I tell you 10 of my favorite movies, you tell me...

[rbnyc]

...what movies I should put in my netflix queue.

Thanks in advance!

:D

These are 10 of my favorites, in no particular order:

Alien (1979)
Being There (1979)
Bliss (1985)
Dead Zone, The (1983)
Fly, The (1986)
Limey, The (1999)
Scanners (1981)
Unbearable Lightness of Being, The (1988)
2 Days in the Valley (1996)
Dead Ringers (1988)


What movies should go into my queue?

[candy]

1. Bridge on the River Kwai and The Sting----my favorites!

[rbnyc]

4. I haven't seen Bridge on the River Kwai since I was a kid.

I'll add it. Thanks.

[candy]

7. Don't just add it to your list----watch it again,please! A great movie.

[rbnyc]

10. I added it to the queue...

...and it gets mailed to me when I send back the movies I have now.

:)

[candy]

17. Glad to hear!!1 Another great movie is----

Vera Drake,in the theaters now.

I E-mailed both of my daughters recommending it after I saw it last week. It's a pro-choice message and an astonishing acting performance by Imelda Staunton.

[Tempest]

2. Being There should definitely be the first one

The rest in no particular order.

I didn't know anyone liked The Limey remake. I thought it was horrible when compared to the original.

[rbnyc]

3. I never saw the original...

...but I really liked the remake. Does the original have the same name? I'll add it.

[Tempest]

8. Get Carter

Not to be confused with Stallone's version of Get Carter.

Not really an original of The Limey, but The Limey was based on the original Get Carter.

[rbnyc]

11. Cool. Thanks. (nt)

[welshTerrier2]

28. Being There Epilogue ...

after the movie ended, they showed a scene they filmed where Peter Sellers was talking about a guy (i think his name was Rafael) where he just couldn't get through his lines without bursting into laughter ...

i've been trying to find the script from this scene on the web ... no luck so far ... any tips ??

[Aristus]

5. Local Hero.

Plucky Scottish villagers can't wait to stick it to a soulless American oil company.

Except the oil company is run by the benevolent star-gazer, Mr. Happer.

Beautiful film.

[rbnyc]

6. cool!

I'll add it!

[Flammable Materials]

9. No particular order.

Network
Star Wars
The Discovery Of Heaven
Hard Core Logo
Brazil
Amelie
I Stand Alone (Seul Contre Tous)
Pulp Fiction
A Clockwork Orange
Last Summer


Sadly, #3 is only available as a Dutch import DVD, and #10 is not available on DVD at all.

"I Stand Alone" is an intense movie, and I do not recommend it to anyone but those with the utmost appreciation for nihilism.

[rbnyc]

12. a few on there I haven't seen.

Thanks.

[gonefishing]

13. Not Ordered

Godfather
Godfather Part 2
Big Lebowski
Pulp Fiction
Goodfellas
Deer Hunter
Cool Hand Luke
Raging Bull
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Almost Famous

[rbnyc]

14. Cool Hand Luke...

...is the only one I haven't seen on your excellent list. I will check it out. Thanks much!

[gonefishing]

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[DemocratSinceBirth]

15. I'm Eclectic

Godfather
Do The Right Thing
Steel Magnoloias
Places In The Heart
Scarface
Angels With Dirty Faces
The Virgin Suicides
Driving Miss Daisy
Saturday Night Fever
Glory

[rbnyc]

16. cool list.

this is great. thanks so much.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

20. Places In The Heart Is A Real Pretty Movies

as is Steal Magnolias...

Sally Field is a really good actress...


Steel Magnolias was Julia Roberts' second movie... She's done some decent work since then but nothing to equal her performance in Steel Magnolias....


I like most genres except Science Fiction.... My girlfriend and I went to see Terminator 2 which came out around the same time as Dances With Wolves... I said I liked Dances With Wolves a lot better...

Here's some more good flicks....


Colors
The Apostle
Boyz In The Hood (the best in the genre)
Hangin With The Homeboyz
Leaving Las Vegas

[outraged2]

18. a few

The Princess Bride
Dial M for Murder
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Casablanca
Dark Passage
North by Northwest
The Empire Strikes Back

[rbnyc]

21. Haven't seen How to Get Ahead in Advertising...

...or Dark Passage.

Thanks!

[flamingyouth]

19. Here are my ten favorites (at this moment in time)*

Almost Famous
Sunset Boulevard
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
Play It Again, Sam
Sleeper
24 Hour Party People
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Hype!
Quadrophenia
The Princess Bride

*Disclaimer - could change at any moment. :D

[rbnyc]

22. I loved 24 Hour Party People!

Haven't seen Hype!

:hi:

[BearClaws]

23. Hmmm

I don't watch too many.
1.True Grit..(John Wayne trying to kill a dude named Cheney!)
2.The Strait Story
3.Dances with Wolves
4.Meet Joe Black
5.Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid
6.A River Runs Through It
7.Iron Will
8.Fright Night
9.Phantasm
10.Grumpy Old Men

[Flaxbee]

24. Hmm.

In no particular order, I've loved:

1. Sense and Sensibility (Emma Thompson version)
2. Being There
3. Seabiscuit
4. Notorious
5. To Kill a Mockingbird
6. Cuckoo (great movie set in 1944 Finland with a Lapp, a Finn, and a Russian, none of whom speak each other's language)
7. The Black Stallion (beautifully filmed; can you tell I'm a horse lover?)
8. About a Boy
9. Pink Panther Strikes Again
10. --- ???

I'm sure there are more, I'm just brain dead right now... "Local Hero" looks great, I just read some reviews and will remember it, hopefully, next trip to the video store.

[hightension]

25. how about the string of

Rutger Hauer films from the 80's?

Aside from BladeRunner and Blood of Heroes, I can't remember the names of the others, but it was like a little genre all to itself.

Oh, the one with Mimi Rogers, with the exploding collars......
Heh, they'll keep popping up on me all night.

[HalfManHalfBiscuit]

26. Anyone naming "Scanners" has my utmost movie respect

But I won't duplicate. Some of my faves - no order:

Suspira
Baxter (French)
Clerks
Wall Street
Ghost World
Holy Grail
Marathon Man
Midnight Express
Casino
Raising Arizona

[rbnyc]

38. I love Suspira.

Also, Opera--very scary!

The one on that list I haven't seen yet is Baxter. Thanks.

:)

[bettyellen]

27. Picked just for you, plus a smattering of foreign films........

HERE ARE MY FAVE FOREIGN:

IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (CHINA)
TIE ME UP TIE ME DOWN (SPANISH)
ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER (SP)
TALK TO HER (AND ALL ALDOMOVAR MOVIES!)(SP)
CHILDREN OF PARADISE (FR)

AND PICKED ESPECIALLY FOR YOU:
DIVA (FR)
RUN LOLA RUN (GERMAN)
M (GER)
THE GRAND ILLUSION (FR)

AND A FEW I PICKED FOR YOU BASED ON YOUR LIST:
LITTLE BIG MAN
THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSSEN
THE CONVERSATION
BLAZING SADDLES
THE FRENCH CONNECTION
THE SIXTH SENSE
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN
AND FOR CAMPY OLD SCARY TV
THE NIGHT STALKER/ NIGHT STRANGLER W/ DARRIN MC GAVIN !! This is a must see!

[cruadin]

29. That's a pretty good list. A couple that I would suggest...

"From Dusk 'til Dawn"
"Babe"
"Road Warrior"
"The Big Lebowski"
"Desperado"
"Groundhog Day"
"The Shining"

and a few that are probably less well-known:
"Eat the Peach"
"Breaker Morant"
"Waking Ned Devine"

[rbnyc]

39. Haven't seen Eat the Peach.

Thank you!

:)

[hightension]

30. how's about

Night of the Comet
Platoon
Hardcore Logo
Trigger Effect
Omega Man
Logan's Run
Escape From New York

[rbnyc]

42. Have seen and like all...

...except I haven't seen Trigger Effect. Thanks!

:)

[u4ic]

31. Johnny Stecchino (what a hoot!)

Zentropa
Insomnia (the Swedish version)
The Kingdom (Danish) what Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital is based on..it's absolutely brilliant

[yellowdogintexas]

32. and a few more, not previously listed

and some of those previously listed WOULD have been on my list if I had gotten here first (like "Princess Bride")

Indiana Jones Trilogy
Back to the Future Trilogy
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Spirited Away (animated, devastatingly beautiful)
Undercover Blues
Ferris Beuller's Day Off
Victor, Victoria
The Great Race
Young Frankenstein
The Producers
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Zorro, the Gay Blade
Sex and the City series
Princess Mononoke (animated)
Kiki's Delivery Service (animated)
Aladdin (disney, w/Robin Williams)

Like Water for Chocolate (but watch it in Spanish w/ the English subtitles, it just goes better)
Amelie
Triplets of Belleville (animated)
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Love Julie Newmar
Auntie Mame
Arsenic and Old Lace

OK enough to keep you busy for quite a while.

Of course you know you have to report back and tell us how you liked everything.

[DS1]

33. I've heard good things about Videodrome

It sounds like something that someone who likes Dead Ringers and Scanners and the Dead Zone might like.

Malice is a good drama, lives up to its name.

Shallow Grave

Jacob's Ladder

[rbnyc]

41. Love all Cronenberg's movies except for 1.

I just can't get with Crash. Other than that, I love every one of his films.

Shallow Grave is excellent.

Haven't seen Malice. Will check it out.

Thanks muchly.

[Zomby Woof]

34. A random list of 10 favorites

In no order... subject to change...

The Last Seduction
The Contender
F/X
Apartment Zero
The Spanish Prisoner
Five Easy Pieces
Election
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Duck Soup
Vertigo

[rbnyc]

40. I love your new sig line!!

A couple movies on that list I haven't seen. Thanks skank! Umm, I mean Woof!

:evilgrin:

:hi:

:loveya:

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

36. True Romance

Pulp Fiction
Ocean's 11 (Don't kill me, but I prefer the re-make)
The Princess Bride
Holy Grail
The Green Mile
Goodfellas
My Blue Heaven
Scrooged
Airplane

[OldEurope]

37. Here are some of my favourites:

Rashomon
The Seven Samurai
The Lion King (animated)
Leningrad Cowboys
Out of Rosenheim ( I have no clue, if there is an English version)


:toast:

Edited to add: The Blues Brothers

[rbnyc]

43. Y'know I've never seen The Lion King.

Some friends were picking on me for that just the other day.

;-)

[212demop]

44. My faves

Au Revoir les Enfants
Cinema Paradiso
Almost Famous
Fearless
Crimes and Misdemeanors/ Hannah and Her Sisters/ Annie Hall/ Manhattan
Wonder Boys
The Shining
Splendor in the Grass
Giant

Enjoy!