Ok, we've been dumping all over even "great" movies, (thanks to me...)

[Archae]

How about a really GOOD movie?
And why?

Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan

Everything was just right.
Effects
Scenery-chewing bad guy
Personal crisis
Sad ending but hopeful

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. a few...Enchanted April. Remains of the Day. Mostly Martha. Bread and Tulips. Big Night.

Enchanted April - intensely romantic, hopeful, wonderful acting, lovely scenery.

Remains of the Day - just remarkable acting, superb story, truly tragic.

Mostly Martha (foreign older one, not the crap US remake) - soundtrack, story, emotion, food

Bread and Tulips - story, acting, humor, surprises

Big Night - acting, story, food element, and that last scene with the omelet!

[Enrique]

21. i was going to say The Remains of the Day

also a fantastic book, written from the point of view of the clueless butler, which makes it hilarious.

[Aristus]

2. Rollerball - 1975.

Underrated in its day. To this day, its rep is improved only by the sucktastic re-make.

Actually, a marvelous film.

Great action sequences.

A quiet, thoughtful action hero (James Caan as Jonathan E.) who pre-dates the smirking, wise-cracking, unappealing leads made popular by the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis.

Deft socio-political commentary.

Erudite allegory about the Greco-Roman conflict between individual vs corporate effort.

At least one not-so-subtle dig at the indifference and disdain of the wealthy toward the environment.

Very, very good film.

[CBGLuthier]

12. I judge my maturation in viewing tastes by that film.

When I was much younger I really enjoyed the game sequences but found the rest slow at times.

Now I really appreciate the slow parts even more as they are full of depth and story development. The part where the high society types go around shooting the trees for fun or the computer that seems to be slowly losing its mind.

Great Stuff. The remake was an insult to every single human being that worked on the original.

[OriginalGeek]

3. Some of my personal faves

Glengarry Glen Ross
Fargo
Trainspotting
Rocky Horror Picture Show

[mykpart]

4. Wait Until Dark

Alan Arkin the totally evil villain, and really scary!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Oh, ABSOLUTELY!

The leap in the dark lives in my memory to this day!

Even my calm husband jumped!

[zappaman]

5. JACK AND JILL

Adam Sandler is a laugh riot!
Charming and hysterically funny!
Easily the best comedy in years!
I highly recommend you rent....nay, BUY this film!

[solara]

7. These are on my "Best Movie" List

Hard to put in a particular order though

Godfather 1 & 2
Usual Suspects
Fight Club
Lars and the Real Girl
Working Girl
Princess Bride
Pulp Fiction
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
How To Train Your Dragon
Chaplin

[Kennah]

8. Swimming With Sharks

Best Kevin Spacey movie, and just about anything Kevin Spacey rocks.

Very unHollywood movie set in Hollywood.

"This is the only way that you can hope to survive. Because life... is not a movie. Everyone lies. Good guys lose. And love... does not conquer all."

[Curtland1015]

9. Wait, wait, wait... Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan!?

Star Wars gets the thumbs down but the terri-bad acting by pretty much EVERYONE and Montalban's mullet in "Khan" gets a pass!?

[baldguy]

10. C'mon! It's Moby Dick..... IN SPAAAACE!

With The Shat as the Great White Whale.

[progressoid]

11. Mary and Max

Oh, wait. This movie isn't good...it's GREAT!

And Little Murders

More later....

[CBGLuthier]

13. Watched Little Murders (Again) about six months ago.

And I am a big fan of Adam Elliot's work particularly Harvie Krumpet.

[HopeHoops]

14. Still, my favorite was IV - "Journey Home". FULL of cliches from the original series.

I think my favorite was Bones asking Scottie how he knew the guy invented clear aluminum and Scottie replying, "How do I know he didn't?" I think of the fighter jet pilot and security guard every time I see that scene.

Oh, and "Too much LDS in the sixties" was good too. They went all out for the comedy factor in that one.

[avebury]

15. Shenandoah

Great performance by Jimmy Stewart
Shows the heart break of war
Great family interaction in the storyline
Some humor (the fight to keep their livestock from being stolen)

[pipi_k]

16. OK my (probably strange) list...

"The Perfect Storm". I love hurricanes. I don't like the damage they do...just the sheer awesome-ness of their power. Best scene in that movie, IMO, is near the end when the Andrea Gale is on the verge of heading out of the heart of the storm. There is sunshine ahead. Calm seas. But the storm grabs the ship and pulls it back in. I've seen that movie loads of times and each time I hope it will end differently...maybe this time they get out. Anyway, that last monster wave at the end....I hold my breath and try to mentally push the ship up over the top.


"Steel Magnolias". I love Olympia Dukakis. The scene at the cemetery after M'lynn's daughter dies. Sally Field gives it her all. I'm in tears...my heart is breaking. Then Olympia Dukakis breaks the tension with a wisecrack and I'm laughing through the tears.

"Saturday Night Fever". Tony Manero is a wiseass NYC punk. But at the end, he drops the act and we see a vulnerable young man. Oh, and his solo dance number is epic.

finally, although I'm sure I have lots more I could name... "Woodstock: The Movie". Music, music, and more music. What more could any music lover want?

[RiffRandell]

17. American History X.

Violent and hard to watch at times, but great movie.

[Tom Ripley]

18. "Psycho", "Aguirre;The Wrath of God", "Woyzeck", ""Pickpocket"

[Callmecrazy]

19. "I'll tell you what I know."

"Tell me if this sounds familiar. There was no dope on that boat." - The Usual Suspects.
And Dennis Hopper's monologue in "True Romance" When he's talking about the history of the Sicilian race. Wow!

[Glorfindel]

20. Two truly wonderful musicals: "Oliver!" & "My Fair Lady"

I love movie musicals; always have.

[ohiosmith]

22. Not all great, but movies I happen to like.

Why? Just because!

Death Becomes Her
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Ride the High Country
Alien
Something About Mary
Godfather I II
Wild Bunch
Blade Runner
Exorcist
Return of the Living Dead
Mrs. Doubtfire
The Bank Dick
Frankenstein

Lots more!

[Enrique]

23. Gimme Shelter

who's fighting and a-what fo'?

[RiffRandell]

24. Forgot about Almost Famous.

Great scene on the bus with Tiny Dancer.