Cymro
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Favourite Film of All Time?Just been looking through my dvd collection and have put on 'In the Name of the Father' instead of doing work. Was wondering what peoples favourite films of all time are.
In no particular order (appart from the first one which is my favourite film of all time) here are mine.
1. In the Name of the Father - absolutly fantastic film. Daniel Day Lewis and Pete Poselthwaite at their very best.
2. Top Gun - no I'm not gay.
3. Con Air - the fact that the song Sweet Home Alabama is in it makes it even better.
4. The Wind that Shakes the Barley - like my first film a very powerful film, heartbreaking in parts.
5. Patriot Games
6. The Rocky Films - ok they aren't 1 film, but they don't deserve to be split up either.
7. The Superman Films - as with the Rocky Films they are a good collective including the latest installment, a great tribute to Christopher Reeve.
8. Gone in 60 Seconds - for some reason I love the part Vinny Jones plays in it.
9. Bad Boys 1 and 2
10. The Die Hard Films
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Scott2006
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Dr. Strangelove, Citizen Kane, Once Upon A Time In America, Raging Bull, erm mostly American films apparently- Stanley Kubrick had a certain style I could understand. Sergio Leone and Fellini are interesting 8 1/2 and la Dolce Vita.
I have a wide range of films I like but a good comedy is worth ten blockbusters that are usually too formulaic.
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kathyv
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The Quiet Man. A nice and funny film
Second Hand Lions. Another nice and funny one!
Swiss Family Robinson, John Mills, sighhhhh! 
Some of the Star Trek films, the ones with good stories, like The Wrath of Kahn, (Ricardo M. sighhhh!)
My Fair Lady. (I am after all a girl!)
Sound of Music. (Scenery, sighhhh!)
Shakespear in Love, Great story
Chocolat, Great music!
To Sir With Love, (Sydney, sighhh!)
Father Goose, those girls are wonderful!
To Catch a Thief, Hitchcock at his best
Roman Holiday, very sweet and funny as well.
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Rinty
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Godfather I & II
The Gospel According to St Matthew
Shawshank Redemption
Apocalypse Now
La Vita e bella
Raging Bull
The Searchers
The Red Shoes
Goodfellas
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Reluctant Hero
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Have to admit Cymro, I have a secret liking for TopGun as well
Others are
Human Traffic
Falling Down
Pulp Fiction
Natural Born Killers
Whisky Galore (the original)
Point Break
Days of Thunder
Escape to Victory
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SLG
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I think my favourite of all time is It's a Wonderful Life - cheesy I know 
Other favourites:
Lilja-4-Ever
Amelie
Orphans (my favourite Scottish film)
The Cell
Clerks
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
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Holebender
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Bladerunner (director's cut)
2001, A Space Odyssey
the Alien films
the Terminator films
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Cymro
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Hmm Shawshank Redemption - forgot about that one. Another brilliant film.
Also Green Mile was very good
I enjoyed the Usuall Suspects, but first time I watched it, watched enough to get into the story, then as I'd been working a nightshift fell asleet onoly to wake up as the whole plot we getting explained thus spolinging the whole suprise!
Anyone else seen In the Name of the Father?
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kenbob
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jaws
the third man
the wicker man (original, obviously!)
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Xcotty
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I liked the "Evil Dead".
That woman with the candle wax face is just a dish. 
Oh...Hang on, that could have been the candle holder???? 
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Farrah
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Jeezo! There are certainly some real stereotypical males here!
I have seen In The Name Of The Father. Great film. Daniel Day Lewis is a brilliant actor.
My fave film of all time is Saturday Night Fever. (Make of that what you will!)
I also liked Sixth Sense but it was completely spoiled for me coz someone told me the ending!
The Godfather films were good. Good music.
Muriel's Wedding.
Ben Hur.
Midnight Express.
Groundhog Day. A film I can watch over and over again. No pun intended!
Green Card. Ooh, Gerard Depardieu! What is it about that man?
Jean De Florette.
In The Heat Of The Night.
Mildred Pierce.
The Fistful Of Dollars ones.
The Dirty Harry ones.
Memento.
All About Eve...
.....well, if you don't tell me when to stop. 
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Babygael
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Hi Farrah
Some of my favorite Funny Movies " Rat Race" , "white chicks"
"Saving Grace" "The three Amigos' " Austin Powers" And MOST definitely..."The Pink Panther"
Most moving and "pass the Kleenex please" Movie is 'The wind that shook the Barley" and " Hotel Rwanda"
"In the name of the Father"
The most incredible ghost movie is " Six sense" Sorry you had the ending spoilt Farrah! That really was completely unexpected!!!  Brilliant!
Favorite western " Dances with wolves' " Young Guns" And nearly every thing with Clint Eastwood in it!
favorite sporty movie, "2 Fast 2 Furious" and "Speed"
Favorite si-fi, Star Trek (any)
Favorite war movie, " Saving Private Ryan"
Others, "castaway", "Apollo 13", ( I guess I like Tom Hanks!)
" The Queen" was also good.
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Farrah
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Well if we're talking weepies, Kramer vs Kramer does it for me every time. 
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Babygael
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I don't believe I saw that one, although the name is familliar. I'll see if I can get a video of it.
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trophywife
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Well it sure as s**t isn't sad..............Oceans 13
But fav of all time, sorry, typical chick flick.........Dirty Duncing!!!
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Holebender
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Unforgiven. I watched again last night and was reminded how good a film it is.
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RadgeJougal
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If ever you wanted evidence of American cultural domination - here it is. I could count the films from elsewhere on this list on one hand. I'll try and redress the balance.
My favourite Scottish film? That's another thread.
My favourite English film? Withnail and I
My favourite Australian film? Mad Max I (kind of)
My favourite Japanese film? Yojimbo
My favourite French film? Hard to say, maybe Amelie
My favourite Russian film? Ivan the Terrible part II
German? Goodbye Lenin
New Zealand? Once were Warriors
Spanish? Intacto
Italian? Most of the spag westerns
I also loved Angels of the Universe, but because it's come from Iceland, you can't get the fecking thing anywhere. If it was American everyone would have heard of it.
There was also a great Greek film I saw, but I can't remember the name of it.
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kevin04
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Stand By Me
Trainspotting
Dumb & Dumber
Sideways
Gangs of New York
Shawshank Redemption
American History X
Inside I'm Dancing
The Commitments
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kathyv
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I should add, A League of Their Own for the best line ever uttered by Tom Hanks,
"Are you crying? THERE'S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL!"
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Holebender
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I just remembered Silent Running for some reason. Classic.
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Cymro
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| RadgeJougal wrote: | If ever you wanted evidence of American cultural domination - here it is. I could count the films from elsewhere on this list on one hand. I'll try and redress the balance.
My favourite Scottish film? That's another thread.
My favourite English film? Withnail and I
My favourite Australian film? Mad Max I (kind of)
My favourite Japanese film? Yojimbo
My favourite French film? Hard to say, maybe Amelie
My favourite Russian film? Ivan the Terrible part II
German? Goodbye Lenin
New Zealand? Once were Warriors
Spanish? Intacto
Italian? Most of the spag westerns
I also loved Angels of the Universe, but because it's come from Iceland, you can't get the fecking thing anywhere. If it was American everyone would have heard of it.
There was also a great Greek film I saw, but I can't remember the name of it. |
You're just showing off!
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SLG
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Haha, it is a shame there is so little exposure for non english language films here though. I went through a phase where I watched a lot of scandinavian films. Angels of the Universe is a fantastic film and I would recomend anything by Lucus Moodysson (who made Lilja-4-Ever). Like Radge says, they're often hard to get a hold of and I download most of the ones I watch.
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Rinty
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I think the two italian pictures on my list beat any spag western.
The list was for the best films of all time, most of them are naturally american as that is where the worlds biggest cinema industry is.
Of course, not all of "american" films listed have exclusively american people involved.
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Holebender
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World's biggest cinema industry? I thought that was Bollywood.
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Cymro
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| Quote: | | I went through a phase where I watched a lot of scandinavian films. |
Perv!
Just bought the soundtrack to In the Name of the Father now. Brilliant song by Bono on it, and along with Whiskey in a Jar by Thin Lizy and Voodoo Chillie can't go far wrong!
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ladyinthemists
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okay...so I'm totally old fashioned but here are my favorites:
- all the Charlie Chan films (1939's-40's)
- all the Sherlock Holmes films (1940's)
- all the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers films (1930's-40's)
- The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- The Women (1939)
- Rebecca (1940)
- Laura (1944)
- all the Thin Man films (1930's-40's)
- all the Abbott and Costello films (1940's-50's)
- the Humphry Bogart-Lauren Bacall films (1940s)
- all the Sonja Henie films (1930's-40's)
- any classic musicals and comedies staring: Betty Grable; Alice Faye; Carmen Miranda, Olivia DeHavilland, Jean Arthur, Claudette Colbert, Barbara Stanwyck, Kathryn Hepburn, Don Ameche, John Payne, David Niven, Cary Grant, Cesar Romero, Danny Kaye, Gene Kelly, S. Z. Sakall, Henry Fonda, Edward Everett Horton, Jimmy Stewart (1930's-40's)...just to mention a few of my favorite actresses and actors.
and more currently:
- Somewhere in Time
- The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
- all the Harry Potter films
and I'm sure I left out tons of others that I consider favorites
(did I also mention that I am a hopeless romantic? I think I was born in the wrong era!)
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Babygael
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LITM, I think that you and Kathyv will get along just fine!!!!
Fer wance, I agree wi' cymro! 'Whusky in th' jar? U2? Ok! I love the Welsh! 
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RadgeJougal
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| Cymro wrote: |
You're just showing off! |
A wee bit, but I'm sick of the notion that all films have to be American, have an American in them, or comply to American cliches. There's hundreds of other cultures in the world, and dozens of them make films too!
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RadgeJougal
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| Rinty wrote: | | Of course, not all of "american" films listed have exclusively american people involved. |
Nah, but the usual Hollywood tactic is to buy off the big stars of various countries, and put them in their films, e.g. Richard Burton, Marlene Dietrich etc.
Usually these folks' careers, after Hollywood either don't improve, or get worse - Burton made some real turkeys for Hollywood. Classic example, Irene Jacob, who made some half decent French language films, then got shunted into The Big Brass Ring - bet you've never heard of this. In the French speaking world, she was a big star, in the Hollywood one, just another woman to show her bits and pieces off in not very good films.
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Pip
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I don't think I could pick one, but a few films that I keep coming back to are
The Third Man
Kes
Great Expectations (1946 version)
Gladiator
High Noon
Unforgiven
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Ice Cold in Alex
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgoisie
The Lavender Hill Mob
The Long Good Friday
Witchfinder General
Dawn of the Dead
Secrets and Lies
Festen
Blade Runner
The first two Terminators
Clerks
and, for me the best Scottish film,
Gregory's Girl.
It's all a bit subjective though. I have very fond memories of The 'Rescuers' and 'Speed,' but it has as much to do with the time and place that I saw them.
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RadgeJougal
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I love "Kes" myself, and have done for years. Talking of Ealing, I reckon "Kind Hearts and Coronets" is a good film too.
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Babygael
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'Six sense"... best 'Ghostie' Pcture ever!!! No competition, American or otherwise!!
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Jimbo
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Hitchcock's Psycho... great suspense
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Babygael
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The best drama, 'The wind that shook the Barley'
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mairead
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I loved 'Whisky Galore,' an old film but entertaining. I also love all the old epics like Ben Hur, the Robe, Spartacus etc. Gone with the wind was another one I really enjoyed.
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Rinty
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"Nah, but the usual Hollywood tactic is to buy off the big stars of various countries, and put them in their films, e.g. Richard Burton, Marlene Dietrich etc. "
No, I meant that Holywwod films are made with writers, editors, cinematographers, designers, who are not exclusively american. Holywood is the world's centre for cinema and artists of all nationalities gravitate there, so films might be "holywood" as in commercial and righteous but not necessarilly "american". If London or Toronto was where the film industry had developed the same sort of films would probably be being made there right now.
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Ron Blanco
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Surely Dumb and Dumber must be up there?
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Morph
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best Scottish film has to be Trainspotting. I know its main stream and al that, but name another film that has launched the careers of so many?
Also rentons rant about the Scottish is so funny, although only if your Scottish, no one else can put us down like that
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RadgeJougal
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It's interesting to compare Hallam Foe with Trainspotting - totally different concepts.
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Avatar
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in no particular order
American Beauty
American History x
Lost Highway
Mullholland Drive
Scream
Transformers the Movie (animation)
The wind that shakes the barley
Freddy got fingered
Donnie Darko
Nowhere
Preaching to the perverted
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Avatar
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| Quote: | | best Scottish film has to be Trainspotting. I know its main stream and al that, but name another film that has launched the careers of so many? |
Shallow grave was a good film, maybe not as big as trainspotting, but I think it launched a few careers. Personally i think its neck and neck with those two.
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