So... what's your FAVORITE movie? No wishy-washy answers!

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

Banlieue 13. It has cliches, the action is bananas, the story is as typical as it gets, and it all works. It's just bloody fun to watch.
Also, it's french.
It was either this or Taxi 2. I just love Luc Besson.

wow surprised to see this picked, but damn straight! such a good flick. My personal favorite scene is in the casino area


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Sex drive (unrated edition) is one of my favorite comedies of all time, and I love this guy as an actor:


seriously, 3:29, fucking gold.

 

[lostlevel]

Can I be slightly wishy-washy?

I saw a movie called "Hawaii, Oslo" recently and for reason that movie made a real impact on me. For a subtitled movie that can be hard me sometimes, I'm not sure why but the good ones are when I watch them again and forget they weren't in English. It's on LoveFilm in the UK at the moment and I recommend it.

It was enough to unseat nostalgia for once but if we include nostalgia I would probably go with "The Dark Crystal" as enjoy puppets and the Jim Henson Company more than I should.

 

[Flamb3Nobunaga]

Star Wars Episode V: The empire strikes back Why? Because I have loved Star Wars since I was 3. Empire stepped it up in every way possible from A New Hope. Plus it has the battle for Hoth...

 

[Naeo]

Ikiru. No question. The portrayal of a downward spiral into depression is unnervingly real. There are no big "AAAAHHHHH SAD/ANGRY" moments, just quiet resignation and morbidity. And it's simultaneously incredibly sad and amazingly beautiful.

That being said, Wings of Desire comes in a very close second--some of the very surreal scenes (especially at the beginning) and the unbroken long shots that occsaionally show up near the end give the film a wonderful atmosphere.

 

[John Farrell]

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon. Love deconstructions, love mockumentaries, love cheesy horror, love love love this film.

 

[Do4600]

I feel like this is an impossible question, anybody who really enjoys film can't help but have a very long list. There are so many types. How do you choose between a philosophical eastern epic and a razor sharp, lean western thriller?

My answer here is going to be the movie I've watched the most times.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

It's really every type of movie, it's a comedy, it's a drama, it's a horror, it's a fantasy. The production is incredibly deep, there is always more to see and hear in that movie, I've watched it both on mute and with the picture off just listening to the audio.

 

[thiosk]

Oh, 12 monkeys, without a doubt.

brad pitt crazy eyes haha!

Clue, without a doubt.

I am not excessively fond of cinema and I have a truly hideous memory. It's possible there are better movies out there, but I have either not seen them, or I have forgot them.

This is an excellent movie, for sure.

 

[Spearmaster]

The Big Lebowski, It has everything I could ever want in a movie, anyone who has not seen it should.

 

[C2Ultima]

Even after everything I've seen, I'm still going with Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World.

It's brilliant in all the ways Edgar Wright films usually are, but it adds some beyond clever editing, a hypothetical meta-world unreality, and this wonderful charm to the whole thing.

 

[Josh Hibbard]

The Princess Bride. Amazing story, near every genre all at once, and great cast of characters. I'm not sure I could ever get tired of it.

 

[AMMO Kid]

John Carpenter's The Thing. Wow I love that movie. Especially the blood test scene! Plus it has both Kurt Russell and Keith Davids in it so what more could you ask for? The only downside is that the PS2 game (which sucked all on its own) ruined the open ending...

If not that, then Hot Fuzz. I literally cannot watch that movie without cheering every time. It is so hilarious!

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[soul_rune1984]

Labyrinth. It has my top three favorite artists of all time involed in it. David Bowie, Brian Froud, Jim Henson and as an added bonus Terry Jones from Monty Python. There is so much creative awesomeness that I still love watching it as much now as I did when it first came out on video in 1985/86. Every time I watch it I find some little detail I hadn't noticed from the last time I watched it.

 

[Galletea]

Jurassic Park.

Everyone knows dinosaurs are awesome. It's the one film that I am always in the mood for. And it has aged remarkably well.

 

[NearLifeExperience]

Battle Royale, hands down. Too bad the sequel was awful

 

[Arakasi]

]Watchmen, it made a great comic into an awesome movie.

Was almost worried I'd be the only one.
But yeah, those characters, how the music was tied in, fucking amazing.

Before I watched it I had seen glimpses of the TV comic, so I had an idea about some of the characters, and wow. Did not disappoint. I thought Dr. Manhattan would have been my favorite but he turned out to be one of my most despised, and Rorschach , who I didn't think I would like turned out to be the best one overall.
Though I still do really like early Dr. Manhattan, he just turned into a douche later on.

 

[Ickorus]

Ravenous, brilliant soundtrack, brilliant cast, brilliant movie.

"He was licking me!"

 

[Unstoppable Wall]

Django Unchained currently holds that spot, but odds are that it'll be replaced eventually. I'm a huge Tarantino fan, and before Django came along, Pulp Fiction was my favorite film. That being said I have a vast amount of adoration for many non-Tarantino films.