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I'm looking for some good movies to pick up, and just wondering what are some of your favorite movies of all time?

 

Here are some of mine, in no particular order:

 

Dazed and Confused

Clockwork Orange

Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Star Wars Trilogy

Animal House

Dial M for Murder

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Night of the Living Dead

The Matrix

Some Like It Hot

Rear Window

Casablanca

Gangs of New York

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D&C

Memento

Pre Dogma Kevin Smith

Braveheart

Pulp Fiction

Donnie Darko w commentary on.

Remember the Titans

Rocky II

Matrix

A waking life

I heart Huckabees

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Beetlejuice

A long Kiss Goddnight

The Usual Suspects

Interview with a Vampire(much cooler then this recent wave of vamp flicks).

Heathers

Bill and Ted(underrated ridiculousness)

Pee Wee's Big Adventure

My Life

 

 

I love movies bro, I grew up working at a Blockbuster because of that fact. I never really participate in these movie discussions simply because I know that I'll do things like reply to my own threads and kick myself for forgetting to insert a flick on a list and it will bug me. But since you started it, I thought I'd jump in. I think we have similar taste in some regard. This is just a quick list, I gotta go to work so more will follow later.

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Dawn of the Dead (78)

There Will Be Blood (06)

Two Lane Blacktop (72?)

Harold and Maude (71)

Cool Hand Luke (67)

everything by Kenneth Anger

They Live (88)

The Avenging Disco Godfather (79)

Head (68)

Velvet Goldmine (98)

Death Bed: The Bed That Eats (77)

Suspiria (77)

Repo Man (84)

Brick (05)

everything Jean Luc Godard made from 1959-1967

Carnival of Souls (63)

Lady Snowblood (71?)

 

i should mention I have a masters in film and am obsessed with trashy/campy "grindhouse" type films. My tastes are all either avant garde or kung fu.

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D&C

Memento

Pre Dogma Kevin Smith

Braveheart

Pulp Fiction

Donnie Darko w commentary on.

Remember the Titans

Rocky II

Matrix

A waking life

I heart Huckabees

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Beetlejuice

A long Kiss Goddnight

The Usual Suspects

Interview with a Vampire(much cooler then this recent wave of vamp flicks).

Heathers

Bill and Ted(underrated ridiculousness)

Pee Wee's Big Adventure

My Life

 

 

I love movies bro, I grew up working at a Blockbuster because of that fact. I never really participate in these movie discussions simply because I know that I'll do things like reply to my own threads and kick myself for forgetting to insert a flick on a list and it will bug me. But since you started it, I thought I'd jump in. I think we have similar taste in some regard. This is just a quick list, I gotta go to work so more will follow later.

 

I like your list, haven't seen a bunch of them but the ones that I do recognize are great. Usual Suspects was a pleasant surprise when I first saw it, also agree with Braveheart, Donnie Darko, and Pulp Fiction. I actually just saw Memento last weekend and was blown away. Christopher Nolan really did a great job, I loved the film's direction and how it was shown almost fully in reverse.

 

Careful (92)

Dawn of the Dead (78)

There Will Be Blood (06)

Two Lane Blacktop (72?)

Harold and Maude (71)

Cool Hand Luke (67)

everything by Kenneth Anger

They Live (88)

The Avenging Disco Godfather (79)

Head (68)

Velvet Goldmine (98)

Death Bed: The Bed That Eats (77)

Suspiria (77)

Repo Man (84)

Brick (05)

everything Jean Luc Godard made from 1959-1967

Carnival of Souls (63)

Lady Snowblood (71?)

 

i should mention I have a masters in film and am obsessed with trashy/campy "grindhouse" type films. My tastes are all either avant garde or kung fu.

 

Masters in Film? Sounds pretty cool. I haven't seen many on your list, but I have seen Harold and Maude which was a cool cult film and Dawn of the Dead, which is awesome. I loved Romero's Night of the Living Dead, and Dawn of the Dead certainly didn't disappoint as the follow-up film.

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It's been brought up on here a few times. Personally I'm not a Gallo fan. I want to be but I just don't like his style.

 

I agree with you for Gallo's post-Buffalo 66 work. the Brown Bunny, in particular, is just ridiculous nonsense. But man, few things make me as happy as fat Norwood sitting shirtless in his strip club. "we;re spanning time...spanning time" cracks me up...love it.

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Since you've got a few trilogies in there, I have to throw the Indiana Jones and Die Hard movies out there. Sure, they have their weak spots, but I could sit and watch all three back to back at any point.

 

And yes, I have a hard time putting the new movies in with those thanks to the time in between releases.

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Since you've got a few trilogies in there, I have to throw the Indiana Jones and Die Hard movies out there. Sure, they have their weak spots, but I could sit and watch all three back to back at any point.

 

And yes, I have a hard time putting the new movies in with those thanks to the time in between releases.

 

also Indy 4 and Die Hard 4 are both barely (check that: totally) unwatchable.

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Repo Man (see sig)

The Thing(Kurt Russel)

The Lost Boys

Alien

Aliens

Alien 3

Caddyshack

Back Too School

Happy Gilmore

Easy Money

16 Candles

Breakfast Club

No Country For Old Men

Hudsucker Proxy

Barton Fink

Fargo

Goodfellas

28 Days Later

Shawn Of The Dead

True Romance

From Dusk Till Dawn

Dr Strangelove

Kellys Heroes

Let The Right One In

 

Sure I missed a few but these come too mind right away.

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The Great Dictator

The Kid

anything with Buster Keaton

anything by the Cohn brothers

Shawshank Redemption

Casablanca

M

the Bourne movies

Run Lola Run

Lie is Beautiful

The Quiet Man

Safety Last

Being John Malkovich

The Usual Suspects

The Blues Brothers

 

 

I am missing some obvious ones I am sure- but those are off the top of my head

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Just a few, in no particular order.

 

Serenity (w/ commentary).

Zulu

Fistful of Dollars

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

The Caine Mutiny

Tombstone - just for Val Kilmer's performance

Das Boot (in German, not with English dubbing).

The Thomas Crown Affair (the remake).

Silverado

A Fish Called Wanda

Jaws

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

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Just a couple...everytime they are on I end up watching......

 

Heat

Point Break

Sixth Sense

Goodfellas

Adventureland

Superbad

Dazed and Confused

Incredibes

48Hours

 

Im sure there are more.......will add to list.....

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off top of my head, in no particular order:

-- Michael Clayton (Clooney, the new Bogey)

-- Shakespeare in Love (one of the most seamlessly put together stories ever put on film)

-- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (though it's somewhat dated by 6th viewing, the first 5 are a laugh riot with an all-star cast)

-- To Have and Have Not (Bogey, being Bogey at his best, and I put it ahead of Casablanca, because I thought Bogey-Bacall was far more searing connection, though supporting cast far superior in Casablanca)

-- Citizen Kane (well, d'uh, put yourself back in that time and imagine how revolutionary that movie must've been)

-- Angry 12 Men (for a film that had no action, what a gripping story)

-- Alien (because it was scary then and still is.)

-- The Verdict (Newman at his most vulnerable best. just saw it again recently, and i was totally blown away.)

-- The Sting (Newman and Redford at their young cockeyed best ... and a great story with fantastic supporting cast)

-- Saving Private Ryan (wow.)

-- The Godfather I, then II.

 

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some honorable mentions:

-- Aliens (might be Cameron's best action movie ... and no haven't seen Avatar, but the cranked intensity that runs through 2 is remarkable)

-- Children Of Men (apocalyptic brilliance)

-- Lost in Translation (having been to Japan, there's just something right with this movie, and only one on my list with female director)

-- Nobody's Fool (Newman and Jessica Tandy, can even put up with Melanie Griffith ... to me it's Newman's "Hurt." as in Johnny Cash's career wouldn't have been complete without redoing "Hurt.")

-- Star Wars III and V (or whichever the first and third ones were), because they were good.

-- Glengarry Glen Ross.

-- Ronin (best car chase)

-- It's a Wonderful Life

-- Reservoir Dogs

-- Death Proof (best car chase with a person hanging on the hood)

-- Blade Runner (though a little dated, a fine effort from my favorite director)

-- Forgetting Sarah Marshall (something about this movie that refused to follow a paint-by-number script)

-- Rachel Getting Married (JDemme shows why he's still very relevant, and what a performance by Anne Hathaway.)

 

i'm sure i'm missing a whole bunch, but gave them some real thought.

 

jw

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