MegaSack DRAW - This year's winner is user - rgwb
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What's yours?
Currently watching Se7en which is one of the best I've seen, as for best not sure.
I'll go for Alien.
One is tricky, I'll opt for Jaws.
Just watched Up for the first time. First 10 mins and last 10 mins are exceptionally moving, but the rest of the film is only okay (the dogs are especially cool) IMO. It's making me question some of my values and priorities which has to be a good thing. So all in all, a v good film but not the best ... don't know what is TBF.
Do you mean "film I have enjoyed the most" or "the film I think is technically the best"?
Either way, I couldn't narrow it down to just one, but some suggestions may be:
Alien
Shawshank Redemption
Seven
Apocalypse Now
Platoon
Gladiator
Platoon, followed by point break, then the last 2 Batman films.... 🙂
Obvious but I really like Godfather Part II.
Please no-one say No Country For Old Men. 😐
You know what I'm going to go with one of my favourites and possibly still my favourite although I'm not sure it still is but anyway.
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
Such great characters, beautifully shot, fantastic sets and a great plot.
Hard one...in recent memory, "best" was There Will Be Blood
All time favourites are The Princess Bride (even though, technically, it lacks a lot. It's more a sentimental favourite) and Charlie and The Chocolate Factory.
It's a close one between Shawshank and tonight's viewing which was Django Unchained. Gladiator in third.
Blade Runner is close, but I think the best 'film' (inverted commas most definitely needed here*) I have ever seen is Moulin Rouge.
*by which I mean the most truly film-like film.
Recently: Tyrannosaur,
Not so recently: There will be blood,
I didn't 'enjoy' either but found both to be moving and well acted. If we're going for enjoyment then its 'The Lion King' & all Disney since has been crap.
Shawshank Redemption by a country mile - effortless from start to end and utterly captivating. Always amazes me that it was written by the same man that brought us The Shining, Carrie, Christine, It...
Some Like It Hot
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Probably Pulp Fiction but maybe North by North West
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
With you on that one!
Also a fan of Withnail and I, Pulp Fiction, Shawshank
Crouching tiger hidden dragon
Saving private ryan(on now)
Love Blackhawk down
Hurt locker
In fact any war film
Oh and stop mom or I'll shoot
The original Matrix was superb. I grew up with the original Star Wars movies, so I guess these have had the most lasting memories for me
Hard one...in recent memory, "best" was There Will Be Blood
One of the worst I've ever seen terrible film.
The Big Lebowski.......... With Nuts in May a close 2nd
Only one allowed folks, just the one.
[s]Back to the future
Once upon a time in the west
Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid
Traffic
Se7en[/s]
The Godfather
[s]Ferris Bueller's day off[/s]
The Lives of Others
Royal tenenbaums. Its funny, its sad, it makes you think, its beautifully shot, great costumes, great sets, great characters and great soundtrack. One of the first films that made me consider "film" as art as much as entertainment.
i love that film.
Ferris Bueller's day off
I know that I shouldn't, but this.
you are all wrong.
Best film ever is Once upon a time in the west.
One of the worst I've ever seen terrible film.
Is that just because you didn't enjoy it personally, or because it is actually a badly made film?
[i]Ferris Bueller's day off[/i]I know that I shouldn't, but this.
Great film
I love Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade for pure enjoyment, but I rate Goodfellas as my favourite film ever.
Mikkel - Member
you are all wrong.
Best film ever is Once upon a time in the west.
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Goodfellas
Watched The Jacket last night- brilliant film. Not my favourite but prob sneaked into my top five..
Hamish, litterally just finished some like it hot for the first time.
i suddenly 'get' maralyn Munroe, OMG that frontage is amazing 😯
Willow
Goodfellas: Good call (see what I did there?)
Oh and how could I forget
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Well, The Godfather part 2 is better than The Godfather for a start.
Probably One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
But there are other great films which sometimes are better.
Is geoffj really saying a semi-amusing pirate film is the best film ever? Blimey, you need to watch some more films matey!
If I can have two then the other is Local Hero.
willow..............forgotten gem still have the vhs somewhere 😀
question to hard to answer
pushed to choose between
Blade Runner
Unforgiven
Some like it hot
Godfather part 2
Third Man
A Matter of Life and Death
oh............forget it
Is geoffj really saying a semi-amusing pirate film is the best film ever? Blimey, you need to watch some more films matey!
Just bunging it in the mix - other stuff above.
Although who hasn't got a man crush on capt jack sparrow? 😛
One of the worst I've ever seen terrible film.
Given the stuff you say you like, I'm happy with that.
I imagine that my favourite will change over time as great new films emerge and great older films become a little tired and dated
but, my current favourite is No Country for Old Men (sorry Grum). partly because I love the book and the author, partly because Anton Chigurh is an amazing character amazingly played by Javier Bardem and partly because it's a modern classic Western.
Like the book, I was utterly captivated by the film and have watched it time and again.
It has it's faults, but I don't care, I love it.
I forgot to mention The Time Bandits
Actually, thinking about it, Casablanca. The French national anthem bit gets me every time.
As has been said, one film just doesn't do it. Others:
Godfather Pt 2
Little Big Man
Saving Private Ryan
Apocalypse Now
Goodfellas
Aliens
Westworld
Close Encounters...
Casablanca
Good shout. Watched it not so long ago, expecting it to be a load of schmaltzy shite. It was very good.
Ah, that's the point though. Just one!
If it were websites then no question it would be YouTube.
When it comes to movies, picking one, very tricky. 🙂
Cool Hand Luke.
Shakin that bush boss, shakin that bush.
Love it, Paul Newman at his best
Cyrano de Bergerac....Monsuier Depardeau when he was french
Too many favourites and lots have been mentioned already but I'll throw in Heat as well.
I agree with Merak. Out of the thousands I've seen, Jaws is the only perfect film. And the obviously rubber shark is a part of that.
Christ, so many great films, to just pick one? Possibly not the greatest ever made, and I'm not sure it's for me to make that call, because there [i]are[/i] so many, but I guess [i]North By North-west[/i], just because its an almost perfect blend of action, storytelling, cinematography and directing. It's a film I've never become bored with, and I can happily sit through it any time it comes on TV.
Cant pick 1
Godfather 2
Goodfellers
The Usual Suspects
No Country for Old Men
Alien
Batman (Dark Knight Trilogy)
Matrix (1)
Looking for Eric
In Bruges
Bladerunner
in the nearly made it list
Skyfall
Apocalypse Now
Full Metal Jacket
Well if it goes on what you can watch over and over again Shirley (ahem) its got to be Cannonball Run or Airplane.
Best film I've ever seen? Moulin Rouge
Best film cos I watch it over and over again and love every single second of it? Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade
What I think should probably be my best film? it's a close call between The Fountain, Pan's Labyrinth, A Midnight Clear, Snow Falling On Cedars, and Letters From Iwo Jima.
Well, inspired by this thread, I'm about to watch No Country For Old Men.
Johny Dangerously, I used to watch it every week when I was a kid. Roman Maroni was the best gangster villain ever
Lord of War is a brilliant film, pretty grim background to the whole thing (arms dealers) but very very good. Even if it does have Nicholas Cage in it.
The Angel's share is good too.
I'd struggle to think of anything that could surpass The Fountain personally.
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Almost like it was made for me personally.
Kung fu panda.
I must have watched it 100 times with the boy, but I still enjoy it.
Satantango is the best film ever - undeniably!
I do wonder how many people have actually sat right through it in one go as you are supposed to.
Probably 'Wings of Desire'.
Rear Window a close second.
Tinker tailor soldier spy
The most recent one.
Leon.
Goodfellas
Shawshank Redemption
Goonies
Rita, Sue & Bob Too 😀
and great older films become a little tired and dated
How can this be true?
Look above North by Northwest, A Matter of Life and Death, It's a Wonderful Life, all of their time but incredible entertainment
Papillon
Ice cold in Alex...
if i had to pick one film that blew me away when i saw it.it's a very tough decision
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It's a wonderful life
Or
Dude, where's my car.
Satantango is the best film ever - undeniably!
Undeniably great, especially if you mean great in terms of duration. Eschewing fantastic b/w foreign jobbies, and ignoring the inherent nonsense of a best film ever, Life of Brian.
"All right, but apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?"
"I say you are Lord, and I should know. I've followed a few."
"He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy!"
"How shall we **** off, O Lord?"
"You're only 'sposed to blow the bloody doors off."
etc
I love The Deer Hunter
The bleakness of small town, industrial america, combined with the horrors of the Vietnam war, it's no wonder so many vets suffer(ed) from severe mental health problems.
I'll add (to Alien):
Where Eagles Dare
Gladiator
As it's already been mentioned, I cant nominate Jaws, but probably 2nd has to be
LA Confidential.
As for some of the other choices - Heat? Havent you seen the original - LA Takedown?
Better IMO, but without the stars.
Also dont confuse Nikita with the awful TV series 'La femme Nikita'
sounds like lots have people have only seen a narrow selection of films....
MSP - Leon
You have very good taste sir.
Brilliant film and one of my all time faves.
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sounds like lots have people have only seen a narrow selection of films....
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Reckon your favourite film is the one amongst many DVDs that you will happily watch over and over. With that in mind I can't say I am excited by the thought of watching the godfather films or other classics. I feel the Departed is a cracking film that iv watched many times and never loses its appeal. Great story, great cast and humour. It's got my vote.
The Usual Suspects
Fight Club
Good fellows
Reckon your favourite film is the one amongst many DVDs that you will happily watch over and over.
It's a yardstick I use. If I watch a film and then the next day someone visits and goes "hey, let's watch this!" and I think "yay!" then that's a favourite film.
Fitting that bill for me would be Alien, Aliens, Escape From New York, The Princess Bride, and (to my shame) Highlander. Probably others.
Incidentally, as I said earlier, I watched No Country for Old Men. Brilliant film, right up until they rolled the credits halfway through the movie. What's up with that, did they run out of time and just go "and they're all dead, the end"?