Vick,
you asked us foir a "Mission Impossible"
there is no way to put only 5 best movies!
;-)))

MsEve, Colin, good ones!

holy shit, something you and I agree on...."Welcome To The Dollhouse" just narrowly missed my top 5 and "Happiness" is a tough watch, but fucking brilliant

I also loved Requeim For A Dream and Pi, but those are way on the artsy fartsy side for most popcorn munchers...[/b][/quote]
thats tod soloenz, love liza was weitten and directed by phillip seymore hoffmans brother.

as for directors

David Lynch
Paul Thomas Anderson
The Hughes Brothers
The Coen Brothers
David Mamet
Wes Anderson
Alan Ball
Cameron Crowe
Amy Heckerling
Spike Lee
Daron Aronofsky
Charlie Kaufman

And notables, Ron Howard, Robert Redford, Clint Eastwood, and Sean Penn as
a director, not as an actor.



I like david mamets snappy dialogue, its faster that walt flannigan's dog;)

love lisa???

I fell asleep after 20 mins, even though I love Hoffman!

he was great in "Talented Mr. Ripley", Owning Mahoney and I saw him life in
True West on Broadway

Damn right....great movie.

grimm,

Coen Brothers rule!!! Millers Crossing is amazing IMHO :rokk:

That's a great movie - watched it recently on one of the classic movie stations. Not a big Wayne fan myself ... I acutally liked him more in a whole series of B-flick seafarer movies than I did in most of the big-budget films he made later.

Sykk ... please tell me you are talking about the original Mummy, not the one made in the 90s.[/b][/quote]
I'm almost offended you asked me that ;-))

of course the original Universal classic :-)

in fact, my early Father's Day present:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...746458?v=glance

thats tod soloenz, love liza was weitten and directed by phillip seymore hoffmans brother.

as for directors

David Lynch
Paul Thomas Anderson
The Hughes Brothers
The Coen Brothers
David Mamet
Wes Anderson
Alan Ball
Cameron Crowe
Amy Heckerling
Spike Lee
Daron Aronofsky
Charlie Kaufman

And notables, Ron Howard, Robert Redford, Clint Eastwood, and Sean Penn as
a director, not as an actor.



I like david mamets snappy dialogue, its faster that walt flannigan's dog;)[/b][/quote]
I know, was just agreeing with pullpills on the list of great movies :)

Good list of filmmakers there.

I'ma huge fan of the Coen Brothers and Wes Anderson is amazingly brilliant. It took a couple watches of "The Royal Tennebaums" to really enjoy the nuances of the dialog of that movie.

fantastic.... great irish mob movie before irish mob movies were cool.

There manipulation of noir and oddball comedy, with subpop references and snappy dialogue, along with the most memorable juxtapositioning of themes make their movies so memorable and rewatchable

fantastic.... great irish mob movie before irish mob movies were cool.

There manipulation of noir and oddball comedy, with subpop references and snappy dialogue, along with the most memorable juxtapositioning of themes make their movies so memorable and rewatchable[/b][/quote]
everything you just said, true true and true :biglaugh:

oh, and don't forget office space. that is a classic for all time :okthumb:

Let's see...

Trainspotting
American Pyscho
Ichi The Killer (japanese)
Groundhog Day (something ya just like a sucky movie!)
Brazil

I don't tend to be very mainstream.

Alex

Alex, WHAT, your way mainstream dude...Ichi The Killer (japanese) is in everyones DVD collection and you know it :P

John, they do actually sell it at Amazon... :-)

Alex

Akira
Ghost in the Shell
the complete Evangelion serie...

All great movies

Ichi The Killer is a fun ride at the movies...

Can't believe someone else thought of clockwork orange! (must be a wyoming thing lol)

Mine are:

Uncommon Valor
Frequency
Aristocats (gotta have one disney movie!)
Clockwork Orange
Tie between: Sound of Music, Grease, Hello Dolly, Oliver (the original one) & Ghost (chick flicks, I know, I know - and I'm a sucker for musicals)


:purpdance:

How could i have forgotten Dr Strangelove and Fight Club.

So there's my five.

The Shawshank Redemption
Good Will Hunting
Amelie
Dr. Strangelove
and Fight Club

Agree top 5 is impossible... Besides, you know my top choice Vick... lol...

Here are some that haven't been mentioned... Aside from any adversion one might have to 'spaghetti westerns'; there isn't any on list not worth owning...

You might have never heard of it:
Suckers

Closetland (tough to find, but nice mindfuck movie)

Great Black and Whites:

Witness for the Prosecution
Raisin in the Sun
The Caine Muntiny
Maltese Falcon
To Kill a Mockingbird
12 Angry Men
The Dirty Dozen

Old Movies but in color:
Cool Hand Luke
The Great Escape
In the Heat of the Night
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Fistful of Dollars
Hang'em High
For a Few Dollars More
Two Mules for Sister Sara
Chinatown

Loved it.

"It's a Beautiful Life", another favorite.

I can't believe I forgot "School Of Rock" (which my kids watch daily)
I normally hate these kind of movies, but Jack Black was so amazing, the kids weren't the typical annoying whiny kids (and the fact they played their own instruments and did it well) and the music was great. It also spoke to my inner failed musician.

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Terror in Tiny Town (only for those that do/used to smoke pot)
Masque of the Red Death (Vincent Price rules - especially doing poe)
The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly (all the leone spaghetti westerns)
Blade Runner

so hard to decide...
North by Northwest
Double Indemnity
Reservoir Dogs
The Birds
Stir Crazy
The In-Laws
MASH
A Clockwork Orange (they pussied out burgess's book or it would be a top - burgess is one of/if not the greatest literary figure of the 20th century...twas BS to rape a great novel like kubrick did)
Cool Hand Luke
SOB
Dr. Strangelove
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Full Metal Jacket
The Hustler
The Shining
Kelly's Heroes
Going South
Animal House
Apocalypse Now
Which Way is Up
The Last Detail
La Dolce Vita
Mr. Frost
Flim Flam Man
and on and on...(include any noir into this category - the maltese falcon, citizen kane, touch of evil, blue dahli)



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After reading all that.... I'll go to the movies with you I think Trev ;-)

The Man With 2 Brains is my favourite movie of all time though... how do feel about Steve Martin?

The movie I recall blowing me away more than any other at the time I first saw it was Mad Max 1

This is a hard one, Vick - and these are just off the cuff - If I sit and think about it I always end up with WAY more than 5! In no particular order:

Bladerunner
The Trouble with Harry
Miller's Crossing
Name of the Rose
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

And no, Dr Guile - I've included no anime - thats a totally seperate list!

Godfather
Scarface
Goodfellas
American Grafitti
the sting

After reading all that.... I'll go to the movies with you I think Trev ;-)

The Man With 2 Brains is my favourite movie of all time though... how do feel about Steve Martin?

The movie I recall blowing me away more than any other at the time I first saw it was Mad Max 1[/b][/quote]
I think Steve Martin is excellent! One of my favs is dead men dont wear plad. :okthumb:


Mad Max :rokk:



This should have been a top 500 movies thread :D

Watched 21 Grams the other night. It doesn't hit my top 5, but it's worth recommending! :okthumb:

I just saw "The Cooler" last night with William H. Macy and Alec Baldwin...damn good flick, could easily end up in my top 25 (I generally have to watch a movie more than once to place in amongst the top).

Two actors I really enjoy, acting their asses off and the extremely sexy Maria Bello.....can't beat that with a stick

Here's 6 (Just to be different)

The Man Who Would Be King
Pulp Fiction
African Queen
Quills
Excalibur
House of 1000 Corpses

I forgot about that one - it WAS interesting! :)

Glad to hear you liked The Cooler, Lance - it's on my Netflix list :)

I forgot about that one - it WAS interesting! :)

Glad to hear you liked The Cooler, Lance - it's on my Netflix list :)[/b][/quote]
Hi Peaches

How've you been?

I forgot about that one - it WAS interesting! :)

Glad to hear you liked The Cooler, Lance - it's on my Netflix list :)[/b][/quote]
I hate Alec Baldwin, the man, but when ths guy is on the screen and on his game, he owns that screen.

How many other actors could dominate a movie and only be on screen for about 15 minutes (as in "Glengarry Glen Ross")? His performance was about the only good thing in "Malice" and here in "The Cooler" he plays the asshole really well.



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Hi Peaches

How've you been?[/b][/quote]
Wonderful! :) How are you, Shannon and the beautiful boy? We need new pictures, you know :awinky:

Any chance you can make it to Atlanta for the weekend?

I have to admit I even liked him in Cat in the Hat. :P

Wonderful! :) How are you, Shannon and the beautiful boy? We need new pictures, you know :awinky:

Any chance you can make it to Atlanta for the weekend?[/b][/quote]
No Atlanta for me.

The boy is now almost 3 years old. (and what a handful he is)
He's a computer geek already, logs in with his own name and password and he plays educational (mostly) video games for hours on end.

:inlove: