Favorite (Just ONE) Movie of all time

[johnnysd]

There have obviously been a lot of "favorite" film threads, but they all become lists of movies sometimes 10, 15 or 20 from people, and there is the argument of favorite versus best.

So my question is simple: Favorite Film.

The one you would be OK with watching over and over if you could never see another film. No lists, no 1A and 1B. You have to make the choice.

Was is your single, favorite film:

I'll start with one that likely will be on this list just once:

"Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House"

Remember, just ONE PICK.

[devilshalo]

Jaws

[jeffkjoe]

Star Wars

[hardercore]

Tie: The Godfather & Brokeback Mountain.

[JPRaup]

Godfather Part 2

[Mazje]

Tie? No fair!

My pick would be the original, unaltered, Han-shoots-first version of "Star Wars." You can even leave off the "Episode IV" part.

[Giles]

Disney's Pinocchio

[Jackslade]

The Shawshank Redemption

[AndyCleveland]

american beauty

[GuessWho]

the empire strikes back

[chris_sc77]

Magnolia

[KillerCannibal]

I'm a horror film nut, so my pick is John Carpenter's remake of <b>The Thing</b>.

[FunkDaddy J]

Raiders of the Lost Ark

[MartinBlank]

Goodfellas

[SoSpacey]

Stand By Me

[UAIOE]

Back to the Future

[wendersfan]

<b>The Rules of the Game</b>

Obviously.

[Yakuza Bengoshi]

The Passion of Joan of Arc (Dreyer, 1928)

[The Bus]

Tie: Swim Fan & L'Avventura

Honorable mentions: The Bicycle Thief & Lord of the Rings (series)
1942

[mhg83]

pulp fiction

[rw2516]

The Time Machine(1960)

[ruddiger_718]

Fight Club

[Brent L]

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

[mikelowry]

Cinema Paradiso

[Minor Threat]

Stripes.....

[BullGooseLoony]

Die Hard

[IDrinkMolson]

The Great Race

[jimmy-D-]

Donnie Darko.

[PopcornTreeCt]

Léon

[Chrisedge]

Star Wars...


And you losers with ties...lose the ties :)

[The Infidel]

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

[kantonburg]

The Shawshank Redemption

:up: Mine too.

[mattressman]

Robocop.

Without a doubt.

[Brack]

Say Anything...

[Lt Ripley]

A L l E N

[Johnny Zhivago]

2001: A Space Odyssey

[Sessa17]

Mine has never changed, never will. . . .

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Usposter.jpg/401px-Usposter.jpg

[scott1598]

"Die Hard"
"Schindler's List"

they are both #1 for very different reasons.

[scott1598]

Say Anything...
ok...i'll say "Star Wars" for you ;)

[visitor Q]

Seven Samurai

[DamDavila]

The Royal Tenenbaums

[movielib]

Nashville

[whaaat]

Vertigo

[FRwL]

Dr. No

[fumanstan]

The Usual Suspects.

[Apone]

Apocalypse Now

[Brack]

ok...i'll say "Star Wars" for you ;)

:lol: star wars is a very close second.

[7Keys]

It took four posts to break the "just one" rule.

My favorite,

Back to the Future.

[Misty Eyes]

Aliens

[DonnachaOne]

"The Great Adventure of The List of Flicks In A Thread, inherently devoid of any debate or discussion value"

That or "Trainspotting"

[DarthVong]

Star Wars

[Lastyear]

The Good,The Bad and the Ugly.
This could change on any given day to Goodfellas,The Godfather 1 or 2,7 Samurai or 8 1/2.

[taa455]

The Lord of the Rings

[outer-edge]

Seven Samurai

Same here.

[runnersdialzero]

Se7en


Saxon

[jfoobar]

http://www.cartelia.net/fotos/a/amadeus.jpg

[Banky]

Seems like Lucas and Spielberg have the monopoly here. My pick seriously alternates all the time amongst the same 3 films. But since we can only list one, it is currently this:

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/58/007_FXIW1_ITS_WONDERFULL_LIFE~It-s-a-Wonderful-Life-Posters.jpg

[Maxflier]

Planet of the Apes (1968)

[Cellar Door]

The Right Stuff

[thedrizzle]

The Big Lebowski

[gryffinmaster]

Memento.

[tommyp007]

http://thisdistractedglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/Casablanca.jpg

[Layziebones]

Training Day

[starman9000]

Dr. Strangelove OHILTSWALTB

[project86]

Oldboy

[JumpCutz]

http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/movie/coverv/70/162370.jpg

[Draven]

Strangely, my favorite movie is not necessarily a movie I could watch over and over again.

But if I had to pick just one, I'd say "The Goonies"

[dadaluholla]

White Christmas

[Eplicon]

Once Upon a Time in America

[Geofferson]

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/adc/10073855A~Once-Upon-A-Time-In-The-West-Posters.jpg

[Eric D.]

Brazil.

[dhmac]

2001: A Space Odyssey

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b154/dhmac/2001.jpg

[CreatureX]

28 Days Later

[The Cow]

Mister Roberts

[Autotelik]

The English Patient

[Arpeggi]

The Godfather Part II

[E. Honda]

http://www.nametagmuseum.com/remo.JPG

I stand alone in the cold dark universe.

[coli]

Star Wars. Has always been since I saw it as a 5 year old kid in the theater in 1977, and never gets old even on my one zillionth viewing.

[matome]

Really hard to pick, but if I had to:

The Silence of the Lambs

[TheNightFlier]

Heat.

[Brian Shannon]

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

[BigDaddy]

The Empire Strikes Back.

[illennium]

Without a doubt, Pierrot le fou.

[Charlie Goose]

West Side Story

[Dean Kousoulas]

Casino

[jpoppe]

Boogie Nights

[Mountain Biker]

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

[Doughboy]

The Empire Strikes Back(original theatrical cut)

[megashock5]

Empire Strikes Back

[Bandit03]

Raiders of the Lost Ark

[Trevor]

Jaws

[Kal-El]

Empire Strikes Back

[Gcomeau]

Donnie Darko.

Mine too, LOVED the director's cut especially.

[rexinnih]

Apocalypse Now.

[notkevinbacon]

Jaws

[MoviePage]

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

But also an :up: to those who made choices like 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Passion of Joan of Arc, The English Patient, Amadeus, and Dr. Strangelove. I could live with any of those as my selection.

[Justin Kicks As]

Good Will Hunting


oh... and retards quit posting more than one

[Ayre]

City of God

[deadlax]

the graduate.

[rabbit77]

The Third Man

[fumanstan]

So who wants to go through and tally up votes :p

[aeron]

Titanic

[redrum]

milo and otis

[RichC2]

Dark City

[Meglos]

Miller's Crossing

[mijorico]

Stand By Me

[vcuram]

The Wild Bunch

[Apone]

So who wants to go through and tally up votes :p

;)

"2001: A Space Odyssey" - Johnny Zhivago, dhmac - (2)
"28 Days Later" - CreatureX - (1)

"Alien" - Lt Ripley - (1)
"Aliens" - Misty Eyes - (1)
"Apocalypse Now" - Apone, rexinnih - (2)
"L'Avventura" - The Bus (x2) - (1)
"Amadeus" - JustinS - (1)
"American Beauty" - AndyCleveland - (1)

"Back to the Future" - UAIOE, 7Keys - (2)
"The Big Lebowski" - thedrizzle - (1)
"Big Trouble in Little China" - Sessa17 - (1)
"Boogie Nights" - jpoppe - (1)
"Brazil" - Eric D. - (1)
"Brokeback Mountain" - hardercore (x2) - (1)

"Casablanca" - tommyp007 - (1)
"Casino" - Dean Kousoulas - (1)
"Chasing Amy" - asianxcore - (1)
"Cinema Paradiso" - mikelowry - (1)
"City of God" - Ayre - (1)

"Dark City" - RichC2 - (1)
"The Devil's Backbone" - tasha99 - (1)
"Die Hard" - BullGooseLoony, scott1598 (x2) - (2)
"Donnie Darko" - jimmy-D, Gcomeau - (2)
"Dr. No" - FRwL - (1)
"Dr. Strangelove" - starman9000 - (1)

"The English Patient" - Autotelik - (1)
"Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" - Brent L - (1)

"Fast Times at Ridgemont High" - Mountain Biker - (1)
"Fight Club" - ruddiger_718 - (1)
"Forrest Gump" - Robert - (1)

"The Godfather" - hardercore (x2) - (1)
"The Godfather, Part II" - JPRaup, Arpeggi - (2)
"Goodfellas" - MartinBlank - (1)
"The Good, The Bad & the Ugly" - Lastyear - (1)
"Good Will Hunting" - Justin Kicks As - (1)
"The Graduate" - deadlax - (1)
"The Goonies" - Draven - (1)
"The Great Race" - IDrinkMolson - (1)
"The Green Mile" - nateman241 - (1)

"H.E.A.T." - TheNightFlier - (1)

"Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark" - FunkDaddy J, CWhippy03 - (2)
"It's a Wonderful Life" - Banky - (1)

"Jaws" - devilshalo, Trevor, notkevinbacon, AGuyNamedMike - (4)
"JFK" - JumpCutz - (1)
"Josie & the Pussycats" - joeee - (1)

"Léon" - PopcornTreeCt - (1)
"The Lord of the Rings" - taa455 - (1)
"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" - Brian Shannon, MoviePage - (2)

"Magnolia" - chris_sc77 - (1)
"Memento" - gryffinmaster - (1)
"Miller's Crossing" - Meglos - (1)
"Milo & Otis" - redrum - (1)
"Mister Roberts" - The Cow - (1)
"Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House" - johnnysd - (1)

"Nashville" - movielib - (1)

"Oldboy" - project86 - (1)
"Once Upon a Time in America" - Eplicon - (1)
"Once Upon a Time in the West" - Geofferson - (1)

"The Passion of Joan of Arc" - Yakuza Bengoshi - (1)
"Pierrot le fou" - illennium - (1)
"Pinocchio" - Giles - (1)
"Planet of the Apes (1968)" - Maxflier - (1)
"Pulp Fiction" - mhg83 - (1)

"Remo Williams" - E. Honda - (1)
"Reservoir Dogs" - Rival11 - (1)
"The Right Stuff" - Cellar Door - (1)
"RoboCop" - mattressman - (1)
"The Royal Tenenbaums" - DamDavila - (1)
"The Rules of the Game" - wendersfan - (1)
"Rushmore" - jchamoun - (1)

"Say Anything..." - Brack - (1)
"Schindler's List" - scott1598 (x2) - (1)
"Se7en" - runnersdialzero - (1)
"Seven Samurai" - visitor Q, outer-edge - (2)
"The Shawshank Redemption" - Jackslade, kantonburg - (2)
"Signs" - geicos27 - (1)
"The Silence of the Lambs" - matome - (1)
"South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut" - The_Infidel - (1)
"Stand By Me" - SoSpacey, mijorico - (2)
"Star Wars" - jeffkjoe, darthlurker, Chrisedge, DarthVong, coli - (5)
"Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back" - GuessWho, BigDaddy, Doughboy, megashock5, Kal-El - (5)
"Stripes" - Minor Threat - (1)
"Swim Fan" - The Bus (x2) - (1)

"The Thing, John Carpenter's" - KillerCannabis - (1)
"The Third Man" - rabbit77 - (1)
"The Time Machine (1960)" - rw2516 - (1)
"Titanic" - aeron - (1)
"Training Day" - Layziebones - (1)
"Trainspotting" - DonnachaOne - (1)

"Underground" - toddly6666 - (1)
"The Usual Suspects" - fumanstan - (1)

"Vertigo" - whaaat, me12321 - (2)

"West Side Story" - Charlie Goose - (1)
"White Christmas" - dadaluholla - (1)
"The Wild Bunch" - vcuram - (1)
"Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory" - Rogue588 - (1)

[jchamoun]

Rushmore

[Robert]

Forrest Gump

[toddly6666]

Underground

[scott1598]

;)

"2001: A Space Odyssey" - Johnny Zhivago, dhmac - (2)
"28 Days Later" - CreatureX - (1)

"Alien" - Lt Ripley - (1)
"Aliens" - Misty Eyes - (1)
"Apocalypse Now" - Apone, rexinnih - (2)
"L'Avventura" - The Bus (x2) - (1)
"Amadeus" - JustinS - (1)
"American Beauty" - AndyCleveland - (1)

"Back to the Future" - UAIOE, 7Keys - (2)
"The Big Lebowski" - thedrizzle - (1)
"Big Trouble in Little China" - Sessa17 - (1)
"Boogie Nights" - jpoppe - (1)
"Brazil" - Eric D. - (1)
"Brokeback Mountain" - hardercore (x2) - (1)

"Casablanca" - tommyp007 - (1)
"Casino" - Dean Kousoulas - (1)
"Cinema Paradiso" - mikelowry - (1)
"City of God" - Ayre - (1)

"Dark City" - RichC2 - (1)
"Die Hard" - BullGooseLoony, scott1598 (x2) - (2)
"Donnie Darko" - jimmy-D, Gcomeau - (2)
"Dr. No" - FRwL - (1)
"Dr. Strangelove" - starman9000 - (1)

"The English Patient" - Autotelik - (1)
"Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" - Brent L - (1)

"Fast Times at Ridgemont High" - Mountain Biker - (1)
"Fight Club" - ruddiger_718 - (1)

"The Godfather" - hardercore (x2) - (1)
"The Godfather, Part II" - JPRaup, Arpeggi - (2)
"Goodfellas" - MartinBlank - (1)
"The Good, The Bad & the Ugly" - Lastyear - (1)
"Good Will Hunting" - Justin Kicks As - (1)
"The Graduate" - deadlax - (1)
"The Goonies" - Draven - (1)
"The Great Race" - IDrinkMolson - (1)
"The Green Mile" - nateman241 - (1)

"H.E.A.T." - TheNightFlier - (1)

"Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark" - FunkDaddy J, CWhippy03 - (2)
"It's a Wonderful Life" - Banky - (1)

"Jaws" - devilshalo, Trevor, notkevinbacon - (3)
"JFK" - JumpCutz - (1)

"Léon" - PopcornTreeCt - (1)
"The Lord of the Rings" - taa455 - (1)
"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" - Brian Shannon, MoviePage - (2)

"Magnolia" - chris_sc77 - (1)
"Memento" - gryffinmaster - (1)
"Miller's Crossing" - Meglos - (1)
"Milo & Otis" - redrum - (1)
"Mister Roberts" - The Cow - (1)
"Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House" - johnnysd - (1)

"Nashville" - movielib - (1)

"Oldboy" - project86 - (1)
"Once Upon a Time in America" - Eplicon - (1)
"Once Upon a Time in the West" - Geofferson - (1)

"The Passion of Joan of Arc" - Yakuza Bengoshi - (1)
"Pierrot le fou" - illennium - (1)
"Pinocchio" - Giles - (1)
"Planet of the Apes (1968)" - Maxflier - (1)
"Pulp Fiction" - mhg83 - (1)

"The Right Stuff" - Cellar Door - (1)
"Remo Williams" - E. Honda - (1)
"RoboCop" - mattressman - (1)
"The Royal Tenenbaums" - DamDavila - (1)
"The Rules of the Game" - wendersfan - (1)

"Say Anything..." - Brack - (1)
"Schindler's List" - scott1598 (x2) - (1)
"Se7en" - runnersdialzero - (1)
"Seven Samurai" - visitor Q, outer-edge - (2)
"The Shawshank Redemption" - Jackslade, kantonburg - (2)
"The Silence of the Lambs" - matome - (1)
"South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut" - The_Infidel - (1)
"Stand By Me" - SoSpacey, mijorico - (2)
"Star Wars" - jeffkjoe, darthlurker, Chrisedge, DarthVong, coli - (5)
"Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back" - GuessWho, BigDaddy, Doughboy, megashock5, Kal-El - (5)
"Stripes" - Minor Threat - (1)
"Swim Fan" - The Bus (x2) - (1)

"The Thing, John Carpenter's" - KillerCannabis - (1)
"The Third Man" - rabbit77 - (1)
"The Time Machine (1960)" - rw2516 - (1)
"Titanic" - aeron - (1)
"Training Day" - Layziebones - (1)
"Trainspotting" - DonnachaOne - (1)

"The Usual Suspects" - fumanstan - (1)

"Vertigo" - whaaat - (1)

"West Side Story" - Charlie Goose - (1)
"The Wild Bunch" - vcuram - (1)
"White Christmas" - dadaluholla - (1)

great job Apone!

[Rival11]

Still.....Reservoir Dogs

[AGuyNamedMike]

Though I am a big Star Wars fan (got a SW tat, wear Stormtrooper armor, 501st Represent!), put me down for Jaws. Perfection in cinema.

[Sondheim]

Vertigo.

[joeee]

Josie and the Pussycats

[geicos27]

Signs

[asianxcore]

Chasing Amy

[JumpCutz]

:thumbsup: Apone! Get ready for a new tally when this thread reaches 10 pages.

[tasha99]

Dark City
Oh such a good movie. If I could list 2, it would be in my list. ;)

But my favorite movie is
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[Rogue588]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7f/WillyWonkaMoviePoster.jpg

[Rypro 525]

http://www.nanobit.net/~tjmarshal/pulp.jpg

[hardercore]

So the winner is Star Wars?

[dvdsteve2000]

http://artfiles.art.com/images/-/Tombstone-Poster-C10134915.jpeg

[Trelach24]

Braveheart

[MScottM]

The Quiet Man - John Wayne

with Seven Brides For Seven Brothers a close second.

[planetaire]

Robocop

[MScottM]

There have obviously been a lot of "favorite" film threads, but they all become lists of movies sometimes 10, 15 or 20 from people, and there is the argument of favorite versus best.

So my question is simple: Favorite Film.

The one you would be OK with watching over and over if you could never see another film. No lists, no 1A and 1B. You have to make the choice.

Was is your single, favorite film:

I'll start with one that likely will be on this list just once:

"Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House"

Remember, just ONE PICK.

I like that movie too, Grant was a great actor. But if you liked that you should really try The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer or my other Grant favorite, I Was A Male Warbride.

[Rad14]

The Godfather

[Lunatikk]

Dr. Strangelove

[xflexxy]

Singin in the Rain

[Jason]

Another vote for Star Wars.

[witty alias]

Dazed And Confused

[Da Thrilla]

Stand By Me

[mrflix]

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

[slymer]

Dazed and Confused

[sundog]

Barry Lyndon

[Ginwen]

Blue Velvet

[raven56706]

Battlefield Earth

[llandros]

Aliens

[JackBurton]

Mine has never changed, never will. . . .

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Usposter.jpg/401px-Usposter.jpg
Amen.

[DealMan]

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/3298/pulpga3.png

[meshershark]

"Brotherhood of the Wolf"

Perhaps a strange pick to some, but I can watch it over and over. That is my one pick, per the rules, but it was in a close race with "Last of the Mohicans". In the end, I had to give the edge to the one with such an astounding number of intriguing elements (sword fights, martial arts, mysterious monster, political intrigue, Monica Bellucci) that still manage to mostly coherently blend together. I'll round out an unasked-for top five most watched with "The Bourne Identity", "The Boxer", and "Serenity".

[Talkin2Phil]

http://artfiles.art.com/images/-/2001---A-Space-Odyssey-Poster-C10281489.jpeg

[fashionvictim86]

Ghostbusters

[Sweet Baby James]

Blade Runner

[jessecrx]

Rocky
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f5/Rocky_poster_(British).jpg/200px-Rocky_poster_(British).jpg

[dollfins1]

Jaws

:thumbsup:


gets my vote too!

[creekdipper]

Ben-Hur.

Has everything all in one package...epic spectacle, action, romance, suspense, sentiment...will never get tired of watching it.

[klemsaba]

Jaws. The funny thing is that movie scared me crazy when I was a kid to the point that I hated even going to the beach!

[Goldberg74]

The Fifth Element.

Not sure why... it just is.

[PAG]

Se7en

[thegame370]

The Lost Boys

[astrochimp]

Blade Runner

[ivelostr2]

The Empire Strikes Back, hands down, i have seen this movie more than anyother, and i still watch it everytime its on and occasionally on DVD. This is also the one they fucked the least when the SEs were released...

[Lemdog]

In the Mood for Love

[Trevor]

Ben-Hur.

Has everything all in one package...epic spectacle, action, romance, suspense, sentiment...will never get tired of watching it.
I know that I voted for Jaws, but I have been saying for years that my top three, which change in order depending on my mood, are Jaws, Ben Hur, and Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

So great choice there.

[BambooLounge]

Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets

[thelwig14]

Ben-Hur.

Has everything all in one package...epic spectacle, action, romance, suspense, sentiment...will never get tired of watching it.


Great movie, and I agree, but my favorite is (for the reasons you mention):

Last of the Mohicans

[The_Cube]

Groundhog Day

[krazykat72]

Crimes and Misdemeanors

-Paul Jacobi-

[OutRun2]

Tie. Because it's just not possible to choose.

Macross Plus The Movie
Macross: DYRL

[Gunde]

A Tale of Two Sisters (Janghwa, Hongryeon)

[awil1026]

Back to the Future

[StephenX]

Back to the Future

Second that. Could quote that movie line for line.

[sauce07]

For the longest time it was The Bridge on the River Kwai, but I will now finally face up and admit that Goodfellas is my favorite movie. I watch it more then any other movie, can quote it almost line for line and on top of that it is just amazing.

1. Goodfellas

[Jeffy]

Office Space

[Giggles]

A Tale of Two Sisters (Janghwa, Hongryeon) Great pick :thumbsup:

As for mine - I'm the third person who mentions it here: SE7EN

[starry]

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

[Lee Harvey Oswald]

American Psycho