Actually, I have a few I will share with commentary...
 

...of my all time favorites.

#1 All time Favorite..."The Sting" with Nueman and Redford TOPS the list.
Other very notables also in this film Ray Walston, Robert Shaw, Eileen Brennan, Dana Elcar, Charles Durning and others. Excellent screen play with a "twisting plot"
At the end of the film...who REALLY gets "STUNG"??? The viewing audience!

#2 "The Spirit of St. Louis"...with Jimmy Stewart. Very well done and historically accurate. Even Charles Lindburgh himself agreed it was "Excellent"! I think it earned a few Oscars including best Director for Billy Wilder. The movie was released in my birth year, 1952...besides I'am a Jimmy Stewart fan.

#3 "Carbine Williams" Another Jimmy Stewart film. Also released in 1952, the story of D.M. Williams who invented the M-1 Carbine automatic weapon.

#4 "TITANIC"...yes the lastest release that was a box office smash! Computer technology was just getting into the "Movies". I heard the hype and figured it was just another "Love Story". BOY was I wrong!
It ran for 7 months in local theaters and just 2 DAYS before it closed I thought..."I better go check it out". I'am glad I did. Excellent film!!!

#5 "Public Enemy" with Johnny Depp. Yes a little intense...and I'll admit I "winced" once or twice. But over all an excellent film and I'am not even a big Johnny Depp fan.

#6 "The Legend of ****** Vance" with Will Smith and Jack Lemmon. If you are a golfer this film is a MUST SEE !!!!

I guess you have surmised by now I'am drawn to the "earlier Era" of the 20's and 30's...you know...the "Rum Runners", the "Bootleggers", yes I would have fit right in.

Thank You for allowing me to share,
Dave

I like musicals - Like


Wizard of Oz (we're not in Kansas anymore)

West Side Story (Maria, Maria)

Sound of Music (Doe, a deer)

Grease (Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee)

American Graffiti (Where were you in '62)

Dirty Dancing (Nobody Puts Baby in a Corner)

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Hey, this thread could be fun and also helpful when trying to think up something to order from Netflix.

Body Heat is still one of my all-time favorites. Can't hear wind-chimes without thinking about bad, bad Kathleen Turner and stupid, stupid William Hurt in that steamy, steamy Florida setting. And for some reason, I still remember Richard Crenna from Our Miss Brooks. (I absolutely love old sitcoms.) -- Lots of years between those two gigs for Richard Crenna. Guess he had a pretty long career.

Also, I liked Bull Durham. Just liked it -- that's all.

And Terms of Endearment. It's guaranteed to make me sob though. But Jack Nicholson as the astronaut makes me laugh in that one because he is such a perfect arrogant ass. (Might not be acting maybe.)

Boomer

My favorites...

Dances With Wolves (TATONKA!) love the west, beautiful scenery

Braveheart (F-R-E-E-D-O-M!) Epic

Fatal Attraction (Anyone care for wabbit stew!)

Wall Street (first one, fell in love with Michael Douglas on the Streets of San
Francisco and then again in Cartegna with Kathleen Turner)

Jaws (We're gonna need a bigger boat!) Keeps me out of the ocean!

... and my Best Actor Oscar goes to any movie directed by (or acted in)... CLINT EASTWOOD; Best Actress Meryl Streep! Love all their movies. This was fun. Have a happy day!:wave:

What!
 

no one mentioned Gone with the Wind!

A couple more chick flicks:
Officer and a Gentleman
When Harry Met Sally

All time Favorite - One Flew over the Coo-koos Nest(even spell check didn't help!):popcorn: (Billo - had to borrow some popcorn for this thread)

and who doesn't like - Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Most of mine have already been mentioned.

Body Heat was a great movie, Officer and a Gentleman one of the best, American Graffiti was a classic, and Pulp Fiction was out there. The first Star wars, Paint your Wagon for musicals, and Cool Hand Luke and Bullet. Thomas Crown Affair and then all the Indiana Jones movies. Under the Tuscan Sun, Diane Lane is great. And the original 12 Angry Men with Henry Fonda. Rounders, Good Will Hunting, Top Gun and O Brother Where Art Thou.

some more....
 

While You Were Sleeping (Sandra Bullock), cute love story, funny situations, comedy. My family loves to emulate the conversation at the dinner table with everyone talking and no one can keep up!!!

A Walk in the Clouds (Keano Reaves), Beautiful love story, beautiful scenery. Takes place post WW2 and in the California Wine Country. Includes a traditional Hispanic wealthy family who own a vineyard and the adjustment of the father to growing and not being in control. Be careful with this one....there are what I consider to be too explicit love scenes....but you can always fast forward!

Maverick (the latest one) Rollicking good fun. I grew up on this show. Fun to see James Garner in it who was the original Maverick and Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster are fun too.

The End of the Spear Great Christian movie about James Elliot and how he was killed by Amazon tribesmen and then the adjustment of his son and conversion of the tribesmen.

City Slickers, Pride and Prejudice. Yep, I like chick flicks for the most part.

Seabiscuit, Remember the Titans, The Blind Side, The Matrix, Pirates of the Carribean.

There is a little known movie called... Return to Me that is an absolute hoot with David Duchovny, Minnie Driver, Carroll O'Connor, Robert Loggia, David Allan Greer, Bonnie Hunt and James Belushi. Very improprobable story but such great great actors/scenes in it. The old farts in the movie really steal the show and so does James Belushi....funny funny!

Also The Man in the Iron Mask and the Count of Monte Cristo. There are many more but these are the first I thought of.

True story!
 

I had a long time barber client who had never seen ANY movies. He was the child of theatrical parents and grew up 'in the wings' off stage. ( He was 68 years old.)
One day, while getting his haircut, he said he had a dilemma and needed my advice.
Seems his grandchildren had given him Netflix for Father's Day and he hadn't a clue how to begin to choose anything.... could I secretly help with a list to start him off?
It was a great and joyful exercise for me, to really think about how to best introduce him to film! Each time he came in, he'd take a short list, then give his critique the next time I saw him. We did this for months and I had as much fun as he did, as I began to look at film from many different perspectives.
Eventually, he graduated from novice to expert and began to bring small lists for ME to try!
I LOVED that!

Favorites and Comments
 

Dave:

I’m also a fan of the old movie classics.

Action/Adventure
1. Raiders of the lost Ark – Non-stop action. Truck scene was incredible.
2. Terminator 2 – Special effect were awesome.

Drama:
1. The Best Years Of Our Lives- Federick March, Myrna Loy, Teresa Wright and Dana Andrews. Some would argue the best film made re Bette Davis.
2. Dodsworth – Walter Huston, father of John Huston, the famous director and Ruth Chatterton. A little known film from the 30’s. Going to be shown on TCM, Saturday at 8 PM, 6/4/11.

Crime
1. The Godfather I and II – It’s really a story about a family. Godfather II – the only sequel to win an Academy award.
2. The Thin Man – William Powell and Myrna Loy.

Romance:
1. Casablanca – Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman - the most famous quotes in a movie.
2. When Harry Met Sally – Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan – “I’ll have, what she’s having”.

Westerns:
1. The Unforgiven – Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman. - Bar scene at end is the best.
2. Stagecoach – John Wayne.

Horror:
1. Pyscho – Janet Leigh and Anthony Perkins
2. Frankenstein and Wolfman movies – scary when I was a lad.

Sports:
1. Pride of the Yankees – Gary Cooper and Teresa Wright.

War:
1. They were Expendable – John Wayne and Donna Reed.

Comedy:
1. Grumpy Old Men – Jack Lemmon and Water Matthau.

Thank You all for your response
 

Wow...each of you lists some great movies! I guess asking what your favorite movie is...is like asking "Whats your favorite song"? Geeeze...there are only a thousand or more !!! But Yes, this could be a fun thread, so I thought I would expand on a few more movies that I really liked.

I'am a big Tom Hanks Fan so...I'll start there.

"The Green Mile" tops the list. Certainly fiction, but somehow very believable. EXCELLENT FILM !!!

"Forest Gump" of course. The way the producers and editors placed "Forest" in scenes of past historic events really amazed me! Only downside...they may have drawn it out a little too long.

"Road to Perdition" Another film based in the 30's and also starring Paul Newman. I believe this was Newman's last film.

I like all the "Indiana Jones" adventures. I even have a hat just like his !

War Movies...well... and here is Tom Hanks again...."Saving Private Ryan" is high on my list. Maybe a little "HollyWoody" but excellent film none the less.

"Memphis Belle" is also up there. The saga of a B-17 bomber crew, in WW II on it's last mission. An edge of the seat thriller with a happy outcome.

Not really a war movie (well, maybe the "Cold War") but considering my interst an involvement with aviation a space technology I would consider "The Right Stuff" very high on my list and finally "Apollo 13" (yep, Tom Hanks again with other very notables).

Well, Enough for now.
Lets here somemore from you.
Dave

Braveheart my very very favorite cold and do watch it over and over.

Road to Perdidtion great movie can be seen again and again

Worked in a theatre and so South Pacific 25 full times in two weeks

All That Jazz

Shawshank Redemption

The Searchers with John Wayne. Exodus, great music. Ben Hur.

Oh YES...I forgot...
 

"The Shawshank Redemption"....yes...Yes...YES !!! EXCELLENT film !!! I like Morgan Freeman!...and he's a pilot also ! Betcha' didnt know that.

"South Pacific" is probably my favorite musical. I'am not really into musicals at all but...I just KNOW "Bali Hai" is out there...SOME WHERE (Bloody Mary told me so) !!!

Actually, this is an item on my "Bucket List". A cruise to the South Pacific islands of Tahiti, The French Poly Islands and Bora Bora.

Royal Carribean sails out of Hawaii to these destinations. I'am just dreading the plane flight over!

I just KNOW I'll see "Bali Hai" Someday !!!

Dave

I didn't mention "Top Hat" in my original post. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rodgers were an elegant dancing team. Loved the music from the old masters, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin and Cole Porter.

It's funny their dancing in the Green Mile. "It's like watching angels", is a memorable line.

How could I forget The Shawshank Redemption and Road to Perdition. Great movies!

Little Miss Sunshine, quirky, very disfunctional family. Sounds like my family growing up but we would have done anything for each other. Made me laugh.

Dumb and Dumber, really dumb but very funny!

Anybody ever see Same Time Next Year with Alan Alda and Ellen Burstyn. Endearing.

And remember the mini series The Thorn Birds, SHOGUN, Rich Man Poor Man? Great TV.

How about Robin Williams and Edward Norton in "Death to Smoochy".

Yes !!!...
 

"Same Time Next Year" was an excellent movie!

Quite a "Twist" on the ending that quite frankly I never saw coming. I would love to see that one again!

You know, another movie came to mind while reading your post....

"Driving Miss Daisy" Ohhhh My!...that was a good one!

I gotta go find a "RedBox" ! LOL

Dave

I enjoy most films made in the 1930’s, 40’s and 50’s..... so many great actors, writers, and directors from those decades.
Love film noirs and mysteries such as Double Indemnity, Out of the Past, Murder My Sweet and Crossroads to name but a few.

Any movie starring William Powell, Ronald Coleman, John Forsythe and Don Ameche is a hit with me. Beside the fact that of these men were drop dead gorgeous, they were also very talented actors. And each possessed that rich, smooth, velvety voice which mesmerizes me every time I watch their movies.

Loved all those light musicals filmed in glorious Technicolor. “Down Argentine Way” is worth the price (rent or buy) just to see the lovely Betty Grable and very handsome Don Ameche sing "Two Dreams Met."

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I like foreign movies because they don't seem to be as plastic as many of the american movies. I also like the 30's, 40's and 50's movies. They got a little silly in the 60's and too darn dirty in 70's to present . apparently Hollywood can't make a movie without nudity anymore, even their cartoons

Braveheart my all time favorite. Met a guy from Scotland here a few years back and brought up the movie. You guessed it, It is a big hit over there.

Oh my goodness! For some reason I just now remembered a wonderfully silly movie from the 90's -- Good Burger.

I remember that it had lots of just plain silly lines that made me laugh out loud. You know how it goes when something said is taken literally and leads to foolishness. Things like.....

He says, "Would you like to have dinner tonight?"

She says, "I like to have dinner every night."

I do not know why I think stuff like that is funny. But I just do. Can't explain it. Can't help it.

Seems like Good Burger had a good triumphs over bad thing going on, too. And I always like that.

I really must track down Good Burger and see if I still think it is funny. I bet I will.

I remain,
Ever so sophisticated Boomer

Sci/fi, scary, suspense.
1. Alien
2. The Exorcist
3. Salems Lot. A great Vampire movie.

Romance
Out Of Africa

Western
1. Lonesome Dove, watched as a movie.
2. Anything else with Robert Duval

Crime
1.Godfather
2. Godfather 1

Historical fiction
Shindler's List

AnnaBelle...what a lovely post and I agree...
 

Don Ameche was quite the "Ladies Man". I'am wondering, did you see him in "Cocoon" with Wilford Brimley, and Hume Croyn ? He was still the ladies man except when he was out "Galavanting" with his buddies. LOL.

"Cocoon" is another one of my favorites! Directed by Ron Howard.

Rubicon, I agree. Seems like in the 60's the movies did get a little too silly, and depending on what movie you were drawn to...down-right Dumb!

I think the "Sillyest" vote, hands down was "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World!
So silly it was all I could do to sit there for 3 HOURS to see how it ended!

But...I would like to see it again. :-)

But a few good ones came out of that decade...One that comes to mind is the "Sound of Music"...and all the "Rogers and Hammerstein" musicals were very good...but as I mentioned, I'am not a big fan of the musicals.

Enough for now, Keep'em coming gang!
Dave

I love movies so it's hard to narrow it down.
One of my favorites is Gladiator with Russell Crowe.
A big Meg Ryan fan, so Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail.
Working Girl with Melanie Griffith and Harrison Ford.
I'm easy for true tearjerkers like The Blind Side, Rudy, Radio, etc.
My favorite currently playing is Water for Elephants.
Can't wait to see The Help in August.

I can't believe no one has mentioned "Young Frankenstein". "Put the candle back." and so many more great lines.
B&BTexas

to LelandJane
 

I like those movies too. The one you mentioned...Working Girl is that a remake? of something like Girl Friday or My Girl Friday? or something like that. I Also grew up on the original Sabrina and like the remake with Harrison Ford.

Does anyone know..... I remember something like An Affair to Remember but do I have it confused with Same Time Next Year? I know I have seen many of those movies you all have mentioned but may have been too young to rememer their name. They were very good though.

Rubicon I agree about the movies. I think the King's Speech did so well and everyone was happy that maybe Hollywood will get it that it does not have to have all the bad stuff in it.

Anything with a Hepburn -- Kate or Audrey.

Two comedies I love but are definitely NOT PC: Blazing Saddles and The Ritz. Rita Moreno was hysterical doing a takeoff of Bette Midler as a cabaret singer at a gay bath house in NYC. And who can ever forget the campfire scene. Also loved Cat Ballou mainly because of Lee Marvin riding backwards.

I could watch and probably have watched The Dirty Dozen at least a hundred times. Ditto The Magnificent Seven.

Loved the Terminator series; ditto Indiana Jones series, especially the one with Sean Connery in it; the first trilogy of Star Wars.

Anything in which Barbra Streisand sings.

And I loved White Nights just because of the dancing between Barishnikov and Gregory Hines. A Chorus Line and All that Jazz are my favorite musicals.

Loved the Duke in Hellfighters. That and The Quiet Man are my two favorite John Wayne movies.

Favorite gratuitous violent movie: The Highlander.

Shrek I and II.

As you can tell, not much into chick flicks or dramas.

Actually, I never saw...
 

"Young Frankinstien" I dont know why. I guess I've always related it to something like "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" kinda movie...but we wont go there...ever again...(oooops...darn...never mind). :-)

I hope no one takes that as an insult to Mel Brooks but yes, he did some very good movies. Very entertaining.

Another excellent film has come to mind. Surely you must remember "Somewhere in Time", with Christopher Reeves and Jane Seymour? Very good film set in my favorite time period of the 20's.

A very interesting story line and I loved the music to that one as well.

It slipped my mind when thinking of a comedy but I thought Young Frankenstein is a worthy classic.

The scene between the blind man and Frankenstein was hilarious.

Trivia Question:

Who played the blind man?

No cheating.

It slipped my mind when thinking of a comedy but I thought Young Frankenstein is a worthy classic.

The scene between the blind man and Frankenstein was hilarious.

Trivia Question:

Who played the blind man?

No cheating.

[QUOTE=ssmith;358980]Does anyone know..... I remember something like An Affair to Remember but do I have it confused with Same Time Next Year? I know I have seen many of those movies you all have mentioned but may have been too young to rememer their name. They were very good though.

ssmith:

An Affair to Remember with Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr.

Same Time Next year with Alan Alda and Carol Burnett?

Hope that helps.

Uh oh......

Now you've gone and done it, PylutDood. You made me cry. You made me go to my iPod and punch up Rachmaninov so I could listen to that music from Somewhere in Time. And sure enough -- gets me every time....(sniffle, sniff, HONK)

I was going to try to find it and link it here and just DARE anybody to listen to it and NOT cry. (Well......guess I would have to just dare the girls maybe. The guys might not admit it anyway.)

But I must get out of here now so I did not look for a link.

But I gotta tellya, if there is a girl out there who can listen to that Rachmaninov theme and not cry......welllllll then I have another song that such a "Hard-Hearted Hannah" just might need to track down. That song is not from a movie. It is a country song by Confederate Railroad. The title is "She Never Cried When Old Yeller Died." That song says a lot. Tells a story like most of those great country songs do.

But I digress. And I have GOT to get out of this thread. Maybe the third time is a charm.

Maybe.

Boomer

But Boomer you are just getting warmed up - - -


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How about:

Little Big Man

Tootsie

Rainman

Midnight Cowboy

Papillon

Kramer vs Kramer

or

The Graduate




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Gene Hackman. "Would you like a cigar?"
B&BTexas

Gene Hackman. "Would you like a cigar". (sorry, I'm new to this posting stuff)
B&BTexas

Hey Chuck,

Oh, I know. And I know you know. That's because we have both been around TOTV forever. Geez. I coulda written a book or gone to law school with all the time I have spent writing these silly posts. It has been fun though. Not so much lately as before. But oh well......still pick up on a little fun once in a while.

And, now, darn it, Chuck.....I am sitting here trying to remember your old English teacher's name. And I do not have time to look it up because I really do have a place I have to be in about an hour. And I must go make myself presentable.

And, yes, I know, that's a hijacking. Uh oh. I must try to behave better. Yeah. Right.

Boomer (who has been known to run with scissors and also colors outside the lines)

A Lion in Winter - for the dialogue

My cousin Vinney - funny

Ghost and Mrs Muir - Love story (wishing they would do a remake)

Sea Biscuit, Black Stallion and several other Horse movies.

Under Our Skin - because I too, have Lyme Disease

and Many more.........

You must be the only person I know who can't remember Mrs Traphagen's name! (may she RIP, [be]cause she was ancient when we were in HS)

Link to my HS's first class website (check out the pics): http://www.brownlee.org/RichHS1956/index.html

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Your right. Many people don't know that.

When the blind spilled soup onto his sensitive area, I was howling.

I knew the answer too and loved Young Frankenstein...also thought Marty Feldman was hillarious....Abey normal

Glaidator and Rob Roy also two great movies Jouqin Phoenix good in that and in "To Die For"