Top Five Favorite Movies

[RatRace123]

This is a tough one, usually I only think about my top favorite, but I think I could list my top 5; though I'm sure that the actual list changes from day to day.

1. Spider-Man 2- For all the faults that this movie had and the series had in general, I couldn't imagine a better film adaptation of my favorite super hero.
2. Empire Strikes Back- This one doesn't really need any explanation, arguably the best Star Wars film, and easily my favorite.
3. District 9- I love this movie, from the premise to the CG effects to the action to the story to the characters, it's just pure awesomeness.
4. Lilo and Stitch- It is of my professional opinion that if you don't have a Disney movie at least in your top 10 list, you have no soul. This movie just happens to be my favorite Disney movie.
5. Spaceballs- Mel Brooks takes on Sci-fi, big laughs are had all around, and it includes the late, great John Candy... nuff said.

 

[Potassium]

1. The Truman Show
2. Three Kings
3. Goodfellas
4. The Princess Bride
5. Se7en

Pretty hard to get it down to just five

 

[Thunder2221]

1. The Big Lebowski - well, it's just my opinion, man.
2. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Johnny Depp's best role.
3. Spirited Away - probably my favourite st. Ghibli, followed by Princess Mononoke.
4. Lord of the Rings; Two Towers - only one I had on DVD for years, massively overwatched.
5. Crazy Heart - touched me in a way I didn't expect. Also I love Jeff Bridges.

 

[Vanorae]

That's a hard one, seeing as there is so much awesome and so little place for it. But here goes:

1. Shawshank Redemption
2. The last king of Scotland
3. Gangs of New York
4. Repo men
5. 500 days of Summer

Toy Story, Scott Pilgrim and Clerks I was expecting to see in this thread, didn't think I'd get ninja'd on 500 Days Of Summer though.

I usually don't like these kind of movies, but I love the way the story is told. Seeing the good and bad moments is pretty good. Also, Joseph Gordon Levitt and Zoey Dechanel are great actors

 

[Timotei]

After a while of deliberation I have been able to arrange the lower half of this list. These are the movies I will always turn to when I see them on HBO or any of the other movie channels.

[HEADING=3]#5). Saving Private Ryan[/HEADING]
I don't believe this needs much explanation.

[HEADING=3]#4). Pulp Fiction[/HEADING]
No matter how many times I watch it I can never not move to the edge of my seat when Samuel L. Jackson has a monologue. It's Tarentino's masterpiece, and will be for years to come.

[HEADING=3]#3). Young Frankenstein[/HEADING]
19 years into my life this movie still makes my throat hurt from laughter. Every time I watch I find a new detail I missed before which makes the movie all the more hilarious.

[HEADING=3]#2). Citizen Kane[/HEADING]
Every time I watch this movie I am always amazed by what a masterpiece of art it truly is. A film which encompasses the epitome of the art that is film making. There might never be a film quite like it again.

[HEADING=3]#1). There Will Be Blood[/HEADING]

Spoiler: This video speaks far more than I ever could

Honorable mentions:
The original Star Wars trilogy (I consider them one big movie), Casablanca, every Monty Python movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Inglorious Basterds, Jurassic Park, and Blazing Saddles.

 

[V TheSystem V]

5. The Shawshank Redemption. It might not be the most eventful of films, in a sense, but the acting is amazing and the story of Andy and Red is captivating, as they go through decades in prison, experiencing the corruption behind the walls, and even the lives of prisoners after they have been released. The scene with the ex-prisoner hanging himself is pretty damn upsetting.

4. Scott Pilgrim vs The World. Never really liked Michael Cera in Juno and Superbad (just found him annoying), but he was perfect for the role of Scott Pilgrim. Edgar Wright did something different with this film, and whilst the box office didn't sway in his favour, I did. It felt like you were watching a comic book come to life, which no other comic book adaptations (to my recollection) have managed to do.

3. Inglourious Basterds/Pulp Fiction. Couldn't think of just one, so they're both my third favourite films. Tarantino is a genius, period. He makes conversations interesting on-screen, whilst other films would make the audience walk out if they tried to put a 20 minute conversation between a German and a Frenchman on-screen. Seeing as the German is an infamous Nazi and the Frenchman is hiding a family of Jews under his floor, you can see why the conversation is just as intense as any fight scene. Pulp Fiction is unique. I mean, what other film kills off some of its main characters with no build up whatsoever and the audience not knowing what the hell is going on? Also, Samuel L. Jackson is a badass ************.

2. Shaun of the Dead. I am somewhat an Edgar Wright/Simon Pegg/Nick Frost fanboy, so their work is always gold. Fried gold, that is! This is the first in the Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy (excessive violence and Cornettos!), and it shows how slackers are the most prepared for the zombie apocalypse...despite doing a lot wrong to survive. Like leaving the front door unlocked. Or answering their phone when they're pretending to be an undead. And using the fruit machines when they're in a pub surrounded by the undead. The dialogue is hilarious, as is the scene with Simon Pegg's Shaun walking to the shop on the day of the undead rising, not noticing anything wrong, such as the bloody handprint on the fridge door in the newsagents and the undead homeless person approaching him. Genius.

1. The Dark Knight. Heath Ledger's last role, and also his best. The Joker was sadistic, unsympathetic and downright scary, and Ledger brought that to the role. He tested Christian Bale's Batman more than he had been tested by both the Scarecrow and Ra's Al Ghul, and he even broke a man who couldn't be broken in bringing justice to Gotham City, thus bringing about Harvey Two Face (who was underused but YAY! TWO FACE!). The action scenes are amazing, as is the Joker's plan to blow up two boats full of criminals and civilians by testing their strength not to push the button. It's tense, it's scary, and if The Dark Knight Rises matches it or even surpasses it, then I will be blown away.