I think this may be it. These are movied that I never get tired of seeing, so they must be my top 5. Not necessarily in that order. Shawshank Redemption Groundhog Day Somewhere in Time Tombstone Breakfast Club
Good Will Hunting Pulp Fiction Die Hard those are my top 3...there are a ton of others that would factor in after those 3.
Rumble Fish-under appreciated-Mickey Rourke could have been a great dramatic actor The Natural-my favorite baseball movie- Redford excels Hoosiers-my favorite movie- Hackman is great To Kill a Mockingbird-Gregory Peck of high moral ground Taxi Driver-Robert D will get in your head and never leave
Solidly in my Top 3 The Good The Bad and The Ugly Das Boot Apocalypse Now New Addition Pan's Labyrinth Not sure if this qualifies Serenity/Firefly series
I love Kurosawa's work. Seven Samurai is definitely his most entertaining movies. Outside of his more mainstream work, I really like his darker movies. If you can find it, I highly recommend "High and Low". IMO, it's one of his most intriguing movies.
Empire Strikes Back Office Space Super Troopers Predator Serenity and Real Genius for honorable mention.
1. Star Wars 2. Vacation 3. Animal House 4. This is Spinal Tap 5. Friday Night Lights This will probably change in about 10 minutes. Except for #1.
I love so many movies I can never just single out a handful, so just off the top of my head: Dr. Strangelove Fight Club Dawn of the Dead (Original) Resevior Dogs Star Trek 2 The Wrath of Khan
1. Star Wars: A New Hope 2. Pulp Fiction 3. The Godfather 4. Rio Bravo 5. Kingdom of Heaven Honorable mentions to Rocky, LOTR movies, Tombstone and Gladiator.
Top 5 This is Spinal Tap Animal Crackers(tied with about 5 other Marx Brothers movies) Brazil Repo Man Blue Velvet Honorable Mention Animal House Stripes Caddyshack Sympathy for Lady Vengeance A Face in the Crowd The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence
Local Hero (partially set in Houston) The Mighty Quinn (This Denzel Washington movie deserves to be way more popular than it is. Great story, great music, great cinematography). Salvador (Best Oliver Stone movie in my book. Tour de Force performance by James Woods. Honorable mention Jim Belushi.) Rushmore Caddyshack/Vacation/Animal House
fight club (a classic) memento (if you haven't seen it, pick it up, it blew me away) city of god (likewise...amazing movie) go (most underrated movie ive ever seen, most haven't seen it) usual suspects (best ending) honorable mention: fast times at ridgemont high boondock saints lucky number slevin goodfellas that's all i can think of off the top of my head, im sure i forgot something.
forrest gump star wars (empire strikes back) monty python holy grail predator cowboys (gotta have a movie from the duke) im sure im forgetting a few but a few others... lock stock and 2 smoking barrells, kingpin, dumb and dumber, hook, and a guilty pleasure 5th element
for those of you who listed american psycho in your favorites, have you read the book? it has been my favorite movie for years, and i probably saw it 30 times before i read the book. and i have to say, the book is infinitely better. its 100x more violent and just has a better insight into patrick bateman's mind
