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  1. #1
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    Smile Favorite Movies!??!

    Okay, we all know the classics. Citizen Kane, Casablanca, etc.

    But I'm curious about this. When you're channel surfing late at night, what are the movies you've probably seen again and again, but...for some reason, even though you smile and say, I'll just watch a few minutes of this," you can't seem to turn off. Perhaps a notable good movie, perhaps a guilty pleasure.

    I can't to seem to resist any of the following:
    Shawshank Redemption
    Good Morning, Vietnam
    Some Like It Hot
    Bringing Up Baby
    Dirty Dancing
    All About Eve
    The Day the Earth Stood Still
    The Godfather
    Bull Durham
    Hoosiers
    ...and many more, but I'll stop there.

    I'd love to hear other thoughts. (Obviously I haven't been 'snobby' in my choices.

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    I'm sure some great ones will pop into my head later, but here goes (in no particular order):

    In Harm's Way
    Donovan's Reef
    It's a Wonderful Life (every XMAS it's a must)
    Rear Window
    The Longest Day
    Father Goose
    The Graduate
    Key Largo
    The African Queen
    A Streetcar Named Desire
    Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
    Cool Hand Luke
    A Place in the Sun

    Bob Green
    Yokosuka, Japan

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    Thanks!!

    I LOVE all of your movies!! Just what I was hoping for with this post. Can we add "Boy on a Dolphin" with the amazing Sophia Loren??! Gosh, there are so many movies to adore.

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    American Graffitti
    Chariots of Fire
    An Officer and a Gentleman
    The Sting
    MASH
    Groundhog Day
    Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
    The Goodbye Girl
    Field of Dreams
    Bull Durham
    Hoosiers

    Older is better, as I find myself constantly arguing to women.
    Last edited by dkbaseball; 06-14-2007 at 07:53 AM. Reason: can't forget Hoosiers

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    These are movies I can watch over and over. they are also ones I want on my DVR. One from each of my four mental catagoties.

    1)African Queen
    2)Bull Durham
    3)MASH
    4)North by Northwest

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    I'm not that much of a movie lover in that I don't have a list of movies (like previous posters) that I'm drawn to EXCEPT for "Chinatown". I love that movie...as much for the music as anything else. I saw it during its first run in 1974. My companion and I got there about 10 minutes late, so you might imagine how confused we were...it's hard enough to figure out if you see it from the beginning. I thought Jack Nicholson as Jake was the coolest thing I'd ever seen. Since then, I've lost count of how many times I've seen the whole thing plus bits & pieces here and there. I just about know the script by heart. I can't think of any other movie that pulls me in like that one. And now when I see Jack Nicholson...the thrill is gone!!!

  7. Hmm... I like a lot of movies, but for some reason, I always have a hard time coming up with a list. Here are some that come to mind:

    Miller's Crossing
    Monsoon Wedding
    Wings of Desire
    Once
    In the Mood for Love
    Out of the Past
    Spirited Away

    What a horrible list. It sounds like I'm purposefully trying to be a hipster who likes obscure or artsy movies. But those are all really good movies, I swear!

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    You all are dating yourselves with these movies As a fairly recent graduate and avid channel surfer, I find that I usually stop at comedies and newer ones at that. A lot of the movies that you all have listed are terrific movies to be sure but many of them pack emotional punches that I, personally, need to be in the right frame of mind for. So without further ado...

    Dumb and Dumber
    Old School
    Zoolander
    Animal House
    The Matrix


    Two GREAT movies that I have seen in the past year that people need to see...

    Pan's Labryinth
    The Lives of Others

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    I too think Miller's Crossing is underrated.

    His Girl Friday
    Goodfellas
    Bull Durham
    The Princess Bride (My love for it I can't hide.)
    Casablanca

    Sadly, this is not something I get to do very often in my current lifestyle...
    The Gordog

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    Quote Originally Posted by dukemomLA View Post
    When you're channel surfing late at night, what are the movies you've probably seen again and again, but...for some reason, even though you smile and say, I'll just watch a few minutes of this," you can't seem to turn off.
    A Christmas Story is my biggest "seen a million times, can't turn off, end up watching the ads" movie.

    My list, minus movies other people already listed, in no particular order:

    A Christmas Story
    L.A. Confidential
    Galaxy Quest
    L.A. Story
    Lawrence of Arabia
    16 Candles
    Singles
    Outlaw Josey Wales
    Searching for Bobby Fischer
    Dirty Harry

    I'm leaving out just about every Sean Connery Bond movie.

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    The Deer Hunter
    Day for Night
    McCabe and Mrs. Miller
    One From the Heart
    The Moderns
    Choose Me
    Nashville
    A Man and a Woman
    The Commitments
    High Fidelity

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    my favorite funny movie of all time is porkys. then how about kingdom of heaven,the outsiders..and braveheart

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    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by JasonEvans View Post
    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

    Jason, like you, I have many, many movies that I'd call "favorites". I generally put Casablanca, Lawrence of Arabia, and Gone With the Wind at the top of my list, but there are many more films that I have trouble turning away from. Some of these are critical "greats", some are just my personal "guilty favorites":

    Comedies: The Holy Grail makes me laugh from opening to ending credits. Animal House, The Producers, Blazing Saddles, Some Like It Hot, Arsenic and Old Lace, Dr. Strangelove, The Philadelphia Story, Airplane!, As Good As It Gets, A Christmas Story, Groundhog Day, Raising Arizona, Waking Ned Devine, and The Princess Bride are some of the others on my list.

    Musicals: I love musicals, and my favorites are probably The Wizard of Oz, Singin in the Rain, The King and I, and The Sound of Music. Close behind: An American in Paris and Meet Me In St. Louis

    Epics: In addition to Lawrence and GWTW, I'd add Ben Hur, The Ten Commandments, El Cid, Out of Africa, Ghandi, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, and Dr. Zhivago.

    Film Noir: Laura, Double Indemnity, Touch of Evil, The Third Man, Body Heat, and LA Confidential.

    War: Saving Private Ryan, Patton, The Longest Day, Tora Tora Tora, The Dirty Dozen, The Great Escape, and Where Eagles Dare.

    Action: The Adventures of Robin Hood, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jaws, The Searchers, High Noon, and The Fugitive

    Period Pieces: The Age of Innocence, Howard's End, Pride and Prejudice (the Keira Knightley version), Cyrano de Bergerac (both Ferrer's and Depardieu's versions), A Room with a View

    Comics/Superhero films: Batman Begins, Superman (1978), The Rocketeer, Spider-Man, and Spider-Man 2

    Animation: Beauty and the Beast, Pinocchio, Fantasia, the entire Pixar library, just about anything Miyazaki does, the Wallace and Gromit shorts (The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave), and The Snowman

    Sci-Fi: Blade Runner, 2001, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan, Serenity, The Matrix, Buckaroo Banzai, Alien, Aliens, Close Encounters, Contact, Dark City

    Sports: Chariots of Fire, Bull Durham, Slap Shot, The Natural, Hoosiers, The Rookie, and Seabiscuit

    Romance/Romantic Comedies: Amelie, Shakespeare in Love, Romeo and Juliet (the Zefferelli version), Chasing Amy, Sleepless in Seattle, and When Harry Met Sally

    Drama: The Godfather (I and II), It's a Wonderful Life, The Remains of the Day, Schindler's List, Scrooge (1951 version), The Shawshank Redemption, The Sting, Unforgiven, The Usual Suspects, American Graffiti, and The Mission

    And last but not least, just about all of Hitch's movies (Rebecca tops my list, but I love Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Notorious, Suspicion, The Birds, Psycho, To Catch a Thief, etc.)

    That's a long list, but I could have listed twice that many, I think.
    JBDuke

    Andre Dawkins: “People ask me if I can still shoot, and I ask them if they can still breathe. That’s kind of the same thing.”

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    Yes Yes Yes

    As a movie lover -- and the originator of this post, I can't tell you how thrilled I am by the responses so far. Almost every movie mentioned is a favorite of mine also. And, as I said in my original post -- there are too, too many to list! BUT, that said, I feel that we are providing a wonderful service to those who are not cinemaphiles, (sic) and need some help finding that great movie to cherish.

    I think I might try (if I can find the time) to do an AFI type of thing -- and list "DBR's 100 favorite movies" or "Top Ten DBR Movies by Genre" or something of that nature.

    Thanks everyone for your input!! I've seen a couple of my favorites listed that I hadn't thought about for a while. THANKS.

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    Talking The Clincher

    For having it all..."Time Bandits"

    History-Little people-comedy-Sir John Guilgud-Sean Connery-adventure-Pythons

    Everything in one neat little package including Satan and the Supreme Being.

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    Bull Durham

    This world is made for people who aren't cursed with self-awareness.

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    There were some movies mentioned above which I tend to list in my favorites, even if I sometimes feel embarrassed to do so due to the fact that they're not the most "manly" movies (Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally). A few others which I've always enjoyed (even if only for mindless entertainment in some cases):

    Four Weddings and a Funeral
    Total Recall
    Snatch
    The Game
    Romancing the Stone
    I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

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    Chinatown

    Quote Originally Posted by Raleighfan View Post
    I'm not that much of a movie lover in that I don't have a list of movies (like previous posters) that I'm drawn to EXCEPT for "Chinatown". I love that movie...as much for the music as anything else. I saw it during its first run in 1974. My companion and I got there about 10 minutes late, so you might imagine how confused we were...it's hard enough to figure out if you see it from the beginning. I thought Jack Nicholson as Jake was the coolest thing I'd ever seen. Since then, I've lost count of how many times I've seen the whole thing plus bits & pieces here and there. I just about know the script by heart. I can't think of any other movie that pulls me in like that one. And now when I see Jack Nicholson...the thrill is gone!!!
    Chinatown, written by Robert Townsend is considered the most perfect script ever penned. Yes, a GREAT movie!! Kudos, from L.A.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dukemomLA View Post
    I LOVE all of your movies!! Just what I was hoping for with this post. Can we add "Boy on a Dolphin" with the amazing Sophia Loren??! Gosh, there are so many movies to adore.
    Why not "Houseboat"?
    I like anything with Cary Grant. "Philadelphia Story" "Bringing Up Baby" "Mr. Blandings""Arsenic and Old Lace" on and on.

    All Jimmy Stewart flicks.

    "You Can't Take it with You"

    But Cary Grant was the coolest actor ever.

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