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Top Five Favorite Films
I've been thinking about this for about a month, since I saw it on another message board. Making a list like this takes a bit of thought, IMHO. So here's mine, in no particular order at all. Gross Pointe Blank http://www.imdb.com/title/t... Any list like this for me must include at least one film with John Cusack. This one also has Dan Akroyd as a psychotic contract killer, so it kills two birds with one stone! The Incredibles http://www.imdb.com/title/t... I had to have one animated film, so this is it. Fiddler on the Roof http://www.imdb.com/title/t... My all-time favorite musical. And who can resist a young Paul Michael Glaser? The Goodbye Girl http://www.imdb.com/title/t... Just can't help but love a fuzzy-faced Richard Dreyfuss, and that wonderfully cynical Quinn Cummings. They're so cute when they're young! Almost Famous http://www.imdb.com/title/t... Wonderful music & soundtrack, but not really a musical. Touching comedy, but you may weep a bit too. And so what I picked two films featuring Jason Lee? Sue me... ;-) Okay, so now it's the TN bloggers' turns. No bashing films on others' lists, but positive reinforcement is encouraged. Have at it! 94 comments from 20 users
posted by
madkow2747
on Jul 7, 2008 at 12:48 PM
This does require a bit of thinking, but I've come up with 3 out of 5: Monty Python and the Holy Grail - If you can recite it word for word, it must be fabulous! (I can do the same for Airplane! but I wouldn't generally admit it.) Clerks - The greatest of all Kevin Smith's movies. Back when Jay and Silent Bob's occupation wasn't watered-down. Anyone who has worked a crappy customer service job can relate to it. The Philadelphia Story - Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart... you can't go wrong. Runners up for the final spots: Tombstone, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Kill Bill vol.1, Pauline and Paulette, Chocolat... All of mine are comedies, so I'm trying to think of more serious movies. There was a wonderful movie around 5-10 years ago about a little Japanese boy traveling to find his mother, but I can't remember the name of it. Has anyone else seen it? posted by
GregL
on Jul 7, 2008 at 01:46 PM
Only five? Impossible! OK, here's a try... The Professionals - One of my favorites with Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Claudia Cardinale, Woody Strode, Ralph Bellamy, Robert Ryan, and of course Jack Palance. Everyone is outstanding in this movie. http://www.imdb.com/title/t...
Ben-Hur - The 1959 version with Charlton Heston. He was the best! http://www.imdb.com/title/t...
The Guns of Navarone - Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, Anthony Quayle, David Niven, Gia Scala, and a young James Darren http://www.imdb.com/title/t...
Touch of Evil - Charlton Heston again, Orson Welles acting and directing, Janet Leigh, and Dennis Weaver as a very nervous motel manager! http://www.imdb.com/title/t...
Once Upon a Time in the West - Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards, Jack Elam, Woody Strode and Keenan Wynn. Allstars! http://www.imdb.com/title/t...
It's just not possible for me to pick my favorite five! Here is a list of my other favorites, and I'm sure I'll think of more as the day goes by! Shane To Kill a Mockingbird The Good, The Bad and the Ugly Wizard of Oz Bridge on the River Qwai Doctor Zhivago Stalag 17 North By Northwest posted by
Joty
on Jul 7, 2008 at 02:02 PM
Wow, as much as I love movies this is going to be tough, but here goes: Come Back To The Five And Dime, Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean - Sandy Dennis, Kathy Bates, Cher, Karen Black South Pacific - Mitzi Gaynor, Rossano Brazzi, Ray Walston Duel In The Sun - Jennifer Jones, Gregory Peck Caveman (and I make no apologies, lol) - Ringo Starr, Barbara Bach, Shelly Long My all time favorite: Gone With The Wind - Clark Gable, Vivian Leigh, Olivia DeHaviland this was hard...I could keep going! Maybe we should do them by genre, lol. posted by
GregL
on Jul 7, 2008 at 02:10 PM
Tombstone and Breakfast at Tiffany's, both great movies Madkow. Joty I saw Caveman, it was pretty funny! And I forgot, Duel with Dennis Weaver, and of course Planet of the Apes! posted by
olivia
on Jul 7, 2008 at 02:15 PM
I'm taking my son to go see Hancock tonight, Has anyone seen it yet? Tombstone was a great movie. I loved Doc Holiday posted by
GregL
on Jul 7, 2008 at 02:23 PM
Olivia, I worked on it, but I'll save my review until after you've seen it. I'm curious to hear what you think of it. posted by
RubySliperrz
on Jul 7, 2008 at 02:26 PM
Old b/w movies, including off-beat film noir: Shadow of a Doubt; Now Voyager; Double Indemnity; Laura; Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House; The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (oops, one too many). Trivia: Movies that reference the Tehachapi's Women Prison: The Postman Always Rings Twice; Nocturne; The Hunted; Double Indemnity; Maltese Falcon; The Grapes of Wrath. So many movies, so little time: Wizard of Oz (am sure I have seen it over 50+++ times). IMHO, all these movies are good and there's no swearing involved; I am not a prude, but how many times can you hear the "f" word . . . Even though some of the movies involve murder, at least in the old b/w movies, neither their head, nor other body parts are flying through the air, with the greatest of ease . . . Great post, Ooochild ~ posted by
Joty
on Jul 7, 2008 at 02:29 PM
Several of my family members saw it...they all said good things about it. I look forward each summer to Will Smith's movies like Independence Day; Wild Wild West; I, Robot - nuts - brain fart...I can't remember the rest, but I've seen them all! Didn't Tombstone and Wyatt Earp come out about the same time?
posted by
GregL
on Jul 7, 2008 at 02:35 PM
Offbeat film noir, how about Sunset Blvd.? Remember a very young Jack Webb in that? posted by
oohchild
on Jul 7, 2008 at 02:38 PM
LOL, it seems most of us tend to think in terms of genre... When I was thinking about this list, my idea was more in the lines of, "if you were stuck on a deserted island & had only five movies to watch over & over again, what would they be?" My movies are favorites 'cause every time I'm flipping through the channels, I have to stop & watch it, if it shows up on the list. Ruby, how about Rebecca, for an old B&W? Greg, lol, you remind me of my BIL. there's always a Western playing in the background at their house! Joty, South Pacific is such a close second for my musical slot taken by Fiddler! Love it! Great movies, everyone! posted by
GregL
on Jul 7, 2008 at 02:50 PM
Gotta have westerns! High Plains Drifter, For a Few Dollars More, The Commancheros, Rio Bravo, The Sons of Katie Elder, El Dorado, My Darling Clementine. posted by
oohchild
on Jul 7, 2008 at 02:54 PM
Although I didn't have a slot for them on my personal list, my favorite two Western films are The Cowboys and Silverado. posted by
Joty
on Jul 7, 2008 at 03:19 PM
Silverado - Jeff Goldblum in those trousers - yowser. A Place In The Sun - Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift (he was so hot, and so gay), Shelly Winters Cape Fear - the original with Robert Mitchem Night of the Hunter - Robert Mitchem and Shelly Winters The Birds and Marnie - both Hitchcock flicks starring Tippi Hedren. And I just read that Sigourney Weaver wants to make another "Alien" movie!
posted by
GregL
on Jul 7, 2008 at 03:34 PM
Gosh Joty, I forgot about Night of the Hunter, with a really young Peter Graves, awesome! Haven't seen Cape Fear, though I love Mitchum. Made me think of another good one, Key Largo with Bogart. And of course, The African Queen, and The Barefoot Contessa. posted by
storilori
on Jul 7, 2008 at 03:34 PM
Hey Sista! Shawshank redemption, The Big Night. La Vita e Bella 3;10 to Yuma (original) Orange County , The English Patient |
