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    Favourite movies?

    After the "Avatar is it any good/shit" thread, I thought I'd see what you all enjoy movie wise, I'll post a few of mine, not in any particular order.
    One Flew over the Cuckoo's nest
    Blade Runner
    Godfather trilogy
    Apocolypse now
    Pricilla queen of the desert
    Awakenings
    Forest gump
    Avatar


    Next please.
    Colin.

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    Re: Favourite movies?

    Brazil
    The Outlaw Josey Wales
    Blade Runner
    The Princess Bride
    Devil In A Blue Dress
    Grosse Point Blank
    Dark City
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    Re: Favourite movies?

    Just a few, off the top of my head:


    Oh Brother, where art thou?
    Terminator 2 Judgment Day
    Blue Velvet
    Unfaithful
    Groundhog Day
    Notting Hill



    Cheers

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    Re: Favourite movies?

    Lord of the Rings trilogy
    God Father trilogy
    First 3 Star Wars
    Close Encounters
    Saving Private Ryan
    Alien series
    Most of the James Bond films
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    Re: Favourite movies?

    Ones I've watched more than twice:

    Kind Hearts And Coronets - 1949
    Genevieve - 1953
    The Long Arm - 1956
    Hell Drivers - 1957
    The Thirty-Nine Steps - 1959
    The Hound Of The Baskervilles - 1959
    The League Of Gentlemen - 1960
    The Frightened City - 1961
    The Guns Of Navarone - 1961
    Carry On Cabby - 1963
    The Great Escape - 1963
    The Jungle Book - 1967
    Robbery - 1967
    Where Eagles Dare - 1968
    The Devil Rides Out - 1968
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service - 1969
    The Godfather - 1972
    Deliverance - 1972
    The Day Of The Jackal - 1973
    The Odessa File - 1974
    The Godfather - Part II - 1974
    The Wild Geese - 1978
    Alien - 1979
    Aliens - 1986
    Frantic - 1988
    Uncle Buck - 1989
    Die Hard - 1989
    Dances With Wolves - 1991
    Unforgiven - 1992
    The Fugitive - 1993
    Elizabeth - 1998
    Dog Soldiers - 2002
    Downfall - 2004
    I Robot - 2004

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    Re: Favourite movies?

    Jaws
    The Big Lebowski
    O Brother, Where Art Thou
    The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
    The Original Star Wars Trilogy (I try to ignore the Ewoks)
    The Godfather 1&2 (I can't say 'The Trilogy' as there is only so much Sh*t you can ignore)
    Alien

    Jaws is definitely #1. The rest are in no particular order.

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    Re: Favourite movies?

    Italian Job
    Betty Blue
    Near Dark
    Blade Runner

    and just watched

    Apocalypto :shock: Brilliant !
    Cheers

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    Re: Favourite movies?

    The Quite Man...........in fact any JW film
    The Green Mile
    The Rock
    The Fugitive
    The Shawshank Redemtion
    The Bourne Trilogy
    Con Air
    Saving Private Ryan
    On Any Sunday
    Lock Stock and the rest of The Richey Roughneck Films :wink:
    Debbie Does.................opps scrub that one :lol:

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    Re: Favourite movies?

    The Tony Blair Witch Project (2000)
    Kung-Fu vs. Yoga (1975)
    Apocalypse Day After Tomorrow (2001)
    Glen or Glenda (1953)
    The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living And Became Mixed-up Zombies (1964)
    Space Mutiny (1988)
    Monster A-Go-Go (1965)
    The Starfighters (1964)


    and a holiday fave:

    Santa with Muscles (1996)

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    Re: Favourite movies?

    Kung Fu hustle
    Predator
    Empire strikes back
    Enter the Dragon
    The prophecy
    The fallen
    True romance
    Spirited away
    300
    Anything with Monica Belluci in it :D

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    Re: Favourite movies?

    Helldrivers
    Quadrophenia
    Zulu
    In Which We Serve/We Dive At Dawn/The Cruel Sea
    The Outsiders
    Some Kinda Wonderful
    Battle Of Britain

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    Re: Favourite movies?

    In no particular order...

    Godfather Triology
    Shawshank Redemption
    The Usual Suspects
    Payback
    The Bourne Trilogy
    Saving Private Ryan
    Layer Cake
    Pulp Fiction

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    Re: Favourite movies?

    Shawshank Redemption
    Bond movies
    Blazing Saddles
    Jungle Book
    Pulp Fiction

    That'll do for now...

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    Fargo
    Cyrano de Bergerac
    Alien
    Terminator
    Duck Soup
    Ran
    Clean Slate (Coup de Torchon)
    The Music Box (Laurel & Hardy one)
    THe Miracle of Morgan's Creek
    La Vie Revee des Anges
    and a few hundred others.

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    Re: Favourite movies?

    too many to list ...and then there's the embarrasing ones :D

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    Re: Favourite movies?

    A few i think not already mentioned :P

    Kelly's Heroes
    The Departed
    Syriana
    Dumb and Dumber
    Some Like It Hot
    Nikita
    Highlander
    Casablanca
    Witness
    The Lion King
    Vanishing Point
    Transformers
    Grumpy Old Men
    The Graduate
    Breakfast Club
    Mister Roberts
    E.T.
    Top Gun (only film i saw at the cinema twice :D)

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    Re: Favourite movies?

    All of the above

    and

    Leon
    Dusk till Dawn

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    Re: Favourite movies?

    Quote Originally Posted by Dave E
    Brazil
    I can't believe we're the only ones here.

    Also Domino is another oft overlooked/little known classic IMO.

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    Re: Favourite movies?

    city of god, pulp fiction , crouching tiger have all got to be contenders for the top 3...as for the rest..into the wild. the fall. into the west.children of men. persepolis. black cat white cat. worlds fastest indian. cave of the yellow dog. the cup. kekexili mountain patrol. gran torino. making of ten canoes.the bicycle thief. the pianist. life is beautiful. thin red line.once upon a time in the west. grizzly man.il postino. o brother where art thou. matrix. being john malkovich. pulp fiction. amores perros. v for vendaetta. talk to her. grindhouse. cinema paradiso. dead mans shoes. the sea inside. lord of the rings. lord of the rings. lord of the rings. true romance. nil by mouth. donni darko. goodfellas. casino. lost. farewell my concubine. my dinner with andre. diva. groundhog day. blues brothers. bullet in the head. das boot. raging bull.few dollars. few dollars more . good bad and the ugly. manon des sources. jean de florette. director wise i really admire the achievements of scorsese, leone and tarantino...
    Good luck everybody. Have a good one.

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    Re: Favourite movies?

    Night of the Hunter
    Billy Liar
    The Haunting (1963)
    Brazil
    Bladerunner
    Waiting for Guffman
    A Mighty Wind
    Office Space
    Bullitt
    Midnight Cowboy


    Cheers :)

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    Re: Favourite movies?

    Snatch
    Pulp Fiction
    Sweeney Todd
    The Usual Suspects
    The Big Lebowski
    No Country For Old Man
    The Ring
    From Dusk till Dawn
    The 6th Sense
    One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
    Blach Hawk Down
    The Prestige
    Very Bad Things
    The Machinist
    Body Double
    Dead Man Walking
    Crank
    Wanted
    Dumb & Dumber
    There’s something about Mary
    In Bruges
    Letters From IwoJima
    Million Dollar Baby
    Saw
    Memento
    Reservoir Dogs
    Kill Bill


    & so much more

    cheers
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    Re: Favourite movies?

    Some great lists.

    But I can't believe no-one has mentioned HEAT.

    Crash was good too.

    Loved Brazil, bit dated now.

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    Re: Favourite movies?

    Loads of ones already been said but others which I have not seen listed and also favorites of mine are:
    Dark Blue World
    The right stuff
    Goodbye Lenin
    Downfall
    Schindler's List
    Miracle of Bern
    Zodiac
    Lord of War

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    Re: Favourite movies?

    This is almost as hard as picking your top 10 singles or Albums, so in there somewhere would be and in no particular order:

    Love Honour and Obey
    Dead Mans Shoes
    Kenny
    Dog Soldiers
    Secretary
    Pay it forward
    Crash
    The Man who would be king
    The Punisher
    Rumblefish
    American History X
    Magnolia
    See No Evil, Hear No Evil
    Young Frankenstein
    L.A. confidential
    The Big Lebowski
    Dead Snow
    Primal Fear

    That will do for now.....................

    How could I forget these:

    In Bruges
    The Butterfly Effect
    The Butterfly Effect (Directors Cut)
    Leon

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    Re: Favourite movies?

    Its A Wonderful Life
    Casablanca
    The Godfather (1+2....3 was crap)
    The Shawshank Redemption
    Jean de Floret
    Manon de Sources
    The Green Mile
    Pulp Fiction

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    Casablanca
    The Usual Suspects

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    Some Like it Hot
    North by Northwest
    Toy Story
    Die Hard
    The Lives of Others
    Delicatessen
    Planes, Trains and Automobiles
    The Blues Brothers
    Heat
    Twelve Monkeys
    The Incredibles
    Best in Show
    Memento
    Where Eagles Dare

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    Re: Favourite movies?

    Quote Originally Posted by aliasrichmond
    Its A Wonderful Life
    Casablanca
    The Godfather (1+2....3 was crap)
    The Shawshank Redemption
    Jean de Floret
    Manon de Sources
    The Green Mile
    Pulp Fiction
    Thank god I was starting to worry

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    Re: Favourite movies?

    Have to be in no particular order:
    Most Bond films especially the most recent additions
    Close Encounters
    Alien films
    Great escape
    Dambusters
    Battle of the Bulge
    Battle of Britain
    Longest Day
    Bourne films

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    Euro trip the funniest film since Blazing saddles :lol:

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    Re: Favourite movies?

    Quote Originally Posted by wildheart
    Euro trip the funniest film since Blazing saddles :lol:
    GOOD CALL !!! Freakin love that film, the wee kid doing Hitler OMG i almost die laughing :lol: :lol: :lol:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-ubn4iw ... playnext=1

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    Wild at Heart is the best

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    I agree with most of those but nobody mentioned Training Day :shock:
    or in comedy(cant remember if these were mentioned or not)
    Anchorman
    Old School
    The Hangover
    Tropic Thunder

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    Re: Favourite movies?

    Once Upon a Time in America
    Goodfellas
    Layer Cake
    Snatch
    Lock Stock....
    Godfather 2
    Lord of the Rings trilogy
    Hot Fuzz

    Not films, but:

    Sopranos
    The Wire.....are both fantastic

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    Rain Man
    Luck Number Slevin
    The Colour of Money
    Rounders

    Like all of them for a variety of reasons. Have to say having just seen the Hangover for the second time that has to be up there!

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    race with the devil
    unforgiven
    the shining
    platoon
    no way out
    goodfellas
    casino
    the firm (gary oldman one )
    salems lot (1979)
    the cook the thief his wife and her lover

    all marx brothers films
    play misty for me
    dirty harry
    magnum force
    rocknroller
    the bank job
    all basil rathbone sherlock holmes
    tales from the crypt
    from beyond the grave
    the monster club
    theatre of blood
    scarface
    layer cake
    spaggetti westerns
    a clockwork orange
    thers loads more ....i,ll have a think :bounce:

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    Re: Favourite movies?

    star wars

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    Re: Favourite movies?

    For a starters...

    Star Wars
    Jaws
    Raiders of the Lost Arc
    Close encounters of the third kind
    Gladiator
    Shawshank Redemption
    Clear and Presant Danger
    Italian Job
    Moonraker
    Back to the Future
    Hot Fuzz / Sean of the Dead
    Superman 3
    The Thing
    Zulu
    A bridge too far
    Blades of Glory
    Dawn of the dead (1978)
    The 300 Spartons
    Gangs of New York
    The Warriors
    The Big Lebowski
    Quadraphenia
    Napoleon Dynamite
    Oh Brother Where Art Thou
    Twin Town
    The Mummy
    Lock Stock
    Goonies
    The Nutty Professor
    Bugsy Malone

    ...better stop at 30

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    Bad Santa, the perfect antidote to Christmas

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    Kes
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    Re: Favourite movies?

    Quote Originally Posted by Panofsky
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    Bloody hell, I didn't think for one minute that somebody on here would even have heard of one of my favourite films!

    Also

    L'Homme du Train
    Mephisto (The 1981 version with Klaus Maria Brandauer)
    In the Sotadic Zone, apparently.

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    Re: Favourite movies?

    Not a great movie buff in recent years, all those special effects & stuff not my cup of tea really.
    Anyway just a few of mine in no particular order.
    Ice Cold in Alex.
    Flight of the Phoenix
    The Odessa File
    The Missourri Breaks
    The Ipcress File
    Chinatown
    The Maltese Falcon
    and all of the Ealing comedies, such as...
    School for Scoundrels
    The Lavender Hill Mob
    Two Way Stretch
    & many, many more.
    Cheers.

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    Re: Favourite movies?

    Quote Originally Posted by Carlton-Browne
    Quote Originally Posted by Panofsky
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    Bloody hell, I didn't think for one minute that somebody on here would even have heard of one of my favourite films!
    Bloody hell, I didn't think for one minute that somebody (else) on here would even have heard of one of my favourite films!

    I could almost certainly have added a few other Tavernier films to my list.

    Dave

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    Dead Man's Shoes
    Pulp Fiction
    Fight Club
    Saving Private Ryan
    The Godfather
    Alien
    Back to the Future
    The Matrix

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    Quote Originally Posted by Panofsky
    I could almost certainly have added a few other Tavernier films to my list.

    Dave
    Yes, but the choice with Philipe Noiret and Huppert is slightly limited. Funnily enough I have never stole myself to read the Jim Thompson novel it's based on. Have you?
    In the Sotadic Zone, apparently.

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    Re: Favourite movies?

    Blue velvet

    Apocalypse now

    LA confidential

    The big sleep

    School for scoundrels

    The cruel sea

    Battle of Britain

    Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot (added afterwards, how could I forget it?)
    Cheers,
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    This year without doubt for a good chuckle

    "The Hangover"
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    Re: Favourite movies?

    Soooo many but to name a few:

    Lord of the Rings trilogy
    Gladiator
    Blade Runner
    District 9
    Avatar
    Goodfellas
    Casino
    Alien/Aliens
    Moulin Rouge
    Rocky 1/2/3/4 (I know 3 and 4 werent as good but these films were seminal in my life when I was growing up!!)
    Once Upon A Time in The West
    Gangs of New York (if for no other reason than to watch Daniel Day Lewis and see New York at that time!)
    Magnolia
    Donnie Darko
    Fight Club

    Better stop there!!

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    Re: Favourite movies?

    [quote="Steve's Dad"]Some great lists.

    But I can't believe no-one has mentioned HEAT.
    quote]

    Good man, I was beginning to wonder if I'd be first. Looks like most of mine are already listed, however, a few I didn't notice:

    Waterboy
    Happy Gilmore
    American History X
    Miami Vice
    187
    Training Day

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    Heat I get but that is a REALLY odd fav films list!!

    Quote Originally Posted by PCP
    Quote Originally Posted by Steve's Dad
    Some great lists.

    But I can't believe no-one has mentioned HEAT.
    quote]

    Good man, I was beginning to wonder if I'd be first. Looks like most of mine are already listed, however, a few I didn't notice:

    Waterboy
    Happy Gilmore
    American History X
    Miami Vice
    187
    Training Day

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