Top 5 Favorite Films?

[nec13]

Favorites

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Jaws
3. The Shining
4. Lawrence of Arabia (which Tom should check out, it's really good)
5. The Right Stuff

My full list here along with my Best Show Movie Quote submissions: http://www.imdb.com/list/TqyspVYuN6c/*

_{*wait, what? I didn't list "Party Girl", "The Outlaw Josey Wales" or "Withnail & I"? It's a work in progress.}

You sir, have impeccable taste in film.

[Crusherkc]

Why thank you nec.  And "Night Moves" is a fine fine '70s LA mystery.  Oh I love 70s crime movies shot on location.  Could've been a series based on Hackman's character. Here's an interesting bit of trivia from that movie- would have made a great sequel to 'Night Moves":

The house belonging to James Woods' character Quentin was owned by Phil Kaufman, road manager for Gram Parsons at the time of his death. Kaufman's subsequent actions became the basis for the film Grand Theft Parsons (2003). Night Moves (1975) cast and crew were shooting at the house the day the police came to question Kaufman, and as they were taking him away, Arthur Penn turned to Gene Hackman and said, "Man, we're shooting the wrong movie".

[dave from knoxville]

In no particular order, with the caveat that the list might be entirely different tomorrow, today I will go with The General (starring Buster keaton, the funniest "old stuff" movie for me by a furr piece,) Miller's Crossing, The Godfather II, Mulholland Drive, and Love and Death.

[xuco4]

Mine are
1. 8 1/2
2. The Fisher King
3. The Empire Strikes Back
4. Santa Sangre
5. Citizen Kane

[masterofsparks]

The General (starring Buster keaton, the funniest "old stuff" movie for me by a furr piece)

Came very close to including this on mine. Also considered his Sherlock Jr.

[Maow]

Five is tough.

Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Werner Herzog, 1972)
Bad Boy Bubby (Rolf de Heer, 1993)
Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973)
The Beaver Trilogy (Trent Harris, 2001)
The Brown Bunny (Vincent Gallo, 2003)
Dont Look Back (D. A. Pennebaker, 1967)
Los Olvidados (Luis Buñuel, 1950)
Naked (Mike Leigh, 1993)
Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders, 1984)
What is it? (Crispin Glover, 2005)

[nrt4]

The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Raid: Redemption
Battle Royale
The Last Waltz

[Maow]

Has anybody seen the dekalog films?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Decalogue_(TV_series)

I just finished rewatching these after having not viewed in a long time, and they stack up among my all time favorites

Late to reply, but agreed, the Dekalog films are superb and up there with the best. They could easily have a place on my arbitrary list.

[Raika]

Wings of Honneamise
L.A. Confidential
American Splendor
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Jin-Roh

[mostlymeat]

Has AP Mike chimed in on this thread yet? I'm curious to hear his picks!

Wings of Honneamise
L.A. Confidential
American Splendor
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Jin-Roh

[Andrew F]

The Machinist
The Usual Suspects
No Country For Old Men
Good Night and Good Luck
Dr. Strangelove

[JeffertonFromTX]

1. Evil Dead 2
2. Blade Runner
3. The Bad Sleep Well
4. The Third Man
5. Sleuth

[buffcoat]

3. No list is complete without Kurosawa. I love The Bad Sleep Well. I might put High and Low on my personal list, though.

5. I heard Ben Gibbard's version of "This Charming Man" on my iPod this weekend. It's amazing how he guesses *all* of the lyrics wrong. "A jumped-up pantry boy who never knew his place."

[JeffertonFromTX]

It was honestly between High and Low and The Bad Sleep Well, but BSW edged it out a bit because of it being a pretty great Shakespeare adaptation. I had NEVER heard that cover but now I'm obsessed with it. It is definitely one of the worst I've ever heard and I love Gibbard.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

This was tough:

Blue Velvet
The Holy Mountain
Synecdoche, NY
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
All That Jazz