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hausboy -> Great Movies (11/12/2011 2:06:51 PM)
Okay, so the bad movie thread inspired this one.... What are YOUR great movies? I'm not talking about the kind of movie that you leave and say, "hey ...good movie...wanna go get a burrito?" I'm talking about the movies that knock your socks off. the ones that you talk about for days...and make you want to see them again.... Here's a few of my favorite contemporary movies...not in any particular order...although Wings of Desire is always tops for me 1. Wings of Desire 2. Slingblade 3. Amadeus 4. The Triplets of Belleville 5. Hedwig and the Angry Inch 6. Bladerunner 7. Boys Don't Cry (couldn't watch it twice, but it was exceptionally powerful. yep. I have a bias on this one) 8. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest .

windchymes -> RE: Great Movies (11/12/2011 2:24:51 PM)
I agree with you, hausboy, on Amadeus and Cuckoo's Nest, defintely two of the greatest. I haven't seen the others you listed, but, given your good taste, they're probably awesome, too. :) Some other ones that come to mind are probably ones that are probably considered pretty hokie or overdone by most, and I agree with some of those, but they did have the effect on me that you asked about, so I'm listing them. Some of those include Patch Adams, Shawshank Redemption, Under the Tuscan Sun, The Lake House, the old classics An Affair to Remember and Singing in the Rain. I like any movie that makes me think....as well as those where I didn't have to think at all. I probably have watched a lot more of those, lol. There are more, I'm sure, but these are the ones that immediately popped into my mind. *edited because there is no 'b' in redemption

Ninebelowzero -> RE: Great Movies (11/12/2011 2:35:03 PM)
The outlaw Josey wales Godfather pt ii Diva Battle Royale La Femme Nikita Apocalypse Now The Searchers Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Kana -> RE: Great Movies (11/12/2011 2:39:10 PM)
A few off the top o' my head -Fight Club -Usual Suspects -Monsters Inc -Dog Day Afternoon -Clockwork Orange -Goodfellas -One flew over the Cuckoos nest -Se7en -12 Monkeys -Raging Bull -Pi

Delilya -> RE: Great Movies (11/12/2011 2:48:54 PM)
Gone With The Wind My Fair Lady Sound of Music Hair Rocky Horror Picture Show I love musicals

Kaliko -> RE: Great Movies (11/12/2011 3:10:30 PM)
Apollo 13 - all time favorite, ever, hands down, no question The Departed

NocturnalStalker -> RE: Great Movies (11/12/2011 3:15:51 PM)
Question; Boys Don't Cry is the film about the female dressing like a boy, correct? If so, I agree. Especially that one rape scene... ugh.

MadAxeman -> RE: Great Movies (11/12/2011 3:20:12 PM)
These are movies I have collector's editions of, but still watch if they come up on TV. Not in a preferred order, they're too different. True Stories by David Byrne. Seven Samurai and Yojimbo by Akira Kurosawa Blade Runner by Ridley Scott Brazil by Terry Gilliam The Usual Suspects by Bryan Singer Sunset Boulevard, Some Like It Hot and A Streetcar Named Desire by Billy Wilder Citizen Kane and Touch Of Evil by Orsen Welles To Kill a Mockingbird by Robert Mulligan On The Waterfront by Elia kazan Almost any movie by the Coen brothers Strangers on a Train, Psycho and Rope by Alfred Hitchcock The Grapes of Wrath and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance by John Ford 8 1/2 by Federico Fellini Rosemary's Baby by Roman Polanski Les Diaboliques by Henri-Georges Clouzot Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and Goodfellas by Martin Scorsese Better stop, just thought of 20 more.

Arpig -> RE: Great Movies (11/12/2011 3:21:01 PM)
No particular order Royal Hunt for the Sun Oh What a Lovely War The Wansee Conference The Atomic Cafe Aleksandr nevsky Ivan Groniy Battleship potemkin Der Untergang Beneath Hill 60 The Light horsemen Breaker Morant (a must see)

Delilya -> RE: Great Movies (11/12/2011 3:21:55 PM)
The Great Escape The Bird Man of Alcatraz Shawshank Redemption Cool Hand Luke

Arpig -> RE: Great Movies (11/12/2011 3:28:14 PM)
quote: Shawshank Redemption yes!

Kaliko -> RE: Great Movies (11/12/2011 3:29:05 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Delilya The Great Escape The Bird Man of Alcatraz Shawshank Redemption Cool Hand Luke Ooh...yes...I second Shawshank Redemption.

Ninebelowzero -> RE: Great Movies (11/12/2011 3:29:06 PM)
Wansee is called Conspiracy is it not? I f so I agree with you & I forgot Downfall.

LillyBoPeep -> RE: Great Movies (11/12/2011 4:01:49 PM)
Thirding Shawshank Redemption. American Psycho Alien Fight Club The Thing (such a simple theme, musically -- only 7 notes, but it puts a chill down my spine every single time =p) Se7en The Fly The Iron Giant (i literally started crying when the bolts and pieces were reassembling. =p [/dork]) ETA 2 -- Dark City (I'm talking about movies that had some sort of really deep impact on me. Different impacts, different feelings.... there are a lot of them, I'll probably post some others later. =p) oh geeeeez and Disney movies -- Little Mermaid, The Lion King, Beauty & the Beast -- they're kids movies, but I don't care. =p visually and musically so uplifting. ^_^ uplifting is good. ETA -- AKIRA - yes it's an anime, but it's still freaking awesome.

gungadin09 -> RE: Great Movies (11/12/2011 4:17:38 PM)
In no particular order: The Sound of Music A Christmas Carol (w/ George C. Scott) Alien, Aliens, Alien3 Mystic River LA Confidential Love Actually The Party (At least i think that's what it was called. This really old, black and white thing.) Gator Bait (yes, that's right) Memoirs of a Geisha Tango Feroz The Very Long Engagement Volver pam

gungadin09 -> RE: Great Movies (11/12/2011 4:18:44 PM)
To Kill A Mockingbird Like Water for Chocolate Eat Drink Man Women pam

windchymes -> RE: Great Movies (11/12/2011 4:21:18 PM)
Ooh ooh ooh, just thought of another: Fried Green Tomatoes! And I said Shawshank Redemption first, so y'all are behind on the numbers [:D]

littlewonder -> RE: Great Movies (11/12/2011 4:25:09 PM)
I know is sorta a silly one to list but I have a soft spot for it....Totoro. I used to watch this all the time with my daughter when she was just a wee one and she adored it and still does.

Tantriqu -> RE: Great Movies (11/12/2011 4:25:50 PM)
The names of my favourite movies are sort of a life philosophy ;-) Wings of Desire Persuasion Angels and Insects

DarkSteven -> RE: Great Movies (11/12/2011 5:05:07 PM)
Iron and Silk A Fish Called Wanda Fierce Creatures The Pink Panther series The Naked Gun series Being John Malkovich Black Orpheus Dark Star The Sixth Sense Young Frankenstein The Carpenter version of The Thing. Mystery Men Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Mixed Nuts Almost anything with Madeline Kahn. Chicago Little Shop of Horrors.

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