What would they be if you can watch 5 movies for the rest of your life?

[misa.j]

I know there have been similar threads to this one, but I am always curious.
I think a lot of you guys have a really good taste in movies.
So, what are your favorite movies of all time?
You can only pick five of them for the rest of your life.

Here are mine:

'Stranger Than Paradise' (I've watched this movie more than 50 times and never got tired of it.)

'Taxi Driver' (Robert De Niro is one of my favorite actor.)

'Seven Samurai ' (Just astonishingly amazing film.)

'The Professional' (Love Gary Oldman's intense badness.)

'In The Soup' (Creative w/ good laughs.)

Tell me yours.

 

[kirei_na_me]

Hey, I like this thread, misa!

Let's see...

5. Gone with the Wind (seen it well over 250 times)

4. Bram Stoker's Dracula (love Gary Oldman)

3. The Professional (we have that in common...love Gary Oldman(again) and especially Jean Reno)

2. Muriel's Wedding

1. The Lover

 

[misa.j]

Kirei,

Yeah! Gary Oldman is a fantastic actor. Have you seen him in 'True Romance' when he played a pimp?
He looked so hot in those dreadlocks!

 

[jovial_jon]

Eep! Tricky question.

I'll probably wish I'd have put a different answer once I've said this, but here goes:

Harold and Maude - "The greatest love story of our time" (Mary in the film There's Something About Mary)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail - probably the funniest film I've seen.
Donnie Darko - I could never get bored of this film.
Battle Royale - Ah, it just rules.

I think those 4 are definites and wouldn't change and the 5th choice would depend on my mood or something. I'll go for Amores Perros I think.

 

[Apollo]

My five all-time favourites are:

-The Life of David Gale (I love Kevin Spacey)
-Forrest Gump (I love Tom Hanks, and it is a sweet movie)
-Something's Gotta Give (a wonderful story starring Jack Nicholson and Dianne Keaton).
-One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (a classic!)
-American Beauty

 

[jovial_jon]

Argh! American Beauty - I'm swapping that in place of Amores Perros. I told you that would happen.

 

[Apollo]

This is a good swap Jovial Jon!

Argh! American Beauty - I'm swapping that in place of Amores Perros. I told you that would happen.

Good choice!! *thumbs up* :haihai:

 

[misa.j]

jon,

I have never seen Amores Perros, and I just read the discription of the movie in my 'Video Hound's Golden Movie Retriever' (It's a really long name...). Made me want to see it.


Miss appolo,

'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' is an amazing movie. They used the reference of it on the Simpson's, which was pretty funny.

 

[Stutz]

The Incredibles
South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut
Dogma
Disney's Aladdin
Monster's Inc.

 

[Maciamo]

That's a tough one. I usually don't like watching a movie more than once because I feel I am wasting my time when there are so many movies (or series, or documentaries) to see that I haven't.

Maybe I'd go for comedies, at least those funny enough to laugh again and again. But they are scarce. I'd go for the 10 seasons of the series "Friends", which I actually watched twice (a rare exception).

The problem with comedies is that my sense of humour evolves, and what I laughed at 10 years ago might not make me laugh now or vice versa. But that is also true for other movies. My tastes evolve. So no answer.

 

[Brooker]

I've done this before, but I always like listing my favorite movies....

1) Trainspotting
2) Shawshank Redemption
3) Fight Club
4) Fargo
5) Swingers

You are what you like. I would highly recommend all of these movies to anyone who hasn't seen them.

 

[mad pierrot]

a tough call

In no particular order

Unforgiven
Fight Club
Blade Runner
The Shawshank Redemption
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

:homer:

 

[Brooker]

@Mad P....
Great minds think alike.
(and so do ours )

 

[mad pierrot]

(Geniuses are always a little crazy...)

 

[TwistedMac]

the five longest porno-movies known to man.
I bet If I search long enough, I'll find a porno that's like a day long.

 

[misa.j]

Mac,
Your energetic attitude makes me smile... ;-)

I wouldn't be able to keep my concentration for that long... :hat:

 

[EscaFlowne]

Family Guy DVD SET in one box-1st DVD
FAv. Asian Porn DVD 2nd dvd
Escaflowne dVD SET-3rd dvd
Dune 4th DVD
MAtrix DVD SET-5th dvd

 

[TuskCracker]

What would they be if you can watch 5 movies...

.
1) The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
(Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il)
.
2) The Wizard Of Oz
.
3) 2001: A Space Odyssey
.
4) Caddy Shack
.
5) Papillon / The Warriors (1979) / The Sand Pebbles / Fight Club / Tora Tora Tora / Zero Women series

 

[Baka Eki]

....

Animated

5)Aqua Teen Hunger Force DVD (2nd season)
4)the yu yu hakusho movie (im a big anime fan)
3)FLCL-DVD set
2)The gungrave DVD set
1)The family Guy DVD (2nd season)

Movie Movie

5-Road Trip
4-Not another Teen Movie
3-Hero
2-Rush hour 2
1-Halloween 4

 

[Flashjeff]

My top five? Here they are, in no particular order:

1) Pulp Fiction (Just to hear Samuel L. Jackson recite Ezekiel 25:17!)
2) The original King Kong (My favorite monster movie!)
3) The Ten Commandments (Nothin' like seeing Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner in skirts! HAHAHAHA!)
4) Star Wars (Episode IV, where it all started!)
5) Dirty Harry ("Do you feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?")

 

[misa.j]

That's a tough one. I usually don't like watching a movie more than once because I feel I am wasting my time when there are so many movies (or series, or documentaries) to see that I haven't.

Maybe I'd go for comedies, at least those funny enough to laugh again and again. But they are scarce. I'd go for the 10 seasons of the series "Friends", which I actually watched twice (a rare exception).

The problem with comedies is that my sense of humour evolves, and what I laughed at 10 years ago might not make me laugh now or vice versa. But that is also true for other movies. My tastes evolve. So no answer.

I know what you mean. I usually don't watch the same movie over and over except for the ones I really, really like. That is why my list is filled with old movies.

Brooker,

I like the movies you have listed, too. I watched all of them except "Swingers".

 

[Apollo]

I've done this before, but I always like listing my favorite movies....

1) Trainspotting
2) Shawshank Redemption
3) Fight Club
4) Fargo
5) Swingers

You are what you like. I would highly recommend all of these movies to anyone who hasn't seen them.

You have good taste!! Especially Shawshank redemption, fargo and trainspotting!!

 

[DoctorP]

1. Dirty Harry (some of the best one-liners ever!)

2. Bullit

3. Lethal Weapon 4

4. Enter the Dragon

5. The Jerk

 

[Itazura_na_kiss]

Romance of their own (South Korea)
Waterboys (Japan)
Spirited Away (Japan)
Bridget Jones
Harry Potter Pt. 2

 

[misa.j]

Huh, Clint Eastwood movies are very popular among boys.
My favorite one of his is "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly", same as Jack In Box.