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No justification needed. If you had to name your three favourite films, what would they be? For me:
1: Fight Club
2: City of God
3: Goodfellas
Pitch black
Aliens
Blazing saddles!
City of God
Hero
Un Prophet
1. Willow
2. Terminator 2
3. Not entirely sure, probably the Bourne Trilogy or something like that
Dark star
Mr Hulots holiday
this is Spinal tap
1. Back To The Future
2. Back To The Future Part II
3. Back To The Future Part III
Miami Blues
Near Dark
Godfather pt2
(Maybe)
Glengarry Glenross
The Big Lebowski
Alien
Two many great films to narrow down.
Can only post my favourite: The Princess Bride
Watchmen
Training day
Kelly's heroes
This is Spinal Tap
Groundhog Day
This is Spinal Tap
Young Frankenstein .
Aliens.
Harry Brown.
O brother where art thou
Cant actually think of another two films i'd sit and watch offhand.
Edit, actually i think Young Frankenstein could stand one more showing 🙂
blade runner,the crow,the lost boys
Only 3??? 😐
In no particular order..
Hot Fuzz
Anchorman
Zombieland
Took me about 5 minutes to get to those 3, and now I'm wondering what it says about me.. 😀
Breakfast at Tiffanys-oldie
Withnail and I- comedy
Bladerunner- Sci Fi
The Princess Bride- kids
Cinema Paradiso- Foreign
My fair lady -musical
Cant do three sorry
The Jungle Book
Airplane
Breakfast At Tiffanys
Ice cold in Alex
2001
Hot Fuzz
Oh and Four lions, thats my three then.
Hard to pick just 3 but probably something like:
Fight Club
Se7en
Star Wars Trilogy if I can get away with that.
The Burbs
In Bruges
For a few dollars more
Orrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
The Big Lebowski
Fargo
O brother where art thou?
3 is not enough, but for the sake of the thread.
Blade Runner (Director's cut)
Moulin Rouge
Scott Pilgrim vs The World
slainte 8) rob
1. Coming to America
2. Wall-E
3. As good as it gets
look three films no justification needed, three films, just do it
Edit: LeeW yeah I'm hearing you on Coming To America
Breakfast at Tiffanys
Bladerunner
Cinema Paradiso
Aah I was torn
Young Frankenstein/ blazing saddles!
3 of my favorites, though I couldn't say if there my top favorite films
Grosse Point Blank
The Princess Bride
Leon The Professional
oh oh er maybe taxi, Alien/s, Way of the Gun, Up, Toy story, Time Bandits, District 9, Kung Fu Hustle, War Games, Willow, Serenity, Excalibur, La Femme Nikita, Batman Begins, The Unforgiven, Mad Max(1&2), Unbreakable, Monsters Inc, Blade, Black Hawk down, The fugitive... nope can't decide on which 3 (there more too).
Garden State
The Big Lebowski
Can't decide on a third but those 2 stand out.
How did I forget The Big Lebowski?! ****in' amateur 😆
Fight club
Bladerunner
Aliens
Three is difficult. Top five? Ask me tomorrow, I might give a different answer.
Escape From New York
Aliens
The Princess Bride
The Terminator
Highlander
I class a 'favourite film' as any film I'd be happy to watch anytime anyone suggested "hey, do you fancy watching...?", even if I'd just watched it. All of those tick that box, and probably a good deal of others besides.
Really happy to see Aliens getting such a lot of votes.
Life of Brian
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Where eagles dare
oh oh er maybe taxi, Alien/s, Way of the Gun, Up, Toy story, Time Bandits, District 9, Kung Fu Hustle, War Games, Willow, Serenity, Excalibur, La Femme Nikita, Batman Begins, The Unforgiven, Mad Max(1&2), Unbreakable, Monsters Inc, Blade, Black Hawk down, The fugitive... nope can't decide on which 3 (there more too).
I think you and I would do well on movie night.
Donnie Darko
Pulp Fiction
Zombieland
Lot's of close runners, the thing, the fly, alien, aliens, memento, lebowski, dogma, j&sbsb, empire strikes back, leon, oldboy, battle royale, jacobs ladder, twelve monkeys, zoolander and two personal favs both on tonight predator and from hell, loads more just can't think of them.
I class a 'favourite film' as any film I'd be happy to watch anytime anyone suggested "hey, do you fancy watching...?", even if I'd just watched it
I'd totally agree with this as definition of your 'favorites', and would happily watch those films again & again... and have done.
Gunna go now before we get told to get a room.
Oh, Memento. Good call sir(*). I'm determined to actually understand that film 100% before I snuff it.
(* - presumably)
Your presumption is indeed correct.
once upon a time in the west
the train
the lives of others
Gunna go now before we get told to get a room.
I did rewrite that sentence about 12 times before it didn't sound totally dodgy.
Forgot about Snatch and Lock Stock as well.
I want fight club to get a lot more. It's not about fighting and it's actually a very clever film, something that is missed by a lot of people because they focus on the fighting.
I'll add gladiator, blackhawk down and full metal jacket, maybe braveheart and platoon to my ever expanding list. Oooh bad taste and all the evil dead films, GROOVY!
I want fight club to get a lot more. It's not about fighting and it's actually a very clever film
It's badly named. I didn't watch it for ages because I "wasn't interested in a film about boxing" and I know plenty of people who've never seen it, and won't, for similar reasons.
Fear and Loathing, Dead mans shoes, Stranger than fiction, I could keep going and going, so I'll stop.
Goodfellas
Gladiator
Last of the Mohicans
cougar - with memento, try watching it thinking: black and white scenes are in correct order, any scenes shot in colours are moving backwards 🙂
it'd be impossible to pick 3 films, do i pick 3 enjoyable silly films, or 3 films that thrill, or 3 films that make tears roll down my face? do i pick 3 films with ray winston in, 3 with forest whatshisface in, or 3 with complete unknowns? 3 love stories, 3 epic adventures or 3 psychological mindbenders? or 3 completely niche films for the sake of appearing clever (surprised nobody has done this it being STW!)
2 things these threads always make me realise: 1) i love films, and 2) perhaps people aren't joking about 'the princess bride' and i should ignore the title and maybe check it out.
Andrei rublev by Andrei Tarkovsky
Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky
Blade runner by Ridley Scott
Fight Club
Usual Suspects
Aliens
3 good recent-ish films I've enjoyed are:
Source Code
Limitless
Inception
the big lebowski
the life of brian
fight club
the good the bad and the ugly
Apocolypse Now
Blade Runner
philconsequence - Princess Bride is awesome, no doubt about it.
Apocalypse Now.
Heat or Ronin.
Fargo.
To have and to have not
Life of Brian
Toy story
with memento, try watching it thinking: black and white scenes are in correct order, any scenes shot in colours are moving backwards
Hm. Guess it's time for a rewatch.
perhaps people aren't joking about 'the princess bride'
The thing with TPB is, ostensibly, it's a family film. If you go in expecting The Godfather you're going to be disappointed. However, as family films go, it's tremendous.
Ages ago now, there used to be a website where you could submit your favourite movie quotes. The front page carried a disclaimer that The Princess Bride was banned from the site, on the grounds that they'd have to submit the entire script otherwise.
Apocalypse Now
Animal House
Snatch
i like family films 😀 will borrow a copy of torminalis when he's not looking 😉
Blade Runner
Deer Hunter
Empire Strikes Back
**and about 300 other films that I love**
N.E.Ds
Leon
Oldboy.
The Cruel Sea (1953)
Thirty Nine Steps (1935)
Big Lebowski
The Shawshank Redemption
Star Wars
Blues Brothers
American Werewolf in London
I know, I can't count.
Zoolander
Zoolander returns
Zoolander final conquest.
er two of them are not made yet but they'll be cool and I know I'll love them.
Damn, I forgot Southern Comfort!
and... 3 is impossible!
Nobody said The Thing yet?
The Big Lebowski
John Carpenter's The Thing
Alien
Interesting. Blade runner in the lead closely followed by alien(s) so far. Both by Ridley Scott.
TPB
Star Wars
either who dares wins or local hero.
glad to see TPB getting so much love.
Blade Runner
Restless Natives
Serenity
Next week will probably be a different 3!
It has to be
Usual suspects - all time classic
Animal house
Apocalypse now
Oh and when I remember now Silver dream racer
Baraka
The 39 Steps (1935)
24 Hour Party People
Vanilla Sky
The Departed
The Dark Knight
How come Point Break's not on here yet?
You guys! 🙄
perhaps people aren't joking about 'the princess bride' and i should ignore the title and maybe check it out.
Ah but I know something that you do not
Full of utterly quotable lines
Superb
Seriously.
Mail me and I will send you a copy
😀 cheers for the offer junky! i'll be barging into torminalis' house this evening without knocking to steal his dvd's, abduct his dog and drag his fiance to a pub quiz so i'll be all set for a copy 🙂
Dr Strangelove
The Godfather
Life of Brian
with a special mention to North by North West, Vertigo, Rear Window etc
1st Zodiac - proper creeply thriller and based on true story.
2nd Jackie Brown, love the mood of the film, excellent music, perhaps best supporting role ever by Michael Keaton.
3rd Road trip, the grandad taking viagra and knocking over ornaments with his boner, stealing the blind school bus. Jumping the bridge, never fails to make me laugh until it hurts.
Princess Bride - is class. (the sword fight where he annouces he is in fact right handed! - brilliant).
Three is very difficult so I've gone by the criteria of would I watch them again tonight.
Starship troopers
The life of Brian
Jaws
you killed my father ... prepare to die 😀
For me, my list of fav films will always have:
Shawshank - The record scene playing out over the tannoy - best scene ever in my books.
Blue Brothers - Always just loved the relaxed feel to it.
Blade Runner - To me, that is how the future will look and feel.
As for others ... you cant have just 3 ....
Star Wars
Dark Knight
TPB
Dead of Night.
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly.
A Matter of Life & Death.
rusty spanner about time
A matter Of Life and Death, all time clasic
Life Of Brian
Bound.
And for me the ultimate relationship test:-
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead .