Your Favourite Films...

[Robusto]

I am not great with films or books because of being constantly busy. I can't watch films at home or at the cinema without starting to nod off. It's age and because I feel knackered most of the time.

Here are a few I like:

The Shining
2001 - Indeed just about all of Kubrick's (sp?) films
Taxi Driver
28 Days Later
28 Weeks Later
Terminator 2
Close Encounters
Independence Day
The Alien films (One is really crap, tho - I think it's Alien)
Saving Private Ryan
Castaway
Schindler's List
Polyester - Indeed, anything weird directed by John Waters, and anything with Divine in it
That really stupid show made into a film, originally on MTV, where those American guys do stupid, stupid stunts - I feel I shouldn't like it, but I love it
Born To Boogie (Slightly surreal T.Rex flic - I adore Bolan/T.Rex)
The Sound Of Music
Borat
La Cage Aux Folles (French one - not The Birdcage)
Jean de Florette / Manon des Sources

Others will come to mind.

I'd love some pointers to other good films.
I'm mostly into Sci-Fi, GOOD Horror - and I always like recommendations for comedy.

Looking back at my list, I think I have dreadful taste, by the way!

[Montesmoke]

similar taste to you bry

The Shining
2001 - Indeed just about all of Kubrick's (sp?) films
Taxi Driver
28 Days Later
28 Weeks Later
Terminator 2
Close Encounters
Independence Day
The Alien films (One is really crap, tho - I think it's Alien)
Saving Private Ryan
Castaway
Schindler's List
Event horizon
Sunshine
30 days of night
Scarface
Premonition
American gangster
I am legend
The Hostel 1 &2 films
1408
300
Shawshank redemption
Jacobs ladder
Running scared
Green mile
midnight cowboy
lost boys
Dead presidents
Resevoir dogs
The god father films
Heat
The Matrix films
There is many more thats what i can think of now:849:

[Wildwood]

Screwball films from the 1930s, like: Bringing up Baby, Philadelphia Story, the Awful Truth, Nothing Sacred, My Man Godfrey, It Happened One Night, etc etc....plus, I have a sort of gay thing about 30's musicals too: Golddiggers, 42nd Street etc. (I'm in touch with my feminine side!).

If you've not heard of these, then shame on you! :smoke:

And lots of French films...too many to mention...

Wildwood

[cohibaIV]

Shame on me Wildy,,,,,Sorry!

With not wanting to sound boring, but monte has round it up for me..so Ditto montes reply...

[SmokinCohibas]

Godfather trilogy
Predator I. who can forget the scene with Arnie lighting up a monster cigar before jumps out of the chopper:smoke:
Fight Club
Pulp Fiction
From dusk till dawn
The good the bad and the ugly
Heat(Deniro/Pacino)
Gladiator
Reservoir dogs
The secretary - that movie makes me laugh every time
Dirty rotten scoundrels
Casino
Goodfellas
Blow -great movie about the cocaine trade with Johnny Depp
Infernal Affairs

etc,etc.....

Can think of anymore right now but there are plenty....

[Willie1]

The Sting
The Hustler
The Color Of Money
Smokey & The Bandit series
Any Which Way But Loose
Police Academy series
Ace Ventura Movies
Convoy
Twister
Blues Brothers & Blues Brothers 200
The Natural (70's basballmovie starring Robert Redford)
Field Of Dreams
Flatliners
Independance Day
The Revenge Of Al Capone
The Untouchables
Leathal Weapon series
Green Mile
Hoodlums

Willie

[cohibaIV]

Godfather trilogy
Predator I. who can forget the scene with Arnie lighting up a monster cigar before jumps out of the chopper:smoke:
Fight Club
Pulp Fiction
From dusk till dawn
The good the bad and the ugly
Heat(Deniro/Pacino)
Gladiator
Reservoir dogs
The secretary - that movie makes me laugh every time
Dirty rotten scoundrels
Casino
Goodfellas
Blow -great movie about the cocaine trade with Johnny Depp
Infernal Affairs

etc,etc.....

Can think of anymore right now but there are plenty....




:dito::burnout:

[Montesmoke]

Deffo these too
Predator
Fight club
Dusk till dawn
blow
There are more just cant remember:smoke:
oh yea Jonny brasco thats a top film
Casino,
right im gonna stop there otherwise be here all night:eek:

[Willie1]

Casino is definitely a good movie, a little on the long side, but it's still a great flick worth watching :)

Willie

[SmokinCohibas]

Deffo these too
Predator
Fight club
Dusk till dawn
blow
There are more just cant remember:smoke:
oh yea Jonny brasco thats a top film
Casino,
right im gonna stop there otherwise be here all night:eek:


This is what u mean Monte:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119008/

I've left it out my list accidentally but definitely up there.

[Montesmoke]

This is what u mean Monte:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119008/

I've left it out my list accidentally but definitely up there.

Thats the one mate, great film!!:849:

[Gary]

My favourite film is Kellys Hero's, a classic war film with an awesome cast!

[larrysputnik]

I'm surprised no one's mentioned any Cohen Brothers films:

Blood Simple
Fargo
Big Lebowski
Raising Arizona
Miller's Crossing
Barton Fink

Or Bruce Campbell films:
Evil Dead I, II
Army of Darkness
Bubba Hotep

Also:
Bottle Rocket
Usual Suspects

and Christopher Guest movies:
Best in Show
Spinal Tap
Waiting for Guffman

[Dean]

Hi All,
I would have to start my list off with

Band of brothers (not technically a film)
Battle of Britain
Dam Busters
Forest Gump
Matrix
The Ring
Blair Witch Project
Buster
All Bond Movies
Sea Wolves
Mad Max
Alien
Troy
Lord of the rings
The longest day
633 squadron
The dirty Dozen
memphis belle
saving private ryan
u571
pearl harbour
All Star Wars
Harry Potter
Carry on Movies
And Last but not least. Debbie does Dallas

[Montesmoke]

oh yea & Debbie does Dallas:smoke:

[Robusto]

I've never heard of this film.
Blow by blow account?

[Willie1]

Hey guys :smoke:

I gotta few more movies to add to the list of faves :)

Last Man Standing (Bruce Willis & Christopher Walken)
Die Hard 1 & 2
Cincinnati Kid (Steve Mqueen & Edward G Robinson)
The Odd Couple (Jack Lemon & Walter Mathau)
Crossroads (1986)
The Mask
Maverick

Willie

[smokiejoe]

Seems like you guys have said it all,except,this one,Oceans 11/12,i love all sci fi stuff,what about rocky films.Also like gore,even th old 60,s dracula films from the hammer studios.All the Carry on films too,what about all the bawdy films,like Frankie howard and Up pompi and (monte) python films,i do like a bit of a laff too.The best all time classic which i love was,Gene wilder/marti (eye popin)feildman in younger sherlock holmes movie or was it the adventures of sherlock holmes younger .:tongue:

[Montesmoke]

yea used to love watching the Hammer house of horrors Dracula, brilliant.:849:

[cohibaIV]

Rambo.....loved that as a kid when it first came out...VHS days...

[smokiejoe]

That new rambo film is the best he has done yet,brill film.:rock:

[larrysputnik]

Ghostbusters
Back to the Future
Indiana Jones

[cohibaIV]

O yeh...Indiana Jones

[larrysputnik]

What- you don't like Ghostbusters?????????

:biggrin1::biggrin1:

[cohibaIV]

What- you don't like Ghostbusters?????????

:biggrin1::biggrin1:

hahahahaha ye! of course.....:cool:

[smokiejoe]

Hey great stuff larry,i have watched ghostbusters sooooooooo many times and indiana jones.what about poltageist,and beetlejuice.:41:

[SmokinCohibas]

Lock stock and 2 smoking barrels. Definitely.....
Some of the Sopranos series,
The Graduate,
Blade Runner......

[Wildwood]

Bladerunner...oh yes, brilliant film....:smile:

Wildwood

[Willie1]

Poltergiest, now there's a damn good flick :), I've not yet watched both sequels, and so U may see if I can get them on DVD or something :)

Willie

[Mr Moore]

"FIST OF FURY"
"PUSHER 1", 2, and 3. Danish film trilogy [black comedy]
DEADMAN [johnny depp]
AS FAR AS MY FEET WILL CARRY ME, german POW, Gulags ! true story.
DEAD MANS SHOES[ shane meadows ] quality British film.
LOOKING AFTER JOJO [scottish]
BLACK HAWK DOWN
SCUM
THE HILL, WW2 prison film, classic.
EXCALIBER
WITHNAIL AND I
DAS BOOT
RIPLEYS GAME [ Ray Winstone ]
ID [ football film ]
THE DOORS

[Boss Hog]

Here's mine

Highlander
Blade Runner
Entrapment (Catherine Zeta Jones in a black catsuit, Ding.. Dong!!):biggrin1:
Porridge
All Star Wars
The Deep - (1977, Nick Nolte, Jaquiline Bisset)
Brewsters Millions
National Lampoons Animal house
Shawshank Redemption
Any James Bond
Raiders of the lost Arse
Shindlers Fist
Shaving Ryans Privates

Last but not least anything by Will Hay who may only be known to gentlemen of the older variety.

[Ramon]

I can't believe nobody has mentioned this film http://www.onceuponatimeinamerica.net/index.html or Lucky Number Sleven, one of the best films to come out of Hollywood in years. Or how about Sexy Beast :biggrin1:

[Mr Moore]

sexy beast, should of put that film in my selection, " do the job, do the job, "I CAN'T DON", just do the job, "CMON DON", do the job.

BRILLIANT...
class performance by Ben Kingsley..

[Stevieboy]

The French Connection
Am?lie
The Incredibles
Blazing Saddles
Fight Club
Trainspotting
Planet of the Apes
Pulp Fiction
Good Will Hunting
Dodgeball
Dumb and Dumber
Shallow Hal
Any Will Ferrel
Any Adam Sandler (except Zohan :eviltongue:)
Event Horizon
28 Days Later
28 Weeks Later

[celsis]

Das Schreckliche Mädchen (The Nasty Girl)
Das Boot (Original)
Cyrano de Bergerac (Gerard Depardieu)
Europa Europa (about a young Jewish boy who finds himself in the HJ! True story!)
Failsafe (original with Henry Fonda)
Dune
Life and times of Colonel Blimp
Goodbye Mr Chips (Robert Donat)

and so many more.......

[Son of Cigarsmoke]

Wow this is gona be tough...
Havnt realy got a favourite film and i know as soon as i post this im going to rememeber some i forgot to put on the list but here goes.
Full Metal Jacket
The Warriors
The Magnificent Seven
Raiders of the Ark
Starwars new hope
Dawn of the Dead (origional of course)
Evil Dead 2
Reach for the Sky
Battle Royale
Akira
Clockwork Orange
Dr Strangelove

I cant think of anymore at the moment but this list could go on for a long time so ill leave it at that for now:tongue:

[jamesmids]

Got loads ...
Pearl harbour
The birds
Rosemarys baby
Dawn of the dead
Minority report
Pans labyrinth
Clockwork orange
28 days later
Zoolander
Any Adam Sandler guys hilarious
A view to a kill
Home alone
Die hard
speed
Posiedon adventure the original one though
Evita
Mamma mia ( i know what the f**K) but it was alright.
Thats just a small selection ,

[misterbulgarin]

Jurassic Park

Das Boot

Der Untergang (downfall)

Midnight Run

The terminal

[Simon-JG-hr]

Ooh, Das Boot - good shout.

Much like everybody else, it seems, I can't really pick one; so here are some of my favourites:

Zulu
Monty Python's Holy Grail/Meaning of Life/Life of Brian
Naked Gun 2 1/2
Battle of River Plate
A Bridge Too Far - what a cast!
Bridge on the River Kwai
Air America
Empire of the Sun
The Day After Tomorrow
The Cruel Sea

The Shining and 1408 are films I thought were very good too. Worth a special mention as they are from genres I usually can't stand...

[Son of Cigarsmoke]

A bridge to far, epic cast and epic film!

[Mr Moore]

A bridge to far, epic cast and epic film!

I agree, but the book is so much better and is a complete factual account of Operation Market Garden, to the letter !
Its was an amazing huge logistical operation.

[Son of Cigarsmoke]

I agree, but the book is so much better and is a complete factual account of Operation Market Garden, to the letter !
Its was an amazing huge logistical operation.
just a shame it didnt go compleatly to plan

[Mr Moore]

You know what cigarson, the irony is it would of been better for Germany if it had of gone to plan, anything was better than the Russians !

[Cohiba Fan]

For those who haven't seen it, I HIGHLY recommend The Hangover. Watched it with the wife on a rainy Saturday afternoon and it is without doubt the funniest film I have seen this year - possibly ever!

It's been showing for a few weeks now so if you fancy it, don't wait too long.

Bruno on Wednesday I think.

[Mr Moore]

Took my two out to showcase to watch Zombie Land earlier tonight, Its really good and well worth a watch if your a zombie fan.

[cj121]

Hey stranger, welcome back Mick. Hope you're well mate?

[Habana-Habanos]

For me;
SCARFACE,
Godfather trilogy,
Donnie brasco,
Pulp fiction,
Casino,
Goodfellas,
Fight club,
A bronx tale,
Carlito's way,
Forrest gump,
Napoleon dynamite,
Can't think of any more..

[big_Bear]

For me;
SCARFACE,
Godfather trilogy,
Donnie brasco,
Pulp fiction,
Casino,
Goodfellas,
Fight club,
A bronx tale,
Carlito's way,
Forrest gump,
Napoleon dynamite,
Can't think of any more..

That pretty similar to my list.

A few more for me would be:

reservoir dogs
Trainspotting
Hot Fuzz
Transformers 1&2
Gone in Sixty Seconds
Inglorious Basterds

[whisky77]

My all time favourite must be Apocalypse now.Fantastic movie.:41:

[cohibaIV]

Mine has to be 'Once upon a time in America'...classic:cool:

[snooky]

Well all of the above really just, watched Scent of a woman good Pucino performance as a blind Colonel, what about some of the old Carry on films ? love also
TOTAL RECALL
MINORITY REPORT
MATRIX
MARVEL FILMS[IRON MAN]
WAR CLASSICS
THE DEER HUNTER
LOCK STOCK AND 2 SMOKING BARRELS
THE BANK JOB
How many cubans can you smoke during El Cid ?

We should open up a chain of smoking cinemas...

[Rocco]

Goodfellas
Godfather 1 & 2
Jaws
The Good,Bad,Ugly
The Departed
Total Recall
Pee Wee Herman's Big Adventure
Pan's Labrynthe
Gangs of New York
Most James Bond movies featuring Sean Connery and Roger Moore

[jdawg]

Lots of my favs have already been posted.

Gran Torino (or just about any Clint Eastwood movie).
Escape from Alcatraz
Million Dollar Baby
Hang em High
In The Line Of Fire
Dirty Harry
Tombstone
3:10 to Yuma
Appaloosa
Goodfellas
Casino
Godfathers 1 & 2
Deerhunter
Titanic (I know kind of a chic flick, but I like the special effects and historic value)
Rocky
Rambo
Cliffhanger
Deep Cover
Star Wars
Jurassic Park
Lord of The Rings

[tupacboy]

hmm... boondock saints...