1. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly 2. Conan the Barbarian 3. Bloodsport 4. High Plains Drifter 5. The Outlaw Josey Wales
Approximately: To Kill a Mockingbird Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? Chariots of Fire Hoosiers The Miracle Worker
1. Airplane 2. This Is Spinal Tap 3. Caddyshack 4. Animal House 5. The Blue Brothers All the classics...
Jimmy gets to drink from THE FIRE HOSE!! Wheel of Fish! Conan the Librarian That movie is GREAT! So many classic bits.
Five? Only five? I can't do it. T2 Shawshank Matrix BTTF Tommy Boy Red Dawn Saving Private Ryan Indiana Jones Die Hard Godfather
Meet Joe Black (Anthony Hopkins should have been nominated for an Oscar) The Salton Sea (Val Kilmer's best role ever) Fargo (you betcha!) Casino (suprised no one has mentioned this movie) Go!
1. The Shawshank Redemption 2. Raiders of the Lost Ark 3. North by Northwest 4. Full Metal Jacket 5. Forrest Gump Honorable Mentions: The Empire Strikes Back Star Wars Vertigo Psycho Marnie The Shining 2001 A Clockwork Orange Barry Lyndon Airplane Bloodsport Hard to Kill Passion Total Recall Dead Poets Society Mr. Holland's Opus Lethal Weapon 2 Rear Window The Green Mile Something's Gotta Give (although I hated Keanu Reeves' character, gotta mention this because of Diane Keaton)
There are all kinds of classics that I enjoy appreciate and are probably "great" movies. But that's not my list. These are the five movies that I'd take to the proverbial desert island. Curious that this desert island has electricity and a DVD player, but. 1 - The Empire Strikes Back (yeah, at heart, i'm still a geek) The only Star Wars film with zero-campiness. The characters are real, the stakes are real, and has one of the bleakest endings in movie history. 2 - Raiders of the Lost Ark -- the most satisfying popcorn movie ever made 3 - Godfather 2 - All the pathos of the first, but darker and more gut-wrenching. 4 - Swingers - Over the last several years, this has creeped up the list. Funny and honest and even surprises with some gravitas. 5 - The Shawshank Redemption -- most fulfilling ending ever.
I thought about it last night, and I still couldnt pick it out, but I have/will throw out the movie Stand By Me I know fo' sure that is one of my five favorite movies. I am still thinking of the other four.
It's very refreshing that LOTR was only listed once. It really renews my faith in the american movie watching public.
Based on the factor of never getting old, despite seeing each film dozens and dozens of times each: Field of Dreams The Fisher King The Matrix Enter the Dragon Shawshank Redemption Those and the first ten minutes ONLY of Above the Law.
1) The Empire Strikes Back(the original, not the SE) 2) A Clockwork Orange 3) The Godfather 4) Pulp Fiction 5) The Princess Bride
I just saw "Donnie Darko" for the first time the other night...great show! I am a bit confused, as always- (SPOILER ALERT) Help me out here: Did Donnie basically master time travel and decided to place himself back in the room and be killed by the falling engine to avoid all of the tragedies that would occur if he had lived?
Favorite? Hmmm... 1) Citizen Kane 2) Rushmore 3) Goodfellas 4) La Dolce Vita 5) Dr. Strangelove, or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb Close, but no cigar: Casablanca, The Third Man, On the Waterfront, Godfather I & II, Bottlerocket, Manhatten, Top Hat, Breaking Away
Good call on the Big Lebowski- picking the best Cohen Brothers movies is pretty tough, between that, Fargo, Blood Simple, Raising Arizona and Miller's Crossing. Add: "Dazed and Confused" and "Lone Star" to my favorite movies list.
