Favorite movie of all time: You have only one pick
 

For me it has to be The Thin Red Line. I watched it again last night. This movie is so powerful that I am speechless for the entire 3 hours. The imagery, music and thought conscientious completely blow me away. I can't think of anything as powerful.

I'd love to know what your picks are as well. Hopefully, provocative.

Lawrence of Arabia.

Ugh too hard to decide.

Either JAWS or THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. Grew up loving both.

The Usual Suspects.

Dude, don't piss on my thread.

Upon further thought, I'd have to say ESB. JAWS is undoubtedly a "better" movie (actually, I think it is one of Spielburg's best movies, and is vastly under-rated. There is more going on "under the surface" than just a stupid monster movie).

But when I was a kid, the STAR WARS movies were it. I am by no means a "STAR WARS geek", but I would have to say that THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK is my all-time favorite movie. It is so well-composed, every frame of the movie is practically a work of art in itself. It took everything good about STAR WARS and made it bigger, better, and darker. Characters got deeper, and the drama got more palpable.



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The Great Escape what a cast of A-List actors.

The Big Lebowski

The opposite of provocative, just brilliant comedy.

How am I pissing on your thread? By picking both? Or because I picked "sub-par" movies?

If it is the latter reason, I never said that they were the BEST movies ever - I minored in film in college, and I won't pretend that George Lucas does it better than Hitchcock - but there are nostalgic reasons for loving the movies that I do.

If it is the former reason - look at my last post :)

maybe he wanted you to pick Golden Showers 3 starring Monica Lewpisski

"Three Days of the Condor", no doubt in my mind. Great movie, if you haven't seen it find a copy.

Saving Private Ryan.

Lawrence of Arabia - David Lean knew how to make a movie

Caddy Shack.

It's hard to believe that any movies were made after that flick.

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Need I say more?

The Wizard of Oz. It just gets better every time! :)

Pulp Fiction

The Sting

have watched it at least a dozen times...still catch something new each time.

Spaceballs.

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Young Frankenstein - Classic comedy at its best!

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Harold and Maude.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Once Upon A Time In The West ---- good, evil, acting, scenery, my wife thinks I'm nuts. Could be.

A Touch of Evil

Absolutely impossible to pick only one favorite movie.

Shawshank redemption is definitely in my top 5

+1

right up there with Butch and Sundance lol

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Amélie

Scareface

It had a lot to do with the time and place I saw it too.
Incredible movie starring my favorite actor too.

Pulp Fiction

Blade Runner: The Final Cut

Absolutely rocks in Blu-Ray; completely restored and upgraded.

1) Godfather I
2) Shawshank Redemption
3) Godfather II
4) Amadeus
5) The Sting

Lonesome Dove. Made for TV. A Shakespearean tragedy set in the old west. Robert Duvall says it's the best role he ever played.

Amazing cast; Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Danny Glover, Diane Lane, Robert Urich, Anjelica Huston.

If just one:

Berlin Alexanderplatz.

I saw it in its first theatrical release in college (all 15+ hours) over three nights, and have still never seen anything quite like it. Maybe Kane a distant second.

Fassbinder ruled.


And to echo Moses, Lonesome Dove is, (albeit in a close race with The Searchers) the best western ever made.





Tim

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That one slipped my mind. You are right it was awesome.

Caddyshack

+1

Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Princess Bride.