Best Movie Ever?

[Desert Rune]

To each their own, I think that the best movie ever is:

Pan's Labyrinth by Guillermo Del Toro. :)

Surprisingly haunting. Sad yet uplifting. A movie that makes you think.


What I also love about it from a filmmaking perspective is that such a movie could be made with Red on a limited budget, if one was not short on talent and vision.

[Tom Lowe]

Pan's is in my top 3 from last year. A really great movie.

[Priyesh P.]

Amelie

[jaadgy akanni]

Let me see...what's my favorite movie of all time? I know my favorite 3:

1)All The Mornings of The World (Tous Les Matins du Monde)
2)Groundhog Day
3)Betty Blue

[IAN SUN]

2001

Kubrick

nuff said.

[Justin Kirchhoff]

Blade Runner.

[PaulClements]

Too hard to call for me, there are those that I love such as Seven Samurai or psycho for being classics and so original in their art, but then there are films that are so very entertaining such as Back to the Future or Indiana Jones and of course films that mean so much growing up with such as Starwars and James Bond movies. I think my favourite movie would change depending on the time of day and my mood at that time.

[Clayton Harper]

2001

Kubrick

nuff said.

Agree, but don't hate me when I say Robocop come close for me.

Haters, don't worry I own a crap load of DVDs: Rohmer, Fassbinder, Godard, Hitchcock, Sturges, Malick, Ashby, Ford, Sirk, Fellini, Cameron, etc. I just happen to also think Verhoeven is a genius.

[J. Bernard Vallon]

I know when I was little, and I decided I wanted to go into film, I had favoritie movies, and it was probably a short list. I think I thought that if I STUDIED film, and watched a lot of films, the choice would be easier.

I think my list of favorite movies is inevitably long. Its like asking me what my favorite body part is.

I have such a weird list too...

Mr Ripley and Cold Mountain
Platoon...or maybe Jarhead
Magnolia
Children of Men
Yellow Submarine (animation counts?)

[Curran Giddens]

I like seeing a couple of movies with Doug Trumbull vfx. I'll have to think about this for a bit....:umm:

[Jaime Vallés]

I just happen to also think Verhoeven is a genius.
Two words:

SHOW

GIRLS

:tongue:

[David Mullen ASC]

I would put a moratorium on any movie made in the last five years before it could be labelled "best of all time", just to have some perspective on it. A number of people polled in 1990 said that "Dances with Wolves" was one of the best movies of all time, and I suspect that it has dropped down the list for some people given time to think about it and judge its relative worth.

FYI, my favorite films of all time (I avoid using the label "the best") are:
2001, Lawrence of Arabia, 2001, Seven Samurai, and Doctor Strangelove... in no particular order.

[CVB]

My favorite movie was Back to the Future... I probably watch it at least twice a year. Favorite TV series was Macgyver - its what got me into engineering.

[Curran Giddens]

ah yes. Macgyver used to be one of only two programs my parents would let us watch.

Here are some of my favorite movies that I haven't seen mentioned yet.

101 Reykjavik
Show Me Love
My Life as a Dog
Manon of the Spring
Beyond the Couds
Sex and Lucia
Stealing Beauty
Under the Tuscan Sun
Vacas
Outside Providence
The Princess Bride
Entrapment
The Fifth Element

[Albert Cheng]

That's like asking me which of my children is my favorite...not that I have kids.

I would have to go with the following for favorites but with dozens just a hairs breadth behind:

Blade Runner
Apocalypse Now


Edit:
Honorable Mentions go to:
Ran, Seven Samurai, Cinema Paradiso, Alien

[Emery Wells]

My favorite movie was Back to the Future... I probably watch it at least twice a year. Favorite TV series was Macgyver - its what got me into engineering.

And where has it gotten you? Can you dismantle a bomb with a tooth pic? Build a rocket pack with nothing more than plastic wrap and super glue?

Im not sure motion control heads are quite up to Macgyver standards... back to the drawing boards Curt! :biggrin:

[Finner]

The Best Movie Ever can only be a trilogy. Yes thats right:

REVENGE OF THE NERDS I, II & III Now thats quality cinema!

[Joel Kaye]

The Best Movie Ever can only be a trilogy. Yes thats right:

REVENGE OF THE NERDS I, II & III Now thats quality cinema!

Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Or Schindler's List. Tough call.

[Brian Kaz]

Can you really have a "Favorite" movie? Anyway...For me, no matter what the film and how much I love it, I have to be in the right mood to watch it. That said, if all but 5 films were to be destroyed forever, I'd want the surviving ones to be:

Seven Samurai
The Empire Strikes Back
Amelie
Shawshank Redemption
Monty Python & The Holy Grail

This list would probably change every couple of minutes, however.


TV would be:
Northern Exposure
Farscape
The Office (BBC version)
Freaks and Geeks
Father Ted

[CVB]

And where has it gotten you? Can you dismantle a bomb with a tooth pic? Build a rocket pack with nothing more than plastic wrap and super glue?

Im not sure motion control heads are quite up to Macgyver standards... back to the drawing boards Curt! :biggrin:

Not so fast! The first prototype of our moco head was made from printer parts... take that! hehe Plus there's this....RC CAR (http://partfoundry.com/movies/Big_RC_Car.mov) a full size 1984 Buick remote control car we made on a weekend with nothing more than some RC car parts and a bunch of duct tape. Ok so there was a little more than duct tape :)

[Priyesh P.]

Ok, if it transforms from "best movie ever" to "all favorite movies" I´ll name a few more:

Amelie
Princess Mononoke
Se7en
Fight Club
Terminator2
Aliens
The Abyss
The Game
Doctor Strangelove
Full Metal Jacket
Evolution
Shawshank Redemption
Green Mile
Brubaker
O Brother, where art thou?
Chihiro
Laputa
City of God
The man who copied
The Wing and the Thigh
Gandhi
Saving Private Ryan
The Goonies
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
12 Monkeys
Howl´s moving castle
Clockwork Orange
Sleepy Hollow
Batman 1&2
Nightmare before Christmas
The Fifth Element
Soupe aux choux
My Name is Nobody
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Nobody's the Greatest

So, that´s my prelim. list.

Priyesh

[Michael "Dorkman" Scott]

Just re: the original post: I thought Pan's Labyrinth was supremely overrated, competently made but pointless and unsatisfying. Same for 2001, since it also came up. I know I'm in the minority on that but there it is.

I don't know what the Best Movie Ever is, but some of my favorite films of all time include:

Lord of the Rings (trilogy)
The Matrix (the original)
Kill Bill Vol. 1
The Fifth Element
Pulp Fiction
Ghostbusters
Jurassic Park
Terminator 2
Nightmare before Christmas
Children of Men

Though if I have to name one, the answer is clearly Killer Klowns from Outer Space.

I'd have a longer list if I could remember them all; they're on my MySpace favorites list but MySpace is blocked here at work!

[Emery Wells]

Not so fast! The first prototype of our moco head was made from printer parts... take that! hehe Plus there's this....RC CAR (http://partfoundry.com/movies/Big_RC_Car.mov) a full size 1984 Buick remote control car we made on a weekend with nothing more than some RC car parts and a bunch of duct tape. Ok so there was a little more than duct tape :)

Printer parts? RC Buick huh? Alright, your off the hook this time Badinski! :sarcasm:

[CVB]

lol.. no printer parts in the production units :)

[Sean]

2001

Kubrick

nuff said.

Just re-watched it. It had been a while since I'd last seen it and I was even more blown away by the movie than the first time. Dude was a genius. Shockingly brilliant. Love it.

[Justin O'Neill]

I think my favourite movie would change depending on the time of day and my mood at that time.

I agree with you on that one.

At this moment in time I think Mulholland Drive is my favorite movie.

I did love Fifth Element as well.

[Wade Weaver]

Dr Strangelove Is the best!

[Sanjin Jukic]

1. Citizen Kane - Welles
2. Battleship Potemkin - Eisenstein
3. 8 1/2 (Eight and a Half) - Fellini
4. The Rules of the Game - Renoir
6. L'Avventura - Antonioni
7. 2001: A Space Odyssey - Kubrick
8. Vertigo - Hitchcock
9. Persona - Bergman
10. Seven Samurai - Kurosawa
11. Tokyo Story - Ozu
12. The Godfather - Coppola, F.F.
13. Amarcord - Fellini
14. Ivan's Childhood - Tarkovsky
15. The Conformist - Bertolucci

[Clayton Harper]

The Best Movie Ever can only be a trilogy. Yes thats right:

REVENGE OF THE NERDS I, II & III Now thats quality cinema!

Do you know how often when I read this message board that I want to just bust into the room and yell NERDS!!!

[Clint Johnson]

Like most here, I couldn't pick a favorite film and had to short list the ones that have effected me the most.

In no particular order:

Seven Samurai
Princess Bride
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Blade Runner
Roman Holiday
Alien
The Original Star Wars Trilogy
Jaws
Sin City
Monty Python's Life of Brian

But the bit of media that has effected me more than any of them? I'd have to put the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series at the top of the list and I don't care how many people laugh at me.

[Poi Boy]

I could live with Sanjin's list.
Aloha
-A

[Clayton Harper]

Two words:

SHOW

GIRLS

:tongue:

Even Show Girls had its greatness. The weird comic book quality of the characters functions as an ideological critique of Las Vegas itself. Vegas is like the total capitalist super machine. You have to keep in mind that Verhoeven is a closet Marxist and impossibly ironic.

Besides, Starship Troopers, Total Recall and Basic Instinct don't have a boring frame in them. It's like visual crack.

[Ken K]

Laputa
I think you meant Castle in the Sky, right? Great movie - I just watched that a couple days ago. Miyazaki's imagination and storytelling constantly amazes me.

[Dan Blanchett]

Old faves: (I'm a SF geek, so biased that way)

The Matrix
Blade Runner
Alien
Star Wars (IV)
Wizard of Oz
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Apocalypse Now
Chinatown
Collateral
Most Hitchcock Films
LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring
The Shining
Jaws
Pulp Fiction
Brazil
Hard Boiled
Face/Off
Die Hard
Silence of the Lambs
The Edge
The Usual Suspects
A Christmas Story

Lower budget faves:
Napoleon Dynamite
28 Days Later
Memento
Bottle Rocket
Reservoir Dogs
Glengarry Glenross
The Machinist
Pi
The Station Agent

Faves in 2006:
Children of Men
Pan's Labyrinth
Little Miss Sunshine
V for Vendetta

Goofy but fun/weird SF classics:
Zardoz
The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai in the 8th Dimension
Flash Gordon
Time Bandits

Okay, I probably went too far, but it's hard to pick just one or two when you like so many, and I undoubtedly left off a few dozen great ones.

[Dan Blanchett]

Agree, but don't hate me when I say Robocop come close for me.

No hate here. Robocop rocked! I actually loved Starship Troopers, though it seemed to get a bad rap. I had read the book, which was obviously less tongue-in-cheek, but still felt the movie was hilarious and fun entertainment.

[Jason Murphy]

Top 10 in no particular order:

Playtime (1967, Jacques Tati)
Greatest 70mm film ever made, and probably the most ambitious comedy ever made as well. Hilarious, sad and uplifting all at the same time. If you ever hear that this is playing in 70mm anywhere near you, do whatever you can to see it on the big screen.

Sansho the Bailiff (1954, Kenji Mizoguchi)
It doesn't get much better than this adaptation of a Japanese folktale. Has some of the most beautiful black and white cinematography I have ever seen.

L'Eclisse (1962, Michelangelo Antonioni)
Antonioni's best film. It has one of the greatest and most haunting endings of all time. 'Red Desert,' his immediate followup, is one of the truly great color films, too.

Ordet (1955, Carl Dreyer)
Au Hasard Balthazar (1967, Robert Bresson)
Two great movies centered around religion by two of the greatest religious filmmakers of all time. Seriously, pretty much anything by Dreyer or Bresson is amazing.

Good Men, Good Women (1995, Hou Hsiao-hsien)
It may initially be confusing, but it is absolutely awe-inspiring once you realize how skillfully Hou manages to deal with over 60 years of Taiwanese history and politics through the story of an emotionally damaged actress. I've seen it 4 times in theatres, and it remains one of the most moving films I have ever seen. A great end to Hou's amazing 'Sadness Trilogy.'

Stalker (1979, Andrei Tarkovsky)
May be my favorite science fiction film (of course, depending on the day, '2001', 'Blade Runner' and 'La Jetee' give it a run for its money), and it may be my favorite Tarkovsky film, too (though 'Nostalghia' and 'Mirror' could easily lay claim to that title as well). Like all Tarkovsky, it's deliberately paced, but well worth the watch.

The God of Day Had Gone Down Upon Him (2000, Stan Brakhage)
Brakhage is probably the greatest experimental filmmaker of all time, and this film, which was the last major photographic work (Brakhage made many hand-painted films in his later career) before his death, is his greatest achievement. It's a silent meditation on approaching death, shot entirely on a 16mm Bolex on the coast of the Pacific Northwest in Kodachrome reversal. There's no plot to speak of, but when a film is this beautiful, who needs it?

Late Spring (1949, Yasujiro Ozu)
My favorite Ozu film; everything about it, the framing, cutting, and gestures are just pitch perfect and razor sharp. Seems like kind of a weird thing to say about Ozu, but it's true nonetheless.

Can't think of a 10th one without excluding some other favorites, so let's just say there should also be Malick's Thin Red Line, Kubrick's Barry Lyndon, Wong's In the Mood for Love, Welles' Citizen Kane, Sokurov's Mother and Son, Denis' L'Intrus, Tourneur's Out of the Past, Scorsese's Raging Bull, anything by Murnau, Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr, Resnais, Rossellini, Kurosawa, etc. etc. etc.

[Chris Kenny]

The Royal Tenenbaums
Chunking Express
Barry Lyndon
Annie Hall

(No particular order)

[overlandfilms]

Casablanca.

[Eirik Tyrihjel]

I have grown up, but I have to stay true to the movie that got me to start in this business...

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

I am looking forward to when my sons are old enough so I can show it to them...

[IAN SUN]

Just re-watched it. It had been a while since I'd last seen it and I was even more blown away by the movie than the first time. Dude was a genius. Shockingly brilliant. Love it.

Gotta give Arthur C Clarke some love here. I would also like to see "Childhoods End" and "Fountains of Paradise" made into films.

As a visionary Clarke introduced the idea of the communications Satellite and in the Fountains of Paradise he brings forth the idea of the space elevator.

On the subjects of novels, what novels would you like to see made into "films" (maybe we should rename them reds:clown2:)

[Samscad]

Guys! This thread is a waste of time. Jason and the Argonauts is the best film ever made. Some things just don't need to be debated.

[IAN SUN]

Agree, but don't hate me when I say Robocop come close for me.

Haters, don't worry I own a crap load of DVDs: Rohmer, Fassbinder, Godard, Hitchcock, Sturges, Malick, Ashby, Ford, Sirk, Fellini, Cameron, etc. I just happen to also think Verhoeven is a genius.

Yeah I think Robocop was genius social commentary. That boardroom scene where the suits get shredded, must have cut too close for the studio execs or censors or whoever demanded it be cut down.

[Cam Crowley]

No hate here. Robocop rocked! I actually loved Starship Troopers, though it seemed to get a bad rap. I had read the book, which was obviously less tongue-in-cheek, but still felt the movie was hilarious and fun entertainment.

Glad there are others on this bored recognise the genius of Paul Verhoeven.

Starship Troopers is my all time favourite movie. It ROCKS on so many levels - biting social commentary, wickedly funny script, great casting, some of the best space sequences on the big screen since Return of the Jedi, and CG SFX that still look fantastic ten years down the track - now THATS entertainment!

BTW fans of this movie - get the sequel out on DVD. It totally SUCKS but, listen to Phil Tippetts audio commentary - it's f*****g hilarious and one of the funniest commentaries i've heard. He totally bags out this piece of crap that he made and bags out the studio for giving him the money to do it!!

My two pesos :wacko:

[Ken K]

On the subjects of novels, what novels would you like to see made into "films" (maybe we should rename them reds:clown2:)
I would LOVE to see Snow Crash (by Neal Stephenson) made into a film.

[Dan Blanchett]

Shantaram -- great novel. Oh wait, they are making a movie! Can't wait.

[jaadgy akanni]

Rushmore
Eternal Sunshine of the Spottless Mind
Indecent Proposal
Animal Trainer 6:devil:


And while I'm at it, movies I've never seen and will never see if I can help it:
1) Rocky-any of them
2) Titanic
3) Any Charlton HEston movie
4) The PAssion of the Christ
5)Apocalipto

[Jason Murphy]

I would LOVE to see Snow Crash (by Neal Stephenson) made into a film.

I'm actually pretty excited that Neal Stephenson seems to be at work writing a miniseries based on The Diamond Age. George Clooney is producing. Seems to be a strange match up, but if it comes to fruition, it should be pretty interesting. Of course, the miniseries is for SciFi, which tends to be hit and miss, but if they can get some good money and talent behind it, it could be very good. The source material is certainly interesting and ambitious enough.

[Clint Johnson]

Glad there are others on this bored recognise the genius of Paul Verhoeven.

Starship Troopers is my all time favourite movie. It ROCKS on so many levels - biting social commentary, wickedly funny script, great casting, some of the best space sequences on the big screen since Return of the Jedi, and CG SFX that still look fantastic ten years down the track - now THATS entertainment!

BTW fans of this movie - get the sequel out on DVD. It totally SUCKS but, listen to Phil Tippetts audio commentary - it's f*****g hilarious and one of the funniest commentaries i've heard. He totally bags out this piece of crap that he made and bags out the studio for giving him the money to do it!!

My two pesos :wacko:

Paul Verhoeven got the message of Starship Trooper completely wrong and pretty much kicked Heinlein fans in the teeth with his junior high level social commentary. The script was an insult to the novel... and what message was he pushing when he cast a wooden acting Aryan Nation poster boy to play the part of a Filipino kid from Buenos Aires? How could a guy with a PHD in mathematics and physics get the mathematics and physics so wrong in the space battle scenes? Did he have as little respect for the scientific literacy of the viewers as he did for the socio-political literacy?

But you know what? I enjoyed the film in the theater and when I re-watched it a couple months back and still enjoyed it. Go figure.

Tim Minear is adapting "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" and if they manage to get that produced without messing it up... my favourite novel might become my farourite movie.

[Sam Druckerman]

Top 10 in no particular order:

Playtime (1967, Jacques Tati)
Greatest 70mm film ever made, and probably the most ambitious comedy ever made as well. Hilarious, sad and uplifting all at the same time. If you ever hear that this is playing in 70mm anywhere near you, do whatever you can to see it on the big screen.


Well, I haven't seen it yet.... but I plan to this weekend on Jason's recommendation, it's playing on Wed and Sun evening at the Aero theatre in Santa Monica California.... In case anyone is interested, Here's the link....

http://www.americancinematheque.com/archive1999/2007/Aero/Jacques_Tati_2007.htm#PLAYTIMEMay6

[Keith Alan Morris]

Beijing Bicycle - young men in packs, machismo, class divisions, violence, and indifference. Guei arrives from the country: toothbrushes, hotel foyers, and Qin, a rich neighbor in high heels, dazzle him. He gets a job as a messenger. The company issues him a bike, which he must pay for out of his wages. When it is stolen, Guei hunts for it. A student, Jian, has it; for him, it's the key to teen society - with his pals and with Xiao, a girl he fancies. Guei finds the bike and stubbornly tries to reclaim it in the face of great odds. But for Jian to lose the bike would mean humiliation. The two young men - and the people around them - are swept up in the youths' desperation.

[IAN SUN]

I would LOVE to see Snow Crash (by Neal Stephenson) made into a film.

That's what I'm talking 'bout. Who would you cast as Hiro?

[Priyesh P.]

I think you meant Castle in the Sky, right? Great movie - I just watched that a couple days ago. Miyazaki's imagination and storytelling constantly amazes me.

Yes. Strange title, I know.
I love ALL Miyazaki movies.

[Ken K]

That's what I'm talking 'bout. Who would you cast as Hiro?
I've often thought about that. If I wanted to stay true to the book, I'd probably have to do a big casting call and get just the right actor. They need to have the right look and attitude. Hopefully they'd have swordplay experience, but if not, a crash course would be in order. Oh, and no fake/cheesy hacking sequences.

I caught this on Wikipedia regarding Snow Crash:

Film Adaptation
The novel was optioned shortly after its publication and subsequent success, although it has never progressed past pre-production. John Raffo and Jeffery Nachmanoff both completed drafts under the supervision of director Marco Brambilla while the project was set up at Touchstone Pictures and Kathleen Kennedy's production company, but due to the large budget required, neither was given a greenlight.

I would think 15 years later a film like this could be made with a smaller budget than anticipated back then. Especially when I present my script with me attached as director/dp/editor (with a few REDs). :)

[Blaine Golden]

The Wind and the Lion (http://yoursay.imdb.com/title/tt0073906/)

[createra]

Hot Fuzz
The Full Monty

[David Collard]

I have grown up, but I have to stay true to the movie that got me to start in this business...

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

I am looking forward to when my sons are old enough so I can show it to them...

That'll be a beautiful time when they see the film that inspired you.
For some reason, that thought has reminded me of my own passions for film.
How I felt then, and how I feel now. Only time will tell how the story telling tradition will be imparted to the next generation. Right now, we can do the best possible film within our given time and circumstances. Red gives us an opportunity.

[IAN SUN]

I would think 15 years later a film like this could be made with a smaller budget than anticipated back then. Especially when I present my script with me attached as director/dp/editor (with a few REDs). :)

Can I tag along? I'll pull cable or something.

That's of course If they don't prefer my script and I snag the deal first :bleh:

[Gerz]

2001
Blade Runner
Alien
The African Queen
Dr. Strangelove
Bringing up Baby
Apocalypse Now
The Big Lebowski
The Conformist
Seven Samurai
Aguirre: The Wrath of God
Night of the Living Dead
Children of Men
Lawrence of Arabia
Jaws
The Brady Bunch movie ; )
(The list goes on and on!!!!)

[Nathan Troutman]

And while I'm at it, movies I've never seen and will never see if I can help it:
1) Rocky-any of them
2) Titanic
3) Any Charlton HEston movie
4) The PAssion of the Christ
5)Apocalipto

Do yourself a favor and watch the original Rocky (skip the rest). The original Rocky is truly a classic American film and American story (and oscar winner). Whether you like it or not, movies that create and have a massive impact (like Rocky) become the "great" movies of any age. People forget that great art is also extremely popular art. Shakespeare was very well know in his time. His plays were widely read and performed. You can't make an impact if you don't make an impact.


My number one:
Braveheart

[Roger Crouse]

The Godfather
Little Big Man
Gone with the Wind
Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
Resevoir Dogs
Goodfellas
Saving Private Ryan
Platoon
...and many, many more. I love movies.

[Joseph S.]

I still haven't met anyone who loves The Green Mile as much as I do.

Way too many movies to list. Just depends on what you've been through in life :)

[Andrew Ravani]

I figure that based on mood - for me anyway - there will be a favorite movie bonanza instead of singling out a single film that is the epitome of great art. Why not go by genre and list those out here?

Western: Unforgiven (close second: The Proposition)
SciFi: Blade Runner (close second: Alien)
Romantic Comedy/Romantic drama: Amelie (no close seconds - can't stand rom coms.)
War: Saving Private Ryan (close second: Thin Red Line)
Drama: In The Bedroom
purely beautiful: Most of Wong Kar Wai's collection of films
Espionage/Spy: Eye of The Needle/ The Black Book
Horror/ Scariest Movie Ever: Jaws
Super Indiewood badass pic: The Following
Epic: Lawrence Of Arabia
Weirdest movie that doesn't suck: Mulholland Drive
Most watchable lip flapping flick (ie: "Action minimalism": Clerks.)


And OMG do I want to see Snow Crash done as a film - William Gibson's Neuromancer is also supposedly starting production this year - I'm all giddy with fanboy anticipation over that one!

[Zakaree Sandberg]

big lebowski

[Stephen Grubb]

Leon

[Joseph Ward]

Ben-Hur (1959):thumbup:

[Denis Haineault]

I'm sure we could all come up with a list of at least 50, and it would still feel very much incomplete and require constant revision...

But I'll go with these five:

Barry Lyndon (my favorite cinematography work...this week)
The Godfather
Fargo
The Wizard of Oz
If I could only pick just one, I'd probably go with The Shawshank Redemption

[Joe G.]

No Frankenhooker?

Robocop (1 and 2) is great, and I did a write up (http://politicalfilm.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/robocop-1-2/) of it on the blog.

I like these lists because I get recommendations from others. I hate these lists because I don't want to narrow down my preferences into a title or three.

There are the "best" films, and the "favorite" films and the cult classics you watch repeatedly (Army of Darkness? Road Warrior? Dawn of the Dead?).

Animation, I'd have a toss up between A Bug's Life and Wall-E, perhaps a few others not on the top of my head now.

Western, go with Good the Bad and the Ugly. That's a cult status hit, and I wasn't as impressed with several of Leone's other offerings.

So, basically I'm not saying much and don't stand behind any of these as the "Best Movie Ever."

Best Christmas movie: Scrooged or Bad Santa.

Best coming of age movie: Say Anything.

Best monster movie: Alien.

[Baltazar Balta]

Best movie is the one which has not yet been shot. :iamwithstupid:

[Ethan Cooper]

Best movie is the one which has not yet been shot. :iamwithstupid:

Or maybe the best movie has already been made and man can do no better.

[Yousuf Abbasi]

Vanilla Sky
Being John Malkovich
Paris Texas
Mister Lonely
Cinema Paradiso
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Fargo
Barton Fink
Big Lebowski
Punch Drunk Love
Blue Velvet
Wild at Heart
Oldboy
Brazil
Diving Bell
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Titanic (yes, I said it)
Magnolia
The Sea Inside
My Life as a Dog
Blow
............ sooo many great films to choose from, there is no clear "best."

[Craig W. Bickerstaff]

Titanic (yes, I said it)


People who bad mouth Titanic are just guys who are afraid of looking like a sissy, insecure with their masculinity as it were.....

[Tim Hole]

People who bad mouth Titanic are just guys who are afraid of looking like a sissy, insecure with their masculinity as it were.....

I could easily badmouth titanic for its storytelling, but that would be a subjective view. I cannot bad mouth it on production value or technical achievement (except for the size of the budget).

stating best movie ever is an impossible task. Not even worth trying...but of course I have to now...

A few would be: Stalker/Mirror/Solaris, Bladerunner/Alien, last tango in paris, Rififi, Casablanca, a man escaped, breathless, Pandora's box, three colours, the big combo, touch of evil, breakfast at tiffany's, the killer, Lost Highway, sherlock jr, les enfant des paradis, M, 12 Angry men, Dr Strangelove, the phantom of liberty...I just can't...it is impossible.

[Joe G.]

Best Buddy Movie: The In Laws

[Tom Visser]

Repo Man
A Boy and His Dog
À bout de souffle

[Yousuf Abbasi]

Best comedy would have to be, hands down, Dumb and Dumber !!

[Brandon Fraley]

Punch Drunk Love

[Vince Doran]

Mad Max

[Jon B.]

Natural Born Killers