Far, far, far too many for me to list. It often is a matter of mood for me.
Right now, I am in the mood where
Princess Bride and
Shawshank are my favorites-- I just loaded both in my DVD traveller case for a vacation. A week ago, I was in a mood where I am embarassed to say that
Matrix was my favorite as I watched it for about the 15th time with my son. I am jonesing to watch
The Incredibles right now though, because my kids brought it with us on vacation. In a week, I'll probably be maxing on
Raiders or (I'm embarassed to say)
Independance Day.
Sometimes I turn on
Pulp Fiction or
Reservoir Dogs just to watch one of the segments and end up watching the whole thing.
I don't think anything makes me cry like
Schindler's List does, except maybe the ending of
Field of Dreams or perhaps the ending of
Glory.
I adore twist endings and can watch
Fight Club and
Memento endlessly. Of course, for twists, nothing tops the ending of
Usual Suspects.
Holy Grail is the Holy Grail of comedy, IMO.
I still think no greater crime has been committed in Oscar history than the way
Finding Neverland was overlooked for virtually every award in 2005.
Is there anything more uplifting than watching Redford hit that homerun with the blood on his shirt at the end of
The Natural? And is there a better freeze frame in history than Redford and Newman at the end of
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Then there are the classics from my youth like
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Sting (more Redford),
Bridge Over the River Kwai, The Man Who Would Be King (love me some Connery!),
All The President's Men, Blazing Saddles, and
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
Like I said, the list is long... and (thank god) always growing
-Jason "next week, I could probably add 7 different ones to this grouping-- that's for sure" Evans