Favourite Films

Daniel

Forgot a few great foreign films:

Akira Kurosowa's "Seven Samuarai"
Sergei Eisenstein's "Ivan The Terrible", parts 1 and 2

under the category of stupid but hilarious:
unrated version of "Eurotrip"
"Young Frankenstein"

solo

My list of greats in no particular order.

Deer Hunter (the dueling banjos still creep me out)
Seven (The ending was a shocker)
Trainspotting (just strange but riveting)
Forrest Gump (fantastic story)
Casino Royal ( all the Bonds were great but this one was the best)
The illusionist (Just awesome)
Time machine (Perfectly executed story)
Band of Brothers (best mini series IMO)
Empire of the sun (brilliant story)
The Party (Birdie num-num!)

remus

I thought the duelling banjos where from deliverance? perhaps im thinking of a different duelling banjos...

pmiller

Way too many to list them all, but:
Five Easy Pieces
My Dinner with Andre (all talk, but very moving at the end)
Defending your Life (Albert Brooks, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn)
Meet Me in St. Louis
Princess Mononoke (not quite sure to this day that I understood it, but stunning)
Shadow of a Doubt (favorite Hitchcock)
Pretty Poison (Tuesday Weld - incomparable bad girl)

solo

You are right Remus, I got my movies mixed up...

remus

Good choice of film none the less, i reckon its worth watching just for the banjos, personally.

Alan Fraser

Musn't forget The Usual Suspects. One of the best endings in any movie...as all the pieces fall into place. A bit like the end of The Illusionist in a way.

boofredlay

Ahh yes, that is a great one.

Another weird comedy that I just love is Wilder Napalm.

solo

The original Blues brothers

Stinkie

The Conversation
Naked
The Ice Storm (based on a Rick Moody novel - great writer)
The Birds
C'est arrivé près de chez vous (Man Bites Dog)
Casino
Heat
Goodfellas
Wonder Boys (Michael Chabon's novel's great too. And when he's in the mood, Michael Douglas is superb. Weird actor. Never a so-so performance. He's either really bad or fantastic.)

And obviously any of the "Die Hard" flicks. Boys will be boys!

kwistenbiebel

"L'age d'Or" of Luis Bunuel: a must see(n) for surrealism lovers. Dali (co)wrote the script.
You can find the complete film on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcasqBRzeeA

A bit arty farty and it is B&W. But what a masterpiece.

bellwells

I'm stunned no one has mentioned the Godfather; ALL of them. Now that's the best trilogy of all time. For a horror flick, see the remake of The Thing with Kurt Russel.

Edit: I see Alan did mention the Godfather I and II.