1. Officer and a Gentleman
2. Pretty Woman
3. Dirty Dancing
4. Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence
5. Patch Adams
:doh: I can't help the first 3 I am a girlie after all!!
Love
Wilma
x x x x
1. Some Like It Hot- a great comedy, stands up to rpt viewings
2. The Sure Thing - Rob Reiner's great romantic comedy
3. This is Spinal Tap - superior improvised comedy (Rob Reiner again!)
4. The Bride of Frankenstein - a horror classic from the mid-1930s
5. Fargo - the Coen Brothers create modern film noir brilliance
I too reserve the right to have changed my mind by the morning!!
Surely its
1standard :silly:
We have done this already...and not too long ago....
see
http://www.swingingheaven.co.uk/swingers-forum/viewtopic/6142.html
but thats just my opinion ....!!!!!!!!
Fran
1 Missing
2 Italian Job (the proper version)
3 Top Gun ('come on Mav do some of that pilot sh*t' has to be the best line in any film ever)
4 Shrek
5 Perfect Storm
And nobody has yet mentioned Lord of the rings..amazing
#1 Lost Highway
#2 Dr. Strangelove (Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb) with the best quote ever "You can't fight in here, this is the war room!!"
#3 Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
#4 Eraserhead
#5 A Clockwork Orange.
Express
2. Platoon
3. As good as it gets
4. A Wonderful Life
5.U 571
So, so many. Off the top of my head:
Goodfellas: De Niro's finest role. Hundred mile an hour narration from Ray Liotta. The sheer evil of Joe Pesci. "To be born Italian and male is to have won first prize in the lottery of life," goes the saying. To be born Italian American and male must be like winning the double rollover.
The Shawshank Redemption: The film that, when I was working in a job I hated, showed me the way with the line "Get busy living or get busy dying". Also, the only ending that reduces me to tears every time.
Back To The Future: Never underestimate the effect a time-travelling DeLorean can have on a seven year old lad. Absolutely enchanting.
Some Like It Hot: Well, nobody's perfect.
Last Orders: Adaptation of Graham Greene's novel. An understated gem, it brings together a Who's Who of British acting and gives the truest representation of one of life's pleasures - having a pint with your mates.
The nearly list:
24 Hour Party People: "This is Manchester. We do things differently here"
La Dolce Vita: And my parents wonder why I want to be a journalist.
A Christmas Story: Relatively unknown, but fantastic portrayal of childhood.
The Godfather: Obviously.
Bullitt: Steve McQueen - the epitome of Cool.
Pulp Fiction: Plot construction taken to dangerous new place.
The Usual Suspects: Ditto.
Get Carter: If only to see Alf Roberts being chucked off a skyscraper.
The Italian Job: A Britpop film made 30 years before Britpop was conceived.
1) Casino
2) The Wicker Man
3) Tales of the Crypt
4) Get Carter
5) The Omen
There you go my personal favourites.
mmmm right then these would my first stab
1. Once Upon a Time in the West harmonica was haunting
2. Pulp Fiction I love all Tarrentino films but this still think best
3. Lord of the Rings trilogy because hooked on books when growing up
4. Harry potter because I am still a big kid
5. Gone with the Wind because I can have a really good sob
In no particular order...
LA HAine
City Of God
Shawshank Redemption
Amelie
Something about Mary
But any of the following also qualify....
The MAtrix 1,Scarface, Platoon, Delicatessan, Cinema Paradiso, Star Wars/empire/jedi, Indiana Jones, Brassed off, Jean de florette/Manon des sources, lock stock, snatch, pulp fiction, true romance, goodfellas and on and on and on...
Impossible to choose a favourite 5 though, mood and memory dependant!
Also went to see 21 grams the other day, highly recommended.
Superb list Mr Writer
(personally I walked out of the first Lord of the rings so aint seen the other two yet....)
Shawshank Redemption
Grosse Point Blank
Schindlers List
Monsters Inc
Yojimbo
They're a bit eclectic, but how about -
The End of the Affair (though the book was better still)
Shrek
The Comancheros
Strictly Ballroom
The African Queen
Sorry TomB & Moist, but...
1. LotR Trilogy - childhood fantasy well and truly brought to life in an adukt world
2. Godfather trilogy - reminds me of home
3. Amadeus - doesn't need explaining
4. Usual Suspects - just cool
5. Henry V (Olivier version) - 'cos I love pagaentry
I found this thread while browsing for other things, but wanted to add to it :-) Most of what I would consider my top 5 have been mentioned, but some which have not are ;
- Memento (touched on in another thread, but a SUPERB film, and much better than you think it will be after reading what it's about and the style).
- Local Hero. Mentioned elsewhere, but exceptional
- Gregory's Girl. Similair vein, but total nostalgia to anyone growing up in Scotland around that time.
- Amores Perros.
- Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (aka Spirited Away).
- Meet Joe Black. Not sure why I liked this especially (though Claire Forlani might have something to do with it!) but really enjoyed the film. Also has His Bradness for the ladies :-)
1. Benhur
good friday
hunter
5. encounters of the third kind.
Do we get to put the top five in order from everybody's choices.
In no particular order:
City of God
Goodfellas
Godfather 1,2&3. (Sorry comes as a set to me!)
Pulp fiction
American History X
Ohh there are so many good ones so here goes, but not in any order:
Shrek
Walk in the Clouds
What Dreams may Come
Lord of the Rings
Meet Joe Black
1,fight club
2,shawshank redemption
3,forrest gump
4,28 days later
5,pulp fiction
This was a bit of a difficult choice,aaarrrggghh!!
