Favourite Movies

[Fungal Infection]

This is a thread I've been meaning to start for a while but couldn't be arsed doing until now. Anyway, me and the missus have been watching alot of movies of late (with it being winter and all) and I'd like an opinion of what you guys recommend watching. I'm somewhat of a movie buff and have seen alot of movies but still looking for stuff that I may have missed. To get us started I've listed 3 random favourites (not in order) from various categories:

Comedies
1. Anchorman
2. Be Cool
3. Clerks

Anime
1. Ghost in the Shell series
2. Appleseed
3. Gundam Seed/Seed Destiny

Crime
1. Pulp Fiction
2. Sin City
3. Goodfellas

Action
1. Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
2. Kiss of the Dragon
3. The Matrix series

Asian cinema
1. Once Upon a Time in China series
2. Shinobi
3. Infernal Affairs

Cartoons
1. Family Guy
2. Futurama
3. The Simpsons

Top 3 regardless of genre:
1. Pulp Fiction
2. Fight Club
3. Reservoir Dogs

So, what do you guys recommend? Feel free to add your own genres to those listed above.

[kurdt_the_goat]

These are some that are more just 'fresh in my mind good' rather than best ever. Except Aliens and T2, they're best ever :)

Comedies
1. Bedazzled
2. Clerks 2

Anime
1. Ninja Scroll
2. Vampire Hunter D
3. Any Studio Ghibli

Crime
1. Street Kings

Action
1. Aliens
2. Terminator 2
3. True Lies

[jaydisc]

Brazil (and anything else by Terry Gilliam (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000416/), although this one is clearly the best)
The Incredibles - my desert island movie.
Batman Begins - best recent action flick
Beowulf = Not yet sure if it's earned all time great status, but I've seen it an extra two times recently (so it's front of mind) and it's just f@#$%ng awesome!
The Prestige - Another recent movie I adore. Released at the same time as The Illusionist which might have overshadowed it in popularity, due to its overlapping genre, but is dwarfed by it in quality.


I'm sure there's more :)

[autobreadticon]

Movies directed by the Wachowski brothers
Matrix, V for Vendretta and speed racer

Any works by Makoto Shinkai , the places promised in our early days, voices of a distance star, a story about their distance

[GoktimusPrime]

Favourite Arthouse movies:
* The Elements Trilogy (Earth, Fire, Water)
* The Three Colours Trilogy
* Jay and Silent Bob movies
* Romeo + Juliet
* Brokeback Mountain

Favourite comedies
* Monty Python!

Favourite animé (aside from Transformers)
* Rurouni Kenshin
* Anything from Studio Ghibli
* Super Dimensional Fortress Macross (original series)

Favourite action/epics (aside from Transformers)
* Star Wars saga
* Anything from Kurosawa Akira
* The Lord of the Rings

Favourite Childrens movies:
* Anything from Pixar
* Harry Potter

[Pulse]

Hmm...

If I listed them all, I'd probably use up the 5000 character limit :D

But to sum up my favourite genres - I'd have to say Action, Comedy & Sci-Fi

for example Le Mans with Steve McQueen (Brilliant Movie!), Mad Max (Classic :cool:), The Castle (It makes me laugh so hard, my sides hurt :D) & all 6 Star Wars flicks (Awesome with a capital A :D)

[Fungal Infection]

So since you listed Sci-fi as a favourite, I guess you'd recommend Battlefield: Earth as a good movie eh Pulse? :p

[Pulse]

I actually haven't seen it :confused:

[Scattershot]

Heres a few of mine:

Predator
Days of Thunder
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

[gamblor916]

There's so many its hard to remember or list but here's my take.

Comedies
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Little Miss Sunshine, Shaun of the Dead

Anime
Anything from Studio Ghibli

Crime
Dirty Pretty Things, Catch Me if You Can, Snatch

Action
300, Highlander, The Professional

Asian cinema
Battle Royale, Infernal Affairs, Kung Fu Hustle/Shaolin Soccer

Top 3 regardless of genre:
Aliens, Predator, T2

[roller]

ooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhh

i luv soooo many movies

honestly, i spent the majority of my childhood glued to the tv


Here are some

COMMEDIES: Clerks, Barry McKenzie, Jay and Silent Bob strike back

FRENCH CINEMA: Gregoir Mulan VS Humanity, Amelie, A very long engagement

ASIAN/ORIENTAL CINEMA: Forever Fever-Singapore, The Maid-Singapore, Police Story-HongKong, Terracotta Warriour-China, BattleRoyale-Japan

SCI-FI: Star Trek First Contact, Alien Quadrology, The Thing , Terminator 3

Horror: The maid


CARTOON/ANIME: Transformers, NeonGenesisEvangelion Rebirth

[TheDirtyDigger]

Fight Club,
Punisher,
Elektra,
Hulk,
Daredevil,
Spidey trilogy,
Fantastic Four,
XMen trilogy,
Iron Man,
Ghost Rider,
Transformers,
Flash Gordon,
Highlander,
From Hell,
Blade Runner,
V for Vendetta,
Chronicles of Riddick,
Appleseed,
Pitch Black,
300,
Sin City,
Highlander,
Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Begins,
Star Wars Saga,
Superman, Superman II, Superman Returns,
Serenity,
Matrix trilogy,
Akira,
Lord of the Rings trilogy,
Texas Chainsaw Massacre,
The Wizard of Oz,
Troy,
Speed Racer,
King Arthur,
The Passion of the Christ,
Apocolypto,
Kingdom of Heaven,
Mad Max trilogy,
40 Year Old Virgin,

[dirge]

There's too many across to many genres that I love. Generally, I'm a fan of Akira Kurosawa & Kevin Smith films, but I also love the Star Wars series.

Umm... for the sake of listing...

Favourite Drama: Aimee und Jaguar
Favourite Comedy: Any of Kevin Smith's comedies. Dogma probably shades it.
Favourite Action: Return of the Jedi
Favourite Romance: Cha Cha Chá

[Fungal Infection]

Question: Can Serenity be watched on its own or do you need the back story of it?
Looks like I need to pick up V for Vendetta, Shaun of the Dead, The Professional, The Castle and King Arthur (which was on TV the other night :mad: ), the few I haven't seen or are interested in seeing. Great lists guys, keep it coming!

[Bartrim]

OK here goes (I too consider myself abit of a film buff)

Comedy
Ghostbusters (I'm sure Robzy agrees:D) IMo some of Bill Murrays best work, along with Stripes and Groundhog Day.
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1800 Unbelivable)
Superbad (yeah it's low brow but so funny)

Crime
Snatch
Reservoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction (Nothing needed to be said on these 3 classics)

Action
Predator (Pure genius for it's time)
Die Hard
Under Siege (Tommy Lee Jones is one of the best villians ever in this)

chick flicks (defined by films my wife has made me watch)
Love Actually (quite funny guys)
Intolerable Cruelty
Rent (crappy sad story but some awesome rock songs)

Epic/Blockbuster/Big Release style movies
the Perfect Storm (being a 4th gen fisherman at one stage of my life this is given)
Independence Day
X-Men 3 (Great conclusion to a great Trilogy)

Cinematic Crimes (Movies that should be destroyed and never viewed)
the Mod squad
Weekend at Bernies 2
Police Academy Mission to Moscow

there are so many more movies that I love that deserve mention like Tron, Gone in 60 Seconds, The Karate Kid, Fight club, Seven, Snake Eyes, the Stand, The Replacements, Bloodsport and Troy (plus so many more) but here are my 3 favourites of all time

High Fidelity (alot of people liken me to John Cusacks character in this film)
The Boondock Saints (The film Tarantino should of made)
and number 1 of all time and probably most viewed by me

The Transformers: The Movie (naturally:D)

Thats it case closed. Mods feel free to lock this thread as the answer has been given:p

[Bartrim]

Question: Can Serenity be watched on its own or do you need the back story of it?
Looks like I need to pick up V for Vendetta, Shaun of the Dead, The Professional, The Castle and King Arthur (which was on TV the other night :mad: ), the few I haven't seen or are interested in seeing. Great lists guys, keep it coming!

Judging from what you have already listed You should check out The Boondock Saints. I believe you will enjoy it.

[Pulse]

It's kinda funny how no one's mentioned those other types of movies yet... :rolleyes: (You know the ones with really bad acting... ;) - Of course I'm referring to 80's gold like "Revenge of the Nerds" :p - What else would I be talking about? :rolleyes:)

[Fungal Infection]

Revenge of the Nerds is a classic!! Along with Bachelor Party, the first Police Academy and Porkies!! Of course I was underage to watch all these movies but that didn't stop me watching them while my older brother did! :D

[roller]

Revenge of the Nerds is a classic!! Along with Bachelor Party, the first Police Academy and Porkies!! Of course I was underage to watch all these movies but that didn't stop me watching them while my older brother did! :D

Woooooooooooo they rock!!!!!! We should have a fan meet with lots of chips and watch those

[1orion2many]

Lets see
COMEDY
Twinkle Twinkle little Star(I think this is the right name)(Jackie Chan)
Life according to Garp(Robyn Williams)
Monty Python films:D

DRAMA
It's a Wonderful Life
Harrold & Maude

SCI FI
Blade Runner
Dark Star
Original Planet of the Apes(Charlton Heston)
Cashern

ANIME CARTOONS
Studio Gibli
Fist of the North Star
Akira
Ghost in the Shell
Apple Seed

Will think of more later.;)

[Pulse]

Woooooooooooo they rock!!!!!! We should have a fan meet with lots of chips and watch those

& Str#ppers! :D (Whoops :eek:)

[kurdt_the_goat]

You all gotta check out the AWESOME "TRANSMORPHERS (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0960835/)". Beast Wars has better 3D than this 2007 TF ripoff! It's hilariously bad, and i'm not ashamed to say i paid new-release price just for the privilege. Hey it's got an ex playboy model in it, as a lesbian!

And a favourite movie from my childhood, starring none other than Mr. T, "The Toughest Man in the World (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088291/)"

[roller]

Kurdt old chap

lemme borrow your copy and i will give you back your guitar plucker

[Lord_Zed]

I can't be bothered breaking them into Genre at this time of night, so here's 11 movies I favour, perhaps I will revise this list and break it in to genres in the future or not....

Anyways...

Any Ghibli
Any Pixar (but espescially the Incredibles)
Blade Runner
The Lord of the Rings
Donnie Darko
The Empire Strikes Back
Ghostbusters
Ghost in the Shell 1 and 2
The Dark Crystal
Serenity


Ah hell here's 11 more

Jin-Roh
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Transformers the Movie (animated)
Stranger than Fiction
Brotherhood of the Wolf
John Carpenters the Thing (not to be confused with the original)
The Fith Element
Gremlins 1 and 2
Catch me if You Can
Spaceballs
Edward Sissorhands



I'm sure there are others but I can't think of them

[kurdt_the_goat]

Kurdt old chap

lemme borrow your copy and i will give you back your guitar plucker

Transmorphers or Toughest man? I don't have a copy of Transmorphers but i do Mr. T.