1. Back To the Future I, II & III
2. Pirates of the Caribbean I & II
3. Shrek I & II
4. The Blair Witch Project
5. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
6. Monty Python's Life of Brian
7. Sleepy Hollow
8. Good Will Hunting
9. The Breakfast Club
10. The Game

Yes, I know that's 14 movies.  

1/ Donnie Darko
2/ The Birds
3/ The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy
4/ Rear Window
5/ A Clockwork Orange
6/ Alien 1 & 2
7/ Apocalypto
8/ Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Cafe
9/ Kill Bill 1 & 2
10/ Children Of Men

I could add another 100

I can't put mine in any particular order, but these are the ones I seem to watch over and over again whenever they're on TV (even though I have them on DVD!):

The Philadelphia Story
The Godfather I and II
Dog Day Afternoon
A Clockwork Orange
The Goodbye Girl
JAWS
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Annie Hall
Rear Window
Shadow of a Doubt
To Kill a Mockingbird
Young Frankenstein (and various other Mel Brooks movies!)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Another 10 i can't live without .

1/ The Long Good Friday
2/ Hot Fuzz
3/ 2001 A Space Odyssey
4/ An American Werewolf In London
5/ The Devil Rides Out
6/ Shawshank Redemption
7/ Marnie
8/ Croupier
9/ The Godfather 1 & 2
10/ Rebecca

Goodfellas
Godfather 1 & 2
Scarface
Coming to America
The Shining
Friday
A Bronx Tale
Meet The Parents
There's Something About Mary
Hostel


I am sure there are many others but I cannot think of them all...The first 5 are my def. top 5 though.

far too many to mention but i'm always a sucker for old movies:

1. Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid (my fav film ever!! )
2. A Taste of Honey
3. Unforgiven
4. Breakfast at Tiffany's
5. A Fisful of Dynamite
6. The Apartment (jack lemmon)
7. Life of Brian
8. Bonnie & Clyde
9. Top Hat (fred astaire)
10. Billy Liar

ah c'mon, give us more than 10!  
i have far too many!  

1. Whale Rider
2. Into the Wild
3. Lord of the Rings Trilogy
4. Eastern Promises
5. A History of Violence
6. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
7. Stick It
8. Juno
9. A Hard Day's Night
10. Harry Potter Movies.

Yes, my list is a bit odd.

I forgot Roman Holiday, Sabrina, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Wait Until Dark, etc. Audrey Hepburn rules! I think she's my favorite old time actress. Jimmy Stewart being my favorite old time actor. I can watch most anything he's in too. LOVE HIM!

People -- you cannot list a movie AND ITS SEQUEL(S) as one movie!  

Joost, you have to choose between a Back to the Future movie as being your favorite; that also goes with Pirates and Schrek; DaveRam, the Lord of the Rings trilogy -- pick one; and anyone who lists Godfather 1 and 2 as ONE MOVIE --THEY WERE 2 MOVIES!

Having aired that grievance, here's my top 10:

The Godfather
Godfather 2
A Clockwork Orange
2001: A Space Odyssey
This is Spinal Tap
Goodfellas
Pulp Fiction
The Departed
Star Wars (and anyone who ever calls it 'Episode 4' is a total douchebag.)
The Dark Knight  (yeah, I'm caught up in it;  maybe a year from now I'll think it wasn't that good.  But for now I think it's a masterpiece.)

Quoted from Mr. Mustard

People -- you cannot list a movie AND ITS SEQUEL(S) as one movie!  

Joost, you have to choose between a Back to the Future movie as being your favorite; that also goes with Pirates and Schrek; DaveRam, the Lord of the Rings trilogy -- pick one; and anyone who lists Godfather 1 and 2 as ONE MOVIE --THEY WERE 2 MOVIES!

1. The Back to the Future and Pirates of the Caribbean (and Shrek to a lesser extend) trilogies were one story spread over three movies. There were even cliffhangers between parts 1 & 2 and between 2 & 3. So you can't really see them as seperate movies that stand on their own.

2. If I had to make a top 10 and list all those movies seperately, I'd probably include all three BttF movies, both the first two PotC movies and maybe both the first two Shrek movies. So I'd have room for just three more movies then... That would make a pretty dull list...

3. Being the topic starter, I can make the rules and I say it's OK.  

Quoted from Mr. Mustard

People -- you cannot list a movie AND ITS SEQUEL(S) as one movie!  

Joost, you have to choose between a Back to the Future movie as being your favorite; that also goes with Pirates and Schrek; DaveRam, the Lord of the Rings trilogy -- pick one; and anyone who lists Godfather 1 and 2 as ONE MOVIE --THEY WERE 2 MOVIES!

Having aired that grievance, here's my top 10:

The Godfather
Godfather 2
A Clockwork Orange
2001: A Space Odyssey
This is Spinal Tap
Goodfellas
Pulp Fiction
The Departed
Star Wars (and anyone who ever calls it 'Episode 4' is a total douchebag.)
The Dark Knight  (yeah, I'm caught up in it;  maybe a year from now I'll think it wasn't that good.  But for now I think it's a masterpiece.)

You've gotta try and break the rules sometimes Mr . Mustard

But if i'm pushed to decide on it , it would be .

1/ The Fellowship Of The Ring
2/ Alien
3/ Kill Bill 1
4/Godfather 1

You have The Departed on your list i saw that movie for the first time a few weeks back and thought it was brilliant .
And your so right about Star Wars

I love Jimmy Stewart Sandra he was a great actor .
He made some great movies .

1. One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest .
2. Blade Runner
3. Lord Of The Rings
4. The Day The Earth Stood Still
5. Life Of Brian .
6. Pulp Fiction
7. Kill Bill
8. Papillon
9. Sin City
10. Alien .

I have missed out all Laural and Hardys , marx bros and the brilliant Woody Allen  


Donnie Darko DaveRam ! Can you explain it to me in no more than a Hundred words    

  

1) What's Eating Gilbert Grape
2) The Man Without A Face
3) Legends of The Fall
4) E.T. (hah)
5) 10 Things I Hate About You
6) Forrest Gump
7) The Green Mile
8 )Sixteen Candles
9) The Goonies
10) Ferris Buellers Day Off

And many, many MORE.

i love Ferris Buellers Day Off. well i guess that is number one
2. Jurassic Park
3. Dumb And Dumber
4. Meet The Parents
5. Batman Begins
6. The Dark Knight
7. Help! lol
8. Nemo
9. The Lion King
and 10. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles part one and two

Gone With The Wind
Sugar
Indecent Proposal
Forest Gump
The Great Gatsby
The Bridges Of Maddison ( I don`t know the exact name, but i think it`s this one)
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Pulp Fiction
My Immortal Love
Dancer In The Night

And also: Closer, Butterfly Effect, American Beauty, Eyes Wide Shut, Run Lola Run, Vanilla Sky.

Quoted from mr kite

1. One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest .
2. Blade Runner
3. Lord Of The Rings
4. The Day The Earth Stood Still
5. Life Of Brian .
6. Pulp Fiction
7. Kill Bill
8. Papillon
9. Sin City
10. Alien .

I have missed out all Laural and Hardys , marx bros and the brilliant Woody Allen  


Donnie Darko DaveRam ! Can you explain it to me in no more than a Hundred words    

  

Well Mr Kite as i'm the owner of  "The Donnie Darko Book" , i could maybe cheat and tell you what Richard Kelly the director says about his film .
But i won't cheat you that way my friend . So i will tell you about the first time i saw it and the effect it had on me and why it's in my top 10 films .
I remember walking into HMV it was raining that cold November morning in 2003 , it was a Monday .
By chance a strange Rabbit picture called me over to the racks of DVD's .
The Rabbit picture on the cover of the DVD box spoke to me and said my name is Frank and if you buy me i will give you great knowledge about the universe and time .
Noticing it was only 3.99 i thought that sounds like a good deal all that knowledge for 3.99 , so i bought the Rabbit called Frank and made my way home .
When i got home i made a brew and a joint and popped the DVD into the time machine , this machine is also known as a DVD player .
Lighting up i began to smoke the joint and for the next 111 minutes i was taken on a journey through time , i remember Frank the Rabbit was much taller than i thought , i thought about the magic power of carrots and how they not only help you see in the dark but help you grow 10 times your normal size like Frank.
Suddenly i remember a wormhole opend up infront of me , i was pulled into it's swirling vortex and i travelled light years into another realm .
Or as i now know it to be  Donnie Darko Land .
And just as Frank had said i was given special knowledge about time and the universe , know books or study was needed you could breath this wisdom into your lungs , and low and behold if it did'nt taste like carrots .
This is my explenation to you Mr Kite , always listen to Rabbits that talk to you and always eat your carrots and never let anyone sell you anything for more than 3.99 as thats the price of Donnie Darko and infinite Knowledge .

It's about Rabbit holes in time , Mr Kite like Alice follow the Rabbit and you won't go wrong .

I can't do this...

Yea forgot

Forrest Gump
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Love Jack in this one!)

Quoted from Joost

1. The Back to the Future and Pirates of the Caribbean (and Shrek to a lesser extend) trilogies were one story spread over three movies. There were even cliffhangers between parts 1 & 2 and between 2 & 3. So you can't really see them as seperate movies that stand on their own.

I don't quite agree here; I could call the Godfather trilogy one movie, or I could list all 6 Star Wars flicks as one long-a** movie.

Regarding the naming/renaming of Star Wars:  I think the way Lucas retroactively renamed the 1977 original is cinematic blasphemy.  I had this debate a few years ago with someone who wasn't born in 1977, and she referred to it as "Episode 4, A New Hope."  I told her "No.  Absolutely not.  It was called 'Star Wars,' period.  When people were lining up around the block, they were lining up for STAR WARS, not some 'Episode 4' nonsense."

It's akin to Paul McCartney making an announcement that from now on, the Beatles will forever be known as "Paulie Mac and the three other dorks."

1. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
2. Some Like It Hot
3. The Little Mermaid
4. Rebel Without a Cause
5. Beauty and the Beast
6. Election
7. This Is Spinal Tap
8. My Girl
9. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
10. Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Yeah, I included Disney cartoons, SO WHAT. I enjoy plenty of high-brow films, but to be honest, these are the movies I find myself watching over and over again.

Quoted from mr kite

1. One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest .
2. Blade Runner
3. Lord Of The Rings
4. The Day The Earth Stood Still
5. Life Of Brian .
6. Pulp Fiction
7. Kill Bill
8. Papillon
9. Sin City
10. Alien .

I have missed out all Laural and Hardys , marx bros and the brilliant Woody Allen  


Donnie Darko DaveRam ! Can you explain it to me in no more than a Hundred words    

  

Very good taste there, Kite!!!!!

............and I have to really "think" about which ones are mine...........later.........

I need this to be a top 50 or 100 movies thread!

Some old movies i like

1/ Robin Hood - Errol Flynn is the first action hero for me , he was a handsome devil , my earlist colour film on DVD , this 1938 film now restored looks stunning , they don't make them like this anymore .
2/ Bell Book And Candle - Bewitched 1950's style with James Stewart and Kim Novak , love this film .
3/ A Street Car Named Desire - Brando is electrifying in this film .
4/ The Lion In Winter - Katherine Hepburn ,Peter O'Toole and Anthony Hopkins in his first film , a great historical romp.
5/ Harvey - James Stewart and a six foot invisible white Rabbit called Harvey a wonderful film.
6/ Dark Victory - Bette Davis and US President Ronald Reagan in this 1939 tear-jerker , lovely old Hollywood film , it always makes me cry

Apart from Dog Day Afternoon and the Monty Python movies I can't really think of any pre-1980 movies that I like...

It's about Rabbit holes in time , Mr Kite like Alice follow the Rabbit and you won't go wrong .


I think one of us must travel over the mountain trerrain know as the pennines and have a pint , and talk further  
I think we play on the team and you should not mention the 80s and i`ll be fine .  
12 Monkeys now thats a film , have you seen it , and of course Matrix is the old White Rabbit trip .  

Ta Aspie , i also love Fargo , kinda funny lookin ..



Hands up whos going to see The X file movie this weekend.    

^^^^^^I know you'll be there...............front and center................

Oh, yes! By Sugar i certainly meant Some Like It Hot. Don`t know some of the true English names unfortunately, cause all the names and the films themselves are translated from English. Alas!

Quoted from aspinall_lover

^^^^^^I know you'll be there...............front and center................

...Me to

Quoted from Joost

Apart from Dog Day Afternoon and the Monty Python movies I can't really think of any pre-1980 movies that I like...

You just blew my mind.

Can't remeber if I said Pulp Fiction or not, but that is one kick behind movie!!

I'm still thinking..............may have to have the hubby in on this one, since we like the same movies......

i watched Barry Lyndon last night, that's another one of my all-time favourires, a classic!  

^I've never seen that movie. It's never on! I should rent it. Although Ryan O' Neil gets on my nerves sometimes.

Quoted from Sandra

^I've never seen that movie. It's never on! I should rent it. Although Ryan O' Neil gets on my nerves sometimes.

He's very good in this film , it's his best role for me Sandra .
It's a stunning film to look at , it's like a painting .

Blow Up
The 39 Steps
Rear Window
Marnie
Don't Look Now
Trainspotting
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
The Lavender Hill Mob
The Long Good Friday
The Crying Game
The Commitments
A Hard Day's Night
Nil By Mouth