BEST MOVIES LIST

hey guys, any good, quality movies that you have watched and would recommend to others?
Just the other day, i watched man on fire. it was pretty good, i've gotta say.
Older movies are fine too.
Just list your favourite movies!

 

If you like gangster movies look into renting a movie called "Brother." Its about a Yakuza who smuggles himself into to America instead of being killed after his family loses a war. Needless to say, he starts up his own crime "family" in LA and goes back to war.

A good car/action movie is "The Transporter". Very good driving scene with a BMW 7.

Indiana Jones is always damn good fun. Ronin for more car driving fun.

 

just rented these:
are they any good?
godfather 1
goodfellas
black rain
full metal jacket

 

No no, they're all very horrible movies that are at best B-movies, but they should never of been made.

 

are you serious?!

 

Eos is kidding, though he needs to make a spelling correction - "should've never" or "never should've," as "should never've," though a shortened form of "should never have" is even goofier than "should never of."

BUT (Everybody I know has a big BUT), he's right about Transporter. Daaaaaayyyyyummmmm good chase scenes.
Watched To Live and Die in L.A. last night just to see the chase. Crikey!

 

here's about 85 recommendations:

http://ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11804&highlight=movies

 

Now that's pretty funny.

 

Top 10 Movies
10. Grand Prix
9. Bridge on the River Kwai
8. Raiders of the Lost Ark
7. Le Mans
6. Star Wars - Episode IV (the original)
5. Outlaw Josey Wales
4. Winning
3. The Quick and The Dead (Documentary on F1 - 1972 season)
2. Lawrence of Arabia
1. Blade Runner

 

15 great movies :

1) Rounders
2) Goodfellas
3) Breakfast Club
4) National Lampoons Vacation
5) Pulp Fiction
6) Goodwill Hunting
7) Swingers
8) Caddyshack
9) Fast Times at Ridgemont High
10) Casino
11) Legends of the Fall
12) Chasing Amy
13) A River Runs Through It
14) Matrix
15) Star Wars

 

Miller's Crossing (1990).
One of my personal favorites. The scene at Miller's Crossing (on the box cover) is as gripping as cinema can get. You can just smell the musty leaves and the chill in the air. You feel sympathy for both characters.

Salvador (1986).
This movie was also directed by Stone in '86, and was he was also nominated for an Oscar for direction along with Platoon. James Woods was robbed for the Oscar by Paul Newman.

Eye of God (1997).
Ever seen this movie? Neither has anyone else I've met. I rented this a couple of years ago, and still remember it well. It doesn't move fast, have special effects or car chases, but it is a story that will keep you interested nonetheless.

Schindler's List (1993).
Not my favorite movie of all time, but probably the best movie I've ever seen. Anyone that can watch this movie and not be moved is either heartless or too immature to understand. Ralph Fiennes and Liam Neeson were also completely robbed for the Oscar. Fiennes in particular was beaten by the no-talent Tommy Lee Jones. Fiennes' portrayal of Amon Goeth was the best single performance I've ever seen.

Other ones:
Total Recall
The Doors
The River Wild
The English Patient
Natural Born Killers (actually liked Jones in this one!)
and of course...Pulp Fiction

try www.imdb.com

 

Random free association list, no particular preference order, just what comes to mind.

Dr. Strangelove

Unforgiven

Pulp Fiction

Donnie Brasco

Schindler's List

Midnight Cowboy

The Last Detail

The Last Picture Show

Godfather I

Once Upon A Time in New York

Silence of the Lambs

Howard's End

The Remains of the Day

Crimes and Misdemeanors

Gladiator

Braveheart

Ben Hur

Black Robe

The Mission

Kill Bill I - haven't seen II

Siddhartha

The Last Temptation of Christ

The Passion of the Christ

The Road Warrior

Indiana Jones Series

First 3 Original Star Wars

Star Trek II, III, IV

And I could go on and on and on....

Guys like Tommy Lee Jones and Tom Cruise aren't untalented, they are just strong presences and who they are. They have to be inserted ito the right roles - they are not chameleons or actors capable of "fine shading."

 

spook64 - Nice list - A few I should have had on mine like Gladiator & Braveheart. It's easy to remember how good those 2 movies were after seeing Troy this past weekend.

 

OLD SCHOOL!!!!

Yea so what im only 15, I cant watch that movie with out LMAO at Will Ferrel.

 

Dno't mkae me strat tpynig in binary.

 

Definitely, an awesome movie, and Will Ferrel is hilarious

 

Sounds like Troy is a Stinker. I figured it would be; it'll be a good renter.

Other good recent viewings:

Master and Commander: A-, very good.

The Last Samurai: Solid B, real sense of history.

 

Amadeus!!
Red violin quite good as well
Airplane
The Naked Gun movies
Vacation movies
Hot Shots movies
The Shawshank Redemption

 

yeah, troy was not that great. But I especially liked the scene when achilles killed hektor. Amazing action!

'the pianist' was pretty good too
as was 'powder', and 'whats eating gilbert grape', and 'marvin's room', and many more.

more movies:
green mile
gone in 60 seconds
...

 

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Saving Private Ryan.

The Big Lebowski.

American Psycho.

(Recent) Sex and Lucia. (Hot Hot Hot)

(Recent) City of God.

 

Starship Troopers... hah

Also, check out Hero.

It is Jet Li (I think), and only in subtitles at the moment (downloaded it, actually) but should be coming out in America soon. The preview during Kill Bill Vol.2 made it look like your typical 1 man vs 3000 soldiers but it is not like that at all really. It isn't realistic in the sense of their moves and such, but it is a really great movie with a fantastic story - check it out if you are into that sort of thing.

 

Hot shots (1 and 2) ... hilarious.
Shrek ... hilarious and somewhat sophisticated. Very cool.
Full Metal Jacket ... brings respect to men in the military.
The Last Samurai ... for some reason, it's very good.
The Butterfly Effect (although I wished it was 5 mins shorter) ... pretty cool.
Lord of the Rings series (but you have to read the books to understand properly ... and that makes you realize how simpler the movie is, thus making it not as good ... if that made sense).
American Pie series is always hilarious (#3 is goin' down a bit though)
Schindler's List ... really moving flick.
La Vita è Bella (with Roberto Benigni ... really good flick) ... must sound like "Life is Beautiful" or something like that in the US...
Any Jackie Chan movie is always funny.
Transporter. Entertaining, but that's about it.
Ronin, I want an S8.
The Usual Suspects. Great movie, but once you've seen and understood it, it's boring.
The Million Dollar Hotel ... rented it, didn't even watch the whole thing. So boring.
Fast and the Furious (1 and 2)... goin' furiously fast to the trash.

And a bunch of other lame movies I forgot about...

 

The best movies? Hmm, these are some personal favorites that I can come up with off the top of my head:

American Beauty
Fight Club
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Wall Street
Boiler Room
The Last Picture Show(pending)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Gattaca
Vanilla Sky
American Psycho
American Pie
Cruel Intentions
The Truman Show
The Royal Tenenbaums(pending)
Christine
Pirates of Silicon Valley
The Beach
A Fistful of Dollars/Yojimbo
28 Days Later
Magnolia

The movies above are just movies that moved me somehow or showed me reality in a way that I felt was beneficial. There are plenty of others that are good but didn't do this for me to name a few:

Parents
The Pirates of the Carribean
The Graduate
Cast Away
The Skulls
Donnie Darko(still haven't come to any conclusions on this one)
Frailty(my GOD was this disturbing)
Pulp Fiction
The Family Man
All of the Matrices(Matrix 1-3(#1 being the best IMCDO ))
An American Werewolf in London
Thunderball
Bedazzled
Swept Away(if you haven't seen this, I highly recommend it)

I truely love movies, and if I had to pick a favorite, it would most likely be on the top list that I typed. There are hundreds more than this that are good IMHO, and probably more that I'm forgetting that I may qualify too.

That ought to keep you busy for a while



-DC

 

may not be the best, but my favorites:

Godfather
Schindler's List
Gladiator
The Last Samurai
Goodwill Hunting
Cruel Intentions
Saving Private Ryan
Training Day

And a lot of you forgot to mention: Scarface!

 

Some really good films with either non-linear narrative structures, particularly interesting plots or highly distinctive cinematography / editing / style.

Pulp Fiction
Kill Bill I & II
Jackie Brown
Requiem for a Dream
American Psycho
Minority Report
Vanilla Sky
Mullholland Drive
Fight Club
The Game
Se7en
Apocalype Now
Blade Runner
Interview with the Vampire