1. Apocalypse Now - This has got to be the best directed film I have ever seen! Marlon Brando's last good movie.

2. Godfather Part 1 & 2 - What can I say....they are classics. Pity about Part 3...

3. Seven Samurai - Brilliant film on which a lot of movies have taken from. One of the first great action movies.

4. Fight Club - Brad Pitt's best movie role. Shows he can actually act. Ed Norton is my favourite actor so I'm kinda bias here.

5. Battle Royale - Japanese film that is a cross between Lord of the Flies and Survivor with guns! Must see if you're a Tarantino fan...inspired Kill Bill.

6. A Clockwork Orange - The most frightening film I have ever seen.

7. Taxi Driver - Hands down De Niro's greatest performance. Fuck Raging Bull.

8. Shawshank Redemption - Very emotional.

9. Vertigo - Easily Hitchcocks best movie. This is what thrillers should be like.

10. City of God - Greatest Brazilian film of all time! (that's saying a lot).

What's yours?

Shit, asking that is like asking me to pick my favourite sibling. I'll need to think on it.

Before I launch into my list of quite contemporary movies, I should point out that it says 'favourite' and not 'best'. My list of 'best movies' would be different.

1. The Shawshank Redemption
As Andrew says, it's a brilliantly emotional movie. Director Frank Darabont (who also makes the equally good The Green Mile) does a brilliant job of turning Stephen King's touching story into an equally touching film.

2. Lord of the Rings Trilogy
I was raised on the novels, and while the movies didn't really stay true to the entire series- they were each quality films. Resisted the urge to totally sell out.

3. La Vita e Bella
Wonderful, wonderful film from a little known Italian director. Heart-wrenching drama, which takes a less conventional look at the holocaust.

4. American Beauty
Oddball cinema at its best. Has some of the best musical accompaniment you'll see in a movie. Kevin Spacey is at his best in this film.

5. Fight Club
Got to agree with Andrew here. Brad Pitt's best work by far, and it's matched by Edward Norton's always brilliant acting. Probably one of the first movies I really 'got' on an emotional level.

6. The Boondock Saints
What's not to be loved about this obscure, violent, and hilarious movie about Irish Catholics taking up a 'crusade' against criminals. Watch it for the slick style and for Willem DaFoe at his weird best.

7. American History X
Another Norton classic. While it has its predictable moments, it's a harsh and excellent look at racism in the USA. Edward Norton stomping on that guy's head makes me flinch everytime.

8. High Fidelity
Not a major success by any means, but a great look at a guy trying to deal with his breakup. Probably influenced me so much because I used it as therapy following my own breakup. John Cusack and Jack Black are superlative.

9. Pulp Fiction
Tarantino's best film, and easily better than the self indulgent Kill Bill films. Rejuvenated Travolta's career, is full of witty dialogue, and has a killer soundtrack.

10. A Clockwork Orange
A vastly disturbing movie. From the rape scene early in it, to the many images and unique terms invented by Kubrick all the way through it. A wonderful look at humanity's darker side.

In no particular order...

1. Requiem for a Dream : Probably my favourite movie. I loved the message and tone of the movie. The movie has sooo many dimensions and themes to it. It is not just simply a drug movie. The main themes are addiction and lonlieness and how anybody can be vunerable to it at some point in their lives. Julia Roberts committed highway robbery by claiming the Oscar ahead of Ellen Burstyn. Her performance would make a stone feel emotional. A MUST SEE FILM!!!

2. Bullet : Im a huge Mickey Rourke fan and this is his best movie. Very underrated movie about an ex-con (Rourke) who is unable to stay out of trouble when released from prison. Very tense film.

3. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly : The best western ever made. I can't wait for the extended, uncut dvd coming out soon.

4. Mad Max 1 and Two : The bust aussie movies ever made...Beyond Thunderdome was a disgrace.

5. Romper Stomper : The closest thing to Max Max, in terms of quality in Aust cinema. Apart from "A Beautiful Mind", the best performance of Crowe's career. Very tense, gutsy movie.

6. First Blood : Very underrated action movie. Forget the big budget sequels, Stallone was at his best as a burnt out Vietnam Vet. Brian Dennehy was also magnificient as the police chief who pushed Rambo too far. Apart from Rocky 1, the best performance of Stallone's career. See the uncut version, not the tv one.

7. Lone Wolf McQuade : I love this Chuck Norris movie to death. David Carradine was more evil in this movie than he was in "Kill Bill". Had a very western feel to it, even though it was set in modern day Texas.

8. Once Were Warriors and sequel : Go Jake the Muss.

9. Rocky 3 : Ultimate psych-up movie.

10. American History X : Not even Edward Furlong could stuff up this masterpiece.

Unlucky omission : Pulp Fiction , The Karate Kid :( .

Haha, you actually liked 'What Becomes of the Broken Hearted'? I loved 'Once Were Warriors' btw. Also thought that Rocky and Rocky 3 were awesome.

Top 6.

1.Battle Royal 1: Japanese overpopulation pick where the problem is dealt with by 40 0dd students are put into a survival game where the soul survivor lives. Their is no comparison anywhere. Easily the best movie i have ever seen.

2.Battle Royal 2:Not quite as good as the first. director died in the making. Still awesome.

3.Kill Bill Vol. 1: You've all seen it. Uma Thurman vs 100 gangster ninja's= sweet!

4.A Night at the Roxbury: Will Ferrel Saturday Night Live superdumb dance club comedy. great if you love stupid comedy.

5.Donnie Darko:flick about a kid who is controlled by a demented rabbit who convinces him the worlds going to end.

My memorys crap so any more movies would be dark guesses.

oh yeh and

6.Fight Club: super dooper awesome!!

7.Magnificanet 7:Old classic western about 7 magnificent cowboys saving some mexicans from evil dudes. Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson and Yul brennar l;ead an all star cast.

8.Gone Fishin':danny Glover and Joe Pesci just want to go fishin' and zany adventures ensue. I can watch this movie three times in a row.

9.Boondock saints:See Chrissies review.Willem dafoe goes off!

10.a zillion other movies i cant remember.

pfft if u liked magnificent 7 u gotta watch Seven Samurai.... :bang:

Thats right, isn't that the original? (excpet without the guns and with ninjas and stuff) How'd ya get hold of Battle Royal? I saw it cause i'm in korea and its big over here. Do they have it in aussie video shops?

i can name 10 movies that i love, it would be hard to put them in order, and even harder to pronounce that they are definately my top 10 but.....

The Big Lebowski

Forest Gump

Braveheart

Shawshank Redemption

Fight Club

LOTR trilogy

American Pie series

The Bone Collector

Seven

Pulp Fiction

The only one I'm certain of is Number One. 2-9 you could put in any order really.

1. O Brother, Where Art Thou? What can I saw. Funny, well made musical comedy. Some of the best quotes ever: "Well Pete, I thought it'd be the one with the capacity for abstract thought. But if that ain't the general consensus; I guess we'll put it to a vote."

2. Lord of the Rings Trilogy.
The only thing that would've made this better would be me playing Sam or Pippen.

3. The Blues Brothers
I'm on a mission from God to suggest that this flop only flopped because it spent too much money. BEST CAR CHASES EVER!!!!

4. Adaptation
Brilliant film. Would've liked Kaufman to not fall into the ending he fell into. It was inevitable though.

5. Dumb and Dumber.
Funniest movie ever made, and the pinacle of his comic career. Jim Carrey shouldn't be missing in "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," another film written by Charile Kaufman.

6. About a Boy.
I like anything with that delightful Hugh Grant. Especially this and Love, Actually, and Notting Hill and... well all of them really. Toni Collette once again proves she is the most unattractive woman on film.

7. Goldeneye.
Best Bond movie. Driven by a solid plot as well as some mindboggling stuns and action. I'll be sad when Pierce reprises the role for the last time in the next few years.

8. Braveheart
Historical epics are fantastic. They're no nonsense, and they reserve no place for cheesy ending.s This movie has the best cinematography I've ever seen and never fails to give me goosebumps at the end. Probably should be higher up the list.

9. Antz
Best bit of this movie are the ant caricatures. The ants look and act like their real life conterparts would if they were ants. Love the opening scene with Z on the couch, talking to his shrink. This is the perfect family movie as ANYONE can find it funny.

10. Forrest Gump.
Fecking long and I can sit through all of it without becoming distracted. This film made Tom Hanks great.

:D i first saw Battle Royale in my local vid store and recently went out to HMV and found the Special Edition DVD

1 Army Of Darkness. This movie I saw just before I first went to Uni. It is a piss take movie. I originally thought it was made in the seventies because of the poor quality almost pissed myself laughing when i found out it was made in 1992.

2.Man On The Moon. Jim Carreys best ever movie. Makes you laugh makes you cry.

3 Mr Hollands Opus. Just really like this movie. It's the sort of thing I want to become if I can never make the big time.

4.Life Is Beautiful. I had to study this movie for my HSC but unlike most of the movies I have had to study I actually finished up lovining it.

5.Ronin. Some of the best car chases ever and a movie that keeps you guessing all the way through it.

6.Jurassic Park. Was one of the leaders of the effects era. And led to the enormous fame of Jeff Goulblum.

7.Glory. Made in either the late 80's early 90's glory was a very cool civil war movie about the first african american's allowed to fight it has my favourite actor Matthew Broderick in it. It was also the first accademy award denzel washington ever recieved.

8.Muppets From Space. Makes me laugh everytime I watch it. "If you tell himI will spank you, I'll spank you like a bad bad donkey"

9.Phone Booth. This was so intense the first time I saw it I had to go buy it straight away.

10.Revenge of The Nerds. This was one of the first movies that made me want to become an actor. It might have something to do with the breats in it, but i still think this movie is as funny as hell.

Beverley Hills Cop Series
Blues Brothers
Forrest Gump
Remember the Titans

#@$% how can i forget:

1a:Cannibal the Musical.

1b:Life of Brian.

1c:Brain Candy.

1d:Search for the Holy Grail.

1e:The Sound of Music.

and last night also reminded me:

"The wrong guy"- check this out, its about some bozo who thinks everyone is chasing him for murder but noone is, CLASSIC!!

Bearing in mind "favourite" is not necessarily "best" - although there must be some quality that makes them a favourite, here's my ten, in no particular order:

1) North by Northwest: I can go on at massive length about this Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece, and have (article I wrote available by separate email upon request), but briefly:

Cary Grant + James Mason + Eva Marie Saint + cropduster scene + Ernst Lehmann's witty script + Bernard Hermann's score = WOW!!

2) Groundhog Day: Bill Murray's best film, imo - and that's saying something, considering Lost in Translation, Ghostbusters, and Caddyshack. And Harold Ramis? An underrated director and a gifted writer, he makes this film hum...

3) A Grand Day Out / The Wrong Trousers / A Close Shave: They're only 30 minutes long each, and they all are directed by Nick Park, and they are all Wallace and Gromit films, and they're all so good - the chase scenes in the latter two, and the lack of a clear protagonist/antagonist relationship in the former, would make Spielberg jealous - and they're done in plasticene!

4) Chocolat: Reviled (unfairly) by many critics, it's a modern fairy tale without pretensions of more than that. There isn't an actor that doesn't deliver a winning performance in the beautiful location that serves as a backdrop - especially Alfred Molina....

5) The 39 Steps: An older (1935) Hitchcock classic - it's similar to North by Northwest, but a solid thriller in it's own right. And both Robert Donat here, and Cary Grant in North by Northwest, have a wise-assed sarcasm that cracked me up at times - one memorable scene here by Donat, pretending to be a political candidate, is unforgettable!

6) Driving Miss Daisy: Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman deliver outstanding performances here - it's a wonderful film in all areas, although a wee bit slow - but the notable performance is Dan Aykroyd's - imo, his best role in a storied career.

7) Hatari!: A John Wayne movie akin to McLintlock! and The Quiet Man, where he's a tough man who can't handle the ladies well until he compromises a bit. But imagine him chasing animals in Africa, ad libbing as he goes (because the animals can't stick to any script!), and running away from a woman who loves him - a beautiful film, made better by Henry Mancini's score (Baby Elephant Walk was a classic song from this soundtrack)...

8) Breakfast at Tiffany's: Another Henry Mancini score, another top song (Moon River), and winning performances by Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard (bet you didn't know that Hannibal Smith from the A-Team had a first-class role!), and Mickey Rooney - make this film outstanding. The last scene is unforgettable - worth buying the DVD for it alone...

9) Raiders of the Lost Ark: Swashbuckling adventure with its boots on the ground (unlike Pirates of the Caribbean) - I wish I had Indy's fedora and whip. The ending is unexpected, yet unsurprising - but a hoot!

10) The Great Escape: Steve McQueen wasn't the reason this film was so good (although he turned in quite a good performance), and James Garner wasn't either (very good performance), and neither was Richard Attenborough (although his performance, the most critical to the film's success, was deserving of an Academy Award nomination).

No - it was John Sturges' decision to stick as close as possible to the original source, the namesake book by Paul Brickhill, that made it a very unusual film - the real story was slightly more exciting than the film, not the other way 'round as it usually is. That Elmer Bernstein tune - I still can't get it out of my head :rolleyes:

Thes are the best films i can rember at the moment.

1. Star wars: A new Hope, Empire Strikes back and Return of the Jedi ( a lot better then that new shit)

2. Shaw Shank Redemption

3. Rocky I, III and IV that insane russian getting thumped gets my blood pumping every time. Just watching these movies just makes you want to run out and punch some one.

4. Animal house, best college movie of all time

5. Fight club

6. Once we were warriors

7. Run Lola Run

8. 101 Reykjavik (Awsome Icelantic movie of a guy bonking his mums lesbian partner)

9. Amelie (Very good french movie)

10. Cracker Jack (very funy Aussie movie about lawn bowls sort of reminds me of the place i work at in the Christmas hols)

Your demented Mr Cake or Death. Thats not a bad thing though.

Hmmm...

....demented, eh? Please explain why, from my list, you can come up with "demented"...

...perhaps my supplemental list explains it - but you must be psychic, then - for I am now just posting it...

11) Blazing Saddles - Cleavon Little was a better choice than Richard Pryor for this Mel Brooks farce, imo - but it was Madeline Kahn who stole the show (and almost copped an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress)...

12) History of the World, Part I: Episodic, and a wee bit uneven and slow in spots - but "The Spanish Inquisition" was brilliant!

13) The Piano: A very erotic love story, with several other avaricious emotions well included - Holly Hunter and Anna Paquin deserved their Oscars....

14) And Now For Something Completely Different: Perhaps not as well regarded as "The Life of Brian", but a solid effort from Monty Python in its own right - especially the first sketch...

15) This Is Spinal Tap: 11 out of 10 - need I say more?

16) The African Queen: The only film where Humphrey Bogart did not have the upper hand very much - Katherine Hepburn deserved the Academy Award for her performance, as did the film - quo vadis? At least Bogart copped an Oscar for himself...

17) How The Grich Stole Christmas: Not the Jim Carrey/Ron Howard version - the Boris Karloff/Dr Seuss version, as directed by Chuck Jones. I wouldn't touch the Carrey version with a 39 1/2 foot pole :D

18) Airplane!: "Looks like I picked the wrong week to forget this brilliant farce..."

19) The Passion of Joan of Arc: This Theodor Dreyer silent film was completely wrenching - not just for me, but for lead actress Maria Falconetti - she never appeared in another film - ever...

20) Dead Man Walking: The film was almost as wrenching as the Helen Prejean book that sourced it - Susan Sarandon was brilliant...

21) Thelma and Louise: A Ridley Scott film that was first class - and probably his best (Alien series notwithstanding)...the ending was brilliant, as were Geena Davis and Sarandon...

Ha ha, sorry. Your preferred list of films just makes me think of nutcases for some reason. A very unique and interesting opinion you have. I guess Driving Miss Daisy did have the happy ending and all. Monty Pythons and Blazing Saddles were top knotch though