What are your 3 all-time favorite films?

[CrownPrinceBandar]

Mine:
1) Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb. (choice dialoge, great cast)
2) The Big Lebowski (good dialogue, the one movie I quote the most)
3) Clerks (best J & SB movie; however, Dogma is damn close...)

You?

[Kamika]

1. Ok my movies

Teminator2
Aliens (alien2)
Predator 2

[CanuckAmok]

2. 3:

Blade Runner
Wings of Desire
Fight Club

[SoCalDem]

3. Oldies

The 25th Hour..(The 1968 one with Anthony Quinn)
Double Indemnity
Philadelphia Story

[Martin Eden]

12. More oldies:

Arsenic and old lace
Cary Grant's sweet Aunties poison lonely old gentlemen.

Here comes Mr. Jordan
James Gleason is priceless in his supporting role.

How green was my valley
Great working class story, and Maureen Ohara was indescribably beautiful.

[CBHagman]

37. When my father was in high school...

...he did a survey of his class and found out the favorite movie was "How Green Was My Valley." I finally saw it only a few years ago, but probably will never be able to see it without thinking of my father.

It's hard for me to pick only three favorites, but I'll try:

Casablanca

Bringing Up Baby

Sense and Sensibility

All are films that can be enjoyed again and again.

[Flaxbee]

45. Yes--- Sense & Sensibility is terrific

Also, Harvey (looove James Stewart in that) and Being There (wish Peter Sellers were still around..)

[Emboldened Chimp]

4. Network, Platoon and Glengarry Glen Ross

[jeter]

5. My three favorites:

1) Goodfellas

2) The Godfathers (1 or 2)

3) Rudy

favorite as a kid:

Star Wars trilogy.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

6. 1. Goodfellas

2. Wings of Desire
3. To Kill A Mockingbird

[CanuckAmok]

16. Oooh, another for Wings of Desire!

Mrs. Amok hasn't seen it yet, but I refuse to let her see it until it is shown on a big screen.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

19. It just played herein Cambridge this weekend on the big screen

It really is better on the big screen.

[Martin Eden]

18. To Kill a Mockingbird

I don't know how I forgot that one in my previous posts! It's definitely near the top of my favorites. I loved it when I was a child, and it's gotten better with maturity.

Two more from my early youth:
The Wizard of Oz
Growing up in the sixties this was an annual event, and it holds a very warm place in my heart.

Robin Hood (with Errol Flynn)
This film represents all the swashbuckling adventure movies I loved as a kid, and I must admit I had quite an 8-year-old's crush on Olivia DeHavilland.

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

32. It didn't measure up to the book.

To Kill a Mockingbird, I mean. The movie was okay as far as it went, but it left out some of the best parts in order to concentrate on the main plot.

[Martin Eden]

38. I read the book

And of course, as in almost all cases, the book takes you places where the movie doesn't.

But I saw the movie and loved it long before I read the book, and Gregory Peck and the rest of the cast really brought it to life, IMO.

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

54. Well, I read the book first.

And subsequently, the movie didn't impress me.

For those who've only seen one or the other, the movie leaves out a lot of the story, but the parts that are included remain very true to the book. If you've read the book, you'll know exactly what's going to happen in the movie.

[Interrobang]

7. Probably, although this changes day to day...

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
The Shawshank Redemption
Star Wars

[BuckeFushe]

8. All comedies

Slapshot

Animal House

LA Story

[Bundbuster]

9. My 3 "desert island" films

1) Little Big Man "My heart soars like a hawk"

2) The Godfather, pt 1

3) Silence Of The Lambs

[Martin Eden]

10. 3 OF my favorites (can't really rank my top twenty or so)

Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Badges? We don't need no stinkin badges!

Dr. Strangelove
There's no fighting in the war room!

Monty Python's Holy Grail
What do you mean; an African swallow or a European swallow?

[thissideup]

11. Paths of Glory, Little Big Man, Field of Dreams

Honorable mention: Red Dawn.

[amazona]

13. my bird's favorite movie is clerks

I never dreamed a b/w film could encourage so much wolf-whistling! He really likes Jay, perhaps reminds him of someone from his past?

For me it's hard to pick 3 favorites but I'll go with Brazil, Twelve Monkeys, and Mulholland Drive.

[name not needed]

14. here it is

in no particular order

the shawshank redemption
super troopers
caddyshack

[Jack Rabbit]

15. It may depend on the day of the week and the phase of the moon, but

Citizen Kane, Orson Welles (1941)

The Bicycle Thief, Vittorio di Sica (1948)

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, John Huston (1948)

[greendog]

17. Wings of Desire, Walkabout, and Latcho Drom

"Walkabout" is an Austrailian environmental film from the early 70's...absolutely beautiful.

"Latcho Drom" is an art film about Gypsy music and culture...no real plot....visually powerful, wonderful soundtrack.

[buddhamama]

21. "Walkabout"

is an excellent film.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

28. Walkabout is great...

Latcho Drom was one of the few films I actually admit crying at. The lady singing in front of the concentration camp hit me real hard.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

20. Easy

1. A Captive in the Land (1990-story of an American and a Russian working together to rescue themselves from the Arctic)

2. Mindwalk (1990-story that explains that we are all interconnected and explains a whole new way of thinking of world problems)

3. Much Ado About Nothing(1972-film adaptation of Shakespeare's play, set in turn of the twentieth century America)

One thing in common with all these films? Sam Waterston!

[terrya]

22. The Lion in Winter, The Manchurian Candidate, Network eom

[buddhamama]

23. mine

Papillon
To Kill A Mockingbird
Amelie

an honorable mention A Dry White Season

[beyurslf]

24. I love polls :)

1. Goonies (childhood favorite)
2. Scheindler's List
3. Toss up between Shanshank Redemption and Citizen Kane.

[LWolf]

25. At this moment,

because I'm not a big movie fan, and because it easily changes with my mood:

Seabiscuit
Life of Brian
Fried Green Tomatoes

[Blue Gardener]

26. Lord of the Rings

One, two and three. Of course I just got home from watching "Return of the King", so my judgement may be off for a few days. I absolutely loved it!

[5thGenDemocrat]

27. The Right Stuff

Goldfinger, M*A*S*H*. By "favorites," I'm using movies I know nearly every word of. There are dozens of movies I love and will watch whenever they come on.
John
The Sting, Patton, Doctor Strangelove...those would be on the list if you asked me tomorrow.

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

33. The Sting is one of my "favorites".

"Glad to meet you, kid. You're a real horse's ass."

"Can you get a mob together?"
"After what happened to Luther I don't think I can get more than two or three hundred guys."

"Dukey, if this thing blows up, the feds will be the least of our problems."

"Not only are ya a cheat, yer a gutless cheat as well."

[ErasureAcer]

29. Glory, American History X, Good Will Hunting

classics.

[LWolf]

30. Oh, yeah.

I forgot:

Good Will Hunting
A Few Good Men
Ordinary People
The Grass Harp

And a nod to the Shawshank Redemption, too.

[obietiger]

31. Favorite - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

also
The Sting
The Bridge on the River Kwai tied with Thelma and Louise

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

34. Casablanca

(Best. Movie. Ever.)

When Harry Met Sally
(I can only hope to have a relationship that screwed-up someday)

A Miracle of 34th Street
(1947 version, black and white. Accept no subsitutes)

[Leftist78]

35. ok this is really hard, but...

right now I'd have to go with

Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb "He'll see everything...He'll see the big board" Best comedy ever :)

The Shawshank Redemption For some reason I've been watching it a lot lately. Morgan Freeman was never better.

The Godfather pt 1 Perfect in every way

[Skittles]

36. here's mine

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
This is Spinal Tap
The Haunting (1963)

[Athletic Grrl]

39. Just 3?

Gone With the Wind
The Lion in Winter
To Kill a Mockingbird

[Hogarth]

40. Being There, The Graduate, and ...

... Life of Brian. I could watch them over and over, all day long.

[Faygo Kid]

41. Casablanca, Godfather I and II

But that's an impossible question to answer, really. You force me to leave out the other 97.

[Kat45]

42. Goodfellas, Usual Suspects, Mean Streets

(Not the list most people would expect from a woman.) :-)

[merry_jane]

43. Contact, The Shining, and Fight Club

in that order

[Bertha Venation]

44. I'm looking over a three-leaf clover that I overlooked bethree...

in no particular order

Shirley Valentine
Amadeus
Tootsie

[NightTrain]

46. We agree on #1!

1. Dr. Strangelove
2. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
3. Pick any one of a dozen or more films: "Schindler's List," "Long Day's Journey Into Night," "Last Exit To Brooklyn," "Casablanca," et al.

[populistmom]

47. My 3

(Although I always hesitate with these threads as my tastes can sometimes change with the wind and I'm always open to new things, but these seem to be ongoing favorites I can watch over and over.)

The World According to Garp
The Shawshank Redemption
Fight Club

[flamingyouth]

48. Sunset Blvd., The Graduate, Almost Famous n/t

[FloridaJudy]

49. Three favorite?

1) *Amarcord*. I've visited Rome. Fellini made documentaries. This one is heart-breakingly real.

2) *Citizen Kane*. Way ahead of its time. Enough said.

3) *Casablanca*. The ultimate Romance! Every woman needs a Rick...

[CO Liberal]

50. 1 - It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

2 - Young Frankenstein

3 - Blazing Saddles

[CMT]

51. The Awful Truth, Double Indemnity, North by Northwest

honorable mention to:
Magnificent Ambersons
Laura
Dr. Strangelove
The Philadelphia Story
The Lady Eve
The Godfather
Saving Private Ryan
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Sabrina
(The list goes on and on...)

[AlFrankenFan]

52. Let's see...

1. Hannibal

2. Red Dragon

2. Silence of the Lambs

Erg.......it's soo hard to choose just three, I mean, how could I forget Bowling for Columbine or South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut?

[Catshrink]

53. Casablanca is my #1

Everything else just follows...

Singin' in the Rain
Sabrina (the original)
Lawrence of Arabia
To Have and Have Not
SpaceBalls (Oh shit, there goes the planet)
Goonies

Allegro non Troppo
King of Hearts (French, 1966)
Fantasia
Babe
Babe, Pig in the City
Toy Story
Toy Story 2

[camero]

55. Dogma, Saving Private Ryan, Awakenings

[Blade]

56. Hmmmm...

I don't know what I like right now....it depends on the day/attitude/etc....

1. The Shawshank Redemption
2. Saving Private Ryan
3. South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut

Honorable Mentions:
Office Space
Space Balls
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
A Christmas Story
Jurassic Park (the first one)
All James Bond movies
porn(:evilgrin:)...etc..etc...

On edit, I forgot: Blade, Interview With the Vampire, Queen of the Damned, The Omen, Rush Hour (first one)...etc.

[elperromagico]

57. Shawshank Redemption, Lawrence of Arabia, Citizen Kane

Okay, so I went for obvious choices. Sue me.

[FDRrocks]

58. Office Space, Scarface, and (tied) Manchurian Candidate/Get Snoochy

[alfredo]

59. That is a tough one. In no particular order

The scent of Green Tomatos
The Third Man
Henry V

Just about any Bergman movie, and Kurozawa.

I must say that The Virgin Spring is my favorite revenge movie.

Kurozawa's Dreams, the last chapter about the village of water wheels has stayed with me ever since.

[Insider]

60. west side story

wizard of oz
the godfather

(not so) honorable mention, or "the goofie goes to...":
peewee's big adventure
austin powers
blazing saddles

[regnaD kciN]

61. My choices will probably change in a minute, but, for now, they are...

Lawrence of Arabia

Lord of the Rings (yes, I'm considering all three parts as one film...so sue me!)

Days of Heaven

[JackDragna]

62. The Godfather, Ran, The Killer

nt

[Selwynn]

63. American History X, The Big Lebowski, Seven

[GreenPartyVoter]

64. "A Few Good Men", "Princess Bride" and

possibly the LoTR series, with Star Trek coming just after.

Other frequently rewatched films are "MP and the Holy Grail", "Crazy People", "Ladyhawke"

[Dhurrie]

65. It's a Wonderful Life, Raiders of the Lost Ark. Groundhog Day