' yet? Gotta be close to the top on the top 10 'Best Endings' list.

 

I'm not much for his films either.. I did like Four Rooms and Inglourious Basterds looks good. Pulp Fiction was a mess and Kill Bill was boring.

The Usual Suspects was a great movie.