My Favorite Movies

my favorite movie, a mob epic and scorsese's masterpiece

the quintessential noir, a style that's had a huge influence on everyone from scorsese and tarantino to the coen brothers and david lynch, not to mention french new wave. robert mitchum gives his most perfect lethargic and world-weary performance

an anarchist manifesto; brilliant

make sure to get the british version!

as real as it gets in the streets of rio

just wicked cool

maybe the most romantic film ever; endlessly quotable

god's holy trousers! two rogues get more than they bargained for when they set out to be kings. a fantastic road movie and my favorite adventure film. originally conceived as a vehicle for bogart and gable tho it's hard to imagine anyone being better than connery and caine are here. it may not be 'politically correct' but i love this movie! and isn't it all about the dangers of imperialism? still relevant today i think

rocco is my favorite robinson gangster and this is bogey and bacall's best picture together. a great script, fantastic claustrophobic atmosphere and terrific performances. lionel barrymore is hilarious and claire trevor breaks your heart. i love this movie more than i can ever say!

shakesperean tragedy in forties new york. michael's transformation from idealistic youth to mob boss is incredible to watch. he can run but he can't hide from his fate. heartbreaking.

the 'second half' of the godfather is still my favorite, if only for deniro's supremely confident performance in the part originated by brando. i think pacino does his best work in these 2 films. but the scene that takes my breath is deniro on the rooftop, masterfully done! best sequel ever

get away from my burro!!

it may not be the best hitchcock but it's my favorite...marvellously creepy, surprises at every turn

hitchcock's finest for my money and maybe jimmy's best performance. masterpiece! there, i said it

i can't count how many times i've seen this but i can always watch it again. clearly influenced by the french new wave, with every actor giving a knockout performance; it launched the careers of faye dunaway and gene hackman as well as making beatty a star to be taken seriously. estelle parsons gives a memorable performance for which she won an oscar, gene wilder makes an impressive film debut in a small role, and michael j. pollard IS c.w. moss. yes, it's somewhat romanticized, probably the only thing that keeps me from giving it 5 stars. one of the films that started a revolution in american cinema, it was nominated for 10 oscars in a year that also produced the graduate, cool hand luke and in the heat of the night. wow

a terrific and vastly underappreciated period noir from the coens. i love albert finney's genial mob boss and gabriel byrne playing all sides against the middle, marcia gay harden's tough as nails verna and john turturro as her squirrelly brother bernie. the entire cast is outstanding, great dialogue throughout and enough twists and turns to make this a near perfect film. also beautiful moody lighting by barry sonnenfeld!

much love for blade runner but this is ridley scott's masterpiece. still scary as hell after nearly 30 years. i regret i never saw this in the theater. sigourney weaver is terrific in her first major role, well on the way to becoming the total badass she is in the sequel. her concern for the cat always gets me.

real horror show!

hitchcock's most entertaining elaboration of the 'wrong man' theme. soo much fun. grant is perfectly bewildered throughout and mason makes a great bad guy. with eva marie saint as the very sassy blonde

babs' best film!!

a gorgeous film about hope and regret and the danger of dreams. i loved the supernatural elements and the final scene is extraordinarily touching.

lyrical story of two little girls searching the spanish plains for frankenstein's monster. wonderful performance by ana torrent

fantastically twisted neo noir. my second favorite lynch film ... in spite of the marilyn manson porn. robert blake IS the devil

very dark and profound medieval fairytale. one of the most beautiful films i've ever seen

gully jimson, mad artist, is my favorite alec guiness character. it's a shame so few people have seen or heard of this film. 4 for the film, 5 for guiness :)

lynch tops himself. a reeeally bad day in l.a. stunning performances by the two leads. this film haunts me

the trouble begins with the children...this has to be one of the most brutal war films ever made. a young boy joins the resistance to fight the nazis and finds himself in a horrific nightmare. stunning images, soundtrack from hell; a brilliant piece of work, i think, but very tough to watch. in russian

the film recreates a remote mountain village in 19th century japan where famine is always lurking. it's a harsh world where infants are commonly discarded and at age 70, elders are carried to the mountaintop to die. the film follows one family in their various relationships and day to day struggles for survival. it's a raw and beautiful evocation of life bound by tradition at the most basic level

the most wonderful old fashioned romance i've seen in years!!!!! this isn't usually my thing but *surprise* i adored it :D gorgeous scenery, wry humor and such natural performances! i'm a big fan of hiller and livesey and while the story was predictable, the oddball characters and scottish flavor made it work. many thx to my friends who recommended this! this lovely film and a pint of ben & jerry's made my day :P

a searing indictment of poverty and document of the street life. pedro, ojitos and metche will break your heart. i won't soon forget this

a very dark view of hollywood and the finest work of ray, bogart & gloria grahame. remarkable chemistry and self reflexive honesty rarely seen in tinseltown make it worthwhile viewing long after the central mystery is resolved. i don't want to spoil it for anyone but quite another ending was scripted, filmed and then scrapped by the director, who had the actors improvise the perfect-seeming ending we see today. serendipity

i never knew there were two versions of this film. apparently it was shelved for a couple years as the studio had a backlog of war films to get out. the film was then recut with added scenes to amp up the bogie-bacall relationship, creating a possibly better film that never quite makes sense but it doesn't seem to matter. grade A noir with a script by william faulkner

this may be de niro's greatest performance; funny, creepy and criminally underrated. it's also the only jerry lewis film i can stand. it's like a black comedy version of taxi driver. it may not be bloody but it's nearly as tough to watch

haunting southern gothic masterpiece

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a brilliant dark mystery from producer val lewton, this was director mark robson's first film. it's a rather obvious inspiration for rosemary's baby with a shower scene that looks awfully familiar as well. with a nihilistic tone and a shocking final scene, it's a wonder this film ever got made in hollywood. one of the great unseen thrillers from the golden age, starring beaver cleaver's dad and zora from planet of the apes!

it makes me happy that there are still hidden gems of cinema to be turned up and i probably won't live long enough to find them all. until a few months ago i'd never even heard of this movie and i'm a laughton fan! it's an absolutely delightful comedy western about a proper english gentleman's gentleman whose master loses him in a poker game--to some nouveau-riche americans. soon ruggles is on his way to the wild west where the concept of a manservant is not quite obvious to everyone. at first aghast, ruggles soon adapts to life in a society where everyone is 'equal'. a great 'fish out of water' comedy and subversive commentary on american vs european values with a wonderful, nearly silent performance by laughton, who does most of his acting with facial expressions alone! let's hope this gets a dvd release soon; it certainly deserves one

a sequel is in the works? what the fuckin fuck?