Your 5 favourite films....

[coggles]

Following on from a q. in the music section re: fave film soundtracks, what are your 5 favourite films, old & new?

[37.9]

1.The italian job 2.The Long Good Friday 3.Rush 4.Reservoir Dogs 5.Pulp Fiction 6. Bugsy Malone. 7.Toy Story . Sorry thats more than 5 but the list goes on. 8 What a beautiful life. 9.And most Dustin Hoffman movies.

[coggles]

1 & 2: agree, 3: I haven't seen but if it is the film about Peters Sellers life, I shall have to because he was a genious! 4: yes, 5: ABSOLUTELY! 6 & 7: pretty good, 8: Don't know that one but 'It's a wonderful life' is brilliant, as most of James Stewarts' films were, 9: Especially Marathon Man. So, as I agree with most of your choices, I shall let you off of sneaking a few more in!

[darth vader]

(When asked this question recently everyone went for Shawshank redemption but i will resist :-)

In no order: Patton, The Quiet Man, Saving Private Ryan, The Great Escape, The Good the bad the Ugly, Back to the future, St. Elmo's Fire, Godfather, Ben Hur, (5 is NOT enough) City Slickers, Matrix, Schindlers List, Eat Drink Man Woman, Shakespeare in Love, Ferris Buellers Day Off, (I'm a film addict, could do top 100 if requested) The Longest Day, All quiet on the western Front, Where Eagles Dare, Waking Ned, Sliding Doors, Brassed Off, Catholic boys, Heartbreak Ridge.............. and there's more........

[darth vader]

Duck Soup, A day at the Races, It's a wonderful Life, Star Wars......

[darth vader]

A few Good Men, The pianist, Lord of the Rings (and two towers), Top Gun, Alfie.......

[darth vader]

oops i better stop now - i make that 33

[coggles]

I didn't realise this had been asked before. When AB said there were not any similar q.s, I went ahead and posted! Schindlers List, for me anyway, is a film that's out there on it's own as being the most moving, but one I can't class as most enjoyable (for obvious reasons). Godfather, Goodfellas, excellent, Sliding Doors was great and made me think of all the 'what if's' (and happy with where I am now), Forrest Gump & Saving Private Ryan are faves too. Paper Moon, Bonnie and Clyde, Being There, Grounhog Day, Blues Brothers (and 2000), you're right - it's impossible to name just 5, sorry. BTW, I'm trying to remember the name of the film (I've seen umpteen times) where Garth and his sidekick say 'excellent' and 'we're not worthy'...please put me out of my misery!!

[coggles]

..and Close Encounters, Bird (The Charlie Parker biog.), most Cary Grant and David Niven films, African Queen, Mad Max, Payback, the film where Michael Douglas finally loses his rag with everyone? Rather eclectic, I know!

[coggles]

Just remembered, it was Waynes World, completely silly but I liked it!

[darth vader]

Waynes world waynes world party on excellent..... you didn't say enjoyable just "your 5 favourite" - i guess it would be a bit bizarre to put Schindlers List in my top 5.....

[coggles]

Right, 3rd attempt at posting this q. (hope AB approves of this one..) I think we both know what we mean and feel about S.L. Darth. Have thought of some films that stick in my mind; Sc*m (the stuff you get around the edge of the bath), N*l by M**th (the thing you eat with), Str*w D*gs. Hope this is ok now AB Ed?

[coggles]

I meant 'answer' not q.

[coggles]

and just to prove I have a softer side; Kramer v Kramer, Bambi, E.T., Dulcima, Ryans Daughter, Whistle down the Wind,

[d bottoms]

1. Its a wonderful life. 2. Some like it hot. 3. Star Wars. 4.Yankee Doodle Dandy. 5. Singing in the rain. I love old films what can I say. Although in time I suppose the new films will be classics, what do you reckon?

[coggles]

d bottoms, I love lots of the old films too - a huge part of my collection of books are biogs & autobiogs of all the 'old' film stars (Niven, C.Grant, Olivier, Flynn, Sellers etc). I am sure that some of the new(ish) ones will become classics too; Philadelphia, Schindlers List, The carry on films (joking). I liked The Truman Show too (even though I'm not a Jim Carey fan)

[TRINITY]

Just seen this Q. been a bit slack good answers so far duplicating some ie the matrix, star wars, back to the future,lord of the rings only the cartoon version is awesome, the goonies wowowow luved it and of course the never ending story and la hun oops everyones goin over sorry.

[manutdstott]

Hi coggles mine would be in no particular order 1.The Lost Boys 2. The Breakfast Club 3.Romeo Must Die 4. The Crow 5.and probably Goodfellas.

[coggles]

Hello manutdstott, the reason for only 2 *'s is because (I'm ashamed to say) I have only seen one of the films you mentioned!! As it is Goodfellas (which I thought was brilliant) it got 2 **'s just on it's own!